攻玉之石12-语言的力量

[00:00.00]The Power of Words 语言的力量
[00:04.86]A group of frogs were traveling through the woods,
[00:10.22]and two of them fell into a deep pit¹.
[00:14.04]When the other frogs saw how deep the pit was,
[00:18.00]they told the two frogs that they were as good as dead.
[00:22.15]The two frogs ignored the comments
[00:25.53]and tried to jump up out of the pit with all their might.
[00:29.79]The other frogs kept telling them to stop,
[00:33.09]that they were as good as dead.
[00:35.15]Finally, one of the frogs took heed
[00:39.09]of what the other frogs were saying and gave up.
[00:42.49]He fell down and died.
[00:44.89]The other frog continued to jump as hard as he could.
[00:50.35]Once again, the crowd of frogs yelled² at him
[00:53.98]to stop the pain and just die.
[00:56.16]He jumped even harder and finally made it out.
[01:00.96]When he got out, the other frogs said,
[01:03.93]"Did you not hear us?"
[01:06.21]The frog explained to them that he was a little deaf.
[01:10.25]He thought they were encouraging him the entire time.
[01:14.22]This story teaches us two lessons:
[01:17.27]1. There is power of life and death in the tongue.
[01:22.08]An encouraging word to someone
[01:24.60]who is down can lift them up
[01:26.67]and help them make it through the day.
[01:28.75]2. A destructive³ word to someone
[01:32.36]who is down can be what it takes to kill them.
[01:35.55]Be careful of what you say.
[01:37.50]Speak life to those who cross your path.
[01:41.21]The power of words is sometimes hard to understand
[01:45.83]that an encouraging word can go such a long way.
[01:49.87]Anyone can speak words that tend to rob⁴ another
[01:54.57]of the spirit to continue in difficult times.
[01:57.51]Special is the individual
[02:00.26]who will take the time to encourage another.

1 pit   

n.深坑，核，矿井，陷阱，英国剧场正厅后排，凹陷疤痕；vt.使...有伤痕，去...的核，与...较量

参考例句：

• A sheep fell into a pit,and I helped it out.一只羊掉进坑里，我把它弄了出来。
• They dug a pit to bury the rubbish.他们挖了一个坑把垃圾埋掉。

2 yelled   

v.叫喊，号叫，叫着说( yell的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He yelled at the other driver. 他冲着另一位司机大叫。
• The lost man yelled, hoping someone in the woods would hear him. 迷路的人大声喊着，希望林子里的人会听见。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 destructive   

adj.破坏（性）的，毁灭（性）的

参考例句：

• In the end,it will be destructive of our whole society.它最终会毁灭我们整个社会。
• It is the most destructive storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的一次风暴。

4 rob   

v.抢劫；vi.抢劫，盗窃；vt.非法剥夺，使丧失，抢劫

参考例句：

• Two men formed a plot to rob the bank.两人制定了抢劫那家银行的秘密计划。
• They were scheming to rob the bank.他们在密谋抢劫银行。