【美文欣賞】哲理美文：Two frogs
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當朋友面臨困境時，你會說些什麼？你是否想過你所說的話會對他們產生什麼樣的影響呢？來看看兩隻青蛙的故事吧，也許對你會有所啟迪……
Two frogs
A group of frogs were traveling through the woods, and two of them fell into a deep pit (深坑). When the other frogs saw how deep the pit was, they told the two frogs that they were as good as dead. The two frogs paid no attention to the comments and tried to jump up out of the pit with all their energy. The other frogs kept telling them to stop, that they were as good as dead. Finally, one of the frogs obeyed what the other frogs were saying and gave up. He fell down and died.
The other frog continued to jump as hard as he could. Once again, the crowd of frogs shouted at him to stop the pain and just die. He jumped even harder and finally made it out.
When he got out, the other frogs said, 「Did you not hear us?」 The frog explained to them that he was deaf. He thought they were encouraging him the whole time.
This story teaches two lessons:
1. There is power of life and death in the tongue. An encouraging word to someone who is down can lift him up and help him make it through the day.
2. A despairing word to someone who is down can be what it takes to kill him.
Be careful of what you say. Speak life to those who cross your path. The power of words ... it is sometimes hard to understand that an encouraging word can go such a long way. Anyone can speak words that may make another lose confidence in difficult times. Special is the individual who will take the time to encourage another.
易娃名言：「學好英語一定要堅持！堅持！再堅持！每日英語天天學！」
