致八月——扎克伯格寫給二女兒的歡迎詞

昨天小扎迎來二女兒，起名八月。記得當初他們給大女兒Max寫過一封信，如今八月來臨，這封信也是不能少的。

Priscilla and I are so happy to welcome our daughter August! We wrote her a letter about the world we hope she grows up in,and also hoping she doesn t grow up too fast.

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八月來臨，我和普莉希拉普大喜奔。我們寫了這封信，希望她能在這樣一個世界長大，同時也希望她別長的太快。

Dear August,

Welcome to the world! Your mom and I are so excited to see who you will become.

親愛的八月，

歡迎來到這個世界。你媽媽和我迫不及待的想看到你會成為一個什麼樣的人。

When your sister was born, we wrote a letter about the world we hoped she and now you will grow up in -- a world with better education, fewer diseases, stronger communities, and greater equality. We wrote that with all the advances in science and technology, your generation should live dramatically better lives than ours, and we have a responsibility to do our part to make that happen. Even though headlines often focus on what s wrong, we still believe the sepositive trends will win out. We re optimists about your generation and the future.

當你姐姐出生的時候，我們曾寫信表達我們希望她能在怎樣一個世界裡長大，現在輪到你了。我們希望這個世界有更好的教育，更少的疾病，更強大的社區，更加平等的人權。隨著科學技術高速發展，和我們這一代相比，你們這一代註定會過上好的多的生活，我們有責任努力讓這一切成為現實。儘管時常映入我們眼帘的是媒體關注的陰暗面，我們依舊堅信陽光面會勝出。對於你們這一代和你們生活的未來，我們持樂觀態度。

But rather than write about growing up, we want to talk about childhood. The world can be a serious place. That s why it s important to make time to go outside and play.

今天我和媽媽不想說長大，我們想說童年。這個世界是個嚴肅的地方，所以花時間出去走走看看玩一玩非常重要。

You will be busy when you re older, so I hope you take time to smell all the flowers and put all the leaves you want in your bucket now. I hope you read your favorite Dr. Seuss books so many times you start inventing your own stories about the Vipper of Vipp. I hope you ride the carousel with Max until you ve tamed every color horse. I hope you run as many laps around our livingroom and yard as you want. And then I hope you take a lot of naps. I hope you re a great sleeper. And I hope even in your dreams you can feel how much we love you.

當你一點點長大，你會變得很忙。所以現在我多希望你有時間去嗅嗅花香，把你喜歡的葉子裝進小桶里收藏。我希望你反覆的讀你最喜歡的Dr. Seuss的書，然後開始寫你自己版本的Vipper of Vipp。我希望你能和你姐姐一起坐好多好多次的旋轉木馬直到你覺得你已經馴服了每一種顏色。我希望你在我們家裡院子里隨意奔跑不知疲倦。我還希望你打好多好多的盹。希望你擁有好的睡眠，即使在睡夢中你也可以感覺到爸爸媽媽對你的愛。

Childhood is magical. You only get to be a child once, so don t spend it worrying too much about the future. You ve got us for that, and we ll do everything we possibly can to make sure the world is a better place for you and all children in your generation.

童年是神奇的。一輩子只能當小孩子一次，所以別太花時間去擔心未來。你有我們做你堅實的後盾，我們會盡所能去把世界變得更好，讓你們這一代能更好的生活。

August,we love you so much and we re so excited to go on this adventure with you. We wish you a life of joy, love and the same hope you give us.

八月，爸爸媽媽很愛很愛你。我們迫不及待的想同你一起開始這新的征程。我們希望你過的開心，擁有好多好多的愛和希望，就如同你給我們的一樣多。

Love,

Mom and Dad

愛你的，

爸爸和媽媽

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