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  • 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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英語家教尼克P諺語(97)給人一條魚,你就養活他一天教....。 (English Tutor Nick P Proverbs (97) Give a Man a Fish and You Feed Him for a Day Teach ....)

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