【2013·湖北】

请根据以下提示，并结合事例，用英语写一篇短文。

　　We all know that “sticks and stones may break our bones”, but we should also be aware that words can hurt people, too.

　　注意：①无须写标题，不得照抄英语提示语；

　　②除诗歌外，文体不限；

　　③文中不得透露个人姓名和学校名称；

④词数为120左右。

【参考范文】

One possible version:

   My classmate admires my fluent English very much and I usually feel encouraged by his compliments.

   One day, when we learned the new word “eccentric” in class, we were asked to make a sentence with it. I volunteered to do it by saying “My deskmate is an eccentric boy whose clothes never fit him.” Hearing this, the whole class burst into laughter and my deskmate’s face turned red. After class, I learned from the teacher that my deskmate would have dropped out of school if he hadn’t been helped by others. My mindless words must have hurt him deeply.

    Not until then did I realize words could be powerful in both positive and negative. We should avoid hurting others if we can’t always be encouraging when we speak.