"The monks reply, "You must travel the earth and tell us how many blades of grass there are and the exact number of sand pebbles.

和尚说，“那好，你必须走遍地球，然后告诉我们，一共有多少块草皮，有多少颗沙粒。一旦你有了这些数字，你就成为一名真正的和尚。”

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The water was always laden with pebbles, gravel, and sand, known as glacial outwash, that was deposited as the flow slowed down.

水里总是遍布鹅卵石、砾石和沙子——它们被称为冰水沉积，是在水流减缓时沉积下来的。

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The commonest spaces are those among the particles—sand grains and tiny pebbles—of loose, unconsolidated sand and gravel.

最常见的空间是那些由松散的、未固结的砂和砾石组成的颗粒（沙粒和小卵石）之间的空间。

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If people fill the bucket with pebbles and sand (i.e. the small things), it is impossible to get the rocks in (i.e. the big things).

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Then we add the pebbles and the sand, then pour the water around to fit it all in, or not.

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Covey has demonstrated this principle using a bucket, rocks, pebbles, and sand.

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