【美联英语】这就是信仰的力量

1、 As we slowly drove down the street on that cold December evening we spotted the porch light. This must be the house. I told our Positive Teens In Action group. We pulled up in front of an older home with the porch light glowing. We gathered up our song books, walked up the steps, and knocked on the

2、 door. We heard a faint voice from inside say, “Come on in. The door is open. We opened the door.在那个寒冷的12月份的夜晚我们开车在路上慢慢行驶时看到了门廊的灯光，我跟我们这个“积极行动的青年小队”说：“一定就是这家了。”我们把车停在一栋旧房子前，门廊灯光很亮。我们拿出歌集，走上台阶敲了敲门，听到里面传来一个虚弱的声音：“进来吧，门开着呢”，我们推开了门。There in a rocking chair sat an elderly woman with a big smile on her fa

3、ce. Ive been expecting you. she said weakly. Ruth was one of our Meals On Wheels stops I had arranged; along with the usual church members who enjoyed carolers. We handed Ruth the basket of goodies the teens had assembled earlier that evening. Then I asked Ruth what carols she would like to hear. Ru

4、ths face was beaming as she joined in singing each song. 摇椅上坐着一位老太太，脸上带着灿烂的笑容，她虚弱地说：“我一直盼着你们来。”Ruth 的家是我安排的上门送餐服务的一站，和我们一起来的还有喜欢唱圣歌的常去教堂的人。我们递给Ruth 一篮子美味的食物，都是我们这些年轻人那天晚上提前装好的。然后我问Ruth 她想听什么圣诞颂歌，她跟着唱每首歌时脸上都洋溢着笑容。As we hugged Ruth good-bye she said to me with tears glistening in her eyes, “The day yo

5、u called I was still in bed. I had just finished praying. I asked God if it would be possible to have some Christmas Carolers come to my home and sing this year. Thank you for being the answer to my Christmas prayer.我们跟Ruth 拥抱说再见时，她眼睛里闪着泪光对我说：“你打电话那天我还躺在床上，刚刚做完祷告，我问上帝今年能否让唱圣诞颂歌的人来我家唱颂歌。感谢你使我梦想成真。”A

6、farmer noticed that his chickens were sick, and called in a biologist, a chemist, and a physicist to help diagnose the problem. The biologist observed the chickens, concluding, I can tell you theres something wrong with your chickens, but I dont know whats causing it. The chemist took fluid samples

7、from the chickens back to his lab, and returned saying, I can tell you whats infecting your chickens, but I dont know how they got it. Meanwhile, the physicist had been sitting on the floor, scribbling madly on several notebooks worth of paper. Suddenly, he jumped up, exclaiming, I have the answer,

8、but it only works for spherical chickens in a vacuum. 有个农民注意到他的鸡病了，于是请来一位生物学家，一位化学家，以及一位物理学家来帮忙诊断。这位生物学家观察了鸡下了结论：“我知道你的鸡出了什么问题，但是我不知道是什么导致的。”化学家从鸡身上取了液体样本回实验室，返回后解释：“我知道是什么使鸡感染，但是不知道是怎么感染到。”与此同时，物理学家坐在地上，在笔记上胡乱记下对论文有价值的材料。突然，他跳了起来，大叫：“我有答案了，但这只针对真空中的球形鸡有用。Wow, what an awesome experience to have the opportunity to be the answer to someones Christmas prayer.哇哦，能使别人的祷告得以实现是多棒的一次经历呀。Bible Text: When you pray, go to your room, close the door, and pray to your Father who is un