树的四季

There was a man. He had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to judge things to go and look at a pear tree that was far away.

The first son went in the winter, the second in the spring the third in summer, the youngest son in fall. When they had all gone and come back, he called them together to describe what they had seen.

The first son said that the tree was ugly, bent and weak. The second son said no - it was covered with green buds and full of promise. The third son said it was laden with blossoms and they smelt so sweet and looked so besutiful. The last son disgreed with all of them, he said it was ripe and droop with fruit, full of life and fulfil men.

The man then said to his sons that they were all right, because they each had seen but only one season in the tree's life. He told them that they cannot judge a tree or a person, by only one season, and that the essence of who they are -- the pleasure, the joy and love that come from that life -- can only be measured at the end, when all the seasons are up.

If you give up when it is winter, you will miss the promise of your spring, the beauty of your summer, the fulfilment of your fall. Don' let the pain of one season destory the joy of all the rest.

相关单词：bent

bent解释：n.爱好，癖好；adj.弯的；决心的，一心的

bent例句：

He was fully bent upon the project.他一心扑在这项计划上。

We bent over backward to help them.我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。

相关单词：laden

laden解释：adj.装满了的；充满了的；负了重担的；苦恼的

laden例句：

He is laden with heavy responsibility.他肩负重任。

Dragging the fully laden boat across the sand dunes was no mean feat.将满载货物的船拖过沙丘是一件了不起的事。

相关单词：smelt

smelt解释：v.熔解，熔炼；n.银白鱼，胡瓜鱼

smelt例句：

Tin is a comparatively easy metal to smelt.锡是比较容易熔化的金属。

Darby was looking for a way to improve iron when he hit upon the idea of smelting it with coke instead of charcoal.达比一直在寻找改善铁质的方法，他猛然想到可以不用木炭熔炼，而改用焦炭。

相关单词：droop

droop解释：v.低垂，下垂；凋萎，萎靡

droop例句：

The heavy snow made the branches droop.大雪使树枝垂下来。

Don't let your spirits droop.不要萎靡不振。

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