英语美文摘抄小短文 双语美文：我真的做到了

双语美文：我真的做到了  

7 years ago, when I was 24,,七年前，我24岁的时候,my wife was killed in a horrible car accident,,我妻子在一场可怕的车祸中去世了,leaving me in plete shock and grief,我被抛入了剧烈的震惊与悲恸之中,I became a single father to our 2 kids,变成了两个孩子的单亲爸爸,at the time they were 1 and 3 years old.,那时他们一个只有1岁，一个只有3岁,I didn't have any post high school education,我只有一份小小的高中文凭,and was working as a construction worker.,职业是建筑工人,Before my wife passed away,,在妻子去世前,we both worked full time,我们都有全职的工作,and were able to rent a small but nice house.,赚的钱还足以租下一件虽然小，却很温馨的公寓,But as a single working parent,,可是，成为唯一赚钱养家的单亲爸爸后,I could hardly make ends meet,我难以应付家里的开支,and had to move in to a tiny apartment.,一家人不得不搬到一个逼仄的小公寓里,That Christmas, when I didn't have enough money left over to get my kids the gifts they deserved,,那年的圣诞节，我拿不出足够的钱去为孩子们买他们应得的圣诞礼物，这时我才知道,I really knew I had to do something.,我知道，自己必须得做点什么才行,I started taking college classes at night,我开始读夜校研修大学学位,while working 2 jobs,,同时还做着两份工作,and after five long years,,五年漫长的时间之后,I graduated with a BS in mechanical engineering,我终于获得了机械工程专业的学士学位,and got a job making 6 figures.,还得到了 一份薪资6位数的工作,I bought a nice house with a huge yard for my kids to play in,,我买下了 一幢大房子，屋前还有一个宽阔的院子，可以让孩子们玩耍,built them a treehouse,,我还给孩子们搭了一个树屋,and have enough time off to spend plenty of time with them.,工作空余的时间也很多，可以陪伴孩子们,Last week,,上星期,I took them on a camping trip in the mountains.,我带着孩子们到山里宿营,It's not until now,直到此时,that I really let myself believe that I actually did it.,我才得以确信，我真的做到了