Two young teenagers, David and Rebecca, hide from the Nazis in the darkness of a ruined basement beneath the Warsaw Ghetto (华沙贫民窟). One night, David returns from a dangerous trip with some 1 needed supplies, plus a surprise—a single candle and a match.
David2 the candle. They see each other for the first time in weeks, and note the strength that 3 in their eyes. That shinning of light, 4 by so many shadows, seems to say without words: Evil has not yet taken 5control. A spark of hope is still left. Warmed and 6 by the light, David and Rebecca take the courage to make their 7 to safety.
The teens use the 8 of the world around them to their advantage, 9 out of the Ghetto and then out of Warsaw into the forest 10 the locals welcome them into their village. Months later, they board a 11 and, after escaping Nazi bombs and submarines (潜水艇), arrive in Israel, where they grow up, 12 each other and build a life.
One night, as their children play games by the13 light of the holiday candles, they tell them their story. Rebecca looks up from her delicious-smelling frying pan, saying, "If it had not been for that little 14 David brought to our 15 place, we wouldn't be here today. That shinning of light awakened in us a hope and strength we didn't know we had."
Even the smallest lights can have a long reach—across miles, across years, across generations.
