Question

  A young man went to visit a wise man who lived deep in the mountain. He wanted to ask for the wisdom (智慧) of life.

   “Excuse me!Could you tell me what the most important day in our lives is? Is it the day we were born or the day we die? Is it the day we fall in love or the day we are successful?” The young man asked.

   “None. The most important day in our lives is today. The wise man replied calmly.

   “Why?”the young man was very surprised. “Is it because there is some unusual event taking place today?”

   “No. Nothing has happened today. ”

   “So is it because of my visit?”

   “Even if nobody visited me today,today is still very important,because today is the only wealth (財(cái) 富) we have. No matter how important yesterday is,it has gone by;3. no matter how wonderful tomorrow may be,it hasn’t come; no matter how ordinary and boring today is,it is in our hands.

   The young man still wanted to ask something,but the wise man stopped him and said, “When we are talking about the importance of today,we have wasted a lot of it. That is to say,part of ‘ today ’ has passed. ”

   Having understood this,the young man nodded and then went down the mountain.

   4. Actually today is the only wealth and chance we have. Therefore,what we should do now is to forget yesterday and tomorrow and catch hold of today!

(一) 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容簡要回答問題。

1. Why did the young man want to visit the wise man?

2. Did the young man get the answer to his question?

(二) 將短文中畫線的句子譯成漢語。

3.

4.

(三) 給短文擬一個(gè)適當(dāng)?shù)臉?biāo)題。

5.

Answer 1

1. Because he wanted to ask for the wisdom of life. / Because he wanted to know what the most important day in our lives was.

2. Yes,he did.

3. 無論明天多么精彩/美好/輝煌，它還沒有到來。

4. 事實(shí)上，今天是我們所擁有的唯一的財(cái)富和機(jī)會。

5. The most important day in our lives/The most important day in our lives is today/Today is the most important day/The most important day is today