三阶-44.覆水难收的故事·进一步提升阅读速度（练习版）

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There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence.

The first day, the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence.

Finally the day came when the boy didn't lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper. The days passed and the boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone.

The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence. He said, "You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one. You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won't matter how many times you say I'm sorry. The wound is still there."  

从前有一个小男孩脾气暴躁。他的父亲给了他一袋钉子，并且告诉他，每次他发脾气时，他都必须在栅栏的背面敲一颗钉子。

第一天，这个男孩将37颗钉子钉入了栅栏。在接下来的几个星期里，随着他逐渐学会控制自己的愤怒，每天敲进栅栏的钉子数量逐渐减少。他发现控制自己的脾气比把钉子钉入栅栏更容易。

最后终于有一天，这个男孩一次也没有发脾气。他把这件事告诉了他的父亲，父亲建议他如果一天能不发脾气，就拔出一个钉子。过去了很多天，男孩终于能够告诉他的父亲所有的钉子都拔出来了。

父亲牵着他的儿子的手，把他带到围栏。他说：“你做得很好，我的儿子，但看看围栏上的洞。这围栏永远不会和以前一样了。当你愤怒地说话时，他们会留下像这样的疤痕。你可以把刀刺进一个人的身上再把它拔出来。你说多少次抱歉并不重要。伤口还在那里。“

单词

temper  /ˈtempə(r)/ n.v. 脾气；易怒的性情

nail  /neɪl/ n.v. 钉；钉子

hammer   /ˈhæmə(r)/ n.v.  锤子；榔头

fence/fens/n.v. 栅栏；篱笆；围栏

over  /ˈəʊvə(r)/ adv.prep.n. 再；又

control  /kənˈtrəʊl/ n.v. 指挥；控制；掌管；支配

anger  /ˈæŋɡə(r)/ n.v. 怒；怒火；怒气

gradually  /ˈɡrædʒuəli/  adv. 逐渐地；逐步地；渐进地

dwindle /ˈdwɪndl/v.（逐渐）减少，变小，缩小

discover /dɪˈskʌvə(r)/ v. 发现

pull  /pʊl/ v.n. 拉；拽；扯；拖

pass  /pɑːs/  v.n. 推移；逝去

able/ˈeɪbl/  adj. 能；能够

hole /həʊl/ n.v. 洞，孔，坑

scar /skɑː(r)/  n.v. 伤疤；伤痕；瘢痕

knife   /naɪf/  n.v.刀

matter /ˈmætə(r)/  n.v. 事关紧要；要紧；有重大影响

wound /wuːnd/ n.（身体上的）伤，伤口；（武器造成的）伤