英语美文点亮智慧人生04：What's Love? 什么是爱？（MP3+双语字幕）

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[00:00.00]A story is told about a soldier who was finally coming home from the war.	这是一个最终从战场归来的士兵的故事。
[00:12.34]He called his parents from San Francisco.	他从旧金山打电话给他的父母：
[00:16.00]Mom and Dad, I'm coming home,but I've a favor to ask.	“爸爸妈妈，我回来了，可是我有个请求。
[00:21.89]I have a friend I'd like to bring home with me.	我想带一个朋友和我一起回家。”
[00:25.72]Sure! they replied, 	“当然好啊！”他们回答，
[00:30.68]We'd love to meet him	“我们会很高兴见到他的。”
[00:32.48]There's something you should know,	“有些事情你们应该了解到，”
[00:35.10]the son continued, 	儿子又继续说道，
[00:36.93]he was hurt pretty badly in the fighting.	“他在战场上受了重伤。
[00:40.50]He stepped on a land mine 	由于踩到了地雷，
[00:42.27]and lost an arm and a leg.	他失去了一只胳膊和一条腿，
[00:44.70]He has nowhere else to go, 	他现在没地方可去，
[00:46.97]and I want him to come live with us.	我想请他和我们一起生活。”
[00:50.21]I'm sorry to hear that, son.	“儿子，听到那个我很难过，
[00:53.16]Maybe we can help him find somewhere to live.	或许我们可以帮他找个安身之处。”
[00:57.20]No, Mom and Dad, 	“不行，爸爸妈妈，
[00:59.16]I want him to live with us.	我想让他和我们一起生活。”
[01:02.14]Son, said the father,	“儿子，”父亲又接着说，
[01:05.52]you don't know what you're asking.	“你不知道自己在说些什么。
[01:08.57]Someone with such a handicap	像他这样的残疾人
[01:10.64]would be a terrible burden on us.	会对我们的生活造成很大的负担。
[01:13.55]We have our own lives to live,	我们还要过自己的生活，
[01:16.25]and we can't let something like this interfere with our lives.	不能让这样的事情干扰我们的生活。
[01:20.73]I think you should just come home and forget about this guy.	我认为你应该先回家然后忘了他，
[01:25.19]He'll find a way to live on his own.	他会找到自己的一片天空的。”
[01:28.47]At that point, the son hung up the phone.	就在此时儿子挂断了电话，
[01:32.40]The parents heard nothing more from him.	他的父母再也没有他的消息了。
[01:35.47]A few days later,	然而几天后，
[01:39.59]however, they received a call from the San Francisco police.	他们接到了旧金山的警察打来的电话，
[01:44.55]Their son had died after falling from a building, they were told.	被告知他们儿子已经坠楼身亡了。
[01:50.75]The police believed it was suicide.	警方相信这是一起自杀案件。
[01:53.73]The grief-stricken parents flew to San Francisco 	于是这对伤心欲绝的父母飞往旧金山，
[01:58.77]and were taken to the city morgue to identify the body of their son.	被带到停尸间去辨认儿子的遗体。
[02:04.45]They recognized him, but to their horror 	他们认出了他，但令他们感到惊骇的是，
[02:08.39]they also discovered something they didn't know,	他们发现了之前不知道的一些事情：
[02:11.90]their son had only one arm and one leg.	他们的儿子居然只有一只胳臂和一条腿。

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英语美文点亮智慧人生04：What's Love? 什么是爱？（MP3+双语字幕）