英语沙龙：Beautiful Smile and Love

Beautiful Smile and Love

I believe that we are not real social workers.

We may be doing social work in the eyes of the people,

but we are really contemplatives in the heart of the world.

For we are touching¹ the body of Christ² twenty-four hours...

And I think that in our family we don’t need bombs and guns,

to destroy, to bring peace；

just get together,

love one another,

bring that peace, that joy,

that strength of presence³ of each other in the home.

And we will be able to overcome all the evil⁴ that is in the world.

And with this prize that I have received as a Prize of Peace,

I am going to try to make the home for many people who have no home.

Because I believe that love begins at home,

and if we can create a home for the poor

I think that more and more love will spread.

And we will be able through this understanding love to bring peace,

be the good news to the poor,

the poor in our own family first,

in our country and in the world.

To be able to do this, our Sisters,

our lives have to be woven with prayer.

They have to be woven with Christ to be able to understand,

to be able to share.

Because to be woven with Christ

is to be able to understand,

to be able to share.

Because today there is so much suffering...

When I pick up a person from the street, hungry,

I give him a plate of rice, a piece of bread,

I have satisfied.

I have removed that hunger.

But a person who is shut out,

who feels unwanted, unloved, terrified,

the person who has been thrown out from society —

that poverty is so full of hurt and so unbearable⁵...

And so let us always meet each other with a smile,

for the smile is the beginning of love,

and once we begin to love each other naturally

we want to do something.

1 touching   

adj.动人的，使人感伤的

参考例句：

• It was a touching sight.这是一幅动人的景象。
• His letter was touching.他的信很感人。

2 Christ   

n.基督，救世主，耶稣

参考例句：

• I regarded him as the Christ.我把他当作救世主。
• Christ preached that we should love each other.基督在布道中说人们应该互爱。

3 presence   

n.出席；到场；存在

参考例句：

• Her presence lent an air of respectability to the occasion.她的到场使那种场合增添了崇高的气氛。
• His presence is indicative of his willingness to help.他的出席表示他愿意帮忙。

4 evil   

n.邪恶，不幸，罪恶；adj.邪恶的，不幸的，有害的，诽谤的

参考例句：

• We pray to God to deliver us from evil.我们祈求上帝把我们从罪恶中拯救出来。
• Love of money is the root of all evil.爱钱是邪恶的根源。

5 unbearable   

adj.不能容忍的；忍受不住的

参考例句：

• It is unbearable to be always on thorns.老是处于焦虑不安的情况中是受不了的。
• The more he thought of it the more unbearable it became.他越想越觉得无法忍受。