父亲在女儿婚礼上的幽默又感人的演讲

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父亲在女儿婚礼上的幽默又感人的演讲

作者：宋琪

来源：《中学生英语·阅读与写作》2014年第06期

Philip, I wanna tell you a story. And like all good stories, it starts like this:

Philip，我给你讲个故事吧。如同其它所有美好的故事一样，它的开头是这样的：

Once upon a time, there was a father, and in case you can’t figure that out, that’s me. This father had a wonderful little boy. He was very happy.

从前，有一位父亲——万一你搞不清楚，其实就是我。这位父亲有了一个很棒的儿子。他非常开心。

Then one day, he found out that his wife was going to have another baby. So I prayed, “Lord, if it’s Your Will, make her a little girl.” And He did. I was the first person to hold her in my arms.

后来有一天，他得知自己的妻子又怀了一个宝宝。他便祈祷：“主啊，如果这是您的旨意，让它是个女孩吧。”他答应了。我是第一个将她抱在怀里的人。

And I looked at her, and I said, “Lord, make her like her mother.” And He did. She was loving, giving, so good and so kind.

然后我看着她，我说：“主啊，让她像她妈妈吧。”这次他又办到了。她像她母亲一样有爱心、乐于奉献、很好心又很善良。

But then I realized I was getting left out1. So I said, “Lord, make her like me.” And He did. She could drive a truck and a tractor. Sh e could load2 hay and chew3 tobacco. Do you realize what you’re getting?

不过后来我发现我把自己给漏掉了。于是我说：“主啊，让她也像我吧。”然后他也照办了。她能够像我一样驾驶卡车和牵引机，还会堆牧草和嚼烟草。你知道你将得到的是什么样的人了吧？

But at the same time, she was opinionated4 and emotional5. So I said, “Lord, that’s enough of that! Make her like You.” And He did. He gave her the desire to serve people. She loves people. She gave her life to being a nurse. She’s brought people back from the dead. And she’s held the hand of people who have breathed their last breath. He gave her a heart for missions, and she’s trekked6 all over the world, pushed canoes up swollen rivers, laid on the floor while bullets whizzed7 outside so she could tell people about Jesus.