英语智慧背囊 11-人生的大石头
 音频下载[点击右键另存为][00:02.58]Big Rocks 人生的大石头[00:04.50]One day, an expert in time management was speaking to a group of students , [00:10.85]and to drive home a point, [00:13.12]used an illustration those students will never forget. [00:16.53]As he stood in front of the group of overachievers he said, [00:20.34]“OK, time for a quiz.” [00:23.01]He pulled out a one-gallon, wide-mouth jar [00:26.62]and set it on the table in front of him. [00:29.13]He also produced about a dozen fist-sized rocks and carefully placed them, [00:34.86]one at a time, into the jar. [00:37.52] When the jar was filled to the top [00:39.93]and no more rocks would fit inside, he asked, [00:42.99]“Is this jar full?” [00:44.41]Everyone in the class yelled, “Yes.” [00:47.36]The time management expert replied, “Really?” [00:51.41] He reached under the table and pulled out a bucket of gravel. [00:55.35] He dumped some gravel in and shook the jar, [00:58.74]causing pieces of gravel to work themselves down into the spaces between the big rocks. [01:04.85] He then asked the group once more, [01:07.30]“Is this jar full?” [01:09.19]By this time the class was on to him. “Probably not,” one of them answered. [01:15.30] “Good!” he replied. [01:16.74]He reached under the table and brought out a bucket of sand. [01:20.57] He started dumping the sand in the jar [01:23.30] and it went into all of the spaces left between the rocks and the gravel. [01:27.79] Once more he asked the question, “Is this jar full?” [01:32.00] “No!” the class shouted. [01:34.25] Once again he said, “Good.” [01:36.43] Then he grabbed a pitcher of water [01:38.74]and began to pour it in until the jar was filled to the brim. [01:43.09] Then he looked at the class and asked, [01:45.94]“What is the point of this illustration?” [01:48.57]One eager student raised his hand and said, [01:51.97]“The point is, no matter how full your schedule is, [01:55.35] if you try really hard you can always fit some more things in it!” [01:59.84]“No,” the speaker replied, [02:01.88]“that’s not the point. [02:03.61]The truth this illustration teaches us [02:06.79]is if you don’t put the big rocks in first, [02:09.70]you’ll never get them in at all. [02:11.72]What are the ‘big rocks’ in your life? [02:14.23] Time with your loved ones, your education, your dreams, [02:18.29] a worthy cause, or teaching others? [02:20.97] Remember to put these big rocks in first or you’ll never get them in at all.” |
