字幕列表 影片播放 列印英文字幕 Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Proverbs 97. The proverb today is give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. Yeah. I always remember this one. I like this one a lot. So let's look at the note here. The proverb basically means that you should teach people to be independent so they can take care of themselves rather than to do everything for them and then create someone who is forever dependent on you. So basically, yes. So if you teach them to fish. They then they know how to fish they could fish themselves. They can get their own food. You have to give them a fish then of course every day he's going to be expecting another fish and another fish and you're just creating a burden for yourself. So let's continue. Many people have made quotes very similar to this proverb. So there may be some who claim it was originally a biblical quote. There are some quotes from the Bible that are similar. I don't think they're really exact the way this is said. That's why some people say that a Chinese proverb, an Italian proverb, and even an American Indian proverb. So all of them have some proverbs it's very very similar to the same idea. Okay. Let's continue. No matter which one should be credited with the origin the point is quite clear. Basically and different versions have been used throughout the Eastern and the Western world. So, so this idea has been out there for a long time and throughout a lot of history too. So it's not, it's not a new story. Okay. Let's continue. Let's take a look at one example of the way it might be used. Don't just allow your son to stay home and do nothing while you constantly support him. Encourage him to learn a trade. Remember the old proverb, give a man a fish and you feed him for a day teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. Yeah. Sometimes this proverb actually reminds me a little bit of the difference between kind of like socialism and capitalism. Socialism is like give a man a fish. So you just keep giving him a fish and then you got to give me another fish and another fish and after a while he just expects that you have to give him a fish and he'd probably complain that you don't give him a fish. Where if you teach him to fish, that's what capitalism is supposed to do. It's supposed to make people more ambitious and want to go out there and you know create things on their own and do things on their own. So sometimes it reminds me a little bit of that as well. Anyway, I hope you got it. I hope it's clear. Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.
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