[00:00.00]Lesson 9 Fortune and the beggar
[00:06.91] One day a beggar was walking along from house to house.
[00:12.22]He carried an old bag in his hand,
[00:16.42]and was asking at every door for a few cents to buy something to eat.
[00:22.51]While he was begging he kept wondering why people who had so much money
[00:28.61]were never satistied but were always wanting more.
[00:34.01] "Here,"he thought aloud,"is the master of this house.
[00:39.00]I know him well.He was very rich.
[00:44.28]If he had been wise
[00:47.47]he would have stopped his business and burned it over to someone else.
[00:52.56]Then he could have spent the rest of his life in comfort.
[00:56.86]But what did he do instead?
[01:00.24]He spared no efforts to build ships and sent them to sea to trade with foreign countries.
[01:07.63]He thought he would get mountains of gold.
[01:11.93] "But the sea boiled in the storms;
[01:16.03]his ships were ruined by the waves.
[01:20.23]Now his hopes all lie at the bottom of the sea,
[01:25.13]and his great wealth has gone like the dreams of a night.
[01:30.72] "There are many such men.
[01:34.42]They seem to be never satistied unless they can gain the whole world.
[01:40.70]"As for me,if I had only enough to fill my stomach and cover my body
[01:47.98]I would not want anything more."
[01:52.06] Just the moment Fortune came down the street.
[01:56.83]She saw the beggar and stopped. She said to him:
[02:02.33] "Listen!I have long wished to help you out of poverty.
[02:07.92]Hold your bag and I will pour this gold into it.
[02:12.62]But I will pour only on this condition:
[02:17.02]All that falls into the bag shall be gold;
[02:21.70]but every piece that falls upon the ground shall become dust.
[02:26.98]Do you understand?"
[02:30.05] "Oh,yes,I understand,"said the begger.
[02:34.13] "Then take care,"said the Fortune.
[02:37.80]"Your bag is old.It cannot hold much."
[02:42.79] The beggar was so excited that he could hardly wait.
[02:47.50]He quickly opened his bag,
[02:51.10]and a stream of yellow dollars was poured into it.
[02:56.09]The bag soon began to grow heavy.
[03:00.17] "Is that enough?" asked Fortune. "Not yet."
[03:04.68] "Isn't the bag bursting?" "Don't worry!"
[03:09.36] The beggar's hands began to tremble.
[03:13.25]Ah,if the golden stream would only pour forever!
[03:18.36] "You are the richest man in the world now!"
[03:22.85] "Just a little more,"said the beggar.
[03:26.45] "There,it's full.The bag will burst."
[03:31.03] "But it will hold a little more,just a little more."
[03:35.83]Another piece was added,and the bag burst.
[03:40.32]The treasure fell upon the ground and was turned to dust.
[03:45.41]Fortune had gone.
[03:48.50]The beggar had now nothing but his broken bag.
[03:53.50]He was poorer than before.
[03:57.29]Words to watch
[04:16.90]fortune carry bag cent
[04:20.50]n.命运,机会,财富 v.搬运,运送,携带 n.袋,提包,背包 n.分,分布
[04:24.10]beg wonder satisfy aloud
[04:28.39]v.乞讨;请求,恳求 n.,v.惊奇,惊异 v.满足,使满意 ad.出声的,大声地
[04:32.69]wise spend life comfort
[04:36.68]a.智慧的,聪明的 v.花费,消耗;度过 n.生命,寿命,一生;生活v.,n.慰问,安慰,安逸
[04:40.68]spare build ship sea
[04:44.42]a.,v.多余的;节约 v.建造,建筑,建立 n.,v.船;航运,装运 n.海,海洋
[04:48.17]mountain gold storm wave
[04:52.12]n.山 n.,a.金,黄金;金的 n.暴风雨 n.波浪,波;飘扬,起伏
[04:56.06]lie bottom dream gain
[05:00.22]v.躺,平放,处于 n.底,底部,基础 n.,v.梦,梦想;做梦 n.,v.获得,赢得;增进
[05:04.37]fill stomach cover poverty
[05:08.06]v.装满,充满,填充 n.胃 v.盖,覆 n.贫穷,贫困
[05:11.76]hold pour condition piece
[05:15.82]v.拿住,握住,持有,掌握v.灌,倒,注,倾泻 n.状况,状态,情形,条件n.(一)件,(一)片,(一)篇
[05:19.87]ground excite quick stream
[05:23.72]n.地面,土地 v.激动,使兴奋;激发 a.快,迅速;敏捷,伶俐 n.,v.小河;一连串;流
[05:27.58]dollar heavy burst worry
[05:30.97]n.美元,元 a.重,沉重;大量的 n.,v.破裂,爆炸 v.,n.发愁,担忧,烦恼
[05:34.37]tremble golden add treasure
[05:38.32]v.颤抖,颤动 a.金色的,黄金的,金制 v.加,增加,增进 n.财宝,财富
[05:42.26]break poor
[05:44.30]v.,n.打破;撕裂;折断 a.穷;可怜;低劣的,不好的
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