Surprise Lauren驚喜

Kevin had not seen his dad for almost one week， because he had been off on abusiness trip across the country. This had been the longest period1 of time he hadgone without seeing his dad， and he missed him.

凱文已經(jīng)有將近一個(gè)星期沒(méi)有見(jiàn)到他爸爸了，因?yàn)樗ト珖?guó)各地出差了。這是他沒(méi)有見(jiàn)到父親最長(zhǎng)的一段時(shí)間，他很想他。

But today was the day his dad was coming home， and Kevin had been in agood mood2 since he woke up this morning. As he went to school， he wasthinking of the questions he would ask his dad and the things they would dotomorrow. His dad usually took him to a basketball game or on a car ride， butmaybe he would be too tired after those.

但今天是他爸爸回家的日子，凱文從早上醒來(lái)后心情就一直很好。當(dāng)他去學(xué)校的時(shí)候，他在想他要問(wèn)爸爸的問(wèn)題和他們明天要做的事情。爸爸通常帶他去看籃球比賽或開(kāi)車(chē)兜風(fēng)，但他在做完這些事之后可能會(huì)太累。

During his lunch break， Kevin kept on thinking about how happy he would be when his dad came home. Kevin had been apart3 from him for so long. It had made him understand how much he loved spending time with him.

午休時(shí)，凱文一直在想，當(dāng)爸爸回家時(shí)，他會(huì)有多開(kāi)心。凱文和爸爸分開(kāi)了這么久，這讓他明白了自己是多么喜愛(ài)與父親共度的時(shí)光。

On the bus ride home， Kevin decided that he wanted to do something special forhis dad to show him how much he had missed him. He knew that his mommy hadmissed his dad just as much as him， so when he got home， he asked her if she had anygood ideas.

在回家的公交車(chē)上，凱文決定要為爸爸做點(diǎn)特別的事情，讓他知道自己有多想念他。他知道媽媽和他一樣想念爸爸，所以回家后，他問(wèn)媽媽有沒(méi)有什么好主意。

When Kevin told his mommy what he was thinking， she smiled with happinessand told him she had a great idea. He asked herwhat it was， and she told him. Then they wentabout setting their plan into action⁴.

當(dāng)凱文告訴媽媽自己的想法時(shí)，媽媽開(kāi)心地笑了，并告訴他說(shuō)她有一個(gè)好主意。他問(wèn)她是什么，她告訴了他，然后兩人就著手實(shí)施他們的計(jì)劃。

When Kevin’s dad came home at around six at night， he came home to a darkhouse. He was surprised， because he had thought that his family would be waitingaround for him. As he walked through the door， he was sad to see that his son and wifeseemed5 to have left him all by himself.

凱文爸爸在晚上六點(diǎn)左右回家時(shí)，回到了一所黑漆漆的房子里。他很驚訝，因?yàn)樗詾樗募胰藭?huì)在家等著他。當(dāng)他走進(jìn)門(mén)的時(shí)候，他很難過(guò)地發(fā)現(xiàn)兒子和妻子似乎把他一個(gè)人丟下了。

Suddenly6， he heard a noise behind him. As he turned， the light came on， andKevin and his mommy jumped up from behind the chair. “Surprise！ ”they shoutedloudly7. Kevin’s dad was shocked8， but after a moment he laughed. He was very happyto see that the empty house had been a joke all along.“That was very good，”he told hisson and wife.“I thought you guys had left！ ”

突然，他聽(tīng)到身后有聲音。當(dāng)他轉(zhuǎn)過(guò)身時(shí)燈亮了，凱文和他媽媽從椅子后面跳了出來(lái)?！跋氩坏桨?！”他們大聲喊著。凱文的爸爸十分震驚，但過(guò)了一會(huì)兒他就笑了。他非常高興，空無(wú)一人的房子一開(kāi)始就是個(gè)玩笑?！疤袅耍　彼嬖V兒子和妻子，“我以為你們出門(mén)了！”

Kevin told him that this was not the only surprise of the night. He told him to gointo the kitchen to see if there was anything else there waiting for him.

凱文告訴他，這不是當(dāng)晚唯一的驚喜。他告訴爸爸去廚房，看看有沒(méi)有其他東西在那里等著他。

As Kevin’s dad went into the kitchen， he was surprised to see his favorite mealwaiting for him on the table. There was tomato soup， chicken， chocolate and drinks.The table was full of food， and there was music playing in the background9.

當(dāng)凱文的爸爸走進(jìn)廚房時(shí)，他驚訝地發(fā)現(xiàn)自己最喜歡的飯菜已經(jīng)擺在桌子上了，有西紅柿湯、雞肉、巧克力和飲料。桌子上擺滿了食物，還有背景音樂(lè)在播放。

As Kevin and his mommy laughed with happiness， Kevin’s dad smiled andthanked them from the bottom of his heart. Then he pulled surprises of his own out ofhis bags. For his wife， he had bought beautiful flowers that he had picked out for her.For Kevin， he had brought a special present： his very own basketball to practice with.

凱文和媽媽開(kāi)心地笑著，凱文的爸爸也笑了，并衷心地感謝他們。然后他從包里拿出自己準(zhǔn)備的驚喜禮物。他給妻子買(mǎi)了專(zhuān)為她挑選的美麗的鮮花。他給凱文帶了一份特別的禮物：供他自己練習(xí)的籃球。

Kevin was very happy with his new present， but he was even happier to have hisdad with him at home.

凱文收到新禮物感到非常高興，但更高興的是有爸爸在家陪著他。（英語(yǔ)原文選自：er-central.com）