攻玉之石02-放下手中的木苹果

[00:00.00]Let Go the Wooden Apples 放下手中的木苹果
[00:05.84]There once was a happy monkey wandering the jungle,
[00:10.76]eating delicious fruit when hungry,
[00:13.40]and resting when tired.
[00:15.13]One day he came upon a house,
[00:17.77]where he saw a bowl of the most beautiful apples.
[00:21.37]He took one in each hand and ran back into the forest.
[00:25.96]He sniffed¹ the apples and smelled nothing.
[00:29.34]He tried to eat them, but hurt his teeth.
[00:32.86]They were made of wood,
[00:35.28]but they were beautiful,
[00:36.81]and when the other monkeys saw them,
[00:39.30]he held onto them even tighter².
[00:42.16]He admired his new possessions³ proudly
[00:45.43]as he wandered the jungle.
[00:47.20]They glistened⁴ red in the sun,
[00:49.70]and seemed perfect to him.
[00:51.67]He became so attached⁵ to them,
[00:54.51]that he didn’t even notice his hunger at first.
[00:57.69]A fruit tree reminded him,
[01:00.09]but he felt the apples in his hands.
[01:03.17]He couldn’t bear to set them down to reach for the fruit.
[01:07.43]In fact, he couldn’t relax, either,
[01:10.70]if he was to defend his apples.
[01:12.90]A proud, but less happy monkey
[01:15.95]continued to walk along the forest trails⁶.
[01:19.25]The apples became heavier,
[01:22.30]and the poor little monkey thought about leaving them behind.
[01:26.13]He was tired, hungry,
[01:29.09]and he couldn’t climb trees
[01:31.26]or collect fruit with his hands full.
[01:34.13]What if he just let go?
[01:36.63]Letting go of such valuable things seemed crazy,
[01:41.11]but what else could he do?
[01:43.41]He was so tired.
[01:45.26]Seeing the next fruit tree,
[01:47.68]he dropped the wooden apples and reached up for his meal.
[01:51.71]He was happy again.
[01:53.69]Like that little monkey,
[01:55.65]we sometimes carry things that seem too valuable to let go.
[02:00.27]We identify so strongly with our things,
[02:03.87]even feeling pain when our cars are dented⁷.
[02:06.92]How much more powerfully⁸ do we identify
[02:10.55]with our beliefs and self-ideas?
[02:13.27]Yet they don’t always feed our souls, do they?
[02:16.76]And we become tired of defending them.
[02:20.06]If he hadn’t now let the wooden apples go,
[02:23.44]he might have been found dead of hunger,
[02:26.16]under a beautiful tree,
[02:27.92]with fruit within reach,
[02:30.12]but still grasping his wooden apples.
[02:32.73]Just remember only with open hands can we receive.

1 sniffed   

v.以鼻吸气，嗅，闻( sniff的过去式和过去分词 )；抽鼻子（尤指哭泣、患感冒等时出声地用鼻子吸气）；抱怨，不以为然地说

参考例句：

• When Jenney had stopped crying she sniffed and dried her eyes. 珍妮停止了哭泣，吸了吸鼻子，擦干了眼泪。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The dog sniffed suspiciously at the stranger. 狗疑惑地嗅着那个陌生人。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 tighter   

严格的

参考例句：

• Twist the tourniquet tighter. 把止血带扎紧点。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Some of the member states wanted a tighter union rather than the loose confederation that developed. 一些成员国想要一个紧密的联盟而不是松散发展的联合。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 possessions   

n.[法]财产；占有( possession的名词复数 )；领地；个人财产；持有违禁物

参考例句：

• The group forswears all worldly possessions. 这个团体放弃一切尘世财物。
• I lost some of my most prized possessions in the fire. 大火吞噬了我的一些最珍贵的物品。

4 glistened   

v.湿物闪耀，闪亮( glisten的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Pearls of dew glistened on the grass. 草地上珠露晶莹。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Her eyes glistened with tears. 她的眼里闪着泪花。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5 attached   

附加的

参考例句：

• The lease entitles the holder to use the buildings and any land attached thereto.本租约持有人有权使用此建筑物以及所附属的土地。

6 trails   

n.足迹( trail的名词复数 )；臭迹；小径；一缕v.（使某物）被拖在后面( trail的第三人称单数 )；跟踪，追踪；（在比赛等中）输；（尤指跟在他人后面）疲惫地走

参考例句：

• He was a shrewd lawyer with a talent for uncovering paper trails of fraud. 他是个精明强干的律师，能从一连串文件中找出诈骗的蛛丝马迹。
• Police dogs have good noses for following criminals' trails. 警犬的嗅觉对罪犯留下来的痕迹特别敏锐。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 dented   

v.使产生凹痕( dent的过去式和过去分词 )；损害；伤害；挫伤（信心、名誉等）

参考例句：

• The back of the car was badly dented in the collision. 汽车尾部被撞后严重凹陷。
• I'm afraid I've dented the car. 恐怕我把车子撞瘪了一些。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 powerfully   

adv.强大地，强烈地；有效地

参考例句：

• Never before had he felt himself so powerfully attracted to the idea. 他从没有像现在这样热衷于这个想法。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He felt himself so powerfully attracted to the scientific ideal. 他感到自己被这一科学理想十分强烈地吸引住了。 来自《简明英汉词典》