小故事

"And what am I going to do when I want to talk to you?"
“如果我想与你说话怎么办？”
But God had an answer for that question too. "Your angel will place your hands together and will teach you how to pray."
上帝胸有成竹地回答：“你的天使会将你的双手合拢，教你如何祈祷。”
"I've heard that on earth there are bad men, who will protect me?"
“听说尘世有很多坏蛋，谁来保护我呢？”
"Your angel will defend you even if it means risking her life!"
“即使冒着生命危险，你的天使也会保护你的。”
"But I will always be sad because I will not see you anymore," the child continued warily.
“但是见不到你，我会难过的。”小孩小心翼翼说道。
God smiled on the young one. "Your angel will always talk to you about me and will teach you the way for you to come back to me, even though I will always be next to you."
听到这儿，上帝对着小孩笑了。“尽管我会一直陪伴你左右，你的天使仍会提起我，教你重返天堂之路。”
At that moment there was much peace in Heaven, but voices from earth could already be heard. The child knew he had to start on his journey very soon. He asked God one more question, softly, "Oh God, if I am about to leave now, please tell me my angel's name."
此时，天堂一片宁静，凡间的声音已可听到，小孩明白自己得赶紧上路了。他又轻声问了最后一个问题：“哦，上帝，假如我现在就出发，请你告诉我，我的天使叫什么名字？”
God touched the child on the shoulder and answered, "Your angel's name is not hard to remember. You will simply call her Mommy."
上帝把手放在小孩的肩上，答道：“你的天使的名字很容易记住，你就叫她——妈妈。”

重点讲解

重点讲解：
1. even if/though
即使；尽管；纵然；
eg. Friendship means understanding, not agreement. It means forgiveness, not forgetting.It means the memories last, even if contact is lost.
友情是理解，不是妥协；是原谅，不是遗忘。即使不联系，感情依然在。
eg. We mustn't let up, even though we're winning.
我们即使快赢了也决不可松劲。
2. next to
紧靠…旁边；在…近旁；贴近；
eg. The puppy, whom she had named Bolt, was standing loyally right next to her, now fully grown.
她给那条小狗起名叫波特，这时小狗已经长大，正忠诚地守在她身边。
eg. Our new house sat next to a stream.
我们的新房子坐落在一条小溪旁。
3. start on
开始做（需要做的事）；
eg. No need for you to start on the washing-up yet.
你没有必要现在就开始洗餐具。
eg. He has not finished his drama, in fact, he has not started on it.
他还没有完成自己的剧本，实际上，他还没开始动手写。