英语智慧背囊13-诚实的重要性
 音频下载[点击右键另存为][00:00.00]The Importance of Being Honest 诚实的重要性[00:05.73]On a Friday night, [00:08.26]a poor young artist stood [00:10.32]at the gate of the subway station, [00:11.97]playing his violin. [00:13.40]Many people put some money into the hat of the young man. [00:16.56]The next day, [00:18.10]the young artist came again, [00:19.72]and put his hat on the ground gracefully. [00:22.25]Different than the day before, [00:24.42]he took out a large piece of paper [00:26.41]and laid it on the ground. [00:27.83]Then he began playing. [00:29.23]Before long, [00:31.10]the young violinist was surrounded with people, [00:33.74]who were all attracted by the words on that paper. [00:36.35]It said, [00:37.46]“Last night, [00:38.55]a gentleman named George Sang [00:40.51]put an important thing into my hat by mistake. [00:43.03]Please come to claim it soon.” [00:44.98]After about half an hour, [00:46.97]a middle-aged man ran there in a hurry [00:49.58]and rushed through the crowd to the violinist [00:51.88]and grabbed his shoulders and said, [00:53.76]“Yes, it’s you. [00:55.27]You did come here. [00:56.80]I knew that you’re an honest man [00:58.89]and would certainly come here.” [01:00.29]The young violinist asked calmly, [01:02.93]“Are you Mr. George Sang?” [01:04.80]The man nodded. [01:06.21]The violinist asked, [01:07.64]“Did you lose something?” [01:08.96]“Lottery. It’s lottery,” [01:11.24]said the man. [01:13.00]The violinist took out a lottery ticket [01:14.86]on which George Sang’s name was seen. [01:16.82]“Is it?” he asked. [01:18.79]George nodded promptly and seized the lottery ticket and kissed it; [01:22.40]then he danced with the violinist. [01:24.38]The story turned out to be this: [01:26.55]George Sang bought a lottery ticket [01:29.07]which won him a prize of $500,000. [01:31.58]So he felt very happy after work and felt the music [01:34.98]was so wonderful that he took out 50 dollars and put in the hat. [01:38.26]However the lottery ticket was also thrown in. [01:41.09]Later someone asked the violinist: [01:43.63]“why didn’t you take the lottery ticket for yourself?” [01:45.93]The violinist said, [01:47.99]“Although I don’t have much money, [01:49.97]I live happily; [01:51.15]but if I lose honesty I won’t be happy forever.” [01:54.78]Through our lives, [01:56.62]we can gain a lot and lose so much. [01:58.93]But being honest should always be with us. [02:01.87]If we bear ourselves in a deceptive and dishonest way, [02:05.39]we may succeed temporarily. [02:07.24]However, from the long-term view, [02:09.76]we will be a loser. [02:11.09]Such kind of people is just like the water on the mountain. [02:14.80]It stands high above the masses at the beginning, [02:17.74]but gradually it comes down inch by inch [02:20.71]and loses the chance of going up. |
