Understand these new words before you read this article.
1. distinguish[dis'ti?ɡwi?] v. 區別，分辨
2. rebuke[ri'bju:k] v. 指責，製止
3. recesses[ri'ses] n. 休息
4. quiver['kwiv?] v 顫動
Pleasure is a freedom song, but it is not freedom. It is the blossoming of your desires; but it is not their fruit, it is a depth calling unto a height; but it is not the deep nor the high, it is the caged taking wing; but it is not space encompassed. Ay, in very truth, pleasure is a freedom song. And I fain would have you sing it with fullness of heart; yet I would not have you lose your hearts in the singing.
Some of your youth seek pleasure as if it was all, and they are judged and rebuked. I would not judge nor rebuke them. I would have them seek, for they shall find pleasure, but not her alone; seven are her sisters, and the least of them is more beautiful than pleasure. Have you not heard of the man who was digging in the earth for roots and found a treasure?
And some of your elders remember pleasures with regret like wrongs committed in drunkenness. But regret is the beclouding of the mind and not its chastisement. They should remember their pleasures with gratitude, as they would the harvest of a summer. Yet if it comforts them to regret, let them be comforted.
And there are among you those who are neither young to seek nor old to remember; and in their fear of seeking and remembering they shun all pleasures, lest they neglect the spirit or offend against it.
But even in their foregoing is their pleasure.
And thus they too find a treasure though they dig for roots with quivering hands.
But tell me, who is he that can offend the spirit?
Shall the nightingale offend the stillness of the night, or the firefly the stars? And shall your flame or your smoke burden the wind?
Thank you the spirit is a still pool which you can trouble with a staff? Sometimes in denying yourself pleasure you do but store the desire in the recesses of your being.
Who knows but that which seem omitted today, waits for tomorrow? Even your body knows its heritage and its rightful need and will not be deceived.
And your body is the harp of your soul, and it is yours to bring forth sweet music from it or confused sounds.
And now you ask in your heart,“How shall we distinguish that which is good in pleasure from that which is not good?”Go to your fields and your gardens and you shall learn that it is the pleasure of the bee to gather honey of the flower, but it is also the pleasure of the flower to yield its honey to the bee, for to the bee a flower is a fountain of life, and to the flower a bee is a messenger of love, and to both, bee and flower, the giving and the receiving of pleasure is a need and an ecstasy.
People of Orphalese, be in your pleasures like the flowers and the bees.
快樂是一首自由的歌，但它不是自由；它是你們的欲望綻放的花朵，但不是它們的果實；它是深穀對高峰的呼喚，但它既不深沉也不高聳；它是囚禁在籠中展翅的鳥兒，而不是環抱的空間。哦，的確，快樂是首自由的歌。我願你們全心全意地歌唱它，但不願你們在歌唱時迷失自己的心。
年輕人中有一些人追求快樂，好像它就是一切，他們已經受到判決和譴責。我不會判決他們，也不會譴責他們，我會讓他們去尋找。因為他們尋找的是快樂，然而也不單單是快樂；快樂有七個姐妹，她們中最小的也比她柔美。難道你們未曾聽說有人在刨樹根時發現了寶藏嗎?老年人中有一些人遺憾地回憶快樂，好像在追悔酒醉後做的錯事。但遺憾隻會讓心靈蒙上陰影，而不是一種懲罰。他們應以感恩之心回憶他們的快樂，好像回憶夏日的收獲。但如果遺憾能給他們以慰藉，那就讓他們得到安慰吧。
還有一些人，既不是喜歡追尋的年輕人，又不是沉湎於回憶的老年人。他們在追尋和回憶的恐懼中逃避一切快樂，唯恐自己忽視或惹怒了心靈。
然而，在他們的前行中也有快樂。
因而，即使他們用顫抖的雙手挖掘樹根，也會找到寶藏。
請告訴我，誰敢惹怒靈魂呢?
夜鶯會擾亂夜的寂靜，螢火蟲會惹惱繁星嗎?你們的火焰和煙霧會拖累風嗎?
你們以為靈魂是一汪止水，你們用一根木棍就可以攪亂嗎?你們通常拒絕快樂，你們隻是把快樂的欲望潛伏在內心中。
有誰知道，今天被忽略的事，明天會不會存在?甚至你們的身體也了解它的本性和合理需求，而不會被欺騙。
你們的身體是心靈的琴弦，它或奏出柔美的樂曲，或撥弄出混亂的噪音，全都在你。
現在你們捫心自問：“我們將怎樣區別快樂中的善與惡呢?”去你們的田野和花園，你們就會明白蜜蜂的快樂在於采集花蜜，對於花朵而言，給蜜蜂提供花蜜就是快樂。因為蜜蜂視花朵為生命之泉，而花朵視蜜蜂為愛之使者，對於兩者而言，蜜蜂與花朵，給予與接受的快樂是一種需要和狂喜的快樂。
奧菲裏斯城的人們，盡情享受快樂吧，就像花朵和蜜蜂一樣!
心靈小語
快樂是自己的事情，隻要願意，你可以隨時調換手中的遙控器，將心靈的視窗調整到快樂頻道。微笑的後麵蘊涵的是堅實，無可比擬的力量境由心生，境隨心轉。
Scize Your Time
According to the speech, match each of the following verbs with its meaning.
(1) rebukea. give moral or emotional strength to
(2) comfortb. censure severely or angrily
(3) seekc. feel or have a desire for
(4) desired. try to get or reach
Practicing for Better Learning
Please fill in the blanks with the proper words according to the given sentences.
1. Be do grateful to those who ______ you , because they abet your wisdom!
一定要感激那些斥責你的人，因為他們助長了你的智慧！
2. So schools should probably increase ______time, not cut it.
所以學校或許應該增加休息時間，而不是削減它。
3. The floor shuddered and started to ______as a roar filled the cavernous hall.
地板突然晃了一下後開始震動，空曠的大廳充滿轟轟的響聲。
Now a Try
Does pleasure mean the same thing to different people? Why or why not?
成功是過程，而不是終點
Success Is a Journey, Not a Destination
Listen to the article,and then try to answer the following questions.
1. What’s author’s law of life?
2. Why is it important to follow this law of life?
It is very important to have a law of life to base your life on. A law of life that means a lot to me is: sucess is a journey, not a destination. It means that what matters is not necessarily where you are at the end, but what you accomplish while you are trying along the way. It means that no matter what, as long as you try, you can never fail. It means you can learn from your mistakes and continue on the next journey a little wiser.
One person I believe that shares my law of life is Mark McGwire. He didn’t get caught up in the home-run chase in the 1998 season, but instead played every game in the best way he could. And, most of the time, he helped his team. He didn’t just go out there and hit home runs because he wanted to be ahead in the end, but because he wanted to make it a good season for his teammates and him.
I also think the l999-2000 St. Louis Rams as a whole are utilizing my law of life. They play every game with their full potential instead of letting a few winning games go to their heads. They stay focused on playing in the Super Bowl. They know that even if they don’t go all the way, they still will be successful because they have had a good journey. Even though they lost some games, they didn’t give up.
It does not matter if you do not have the ability to be on top in the end, to win the championship; all that matters is that you worked hard the whole time. There are a few people in the world who already understand what it means. They understand that success is a journey, not a destination. But wouldn’t it be a much better world if everyone did, if everyone would realize that someone will win and someone will lose, but what’s important is that both sides need to try their best? After all, it’s not who wins or loses, but how well you play the game, and I hope I have applied this in my own life.
生活中有“人生法則”作基礎是極其重要的，給我帶來極大影響的一條“人生法則”就是：成功是過程，不是終點。它意味著重要的不是你最終到達哪裏，而是你在這一旅程中努力做了些什麽；意味著不管你做了什麽，隻要努力了，就一定不會失敗；還意味著你能從錯誤中吸取經驗教訓，以便更好地繼續下一段旅程。
我相信一定會有一個人同意我的“人生法則”，那就是馬克·麥戈維爾。在1998年的賽季中，他雖然沒有打完全場，但每一場球賽他都竭盡全力了，並且大多數時間他都在幫助隊友們。他並非一心為了取勝才去參加比賽，隻是因為他希望這個賽季能夠成為自己和隊友們的一個好的賽季。
與此同時，我認為在1999—2000年比賽期間，聖路易·拉姆斯在整體上也遵循了我的“人生法則”。他們在每一場比賽中都充分發揮，而不是贏了幾場比賽就被勝利衝昏了頭腦。他們在超級杯比賽時全力以赴。他們明白即使不能走完全程，他們也是成功的，因為他們經曆
了一個精彩的過程。盡管輸了幾場球賽，但他們從未放棄。
假如你最終沒能登上成功的峰頂，取得勝利的桂冠，那又何妨，重要的是你一直都在努力。世界上隻有極少數人懂得這個道理——成功是過程，不是終點。假如所有人都明白這個道理，大家都意識到有人會成功，也有人會失敗，最為重要的是兩者都盡了他們最大的努力，那麽我們的世界將會是多麽美好啊！畢竟，重要的不是輸或贏，而是我們在比賽中努力了。我希望在生活中，我就是這樣做的。
心靈小語
誠信而又有心智的人注重過程，並不太看重結果。相信滴水穿石，來得容易走得快。結果容易變化，太多因素會影響結果的穩定性。你有一個夢，是你想要的結果，可不知道你能否實現它，但你還是要執著地為夢想而奮鬥。你很幸運，有一天，你的夢變成了現實，也就是你得到了你想要的結果。在當天或者第二天，你發現那結果給你帶來了很多麻煩，你需要花費更多的精力也許你的餘生去處理那些後果。
Learning for Better Understanding
Keywords and expressions
accomplish
作動詞：實現，達到
例：1. In their eyes, they can accomplish anything with enough money.
在他們的眼中，隻要有足夠多的錢，什麽事都能得到解決。
2. Without a stable environment, we can accomplish nothing and may
even lose what we have gained.
沒有穩定的環境，什麽都搞不成，已經取得的成果也會失掉。
Practicing for Better Learning
Do the following statements agree with the information in the reading text?
Write
TRUEif the statement agrees with the information
FALSEif the statement contradicts the information
_______ (1) It does not matter if you do not have the ability to be on top in the end, to win the championship; all that matters is that you worked hard the whole time.
_______ (2) The author doesn’t agree with the law that success is a journey, not a destination
Now a Try
What’s your law of life?Do you agree with the author?