“Can I take your order?” Night after night, I had to say this as I worked in my family’s restaurant.
“我可以为您点餐吗？”夜复一夜，我在家族餐厅工作时不得不这么说。
My father was a fantastic cook. He wanted me, his only son, to cook with him, but I didn’t like cooking.
我父亲是个出色的厨师。他希望我——他唯一的儿子——能和他一起做饭，但我不喜欢烹饪。
Because of the restaurant, my father was always busy. He never had time to play football with me.
因为餐馆，父亲总是很忙。他从未有时间陪我踢足球。
During my high school and college years, I worked with my family at night. But I always avoided the kitchen.
高中和大学期间，我晚上和家人一起在餐馆工作，但我总是避开厨房。
I couldn’t wait to graduate so that I could move away from the family business.
我迫不及待地想毕业，以便离开家族生意。
Several days before my graduation day, my father and I started looking at new cars. Finally, we found the right car. I was sure that my father would give it to me as my graduation gift.
毕业前几天，我和父亲开始看新车。最终，我们找到了合适的车。我确信父亲会把它作为毕业礼物送给我。
On my graduation day, my father gave me a book as a gift. It was his old cook book. I was so angry that I gave it back to him and ran out of the house.
毕业当天，父亲送我一本书作为礼物——是他那本旧食谱。我非常生气，把书还给了他，然后跑出了家门。
Several days later I moved away and started my business. Although I often saw my father during holidays. We never talked about the graduation gift.
几天后我搬走了，开始了自己的事业。虽然假期常常见到父亲，但我们再没提过那份毕业礼物。
Then one day, I got a call that my father was ill. I went to see him because I was very worried.
后来有一天，我接到电话说父亲病了。我很担心，便去看他。
That night, I looked through my father’s books and saw the cookbook that he had given me year before. I carefully opened the cookbook and went through it. Then I found something that made me cry.
那天晚上，我翻看父亲的书籍，看到了他一年前给我的那本食谱。我仔细打开并翻阅它，随后发现了一件让我落泪的东西。
It was a check(支票) for $3000 dated (注明日期) the day of my graduation. And the price of the car my father and I chose all those years ago was $30,000.
那是一张金额为3000美元、注明日期为我毕业当天的支票。而当年我和父亲选中的那辆车价格是3万美元。
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