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nā
shì
gè

hēi
de

kuáng
fēng
bào
yǔ
de
yè
wǎn

dà
fù
cóng
jià
shǐ
shì
chū
lái
zǒu
xiàng
chuán
cháng
shuō


chuán
cháng

chuán
cháng

wǒ
men
de
hǎi
dào
shàng
yǒu
dēng
guāng

ér
jū
tā
men
bù
yuàn

kāi



It was a dark and stormy night. The officer on the bridge came to the captain and said, "Captain, Captain, there is a light in our sea lane and they won't move."


tā
men
bù
yuàn

kāi
shì
shí
me



jiào
tā
men

kāi

gào
sù
tā
men


yòu
piān



"What do you mean they won't move? Tell them to move. Tell them starboard right now."

xìn
hào
fā
le
chū
qù


yòu
piān

yòu
piān


fā
huí
lái
de
xìn
hào
shuō





yòu
piān



The signal was sent out, "Starboard, starboard, "The signal comes back, " Starboard yourself. "


wǒ
jìu
bù
xìn

zhè
shì
zěn
me
le

ràng
tā
men
zhī
dào
wǒ
shì
shuí


xìn
hào
fā
chū
qù


zhè

shì

sū

jù
lún

qǐng
yòu
piān


xìn
hào
fā
le
huí
lái


zhè

shì
dēng
tǎ



"I can't believe this. What's going on here? Let them know who I am." The signal sent out, "this is the mighty Missouri, starboard." The signal comes back, "This is the lighthouse."
 
 

péng
yǒu
men

zhèng
què
de
yuán
zé
yóu
rú
dēng
tǎ

tā
men
bù
huì

dòng

tā
men
shì

rán
fǎ
zé

wǒ
men
dǎ
pò
bù
le

wǒ
men
yào
me
ràng


yǔ
tā
men
xiāng
bèi

yào
me
qù
xué

tā
men

tiáo
zhěng
tā
men


yòng
tā
men

bìng
gǎn

tā
men

rán
hòu
wǒ
men


dé

fā
zhǎn

dé

jiě
fàng

dé
dào
shǐ
使
yòng
zhè
xiē
yuán
zé
de
néng



My friends, correct principles are lighthouses, they do not move. They are nature laws. We can't break them. We can only break ourselves against them. We might as well learn them, accommodate them, utilize them and be grateful for them. Then it enlarges us and emancipates us and empowers us.



ài
luè
tè
céng
shuō
guò

jù
huà

wǒ
rèn
wèi
hěn
shì
hé
yòng
lái
zuò

xíng
de
jié
shù
yǔ

tā
shuō


wǒ
men
jiāng
yǒng
bù
fàng

fèn
dǒu

jīng
guò
quán


fù
de
fèn
dǒu
hòu

wǒ
men
jiāng
dào
dá
chū
fā
zhī
dè

bìng
zhòng
xīn
rèn
shí
zhè
gè
dè
fāng



TS.Eliot once sad something I think is appropriate as we come to the conclusion of our visit together. He said, "we are never cease from striving, and the end of all of our striving will be to arrive where we began and to know the place for the first time."
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