常春藤名家散文精選 第3期:我們正在起跑點(diǎn)
第三課 我們正在起跑點(diǎn)
"We are reading the first verse of the first chapter ofa book whose pages are infinite..."
“我們正在閱讀一本頁數(shù)無限的書的第一章第一節(jié)……”
I do not know who wrote these words, but I havealways liked them as a reminder that the future canbe anything we want to make it.
我不知道這段文字是誰寫的，但我一直很喜歡用這段文字來提醒自己，那就是“未來在我之手”。
We can take the mysterious, hazy future and carveout of it anything that we can imagine, just as a sculptor carves a statue from a shapelessstone.
我們可以掌握神秘而不可知的將來，從中開創(chuàng)出我們所能想像的任何東西，一如雕刻家可將未成形的石頭刻出雕像一樣。
We are all in the position of the farmer.
我們個(gè)個(gè)都像是農(nóng)夫。
If we we plant a good seed, we reap a good harvest.
我們?nèi)舴N下好種子，就會(huì)有豐收。
If our seed is poor and full of weeds, we reap a useless crop.
假若種子不良且長滿雜草，我們就會(huì)徒勞無獲。
If we plant nothing at all, we harvest nothing at all.
如果我們什么也不種，就根本不會(huì)有任何收獲。
I want the future to be better than the past.
我希望將來要比過去更好。
I don't want it contaminated by the mistakes and errors with which history is filled.
我不希望將來被那些充斥在歷史中的錯(cuò)誤所污染。
We should all be concerned about the future because that is where we will spend theremainder of our lives.
我們都應(yīng)關(guān)心將來，因?yàn)橥蟮挠嗌家趯碇卸冗^。
The past is gone and static.
往昔已一去不復(fù)返，沉靜無聲。
Nothing we can do will change it.
任憑我們怎么努力都不能改變過去。
The future is before us and dynamic.
將來就在我們眼前而且是動(dòng)態(tài)的。
Everything we do will affect it.
我們的所作所為都會(huì)影響將來。
Each day brings with it new frontiers，in our homes and in our businesses, if we will onlyrecognize them.
只要我們體會(huì)得出來，每天都可發(fā)現(xiàn)新的知識(shí)領(lǐng)域伴隨而生，可能是在家里，也可能是在我們的事業(yè)中。
We are just at the beginning of the progress in every field of human endeavor.
我們正處在人類所努力鉆研的每個(gè)領(lǐng)域中進(jìn)步的起跑點(diǎn)。
