温馨夜读 PART4 01 The Real Meaning Of Peace 宁静的真谛

 

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[00:00.55]Flavor Of The Moment 感怀瞬间

[00:05.48]Take all those wonderful feelings you have and let them out.

[00:09.41]You need to know your feelings, 

[00:11.70]so they can lead you down the path you were meant to follow.

[00:15.31]Max it all out when it comes to living your life.

[00:18.71]They are the key to making your dreams come true.

[00:22.76]The Real Meaning Of Peace 宁静的真谛

[00:30.09]There once was a king who offered a prize to the artist 

[00:34.67]who would paint the best picture of peace.

[00:36.87]Many artists tried. The king looked at all the pictures.

[00:41.46]But there were only two he really liked, and he had to choose between them.

[00:46.72]One picture was of a calm lake.

[00:49.23]The lake was a perfect mirror for peaceful towering mountains all around it.

[00:54.50]Overhead was a blue sky with fluffy¹ white clouds.

[00:58.53]All who saw this picture thought that it was a perfect picture of peace.

[01:03.56]The other picture had mountains, too. But these were rugged² and bare.

[01:08.27]Above was an angry sky, from which rain fell and in which lightning played.

[01:14.18]Down the side of the mountain tumbled³ a foaming⁴ waterfall.

[01:18.33]This did not look peaceful at all.

[01:21.18]But when the king looked closely, 

[01:23.49]he saw behind the waterfall a tiny bush growing in a crack in the rock.

[01:28.73]In the bush a mother bird had built her nest.

[01:32.34]There, in the midst⁵ of the rush of angry water, 

[01:35.59]sat the mother bird on her nest—in perfect peace.

[01:39.23]Which picture do you think won the prize? The king chose the second picture.

[01:45.03]Do you know why?

[01:46.89]“Because,”explained the king,

[01:49.10]“peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work.

[01:54.93]Peace means to be in the midst of all those things and still be calm in your heart.

[02:00.73]That is the real meaning of peace.”

1 fluffy   

adj.有绒毛的，空洞的

参考例句：

• Newly hatched chicks are like fluffy balls.刚孵出的小鸡像绒毛球。
• The steamed bread is very fluffy.馒头很暄。

2 rugged   

adj.高低不平的，粗糙的，粗壮的，强健的

参考例句：

• Football players must be rugged.足球运动员必须健壮。
• The Rocky Mountains have rugged mountains and roads.落基山脉有崇山峻岭和崎岖不平的道路。

3 tumbled   

v.倒塌( tumble的过去式和过去分词 )；翻滚；突然摔倒；恍然大悟

参考例句：

• He slipped and tumbled down the stairs. 他脚一滑滚下了楼梯。
• A hundred and fifty empty bottles tumbled onto the floor. 150个空瓶子滚落到地板上。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 foaming   

adj.布满泡沫的；发泡

参考例句：

• He looked like a madman, foaming at the mouth. 他口吐白沫，看上去像个疯子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He is foaming at the mouth about the committee's decision. 他正为委员会的决定大发其火。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 midst   

n.中部，中间，当中

参考例句：

• The hut is in the midst of the forest.小屋在森林深处。
• There is a thief in our midst.我们当中有小偷。