It was 20 years ago. I was driving home with my 4-year-old son. Traffic was light. I was singing quietly along
the song playing on the radio. I
at the intersection(交叉路口) and looked both ways. The road was
. I slowly started to make a right turn when suddenly a car rounded the curve at high speed and came
at me. I stomped (猛踩) on the brakes of my car killing the engine in the process. The speeder zoomed (疾驰) past my dead car
me by inches without even slowing down.
I knew it, a stream of rude words was flying from my lips,
after the car and its driver. I then saw my son who was staring up at me
. With a red face and a(an)
smile I started the car, pulled back onto the road, and headed home.
Later that evening I was reading a book when I heard certain
words coming from my son’s bedroom. He was replaying the
over and over in his mind. Too
I realized the
of those words that had flown from my lips in that moment of
. It took a lot of talks about good language and bad language with my son to undo (消除)the
of that incident.
That
, however, did teach me just how strong words
be. It helped me to decide to stop swearing (咒骂) in my own life and to start using words uplifting and inspire instead. I slowly realized that language is a
from God and should be used to make our world better but not worse. I learned
that a few loving words can help a hurting heart, strengthen a
spirit, and lighten a heavy load. I pray then that all of your words today are full of love, joy, happiness, and light.
| 小题1: |
| A．through |
B．by |
C．to |
D．over |
|
| 小题2: |
| A．pushed up |
B．forced up |
C．put up |
D．pulled up |
|
| 小题3: |
| A．clean |
B．clear |
C．light |
D．busy |
|
| 小题4: |
| A．straight |
B．hard |
C．far |
D．high |
|
| 小题5: |
| A．leaving |
B．knocking |
C．missing |
D．approaching |
|
| 小题6: |
| A．Before |
B．When |
C．After |
D．Until |
|
| 小题7: |
| A．seeking |
B．chasing |
C．hunting |
D．looking |
|
| 小题8: |
| A．awfully |
B．bravely |
C．typically |
D．innocently |
|
| 小题9: |
| A．embarrassed |
B．pleased |
C．surprised |
D．worried |
|
| 小题10: |
| A．acute |
B．accurate |
C．unpleasant |
D．marvelous |
|
| 小题11: |
| A．music |
B．story |
C．language |
D．incident |
|
| 小题12: |
| A．sorry |
B．badly |
C．late |
D．soon |
|
| 小题13: |
| A．power |
B．strength |
C．nature |
D．potential |
|
| 小题14: |
| A．regret |
B．anger |
C．worry |
D．fear |
|
| 小题15: |
| A．process |
B．lesson |
C．image |
D．damage |
|
| 小题16: |
| A．accident |
B．mistake |
C．crash |
D．phenomenon |
|
| 小题17: |
| A．should |
B．need |
C．can |
D．would |
|
| 小题18: |
| A．talent |
B．evidence |
C．donation |
D．gift |
|
| 小题19: |
| A．too |
B．otherwise |
C．or |
D．however |
|
| 小题20: |
| A．challenging |
B．struggling |
C．rising |
D．caring |
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