摘要：Hello everyoneHello everyonemy name is Gia and I'm 13我叫吉娅，今年13岁we all know our parents are the first people who teach us to talk i

Hello everyone

Hello everyone

my name is Gia and I'm 13

我叫吉娅，今年13岁

we all know our parents are the first people who teach us to talk in our life

我们都知道父母是我们生活中第一个教会我们说话的人

but what if I tell you that I had to use an Online translator to speak to my own father

但是如果我告诉你，我必须使用在线翻译来与我自己的父亲交谈

the thing is

关键是

I was actually born in China

我实际上出生在中国

but I moved to America many years ago after my father tragically died in a car accident

但很多年前我父亲不幸死于车祸之后我就搬到了美国

my mom married an American

我妈妈嫁给了一个美国人

so she took me to Los Angeles where we were all a happy family together

所以她带我去了洛杉矶我们是幸福的一家人

my mom always tried to avoid any talks concerning my dad

我妈妈总是尽量避免谈论我爸爸

she basically put all that behind her

她基本上把这些都抛在了身后

this is the story that I was told until that day

这就是直到那天我所听到的故事

Even though I was only 3 years old

即使我只有3岁

when I saw my father for the last time

当我最后一次见到我父亲的时候

I remembered him really well and I missed him

我很清楚地记得他我很想念他

one day when I walked out of school

一天，当我走出学校

I saw a man standing at the gates

我看见一个人站在门口

he looked confused and it seemed like he was looking out for somebody

他看起来很困惑，好像在找什么人

I don't know what happened to me

我不知道我发生了什么事

but my heart started to beat faster

但我的心跳开始加快

I got up closer and our eyes met

我走近些，我们的目光相遇了

I had no doubts at all

我一点也不怀疑

that was my dad

是我爸爸打来的

but how

但是怎么

and I saw that he recognized me as well

我看到他也认出了我

it didn't take long for me to just hang on to him

没多久我就抓住了他不放

I asked him like a million questions

but he just looked at me and smiled

但他只是看着我笑了笑

and then I realized that he didn't understand what I was saying

后来我意识到他不明白我在说什么

he handed me a big box and said something in Chinese

他递给我一个大盒子用中文说了些什么

but I didn't understand a word

但我一个字也听不懂

my mother spoke very little Chinese to me after we moved to America

我们搬到美国后，我母亲对我说很少的中文

so I had forgotten my native language almost completely

所以我几乎完全忘记了我的母语

it was so ridiculous

太荒谬了

my father and I hadn't seen each other for so many years

我和我父亲已经多年没见面了

and when we finally met

当我们最终见面时

we weren't even able to talk to each other

我们甚至不能互相交谈

Anyway

不管怎样

we tried to communicate with hand gestures and a translator on my phone

我们试着用手势和我手机上的翻译进行交流

my broken Chinese didn't help much

我的破汉语帮不了什么忙

what I had managed to get so far was this

到目前为止，我所做的就是

my father never got into a car accident

我父亲从未出过车祸

my mother fell in love with another man

我妈妈爱上了另一个男人

my Stepfather ran away to America and took me with her without even letting my dad know about it

我继父跑到美国把我带走了，连我爸都不知道

he had been trying to find us for years and finally made this long trip from China to see me

他多年来一直想找到我们，终于从中国来了这么远的地方来看我

he tried to contact my mother

他试图联系我母亲

but she just threatened him with the police

但她刚用警察威胁他

this bitter truth knocked me out completely

这个残酷的事实彻底把我击昏了

my father and I exchanged phone numbers and we agreed to meet again soon

我父亲和我交换了电话号码，我们同意很快再见面

when I got home

当我到家的时候

I had a complete

我有一个完整的

Meltdown

熔毁

I asked my mother point-blank why she had done that to our family

我直截了当地问我母亲为什么对我们家这么做

but it turned out that she was already aware that my dad had come to see me

但事实证明她已经意识到我爸爸来看我了

she looked very nervous and serious

她看上去很紧张，很严肃

her voice was trembling

她的声音在颤抖

but she said that she had done it for my own good

但她说她这么做是为了我好

mom said that my father was not a worthy man

妈妈说我父亲不是个有价值的人

when they lived in China

当他们住在中国的时候

he used to spend every evening

他以前每天晚上都花

Gambolling

赌博

finally he lost his job and that was the final straw for her

最后他丢掉了工作，这对她来说是最后一根稻草

she wanted to protect me and to give me a better life

她想保护我，给我一个更好的生活

and she also begged me not to see him again and of conversation

她还求我不要再见他，也不要和他说话

I was furious

我当时很生气

my father's mistakes of the past didn't justify my mother's lies

我父亲过去的错误不能成为我母亲说谎的理由

I went to my room and shut the door

我回到自己的房间关上门

I opened the box my dad had given to me

我打开了爸爸送给我的盒子

they were old pictures of all of us in China

它们是我们在中国的老照片

my mom

我妈妈

my dad

我父亲

my Grandma and myself

我和我奶奶

we all looked so happy

我们看起来都很开心

I burst into tears

我放声大哭

I lay in my bed and couldn't sleep

我躺在床上睡不着

then I Texted my dad in Chinese

然后我给爸爸发了中文短信

I am coming to you now

我来找你了

I jumped out of bed and started packing

我从床上跳起来开始收拾行李

I didn't actually realize what I was doing

我其实没意识到自己在做什么

but then I snuck out of the window and headed to the hotel where my father was staying

但后来我从窗户溜了出去去了我父亲住的酒店

when I got there

当我到那里的时候

my dad was very surprised to see me

我爸爸见到我很惊讶

he was really worried that I had made my way there at night

他真的很担心我在夜里到那儿去了

all alone

孤身一人

After an hour of trying to break the language barrier

在一个小时试图打破语言障碍之后

my father told me that he had met my mom

我父亲告诉我他见过我母亲

she offered him money to leave America and never show up again

她给他钱让他离开美国再也不来了

but he had refused

但他拒绝了

he confessed that he had been neither a good father nor a proper head of our family

他承认自己既不是一个好父亲，也不是我们家的家长

but he just wanted to have the right to see his daughter

但他只是想有权见见他的女儿

to see me

为了见我

my heart sank

我的心沉下去了

I never expected my mother to stoop so low

我从没想到我母亲会堕落到这种地步

and I was sure I was making the right decision

我确信我做了正确的决定

I asked my father if we could run away to China together

我问我父亲我们能不能一起去中国

I wanted to see my mother land and my Grandma

我想看看我的母亲和我的祖母

I was so happy when my father agreed

当我父亲同意的时候我很高兴

but we couldn't go to China by plane because we would get caught at the airport immediately

但是我们不能乘飞机去中国，因为我们会在机场被当场抓住

that's why we decided to run through Mexico

所以我们才决定穿过墨西哥

but it was more than just risky

但这不仅仅是风险

it was completely insane

简直是疯了

my mother could find out I wasn't home at any minute and go to the police

我妈妈会发现我根本不在家然后去找警察

so we had to leave as quickly as possible

所以我们必须尽快离开

we changed our clothes

我们换了衣服

I put on my father's Hoodie and sun glasses just in case

我戴上我父亲的胡迪和太阳镜以防万一

and we set off on the road

我们就上路了

it was like something out of a movie

就像电影里的情节

Since my dad couldn't speak English

因为我爸爸不会说英语

I had to control the whole process

我必须控制整个过程

there was no other way to get to Phoenix except to

去菲尼克斯的唯一方法就是

Hitchhike

搭便车

we got picked up by a car and asked the driver to take us there

我们被一辆汽车接走了，让司机带我们去那儿

the driver was a very nice man and as it turned out he was going the same way

司机是个很好的人结果他走的是同一条路

now we were lucky

我们很幸运

he was very talkative and asked my dad a lot of questions

他非常健谈，问了我爸爸很多问题

I quickly stepped in and said that my father was mute and it seemed like he bought it

我很快介入，说我的父亲是哑巴，这似乎是他买的

the radio was on and suddenly it said that a girl

收音机开着，突然它说一个女孩

was stolen by her Chinese father and if anybody saw her to let the police know immediately

是被她的中国父亲偷走的，如果有人看见她，立刻通知警方

it nearly gave me a heart attack

它差点让我心脏病发作

but it seemed like the guy driving didn't pay any attention to this announcement

但好像那个开车的人根本没注意到这个消息

I calmed down and since we had a long way to go

我冷静下来，因为我们还有很长的路要走

my dad and I fell asleep

我和我爸爸睡着了

very soon I woke up when I heard a loud voice

很快我就醒了当我听到一个很大的声音

that's it

就这样了

guys

伙计们

we're here

我们到了

I opened my eyes to see that we were not in Phoenix

我睁开眼睛，发现我们不在凤凰城

we were at the police station surrounded by police cars

我们在被警车包围的警察局

our fairy tale had gone bad

我们的童话故事变坏了

It was so silly of me to drag my poor dad

我拖着我可怜的爸爸太傻了

who would have done anything to redeem himself

他愿意做任何事来救赎自己

into this

变成了这样

Get-Away

离开

it was impossible from the very beginning

从一开始就不可能

but we were both

但我们都是

so emotional and excited to see each other that we didn't think about the inevitable

如此的激动和激动以至于我们都没有想到不可避免的事情

consequences

后果

my father was put into prison

我父亲被关进了监狱

this trip will cost him 4 years of his life concerning my mom

这次旅行将花费他4年的生命关于我的妈妈

now she regrets that it all led to this

现在她后悔这一切导致了这一切

but I don't know if I will be able to forgive her or myself

但我不知道我是否能原谅她或我自己

The only thing that I can do is to wait for the day my father gets out of jail

我唯一能做的就是等我父亲出狱那天

and to hope that we will be able to make things right afterward

希望我们以后能把事情做好

来源：播得英语