雙語美文欣賞:堅持的意義

美文欣賞:堅持的意義

Dig a Little Deeper There's a story about the California gold rush that tells of two brothers who sold all they had and went prospecting for gold. They discovered a vein of the shining ore, staked a claim, and proceeded to get down to the serious business of getting the gold ore out of the mine. All went well at first, but then a strange thing happened. The vein of gold ore disappeared! They had come to the end of the vein, and the spot of gold was no longer there. The brothers continued to pick away, but without success. Finally, they gave up in disgust. They sold their equipment and claim rights for a few hundred dollars, and took the train back home. Now the man who bought the claim hired an engineer to examine the rock strata of the mine. The engineer advised him to continue digging in the same spot where the former owners had left off. And three feet deeper, the new owner struck gold. A little more persistence and the two brothers would have been millionaires themselves. That's gold in you too. Do you need to dig three feet farther?

再挖深一點 這是一個發生在加利福尼亞淘金熱時期的故事。兄弟兩個賣掉他們所有的財產，西去淘金。他們發現了一個閃閃發光的'礦石脈，於是買下這一礦石脈的所有權，便開始了從礦石中挖取黃金這一嚴肅重大的勞作。 開始時，一切進展順利，但後來一件奇怪的事情發生了——金礦脈消失了！他們快要挖到金礦脈的盡頭了，然而那兒卻沒有金塊。兄弟兩人繼續挖著，但是毫無結果。 最後，他們非常沮喪地放棄了。他們賣掉了他們的淘金裝置和淘金所有權，換了幾百美元，然後乘著火車回家了。現在有人重新買下這一礦脈所有權，他僱傭了一名工程師來探測礦石的岩層結構。這位工程師建議他在原來物主挖的地方繼續挖下去。結果，僅僅挖了三英尺深，這個新的物主挖到了黃金。只需要多堅持一會兒，那兩個兄弟就會成為百萬富翁。 每個人都蘊藏著一塊金子，你是否需要再挖三尺深呢？