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A man who was walking at night tumbled（滾動） against a stone and fell down heavily.

一個人走夜路被一塊石頭絆了一跤，摔得不輕。

He climbed to his feet, rubbed his aching knees and moved on.

他爬起來揉揉摔疼的膝蓋，繼續(xù)前進。

He went into a dead end. In front, on the left and on the right was the wall.

他走到一個死胡同，前面、左面、右面都是墻。

The front wall was just a head taller than him, but he exerted so much energy that he couldn't clamber（爬） it.

面前的墻比他還高一頭，他費了很大勁兒還是翻不過去。

Suddenly, he had an idea, thinking about that stone tripping over himself: why not move it over to put it under his feet?

突然，他有了一個主意，他想起了那塊絆倒他的石頭：為什么不把它搬來墊在腳下呢？

He retraced at once, carried the stone with a great deal of effort and put it at the wall.

他立刻返回去，花了很大力氣把石頭搬來放在墻根。

Stepping on the stone, he easily climbed onto the wall and jumped over it lightly.

踩在石頭上，他輕松地爬上了墻頭，沒費力就翻了過去。

生詞

clamber [?kl?mb?(r)] v.攀爬

retrace [r??tre?s] v.折回；折返

挫折可以是讓弱者卻步不前的絆腳石，也可以是使強者站得更高的墊腳石。

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