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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