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The Real Meaning of Peace

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   There once was a king who offered a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of peace. Many artists tried. The king looked at all the pictures. But there were only two he really liked, and he had to choose between them. One picture was of a calm lake. The lake was a perfect mirror for peaceful towering mountains all around it. Overhead was a blue sky with fluffy1 white clouds. All who saw this picture thought that it was a perfect picture of peace.

  The other picture had mountains, too. But these were rugged2 and bare. Above was an angry sky, from which rain fell and in which lightning played. Down the side of the mountain tumbled3 a foaming4 waterfall. This did not look peaceful at all.
  But when the king looked closely, he saw behind the waterfall a tiny bush growing in a crack in the rock. In the bush a mother bird had built her nest. There, in the midst5 of the rush of angry water, sat the mother bird on her nest — in perfect peace.
  Which picture do you think won the prize? The king chose the second picture. Do you know why?
  “Because,” explained the king, “peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. Peace means to be in the midst of all those things and still be calm in your heart. That is the real meaning of peace.”

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1 fluffy CQjzv     
adj.有绒毛的,空洞的
参考例句:
  • Newly hatched chicks are like fluffy balls.刚孵出的小鸡像绒毛球。
  • The steamed bread is very fluffy.馒头很暄。
2 rugged yXVxX     
adj.高低不平的,粗糙的,粗壮的,强健的
参考例句:
  • Football players must be rugged.足球运动员必须健壮。
  • The Rocky Mountains have rugged mountains and roads.落基山脉有崇山峻岭和崎岖不平的道路。
3 tumbled 451f1ad30a31c82412022b173ce25577     
v.倒塌( tumble的过去式和过去分词 );翻滚;突然摔倒;恍然大悟
参考例句:
  • He slipped and tumbled down the stairs. 他脚一滑滚下了楼梯。
  • A hundred and fifty empty bottles tumbled onto the floor. 150个空瓶子滚落到地板上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 foaming 08d4476ae4071ba83dfdbdb73d41cae6     
adj.布满泡沫的;发泡
参考例句:
  • He looked like a madman, foaming at the mouth. 他口吐白沫,看上去像个疯子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He is foaming at the mouth about the committee's decision. 他正为委员会的决定大发其火。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 midst gDDxm     
n.中部,中间,当中
参考例句:
  • The hut is in the midst of the forest.小屋在森林深处。
  • There is a thief in our midst.我们当中有小偷。
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