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The Antique 孫女叫我“古董”

My?six-year-old?granddaughter?stared?at?me?as?if?she?were?seeing?me?for?the?first?time.

我六歲的孫女盯著我看，就好像她是第一次見(jiàn)我。

"Grandpa,?you?are?an?antique,"?she?said.?"You?are?old.?Antiques?are?old.?You?are?my?antique."

她說(shuō)：“爺爺，你是個(gè)古董。你很老，古董也很老。你就是我的古董?！?/p>

I?was?not?satisfied?to?let?the?matter?rest?there.?I?took?out?a?dictionary?and?read?the?definition?to?Jenny.

我不滿意讓就此打住這個(gè)話題。我拿出一本字典，把古董的定義讀給珍妮聽(tīng)。

I?explained,?"An?antique?is?not?only?old;?it's?an?object?existing?since?or?belonging?to?earlier?times?…a?work?of?art?...a?piece?of?furniture."

我解釋說(shuō)：“古董不只是老，它是一件存在于或?qū)儆谠缙跁r(shí)代的物品……一件藝術(shù)品……一件家具。”

"Antiques?are?treasured,"?I?told?Jenny?as?I?put?away?the?dictionary.

“古董很珍貴，” 我一邊把字典收起來(lái)，一邊對(duì)珍妮說(shuō)。

"They?have?to?be?handled?carefully?because?they?sometimes?are?very?valuable.?In?order?to?qualify?as?an?antique,?the?object?has?to?be?at?least?100?years?old."

“人們必須小心對(duì)待古董，因?yàn)樗鼈冇袝r(shí)非常有價(jià)值。要想成為古董，這件物品至少要有100年的歷史。”

"I'm?only?67,"?I?reminded?Jenny.

“但我才67歲，” 我提醒珍妮。

We?looked?around?the?house?for?other?antiques,?besides?me.

我們?cè)诜孔永锼奶帉ふ页抑獾钠渌哦?/p>

There?was?a?desk?that?was?handed?down?from?one?aunt?to?another?and?finally?to?our?family.

有一張桌子從一個(gè)阿姨傳給了另一個(gè)阿姨，最后傳給了我們家。

"It's?very?old,"?I?told?Jenny.?"I?try?to?keep?it?polished?and?I?show?it?off?whenever?I?can.?You?do?that?with?antiques."

“它的年代十分久遠(yuǎn)，” 我告訴珍妮，“我努力保持它的光澤，只要有機(jī)會(huì)，我就會(huì)把它展示出來(lái)，你可以把它當(dāng)作古董?！?/p>

There?was?a?picture?on?the?wall?purchased?at?a?garage?sale.?It?was?dated?1867.

墻上有一幅畫是在舊貨出售會(huì)上買的。畫上標(biāo)注的日期是1867年。

"Now?that's?an?antique,"?I?boasted.?"Over?100?years?old."

“那可是件古董，” 我自豪地說(shuō)，“是100多年前的東西了。”

Of?course?it?was?marked?up?and?scratched?and?not?in?very?good?condition.

當(dāng)然，它上面有很多印記，而且有劃痕，所以保存得不是很好。

"Sometimes?age?does?that,"?I?told?Jenny.?"But?the?marks?are?good?marks.?They?show?living,?being?around.?That's?something?to?display?with?pride.

“有時(shí)候歲月就是會(huì)留下這些痕跡，” 我告訴珍妮，“但這些印記都很有意義，彰顯了生活的氣息。這些都值得驕傲地展現(xiàn)出來(lái)。

In?fact,?sometimes,?the?more?an?object?shows?age,?the?more?valuable?it?can?become."?I?believed?this?was?important?for?my?own?self-worth.

事實(shí)上，有時(shí)候，一件物品越老，它就越有價(jià)值?！?我相信這對(duì)我的自我價(jià)值很重要。

Our?tour?of?antiques?continued.?One?thing?about?antiques,?I?explained?to?Jenny,?was?that?they?usually?had?a?story.

我們繼續(xù)古董之旅。我向珍妮解釋說(shuō)，還有一件事就是，古董通常都有一個(gè)故事。

They'd?been?in?one?home?and?then?another,?handed?down?from?one?family?to?another,?traveling?all?over?the?place.

它們從這家住進(jìn)那家，從一個(gè)家庭傳至另一個(gè)家庭，游遍了各地。

They'd?lasted?through?years?and?years.?They?could?have?been?tossed?away,?or?ignored,?or?destroyed,?or?lost.

它們經(jīng)年累月地保存了下來(lái)。它們可能被丟棄，或被忽視，或被摧毀，或被丟棄。

But?instead,?they?survived.

但它們最后留存了下來(lái)。

For?a?moment,?Jenny?looked?thoughtful.?"l?don't?have?any?antiques?but?you,"?she?said.

一時(shí)間，珍妮看上去若有所思。她說(shuō)：“除了你，我沒(méi)有其它古董了。”

Then?her?face?brightened.?"Could?I?take?you?to?school?for?show?and?tell?"

然后她面露喜色，“我可以帶你去學(xué)校，講講你的故事嗎？”

"Only?if?I?fit?into?your?backpack,"?I?answered.

“只要你能把我裝進(jìn)你的背包里就行，” 我回答道。

And?then?Jenny's?antique?lifted?her?up?and?embraced?her?in?a?hug?that?would?last?through?the?years.

然后，珍妮的“古董”把她抱起，擁進(jìn)懷中，那是個(gè)恒久的擁抱。