| Version A
Examine a situation from every point of
view before you act. Mr. Liu was the kind who had never taken this advice
to heart and never thought to discuss a matter with someone or to think
about it in any depth.
Once, while dancing with a lady, Mr. Liu
asked her if she was married. When she replied that she was not, Mr. Liu
asked if she had any children. The lady was very insulted, she stopped
dancing with him and left the dance hall. So he assumed that he should not
have asked the question in just this way.
Later when dancing with a widow, he struck
up a conversation with her by asking if she had any children. She answered
that she had two. "Oh, did you get married?" he asked. The widow
glared at him without smiling and left the dance floor.
Version B
Consider all aspects of a situation before
you take any action. Mr. Liu was this sort of person who always had a talk
with somebody without thinking deeply.
One night, he was dancing with a girl at a
ball. Mr. Liu asked his partner: "Have you married?" The girl
replied: "No, I haven't."
Mr. Liu asked: "Do you have
kids?" This made the girl angrily so much. She stopped dancing with
Mr. Liu and left the ball angrily. So he thought that those questions
shouldn't be asked in this way.
After a while, he danced with a widow, and
had a conversation with her. "Do you have kids?" He asked the
widow. "Yes, I have two kids." The widow answered. "Oh,
have you married?" He asked again. The widow looked at him joylessly
and stopped dancing.
注解：
act: to do sth.做事，行动
take…to heart: to think about sth.
seriously认真考虑
in depth: thoroughly全面的(地)，深入的(地)
strick up: to begin开始
glare: to look at someone in a very
angry way怒视
Exercise: Complete the proverb in
English, and then illustrate the meaning of the proverb.(用英语完成下列谚语并用具体例子阐述它的意思。)
别判断a人until you've walked in his靴子:别评判a
person until you've试着to做the things he or she does. |
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