Sand and Stone
First listen and then answer the question.
Where did the person write something after he got slapped?
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.”
They kept on walking until they found an oasis, where they decided to take a bath. The one who had been slapped got stuck in the mire and started drowning, but the friend saved him.
After he recovered from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone: “Today my best friend saved my life.”
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?”
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 ever erases it.”
LEARN TO WRITE YOUR HURTS IN THE SAND AND TO CARVE YOUR BENEFITS IN STONE.
They say it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them, but an entire life to forget them.
Send this phrase to the people you’ll never forget. It’s a short message to let them know that you’ll never forget them.
Take the time to live.
有这样一则故事：两个朋友徒步穿行沙漠。旅行途中，他们发生了争执。其中一人打了另一人一记耳光。
被打耳光的那个人很伤心，但他沉默不语，只在沙地上写道：“今天，我最好的朋友打了我一耳光。”
他们继续前行，终于发现了一片绿洲。于是．他们决定洗个澡。结果，被打的那个人陷入了泥潭，眼看就要淹死了，幸好他的朋友救了他。
他苏醒后，就在一块石头上刻道：“今天，我最好的朋友救了我的命。”
打他耳光又救了他的那个朋友问道：“我打了你后，你在沙子上写字；现在你又在石头上刻字。这是为什么呢?”
朋友回答说：“受到伤害时，我们应该把它记在沙子上，这样，宽恕之风会将它抚平。受到恩惠时，我们应该把它刻在石头上，这样，没有什么能将它抹掉。”
我们应学会把伤害记在沙地上，把恩泽刻在石头上。
人们常说，找到一个特别的人只需一分钟，欣赏他需一小时，爱上他只需一天，而忘记他，却要用一生的时间。
把这句话送给那些让你永生难忘的人，让他们知道你永远不会忘记他们吧。
终生不忘。
不是所有的事情都是一帆风顺。与再好的朋友在一起也会有摩擦，也会有误会。对朋友的伤害也许是不经意间造成的过错，然而朋友的帮助却是真心帮助，你会发现这个世上真心的朋友渐渐多了起来。忘记仇恨，记住恩惠的我们也会因此感到快乐和幸福。
Learning for Better Understanding
Keywords and expressions
1. oasis
作名词：（沙漠中的）绿洲
例：They stopped for the night at an oasis.
他们在沙漠中的绿洲停下来过夜。
2. mire
作名词：泥潭
例：Suddenly the wheels of the wagon sank into the mire, and the horse
could not pull them out.
突然，马车的轮子陷入了泥潭，马无法将它们拉出来。
Chunks in Practice
Listen to the following passage twice and then fill in the blanks with
appropriate words.
1. The story goes that two friends were ______ the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend ______ the other one in the face.
2. They kept on walking until they ______ an oasis, where they decided to take a bath. The one who had been ______ got stuck in the mire and started drowning, but the friend saved him.
3. The other friend replied, "When someone hurts us we should ______ it ______ in sand where winds of forgiveness can erase it ______ . But when someone does something good for us, we must ______ it in stone where no wind ever ______ it."
Now a Try
Think about some unforgettable things which your friends help you,
and learn to forget the sadness of your life.
______
