UNIT 4 Work for Peace 第四单元 为和平而努力 Lesson 31: Peace at Last 第31课: 终于和平了 Dear Danny,This week,I had a big fight with a friend. 亲爱的丹尼:这周,我和一个朋友大吵了一架。 He and I play on the same basketball team. 我和他在同一个篮球队打球。 We were going to play on Sunday. 我们周日要去打比赛。 It was a very important game. 这是一个非常重要的比赛。 Then,on Thursday,we heard some news. 在周四,我们听到了一些消息。 The time of the game had been changed. 比赛的时间已经变了。 Now,we were going to play on Saturday afternoon. 现在,我们要在周六下午打比赛。 I said to my friend, 我对我的朋友说: "Oh,no!I have been invited to a party on Saturday afternoon!" “哦,不!我周六下午已经应邀要参加一个聚会。” He said,"Oh,what a pity. 他说:“哦,多么遗憾啊。 You'll have to miss the party." 你将不得不错过这个聚会了。” This was a big problem. 这是一个大问题。 I had already said that I would come to the party. 我已经说了我会参加聚会。 I couldn't do both. 我不能两者兼顾。 I had to decide between them. 我必须在它们之间做出选择。 When I told my friend about my problem,he was angry. 当我告诉我的朋友我的问题后,他很生气。 He said,"You can't miss the game! 他说:“你不能缺席这场比赛! You're a member of the team!" 你是球队的一员!” When I went home,I asked my mother what I should do. 当我回家后,我问我妈妈我该怎么做。 She said that the decision was mine. 她说我应该自己决定。 I couldn't fall asleep that night. 我那天晚上失眠了。 I kept thinking about my problem. 我一直在想我的问题。 In the morning,I told my mother, 第二天早上,我告诉我妈妈说: "I think I'll go to the party. “我想我会去参加聚会的。 I said that I would be there. 我说过我会去的。 It wouldn't be fair for me to go to the game." 去参加比赛对我来说不公平。” "All right," my mother said. “对,”我妈妈说。 "If I knew that the game would be on Saturday,I would have said no to the party invitation. “如果我知道比赛将在周六举行,我会拒绝聚会邀请的。 But I said yes,so I have to go." 但是我答应了,因此我必须去。” After I missed the game,my friend was very angry. 在我缺席那场比赛之后,我的朋友非常生气。 I tried to explain,but he's still mad at me. 我设法解释,但是他仍然很生我的气。 What should I do? 我该怎么办? Your friend,Li Ming 你的朋友, 李明 Dear Li Ming, 亲爱的李明: Don't be angry,but I laughed when I read your e-mail. 别生气,我读了你的电子邮件后笑了。 You fought with your friend this week,and I fought with my friend,too! 你这周和你的朋友发生了口角,我也和我的朋友发生了争执! Brian and I were so angry that we weren't speaking to each other. 我和布莱恩都非常生气,我们都不理对方了。 It started when I found ten dollars on the street. 这从我在街上发现了十美元开始。 I was very happy,because I wanted to buy a birthday present for my friend Sandra. 我非常高兴,因为我想给我的朋友桑德拉买一件生日礼物。 After I bought the present,I told Jenny and Brian about finding the money. 在我买了礼物之后,我告诉了珍妮和布莱恩我捡到钱的事了。 Brian said that he had lost ten dollars. 布莱恩说他丢了十美元。 He said that the money I found was his. 他说我捡到的钱是他的。 Soon,we were both shouting at each other. 后来,我们就互相大吵起来。 Brian said that he wouldn't be my friend again until I gave him his money. 布莱恩说除非我还他钱否则他就不再做我的朋友了。 Jenny said we should have a conversation. 珍妮说我们应该谈一谈。 Yesterday,she helped us to make peace with each other. 昨天,她帮我们和解了。 We held a meeting. 我们进行了一次会面。 She told us that we shouldn't fight over ten dollars. 她说我们不应该为了十美元而争吵。 Brian and I agreed to go home and think about it. 我和布莱恩同意回家想想这件事。 So I did.Do you know what I decided? 我也这样做了。你知道我的决定吗? I am going to give Brian ten dollars. 我打算给布莱恩十美元。 I'm going to babysit my cousin Debbie next week,and I will give Brian the money I earn. 我下周要帮忙照看我的堂妹黛比,我会把我挣到的钱给布莱恩的。 Danny P.S.Brian just called me on the phone. 丹尼 附言:布莱恩刚刚打电话给我。 He said friendship is more important than money. 他说友谊比金钱更重要。 He said he doesn't want the ten dollars anymore! 他说他不再想要那十美元了! I shouldn't keep others'money. 我不应该把别人的钱占为己有。 Friendship is more important! 友谊更重要! I regret what I did. 我后悔我所做的事了。 LET'S DO IT! 做一做! Write a diary entry,an e-mail or a letter about the topic below: 写一篇关于下面话题的日记、邮件、信。 Have you or anyone in your family experienced war before? 你或你们家的人曾经经历过战争吗? What is war like? 战争是什么样的?
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