讀點(diǎn)好英文:A GIass of MiIk　一杯牛奶的溫暖

A GIass of MiIk　一杯牛奶的溫暖

·Betty Stanley·

One day, a poor boy who was trying to pay his way through school by selling goods door to door found that he only had one dime left. He was hungry so he decided to beg for a meal at the next house.

However, he lost his nerve when a lovely young woman opened the door. Instead of a meal he asked for a drink of water.She thought he looked hungry so she brought him a large glass of milk.He drank it slowly, and then asked，“How much do I owe you?”

“You don't owe me anything，”she replied.“Mother has taught me never to accept pay for a kindness.”He said，“Then I thank you from the bottom of my heart.”As Howard Kelly left that house, he not only felt stronger physicaIIy, but it also increased his faith in God and the human race. He was about to give up and quit before this point.

Years later the young woman became criticaIIy ill. The local doctors were baffled.They finally sent her to the big city, where specialists can be called in to study her rare disease.Dr.Howard Kelly, now famous, was called in for the consuItation.When he heard the name of the town she came from, a strange light filled his eyes.Immediately, he rose and went down through the hospital hall into her room.

Dressed in his doctor's gown he went in to see her. He recognized her at once.He went back to the consultation room and determined to do his best to save her life.From that day on, he gave special attention to her case.

After a long struggle, the battle was won. Dr.Kelly requested the business office to pass the final bill to him for approvaI.He looked at it and then wrote something on the side.The bill was sent to her room.She was afraid to open it because she was positive that it would take the rest of her life to pay it off.Finally she looked, and the note on the side of the bill caught her attention.She read these words……

“Paid in full with a glass of milk.”

（Signed）Dr. Howard Kelly

Tears of joy flooded her eyes as she prayed silently：“Thank You, God. Your love has spread through human hearts and hands.”

貝蒂·斯坦利

一天，一個(gè)貧窮的小男孩為了攢夠?qū)W費(fèi)正挨家挨戶地推銷商品。他肚子餓得咕咕直響，可摸遍全身，只找到一角錢，于是他決定向下一戶人家討口飯吃。

然而，當(dāng)一位年輕的美麗女子打開房門的時(shí)候，這個(gè)小男孩卻有點(diǎn)不知所措了。他沒(méi)有要飯，只乞求給他一口水喝?？伤闯瞿泻⒍亲雍莛I，于是就倒了一大杯牛奶給他。男孩慢慢地喝完牛奶，問(wèn)道：“我應(yīng)該付多少錢？”

年輕女子微笑著回答：“一分錢也不用付。我媽媽教導(dǎo)我，施以愛(ài)心，不圖回報(bào)?！蹦泻⒄f(shuō)：“那么，就請(qǐng)接受我由衷的感謝吧！”說(shuō)完，他就離開了這戶人家。此時(shí)的他不僅渾身是勁兒，而且還更加相信上帝和整個(gè)人類。而在這之前，他都感到萬(wàn)念俱灰了。

很多年之后，那位女子得了一種罕見(jiàn)的重病，當(dāng)?shù)蒯t(yī)生對(duì)此束手無(wú)策。最后，她被轉(zhuǎn)到大城市醫(yī)治，并請(qǐng)來(lái)專家會(huì)診。大名鼎鼎的霍華德·凱利醫(yī)生也參加了醫(yī)療方案的制訂。當(dāng)他聽到病人來(lái)自的那個(gè)城鎮(zhèn)的名字時(shí)，一個(gè)奇怪的念頭閃過(guò)腦際。他馬上起身，穿過(guò)走廊，直奔她的病房。

身穿白大褂的凱利醫(yī)生來(lái)到病房，一眼就認(rèn)出了恩人?；氐綍?huì)診室后，他決心一定要竭盡所能治好她的病。從那天起，他就特別關(guān)照這個(gè)對(duì)自己有恩的病人。

經(jīng)過(guò)艱苦的努力，手術(shù)成功了。凱利醫(yī)生要求財(cái)務(wù)把醫(yī)藥費(fèi)用通知單送到他那里，他看了一下，便在通知單的旁邊簽了字。當(dāng)醫(yī)藥費(fèi)用通知單送到她的病房時(shí)，她不敢看。因?yàn)樗_信，治病的費(fèi)用一定非常昂貴，恐怕她下半輩子也難以還清了。最后，她還是鼓起勇氣，翻開了藥費(fèi)通知單，旁邊的一行小字引起了她的注意，她不禁輕聲讀了出來(lái)：

“醫(yī)藥費(fèi)已付：一杯牛奶。”

（簽名）霍華德·凱利醫(yī)生

喜悅的淚水溢出了她的眼睛，她默默地祈禱：“謝謝你，上帝，你的愛(ài)已通過(guò)人類的心靈和雙手在傳播?！?/p>

Practising&Exercise　實(shí)戰(zhàn)提升篇

核心單詞

dime[daim]n.一角硬幣

nerve[n?：v]n.憂慮，焦躁；勇敢

owe[?u]v.欠（債）；應(yīng)該把……歸功于

physicaIIy['fizik（?）li]adv.身體上；實(shí)際上；完全地

criticaIIy['kritik?li]adv.批判性地；苛求地；危急地；嚴(yán)重地

consuItation[,k?ns?l'tei??n]n.咨詢；商議；參考；參閱

gown[gaun]n.女禮服，（婦女穿的）長(zhǎng)禮服；手術(shù)衣

approvaI[?'pru：v?l]n.批準(zhǔn)；認(rèn)可；贊成；同意

實(shí)用句型

He was hungry so he decided to beg for a meaI at the next house.他很餓，于是他決定向下一戶人家討口飯吃。

①so在這里引導(dǎo)因果狀語(yǔ)從句。

②decide to決定做。類似的表達(dá)還有decide on考慮后決定。

翻譯練習(xí)

1.我替你去開會(huì)吧?。╥nstead of）

2.我出生在波士頓，但是大部分時(shí)間在費(fèi)城。（come from）

3.在付清貸款后，我們會(huì)有更多錢花。（pay off）