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V: Have you ever seen a waitress who ¡°saunters¡± (or walks lazily)?
D: I can tell you have been reading this morning¡¯s Power for Today.
V: How did you know? This morning¡¯s author talks about his bad experience at a restaurant.
D: Yes. He says that he felt ¡°unwelcome¡± (or not wanted) there, and so he left.
V: He then says that he has always ¡°found it difficult to deal with such haphazard efforts.¡± What do you think he means by this?
D: Well, the word ¡°haphazard¡± means here ¡°careless.¡± So, a ¡°haphazard effort¡± would be something done by someone who did not really care.
V: I see. It is no wonder the man left the restaurant.
D: The author is also a teacher, and he says that he could be patient with his students who had ¡°marginal¡± (or barely passable) ability.
V: Yes, but only if these students really tried, or as he says ¡°struggled mightily.¡±
D: And he had little patience with the students who had great ability, but did not really try to do well.
V: Right. He says that these students tried to ¡°slide by with minimal effort.¡± I think I need your help again.
D: Okay. ¡°To slide by¡± is an expression that means to ¡°get by¡± (or to get something done).
V: And these students tried to do as little as possible to get the job done.
D: Exactly. What do you think our lesson is?
V: The lesson for us is to see how God must think about us.
D: I think that God must lose patience with us when we do ¡°sub-standard work¡± (or work that is less than our best).
V: So let¡¯s do our best today. |
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