爱华网【英语故事】 一个美丽真实的爱情故事
A beautiful true love story
One day, a young guy and a young girl fell in love. But the guy came from a poor family. The girl’s parents weren’t too happy. So the young man decided not only to court the girl but to court her parents as well. In time, the parents saw that he was a good man and was worthy of their daughter’s hand.
有一天，一个年轻小伙子和一位年轻姑娘坠入爱河。但小伙子出身贫寒。姑娘的父母不太乐
意。所以年轻小伙决定不仅向女孩求爱，也向她父母请求。随着时间推移，姑娘的父母发现这个
小伙子很不错，是值得女儿托付的人。
But there was another problem: The man was a soldier. Soon, war broke out and he was being sent overseas for a year. The week before he left, the man knelt on his knee and asked his lady love, “Will you marry me?” She wiped a tear, said yes, and they were engaged. They agreed that when he got back in one year, they would get married.
可是有一个问题：这个小伙子个士兵。不久战争爆发了，他被派往海外一年。在他离开的前
一礼拜，他跪到姑娘的面前向她恳求，“你愿意嫁给我吗?？姑娘擦了擦眼泪说愿，于是他们了
订婚了，说好等他一年后回来后就结婚。
But tragedy struck. A few days after he left, the girl had a major vehicular
accident. It was a head-on collision. When she woke up in the hospital, she saw her father and mother crying. Immediately, she knew that he must had been badly injured.
但是悲剧发生了。就在他离开在几天后，姑娘遇上车辆迎头相撞的重大车祸。当她醒来的时
候她躺在了医院，看到父母亲在哭泣，她意立刻识到自己伤得不轻。
She later found out that she suffered brain injury. The part of her brain that
controlled her face muscles was damaged. Her once lovely face was now disfigured. She cried as she saw herself in the mirror. “Yesterday, I was beautiful. Today, I’m a monster.” Her body was also covered with so many ugly wounds. Right there and then, she decided to release her fiancé from their promise. She knew he wouldn’t want her anymore. She would forget about him and never see him again.
后来，她发现她自己是脑损伤。控制她的脸部肌肉的那部分大脑受损，她那张人见人爱的脸
现在毁了。在镜子里看到自己样子，她不禁痛哭起来。“昨天我是美丽的。今天却成了丑八怪”。
她浑身都是可怕的伤口。此时此刻，她决定背离他俩许下的承诺，离开她的未婚夫。她心想他是
不会要她了，她要忘了他，再也不见他。
For one year, the soldier wrote many letters — but she wouldn’t answer. He phoned her many times but she wouldn’t return her calls.
