佚名/Anonymous
She had been shopping with her Mom in Wal-Mart. She must have been 6 years old, with beautiful brown hair, freckle-faced image of innocence. It was pouring outside. The kind of rain that gushes over the top of rain gutters, so much in a hurry to hit the earth, it has no time to flow down the spout.
We all stood there under the awning and just inside the door of the Wal-Mart. We waited, some patiently, others irritated because nature messed up their hurried day. I am always mesmerized by rainfall. I get lost in the sound and sight of the heavens washing away the dirt and dust of the world. Memories of running, splashing so carefree as a child come pouring in as a welcome reprieve from the worries of my day.
Her voice was so sweet as it broke the hypnotic trance we were all caught in.“Mom, let's run through the rain,”she said.
“What?”Mom asked.
“Let's run through the rain!”she repeated.
“No, honey. We'll wait until it slows down a bit,”Mom replied.
This young girl waited about another minute and repeated,“Mom, let's run through the rain.”
“We'll get soaked if we do,”Mom said.
“No, we won't, Mom. That's not what you said this morning,”the young girl said as she tugged at her Mom's arm.
“This morning? When did I say we could run through the rain and not get wet?”
“Don't you remember? When you were talking to Daddy about his cancer, you said, ‘If God can get us through this, he can get us through anything!’”
The entire crowd stopped dead silent. I swore you couldn't hear anything but the rain. We all stood silently. No one came or left in the next few minutes. Mom paused and thought for a moment about what she would say.
Some would laugh it off and scold her for being silly. Some might even ignore what was said. But this was a moment of affirmation in a child's life. Time when innocent trust can be nurtured so that it will bloom into faith.“Honey, you are absolutely right. Let's run through the rain. If get wet, well maybe we just needed washing.”Mom said. Then off they ran.
We all stood watching, smiling and laughing as they darted past the cars and they held their shopping bags over their heads just in case. They got soaked. But they were followed by a few who screamed and laughed like children all the way to their cars. And yes, I did. I ran. I got wet. I needed washing. Circumstances or other people can take away your material possessions, they can take away your money, and they can take away your health. But no one can ever take away your precious memories. So, don't forget to make time and take the opportunities to make memories every day!
To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under heaven. I hope you still take the time to run through the rain.
她和妈妈刚从沃尔玛购完物。她6岁，一头漂亮的棕色头发，一张长有雀斑的天真无邪的脸。天下着大雨，雨水充满檐槽，来不及排走，瞬间又溢向大地。
人们都站在沃尔玛门口的遮雨篷下等雨停，有人耐心，有人烦躁，老天给他们忙碌的一天添了乱。雨天总能勾起我的遐思。我出神地听着，看着老天将世间的污垢和尘埃冲走，儿时无忧无虑地奔跑在雨中的情景又浮现在我眼前，它缓解了我一天的忧虑。
一个小女孩甜美的声音打破了周围沉闷的气氛，“妈妈，我们在雨里跑吧。”她说。
“什么？”母亲问。
“我们在雨里跑吧。”她又说了一遍。
“不，亲爱的，等雨小了我们再走。”母亲说。
不一会儿，小女孩又说：“妈妈，我们跑出去吧。”
“那样我们会被淋湿的。”母亲说。
“不会的，妈妈。今天早上你不是这样说的嘛！”小女孩拉着母亲的手说。
“今天早上？我什么时候说过雨不会淋湿我们呀？”
“难道你不记得了吗？在与爸爸谈他的癌症时，你说‘如果上帝保佑我们闯过这一关，我们就没有什么过不去的了。’”
人群出奇地静。我敢说，除了雨声，什么都听不到。我们都静静地伫立在那儿。好几分钟都没有一个人走动。母亲迟疑了一下，思忖着该说些什么。
对此有人也许会一笑了之，或责备这孩子不懂事，或干脆不把她的话放在心上。但这却是一个小孩一生中需要被肯定的时候，此时若受到鼓舞，那她单纯的信任就会发展成为坚定的信念。“亲爱的，你说得很对，我们跑过去吧。如果淋湿了，那就说明我们确实需要冲洗了。”母亲说，然后她们就冲入了雨中。
我们站在那儿，笑着看她们飞快地跑向汽车并把购物袋举过头顶挡雨，但还是湿透了。有几个人孩子般尖叫着，大笑着，也跟着冲了出去，奔向自己的车子。当然，我也跑了出去，也被淋湿了。或许我也需要接受洗礼。环境和其他人能夺走你的物质财富，剥夺你的健康权利，但没有人可以带走你珍贵的回忆。因此，要记着充分利用时间，抓住机会，每天都给自己留下一些献给未来的回忆吧！
世间万物皆有自己的时令，做任何事也有一个恰当的时机。希望你也有一次这样在雨中狂奔的机会。
记忆填空
1.The____________of rain that gushes over the top of rain gutters, so much in a____________to hit the earth it has no____________to flow down the spout.
2.I get lost in the____________and sight of the heavens washing away the dirt and dust of the world. Memories of____________, splashing so carefree as a child come pouring in____________a welcome reprieve from the worries of my____________.
3.But no one can____________take away your precious memories. So, don't____________to make time and take the opportunities to____________memories every day!
佳句翻译
1.人们都站在沃尔玛门口的遮雨篷下等雨停，有人耐心，有人烦躁，老天给他们忙碌的一天添了乱。
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2.对此有人也许会一笑了之，或责备这孩子不懂事，或干脆不把她的话放在心上。
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3.环境和其他人能夺走你的物质财富，剥夺你的健康权利，但没有人可以带走你珍贵的回忆。
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短语应用
1.The kind of rain that gushes over the top of rain gutters, so much in a hurry to hit the earth it has no time to flow down the spout.
in a hurry：立即，匆忙
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2.We all stood watching, smiling and laughing as they darted past the cars and they held their shopping bags over their heads just in case.
in case：万一；假使
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