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英文美文：Is packing important to you?

时间：2012-03-24 05:53:42

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A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer1's showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted.
As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited2 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 somewhat3 disappointed, the young man opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound Bible4, 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.
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.
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 tag5 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".

How many times do we miss blessings6 because they are not packaged as we expected? I trust you enjoyed this. Do not spoil7 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. 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.

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1 dealer GyNxT     
n.商人，贩子
参考例句：
  • The dealer spent hours bargaining for the painting.那个商人为购买那幅画花了几个小时讨价还价。
  • The dealer reduced the price for cash down.这家商店对付现金的人减价优惠。
2 awaited 23a13b01435cba85c0a5ea07c8b5b37e     
v.等候( await的过去式和过去分词 )；等待；期待；将发生在
参考例句：
  • A stack of files awaited me on my desk. 我桌上有一堆文件正待我去处理。
  • her long-awaited new novel 她的令人期待已久的一部新小说
3 somewhat Pwtw1     
pron.一些，某物；adv.多少，几分
参考例句：
  • The cake we made was somewhat of a failure.我们做的蛋糕不大成功。
  • The two office buildings are somewhat alike in appearance.这两座办公楼在外形上有点相似。
4 bible ZQzyQ     
n.《圣经》；得到权威支持的典籍
参考例句：
  • According to the Bible we are all the seed of Adam.根据《圣经》所说的，我们都是亚当的后裔。
  • This dictionary should be your Bible when studying English.学习英语时，这本字典应是你的主要参考书。
5 tag BqKya     
n.标签，附属物，名称，谚语；vt.附以签条，尾随，添饰，指责，连接；vi.紧随，尾随
参考例句：
  • Please tag your baggage.请在你的行李上贴上标签了。
  • The clerk attached a price tag to each article.店员给每一件商品系上标价签。
6 blessings 52a399b218b9208cade790a26255db6b     
n.（上帝的）祝福( blessing的名词复数 )；好事；福分；因祸得福
参考例句：
  • Afflictions are sometimes blessings in disguise. 塞翁失马，焉知非福。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • We don't rely on blessings from Heaven. 我们不靠老天保佑。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
7 spoil 4rVyC     
n.战利品，赃物，奖品，掠夺，次品；vt.损坏，破坏，溺爱；vi.腐坏，掠夺
参考例句：
  • Don't bunch the flowers up so tightly,you'll spoil them.别把花束得这么紧，会弄坏的。
  • Overacting will only spoil the effect.表演过火，效果反而不好。