攻玉之石15-蚂蚁和蚱蜢

[00:00.00]The ant and the grasshopper¹ 蚂蚁和蚱蜢
[00:05.51]Once upon a time,
[00:08.89]there lived an ant and a grasshopper.
[00:10.97]The grasshopper did nothing else
[00:13.61]but jumped around and played.
[00:15.46]On the other hand,
[00:16.67]the ant was so hardworking,
[00:18.95]looking for food all day long
[00:21.15]and storing them in its nest.
[00:23.02]Looking at his friend working so hard,
[00:26.51]the grasshopper asked,”
[00:28.05]Hey, Ant!
[00:29.13]You don’t have to relax?
[00:30.66]Always a busy one.
[00:33.41]Come and play with me.”
[00:34.81]To that the ant replied,
[00:37.56]“I can’t relax.
[00:39.18]I have to store all the food.”
[00:40.83]“Well! Relax.
[00:43.47]Why you bother storing all the food?
[00:46.30]When you are hungry just go and find some food,”
[00:50.01]the grasshopper told the ant again.
[00:52.76]“Eh, I cannot relax.
[00:55.59]I have to store food for the coming winter season.
[00:58.23]Then I don’t need to panic².
[01:00.29]I think you also must store food,”
[01:03.16]the ant told his friend.
[01:05.21]“If you want to store food,
[01:08.07]you go ahead.
[01:09.17]I continue playing ok… bye!”
[01:10.79]And the grasshopper hopped³ away.
[01:13.98]The ant was a hardworking guy…
[01:17.03]I mean insect.
[01:18.90]Not like the grasshopper who was so lazy.
[01:21.63]And so as days, weeks, months went by,
[01:25.58]the winter still has not come yet
[01:28.09]but the ant was still seen searching and storing food.
[01:31.03]The two friends happened to meet again.
[01:34.55]“Hey Ant!
[01:35.84]You still haven’t finished storing food, ah?
[01:38.70]Last time where did all the food go?”
[01:41.20]asked grasshopper.
[01:43.40]“I kept it but it all went bad.
[01:46.12]So I cannot eat it anymore.
[01:47.77]All because the winter has not come yet.
[01:50.52] Now I have to go and look for new food,”
[01:53.13]sighed the ant.
[01:54.45]“But ant, you don’t mind if I ask you?
[01:57.94]Did you ever think that in Singapore and Malaysia
[02:02.42]there is no winter?”
[02:03.96]asked the grasshopper again.
[02:06.27]“AHHHH?!”
[02:08.55]The ant was shocked!
[02:10.86]The moral⁴ of the story is whatever you do better think properly first.
[02:15.23]Sometimes we go too busily in life
[02:17.84]and follow our routine⁵ too tightly
[02:20.26]but most importantly,
[02:21.89]work towards where you want to go in your life,
[02:24.53]make clear what it is that you want,
[02:26.94]what it is that you REALLY want,
[02:28.78]what your dream is,
[02:30.21]and whether what you are doing is now moving towards your dream.
[02:34.26]If it’s not,
[02:35.35]don’t just keep on working hard only just
[02:38.30]because someone in your life told you that this is the way!
[02:41.16]Don’t keep on working hard with no direction.
[02:44.32]Focus on the direction of your life,
[02:47.06]not your work but your life.
[02:48.90]Plan your life.

1 grasshopper   

n.蚱蜢，蝗虫，蚂蚱

参考例句：

• He thought he had made an end of the little grasshopper.他以为把那个小蚱蜢干掉了。
• The grasshopper could not find anything to eat.蚱蜢找不到任何吃的东西。

2 panic   

n.恐慌，惊惶；adj.惊慌的，没有理由的，恐慌的；vt.使惊慌，使狂热；vi.惊慌

参考例句：

• There was a panic when the building caught fire.大楼起火时，人们一片惊慌。
• She suddenly got into a panic and stopped her car.她突然惊慌失措起来，于是停住了车。

3 hopped   

跳上[下]( hop的过去式和过去分词 )； 单足蹦跳； 齐足（或双足）跳行； 摘葎草花

参考例句：

• He hopped onto a car and wanted to drive to town. 他跳上汽车想开向市区。
• He hopped into a car and drove to town. 他跳进汽车，向市区开去。

4 moral   

adj.道德(上)的，有道德的；n.品行，寓意，道德

参考例句：

• Moral beauty ought to be ranked above all other beauty.品德之美应列于其他美之上。
• He deceived us into believing that he could give us moral support.他骗得我们相信他能给我们道义上的支持。

5 routine   

n.例行公事，惯例；adj.例行的，常规的

参考例句：

• It is everyday routine.这是每天的例行公事。
• She found the hospital routine slightly dull.她感到医院的工作有点枯燥乏味。