1、关于父亲节的作文：父亲节英语作文关于父亲节的作文：父亲节英语作文IN HE DOORWAY of my home, I looked closely at the face of my 23-year-old son, Daniel, his backpack by his side. We ere saying good-bye. In a fe hours he ould be flying to France. He ould be staying there for at least a year to learn another language and experience lif
2、e in a different country.It as a transitional time in Daniel s life, a passage, a step from college into the adult orld. I anted to leave him ith ords that ould have some meaning, some significance beyond the moment.But nothing came from my lips. No sound broke the stillness of my beachside home on
3、Long Island. Outside, I could hear the shrill cries of sea gulls as they circled the ever-changing surf. Inside, I stood frozen and quiet, looking into the searching eyes of my son.What made it more difficult as that I kne this as not the first time I had let such a moment pass. When Daniel as five,
4、 I took him to the school-bus stop on his first day of kindergarten. I felt the tension in his hand holding mine as the bus turned the corner. I sa color flush his cheeks as the bus pulled up. His questioning eyes looked up at mine.What is it going to be like, Dad? Can I do it? Will I be okay? And t
5、hen he alked up the steps of the bus and disappeared inside. And the bus drove aay. And I had said nothing.A decade or so later, a similar scene played itself out. With his mother, I drove him to the College of William and Mary in Virginia. His first night, he ent out ith his ne schoolmates. When he
6、 met us the next morning, he as sick. He as ing don ith mononucleosis, but e could not kno that then. We thought he had a hangover.In his room, Dan lay stretched out on his bed as I started to leave for the trip home. I tried to think of something to say to give him some courage and confidence as he
7、 started this ne phase of life.Again, ords failed me. I mumbled something like, Hope you feel better, Dan. And I left.No, as I stood before him, I thought of those lost opportunities. Ho many times have e all let such moments pass?A parent dies, and, instead of giving a eulogy ourselves, e let a cle
8、rgyman speak. A child asks if Santa Claus is real, or here babies e from, and, embarrassed, e slough it off. When a daughter graduates or a son is married, e atch them go through the motions of the ceremony. But e don t seek out our children and find a quiet moment to tell them hat they have meant t
9、o us. Or hat they might expect to face in the years ahead.Ho fast the years had passed. Daniel as born in Ne Orleans, slo to alk and talk, and small of stature. He as the tiniest in his class, but he developed a arm, outgoing nature and as popular ith his peers. He as coordinated and agile, and he b
10、ecame adept in sports.Baseball gave him his earliest challenge. He as an outstanding pitcher in Little League, expecting to make it big in high school. It didn t happen that ay. He failed to move up from the junior varsity team. But he stuck it out. Eventually, as a senior, he moved up to the varsit
11、y. He on half the team s games. At graduation, the coach named Daniel the team s most valuable player.His finest hour, though, came at a school science fair. He entered an exhibit shoing ho the circulatory system orks. He sketched it on cardboard. It as primitive and crude, especially pared to the f
12、ancy, puterized, blinking-light models entered by other students. My ife, Sara, felt embarrassed for him.It turned out that the other kids had not done their on ork-their parents had made their exhibits. As the judges ent on their rounds, they found that these other kids couldn t anser their questio
13、ns. Daniel ansered every one. When the judges aarded the Albert Einstein Plaque for the best exhibit, they gave it to him.By the time Daniel left for college he stood six feet tall and eighed 170 pounds. He as muscular and in superb condition. But he never pitched another inning. He found that he co
14、uld not bine athletics ith academics. He gave up baseball for English literature. I as sorry that he ould not develop his athletic talent, but proud that he had made such a mature decision. He graduated ith a B average.One day, I told Daniel that the great failing in my life had been that I didn t t
15、ake a year or to off to travel hen I finished college.his is the best ay, to my ay of thinking, to broaden oneself and develop a larger perspective on life. Once I had married and begun orking, I found that the dream of living in another culture had vanished.Daniel thought about this. His Yuppie fri
16、ends said that he ould be insane to put his career on hold. But he decided it asn t so crazy. After graduation, he orked as a aiter, a bike messenger, and a house painter. With the money he earned, he had enough to go to Paris.he night before he as to leave, I tossed in bed. I as trying to figure ou
17、t something to say. Nothing came to mind. Maybe, I thought, it asn t necessary to say anything.What does it matter in the course of a lifetime if a father never tells a son hat he really thinks of him? But as I stood before Daniel, I kne that it does matter. My father and I loved each other. Yet, I
18、alays regretted never hearing him put his feelings into ords and never having the memory of that moment.No, I could feel my palms seat and my throat tighten. Why is it so hard to tell a son something from the heart? My mouth turned dry. I kne I ould be able to get out only a fe ords clearly.Daniel,
19、I said, if I could have picked, I ould have picked you. hat s all I could say. I asn t sure he understood hat I meant. hen he came toard me and thre his arms around me. For a moment, the orld and all its people vanished, and there as just Daniel and me.He as saying something, but my eyes misted over
20、, and I couldn t understand hat he as saying. All I as aare of as the stubble on his chin as his face pressed against mine. And then, the moment ended, and Daniel left for France.I think about him hen I alk along the beach on eekends. housands of miles aay, somehere out past the ocean aves breaking
21、on the deserted shore, he might be scurrying across Boulevard Saint Germain, strolling through a musty hallay of the Louvre, bending an elbo in a Left Bank caf .What I said to Daniel as clumsy and trite. It as nothing. And yet, it as everything.编辑：2016年中考生心理调节必备五大妙方中考生早餐吃得要像“皇帝”一样决战中考：数学必做压轴综合题（20 道）中考物理：用马铃薯确定电池正负极近五年全国中考语文名著阅读题集锦（500 篇）中考英语作文预测及范文参考 更多中考信息 新东方网中考频道新东方报名系统 我要报班（
