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原文版
My father was 44 and knew he wasn"t going to make it to 45. He wrote me a letter and hoped that something in it would help me for the rest of my life.
Since the day I was 12 and first read his letter, some of his words have lived in my heart. Only part always times out. "Right now, you are pretending to be a time-killer. But I know that one hay, you will do something great that will set you among the very best." Knowing that my dad believed in me gave me permission to believe in myself. "You will do something great." He didn"t know what that would be, and neither did I, but at times in my life when I"ve felt proud of myself, I remember his words and wish he were here so I could ask. "Is this what you were talking about, Dad? Should I keep going?"
A long way from 12 now, I realize he would have been proud when I made any progress. Lately, though. I"ve come to believe he"d want me to move on to what comes next: to be proud of, and believe in, somebody else. It"s time to start writing my own letters to my children. Our children look to us with the same unanswered question we had. Our kids don"t hold back because they"re afraid to fail. They"re only afraid of failing us. They don't worry about being disappointed. Their fear－as mine was until my father"s letter－is of being a disappointment.
Give your children permission to succeed. They"re writing for you to believe in them. I always knew way parents loved me. But trust me. That belief will be more complete, that love will be more real, and their belief in themselves will be greater if you write the words on their hearts; "Don"t worry; you"ll do something great." Not having that blessing from their parents may be the only thing holding them back.
分析版
My father was 44 and knew he?wasn’t going to make it to 45（it在這里代指的是年齡，make A to B的意思是“使A變成B”，那么這里的意思就是“使年齡變成45”）. He wrote me a letter and hoped that something in it would help me for the rest of my life（help sb. for sth.的意思是在某個(gè)方面幫助某人）.
Since the day I was 12 and first read his letter , some of his words have lived in my heart（這里的my heart顯然不是地點(diǎn)名詞，但是跟在live in的后面，就可以理解為所謂的“地點(diǎn)化”，那么所謂的“地點(diǎn)化”也就是把位于方位介詞之后的名詞當(dāng)作是地點(diǎn)名詞）. One part always stands out （stand out的本意是“站出來”，這個(gè)詞組可以表示“凸顯出來”，因此我們夸一個(gè)人的時(shí)候也可以說他/她“stand out”，意思是這個(gè)人“鶴立雞群”）.“Right now ,you are pretending to be（pretend的意思是“假裝”，因此這里be?pretending to be的意思可以是“假裝是”，但在這封信里，顯然“也許是”的意思更準(zhǔn)確）?a time killer（kill time是一個(gè)非常口語化的表達(dá)，可以理解為“浪費(fèi)時(shí)間”，也可以理解為“沒什么事兒，晃悠晃悠”）. But I know that one day, you will do something great that will set you among the very best（the+形容詞，可以代指一類名詞，因此among the best的意思就是“位于最優(yōu)秀的人之列”）.” Knowing that my dad believed in me gave me permission to believe in myself（gave是整個(gè)句子的謂語動(dòng)詞，而believed in是that引導(dǎo)的從句中的謂語動(dòng)詞，因此整個(gè)句子的結(jié)構(gòu)是knowing什么什么給了我什么什么。后面的to believe in myself是不定式結(jié)構(gòu)作為permission的后置定語）.“You will do something great .” He didn’t know ?what would be, and neither did I ,but at times（at times的意思是“有的時(shí)候”，而跟這個(gè)很像的in time是“及時(shí)”的意思，on time是“準(zhǔn)時(shí)”的意思）in my life when I’ve felt proud of myself , I remember his words and wish he were here so I could ask （he的后面為什么跟了一個(gè)were而不是was呢？因?yàn)檫@里是虛擬語氣）,“Is this what you were talking about（恢復(fù)成陳述語序之后，可以很明顯地看出來，what引導(dǎo)的是一個(gè)表語從句）, Dad ? Should I keep going ?”
A long way from 12 now , I realize he would have been（would have been的意思是“本來會(huì)做... ...”，顯然這里仍然是虛擬語氣）proud when I made any progress. Lately, though , I’ve come to believe?he would want me to move on to（為什么會(huì)有兩個(gè)介詞呢？因?yàn)閙ove on是一個(gè)詞組，意思是“前進(jìn)”，然后那個(gè)to是表示方向的介詞）?what comes next : to be proud?of , and believe in , somebody else . It’s time to start writing my own letters to my children . Our children look to（look at和look to都有“向... ...看”的意思，而相較于look at，look to的目的性沒有那么強(qiáng)，就是“看一眼”）?us with（with和by都有“用... ...”的意思，區(qū)別的話，可以簡單地理解為with后面跟的是工具，也就是一個(gè)東西，而by后面跟的是方式、方法）the same unanswered question we had . Our kids don’t hold back because they’re ?afraid to fail. They’re only afraid of failing us . They’re only afraid of failing us . They don’t worry about being disappointed . Their fear—as mine was until my father’s letter—is of being a disappointment（想要理解這句話，首先要理解be of+n.就等于be+adj.）?.
Give your children permission to succeed. They’re waiting for you to believe in them（這里的詞組就是wait for sb. to do sth.）. I always knew my parents loved me . But trust me：That belief will be more complete , that love will be more real , and their belief in themselves will be greater if you write the words on their hearts（write the words on one’s heart是一個(gè)很不錯(cuò)的詞組，意思就是“把話寫/說到別人的心坎上”）：“Don’t worry ; you’ll do something great .”Not having that blessing from their parents may be the only thing holding them back（這一整句話的謂語動(dòng)詞是may be，主語是以動(dòng)名詞having為核心的not having... ...，not having什么呢？就是之后那個(gè)that blessing from their parents，注意，這里的that并不是引導(dǎo)了一個(gè)從句，因?yàn)閠hat之后、may be之前沒有謂語動(dòng)詞，因此連句子都談不上，所以這個(gè)that就是原本的意思，“那個(gè)”，而這個(gè)需要再注意一下的就是from their parents是一個(gè)介賓結(jié)構(gòu)后置定語，用來修飾前面的名詞blessing）.
