A teacher decided to let her class play a game. She told each child in the class to bring along a bag with a few tomatoes. Each tomato would be given a person that the child hated. So the number of tomatoes in his or her bag would depend on the number of people the child hated.

When the day came, every child brought some tomatoes with the names of the people he or she hated. Some had two tomatoes. Some even had five tomatoes. The teacher then told the children to carry the tomatoes with them wherever they went for a week. Days passed, and the children started to complain, because the rotten tomatoes let out terrible smell. Besides, those having five tomatoes also had to carry heavier bags. After one week, the children were very happy because the game had finally ended.

The teacher asked, “How did you feel?”The children started complaining of the trouble that they had to go through when carrying the heavy and smelly tomatoes.

Then the teacher told them the meaning behind the game.

The teacher said, “This is the same situation when you carry hatred for somebody

inside your heart. The terrible smell of hatred will pollute your heart, and

you will carry it with you wherever you go. If you cannot stand the smell of

the rotten tomatoes for just one week, can you imagine what it is like to have

the smell of hatred heart for your lifetime?“

Ellen分享:

Hate动词， 讨厌，憎恨

Hatred名词，憎恨

Complain抱怨

Rot动词，使腐烂

Rotten形容词，腐烂的

Tomato（新疆话）西红柿，（中国南方话）番茄

Smell名词，气味，臭味

      动词，发出…..的气味，闻

短文来自：昆明市2017初中学业水平考试，完形填空