ur tolerating ability is indeed way beyond our imagination. but not until the very critical moment will we realize our potential tolerating ability.

     
人的承受能力，其实远远超出我们的想象。但是不到关键时刻，我们很少能够意识自己的潜力。

there was a woman in the countryside who got married at the age of 18 and had to escape with her two daughters and a son wherever she could at the age of 26 due to the japanese army’s invasion. many people in the village at that time could not bear the suffering of being a fugitive and wanted to commit suicide. after she knew about it, she would come to those people and soothed them by saying, “don’t do that silly thing. there are no such setbacks that we could not overcome. the japanese armies are bound to be foiled one day!”

      
有一位农村妇女，18岁结婚，26岁时日本人侵略中国，在农村进行大扫荡，她不得不经常带着两个女儿一个儿子东躲西藏。村里很多人受不了这种暗无天日的折磨，想到了自尽，她得知后就会去劝：“别这样啊，没有过不去的坎，日本鬼子不会总这么猖狂的。”

      
finally she insisted until the day when all the japanese armies were kicked out of china. nonetheless, her son died of disease without sufficient medicine and nutrition in those days of hardships. her husband, after knowing the death of his son, lay in bed for two days without eating and drinking anything. she teared to her husband and said, “we have a tough destiny, but however tough our lives will be, we should also persist. though our son has passed away, we can have another. there are no such setbacks that we could not overcome.”

      
她终于熬到了把鬼子赶出中国的那一天，可是她的儿子却在那炮火连天的岁月里，由于缺医少药，又极度缺乏营养，因病夭折了。丈夫不吃不喝在床上躺了两天两夜，她流着泪对丈夫说：“咱们的命苦啊，不过再苦咱也得过啊，儿子没了，咱再生一个，人生没有过不去的坎。”

      
after giving birth to the second son, her husband died of edema, which almost blew her away. but eventually, she recovered and cuddled the three young children, saying, “my sweet hearts, don’t feel scared. you still have me, your dear mum!”

      
刚刚生了儿子，丈夫因患水肿病离开了人世。在这个打击下，她很长时间都没回过神来，但最后还是挺过来了，她把三个未成年的孩子揽到自己怀里，说：“娘还在呢，有娘在，你们就别怕。”

新东方酷学酷玩夏令营  www.xialingying.cc/xdf/