很有哲理的一个故事,看谁能翻译成英文!
One day, Plato asked his teacher Socrates hat love is.
Socrates asked Plato pick the biggest golden ear of heat from cornfield. The condition is that there is only one time to pick, and only can go ahead never return.
Then, Plato came back ith empty hands.
Socrates asked hy there as nothing he got.
Plato said: “because there is only one time to pick, and never return, although I have met the biggest one, I still gave up for looking forard to the future bigger one. Therefore, I missed the biggest one and never pick.”
Socrates said: “that is love”
another day, Plato asked his teacher Socrates hat marriage is.
Socrates asked Plato cut the biggest and most flourish tree, and suit for being the Christmas tree at home from forest.
The condition is that there is also only one time to cut and only can go ahead never return.
Then, Plato came back ith a normal tree; not very flourish but also not too bad...
Socrates asked hy he brought back such a normal tree.
Plato said: “on the basis of the experience last time, hen I found I still as empty in hands in the half ay, I met this tree and it’s not too bad. So I cut it, and brought it back. In case of returning ith empty hands again.”
Socrates said: “that is marriage”
这就是柏拉图问苏格拉底关于爱情和婚姻的一篇著名文章。我的是英文原文版的,供你参考