英语美文：A Woman's Tears 女人的眼泪

  " Why are you crying?" he asked his Mom.

　　" Because I'm a woman." she told him.

　　" I don't understand," he said.

　　His Mom just hugged him and said,

　　" And you never will" ...

　　Later the little boy asked his father,

　　" Why does mother seem to cry for no reason?"

　　" All women cry for no reason"

　　was all his Dad could say...

　　The little boy grew up and became a man,

　　still wondering why women cry...

　　Finally he put in a call to God;

　　when God got on the phone, the man said,

　　" God, why do women cry so easily?"

　　God said... " When I made woman

　　she had to be special. I made her shoulders

　　strong enough to carry the weight of the world;

　　yet gentle enough to give comfort...

　　I gave her an inner strength to endure childbirth

　　and the rejection¹ that many times comes

　　from her children...

　　I gave her a hardness that allows her to keep going

　　when everyone else gives up

　　and take care of her family

　　through fatigue² and sickness

　　without complaining...

　　I gave her the sensitivity to love her children

　　under any and all circumstances,

　　even when her child has hurt them very badly....

　　I gave her strength to carry her husband

　　through his faults

　　and fashioned her from his rib³ to protect his heart.

　　I gave her wisdom to know that

　　a good husband never hurts his wife,

　　but sometimes tests her strengths

　　and her resolve to stand beside him unfalteringly.

　　I gave her a tear to shed,

　　It's hers exclusively to use whenever it is needed.

　　It's her only weakness...

　　It's a tear for mankind..."

1 rejection   

n.拒绝，被拒，抛弃，被弃

参考例句：

• He decided not to approach her for fear of rejection.他因怕遭拒绝决定不再去找她。
• The rejection plunged her into the dark depths of despair.遭到拒绝使她陷入了绝望的深渊。

2 fatigue   

n.疲劳，劳累

参考例句：

• The old lady can't bear the fatigue of a long journey.这位老妇人不能忍受长途旅行的疲劳。
• I have got over my weakness and fatigue.我已从虚弱和疲劳中恢复过来了。

3 rib   

n.肋骨，肋状物

参考例句：

• He broke a rib when he fell off his horse.他从马上摔下来折断了一根肋骨。
• He has broken a rib and the doctor has strapped it up.他断了一根肋骨，医生已包扎好了。