新概念一生必读的英语经典美文第8篇：一把车钥匙

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[00:00.29]08. The key of a car 一把车钥匙
[00:08.25]A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. 从前，有位年轻人即将大学生毕业。
[00:13.23]For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer's showroom, 数月来，他一直渴望得到某汽车商产品陈列室中的一辆跑车。
[00:19.86]and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted.  他知道，他那富有的父亲肯定买得起这辆车，于是，他便跟父亲说他很想得到那辆漂亮的跑车。
[00:25.52]As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited signs that his father had purchased the car. 在毕业典礼即将来临的日子里，年轻人等待着父亲买下跑车的消息。
[00:33.53]Finally, on the morning of his graduation, his father called him into his private study. 终于，在毕业典礼那天上午，父亲将他叫到自己的书房。
[00:41.55]His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him. 并告诉他，有他这么出色的儿子自己感到非常自豪而且非常爱他这个儿子。
[00:49.31]He handed his son a beautiful wrapped gift box. 接着，父亲递给儿子一个包装精美的礼品盒。
[00:53.16]Curiously, but somewhat disappointed, the young man opened the box 年轻人感到好奇，但带着些许失望地打开礼品盒，
[00:59.54]and found a lovely, leather-bound Bible, with the young man's name embossed in gold. 却发现里面是一本精美的精装本《圣经》，上面以金子凸印着年轻人的名字。
[01:07.13]Angrily, he raised his voice to his father and said, 看罢，年轻人怒气冲冲地向父亲大喊道：
[01:10.81]"With all your money you give me a Bible?" “你有那么多钱，却只给我一本《圣经》？”
[01:14.58]Then stormed out of the house, leaving the Bible.  说完，便丢下《圣经》，愤怒地冲出房子。
[01:19.10]Many years passed and the young man was very successful in business. 多年以后，年轻人已事业有成。
[01:25.83]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. 他拥有一所漂亮的房子，一个温馨的家庭。但当得知父亲年事已高，他想，或许应该去看看他。
[01:37.79]He had not seen him since that graduation day. 自从毕业那天起他就一直不见父亲。
[01:41.66]Before he could make the arrangements, he received a telegram telling him his father had passed away, 就在起程时，他收到一封电报--父亲已逝世，
[01:48.93]and willed all of his possessions to his son. 并已立下遗嘱将其所有财产转给儿子。
[01:52.78]He needed to come home immediately and take care of things.  他要立即回父亲家处理后事。
[01:58.17]When he arrived at his father's house, sudden sadness and regret filled his heart. 在父亲的房子里，他突然内心感到一阵悲伤与懊悔。
[02:05.35]He began to search through his father's important papers and saw the still new Bible, just as he had left it years ago. 他开始仔细搜寻父亲的重要文件，突然发现了那本《圣经》--还跟几年前一样崭新。
[02:16.31]With tears, he opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. 他噙着泪水打开《圣经》并一页一页地阅读着。
[02:21.40]As he was reading, a car key dropped from the back of the Bible. 忽然，从书的背面掉出一把钥匙。
[02:26.52]It had a tag with the dealer's name, the same dealer who had the sports car he had desired. 钥匙上挂着一个标签，上面写着一个汽车经销商的名字--正是他曾渴望的那辆跑车的经销商。
[02:33.68]On the tag was the date of his graduation, and the words... "PAID IN FULL".  标签上还有他的毕业日期及“款已付清”的字样。
[02:41.46]How many times do we miss blessings because they are not packaged as we expected? 我们多少次地与祝福擦肩而过，仅仅因为他们没有按我们想象中的样子包装好？
[02:48.32]I trust you enjoyed this. 我相信你也有这样的经历。
[02:50.99]Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; 不要在渴望得到没有的东西时损坏你已经拥有的东西，
[02:55.23]but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.  但要记住一点：你现在所拥有的恰恰正是你曾经一心渴望得到的。
[03:02.58]Sometimes we don't realize the good fortune we have or we could have because we expect "the packaging" to be different. 有时，我们并没有意识到我们已经拥有或本该拥有的好运，仅仅因为它的外表与我们想象中的有所不同。
[03:13.42]What may appear as bad fortune may in fact be the door that is just waiting to be opened.  其实，表面上看起来像是坏运气的东西或许正是等待开启的幸运之门.

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新概念一生必读的英语经典美文第8篇：一把车钥匙