我們不一定明白所有的事情，但所有事情的發生都有它的理由

A Tragedy or a Blessing

是禍是福

Years ago in Scotland, the Clark family had adreamto travel to the United States with their nine children. Clark and his wifeworkedandsaved, and finally hadenoughmoney and got passports and reservations for the whole family on a new liner to the United States.

許多年以前，在蘇格蘭生活著克拉克一家，他們家有個夢想：帶著九個孩子一家人去美國旅行。克拉克夫婦辛苦工作攢錢，最終攢夠了旅行費，並且拿到了護照。一家人到美國的船票也訂好了，還是一艘全新的遠洋郵輪。

The entire family wasfilledwithexpectationand excitementaboutlife in America. However, seven days before their departure, the youngest son was bitten by a dog. The doctor sewed up the boy andhunga yellow sheet on the Clarks』 front door. Because of the possibility of rabies, they were being separated for fourteen days.

全家人都對美洲生活充滿了期待，興奮之情溢於言表。然而就在還有七天就要出發的時候，小兒子被狗咬傷了。醫生為孩子縫合了傷口，但是卻在克拉克家門口掛上了一張黃色的紙，他們家要被隔離十四天，因為他的兒子有可能得狂犬病。

The family』s dreams weredashed. They would not be able to make the trip to America as they had planned. The father shed tears of disappointment and cursed both his son and God for their misfortune.

全家人的夢想破滅了。他們不能按原計劃去美國了。父親失望得哭了，他咒罵自己的兒子，咒罵上天給他們家帶來的不幸。

Five dayslater, the tragic newsspread throughout Scotland—Titanic had sunk. The unsinkable ship hadsunk, taking hundreds of lives with it. The Clark family was to have been on that ship, but because the son had been bitten by a dog, they were leftbehindin Scotland.

五天之後，一個不幸的消息傳遍了蘇格蘭——「泰坦尼克號」沉沒了。「不沉之船」沉沒了，數以百計的人葬身海底。克拉克一家本來應該在那條船上的，但是因為兒子被狗咬傷了，他們一家被留在了蘇格蘭。

When Mr. Clark heard the news, hehuggedhis son and thanked him for saving the family. He thanked God for saving their lives and turning what he felt was a tragedy into ablessing.

當克拉克聽到這個消息後，他緊緊地抱住自己的兒子，感謝他救了全家人的生命。他也感謝上天救了他們，因禍得福。

Although we may not always understand, all thingshappenfor a reason.

儘管我們不一定明白所有的事情，但是所有事情的發生都有它的理由。

今日學習

今日單詞：

save:[se?v] n.救援，救援vt.保存;節省;儲蓄;解救vi.節省;挽救;救球pong.&conj.除…之外

第三人稱單數： saves 現在分詞： saving 過去式： saved 過去分詞： saved

常用方法：

save one s face 保全面子

save one s pains 不浪費力氣

expect: [?k?spekt] vt.期望;預料;要求;認為（某事）會發生vi.期待;預期;懷胎;懷孕

第三人稱單數： expects 現在分詞： expecting 過去式： expected 過去分詞： expected

常用方法：

expect to do sth. 期望做某事

expect sb. to do sth. 希望某人做某事

happen:[?h?p?n] vi.發生;出現;碰巧;偶然遇到

第三人稱單數： happens 現在分詞： happening 過去式： happened 過去分詞： happene

常用方法：

sth. happen to sb. 某事發生在某人身上

sb. happen to do sth. 某人發生某事

It happen that......碰巧，恰巧......

今日口語：

tragedy into a blessing

因禍得福

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