这周末,我自告奋勇帮我朋友莉莎给她未婚夫吉姆赶制30岁生日礼物。莉莎想制作一部30分钟的传记录像,记载她未婚夫生命中重要的时刻,给他一个惊喜。所以她上周就给他住在纽约的父母打了一个电话,索要吉姆童年以来的照片。两天后,一个盒子就递到了莉莎的门口。莉莎和我专心致志地摆弄着这些照片,按年月顺序排好,此时我突然悟到生日把人的一生分得如此清晰。它们不仅标志着我们降临这个世界的那天,还起到了标示人生重大里程碑的作用。在美国,下列生日具有特别意义: This weekend, I volunteered to help my friend Lisa give her fiance Jim a 30th birthday gift. Lisa wanted to make a 30-minute biography video recording the important moments in her fiance’s life and surprise him. So she made a phone call to his parents in New York last week asking for photos since Jim’s childhood. Two days later, a box was delivered to Lisa’s door. Lisa and I were fooling around with these pictures, arranged in chronological order. At this time, I suddenly realized that birthdays made a clear distinction between people’s lives. They not only mark the day we come to this world, but also serve as a major milestone in life. In the United States, the following birthdays have special significance: