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【明報專訊】「活力A班」今周繼續節錄《C朗拿度自傳》。上周基斯坦奴朗拿度(C朗拿度)分享了他回覆球迷來信的趣事，今周他則透露自己對婚姻及育兒的看法。譯﹕黃家倫

謙遜是其中一種我最珍惜的價值觀，我也重視教導與服從命令，假如有朝一日我擁有小孩，這些就是我會傳授給他的大原則，我認為從那裏開始，其他東西都會隨之而來。

生兒育女令我泛起兩股截然不同的感覺﹕它既嚇怕我，因為此舉任重道遠；另一方面，這也教我興奮不已。雖然看起來有點矛盾，事實卻不然，顯而易見我希望成為父親，但不是現在，這對仍然十分年輕的我來說實在太早。無論現在還是不久將來，我都沒有結婚的計劃，我目前的年紀適合拍拖，而我也可以這麼做，因為我沒有跟任何人許下愛情盟誓，對我來說30出頭似乎是履行婚姻大事這類承諾的適當年齡。

這不表示我不能早些踏出這一步，我們都無法得知明天的事，但結婚確實不在我目前的計劃中。我希望婚前有個小孩，假如他是個男孩，應該擁有與我相同的「足球」基因，因此他可以追隨我的步伐。如果他長得像我，那就更好了。我不是想有個複製品，但我希望我跟孩子有些易於識別的相似之處，不論是哪一方面。擁有跟我這個父親特質相似的孩子將是件令人愉快的事，因為那孩子可能成為足球員，建立傑出的足球生涯，那真是美妙極了。我仍在夢想那一天的到來，但此刻我不想超越純粹的夢想，終有一天，那遙遠的一天會到來，誰知道會是何時呢？

我睡覺時經常做夢，起來後幾乎記得所有夢境，出乎意料的是，最近其中一個夢境差點便變成噩夢，我夢見自己快要結婚，但不知道與誰結婚，也記不起她的樣子，只記得「新娘子」是個我十分喜愛的美人，僅此而已。我也記得母親有多高興，還有身邊眾人的喜悅，我當時發現自己已不是男孩，而是個男人，那正是我夢醒的一刻。我感到如釋重負，卻也痛入心脾，因為我的頭撞到睡牀附近的衣櫃，那時我才知道一切只是個夢，好彩﹗(四之二)

Humility is one of the values I most cherish, as well as education and instruction. On the day I have a child, those are the main principles I will pass on to him, for I consider that, from there on, everything else will come naturally.

The idea of having a child stirs two distinct feelings in me: It frightens me, for the responsibility it represents, but on the other hand it is exciting, and this may even seem contradictory. But it is not. I obviously want to become a father. But not now, it is too soon for me for I am still very young. I also do not intend to get married now, nor in the near future. Right now I am of the right age to date, and I can do it because I am not pledged to anyone. The thirties seem to me like a proper age to take on a commitment as serious as marriage.

This does not mean that I cannot take that step at an earlier age - we never know what may happen tomorrow - but in all truth it does not figure in my immediate plans. However, I would like to have a child some time before getting married and if it is a boy, then he should have the same "football" genes as me, so that he can follow in my footsteps. If he looked like me, it would be even better. I will not say I would like to have a clone, but hope that our similarities would be easy to notice, at all levels. It would be pleasant to have offspring with the same characteristics as his father, one who may become a football player and build a great career. It would be spectacular. For now, I dream about that day, but for the moment I do not want to go beyond the limit of the dream. But one day, a day still far way, who knows?

During my sleep I usually dream a lot, and generally remember everything when I wake up. Curiously, one of the last dreams I have had almost turned into a nightmare: I dreamed I was getting married. I do not know to whom, for I cannot recall her face. I just remember that my "bride" was a beautiful woman, whom I loved very much. Just that. I remember my mother's joy, and the happiness of the people who surrounded me. I also recall that I was not a boy, but already a man. That was when I woke up. I felt great relief, but also deep pain, for I had just slammed my head against the wardrobe that is near my bed. Right then I realised that it was all a dream. What a relief!

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