Lesson 42 Peace at Last

Dear Li Ming, Did you ever have a fight with a good friend?

亲爱的李明，你曾经和好朋友打过架吗？

It is a really bad feeling if friends don't talk to each other for a couple of days.

如果朋友间两三天互相不说话的感觉真的很糟糕。

That's how I felt last week.

上周我就是这样的感觉。

You see, I had a big fight with Steven.

你知道，我和史蒂文打架了。

He and I play on the same basketball team.

他和我在同一个篮球队。

Our last game was moved to an earlier time, but Steven didn't get my message, so of course he missed the game.

上次比赛我们把时间提前了，但是史蒂文没有收到我的信息，所以他就错过了比赛。

He was angry. He threw his basketball, and it hit me.

他非常生气。他扔掉篮球，但是篮球打到了我。

Steven and I were ready to beat each other!

史蒂文和我都要打起来了。

Thanks to Jenny, everything is OK now.

幸亏有珍妮，现在一切都好了。

We held a meeting yesterday.

我们昨天碰面了。

We had a good talk and solved our problems.

我们好好谈了谈并解决问题了。

We said sorry to each other.

我们互相道歉。

I'm happy we are friends again.

我非常高兴我们又成为朋友了。

Friendship is important, and we should not fight over such a small matter.

友谊非常重要，我们认为不该为了这样的小事情而打架。

I have to go now - Steven is knocking at my door.

我要走了——史蒂文在敲我的门。

Talk to you soon.

以后再聊。

Danny

丹尼

Dear Danny, I am happy that you and Steven are friends again.

亲爱的丹尼，很高兴听到你和史蒂文重新做回朋友的好消息。

Remember the old saying: A good friendship makes life happier!

记得有句谚语是：好的友谊让生活更愉悦。

I have had similar experiences.

我有过类似的经历。

Sometimes friends don't agree with each other.

有时候，朋友们意见有分歧。

But if we can sit down and talk about the problems together, many of them can be solved.

但是如果我们能够一起坐下来谈谈这些问题，许多问题都能得到解决。

We all want peace rather than fighting.

我们都期待和平而不是战争。

Jenny is a good peacemaker.

珍妮是一个很好的和平使者。

We need more peacemakers in the world.

我们的世界需要更多的和平使者。

Li Ming

李明