The old monk often took the young monk to the hill outside the temple to recite the lection.
One day the young monk said to the old monk, “How slowly time goes!”
The old monk said, “You can have a try like this — in the morning sit to the west to read; and in the afternoon sit to the east to read.
At the master's advice, the young monk recited the lection against the sun. By and by he neglected the passage of time.
The next day he told the old monk, “Master, you're so masterly that I forget time with a switch of direction and absorb myself in the lection.”
The old monk said, “Whatever you do, only when you leave time behind can you focus on it ecstatically.”
先逐字读一遍短文，不认识的不着急查词典，读完一遍，不熟悉的生词大约心中有数了，再回头仔细读一遍，有生词的部分，细读，根据上下文猜测一下意思。如果手头有纸笔不妨写下来。最好通读三遍，文章的大约意思估计也就明白八九不离十了。再逐字查阅生词，最后再对照译文，通读一两遍。还有疑难不解的地方做好笔记请教他人。
老和尚经常带小和尚到庙外的山里去诵经。
有一天，小和尚对老和尚说：“时间过得可真慢啊！”
老和尚说：“你可以试试这么做——早上朝西面坐着念经；下午朝东面坐着念经。”
听了师傅的话，小和尚背着阳光诵经。渐渐地，他忽略了时间的流逝。
第二天，他告诉老和尚：“师傅，您真高明，我只是换了个朝向就忘却了时间，全身心沉浸在经文里了。”
老和尚说：“不论你做什么事，唯有忘却时间，方可全神贯注、陶醉其中。”
monk
英 [mʌŋk]美 [mʌŋk]
n. 僧侣，修道士；和尚
来自希腊语monas,单个的，词源同monad,monastery.即单独生活的人，用于指僧侣，修道者，苦修者等。
monkey和monk是孙悟空的两个属性，可以串记。
He became a fully ordained monk at the age of 20.
他在20岁的时候成了正式的修道士。
2. The man was a monk from Emei Mountain.
那人是峨眉山下来的和尚.
recite the lection
背诵经文
recite
英 [rɪ'saɪt]美 [rɪ'saɪt]
vt. 背诵；叙述；列举
vi. 背诵；叙述
re-,向后，往回，cite,召唤，援引。引申词义想起，背诵，朗诵。
lection
英 ['lekʃ(ə)n]美
n. 经文
1530s, from Old French lection, from Latin lectionem (nominative lectio), noun of action from past participle stem of legere "to read" (see lecture (n.)).
neglected
英 [nɪ'glektɪd]美 [nɪ'ɡlɛktɪd]
adj. 被忽视的；未被好好照管的
v. 忽视；疏忽（neglect的过去分词）
"not treated with proper attention," c. 1600, past participle adjective from neglect (v.).
"Forgive my manners," she said calmly. "I neglected to introduce myself."
“请原谅我礼数不周，”她平静地说。“我忘了自我介绍了。”
masterly
英 ['mɑːstəlɪ]美 ['mæstɚli]
adj. 巧妙的，精巧的；名人的
adv. 巧妙地，熟练地；名人地
来自master,大师。引申词义精湛的。
His concealment of his true motives was masterly.
他隐瞒自己真实动机的手段十分高明。
absorb myself in
全神贯注
I absorb myself in the book.
我全神贯注于书本
,ecstatic
英 [ɪk'stætɪk; ek-]美 [ɪk'stætɪk]
adj. 狂喜的；入迷的
n. 狂喜的人
ecstatically
英音[eks'tætikli] ; 美音[eks'tætikli] ; ad. 心醉神迷地,入神地
We are both ecstatically happy.
我们俩都欣喜若狂。
