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38 Turning the other cheek
Frlrgivcnescsa n be as shockinga s other,m ore
obvious, trrboo topics. Obviously, stLldents
should not bc erpected to reveal anything about
thcnrselvetsh rrtt hey donot wish to.
Reading
l. Thc irssrrulwt as filmed and shown on TV.
2. He wrrs ir truck driver. 3. They served 4 years
of thcir lO-years entences4. . No. Many people
were outraged. .5. No. Theyshowed no
relnorsc.
Language
lc 2f 3b 4e -5a 6d 7. hold a grudge
8. water uncler tl-re briclge 9. forgive and forget
| 0. bLrr,tvh e hatchet 1 l. turn the other cheek
12.g ot e chitr-orn hisshor-rlder
Scc also Lhrit 39.
Turningthe other cheek
Discussion
1. Why clo you think Denny forgave his
attackers?
2. Do yoLr think forgiving them did any good?
-1.D o ,vor.ar c'lmireh is act offorgiveness?
4. WoLrld you have forgiven thc men if they had
ctrnc the same thing to you?
Language
Match the words on the left with those on the
right to make whole expressions about
forgiveness:
l.forgive arrcl
2. wrlter urrdcr the
3. turn the other
4. br-rryt hc
-5. holcl e
6. got a chip on his
(A hatcheti s a kind of axe.)
Alwaysf orgivey our enemies- nothing
annoys them so mucn.Oscar Wilde
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
The Bible
"l can forgive, but I cannot forget" is only
another way of saying "l cannot forgive".
H.W. Beecher, American clergyman
Now use theexpressions in these sentences:
7. I always forgive people. I'm not the sort of
p e r s o n t o . . .
8. We usedt o be bitter enemiesb ut that'sa ll
. . . . n o w .
9. If possiblet,h e bestp olicyis . . . .
If you can't forget, at least try to forgive.
10.I think I need to go and talk to Sally and
.
'We
can't keeP ignoring
each other like this.
11.If someoneh urtso r insultsy ou, yourinstinct
is to get revenge. The harder opti<tn is tcr
12. Martin's a very difficult person to work with.
H e ' s . . . . . a h o t t t n o t g e t t i n g
pronroted last year and he's so...