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哲理勵(lì)志英語(yǔ)美文：呼喚自由的鸚鵡
A man, a great man, a fighter for freedom was traveling in the mountains. He stayed in a caravans for the night. He was amazed that in the caravans there was a beautiful parrot in a golden cage, continually repeating “Freedom! Freedom!”. And it was such a place that when the parrot repeated the word “Freedom!” it would go on echoing in the valleys, in the mountains.
一個(gè)人，一個(gè)了不起的人，一個(gè)為了自由而戰(zhàn)的斗士，正在山巒間穿行。今晚他留在一個(gè)大旅店里過(guò)夜。旅店里有一個(gè)金鳥籠，里面有一只漂亮的鸚鵡在不停地反復(fù)呼喊著“自由!自由!”，這讓他很震驚。那里是這樣的一種地方，當(dāng)這只鸚鵡不斷地反復(fù)呼喊“自由!”的時(shí)候，這個(gè)詞便會(huì)在山巒間、在深谷中久久回蕩。
The man thought: “I have seen many parrots, and I have thought they must want to be free from those cages… but I have never seen such a parrot whose whole day, from the morning to the evening when he goes to sleep, is spent in calling out for freedom.” He had an idea. In the middle of the night, when the owner was fast asleep, he got up and opened the door of the cage. He whispered to the parrot, “Now get out.”
這個(gè)人想：“我看到過(guò)很多鸚鵡，也曾想過(guò)他們一定想從這些籠子里飛出去獲得自由……但是，我從沒(méi)有見過(guò)這樣的鸚鵡，從早到晚，直到入睡，一整天都在呼喊著自由。”他有了一個(gè)想法……午夜，當(dāng)?shù)曛魇焖臅r(shí)候，他悄悄起身，打開了鳥籠門，小聲地對(duì)鸚鵡說(shuō)：“現(xiàn)在，出去吧。”
But he was very surprised that the parrot was clinging to the bars of the cage. He said to him again and again, “Have you forgotten about freedom? Just get out! The door is open and the owner is fast asleep; nobody will ever know. You just fly into the sky; the whole sky is yours.”
但是令他吃驚的是這只鸚鵡竟抓著鳥籠的橫木不放。他對(duì)它一遍又一遍地說(shuō)：“你忘了自由了嗎?快出去!門開著，店主熟睡著，沒(méi)有人會(huì)看到。你只要飛向天空，整片天空就是你的了。”
But the parrot was clinging so deeply, so hard, that the man said, “What is the matter? Are you mad?” He tried to take the parrot out with his own hands, but the parrot started pecking at him, and at the same time he was shouting, “Freedom! Freedom!” The valleys in the night echoed and re-echoed, but the man was also stubborn; he was a freedom fighter.
但是鸚鵡仍然牢牢地用力抓著橫木不放，于是他說(shuō)：“怎么了?你瘋了嗎?”他試圖用手把鸚鵡弄出來(lái)，但是鸚鵡卻開始啄他，同時(shí)大喊：“自由!自由!”深夜的山谷里蕩起了一聲又一聲的回音，可是這個(gè)人也一樣地頑固，誰(shuí)讓他是個(gè)自由之士呢。
He pulled the parrot out and threw him into the sky; and he was very satisfied, although his hand was hurt. The parrot had attacked him as forcefully as he could, but the man was immensely satisfied that he had made a soul free. He went to sleep.
他把鸚鵡拽出來(lái)，扔向空中。他很滿意，盡管他的手受傷了。雖然鸚鵡全力地攻擊他，但是他卻心滿意足，因?yàn)樗沟靡粋€(gè)靈魂自由了。他便回去繼續(xù)睡他的覺(jué)。
In the morning, as the man was waking up, he heard the parrot shouting, “Freedom! Freedom!” He thought perhaps the parrot must be sitting on a tree or on a rock. But when he came out, the parrot was sitting in the cage. The door was open.
早上，他睡醒了，聽見鸚鵡正在大喊：“自由!自由!”他想也許鸚鵡正落在一棵樹上或一塊石頭上呢。但當(dāng)他出來(lái)的時(shí)候，鸚鵡正在籠子里，籠門還開著。
哲理勵(lì)志英語(yǔ)美文：美麗的微笑與愛心
The poor are very wonderful people. One evening we went out and we picked up four people from the street. And one of them was in a most terrible condition，and I told the sisters: You take care of the other three. I take care of this one who looked worse. So I did for her all that my love can do. I put her in bed, and there was such a beautiful smile on her face. She took hold of my hand as she said just the words “thank you” and she died. I could not help but examine my conscience[良心]before her and I asked what would I say if I was in her place. And my answer was very simple. I would have tried to draw a little attention to myself. I would have said I am hungry, that I am dying, I am cold, I am in pain, or something, but she gave me much more-she gave me her grateful love. And she died with a smile on her face. As did that man whom we picked up from the drain[陰溝、下水道], half eaten with worms, and we brought him to the home. “I have lived like an animal in the street, but I am going to die like an angel, loved and cared for.” And it was so wonderful to see the greatness of that man who could speak like that, who could die like that without blaming anybody, without cursing anybody, without comparing anything. Like an angel-this is the greatness of our people. And that is why we believe what Jesus had said: I was hungry, I was naked, I was homeless, I was unwanted, unloved, uncared for, and you did it to me.
窮人是非常了不起的人。一天晚上，我們外出，從街上帶回了四個(gè)人，其中一個(gè)生命岌岌可危。于是我告訴修女們說(shuō)：“你們照料其他三個(gè)，這個(gè)瀕危的人就由我來(lái)照顧了。”就這樣，我為她做了我的愛所能做的一切。我將她放在床上，看到她的臉上綻露出如此美麗的微笑。她握著我的手，只說(shuō)了句“謝謝您”就死了。我情不自禁地在她面前審視起自己的良知來(lái)。我問(wèn)自己，如果我是她的話，會(huì)說(shuō)些什么呢?答案很簡(jiǎn)單，我會(huì)盡量引起旁人對(duì)我的關(guān)注，我會(huì)說(shuō)我饑餓難忍，冷得發(fā)抖，奄奄一息，痛苦不堪，諸如此類的話。但是她給我的卻更多更多――她給了我她的感激之情。她死時(shí)臉上卻帶著微笑。我們從排水道帶回的那個(gè)男子也是如此。當(dāng)時(shí)，他幾乎全身都快被蟲子吃掉了，我們把他帶回了家。“在街上，我一直像個(gè)動(dòng)物一樣地活著，但我將像個(gè)天使一樣地死去，有人愛，有人關(guān)心。”真是太好了，我看到了他的偉大之處，他竟能說(shuō)出那樣的話。他那樣地死去，不責(zé)怪任何人，不詛咒任何人，無(wú)欲無(wú)求。像天使一樣――這便是我們的人民的偉大之所在。因此我們相信耶穌所說(shuō)的話――我饑腸轆轆――我衣不蔽體――我無(wú)家可歸――我不為人所要，不為人所愛，也不為人所關(guān)心――然而，你卻為我做了這一切。
I believe that we are not real social workers. We may be doing social work in the eyes of the people, but we are really contemplatives[修行者、沉思冥想的人] in the heart of the world. For we are touching the body of Christ twenty-four hours…And I think that in our family we don’t need bombs and guns, to destroy, to bring peace, just get together, love one another, bring that peace, that joy, that strength of presence of each other in the home. And we will be able to overcome all the evil that is in the world.
我想，我們算不上真正的社會(huì)工作者。在人們的眼中，或許我們是在做社會(huì)工作，但實(shí)際上，我們真的只是世界中心的修行者。因?yàn)?，一?4小時(shí)，我們都在觸摸基督的圣體。我想，在我們的大家庭時(shí)，我們不需要槍支和炮彈來(lái)破壞和平，或帶來(lái)和平――我們只需要團(tuán)結(jié)起來(lái)，彼此相愛，將和平、歡樂(lè)以及每一個(gè)家庭成員靈魂的活力都帶回世界。這樣，我們就能戰(zhàn)勝世界上現(xiàn)存的一切邪惡。
And with this prize that I have received as a Prize of Peace, I am going to try to make the home for many people who have no home. Because I believe that love begins at home, and if we can create a home for the poor I think that more and more love will spread. And we will be able through this understanding love to bring peace be the good news to the poor. The poor in our own family first, in our country and in the world. To be able to do this, our Sisters, our lives have to be wove with prayer. They have to be woven with Christ to be able to understand, to be able to share. Because to be woven with Christ is to be able to understand, to be able to share. Because today there is so much suffering…When I pick up a person from the street, hungry, I give him a plate of rice, a piece of bread, I have satisfied. I have removed that hunger. But a person who is shut out, who feels unwanted, unloved, terrified, the person who has been thrown out from society-that poverty is so full of hurt and so unbearable…And so let us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love, and once we begin to love each other naturally we want to do something.
我準(zhǔn)備以我所獲得的諾貝爾和平獎(jiǎng)獎(jiǎng)金為那些無(wú)家可歸的人們建立自己的家園。因?yàn)槲蚁嘈牛瑦墼醋约彝?，如果我們能為窮人建立家園，我想愛便會(huì)傳播得更廣。而且，我們將通過(guò)這種寬容博大的愛而帶來(lái)和平，成為窮人的福音。首先為我們自己家里的窮人，其次為我們國(guó)家，為全世界的窮人。為了做到這一點(diǎn)，姐妹們，我們的生活就必須與禱告緊緊相連，必須同基督結(jié)結(jié)一體才能互相體諒，共同分享，因?yàn)橥浇Y(jié)合一體就意味著互相體諒，共同分享。因?yàn)?，今天的世界上仍有如此多的苦難存在……當(dāng)我從街上帶回一個(gè)饑腸轆轆的人時(shí)，給他一盤飯，一片面包，我就能使他心滿意足了，我就能軀除他的饑餓。但是，如果一個(gè)人露宿街頭，感到不為人所要，不為人所愛，惶恐不安，被社會(huì)拋棄――這樣的貧困讓人心痛，如此令人無(wú)法忍受。因此，讓我們總是微笑想見，因?yàn)槲⑿褪菒鄣拈_端，一旦我們開始彼此自然地相愛，我們就會(huì)想著為對(duì)方做點(diǎn)什么了。
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