找誰倚靠—我們都是有故事的人(慢速) 真正的美麗
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Real beauty
When a first-time father cuddled① his newborn son, he immediately noticed the baby’s ears conspicuously standing out from his head. He expressed his concern to the nurse that some children might taunt② his child, calling him names like “Dumbo③”. A doctor examined the baby and reassured the new dad that his son was healthy — the ears presented only a minor cosmetic④ problem.
But the nervous father persisted. He wondered if the child might suffer psychological effects of ridicule, or if they should consider plastic surgery⑤.
The nurse assured him that it was really no problem, and he should just wait to see if the boy grows into his ears.
The father finally felt more optimistic⑥ about his child, but now he worried about his wife’s reaction to those large, protruding ears. She had delivered by cesarean⑦ section, and had not yet seen the child.
“She doesn’t take things as easily as I do,” he said to the nurse.
By this time, the new mother was settled in the recovery room and ready to meet her new baby. The nurse went along with the dad to lend some support in case this inexperienced mother became upset about her baby’s large ears.
The infant was swaddled⑧ in a receiving blanket with his head covered for the short trip through the chilly air-conditioned corridor. 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.
She took one look at her baby’s face and looked to her husband and gasped⑨, “Oh, Honey! Look! He has your ears!”
No problem with Mom. She married those ears... and she loves the man to whom they are attached.
The poet Khalil Gibran said, “Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.” It’s hard to see the ears when you’re looking into the light.
① cuddle v. & n. 摟抱，擁抱
② taunt v. 嘲笑
③ Dumbo 呆堡（動畫片《小飛象》中的主人公，耳朵很大）
④ cosmetic a. 美容的，裝飾性的
⑤ plastic surgery 整形手術(shù)
⑥ optimistic a. 樂觀的
⑦ cesarean a. 剖腹產(chǎn)的 n. 剖腹產(chǎn)
⑧ swaddle v. 用襁褓包裹，束縛
⑨ gasp v.（吃驚地）吸一口氣
真正的美麗
他剛剛做了父親，抱著剛出生的兒子，突然發(fā)現(xiàn)孩子的耳朵是很明顯的招風(fēng)耳。他跟護(hù)士說他很擔(dān)心將來其他孩子會嘲笑他兒子，喊他“呆堡”一類的外號。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。
不過這位情緒緊張的父親不肯罷休。他擔(dān)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(shù)。
護(hù)士也向他保證真的沒有關(guān)系，等孩子長大可能就好了。
做父親的終于對孩子有了些信心，不過他接著開始擔(dān)心妻子見到這副又大又凸出的耳朵會作何反應(yīng)。她剛剛經(jīng)歷剖腹產(chǎn)，還沒有見過孩子。
他對護(hù)士說：“她可不像我那樣容易接受。”
就在這時，剛剛成為母親的妻子已經(jīng)被安頓在護(hù)理病房，準(zhǔn)備要見自己的孩子了。護(hù)士隨這位父親一起進(jìn)了病房，萬一這位無甚經(jīng)驗的母親因為孩子的大耳朵而焦急，她可以幫幫忙。
嬰兒被裹在接生毯里，頭也包了起來，以防在經(jīng)過吹著空調(diào)的走廊時受風(fēng)。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。
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！”
這位母親什么事都沒有。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。
詩人紀(jì)伯倫曾經(jīng)說過，“美不呈現(xiàn)在臉上，美是心靈之光。”你望向了心靈之光，當(dāng)然很難注意到耳朵的樣子了。
愛一個人就會愛他的全部，這種愛包容著他的所有好與不好，美與不美。愛了，就會是美的。
