中级美语L77

75. Think Before You Speak 三思而后言Sometimes we say things without thinking.有时候我们说话没有经过思考。Very often a thoughtless remark may hurt others' feelings or cause a misunderstanding or an embarrassment.一段欠缺思考的话往往会伤害到别人的感情，或会造成误会甚至尴尬的情况。We must, therefore, always think before we speak.因此，我们说话前必须先思考。Once I told an old friend how beautiful his girlfriend looked when I saw them together at a movie theater the other day.有一次我告诉一位老朋友我前几天在电影院看到他们在一块儿，而他的女朋友看起来美极了。Unfortunately, I made a mistake.很不幸，我弄错了。It happened that she wasn't with my friend. She was with someone else.恰巧她不是跟我朋友在一起，她是跟别人。I had let the cat out of the bag, so to speak.我可以说是无意中泄露了秘密。I'd never been so embarrassed in my life.我这辈子从来没有那么尴尬过。I certainly learned my lesson, but at a very high price.我的确学到了教训，但是付出了很大地代价。His girlfriend never spoke to me again!他的女朋友再也没有跟我讲过话。And to make matters worse, it is rumored that they eventually broke up.更糟的是，谣传他们最终分手了。

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