英语四级听力频道

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PowerOfKindness被轻视的友善之⼒[00:05.61]ItwasabrightSaturdaymorninginthelatefall.

[00:09.11]Ihadstoppedatacafe'toenjoyacupofcoffeeandscanthemorningnewspaper.

[00:15.45]Suddenly,Ifeltahandonthebackofmyjacketandheardsomeonesay,

[00:20.81]“HeySteve!Howyadoin'?”

[00:23.00]Lookingup,Isawaboywearingamechanic'suniform

[00:27.70]wornbyemployeesofthegasolinestationnexttothecafe.

[00:31.64]Helookedfamiliar,but,atfirst,Iwasunabletorecallwherewehadmet.

[00:37.00]Healsoheldacupofcoffee,soIaskedhimtojoinme.

[00:41.27]Verysoon,hisstory—andprobablymycoffee—begantothawoutmymemory.

[00:47.50]Fiveyeararlier,hehadbeentravelinghomelateonaFebruarynight.

[00:53.41]Hestillhadveralofhisfriendswithhim.

[00:56.14]Aferociousblizzardhadarrivedthatafternoon,

[01:00.09]andbymidnight,thesnowdriftsweregettingdeep.

[01:03.25]Herecalledhittingadriftjustdowntheroadfrommyhou.

[01:08.06]Hehadwalkedtomyhouforhelp.

[01:10.91]Ihadtakenmypickupandatowingrope

[01:13.98]andpulledhiscaroutofthesnowdriftanduptothehighway

[01:17.91]wheremaintenancetruckshadcleanedawaythesnow.

[01:20.65]Thishasbeenacommonoccurrencehereduringthewinter.

[01:24.59]Icannotcountthetimessomeonehasalsopulledmycarfromasnowdrift.

[01:29.50]However,itwasanunforgettableexperienceforhim.

[01:33.22]Hewasonlyeighteenatthetime,andhedescribedhowfrightenedhehadbeen.

[01:38.47]Onewouldnotwanttobestuckallnightinastormlikethatone.

[01:42.52]Withinacoupleofhours,mypickupwouldnothavemadeittothehighway.

[01:46.78]Hismemoryofourunexpectedmeetinginasnowstormbrightenedmyentireday.

[01:52.03]LeoBuscagliawrote,“Toooftenweunderestimatethepowerofatouch,asmile,

[01:59.26]akindword,alisteningear,anhonestcompliment,orthesmallestactofcaring,

[02:05.38]allofwhichhavethepotentialtoturnalifearound.”

[02:08.72]Suchsimpleactionscanindeedhaveanunderestimatedpower.

[02:13.32]Manypeopledesperatelyneedkindwords,smiles,andlisteningears.

[02:18.89]Theyneedearsthatwillhearwithoutjudgingandrespondwithoutposssing.

[02:24.46]Onesimplekindnessattherightmomentcanchangethedirectionofalife

[02:29.83]andshinealightofhopewhenalllightemstohavegoneout.

[02:33.98]Sometimesithasthepowertosavealife.