智慧背囊 浮华背后-04-大理石

[00:03.47]The Marbles²大理石
[00:06.22]Once upon a time, there was a foolish boy who had a bag full of beautiful marbles.
[00:12.02]Now this boy was quite proud of his marbles.
[00:15.81]In fact, he thought so much of them
[00:18.25]that he would neither play with them himself nor would he let anyone else play with them.
[00:24.46]He only took them out of the bag in order to count and admire them;
[00:28.64]they were never used for their intended purpose.
[00:32.22] Yet that boy carried that coveted³ bag of marbles everywhere he went.
[00:37.36]Well, there was also a wise boy who wished he could have such a fine bag of marbles.
[00:43.40] So this boy worked hard and earned money to purchase a nice bag to hold marbles.
[00:49.30] Even though he had not yet earned enough with which to purchase any marbles,
[00:54.00] he had faith and purchased the marble¹ bag.
[00:57.19] He took special care of the bag
[00:59.78]and dreamed of the day it would contain marbles
[01:02.85]with which he could play and share with his friends.
[01:05.83]Alas, the foolish boy with all of the marbles didn’t take care of the marble bag itself,
[01:11.49] and one day the bag developed a hole in the bottom seam⁴.
[01:15.53]Still, he paid no attention and, one by one, the marbles fell out of the bag.
[01:22.10]It didn’t take long, once the foolish boy’s marble bag developed a hole,
[01:27.56]for the wise boy to begin to find those beautiful marbles,
[01:31.55]one at a time, lying unnoticed on the ground.
[01:34.85] And, one by one, he added⁵ them to his marble bag.
[01:39.43] The wise boy thus gained a fine bag full of marbles in no time at all.
[01:44.68]This boy played with the marbles and shared them with all of his friends.
[01:49.00] And he always took special care of the bag so he wouldn’t lose any.
[01:54.53]And what about the foolish boy?
[01:56.84]Because he was selfish⁶ and careless,
[01:59.55] he lost all of his marbles and was left holding the bag.

1 marble   

n.大理石，石弹，雕刻品；adj.大理石的，冷酷无情的，坚硬的

参考例句：

• Marble is a precious stone.大理石是一种珍贵的石料。
• The statue was carved out of marble.这尊像是大理石雕成的。

2 marbles   

n.（在地上玩的）弹子游戏；大理石( marble的名词复数 )；（用玻璃、泥等制成的）弹子；理智；弹子游戏

参考例句：

• Let's have a game of marbles. 咱们玩弹球游戏吧。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• But they cared nothing for marbles, or circus, or swimming, or anything. 可是，他们对石头弹子、马戏、游泳等一切游戏都不感兴趣了。 来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险

3 coveted   

adj.令人垂涎的；垂涎的，梦寐以求的v.贪求，觊觎(covet的过去分词)；垂涎；贪图

参考例句：

• He had long coveted the chance to work with a famous musician. 他一直渴望有机会与著名音乐家一起工作。
• Ther other boys coveted his new bat. 其他的男孩都想得到他的新球棒。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 seam   

n.缝，接缝；vt.用缝缝，接缝；vi.有裂缝

参考例句：

• The seam of his coat is pulled.他外套的线缝被撕开了。
• His shirt ripped at the seam.他的衬衣缝口撕开了。

5 added   

adj.更多的，附加的，额外的

参考例句：

• They have added a new scene at the beginning.在开头他们又增加了一场戏。
• The pop music added to our enjoyment of the film.片中的流行音乐使我们对这部电影更加喜爱。

6 selfish   

adj.自私的，利己主义的，自我中心的

参考例句：

• You must learn to share and not be so selfish.你一定要学会与他人分享，不要那么自私。
• She is a selfish person.她是一个自私自利的人。