On my recent travels, I came to realize still more fully the significance of the word "friend".
Seven or eight days ago, I said to a friend whom I had just come to know, "I can't help feeling embarrassed before my friends. You're all so nice to me. I simply don't know how to repay your kindness," I did not make this remark out of mere modesty and courtesy. I truly meant what I said. The next day, I said goodbye to this friend, not knowing if I could ever see him again. But the little warmth that he gave me has been keeping my heart throbbing（跳动） with gratitude.
The length of my days will not be unlimited. However, whenever I look back on brief past life, I find a beacon illuminating my soul and thereby lending a little brightness to my being. That beacon is friendship. I should be grateful to it because it has helped me keep alive up to now and clear away the shadow left on me by me old family.
Many people forsake their friends in favor of their own families, or at least draw line of demarcation（划分） between families and friends, considering the former to be many times more
Friends are transient whereas families are lasting -- that is the tenet, as I know, guiding the behavior of many people. To me, that is utterly inconceivable. Without friends, I would have been reduced to I don't know what a miserable creature.
Friends are my saviors. They give me things which it is beyond my family to give me. Thanks to their fraternal（友好的） love, assistance and encouragement, I have time and again been saved from falling into an abyss while on its verge. They have been enormously generous towards me.
There was a time when my life was miserable and gloom. My friend then gave me in large quantities sympathy, love, joy, and tears -- things essential for existence. It is due to their bountiful free gifts that I also have my share of warmth and happiness in my life. I accepted their kindnesses quietly without ever saying a word of thank and without ever doing anything in return. In spite of that, my friend never used the epithet "self-centered" when referring to me. They are only too generous towards me
I visited many new places and met many new friends on my recent trip. My time was mostly taken up by looking around, listening, talking and walking. But I never ran into any trouble because my friends had done their utmost to make sure that I would be short of nothing. Whatever new places I called at, I always felt at home as if I were back in my old residence in shanghai which had already been raged to the ground by Japanese troops.
No matter how hard up and frugal（节俭的） my friends themselves were, they would unstintingly share with me whatever they had, although they knew I would not be able to repay them for their kindness. Some, whom I did not even know by name, showed concern over my health and went
Some people believe that, without writing, I would lose my livelihood. One of my sympathizers in an article published two months ago in the Guangzhou republic daily supplement gives a full account of the conditions of my life. He also says that I would have nothing to live on once I should lay down my pen. That is not true at all. It has already been proved by my recent travels that my friend would never let me suffer from cold and hunger ever if I should go without writing a single word. There are a great many kind-hearted people in the world who never attach undue
I owe my friends many, many kindness. How can I repay them? But, I understand, they don't need me to do that.
Recently I came across the following words in a book by a French philosopher: One condition of life is consumption….survival in this world is inseparable from tithing. We mist put forth flowers. Moral integrity and unselfishness are the flowers of life.
Now so many flowers of life are in full bloom before my eyes. When can my life put forth flowers? Am I already dried-up from within?
A friend of mine says, "if I were a lamp, I would illuminate darkness with my light."
I, however, don't qualify for a bright lamp. Lat me be a piece of firewood instead. I'll radiate the heat that I have absorbed from the sun. I‘ll burn myself to ashes t provide this human world with a little warmth.
相关单词：fully
fully解释：adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地
fully例句：
The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。
相关单词：mere
mere解释：adj.纯粹的；仅仅，只不过
mere例句：
That is a mere repetition of what you said before.那不过是重复了你以前讲的话。
It's a mere waste of time waiting any longer.再等下去纯粹是浪费时间。
相关单词：modesty
modesty解释：n.谦逊，虚心，端庄，稳重，羞怯，朴素
modesty例句：
Industry and modesty are the chief factors of his success.勤奋和谦虚是他成功的主要因素。
As conceit makes one lag behind,so modesty helps one make progress.骄傲使人落后，谦虚使人进步。
相关单词：throbbing
throbbing解释：a. 跳动的,悸动的
throbbing例句：
My heart is throbbing and I'm shaking. 我的心在猛烈跳动，身子在不住颤抖。
There was a throbbing in her temples. 她的太阳穴直跳。
相关单词：gratitude
gratitude解释：adj.感激，感谢
gratitude例句：
I have expressed the depth of my gratitude to him.我向他表示了深切的谢意。
She could not help her tears of gratitude rolling down her face.她感激的泪珠禁不住沿着面颊流了下来。
相关单词：unlimited
unlimited解释：adj.无限的，不受控制的，无条件的
unlimited例句：
They flew over the unlimited reaches of the Arctic.他们飞过了茫茫无边的北极上空。
There is no safety in unlimited technological hubris.在技术方面自以为是会很危险。
相关单词：beacon
beacon解释：n.烽火，（警告用的）闪火灯，灯塔
beacon例句：
The b
The only light over the deep black sea was the b
相关单词：illuminating
illuminating解释：a.富于启发性的，有助阐明的
illuminating例句：
We didn't find the examples he used particularly illuminating. 我们觉得他采用的那些例证启发性不是特别大。
I found his talk most illuminating. 我觉得他的话很有启发性。
相关单词：thereby
thereby解释：adv.因此，从而
thereby例句：
I have never been to that city,,ereby I don't know much
He became a British citizen,thereby gaining the right to vote.他成了英国公民，因而得到了投票权。
相关单词：forsake
forsake解释：vt.遗弃，抛弃；舍弃，放弃
forsake例句：
She pleaded with her husband not to forsake her.她恳求丈夫不要抛弃她。
You must forsake your bad habits.你必须革除你的坏习惯。
相关单词：lasting
lasting解释：adj.永久的，永恒的；vbl.持续，维持
lasting例句：
The lasting war debased the value of the dollar.持久的战争使美元贬值。
We hope for a lasting settlement of all these troubles.我们希望这些纠纷能获得永久的解决。
相关单词：utterly
utterly解释：adv.完全地，绝对地
utterly例句：
Utterly devoted to the people,he gave his life in saving his patients.他忠于人民，把毕生精力用于挽救患者的生命。
I was utterly ravished by the way she smiled.她的微笑使我完全陶醉了。
相关单词：miserable
miserable解释：adj.悲惨的，痛苦的；可怜的，糟糕的
miserable例句：
It was miserable of you to make fun of him.你取笑他，这是可耻的。
Her past life was miserable.她过去的生活很苦。
相关单词：verge
verge解释：n.边，边缘；v.接近，濒临
verge例句：
The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
She was on the verge of bursting into tears.她快要哭出来了。
相关单词：epithet
epithet解释：n.（用于褒贬人物等的）表述形容词，修饰语
epithet例句：
In "Alfred the Great","the Great"is an epithet.“阿尔弗雷德大帝”中的“大帝”是个称号。
It is an epithet that sums up my feelings.这是一个简洁地表达了我思想感情的形容词。
相关单词：frugal
frugal解释：adj.节俭的，节约的，少量的，微量的
frugal例句：
He was a VIP,but he had a frugal life.他是位要人，但生活俭朴。
The old woman is frugal to the extreme.那老妇人节约到了极点。
相关单词：livelihood
livelihood解释：n.生计，谋生之道
livelihood例句：
Appropriate arrangements will be made for their work and livelihood.他们的工作和生活会得到妥善安排。
My father gained a bare livelihood of family by his own hands.父亲靠自己的双手勉强维持家计。
相关单词：undue
undue解释：adj.过分的；不适当的；未到期的
undue例句：
Don't treat the matter with undue haste.不要过急地处理此事。
It would be wise not to give undue
相关单词：forth
forth解释：adv.向前；向外，往外
forth例句：
The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。
相关单词：illuminate
illuminate解释：vt.照亮，照明；用灯光装饰；说明，阐释
illuminate例句：
Dreams kindle a flame to illuminate our dark roads.梦想点燃火炬照亮我们黑暗的道路。
They use games and drawings to illuminate their subject.他们用游戏和图画来阐明他们的主题。
