为你读书：《沙子和石头》Sand and Stone
原文节选欣赏
The story goes that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face.The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the sand, “Today my best friend slapped me in the face.”
两个朋友在荒漠里穿行,途中他们发生了争执，其中一个人扇了另一位一个耳光。被打的人非常伤心，但他什么也没说，只是在沙地上写道：“今天，我最好的朋友当面打了我一个耳光。”。
They kept on walking until they found an oasis, where they decided totake a bath. The one who had been slapped got stuck in the mire and started drowning, but the friend saved him.
他们继续往前走，发现了一片绿洲，他们决定在那里洗个澡。结果，被打的那位陷进了泥潭，眼看就要被淹死,但他的朋友救了他。
After he recovered from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone, “Today my best friend saved my life.”
恢复过来后，他在石头上写道：“今天，我最好的朋友救了我的命。”
词汇及短语点津
1. walk through 在……中穿行，走过
例句：Take this opportunity to walk through your town or city.
借此机会，走过你的城市。
2. have an argument 有争执
例句：So, we'd have an argument for the existence of a soul.
于是，我们就有了一个灵魂存在的争论。
3. slap v. 拍打，掌掴
4. in the face 在脸上; 当面;
in the face of 面对……
例句：What to do in the face ofterrorism?
那么面对恐怖主义，该怎么办呢？
5. keep on doing 继续做某事
例句：Her coach encouraged her throughout the marathon race to keep on running.
她的教练在马拉松赛全程鼓励她继续不断奔跑。
6. get stuck in 陷入了……
例句：Some people never grow up but get stuck in one phase of human development.
有些人永远不会长大，而是卡在了常人成长的某个阶段。
7. recover from 从……当中恢复
例句：It will be a long time before he recovers from his present troubles.
要使他从目前的困境中恢复过来需要很长时间。
原文节选欣赏
The friend, who had slapped and saved his best friend, asked him, “After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now you write on a stone. Why?”
他的朋友问：“为什么我伤害你时，你把字写在沙地上，而现在却把字刻在石头上呢？”
The other friend replied, “When someone hurts us, we should write it down in sand where winds of forgiveness can erase it away. But when someone does something good for us, we must engrave it in stone where no wind can ever erase it. Learn to write your hurts in the sand and to carve your benefits in stone. ”
被救的那位答道：“受到伤害时，我们应该把它记下来写在沙地上，宽恕之风会将其抹平。可受人恩惠时，我们应该把它刻在石头上，任何风雨也不会把它擦掉。我们应该学会将所受的伤害写在沙子上,把所得的恩泽刻在石头上。”
词汇及短语点津
1. write……down 把……记下来
例句：On the morning before starting a diet, write your starting weight down.
早上开始节食前，记下你的起始体重。
2. erase……away 把……抹去
例句： Only some of the history out of form and culture can never erase away.
只有一些不成形的历史和文化不会抹杀掉的。
3. do something good for 为某人做好事，帮助某人
例句：Her mother asked Lucy to do something good for others.
妈妈让Lucy为别人做点好事。
4. benefit n. 利益，好处
benefit from…… 从……得益
例句：Who would benefit from that.?
谁会从战争中受益呢？
