三个筛子

时间：2013-04-23 02:37:51

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Grandpa Hodge was the most popular sage¹（圣人，贤人） in the village because he was so philosophic² in speaking and doing things that everyone revered³ him as "Grandpa Wisdom".

One day, a man hurried to Grandpa Wisdom and said, "Grandpa, I have a piece of news to tell you…"

"Wait a moment," Grandpa Hodge stroked his beard and cut him short, "Have you sifted⁴ the news you will tell me with three sieves⁶?"

"Three sieves? Which three sieves?" the man asked with puzzlement.

"The first sieve⁵ is Truth. Is the news you will tell me true?" Grandpa Hodge asked, narrowing his eyes.

"I don't know because I overhead it from the street."

"Now let's check it with the second sieve（筛，滤）," Grandpa Hodge went on, "If the news you will tell me is not true, it should be friendly."

The man hesitantly answered, "No, just the other way round…"

Grandpa Hodge once again interrupted him, "So let's use the third sieve. Can you tell me if the news that is exciting you is very important?"

"It is not so important," the man answered with embarrassment⁷.

Grandpa Hodge patted the shoulder of the man and said significantly, "Now that the news you will tell me is not true, friendly or important, please don't tell me. Then it won't trouble you and me."

The man took a tumble and never spread the overhead news ever since.

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1 sage
n.圣人，哲人；adj.贤明的，明智的
参考例句：
I was grateful for the old man's sage advice.我很感激那位老人贤明的忠告。 The sage is the instructor of a hundred ages.这位哲人是百代之师。

2 philosophic
adj.哲学的，贤明的
参考例句：
It was a most philosophic and jesuitical motorman.这是个十分善辩且狡猾的司机。 The Irish are a philosophic as well as a practical race.爱尔兰人是既重实际又善于思想的民族。

3 revered
v.崇敬，尊崇，敬畏( revere的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
A number of institutions revered and respected in earlier times have become Aunt Sally for the present generation. 一些早年受到尊崇的惯例，现在已经成了这代人嘲弄的对象了。来自《简明英汉词典》 The Chinese revered corn as a gift from heaven. 中国人将谷物奉为上天的恩赐。来自辞典例句

4 sifted
v.筛( sift的过去式和过去分词 )；筛滤；细查；详审
参考例句：
She sifted through her papers to find the lost letter. 她仔细在文件中寻找那封丢失的信。来自《简明英汉词典》 She sifted thistles through her thistle-sifter. 她用蓟筛筛蓟。来自《简明英汉词典》

5 sieve
n.筛，滤器，漏勺
参考例句：
We often shake flour through a sieve.我们经常用筛子筛面粉。 Finally,it is like drawing water with a sieve.到头来，竹篮打水一场空。

6 sieves
筛，漏勺( sieve的名词复数 )
参考例句：
This thesis emphasized on the preparation of mesoporous molecular sieves MSU. 中孔分子筛MSU是当今认为在稳定性方面很有发展前途的一种催化新材料。 The mesoporous silica molecular sieves Zr-MCM-41 were synthesized in ethylenediamine. 以乙二胺为碱性介质合成了Zr-MCM-41介孔分子筛。

7 embarrassment
n.尴尬；使人为难的人(事物)；障碍；窘迫
参考例句：
She could have died away with embarrassment.她窘迫得要死。 Coughing at a concert can be a real embarrassment.在音乐会上咳嗽真会使人难堪。