英语翻译SocratesRetold by Eric SaperstonThere once was an eager student who wanted to gain wisdom and insight.He went to the wisest of the town,Socrates,to seek his counsel.Socrates was an old soul and had great knowledge of many things.The boy a

英语翻译SocratesRetold by Eric SaperstonThere once was an eager student who wanted to gain wisdom and insight.He went to the wisest of the town,Socrates,to seek his counsel.Socrates was an old soul and had great knowledge of many things.The boy a
英语翻译
Socrates
Retold by Eric Saperston
There once was an eager student who wanted to gain wisdom and insight.He went to the wisest of the town,Socrates,to seek his counsel.Socrates was an old soul and had great knowledge of many things.The boy asked the town sage how he too could acquire such mastery.Being a man of few words,Socrates chose not to speak,but to illustrate.
He took the child to the beach and,with all of his clothes still on,walked straight out into the water.He loved to do curious things like that,especially when he was trying to prove a point.The pupil carefully followed his instruction and walked into the sea,joining Socrates where the water was just below their chins.Without saying a word,Socrates reached out and put his hands on the boy's shoulders.Looking deep into his student's eyes,Socrates pushed the student's head under the water with all his might.
A struggle followed,and just before the boy's life was taken away,Socrates released him.The boy raced to the surface and,gasping for air and choking from the salt water,looked around for Socrates in order to seek retaliation on the sage.To the student's bewilderment,the old man was already patiently waiting on the beach.When the student arrived on the sand,he angrily shouted,"Why did you try to kill me?" The wise man calmly retorted with a question of his own:"Boy,when you were underneath the water,not sure if you would live to see another day,what did you want more than anything in the world?"
The student took a few moments to reflect,then went with his intuition.Softly he said,"I wanted to breathe." Socrates,now illuminated by his own huge smile,looked at the boy comfortingly and said,"Ah!When you want wisdom and insight as badly as you wanted to breathe,then you shall have them."

英语翻译SocratesRetold by Eric SaperstonThere once was an eager student who wanted to gain wisdom and insight.He went to the wisest of the town,Socrates,to seek his counsel.Socrates was an old soul and had great knowledge of many things.The boy a
苏格拉底
新编的 Eric Saperston
从前有一个热心的学生想获得智慧和洞察力.他找到小镇上最聪明的人苏格拉底,来寻找他的律师.苏格拉底有旧的灵魂,有广博的知识,很多事情.这个男孩问圣人如何他也可以掌握这些.作为一个男人的几句话,苏格拉底选择了不说话,只是为了说明.他把孩子在海滩和与他的衣服的所有仍在进行,走出直入水中.他喜欢做的事情很好奇类似的尤其是当他试图证明自己的观点.瞳孔仔细遵循他的指令,并走进大海,加入水在那里他们的下巴下方的苏格拉底.没有说一句话,苏格拉底伸出,并把他的手放在男孩的肩膀上.看着他的学生的眼睛深,苏格拉底推下全力水这个学生的头部.一场斗争之后,和苏格拉底男孩的生活只是被带走之前,释放了他.那男孩跑到表面,喘着气,窒息的咸水,从苏格拉底的环顾以求圣人的报复.到学生的困惑,这位老人已经耐心地等着在海滩上.当学生到了沙滩上,他愤怒地喊道："为什么你是想杀了我?"聪明的人冷静地反驳道用他自己的一个问题："孩子,你在水中,下面的时候不确定,如果你能活着看到另一天,你们有什么要超过任何东西在世界吗?"这个学生花了一些时间来反映,然后与他的直觉去了.轻轻地他说,"我想要呼吸".苏格拉底,现在由他自己巨大的微笑,照明看着那个男孩开怀大笑,说,"啊 !当您需要智慧和洞察力,你想要呼吸的厉害时,然后你可以得到它们."