A student asked his teacher how he could learn all of the teacher's all wisdom.
The teacher smiled, picked up an apple from the desk, put it at his mouth and took a bite. He looked at his student, constantly chewing the apple, without a word.
After a moment, the teacher opened his mouth and spat the chewed apple in his palm.
The teacher reached out his hand, took the chewed apple to the student and said, “Come, eat it up!”
In panic, the student said, “Sir, this... how can I eat it?”
The teacher smiled again and said, “After I chewed the apple, you know not to eat, of course; but why do you want to draw the essence of my wisdom? All learning must go through your own chewing.”
The student came to understand.
一个学生问老师怎么才能学到他全部的智慧。
老师笑了，从桌上拿起一个苹果，放进嘴里咬了一口。他一面看着这个学生，一面不停地咀嚼着苹果，一句话也不说。
过了一会儿，老师张开嘴，把嚼过的苹果吐在手掌上。
老师伸出手，把嚼过的苹果递给学生，说：“来，把这吃光！”
学生慌了，说：“老师，这……我怎么吃啊？”
老师又笑了笑，说：“我嚼过的苹果，你当然知道不能吃；但是你为什么要吸取我智慧的精华呢？所有的学习都需要亲自咀嚼的。”
学生这才明白过来。
-chew [tʃuː] v. 咀嚼
-spit [spɪt] v. 吐出
金句回放：“All learning must go through your own chewing.”(学知识还需亲自咀嚼。)