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Wednesdays
David A. Manzi
She is my wife, my lover, my best friend. For over fourteen years, our marriage has endured and grown. I can honestly state that after all this time 星期三
翻译:Bull
她是我的妻子，我的爱人，我最好的朋友。14 年来，我们的婚姻已变得成熟而持久。我可以真诚地说，自从结婚以来，我对于帕特丽夏的爱从来没
together, my love for Patricia has not diminished in the slightest way. In fact, through each passing day, I find myself more and more enraptured by her beauty. The best times of my life are the times we spend together, whether sitting quietly watching television or enjoying an afternoon at a San Diego Chargers game. 有过任何哪怕是最轻微的削弱。实际上，在过去的每一天中，我都发现自己越来越为她的美貌倾倒。我生命中最美好的时刻就是我们一起度过的时刻，不论是静静地坐在那里看电视还是在一个下午看一场圣地亚哥查格斯队的比赛。
There is no secret to why our marriage has lasted while so many others have failed. There is no formula for success that I can offer, other than to express that the most important feature of our relationship is that it has never lost the sense of romance that bloomed when we first met. Too often marriage kills the romance that was born in the courtship of a relationship. To me, I have always felt that I am still courting Patricia, and therefore the romance has never died. 为什么我们的婚姻这么持久而许多人的婚姻却以失败告终，这里面并没有什么秘密。我并不能提供什么成功的公式，只能说我们的关系中最重要的一点就是我们从来没有失去第一次见面时萌生的浪漫感觉。在许多时候，婚姻会成为追求对方时所产生的浪漫情感的杀手。对我来说，我一直感觉我仍然在追求帕特丽夏，因而我的浪漫情怀也就从未消逝。
Romance is not something that can be taught or copied. One can only be romantic through another. Patricia, my wife of fourteen years, has instilled the romance in me. I am romantic because of her. Patricia has always brought out the best in me. The many aspects of our romance are too numerous to mention. However, there is one special romantic interlude that I began over fifteen years ago. 浪漫不是可以学会或者复制的东西。一个人只能通过他人变得浪漫，帕特丽夏，我相濡以沫14年的妻子，已经将浪漫醍醐灌顶般地注入我的心里。我因她而浪漫。帕特丽夏总是激发我心中最美好的东西。我们的浪漫事迹多得无法数清。然而，
Before we were married, Patricia and I could not see each other as much as we would have like during the week. The weekends always went too fast, and the days in between dragged on forever. I decided that I needed to do something to make the weekdays go faster, or at least to give us something to look forward to during the week. 在我们结婚以前，我和帕特丽夏不能在每周象我们期盼的那样经常见面。周末总是一晃即过，而在下一个周末来临之前，日子永远都是漫长难捱。我决定我要采取一些措施让一周过得快一些，至少也能在这一周里让我们有个盼头。
And so it began on Wednesday some fifteen years ago: I bought a card and gave it to Patricia. There was no special occasion. The card was just an expression of how much I loved her and How much I was thinking about her. I picked Wednesday for no special reason other than it was the middle of the week. 于是一切都从15年前那个星期三开始了：我买了一张贺卡送给帕特丽夏。这天并不是什么特殊的日子。这张卡只是表示我有多么地爱她，有多么思念她。我选择星期三也没有什么特殊的原因，只是因为它正在一周的中间。
Since that day, I have never missed a Wednesday -- Patricia has received a card from me every Wednesday, every week, every month, every year. 从那天开始，我从没有遗漏过一个星期三——帕特丽夏每周、每月、每年的每个星期三都会收到一张我的贺卡。
The purchase of the card each week is not done out of habit. It is my romantic mission each week to find the right card. At times, my search takes me to many different card stores to find that perfect offering. I have been known to spend a considerable amount of time in front of the card displays, reading up to a dozen different cards before I choose the right one. The picture and the words in the card must have specific meaning to me and must remind me in some way of Patricia and our life together. The card needs to evoke an emotion in me. I know that if a card brings a tear of happiness to my eyes, I have found the right one. 每周购买贺卡并不是例行公事。相反，每周去寻找一张合适的贺卡成为我的浪漫使命。有时，我会跑很多贺卡商店以寻找最完美的贺卡。人们都知道我会在陈列的一排排贺卡前花费相当长的时间，在选中合适的贺卡之前会读遍足足一打不同的卡片。卡片上的图画和字必须对我有特殊的意义，它必须能以某种方式让我想起帕特丽夏以及我们在一起的生活。卡片要唤起我内心的一种情感。我知道，如果一张卡片能够让我的双眼涌出幸福的泪水，那么，它就是我要找的东西。
Patricia awakens each Wednesday morning to find her card, and even though she knows it will be there, she still lights up with excitement when she tears open the envelope and reads what is inside. And I still get just as excited giving each card to her. 每个星期三早晨，帕特丽夏一醒来就能看见她的贺卡，而且，尽管她知道会有贺卡，可当她撕开信封读到里面的内容时她仍然会兴奋不已。而我每送给她一张贺卡，也同样感到兴奋。
At the foot of our bed is a brass chest that is filled with all of the greeting cards Patricia has received from me over the past fifteen years, hundreds and hundreds of cards, each one full of just as much love as the next. I can only hope that our life together will last long enough for me to fill ten brass chests with my weekly messages of love, affection and most of all thanks for the joy Patricia has brought to my life. 在我们的床脚有一个黄铜箱子，里面装满了在过去的15年里我送给帕特丽夏的所有贺卡，这成百的贺卡，每一张贺卡都满载着同样的爱。我只希望我们俩的生活能够持续得长一些，让我每周的卡片能装满十个黄铜箱，它们述说着真情、爱慕和对帕特丽夏带给我生活的快乐的全部感激。
David A. Manzi
She is my wife, my lover, my best friend. For over fourteen years, our marriage has endured and grown. I can honestly state that after all this time 星期三
翻译:Bull
她是我的妻子，我的爱人，我最好的朋友。14 年来，我们的婚姻已变得成熟而持久。我可以真诚地说，自从结婚以来，我对于帕特丽夏的爱从来没
together, my love for Patricia has not diminished in the slightest way. In fact, through each passing day, I find myself more and more enraptured by her beauty. The best times of my life are the times we spend together, whether sitting quietly watching television or enjoying an afternoon at a San Diego Chargers game. 有过任何哪怕是最轻微的削弱。实际上，在过去的每一天中，我都发现自己越来越为她的美貌倾倒。我生命中最美好的时刻就是我们一起度过的时刻，不论是静静地坐在那里看电视还是在一个下午看一场圣地亚哥查格斯队的比赛。
There is no secret to why our marriage has lasted while so many others have failed. There is no formula for success that I can offer, other than to express that the most important feature of our relationship is that it has never lost the sense of romance that bloomed when we first met. Too often marriage kills the romance that was born in the courtship of a relationship. To me, I have always felt that I am still courting Patricia, and therefore the romance has never died. 为什么我们的婚姻这么持久而许多人的婚姻却以失败告终，这里面并没有什么秘密。我并不能提供什么成功的公式，只能说我们的关系中最重要的一点就是我们从来没有失去第一次见面时萌生的浪漫感觉。在许多时候，婚姻会成为追求对方时所产生的浪漫情感的杀手。对我来说，我一直感觉我仍然在追求帕特丽夏，因而我的浪漫情怀也就从未消逝。
Romance is not something that can be taught or copied. One can only be romantic through another. Patricia, my wife of fourteen years, has instilled the romance in me. I am romantic because of her. Patricia has always brought out the best in me. The many aspects of our romance are too numerous to mention. However, there is one special romantic interlude that I began over fifteen years ago. 浪漫不是可以学会或者复制的东西。一个人只能通过他人变得浪漫，帕特丽夏，我相濡以沫14年的妻子，已经将浪漫醍醐灌顶般地注入我的心里。我因她而浪漫。帕特丽夏总是激发我心中最美好的东西。我们的浪漫事迹多得无法数清。然而，
Before we were married, Patricia and I could not see each other as much as we would have like during the week. The weekends always went too fast, and the days in between dragged on forever. I decided that I needed to do something to make the weekdays go faster, or at least to give us something to look forward to during the week. 在我们结婚以前，我和帕特丽夏不能在每周象我们期盼的那样经常见面。周末总是一晃即过，而在下一个周末来临之前，日子永远都是漫长难捱。我决定我要采取一些措施让一周过得快一些，至少也能在这一周里让我们有个盼头。
And so it began on Wednesday some fifteen years ago: I bought a card and gave it to Patricia. There was no special occasion. The card was just an expression of how much I loved her and How much I was thinking about her. I picked Wednesday for no special reason other than it was the middle of the week. 于是一切都从15年前那个星期三开始了：我买了一张贺卡送给帕特丽夏。这天并不是什么特殊的日子。这张卡只是表示我有多么地爱她，有多么思念她。我选择星期三也没有什么特殊的原因，只是因为它正在一周的中间。
Since that day, I have never missed a Wednesday -- Patricia has received a card from me every Wednesday, every week, every month, every year. 从那天开始，我从没有遗漏过一个星期三——帕特丽夏每周、每月、每年的每个星期三都会收到一张我的贺卡。
The purchase of the card each week is not done out of habit. It is my romantic mission each week to find the right card. At times, my search takes me to many different card stores to find that perfect offering. I have been known to spend a considerable amount of time in front of the card displays, reading up to a dozen different cards before I choose the right one. The picture and the words in the card must have specific meaning to me and must remind me in some way of Patricia and our life together. The card needs to evoke an emotion in me. I know that if a card brings a tear of happiness to my eyes, I have found the right one. 每周购买贺卡并不是例行公事。相反，每周去寻找一张合适的贺卡成为我的浪漫使命。有时，我会跑很多贺卡商店以寻找最完美的贺卡。人们都知道我会在陈列的一排排贺卡前花费相当长的时间，在选中合适的贺卡之前会读遍足足一打不同的卡片。卡片上的图画和字必须对我有特殊的意义，它必须能以某种方式让我想起帕特丽夏以及我们在一起的生活。卡片要唤起我内心的一种情感。我知道，如果一张卡片能够让我的双眼涌出幸福的泪水，那么，它就是我要找的东西。
Patricia awakens each Wednesday morning to find her card, and even though she knows it will be there, she still lights up with excitement when she tears open the envelope and reads what is inside. And I still get just as excited giving each card to her. 每个星期三早晨，帕特丽夏一醒来就能看见她的贺卡，而且，尽管她知道会有贺卡，可当她撕开信封读到里面的内容时她仍然会兴奋不已。而我每送给她一张贺卡，也同样感到兴奋。
At the foot of our bed is a brass chest that is filled with all of the greeting cards Patricia has received from me over the past fifteen years, hundreds and hundreds of cards, each one full of just as much love as the next. I can only hope that our life together will last long enough for me to fill ten brass chests with my weekly messages of love, affection and most of all thanks for the joy Patricia has brought to my life. 在我们的床脚有一个黄铜箱子，里面装满了在过去的15年里我送给帕特丽夏的所有贺卡，这成百的贺卡，每一张贺卡都满载着同样的爱。我只希望我们俩的生活能够持续得长一些，让我每周的卡片能装满十个黄铜箱，它们述说着真情、爱慕和对帕特丽夏带给我生活的快乐的全部感激。