Zuckerberg's Love Letter to His Daughter August扎克伯格寫給小女兒八月的“情書”

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Dear August,

Welcome to the world! Your mom and I are so excited to see who you will become.

When your sister was born, we wrote a letter about the world we hoped she and now you will grow up in— a world with better education, fewer diseases,stronger communities, and greater equality. We wrote that with all the advances in science and technology,your generation should live dramatically better lives than ours, and we have a responsibility to do our part to make that happen.

But rather than write about growing up, we want to talk about childhood. The world can be a serious place. That’s why it’s important to make time to go outside and play.

You will be busy when you're older, so I hope you take time to smell all the fl owers and put all the leaves you want in your bucket now. I hope you read your favorite Dr.Seuss books so many times you start inventing your own stories about the Vipper of Vipp. I hope you ride the carousel①carousel 英 [,k?r?'sel; -'zel] 美 ['k?r?'s?l]n. 旋轉木馬；行李傳送帶；輪播with Max until you've tamed②tame 英 [te?m] 美 [te?m] adj. 馴服的；平淡的；乏味的；順從的vt. 馴養；使變得平淡；制服 vi. 變得馴服every color horse. I hope you run as many laps around our living room and yard as you want. And then I hope you take a lot of naps. I hope you’re a great sleeper. And I hope even in your dreams you can feel how much we love you.

掃我，朗讀給你聽

Childhood is magical. You only get to be a child once, so don't spend it worrying too much about the future. You've got us for that, and we'll do everything we possibly can to make sure the world is a better place for you and all children in your generation.August, we love you so much and we're so excited to go on this adventure with you. We wish you a life of joy, love and the same hope you give us.

love,

Mom and Dad

親愛的八月：

歡迎來到這個奇妙的世界，爸爸和媽媽都迫切想看著你快快成長。

你姐姐降生時我們就給她寫過一封信，當時我們描繪了一個供你們成長的理想世界，這里有更好的教育，社區力量強大，疾病更少，社會也更公平。借助科學技術的發展，你們這一輩人的生活質量會大幅提高，而我們的任務就是努力讓這一目標得以實現。

這封信中我們不再著墨于長大，相反我們想談談童年。世界是個嚴肅的地方，而孩子們應該抽出更多時間接觸自然并愉快地玩耍。

等你長大后會變得很忙，所以我希望童年時期你能聞遍花香并搜集到所有你愛的樹葉。我希望你能徜徉在蘇斯博士的書中并開啟自己的故事創作之路。我希望你能和麥克斯一起在旋轉木馬上跳躍，直到你們看煩了馬兒的五顏六色。我希望你們能在家里瘋跑，直到跑不動為止。

當然，呼呼大睡也是你的任務之一，在睡夢中希望你也能感受到我們的愛。

童年很奇妙，而每個人只有一次，所以好好享受童年，不要為未來焦慮。我們是你的后盾，爸媽會努力讓世界變得更好，讓你和世界上所有的小朋友都能有個良好的成長環境。

八月，我們愛你，未來爸媽將陪你一起冒險。我們希望你能有個快樂有愛的人生，你的降生也給了我們相同的希望。

愛你的，

媽媽和爸爸