8月10日英语故事：The big Fish (Part B)
:qq71][b]read the story carefully and then translate the phrases which are marked in red [/b][b]or write down what you get from the story to gain the score.[/b][b] 试着翻译红色的部分或者发表自己的看法.[/b]He looked around the lake. No other fishermen or boats were anywhere around in the moonlight. He looked again at his father. Even though no one had seen them, nor could anyone ever know what time he caught the fish, the boy could tell by the clarity of his father’s voice that the decision was not negotiable. He slowly worked the hook out of the lip of the huge bass and lowered it into the black water.
The creature swished its powerful body and disappeared. The boy suspected that he would never again see such a great fish.
That was 34 years ago. Today, the boy is a successful architect in New York City. His father’s cabin is still there on the island in the middle of the lake. He takes his own son and daughters fishing from the same dock.
And he was right. He has never again caught such a magnificent fish as the one he landed that night long ago. But he does see that same fish again and again——every time he comes up against a question of ethics.
For, as his father taught him, ethics are simple matters of right and wrong. It is only the practice of ethics that is difficult. Do we do right when no one is looking? Do we refuse to trade stocks based on information that we know we aren’t supposed to have?
[color=Red]We would if we were taught to put the fish back when we were young. For we would have learned the truth. The decision to do right lives fresh and fragrant in our memory. [/color]It is a story we will proudly tell our friends and grandchildren. Not about how we had a chance to beat the system and took it, but about how we did the right thing and were forever strengthened.
**** Hidden Message ***** [color=#ff0000]We would if we were taught to put the fish back when we were young. For we would have learned the truth. The decision to do right lives fresh and fragrant in our memory. [/color]
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[color=#ff0000]如果我们年少时就学会了将鱼放回去，现在我们也会同样做，因为我们了解其真谛。作出正确的决定将永远记在我们心中。[/color] I am puzzled, I think we should put the small fish back and keep the big one.
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But I have learned something from it.I also have a good father.:qq87] 如果小时候就教会我们将鱼放生，那么我们现在也会这样做，因为已经知道了其中的道理。作正确的决定将永远生动地留在我们记忆中。 如果我们在年轻的时候便学会了要放鱼回去，那么我们现在依然会这么做。因为我们了解了其中的真相。下了决定做出这正确的事将在我们的脑海中留存下新鲜而美好的回忆。
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