1分钟净化心灵的英语美文train_track_and_children.ppt

A group of children were playing near two railway tracks, one still in use while the other disused. Only one child played on the disused track, the rest on the operational track. The train came, and you were just beside the track interchange.It was not possible to stop the train but You could make the train change its course to the disused track and saved most of the kids. However, that would also mean the lone child playing by the disused track would be sacrificed. Or would you rather let the train go its way? Lets take a pause to think what kind of decision we could make................ Analyse the situation…………. 分析一下形势… Think and reflect……. 仔细想想… Decided your answer !!!! 给出你的答案!!! Now … go ahead 现在…继续!!! Most people might choose to divert the course of the train, and sacrifice only one child. To save most of the children at the expense of only one child was rational decision most people would make, morally and emotionally. But, have you ever thought that the child choosing to play on the disused track had in fact made the right decision to play at a safe place? 但是，你是否想过，那名选择在停用铁轨上玩的小孩显然是做出了正确决定-- 在安全的地方玩？ Nevertheless, he had to be sacrificed because of his ignorant friends who chose to play where the danger was. 然而他却不得不为那些选择在危险的地方玩的无知的朋友们而去牺牲。 This kind of dilemma happens around us everyday. In the office, community, in politics and especially in a democratic society, the minority is often sacrificed for the interest of the majority, no matter how foolish or ignorant the majority are, and how farsighted and knowledgeable the minority are. 这种进退两难的局面每天都在我们的身边发生。 在办公室、团体里、政党里，尤其在一个民主的社会，少数人常常为了多数人的利益而牺牲自己，无论那些多数人是多么愚蠢和无知，无论少数人多么有远见卓识。 The child who chose not to play with the rest on the operational track was sidelined. And in the case he was sacrificed, no one would shed a tear for him. 那个选择不与其他在正在使用的铁轨上玩耍的小孩被逐出局。在这里，他被牺牲掉，没有人为他落一滴眼泪。 To make the proper decision is not try to change the course of the train because the kids playing on the operational track