英语智慧背囊 06-不被爱的人
 音频下载[点击右键另存为][00:02.61]Unlovely不被爱的人[00:04.56]A story is told about a soldier [00:08.28] who was finally coming home after having fought in Vietnam. [00:12.10] He called his parents from San Francisco. [00:15.16] "Mom and Dad, I’m coming home, [00:17.64] but I’ve a favor to ask. [00:19.61] I have a friend I’d like to bring home with me." [00:22.35]"Sure," they replied, "we’d love to meet him." [00:25.63]"There’s something you should know," [00:28.04]the son continued, [00:29.35]"he was hurt pretty badly in the fighting. [00:31.86] He stepped on a land mine and lost an arm and a leg. [00:35.58] He has nowhere else to go, [00:37.88]and I want him to come live with us." [00:40.07]"We’re sorry to hear that, son. [00:42.69] But, maybe we can help him find somewhere to live." [00:46.08]"No, Mom and Dad, [00:48.16]I want him to live with us." [00:50.46]"Son," said the father, [00:52.32]"you don’t know what you’re asking. [00:54.61] Someone with such a handicap would be a terrible burden to us. [00:58.77] We have our own lives to live, [01:01.50]and we can’t let something like this interfere with our lives. [01:04.89]I think you should just come home and forget about this guy. [01:08.50]He’ll find a way to live on his own." [01:11.35]At that point, [01:12.73] the son hung up the phone. [01:14.82] The parents heard nothing more from him. [01:17.33] A few days later, however, [01:19.84]they received a call from the San Francisco police. [01:22.91] Their son had died after falling from a building, they were told. [01:27.34] The police believed it was suicide. [01:29.75]The grief-stricken parents flew to San Francisco [01:33.83]and were taken to the city morgue to identify the body of their son. [01:38.10] They recognized him, [01:40.07]but to their horror they also discovered something they didn’t know, [01:43.67] their son had only one arm and one leg. [01:47.39]The parents in this story are like many of us. [01:50.89] We find it easy to love those who are good-looking or fun to have around, [01:55.82]but we do not like people who inconvenience us or make us feel uncomfortable. [02:00.62] We would rather stay away from people who aren’t as healthy, [02:04.34] beautiful, or smart as we are. |
