新概念一生必读的英语经典美文第4篇：装满吻的盒子

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[00:00.36]04. A box full of kisses 装满吻的盒子
[00:09.39]The story goes that some time ago, a man punished his 3-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper. 有这样一个故事，爸爸因为三岁的女儿浪费了一卷金色的包装纸而惩罚了她。
[00:20.92]Money was tight and he became infuriated when the child tried to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree. 家里很缺钱，当孩子想要用包装纸装饰一个挂在圣诞树上的盒子时，爸爸生气了。
[00:30.46]Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift to her father the next morning and said, "This is for you, Daddy.”  然而，第二天早上小女孩把盒子作为礼物送给了爸爸，“这是给你的，爸爸。”
[00:39.44]The man was embarrassed by his earlier overreaction, but his anger flared again when he found out the box was empty. 女儿的这个行为让爸爸感到尴尬。但是当他发现盒子是空的时候，他的怒火再一次燃烧了。
[00:49.47]He yelled at her, stating, "Don't you know, when you give someone a present, there is supposed to be something inside? "他对女儿喊道，“难道你不知道给别人礼物的时候，里面应该放有东西吗？”
[00:58.18]The little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes and cried, "Oh, Daddy, it's not empty at all. 多女孩抬头看着父亲，眼里含着泪水，“爸爸，盒子不是空的。
[01:06.75]I blew kisses into the box. They're all for you, Daddy."  我把吻放在了盒子里，都是给你的，爸爸。”
[01:11.70]The father was crushed. 爸爸感动极了。
[01:15.20]He put his arms around his little girl, and he begged for her forgiveness. 他搂住女儿，恳请她的原谅。
[01:20.10]Only a short time later, an accident took the life of the child. 之后不久，一场事故夺走了小女孩的生命。
[01:25.60]It is also told that her father kept that gold box by his bed for many years and, 据说，父亲便将那个小金盒子放在床头，一直陪伴着他的余生。
[01:33.95]whenever he was discouraged, he would take out an imaginary kiss and remember the love of the child who had put it there.无论何时他感到气馁或者遇到难办的事情，他就会打开礼盒，取出一个假想的吻，记起漂亮女儿给予了自己特殊的爱。
[01:43.86]In a very real sense, each one of us, 从一个非常真实的意义上说，
[01:47.63]as humans beings, have been given a gold container filled with unconditional love and kisses... from our children, family members, friends, and God.我们每个人都被赠与过一个无形的金色礼盒，那里面装满了来自子女，家人，朋友及上帝无条件的爱与吻。
[02:00.20] There is simply no other possession, anyone could hold, more precious than this.  人们所能拥有的最珍贵的礼物莫过于此了。

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新概念一生必读的英语经典美文第4篇：装满吻的盒子