第14章 沿路发现的东西 What We Found on the Way

佚名/Anonymous

If you have ever been discouraged because of failure, please read on. Far often, achieving what you set out to do is not the important thing. Let me explain. Two little girls decided to dig a deep hole behind their house. As they were working, a couple of older boys stopped by to watch.

“What are you doing?”asked one of the visitors.“We plan to dig a hole all the way through the earth!”one of the two sisters said with great glee.

The older boys began to laugh, telling the girls that digging a hole all the way through the earth was impossible.

After a long silence, one of the diggers noticed some insects that had been exposed by the digging. She ran and got a jar from the house. In it, she placed all the interesting creatures she and her sister had uncovered.

The jar was full of spiders and worms that weren't like any they'd ever seen before. Even the two boys were impressed with the contents of the jar. She held the jar out proudly to them. She said quietly and confidently,“It doesn't matter if it's impossible for us to do what we hoped to accomplish. Even if we can't dig all the way through the earth, look what we found along the way!”

Their goal was far too big for them. The girls had bit off more than they could chew. But that goal did lead them to digging. And digging had led to a great discovery anyway.

The little girls knew something that the boys did not. A goal's job is to get us moving in the right direction. But not every goal can be achieved and not every job will end successfully. Not every relationship will endure and not every hope will be fulfilled. Not every love will last. Not every task will be completed. Not every dream will be realized but when you fall short of your aim, perhaps you can say,“Yes, but look at what I found along the way! Look at the wonderful things which have come into my life because I tried something!”

如果你曾因失败而丧失信心，就请读读这个故事吧。通常，完成你规定的目标并不是重点所在。让我来解释一下。两个小女孩决定在她们家后面挖一个深洞。正挖着时，走过来两个大男孩，他们驻足观看起来。

“你们在干什么？”其中一个男孩问。“我们准备挖一个穿透地球的洞！”其中一个女孩兴奋地回答。

大一些的男孩笑了，告诉她们挖一个穿透地球的洞是不可能的。

长时间的沉默之后，其中一个小女孩发现，有一些虫子被挖了出来。她跑回家，拿来了一个罐子。两姐妹把发现的所有有趣的生物都装了进去。

罐子里满是她们从没见过的蜘蛛和虫子。就连那两个大男孩也被罐子里的东西吸引了。女孩骄傲地拿着罐子给他们看。她低声而自信地说：“对我们来说，是否能完成我们所期待的事情并不重要。即使我们不能挖通地球，但是，你们可以看到我们在挖的过程中的收获有多大！”

她们的目标对于她们来说太远大，远非她们能力所及。但是目标却带领着她们去挖掘，无论怎样，挖掘就会带来巨大发现。

小女孩们明白一些大男孩所不知道的道理：目标是用来给我们指引正确方向的。不是每个目标都能完成；不是每个目标都能成功地结束；不是每种关系都能持久；也不是每个希望都能实现；不是每种爱都能永恒；不是每项工作都能圆满；也不是每个梦想都能成真。但是当你将目标缩小时，你也许会说：“噢，看这个过程中我发现了什么！看我生命中出现的美好事物，因为我尝试了！”

记忆填空

1.If you have ever been discouraged because of____________, please read on. Far often, achieving what you set out to do____________not the important thing. Let me explain. Two little girls decided to dig a deep____________behind their house. As they were working, a couple of older boys____________by to watch.

2.____________a long silence, one of the diggers noticed some____________that had been exposed by the digging. She ran and got a____________from the house. In it, she placed____________the interesting creatures she and her sister had uncovered.

3.But not every____________can be achieved and not every job will____________successfully. Not every relationship will endure and not every____________will be fulfilled.

佳句翻译

1.通常，完成你规定的目标并不是重点所在。

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2.即使我们不能挖通地球，但是，你们可以看到我们在挖的过程中的收获有多大！

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3.小女孩们明白一些大男孩所不知道的道理：目标是用来给我们指引正确方向的。

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短语应用

1.Far often, achieving what you set out to do is not the important thing.

set out to do：着手做某事

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2.Not every dream will be realized but when you fall short of your aim...

short of：少于；缺乏；不足

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