双语阅读｜Choose Wise Words 流言蜚语就像是被风吹散的纸屑
Once upon a time, an old man spread rumors that his neighbor was a thief.As a result, the young man was arrested.Days later the young man was proven innocent.After being released,the man felt humiliated as he walked to his home.He sued the old man for wrongly Accusing him.
从前，有一个老头散布谣言说他的邻居是个小偷。结果，这名年轻男子被捕了。几天后，这个年轻人被证明是清白的。被释放后，回到家中的他时感到十分羞辱。于是起诉了诬告他的老头。
humiliate v. 羞辱；使丧失尊严。
In court, the old man told the Judge,“They were just comments,didn’t Harm anyone.”The judge, before passing sentence on the case,told the old man,“Write All the things you said about him on a piece of paper.Cut them up and On the way home, throw the pieces of paper out.Tomorrow,come back to Hear the sentence”.
在法庭上，老人告诉法官：“他们只是发表意见，没有伤害任何人。”法官在对案件判决之前告诉老头，“把你说的关于他所有的话都写在一张纸上。剪下来，把纸片扔在回家的路上。明日再审判。
The next day, the judge told the old man,“Before receiving the sentence, you will have to go out and gather all the pieces of paper that you threw out yesterday”.The old man said,“I can’t do that!The wind must have spreads them and I won’t know where to find them”.
第二天，法官告诉老头：“在接受判决之前，你必须出去收集昨天扔掉的所有纸片”。老头说：“我做不到！风一定吹散了，我不知道去哪找。”
初中英语随身听，单词语法样样通
The judge then replied,“The same way, simple comments may destroy the honor of a man to such an extent that one is not able to fix it.The old man realized his mistake and asked for forgiveness”.
法官接着说：“同样，简单的评头论足可能会毁掉一个人的声誉，以至于无法修复。老头意识到了自己的错误，请求宽恕。”
Moral:Do not malignant or blame anyone without knowing the fact or truth.Your words may ruin someone’s reputation without any fault of theirs.
寓意：不要在不明真相的情况下对他人毒舌。你的话可能会毁了别人的声誉，而实际上别人并无任何过错。
malignant adj.恶性的；恶意的；恶毒的。