晨讀英語美文100篇六級A Tribute to the Dog

[ti:] [ar:] [al:] [by:] [00:03.38]Passage 6. A Tribute to the Dog [00:08.08]The best friend a man has in the world may turn against him and become his enemy. [00:15.42]His son or daughter that he has reared with loving care may prove ungrateful. [00:22.31]Those who are nearest and dearest to us, [00:25.59]those whom we trust with our happiness and our good name, [00:29.64]may become traitors to their faith. [00:32.70]The money that a man has he may lose. [00:35.77]It flies away from him, perhaps when he needs it most. [00:40.36]A man’s reputation may be sacrificed in a moment of ill-considered action. [00:46.27]The people who are prone to fall on their knees to do us honor when success is with us [00:53.05]may be the first to throw the stone of malice when failure settles its cloud upon our heads. [01:00.50]The one absolutely unselfish friend that man can have in this selfish world, [01:07.61]the one that never deserts him, [01:10.45]the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous, is his dog. [01:15.81]A man’s dog stands by him in prosperity and in poverty, in health and in sickness. [01:23.14]He will sleep on the cold ground, where the wintry winds blow and the snow drives fiercely, [01:29.93]if only he may be near his master’s side. [01:33.75]He will kiss the hand that has no food to offer; [01:37.15]he will lick the wounds and sores that come from encounter with the roughness of the world. [01:43.05]He will guard the sleep of his pauper master as if he were a prince. [01:48.42]When all other friends desert, he remains. [01:52.13]When riches take wings and reputation falls to pieces, [01:56.62]he is as constant in his love as the sun in its journeys through the heavens. [02:02.53]If fortune drives the master forth, an outcast in the world, friendless and homeless, [02:09.09]the faithful dog asks no higher privilege than that of accompanying him, [02:14.12]to guard him against danger, to fight against his enemies. [02:18.18]And when the last scene of all comes, and death takes the master in its embrace, [02:24.08]and his body is laid away in the cold ground, [02:27.69]no matter if all other friends pursue their way, [02:31.52]there by the grave will the noble dog be found, [02:35.35]his head between his paws, his eyes sad but open in alert watchfulness, [02:41.70]faithful and true even in death.

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