英语小达人 426 A Child's Angel(2)

 And what am I going to do when I want to talk to you? 如果我想与你说话怎么办？

But God had an answer for that question too.  上帝胸有成竹地回答：

Your angel¹ will place your hands together and will teach you how to pray. 你的天使会将你的双手合拢，教你如何祈祷。

I've heard that on earth there are bad men, who will protect me? 听说尘世有很多坏蛋，谁来保护我呢？

Your angel will defend you even if it means² risking her life! 即使冒着生命危险，你的天使也会保护你的。

But I will always be sad because I will not see you anymore, the child continued warily³. 但是见不到你，我会难过的。小孩小心翼翼说道。

God smiled on the young one.  听到这儿，上帝对着小孩笑了。

Your angel will always talk to you about me and will teach you the way for you to come back to me, even though I will always be next to you. 尽管我会一直陪伴你左右，你的天使仍会提起我，教你重返天堂之路。

At that moment there was much peace in Heaven,  此时，天堂一片宁静，

but voices from earth could already be heard.  凡间的声音已可听到，

The child knew he had to start on his journey very soon.  小孩明白自己得赶紧上路了。

He asked God one more question, softly,  他又轻声问了最后一个问题：

Oh God, if I am about to leave now, please tell me my angel's name. 哦，上帝，假如我现在就出发，请你告诉我，我的天使叫什么名字？

God touched the child on the shoulder and answered,  上帝把手放在小孩的肩上，答道：

Your angel's name is not hard to remember.  你的天使的名字很容易记住，

You will simply call her Mommy. 你就叫她——妈妈。

1 angel   

n.天使，守护神，可爱的人

参考例句：

• The angel of death's in the house!死神在屋里呢！
• I can say without exaggeration that she is an angel.我可以毫不夸张地说她是个天使。

2 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

3 warily   

adv.留心地

参考例句：

• He looked warily around him,pretending to look after Carrie.他小心地看了一下四周，假装是在照顾嘉莉。
• They were heading warily to a point in the enemy line.他们正小心翼翼地向着敌人封锁线的某一处前进。