我对时间记忆(英汉对照).doc

My Memory of Time 我对时间的记忆 When I was in elementary school and junior high school, my family was so poor that my parents couldnt afford to buy a clock or a watch, so I didnt have any idea about time then. The primary school was in the east of the village, but our home was in the west. Mother probably told the time from the chirps of sparrows. We got up early in the summer, without worrying about being late for class, but the winter night was long, sometimes it was not easy to tell the time. At that time, I always felt that time passed slowly, counting fingers every day: What day is today? What day is tomorrow? Everyone expected the arrival of Saturday because we had only half a day of school on Saturday and we could leave the school in the afternoon. To this end, some children also made up doggerel to express their desire for the mood: After Wednesday, time passes so quickly; after Thursday, time flies; after Friday, you need to hold on for half a day; and after Saturday, you may go home with the school bag happily. According to Einsteins Theory of Relativity, people, having a hard time, would find life long and tough. After getting rich, you would also find life becomes easier and comfortable, and time goes by quickly. No wonder people are sighing now: where has all the time gone? At that time, there was another way to tell the time by the sun in the sky. If the sun is shining right overhead, or the sunlight that comes through the threshold is perpendicular to the threshold, it is 12 o’clock. Looking at the position of the sun in the sky, it is also possible to tell the time. If we are not sure, or when it comes to the rainy day, we have to go to the rich neighbour to ask the time, who can afford a watch or a clock. Later, Father came back with an old small radio. Only the programs of Shandong Broadcasting Station could be heard clearly, but sometimes even the Shandong Station couldn’t be heard. We needed to knock the table where the radio was placed, and it would b