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.
有這樣一則故事：兩個朋友徒步穿行沙漠。旅行途中，他們發生了爭執。其中一人打了另一人一記耳光。
被打耳光的那個人很傷心，但他沉默不語，隻在沙地上寫道：“今天，我最好的朋友打了我一耳光。”
他們繼續前行，終於發現了一片綠洲。於是.他們決定洗個澡。結果，被打的那個人陷入了泥潭，眼看就要淹死了，幸好他的朋友救了他。
他蘇醒後，就在一塊石頭上刻道：“今天，我最好的朋友救了我的命。”
打他耳光又救了他的那個朋友問道：“我打了你後，你在沙子上寫字；現在你又在石頭上刻字。這是為什麽呢?”
朋友回答說：“受到傷害時，我們應該把它記在沙子上，這樣，寬恕之風會將它撫平。受到恩惠時，我們應該把它刻在石頭上，這樣，沒有什麽能將它抹掉。”
我們應學會把傷害記在沙地上，把恩澤刻在石頭上。
人們常說，找到一個特別的人隻需一分鍾，欣賞他需一小時，愛上他隻需一天，而忘記他，卻要用一生的時間。
把這句話送給那些讓你永生難忘的人，讓他們知道你永遠不會忘記他們吧。
終生不忘。
不是所有的事情都是一帆風順。與再好的朋友在一起也會有摩擦，也會有誤會。對朋友的傷害也許是不經意間造成的過錯，然而朋友的幫助卻是真心幫助，你會發現這個世上真心的朋友漸漸多了起來。忘記仇恨，記住恩惠的我們也會因此感到快樂和幸福。
Learning for Better Understanding
Keywords and expressions
1. oasis
作名詞：（沙漠中的）綠洲
例：They stopped for the night at an oasis.
他們在沙漠中的綠洲停下來過夜。
2. mire
作名詞：泥潭
例：Suddenly the wheels of the wagon sank into the mire, and the horse
could not pull them out.
突然，馬車的輪子陷入了泥潭，馬無法將它們拉出來。
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.
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