英语智慧背囊13-时间与爱情

[00:00.00]Love and Time 时间与爱情
[00:05.51]Once upon a time,
[00:08.67]there was an island where all the feelings lived:
[00:11.31]Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge,
[00:13.73]and all of the others,
[00:15.13]including Love.
[00:16.12]One day it was announced to the feelings
[00:19.39]that the island would sink,
[00:20.71]so all constructed boats and left.
[00:23.02]Except for Love.
[00:24.76]Love was the only one who stayed.
[00:27.18]Love wanted to hold out until the last possible moment.
[00:31.54]When the island had almost sunk,
[00:33.85]Love decided to ask for help.
[00:36.24]Richness was passing by Love in a grand boat.
[00:40.72]Love said,
[00:42.37]"Richness, can you take me with you?"
[00:44.98]Richness answered,
[00:46.85]"No, I can’t.
[00:49.05]There is a lot of gold and silver in my boat.
[00:51.99]There is no place here for you."
[00:53.97]Love decided to ask Vanity
[00:57.14]who was also passing by in a beautiful vessel.
[01:00.29]"Vanity, please help me!"
[01:01.62]"I can’t help you, Love.
[01:04.36]You are all wet and might damage my boat,"
[01:07.31]Vanity answered.
[01:08.95]Sadness was close by so Love asked,
[01:12.56]"Sadness, let me go with you."
[01:15.50]"Oh . . . Love,
[01:17.36]I am so sad that I need to be by myself!"
[01:21.41]Happiness passed by Love, too,
[01:24.05]but she was so happy that she did not even hear
[01:27.21]when Love called her.
[01:28.31]Suddenly, there was a voice,
[01:30.26]"Come, Love, I will take you."
[01:33.67]It was an elder.
[01:35.09]So blessed and overjoyed,
[01:37.49]Love even forgot to ask the elder where they were going.
[01:40.98]When they arrived at dry land,
[01:43.29]the elder went her own way.
[01:45.16]Realizing how much was owed the elder,
[01:47.99]Love asked Knowledge,
[01:49.64]another elder,
[01:50.83]"Who helped me?"
[01:52.47]"It was Time,"
[01:54.01]Knowledge answered.
[01:55.66]"Time?" asked Love.
[01:57.72]"But why did Time help me?"
[02:00.36]Knowledge smiled with deep wisdom and answered,
[02:03.96]"Because only Time is capable of understanding how valuable Love is."