美文精选：采访上帝

 　　"Come in," God said to me, "so, you would like to interview Me?"

　　"If you have the time," I said.

　　He smiled through His beard and said: "My time is called eternity¹ and is enough to do everything; what questions do you have in mind to ask me?"

　　"None that are new to you. What's the one thing that surprises you most about mankind?"

　　He answered: "That they get bored of being children, are in a rush to grow up, and then long to be children again. That they lose their health to make money and then lose their money to restore their health. That by thinking anxiously about the future, they forget the present, such that they live neither for the present nor the future. That they live as if they will never die, and they die as if they never had never lived..."

　　His hands took mine and we were silent. After a long period, I said, "May I ask you another question?"

　　He replied with a smile.

　　"As a Father, what would you ask your children to do for the new year?"

　　"To learn that they cannot make anyone love them. What they can do is to let themselves be loved.

　　To learn that it takes years to build trust, and a few seconds to destroy it.

　　To learn that what is most valuable is not what they have in their lives, but who they have in their lives.

　　To learn that it is not good to compare themselves to others. There will be others better or worse than they are.

　　To learn that it is not good to compare themselves to others. There will be others better or worse than they are.

　　To learn that a rich person is not one who has the most, but is one who needs the least.

　　To learn that they should control their attitudes, otherwise their attitudes will control them.

　　To learn that it only takes a few seconds to open profound² wounds in persons we love, and that it takes many years to heal them.

　　To learn to forgive by practicing forgiveness.

　　To learn that there are persons that love them dearly, but simply do not know how to show their feelings.

　　To learn that money can buy everything but happiness.

　　To learn that while at times they may be entitled³ to be upset, that does not give them the right to upset those around them.

　　To learn that great dreams do not require great wings, but a landing gear⁴ to achieve.

　　To learn that true friends are scarce, he/she who has found one has found a true treasure.

　　To learn that they are masters of what they keep to themselves and slaves of what they say.

　　To learn that they shall reap⁵ what they plant; if they plant gossip⁶ they will harvest intrigues⁷, if they plant love they will harvest happiness.

　　To learn that true happiness is not to achieve their goals but to learn to be satisfied with what they already achieved.

　　To learn that happiness is a decision. They decide to be happy with what they are and have, or die from envy and jealousy⁸ of what they lack.

　　To learn that two people can look at the same thing and see something totally different.

　　To learn that those who are honest with themselves without considering the consequences go far in life.

　　To learn that even though they may think they have nothing to give, when a friend cries with them, they find the strength to appease⁹ the pain.

　　To learn that by trying to hold on to love ones, they very quickly push them away; and by letting go of those they love, they will be side by side forever.

　　To learn that even though the word "love" has many different meanings, it loses value when it is overstated.

　　To learn that they can never do something extraordinary for Me to love them; I simply do.

　　To learn that the shortest distance they could be from Me is the "the distance of a prayer."

1 eternity   

n.不朽，来世；永恒，无穷

参考例句：

• The dull play seemed to last an eternity.这场乏味的剧似乎演个没完没了。
• Finally,Ying Tai and Shan Bo could be together for all of eternity.英台和山伯终能双宿双飞，永世相随。

2 profound   

adj.深奥的，造诣深的；深度的，极度的

参考例句：

• I give you my profound thanks for saving my life.我对您的救命之恩深表谢意。
• He has a profound knowledge of mathematics.他数学知识渊博。

3 entitled   

有资格的

参考例句：

• You will be entitled to your pension when you reach 65. 你到65岁就有资格享受养老金。
• He entitled us to enter his office at any time. 他授权给我们可以随时进入他的办公室。

4 gear   

n.齿轮，传动装置，设备，衣服；vt.使适应

参考例句：

• We have to gear our lives to the new changes.我们必须使自己的生活适应新的变化。
• The teeth of the wheel gear into each other.齿轮互相啮合。

5 reap   

v.得到，获得（报酬、成果等），收割，收获

参考例句：

• It is not easy to reap the harvest of my hard work.获得自己辛勤工作的成果是不容易的。
• As a man sows,so he shall reap.种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。

6 gossip   

n.流言蜚语，爱说长道短的人；vi.传播流言

参考例句：

• She broadcast the gossip all over the town.她将这个流言传遍全镇。
• They spread a lot of tacky gossip about his love life.关于他的爱情生活，他们散播了许多不堪的闲言闲语。

7 intrigues   

n.密谋策划( intrigue的名词复数 )；神秘气氛；引人入胜的复杂情节v.搞阴谋诡计( intrigue的第三人称单数 )；激起…的好奇心

参考例句：

• He was made king as a result of various intrigues. 由于搞了各种各样的阴谋，他当上了国王。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Those who go in for intrigues and conspiracy are doomed to failure. 搞阴谋诡计的人注定要失败。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

8 jealousy   

n.妒忌，嫉妒，猜忌

参考例句：

• Some women have a disposition to jealousy.有些女人生性爱妒忌。
• I can't support your jealousy any longer.我再也无法忍受你的嫉妒了。

9 appease   

v.安抚，缓和，平息，满足

参考例句：

• He tried to appease the crying child by giving him candy.他试图给那个啼哭的孩子糖果使他不哭。
• The government tried to appease discontented workers.政府试图安抚不满的工人们。