人生之求05-生活好比自主快餐

[00:00.00]Life is Like a Cafeteria 生活好比自助快餐馆
[00:05.41]A friend’s grandfather came to America from Eastern Europe.
[00:11.31]After settling down at Ellis Island,
[00:14.92]he went into a cafeteria in lower Manhattan to get something to eat.
[00:19.62]He sat down at an empty table and waited for someone to take his order.
[00:25.42]Of course nobody did.
[00:27.84]Finally, a woman with a tray¹ full of food sat down opposite him
[00:32.98]and informed him how a cafeteria worked.
[00:36.25]"Start out at that end," she said.
[00:39.85]"Just go along the line and pick out what you want.
[00:43.48]At the other end they’ll tell you how much you have to pay."
[00:47.52]"I soon learned² that’s how everything works³ in America,"
[00:52.33]the grandfather told a friend.
[00:54.19]"Life’s a cafeteria here.
[00:57.36]You can get anything you want
[00:59.75]as long as you are willing to pay the price.
[01:02.17]You can even get success,
[01:04.15]but you’ll never get it if you wait for someone to bring it to you.
[01:08.41]You have to get up and get it yourself."

1 tray   

n.盘，托盘，碟

参考例句：

• There were two glasses of champagne on the tray.托盘里有两杯香槟酒。
• A waitress came in,carrying tea on a tray.一名女侍者走进来，手端放着茶的托盘。

2 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。

3 works   

n.作品，著作；工厂，活动部件，机件

参考例句：

• We expect writers to produce more and better works.我们期望作家们写出更多更好的作品。
• The novel is regarded as one of the classic works.这篇小说被公认为是最优秀的作品之一。