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我们每一个人都有一个金色礼盒，里面装满了子女，家人，朋友以及上帝赠与我们的无条件的爱和吻。
人们所能拥有的最珍贵的礼物莫过于此了。
The story goes that some time ago，a man punished his 5-year-old daughter for using up the family's only roll of expensive gold wrapping paper.Money was tight，and he became even more infuriated1 when on Christmas Eve，he saw that the child had pasted the gold paper so as to decorate a shoebox to put under the Christmas tree.Nevertheless，the next morning the little girl，filled with excitement，brought the gift box to her father and said，'This is for you，Daddy！'
As he heard this，the father was embarrassed by his earlier overreaction.
But when he opened it，he found it was empty and again his anger flared2.He yelled at her，stating，'Don't you know，young lady，when you give someone a present，there's supposed to be something inside the package！'
The little girl looked up at him with tears rolling from her eyes and said：'Oh，Daddy，it's not empty at all.''I blow kisses into the box .they are all for you，Daddy.'
The father was crushed3.He fell on his knees and put his arms around his precious little girl.He begged for her forgiveness.
An accident took the life of the child only a short time later.It is also told that the father kept that little gold box by his bed for many years of his life.Whenever he was discouraged or faced difficult problems he would open the box，take out an imaginary kiss，and remember the love of this beautiful child who had put it there.
In a very real sense，each one of us，as human beings has been given a golden box filled with unconditional love and kisses from our children，family members，friends and God.
There is simply no other possession，anyone could hold，more precious than this.
这个故事说的是从前，有一位父亲惩罚了自己5岁的女儿，因为她用光了家里仅有的一卷昂贵的金箔包装纸。当时家里经济比较拮据。圣诞节前夜，当父亲看到了圣诞树下的一个鞋盒，女儿竟然把金箔纸贴在了这个鞋盒上做装饰时，他简直怒气冲天。
然而，第二天，圣诞节的早上，小女孩满是兴奋得把这个圣诞礼盒拿到了父亲面前，说到：“爸爸，这个是送给你的！”
当父亲听到那是女儿送给他的礼物时，他为自己前一天晚上的过激反应而感到羞愧难当。
但是当他打开盒子后，发现里面什么都没装时，他的怒火再次爆发了。他对着女儿大喊到：“你难道不知道吗，小丫头，当你送别人礼物时，盒子里面应该放东西进去的！”
小女孩抬起脸看着他，泪水在她的眼眶中打转，她解释道：“哦，不，爸爸，那不是个空盒子。我放了好多好多个亲吻进去，这都是给你的。”
男人顿时惊呆了。他跪下双膝，双臂环抱着自己珍爱的小女孩，祈求她的原谅。
之后不久，一场事故夺走了小女孩的生命。据说，父亲一直将那个小金盒子放在自己床头，陪伴着他度过了许多年。每当感到心情沮丧或者遇到难题时，他就会打开礼盒，取出一个想象中的亲吻，想念着那个将吻吹进了盒子的女儿给予自己的爱。
事实上，我们每一个人都有一个金色礼盒，里面装满了子女，家人，朋友以及上帝赠与我们的无条件的爱和吻。
人们所能拥有的最珍贵的礼物莫过于此了。
生词空间 New Words
1.infuriate v.使极为生气，使大怒
2.flare v.突发，加剧
3.crush v.使吃惊，使心烦意乱
妙语连珠：Beautiful Sentences
1）The father was crushed.
男人顿时惊呆了。
2）There is simply no other possession，anyone could hold，more precious than this.
人们所能拥有的最珍贵的礼物莫过于此了。
心灵感悟：
爱是无条件的，也是无法用金钱来衡量的。乍一看来，那仅仅只是一个空盒子而已，但是当爸爸知道里面装着什么之后，他怎么不会为孩子的爱而感动和欣慰呢？满满一盒子的吻，那就是女儿对爸爸的爱，对爸爸来说就是世间最为珍贵的礼物。没有任何一样物品能比得上逝去的女儿留给他的这个满载爱意的金盒子，那也是联结他与女儿的纽带。心爱的女儿已去，却有一抹香吻涌动于心间。
父母对子女的爱是无私的，子女对父母也同样有着无限温情。不要对可爱的孩子大动肝火，也不要嘲笑他们天真的举动。他们就是上帝派到人间来的天使，陪伴我们身边，带来欢声笑语还有那满满一盒子的爱和吻。请学会珍惜吧，否则会懊悔不已。
