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心灵鸡汤五十篇
———年轻人要读的
50
篇文章
2008
年
1
月
1.
Life
Struggle----
生命的拼搏
对强者而言，磨难犹如刀剑，使他愈见锋芒，诚如孟子所言：
“天将降大任于斯人也，
必
先苦其心志，劳其筋骨??”不经过磨难的生活，日子未免过得乏味；不经过磨难的命
运，
人生便显得苍白。就生命而言，总是从平坦中获得的效益少，从磨难中获得的教益深
。
Once
upon a
time
in a
land
far
far away
,
there was a
wonderful old
man
who
loved
everything.
Animals, spiders,
insects...
One day
while
walking
through
the
woods
the
nice old
man
found a cocoon of a butterfly. He
took it home.
A
few days
later, a
small opening appeared;
he
sat and
watched the butterfly
for
several
hours
as it struggled to force its body
through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop
making any progress.
It appeared as if
it had gotten as far as it could and it could go
no farther.
Then
the
man
decided
to
help
the
butterfly
,
so
he
took
a
pair
of
scissors
and
snipped
off
the
remaining bit of the
cocoon.
The butterfly then emerged
easily.
But it had
a swollen body and small,
shriveled
wings. The man
continued to watch the butterfly
because he expected that, at any
moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to be
able to support
the body
,
which would contract
in time. Neither
happened! In
fact, the
butterfly spent the rest of
its
life crawling around with a swollen
body and shriveled wings.
It never was able to fly.
What the
man
in his kindness
and
haste did
not
understand was
that the
restricting cocoon and
the struggle
required
for the butterfly
to
get
through
the
tiny opening were Nature's
way of
forcing
fluid
from
the
body
of
the
butterfly
into
its
wings
so
that
it
would
be
ready
for
flight
once
it
achieved its freedom from the cocoon.
Sometimes
struggles
are
exactly
what
we
need
in
our
life.
If
we
were
allowed
to
go
through
our
life without any obstacles, it would cripple us.
We would not be as strong as what we could have
been.
And we could never fly.
从前，
在一个非常非常遥远的国度，有一位心地善良的老人。他喜爱一切东西，动物啦、
蜘蛛啦
、昆虫啦。
一天，这位善良的老人在树林里散步的时候，发现了一个蝴蝶的茧。他把茧带回了家。
几天后，茧裂开了一道小缝。老人几小时地坐在那里，看着蝴蝶挣扎着让自己的身体从
小缝中挤出来。后来，蝴蝶破茧好象停了下来，没有什么进展了。看来蝴蝶好象是撑到了最
后，再也不可能前进了。
看到这里，老人决定帮助蝴蝶。于是他找出一把剪刀，把茧剩余的部分剪破了。
这样，蝴蝶就轻易地从茧中脱出来了。
但是，
蝴蝶的身子肿胀着，
翅膀又小又皱。
老人继
续观察着蝴蝶，
因为他期望着这样一
个时刻的到来：蝴蝶的翅膀
会变大，大到能支持它的身体，而蝴蝶的身体届时也会缩小。可
是什么也没有发生。事实
上，这只蝴蝶的余生中就只能拖着臃肿的身体和萎缩的翅膀爬来爬
去了。
它永远也不能飞起来了。
在好心和匆忙间，
老人并
不理解，
蝴蝶破茧而出时需要的那种束缚和挣扎其实是大自然用
来将蝴蝶的体液挤到翅膀中的方法，这样，蝴蝶一旦能从茧中脱出，就能准备好飞翔了。
有时候，挣扎正
是我们生活中所需要的。如果我们能得以毫无障碍地走过一生，这会使
我们软弱。我们就
不可能变得强壮。
重要的是，我们就不可能腾飞。
2
．坚持你的梦想
I
have a friend
named Monty Roberts who owns a horse
ranch
in San Sedro. He
has
let
me
use
his house to put on fund-raising events
to raise money for youth at risk programs.
The
last
time
I
was
there
he
introduced
me
by
saying,
want
to
tell
you
why
I
let
Jack
use
my
house. It
all
goes back to a
story about a
young
man who
was
the son of an
itinerant
horse trainer
who
would
go
from
farm
and
ranch-
to-ranch,
training
horses.
As
a
result,
the
boy's
high
school
career was asked to
write a paper about what he wanted to be and do
when he grew up.
he wrote a
seven-page paper describing
his
goal of someday owning a horse ranch.
He wrote about
his dream
in
great detail and
he even drew a
diagram of a
200-acre ranch, showing
the
location of all the buildings,
the stables
and the
track.
Then
he
drew a detailed
floor plan
for a
4,000-square-foot
house that would sit on the 200-acre dream ranch.
days later he received his
paper back. On the front page was a large red F
with a note that read, 'See
me after
class.'
is an
unrealistic
dream
for a
young boy
like
you.
Y
ou
have
no
money
.
Y
ou come
from an
itinerant
family.
Y
ou
have
no resources. Owning a
horse
ranch
requires a
lot of
money
.
Y
ou
have to buy
the
land.
Y
ou
have to pay
for
the original breeding
stock and
later
you'll
have to pay
large
stud
fees.
There's
no
way
you could ever do
it.' Then
the teacher added, 'If
you
will rewrite this paper with a more
realistic goal, I will rewrite this paper with a
more realistic goal,
I will reconsider
your grade.'
His father
said, 'Look, son, you have to make up your own
mind on this However, I think it is a very
important decision for you.'
all. He stated,
'Y
ou can keep the F and I'll keep my
dream.'
Monty then turned to the
assembled group and said,
in
my
4,000-square-foot
house
in
the
middle
of
my
200-acre
horse
ranch.
I
still
have
that
school
paper framed over the
fireplace.
same school-teacher brought
30 kids
to camp out on
my
ranch
for
a
week.
the
teacher
was
leaving, he said, 'Look,
Monty
, I can tell you this now. When I
was your teacher, I was something of
a
dream
stealer.
During
those
years
I
stole
a
lot
of
kids'
dreams.
Fortunately
you
had
enough
gumption not to give up on
yours.'
Don't let anyone steal your
dreams. Follow your heart, no matter what.
Questions:
told
Monty to keep his dream?
's Monty's dream? Does it come
true?
3
．人生絮语：爱在心里成长
Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong
people before meeting the right one so that when
we
finally meet the right person, we
will know how to be grateful for that gift.
When the door of happiness closes,
another opens, but often times we look so long at
the closed
door that we don't see the
one which has been opened for us.
The
best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a
porch and swing with, never say a word, and
then walk away feeling like it was the
best conversation you've ever had.
It's true that we don't know what we've
got until we lose it, but it's also true that we
don't know
what we've been missing
until it arrives.
Giving
someone
all
your
love
is
never
an
assurance
that
they'll
love
you
back!
Don't
expect
love
in
return; just
wait
for
it
to
grow
in
their
heart
but
if
it doesn't, be
content
it
grew
in
yours. It
takes only a minute to get a crush on
someone, an hour to like someone, and a day to
love someone,
but it takes a lifetime
to forget someone.
Don't go for looks;
they can deceive. Don't go for wealth; even that
fades away
. Go for someone
who
makes
you
smile because
it takes only a smile
to
make a dark day seem
bright. Find
the one
that
makes your heart smile.
中文：
或许是上帝的安排，在最终找到知音之前，我们总要遇到一些不尽如意的人，只有这样，
我们才能对知音这份礼物充满感激之情。
一道幸福之门关闭时，另一扇就会
打开。我们经常太多太多地只看见关闭的门，而对开
启的门却熟视无睹。
也许最好的朋友就是那些你坐在门廊下，
看到的来回
过往的行人。
你与他们一言未语，
走
开
时却感到好像有过最好的交谈。
无疑，一件东西只有失去时，
我们才会懂得其真正的价值。同样，一件东西在得到之前，
我们并没有意识到它的缺少。
将爱全部付出，
并不能确保一定会得
到回报。
别指望爱有什么回报，
耐心地等待它在你所
爱的人的心里生根发芽，成长壮大。即使不会那样，也要感到满足，相信爱在自己心里成长。
迷恋一个人只需要一分钟，喜欢一个人需要一个小时，爱上一个人需要一天，而忘记一个人
则需要一辈子的时间。
不要追求华丽的外
表，
外表常常具有欺骗性。
不要追求万贯家产，
财富也会散尽。
寻找那
个可以使你微笑的人，只有微笑
才能使黑暗的日子变得光明。寻找那个能够使你的心灵微笑
的人。
4
．生活中的
“
< br>砖头
”
A
young
and
successful
executive
was
traveling
down
a
neighborhood
street,
going
a
bit
too
fast in his new Jaguar.
He was watching for kids
darting
out
from between parked cars and slowed
down when he thought he saw something.
As his car passed, one child appeared,
and a brick smashed into the Jag's side door. He
slammed on
the brakes and spun the Jag
back to the spot from where the brick had been
thrown.
He jumped out of the
car, grabbed some kid and pushed
him
up against a parked car, shouting,
was that all about and
who are
you? Just what the
heck are you doing?
Building
up a
head
of
steam, he
went on
new car and
that brick
you threw
is
gonna cost a
lot of
money. Why
did you do
it?
my
brother,
he said.
the curb and
fell
out of
his
wheelchair and I
can't
lift
him up.
Sobbing,
the
boy
asked
the
executive,
you
please
help
me
get
him
back
into
his
wheelchair? He's hurt and he's too
heavy for me.
Moved
beyond
words,
the
driver
tried
to
swallow
the
rapidly
swelling
lump
in
his
throat.
He
lifted
the
young
man back
into the wheelchair and took out
his
handkerchief and
wiped the scrapes
and cuts,
checking to see that everything was going to be
okay.
you, sir.
And God bless
you,
the
grateful child said to
him. The
man then watched the
little
boy push his brother to the sidewalk toward their
home.
It was a
long walk
backs to
his Jaguar... a
long, slow
walk. He
never did repair
the side
door.
He kept
the dent to
remind
him
not
to
go through
life
so
fast that
someone
has to
throw a brick
at
you to get your attention.
Life whispers
in
your soul and speaks to
your
heart. Sometimes, when you don't have
the time
to listen... Life throws a
brick at your head.
It's
your choice: Listen to the whispers of your soul
or wait for the brick!
一位年轻的总裁，以有点快的车速，开着他的新
Jaguar
经过住宅区的巷道。
他必须小心游戏中的孩子突然跑到路中央，
所以当他觉得小孩子快跑出来时，
就要减慢车速。
就在他的车经过一群小朋友的时候，一个小朋友丢了一块砖头打到了他的车门，他很生<
/p>
气的踩了煞车并后退到砖头丢出来的地方。
他跳出
车外，抓了那个小孩，把他顶在车门上说：
“
你为什么这样做，
你知道你刚刚
做了什么吗？
”
接着又吼道：
“
你知不知道你要赔多少钱来修理这台新车，
你到底为什么
要这样做？
”
小孩子求着说：
“
< br>先生，对不起，我不知道我还能怎么办？
”
他接着说：
“
因为我哥哥从轮椅上掉下来，我没办法把他抬回去。
”
那男孩
啜泣着说：
“
你可以帮我把他抬回去吗？他受伤了，
而且他太重了我抱不动。
”
这些话让这位年轻的总裁深受感动
，
他抱起男孩受伤的哥哥，
帮他坐回轮椅上。
< br>并拿
出手帕擦拭他哥哥的伤口，以确定他哥哥没有什么大问题。
< br>
那个小男孩感激地说：<
/p>
“
谢谢你，
先生，
上帝保佑你。
”
然后他看着男孩推着他哥哥回
去。
年轻总裁返回
Jaguar
的路变的很漫长，他也没有修他汽车的侧门。他保留着车
上的凹痕就是
提醒自己：
生活的道路不要走的太匆忙，否则需要其他人敲打自己来注意
生活的真谛。
当生命想与你的心灵窃窃私语时，若你没有时间，你有两种选
择：倾听你心灵的声音或
让砖头来砸你！
5
．人生絮语：生命只有一次
There
are
moments
in
life
when
you
miss
someone
so
much
that
you
just
want
to
pick
them
from your dreams and hug them for real!
Dream what you want to
dream; go where you want to go; be what you want
to be, because you
have only one life
and one chance to do all the things you want to
do.
May
you
have enough happiness to
make you sweet, enough trials to
make
you strong, enough
sorrow to keep you human, enough hope
to make you happy
.
Always
put
yourself
in
others'
shoes.
If
you
feel
that
it
hurts
you,
it
probably
hurts
the
other
person,
too.
The happiest of people
don't necessarily have the best of everything;
they just make the most of
everything
that comes along their way
.
Happiness lies for those who
cry
, those who hurt, those who have
searched, and those who have
tried,
for
only
they
can
appreciate
the
importance
of
people
who
have
touched
their
lives.
Love
begins
with
a
smile,
grows
with
a
kiss
and
ends
with
a
tear.
The
brightest
future
will
always
be
based
on
a
forgotten
past,
you
can't
go
on
well
in
life
until
you
let
go
of
your
past
failures
and
heartaches.
When
you were born,
you were
crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live
your
life so
that when you
die, you're the one who is smiling and everyone
around you is crying.
Please
send
this
message
to
those
people
who
mean
something
to
you,
to
those
who
have
touched
your
life
in one way or another,
to
those
who
make
you smile when
you really
need
it, to
those
that
make
you
see
the
brighter
side
of
things
when
you
are
really
down,
to
those
who
you
want to
let them know
that
you appreciate
their
friendship. And
if
you don't, don't
worry
,
nothing
bad
will
happen
to
you,
you
will
just
miss
out
on
the
opportunity
to
brighten
someone's
day
with
this
message.
中文：
生活中，有时强烈的思念使我们恨不得一把将所爱的人从梦中带走，实实在在地拥抱他<
/p>
们。
做自己想做的梦吧。去自己想去的地方吧。做自己想做的人吧
。生命只有一次，机会只
有一回。
愿你有足够的欢乐，使自己甜蜜；
有足够的考验，使自己坚强；有足够的悲伤，使自己
富有人情；有足够的希望，使自己幸
福。
要经常换位思维。一件事，要是你感到对自己有伤害，就可能对他人也有伤害。
最幸福的人并不是那些拥有最好东西的人，他们只是能够将得到的东西变得最好。
幸福属于那些会哭泣的人，那些受过伤害的人，那些探索的人，以及那些尝试过的人。
只
有他们才懂得对自己生活有影响的人们的重要。爱以微笑开始，在亲吻中成长，以泪水终
结。光明灿烂的明天建立在忘却的过去之上。只有让以往的失败和伤心随风而去，你才能过
得更好。
出生伊始，哭啼的是你，周围的人却在微笑。珍视生活，好好
地活着，这样入死，让周
围的人哭啼，自己却在微笑。
请把这
些语言送给那些你所关心的人，那些在生活中这样或那样同自己打交道的人，那
些需要时
能给你带来微笑的人，那些在逆境中依然能使你看到光明的人，那些你珍视与他们
之间友
谊的人。即使你没有这样做，也不要紧。没有什么大不了的事情，你只是错过了用这
些言
语照亮他人日子的机会。
6
．一杯牛奶的温暖
A Glass of Milk
一杯牛奶的温暖
One
day
,
a
poor
boy
who
was
trying
to
pay
his
way
through
school
by
selling
goods
door
to
door
found that
he only
had one dime
left.
He
was
hungry
so
he decided to beg
for a
meal at the
next house.
一天，
一个贫穷的小男孩为了攒够学费正挨家挨户地推销商品。
饥寒交迫的他摸遍全身，
却只有一角钱。于是他决定向下一户人家讨口
饭吃。
However,
he
lost
his
nerve
when a
lovely
young woman
opened the door.
Instead of a
meal
he
asked
for a drink of
water. She
thought he
looked
hungry so
she brought
him a
large
glass of
milk.
He
drank it slowly, and then asked,
然而，当一位美丽的年轻女子打开
房门的时候，这个小男孩却有点不知所措了。他没有
要饭，只乞求给他一口水喝。这位女
子看到他饥饿的样子，就倒了一大杯牛奶给他。男孩慢
慢地喝完牛奶，问道：
“
我应该付多少钱？
”
ou
don't
owe
me
anything,
she
replied.
has
taught
me
never
to
accept
pay
for
a
kindness.
He
said,
I
thank
you
from
the
bottom
of
my
heart.
As
Howard
Kelly
left
that
house, he not only felt stronger
physically, but it also increased his faith in God
and the human race.
He was about to
give up and quit before this point.
年轻女子微笑着回答：
“
一分钱也不用付。我妈妈教导我，施以爱心，不图回报。
”
男孩
说：
“
那么，就请接受我
由衷的感谢吧！
”
说完，霍华德
-
凯利就离开了这户人家。此时的他不
仅自己浑身是劲儿，而且更加相
信上帝和整个人类。本来，他都打算放弃了。
Y
ears
later the
young woman became critically
ill.
The
local
doctors were baffled.
They
finally
sent her to the big
city
, where specialists can be called
in to study her rare disease. Dr. Howard
Kelly
,
now famous was called
in for the consultation. When he heard the name of
the town she came from,
a strange light
filled his eyes. Immediately, he rose and went
down through the hospital hall into her
room.
数年之后，那位女子得了一种罕见的重病，当地医生对此束手无策。最后，她被转到大
城市医治，由专家会诊治疗。大名鼎鼎的霍华德
-
凯利医生也
参加了医疗方案的制定。当他听
到病人来自的那个城镇的名字时，一个奇怪的念头霎时间
闪过他的脑际。他马上起身直奔她
的病房。
Dressed in his doctor's gown he went in
to see her. He recognized her at once. He went
back to
the
consultation
room
and
determined
to
do
his
best
to
save
her
life.
From
that
day
on,
he
gave
special
attention to her case.
身穿手术服的凯利医生来到病房，一眼就认出了恩人。回到会诊室后，他决心一定要竭
尽所能来治好她的病。从那天起，他就特别关照这个对自己有恩的病人。
After
a
long
struggle,
the
battle
was
won.
Dr.
Kelly
requested
the
business
office
to
pass
the
final
bill
to
him
for
approval.
He
looked
at
it
and
then
wrote
something
on
the
side.
The
bill
was
sent to her room. She was afraid to
open it because she was positive that it would
take the rest of her
life to pay
it off. Finally she
looked,
and the
note on the side of the bill
caught
her attention. She
read these words...
经过艰苦的努力，手术成功了。凯利医生要求把医药费通知单
送到他那里，他看了一下，
便在通知单的旁边签了字。当医药费通知单送到她的病房时，
她不敢看。因为她确信，治病
的费用将会花费她整个余生来偿还。最后，她还是鼓起勇气
，翻开了医药费通知单，旁边的
那行小字引起了她的注意，她不禁轻声读了出来：
(Signed) Dr. Howard
Kelly
“
< br>医药费已付：一杯牛奶。
”
(
签名
)
霍华德
-
凯利医生
Tears
of
joy
flooded
her
eyes
as
she
prayed
silently:
Y
ou,
God.
Y
our
love
has
spread
through human hearts and
hands.
< br>喜悦的泪水溢出了她的眼睛，她默默地祈祷着：
“
谢谢你
，上帝，你的爱已通过人类的心
灵和双手传播了。
”
7
．关于幸福的真谛
A Simply Truth About
Happiness
After I
gave
a talk on the
subject of
happiness, a
woman
in
the
audience stood
up
and said,
wish my husband had
come.
someone so
unhappy
.
This
woman enabled
me
to put
into
words
what I
had been searching
for
--
altruistic, as
well as
the personal,
reasons
for
taking
happiness seriously. I told
her that each of
us
owes it to our spouse, our children,
our friends to be as happy as we can.
I was not a particularly happy child,
and like most teenagers, I took pleasure in my
anguish. One day
,
however,
it occurred to me that I was taking the easy way
out. Anyone could be unhappy; it took no
courage and effort. True achievement
lay in struggling to be happy
. The
notion that we have to work
at
happiness comes as news to many people. We assume
it's a feeling that comes as a result of good
things that just happen to us, things
over which we have little or no control. But the
opposite is true:
happiness
is
largely
under
our control. It
is a battle to be
fought and not a feeling
to
be awaited. To
achieve a happy life,
it's necessary to overcome some stumbling blocks,
three of which are:
Notealtruistic:
adj.
无私心的
spouse: n.
配偶（指夫或妻）
anguish:
n.
痛苦，苦恼
stumble: v.
绊倒，踌躇
Comparison with Others
Most
of us compare ourselves with anyone we think is
happier -- a relative, an acquaintance or,
often someone
we barely
know.
I once
met a
young
man who struck
me as
particularly
successful
and
happy
.
He spoke
of
his
love
for
his beautiful
wife and their
three daughters,
and of
his joy at
being a radio
talk-show
host
in a city
he
loved. I remember
thinking that
he was one of those
lucky
few
for
whom
everything
goes
effortlessly
right.
Then
we
started
talking
about
the
Internet.
He
blessed
its existence,
he told
me, because
he could
look up
information on
multiple
sclerosis -- the
terrible disease
afflicting his wife. I felt like a fool for
assuming nothing unhappy existed in his
life.
Noteacquaintance: n.
熟人
sclerosis: n.
硬化症
Images of Perfection
Almost all of
us have
images of how
life should
be.
The problem, of course,
is
that only rarely
do people's jobs,
spouses
and children
live
up
to these
imagined
ideals.
Here's a personal
example:
no one in my family had ever
divorced. I assumed that marriage was for life. So
when my wife and I
divorced after five
years of marriage and three years after the birth
of our son, my world collapsed. I
was
a
failure
in
my
own
eyes.
I
later
remarried
and
confided
to
my
wife
that
I
couldn't
shake
the
feeling
that
my
family
life
had
failed.
She
asked
me
what
was
wrong
with
our
family
now(which
included
her
daughter
from
a
previous
marriage
and
my
son).
I
had
to
admit
that,
aside
from
the
pain of being
with
my son only
half
the time(my ex-wife and I shared
custody), our
family
life
was
wonderful.
Then
why don' t
you celebrate
it?
But
first I
had to get rid of a
Notedivorce: v.
离婚
collapse:
v.
倒塌，崩溃
One
effective
way
of
destroying
happiness
is
to
look
at
something
and
focus
on
even
the
smallest
flaw. It's
like
looking
at
the
tiled ceiling and concentrating on
the space
where one tile
is
missing.
As
a
bald
man
told
me,
I
enter
a
room,
all
I
see
is
hair.
Once
you've
determined what your
missing tile is, explore whether acquiring it will
really make you happy
. Then
do one of
the
three
things:
get
it, replace
it
with a different tile, or
forget
about
it
and
focus on the
tiles in
your life that are not missing.
We
all
know
people
who
have
had
a
relatively
easy
life
yet
are
essentially
unhappy
.
And
we
know people who have
suffered a great deal but generally remain
happy
.
The
first secret
is gratitude.
All
happy people
are
grateful. Ungrateful
people cannot be
happy
.
We tend to think that being
unhappy
leads people to
complain, but
it's truer to say that
complaining
leads to people becoming
unhappy
.
Noteflaw: n.
缺点，瑕疵
essentially: adv
.
本质上
gratitude: n.
感谢的心情
The
second
secret
is
realizing
that
happiness
is
a
byproduct
of
something
else.
The
most
obvious
sources
are
those
pursuits that
give our
lives
purpose -- anything
from studying
insects
to playing
baseball. The
more passions
we
have, the
more
happiness
we are
likely to experience.
Finally
, the
belief
that
something permanent
transcends
us and that our existence
has some
larger
meaning can
help
us be
happier. We
need a
spiritual
faith, or a philosophy of
life. Whatever
your
philosophy
,
it
should include this truism: if you
choose to find the positive in virtually every
situation, you will be
blessed,
and
if
you
choose
to
find
the
awful,
you
will
be
cursed.
As
with
happiness
itself,
this
is
largely your decision to make.
8
．做人的十条规则
The Rules For Being Human
1. Y
ou will receive a
body.
Y
ou may
like it or hate it, but is will be yours for the
entire period of this time around.
2.
Y
ou will learn lessons.
Y
ou are enrolled in a full-
time informal school called Life. Each day in this
school you will have the
opportunity to
learn lessons. Y
ou may like the lessons
or think them irrelevant and stupid.
3. There are no mistakes, only
lessons.
Growth is a process
of trial and error: Experimentation. The
of the process as the experiment that
ultimately
Noteirrelevant: adj.
不相关的
trial: n.
考验
ultimately: adv.
基本上
4. A lesson is repeated until
learned.
A lesson will be
presented to you in various forms until you have
learned it. When you have learned
it,
you can then go on to the next lesson.
5. Learning lessons does not
end.
There
is
no
part
of
life
that
does
not
contain
its
lessons.
If
you
are
alive,
there
are
lessons
to
be
learned.
6.
When your
better
than
7. Others are merely mirrors of
you.
Y
ou
cannot
love
or
hate
something
about
another
person
unless
it
reflects
something
you
love
or
hate about yourself.
8. What you make of your life is up to
you.
Y
ou hare all
the tools and resources you need.
What
you do with them is up to you. The choice is
yours.
9. Y
our answers lie
inside you.
The answers to
Life's questions lie inside you.
All
you need to do is look, listen and trust.
10.
You will
forget all this.
9
．最好的遗产是爱
你认为最好的遗产是什么呢？是金钱还是房产？看了本文你就会这个问题有进一步的理解。
As a
young
man, Al was
a skilled
artist, a potter. He
had a wife and
two
fine sons. One
night,
his
oldest
son
developed
a
severe
stomachache.
Thinking
it
was
only
some
common
intestinal
disorder,
neither
Al
nor
his
wife
took
the
condition
very
seriously.
But
the
malady
was
actually
acute appendicitis, and the boy died
suddenly that night.
Knowing
the
death
could
have
been
prevented
if
he
had
only
realized
the
seriousness
of
the
situation,
Al's
emotional
health
deteriorated
under
the
enormous
burden
of
his
guilt.
To
make
matters
worse
his wife
left
him a short
time
later,
leaving
him alone
with
his six-year-old
younger
son.
The
hurt
and
pain
of
the
two
situations
were
more
than
Al
could
handle,
and
he
turned
to
alcohol to help him cope. In time Al
became an alcoholic.
Noteintestinal
：肠的
malady
：疾病
acute
：急性的，剧烈的
appendicitis
：
阑尾炎
deteriorate
：恶化
alcoholic
：酒鬼
As the alcoholism progressed,
Al began to
lose everything
he possessed
—
his
home,
his
land,
his art objects,
everything. Eventually Al died alone in a San
Francisco
motel room.
When I
heard of Al's death, I reacted with
the same disdain
the world
shows
for one who ends
his
life
with
nothing
material to show
for
it.
failure!
totally
wasted
life
As time went by
,
I began
to re-evaluate
my earlier
harsh
judgment.
Y
ou
see, I knew
Al's
now
adult
son,
Ernie.
He
is
one
of
the
kindest,
most
caring,
most
loving
men
I
have
ever
known.
I
watched
Ernie
with
his children and saw
the
free
flow of
love between
them.
I knew
that kindness
and caring had to come from somewhere.
Notealcoholism<
/p>
：酒精中毒，酒瘾
motel
：汽车旅馆
disdain
：轻蔑
I hadn't
heard
Ernie
talk
much
about
his
father. It
is
so
hard
to defend an alcoholic. One day I
worked
up
my
courage
to ask
him.
I said.
your
father
was
basically
the
only
one
to
raise
you.
What
on
earth
did
he
do
that
you
became
such
a
special
person?
Ernie sat quietly and
reflected for a few moments. Then he said,
a child
until
I
left
home at 18,
Al came
into
my
room every
night,
gave
me a kiss and said, 'I
love
you, son.'
Tears came to
my eyes as I realized
what a
fool I
had been to judge
Al as a
failure. He
had
not
left any
material possessions behind. But he had been a
kind loving father, and he left behind one of
the finest, most giving men I have ever
known.
----Bobbie Gee
Questions:
many
children does Al have?
does Al die?
does Al addict to?
does this story tell us?
参考答案：
a San Francisco motel
room. 3. Alcohol tell us love is very important
in
our life. It is a good legacy to
us.
10
．我永远都会在你的身边
No matter what happens, I ll always
be
there for you!
In 1989 an 8.2 earthquake almost
flattened America, killing over 30,000 people in
less than four
minutes. In the midst of
utter devastation and chaos, a father left his
wife safely at home and rushed
to the
school
where
his son was
supposed
to be, only to discover that
the building was as
flat as a
pancake.
After
the
unforgettably
initial
shock,
he
remembered
the promise
he
had
made
to
his son:
matter
what, I'll
always be there
for
you!
And tears
began to
fill
his eyes. As
he
looked at the pile
of
ruins that once
was
the school,
it
looked
hopeless, but
he kept
remembering
his commitment to
his son.
He
began
to
direct
his
attention
towards
where
he
walked
his
son
to
class
at
school
each
morning.
Remembering
his
son's
classroom
would
be
in
the
back
right
corner
of
the
building,
he
rushed there and started digging
through the ruins.
As
he
was
digging,
other
helpless
parents
arrived,
clutching
their
hearts,
saying:
<
/p>
son!
daughter!
too
late! They're all dead! You
can't help! Go
home! Come on,
face reality,
there's
nothing
you ca
n
do!
To
each
parent
he
responded
with
one
line:
you
going
to
help
me
now?
And
then
he
continued
to
dig
for
his
son,
stone by
stone.
The
fire
chief
showed
up and
tried to pull
him off the
school's
ruins
saying,
are
breaking
out,
explosions
are
happening
everywhere.
You're
in
danger. We'll take
care of
it. Go
home.
To
which
this
loving, caring American
father asked,
you
going to help me now?
The
police came and said,
it's
over.
You're endangering others. Go
home. We'll handle it!
Courageously
he went on
alone because
he
needed to
know
for
himself:
my boy alive or
is
he dead?
for
eight
hours...12
hours...24
hours...36
hours...then,
in
the 38th
hour,
he pulled
back a
large stone and
heard
his
son's
voice.
He screamed
his son's
name,
He
heard
back,
It's
me,
Dad!
I
told
the
other
kids
not
to
worry.
I
told
them
that
if
you
were
alive,
you'd save me and when you saved me,
they'd be saved. You promised, No matter what
happens, I'll
always be there for you!
You did it, Dad!
us
left out of
33,
Dad. We're
scared,
hungry,
thirsty and
thankful
you're
here.
When the building
collapsed, it made a triangle, and it saved
us.
Dad!
Let the
other kids out
first, cause I know
you'll
get
me! No
matter
what
happens, I
know you'll
always be there for
me!
不管发生什么，我永远都会在你的身边！
1989
年，
一次
8.2<
/p>
级的地震几乎铲平美国，
在短短不到
4<
/p>
分钟的时间里，
夺去了
3
万多人
的生命！
在彻底的破
坏与混乱之中，有位父亲将他的妻子在家里安顿好后，跑到他儿子就读的学校，
而触目所
见，却是被夷为平地的校园。
看到这令人伤心的一幕，他想
起了曾经对儿子所作的承诺：
“
不论发生什么事，我都会在
你身边。
”
至此，父亲热泪满眶。目睹曾经
的学校成为了一堆瓦砾，真叫人绝望。但父亲的脑
中仍然牢记着他对儿子的诺言。
他开始努力回忆每天早上送儿子上学的必经之路，终于记起儿子的
教室应该就在那幢建筑物
后面，位于右边的角落里，他跑到那儿，开始在碎石砾中挖掘，
搜寻儿子的下落。
当这位父亲正在挖掘时，其他束手无策的
学生家长赶到现场，揪心地叫着：
“
我的儿子
< br>呀！
”“
我的女儿呀！
”
一些好意的家长试图把这位父亲劝离现场，告诉他
“
< br>一切都太迟了！他
们全死了！这样做没用的，回去吧，这样做只会使事情更糟
”
。面对种种劝告，这位父亲的回
答只有一
句话：
“
你们愿意帮我吗？
”
然后继续进行挖掘工作，在废墟中寻找他的儿子。
< br>消防队长出现了，他也试图把这位父亲劝走，对他说：
“
火灾频现，四处都在发生爆炸，
你在这里太危险了，这边的事我们会处理，你回家吧！<
/p>
”
对此，这位慈爱、关切的父亲仍然回
答
：
“
你们要帮我吗？
”
警察赶到现场，对他说：
“
你现在又气又急，该结束了，你在危及他人，回家吧！我们会
处理一切的。
”
这位父亲依旧回答：
“
你
们愿意帮我吗？
”
然而，人们无动于衷。
为了弄清楚儿子是死是活，这位父亲独自一人鼓起勇气，继续进行他的工作。
他挖掘了
8
小
时，
--12
小时，
24
小时，
36
小时
--38<
/p>
小时后，父亲推开了一块巨大的石头，听
到了儿子的声音。父亲尖
叫着：
“
阿曼德！
”
< br>儿子的回音听到了：
“
爸爸吗？是我，爸爸，我告
诉其他的小朋友不要着急。我告诉他们如果你活着，你会来救我的。如果我获救了，他们也
就获救了。你答应过我，不论发生什么，我永远都会在你的身边，
你做到了，爸爸！
”
“
你那里的情况怎样？
”
父亲
问。
“
我们有
33
个，只有
14
个活着。爸爸，
我们好害怕，又渴又饿，谢天谢地，你在这儿。
教室倒塌时，刚好形成一个三角形的洞，
救了我们。
”
“
快出来吧！儿子！
”
“
不，爸，让其他小朋友先出来吧！因为我知道你会接我的！不管发生什么事，我知道你
永远都会来到我的身边！
”
[
以下为背诵篇
]
11
．爱着你的感觉
What It's like to Love
Y
ou
To love you
is to daydream of you often, think of you so much,
speak of you proudly
, and miss
you terribly when we are
apart.
To
love
you
is to cherish the
warmth of
your arms, the
sweetness of
your kiss,
the
friendliness
of your smile,
the loving sound in your voice, and the happiness
we share.
To
love
you
is
to
never
forget
the
adversity
we
have
overcome,
the
tears
we
have
shed,
the
plans
we have made, the problems we have solved, and the
pain of separation.
To
love
you
is to
remember
joyfully the days
we
made
memorable,
the
moments
that
will
live
forever
in our hearts, the dreams we
hope
for, the
feelings we
have
for each other, the caresses and
touches of love, and the exhilaration
of love that fills our hearts.
To love
you is to need you, want you, hold you, and know
you as no one else can.
To love you is
to realize that life without you would be no life
at all...
That's a little of what it's
like to be in love with you!
12
．不断超越自己
Consider… YOU. In all time before now
and in all time to come, there has never been and
will
never be anyone just like you.
Y
ou are unique in the entire history
and future of the universe. Wow!
Stop
and think about that. Y
ou're better
than one in a million, or a billion, or a
1)gazillion…
Y
ou
are the only one like you in a sea of infinity!!!
Y
ou're amazing!
Y
ou're awesome! And by the
way
, TAG
, you're it. As
amazing and awesome as
you already are,
you can be even
more
so.
Beautiful
young people are the whimsey of
nature, but
beautiful
old
people
are
true
works
of
art.
But
you
don't
become
just
b
y
virtue
of
the
aging
process.
Real
beauty
comes
from
learning,
growing,
and
loving
in
the
ways
of
life.
That
is
the
Art
of
Life.
Y
ou
can
learn slowly
,
and sometimes painfully, by just
waiting
for
life
to
happen
to
you.
Or
you can choose to accelerate your
growth and
intentionally devour
life and all
it offers.
Y
ou are the
artist that paints your future with the
brush of today
.
Paint a Masterpiece.
God
gives every bird
its
food, but
he
doesn't
throw
it
into
its
nest.
Wherever
you want
to
go,
whatever you want to do,
it's truly up to you.
中文翻译：
试想一下
……
你！一个空前绝后的你，不论是以往还是将来都不会有一个跟你一模一样
的人。你在历
史上和宇宙中都是独一无二的。哇！想想吧，你是万里挑一、亿里挑一、兆里
挑一的。<
/p>
在无穷无尽的宇宙中，你是举世无双的！！！
你是了
不起的！你是卓越的！没错，就是你。你已经是了不起的，是卓越的，你还可以
更卓越更
了不起。美丽的年轻人是大自然的奇想，而美丽的老人却是艺术的杰作。但你不会
因为年
龄的渐长就自然而然地变得
“
美丽
”<
/p>
。
真正的美丽源于生命里的学习、
成长
和热爱。
这就是生命的艺术。
你可以只听天由命
,
慢
慢地学，有时候或许会很痛苦。又或许你可以选
择加速自己的成长，故意地挥霍生活及其提
供的一切。你就是手握今日之刷描绘自己未来
的艺术家。画出一幅杰作吧！
上帝给了鸟儿食物，但他没有将食物扔到它们的巢里。不管你
想要去哪里，不管你想要
做什么，真正做决定的还是你自己。
13
．要学会去忍耐
When someone disagrees
with
you or offends
you, don?t
lose
your
temper.
W
hy? Because
it
is
of no use to do so.
Y
ou ought to (should) be patient and
keep calm lest you should quarrel with him.
Y
ou must know that patience
is not cowardice, but a virtue. I hope that
everybody practices it.
In
addition, patience will also bring us success.
When you meet with difficulties in your work, it
is no use losing heart. Y
ou
must keep on fighting until (till) the final
victory belongs to you.
当有人和你意见不同或开罪你的时候，你切不可发脾气。为什
么？因为这样做是无用的
（用
of
no
use
）。你应当忍耐并且保持
冷静，唯恐和他争吵。你必须知道忍耐不是弱而是一
种美德。我希望人人都实行它。
另外，忍耐
也会带给我们成功。当你在工作中遭遇到困难的时候，灰心是无用的。你必
须继续作战直
到最后胜利属于你为止。
14
．热爱你的生活
However mean your life is, meet it and
live it; do not shun it and call it hard names. It
is not so
bad as
you are.
It
looks poorest when
you are richest.
The
fault-finder
will
find
faults
in
paradise.
Love your life, poor as it
is. Y
ou may perhaps have some pleasant,
thrilling, glorious hours, even in
a
poor-house.
The setting sun
is reflected
from the
windows of the alms-house
as
brightly as
from
the rich
man's abode; the snow
melts
before
its door as early
in
the spring. I do
not
see but a quiet
mind
may
live as contentedly
there, and
have as cheering
thoughts, as
in a palace.
The town's poor
seem to me often to
live the most independent lives of any
.
May be they are simply great enough to
receive without
misgiving.
Most think that they are above being supported by
the town; but
it often
happens that they are
not
above supporting
themselves
by dishonest
means.
which
should be
more
disreputable.
Cultivate
poverty
like
a
garden
herb,
like
sage.
Do
not
trouble
yourself
much
to
get
new
things,
whether
clothes
or
friends,
Turn
the
old,
return
to
them.
Things
do
not
change;
we
change. Sell your clothes
and keep your thoughts.
Note
：
mean
：卑贱的，也可指人小气。
hard
：不好的，差的
fault-finder
：
吹毛求疵的人
alms-house
：
济贫院，
养老院
abo
de
：
住所
misgiving
：
疑虑
不论你的生
活如何卑贱，你要面对它生活，不要躲避它，更别用恶言咒骂它。它不像你那
样坏。你最
富有的时候，倒是看似最穷。爱找缺点的人就是到天堂里也能找到缺点。你要爱
你的生活
，尽管它贫穷。甚至在一个济贫院里，你也还有愉快、高兴、光荣的时候。夕阳反
射在济
贫院的窗上，像身在富户人家窗上一样光亮；在那门前，积雪同在早春融化。我只看
到，
一个从容的人，在哪里也像在皇宫中一样，生活得心满意足而富有愉快的思想。城镇中
的
穷人，我看，倒往往是过着最独立不羁的生活。也许因为他们很伟大，所以受之无愧。大
多数人以为他们是超然的，不靠城镇来支援他们；可是事实上他们是往往利用了不正当的手
段来对付生活，他们是毫不超脱的，毋宁是不体面的。视贫穷如园中之花而像圣人一样耕植
它吧！不要找新的花样，无论是新的朋友或新的衣服，来麻烦你自己。找旧的，回到那里去。
万物不变，是我们在变。你的衣服可以卖掉，但要保留你的思想。
15
．我命运，我把握
编辑语：
正如世界上没有两片相同的叶子，我们每个人都是独一无二的。相信
自己，命运就
掌握在我们的手中。
Consider… YOU. In
all time
before now and in all time to come, there has
never been and will
never be anyone
just like you. Y
ou are unique in the
entire history and future of the universe. Wow!
Stop and think about that.
Y
ou're better than one in a million, or
a billion, or
a gazillion…
Y
ou
are the only one like you in a sea of infinity!
Y
ou're amazing!
Y
ou're awesome! And by the
way
, TAG
, you're it. As
amazing and awesome as
you already are,
you can be even
more
so.
Beautiful
young people are the whimsey of
nature, but
beautiful
old
people
are
true
works
of
art.
But
you
don't
become
just
by
virtue
of
the
aging process.
Real beauty comes
from
learning,
growing, and
loving
in
the
ways of
life.
That
is
the
Art of
Life.
Y
ou
can
learn slowly
, and sometimes
painfully, by just
waiting
for
life to
happen
to
you. Or
you can choose to accelerate your
growth and
intentionally devour
life and all
it offers.
Y
ou are the
artist that paints your future with the
brush of today
.
Paint a Masterpiece.
God
gives every bird
its
food, but
he doesn't
throw
it
into
its
nest. Wherever
you
want to
go,
whatever you want to do, it's truly up
to you.
试想一下
……
你！一个空前绝后的你，不论是以往还是将来都不会有一个跟你一模一
样的人。你在历
史上和宇宙中都是独一无二的。哇！想想吧，你是万里挑一、亿里挑一、兆
里挑一的。<
/p>
在无穷无尽的宇宙中，你是举世无双的。
你是了
不起的！你是卓越的！没错，就是你。你已经是了不起的，是卓越的，你还可
以更卓越更
了不起。美丽的年轻人是大自然的奇想，而美丽的老人却是艺术的杰作。但你不
会因为年
龄的渐长就自然而然地变得
“
美丽
”<
/p>
。
真正的美丽源于生命里的学习、<
/p>
成长和热爱。
这就是生命的艺术。
你可以
只听天由命
,
慢
慢地学，有时候或许
会很痛苦。又或许你可以选择加速自己的成长，故意地挥霍生活及其提
供的一切。你就是
手握今日之刷描绘自己未来的艺术家。
画出一幅杰作吧。
上帝给
了鸟儿食物，但他没有将食物扔到它们的巢里。不管你想要去哪里，不管你想
要做什么，
真正做决定的还是你自己。
16
．生活的乐趣
Joy in living comes from having fine
emotions, trusting them, giving them the freedom
of a bird
in
the
open.
Joy
in
living
can
never
be
assumed
as
a
pose,
or
put
on
from
the
outside
as
a
mask.
People
who
have
this
joy
don
not
need to
talk about
it; they radiate
it.
They just
live out
their joy
and let it splash its sunlight and glo
w into other lives as
naturally as bird sings.
We can never
get it by working for it directly
. It
comes, like happiness, to those who are aiming
at something higher. It is a byproduct
of great, simple living. The joy of living comes
from what we
put into living, not from
what we seek to get from it.
中文翻译
：
生活之乐趣来源于良好的情绪，信赖这些情绪，并任由它们如
同鸟儿高翔于天空般地自
由自在。生活的乐趣是无法靠姿态摆出来的，也无法用戴上一张
面具来伪装。
拥有这种乐趣
的人们无
需挂在嘴边，他们自然会焕发出快乐的气息。他们自己生活在快乐当中，也将这样
的快乐
自然而然地感染着他人，犹如是鸟儿就必将歌唱。
直接追求生活的乐趣却只会使乐趣远离我们，它与幸福一样青
睐胸有大志的人们。生活
过得高雅、简单便会产生出乐趣。它是我们对生活的投入，而非
所求。
17
．爱是耐人寻味的
编辑语：
正所谓知足者常乐。真正快乐的人，不会要求所有的事情都尽善尽美
。人生需要学
会选择，学会放弃。
The beginning of love is to let those
we love to be just themselves, and not twist
the
m with our
own image-
otherwise, we love only the reflection of
ourselves we find in them.
The
happiest of people don't
necessarily
having the best
of everything; they just
make the
most of
everything that
comes along their way
.
When
you were born,
you were
crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live
your
life so
that when you
die, you're the one who is smiling and everyone
around you is crying.
The
brightest future will always be based on a
forgotten past, you can't get on well in life
unless you
let go of your past failures
and heartaches.
中文翻译：
爱之初，让我们所爱的人保持他们
的本色，不要把他们强扭成我们自己的模样，否则，
我们所爱的仅仅是我们在他们身上的
影子。
最快乐的人不必事事尽善尽美，他们只会让大部分事情顺其自然。
当你呱呱落地时，你大声地哭泣，
你周围的每个人都朝你微笑。而当你走完余生时，你
是唯一微笑的人，你周围的人却要为
你落泪。
锦绣前程建立在对过去的宽怀上，如果往昔的失误与烦恼总也不能释怀，生活就难以顺
心如意。
18
．旁若无人地独舞
编辑语
：困难并不可怕，关键看我们对待它的态度。人的一生中会遇到很多挫
折，我们一定
要坚强地去面对。
We
always
convince
ourselves
that
life
will
be
better
after
we
get
married,
have
a
baby
,
than
another. Then we are
frustrated that the kids aren't old
enough and we'll be
more content when
they
are. After that we're frustrated
that we have teenagers to deal with. we will
certainly be happy when
they are out of
that stage.
We always tell
ourselves
that our
life will be complete
when
our spouse(
配偶
)
gets
his or
her
act
together.
when
we
get
a
nice
a
car,
and
are
able
to
go
on
a
nice
vocation.
when
we
retire.
the
truth
is,
there's
no
better time than
right
now.
if
not
now,
when? our
life
will always be
filled with
challenges. It's best to admit this to
ourselves and decide to be happy
anyway
.
One of
my favorite quotes comes
from Alfred Souza. He
said.
long time
it
had seemed to
me that life
was about to begin-real life. But there was always
some obstacle in the way
, someting to
be gotten through
firest,
some
unfinished business, time
still
to be served, a
d
ebt
to be paid.
Then
life would begin. At
last
it dawned on
me that these obstacles
were
my
life.
This
perspective
has
helped me to
see that there is no way to happiness. Happiness
is the way
. So treasure every moment
that
you
have.
And remember
that
time
waits
for
no
one. So stop
wailting
until
you
finish school,
until
you go back to school;
until
you
get
married, until
you
get divorced;
until
you
have kids;
until
you retire; until you
get a new car or home; until spring; until you are
born again to decide that there
is no
better time than right now to be happy….
Happiness
is a
journey
,
not a ,
work
like
you
don't
need
money
,
love
like
you've
never been hurt, And dance like no
one's watching.
19
．你要悟透了自己
Get a
thorough understanding of oneself
In all one's lifetime it is oneself
that one spends the most time being with or
dealing with. But it
is precisely
oneself that one has the least understanding of.
人生在
世，和
“
自己
”
相处最多，打交道最多，但是往往悟不透
“
自己
”
。
When you
are going upwards in life you tend to overestimate
yourself. It seems that everything
you
seek for is within your reach; luck and
opportunities will come your way and you are
overjoyed
that
they
constitute
part
of
your
worth.
When
you
are
going
downhill
you
tend
to
underestimate
yourself,
mistaking difficulties and adversities
for your own
incompetence.
It's
likely
that
you think
it
wise
for
yourself
to
know
our
place
and
stay
aloof
from
worldly
wearing
a
mask
of
cowardice,
behind which the flow of sap in your
life will be retarded.
人生走上坡路时，往往把自己估计过高，似乎一切所求的东西都能垂手可得，甚至把运
气和机遇也看做自己身价的一部分而喜不自胜。人在不得意时，又往往把自己估计过低，把
困难和不利也看做自己的无能，以至把安分守己，与世无争误认为有自知之明，而实际上往
往被怯懦的面具窒息了自己鲜活的生命。
To
get
a thorough
understanding of oneself
is
to
gain a
correct
view of oneself and be
a
sober
realist -- aware of both one's
strength and shortage.
Y
ou
may
look
forward
hopefully
to
the
future
but be sure not to
expect too much, for ideals can never be fully
realezed. Y
ou may be courageous to
meet challenges but
it
should be clear to
you where to direct
your efforts.
That's to way
so long as
you
have
a
perfect
knowledge
of
yourself
there
won't
be
difficulties
you
can't
overcome,
nor
obstacles you can't
surmount.
悟透自己，
就是正确认识自己，也就是说要做一个冷静的现实主义者，既知道自己的优
势，也知道自
己的不足。我们可以憧憬人生，但期望值不能过高。因为在现实中，理想总是
会打折扣的
。可以迎接挑战。但是必须清楚自己努力的方向。也就是说，人一旦有了自知之
明，也就
没有什么克服不了的困难，没有什么过不去的难关。
To
get a thorough
understanding
of oneself
needs selfappreciation.
Whether
you
liken
yourself
to a towering
tree or a blade of
grass,
whether
you think
you are a
high
mountain or a small
stone,
you represent a state of
nature that
has
its own raison detre. If
you
earnestly admire
yourself
you'll
have
a
real
sense
of
self-appreciation,
which
will
give
you
confidence.
As
soon
as
you
gain
full
confidence in yourself you'll be
enabled to fight and overcome any
adversity
.
要悟透自己就要欣赏自己。无论你是一棵参天大树，还是一棵
小草，无论你成为一座巍
峨的高山，还是一块小小的石头，都是一种天然，都有自己存在
的价值。只要你认真地欣赏
自己，你就会拥有一个真正的自我。只有自我欣赏才会有信心
，一旦拥有了信心也就拥有了
抵御一切逆境的动力。
To get a thorough understanding of
oneself also requires doing oneself a favor when
it's needed.
In
time of
anger, do
yourself a
favor
by
giving
vent
to
it
in
a quiet
place so that you
won't be
hurt
by its flames; in time
of sadness, do yourself a favor by sharing it with
your friends so as to change
a gloomy
mood into a cheerful one; in time of tiredness, do
yourself a favor by getting a good sleep
or
taking
some
tonic.
Show
yourself
loving
concern
about
your
health
and
daily
life.
As
you
are
aware,
what
a
person
physically
has
is
but
a
human
body
that's
vulnerable
when
exposed
to
the
elements. So if you fall ill, it's up
to you to take a good care of yourself. Unless you
know perfectly
well
when
and
how
to
do
yourself
a
favor,
you
won't
be
confident
and
ready
enough
to
resist
the
attack
of illness.
要悟透
自己，就要心疼自己。在气愤时心疼一下自己，找个僻静处散散心，宣泄宣泄，
不要让那
些无名之火伤身；忧伤时，要心疼一下自己，找个三五好友，诉说诉说，让感情的
阴天变
晴；劳累时，你要心疼一下自己，为自己来一番问寒问暖，要明白人所拥有的不过是
一个
血肉之躯，经不住太多的风力霜剑；有病时，你要心疼一下自己，惟有对自己的心疼，
才
是战胜疾病的信心和力量。
To
get a
thorough
understanding of oneself
is
to
get a
full control of
one's
life. Then one
will
find one's life full of color and
flavor.
悟透了自己，才能把握住自己，你生活才会有滋有味！
20
．我们的特别机遇
Y
ou
and
I
took
a
special
chance
--by
Edmund
O'Neill
Y
ou and I took a special
chance the first time we met...
we both
knew enough of love, and life, to understand that
two people don't fall in love,
they grow into it, slowly
—
and we'd both been hurt
before by feelings that seemed too easily lost...
but
there
was
something
between
usfrom
the
beginning
a
unique
harmony
that
made
us
take
that
special
chance...
Y
ou and I took a
special chance the first time we argued...
after feeling hurt and sad, and both of
us trying to apologize at the same time for
disagreeing
over such a small
matter, we knew that our relationship
was
worth
more
than anything that
might
come between us.
We knew after that first time that what
we had together would see us thro
ugh
the hard times
and make us better
appreciate the good, because we took that special
chance...
Y
ou
and
I
took
a
special
chance
the
first
time
we
said
love
you
for
we
knew
that
we
would
share
stormy as well as sunny times, laugher
ans tears, some dreams that would come beautifully
true, and
others that would
fade
in our
memories
—
and we
knew
in our hearts that our
love deserved all the
effort
we could make to fulfill our life
together... for we took that special chance...and
found a very special
love.
■
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以下为英文散文篇
]
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31
．我追求的生活
Life
Desired
That
must
be
the
story
of
innumerable
couples,
and
the
pattern
of
life
of
life
it
offers
has
a
homely
grace. It reminds
you of a placid rivulet,
meandering smoothly
through
green pastures and
shaded by
pleasant
trees, till at
last
it
falls
into
the
vastly sea; but
the sea
is so calm,
so silent, so
indifferent,
that you are troubled suddenly by a vague
uneasiness. Perhaps it is only by a kink in my
nature,
strong
in
me
even
in
those
days,
that
I
felt
in
such
an
existence,
the
share
of
the
great
majority
,
something amiss.
I recognized
its social
value. I saw
its ordered
happiness, but a
fever
in
my blood
asked
for a wilder course. There seemed
to
me something alarming
in
such easy delights.
In
my
heart
was
desire
to
live
more
dangerously
.
I
was
not
unprepared
for
jagged
rocks
and
treacherous, shoals it I could only
have change-change and the excitement of
unforeseen.
Note
：
innumerable
：无数的
pattern
：样式，样品
homely
：家常的
rivulet
：
< br>小河，小溪
meandering
：蜿蜒的河流
uneasiness
：不安
amiss
：错误的
jagged
：不平的
treacherous
：叛逆的
shoals
：浅滩
unforeseen
：无法预
见的
这一定是世间无数对夫妻的生活写照，这种生活模式给人一种
天伦之美。它使人想起一
条平静的溪流，蜿蜒畅游过绿茵的草场，浓荫遮蔽，最后注入烟
波浩渺的汪洋大海；但是大
海太过平静，太过沉默，太过不动声色，你会突然感到莫名的
不安。也许这只是我自己的一
种怪诞想法，在那样的时代，这想法对我影响很深：我觉得
这像大多数人一样的生活，似乎
欠缺了一点儿什么。我承认这种生活有社会价值，我也看
到了它那井然有序的幸福，但我血
液里的冲动却渴望一种更桀骜不驯的旅程．
这样的安逸中好像有一种叫我惊惧不安的东西．
我
的心渴望一种更加惊险的生活。只要生活中还能有变迁
———
以
及不可知的刺激，我愿意踏
上怪石嶙峋的山崖，奔赴暗礁满布的海滩。
< br>
作者：威廉
.
萨姆塞特
.
毛姆
/Will
iam Somerset Maugham
32
．柔弱的眼泪，坚强的心
A little boy asked his mother
His mum just
hugged him and said,
Later the little
boy asked his father,
The
little boy grew up and became a man, still
wondering why women cry.
Finally
he put
in a call
to
god; and when
god got on the phone, he asked,
so easily?
God
said:
i
made
the woman she
had to be
special.
i
made
her shoulders strong enough to
carry the weight of the
world; yet, gentle enough to give
comfort
inner strength to
endure childbirth and the rejection that
many times comes from
her
children
gave
her a
hardness that allows
her to keep
going
when everyone else
gives
up, and take care of
her
family through sickness and fatigue without
complaining
has hurt her
very badly
his
heart
gave
her
wisdom
to
know
that
a
good
husband
never
hurts
his
wife,
but
sometimes
tests
her
strengths and her
resolve to stand beside him
unfalteringly
the beauty of a
woman
is
not
in
the clothes
she wears,
the
figure
that she carries, or
the
way she combs her
hair.
beauty
of
a
woman
must
be
seen
in
her
eyes,
because
that
is
the
doorway
to
her
heart,
the
place
where love resides.
中文翻译：
一个男孩问他的妈妈：
“
你为甚么要哭呢？
”
妈妈说：
“
因为我是女人啊。
”
男孩说：
“
我不懂。
”
他妈妈抱起他说：
“
你永远不会懂得。
”
後来小男孩就问他爸爸：
“
妈妈为甚么毫无
理由的哭呢？
”
< br>“
所有女人都这样。
”
他爸爸回
答。
小男孩长成了一个男人，但仍就不懂女人为甚么哭泣。
最後，
他打电话给上帝；
当上帝拿起电话时，
他问道：
“
< br>上帝
,
女人为什么那么容易哭泣呢？
”
上帝回答说：
“
当我创造女人时，让她很特别。我使她的肩膀能挑起整个世界的重担。并且
又柔情似水。
我让她的内心很坚强
,
能够承受分娩的痛苦和忍受自己孩子
多次的拒绝。
”
< br>我赋予她耐心使她在别人放弃的时候继续坚持
,
并且无怨
无悔的照顾自己的家人渡过疾病和
疲劳。
我赋予她在任何情况下都会爱孩子的感情
,
即使她的孩子伤害了她。
<
/p>
我赋予她包容她丈夫过错的坚强和用他的勒骨塑成她来保护他的心。
我赋予她智慧让她知道一个好丈夫是绝不会伤害他的妻子的
,
但有时我也会考验她支持自己丈
夫的决心和坚强。
最後，我让她可以流泪。只要她愿意。这是她所独有的。
你看，女人的漂亮不是因为她穿的衣服，她保持的体型或者她
梳头的方式。
女人的漂亮必须从她
的眼睛中去看，因为那是她心灵的窗户和爱居住的地方。
33
．一个微笑挽救一条生命
背景介绍：
《微笑》是法国作家安东尼
·
圣艾修伯里的作品，圣艾修伯里是名飞行员，二次大
战对抗纳粹时被
击落身亡，之前他也曾参加西班牙内战打击法西斯分子。他根据这次经验写
了一篇精彩的
故事
――
《微笑》
。他的代表作《小王
子》是美国人都很熟悉的童话故事。
if
there
were
any
cigarettes,
which
had
escaped[2]their
search.
I
found
one
and
because
of
my
shaking
hands, I could barely get it to my lips. But I had
no matches, they had taken those.
through the bars at
my
jailer.
He did
not
make eye
contact with
me.
I called out to
him 'Have
you
got
a
light?' He
looked at
me, shrugged
[3]and came over to
light
my
cigarette.
he came
close
and
lit the
match,
his eyes
inadvertently
locked with
mine.
At
that
moment, I smiled. I don't know
why I did that. Perhaps it was
nervousness, perhaps it was because, when you get
very close, one to
another,
it
is
very
hard
not to smile.
In any case, I smiled. In
that
instant,
it
was as though
a spark
jumped across the
gap
between our two
hearts, our two
human souls. I know
he
didn't want to, but
my
smile
leaped
through
the
bars
and
generated
a
smile
on
his
lips,
too.
He
lit
my
cigarette
but
stayed near, looking at me directly in
the eyes and continuing to smile.
seemed to have a new
dimension[4] too. 'Do you have kids?' he asked.
es, here, here.' I took out
my wallet and nervously fumbled for the
pictures of my family. He, too, took out the
pictures of his
family
and
began to talk about his plans and
hopes
for them. My eyes
filled
with tears. I said that I
feared that
I'd never see my family again, never have the
chance to see them grow up. Tears came to
his eyes, too.
the jail,
quietly and by back routes, out of the town.
There, at the edge of town, he released me. And
without another word, he turned back
toward the town.
life was
saved by a
smile.
Y
es, the
smile―the
unaffected,
unplanned,
natural
connection
between
people..
I
really
believe
that
if
that
part
of
you
and
that
part
of
me
could
recognize
each
other, we wouldn't be enemies. We
couldn't have hate or envy or fear.
“
一想到
自己明天就没命了，不禁陷入极端的惶恐。我翻遍了口袋，终于找到一支没被他
们搜走的
香烟，但我的手紧张得不停发抖，连将烟送进嘴里都成问题，而我的火柴也在搜身
时被拿
走了。
“
我透过铁栏望着外面的警卫，
他并没有注意到我在看他，
我叫了
他一声：
?
能跟你借个火吗？
?
他转头望着我，耸了耸肩，然后走了过来，点燃我的香烟。
“
当他帮我点火时，他的眼光无意中
与我的相接触，这时我突然冲着他微笑。我不知道自
己为何有这般反应，也许是过于紧张
，或者是当你如此靠近另一个人，你很难不对他微笑。
不管是何理由，我对他笑了。就在
这一刹那，这抹微笑如同火花般，打破了我们心灵间的隔
阂。受到了我的感染，他的嘴角
不自觉地也现出了笑容，虽然我知道他原无此意。他点完火
后并没立刻离开，两眼盯着我
瞧，脸上仍带着微笑。
我也以笑容回应，仿佛他是个朋友，而不是个守着我的警卫。他看着我的眼神也少了当
初的那股凶气，
“
你有小孩吗？
< br>”
他开口问道。
“
有，你看。
”
我拿出了皮夹，手忙脚乱地翻出
了我的全家福照片。他也掏出了照片，并且开始讲述他对家人的期望与计划。这时我眼中充<
/p>
满了泪水，我说我害怕再也见不到家人。我害怕没机会看着孩子长大。他听了也流下两行眼
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