双语有声阅读：财富,成功和爱

哪里有爱，哪里就有财富与成功!

 

Wealth,Success&Love

 

A woman came out of her house and saw three old men

 

with long white beards sitting in her front yard.

 

She did not recognize them.

 

She said "I don't think I know you, but you must be hungry.

 

Please come in and have something to eat."

 

"Is the man of the house home?", they asked.

 

"No", she replied. "He's out."

 

"Then we cannot come in", they replied.

 

In the evening when her husband came home,

 

she told him what had happened.

 

"Go tell them I am home and invite them in!"

 

The woman went out and invited the men in.

 

"We do not go into a house together," they replied.

 

"Why is that?" she asked.

 

One of the old men explained: "His name is Wealth,"

 

he said pointing to one of his friends,

 

and said pointing to another one, "He is Success, and I am Love."

 

Then he added¹, "Now go in and discuss with your husband

 

which one of us you want in your home."

 

The woman went in and told her husband what was said.

 

Her husband was overjoyed.

 

"How nice!!", he said. "Since that is the case, let us invite Wealth.

 

Let him come and fill our home with wealth!"

 

His wife disagreed. "My dear, why don't we invite Success?"

 

Their daughter-in-law was listening from the other corner of the house.

 

She jumped in with her own suggestion: "Would it not be better to invite Love?

 

Our home will then be filled with love!"

 

"Let us heed² our daughter-in-law's advice," said the husband to his wife.

 

"Go out and invite Love to be our guest."

 

The woman went out and asked the three old men,

 

"Which one of you is Love? Please come in and be our guest."

 

Love got up and started walking toward³ the house.

 

The other two also got up and followed him.

 

Surprised, the lady asked Wealth and Success:

 

"I only invited Love, Why are you coming in?"

 

The old men replied together: "If you had invited Wealth or Success,

 

the other two of us would've stayed out,

 

but you invited Love, and wherever he goes, we go also.

 

Wherever there is Love, there is also Wealth and Success!" 

 

一个妇人出门看到3位白须飘然的老者坐在她家前院。妇人与他们素不相识。

 

她上前同他们打招呼：“你们一定饿了，进屋吃点东西吧?”

 

“你们家男主人在吗?”老人们问。

 

妇人回答： “他出去了。”

 

“他不在，我们就不进去。”老人们回答。

 

晚上，丈夫回家了，妇人将遇到的事告诉了他。

 

“快去告诉他们我回来了，请他们进来!”

 

于是妇人出去邀老人们进屋。

 

“我们不能一同进屋。”老人们说。

 

“那是为什么?”妇人感到疑惑。

 

一个老人指着一个同伴说：“他名叫财富。”

 

指向另一个同伴说：“他叫成功，我是爱。”

 

1 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。

2 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。

3 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。