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Unit7 Things I Learned From Dad Three successful people reveal how fathers shape their destiny. 三位成功人士讲述父亲怎样塑造我们的人生。 Rebecca Lobo: Be Loving I knew - even when I was very young - just how much my mom and dad loved each other. 自小我就知道，父亲和母亲深深相爱。 Whenever one of them went out, they kissed each other good-bye. My brother, sister and I thought this was gross! 只要单独出门，他们总会吻别，我们兄妹几个觉得挺肉麻的。 But when I get married, I can only hope that I will have found someone who loves me as much as Dad loves Mom. 可结婚时，我却满心希望所找到的这个人，能像父亲爱母亲那样爱着我。 Because there was always so much love in the family, I grew up with an incredible security blanket. 　 在我家，爱无处不在，我成长的过程很有安全感，真是妙不可言。 Mom battled breast cancer when I was in college. 我上大学时，母亲在与乳腺癌作斗争。 Despite his worry, Dad was a pillar of strength for us and especially for her. 父亲自己忧心忡忡，却是我们的精神支柱，对母亲而言尤其如此。 After her mastectomy, she decided against the added trauma of breast-reconstruction surgery. 做了乳房切除术之后，母亲决定不接受乳房再造术，以免再受手术之苦。 Mom told me that in their entire marriage Dad never suggested that she even change her hairstyle. 母亲告诉我，在他们一起走过的日子里，父亲甚至不曾叫她改变发型。 Instead he has always told her how beautiful she is. 相反，他总是对她说，她是多么的美丽动人。 And thats why she thinks fighting cancer wasnt as hard as it could have been. 正因为这样，与癌症作斗争，对她而言，倒也并不是多么可怕的事。 She knew that no matter what, Dad and his love would be there. 她深知，不管发生什么事，父亲和他的爱总是会和她在一起。 （Rebecca Lobo, a former College Player of the Year, plays basketball for the WNBAs New York Liberty.　） （注：瑞贝卡?洛伯曾当选全美“大学最佳球员”，曾是美国女子职业篮球协会的纽约自由女神队球员。） Richard Branson: Encourage　 My sisters and I grew up in a little village in England. 我和几个姐妹在英格兰的一个小村庄长大。 Our father was a struggling lawyer, but I always knew he was special. 父亲是个律师，为了生计而奔波，我却一直就认为他与众不同。 He never criticized, but used praise to bring out our best. 他从不指责我们，只是表扬，把我们的长处发挥出来。 Hed say, If you pour water on flowers, they flourish. If you dont give them water, they die.　 他会说：“给花浇水，花就会茂盛；不浇水，花就会死。” I remember as a child I said something unkind about somebo