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关键词：cocoon/茧，butterfly/蝴蝶，struggle/挣扎
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目录：Inspiration/感悟 |
话题：磨难，成长 |
类型：记叙文 |
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难度级别：初级 |
词汇要求：800 |
文章词数：260
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The butterfly then
emerged easily.
But it had a swollen body and small, shriveled
wings.
蝴蝶很容易地蜕壳了，
可是它的身体肿胀，翅膀枯皱。 |
Struggle
挣扎
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作者：Unknown |
来源：www.getmotivation.com
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日期：2008-5-11 |
责编：Emma |
A man found a cocoon（茧）of a
butterfly. One day a small opening appeared; he sat and watched
the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its
body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any
progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and
it could go no farther.
Then the man decided to help the butterfly, so he took a pair of
scissors and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon. The
butterfly then emerged easily. But it had a swollen body and
small, shriveled wings.
The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected
that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to be
able to support the body, which would contract in time.
Neither happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its
life crawling around with a swollen body and shriveled wings. It
never was able to fly.
What the man in his kindness and haste did not understand was
that the restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the
butterfly to get through the tiny opening were nature's way of
forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings so
that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its freedom
from the cocoon.
Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If
nature allowed us to go through our life without any obstacles,
it would cripple us. We would not be as strong as what we could
have been.
And we could never fly...
Discussion/讨论：
Everybody has a cocoon, do
you think so?
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