核心畫面

Picture a pair of hands that keep coming back to the same thing. They sweep the step again, cut the grass again, close over the small thing they were told and do not open. Whatever they hold stays the way it should be, not because of one big effort, but because they return.

可以想成一雙手一直回到同一樣東西上。這雙手又掃了一次台階,又剪了一次草,又把聽到的那件小事握回掌心,沒有打開。它照顧更多收起可以想成一雙手一直回到同一樣東西上。這雙手又掃了一次台階,又剪了一次草,又把聽到的那件小事握回掌心,沒有打開。它照顧的東西之所以維持原樣,不是因為有人一次做了很大的努力,是因為有人一直回來。這個畫面就是 kept 的重量。well- 只是說:這雙手做得很好。

Two branches

被照顧的地方

那雙手打開來做事:掃、剪、擦、漆。照顧的對象是看得見的地方。

adjective · B2

Looked after carefully over a long time, so that it stays neat, clean and in good condition. Used about places and things such as gardens, houses, streets and grounds.

維護得很好的

被守住的祕密

同一雙手,這次是握起來不放開。照顧的方式從「做事」變成「不說出去」。

adjective · B2

A well-kept secret is one that only a few people know, because everyone who knows it has been careful not to tell anyone else.

(祕密)守得很好的