名著阅读之心灵鸡汤 The Rescue 学案--高三英语二轮复习培优.docx
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1、高三英语培优,名著阅读之心灵鸡汤精选The Rescue班级:学号:姓名:心灵鸡汤精选The Rescue话题归类阅读难度词数道歉的意义四星901【文章梗概】我们一家住在离城镇十英里的乡下,他们在那里抚养孩子和生活。他们建 起狗舍饲养和出售注册的小狗。几年后,其他家庭开始搬到一起居住。一年后,我们隔壁的 邻居也来了。在他们建房子的时候我们还提醒他们狗舍的问题。在他们新家的第一年结束时, 邻居开始抱怨狗。在接下来的一年里,邻居多次给狗收容所打电话投诉,告诉我们现在是狗 引起了他妻子的偏头痛。所有这些冲突伤透了我的心。后来我在教堂里得到了启发,决定给 邻居打电话道歉。通过道歉后我们彼此释怀了。Be
2、 at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.Benjamin Franklin We lived out in the country, ten miles from town. Originally, only my in-laws lived there.When they offered us an acre of their land, we jumped at the opportunity to raise our childr
3、en in the country.Shortly after my husband started work, he learned layoffs often occurred during the winter months. To compensate for the loss of income, he obtained a kennel license to raise and sell registered puppies, something he did throughout his teenage years. The kennel brought in the extra
4、 income we needed, and the children loved playing with the puppies. No one else lived in the area, so the occasional barking did not bother anyone.After a couple of years, other families began moving in around us. Each had five acres or more. Quickly, we became friends and enjoyed various celebratio
5、ns and picnics together, creating many happy memories.The neighbor next to us came a year later. His brothers family lived across the street, and he was happy to be close to them. When they started looking for a spot to build their house, both his brother and my husband reminded him about our kennel
6、. My husband showed him the location of the kennel building so they could find a place to build away from the occasional noise. In the end, they decided to build on a small hill overlooking our house and dog kennel, about 100 feet from our shared property line.By the end of the first year in their n
7、ew home, the neighbor began complaining about the dogs. My husband talked to him and explained the steps he was taking to mitigate the noise, which included moving some dogs and selling some. Unfortunately, nothing we did improved the situation for them.Over the next year, the neighbor called the do
8、g pound multiDle times to file complaints, and he tried getting our kennel license revoked. Lastly, he called several times, telling us the dogs were now causing his wifes migraine headaches. All this conflict broke my heart.I didnt know what to do 一 until the following Sunday. As I sat in church, l
9、istening to our pastor preach from the Sermon on the Mount J my heart began pounding so hard I thought it might burst out of my body. He read the following Bible verses:Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother or sister has something against you, lea
10、ve your gift there in front of the altar. First go, and be reconciled to them; then come and offer your gift” (Matthew 5:23-24 NIV).It felt like the Lord spoke directly to me through those words, and I knew why. Like an old movie projector, showing slide after slide in rapid speed, pictures flashed
11、in my mind of the ongoing dispute with our neighbor. Now, God was nudging me to apologize. But, Lord, it wasnt our fault! We were here first J I whined to Him iiUemal/yAs we drove home from church, I told my husband I needed to call our neighbors to apologize that afternoon.Once home, I tried to eat
12、 but couldnt. I prayed. I walked over to the phone, thinking about what to say. Then I walked away too scared to call. Finally, with one last desperate prayer, I picked up the phone. With my hands shaking and my heart thumping, I dialed.Thankfully, the neighbors wife answered the phone. I apologized
13、 for all the problems arising from our business and for causing her headaches. T told her we sold several dogs to lessen the noise and moved some. We felt we had tried everything we could to mitigate the sound and make it less stressful fbr her. When I finished, she said, I am so glad you called. Fv
14、e wanted to talk to you, too.”She explained how she knew it was not all our fault. Her husband got overly concerned when she started getting sick. The dogs bothered her occasionally, but she knew they did not cause her medical issues or headaches. She apologized to me, too, for all the distress this
15、 situation had caused us.After hanging up the phone, I cried, thanking God for the peace that was now restored through forgiveness.The next day, I was even more thankful fbr this timely conversation because a “For Sale” sign appeared at the end of our neighbors driveway. It stunned me. I had no idea
16、 they were selling their house. Our neighbor never mentioned it during our conversation.What if I had not called the day before and apologized, as I felt compelled to do? Would my apology have sounded sincere if I had waited and discovered they were moving and then called? Would the conversation hav
17、e yielded the same results? I doubt it.Initiating the conversation challenged me, but it was worth the effort. Forgiving each other not only provided healing to our friendship, but it also led to the resumption of our neighborhood gatherings.That lesson in forgiveness has stuck with me. Many times i
18、n life, challenges test our character, urging us to do what is right, not just what feels comfortable. Apologizing is often the right choice, even when we did not start the argument or cause the issue.一 Barbara J. Todd【词汇过关】请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。1 .layoff lenfj n.2 .kennel kenl n.3 .puppies p/piz n.4 .p
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