你心目中的好朋友

In kindergarten， your idea of a good friend was the person， who let you have the red crayon when all that was left was the ugly black one.

In first grade， your idea of a good friend was the person who went to the bathroom with you and held your hand as you walked through the scary halls.

In second grade， your idea of a good friend was the person who helped you stand up to the class bully.

In third grade， your idea of a good friend was the person who shared their lunch with you when you forgot yours on the bus.

In fourth grade， your idea of a good friend was the person willing to switch square dancing partners in gym so you wouldn抰 have to be stuck with Nasty Nick or Smelly Susan.

在幼兒園時，你心目中的好朋友是把紅蠟筆給你而只留下難看的黑蠟筆的那個人。

在小學一年級時，你心目中的好朋友是會牽著你的手，和你一起穿過驚悚的大廳去上盥洗室的那個人。

在小學二年級時，你心目中的好朋友是會幫助你勇敢地反抗班上的壞小子的那個人。

在小學三年級時，你心目中的好朋友是在你把午餐遺忘在公交車上時，與你一道分享午餐的那個人。

在小學四年級時，你心目中的好朋友是在體育館愿意和你交換舞伴，讓你不必忍受邋遢的尼克或難聞的蘇珊的那個人。

In fifth grade， your idea of a friend was the person who saved a seat on the back of the bus for you.

In sixth grade， your idea of a friend was the person who went up to Nick or Susan， your new crush， and asked them to dance with you， so that if they said no， you wouldn抰 have to be embarrassed.

In seventh grade， your idea of a friend was the person who let you copy the social studies homework from the night before that you hadn抰 done.

In eighth grade， your idea of a good friend was the person who helped you pack up your stuffed animals and old baseball cards， but didn抰 laugh at you when you finished and broke out into tears.

In ninth grade， your idea of a good friend was the person who would go to a party thrown by a senior so you wouldn抰 wind up being the only freshman there.

In tenth grade， your idea of a good friend was the person who changed their schedule so you would have someone to sit with at lunch.

In eleventh grade， your idea of a good friend was the person who gave you rides in their new car， convinced your parents that you shouldn抰 be grounded， consoled you when you broke up with Nick or Susan， and found you a date to the prom.

在小學五年級時，你心目中的好朋友是會在車后座給你占個座位的那個人。

在小學六年級時，你心目中的好朋友會走到你暗戀的人面前幫你邀舞，使你即使被拒絕了，也不會因此感到難堪的那個人。

在初中一年級時，你心目中的好朋友是會在交作業的前一天晚上，把自己的社會調查家庭作業借給未完成作業的你抄襲的那個人。

在初中二年級時，你心目中的好朋友是在幫你收拾完玩具公仔和舊棒球卡后，不會因你號啕大哭而嘲笑你的那個人。

在初中三年級時，你心目中的好朋友是會和你同赴高年級學生舉辦的聚會，使你不會因為是那里唯一的新生而感到拘束的那個人。

在高中一年級時，你心目中的好朋友是為了陪你共進午餐，寧可改變日程安排的那個人。

在高中二年級時，你心目中的好朋友是會把新車借給你開，并讓你的父母相信你不會出事的那個人，是會在你落單后，為你找到舞伴的那個人。

In twelfth grade， your idea of a good friend was the person who helped you pick out a college/university， assured you that you would get into that college/university， helped you deal with your parents who were having a hard time adjusting to the idea of letting you go.

At graduation， your idea of a good friend was the person who was crying on the inside but managed the biggest smile one could give as they congratulated you.

The summer after twelfth grade， your idea of a good friend was the person who helped you clean up the bottles from that party， helped you sneak out of the house when you just couldn抰 deal with your parents， assured you that now you and Nick or you and Susan could make it through anything， helped you pack up for university and just silently hugged you as you looked through blurry eyes at 18 years of memories you were leaving behind， and finally on those last days of childhood， went out of their way to give so you would make it in college as well as you had these past 18 years， and most importantly sent you off to college knowing you were loved.

在高中三年級時，你心目中的好朋友是會幫你挑選進哪一所大學，力保你順利入學，并安撫你的父母適應你的離開的那個人。

在畢業時，你心目中的好朋友是在向你祝賀時掩飾住眼淚而在臉上展現最燦爛的笑容的那個人。

在高中三年級過后的夏天，你心目中的好朋友是在派對后幫助你清掃瓶子的那個人；是幫助你在無法應對父母時逃離家門的那個人；是使你和暗戀的人沖破重重阻撓終于走到一起的那個人；是當你以朦朧淚眼回首遺忘了的 18 年時光時，為你準備上大學的行囊，并默默擁抱你的那個人；是在你孩童時代的最后日子里，像過去 18 年中一樣一如既往地全力給你幫助使你考入大學的那個人；更重要的，也是那個送你啟程上大學，讓你知道有愛相隨的人。

Now， your idea of a good friend is still the person who gives you the better of the two choices， holds your hand when you?re scared， helps you fight off those who try to take advantage of you， thinks of you at times when you are not there， reminds you of what you left in the past behind you but understands when you need to hold on to it a little longer， goes out of their way to make time for you， helps you clear up your mistakes， helps you deal with pressure from others， makes you smile when you are sad， helps you become a better person， and most importantly， loves you!

如今，你心目中的好朋友仍會帶給你更好的機會；在你害怕時緊握你雙手；反擊那些想利用你的人；當你不在的時候會不時地想起你；提醒你以往的回憶，能理解你還需要繼續依賴這些回憶；愿意為你擠出時間；幫你洗刷錯誤；緩解你在其他方面的壓力；在你憂傷時逗你開心大笑；幫你變得更加完美；最重要的是，關愛著你！