A man once visited a temple(寺院) which was being built, where he saw a sculptor (雕塑家) making an idol (神像)of God. Suddenly he noticed a similar idol lying nearby. Surprised, he asked the sculptor,” Do you need two statues of the same idol?”
“ No,” said the sculptor without looking up, “ We need only one, but the first one got damaged during the last stage (时期).”
The gentleman examined the idol and found no damage on the outside. “ Where is the damage?” he asked.
“There is a scratch on the nose of the idol.” said the sculptor , still busy with his work.
“Where are you going to place the idol?” he asked the sculptor .
The sculptor said that it would be put on the top of a pillar(柱子) twenty feet high.
“If the idol is that high up, who is going to know that there is a scratch on the nose?” the gentleman asked.
The sculptor stopped his work, looked up at the gentleman , smiled and said ,“ I will know it.”
The moral of the story: “Excellence” is a desire from inside, not outside. Excellence is not for someone else to notice but for your own satisfaction and efficiency.
根据短文内容判断正，误正确填“A”错误填“B”
The sculptor needed either of the two statues of the same idol.
Both of the idols were damaged.
The sculptor would put the idol up 20 feet high.
We can see the sculptor was a very careful and serious man.
This story explains that we should be very careful with our work if we want to be satisfied by others.