劉 紅

【導(dǎo)讀】一直覺得是竹子那高雅的姿態(tài)和纖秀的外表讓蘇東坡吟出“寧可食無肉,不可居無竹。無肉令人瘦,無竹令人俗?！边@樣的句子。直至靜下心來細(xì)細(xì)觀察竹子,才真正領(lǐng)會到:竹子的高雅并非在于它搖曳生姿的翠竿,而在于那“雪壓不倒,風(fēng)吹不折”(鄭板橋語)的韌性。這篇文章讓我再一次對竹子肅然起敬。一起來體會竹子的生活態(tài)度:Bend, but dont break!

The lesson of bamboo trees

One of my fondest memories as a child is going by the river and sitting idly on the bank. There I would enjoy the peace and quiet, watch the water rush downstream and listen to the chirps of birds and the rustling of leaves in the trees. I would also watch the bamboo trees bend under pressure from the wind and watch them return gracefully to their original position after the wind had died down. When I think about the bamboo trees ability to bounce back or return to its original position, the word “resilience” comes to mind. When used in reference to a person this word means the ability to readily recover from shock, depression or any other situation that stretches the limits of a persons emotions. Have you ever felt like you are about to snap? Have you ever felt like you are at your breaking point? Thankfully, you have survived the experience to live to talk about it. During the experience you probably felt a mix of emotions that threatened your health. You felt emotionally drained, mentally exhausted and you most likely endured unpleasant physical symptoms.

Life is a mixture of good times and bad times, happy moments and unhappy moments. The next time you are experiencing one of those bad times or unhappy moments that take you close to your breaking point, bend, but dont break. Try your best not to let the situation get the best of you. A measure of hope will take you through the unpleasant ordeal. With hope for a better tomorrow or a better situation, things may not be as bad as they seem to be. The unpleasant ordeal may be easier to deal with if the end result is worth having. If the going gets tough and you are at your breaking point, show resilience. Like the bamboo tree, bend, but dont break!

【幫助】

1.Idly 悠閑地;2.chirp吱喳叫;3.rustling 沙沙聲;4.bounce 彈回;5.resilience 快速恢復(fù)的能力;

6.in reference to 關(guān)于;7.come to mind 突然想起;

8.stretch 拉長、撐大;9.snap 斷裂;10.breaking point 極限;

11.ordeal 嚴(yán)酷的考驗;

12.get the best of 戰(zhàn)勝

【譯文】

竹子的啟示

記憶中,兒時我最喜歡做的事就是去河邊悠閑的坐著,享受寧靜。賞河水潺潺,聽鳥兒嘰喳、樹葉沙沙。還常?？吹街褡釉趶婏L(fēng)中彎腰,風(fēng)息后卻又傲然挺立、優(yōu)雅如常。當(dāng)我在思考竹子的這種堅韌時,自然聯(lián)想到“韌性”,這個詞用來形容人的品格時,是指能很快從震驚、沮喪或其他任何一種情感極限中恢常態(tài)。感覺過即將崩潰或已到了承受極限的經(jīng)歷吧?幸運的是你挺過了來,現(xiàn)在能從容地談?wù)摦?dāng)時的心境:身心俱疲,情感枯竭。

生活充滿了與快樂艱辛、幸福與痛苦。當(dāng)再次經(jīng)歷讓你近乎崩潰的艱辛與痛苦時刻時,請“寧彎勿折”。希望常在,何懼考驗!懷著對未來的憧憬,事情也許并不象看上去那么糟糕。如果最終的結(jié)果讓人欣慰,嚴(yán)峻的考驗又算什么!遭遇生活的艱辛?xí)r,象竹子那樣彎腰但決不折斷吧!