【英语翻译WhenIwasaforeignteacherinChina,everydayItaughtEnglishtomystudentsandtheytaughtmeaboutChina.Onedaythetopicturnedtosaying“Iloveyou”.Iwasshockedtolearnthatnotoneofmystudentshadsaidthistotheirmot】

　　英语翻译

　　WhenIwasaforeignteacherinChina,everydayItaughtEnglishtomystudentsandtheytaughtmeabout

　　China.Onedaythetopicturnedtosaying“Iloveyou”.Iwasshockedtolearnthatnotoneofmystudents

　　hadsaidthistotheirmothers,norhadtheirmotherssaidittothem.“Doesyourmomloveyou?”“Ofcourse

　　,”theyanswered.

　　“Howdoyouknow”wasmylogicalquestion.Theyrespondedthattheirmonscookedandalwaystoldthemwhat

　　theyweredoingwrongtoshowtheircaring.Iwasstunned.Somon’scookingandcriticzingreadoutas“I

　　loveyou”.“Thenhowdoyousay‘Iloveyou’toher?”Theyagreedthatgettinggoodgrades,followedby

　　godjobswouldbehowtheyshowedtheirlove.

　　Icomefromaculturewheremostpeopleareexpressiveenough,soIrepeatedthesequeriesinclassesover

　　time.Gradually,Ibegantogetdifferentresponse.Someofthemhadexchangedthosesentimentswiththeir

　　moms.

　　Oneofmyfavoritestoriesofchangecamefromagirl.Whenshecamehomefromuniversity,hermothermether

　　atthedoorandhugged（拥抱）her.Thishadneverhappenedbefore,buthermomsaid,“NowthatyouhavegoneI

　　havemoretimetomyself.InoticedthatinsomeplacesmothersandchildrenhugeachotherandIdecidedit

　　wasagoodideaandthatIwouldbeginhuggingyou.”

　　Inmyfamilyweallsay“Iloveyou”alot.Whileitistruethatweoftensaythewordswithouthavinggreat

　　depthoffeelingsatthatmoment,itisalmostlikeablessingwegiveeachother.Thosethreelittlewords

　　carryaworldofmeaning,evenwhensaidasagreeting,butmostespeciallyiftheyarethelastwordswesay

　　toorhearfromthosewelove.