爱只是一根线--中英文双语情感文章
Love Is Just a Thread
Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy trying to earn money in order to pay the high tuition for my brother and me. They don’t act in the romantic ways that I read in books or I see on TV. In their opinion, “I love you” is too luxurious for them to say. Sending flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day is even more out of the question. Finally my father has a bad temper. When he’s very tired from the hard work, it is easy for him to lose his temper.
One day, my mother was sewing a quilt. I silently sat down beside her and looked at her.
“Mom, I have a question to ask you,” I said after a while.
“What?” she replied, still doing her work.
“Is there love between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very low voice.
My mother stopped her work and raised her head with surprise in her eyes. She didn’t answer immediately. Then she bowed her head and continued to sew the quilt.
I was very worried because I thought I had hurt her. I was in a great embarrassment and I didn’t know what I should do. But at last I heard my mother say the following words:
“Susan,” she said thoughtfully, “Look at this thread. Sometimes it appears, but most of it disappears in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt strong and durable. If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread. It can hardly be seen anywhere or anytime, but it’s really there. Love is inside.”
I listened carefully but I couldn’t understand her until the next spring. At that time, my father suddenly got sick seriously. My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month. When they returned from the hospital, they both looked very pale. It seemed both of them had had a serious illness.
After they were back, every day in the morning and dusk, my mother helped my father walk slowly on the country road. My father had never been so gentle. It seemed they were the most harmonious couple. Along the country road, there were many beautiful flowers, green grass and trees. The sun gently glistened through the leaves. All of these made up the most beautiful picture in the world.
The doctor had said my father would recover in two months. But after two months he still couldn’t walk by himself. All of us were worried about him.
“Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day.
“Susan, don’t worry about me.” he said gently. “To tell you the truth, I just like walking with your mom. I like this kind of life.” Reading his eyes, I know he loves my mother deeply.
Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and sweet kisses. But from this experience, I understand that love is just a thread in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm..
爱只是一根线
有时候，我真的怀疑父母之间是否有真爱。他们天天忙于赚钱，为我和弟弟支付学费。他们从未像我在书中读到，或在电视中看到的那样互诉衷肠。他们认为 “我爱你”太奢侈，很难说出口。更不用说在情人节送花这样的事了。我父亲的脾气非常坏。经过一天的劳累之后，他经常会发脾气。
一天，母亲正在缝被子，我静静地坐在她旁边看着她。
过了一会，我说：“妈妈，我想问你一个问题。”
“什么问题？”她一边继续缝着，一边回答道。
我低声地问道：“你和爸爸之间有没有爱情啊？”
母亲突然停下了手中的活，满眼诧异地抬起头。她没有立即作答。然后低下头，继续缝被子。
我担心伤害了她。我非常尴尬，不知道该怎么办。不过，后来我听见母亲说：
“苏珊，看看这些线。有时候，你能看得见，但是大多数都隐藏在被子里。这些线使被子坚固耐用。如果生活就像一床被子，那么爱就是其中的线。你不可能随时随地看到它，但是它却实实在在地存在着。爱是内在的。”
我仔细地听着，却无法明白她的话，直到来年的春天。那时候，我父亲得了重病。母亲在医院里待了一个月。当他们从医院回来的时候，都显得非常苍白。就像他们都得了一场重病一样。
他们回来之后，每天的清晨或黄昏，母亲都会搀扶着父亲在乡村的小路上漫步。父亲从未如此温和过。他们就像是天作之合。在小路旁边，有许多美丽的野花、绿草和树木。阳光穿过树叶的缝隙，温柔地照射在地面上。这一切形成了一幅世间最美好的画面。
医生说父亲将在两个月后康复。但是两个月之后，他仍然无法独立行走。我们都很为他担心。
有一天，我问他：“爸爸，你感觉怎么样？”
他温和地说：“苏珊，不用为我担心。跟你说吧，我喜欢与你妈妈一块散步的感觉。我喜欢这种生活。”从他的眼神里，我看得出他对母亲的爱之深刻。
我曾经认为爱情就是鲜花、礼物和甜蜜的亲吻。但是从那一刻起，我明白了，爱情就像是生活中被子里的一根线。爱情就在里面，使生活变得坚固而温暖。（
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I like home office. A home office can be a space within an individual's personal residence that is used for business purposes. It may be a corner of a spare bedroom equipped with nothing more than a desk, or, it could be one whole floor of a house filled with the latest in computer and communications devices. Whatever its size and composition, however, the home office is increasingly common today. A majority of the people who work from their homes are self-employed small business owners. In addition, many professionals maintain two offices too, and a growing number are equipping their home computers with broadband connection that allows them access to their office computer files. Many large corporations are also expanding experiments in "telecommuting", which enables employees to work from home, using computers with Internet access, just as they would in the office.
Working from home can be a joy, You may love the idea of the freedom, the flexibility, and the relaxed atmosphere your home office will have. You may relish the idea of working in your bunny slippers and bath robe. You can always take full advantages of working at your home office, even on workdays. Mixing my work with my home life is exciting. You can like a place where you could get down to business, but also surf in the web, listen to music, play a video game and basically just be myself.
In reality, working from home can be great, but it can also be just as frustrating as working in a traditional office. You have to set it up right and set some rules for yourself. The rules you set must be based on your situation, what works for you personally, and the type of work you are doing. Thos,you can enjoy the style of the home office and also succeed in your career .
I like the home office and enjoy it very much。
我喜欢家庭办公室，家庭办公室可以是一个用于商业目的独立个人居住空间，它可能是一个空闲的卧室一角，配备只不过一张书桌，或者也可能是一充满了最新的电脑和通讯设备的整层房子。无论其规模和组成，家庭办公室今天是越来越常见。大部分在家里工作的人都是所谓“自我雇佣”（self-employed）个体小企业主。此外，许多专业人士和也喜欢拥有两个办公室，越来越多的家用电脑装备可以与宽带相连接，使他们得以远程进入其办公室的电脑档案。因此许多大公司也在扩大实验“远程办公” ，这样可以使得员工在家工作，使用电脑上网，就像他们在办公室里上班一样。
事实上，在家工作是一种乐趣，你会喜欢那些自由的念头和家庭办公室中的那种灵活，轻松的氛围。你也许会穿着兔子拖鞋和浴衣津津有味地构思你的工作计划。即使是在工作日你也可以充分利用在家庭办公室工作的长处，把工作与家庭生活混合在一起的确令人振奋。你可以在你喜欢的地方脚踏实地地做业务，同时在网上冲浪，听音乐，玩视频游戏。
在现实生活中，在家工作可以很顺利，但它同样也可能像在传统的办公室上班那样碰到麻烦。所以你必须把一切布置得井井有条，并为你自己设置一些规则，这些规则必须适合你自己的情况。适合你个人工作的，适合你正在从事的工作类型。这样你就会在家庭办公室中不但得到乐趣，而且使你事业成功
我非常喜欢家庭办公室，并享受这种生活。
（又改过了，几乎是重新写的，320单词，花了不少时间，多给点分吧）
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