One day a famous teacher was walking with his student. On the way, they saw a lake. They stopped and the teacher told the student, “I'm thirsty. Get me some water from that lake.”

    Just when the student reached the lake, a cow was walking in the lake. So the water became very dirty. He thought “I can't give the dirty water to my teacher!”

    He came back and told the teacher, “The water is very dirty. We can't drink it.” After about half an hour, the teacher asked the student to get some water again. So he went back to the lake.

    But the lake was still dirty. So he told the teacher the same thing. After some time, the teacher asked him to go back again. But this time, he found the water was clear. The mud in the water came to the bottom. So he got some water.

    The teacher looked at the water and said to him, “You did nothing to make the water clear. You just let it be… Your mind is also like that! When it is bothered, just let it be. Give it some time.”

阅读下列材料，回答问题。

材料一　第二次世界大战中，特别是太平洋战争爆发后，中国的战略地位开始逐渐受到美国决策者的重视。珍珠港事件爆发后，中国的抗日与美国的切身利益紧密联系在一起。美国在大规模援华的同时，从长远利益出发，确定了战后对华政策的长远目标，即建立一个相对稳定而亲美的中国以发挥多种作用，中国成为美国在亚洲的主要据点，抵制苏联的影响，为美国提供巨大的市场和原料基地，在国际事务中提供坚定支持美国的一票。

——刘德斌主编《国际关系史》

材料二　……中国战场在世界反法西斯战争中所显示出来的重要军事价值，促成了中国国际地位的改善和提高。抗战时期，中国的国际地位可说经历了一个不断提升的三级跳。……在旧的国际体系解体之后，中国积极参与了新的国际体系的创造，并由此而在国际事务中担当重要角色。

——王建朗《抗日战争与中国国际地位的变迁》