Understand these new words before you read this article.
1. distinguish[dis'ti?ɡwi?] v. 区别，分辨
2. rebuke[ri'bju:k] v. 指责，制止
3. recesses[ri'ses] n. 休息
4. quiver['kwiv?] v 颤动
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.
快乐是一首自由的歌，但它不是自由；它是你们的欲望绽放的花朵，但不是它们的果实；它是深谷对高峰的呼唤，但它既不深沉也不高耸；它是囚禁在笼中展翅的鸟儿，而不是环抱的空间。哦，的确，快乐是首自由的歌。我愿你们全心全意地歌唱它，但不愿你们在歌唱时迷失自己的心。
年轻人中有一些人追求快乐，好像它就是一切，他们已经受到判决和谴责。我不会判决他们，也不会谴责他们，我会让他们去寻找。因为他们寻找的是快乐，然而也不单单是快乐；快乐有七个姐妹，她们中最小的也比她柔美。难道你们未曾听说有人在刨树根时发现了宝藏吗?老年人中有一些人遗憾地回忆快乐，好像在追悔酒醉后做的错事。但遗憾只会让心灵蒙上阴影，而不是一种惩罚。他们应以感恩之心回忆他们的快乐，好像回忆夏日的收获。但如果遗憾能给他们以慰藉，那就让他们得到安慰吧。
还有一些人，既不是喜欢追寻的年轻人，又不是沉湎于回忆的老年人。他们在追寻和回忆的恐惧中逃避一切快乐，唯恐自己忽视或惹怒了心灵。
然而，在他们的前行中也有快乐。
因而，即使他们用颤抖的双手挖掘树根，也会找到宝藏。
请告诉我，谁敢惹怒灵魂呢?
夜莺会扰乱夜的寂静，萤火虫会惹恼繁星吗?你们的火焰和烟雾会拖累风吗?
你们以为灵魂是一汪止水，你们用一根木棍就可以搅乱吗?你们通常拒绝快乐，你们只是把快乐的欲望潜伏在内心中。
有谁知道，今天被忽略的事，明天会不会存在?甚至你们的身体也了解它的本性和合理需求，而不会被欺骗。
你们的身体是心灵的琴弦，它或奏出柔美的乐曲，或拨弄出混乱的噪音，全都在你。
现在你们扪心自问：“我们将怎样区别快乐中的善与恶呢?”去你们的田野和花园，你们就会明白蜜蜂的快乐在于采集花蜜，对于花朵而言，给蜜蜂提供花蜜就是快乐。因为蜜蜂视花朵为生命之泉，而花朵视蜜蜂为爱之使者，对于两者而言，蜜蜂与花朵，给予与接受的快乐是一种需要和狂喜的快乐。
奥菲里斯城的人们，尽情享受快乐吧，就像花朵和蜜蜂一样!
心灵小语
快乐是自己的事情，只要愿意，你可以随时调换手中的遥控器，将心灵的视窗调整到快乐频道。微笑的后面蕴涵的是坚实，无可比拟的力量境由心生，境随心转。
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!
一定要感激那些斥责你的人，因为他们助长了你的智慧！
2. So schools should probably increase ______time, not cut it.
所以学校或许应该增加休息时间，而不是削减它。
3. The floor shuddered and started to ______as a roar filled the cavernous hall.
地板突然晃了一下后开始震动，空旷的大厅充满轰轰的响声。
Now a Try
Does pleasure mean the same thing to different people? Why or why not?
成功是过程，而不是终点
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“人生法则”作基础是极其重要的，给我带来极大影响的一条“人生法则”就是：成功是过程，不是终点。它意味着重要的不是你最终到达哪里，而是你在这一旅程中努力做了些什么；意味着不管你做了什么，只要努力了，就一定不会失败；还意味着你能从错误中吸取经验教训，以便更好地继续下一段旅程。
我相信一定会有一个人同意我的“人生法则”，那就是马克·麦戈维尔。在1998年的赛季中，他虽然没有打完全场，但每一场球赛他都竭尽全力了，并且大多数时间他都在帮助队友们。他并非一心为了取胜才去参加比赛，只是因为他希望这个赛季能够成为自己和队友们的一个好的赛季。
与此同时，我认为在1999—2000年比赛期间，圣路易·拉姆斯在整体上也遵循了我的“人生法则”。他们在每一场比赛中都充分发挥，而不是赢了几场比赛就被胜利冲昏了头脑。他们在超级杯比赛时全力以赴。他们明白即使不能走完全程，他们也是成功的，因为他们经历
了一个精彩的过程。尽管输了几场球赛，但他们从未放弃。
假如你最终没能登上成功的峰顶，取得胜利的桂冠，那又何妨，重要的是你一直都在努力。世界上只有极少数人懂得这个道理——成功是过程，不是终点。假如所有人都明白这个道理，大家都意识到有人会成功，也有人会失败，最为重要的是两者都尽了他们最大的努力，那么我们的世界将会是多么美好啊！毕竟，重要的不是输或赢，而是我们在比赛中努力了。我希望在生活中，我就是这样做的。
心灵小语
诚信而又有心智的人注重过程，并不太看重结果。相信滴水穿石，来得容易走得快。结果容易变化，太多因素会影响结果的稳定性。你有一个梦，是你想要的结果，可不知道你能否实现它，但你还是要执著地为梦想而奋斗。你很幸运，有一天，你的梦变成了现实，也就是你得到了你想要的结果。在当天或者第二天，你发现那结果给你带来了很多麻烦，你需要花费更多的精力也许你的余生去处理那些后果。
Learning for Better Understanding
Keywords and expressions
accomplish
作动词：实现，达到
例：1. In their eyes, they can accomplish anything with enough money.
在他们的眼中，只要有足够多的钱，什么事都能得到解决。
2. Without a stable environment, we can accomplish nothing and may
even lose what we have gained.
没有稳定的环境，什么都搞不成，已经取得的成果也会失掉。
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?