英語美文：朝着自己選擇的方向前進
摘錄:我們的目標是使我們朝着我們所選擇的方向前進，換句話說，要讓我們去挖掘!
Two brothers decided to dig a deep hole behind their house. As they were working, a couple of older boys stopped to watch.
倆兄弟決定在他們的房子後面挖一個很深的洞。他們在挖洞時，幾個年長的男孩停下來觀看。
“What are you doing?” asked one of the visitors.
“你在幹什麼?一位參觀者問。
“We plan to dig a hole all the way through the earth, ” one of the brothers volunteered excitedly.
“我們計劃在地球上挖一個洞，”一個兄弟興奮地說。
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!”
年長的男孩開始大笑，告訴這兩個年輕人在地球上挖一個洞的年輕人是不可能的。經過長時間的沉默，一個孩子拾起一個裝滿蜘蛛，蠕蟲和各種昆蟲的盒子。他打開蓋子，把這些奇妙的東西展示給正在嘲笑參觀者。然後他平靜而滿懷信心地說，“即使我們不能在地球上挖一個洞，看看我們在挖的過程中發現的!“
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!
他們的目標是太過於雄心勃勃，但它確實導致他們挖。這就是我們的目標是使我們朝着我們所選擇的方向前進，換句話說，要讓我們去挖掘!
