"No," the speaker replied, "that's not the point. The truth this illustration teaches us is, if you don't put the big rocks in first, you'll never get them in at all."

“不对”演讲者说道“我用这个例子真正想要告诉大家的是如果你不先放这些大石头进去那么你就永远也没办法做到了。”

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He dumped some gravel in and shook the jar causing pieces of gravel to work themselves down into the Spaces between the big rocks. Then he asked the group once more, "Is the jar full?"

他边说边他从桌子底下拿出一桶砂石倒入一些到玻璃罐中摇晃至砂石填满石头间的空隙。接着他再一次问同学们：“罐子满了吗？ ”？

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He reached under the table and pulled out a bucket of gravel, then dumped some gravel in and shook the jar causing pieces of gravel to work themselves down into the space between the big rocks.

他伸手到桌下取出一桶碎石，接着，他将一些碎石倒进瓶子里，并摇晃着瓶子让碎石顺着石块之间的间隙里漏进瓶中。

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On either side of the path are what look like river beds of big rocks.

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