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父亲是一个胖子，走过去自然要费事些。我本来要去的，他不肯，只好让他去。我看见他戴着黑布小帽，穿着黑布大马褂，深青布棉袍，蹒跚地走到铁道边，慢慢探身下去，尚不大难。可是他穿过铁道，要爬上那边月台，就不容易了。他用两手攀着上面，两脚再向上缩；他肥胖的身子向左微倾，显出努力的样子。这时我看见他的背影，我的泪很快地流下来了。我赶紧拭干了泪，怕他看见，也怕别人看见。我再向外看时，他已抱了朱红的橘子望回走了。

fùqin shì yī gè pàngzi ，zǒu guòqù zìrán yào fèishì xiē 。wǒ běnlái yào qù de ，tā bù kěn ，zhǐhǎo ràng tā qù 。wǒ kànjiàn tā dài zhe hēibù xiǎomào ，chuān zhe hēibù dà mǎguà ，shēnqīng bù miánpáo ，pánshān de zǒu dào tiědào biān ，mànmàn tàn shēn xiàqu ，shàng bù dà nán 。kěshì tā chuānguò tiědào ，yào pá shàng nàbiān yuètái ，jiù bù róngyì le 。tā yòng liǎng shǒu pān zhe shàngmian ，liǎng jiǎo zài xiàng shàng suō ；tā féipàng de shēnzi xiàng zuǒ wēi qīng ，xiǎn chū nǔlì de yàngzi 。zhè shí wǒ kànjiàn tā de bèiyǐng ，wǒ de lèi hěnkuài de liú xiàlai le 。wǒ gǎnjǐn shìgān le lèi ，pà tā kànjiàn ，yě pà biérén kànjiàn 。wǒ zài xiàngwài kàn shí ，tā yǐ bào le zhūhóng de júzi wàng huí zǒu le 。

My father's a big guy, to get there would be quite a bit of effort for him. I wanted to go instead, but he just wouldn't let me. I just had to give into my insistent father. I looked over at my father, in his black cloth cap, black knee-length robe and dark green cotton-padded jacket, teetering his way toward the railway and lowering his way down there, which wasn't too difficult. Yet, the difficult part was climbing up to the platform after crossing the tracks. He tightly placed his hands on the top of the platform, shrinking back his legs, his heavy body tilted slightly to the left. The sight was of a many trying his very best. As I took this scene in, looking at his back, my tears rushed down my face. I rushed to wipe away my tears, afraid of being seen by him, or by any others. When I look out again, he was already on his way back, carrying those bright tangerines.

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我北来后，他写了一信给我，信中说道，“我身体平安，惟膀子疼痛利害，举箸提笔，诸多不便，大约大去之期不远矣。”我读到此处，在晶莹的泪光中，又看见那肥胖的青布棉袍，黑布马褂的背影。唉！我不知何时再能与他相见！

wǒ běi lái hòu ，tā xiě le yī xìn gěi wǒ ，xìn zhōng shuō dào ，“wǒ shēntǐ píng ān ，wéi bǎngzi téngtòng lìhài ，jǔ zhù tí bǐ ，zhūduō bùbiàn ，dàyuē dàqù zhī qī bù yuǎn yǐ 。”wǒ dú dào cǐchù ，zài jīngyíng de lèiguāng zhōng ，yòu kànjiàn nà féipàng de qīngbù miánpáo ，hēibù mǎguà de bèiyǐng 。ài ！wǒ bùzhī héshí zài néng yǔ tā xiāngjiàn ！

After I settled in the north, he wrote a letter to me saying that: “I am well except for the pain in my shoulders. The pain makes eating and writing a little difficult. I think the end of my life is not too distant.” As I read this, thru my glistening eyes, I again see my father’s heavy figure in that dark blue turquoise robe. I sigh. I wonder when I shall see him again.

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欸，年轻人，借过一下，我要晒棉被！

èi ，niánqīngrén ，jièguò yīxià ，wǒ yào shài miánbèi ！

Ah! Excuse me kids, I need to air out my comforter in the sun!

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