英语美文：朝着自己选择的方向前进

摘录:我们的目标是使我们朝着我们所选择的方向前进，换句话说，要让我们去挖掘!

Two brothers decided to dig a deep hole behind their house. As they were working, a couple of older boys stopped to watch.

俩兄弟决定在他们的房子后面挖一个很深的洞。他们在挖洞时，几个年长的男孩停下来观看。

“What are you doing?” asked one of the visitors.

“你在干什么?一位参观者问。

“We plan to dig a hole all the way through the earth, ” one of the brothers volunteered excitedly.

“我们计划在地球上挖一个洞，”一个兄弟兴奋地说。

The older boys began to laugh, telling the younger ones that digging a hole all the way through the earth was impossible. After a long silence, one of the diggers picked up a jar full of spiders, worms and a wide assortment of insects. He removed the lid and showed the wonderful contents to the scoffing visitors. Then he said quietly and confidently, “Even if we don’t dig all the way through the earth, look what we found along the way!”

年长的男孩开始大笑，告诉这两个年轻人在地球上挖一个洞的年轻人是不可能的。经过长时间的沉默，一个孩子拾起一个装满蜘蛛，蠕虫和各种昆虫的盒子。他打开盖子，把这些奇妙的东西展示给正在嘲笑参观者。然后他平静而满怀信心地说，“即使我们不能在地球上挖一个洞，看看我们在挖的过程中发现的!“

Their goal was far too ambitious, but it did cause them to dig. And that is what a goal is for—to cause us to move in the direction we have chosen; in other words, to set us to digging!

他们的目标是太过于雄心勃勃，但它确实导致他们挖。这就是我们的目标是使我们朝着我们所选择的方向前进，换句话说，要让我们去挖掘!