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【英文原文1】
Crying is good for you
Do not hold back1) your crying, Sam. Crying is good for you. Think of the tears as little drops of liquid reality. “I could still hear Frank’s words in my ears as well as if he had said them only a few seconds earlier. I could still recall most of the conversation we had the night Frank said that to me.
It was the night my girlfriend and I had broken up, and I, having fallen deeply in love with her, had taken the whole situation a lot harder than Tess had imagined that I would. Frank found me huddled up in my room whimpering quietly to myself.
“What’s the matter Sam？”Frank asked in his usual way.
“Tess and I. . . ”I said trying to hold back the tears, “. . . We, I mean, I don’t know how to say this, but. . . ”
“Well, I guess I‘m back to square one now. . . ”
“I’ m not quite sure I follow you there, Sam. Elaborate for me. . . ”
“Well, you know what. . . what I’ve been missing off my finger for about the past month or so. . . ”I said with a sniffle, holding out my right hand for Frank to see.
“Oh.. . . I get it now. . . ”Frank said, and at that I nodded with a sniffle. “Don’t hold back your crying, Sam. Crying is good for you. . . Think of the tears as little drops of liquid reality. ”
“What？!？!”I asked to Frank, “What in the name of Zeus are you talking about Frank？”
“Crying, of course. All that it is doing is letting out droplets2) of liquid reality in the form of tears. ”
“Never thought of it that way. ”
“You should try it sometimes. It always helps to think of the world and your life and everything else in a way different from everybody else. ”
“Thanks, Frank. You’re a real friend and a pick-me-up, but I’d really like to be left alone right now to do some deep thinking. ”
“Sure Sam, not a problem. Remember that I’m right down in the hall if you need me tonight . ”
“Sure thing Frank. ”
Anyway, back to what I started out to say. Frank was always like that：friendly and just a little bit over your head. Frank had always been the kind of person who never had trouble finding friends, and it seemed to me that he was like a magnet3) to people.
I had heard of magnetic personalities before, but I had never met anyone who would have been described as being one until I met Frank. But, sadly Frank was killed in an automobile accident while on his way home from school yesterday.
