一杯水

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重伤垂危的悉尼爵士在临终前，将珍贵的救命水让给了身边更需要的士兵。

时长 57 秒 · 语速 160 wpm

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The battle was over. 战斗结束了。

The field was covered with wounded men, 战场上到处都是伤员，

lying in the dust under a burning sun. 顶着烈日倒在尘土里。

One of them was Sir Philip Sidney, an English nobleman. 其中一位是英国贵族菲利普·西德尼爵士。

He was a poet and a soldier, 他既是个诗人，也是个士兵，

and people loved him for his kindness. 因为为人善良，大家都非常敬爱他。

Now he was badly wounded, and he knew he would not live. 此时他身受重伤，心里明白自己活不成了。

More than anything, he was thirsty. 当时他渴极了，比什么都想喝口水。

At last, one of his men came running with a cup of cool water from a stream. 终于，他的一个部下端着一杯从小溪取来的凉水跑了过来。

He lifted Sir Philip's head so he could drink. 部下扶起西德尼爵士的头，好让他能喝上水。

Just as the cup touched his lips, 可杯子刚碰到嘴唇，

Sidney noticed another soldier lying close by. 西德尼就注意到身边躺着另一个士兵。

The man was dying too. 那个人也快咽气了。

He said nothing. 他什么也没说，

He only looked at the water. 只是眼巴巴地看着那杯水。

Sidney pushed the cup away. 西德尼把水杯推开了。

"Give it to him," he said. “给他喝吧，”他说，

"His need is greater than mine." “他比我更需要这水。”

He died a few weeks later, at thirty-one. 几周后西德尼便去世了，年仅三十一岁。

That one sentence has been remembered for more than four hundred years. 而他说的这句话，四百多年来一直被人们铭记在心。