One day, a teacher entered his classroom and asked his students to prepare for a surprise test. They all waited anxiously at their desks for the exam to begin.
一天，一位老师走进他的教室上，他的学生准备一个突袭测试，他们都焦急地在书桌前等待着考试开始。
The teacher handed out the exams with the text facing down as usual. Once he handed them all out, he asked the students to turn over the papers.
老师像往常一样把试卷正面朝下放，他一发完所有的试卷，就让学生们把卷子翻过来来。
To everyone's surprise, there were no questions, just a black dot in the center of the paper.
因为每个人惊讶的是，试卷上没有问题，只是在试卷的中心有一个黑点。
The teacher ，seeing the expression on everyone's faces, told them the following， I want you to write about what you see on the paper.
老师看到每个人脸上的表情对他们说，我想你们把你们在纸上看到的写下来。
The students confused， Got started on the task. at the end of the class, the teacher took all of the exams and started reading each one of them loud in front of all the students.
学生们很困困惑，开始这项工作。下课后老师收上了所有的测试，并开始在所有的学生面前大声朗读每一份测试。
All of them ,with no exception, difined the black dot, try to explain its position in the center of the sheet.
所有人无一例外都给黑点下定义，试图解释他在纸的中心位置。
after all had been read, the teacher started to explain:
I'm not going to grade you on this，I just wanted to give you something to think about. No one wrote about the white part of the paper.Everyone focused on the black dot. and the same thing happens in our lives.
读完之后，老师开始解释，我不会凭这方面给你打分，我只是想给你们一些东西去思考，没有人写到纸上的白色部分。每个人都关注黑点，同样的事情也发生在我们的生活中。
however, we insist on focusing only on the black dot, the health issues that bother us, the lack of money, the complicated relationship with a family member,The disappointment with a friend.
然而我们坚持只关注黑点，困扰我们的健康问题，缺钱与家庭成员的复杂关系，对朋友的失望。
The dark spots are very small when compared to everything we have in our lives. But they are the ones that pollute our minds.
与我们生活中所有的一切相比，这些黑点非常小，但他们却污染了我们的心力。
Take your eyes away from the black dots in our lives. Enjoy each One of your blessings,Each moment that life gives you.
把你的眼睛从生活中的黑点离开，享受你的每一份祝福，享受生活，给予你的每一刻。
单词与词组
prepare for 为......做准备
surprise test 突击测试
hand out 分发;施舍;给予（忠告，施舍等）
I listened to a lot of people handing out a lot of advice.
我听了许多人给予的很多忠告。
turn over 翻转
in the center of 在.....中间
in front of 在.....前面in the front of
前者是在一个物体的前面,而后者是在一个物体的前部.
in front of classroom（在教室这个建筑的前面（教室的外面））
in the front of classroom(在这个教室的前面（里面））
with no exception毫无例外，无一例外
withoout exception
focuse on 关注，聚焦
compared to 与......相比
认为…像…
Some commentators compared his work to that of James Joyce.
一些评论员认为他的作品像詹姆士·乔伊斯的作品。
compare with比得上
The flowers here do not compare with those at home.
这儿的花比不上家里的花。
“with+名词/代词+-ing分词”.此结构强调名词是-ing分词的动作的发出者或某动作、状态正在进行.He felt more uneasy with the whole class staring at him.全班同学看着他,他感到更不自然了.
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