| 1. | The old man was sitting on a stump behind the stove, crouching over as if he were trying to hide from us .
老头子坐在炉灶后面一个树墩上，弯腰勾背地仿佛想躲开我们不让我们看见。 |
| 2. | Encouage him to climb over a little mound of dirt or log
鼓励他爬过有些松土的小土墩或是树墩。 |
| 3. | He must occasionally climb over small logs ( just big enough to be a challenge )
他必须偶尔爬过一些小树墩（大小刚刚好成为一个挑战） 。 |
| 4. | A skunk sat on a stump . the skunk thought the stump stunk , and the stump thought the skunk stunk
一只臭鼬坐在树墩上，臭鼬认为树墩发臭，而树墩又认为臭鼬发臭。 |
| 5. | “ good ! old tree roots are the best place to lean on and rest . come here , please sit down with me and have a rest
“太好了！老树墩就是倚着休息的最好地方。过来，和我一起坐下休息吧。 ” |
| 6. | The command to leave the stump of the tree with its roots means that your kingdom will be restored to you when you acknowledge that heaven rules
26守望者既吩咐存留树墩，等你知道诸天掌权，以后你的国必定归你。 |
| 7. | The thought only flashed across my mind . unexpectedly , several months later , the management office chopped down this big tree , leaving only a short stump
这个念头虽一闪即过，但没想到几个月后，这棵大树忽然被管理者砍倒了，光秃秃的只剩下一点树墩。 |
| 8. | Nasb ： " yet leave the stump with its roots in the ground , but with a band of iron and bronze around it in the new grass of the field ; and let him be drenched with the dew of heaven , and let him share with the beasts in the grass of the earth
吕震中本：然而它根上的树墩子却要留在地里，用?圈和铜圈箍住，在山野的嫩草中让天露滴湿，使他的分儿就在地上的青草，跟走兽一样。 |
| 9. | Ignorant and inexperienced , it is not strange that in the first years of our new life we began at the top instead of at the bottom ; that a seat in congress or the state legislature was more sought than real estate or industrial skill ; that the political convention or stump speaking had more attractions than starting a dairy farm or truck garden
由于我们无知，又缺乏经验，所以在我们新生活的最初，几年里，我们没有从最低点而是最高点开始努力；我们奋力争取在国会和州立法机关的席位，却忽视了培养房地?经营的能力和工业技能；我们被政治会议或树墩演讲所吸引，而觉得经营牛奶场或蔬菜场乏味，这种现象并不奇怪。 |
