6月25日英语故事：Down in a Well
[b]:qq71]read the story carefully and then write down what you get from the story to gain the score.[/b]
One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal criedpiteously1 for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally he decided the animal was old and the well needed to be covered up anyway, so it just wasn't worth it to try to receive the donkey. He invited all his neighbors to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel2 and began to shovel dirt into the well.
At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly. Then, to everyone's amazement, he quieted down. A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well and was astonished at what he saw.
With every shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up. When the neighbors continued to shovel dirt that hit his back, the donkey would shake it off and take a step up. Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and trotted3 off!
Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a stepping stone. We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping, never giving up. Shake it off, and take a step up!
有一天，一位农夫家的驴掉进了井里。在农夫无计可施之际，这头驴悲伤地吼叫了几个小时。最后，农夫觉得本来这口井也需要填掉， 为这头老驴而伤脑筋根本不值得。他叫来所有的街坊邻居来帮忙。邻居们每个人都拿着一把铁锹，往井里铲垃圾。
当这头驴刚开始明白了怎么回事后，他开始痛苦地号叫。后来，令大家吃惊的是，它居然安静了下来，又铲了几下土之后，农夫看了看井底，大吃一惊。
每一锹垃圾落在老驴身上的时候，驴都在做一件令人不可思议的事情。他把身上的垃圾抖下来，踩在脚下。当邻居们不停地把垃圾铲到他身上的时候，这头驴则把这些垃圾抖下来，踩在脚下。不久之后，大家吃惊地看到，这头驴从井边沿处走了上来，绝尘而去！
生活会把垃圾铲到你的身上，各种各样的脏东西。跳出井的办法就是抖下垃圾，踩在脚下。你遇到的每一个麻烦都是一块垫脚石，我们可以爬出最深的井，只要我们不放弃，不停地抖下垃圾，把它们踩在脚下！ As long as we are alive that nothing is at a worst
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