06 Don’t Let Scenery Always Be Far from You　別讓風景總在前方

Once upon a time, a teacher and his student lay down under a big tree near a big grass area. Then suddenly the student asked the teacher.

"Teacher, I'm confused, how do we find our soulmate?Can you please help me?"

Silent for a few seconds, the teacher then answered,"Well, it's a pretty hard and an easy question."

The teacher continued,"Look that way, there is a lot of grass；why don't you walk there?Please don't walk backwards, just walk straight ahead. On your way, try to find a blade of beautiful grass and pick it up and then give it to me.But just one."

The student said"Well, OK then…wait for me…",and walked straight ahead to the grassy field.

A few minutes later the student came back.

The teacher asked,"Well, I don't see a beautiful blade of grass in your hand."

The student said,"On my journey, I found quite a few beautiful blade of grass, but I thought that I would finda better one, so I didn't pick it. But I didn't realize that I was at the end of the field, and I hadn't picked any because you told me not to go back, so I didn't go back."

The teacher said,"That's what will happen in real life."

What is the message of this story?

In the story, grass is the people around you；the beautiful blade of grass is the people that attract you and the grassy field is time.

In looking for your soul mate, please don't always compare and hope that there will be a better one. By doing that, you'll waste your lifetime, cause remember"Time Never Goes Back".

很久以前，一位老師和一位學生躺在一棵大樹下，旁邊是無垠的草地。突然學生問了老師一個問題。

“老師，我很困惑，我想知道如何才能找到和我情投意合的伴侶。你能幫幫我嗎？”

老師想了幾秒鐘，然后說：“嗯，這是一個很難但又很簡單的問題?！?/p>

老師繼續說：“往那邊看，那邊是無垠的草地。你何不過去走走，但是不要往回走，一直向前。當你走路的時候，試著尋找一棵美麗的草，然后把它拔下拿給我。但是只能拔一棵?！?/p>

學生說：“那好吧……等著我……”，然后徑直向草地走去。

幾分鐘后，學生回來了。

老師問道：“我看你手上沒有漂亮的草呀?！?/p>

學生回答說：“我在路上發現了許多漂亮的草，但是我覺得我會找到更好的，所以就先沒有拔。但我沒有意識到自己已經走到了草地的盡頭，你告訴我不要往回走，所以就一棵也沒有拔到?！?/p>

“這就是生活中經常發生的情況?！崩蠋熣f。

這則小故事想要告訴我們什么道理呢？

故事里面的草地就是你周圍的人，美麗的草就是吸引你的人，而草地就是你一生所擁有的時間。

在尋找人生伴侶的時候，請不要總是比較，希望將來會有更好的選擇。如果這樣做的話，你就會浪費一生的時間，請記住：時間一去不復返。

單詞解析 Word Analysis

lay down 放下；規定；放棄；建造

例　The drug-traffickers have offered to Iay down their arms.

毒販們已同意放下武器。

confused[k?n?fjuzd]adj.糊涂的；迷亂的；混雜的；不清楚的

例　A survey showed peopIe were confused about what they shouId eat to stay heaIthy.

一項調查表明，人們對該吃什么才能保持健康這個問題感到困惑。

soulmate[s??lme?t]n.<口>性情相投的人，心心相印的伙伴（尤指異性伙伴）

例　If you find your souImate, you shouId cherish him（her）.

如果你找到了和你心心相印的人，你應該珍惜他（她）。

a lot of 諸多；許多的

例　I have Iost a Iot of weight.

我體重減了不少。

blade[bled]n.槳葉；刀片，劍；（殼、草等的）葉片；浮華少年

例　The bIade of the oar had entangIed itseIf with something in the water.

船槳的槳葉和水里的什么東西纏住了。

journey[?d???rni]n.旅行，旅程行期；歷程，過程 v.旅行，出游

例　There is an express service from Paris which compIetes the journey to Bordeaux in under 4 hours.

從巴黎有快車前往波爾多，全程不到4小時。

compare[k?m?per]v.比較，對照；喻為；相比，匹敵；比較，區別；比擬（常與to連用）n.比較

例　Compare the two iIIustrations in Fig 60.

比較圖60中的兩幅插圖。

語法知識點 Grammar Points

①On your way, try to find a blade of beautiful grass and pick it up and then give it to me.

這個句子中有兩個結構“on one’s way”和“pick sth.up”，分別表示“在某人的路上”和“把……撿起來”，后者還表示偶然間學到某種語言或者技能。

例　On my way home, I came across a bunny.

在我回家的路上，我遇到了一只兔子。

I picked up French when I was in Paris.

我在巴黎的時候習得了法語。

②By doing that, you’ll waste your lifetime……

這個句子中有一個結構“by doing sth.”，表示“通過做某事……”。

例　By passing this exam, I can be enroIIed by that university.

通過這個考試，我就能被那所大學錄取。

經典名句 Famous Classics

1.Time never goes back.

時間一去不復返。

2.Do you love life?Then do not squander time, for that's the stuff life is made of.

你熱愛生命嗎？那么，別浪費時間，因為生命是由時間組成的。

3.Each moment in history is a fleeting time, precious and unique.

歷史巨輪飛轉，分分秒秒的時間都十分寶貴，也獨具意義。

4.Fish and visitors smell three days.

魚放三天發臭，客住三天討嫌。

5.I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards.

我走得很慢，但是我從來不會后退。

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