晨讀英語美文100篇六級A Grain of Sand

[ti:] [ar:] [al:] [by:] [00:02.34]Passage 85. A Grain of Sand [00:07.26]Here is a story. [00:13.17]A participant in the long-distance race got his shoes filled with sand when he was crossing a beach. [00:19.19]He had to stop to get the sand out hastily before he resumed running. [00:24.44]Unfortunately a grain of sand remained rubbing the sole and became increasingly telling [00:30.89]so that each step meant a twinge of pain. [00:34.61]Reluctant to halt and get rid of the sand， [00:37.79]he continued to run in spite of the pain until he could stand no more. [00:42.38]He dropped out of the contest just a few yards from the finishing line. [00:47.20]As he managed to get out of the shoe painfully， [00:50.92]he was surprised to find the cause of his lasting torment was only a grain of sand. [00:56.83]It seems that the greatest obstacle on one’s way forward may not be a high mountain or a deep valley [01:06.45]but a grain of sand that is hardly visible. [01:09.30]To avoid blame on a minor fault one may tell a lie. [01:13.78]That adds a burden to a heavy heart and weighs it down. [01:18.48]In the days to come he will have to fabricate one falsehood after another [01:24.94]to cover the lie he told and the fault he committed. [01:28.22]Thus he will never be able to free himself from lingering anxiety, worry and regret, [01:34.57]to the ignorance that all his sufferings originate in only a grain of sand [01:40.15]—the first lie he told.

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