雙語美文：朋友們的小小心意 讓我淚流滿面
So, a couple of weeks ago
就在幾個星期之前
my family found out that my Uncle has stage four brain cancer.
一家人突然得知，我的叔叔患有腦癌，已經是第四階段了
I was very upset with the news
這個消息讓我十分震驚
as I have lived with him for the past nine years.
過去9年以來，我一直和他生活在一起
About a week later, was my B-DAY
就在一個星期之後就是我的生日，
and I really didn't want to celebrate it with all that was going on.
得知這個消息之後一連串的事情，讓我根本無心慶祝生日
I just got me some cupcakes
我只是買了幾隻紙杯蛋糕
and went to my friends house to watch TV.
到朋友家去看了會兒電視
At some point during the evening,
這天夜裏某個時刻
it slipped out that it was my B-DAY,
家人偶然得知，這天是我的生日
but I told them not to worry about it.
但我告訴他們，不用在意，
The next week, I arrived at my friends house to watch TV,
一個星期之後，我到朋友家去看電視
and found a surprise birthday party waiting for me.
發現他們居然爲我準備了一個驚喜派對
All of my friends were there,
我的朋友全都在場
some driving three hours, to be there.
其中一些人開了足足三個小時的車，就爲了參加我的驚喜派對
And I nearly cried because of it.
爲此我差點痛哭流涕
