为你读英语美文·第519期

主播：罗斌，熊叔

A man died. When he realized it, he saw God coming closer with a suitcase in his hand.

一个男人死了。当他意识到后，他看见了上帝提着手提箱走近他。

Dialog between God and the dead man:

以下是上帝和已逝男人之间的对话：

God: Alright, son, it’s time to go.

上帝：好吧，孩子，该走了。

Man: So soon? I had a lot of plans...

男人：这么快？我还有很多计划呢…

God: I am sorry but it’s time to go.

上帝：抱歉，但是的确该走了。

Man: What do you have in that suitcase?

男人：你那个手提箱里有什么？

God: Your belongings.

上帝：你的所有东西。

Man: My belongings? You mean my things... clothes... money...

男人：我的所有东西？你是说我的东西…衣服…钱…

God: Those things were never yours, they belong to the Earth.

上帝：那些东西从来不是你的，它们属于地球。

Man: Is it my memories?

男人：那是我的记忆？

God: No. They belong to Time.

上帝：它们属于时间。

Man: Is it my talent?

男人：那是我的才华？

God: No. They belong to circumstance.

上帝：不。它们属于事件情境。

Man: is it my friends and family?

男人：是我的朋友和家人？

God: No son. They belong to the path you travelled.

上帝：不，孩子，他们属于你人生旅途的经路。

Man: Is it my wife and children?

男人：是我的妻子和孩子？

God: No. they belong to your heart.

上帝：不，他们属于你的心。

Man: Then it must be my body.

男人：那一定是我的身体了。

God: No No... It belongs to dust.

上帝：不不…它属于尘土。

Man: Then surely it must be my soul!

男人：那肯定是我的灵魂！

God: You are sadly mistaken son. Your Soul belongs to me.

上帝：孩子你错了，你的灵魂属于我。

Man with tears in his eyes and full of fear took the suitcase from the God s hand and opened it...

男人眼含泪水，满怀恐惧地从上帝手里拿过箱子，打开了它。

Empty!!

里面竟是空的！！

With heartbroken and tears down his cheek he asks God...

他泪流满面心碎地问上帝…