小故事

Life Is To Be Whole
人生在于完整
Once a circle missed a wedge. The circle wanted to be whole, so it went around looking for its missing piece．But because it was incomplete and therefore could roll only very slowly，it admired the flowers along the way．It chatted with worms．It enjoyed the sunshine．It found lots of different pieces, but none of them fit．So it left them all by the side of the road and kept on searching．Then one day the circle found a piece that fit perfectly．It was so happy．Now it could be whole, with nothing missing．It incorporated the missing piece into itself and began to roll．Now that it was a perfect circle, it could roll very fast, too fast to notice the flowers or talking to the worms．When it realized how different the world seemed when it rolled so quickly, it stopped, left its found piece by the side of the road and rolled slowly away．
从前有一只圆圈缺了一块楔子。圆圈想保持完整，便四处寻找失去的那块楔子。由于它不完整，所以只能滚动很慢。一路上，它对花儿露出羡慕之色。它与蠕虫谈天侃地。它还欣赏到了阳光之美。圆圈找到了许许多多不同的配件，但是没有一件能完美地与它相配。所以，它将它们统统弃置路旁，继续寻觅。终于有一天，它找到了一个完美的配件。圆圈是那样地高兴，现在它可以说是完美无缺了。它装好配件，然后滚动起来。既然它已成了一个完整的圆圈，所以滚动得非常快，快得以至于无暇观赏花儿，也无暇与蠕虫倾诉心声。圆圈快奔急骋，发现眼中的世界变得如此不同，于是，它不禁停了下来，将找到的那个配件留在路旁，又开始了慢慢地滚动。
The lesson of the story, I suggested, was that in some strange sense we are more whole when we are missing something．The man who has everything is in some ways a poor man．He will never know what it feels like to yearn，to hope，to nourish his soul with the dream of something better．He will never know the experience of having someone who loves him give him something he has always wanted or never had．
我觉得这个故事告诉我们，从某种奇妙意义上讲，当我们失去了一些东西时反而感到更加完整。一个拥有一切的人其实在某些方面是个穷人。他永远也体会不到什么是渴望、期待以及对美好梦想的感悟。他也永远不会有这样一种体验：一个爱他的人送给他某种他梦寐以求的或者从未拥有过的东西意味什么。

重点讲解

重点讲解：
1. along the way
沿路；沿途；
eg. The steamer calls at several ports along the way.
一路上，汽船在好几个港口停靠。
eg. A wealthy man like yourself is bound to make an enemy or two along the way.
像你这样的有钱人，一路走来注定会结下一两个仇人的。
2. incorporate into
把…合并；使并入；
eg. The agreement would allow the rebels to be incorporated into a new national police force.
协议将允许把叛军收编入一支新的国家警备部队。
eg. The party vowed to incorporate environmental considerations into all its policies.
该党宣誓要把环境因素纳入它所有的政策当中。
3. now that
既然；由于；
eg. Now that the problem has been identified, appropriate action can be taken.
现在既已找出问题的症结，即可采取适当行动。
eg. They are hoping for a return to normality now that the war is over.
既然战争结束了，他们希望一切都恢复常态。
4. in some ways
（某个）方面；（某）点；
eg. In some ways we wish we could turn the clock back.
在某些方面，我们希望能回到以前。
eg. These paintings are in some ways a reminder that earthly pleasures are ephemeral.
这些画在某种意义上提醒人们世俗的享乐是短暂的。