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美文: 试玉要烧三日满 辨材须待七年期

kira86 于2020-09-09发布
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不能靠一个季节判断一棵树或一个人,一个人的本质。不要让一个季节的痛苦毁了所有其他季节的欢乐。不要根据一个艰难的季节评判人生。坚忍不拔渡过难关,好时节就一定
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You Cannot Judge a Tree by Only One Season

试玉要待三日满

There was a man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to judge things too quickly. So he sent them each on a quest, in turn, to go and look at a pear tree that was a great distance away. The first son he sent in the winter, the second in the spring, the third in the summer, and the youngest in the fall.

某人有四个儿子。他想让儿子们学会三思而行。他把儿子们先后派出去进行考察,去看看远方的一棵梨树。第一个儿子是冬天派去的,第二个在春天,第三个在夏天,最小的儿子在秋天。

When they had all gone and come back, he called them together to describe what they had seen.

在他们全部去了又返回之后,他把他们召集在一起,要他们描述所见到的一切。

The first son said that the tree was ugly, bent, and twisted.

第一个儿子说,那棵树很丑,弯曲着,歪歪扭扭。

The second son said no, it was covered with green buds and full of promise.

第二个儿子说不是这样,那棵树上长满了幼芽,生机勃勃。

The third son disagreed; he said it was laded with blossoms that smelled so sweet and looked so beautiful, it was the most graceful thing he had ever seen.

第三个儿子表示不同意;说那棵树上开满了花,香气扑鼻,美不胜收,那是他见过的最美的东西。

The last son disagreed with all of them; he said it was ripe and drooping with fruit, full of life and fulfillment.

小儿子一个也不赞成;他说果树熟了,低垂的枝头挂满了果实,生机盎然。

The man then explained to his sons that they were all right, because they had each seen but only one season in the tree's life.

接着,这个人向儿子们解释说他们都对,因为他们每个人只看到树的生命过程中的一个季节。

He told them that they cannot judge a tree, or a person, by only one season, and that the essence of who they are and the pleasure, joy, and love that come from that life can only be measured at the end, when all the seasons are up.

他告诉他们不能靠一个季节判断一棵树或一个人,一个人的本质,这个人生命中的乐趣、欢欣和爱,只能到最后,人生的所有季节都结束时,才能进行评判。

If you give up when it's winter, you will miss the promise of your spring, the beauty of your summer, and the fulfillment of your fall.

如果你在冬季放弃了,你就失去了春天的希望、夏天的优美和秋天的收成。

Moral: Don’t let the pain of one season destroy the joy of all the rest. Don’t judge life by one difficult season. Persevere through the difficult patches and better times are sure to come.

寓意:不要让一个季节的痛苦毁了所有其他季节的欢乐。不要根据一个艰难的季节评判人生。坚忍不拔渡过难关,好时节就一定会到来。

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