假若人生如一条长街,我就不愿意错过街上每一处细小的风景.接下来是小编为您整理的英文经典哲理故事,希望对您有所帮助.英文哲理故事 1金丝雀与蝙蝠A bird was confined in a cage out
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假若人生如一条长街,我就不愿意错过街上每一处细小的风景.接下来是小编为您整理的英文经典哲理故事,希望对您有所帮助.
金丝雀与蝙蝠
A bird was confined in a cage outside a window. She often sang at night when all other birds were asleep.
One night a bat came. He asked the bird why she was silent by day and sang only at night.
The bird answered, “Last year when I was singing in the daytime, a bird catcher heard my voice and caught me in his net.Since then I have never sung by day.”
The bat replied, "But it is useless to do this now that you have bee a prisoner." Then he flew away.
金丝雀与蝙蝠
挂在窗口笼里的'金丝雀,经常在鸟儿睡着的夜里歌唱.
一天晚上,蝙蝠来了,飞过来问她为什么白天安静无声,夜里却要歌唱.
金丝雀回答说:“去年我在白天唱歌时,捕鸟人听到我的歌声抓住了我.从此,我再也不在白天唱歌了.”
蝙蝠说:“你此刻才懂得谨慎已没用了,你若在变为囚徒之前就懂得,那该多好呀!”说完就飞走了.
寓意: 我们就应在危险发生之前就提高警觉,因为危险一旦发生,我们再怎样留意也没有用了.
The City Mouse and the Country Mouse
Once there were two mice. They were friends. One mouse lived in the country; the other mouse lived in the city. After many years the Country mouse saw the City mouse; he said, "Do e and see me at my house in the country." So the City mouse went. The City mouse said, "This food is not good, and your house is not good. Why do you live in a hole in the field? You should e and live in the city. You would live in a nice house made of stone. You would have nice food to eat. You must e and see me at my house in the city."
The Country mouse went to the house of the City mouse. It was a very good house. Nice food was set ready for them to eat. But just as they began to eat they heard a great noise. The City mouse cried, " Run! Run! The cat is ing!" They ran away quickly and hid.
After some time they came out. When they came out, the Country mouse said, "I do not like living in the city. I like living in my hole in the field. For it is nicer to be poor and happy, than to be rich and afraid."
城里老鼠和乡下老鼠
从前,有两只老鼠,它们是好朋友.一只老鼠居住在乡村,另一只住在城里.很多年以后,乡下老鼠碰到城里老鼠,它说:“你必须要来我乡下的家看看.”于是,城里老鼠就去了.乡下老鼠领着它到了一块田地上它自我的家里.它把所有最精美食物都找出来给城里老鼠.城里老鼠说:“这东西不好吃,你的家也不好,你为什么住在田野的地洞里呢?你就应搬到城里去住,你能住上用石头造的`漂亮房子,还会吃上美味佳肴,你就应到我城里的家看看.”
乡下老鼠就到城里老鼠的家去.房子十分漂亮,好吃的东西也为他们摆好了.但是正当他们要开始吃的时候,听见很大的一阵响声,城里的老鼠叫喊起来:“快跑!快跑!猫来了!”他们飞快地跑开躲藏起来.
过了一会儿,他们出来了.当他们出来时,乡下老鼠说:“我不喜欢住在城里,我喜欢住在田野我的洞里.因为这样虽然贫穷但是快乐自在,比起虽然富有却要过着提心吊胆的生活来说,要好些.”
A tiger is hungry, he is looking for food. He sees a frog in front of him.
“Haha! A frog! My dinner!” so he rushes at the frog.
Behind the tiger, there is a tortoise. The little tortoise sees it; he bites the tiger’s tail.
“Ouch!” cries the tiger and he looks back. The frog hears the voice and jumps into water.
“Thank you, little tortoise.” says the frog.
But the tiger is very angry. “Bother it! I’ll throw you to the sky!”
“Thank you, I like flying in the sky,” says the tortoise.
The tiger stops, “I will throw you into the river.”
“Oh, no! I can’t swim; I will die if you throw me into the water.” The tiger threw the tortoise into the water quickly.
“Thank you, Mr. Tiger. Bye-bye.” The tortoise and the frog swim away together.
一只老虎很饥饿,他正在寻找食物.他看到一只青蛙在他前面.
“哈哈!一只青蛙,我有晚餐啦!”于是,他扑向青蛙.
在老虎的后边,有一只乌龟.小乌龟看见了,他猛咬一下啊老虎的尾巴.
“哎呦!”老虎疼得叫起来并回头看看.此时青蛙听见了老虎的声音,他迅速跳进水里.
“多谢你,小乌龟.”青蛙说.
大事老虎十分愤怒:“厌恶!我要把你扔到天上去.”
“多谢你,我喜欢在天空飞翔.”乌龟说.
老虎停下来:“那我就把你扔到到水里.”
“哦,不!我不会游泳,如果你把我扔井水里我会死的.”老虎很快就把乌龟仍进水了.
“多谢你,老虎先生,再见!”乌龟和青蛙一起游走了.
A male crab met a female crab and asked her to marry him.
She noticed that he was walking straight instead of sideways. Wow, she thought, this crab is really special. I can’t let him get away. So they got married immediately.
The next day she noticed her new husband walking sideways like all the other crabs, and got upset. "What happened?" she asked. "You used to walk straight before we were married."
"Oh, honey," he replied, "I cant drink that much every day."
一只雄蟹遇到了一只雌蟹,便向她求婚.
雌蟹发现他是直着走路,而不是横着走.她心想,这只雄蟹真是与众不一样,我可不能让他跑了.于是他们很快就结婚了.
第二天,雌蟹发现她的新郎走起路来和普通螃蟹一样.她便疑惑重重.“你怎样了?”她问,“我们结婚之前你但是直着走路的”
“哦,宝贝,”他回答说,“我不可能每一天都喝那么多啊.”
The monkey mother has two little monkeys. She likes the younger, not the other.
One day, they were playing in a forest when a wolf came running at them. The monkey ran away with the younger monkey in a hurry and left the older alone. She climbed up a tree and held the younger in her arms.
After some time, the wolf went away slowly. The monkey took the baby out of her arms. She was surprised to see that the baby had died, for the baby was held in arms too highly. Very long time later, she remembered to look for the older baby. The older baby was hiding in a wood. So he saved himself.
猴妈妈生了两个猴子.她喜欢小猴子而不喜欢打的
一天,他们正在森林里玩的时候,一只狼来了并向他们扑去.猴子匆忙带着小猴子跑了,单独留下打猴子.她跑着小猴子爬到树上.
过些时候,狼慢慢地离开了.母猴从他的怀里放下小猴子.她吃惊的'发现猴宝宝已经死了,因为小猴子在她的怀里被搂地太紧了.过了很长时光,她才想起去寻找那只大猴子.大猴子藏在一个大洞里,他救了自我.
Who Pours Ink on My Chair?
Donny is a seven year old boy. He goes to school every day. The school is near his home.
So he goes there on foot and es back home on time. But today, he is late.
His mother asks him, “Why do you go to the headmaster’s office?”
Because the teacher asks us a question in class and nobody can answer it, but I can.”
“It’s good to answer the teacher’s question.” “But the question is ‘Who pours ink on my chair?’”
谁把墨水倒在我椅子了?
唐尼是个7岁孩子,每一天他都上学.学校在他的'家附近.
因为,他不行去上学并按时回家.但是这天他回来迟了.
他的母亲问他:“你为什么去校长的办公室?”
“ 因为老师在上课时老师问我们一个问题,没有人能回答他,而我能.”
“ 回答老师的问题是好事.”
“ 但那个问题 ‘谁把墨水倒在我的椅子上了?’”
Our Mood Belong to Others
Most of us holdthat our moods are of ourselves. Actually, our moods belong to others. For along time, I did not feel well and always upset. My wife forted me and askedme to see the doctor. “Your condition does matter to yourself. On othercondition, how can you make kids feel well when you are not feeling well? Anothertime, I was so annoyed with the talking of my father. My wife explaining again:“You’d better offer your sincere. As for how to do, you are the master. What weshould do is just make them happy.” I deeply regretted for my bad manners.
Man got his ownmood ever since his birth. While young, we cried when we hungry and neverpretended our secrets. As we grew up, we realized that we can hide our mod andadjust it. It is just like a mask.
To be honest, themood is our own business, and can express in the way we like to. In fact, sinceyour mood has an influence on others, your mood belongs to others, too. If youhold your mod as others’, then you will be more responsible and less headstrong, more understanding and less stubborn, more care and less selfish, moreharmony and less dispute.
翻译:情绪是别人的
好多人认为情绪是自我的`,其实,情绪还是别人的一段时光,我身体不是很好,感觉烦燥,妻子对我说,身体不好就去看,你这样对身体也没好处啊!你不高兴,喊和孩子能高兴吗?还有一次,父亲说话,我感觉烦.妻子说,既然父亲说了,你就答应,至于你怎样做,还不是你说了算,我们能为老人做什么.只能让他们高兴.我也为此深感内疚.
人刚出生就有了情绪.那时,饿了就哭,不隐瞒情绪.长大后明白了,情绪能够掩盖,能够调节,这才有了面具之说.
按说情绪是自我的,自我能够想怎样就怎样,但其实,因为你的情绪而影响了别人情绪,从这个好处上说,情绪就是别人的如果你能把情绪当作是别人的,也许就会多一份职责,少一份任性;多一份理解,少一份固执;多一份关爱,少一份自私;多一份和谙,少一份纷争.
Modesty is a Double-edgedSword
In his universitytime, 马克·赫德 was nominatedto campaign for the chairman of the Student Union. Tough very confident, helost the chance for his over modesty and caution when answering questions. Thishad a bad influence on him when he graduated and seeked his job.
Still dismay,though he was appointed by 惠普公司 with excellent ability. He considered fora long time and then came to a conclusion----he was confused by theso----called modesty. Later, for his outstanding ability, he became the CEO.
The other day,the board called him to represent the board meeting. Mark felt the same sceneas ever. The reason that the board let Mark e the CEO was that there were someproblems in publicity and sale.
The samequestion: Are you confident to de better job for 惠普? Then Mark gavethe opposite reply than the last time. He said: “it is undoubted that I can promises.At least be better than now. ”
In fact, aftertrials of tests, Mark did an excellent job. Ever since his nomination, 惠普 pany produced varies styles of product.
Throughselecting mediums, decreasing cost, pay attention to publicity, the pany’ssales grew steadily.
When beinginterviewed, the holder asked: “Someone think you are gentle, knowledge, wiseand modest. We would like to know your opinion.”
Mark expressed hisunderstanding on “modesty”. He insisted that unreasonable modesty is adouble-edged sword, which may destroy his future.
He said that tobe really modest, keep three points in mind:
Firstly, modestyis not to deny yourself, for it let you lose the chance and feel regret.
Secondly, modestyis to evaluate yourself below your ability umber. For instance, if you can getA, then be sure you can get B+.
Lastly, modestyis not to say “actually, everyone can do that so as you work had” to answerothers’ praise.
翻译:谦逊是把双刃剑
大学时代,马克·赫德曾被一位老师提名竞争学生会主席.尽管他信心十足,但由于他在回答校方提问时表现得过于谦逊和谨慎,以致与这个职位失之交臂,且在毕业就业时受此影响,未能进入心仪的公司.
虽然马克最终以自我出色的潜力被惠普公司聘用,但是他依旧觉得沮丧.他反思了许久,得出了一个结论-自我被所谓的“谦逊”迷惑.失去去了最好的机会.之后,马克凭着自我的潜力,出任了惠普的CEO.
那天,董事会来电话,要他参加董事会议.马克觉得会上场景似曾相识.董事们有意让马克接任惠普的CEO,因为在产品宣传与销售问匙上,惠普遇到了难题.
同样一个问题:你有信心把惠普做得更好吗?
马克给出了与上一次不一样的回答.他说:“这是毫无疑问的,至少我保证,状况不会像此刻这么糟糕!”
事实上,透过考验的马克,表现出了极强的个人潜力.自从他出任CEO后,惠普产品多面开花,透过筛选渠道,减少成本,加大宣传,经营业绩稳步增长.
在理解电视采访的时候,主持人问:“有人说,你的形象是儒雅,知性,睿智,谦逊的的怎样看?”马克着重就“谦逊”谈了自我的'见解.他认为,不恰当的“谦逊”是把双刃剑,往往会断了“谦逊者”的发展之路.
马克说:“要做到真正的谦逊,需要明白三点:
首先,谦逊不是自我否定,自我否定只能让你与机会擦肩而过并留下惋惜. 其次,谦逊就是把话说到你的潜力值以下,比如你能考A,那么先肯定自我能考B+.
最后,谦逊不是在应对别人质疑.或者应对问题的时候说‘哦,我想我办不到’,而是懂得抓住机会.成功之后,应对别人的赞美时说:‘其实没什么,只
要努力,每个人都能做到!”’
All Slopes are Easy toGo
He was a professor. At the age of 90, hestill work eight hours everyday regardless the season and weather.
His secretary said: “He is extremely old,but he forced himself walk from his living place to office through two blocks.It would take him an hour, but he insisted to because it makes him get a senseof success. ”
The other day, an university student stepout from his office with a pile of books. He plained emotionally: “He isalways this man. He may answer me just with ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to my question.However, he always gave me dozens of books and suggests me to find the answer.”
Later, he knew what this studentplained. He told with smile: “This is the method I have learnt, a hard andtroublesome way. If that kid could make full use of those books, he might knowhis question and maybe a good lawyer in the future.”
This 90-year-old man was 庞德, who was the president of law college in HawardUniversity.
Once a philosophist said: “You should dosome thing that you don not want to every one or two days.”
This is the foundation of life progress.
Just like another phlosophist said: “allslopes are easy to go. ”
翻译:容易走的都是下坡路
他在一所大学做教授,90岁的时候,荏苒每一天坚持工作8小时,不论春秋冬夏,也不论风霜雨雪.
他的秘书说:“他很衰弱,但是每一天逼着自我从住的地方走过两个街口到办公室来,这段路要走一个小时,他却必须要走,因为这使他自觉有成就感.”
有一天,有个大学生从他办公室里出来,捧着一大堆书,一脸不高兴的抱怨:“总是这一套.我问一个和简单的问题,他能够用一个’是’或’否’回答,却给我十几本书,说能够在这些书里找到我所要的'答案.”
他之后明白了这个学生的抱怨,微笑着说:“这就是我学到的读书方法,艰难费事的方法.那孩子如能好好的钻研这些书,就能够了解这个问题,将来也许能成为一个好律师.”
这个90岁的老人就是曾任美国哈佛大学法学院院长的庞德.
有一位哲学家说:“你就应每一两天做一些你不想做的事.”
这是人生进步的基础.
正如另一位哲人所说“容易走的都是下坡路.”
How Important It is
There isa suitcase for you with a million US dollar in .
Thesuitcase is placed in a building away from you about one hour driving. Thecondition is, you need to get there within two hours. If you did, I will giveyou the suitcase with a million US dollar. Or if you late for only one minute,nothing will you get. When would you get about?
Manywould say: “Now.” will you?
Now youset out. You hurry into your car, start it, drive for the building. You are soexcited and wonder what to do about the one million US dollars. All of a sudden,you are stopped by the traffic jam. You turn on the radio and find there is noany way to get there because of the accident on your way. What will you do neststep? Go back? Or step out your car, go to the building on foot (running oremploy a helicopter or other ways)?
If, youare on the way to the dentist’s office and there is a traffic jam, surely youwould turn back and appoit for another time.
Why isthere difference between these two thins? Because of the destination. If it isquite important for you, you will conquer it, regardless any hardship; or ifyit is not so serious, you may call it a day.
Therefore,the best way to face the difficulty is to make the thing a business.
翻译:事情有多重要
我有一个手提箱要给你,里面有100万美元现金.手提箱放在离你此刻住的地方大约1小时车程的一幢大楼上,条件是:你要在2小时内到达那幢大楼.如果在2个小时之内到,我就把皮箱交给你,你就多了100万美元.但是只要你迟到一分钟,你就一分钱都得不到.那么你什么时候出发去拿幢大楼呢?
很多人会回答:“此刻就去.”你呢?
你出发了.跳上你的.车,发动,向那幢大楼方向开去.你相当激动,计划着怎样花那100万美元.突然,路上堵车了,你的车子开不动了.你打开收音机,发此刻你和那幢大楼之间发生了重大交通事故,你没有别的路能够到达那里.你会怎样办?你会打道回府吗?或者打开车门走出来,走路(跑步或雇用直升飞机或用别的方法)去那幢大楼?
如果你去看牙医,在路上也发生堵车,你肯定会转回家,跟牙医约另一天. 这两种状况为什么会不一样?因为出行的目的是不一样的如果你要做的事情对你十分重要,再大的困难你都会设法克服; 如果你觉得要做的事情不是很重要,遇到困难你就会放下了.
所以,克服困难的最好的方法,就是把你要做的事情看得十分重要.
狐狸和山羊
A fox and a goat
An unlucky fox fell into a well, It was quite deep, so he could not get out by himself.
A goat came. He asked the fox:”what are you doing? The fox said : "There will be no water, so I jumped down to get some water. Why don’t you jump down, too?"
The goat jumped into the well.
But the fox jumped on the goat’s back and out of the well. "Good-bye, friend," said the fox. "Remember next time don’t trust the advice of a man in difficulties."
Thank you!
狐狸和山羊
一只不走运的狐狸,失足掉到了井里.井很深,他无法跳出来.
一只山羊经过那里,便问狐狸在井下做什么.狐狸说:“哦,你没有听说吗?那里将要大旱,因此我跳进来取水,为什么你不下来一齐喝呢?”
山羊相信了狐狸的话,就真的跳进井里.狐狸立即跳上山羊的'背,又一跳,跳上了井沿.
“再见,朋友,”狐狸说,“记住,不要相信一个身陷麻烦的人的推荐.
聪明的熊猫
A Clever Panda
A little panda picks up a pumpkin and wants to take it home. But the pumpkin is too big. The panda can’t take it home.
Suddenly she sees a bear riding a bike toward her. She watches the bike. “I know! I have a good idea.” she jumps and shouts happily, “I can roll a pumpkin. It’s like a wheel.”
So she rolls the pumpkin to her home. When her mother sees the big pumpkin, she is surprised, “Oh, my God! How can you carry it home?” the little panda answers proudly, “I can’t lift it, but I can roll it.” Her mother smiled and says,“What a clever girl! Use you heard to do something,”
聪明的熊猫
一只小熊猫摘了一只大南瓜,想把它拿回家.但是这只南瓜太大了,她没有办法把这么大的'南瓜带回家.
突然她看见一只狗熊骑着一辆自行车朝她这边来.她看着自行车,跳着说:“有了!我有办法了.我能够把南瓜滚回家去.南瓜好像车轮.
于是她把那瓜滚回家.当她妈妈看到这只大南瓜的时候,很惊讶:“天啊!这么食的南瓜!你是怎样把它带回家来的?”小熊猫自豪地说;“我拎不动它,但是我能滚动它啊!”她妈妈微笑着说:“真聪明啊!记住:只要你肯动脑筋,没有难办的事.
Look Ahead
Once a friendsuggested me: “Look ahead when you are sad. ”
It is this weirdthat ever when I am in sad, I am always bow my head or shut my eyes regardlesshis suggestion. Even when I catch a glimpse of the sky with stars, but again at sea. When I am depressed, my visionnarrowed.
This friend has alovely and smart daughter and so charming like a flower in dancing. But, she isunable to see the outside world clearly. My friend ever so grieve that he wasso pessimistic. No other aids seem to help him, but he gained the delight aftera journey of hardship with looking ahead that the crucial life taught him.
Look ahead, hehas witnessed his daughter’s experience
journey----she is more beautiful andtamer and can take care of herself. She dresses her black excise cloth, withwhite dancing shoes, black and high-twist hair style with lighting belt; she isalways smile, indicating her charming youth in her mouth; she bees strong inmind and smart, live on herself. As preferred, she bees a warmly receiveddancing teacher?
The God is alwaysabsent when we knock His door. The great poet 朗费罗 could not help mending,“Your你的命运一如他人,每个生命都会下雨.” When it rains and we feel sad, it is worthlooking ahead. If one minute is not enough, then take one more. Looking againand again with a long time, or even your whole life and your love and hope. Seewhether所有的雨都
会停; see the sky after rain if it is cleaner, vaster, more fantastic and seewhether there is rainbow in magic.
There is alwaysthe time the God go home; the stop for rain and the hope and joyous ahead.
翻译:看着前方
一个朋友对我说:“当你忧伤时,请看着前方.”
说来也怪,每当自我忧伤时,我很少看着前方,不是低低垂首,就是闭目不瞻,即便抬头仰望星空,也是越看越茫然.忧伤时,自我的视野真的窄了.
这个朋友有一个冰雪聪明的女儿,美丽得像朵舞蹈着的花,但她完全看不到外边的世界.朋友以前悲哀欲绝,但没有人能够帮忙到他疗伤,是残酷的生活教会他看着前方,发现和拥有那些前行一段路程才能得到的喜悦.
看着前方,他看到已经长大的女儿--她更加漂亮乖巧,学会了自我照顾自我;她穿上了黑色的练功服、白色的舞蹈鞋,黑黑的头发盘得高高的,用发光的发带竖了起来;她时刻微笑着,那是汇集在她嘴角的点点明媚的春光;她变得坚强睿智,能够自食其力,如她所愿,果真成了一名受人欢迎的`舞蹈老师...
我们敲门时,上帝总是不在家.诗人朗费罗为此感慨不已:“你的命运一如他人,每个生命都会下雨.”下雨时,忧伤时,最值得做的事情就像这位朋友所说的:看着前方!一分钟不行,再看一分钟,久久地看,一次又一次地看,用一生的经历来看,用最真的爱满怀着期望来看.看看是不是“所有的雨都会停”,看看雨后的天空是不是更洁净、更辽远、更美丽,是不是还会奇迹般地出现彩虹.
上帝总有回家的时候,雨水总会停下,前方总有期望和喜悦.
Newunderstanding to classic stories
铁杵磨成针tellsus:Moving as the strenuous deeds, it isactually ridicules. Instead of buying a needle, he insisted to rub an ironstick exhausted for years. It is useless to work hard once the direction andmethod was wrong.
三顾茅庐tellsus:The opportunity is get by waiting. If Mr.Kong applied his position spontaneously, the result might be the other one.After all, it practices only in the old age. Though ten times the wisdom than KingMing, we modern people may lose enormous opportunities. Who knows if theattention to the talents is more or less?
龟兔赛跑 tellsus:Never pete its shortes with other’smerits, nor take the shortes as advantages for a short-time fortune. If youwere a turtle, pete ping or lifespan with rabbit because these are youradvantages.
井底的之蛙 tellsus:Man is what his surrounding and vise verse.The surrounding is fit for the man. Never condemn frog’s narrow and
foolish,for it never survive in the East Sea, it just a troublemade by itself.
武松打虎 tellsus:Hero is sometimes be made. A mon though 武松’s tremendous courage, for nobody without fear totiger. Thanks to his stubborn and the fifteen 小酒, 武松 had the honor to kill the tiger. He also never knewthat he might e across a tiger. His mind became clear the moment he saw thetiger; it showed he is not planned to be a hero.To be or not to be; was he kill the tiger and because a hero. Just like manyincidents in life, every hero appears out of some conditions.
螳臂当车 tellsus:To change the situation, it prefers to dosome useless efforts though it may die in pieces. Or maybe, when number of thesame doers increased, the 车 may sow down or stop surprised.
翻译:老故事咂出新滋味
铁杵磨成针的故事告诉我们:白费力气的事尽管感人但却是可笑的明明买根针就能做活,非要用根大铁棒磨它个三年两载.方向和方法错了,功夫下的再深也不行.
三顾茅庐的故事告诉我们:机遇是等来的如果孔明先生主动上门求职,就不见得有这样的效果.但是,这话只适合古代,现代人即使比孔明的本事大十倍,坐在家里干等也不见得有机遇出现.天明白重视人才的观念是进步了还是退步了.
龟兔赛跑的故事告诉我们:永远不要以己之短比别人之长,更不要因一时的侥幸成功把短当成长.如果是乌龟,能够跟兔子比潜水,也能够跟兔子比长寿,这才是乌龟的强项.
井底的之蛙故事告诉我们:什么样的'环境早就什么样的人生,反过来也同样,什么样的人生适合什么样的环境.别指责青蛙的短浅愚昧,因为蛙绝不可能从井底迁到东海生存.如果蛙受了教育启发,从此志在东海,那只有徒增烦恼了.
武松打虎的故事告诉我们:英雄有时是被逼出来的武松胆儿再大也是正常人,没有人不拍老虎的道理.要不是犟脾气加上十五碗小酒,决不回去做打虎的壮举.其实他也没想到会遇上老虎,真的遇上反而酒都被吓醒了,说明他并不是真的想当英雄.不是他死就是虎亡,他把自我逼成了英雄.现实的很多典型与此很类似,每一个英雄的出现都是有前提的
螳臂当车的故事告诉我们:即便粉身碎骨,也要为改变现状做一些看似无效的努力.也许,当轮前的螳臂多了,车会慢下来或者停下来.
Intense Light, a Wall as Well
A father isasking his son in grade three: “We cannot find the star in the shady night. Isit not there?”
His son answeredit with clear –cut accent: “No.”
The father askedagain: “Then why we cannot see any star?”
His son replied:“The cloud hide them.”
Again the fatherasked: “There is no star in the sunny daytime. Where are they?”
Hesitated, hisson seemed have no idea to respond.
For a moment, thefather said: “Actually there is yet stars but most of them are恒星,and stay in theuniverse. It is just we cannot see them with our eyes. ”
His son askedcuriously: “Why?”
Thinking for awhile, the father answered: “Because the sunlight is too intense, and it shadethe stars’ light.”
The same goes tomany things in our lives. The intense light of one person or one thing, may notonly shade its own defects, but also the merits of the person or thing aroundit and makes it difficult for others to identify the facts besides him. This isnot the problem of one’s eye, but the intense light.
Most cases, theintense light is a wall, a wall that cannot see and stride with our eyes. Notonly can it confuse our normal eyes, but also hinder our normal sight.
翻译:强光也是一堵墙
一位父亲问他正读小学三年级的儿子:“阴天的夜晚,天空中看不到星星,是星星不存在吗?”
儿子很干脆的回答:“不是.”
父亲又问:“那位什么我们一颗星星也看不见呢?”
儿子答:“是云把星星都遮住了.”
父亲之后又问儿子:“晴空万里的白昼,天空中也看不见星星,是星星不存在吗?”
儿子有些犹豫,显然不明白该如何回答父亲这个问题.
父亲见儿子答不出,稍停了一下,说:“其实白天星星也存在,它们大都是恒星,永远存在于太空中,只是我们肉眼看不到罢了.”
儿子好奇地问:“这又是为什么呢?”
父亲想了一下.告诉儿子说:“是太阳的光太强了,它把所有星星的光都盖住了.”
在生活中,很多人,很多事,也是如此.因为一个人或一件事所拥有的光环太强,不仅仅会把这个人或这件事本身的.缺点遮住,而且还会把周围其他人或其他事的优点也都遮住,让大家无法看到他周围人的真实面目或其他事的真相.这不是按个人的眼睛出了问题,而是因为对方的光太强了.
很多时候,强光也是一堵墙,是一堵肉眼看不见的墙,又是一堵肉眼无法看过去的墙,他能够迷惑我们正常的眼睛,也能够挡住我们正常的目光.
Worm’s Pressure
This is a wormwhose body is no less than one millimeter. It is called 熊虫(XC) perhaps forthe reason that it looks like a black bear under the microscop. The XC usuallyhabited in the slurry of fresh water, wet soil and the 水膜 of moss plants.Recently, there was an amazing news discovered by 日本冈山大学物理学家小野文久: when 20 littleXC were placed in a sealed container under the 7.5 万个大气压 making inexperiment condition, there were only two died and the other 18 have no troubleat all. 7.5 万个大气压, equal to over 700 kilogram stress per square meter, which is powerfulenough to它足以上淀粉瞬间变性 and the rice ready to eat.
翻译:虫子的压力
有这么一种虫子,它的体长还不到一毫米,也许因为在电子显微镜下看起来像一头黑熊,所以人们叫它雄虫.它主要生活在淡水的沉渣,潮湿土壤以及苔藓植物的水膜中.最近日本冈山大学物理学家小野文久发现了一个惊人的现象:当20只小熊虫被放入密封的容器内,在实验室制造的7.5万个大气压下,20只熊虫只有两只死亡,其余的18只安然无恙.7.5万个大气压!它相当于每平方豪米要承受700多千克重物的压力,它足以上淀粉瞬间变性,生米顷刻为熟饭.自然条件下,地球上也只有180千米的地幔深处才拥有如此大的压力.
至今没有人能弄清楚熊虫为何如此能忍.不只是出于对这种超强生命力的尊重还是怀疑,有人叫它地狱之虫.一个长度不超过1毫米的'微不足道的虫子,能承受命运给他如此的压力,相比较而言,我们这些自称是高级动物,智慧生命,万物之灵的人呢?在人的现实生活中,有多少小小的心结,小小的压力构成我们所谓的生存压力.在这样的压力下又有多少悲观失落之人将完美的人生称作地狱?此刻一比才觉得,其实我们的压力就好比是真空,我饿美女的地狱就是天堂中的天堂.在那一刻,我在心里默默地鞠了一躬,不是为熊虫,而是感谢造物主没有把这样的压力降在人间.
The House of 1000 Mirrors
Long ago in a small, faraway village, there was a place known as the House of 1000 Mirrors. A small, happy little dog learned of this place and decided to visit. When he arrived, he bounced happily up the stairs to the doorway of the house. He looked through the doorway with his ears lifted high and his tail wagging as fast as it could. To his great surprise, he found himself staring at 1000 other happy little dogs with their tails wagging just as fast as his. He smiled a great smile, and was answered with 1000 great smiles just as warm and friendly. As he left the House, he thought to himself,“This is a wonderful place. I will come back and visit it often.” In this same village, another little dog, who was not quite as happy as the first one, decided to visit the house. He slowly climbed the stairs and hung his head low as he looked into the door. When he saw the 1000 unfriendly looking dogs staring back at him, he growled at them and was horrified to see 1000 little dogs growling back at him. As he left, he thought to himself,“That is a horrible place, and I will never go backthere again.” All the faces in the world are mirrors. What kinds of reflections do you see in the faces of the people you meet?
千镜之屋
很久以前的一个很远的小村庄里,有一个以“千镜屋”而著名的地方.一只乐观的小狗听说了这个地方并决定去参观.当来到这个地方,他蹦蹦跳跳地上了台阶,来到房门口,高高地竖起耳朵,欢快地摇着尾巴,从门口往里张望,他惊奇地看到有1000只欢乐的小狗像他一样快地摇尾巴.他灿烂地微笑着,回报他的是1000张热情,友好的灿烂笑脸.离开时他心想:“这是一个精彩的地方,我一定要经常来参观.”在这个村里还有另一只想参观“千镜屋”的小狗,他不及第一只小狗乐观,他慢吞吞地爬上台阶,然后耷拉着脑袋往屋子里看.一看到有1000只小狗不友好地盯着他,他便开始冲他们狂吠,镜中的1000只小狗也冲着他狂吠,把他给吓坏了,他在离开时心想:“这是一个恐怖的地方,我再也不会来了.”世界上所有的'脸都是镜子,在你所遇见的人的脸上你看到反射出来的是什么?
The perform master
Front some performs the master to go on stage, his disciple told him the shoelace to be loose. The master nods expresses thanks, squats down carefully is good. When after the disciple turns around, also squats down the shoelace solution pine. Has an observer to see all these, relentlessly asked: "The master, why do you have the shoelace solution pine?" The master replies: "Because I play am a tired travel, makes a long and wearisome journey lets his shoes matter pine open, may tired display him through this detail to be thin and pale." "Why then you not directly do tell you the disciple?" "He can carefully discover my shoelace has been loose, and warm-heartedly tells me, me certainly must preserve he this kind of warm initiative, promptly encourages for him, why as for has to untie the shoelace, future will be able to have more opportunities to teach him to perform, will be allowed next again to say."
this story told us that:Person time only can make a matter, understands grasps key, is the genuine talented person.
表演大师
有一位表演大师上场前,他的弟子告诉他鞋带松了.大师点头致谢,蹲下来仔细系好.等到弟子转身后,又蹲下来将鞋带解松.有个旁观者看到了这一切,不解地问:“大师,您为什么又要将鞋带解松呢?”大师回答道:“因为我饰演的'是一位劳累的旅者,长途跋涉让他的鞋事松开,可以通过这个细节表现他的劳累憔悴.”“那你为什么不直接告诉你的弟子呢?”“他能细心地发现我的鞋带松了,并且热心地告诉我,我一定要保护他这种热情的积极性,及时地给他鼓励,至于为什么要将鞋带解开,将来会有更多的机会教他表演,可以下一次再说啊.”
这个故事说明了:人一个时间只能做一件事,懂抓重点,才是真正的人才.
The oceanside community of Lozano Beach is debating whether to allow homeowners to rent out their homes on a weekly basis during the summer. Such rentals produce high incomes for the owners and the city, which gets part of this income through a 15-percent surcharge to the owner. “This can be a boon to our coffers,” said Rick Brown, city manager. “In the summer, homeowners can bring in $2,000 a week or more.”
However, these rentals can also be a can of worms. The city stopped allowing weekly rentals 10 years ago because of the problems they were generating. Two, three, or even four families would pile into a two- or three-bedroom house. Then they would park their cars on the lawn and produce huge amounts of trash. Sometimes they would toss this trash on the streets and sidewalks.
Noise would be another problem. Some people would party late and loud every night. This abuse created a lot of friction with neighbors and resulted in extra work for city maintenance crews and for police, who had to respond almost hourly to residents’ complaints about noise, music, trash, and parking problems. But now, the city’s budget problems are making it reconsider its ban.
City officials will hold a community meeting next week to listen to the pros and cons. One official has already suggested a proposal. He thinks that a fine might work. If the city has to respond to complaints, the homeowner will be charged $200 per response. Such a fine might cause the homeowner to be careful to rent only to people that he is sure will be considerate of the neighbors. The city would still get 15 percent of the rental fee, even if the homeowner’s rent were totallyoffset by fines. The city would post inconsiderate renters’ names on the city website so that other homeowners would know about them.
Some officials think the ban should be continued because these visitors to the community have already proven that they have no consideration for others. Their money isn’t worth the headaches they cause.
A work crew consisting of 150 volunteers worked for eight hours in a light drizzle on Saturday to clean Carson Creek of almost nine tons of debris. “A job well done,” smiled Alan Specter, the director of the event. “We’re scheduled to come back here one more time, three years from now. Of course, we hope that there won’t be nine tons of garbage next time.”
The garbage came in all shapes, sizes, and colors: cans, bottles, bicycles, car tires, autobatteries, sofas, furniture, clothing, shopping carts, bowling balls, plastic bags, dolls, baby carriages, TV antennas, and portable radios. There was even a golf bag with a full set of golf clubs.
Much of the backbreaking work was done by two community groups-the Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts, and two environmental groups-Save the Bay and Watch the Whales. Concerned retirees and volunteers from police and fire departments assisted. Everyone was issued boots, gloves, and rain gear. The work occurred along a two-mile stretch of streambed. The debris was hauled roadside, where trucks lined up to take the trash to the landfill. More than 500 big yellow trash bags were filled.
No one found anything of great value, although a five-year-old boy found an earring that he thought might be worth a million dollars because it was so shiny. He said he would sell it. Then he would donate half of the proceeds to Watch the Whales, and use the other half to buy a triple-scoop ice cream cone every day for the rest of his life.
Samantha, like many renters, is tired of renting. One reason is that her annual rent goes up like clockwork. Every year her landlord raises the rent five percent. Another reason is her neighbors. “New neighbors always seem to be more inconsiderate than the ones who moved out,” she said. “My first neighbor was a door-slammer; I always knew when he came home or left home. After he moved out, a saxophonist moved in. A saxophonist! He practiced two hours a day. On Saturday his friends would come over and I’d get to listen to a whole band. I called the police, but they said saxophone playing is permitted in apartments for up to four hours a day, because saxophone playing is job-related. They told me I was lucky that the guy was only playing two hours a day!”
There are many unhappy renters, but there are also happy renters. “I’ve been lucky my whole life,” said Howard, a middle-aged man. “My neighbors couldn’t have been any better if I had picked them myself. One neighbor was a chef. He’d bring me the best leftovers in the world. Another neighbor was a pianist. She played the most delightful music. Another neighbor was a mechanic who did my tune-ups and changed the oil in my car. My latest neighbor is a birder; we go birding every weekend with our binoculars.”
Different persons have different attitudes. Samantha saw the saxophone player as irritating, yet Howard saw the piano player as delightful. Millions of people would be happy just to have a roof over their head. Yet there are millions who would complain that their roof is the wrong color.
The Wolf and the Dog
There is a wolf. He is very hungry and has no strength to find food. As he lies under a large tree, a dog sees him. The dog sees the wolf is so thin and hungry, and he feels sorry for him and says, “You are so terrible! Are you hungry?”
“Yes,” says the wolf, “I’m hungry because you are guarding the sheep. Now I am so weak that I can’t find food. I think I will do.”
“Why not help me?” Asks the dog, “I work regularly and I eat regularly. You could do the same. You can help me guard the sleep. In that way, I will not worry about your stealing the sleep, and you will not worry about going hungry. It’s good for us.
The wolf thinks it over and thinks the dog is right. So they walk to the dog’s house. As they are walking, the wolf sees that only the hair of the dog’s neck is very thin. He is curious about this. So he asks the dog about it.
“Oh, don’t worry about that,” says the dog, “It’s the place where the collar ties on the neck. My master chains me up at night,”
“Chained up!” shouts the wolf, “Do you mean that you are chained up at night? If I come to live with you, will I be chained up at night, too?”
“That’s night,” says the dog, “But, you’ll get used to it.”
“But, if I am chained up, I won’t be free.” After saying this, the wolf turns round and runs away.
The dog shouts, “Wait! Come back! I’m not free, but I’m healthy. I have good food, and a warm place to sleep. I like enjoying life. In fact, I’m freer than you are.”
狼和狗
有一只狼,他非常饿,而且饿得没有力气去找吃的了.当他躺在一棵大树下时,一只狗看见了他.看到狼又饿又瘦,狗挺可怜他的:“你看上去真可怕.你很饿啊?“
“是的”狼说,“我饿是因为你和你的伙伴看守着羊群.现在我弱得没法去找食物.我想我就快要死了.”
“为什么不帮我呢?”狗说,“我们按时工作,准时吃饭.你也行的你可以帮我看羊群.那样我就不用担心你会来偷羊,你也不用担心挨饿了.这对我们都有好处.”
狼考虑了一下,觉得狗说的'对,他们就一起朝狗的屋子走去了.正走着,狼看见口脖子上的毛很少.他觉得好奇,就问狗怎么回事.
“啊,别担心,”狗说,“这是系狗项圈的地方,晚上主人会把我拴起来.”
“拴起来?”狼叫起来,“你是说晚上你会拴起来?如果我去和你住,晚上也会被拴起来?”
“没错,”狗说,“但是你会习惯的”
“但是,如果被拴起来,我就不自由了.”说完,狼转身跑了.
狗大声喊道:“等等!回来!我是不自由,可是我很健康,我有好的食物,有个温暖的地方睡觉.你太喜欢享受生活了.我其实比你还自由些.”
I recently started a new job, in a small office, where four of us share a fridge. In that fridge is a Brita water filter pitcher. One of my coworkers complained the water tasted "dirty". It went on for a few days, and she was stunned I could drink the water without any trouble. I started to doubt my taste buds, but the water really tasted fine.
最近我找了份新工作,是在一间小办公室里,我们四个人共用一个冰箱.冰箱里有一个Brita牌滤水壶,有一个同事抱怨说水喝起来感觉很“脏”,她连续抱怨了几天,还很震惊我喝这样的水竟然没事.我开始怀疑自己的味蕾出问题了,但我真觉着水喝着还不错.
Finally, she figured out the problem was actually her cup. She simply forgot to clean it, and after awhile started to affect the water inside it. She cleaned her cup, and drank the water with no problem.
最后,她发现问题出在了她的杯子上,她只是忘了刷杯子,过一段时间就影响里面水的味道了.她把杯子洗干净了,水就没有异味了.
I cant help but think about the world we live in. Too often we quickly blame other people, other things, anything else but ourselves. "Youre racist". "Youre intolerant". "Youre the problem". The world isnt perfect, I know, but I think we should take a step back sometimes and ask ourselves some tough questions.
我禁不住思考了我们生活的世界,我们总是急于责备其他人、其他事、除了自己之外的一切东西.“你有种族歧视”、“你太狭隘”、“是你的`问题”,我知道世界并不完美,但我认为有时我们应该退一步,问自己几个很难回答的问题.
Can I be better? Is my heart really pure? Can I help this situation with kindness?
我能变得更好吗?我的心真的纯洁吗?我能带着善意解决问题吗?
I want to tell you this; please clean your cup. Because when you do, the water will taste much better. I promise you this.
我想告诉你这个道理:请洗干净自己的杯子.因为只有你把杯子洗干净了,里面的水味道才会好,我保证.
Instead of saying "I dont have time" try saying "its not a priority" and see how that feels. Often thats a perfectly adequate explanation. I have time to iron my sheets, I just dont want to. But other things are harder. Try it:
与其说“我没有时间”不如试着说“这事不紧急”,看看效果有什么不同.通常情况下,这个一个理由充分的借口.我有时间熨床单,但我就是懒得去做.那要是换成别的事情就没有说的这么轻巧了,试试下面的说法.
"Im not going to edit your resume, sweetie, because its not a priority."
“亲爱的,我不会去帮你改简历的,因为这不是什么要紧的事情.”
"I dont go to the doctor because my health is not a priority."
“我不会去看医生的,因为我的健康不是什么要紧的`事情.”
If these phrases dont sit well, thats the point. Changing our language reminds us that time is a choice. If we dont like how were spending an hour, we can choose differently.
这些说法是不是听起来很怪,对,这就是重点.换个不同的表达方式,让我们意识到时间是一种选择.如何度过某个小时,根据我们的喜恶,我们的选择会大不相同.
A woman baked chapatti for members of her family and an extra one for a hungry passerby. She kept the extra chapatti on the window sill. Every day, a hunchback came and took away the chapatti. Instead of expressing gratitude, he muttered the following words as he went his way: “The evil you do remains with you: The good you do, comes back to you!”
一个女人给家人烤薄饼,还留出一个给饥肠辘辘的路人.她总是把留出的那个放在窗台上,每天都有一个驼背的人来拿走薄饼.他没说过一句“谢谢”,反而总是边走边咕哝着:“善有善报,恶有恶报!”
The woman felt irritated. “Not a word of gratitude,” she said to herself… “Everyday this hunchback utters this jingle! What does he mean?” One day, she decided to do away with him. She added poison to the chapatti she prepared for him!
女人很生气,她自言自语地说:“这个驼背人从没说过谢谢,却每天都重复这句话,是什么意思呀?”一天,她决定弄死他,就在为他准备的薄饼上下了毒.
As she was about to keep it on the window sill, her hands trembled. “What is this I am doing?” she said. Immediately, she threw the chapatti into the fire, prepared another one. As usual, the hunchback came, picked up the chapatti and muttered the words: “The evil you do, remains with you: The good you do, comes back to you!”
她正要把饼放在窗台上,手就开始颤抖了,她说:“我在做什么?”她马上把饼扔进了火里,重新做了一张.一切照旧,驼背人来了,拿起薄饼,咕哝着:“善有善报,恶有恶报!”
Every day, as the woman placed the chapatti on the window sill, she offered a prayer for her son who had gone to a distant place to seek his fortune.
每天女人把饼放窗台上时都为去远方赚钱的`儿子祈祷.
That evening, there was a knock on the door. As she opened it, she was surprised to find her son standing in the doorway. He was hungry and weak. As he saw his mother, he said, “Mom, it’s a miracle I’m here. While I was but a mile away, I was so famished that I collapsed. I would have died, but just then an old hunchback passed by. He was kind enough to give me a whole chapatti. He said, “Your need is greater than mine!”
那天晚上,有人敲门,她打开门惊讶地发现儿子站在门口,他很饿很虚弱.一看见妈妈他就说:“妈妈,我能回来真是奇迹.离家还有一英里远的时候,我太饿了走不动了.我差点儿就死了,但就在那时一个老驼背人路过,他很善良给了我一整张饼.他说:‘你比我更需要它’.”
She remembered the poisoned chapatti that she had made that morning. Had she not burnt it in the fire, it would have been eaten by her own son!
她想起了那天早上做的有毒的饼,要不是她把饼烧了,就会被她儿子吃了!
It was then that she realized the significance of the words: “The evil you do remains with you: The good you do, comes back to you!” Do good and don’t ever stop doing good, even if it is not appreciated at that time.
那时她才意识到这句话的重要性:“善有善报,恶有恶报!”多行善举,即使当时不被人感激也要坚持下去.
I recently started a new job, in a small office, where four of us share a fridge. In that fridge is a Brita water filter pitcher. One of my coworkers complained the water tasted "dirty". It went on for a few days, and she was stunned I could drink the water without any trouble. I started to doubt my taste buds, but the water really tasted fine.
Finally, she figured out the problem was actually her cup. She simply forgot to clean it, and after awhile started to affect the water inside it. She cleaned her cup, and drank the water with no problem.
I cant help but think about the world we live in. Too often we quickly blame other people, other things, anything else but ourselves. "Youre racist". "Youre intolerant". "Youre the problem". The world isnt perfect, I know, but I think we should take a step back sometimes and ask ourselves some tough questions.
Can I be better? Is my heart really pure? Can I help this situation with kindness?
I want to tell you this; please clean your cup. Because when you do, the water will taste much better. I promise you this.
There was once a bridge which spanned a large river. During most of the day the bridge sat with its length running up and down the river paralleled with the banks, allowing ships to pass thru freely on both sides of the bridge. But at certain times each day, a train would come along and the bridge would be turned sideways across the river, allowing a train to cross it.
A switchman sat in a small shack on one side of the river where he operated the controls to turn the bridge and lock it into place as the train crossed. One evening as the switchman was waiting for the last train of the day to come, he looked off into the distance thru the dimming twilight and caught sight of the trainlights. He stepped to the control and waited until the train was within a prescribed distance when he was to turn the bridge. He turned the bridge into position, but, to his horror, he found the locking control did not work. If the bridge was not securely in position it would wobble back and forth at the ends when the train came onto it, causing the train to jump the track and go crashing into the river. This would be a passenger train with many people aboard. He left the bridge turned across the river, and hurried across the bridge to the other side of the river where there was a lever switch he could hold to operate the lock manually. He would have to hold the lever back firmly as the train crossed. He could hear the rumble of the train now, and he took hold of the lever and leaned backward to apply his weight to it, locking the bridge. He kept applying the pressure to keep the mechanism locked. Many lives depended on this man‘s strength.
Then, coming across the bridge from the direction of his control shack, he heard a sound that made his blood run cold. "Daddy, where are you?" His four-year-old son was crossing the bridge to look for him. His first impulse was to cry out to the child, "Run! Run!" But the train was too close; the tiny legs would never make it across the bridge in time. The man almost left his lever to run and snatch up his son and carry him to safety. But he realized that he could not get back to the lever. Either the people on the train or his little son must die. He took a moment to make his decision.
The train sped safely and swiftly on its way, and no one aboard was even aware of the tiny broken body thrown mercilessly into the river by the onrushing train. Nor were they aware of the pitiful figure of the sobbing man, still clinging tightly to the locking lever long after the train had passed. They did not see him walking home more slowly than he had ever walked: to tell his wife how their son had brutally died.
Now if you comprehend the emotions which went this man‘s heart, you can begin to understand the feelings of our Father in Heaven when He sacrificed His Son to bridge the gap between us and eternal life. Can there be any wonder that He caused the earth to tremble and the skies to darken when His Son died? How does He feel when we speed along thru life without giving a thought to what was done for us thru Jesus Christ?
The perform master
Front some performs the master to go on stage, his disciple told him the shoelace to be loose. The master nods expresses thanks, squats down carefully is good. When after the disciple turns around, also squats down the shoelace solution pine. Has an observer to see all these, relentlessly asked: "The master, why do you have the shoelace solution pine?" The master replies: "Because I play am a tired travel, makes a long and wearisome journey lets his shoes matter pine open, may tired display him through this detail to be thin and pale." "Why then you not directly do tell you the disciple?" "He can carefully discover my shoelace has been loose, and warm-heartedly tells me, me certainly must preserve he this kind of warm initiative, promptly encourages for him, why as for has to untie the shoelace, future will be able to have more opportunities to teach him to perform, will be allowed next again to say."
this story told us that:Person time only can make a matter, understands grasps key, is the genuine talented person.
表演大师
有一位表演大师上场前,他的弟子告诉他鞋带松了.大师点头致谢,蹲下来仔细系好.等到弟子转身后,又蹲下来将鞋带解松.有个旁观者看到了这一切,不解地问:“大师,您为什么又要将鞋带解松呢?”大师回答道:“因为我饰演的是一位劳累的旅者,长途跋涉让他的鞋事松开,可以通过这个细节表现他的劳累憔悴.”“那你为什么不直接告诉你的`弟子呢?”“他能细心地发现我的鞋带松了,并且热心地告诉我,我一定要保护他这种热情的积极性,及时地给他鼓励,至于为什么要将鞋带解开,将来会有更多的机会教他表演,可以下一次再说啊.”
这个故事说明了:人一个时间只能做一件事,懂抓重点,才是真正的人才.
It happened that a Dog had got a piece of meat and was carrying it home in his mouth to eat it in peace. Now, on his way home he had to cross a plank lying across a running brook. As he crossed, he looked down and saw his own shadow reflected in the water beneath. Thinking it was another dog with another piece of meat, he made up his mind to have that also. So he made a snap at the shadow in the water, but as he opened his mouth the piece of meat fell out, dropped into the water and was never seen more.
Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
一只狗嘴里衔着一块肉,走过一条河上面的桥,看见他自己在水里的影子,以为是另一只狗,那时狗衔着的肉,比他自己的还要大一倍,因此他仍掉自己的那一块,狠狠地扑向那只狗,想夺到那一块较大的肉.结果两头都落了空,因为他想要抓取在水中的`那一块,只不过是一个影子,而原来的那一块,也被水冲走了.
谨记,切莫因追逐幻影而丢失已有的东西.
Once there were two mice. They were friends. One mouse lived in the country; the other mouse lived in the city. After many years the Country mouse saw the City mouse; he said, "Do come and see me at my house in the country." So the City mouse went. The City mouse said, "This food is not good, and your house is not good. Why do you live in a hole in the field? You should come and live in the city. You would live in a nice house made of stone. You would have nice food to eat. You must come and see me at my house in the city."
The Country mouse went to the house of the City mouse. It was a very good house. Nice food was set ready for them to eat. But just as they began to eat they heard a great noise. The City mouse cried, " Run! Run! The cat is coming!" They ran away quickly and hid.
After some time they came out. When they came out, the Country mouse said, "I do not like living in the city. I like living in my hole in the field. For it is nicer to be poor and happy, than to be rich and afraid."
【释义】
城里老鼠和乡下老鼠 从前,有两只老鼠,它们是好朋友.一只老鼠居住在乡村,另一只住在城里.很多年过后,乡下老鼠碰到城里老鼠,它说:"你一定要来我乡下的家看看."于是,城里老鼠就去了.乡下老鼠领着它到了一块田地上它自己的家里.它把所有最精美食物都找出来给城里老鼠.城里老鼠说:"这东西不好吃,你的家也不好,你为什么住在田野的.地洞里呢?你应该搬到城里去住,你能住上用石头造的漂亮房子,还会吃上美味佳肴,你应该到我城里的家看看."
乡下的老鼠就到城里老鼠的家去.房子十分漂亮,好吃的东西也为他们摆好了.可是正当他们要开始吃的时候,听见很大的一阵响声,城里的老鼠叫喊起来:"快跑!快跑!猫来了!"他们飞快地跑开躲藏起来. 过了一会儿,他们出来了.当他们出来时,乡下老鼠说:"我不喜欢住在城里,我喜欢住在田野我的洞里.因为这样虽然贫穷但是快乐自在,比起虽然富有却要过着提心吊胆的生活来说,要好些."
The park bench was deserted as I sat down to read Beneath the long, straggly branches of an old willow tree. Disillusioned by life with good reason to frown, For the world was intent on dragging me down.
And if that werent enough to ruin my day, A young boy out of breath approached me, all tired from play. He stood right before me with his head tilted down And said with great excitement, "Look what I found!"
In his hand was a flower, and what a pitiful sight, With its petals all worn - not enough rain, or too little light. Wanting him to take his dead flower and go off to play, I faked a small smile and then shifted away.
But instead of retreating he sat next to my side and placed the flower to his nose and declared with surprise, "It sure smells pretty and its beautiful, too. Thats why I picked it; here, its for you."
The weed before me was dying or dead. Not vibrant of colors, orange, yellow or red. But I knew I must take it, or he might never leave. So I reached for the flower, and replied, "Just what I need."
But instead of him placing the flower in my hand, He held it mid-air without reason or plan. It was then that I noticed for the very first time, that weed-toting boy could not see: he was blind.
I heard my voice quiver, tears shone like the sun. As I thanked him for picking the very best one. "Youre welcome," he smiled, and then ran off to play, Unaware of the impact hed had on my day.
I sat there and wondered how he managed to see a self-pitying woman beneath an old willow tree. How did he know of my self-indulged plight? Perhaps from his heart, hed been blessed with true sight.
Through the eyes of a blind child, at last I could see, the problem was not with the world; the problem was me. And for all of those times I myself had been blind, I vowed to see beauty, and appreciate every second thats mine.
And then I held that wilted flower up to my nose and breathed in the fragrance of a beautiful rose And smiled as that young boy, another weed in his hand About to change the life of an unsuspecting old man.
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One day womens dresses were on sale at a department store. A dignified middle-aged man decided to pick a dress for his wife, but soon he found himself being battered by frantic women.
一天,一家百货公司的女装大减价,一位高贵的中年男士想给他的太太挑选一件女装.但是,没过多久,他就发现自己已被疯狂的'女人们撞得踉踉跄跄.
He stood it as long as he could; then, with head lowered and arms flailing, he plowed through the crowd.
他竭力地忍耐着.后来,他低下头,挥舞双臂,挤过人群.
"You there!" challenged a thrilling voice. "Cant you act like a gentleman?"
“你干嘛?”有人尖声叫道,“你难道不能表现得像一位绅士吗?”
"Listen," he said. "I have been acting like a gentleman for an hour. From now on, I am acting like a lady."
“听着,”他说.“我已经像绅士一样表现了一个小时了.从现在起,我要表现得像一位女士.”
A penny-pinching farmer didn’t want his hired hand to stop working. One morning, he told the farmhand, “It’s such a nuisance to come in from the field, wash up for lunch and take time to eat. Why don’t we save time and eat lunch now?”
The hired man agreed. The farm’s wife brought in some cold meat and fried potatoes, and the two men ate again.
When they had finished, the cheap farmer said, “While we’re still at the table, let’s have supper too.” They were now served steak, boiled potatoes and mixed vegetables, and they ate once more.
“Now that the meals are out of the way, ” the farmer announced, “we can go out and work all day without interruption. ”
“Oh, no,” the farmhand answered. “I never work after supper.”
一位农场主非常吝啬,不想让他雇佣的帮手停下来休息.一天早上,他对帮手说:“从地里回来,又要洗手吃饭,又花时间,真是太不方便了.我们何不省点时间,现在就吃午饭呢?”
雇员同意了.农场主的妻子端进来一些冷肉和油炸土豆.于是,两个人又开始吃起来.
吃完后,吝啬鬼说:“既然我们还在桌子边,让我们连晚饭也吃了吧.”这次上桌的'有排骨、煮土豆和杂烩青菜.于是两个人又吃起来.
“现在三顿饭都吃过了,”农场主宣称道,“我们便可以出去一整天不停地干活了.”
“哦,不,”那帮手回答说,“晚饭后我从不工作.”
One day, Mr. Lion holds a party. Many animals come and drink a lot of wine. At last there is a pot of wine. Who can drink it? They drink out an idea and decide to have a match-Draw a snake. If you finish first, you can get it.
Soon Mr.Wolf finishes drawing. “Yeah, I’ve finished. I’m No.1,” he says. But he draws again and says, “Oh, let me add feet and my snake.” At the time, Mr. Gorilla also finishes. He takes away the pot of wine and drinks, then he says, “That isn’t a snake. Snakes have no feet. I get the wine.”
画蛇添足
一天,狮子先生举行一场聚会,许多动物都来了,他们喝很多酒.最后只剩一壶酒了.让谁喝呢?它们想了想,有个主意.它们比赛画蛇,谁最快画好,谁就喝这壶酒.
不一会,狼先生画好了.“哈,我画好了,我是第一个.”它说.可是它又画了起来,它还说:“再给它加几只脚吧.”这是猩猩先生也画好了.它拿起那酒壶喝起来.一边喝一边说:“那不是蛇,蛇是没有脚的,我赢了这壶酒.”
John is not a “good” student. He always sleeps in the class. Today he sleeps again.
“John!” Teacher says angrily.
“What? What’s wrong?” John is awaken.
“Why do you make a face? It’s classroom. Look! Everyone is laughing.” Teacher says.
“No one is laughing.” Teacher says.
“No, it’s not me. I was not making a face. I was sleeping.” John fells upset.
“Um. Not bad. You can admit your fault. You are still a good boy.” Teacher is satisfied with it.
认错
约翰并不是个“好”学生.他总是在上课的时候睡觉.今天他又睡着了.
“约翰!”老师生气地喊他.
“什么?出什么事了?”约翰醒了.
“你为什么要做鬼脸?这是教室!看看!同学们都在笑!”老师生气地说.
“没有人在笑呀.”其他同学笑声地嘀咕.
“不,不是我.我没有做鬼脸.刚才我睡着了.”约翰感到不安.
“嗯,还不错.你承认自己的错误,还是给好孩子”老师为此感到满意.
Tom is a very old man. After dinner, he likes walking in the street. And he goes to bed at seven o’clock.
But tonight, a car stopped at his house. A policeman helps him get out. He tells Tom’s wife, “The old man couldn’t find his way in the street. He asked me to take him in the car.”
After the policeman leaves there, his wife asks, “Tom, you go to the street every night. But tonight you can’t find the way, what’s the matter?”
The old man smiles like a child and says, “I couldn’t find my way? I didn’t want to walk home.”
我不想走回家
汤姆是一位老人,他喜欢在晚饭后到大街上散步,在7点回来睡觉.
但是,今天晚上一辆小汽车停在他家门前,汤姆在一位警察的.帮助下走下汽车.警察告诉汤姆的妻子:“这位老人在街上迷路了,他让我用汽车送他回来.”
警察走后:“汤姆,你每天都到那条街上散步,但是今天你迷路了,你怎么了?”
这位老人像孩子般的笑道:“我迷路了?我是不想走路回家.”
Mr Smith and his son Jim rent a boat from Mr Green. They find a very good place and catch a lot of fish. Now it is late and they are going home.
Jim says, “I’ll come here again tomorrow.”
“Yes, me too.” say his father. “But how can we get back and find the right place again?” “I can make a mark on the side of the boat.” Jim answers.
The father laughs and says, “No, that’s foolish! Mr Green won’t give us the same boat next time.”
【释义】
史密斯先生和他的儿子吉姆,从格林先生那里租了一条船.他们找到了一个非常好的地方并抓到了许多鱼.天色已经很晚了,他们要回家了.
吉姆说:“我明天还要再来这里.”
“是的,我也是.”他的父亲说.“但是我们怎么回来并找到正确的地方呢?”“我可以在船的'一侧做个记号.”吉姆回答道.
父亲大笑说道:“不那太愚蠢了!格林先生下次不会给我们同一条船的”