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1998年9月初,我去美国探亲,女儿在莱星顿一家医院工作。刚到美国的第一个周末,女儿告诉我,傍晚要参加一个朋友间的聚会。我想那是他们年轻人的事,我们老年人参杂进去,怕有些不便,再者,我一向不善应酬,且不胜酒力,于是就意欲推辞。女儿立刻看出我的心思,非常果断地说:“没关系。在这里朋友聚会,不像国内那么正规,没有那些繁文缛节,都是全家老少一齐去,一切随
In early September 1998, I went to the United States to visit relatives and my daughter worked at a hospital in Brighton. On my first weekend in the United States, my daughter told me to attend a gathering of friends in the evening. I think it is a matter for them young people. The elderly are mixed in for fear of some inconvenience. Furthermore, I have always been not good at socializing and drinking, so I would like to refuse. Daughter immediately saw my mind, said very decisively: ”Friendship here, unlike the domestic so formal, without those red tape, are all young and old together, all with