扎克伯格写信迎接二女儿降生：一生只有一次童年，不要浪费太多时间担心未来
近日，Facebook CEO马克-扎克伯格和妻子普莉希拉-陈公布了他们第二个女儿降生的喜讯。他们还给这位千金取名“August”，意为“八月”。不过，小扎并未公布有关女儿的其他信息。现在扎克伯格已经提前给自己放了8周“产假”专心陪伴小八月成长。
全文如下
Dear August,
亲爱的August：
Welcome to the world! Your mom and I are so excited to see who you will become.
欢迎来到这个世界上。我和你的妈妈迫不及待地想知道你长大会变成的样子。
When your sister was born, we wrote a letter about the world we hoped she and now you will grow up in – a world with better education, fewer diseases, stronger communities, and greater equality. We wrote that with all the advances in science and technology, your generation should live dramatically better lives than ours, and we have a responsibility to do our part to make that happen. Even though headlines often focus on what’s wrong, we still believe these positive trends will win out*. We’re optimists about your generation and the future.
在你姐姐出生的时候，我们也同样给她写了一封信描述我们希望关于她（当然也包括你）未来所成长的社会是什么样的——一个能提供更好的教育，拥有更少的疾病，更强的社会群落，以及更多的社会公平的世界。我们写道，随着科学技术的进步，你们这一代人的生活应该比我们更美好，我们有责任努力改变世界实现它。尽管新闻的标题总是告诉我们这个世界哪里出错了，我们仍然坚信好的事情会最终胜出。我们对你们这一代的未来充满乐观。
*win out：to succeed after a lot of difficulty
But rather than write about growing up, we want to talk about childhood. The world can be a serious place. That’s why it’s important to make time to go outside and play.
不过比起畅想你的成长，我们这一次更想和你聊聊你的童年。这个世界可能会是一个严酷的地方，这就是我们认为为什么你应该用更多的时间在童年好好享受户外玩耍。
You will be busy when you’re older, so I hope you take time to smell all the flowers and put all the leaves you want in your bucket now. I hope you read your favorite Dr. Seuss books so many times you start inventing your own stories about the Vipper of Vipp. I hope you ride the carousel* with Max until you’ve tamed* every color horse. I hope you run as many laps around our living room and yard as you want. And then I hope you take a lot of naps. I hope you’re a great sleeper. And I hope even in your dreams you can feel how much we love you.
你长大后会变得非常忙，所以我们希望你能在小时候有时间停下来低头闻闻花香，然后把花瓣和叶子放进你的小竹筐。我希望你能有机会多读几遍你最爱的《苏斯博士》，甚至写一本你自己的关于Vipper of Vipp的故事书；我希望你能和你的姐姐Max一起坐在旋转木马上，直到你能认清上面每一匹马的颜色；我希望你可以在我们的客厅和院子里尽情地疯跑。当然更重要的是，我希望你可以有足够多的睡眠，即使在你的梦里，也能感受到我们有多么爱你。
*carousel：a large machine at a fair that turnsround and has wooden or plastic animals or vehicles on which children ride旋转木马
*tame
1）to make a wild animal tame驯化，驯服（动物）
2）to control something dangerous or powerful控制，制服；驾驭
He'll need to tame his temper if he wants to succeed.
如果他想取得成功，就得改改自己的脾气。
Childhood is magical. You only get to be a child once, so don’t spend it worrying too much about the future. You’ve got us for that, and we’ll do everything we possibly can to make sure the world is a better place for you and all children in your generation.
童年是神奇的。你只能做一次孩子，所以不要花太多时间担心未来。你有爸爸为你做这些事儿，我们会尽我们所能来保证你这一代未来的世界更加美好。
August, we love you so much and we’re so excited to go on this adventure with you. We wish you a life of joy, love and the same hope you give us.
亲爱的August，我们如此爱你，我们非常兴奋和你一起开始你的人生探险。我们希望你的一生充满欢乐，爱，以及希望。
Love,
Mom and Dad
爱你的
妈妈和爸爸
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