瑩瑩花語 京燕花園
京城燕子的小花園
【雙語美文】錯過的祝福
A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had admired a very beautiful sports car in a dealer's showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted.
從前，有位年輕人即將大學生畢業。數月來，他一直渴望得到某汽車商產品陳列室中的一輛跑車。他知道，他那富有的父親肯定買得起這輛車，於是，他便跟父親說他很想得到那輛漂亮的跑車。
As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited signs that his father had purchased the car. Finally, on the morning of his graduation, his father called him into his private study. His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful wrapped gift box. Curious, but somewhat disappointed, the young man opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound Bible, with the young man's name embossed in gold. Angrily, he raised his voice to his father and said, "With all your money you give me a Bible?" He then stormed out of the house, leaving the Bible.
在畢業典禮即將來臨的日子裏，年輕人等待著父親買下跑車的消息。終於，在畢業典禮那天上午，父親將他叫到自己的書房，並告訴他，有他這麽出色的兒子自己感到非常自豪而且非常愛他這個兒子。接著，父親遞給兒子一個包裝精美的禮品盒。年輕人感到好奇，但帶著些許失望地打開禮品盒，卻發現裏麵是一本精美的精裝本《聖經》，上麵以金子凸印著年輕人的名字。看罷，年輕人怒氣衝衝地向父親大喊道：“你有那麽多錢，卻隻給我一本《聖經》？”說完，便丟下《聖經》，憤怒地衝出房子。
Many years passed and the young man was very successful in business. He had a beautiful home and a wonderful family, but realizing his father was very old, he thought perhaps he should go to see him. He had not seen him since that graduation day. Before he could make the arrangements, he received a telegram telling him his father had passed away, and willed all of his possessions to his son. He needed to come home immediately and take care of things.
多年以後，年輕人已事業有成。他擁有一所漂亮的房子，一個溫馨的家庭。但當得知父親年事已高，他想，或許應該去看看他。自從畢業那天起他就一直不見父親。就在起程時，他收到一封電報——父親已逝世，並已立下遺囑將其所有財產轉給兒子。他要立即回父親家處理後事。
When he arrived at his father's house, sudden sadness and regret filled his heart. He began to search through his father's important papers and saw the still new Bible, just as he had left it years ago. With tears, he opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. As he was reading, a car key dropped from the back of the Bible. It had a tag with the dealer's name, the same dealer who had the sports car he had desired. On the tag was the date of his graduation, and the words... "PAID IN FULL".
在父親的房子裏，他突然內心感到一陣悲傷與懊悔。他開始仔細搜尋父親的重要文件，突然發現了那本《聖經》——還跟幾年前一樣嶄新。他噙著淚水打開《聖經》並一頁一頁地閱讀著。忽然，從書的背麵掉出一把鑰匙。鑰匙上掛著一個標簽，上麵寫著一個汽車經銷商的名字——正是他曾渴望的那輛跑車的經銷商。標簽上還有他的畢業日期及“款已付清”的字樣。
How many times do we miss blessings because they are not packaged as we expected? Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.
我們多少次地與祝福擦肩而過，僅僅因為他們沒有按我們想象中的樣子包裝好？不要在渴望得到沒有的東西時損壞你已經擁有的東西，但要記住一點：你現在所擁有的恰恰正是你曾經一心渴望得到的。
Sometimes we don't realize the good fortune we have or we could have because we expect "the packaging" to be different. What may appear as bad fortune may in fact be the door that is just waiting to be opened.
有時，我們並沒有意識到我們已經擁有或本該擁有的好運，僅僅因為它的外表與我們想象中的有所不同。其實，表麵上看起來像是壞運氣的東西或許正是等待開啟的幸運之門。
來自網絡
謝謝藤蟬姐姐美言，甜蜜的果醬。您是朗誦專家，聲音悅耳親切圓潤，製作的MV讓我們陶醉~~~~
葉子姐分享的雙語美文深入人心，一起學習了。藤蟬姐春安(^_^*)
聽故事，學英文，真不錯。周末快樂！
親愛的美麗換新裝了？喜歡這美麗的春花(^_^*)
是呀孩子的品性要從小培養，這兒子被嬌慣了。所以才有我們的感歎！這位父親還是想用巧妙的方式給予，可兒子不醒悟。有時候要等他自己醒悟。小故事大道理。
美麗春安，預祝你和孩子們歐洲旅途愉快(^_^*)
這個兒子沒有教養。 子不教， 父之過：(
歡迎花翁來聽故事，您太謙虛了。請沙發上坐，嚐新茶~~~
還要謝謝花翁的提議，我才有幸見識和收藏桐兒那瀟灑的字“落霞與孤鶩齊飛，秋水共長天一色”
春安(^_^*)
謝謝君子的肯定，我實在想不出合適的音樂，計算機裏下載的少。這個小故事有傷感的地方，要是音樂正好叮鈴鈴快樂地響就不般配了。
君子春安(^_^*)
Thanks dear sister leaf, you are always so generous and warmhearted! 謝謝您分享的這篇引入深思的文章，葉子姐唱念俱佳，中英文才都出色，有熱心的姐姐帶領，我們在梅雨潭好開心！
hugs sis, happy spring(^_^*)
燕子周末快樂！
你的英文發音很準，段句恰當，水平了得。
掌聲鼓勵！
謝謝溫柔美麗的婷婷的共鳴，羨慕你們一家人其樂融融，是呀珍惜每一天，讓長輩舒心，婷婷你的父母都很寵愛你呢。我還算幸運有媽媽在身邊。現在孩子們也長大了，很愛姥姥。我們也學習好的方式方法與孩子交流。
婷婷春安，闔家團聚。看到你和tern聊天，你也用audacity，知音呀，tern在貝卡送我的『三月的你』那篇留言裏寫了很多功能，值得一試。婷婷有tips請多指教。喜愛你甜美的歌聲(^_^*)
謝謝鬆鬆留下你的感想，昨天給雪兒聽這個故事她都流淚了。。。都說不養兒不知父母心，父母心裏藏著最珍貴的祝福，有時孩子醒悟的時候已經太晚了。
非常欣賞你寫的英語詩，活潑且充滿熱情！春安(^_^*)
謝謝燕子動人的朗誦和分享，問好！
那我就繼續用那多拐兩個彎兒的笨辦法啦。看到mp3的bytes小，省地方兒呢，我聽著你的聲可好了，沒有茲茲，很喜歡！我錄音用了一個yeti ultimate USB microphone, 是孩子以前拍小電影用過的。記得美壇文青也用這個。
你寫的我都愛讀，請繼續，我們等著！Enjoy your rest of the day, 一會兒我去看雪兒遊泳比賽還有集體的BBQ，Party，給你帶個大漢堡回來啊(^_^*)
我的版本是Audacity ? 1.3.14-beta，還要低呢。我記得我開始也是不能轉換成MP３也是因為某個ｄｌｌ的原因，我去ｏｎｌｉｎｅ下載這個ｄｌｌ，就ｗｏｒｋ了。
其實用ａｕｄａｃｉｔｙ直接ｅｘｐｏｒｔ成ｍｐ３是不提倡的，ａｕｄａｃｉｔｙ聲音文件轉成MP3的時候是因質量會大大減低，所以燕子你是高手啊，我一直都是直接轉成ｍｐ３，所以每次聽我的聲音都有茲茲的，這是ａｕｄａｃｉｔｙ聲音在轉成ｍｐ３的時候的產物。
說起那以前的ｅ文，都沒法讀，裏麵盡是病句，哈哈哈。
沙發上舒服舒服~~~旅途的疲勞一掃而光。我從audacity export文件，想存mp3的時候，出現小框說,needs the file lame_enc.dll to create mp3, 估計是我的audacity 要下載新的了，說2.0.2版本not compatible with lame_enc.dll，我笨手笨腳，就回那個小wav，mp3轉換器那兒求救了。
你的聲音才美呢，羨慕s了！寫的e文也充滿靈氣，記得你寫的童話，好喜歡呢。 等著你一起讀和寫，hugs sis(^_^*)