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lesson 12 - The Kindness of Strangers

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I. On Kindness

II. Discussion

III. Enjoy the Poem

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I.I. On KindnessOn KindnessIn the midst of _____ crises such as pollution, ____ and famine, kindness may be too easily _________ as a "soft" issue, or a luxury to be addressed after the _____ problems are solved. But kindness is the greatest ______ in all those areas—kindness toward the ___________, toward other _______, toward the needs of people who are _________. Until we reflect basic kindness in everything we do, our _______ gestures will be fleeting and _______.

Listen to the

passage.Complete the spots.

global

wars

dismissed

urgent

need

environment

nations

suffering

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I.I. On KindnessOn Kindness

Simple kindness may be the most ____ key to the riddle of how human beings can live with each other in _____, and care properly for this planet we all _____. That idea is at the _____ of everything the Human Kindness Foundation does.

—Bo Lozoff

vital

peace

share

heart

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Please discuss the following questions in groups

II. DiscussionII. Discussion

1. Do you agree that it would be foolish to trust strangers? Give your reasons and examples.

2. Have you ever been helped by strangers when you were in trouble? Tell your own experiences.

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Kindness

Kindness glides about my house.

Dame Kindness, she is so nice!

The blue and red jewels of her rings smoke

In the windows, the mirrors

Are filling with smiles.

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fluid n.

液体；流质


Kindness

What is so real as the cry of a child?

A rabbit's cry may be wilder

But it has no soul.

Sugar can cure everything, so Kindness

says.

Sugar is a necessary fluid,



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poultice n.

膏状药

anesthetize vt.

麻痹 , 使麻痹


Kindness

Its crystals a little poultice.

O kindness, kindness

Sweetly picking up pieces!

My Japanese silks, desperate butterflies,

May be pinned any minute, anesthetized.



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wreathe v.

环绕盘旋


Kindness

And here you come, with a cup of tea

Wreathed in steam.

The blood jet is poetry,

There is no stopping it.

You hand me two children, two roses. —by Sylvia Plath



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Kindness

The best way to understand the poem is to imagine yourself having a bad day and coming home and while you sit at the table, your mother comes along nicely with some cookies and a hot cup of tea as if everything is all right.

David from United States


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