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keywords and expressions

1. oasis

作名词：（沙漠中的）绿洲

例：they stopped for the night at an oasis.

他们在沙漠中的绿洲停下来过夜。

2. mire

作名词：泥潭

例：suddenly the wheels of the wagon sank into the mire, and the horse

could not pull them out.

突然，马车的轮子陷入了泥潭，马无法将它们拉出来。

chunks in practice

listen to the following passage twice and then fill in the blanks with

appropriate words.

1. the story goes that two friends were ______ the desert. during some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend ______ the other one in the face.

2. they kept on walking until they ______ an oasis, where they decided to take a bath. the one who had been ______ got stuck in the mire and started drowning, but the friend sāved him.

3. the other friend replied, \"when someone hurts us we should ______ it ______ in sand where winds of forgiveness can erase it ______ . but when someone does something good for us, we must ______ it in stone where no wind ever ______ it.\"

now a try

think about some unforgettable things which your friends help you,

and learn to forget the sadness of your life.

______

..,［t＾.天）堂）

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