Horror gripped the heart of the World War I soldier as he saw his lifelong friend fall in battle. Caught in a trench（沟渠，战壕） with continuous gunfire whizzing over his head, the soldier asked his lieutenant（中尉，副官） if he might go out into the "No Man’s Land" between the trenches to bring his fallen comrade back.
"You can go," said the Lieutenant, "but I don’t think it will be worth it. Your friend is probably dead and you may throw your own life away." The Lieutenant’s words didn’t matter, and the soldier went anyway.
Miraculously he managed to reach his friend, hoisted（升起，举起） him onto his shoulder, and brought him back to their company’s trench. As the two of them tumbled in together to the bottom of the trench, the officer checked the wounded soldier, then looked kindly at his friend. "I told you it wouldn’t be worth it," he said. "Your friend is dead, and you are mortally（致命地，非常） wounded."
"It was worth it, though, sir," the soldier said.
"How do you mean ‘worth it’?" responded the Lieutenant. "Your friend is dead!"
"Yes sir," the private answered. "But it was worth it because when I got to him, he was still alive, and I had the satisfaction of hearing him say, ‘Jim, I knew you’d come.’"
Many a time（许多次） in life, whether a thing is worth doing or not really depends on how you look at it.
Take up all your courage and do something your heart tells you to do so that you may not regret not doing it later in life.
相关单词：trench
trench解释：n./v.(挖)沟，(挖)战壕
trench例句：
The soldiers recaptured their trench.兵士夺回了战壕。
The troops received orders to trench the outpost.部队接到命令在前哨周围筑壕加强防卫。
相关单词：lieutenant
lieutenant解释：n.陆军中尉，海军上尉；代理官员，副职官员
lieutenant例句：
He was promoted to be a lieutenant in the army.他被提升为陆军中尉。
He prevailed on the lieutenant to send in a short note.他说动那个副官，递上了一张简短的便条进去。
相关单词：trenches
trenches解释：深沟，地沟( trench的名词复数 )； 战壕
trenches例句：
life in the trenches 第一次世界大战期间的战壕生活
The troops stormed the enemy's trenches and fanned out across the fields. 部队猛攻敌人的战壕，并在田野上呈扇形散开。
相关单词：miraculously
miraculously解释：ad.奇迹般地
miraculously例句：
He had been miraculously saved from almost certain death. 他奇迹般地从死亡线上获救。
A schoolboy miraculously survived a 25 000-volt electric shock. 一名男学生在遭受2.5 万伏的电击后奇迹般地活了下来。
相关单词：hoisted
hoisted解释：把…吊起，升起( hoist的过去式和过去分词 )
hoisted例句：
He hoisted himself onto a high stool. 他抬身坐上了一张高凳子。
The sailors hoisted the cargo onto the deck. 水手们把货物吊到甲板上。
相关单词：kindly
kindly解释：adj.和蔼的，温和的，爽快的；adv.温和地，亲切地
kindly例句：
Her neighbours spoke of her as kindly and hospitable.她的邻居都说她和蔼可亲、热情好客。
A shadow passed over the kindly face of the old woman.一道阴影掠过老太太慈祥的面孔。
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