双语美文:两个朋友的不同祈祷
<p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="voyaging">voyaging</span> <span word="ship">ship</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="wrecked">wrecked</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="storm">storm</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="sea">sea</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="men">men</span> <span word="aboard">aboard</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="able">able</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="swim">swim</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="small">small</span>, <span word="desert">desert</span>-<span word="like">like</span> <span word="island">island</span>. <span word="Not">Not</span> <span word="knowing">knowing</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="else">else</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="do">do</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="survivors">survivors</span> <span word="agreed">agreed</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="recourse">recourse</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="pray">pray</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="God">God</span>.</p><p>一艘客轮在海上遇到暴风雨而翻覆，只有两个人游泳到一个荒凉的小岛上。在无计可施的情况下，这两个人都认为只有向上帝祷告是唯一之道。</p><p><span word="However">However</span>, <span word="to">to</span> <span word="find">find</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="whose">whose</span> <span word="prayers">prayers</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="powerful">powerful</span>, <span word="they">they</span> <span word="agreed">agreed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="divide">divide</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="territory">territory</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="stay">stay</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="opposite">opposite</span> <span word="sides">sides</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="island">island</span>.</p><p>但是为了看谁的祷告比较有效，他们协议把小岛分成两半，每人各居一处。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="thing">thing</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="prayed">prayed</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="food">food</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="next">next</span> <span word="morning">morning</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="man">man</span> <span word="saw">saw</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="fruit">fruit</span>-<span word="bearing">bearing</span> <span word="tree">tree</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="side">side</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="island">island</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="able">able</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="eat">eat</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="fruit">fruit</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="mans">mans</span> <span word="parcel">parcel</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="land">land</span> <span word="remained">remained</span> <span word="barren">barren</span>.</p><p>他们祈祷的第一件事就是食物，第二天早上，第一个人看到一棵结实累累的果树长在他这一边的土地上，现在他就有果子可以吃了。而另外一个人的土地上依旧一片荒芜。</p><p><span word="After">After</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="week">week</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="man">man</span> <span word="became">became</span> <span word="lonely">lonely</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="decided">decided</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="pray">pray</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="wife">wife</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="next">next</span> <span word="day">day</span>, <span word="another">another</span> <span word="ship">ship</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="wrecked">wrecked</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="survivor">survivor</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="woman">woman</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="swam">swam</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="side">side</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="island">island</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="side">side</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="island">island</span>, <span word="there">there</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="nothing">nothing</span>.</p><p>一个星期以后，第一个人感到很孤单寂寞，所以他决定祈求能有一个妻子。第二天，又有一艘船失事了，唯一幸存的女人游泳到他这一边的岛上来。而另一边的岛上则什么也没有。</p>
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