06 Don’t Let Scenery Always Be Far from You　别让风景总在前方

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，一位老师和一位学生躺在一棵大树下，旁边是无垠的草地。突然学生问了老师一个问题。

“老师，我很困惑，我想知道如何才能找到和我情投意合的伴侣。你能帮帮我吗？”

老师想了几秒钟，然后说：“嗯，这是一个很难但又很简单的问题。”

老师继续说：“往那边看，那边是无垠的草地。你何不过去走走，但是不要往回走，一直向前。当你走路的时候，试着寻找一棵美丽的草，然后把它拔下拿给我。但是只能拔一棵。”

学生说：“那好吧……等着我……”，然后径直向草地走去。

几分钟后，学生回来了。

老师问道：“我看你手上没有漂亮的草呀。”

学生回答说：“我在路上发现了许多漂亮的草，但是我觉得我会找到更好的，所以就先没有拔。但我没有意识到自己已经走到了草地的尽头，你告诉我不要往回走，所以就一棵也没有拔到。”

“这就是生活中经常发生的情况。”老师说。

这则小故事想要告诉我们什么道理呢？

故事里面的草地就是你周围的人，美丽的草就是吸引你的人，而草地就是你一生所拥有的时间。

在寻找人生伴侣的时候，请不要总是比较，希望将来会有更好的选择。如果这样做的话，你就会浪费一生的时间，请记住：时间一去不复返。

单词解析 Word Analysis

lay down 放下；规定；放弃；建造

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

毒贩们已同意放下武器。

confused[kənˈfjuzd]adj.糊涂的；迷乱的；混杂的；不清楚的

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

一项调查表明，人们对该吃什么才能保持健康这个问题感到困惑。

soulmate[səʊlmeɪt]n.<口>性情相投的人，心心相印的伙伴（尤指异性伙伴）

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，你应该珍惜他（她）。

a lot of 诸多；许多的

例　I have Iost a Iot of weight.

我体重减了不少。

blade[bled]n.桨叶；刀片，剑；（壳、草等的）叶片；浮华少年

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

船桨的桨叶和水里的什么东西缠住了。

journey[ˈdʒɜːrni]n.旅行，旅程行期；历程，过程 v.旅行，出游

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

从巴黎有快车前往波尔多，全程不到4小时。

compare[kəmˈper]v.比较，对照；喻为；相比，匹敌；比较，区别；比拟（常与to连用）n.比较

例　Compare the two iIIustrations in Fig 60.

比较图60中的两幅插图。

语法知识点 Grammar Points

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

这个句子中有两个结构“on one’s way”和“pick sth.up”，分别表示“在某人的路上”和“把……捡起来”，后者还表示偶然间学到某种语言或者技能。

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.

我在巴黎的时候习得了法语。

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

这个句子中有一个结构“by doing sth.”，表示“通过做某事……”。

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

通过这个考试，我就能被那所大学录取。

经典名句 Famous Classics

1.Time never goes back.

时间一去不复返。

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

你热爱生命吗？那么，别浪费时间，因为生命是由时间组成的。

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

历史巨轮飞转，分分秒秒的时间都十分宝贵，也独具意义。

4.Fish and visitors smell three days.

鱼放三天发臭，客住三天讨嫌。

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

我走得很慢，但是我从来不会后退。

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