英语小达人 261 Thank you Lord

 　　Thank you Lord

　　感谢上帝

　　A 4-year-old boy was asked to return thanks before Thanksgiving dinner. The family members bowed their heads in expectation.

　　感恩节时，一个4岁的小男孩要做餐前感恩祈祷。全家人低着头，期待着。

　　He began his prayer, thanking the Lord for all his friends, naming them one by one.

　　他开始祷告，他代朋友们对上帝感恩，并挨个提到他们的名字。

　　Then he thanked the Lord for Mommy, Daddy, brother, sister, Grandma, Grandpa, and all his anuts and uncles.

　　然后，他代妈妈、爸爸、兄弟姐妹、爷爷、奶奶，还有所有的叔叔、阿姨对上帝感恩。

　　Then he began to thank the Lord for the food. He gave thanks for the turkey, the dressing¹, the fruit salad, the cranberry² sauce, the pies, the cakes, even the Cool Whip.

　　然后，他感谢上帝赐予他的食物，从火腿、火鸡料焰，到水果沙拉、橘酱，各种点心、蛋糕，甚至冰蛋奶水果，一一列举。

　　Then he paused, and everyone waited--and waited.

　　然后，他停了下来，大家都等着听他继续，等啊等。

　　After a long silence, the young fellow looked up at his mother and asked, "If I thank the Lord for the broccoli³, won't He know that I'm lying?"

　　好久之后，小伙子抬起头看着妈妈问道：“如果我感谢上帝赐予我花椰菜，上帝会不会知道我在说谎？”

　　重点讲解：

　　1. thank sb. for sth.

　　向…表示谢意；感谢；

　　eg. I thanked them for their long and loyal service.

　　我感谢他们长期以来忠诚的效力。

　　eg. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their hard work on the project.

　　我愿借此机会感谢每一位为这个项目辛勤工作的人。

　　2. one by one

　　逐个地；依次地；

　　eg. We went into the room one by one.

　　我们挨个儿走进房间。

　　eg. One by one the houses burst into flames.

　　房子一幢接一幢地燃起熊熊大火。

　　3. give thanks

　　感谢（上帝）；感恩；

　　eg. We give thanks for this food.

　　感谢上帝赐给我们食物。

　　eg. Go down on yow knees and give thanks for your safety.

　　你跪下祈祷，感谢上帝保佑你平安无事。

1 dressing   

n.(食物)调料；包扎伤口的用品，敷料

参考例句：

• Don't spend such a lot of time in dressing yourself.别花那么多时间来打扮自己。
• The children enjoy dressing up in mother's old clothes.孩子们喜欢穿上妈妈旧时的衣服玩。

2 cranberry   

n.梅果

参考例句：

• Turkey reminds me of cranberry sauce.火鸡让我想起梅果酱。
• Actually I prefer canned cranberry sauce.事实上我更喜欢罐装的梅果酱。

3 broccoli   

n.绿菜花，花椰菜

参考例句：

• She grew all the broccoli plants from seed.这些花椰菜都是她用种子培育出来的。
• They think broccoli is only green and cauliflower is only white.他们认为西兰花只有绿色的，而菜花都是白色的。