美文赏析:冥冥之中自有天意

 　　It is spring of 1943 during World War II.

　　1943年的春天，正值第二次世界大战。

　　Standing¹ among hundreds of new soldiers at Camp Grant, in Illinois, my father, Sam, just 18 years old, waits as a truck slowly drives by.

　　在伊利诺伊州的格兰特营地，我的父亲山姆，年仅十八岁，和其他好几百个新兵站在一起等待着缓缓驶来的补给卡车。

　　A full field pack is randomly² tossed to each soldier.

　　（卡车）上的备战包裹，被随意投递给每一个士兵。

　　How strange, my father thinks, as he sees his last name, Litrenti, marked on each item in his pack.

　　让父亲奇怪的是，他居然在包裹上看到自己的姓氏。

　　How did they know it was me when they tossed the pack?

　　（不是随便发的么）他们怎么知道我的名字？

　　He was impressed! Beating all odds³, my father was tossed a field pack from World War. It’s his own father’s.

　　他觉得很奇怪！原来这个包裹是他父亲（我的爷爷）参加一战时遗留下来的。

1 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

2 randomly   

adv.随便地，未加计划地

参考例句：

• Within the hot gas chamber, molecules are moving randomly in all directions. 在灼热的气体燃烧室内，分子在各个方向上作无规运动。 来自辞典例句
• Transformed cells are loosely attached, rounded and randomly oriented. 转化细胞则不大贴壁、圆缩并呈杂乱分布。 来自辞典例句

3 odds   

n.让步，机率，可能性，比率；胜败优劣之别

参考例句：

• The odds are 5 to 1 that she will win.她获胜的机会是五比一。
• Do you know the odds of winning the lottery once?你知道赢得一次彩票的几率多大吗？