A group of working adults got together to visittheir University lecturer. The lecturer was happy tosee them, and conversation soon turned intocomplaints about stress in work and life.
一群上班族一同去拜访他们的大学老师。老师看到他们很开心,但不久学生们就满腹牢骚地抱怨工作和生活中的压力了。
The lecturer just smiled and went to the kitchen to get an assortment of cupssome porcelain, some in plastic, some in glass, some plain looking and some looked rather expensive and exquisite. The lecturer offered his former students the cups to get drinks for themselves.
老师只是笑笑,然后到厨房取来各式各样的杯子瓷杯、塑料杯、玻璃杯等等,有些外表平平,有些看起来精致名贵。老师将这些杯子递给他以前的这帮学生,让他们自己倒水喝。
When all the students had a cup in hand with water, the lecturer spoke, If you noticed, all the nice looking, expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal that you only want the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress. What all of you wanted was water, not the cup, but we unconsciously went for the better cups.
当学生们人手一杯水时,老师便发话了:不知你们发现没有,所有好看的、昂贵的杯子都被拿走了,剩下的是一些普通的和便宜的杯子。大家都想为自己得到最好的,这属人之常情,不过这也是你们出现问题和压力的根源所在。其实你们真正需要的是水,不是杯子,但我们都情不自禁地拿更好的杯子。
Just like in life, if Life is Water, then the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold Life, but the quality of Life doesnt change. If we only concentrate on the cup, we wont have time to enjoy the water in it.
生活也是如此,如果生活是水,那么工作、金钱和社会地位都只是杯子。这些只是用来盛水的工具,而实际上生活的本质并未改变。如果我们只将注意力放在杯子上,那就没有时间来享受杯里的水了。
打破藩篱为何不受欢迎?
美国国防部调查驻阿美军司令艾伦
VOA、BBC、CNN、CRI、NPR英语听力2012年2月份音频打包下载
九大诀窍快速提高英语阅读速度
英语学习一定要养成的20个好习惯
燃烧的爱LOVE
怎样学习英语
新概念英语蕴藏的雅思写作秘密
新概念英语轻松背 高效二法助成功
中国人学英语的最大难点及解决办法
中考英语形容词、副词复习
听英文歌也能学好英语
新概念英语的学习方法之不做“聋哑高材生”
谁能恢复美国的自信?
轻松掌握Voa慢速英语
经济增长放缓 中国大学生就业难
How to Learn English Well 英语学习经验
联发科的“联发”优势
别放弃歌唱 Keep on Singing
名师辅导:用新概念二册修炼"听说读写"四路神功
如何不会把已经背诵的课文忘记掉
港交所竞购LME的数字玄机
浅析背诵在英语学习中的作用
爱上爱你的感觉
中国经济数据低迷 浇灭迅速回升希望
寒假中学习新概念英语单词记忆技巧
美丽的微笑与爱心
IMF调降全球经济增长预测
饥饿
什么人适合学新概念?
不限 |
英语教案 |
英语课件 |
英语试题 |
不限 |
不限 |
上册 |
下册 |
不限 |