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Lesson 6 · The Reply I Did Not Send
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After basketball practice, I found a message from my friend. He wrote, "You never pass the ball to me."
I felt angry at first. I wanted to reply, "That is not true." My thumb was already on the send button.
Then I stopped. I was tired, and he was probably tired too. I put my phone down and took a shower.
Later, I wrote, "I'm sorry it felt that way. Can we talk before practice tomorrow?"
Not sending the first reply was my best play of the day.
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After basketball practice, I found a message from my friend.
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He wrote, "You never pass the ball to me."
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I felt angry at first.
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I wanted to reply, "That is not true."
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My thumb was already on the send button.
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Then I stopped.
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I was tired, and he was probably tired too.
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I put my phone down and took a shower.
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Later, I wrote, "I'm sorry it felt that way.
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Can we talk before practice tomorrow?"
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Not sending the first reply was my best play of the day.
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篮球训练结束后，我看见朋友发来一条消息：‘你从来不把球传给我。’
起初我很生气，想回他一句‘才不是这样’。我的拇指已经按在发送键上了。
这时我停了下来。我很累，他大概也很累。我放下手机，去冲了个澡。
后来，我写道：‘让你有这样的感觉，我很抱歉。明天训练前我们能聊聊吗？’
没有把第一条回复发出去，是我今天打得最好的一球。
本课重点词语
以下是本课重点词语的中文讲解；英文正文中有虚线的单词可悬停查看词义和发音。
- practice
- 训练；文中指篮球训练。
- pass the ball
- 传球；pass the ball to me 是‘把球传给我’。
- reply
- 回复；可作名词或动词。
- true
- 真实的；That is not true 意为‘那不是真的’。
- thumb
- 拇指；文中拇指停在发送键上。
- send button
- 发送键；点击后消息就会发出。
- probably
- 大概；表示根据情形作出的推测。
- put ... down
- 放下……；put my phone down 是‘放下手机’。
- felt that way
- 有那样的感受；承认对方的感受，并不等于承认对方说的都是事实。
- best play
- 最佳表现；结尾用篮球用语比喻一次明智的克制。
背景知识
情绪激动时，文字消息很容易变成争辩。主人公先休息，再约朋友当面谈，这给两个人留下了解释误会的空间。结尾的‘最好的一球’把沟通中的克制比作篮球场上的好表现。