On the Way Home

李婴

I treasure all the days I spent in America. I can forget nothing, and nothing is inappreciable to me. Everything that was inside or even outside of school made me wanted to own again.

在美国的每一天都是珍贵的，一切都令我难以忘却，也没有什么对我来说是不重要的。校园内外的点点滴滴，也都使我想再次拥有。

Getting out of the school gate, walking in the sunny path, crossing the quiet sky bridge... it was a wonderful time with friends and classmates. With no pressure to go home to do much homework, and no mothers nagging all the time, talking happily with friends, theres nothing to worry about. On the way back home seems only a few minutes, but without it, then there will seem, that something is missing in my daily life.

步出校门，走在阳光明媚的小路上，越过安静的天桥……那段和同窗好友腻在一起的时光多么美好。不必匆匆忙忙地赶着回家做作业，也没有爸爸妈妈的唠唠叨叨，我和伙伴们愉悦地谈笑着，没有什么可担忧的……回家路上的时间似乎只有几分钟，但如果缺了这些时光，就好像我的每一天都少了些什么。

I remember it was a hot summer. Although hot, we were still laughing and talking. A boy then, took out a big bottle of water, and poured on his head. We all laughed and felt that it was fun. So we did the same. No doubt that everyone became a drowned rat. It was a wonderful moment, we felt cool, and so did our heart.

我还记得，那是一个炎热的暑假。虽然天气炎热，但我们还是谈笑风生。一个小男孩拿出一大瓶水，倒在头上凉快。我们仰面大笑，觉得这很好玩。于是大家也跟着做。毫无疑问，所有人都顷刻间变成了落汤鸡。这是个美好的一刻，我们感到好凉快，我们的心也随之凉下来了。

In some lucky days, sometimes the ice-cream truck came over, we might stop it, and we would stop it. Licking ice-creams together, under the hot pressing sun, it was like staying in a cool room with an air-conditioner. How will you, how can you, forget, or ignore those times?

在一些幸运的日子里，有时会有一辆冰激凌车驶过小镇，我们会示意它停下，我们一定会。我们一起舔着冰激凌，即使在热气逼人的太阳底下，也就像呆在空调房里似的。你怎么会，怎么能，忘记，或者无视那些时光？

A wonderful year, gone... I was then back to China. Happiness wasnt all gone though. I made another new friend, who we still keep contacting today—Du. It was in primary school, we were great friends, we shared happiness and sadness with each other, and we walk home every day, together. Sometimes, either of us might be on duty, or anything else, we did our best, to go home together still.

美好的一年，过去了……我回了国。但是幸福与快乐倒是没有完全消失。我交了新朋友，我们现在还保持着联系——小杜。在小学的时候，我们是一对亲密无间的好友，我们有福共享，有难同当，我们天天一起回家。哪怕有时，我们之中有谁要做值日，或有别的什么事情，我们都尽全力互相帮助，然后一起回家。

Now, I am in middle school. Life is just like racing on a race track, nothing is ever easy now. I live far away from school, and there is much more homework than before. We also have to do many more things than before. Nothing is ever more complicated than now. So I couldnt have a stroll back home with my friends like before anymore.

如今，我已上了初中。 生活就像在一条新的起跑线，一切都不再那么简单了。我家离学校远啊，作业也比以前多多了，还有很多别的事要做。没有什么比现在更复杂了。所以，我再也不能像以往那样，在放学回家的路上和朋友们闲庭信步了。

How I miss those days, which I could, share every inch of happiness with my best friends...

我多么想念那些日子，那些我可以，与好朋友分享快乐的日子……