他知道如果他捡起普通的石子再扔下去，因为它们是冷的，他可能会捡起同样的石子几百次。

He knew that if he picked up normal pebbles and threw them down again because they were cold, he might pick up the same pebbles hundreds of times.

youdao

在我暮年时，我还想最后有一次心灰意冷的尝试。 我选择只是改变我的家庭，离我最近的人，还是一样，他们谁都没变。

As I entered my twilight years, in one last desperate attempt, I sought to change only my family, those closest to me, but alas they would have none of it.

youdao

所以又一次，一冷一热，在许多方面，摩西为先知塑造了一个良好的典范。

So again, hot and cold. And in many ways, Moses sets the paradigm for the classical prophet.

youdao