我的初恋—优秀英文短文阅读(适合大学四六级水平).pdfVIP

生命的波纹 Waves of the life My grandfather took me to the fish pond on the farm when I was about seven, and he told me to throw a stone into the water. He told me to watch the circles created by the stone. Then he asked me to think of myself as that stone. You may create lots of splashes in your life, but the waves that come from those splashes will disturb the peace of all your fellow creatures, he said. Remember that you are responsible for what you put in your circle and that circle will also touch many other circles. You will need to live in a way that allows the good that comes from your circle to send the peace of that goodness to others. The splash that comes from anger or jealousy will send those feelings to other circles. You are responsible for both. That was the first time I realized that each person creates the inner peace or discord that flows out into the world. We cannot create world peace if we are riddled with inner conflict, hatred, doubt, or anger. We radiate the feelings and thoughts that we hold inside, whether we speak them or not. Whatever is splashing around inside of us is spilling out into the world, creating beauty or discordwith all other circlesof life. 这是苏语系印第安人部落中流传的一个古老的故 事…… 在我七岁那年，我的祖父来到田边的一个池塘。他让我 丢一颗石子到水中，并嘱咐我仔细观察石子所激起的水波 纹。然后他叫我把自己想象成那颗石子。 他说：“在生命的水面上，你也许能激起许多波纹，而你 所激起的波纹也会打破别人的平静，” “要谨记，对你所激起的波纹中所包含的东西负责，因为 这些东西会接触、影响到别人的波纹。” “你应当努力使自己波纹中的平和宁静传播给他人。当 然，如果你的波纹中携带有愤怒、嫉妒，别人也会受到你的 影响，因此，你要对它们负责。” 这是我第一次了解到，每个人心中的平和抑或不和，都 会传播给整个世界。如果我们自己内心都被冲突、仇恨、疑 虑或者愤怒所纠缠，自然就不能给世界带来平和宁静。 无论我们是否说出心中的感觉和思绪，我们都在向外界 传播它们。无论我们内心激起的是何种波纹，它们都会 被传向他人，与别人的生命波纹共同激起美丽，抑或是 不和谐 为什么《我的团长我的团》这么热！ Wars sad song grips China THEY say that war is 99 percent boredomand one percent sheer terror, but Kang Hongleis My Chief, My Regiment is going some way to reducing the boredom part of that ratio