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2: | A.pushed up | B.forced up | C.put up | D.pulled up |
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小题3: | A.clean | B.clear | C.light | D.busy |
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小题4: | A.straight | B.hard | C.far | D.high |
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小题5: | A.leaving | B.knocking | C.missing | D.approaching |
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小题6: | A.Before | B.When | C.After | D.Until |
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小题7: | A.seeking | B.chasing | C.hunting | D.looking |
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小题8: | A.awfully | B.bravely | C.typically | D.innocently |
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小题9: | A.embarrassed | B.pleased | C.surprised | D.worried |
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小题10: | A.acute | B.accurate | C.unpleasant | D.marvelous |
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小题11: | A.music | B.story | C.language | D.incident |
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小题12: | A.sorry | B.badly | C.late | D.soon |
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小题13: | A.power | B.strength | C.nature | D.potential |
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小题14: | A.regret | B.anger | C.worry | D.fear |
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小题15: | A.process | B.lesson | C.image | D.damage |
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小题16: | A.accident | B.mistake | C.crash | D.phenomenon |
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小题17: | A.should | B.need | C.can | D.would |
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小题18: | A.talent | B.evidence | C.donation | D.gift |
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小题19: | A.too | B.otherwise | C.or | D.however |
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小题20: | A.challenging | B.struggling | C.rising | D.caring |
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