温馨夜读 PART1 03 Love Brings All 有爱就有一切

 

[00:00.64]Love Brings All 有爱就有一切

[00:06.77]A woman came out of her house and saw three old men with long white beards sitting in her front yard.

[00:15.29]She did not recognize them. She said, “I don't think I know you, but you must be hungry.

[00:22.08]Please come in and have something to eat.” “Is the man of the house home?” they asked. 

[00:28.31]“No,” she said. “He's out.”

[00:30.60]“Then we cannot come in,” they replied.

[00:33.45]In the evening when her husband came home, she told him what had happened. 

[00:38.04]“Go tell them I am home and invite them in!”

[00:41.54]The woman went out and invited the men in.

[00:44.49]“We do not go into a house together,” they replied.

[00:48.76]“Why is that?” she wanted to know.

[00:51.49]One of the old men explained：“His name is Wealth,” he said,

[00:56.31]pointing to one of his friends, and then pointed¹ to another one, “He is Success, and I am Love.”

[01:02.54]Then he added², “Now go in and discuss with your husband which one of us you want in your home.”

[01:08.99]The woman went in and told her husband what the old man had said.

[01:13.81]Her husband was overjoyed. “How nice!” he said.

[01:17.75]“Since that is the case, let us invite ‘Wealth’.

[01:21.35]Let him come and fill our home with wealth!”

[01:24.42]His wife disagreed. “My dear, why don't we invite ‘Success’?”

[01:30.10]Their daughter-in-law was listening from the other corner of the house.

[01:34.26]She jumped in with her own suggestion：“Would it not be better to invite ‘Love’? 

[01:40.82]Our home will then be filled with love!”

[01:43.33]“Let us heed³ our daughter-in-law's advice,” said the husband to his wife.

[01:48.58]“Go out and invite ‘Love’ to be our guest.”

[01:51.87]The woman went out and asked the three old men, “Who is ‘Love’?

[01:56.46]Please come in and be our guest.”

[01:58.86]“Love” got up and started walking toward⁴ the house.

[02:02.26]The other two also got up and followed him.

[02:05.43]Surprised, the lady asked Wealth and Success: “I only invited ‘Love’.

[02:11.22]Why are you coming in?”

[02:12.97]The old men replied together：“If you had invited ‘Wealth’ or ‘Success’,

[02:18.33]the other two of us would've stayed out,

[02:20.93]but since you invited ‘Love’, wherever he goes, we go with him.

[02:25.41]Wherever there is Love, there is also Wealth and Success!”

1 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。

2 added   

adj.更多的，附加的，额外的

参考例句：

• They have added a new scene at the beginning.在开头他们又增加了一场戏。
• The pop music added to our enjoyment of the film.片中的流行音乐使我们对这部电影更加喜爱。

3 heed   

v.注意，留意；n.注意，留心

参考例句：

• You must take heed of what he has told.你要注意他所告诉的事。
• For the first time he had to pay heed to his appearance.这是他第一次非得注意自己的外表不可了。

4 toward   

prep.对于，关于，接近，将近，向，朝

参考例句：

• Suddenly I saw a tall figure approaching toward the policeman.突然间我看到一个高大的身影朝警察靠近。
• Upon seeing her,I smiled and ran toward her. 看到她我笑了，并跑了过去。