一杯牛奶的故事課件

One

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a

poor

boy

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trying

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pay

his

way

through

school

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selling

goodsdoor

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door

found

that

he

only

had

one

dime

left.

He

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hungryso

he

decided

to

beg

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a

meal

at

the

next

house.

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。饑寒交迫的他摸遍全身，卻只有一角錢。于是他決定向下一戶人家討口飯吃。dime n.一角硬幣However,helosthisnervewhenalovelyyoungwomanopenedthedoor.Insteadofamealheaskedforadrinkofwater.Shethoughthelookedhungrysoshebroughthimalargeglassofmilk.Hedrankitslowly,andthenasked,“HowmuchdoIoweyou?”然而，當(dāng)一位美麗的年輕女子打開房門的時(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。這位女子看到他饑餓的樣子，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？”nerve

n.神經(jīng)；勇氣；[植]葉脈vt.鼓起勇氣Youdon’towemeanything,”shereplied.“Motherhastaughtmenevertoacceptpayforakindness.”Hesaid,“ThenIthankyoufromthebottomofmyheart.”AsHowardKellyleftthathouse,henotonlyfeltstrongerphysically,butitalsoincreasedhisfaithinGodandthehumanrace.Hewasabouttogiveupandquitbeforethispoint.年輕女子微笑著回答：“一分錢也不用付。我媽媽教導(dǎo)我，施以愛心，不圖回報(bào)。”男孩說(shuō)：“那么，就請(qǐng)接受我由衷的感謝吧!”說(shuō)完，霍華德·凱利就離開了這戶人家。此時(shí)的他不僅自己渾身是勁兒，而且更加相信上帝和整個(gè)人類。本來(lái)，他都打算放棄了。Dressedinhisdoctor’sgownhewentintoseeher.Herecognizedheratonce.Hewentbacktotheconsultationroomanddeterminedtodohisbesttosaveherlife.Fromthatdayon,hegavespecialattentiontohercase.身穿手術(shù)服的凱利醫(yī)生來(lái)到病房，一眼就認(rèn)出了恩人。回到會(huì)診室后，他決心一定要竭盡所能來(lái)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。Afteralongstruggle,thebattlewaswon.Dr.Kellyrequestedthebusinessofficetopassthefinalbilltohimforapproval.Helookedatitandthenwrotesomethingontheside.Thebillwassenttoherroom.Shewasafraidtoopenitbecauseshewaspositivethatitwouldtaketherestofherlifetopayitoff.經(jīng)過(guò)艱苦的努力，手術(shù)成功了。凱利醫(yī)生要求把醫(yī)藥費(fèi)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)通知單送到她的病房時(shí)，她不敢看。因?yàn)樗_信，治病的費(fèi)用將會(huì)花費(fèi)她整個(gè)余生來(lái)償還。Finallyshelooked,andthenoteonthesideofthebillcaughtherattention.Shereadthesewords...“Paidinfullwithaglassofmilk.”(Signed)Dr.HowardKelly最后，她還是鼓起勇氣，翻開了醫(yī)藥費(fèi)通知單，旁邊的那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Tearsofjoyfloodedhereyesassheprayedsilently:“Thank