- 我的勵志美文：梅花香自苦寒來
- 馬瓊瓊
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- 2019-09-21 05:33:17
06 Keep the Trolls Away from Your Goals籠中之蟹
There is a type of crab that cannot be caught. It is agile and clever enough to get out of any crab trap.And yet, these crabs are caught by the thousands every day, thanks to a particular human trait they possess.The trap is a wire cage with a hole at the top.Bait is placed in the cage, and the cage is lowered into the water.One crab comes along, enters the cage, and begins munching on the bait.A second crab joins him.A third.Crab Thanksgiving.Eventually, however, all the bait is gone.The crabs could easily climb up the side of the cage and through the hole, but they do not.They stay in the cage.Other crabs come along and join them long after the bait is gone.And more.Should one of the crabs realize there is no further reason to stay in the trap and attempt to leave, the other crabs will gang up on him and stop him.They will repeatedly pull him off the side of the cage.If he is persistent, the others will tear off his claws to keep him from climbing.If he persists still, they will kill him.The crabs“by force of the majority”stay together in the cage.The cage is hauled up, and it's dinner time on the pier. The chief difference between these crabs and humans is that these crabs live in water and humans on land.Anyone who has a dream“—one that might get them out of what they perceive to be a trap”had best beware of the fellow-inhabitants of the trap.The human crabs（we call them trolls）do not usually use physical force although they are certainly not above it.They generally don't need it, however.They have more effective methods at hand and in mouth.Doubt, ridicule, sarcasm, humiliation and dozen others not listed in our dictionary.The point is to manage to keep the trolls away from your goals.
有一種抓不到的蟹。它非常靈活、聰明，能從任何捕蟹籠里逃出來。但是，由于人類擁有的一項特殊技能，每天能抓到成千上萬只這種蟹。用的陷阱是一個頂部有洞的金屬籠子。把誘餌放在籠子里，然后把籠子沉到水中。一只蟹爬了過來，進到了籠子里，開始吃誘餌。第二只蟹加入了它。然后第三只。就像蟹的感恩節。最后，所有的誘餌都沒了。這些蟹本可以輕易地沿著籠子的一邊通過那個洞，但是它們沒有。它們仍然待在籠子里。在誘餌被吃完很久之后，還是有其他的蟹爬過來加入它們。然后越來越多的蟹加入。如果其中有一只蟹意識到沒有理由再待在籠子里了，并試圖離開的時候，其他的蟹就會攻擊他阻止他，會不斷地把它從籠子壁上拉下來。如果它堅持，其他的蟹會為了不讓它爬而扯掉它的爪子。如果它還是堅持，它們會殺了它。“在大多數蟹的逼迫下”，這些蟹一起待在籠子里。籠子被提起，碼頭上的人們準備吃晚餐。這些蟹和人類主要的區別是蟹生活在水里，而人類生活在陸地上。任何夢想“帶領大家逃出險境的領路者”必定對險境里的伙伴有著最深的了解。人類中的蟹，即怪人，一般不使用武力，雖然他們也沒有高級到哪去。他們一般不需要武力。它們有更有效的方法，那就是用嘴巴——懷疑、嘲笑、諷刺、侮辱，還有許多沒有列出來的方式。我要說的就是不要讓這些惡夫阻擋了你追求目標的道路。
單詞解析 Word Analysis
例 All the shops on the seafront had crab for sale.
海濱地區的全部商店都出售蟹。
例 One needs an agile mind to solve puzzles.
解謎必須有機靈的頭腦。
例 One of his less attractive traits is criticizing his wife in public.
他有個不大討人喜歡的特點，就是愛當眾責備妻子。
例 Earth worms are often used as bait.
蚯蚓常用作魚餌。
例 Munching the apple as he was, he had an eye for all her movements.
他雖然啃著蘋果，但卻留神地監視著她的每一個動作。
例 His great success cannot depart from his persistent effort.
他取得這么大的成功和他堅持不懈的努力分不開。
例 The boat’s going off course, and we’ll have to haul up.
船要偏離航線了，我們得轉向迎風行駛。
例 Takings at the pier have dropped off this season.
這個季節，碼頭上的收入下降了。
例 Every inhabitant here has an obligation to pay taxes.
這里的每一位居民都有納稅的義務。
例 With the key, you can free the imprisoned trolls.
用這把鑰匙，你可以釋放被囚禁的巨人們。
例 Her conduct subjected her to public ridicule.
她的行為使她受眾人嘲笑。
語法知識點 Grammar Points
①Should one of the crabs realize there is no further reason to stay in the trap and attempt to leave, the other crabs will gang up on him and stop him.
這個句子用了虛擬語氣。原句應該是：If one of the crabs should realize there is no further reason to stay in the trap and attempt to leave, the other crabs will gang up on him and stop him.should提前，省略了if.表示與將來相反。虛擬語氣在條件從句中的應用。條件從句通常用if來引導，構成形式如下：
與現在相反：從句用if……+動詞過去式，主句用would+動詞原形。
例 If she had more money, she would dress more fashionably.
如果她有更多的錢，她會打扮得更加時尚。
與過去相反：從句用if……+had+動詞過去分詞，主句用would have+過去分詞。
例 If I had known her phone number, I would have called her.
如果我早就知道她的電話號碼，我之前就打給她了。
與將來相反：
a.從句用if+動詞過去式，主句用would+動詞原形。
例 If you asked me tomorrow, I would be able to give you the answer.
如果你明天問我，我會給你答案。
b.從句用if+were to，主句用would+動詞原形。
例 If the sun were to rise in the west, I would lend you the money.
如果太陽打西邊出來，我就把錢借給你。
c.從句用if+should，主句用would+動詞原形/祈使句。
例 If he should be sick, he would send for the doctor.
如果他生病了，他會派人去請醫生。
例 If you should come tomorrow, please take your notebook.
如果你明天來，請帶著你的筆記本。
注意：If+had+動詞過去分詞，可以省略if 把had 提前，其他成分保持原位。Should亦可提前，省略if。
gang up on sb.對付某人，制止某人
例 The victim had no chance when four or five thugs ganged up on him.
當四五個暴徒聯合起來攻擊那個受害者時，受害人就沒有任何反抗的機會了。
②If he is persistent, the others will tear off his claws to keep him from climbing.
這個句子也是條件狀語從句，從句中if加一般現在式，主句中用將來時。
tear off 撕掉；匆匆離開
例 Tear off the rhetorical top dressing from his speech and you find there’s very little solid content.
去掉他演講中華麗的辭藻，你會發現其中沒什么實在內容。
keep sb./sth. from sth./v.-ing 阻止；免于
例 Please keep the children from swimming in the sea.There are some dangerous currents just off the shore.
請不要讓孩子們在海里游泳，岸邊也有一些危險的水流。
The government is considering further action to keep the pound from falling in value.
政府正在考慮采取進一步措施避免英鎊貶值。
What shall I do to keep this from getting dirty?
我該怎么辦才能使它免遭污染？
經典名句 Famous Classics
1.The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
實現明天理想的唯一障礙是今天的疑慮。
2.Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals；love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves.
友誼是平等的人們之間無利益糾葛的來往；而愛情總是發號施令的一方與被奴役的一方之間可悲的交易。
3.An open foe may prove a curse.But a pretended friend is worse.
雖然你公開的敵人會咒罵并加害于你，但是假裝是你的朋友的人更加可怕。
4.You shall judge of a man by his foes as well as by his friends.
要評價一個人，既要看他的朋友，也要看他的敵人。
5.When an end is lawful and obligatory, the indispensable means to be also lawful and obligatory.
如果一個目的是正當而必須做的，則達到這個目的的必要手段也是正當而必須采取的。
6.A man can do is make a good example, to have the courage to hold in the social ethical beliefs groundless talk.
一個人所能做的就是做出好榜樣，要有勇氣在風言風語的社會中堅定地高舉倫理的信念。
7.Learning knowledge should be good at thinking, thinking, and thinking.That's how I became a scientist.
學習知識要善于思考，思考，再思考。我就是靠這個方法成為科學家的。
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