温馨夜读 PART3 10 Kiss In A Box 盒子中的吻

 

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[00:00.97]Kiss In A Box 盒子中的吻

[00:06.00]The story goes that some time ago,

[00:09.21]a man punished his 3-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper.

[00:15.63]Money was tight and he became infuriated

[00:19.52]when the child tried to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree.

[00:24.27]Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift to her father the next morning

[00:29.51]and said, “This is for you, Daddy.”

[00:32.61]He was embarrassed by his earlier overreaction,

[00:36.73]but his anger flared¹ again when he found the box was empty.

[00:40.91]He yelled² at her, “Don’t you know that when you give someone a present,

[00:45.78]there’s supposed to be something inside it?”

[00:48.89]The little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes and said,

[00:53.68]“Oh, Daddy, it is not empty.

[00:58.08]I blew kisses into the box. All for you, Daddy.”

[01:03.00]The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little girl, 

[01:08.41]and he begged for her forgiveness.

[01:10.88]It is told that the man kept that gold box by his bed for years 

[01:16.17]and whenever he was discouraged,

[01:18.54]he would take out an imaginary kiss 

[01:21.13]and remember the love of the child who had put it there.

[01:24.45]In a very real sense, each of us as humans have been given a gold container

[01:31.09]filled with unconditional³ love and kisses

[01:34.19]from our children, friends and family.

[01:36.70]There is no more precious possession anyone could hold.

1 Flared   

adj. 端部张开的, 爆发的, 加宽的, 漏斗式的 动词flare的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• The match flared and went out. 火柴闪亮了一下就熄了。
• The fire flared up when we thought it was out. 我们以为火已经熄灭，但它突然又燃烧起来。

2 yelled   

v.叫喊，号叫，叫着说( yell的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He yelled at the other driver. 他冲着另一位司机大叫。
• The lost man yelled, hoping someone in the woods would hear him. 迷路的人大声喊着，希望林子里的人会听见。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 unconditional   

adj.无条件的，无限制的，绝对的

参考例句：

• The victorious army demanded unconditional surrender.胜方要求敌人无条件投降。
• My love for all my children is unconditional.我对自己所有孩子的爱都是无条件的。