Ripple of the Life 

       There was an old story among the Indians.

       An old man took his 7-year-old grandson to the pond on the farm. The old man told his gmndson to throw a stone into the water. Then he asked his grandson to watch the ripples created by the stone carefully. At last the old man asked his grandson to think of himself as that stone.

       The old man said, “You can create lots of ripples in your life. And the ripples may disturb the peace belonging to others.”

        “Remember that you are responsible for what you put in your ripples because these ripples will also touch many other ripples. ”

       “You need to send the peace in your ripples to others. The ripples coming from anger or jealousy will also send those feelings to others. So you are responsible for them.”

        The peace or anger in each person ’s mind would flow out into the world. If our mind is full of conflict,hatred,doubt or anger,we are unable to bring peace to the world.

        We send our feelings and thoughts to others ? whether we speak them or not. Whatever the ripples in our mind are,they will Spill Out into the world. The ripples will create beauty or unhappiness with all other ripples of life.

A) Complete the following sentences according to the passage. (One word for each blank)

1. The grandfather asked the boy to throw a into the water.

2. The ripple you create may many other ripples.

3. You can lots of ripples in your life.

4. Remember that you are for what you put in your ripples.

5. The ripples in our mind will spill out into the .

B) Answer the following questions according to the passage.

1. Where did the old man take his grandson?

2. What did the old man tell his grandson to do?

3. What can we learn from the story?

A) 1. stone   2. touch   3. create   4. responsible   5. world

B) 1. To the pond on the farm. 2. To throw a stone into the water. 3. What we do may disturb the others.

題目來源：2016年英語文化之旅初中英語聽讀空間八年級下冊 > Topic 3 Story

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