新建的大礼堂里,坐满了人;我们毕业生坐在前八排,我又是坐在最前一排的中间位子上。我的衣襟上有一朵粉红色的夹竹桃,是临来时妈妈从院子里摘下来给我别上的。她说:“夹竹桃是你爸爸种的,戴着它,就像爸爸看见你上台时一样!”爸爸病倒了,他住在医院里不能来。昨天我去看爸爸,他的喉咙肿胀着,声音是低哑的。 The new auditorium filled with people; our graduates sat in the first eight rows, I was sitting in the middle of the front row of seats. There was a pink oleander on my skirt, when Mom came in and picked me up from the yard and left me alone. She said: “Oleander is your dad’s kind, wears it, just like when Dad saw you on the stage!” "Dad fell ill and he could not come to the hospital. Yesterday I went to see Dad, his throat was swollen and his voice was dumb.