One day when I was drinking at bar, I saw a man watching a woman very carefully. The woman was very beautiful but she looked very (1) . Suddenly I found the man (2) and walked towards (3) . He pretended to look for (4) on the ground by her feet. It wasn’t long before the woman noticed him and asked (5) he had lost anything. "Yes. " answered the man, looking very (6) , "I’m looking for a smile that is lost." (7) the woman understood what he (8) and soon there was a smile on her (9) , and it grew bigger. Then the man told her that was just the (10) he was looking for!
After seeing all this, I thought the world will become much nicer if everyone is ready to give his love to others like him.
| One busy day, I was racing around
trying to get too much done, and I exclaimed to my three kids in the car, "We
can get both things done and kill two birds with one stone!" My daughter Annie
quietly suggested, "You mean feed two birds with one crumb, Mom, don’t you" I
stopped short, realizing how steeped my language is in the culture of war. I had
used "weapon" language without even knowing it. I was embarrassed and yet felt a
grace: if a child can become conscious of using a new language of peace, then
there is hope. Think about the business language: strategies, bullets, high-caliber, power point; about win-lose sports language like "decimate", "attack", "destroy the other team", not to mention the movies and video games that simulate the most gruesome annihilations over and over. The lies of propaganda, one-sided media coverage, A. Gratified. B. Ashamed. C. Indignant. D. Panicked. [单项选择]One busy day, I was racing around trying to get too much done, and I exclaimed to my three kids in the car, "We can get both things done and kill two birds with one stone!" My daughter Annie quietly suggested, "You mean feed two birds with one crumb, Mom, don’t you " I stopped short, realizing how steeped my language is in the culture of war. I had used "weapon" language without even knowing it. I was embarrassed and yet felt a grace: if a child can become conscious of using a new language of peace, then there is hope.
Think about the business language: strategies, bullets, high-caliber, power point; about win-lose sports language like "decimate", "attack", "destroy the other team" , not to mention the movies and video games that simulate the most gruesome annihilations over and over. The lies of propaganda, one-sided media coverage, the alienation of others (those terrorists, the axis of evil) , all part of the " collective psychic numbing" of our times. The biggest lie of all is A. an enthusiast in world peace B. a conscientious linguistician C. a sympathizer with poor children D. a devotional Christian 我来回答: 提交
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