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D: Today¡¯s Power for Today was clearly written by a woman.
V: Why do you say that?
D: The author complains about men who never look at a map or ask for directions.
V: She says that ¡°most men will admit this failing to ask direction with a sheepish smile.¡± Can you put this sentence into other words?
D: Okay. The word ¡°failing¡± used here means a weakness in character. A ¡°sheepish smile¡± is a small, half-hearted smile.
V: I see. So what she means is that most men will confess their weakness in not asking for directions.
D: Anyway, let¡¯s look at the rest of the reading. She also says that all of us are ¡°prone to act first, and then deal with the consequences.¡±
V: ¡°Prone to¡± means to be ¡°predisposed to¡±, or to put it another way, it means that we usually act first, and then we deal with the results of our actions later.
D: Her point is that we all need to look at the instructions carefully when it deals with eternal things. We all need to ¡°grasp¡± or understand the ¡°essential¡± or basic things.
V: Absolutely. She says that it is like looking at an old map that shows where treasure is hidden. There is always a dotted line leading to an ¡°X.¡±
D: The ¡°X¡± shows the place where the treasure is.
V: So, if we make a mistake, we need to get up again, shake the dust off the map, and then ¡°trudge¡± on.
D: A ¡°trudge¡± is walking when you are tired. So, every day we all need to keep moving in the direction of the ¡°X.¡±
V: I think we are one step closer to it today. |
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