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!”
如果你曾因失敗而喪失信心，就請讀讀這個故事吧。通常，完成你規定的目標并不是重點所在。讓我來解釋一下。兩個小女孩決定在她們家后面挖一個深洞。正挖著時，走過來兩個大男孩，他們駐足觀看起來。
“你們在干什么？”其中一個男孩問。“我們準備挖一個穿透地球的洞！”其中一個女孩興奮地回答。
大一些的男孩笑了，告訴她們挖一個穿透地球的洞是不可能的。
長時間的沉默之后，其中一個小女孩發現，有一些蟲子被挖了出來。她跑回家，拿來了一個罐子。兩姐妹把發現的所有有趣的生物都裝了進去。
罐子里滿是她們從沒見過的蜘蛛和蟲子。就連那兩個大男孩也被罐子里的東西吸引了。女孩驕傲地拿著罐子給他們看。她低聲而自信地說：“對我們來說，是否能完成我們所期待的事情并不重要。即使我們不能挖通地球，但是，你們可以看到我們在挖的過程中的收獲有多大！”
她們的目標對于她們來說太遠大，遠非她們能力所及。但是目標卻帶領著她們去挖掘，無論怎樣，挖掘就會帶來巨大發現。
小女孩們明白一些大男孩所不知道的道理：目標是用來給我們指引正確方向的。不是每個目標都能完成；不是每個目標都能成功地結束；不是每種關系都能持久；也不是每個希望都能實現；不是每種愛都能永恒；不是每項工作都能圓滿；也不是每個夢想都能成真。但是當你將目標縮小時，你也許會說：“噢，看這個過程中我發現了什么！看我生命中出現的美好事物，因為我嘗試了！”
記憶填空
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.
佳句翻譯
1.通常，完成你規定的目標并不是重點所在。
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2.即使我們不能挖通地球，但是，你們可以看到我們在挖的過程中的收獲有多大！
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3.小女孩們明白一些大男孩所不知道的道理：目標是用來給我們指引正確方向的。
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短語應用
1.Far often, achieving what you set out to do is not the important thing.
set out to do：著手做某事
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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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