晨读英语美文100篇 Passage 33. A Woman’s Tears
 音频下载[点击右键另存为][00:01.74]Passage 33. A Woman’s Tears[00:06.34]“Why are you crying?” he asked his Mom. [00:11.81]“Because I’m a woman.” she told him. [00:14.97]“I don’t understand,” he said. [00:18.48]His Mom just hugged him and said, “And you never will ... ” [00:24.06]Later the little boy asked his father, “Why does mother seem to cry for no reason?” [00:31.28]“All women cry for no reason.” was all his Dad could say. [00:36.53]The little boy grew up and became a man, still wondering why women cry. [00:41.56]Finally he put in a call to God; [00:44.41]when God got on the phone, the man said, “God, why do women cry so easily?” [00:50.42]God said,“When I made woman she had to be special. [00:55.56]I made her shoulders strong enough to carry the weight of the world; [00:59.84]yet gentle enough to give comfort. [01:02.46]I gave her an inner strength to endure childbirth [01:06.50]and the rejection that many times comes from her children. [01:10.45]I gave her a hardness that allows her to keep going when everyone else gives up [01:16.57]and take care of her family through fatigue and sickness without complaining. [01:21.94]I gave her the sensitivity to love her children under any and all circumstances, [01:28.83]even when her child has hurt them very badly. [01:32.55]I gave her strength to carry her husband through his faults [01:37.14]and fashioned her from his rib to protect his heart. [01:41.08]I gave her wisdom to know that a good husband never hurts his wife, [01:46.34]but sometimes tests her strengths and her resolve to stand beside him unfalteringly. [01:52.68]I gave her a tear to shed. [01:55.02]It’s hers exclusively to use whenever it is needed. [01:59.07]It’s her only weakness. [02:01.04]It’s a tear for mankind.” |
