英语智慧背囊 04-大理石
 音频下载[点击右键另存为][00:03.47]The Marbles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 coveted 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 marble 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 seam. [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 added 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 selfish and careless, [01:59.55] he lost all of his marbles and was left holding the bag. |
