高中英語 雙語美文閱讀 我愛你勝過愛自己素材
我愛你勝過愛自己It all began as we were standing in front of the bathroom mirror, me fixing Amanda's blonde hair. I said, “I love you, Amanda?!?“And, I love you,” she replied. “Oh, yeah,” I taunted. “Well, I love you more?!?Her eyes lit up as she recognized the cue for the start of another “I love you more” match. “Nuh-uh,” she laughed, “I love you the most?!?“I love you bigger than a volcano!” I countereda favorite family phrase in these battles of love. “But, Mom, I love you from here to China。” A country she's learning about from our new neighbors up the street. We volleyed back and forth a few favorite lines. “I love you more than peanut butter。” “Well, I love you more than television?!?“I even love you more than bubble gum?!?It was my turn again, and I made the move that usually brings victory. “I love you bigger than the universe!” On this day, however, Amanda was not going to give up. I could see she was thinking. “Mom,” she said in a quiet voice, “I love you more than myself?!盜 stopped. Dumbfounded,overwhelmed by her sincerity. Here I thought I knew more than she did. I thought I knew at least everything that she knew. However, my four-year-old daughter knows more about love than her 28-year-old mom。事情發(fā)生時,我們倆正站在浴室的鏡子前,我替阿曼達梳理她的一頭金發(fā)。我說,“我愛你,阿曼達?!薄拔乙矏勰?,”她回答。“噢,是的,”我嘲弄她?!昂冒?,我愛你更多。”當她意識到另一場關于“我愛你”的口舌之爭拉開帷幕時,她的眼睛閃閃發(fā)亮?!皡龋彼笮χf,“我最愛你?!蔽一鼐吹溃骸拔覍δ愕膼郾纫蛔鹕竭€要大!”這句話是我們愛的爭奪戰(zhàn)中最受歡迎的家庭用語?!翱?,媽媽,我對你的愛從這里一直延伸到中國?!边@是她從我們街那頭新來的鄰居那兒學到的國家名稱。我們用這些美言你來我往地斗了幾個回合?!拔覑勰銊龠^愛花生醬?!薄班?,我愛你勝過愛電視機?!薄拔覑勰闵踔脸^愛泡泡糖?!庇州喌轿伊?,我決定使出殺手锏:“我對你的愛超越整個宇宙!”每次用這招都會勝出的。可今天,阿曼達不打算“善罷甘休”。我看得出她正絞盡腦汁?!皨寢?,”她平靜地說,“我愛你勝過愛我自己?!蔽翌D時無言以對,目瞪口呆。女兒的真誠讓我折服。我原以為,我比她懂得更多。我以為,至少她知道的事情我都知道。可是,我那4歲的寶貝女兒比她28歲的媽媽更懂得愛。