当我还是个孩子，每到节假日，我就显得精彩起来。我父母带我坐火车或汽车到海边的酒店。我似乎记得整天都在用与陌生的孩子们兴奋地玩沙子。我们堆房子和花园，并看著浪潮摧毁它们。当潮水退去我们爬过岩石，垂头看在岩石池里的鱼。

在那些日子里，太阳似乎永远光辉耀亮，水总是温暖的。有时候我们离开海滩，在郊外逛，探索破房子和黑暗的树林及爬树。要是口袋里有糖果或找到制冰淇淋的好地方。每天都是一生中的好日子。虽然我现在已35岁，对好假期的想法还是一样的，我还是喜欢阳光、温暖的沙滩和海浪拍打岩石的声音。我不想再堆沙房子或沙花园，我也不喜欢糖果。但是我喜欢大海，和沙子从手指缝流过的感觉。

有时候我在想，到我老了，我的理想度假方式会是怎么样的。也许我所想做的只是躺在床上，看那些关于孩子们堆沙房子和花园、观潮和吃太多冰淇淋吃到生病的书。

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原文如下：

WhenIwasaboy,everyholidaythatIhadseemedwonderful.Myparentstookmebytrainorbycartoahotelbythesea.Allday,Iseemtoremember,Iplayedonthesandswithstrangeexcitingchildren.Wemadehousesandgardens,andwatchedthetidedestroythem.Whenthetidewentout,weclimbedovertherocksandlookeddownatthefishintherockpools.

Inthosedaysthesunseemedtoshinealwaysbrightlyandthewaterwasalwayswarm.Sometimesweleftbeachandwalkedinthecountry,exploringruinedhousesanddarkwoodsandclimbingtrees.Thereweresweetsinone'spocketsorgoodplaceswhereonecouldmakeice-creams.Eachdayseemedalife-time.AlthoughIamnowthirty-fiveyearsold,myideaofagoodholidayismuchthesameasitwas,Istilllikethesunandwarmsandandthesoundofwavesbeatingtherocks.Inolongerwishtobuildanysandhouseorsandgarden,andIdislikesweets.But,Ilovetheseaandoftenfeelsandrunningthroughmyfingers.

SometimesIwonderwhatmyidealholidaywillbelikewhenIamold.AllIwanttodothen,perhaps,willbetolieinbed,readingbooksaboutchildrenwhomakehousesandgardenswithsands,whowatchtheincomingtide,whomakethemselvessickontoomanyicecreams.