B: My father prepared a photo album for my sister’s birthday. It had 30 photographs of her, one for every year of her life so far, he said.
A: Did he include one photo from every year, from when she was a baby until this year?
B: No, I think he just chose 30 of his favorite pictures of her. The idea was to have a historical document of her life.
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A: Yes, and the more time goes on, the more of a sense of history it will have. It will be a snapshot of time for her to look back on. It’s a lovely thought.
B: It’s like going through your old school photos. You know it’s you in the pictures, but you can hardly believe it. It’s as if you are looking at a previous life, one that you only faintly remember, lived by a younger person that looks vaguely like you.
B: 我爸做了一本相簿,要在我妹的生日送她。他說相簿裡有三十張照片,一年一張。
A: 他是把你妹從嬰兒到今年的每一年都放一張照片嗎?
B: 不是,我想他只是選了他最喜歡的三十張我妹的照片,目的是要記錄她的生命歷程。
A: 對呀,時間過越久,就越有歷史感。這可以讓她快速回顧一路走來的歷程。這個點子好窩心!
B: 這就像是看你以前在學校的照片。你知道照片裡的人是你,可是你幾乎不敢相信這就是你。這像是看你模糊記得的前世,這是年輕一點、跟你長得有點像的人。
(Paul Cooper, Taipei Times/台北時報林俐凱譯)
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