英语美文点亮智慧人生38：Four Seasons of Life 人生四季（MP3+双语字幕）

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[00:00.00]There was a man who had four sons.	从前有一个人，他有四个儿子。
[00:09.89]He wanted his sons to learn not to judge things too quickly.	他希望儿子们能学会不急于对事物下结论，
[00:14.37]So he sent them each on a quest, in turn,	于是他依次派四个儿子出去，
[00:18.29]to go and look at a pear tree that was a great distance away.	让他们去很远的地方看一棵梨树。
[00:23.48]The first son went in the winter,	于是，大儿子冬天前往，
[00:26.18]the second in the spring, the third in the summer,	二儿子春天启程，三儿子夏天出发，
[00:30.49]and the youngest son in the fall.	而小儿子则是在秋天动身的。
[00:32.89]When they had all gone and come back,	等他们都去过回来之后，
[00:35.55]he called them together to describe	这位父亲把他们叫到一起，
[00:38.60]what they had seen.	让他们描述各自的所见。
[00:39.51]The first son said that the tree was ugly,	大儿子说梨树很难看，
[00:42.76]bent, and twisted.	被压得很弯，枝干扭曲。
[00:44.16]The second son said no--	二儿子却说并非如此――
[00:46.33]it was covered with green buds and full of promise.	梨树绿芽初发，生机勃勃。
[00:50.10]The third son disagreed.	三儿子不同意他们的看法，
[00:52.50]He said it was laden with blossoms that	他说那棵梨树花苞满树、
[00:54.89]smelled so sweet and looked so beautiful,	芳香扑鼻、赏心悦目，
[00:58.80]and it was the most graceful thing he had ever seen.	是他见过的最美丽的事物。
[01:01.70]The last son disagreed with all of them;	小儿子的意见跟他们都不一样，
[01:05.40]he said it was ripe and drooping with fruit,	他说那棵树果实累累，
[01:08.83]full of life and fulfillment.	成熟在望，充满了生机和收获。
[01:11.13]The man then explained to his sons that they were all right,	这位父亲说他们答得都对，
[01:15.95]because they had each seen but one season in the tree's life.	因为他们都只看到了梨树生命中的一个季节。
[01:20.53]He told them that	他告诉他们：
[01:22.55]they cannot judge a tree, or a person, by only one season,	不应仅凭一个季节来判断一棵树，
[01:27.48]and that the essence of who they are--	一段时间来看一个人的本质：
[01:30.70]and the pleasure, joy, and love that come from that life--	最后，到所有的季节都已终结时，
[01:34.72]can only be measured at the end,	才能衡量一个人的本质――
[01:37.41]when all the seasons are up.	以及他生命中的快乐、喜悦和爱。
[01:39.57]If you give up when it's winter,	如果你在寒冬时放弃，
[01:42.50]you will miss the promise of your spring,	你将失去春之希望，
[01:44.94]the beauty of your summer, fulfillment of your fall.	夏之灿烂，秋之收获。
[01:48.80]Don't let the pain of one season destroy the joy of all the rest.	所以，不要让一时的痛苦毁弃所有的快乐。
[01:54.42]Don't judge a life by one difficult season.	不要用一段艰难的时光来判定人生。

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英语美文点亮智慧人生38：Four Seasons of Life 人生四季（MP3+双语字幕）