英语智慧背囊08-完美之心
 音频下载[点击右键另存为][00:00.00]The Perfect Heart 完美之心[00:04.32]One day a young man was standing in the middle of the town proclaiming [00:11.21]that he had the most beautiful heart in the whole valley. [00:14.82]There was not a mark or a flaw in it. [00:18.34]A large gathering crowd all agreed that it truly [00:22.81]was the most beautiful heart they had ever seen. [00:26.08]The young man was very proud and boasted more loudly [00:30.45]about his beautiful heart. [00:32.21]Suddenly, an old man appeared at the front of the crowd and said, [00:37.36]“Why, your heart is not nearly as beautiful as mine.” [00:42.94]The crowd and the young man looked at the old man’s heart. [00:47.96]It was beating strongly, but full of scars. [00:51.90]In fact, in some places there were deep gouges [00:56.71]where whole pieces were missing. [00:59.13]The young man laughed, saying, [01:01.41]“You must be joking. [01:03.63]Compare your heart with mine, [01:05.38]mine is perfect and yours is a mess of scars and tears”. [01:11.51]“Yes”, said the old man, [01:14.37]“Yours is perfect looking [01:16.65]but I would never trade with you. [01:19.50]You see, every scar represents a person [01:24.95]to whom I have given my love— [01:27.59]I tear out a piece of my heart and give it to them, [01:32.18]and often they give me a piece of their heart [01:35.45]which fits into the empty place in my heart, [01:39.08]but because the pieces aren’t exact, [01:42.25]I have some rough edges, [01:44.44]which I cherish, [01:46.06]because they remind me of the love we shared. [01:49.91]Sometimes I have given pieces of my heart away, [01:54.61]and the other person hasn’t returned a piece of his heart to me. [01:59.64]These are the empty gouges— [02:03.02]giving love is taking a chance. [02:06.18]Although these gouges are painful, [02:09.82]they stay open, [02:11.33]reminding me of the love I have for these people too. [02:16.35]So now do you see what true beauty is?” [02:21.82]The young man stood silently with tears running down his cheeks. [02:26.86]He ripped a piece of his perfect young and beautiful heart [02:31.56]and offered it to the old man with trembling hands. [02:34.96]The old man took his offering, [02:37.80]and then took a piece of his old scarred heart [02:41.51]and placed it in the wound in the young man’s heart. [02:44.92]It fit, but not perfectly, [02:47.75]as there were some jagged edges. [02:50.16]The young man looked at his heart, [02:52.56]not perfect anymore but more beautiful than ever, [02:56.52]since love from the old man’s heart flowed into his. [03:00.23]They embraced and walked away side by side. |
