03 Love and Time　愛和時(shí)間

Once upon a time, there was an island where all the feelings lived:Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all of the others, including Love. One day it was announced to the feelings that the island would sink, so all of them constructed boats to leave, except for Love.

Love was the only one who stayed. Love wanted to hold out until the last possible moment.

When the island had almost sunk, Love decided to ask for help.

Richness was passing by Love in a grand boat. Love said,"Richness, can you take me with you?"

Richness answered,"No, I can't. There is a lot of gold and silver in my boat.There is no place here for you."

Love decided to ask Vanity who was also passing by in a beautiful vessel."Vanity, please help me!"

"I can't help you, Love. You are all wet and might damage my boat,"Vanity answered.

Sadness was close by so Love asked,"Sadness, let me go with you."

"Oh…Love, I am so sad that I need to be by myself!"

Happiness passed by Love, too, but she was so happy that she did not even hear when Love called her.

Suddenly, there was a voice,"Come, Love, I will take you."It was an elder. So blessed and overjoyed, Love even forgot to ask the elder where they were going.When they arrived at the dry land, the elder went her own way.Realizing how much she owed the elder, Love asked Knowledge, another elder,"Who helped me?"

"It was Time."Knowledge answered.

"Time?"asked Love,"But why did Time help me?"

Knowledge smiled with deep wisdom and answered,"Because only Time is capable of understanding how valuable Love is."

從前有一座島，所有的情感都住在那里：幸福、悲傷、知識和所有其他的情感，愛也不例外。一天，所有的情感聽說小島即將沉沒，因此紛紛建造小船離開，除了愛。

愛是唯一留下來的，它希望能堅(jiān)持到最后一刻。

小島即將沉沒了，愛決定請求幫助。

富有駕著一艘大船從愛身邊經(jīng)過，愛說：“富有，你能帶上我嗎？”

富有回答：“不行，我的船上載滿金銀財(cái)寶，沒有你的位置。”

虛榮坐在漂亮的小船中從愛身邊駛過，愛說：“虛榮，幫幫我！”

虛榮說：“不行，你全身濕透，會弄臟我的船。”

悲傷的船靠近了，愛請求道：“悲傷，請帶我走吧。”

“哦……愛，我太難過了，想一個(gè)人待著。”

幸福也經(jīng)過了愛的身邊，但它太開心了，根本沒聽見愛在呼喚。

突然，一個(gè)聲音喊道：“來，愛，我?guī)阕摺！甭曇魜碜砸晃焕险摺厶吲d了，甚至忘了問他們即將去往何方。當(dāng)他們來到岸上，老者自己離開了，愛才意識到老者給了它多大的幫助。

于是，愛問另一位老者——知識：“誰幫助了我？”

知識說：“是時(shí)間。”

“時(shí)間？”愛問：“但是時(shí)間為什么幫助我？”

知識睿智地微笑道：“因?yàn)橹挥袝r(shí)間了解愛的價(jià)值。”

單詞解析 Word Analysis

island[?a?l?nd]n.島，島嶼 v.使孤立

例　The isIand is presentIy uninhabited.

這座島嶼目前無人居住。

announce[??na?ns]v.宣布參加競選；宣布；述說；聲稱；預(yù)告

例 He wiII announce tonight that he is resigning from office.

他將于今晚宣布辭職。

sink[s??k]v.淹沒；下落；退去；使下沉；使下垂 n.水池；洗滌槽；污水坑

例　The sink was fuII of dirty dishes.

水槽里堆滿了臟碟子。

construct[k?n?str?kt]v.構(gòu)成；修建，建造；創(chuàng)立；[數(shù)]作圖 n.結(jié)構(gòu)（物）；構(gòu)想；概念

例　Every citizen has the duty to construct his country.

每個(gè)公民都有建設(shè)祖國的責(zé)任。

hold out 伸出；拿出；呈現(xiàn)；抵抗

例　I shouId have heId out for a better deaI.

我應(yīng)該堅(jiān)持要求更優(yōu)厚的條件的。

ask for help 求援；求人；乞援；借光

例　Did he come to ask for heIp?

他來請求幫助了嗎？

vessel[?v?s?l]n.容器；船，飛船；血管

例　The British navy boarded the vesseI and towed it to New York.

英國海軍登上船，把它拖到紐約。

damage[?d?m?d?]v.損害，毀壞 n.損害，損毀；賠償金

例　He was vindicated in court and damages were awarded.

他在法庭上被證明無罪，并且獲得了損害賠償金。

blessed[?bles?d]adj.有福的；神圣的；無憂無慮的

例　Both are bIessed with uncommon abiIity to fix things.

兩人在修理東西上都有一手絕活。

arrive at 到達(dá)；來到；達(dá)成；獲得

例　From the day you arrive at my house, you need not spend a singIe penny.

從你到我家那天起，你就一個(gè)子兒也不用花。

realize[?ri??la?z]v.實(shí)現(xiàn)；了解，意識到；（所擔(dān)心的事）發(fā)生；以……價(jià)格賣出 v.變賣，賺得

例　The support systems to enabIe women to reaIize their potentiaI at work are seriousIy inadequate.

使婦女在工作中發(fā)揮潛力的支持體系嚴(yán)重不足。

wisdom[?w?zd?m]n.智慧，明智；常識，好的判斷力；知識，學(xué)問；古訓(xùn)

例　Many Lithuanians have expressed doubts about the wisdom of the decision.

很多立陶宛人對該決定是否明智表示了懷疑。

capable[?ke?p?bl]adj.有能力的，能干的，能的

例　The idea that software is capabIe of any task is broadIy true in theory.

認(rèn)為軟件能夠處理任何任務(wù)的觀念從理論上說基本是正確的。

valuable[?v?lju?b?l??v?lj?-]adj.有價(jià)值的；貴重的，寶貴的；可評估的 n.貴重物品，財(cái)寶

例　Many of our teachers aIso have vaIuabIe academic Iinks with HeideIberg University.

我們很多老師也和海德堡大學(xué)保持著有益的學(xué)術(shù)聯(lián)系。

語法知識點(diǎn) Grammar Points

①One day it was announced to the feelings that the island would sink, so all of them constructed boats to leave, except for Love.

這個(gè)句子中有兩個(gè)結(jié)構(gòu)“announce sth.to sb.”和“except for”，分別表示“將某事公告或宣布給某人”以及“除了……以外”。該句中it做形式主語，that后面才是it真正的主語the island would sink。

例　They announced their engagement to the famiIy.

他們向家里宣布他們已經(jīng)訂婚了。

I wiII thank everyone except for her.

除了她，我感謝每一個(gè)人。

②Love decided to ask Vanity who was also passing by in a beautiful vessel.“Vanity, please help me！”

這個(gè)句子中有兩個(gè)結(jié)構(gòu)“decide to do sth.”和“pass by”，分別表示“決定做某事”和“經(jīng)過”。前者同義詞組還有make a decision to do sth.。該句中who做定語從句修飾vanity, who后面用的過去進(jìn)行時(shí)，表示過去那個(gè)時(shí)候虛榮正在劃船從愛身旁經(jīng)過。

例　She passed by and ignored me.

她走過去，完全沒有注意到我。

③Happiness passed by Love, too, but she was so happy that she did not even hear when Love called her.

這個(gè)句子中有一個(gè)結(jié)構(gòu)“so……that……”，表示“如此……，以至于……”。

例　Amanda was so happy that she forgot to say anything.

阿曼達(dá)如此高興，以至于忘了說話。

④Because only Time is capable of understanding how valuable Love is.

這個(gè)句子中有一個(gè)結(jié)構(gòu)“be capable of”，表示“有能力干某事”。同義詞組還有be able to do sth.和 have the capability to do sth.。

經(jīng)典名句 Famous Classics

1.Time is a bird forever on the wing.

時(shí)間是一只永遠(yuǎn)在飛翔的鳥。

2.Time is a great judge, even in the fields of morals.

時(shí)間是偉大的法官，即使在道德領(lǐng)域亦如此。

3.Time is a versatile performer.It flies, marches on, heals all wounds, runs out and will tell.

時(shí)間是個(gè)多才多藝的表演者，它能飛，能大步前進(jìn)，能治愈一切創(chuàng)傷，即使消逝，也能留下影響。

4.Time is money.

時(shí)間就是金錢。

5.Time tames strongest grief.

時(shí)間能沖淡巨大的悲傷。