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Real beauty
真正的美麗
When a first-time father cuddled his newborn son,he immediately noticed the baby's ears conspicuously standing out from his head.
他剛剛做了父親，抱著剛出生的兒子，突然發現孩子的耳朵是很明顯的招風耳。
He expressed his concern to the nurse that some children might taunt his child,calling him names like “Dumbo”.
他跟護士說他很擔心將來其他孩子會嘲笑他兒子，喊他“呆堡”一類的外號。
A doctor examined the baby and reassured the new dad that his son was healthy—the ears presented only a minor cosmetic problem.
大夫為嬰兒做了檢查后向這位父親保證，他的兒子很健康，耳朵凸出僅僅有些有礙觀瞻罷了。
But the nervous father persisted.
不過這位情緒緊張的父親不肯罷休。
He wondered if the child might suffer psychological effects of ridicule,or if they should consider plastic surgery.
他擔心孩子將來會因為受到奚落而影響心理健康，不知有沒有必要做個整形手術。
The nurse assured him that it was really no problem,and he should just wait to see if the boy grows into his ears.
護士也向他保證真的沒有關系，等孩子長大可能就好了。
The father finally felt more optimistic about his child,but now he worried about his wife's reaction to those large, protruding ears.
做父親的終于對孩子有了些信心，不過他接著開始擔心妻子見到這副又大又凸出的耳朵會作何反應。
She had delivered by cesarean section, and had not yet seen the child.
她剛剛經歷剖腹產，還沒有見過孩子。
“She doesn't take things as easily as I do,” he said to the nurse.
他對護士說：“她可不像我那樣容易接受?！?/div>
By this time, the new mother was settled in the recovery room and ready to meet her new baby.
就在這時，剛剛成為母親的妻子已經被安頓在護理病房，準備要見自己的孩子了。
The nurse went along with the dad to lend some support in case this inexperienced mother became upset about her baby's large ears.
護士隨這位父親一起進了病房，萬一這位無甚經驗的母親因為孩子的大耳朵而焦急，她可以幫幫忙。
The infant was swaddled in a receiving blanket with his head covered for the short trip through the chilly air-conditioned corridor.
嬰兒被裹在接生毯里，頭也包了起來，以防在經過吹著空調的走廊時受風。
The baby was placed in his mother's arms, who eased the blanket back so that she could gaze upon her child for the first time.
母親抱住了嬰孩，小心翼翼地把毯子移開，她終于可以第一次好好端詳一下孩子了。
She took one look at her baby's face and looked to her husband and gasped,“Oh, Honey! Look! He has your ears!”
她看看嬰兒的臉，又看看她的丈夫，感嘆道：“哦，親愛的！看！他的耳朵和你的一模一樣！”
No problem with Mom.
這位母親什么事都沒有。
She married those ears...and she loves the man to whom they are attached.
她嫁給了這副耳朵的主人…而且她深愛著長著這樣一副耳朵的男人。
The poet Khalil Gibran said, “Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.”
詩人紀伯倫曾經說過,“美不呈現在臉上，美是心靈之光?！?/div>
It's hard to see the ears when you're looking into the light.
你望向了心靈之光，當然很難注意到耳朵的樣子了。
| 重點單詞 | 查看全部解釋 | |||
| recovery | [ri'kʌvəri] |
想一想再看 n. 恢復，復原，痊愈 |
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| ridicule | ['ridikju:l] |
想一想再看 n. 嘲笑，愚弄，笑柄 v. 嘲笑，嘲弄，愚弄 |
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| corridor | ['kɔridɔ:] |
想一想再看 n. 走廊 |
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| taunt | [tɔ:nt] |
想一想再看 n. 辱罵，嘲弄 v. 嘲弄 |
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| minor | ['mainə] |
想一想再看 adj. 較小的，較少的，次要的 |
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| upset | [ʌp'set] |
想一想再看 adj. 心煩的，苦惱的，不安的 |
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| protruding | [prə'tru:d] |
想一想再看 v. 使突出，伸出，突出 |
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| settled | ['setld] |
想一想再看 adj. 固定的；穩定的 v. 解決；定居（settle |
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| assured | [ə'ʃuəd] |
想一想再看 adj. 確實的，保障的，有自信的 動詞assure的過 |
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| plastic | ['plæstik, plɑ:stik] |
想一想再看 adj. 塑料的，可塑的，造型的，整形的，易受影響的 |
