01期：你可能学过这个世界上所有的学问，但是...

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Once a young professor was making a sea voyage.

很久以前，有一位年轻的教授出海航行。

He was a highly educated man with a long tail of letters after his name, 
but he had little experience of life. 
In the crew of the ship on which he was travelling was an illiterate old sailor.

他受过良好的教育，听名字就知道是一个学问高深的人，
可是他却没有任何的生活经验。
与他一同航行的还有一位年纪稍大的水手。

Every evening the sailor would visit the cabin of the young professor to listen to him, hold forth on many different subjects. 
He was very impressed with the learning of the young man.

每到夜晚，年长的水手就会去年轻教授的隔间里听他滔滔不绝地谈论各种事物，
为年轻教授的博学多才而赞叹不已。

One evening as the sailor was about to leave the cabin after several hours of conversation, the professor asked,
"Old man, have you studied geology?"

一天晚上，经过几个小时地交谈，在水手刚要走出房门的时候，
教授问他：“老家伙，你学过地质学吗？”

"What is that, sir?"

“那是什么，先生？”

"The science of the earth."

“是研究地球的科学。”

"No, sir, I have never been to any school or college. 
I have never studied anything."

“没有，先生。我从没上过学，
我没学过任何东西。”

"Old man, you have wasted a quarter of your life."

“老家伙，你浪费了四分之一的生命。”

With a long face the old sailor went away. 
"If such a learned person says so, certainly it must be true," he thought. 
"I have wasted a quarter of my life!"

老水手愁眉苦脸地离开了。
“如果一个学识广博的人这样说，那一定就是事实了”，他这样想着，
“我已经浪费了四分之一的生命”。

Next evening again as the sailor was about to leave the cabin the professor asked him, "Old man, have you studied oceanography?"

到了第二天晚上，当水手准备离开教授屋子的时候，教授又问他：“老头，你有没有听过海洋学？”

"What is that, sir?"

“请问那是什么？”

"The science of the sea."

“是研究海洋的学问。”

"No, sir, I have never studied anything."

“不，我没听过，我什么都不知道。”

"Old man, you have wasted half your life."

“老头，你浪费了半条生命。”

With a still longer face the sailor went away: "I have wasted half my life; this learned man says so."

带着更为惆怅的表情，水手边走边想着“我浪费了一半的生命，这个有学问的人是这么说的。”

Next evening once again the young professor questioned the old sailor: "Old man, have you studied meteorology?"

下一个晚上，年轻的教授又向水手发问了：“水手啊，你有没有学过气象学？”

"What is that, sir? I have never even heard of it."

“请问那又是什么？我连听都没有听过。”

"Why, the science of the wind, the rain, the weather."

“为什么你都没听过呢？这是研究风向、雨水和天气的学问。”

"No, sir. As I told you, I have never been to any school. I have never studied anything."

“我没有学过，就像我和您说的那样，我没有上过学，也没学过任何知识。”

"You have not studied the science of the earth on which you live; 

you have not studied the science of the sea on which you earn your livelihood; you have not studied the science of the weather which you encounter every day? 

Old man, you have wasted three quarters of your life."

“你没有学习过你居住的、关于地球的知识，也没有学过赖以生存的、关于海洋的知识，就连你每天都经历的、关于天气的知识你也不曾了解？

你已经虚度了四分之三的生命啊。”

The old sailor was very unhappy: "This learned man says that I have wasted three quarters of my life! 
Certainly I must have wasted three quarters of my life."

水手非常沮丧“这个有学问的人说我虚度光阴！
那我这四分之三的生命定是白活了。”

The next day it was the turn of the old sailor. He came running to the cabin of the young man and cried, "Professor sir, have you studied swimology?"

第二天换成了水手提问。他跑到年轻教授住着的隔间里喊着问他“教授先生，你学过游泳学吗？”

"Swimology? What do you mean?"

“游泳学？你指的是什么？”

"Can you swim, sir?"

“您会游泳吗？”

"No, I don't know how to swim."

“不，我不知道该如何游泳。”

"Professor sir, you have wasted all your life! The ship has struck a rock and is sinking. 
Those who can swim may reach the nearby shore, but those who cannot swim will drown. 
I am so sorry, professor sir, you have surely lost your life."

“教授先生，你这一生都白活了！我们的船触礁了，正在下沉。
学过游泳的人还可能游到附近的岸边，但是不会游泳的人只能淹死。
真抱歉，教授先生，你肯定会没命的。”

You may study all the "ologies" of the world, but if you do not learn swimology, all your studies are useless. 
You may read and write books on swimming, you may debate on its subtle theoretical aspects, but how will that help you if you refuse to enter the water yourself? You must learn how to swim.

你可能学习过世界上所有的“学问”，但是如果你不曾学过游泳学，你所有的知识都是无用的。
你可能阅读过或是出版过关于游泳的书籍，你可能讨论过关于游泳理论的细微差别，但是这些在你被水淹没时有什么用呢？你必须学过怎样游泳才行。