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ish.One day Tim, one of the worst students in her class, came up to her and explained in Spanish that he had not done his homework. He said that he had gone to bed early and had slept badly. Pat was quite angry with him, for she did not think that his explanation had anything to do with his homework. But Tim told her that he dreamed all night and his dream was in English.In English! Pat thought. She was greatly surprised, since Tim was such a bad student. She was also secretly jealous. Her dreams were still not in Spanish, but she decided to encourage her student and asked him to tell her about his dream.All the people in my dream spoke English, Tim said. And all the signs were in English. All the newspapers and magazines and all the TV programs were in English.But that39。re going to have a new grandchild. Do you understand?Yes, Mother answered.What a wonderful word! The first clear word she39。(錄音原文)A philosophy professor stood before his class and had some items in front of him. When class began, wordlessly he picked up a large empty glass jar and proceeded to fill it with rocks right to the top, rocks about 2 inches in diameter. He then asked the students if it was full. They agreed that it was. The professor then picked a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly, the pebbles of course rolled into the open spaces between the rocks. The students laughed. He asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed: ‘Yes, it was.’ The professor then picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course the sand filled up all the remaining space. ‘Now,’ said the professor, ‘I want you to recognize that this is your life. The rocks are the important things, your family, your partner, your health, your children, anything that is so important to you that if it were lost, you will be destroyed. The pebbles are the other things in life that matter but on a smaller scale. The pebbles represent things like your job, your house, your car. The sand is everything else, the small staff. If you put the sand and pebbles into the jar first, there is no room for the rocks. The same goes for your life. It you spent all your energy and time on