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  • A little boy was spending his Saturday morning playing in his sandbox. He had with him his box of cars and trucks , his plastic pail , and a shiny , red plastic shovel1. In the process of creating roads and tunnels in the soft sand , he discovered a large rock in the middle of the sandbox.

    在一个周六的早上,一个小男孩在他的沙箱里玩耍,还带了一盒子的玩具车、一只塑料桶和一把闪闪发亮的塑料小红铲。在柔软的沙中堆砌道路和隧道的过程中,他在沙箱的中央发现了一块大石头。

    The boy dug around the rock , managing to dislodge it from the dirt. With a little bit of struggle , he pushed and nudged the rock across the sandbox by using his feet. ( He was a very small boy, and the rock was very large.) When the boy got the rock to the edge of the sandbox ,however, he found that he couldn’t roll it up and over the little wall.

    小男孩在石头的周围挖呀挖,成功地把它从泥沙中挖了出来。接着,他有点吃力把石头往沙箱上推。(他只是个小男孩,石头显得很大。)当他把石头推到沙箱的边缘是,却发现自己没办法把石头滚过沙箱那堵矮小的墙。

    Determined2 , the little boy shoved, pushed, and pried3, but every time he thought he had made some progres the rock tipped and then fell back into the sandbox . The little boy grunted4, struggled, pushed , and shoved; but his only reward was to have the rock roll back , smashing his chubby5 fingers .

    小男孩下定决心要把石头移走,他又推又撬,但每次自以为取得一些成果时,那石头又滚了下来掉回沙箱中。小男孩咕哝着,使尽全力去推。但唯一的结果就是石头滚回来,撞到他胖胖的手指上。

    Finally he burst into tears of frustration6. All this time the boy’s father watched from his living room window as the drama unfolded. At the moment the tears fell, a large shadow fell across the boy and the sandbox. It was the boy’s father. Gently but firmly he said, “Son, why didn’t you use all the strength that you had available?” Defeated, the boy sobbed7 back, “But I did, Daddy, I did! I used all the strength that I had!” “No, son,” corrected the father kindly8. “You didn’t use all the strength you had. You didn’t ask me.” With that the father reached down, picked up the rock and removed it from the sandbox.

    最后,小男孩沮丧地大哭起来。小男孩的父亲一直在客厅的窗户旁注视着这一幕。当小男孩开始掉眼泪的时候,一个大大的身影落在小男孩和他的沙箱上。那是父亲的影子。他温和而坚定地问: “儿子,为什么你没有用尽你所有的力量?” 小男孩很受挫,呜咽的回答道: “我用了,爸爸,我用了!我用尽了我全身的力量。” “不,儿子,”父亲温柔地纠正他说: “你没有用尽你所有的力量。你没有叫我来帮你。” 父亲边说着边弯下腰,捡起那块石头丢出了沙箱。

    Do you have “rocks” in your life that need to be removed? Are you discovering that you don’t have what it takes to lift them? There is ONE who is always available to us and willing to give us the strength we need. Isn’t it funny how we try so hard to do things ourselves?

    在你的生命中,你也遇到过需要移开的“石头”吗?你有没有发现你缺少挪动它的力量?但无论如何,总会有某人在我们需要帮助的时候愿意向我们伸出援手。我们单靠自己的力量来办事不是很傻吗?

     11级    双语 
     单词标签: shovel  determined  pried  grunted  chubby  frustration  sobbed  kindly 


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    1 shovel [ˈʃʌvl] cELzg   第8级
    n.铁锨,铲子,一铲之量;v.铲,铲出
    参考例句:
    • He was working with a pick and shovel. 他在用镐和铲干活。
    • He seized a shovel and set to. 他拿起一把铲就干上了。
    2 determined [dɪˈtɜ:mɪnd] duszmP   第7级
    adj.坚定的;有决心的;v.决定;断定(determine的过去分词)
    参考例句:
    • I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation. 我已决定毕业后去西藏。
    • He determined to view the rooms behind the office. 他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。
    3 pried [praid] 4844fa322f3d4b970a4e0727867b0b7f   第9级
    v.打听,刺探(他人的私事)( pry的过去式和过去分词 );撬开
    参考例句:
    • We pried open the locked door with an iron bar. 我们用铁棍把锁着的门撬开。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • So Tom pried his mouth open and poured down the Pain-killer. 因此汤姆撬开它的嘴,把止痛药灌下去。 来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险
    4 grunted [ɡrʌntid] f18a3a8ced1d857427f2252db2abbeaf   第7级
    (猪等)作呼噜声( grunt的过去式和过去分词 ); (指人)发出类似的哼声; 咕哝着说
    参考例句:
    • She just grunted, not deigning to look up from the page. 她只咕哝了一声,继续看书,不屑抬起头来看一眼。
    • She grunted some incomprehensible reply. 她咕噜着回答了些令人费解的话。
    5 chubby [ˈtʃʌbi] wrwzZ   第9级
    adj.丰满的,圆胖的
    参考例句:
    • He is stocky though not chubby. 他长得敦实,可并不发胖。
    • The short and chubby gentleman over there is our new director. 那个既矮又胖的绅士是我们的新主任。
    6 frustration [frʌˈstreɪʃn] 4hTxj   第8级
    n.挫折,失败,失效,落空
    参考例句:
    • He had to fight back tears of frustration. 他不得不强忍住失意的泪水。
    • He beat his hands on the steering wheel in frustration. 他沮丧地用手打了几下方向盘。
    7 sobbed ['sɒbd] 4a153e2bbe39eef90bf6a4beb2dba759   第7级
    哭泣,啜泣( sob的过去式和过去分词 ); 哭诉,呜咽地说
    参考例句:
    • She sobbed out the story of her son's death. 她哭诉着她儿子的死。
    • She sobbed out the sad story of her son's death. 她哽咽着诉说她儿子死去的悲惨经过。
    8 kindly [ˈkaɪndli] tpUzhQ   第8级
    adj.和蔼的,温和的,爽快的;adv.温和地,亲切地
    参考例句:
    • Her neighbours spoke of her as kindly and hospitable. 她的邻居都说她和蔼可亲、热情好客。
    • A shadow passed over the kindly face of the old woman. 一道阴影掠过老太太慈祥的面孔。

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