英语智慧背囊 05-弱点还是强项
 音频下载[点击右键另存为][00:04.30]Weakness or Strength 弱点还是强项[00:08.10]Sometimes your biggest weakness can become your biggest strength. [00:13.16] Take, for example, the story of one 10-year-old boy [00:17.76] who decided to study judo despite the fact [00:21.24]that he had lost his left arm in a devastating car accident. [00:25.42]The boy began lessons with an old Japanese judo master. [00:30.07] The boy was doing well, [00:31.94]so he couldn’t understand why, [00:34.17]after three months of training, [00:36.24] the master had taught him only one move. [00:39.02]“Sensei,” the boy finally said, [00:41.59]“shouldn’t I be learning more moves?” [00:44.00]“This is the only move you know, [00:46.19] but this is the only move you’ll ever need to know,” [00:49.10] the sensei replied. [00:50.57]Not quite understanding, [00:52.66]but believing in his teacher, [00:54.51]the boy kept training. [00:56.34]Several months later, [00:58.00]the sensei took the boy to his first tournament. [01:01.22]Surprising himself, the boy easily won his first two matches. [01:06.14]The third match proved to be more difficult, [01:09.54] but after some time, his opponent became impatient and charged; [01:14.46]the boy deftly used his one move to win the match. [01:18.16] Still amazed by his success, [01:20.50]the boy was now in the finals. [01:22.67]This time, his opponent was bigger, stronger, and more experienced. [01:28.06] For a while, the boy appeared to be overmatched. [01:31.66]Concerned that the boy might get hurt, [01:34.40]the referee called a timeout. [01:36.59] He was about to stop the match when the sensei intervened. [01:41.00]“No,” the sensei insisted, “let him continue.” [01:44.64]Soon after the match resumed, [01:47.54] his opponent made a big mistake: he dropped his guard. [01:51.47]Instantly, the boy had won the match and the tournament. [01:55.63] He was the champion. [01:57.16]On the way home, [01:58.78] the boy and sensei reviewed every move in each and every match. [02:03.62] Then the boy gathered the courage to ask what was really on his mind. [02:07.95]“Sensei, how did I win the tournament with only one move?” [02:12.58]“You won for two reasons,” [02:14.77]the sensei answered. [02:16.30]“First, you’ve almost mastered one of the most difficult throws in all of judo. [02:21.66] Second, the only known defense for that move is for your opponent to grab your left arm.” [02:28.02]The boy’s biggest weakness had become his biggest strength. |
