智慧背囊 品味人生-01-堆沙堡

[00:01.70]Thoughts on Life感悟生命
[00:03.68]Slow the pace of your life and give yourself some time for meditating¹.
[00:11.03]It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.
[00:17.46]Making Sandcastles堆沙堡
[00:25.46]A little boy is on his knees
[00:28.87]scooping and packing the sand with plastic shovels² into a bright blue bucket.
[00:34.23]Then he upends the bucket on the surface and lifts it.
[00:38.42]And, to the delight of the little architect, a castle tower is created.
[00:43.88]All afternoon he will work，scooping out the moat and packing the walls.
[00:49.58]Bottle tops will be sentries³. Sticks will be bridges. A sandcastle will be built.
[00:56.61]Big city. Busy streets. Rumbling⁴ traffic.
[01:01.30]A man is in his office. At his desk he puts papers into stacks and assigns tasks.
[01:08.54]The phone is on his shoulder and he is knocking the keyboard with his fingers.
[01:13.34]Contracts are signed and much to the delight of the man, a profit is made.
[01:19.17]All his life he will work，formulating the plans, forecasting the future.
[01:24.85]Profits will be sentries. Capital gains will be bridges. An empire will be built.
[01:31.65]Two builders of two castles. They have much in common.
[01:36.37]They shape little pebbles⁵ into grand buildings. They are diligent⁶ and determined⁷.
[01:42.38]And for both the tide will rise and the end will come.
[01:46.67]Yet that is where the similarities stop.
[01:49.95]For the boy sees the end while the man ignores it.
[01:54.45]Watch the boy as the dusk approaches.
[01:57.07]As the waves near, the wise child jumps to his feet and begins to clap.
[02:02.54]There is no sorrow. No fear. No regret. He knew this would happen.
[02:08.79]He is not surprised.
[02:10.43]And when the great breaker crashes into his castle
[02:13.93]and his masterpiece is sucked into the sea, he smiles.
[02:18.23]He smiles, picks up his tools, takes his father’s hand, and goes home.
[02:24.23]The grownup, however, is not so wise.
[02:28.30]As the wave of years collapses⁸ on his castle he is terrified.
[02:33.21]He tries to protect the sandy monument. He blocks the waves from the walls he has made.
[02:40.01]Salt-water soaked and shivering he snarls⁹ at the incoming tide.
[02:45.07]"It’s my castle," he protests.
[02:47.80]The ocean need not respond. Both know to whom the sand belongs...
[02:54.05]I don’t know much about sandcastles.
[02:56.34]But children do. Watch them and learn.
[02:59.95]Go ahead and build, but build with a child’s heart.
[03:03.81]When the sun sets and the tides take——applaud.
[03:08.29]Salute the process of life and go home.

1 meditating   

a.沉思的，冥想的

参考例句：

• They were meditating revenge. 他们在谋划进行报复。
• The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics. 这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。

2 shovels   

n.铲子( shovel的名词复数 )；锹；推土机、挖土机等的)铲；铲形部份v.铲子( shovel的第三人称单数 )；锹；推土机、挖土机等的)铲；铲形部份

参考例句：

• workmen with picks and shovels 手拿镐铲的工人
• In the spring, we plunge shovels into the garden plot, turn under the dark compost. 春天，我们用铁锨翻开园子里黑油油的沃土。 来自辞典例句

3 sentries   

哨兵，步兵( sentry的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• We posted sentries at the gates of the camp. 我们在军营的大门口布置哨兵。
• We were guarded by sentries against surprise attack. 我们由哨兵守卫，以免遭受突袭。

4 rumbling   

n. 隆隆声, 辘辘声 adj. 隆隆响的 动词rumble的现在分词

参考例句：

• The earthquake began with a deep [low] rumbling sound. 地震开始时发出低沉的隆隆声。
• The crane made rumbling sound. 吊车发出隆隆的响声。

5 pebbles   

[复数]鹅卵石； 沙砾； 卵石，小圆石( pebble的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The pebbles of the drive crunched under his feet. 汽车道上的小石子在他脚底下喀嚓作响。
• Line the pots with pebbles to ensure good drainage. 在罐子里铺一层鹅卵石，以确保排水良好。

6 diligent   

adj.勤勉的，勤奋的

参考例句：

• He is the more diligent of the two boys.他是这两个男孩中较用功的一个。
• She is diligent and keeps herself busy all the time.她真勤快，一会儿也不闲着。

7 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

8 collapses   

折叠( collapse的第三人称单数 )； 倒塌； 崩溃； （尤指工作劳累后）坐下

参考例句：

• This bridge table collapses. 这张桥牌桌子能折叠。
• Once Russia collapses, the last chance to stop Hitler will be gone. 一旦俄国垮台，抑止希特勒的最后机会就没有了。

9 snarls   

n.（动物的）龇牙低吼( snarl的名词复数 )；愤怒叫嚷（声）；咆哮（声）；疼痛叫声v.（指狗）吠，嗥叫， （人）咆哮( snarl的第三人称单数 )；咆哮着说，厉声地说

参考例句：

• I don't know why my hair snarls easily. 我不知道我的头发为什么容易缠结。 来自辞典例句
• She combed the snarls out of her hair. 她把头发的乱结梳理通。 来自辞典例句