小圆点的意义: 认识到自己的价值才能活出意义来

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[00:01.38]41 The Difference a Dot Makes	小圆点的意义
[00:07.73](By Daniel Errico)	（译 / 赵青奇）
[00:10.22]In the middle of his dream, an artist awoke. 艺术家从睡梦中醒来，
[00:15.01]He reached for his pencil and started to draw. 拿起铅笔，开始作画。
[00:19.01]He started with a single dot. 他从一个孤零零的点画起，
[00:21.09]It took the artist hours to finish his picture, and afterwards he collapsed back into bed. 花了几个小时才完成画作，然后倒在床上。很快，他便再次进入梦乡，
[00:28.10]Soon he was asleep again, still smiling from thoughts of what he had drawn.	脑海里想着他刚刚完成的画作，脸上仍然盈满了笑意。
[00:33.60]The dot, on the other hand, was not as happy. 不过，那个点可没这么开心。
[00:37.31]It looked around the page and saw lines all around. 它环顾画纸，发现周围布满了线条。
[00:41.15]They were long and colorful, and the dot was neither. 那些线条又修长又亮丽，而点却和这些一点都不沾边。
[00:45.00]"I don't belong here," it thought. “我不属于这里，”它想，
[00:47.60]"I am just a small, meaningless dot and this picture does not need me." “我只是一个渺小的点，无足轻重，这幅画不需要我。”
[00:53.59]So the dot jumped off of the page.	于是它就从画纸上跳了出来。
[00:56.11]It approached a newspaper that was lying nearby. 它走向旁边放着的一张报纸，
[00:59.98]There were dots all over the newspaper. 上面布满了圆点。
[01:02.60]"Surely this is where I am meant to be," it said aloud.“显然这才是我应该待的地方。”它大声说。
[01:07.09]As soon as the dot hopped onto the front page of the newspaper, all the other dots started to yell. 但就在它一跳上头版的位置时，其他点就立刻开始嚷嚷了起来。
[01:14.23]"You cannot stay here!" they said. “你不能待在这里!”它们说。
[01:17.68]"Why not?" asked the dot. “为什么不行？”点问，
[01:20.06]"You are dots, and you are here."	“你们也是点，你们不也待在这里嘛。”
[01:22.64]We are not dots, they said, "we are periods, and we belong in books, and stories, and newspapers. “我们不是点，”它们回答说，“我们是书、小说和报纸上的句点，
[01:31.31]You are just a dot." The dot felt silly, so it left the newspaper.	而你只是一个点。”点自觉愚笨，就离开了报纸。
[01:37.52]Then the dot saw a white cube with dots on every side. 接着点又看到了一个白色的立方体，每一面都布满了小圆点。
[01:42.53]"This is where I belong," it thought to itself. “这才是属于我的地方，”它暗自想着。
[01:46.26]"Excuse me," it said politely to four dots sitting on a side of the cube, "I am a dot and you are dots, so may I join you?"	“打扰一下，”它彬彬有礼地对其中一面的四个点说，“我是一个点，你们也是点，我能加入你们吗？”
[01:56.68]No, you may not, said the four dots. “不，不行，”那四个点答道，
[02:00.14]"We are dots on a pair of dice .“我们是一副骰子上的点。
[02:03.29]An extra dot would ruin a pair of dice." 多一个点，这对骰子就没用了。”
[02:07.11]The dot felt silly again and hopped over to the artist who was sound asleep.	点再次觉得自己愚蠢无比，就跳到了正在熟睡的艺术家那里。
[02:12.46]I wonder why he drew me ... thought the dot. “我想知道他为什么要画我……”点思忖着。
[02:16.51]And that's when it saw dots on the artist's hand and arm. 就在这时，它看到了艺术家手上和胳膊上的那些点。
[02:21.06]"Perhaps this is where I was meant to be,"said the dot as it crawled onto the artist's hand and rested.	“或许这才是我应该去的地方。”点一边说着，一边爬到艺术家手上，安顿了下来。
[02:29.37]Ahem , said one of the dots on his arm. “嗨，”艺术家胳膊上的一个点说话了。
[02:33.00]"AHEM!" said the arm dot even louder. “嗨！”胳膊上的点提高了嗓门。
[02:36.69]"You are not a freckle . “你不是雀斑。
[02:38.66]You are a dot, and only freckles belong here." 你是一个点，只有雀斑才能待在这里。”
[02:43.00]"Aren't freckles a type of dot?" asked the dot, who was not feeling welcome anymore.	“难道雀斑不是一种点吗？”觉得又受到了冷落的点问。
[02:49.15]Yes, we are, said the freckle. “是，我们是点，”雀斑说，
[02:52.12]"We are a special kind of dot, and you are definitely not one of us." “但我们不是普通的点，而你确实不属于我们。”
[02:58.50]The dot did not know what to do. 点有些不知所措。
[03:00.92]It didn't belong with lines, or periods, or dice, or freckles.	它不属于线条，也不属于句点、骰子和雀斑。
[03:06.25]The artist woke up at that very moment and went to look at his picture, but he was heartbroken by what he saw. 就在这时，艺术家醒了。他起身去看他的画作，但是眼前的一切令他伤心欲绝。
[03:13.88]He held up the drawing and sighed. 他拿起画，叹息不已。
[03:16.40]"Where has my seed gone?" he cried.	“我画的种子怎么不见了？”他喊道。
[03:21.39]This is supposed to be a picture of a seed in the soil before it grows into a mighty tree, but without the seed, it is useless, “这幅画是种子长成参天大树前在土壤里的情景。但现在种子不见了，这幅画也就毫无意义了，
[03:31.51]and I cannot draw another so perfect as I did the first time, said the artist sadly.	而且我再也画不出像第一幅画这样完美的作品了。”艺术家伤心地说。
[03:39.25]The dot began to feel silly one last time. 点最后一次觉得自己无比愚笨。
[03:42.59]It had not realized that all along it was not just a dot, but also a seed. 它一直没有意识到，原来自己一开始就不仅仅只是一个点，而且还是一粒种子。
[03:49.01]A seed may start off small, but there's no telling how large it will become, 种子在初期也许是渺小的，但是谁也无法预言它会长多大，
[03:54.95]how many beautiful leaves it will grow, and how many people will find shelter under it.	会生出多少美丽的叶子，又会有多少人在下面纳凉。
[04:01.08]The dot jumped back onto the page. 点跳回画纸上，回到了它当初离开的地方。
[04:03.57]It jumped onto the exact spot it had left because it knew that, although it was just a small dot, it meant much more in the big picture.	因为它明白了：自己虽然只是一个小小的点，但是在这幅巨作中却意义重大。

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小圆点的意义: 认识到自己的价值 才能活出意义来

小圆点的意义: 认识到自己的价值才能活出意义来