english courses-[推薦]友誼：銘記恩惠忘記傷害

http://english.zoapiere.com/-presentation skills training

Learn english Sand and Stone

A 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, he wrote in the sand with his finger: "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 the friend recovered from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone with a knife: "TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SAVED MY LIFE."

The friend who had slapped and saved his best friend asked him with surprise, "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 can ever erase it."

　　中文：

　　有這樣一個故事：兩個朋友正徒步在沙漠中旅行，途中兩人發生了爭執，其中一個扇了另一個人一記耳光，那位被扇的朋友很傷心，然而他一言不發地用手指在沙灘上寫下了：“今天我最好的朋友扇了我一個耳光。”

　　他們繼續往前走，終于來到了一片綠洲。他們決定洗去身上的浮塵。先前被扇耳光的那位一不小心陷入深潭之中，差點被淹死，他的朋友連忙相救。被救起后，他用一把小刀在石頭上刻下了：“今天我最好的朋友救了我一命。”

　　先前打他耳光，后來又救了他的這位朋友好奇地問：“為什么我打了你以后，你寫在沙灘上，而現在卻刻在石頭上呢？”

　　朋友回答道：“當受到傷害時，要寫在沙灘上，讓風來吹散它、撫平它；而受到的恩惠則必須刻在石頭上，任何風都不能抹滅它！” Study English

人往高处走，水往低处流

2010年8月25日星期三