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Light a lamp and we can warm a heart. Terry was a middle-aged leather trader whose repeated failure in career made him a depressed man, often complaining that he had been cheated by others and cursed his own misfortune. Having stayed in the city for years, he thought he accomplished nothing.
点亮一盏灯,我们就能温暖一颗心。特里是一个中年皮革商人,他的职业生涯一再失败,使他成为一个沮丧的人,经常抱怨自己被别人欺骗,并诅咒自己的不幸。在这个城市呆了多年,他认为自己什么也没做。
One day, he told his wife he was so disappointed with the city that he had to leave it immediately. So, his family moved to another city, which he thought would bring good fortune to him. However, it was not easy for people to move to another place, for they had to handle quantities of stuffs and encounter many strangers. The whole family reached there in the evening of a weekend, with their clothes almost wet. It was a tough rainy night. The wind was howling dreadfully and the rain was pouring from the heaven, beating against the branches of lined trees on the road. The world was swallowed with a sea of darkness. Tired and wet, they didn't have time to have supper. Terry and his wife were busily tidying up their new home when the light suddenly went out. Worse stll, the sudden darkness scared his children to cry immediately. Terry's wife hurried to hug them to ease their tension.
一天,他告诉妻子,他对这座城市非常失望,不得不立即离开。于是,他的家人搬到了另一个城市,他认为这会给他带来好运。然而,人们要搬到另一个地方并不容易,因为他们要处理大量的东西,还要遇到许多陌生人。一个周末的晚上,全家人都到了那里,衣服几乎都湿透了。那是一个艰难的雨夜。狂风呼啸,雨水从天上倾泻而下,拍打着路上绿树成荫的树枝。世界被黑暗的海洋吞没了。他们又累又湿,没有时间吃晚饭。特里和他的妻子正忙着收拾他们的新家,这时灯突然熄灭了。更糟糕的是,突如其来的黑暗吓得他的孩子们立刻哭了起来。特里的妻子赶紧拥抱他们,以缓解他们的紧张情绪。
Terry was regretful to have forgotten to bring along candles and had to wait helplessly in a low mood.
特里后悔忘了带蜡烛,只好在情绪低落时无助地等待。
Just then, he heard heavy but hesitant knocks on his door that could be clearly heard in the thundering night Instantly, all the family were totally silent, for they were all curious about the knocks. "Who's it?" Terry asked, since they were newcomers to this city there must be nobody