A young American man got on a British train in a hurry. There were no seats for him, but there was a seat with a small dog sitting on it. Its (主人) was a middle-aged lady with a large hat. He said to her (礼貌地) , "Excuse me, madam, may I sit down?"
She said (没什么) , but turned over the pages of her newspaper. The young man was embarrassed(尴尬的) . Again he said, "Excuse me, madam, may I have this seat, please?" And again she made no (回答) .
For a(第三) time the young American said, "Madam, would you please put away your dog so that I could sit down?" And for that time the woman didn't (似乎) to hear him at all, so he opened the window, picked up the dog, threw it out, and then sat on the empty seat.
It was completely (安静的) in the train, and then an Englishman sitting (对面) said, "You know, you Americans are the (最奇怪的) people. You drive on the wrong side of the road. You eat with the fork in the wrong hand. You name the floors in the wrong numbers and just now you (扔) the wrong dog out of the window."
For most Chinese, it is not easy to say "I love you", even to our parents, no matter how much we love them. The Chinese prefer to put their love in the heart rather than say the words. Some of us may think it is not important to express our love. Only if our parents can feel our love and believe we love them, that is enough.
Try to think about this question in another way. Do you want to hear your parents say they love you? If they say so, how will you feel? Won't you feel happy and very warm? Sure you will. And your parents will feel the same if you tell them you love them. Parents never expect their children to do many things for them. They are so easy to be satisfied. Why not try to say "I love you" to them one day? It's not a really difficult thing. And you will see how surprised and happy they are!
