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Several years ago ,my parents ,my wife ,my son and I ate at one of those restaurants where the menu is written on a blackboard .After a wonderful dinner ,the waiter set the check in the middle of the table .That's when it happened :my father did not reach for the check .
Conversation continued .Finally I realized that I should pick up the check ! After hundreds of restaurant meals with my parents ,after a lifetime of thinking of my father as the one with dollars ,it had all changed .I reached for the check ,and my view of myself suddenly changed .I was an adult .I was no longer a kid.
Some people mark off(区分)their lives in years ,I measure mine in small events .I didn't become a
young man at a particular age ,like 16 ,but rather when a kid who wandered in the streets called me"mister."These events in my life are called"milestones"(里程碑).
There have been other milestones .The cops (policemen)of my youth always seemed big ,even huge ,and of course they were older than I was .Then
one day they were suddenly neither .The day came when I suddenly realized that all the football players in the game I was watching were younger than I was .They were just big kids. With that milestone gone was the dream that someday ,maybe I, too, could be a football player. Without ever having reached the hill ,I was over it .
I never thought that I would fall asleep in front of the TV set as my father did .Now it's what I do best .I never thought that I would go to the beach and not swim ,yet I spent all of August at the shore and never once went into the ocean .I never thought that I would appreciate opera ,but now the combination of voice and orchestra(乐队)attract me .I never thought that I would prefer to stay home in the evenings, but now I find myself passing up parties .I used to think that people who watched birds were strange ,but this summer I found myself watching them ,and maybe I'll get a book on the subject .I feel a strong desire for a religious belief that I never thought I'd want ,feel close to my ancestors (祖先)long gone ,and echo my father in arguments with my son .I still lose …
One day I bought a house .One day —what a day !—I became a father ,and not too long after that I picked up the check for my own father .I thought then it was a milestone for me .One day ,when I was a little older ,I realized it was one for him too ,another milestone .
几年前，我的父母，我的妻子，我儿子和我吃了这些地方的菜单是在黑板上写的餐厅之一。经过一个美好的晚餐，侍者设置在桌子中间检查。这时候，它的发生：父亲没有达到检查。我的谈话持续检查。最后我意识到，我应该拿起了！经过数百个餐厅吃饭我的父母，经过我作为一个父亲的思想与美元的一生，它都变了。我的支票到达了，我对自己的看法突然改变了。我是个大人了。我也不不再是小孩。有些人划出）他们生活在年（区分，我衡量我的小事件。我没有成为一个年轻人在一个特定的时代，像16，而是当孩子流浪街头谁在被调用我“先生。”我的生命中，这些事件被称为“里程碑”（里程碑）。还有其他的里程碑。警察）我的青春的警察（似乎总是大的，甚至是巨大的，当然他们的年纪比我大。后来有一天，他们突然都不是。直到有一天，我突然意识到，所有的比赛我是看足球队员们都比我小。他们只是大孩子。与该走了里程碑是梦想有一天，也许我也可以是一个足球运动员。而不必达成的小山，我已经结束了。我从来没有想过我会跌倒没有睡着的父亲在我的前面的电视机。现在是我最擅长的。我从来没有想过我会去海滩，而不是游泳，但我花了在岸边八月所有从来没有一次到海洋去了。我从来没有想过我会欣赏歌剧，但现在的声音和乐队（乐队）的组合吸引了我。我从来没有想过我会喜欢晚上留在家里，但现在我发现自己放弃的缔约国。我常想，人谁看了鸟很奇怪，但今年夏天我发现自己看着他们，也许我会得到一个关于这个主题的书。我觉得一想，强烈的欲望的
宗教信仰，我从未想过我会感觉更接近我的祖先（祖先）长了，儿子和回声论据与我父亲英寸我还是失去了...有一天，我买了一套房子。一天，什么是一天！，我当了爸爸，而不是太久之后，我拿起我的父亲检查。我认为那对我来说是一个里程碑。有一天，当我年纪大一点的，我意识到这对于他来说是一个，又一个里程碑。