You Are What You Plant 种人得人 · 罗斌

关注微信公众号：为你读英语美文，获得更多图文资料 关注新浪微博：为你读英语美文，和我们交流互动 关注微信公众号：为你读英语美文，获得更多图文资料 关注新浪微博：为你读英语美文，和我们交流互动 本期主播：罗斌-广东海洋大学大二在读 本期文章：You Are What You Plant 种人得人 录制地点：广东 河源 一位日渐老迈的国王想要在这个王国的小孩中选出自己出继承人，便召集了全部小孩，给他们每人一颗种子，让他们一年后回来展示种出来的植物，以此来选出新的国王。结果其中一位叫零的孩子，无论如何努力浇水施肥，始终不见种子发芽，在其他孩子们都讨论自己的种子开始开花结果的时候，只有零一个人独自悲伤。一年过去了，零的种子依旧没有任何变化，然而在他妈妈的鼓励下，零还是鼓起勇气，带着一颗种子去见了国王。令人惊讶的是，国王选择了零作为自己的继承人，零成为了新的国王... 想知道国王为什么选零作为继承人吗？听罗斌为你讲述这个故事 You Are What You Plant An emperor in the Far East was growing old and knew it was time to choose his successor, Instead of choosing one of his assistants or his children, he decided on something different. He call all of the young people in the kingdom together one day. He said, “it is time for me to step down and choose the next emperor. I have decided to choose one of you.” The kids were shocked. But the emperor continued, “I’m going to give each one of you a seed today, one very special seed, I want you to plant the seed, water it, and come back here one year from today with what you have grown from this one seed. I will then judge the plants that you bring and then the one I choose will be the next emperor One boy named Ling was there that day and he, like the others received a seed. He went home and excitedly told his mother the story. She help him get a pot and planting soil, and he planted the seed, watering it carefully. Every day he would water it and watch to see if it had grown. After about three weeks, some of the other youths began to talk about their seeds and plants that were beginning to grow. Ling kept checking his seed but nothing ever grew. Three weeks, four weeks, and five weeks went by. Still nothing. By now the others were always talking about their plants, but Ling didn&`&t have the plant and he felt like a failure. Six months went by, still nothing in Ling’s pot. He just knew he had killed his seed. Everyone else had trees and tall plants, but he had nothing. Ling didn&`&t say anything to his friends, however. He just kept waiting for his seed to grow. A year finally went by and all the youths of the kingdom brought their plants to the emperor for inspection. Ling told his mother that he wasn&`&t going to take an empty pot, But his mother said he would be honest about what had happened. Ling felt sick to his stomach; he knew his mother was right. He told his empty pot to the palace. When Ling arrived, he was amazed at the variety of plants grown by the other youths. they were beautiful in all shapes and sizes. Ling put his empty pot on the floor and many of the other kids laughed at him. A few felt story for him and just said, “hey, nice try.” When the emperor arrived. He surveyed the room and greeted the young people. Ling just tried to hide in the back. “My, what great plants and trees and flowers you have grow.” said the emperor, “Today one of you would be appointed to the next emperor!” All of a sudden, the emperor spotted Ling at the back of the room with his empty pot. He ordered his guards to bring him to the front. Ling was terrified. “The emperor knows I’m a failure, Maybe he will have me killed.” When Ling got to the front, the emperor asked his name. “My name is Ling.” He replied. All the kids were laughing and making fun of him, the emperor asked everyone to quiet down. He looked at Ling and then announced to the crowd, “Behold your new emperor! His name is Ling!” Ling couldn&`&t believe it. Ling couldn&`&t even grow his seed, how could he be the new emperor ? Then the emperor said, “One year ago today, I gave everyone here to seed, I told you to take the seed, plant it, water it, and bring it back to me today. But I gave you all boiled seeds which were not grow, All of you except Ling, have brought me trees and plants and flowers. When you found that the seed will not grow，you substituted another seed for the one I gave you, Ling was the only one with the courage and honesty to bring me a pot with my seed in it. Therefore, he is the one who will be the new emperor!” If you plant honesty, you will reap trust. If you plant goodness, you will reap friend. If you plant humility, you will reap greatness. If you plant perseverance, you will reap victory. If you plant consideration, you will reap harmony. If you plant hard work, you will reap success. If you plant forgiveness, you will reap reconciliation. If you plant openness, you will reap intimacy. If you plant patience, you will reap improvement. If you plant faith, you will reap miracles. But, If you plant dishonesty, you will reap distrust. If you plant selfishness, you will reap loneliness. If you plant pride, you will reap destruction. If you plant envy, you will reap trouble. If you plant laziness, you will reap stagnation. If you plant bitterness, you will reap isolation. If you plant greed, you will reap loss. If you plant gossip, you will reap enemies. If you plant worries, you will reap wrinkles. If you plant sin, you will reap guilt. So be careful of what you have plant now, it will determine what you will reap tomorrow. The seeds you now scatter will make life worse or better, for you or the ones who will come after. Yes, someday, you will enjoy the fruits, or you will pay for the choices you plant today. 垫乐： 相约卡农-林隆璇 早晨的月亮-林隆璇 Escape from Love-Andemund Orchestra 主播，制作：罗斌；发行：永清 文字及垫乐归作者或版权方所有 图片源于网络 为你读英语美文，Read English for You 微信公众号：为你读英语美文 官方新浪微博：@为你读英语美文 荔枝FM 搜索【为你读英语美文】收听