我确定,祖父以前每天行走10,000步,就行今天推荐的一样,并非因为$100的追踪器催促他这样做。相反,他每天翻土、锄地,在花园的小路上散布,冬天种植蔬菜和土豆,夏天种植玫瑰,乐趣无穷。
He was good to the environment in the way that people used to be before they had to be told it was the right thing to do; he never owned a car or learned to drive, so he walked everywhere he could and took a bus the rest of the time.
在人们倡导环保之前,他就以过去的一贯方式注重环保;他从不买车,也不学开车。因此,无论去哪,他尽可能走路,或乘坐公共汽车。
As a young teenager, after my grandmother died, I used to go and hang out with my grandfather on the weekends or in the summer. We walked around, chatted to the neighbours, went to the grocery store. Occasionally, I would bake him a little cake. At the end of the day, he’d turn out my light, and say “That was a good day. I enjoyed every minute of it.”
祖母去世后,我经常在周末或者暑假和祖父一起出去玩。我们四处走动,和邻居聊天,去杂货店买东西。有时,我会给他做蛋糕。一天结束后,他会把灯关掉,说,“今天是美好的一天,每一分钟,我都很开心。”
I never doubted for a moment that he meant it.
我坚信他说的是真的。
In the morning, I’d wake up to his whistling in the kitchen downstairs (usually it was “Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head,” but he also liked opera). At the time, it irritated me — I am not a morning person — but now I’d give anything to hear that whistle one more time.
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