文章大意:这是一则生活小故事。文章主要讲述了一个学生从沙漠里给自己的老师带回去一些水,虽然很难喝,但老师并没有当众说穿,而是表示水很好喝,另一位学生尝了水之后对老师的反应不解,而老师则告诉他没有什么比水之中所蕴含的情谊更重要。
根据中文或首字母提示,用所学单词的正确形式填空,每空一词。
A young man, while traveling through a desert, came across a spring of clear water. The water was sweet. He 1 (fill) his leather container so that he could bring some back to an elder 2 had been his teacher. After a four-day journey, the water 3 (present) to the old man. The teacher took a deep drink, smiled 4 (warm), and thanked his student very much for the sweet water. The young man went home with a happy heart.
After the student left, the teacher let another student 5 (taste) the water. He spit it out, 6 (say) it was awful. Obviously, it was no longer fresh because of the old leather container. He asked his teacher, “Sir, the water was awful. Why did you pretend to like 7 ? ”
The teacher replied, “You tasted the water. I tasted the gift. The water was an act of 8 (kind) and love. Nothing could be 9 (sweet).”
We understand this lesson best when we receive gifts of love from children. Whether it is a cheap pipe or a diamond necklace, the proper response is appreciation. We love more about the idea within the gift 10 the thing itself.