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There is a small village by the river.Everyone lives a happy life and prays regularly in the village temple.Once in the rainy season, it rained heavily.The river began to flood and the flood entered the village.Everyone began to evacuate their homes and go to safe places.
河边有个小村庄，村子里的每个人都过着幸福的生活，他们还定期在村庄的教堂中祈祷。雨季里雨下得很大，河流泛滥，洪水进入了村庄，每个人都开始撤离家园，前往安全的地方。
evacuate v. (把人从危险的地方) 疏散，转移，撤离; (从危险的地方) 撤出，搬出，撤空; 排空(胃肠); 排泄(粪便);
A man ran to a temple.He hurried to the priest"s room and said to him, "The flood has come into our house and is rising very fast.The water also began to enter the temple.We must leave the village because it will soon sink underwater!Everyone is going to a safe place.
一个人跑进庙里，急忙赶往牧师的房间，对他说：``洪水已经涌入我们的房屋，并且上涨得非常快，水也开始流入寺庙了，我们必须离开村庄，因为它将很快沉入水下！每个人都要找一个安全的地方。
You must go together.The priest said to the man, "I am not an atheist like all of you. I have complete faith in God.I believe God will come and save me. I won"t leave the temple. You can go!"well, the man is gone.
你必须一离开。牧师对那人说：“我不像你们这些无神论者。我对完全信仰上帝。我相信上帝会来拯救我。我不会离开圣殿的。您可以离开了！于是那人就走了。
Soon, the water level began to rise, reaching waist height.The priest climbed up to the table.A few minutes later, a man with a boat came to save the priest.He said to the priest, "the villagers told me that you were still in the temple, so I came to save you and please climb into the boat."But the priest again refused to leave, giving him the same reason.The boatman left.
不久，水位上升到腰的高度。牧师爬上了桌子。几分钟后，有一个人开小船来救牧师。他对牧师说：“村民告诉我，你仍然在庙里，所以我来救你，快上船吧。“但是牧师仍然拒绝离开，并且告诉他同样的理由。于是船夫离开了。
The water went up to the ceiling, so the priest climbed to the top of the temple.He kept praying to God to save him.The helicopter soon arrived. They threw the rope ladder to the priest and asked him to climb up and enter the helicopter so that they could take him to safety.But the priest refused to leave and gave him the same reason!So the helicopter left to find and help others.
水涨到了天花板，牧师爬上了圣殿的顶部，他一直向上帝祈祷以拯救他。此时一架直升机很快赶到，他们把绳梯扔给牧师，让他爬入直升机，以便将他带到安全地带，但牧师拒绝离开，再一次给了他同样的理由，于是直升机就离开并去寻找和帮助别人。
Finally, when the temple was almost submerged in the water, the priest looked up and began to complain, "Oh, Lord, I have worshipped you all my life, and I have always had faith in you!"Why don"t you come and save me?"
最后，当圣殿几乎淹没在水中时，牧师抬起头抱怨起来：“哦，主啊，我一生都崇拜你，我一直对你充满信心！”可是你为什么不来救我？”
God appeared in front of him, and he said with a smile," Oh, madman, I"ve come to save you three times!I came to ask you to go to the safest place with the other villages. I took the boat and the helicopter!Is it my fault if you don"t know me?!”
此时上帝出现在他面前，笑着说：“天哪，疯子，我救你三遍了！我让你和其他村民一起去最安全的地方。我还开了船和直升机来！如果你不认识我，那是我的错吗？
The priest realized his mistake and asked for forgiveness.He had a chance to go to a safe place again, and he accepted it.
牧师意识到自己错了并请求宽恕，现在他又有了去安全的地方的机会，而他也终于接受了。
机会往往会不知不觉地来到我们的生活，而我们有时候不能意识到这一点，仍旧一直抱怨生活没有给我们带来成功的机会。而实际上每个人一生都有许多机会，抓住这一切的机会，周少是关键的机会，才能让自己过上更好的生活。
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