Silence
引言：
沉默本身也是一种思想和心境的流露，是灵魂的另一种形式的回声。
Indeed, for a living thing there is no such thing as true silence, for silence itself is a revelation of the mind and the heart, an echo of the soul of a different form.
Some people use silence as a disguise of the emptine of the head.
Some use it as a means to depict their disorientation and melancholy.
And some use it as a way of expreing their angers and sorrows.
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Silence usually is ephemeral.It reminds one of the bronze bells dangling from a pagoda\'s eaves; on windle days they are a decoration upon the age-weathered beauty, but with wind they give out wonderful tinkling and jingling metallurgic sounds, as if echoing age-old stories of long, long ago...
Do you not think the same of silent people?
They say that \"silence is golden\", but of what nature is this \"gold\"? It can include integrity, honesty and kindne; it can stand for indifference to and detachment from fame and fortune; but it can also act as an excuse for hypocrisy, slyne and cowardice...the glittering of gold may not necearily be the most brilliant lustre in the world Can it be that permanent silence is only represented by death?
Perhaps even death cannot represent true silence, for the carrier of the soul can turn into dust, so that the sincere and wise voices from the bottom of the heart will trigger long-lasting echoes in the seas of human hearts...
沉默
其实，对活着的生命而言，真正的沉默是不存在的。沉默本身也是一种思想和心境的流露，是灵魂的另一种形式的回声。
有的人以沉默掩饰思想的空虚。
有的人以沉默叙述迷茫和惆怅。
有的人以沉默表达内心的愤怒和忧伤。
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沉默常常是暂时的。就像古塔檐角下的铜铃，无风时，它们只是一种古色古香的装饰，一起风，它们便会发出奇妙的金属音响，似乎是许多古老故事的悠远的回声……
沉默的人们不也一样?
“沉默是金”，是怎样的一种“金”呢? 这个“金”字中，可以包含正直、善良，可以代表淡泊、超脱，也可以是虚伪、圆滑、怯懦的一种托辞……金子的光泽，未必是世界上最动人的光泽。
是不是只有死亡才是永远的沉默?
也许，死亡也未必是真正的沉默，灵魂的载体可以化为尘土，那些真诚睿智的心声，却会长久地在人心的海洋中引起悠长的回声……
1℃ love
In a cold winter, a couple had to move out from the luxury villa because of bankruptcy.The husband worked day and night to support the family but with no care of his wife.So she thought, \"he doesn\'t love me any more, he just cares his busine...not me\".
One day, she began to take a bath, he stopped her at the door, \"Let me take it first, okey?\"
\"Why not let me shower first,\" she asked.\"I was tired, sweetie, you take it later, okey?\" She was totally depreed.
On a morose day, she found nothing to do and turned on his computer, a few words blurred her eyes...it was his diary:
Today, I was quite sad, she asked me why I was always taking the bath first, and I said to her, I was exhausted.She was unhappy, in her mind, I treated her not as well as usual, but how can I do? I was not as rich as before! We moved to the small apartment, there was only a shower in the bathroom, it was so cold to take a shower in such a freezing winter.But I found that if one person took the shower first, the room could get a little warm, so every time I rushed to the bathroom first.I was thinking that, when she took the shower, the room would get warmer, at least 1℃, 2℃ or 3℃
Now I can\'t give her comfortable life, bring her the luxury restaurant, buy expensive drees for her, but at least, I can give her 1℃ love.
1℃的爱情
一个寒冷的冬天，一对夫妇因为破产，所以不得不从豪宅里搬出。丈夫每天辛勤工作以维持家庭开支，但很少顾及到妻子。于是，妻子暗自想道：“他不再爱我了，他只在乎他的事业，而不是我。”
一天，妻子准备洗澡，可丈夫叫住了她，“让我先洗吧。”“为什么不让我先洗呢？”“亲爱的，因为我很累，你之后再洗吧”妻子为此很不开心。
一天，妻子无所事事，郁郁寡欢，于是打开了丈夫的电脑。上面的几行字让她的眼睛湿润了，那是他的日记。
今天，我很不开心，因为她问我为什么总是我先洗澡，而我对她说，因为我太累了，想先洗。她肯定不高兴了，觉得我对她不像以前那么好了。但是我该怎么做呢？我不像以前那么有钱呀！我们搬到了一个小公寓，只有一个洗澡间，在这样的冬天洗澡真是冻死人了。但我发现，如果一个人先洗的话，浴室就会暖和的，所以每次我都第一个冲进浴室。我想，等她进去浴室时，至少暖和一两度吧。
现在，我不能给她舒适的生活，带她去高级餐厅，给她买漂亮的衣服，但至少我还能给她1℃的爱情. A little Girl
Sitting on a gray grave, beneath one of the windows of the church, was a little girl.With her head bent back she was gazing up at the sky and singing, while one of her little hands was pointing to a tiny cloud that hovered like a golden feather above her head.The sun, which had suddenly become very bright, shining on her gloy hair, gave it a metallic luster, and it was difficult to say what was the color, dark bronze or black.So completely absorbed was she in watching the cloud to which her strange song or incantation seemed addreed, that she did not observe me when I rose and went towards her.Over her head, high up in the blue, a lark that was soaring towards\' the same gauzy cloud was singing, as if in rivalry.As I slowly approached the child, I could see by her forehead, which, in the sunshine seemed like a globe of pearl, and especially by her complexion, that she was uncommonly lovely.Her eyes, which at one moment seemed blue-gray, at another violet, were shaded by long black lashes, curving backward in a most peculiar way, and these matched in hue her eyebrows, and the trees that were toed about her tender throat and were quivering in the sunlight.All this I did not take in at once; for at first I could see nothing but those quivering, glittering, changeful eyes turned up into my face.Gradually the other features, especially the sensitive full-lipped mouth, grew upon me as I stood silently gazing.Here seemed to me a more perfect beauty than had ever come to me in my loveliest dreams of beauty.Yet it was not her beauty so much as the look she gave me that fascinated me, melted me 小女孩
在教堂的一扇窗下长满绿草的坟堆上，坐着个小女孩。她仰着头，望着天空，唱着歌儿。她的小手指点着一朵飘浮在她头顶的金色羽毛般的小彩云。突然间，阳光显得格外灿烂，照在她光泽的头发上，给它涂上一层金属似的光彩，很难说出它突竟是什么颜色，是深褐色，还是黑色。她是那么全神贯注地望着彩云，她那奇妙的歌声，或可说是喃喃自语，似乎是对着那彩云而发的。因而她没有注意到我站起身来朝她走去。在她上空高高的蓝天里，一只展翅飞向那朵轻盈透明的彩云的云雀也在歌唱，似乎在与她比赛。我慢步向小女孩走去，她那在阳光下如同珍珠一样圆润的前额，特别是她那肤色，使我感到她真是异常可爱。她那黑黑的长睫毛非常别致地朝后弯曲着，掩映着一双一会儿像是蓝灰色的，一会儿又像是紫罗兰色的眼睛。她的长睫毛同她的眉毛和头发色泽调和，披拂在她娇嫩的脖子上的发绺，在阳光里轻轻飘动。我并没有马上领略到这一切，因为我一开始只注意了那双闪闪发光、富于表情、盯着我看的眼睛。我伫立在一边默默地注视着她，才渐渐地看清了她容貌的其他部分，特别是那张灵敏而又丰满的小嘴。呈现在我眼苎的这一美的形象似乎比我在最美好的梦境中所见过的更美。然而，与其说是她的美丽，不如说是她朝我看的那种眼神，更使我着迷，更使我陶醉．
At Home in the Savanna
My name is Dopal.I’m eleven years old and I live in Tanzania in the heart of the African Savanna.I’m a Masai.Masais are nomads who travel all over with their animals, looking for pasture.Our most wonderful and valuable poeion is our herd.
I’ve never been to school.My father teaches me everything I have to know.He explains to me how to lead our herd.My own animals are in the middle of the herd.Every Masai gets a cow, a lamb, and a goat the day he’s born.Our most beautiful goat belongs to my father.Her name is Olliye.I love her, even though she’s not always easy to handle.Olliye is going to have a baby very soon.
My father knows Olliye is my favorite, but he always reminds me that we must love all our animals as if they were our children.My father knows all about nature.He shows me some cheetah tracks.Our herds have lots of predators like hyenas, lions, and leopards.A Masai has to be ready to risk his life for his herd.A shepherd must always listen for different sounds and watch to make sure the animals walking behind don’t get lost All Masais have their own animals, even the girls.They become their dowry when they get married.The animals are also used in trade for food in the market.My people have always been shepherds.We’re not farmers.For us, the earth is sacred, and we mustn’t hurt it by planting things.
Like all boys, I dream of becoming a warrior.A warrior has to be strong and intelligent.He’s the one who defends the herd against wild beasts.He sometimes travels long distances to bring back lost animals, and he also watches over our safety.Masais go through three stages: childhood, warrior, and elder.I’ll be a warrior from thirteen to twenty-five years old, before I become an elder like my father.Then I can get married and have children.
草原上的家
我叫多培尔，十一岁了，住在坦桑尼亚热带草原的中心。我是马赛人。马赛人是赶着牧群四处寻找牧地的游牧民族。我们最宝贵的财产就是我们的牧群。
我从没上过学。我爸爸教会我所应该知道的一切。他告诉我怎样引导牧群。我自己的牲口在牧群中间。每个马赛人在出生的那天都会得到一只母牛、羊羔或山羊。我们最漂亮的一只母山羊就是我爸爸的。它叫奥莱亚。我喜欢它，虽然它有时候不太听指挥。奥莱亚很快就要当妈妈了。爸爸知道我最喜欢奥莱亚，他总是提醒我说我们要爱护所有的动物，就好像爱护自己的孩子一样。我爸爸知道自然界的一切事情。他教我看豹子留下的踪迹。我们的牧群有许多天敌，如鬣狗、狮子和美洲豹。马赛人要时刻准备着为牧群而牺牲。放牧人必须时刻留神着各种声音，并看管好跟在身后的牧群，保证没有一只丢失 所有的马赛人都有自己的牲口，女孩也有。她们结婚时，牲口就成了她们的嫁妆。牲口还可以用来在市场上换食物。我的族人都是牧人，没有农夫。在我们眼里，土地是神圣的，不可以在上面种植东西伤害它。
和所有的男孩一样，我梦想成为一名武士。武士必须强壮而机智。他守卫牧群不受野兽的袭击。有时他会跋涉遥远的路程找回失散的牲口，他还保卫着人们的安全。马赛人一生有三个阶段：儿童时代、武士时代和成年时代。从十三岁到二十五岁这段期间，我会成为一名武士，然后成为像爸爸一样的成人。然后我就结婚生孩子。
Beliefs 信念
Your beliefs are very powerful and have the power to create or to destroy your life.
In most cases, whatever you believe is what you will become.
If you believe that you are loser, that you never get a break in life, that you can’t accomplish anything, these things will be your reality.
Believe that you are unlimited, that you can do anything you commit to doing, and when you do, your accomplishments will know no bounds.
You control your beliefs, and that is how you ultimately control of your life.
This is a very important point.
So how do you develop beliefs that will empower you?
Many of our beliefs come from our environment, the world we live in on a daily basis.
If your environment is limiting your beliefs, then work very hard on changing it.
If you are constantly around people who are negative and limiting, find other people to hang out with.
Get around positive, succeful people.
Beliefs also come from past experiences That is why it is so important to experience succe on a regular basis.
Set small, achievable goals, and then try your best to reach them.
\"I will finish this project by early afternoon.”
\"I will make six calls on the phone in the next hour.”
\"I will exercise for 20 minutes tonight.”
When you start to experience succe, then you start to believe in succe, and that leads to more and bigger succees.
Beliefs come from knowledge.
The more you learn, the more things you will know to be poible.
Always take advantage of opportunities to learn something new.It will bring new poibilities into your beliefs and your life.
Most importantly, you can develop new beliefs by setting and visualizing goals for your life.
Define your goals clearly and with precision.
Then, in your mind, see yourself achieving them in all of their sensory details.
Mentally live the experience, see the sights, hear the sounds, smell the aroma, feel the feelings.Your nurtured beliefs will lead you to their reality.
信念
信念的力量是非常强大的，它可以创造，也可以毁掉你的生活，在大多数情况下，你相信你会是怎样的，最终就会变成什么样子。如果你认为自己是个失败者，那你的一生就永远不会有突破，也不会取得任何成就，你所认为的就都会变成现实。相信你的能力是无限的，你就可以做到你想做的一切，而一旦你去做，你将不断取得成就。[ 你控制自己的信念，也就是说你最终控制自己的生活，这点非常重要。因此，你会怎样引导自己的信念给自己注入力量？
我们的许多信念都来源于我们所处的环境，来源于我们每天生活着的世界。如果你的环境制约着你的信念，你就要努力来改变它。如果你身边的人都是些消极低落、缩手缩脚之徒，那你就应该找些积极、成功的人为伴。
信念还来源于过去的经历，这就是为什么人常理上说有些成功经历显得很重要。定一些小的、可实现的目标，然后努力达到这些目标。“我今天下午要早些时候完成这个项目”“我一个小时后要打6个电话”“今晚我要锻炼20分钟”。当你开始经历成功，你就会开始相信它，然后你就会取得更多、更大的成功。
信念来源于知识。读得越多，你就越会知道很多事情都是可能的。要经常抓住机会学一些新的东西。它将给你的信念和生活带来新的可能性。最重要的是，你可以通过确定和设想人生目标来确立新的信念。清晰准确的确定你的目标。然后在你的脑海里设想一一取胜。心存记忆，看其香味、感同身受，你勃发的信念会让一切都变成现实。
Growing Roots
When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor named Dr.Gibbs.He didn’t look like any doctor I’d ever known.He never yelled at us for playing in his yard.I remember him as someone who was a lot nicer than circumstances warranted.
When Dr.Gibbs wasn’t saving lives, he was planting trees.His house sat on ten acres, and his life’s goal was to make it a forest.
The good doctor had some interesting theories concerning plant husbandry.He came from the “No pain, no gain” school of horticulture.He never watered his new trees, which flew in the face of conventional wisdom.Once I asked why.He said that watering plants spoiled them, and that if you water them, each succeive tree generation will grow weaker and weaker.So you have to make things rough for them and weed out the weenie trees early on.
He talked about how watering trees made for shallow roots, and how trees that weren’t watered had to grow deep roots in search of moisture.I took him to mean that deep roots were to be treasured So he never watered his trees.He’d plant an oak and, instead of watering it every morning, he’d beat it with a rolled-up newspaper.Smack! Slap! Pow! I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the tree’s attention.
Dr.Gibbs went to glory a couple of years after I left home.Every now and again, I walked by his house and looked at the trees that I’d watched him plant some twenty-five years ago.They’re granite strong now.Big and robust.Those trees wake up in the morning and beat their chests and drink their coffee black.
I planted a couple of trees a few years back.Carried water to them for a solid summer.Sprayed them.Prayed over them.The whole nine yards.Two years of coddling has resulted in trees that expect to be waited on hand and foot.Whenever a cold wind blows in, they tremble and chatter their branches.Siy trees.
Funny things about those trees of Dr.Gibbs’.Adversity and deprivation seemed to benefit them in ways comfort and ease never could.
Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons.I stand over them and watch their little bodies, the rising and falling of life within.I often pray for them.Mostly I pray that their lives will be easy.But lately I’ve been thinking that it’s time to change my prayer
This change has to do with the inevitability of cold winds that hit us at the core.I know my children are going to encounter hardship, and I’m praying they won’t be naive.There’s always a cold wind blowing somewhere.
So I’m changing my prayer.Because life is tough, whether we want it to be or not.Too many times we pray for ease, but that’s a prayer seldom met.What we need to do is pray for roots that reach deep into the Eternal, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we won’t be swept asunder.
成长的树根
在我还是小孩子的时候，我有一个老邻居叫吉布斯医生。他不像我所认识的任何一个医生。我们在他的院子里玩耍，他从不对我们大喊大叫。我记得他是一个非常和蔼的人。
吉布斯医生不拯救人性命的时候就去种树。他的住所占地10英亩，他的人生目标就是将它变成一片森林。
这个好医生对于如何持家有一番有趣的理论。他来自一个“不劳无获”的园艺学校。他从不浇灌他新种的树，这显然与常理相悖。有一次我问为什么，他说浇水会毁了这些树，如果浇水，每一棵成活的树的后代会变得越来越娇弱。所以你得把它们的生长环境变得艰苦些，尽早淘汰那些弱不禁风的树。
他还告诉我用水浇灌的树的根是如何的浅，而那些没有浇水的树的根必须钻入深深的泥土获得水分。我将他的话理解为：深根是十分宝贵的。
所以他从不给他的树浇水。他种了一棵橡树，每天早上，他不是给它浇水，而是用一张卷起的报纸抽打它。“啪！噼！砰！”我问他为什么这样做，他说是为了引起树的注意。
在我离家两年后，吉布斯医生就去世了。我常常经过他的房子，看着那些25年前我曾看着他种下的那些树。如今它们已是像石头般硬朗了。枝繁叶茂、生气勃勃。这些树在早晨醒过来，拍打着胸脯，啜饮着苦难的汁水。
几年前我也种下两三棵树。整整一个夏天我都坚持为它们浇水。为它们喷杀虫剂，为它们祈祷。整整9平方码大的地方。两年的悉心呵护，结果两棵树弱不禁风。每当寒风吹起，它们就颤抖起来，枝叶直打战。娇里娇气的两棵树。
吉布斯医生的树真是有趣。逆境和折磨带给它们的益处似乎是舒适和安逸永远无法给予的。
每天晚上睡觉前，我都要看看两个儿子。我俯视着他们那幼小的身体，生命就在其中起落沉浮。我总是为他们祈祷，总是祈祷他们的生活能一帆风顺。但后来我想是该改变我的祈祷词的时候了。
这改变是因为将吹在我们要害的不可避免的寒风。我知道我的孩子们将遇到困难，我祈祷他们不会幼稚而脆弱。在某些地方总会有寒风吹过。
所以我改变了我的祈祷词。因为不管我们愿不愿意，生活总是艰难的。我们已祈祷了太多的安逸，但却少有实现。我们所需要做的是祈祷深植我们的信念之根，这样我们就不会被雨打风吹所伤害。
Hold Fast to Dreams
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow How Germans See Others
The Germans generally adore England and have suffered in the past from unrequited love.England used to be the ultimate role model with its amazingly advanced political,social, industrial and technological achievements.
The Germans regard the English as being very nice and mostly harmle, almost German.
They admire Americans for the (un-German) easygoing pragmatism and dislike them for their un-German superficiality.For the Germans,the United States is the headmaster in the school of nations, and accord due respect if not always affection.Germans are strong believers in authority.If you know how to obey, then you can also be a master runs the refrain.
With the Italian Germans have a close understanding because they have so much history in common.Through wars, invasion and other forms of tourism, a deep and lasting friendship has been established.Italian art treasures, food and beaches are thoroughly appreciated.There is also a connection arising from the fact that Italy and Germany both achieved nationhood in the last century, and are still not entirely sure that this was a good thing The French are admired for their sophisticated civilization, and pitied for their inferior culture.The French may have higher spirits, but the Germans have deeper souls.Despite this, Francophilia is widespread among Germans, especially those living close to the French border.
Like a wistful child looking over the garden fence, Germans envy Mediterranean people for more relaxed attitudes, cultural heritage and warm climate.But only when they are on holiday.
The only people to whom the Germans readily concede unquestioned superiority of Teutonic virtues are the Swi.No German would argue their supremacy in the fields of order, punctuality,diligence, cleanline and thoroughne.They have never been to war with the Swi.
If experience has taught them one thing, it is that there is not future outside the community of nations.No other nation has a stronger sense of the importance of getting along with others.Tolerance is not only a virtue, It’s a duty.
德国人如何看待别国
德国人普遍对英格兰人怀有好感，而且过去曾受过这份“单相思”的煎熬。英格兰曾是世界顶级角色的典范，有着令人惊叹的先进的政治，社会，工业和技术的成就。 德国人认为英国人很友好，基本上没有恶意，几乎和德国人一样。
他们欣赏美国人那种（非德国式的）悠闲随和的实用主义，同时又讨厌美国人那种（非德国式的）肤浅。对德国人来说，美国是国际学校的校长，那么对校长即使不热爱的话，也要给予相应的尊重。德国人是忠实的信徒。他们时常重复的一句话就是：如果你懂得如何服从的话，你也就可以成为成功之路的主人。
德国人对意大利人的了解颇深，因为两国有如此相似的历史。通过战争，侵略，以及各种形式的旅游，两国间建立了深厚而持久的友谊。意大利的艺术家，食物及海滨深得德国人的赞赏。两国间还有一种联系，即意大利和德国都是在上个世纪（19世纪）取得了主权地位，而且至今都不很肯定这究竟是不是一件好事。
德国人欣赏法国人精妙深奥的文明，同时又惋惜其文化的低劣。相比之下，法国人可能精神层次较高，而德国人则有更深邃的灵魂。除此之外，有亲法情绪的德国人还是很普遍的，特别是那些住在法国边界的人。
德国人就像一群不知足的孩子，喜欢眺望花园篱笆外的世界。他们嫉妒地中海地区的人们所有轻松的生活态度，文化遗产和温暖的气候，但那只是在他们度假时才有的心态。
德国人只肯承认瑞士毫无疑问地比他们自己更具有日耳曼民族的美德。瑞士人讲究条理，守时，勤奋，清洁又严谨，没有一个德国人会对他们在这些领域的至高地位持有异议。而且，他们从来没有和瑞士人发生过战争。
如果以往的经验曾经教会他们一件事，那就是：脱离国际社会就没有前途。没有一个国家比德国更深刻地认识到与人友好相处的重要性。宽容不仅是一种美德，它也是一种责任。 If I Die Today
If I die today, how would I feel about my life?
Life is fragile.
A good friend of mine called me today and shared that his girlfriend\"s brother paed away last night.He was married, with two young children.He died of a maive heart attack in the middle of the night.And he was only 44 years old.
\"It could never happen to me,\" we think.
\"I\"m too young to die.\" But how young is \"too young to die?\"
We really don\"t know how many days or years we will live.An accident, such as by plane, automobile, or other mishap could claim our life.Or perhaps, an unusual illne.Or a vital organ could fail.
So what would we say if our life were to end today? Would we be satisfied? Would we know that we had lived our life fully, on purpose? Could we feel we \"did it right?\"
It is hard question to answer.I recently had a cousin pa away from cancer .I don\"t know how she would have answered this question.But I\"m 99% positive she wasn\"t \"ready\" to go.Not with two little ones and a loving huaband and so much life ahead of her (she was 35 years old). If we live our life completely every day, we still may not be thrilled with the thought of death.However, death is really only a paing from one physical body to our more complete spiritual one (not that our spirit isn\"t the core eence of who we are now).
Are there things we can be doing better? Are there people we can love better? Can we live our aspirations today? If we know the answer, what are we waiting for to make us do it? Death? Life is fragile.Now is the time to live fully and ble those friends and family who grace us with their love.
如果我今天死去
如果我今天死去，我会怎样评价我的生民旅程呢？
生命是脆弱的。
我的一位好朋友今天打电话给我,告诉我他女朋友的哥哥昨天晚上去世了。这位哥哥已经结婚,留下两个孩子，他于半夜死于严重的心脏病，年仅44岁。
“这种事情永远不会发生在我身上”，我们都这样认为，“我们还年轻，不会死的。”但是多年轻才算“太年轻”呢?
我们真的不知道我们可以活多少天、多少年。一次空难、一次车祸或一次灾难就可能夺去我们的生命。或许我们会染上一种奇怪的病，或许我们身体的一个重要的器官出了问题。
所以，如果我们的生命将在今天结束，我们会说写什么呢？我们会满足吗？我们会不会认为已经尽力让自己的生活过得充实了？我们会不会想，我们做的对吗？
这是一个很难回答的问题。我的一个堂姐最近因癌症去世了。我不知道她会如何回答这个问题。但我99%的肯定她并不想死。她有两个孩子，有爱她的丈夫，有很长的路要走（她只有35岁）。
如果我们的生活每天都很充实，也许我们想到死就不会害怕了。但是，死亡确实只是从物质实体向更加完整的精神实体的过度（这不意味着灵魂不是我们现在的核心本质）。[ 有没有一些事情我们可以做的更好？有没有一些人我们可以给予更多的爱？今天我们可不可以实现愿望？如果我们知道答案，还等什么来采取行动呢？死亡？生命是脆弱的。从现在开始我们就要让我们的生活变得更充实，祝福那些深爱我们的朋友和家人。
Ki of Reality
引言：
成和败全都在你的思想，下定决心你就可以支配你的命数，管制你的思想就可以改变自己的命运...
To talk of illusions, aren’t they great? Illusion or day dreaming help us to think of what we want to become in life.We literally see how life revolves us in that position.It\'s an entirely different world of pleasure, comfort and imagination.Most of our day dreaming or illusions make us more and more egocentric.The word ego means self.Hence by dreaming and visualization we become self-centered.We never realize that things we dream of can be achieved by us by programming ourselves to work for it.But somehow the pleasure of dreaming ourselves as someone important takes us away from the realistic approach to achieve that level of self-satisfaction and self-accomplishment.
This leads to an increase in the frustration levels of our mind.Why frustrations? This is because what we are, and what we dream of are totally different We raise ourselves to a very high pedestal and we see that we are not able to live up to our expectations.And when this happens, we become mentally restle.
The vital solution that will diolve all our problems is to make up our minds to get realistic.This approach will make us come in terms with reality.And there is no better road to self-improvement rather than the path of reality.When you gauge yourself, you subconsciously make two columns in your mind.One consists of the things that you are good at , and the other consists of the areas where you can improve.And believe it will boost us to work on our weak areas and strengthen them.Fortifying your weak areas will harne your conscience and improve you convert would be to must be.And when something must happen, it always happens.This new you will improve you for the better and increase your levels of self-esteem.It will change your outlook to things.
I would like to type the thoughts that have just sprung up in my mind.Read and ponder on each line.I admit that it\'s a sad aim at poetry, but I am allowing my mind to control my typing If you want to achieve what you couldn\'t have
If you want to be what you want to be
If you want to do what you can do,
but aren\'t doing
If there is a place, you want to be
but haven\'t been
You will get there, become the one and do it
Cos its all in a state of mind.
Make up your mind and rule the stars.
Control your mind and make your fate.
I hope this conveys my thoughts with clarity.So it\'s some advice and suggestion to all those eyeballs running through this part of the book, to keep their heads on their shoulders without using heads and shoulders! And believe me guys; you guys have it in you to make it big.Just don\'t let that teenage iconoclastic habit rule over sense.
幻想对于我们来说不美妙吗？在我们一生中，是幻想，或者是说，是白日梦，让我们去思考成为什么样的人．我们认真的观察我们的生命是循着怎样的一条轨道．那时严格完全不同的世界，它充满了愉悦、轻松和创意．我们的大多数幻想和白日梦会使得我们越来越以自我为中心．＂ＥＧＯ＂这个词的意思是自我．由于幻想，我们变得以自我为中心．我们从未有意识到，我们所梦想的事情是可以通过我们周详的计划去实现的．但不知何故，幻想成为某个著名人物的愉悦，却使我们远离了能够与满意和成就真实接触的机会．
无边际的幻想导致我们挫折感越来越强．为什么会这样？那是因为现实中的我们和幻想中的我们完全不同．我们把自己提到一个很高的层面，但实际上，我们根本不可能心如所愿．而每每想到这，我们便会焦虑不按．
要想解决所有的这些问题，我们必须让自己变得现实些，这样将使得我们接触现实．没有比了解实际情况更能够提高我们自己的了．当你评价你自己的时候，在我们脑海中，会下意识的用两种不同的方式．一种包括我们所擅长的方面，另一种则是我们能够有所改进的．相信我这是一个好的开始，它将促使我们不断的改进、完善自我．这就像给我们的良知套上了缰绳，使我们的不足的方面得到改善，提高我们的自信．有了自信，我们就会收获我们想要的结果．当某些事情要发生的时候，它总会发生的．崭新的，充满自信的我们又会促进我们的发展，并且提高我们的自信心．这将会改变我们对事物的看法
我喜欢把那些从我大脑里跳出来的每一个想法记录下来．我静静的读并且认真思考每一行，我承认它也许不是一首好诗，但是，我可以说，我记录下来的都是我思想的每一个微粒．
如果你想要做到你能力之外的事情
如果你想要成为你所期望的样子
如果你想要做你能够做的，
但你没有做
如果有一个地方，你想要去
但却没有去
你今后一定会到那里，成为那个成功到达的人
因为成和败全都在你的思想
下定决心你就可以支配你的命数
管制你的思想就可以改变自己的命运
我希望这些话，清楚的表达了我的思想．对正在观看这部分书的人来说它是建议和忠告，使他们能够有自己的想法，无须提醒．相信我，你们身上也有这些让幻想成为现实的潜能．不要让十几岁的叛逆心理控制了自己的理智
Knowledge and Virtue
Knowledge is one thing, virtue is another; good sense is not conscience, refinement is not humility, nor is largene and justne of view faith.Philosophy, however enlightened, however profound, gives no command over the paions, no influential motives, no vivifying principles.Liberal Education makes not the Christian, not the Catholic, but the gentlemen.It is well to be a gentleman, it is well to have a cultivated intellect, a delicate taste, a candid, equitable, dispaionate mind, a noble and courteous bearing in the conduct of life -- these are the connatural qualities of a large knowledge; they are the objects of a university.I am advocating, I shall illustrate and insist upon them.But still, I repeat, they are no guarantee for sanctity or even for conscientiousne, and they may attach to the man of the world, to the profligate, to the heartle, pleasant, alas, and attractive as he shows when decked out in them.Taken by themselves, they do but seem to be what they are not; they look like virtue at a distance, but they are detected by close observers and in the long run; and hence it is that they are popularly accused of pretense and hypocrisy; not, I repeat, from their own fault, but because their profeors and their admirers persist in taking them for what they are not, and are officious in arrogating for them a praise to which they have no claim.Quarry the granite rock with razors, or moor the veel with a thread of silk, then may you hope with such keen and delicate instruments as human knowledge and human reason to contend against those giants, the paion and the pride of man.知识与美德
知识是一回事，美德是另一回事。好意并非良心，优雅并非谦让，广博与公正的观点也并非信仰。哲学，无论多么富有启迪和深奥莫测，都无法驾驭情感，不具备有影响力的动机，不具有导致生动活泼的原理。文科教育并不造就基督教徒抑或天主教徒，而是造就了绅士。造就一个绅士诚为美事。有教养的才智，优雅的情趣，正直、公正而冷静的头脑，高贵而彬彬有礼的举止 — 这些是与渊博的学识生来固有的品质, 它也是大学教育的目的。对此我提倡之，并将加以阐释和坚持。然而我要说的是，它们仍然不能确保圣洁，或甚至不能保证诚实。它们可以附庸于世故的俗人，附庸于玩世不恭的浪子。唉，当他们用它伪装起来时，就更增加了他们外表上的冷静、快活和魅力。就其本身而言，它们似乎已远非其本来面目，它们似乎一远看的美德，经久久细察方可探知。因此它们受到广泛的责难，指责其虚饰与伪善。我要强调，这绝非是因为其自身有什么过错，而是因为教授们和赞美者们一味地把它们弄得面目全非，并且还要殷勤地献上其本身并不希冀的赞颂。如若用剃刀就可以开采出花岗岩，用丝线即能系泊位船只，那么，也许你才能希望用人的知识和理性这样美妙而优雅的东西去与人类的情感与高傲那样的庞然大物进行抗争。
On Changes
Change is the only absolute
in the world,
the only thing
that you can depend on.
Nothing stays the same.
Tomorrow will come,
bringing with it
new beginnings and sometimes
unexpected endings.
You can hold on to the past
and get left in the dust;
or, you can choose to
jump on the ride of life
and live a new adventure
with perseverance
and an open mind.
论变化
艾琳·邓莱普
变化是世界上
唯一绝对的东西，
是唯一
你能相信的事情。
没有什么能一成不变，
明天将来临，
它会带来新的开始，
并且有时
还会带来意想不到的结局。
你可以抓住过去，
蒙受遗弃；
或者，你可以选择
跃上生命之车
进行一次新的冒险，
凭借坚持不懈
和广阔的胸怀。
Self-confidence is eential to succe
Nothing succeeds like confidence.When you are truly and justifiably confident, it radiates from you like sunlight, and attracts succe to you like a magnet.
It\"s so important to believe in yourself.Believe that you can do it under any circumstances, because if you believe you can, then you really will.That belief just keeps you searching for answers, and then pretty soon you will get them.
Confidence is more than an attitude.It comes from knowing exactly where you are going, exactly how you are going to get there.It comes from acting with integrity and confidence.It comes from a strong sense of purpose.It comes from a strong commitment to take responsibility, rather than just let life happen.
One way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of succeful experience behind you.
Confidence is compaionate and understanding.It is not arrogant.Arrogance is born out of fear and insecurity, confidence comes from strength and integrity.
Confidence is not just believing you can do it.Confidence is knowing you can do it.Knowing that you are capable of accomplishing anything you want, and live your life with confidence.
Anything can be achieved through focused, determined effort, commitment and self-confidence.If your life is not what you want it to be, you have the power to change it, and you must make the changes on a moment by moment basis.Live your priorities, live with your goals and your plan of action, live each moment with your priorities in mind.Act with your own purpose, and you will have the life you want 自信是成功的决定因素
信心成就一切，当你真正自信时，它就像灿烂的阳光一样从你身上散发出来，就像磁铁一样将成功吸引到你身上。
相信自己非常重要。要相信自己无论在任何情况下都会成功。因为如果你相信你能做到，那么你就真的会做到。这种信念促使你不断的去寻找答案，而不断的探索就意味着你很快就会找到答案。
信心不只是一种态度，它来源于你确切地知道自己要去干什么并且确切地知道怎么去干。它来源于正直和自信地去行动。它来源于强烈的目标感。它来源于强烈地勇于承担责任的许诺，而不是让生命放任自流。
培养自信的一种方法是去做你害怕做的事情，并将它做成功。
信心是富有同情心和善解人意的。它一点都不傲慢自大。傲慢是由于害怕和缺乏安全感才产生的，而信心则出于坚强的决心和诚实正直。
信心并不是仅仅认为你可能会成功，而是确信你一定能成功。确信你有能力实现自己的愿望，并充满信心的生活着。
如果你足够专心、坚决和自信，那么任何事都能做成。如果生活不像你预想的那样，你有力量去改变它，并且你必须一步一步的去实现这些改变。铭记你生命中最重要的事情。有目标并且有计划的去生活。为你的目标而奋斗，你就会拥有自己想要的生活。
The first snow
The first snow came.How beautiful it was, falling so silently all day long, all night long, on the mountains, on the meadows, on the roofs of the living, on the graves of the dead! All white save the river, that marked its course by a winding black line acro the landscape; and the leafle trees, that against the leaden sky now revealed more fully the wonderful beauty and intricacies of their branches.What silence, too, came with the snow, and what seclusion!
Every sound was muffled, every noise changed to something soft and musical.No more tramping hoofs, no more rattling wheels! Only the chiming of sleigh-bells, beating as swift and merrily as the hearts of children.
初雪
初雪飘临。多么美啊！它整日整夜那么静静地飘着，落在山岭上，落在草地上，落在世人的屋顶上，落在死才的坟墓上！在一片白茫茫之中，只有河流在美丽的画面上划出一道曲曲弯弯的黑线；还有那叶儿落净的树木，映衬着铅灰色的天空，此刻更显得枝丫交错，姿态万千。初雪飘落时，是何等的宁谧，何等的幽静！
一切声响都趋沉寂，一切噪音都化作柔和的音乐。再也听不见马蹄得得，再也听不见车轮辚辚！唯有雪橇的铃铛，奏和谐的乐声，那明快欢乐的节拍犹如孩子们心房的搏动。
The value of time
To realize the value of one year:
Ask a student who has failed a final exam.
To realize the value of one month:
Ask a mother who has given birth to a premature baby.
To realize the value of one week:
Ask an editor of a weekly newspaper.
To realize the value of one hour:
Ask the lovers who are waiting to meet.
To realize the value of one minute:
Ask a person who has mied the train, bus or plane.
To realize the value of one second:
Ask a person who has survived an accident.
To realize the value of one millisecond:
Ask the person who has won a silver medal in the Olympics.
Time waits for no one.
Treasure every moment you have.
时间的价值
——凯瑟琳.桑
要想知道一年的价值
就去问期末考试不及格的同学
要想知道一个月的价值
就去问生那早产儿的母亲
要想知道一周的价值
就去问问周报的编辑
要想知道一小时的价值
就去问等待相会的恋人
要想知道一分钟的价值
那就去问问误了火车汽车或飞机的人
要想知道一秒的价值
就去问大难不死的人
要想知道一毫秒的价值
就去问问奥运会获得银牌的人
时间不等人
你拥有的每一分每一秒都要珍惜
Out of the question is poible
When Henry ford decided to produce his famous v-8 motor, he chose to build an engine with the entire eight cylinders cast in one block, and instructed his engineers to produce a design in one for the engine.The design was placed on paper, but the engineers agreed, to a man, that it was simply impoible to cast an eight-cylinder engine-block in one piece.
Ford said, “Produce it anyway.”
“But,” they replied, “It’s impoible!”
“Go ahead.” Ford commanded, “And stay on the job until you succeed, no matter how much time is required.”
The engineers went ahead.There was nothing else for them to do, if they were to remain on the ford staff.Six months paed and nothing happened.Another six months paed, and still nothing happened.The engineers tried every conceivable plan to carry out the orders, but the thing seemed out of the question: “impoible!”[
At the end of the year ford checked with his engineers, and again they informed him they had found no way to carry out his orders.
“go right head,” said ford, “I want it, and I’ll have it.”
They went ahead, and then, as if by a stroke of magic, the secret was discovered.
The ford determination had won once more!
This story may not be described with minute accuracy, but the sum and substance of it is correct.Deduce from it, you who wish to think and grow rich, the secret of the ford millions, if you can.You’ll not have to look very far.
Henry ford was succeful, because he understood and applied the principles of succe.One of these is desire: knowing out the lines in which the secret of his stupendous achievement have been described.If you can do this, if you can lay your finger on the particular group of principles which made Henry ford rich, you can equal his achievements in almost any calling for which you are suited.
“不可能”就是“可能”
亨利福特在要制造有名的v8汽缸引擎汽车时，曾指示他手下的工程师着手设计一种引擎，要把八个汽缸全放在一起。设计的纸上作业完成了，但是工程师们都异口同声地跟福特说，“要把八个汽缸全放在一起，压根是不可能。”
福特说：“无论如何都要做出来。”
他们又回答：“但是，那不可能啊！”
“动手做。”福特一声令下， “不论花多少时间，做到交差为止！”
工程师只得着手去做。如果他们还想呆在福特的公司里讨生活，就别无他途可行，值得去做。过了半年，没有动静。又过了半年，一样没有半点进展。工程师们试过了所有想得出来的计划去执行命令，结果仍然是：“不可能！”
过了一年，福特的工程师们都没有进展，他们再次告诉他，他们想不出有什么办法可以做到的指示。
“继续做，”福特说。“我要八汽缸引擎，就一定要做到！”
他们继续努力，然后仿佛如有神助似的，做法出笼了。
福特的决心又打赢了一仗。
这个故事也许说的不够详尽，但是故事的内容却都是“如假包换”的。要想致富的你，从这个故事可以推算出福特百万家财的秘密何在。务须舍近求远，就在眼前。
亨利福特了解成功的原则，也运用了这些原则，所以他成功了。这些原则中，有一项就是渴望：知道自己要做的是什么。阅读这篇文章时，请牢记这则福特的故事，时时在字里行间寻找他了不起的原因。只要你能做到，能正确无误地指认出福特所运用的原则，就几乎可以在适合自己的任何行业里，和他一样地出类拔萃
保持自我,永不放弃
Be yourself, never give up
The adolescent girl from Tenneee is standing on the stage of a drama summer camp in upstate New York.It\'s a beautiful day.But the girl doesn\'t feel beautiful.She\'s not the leggy, glamorous Hollywood type.In fact, she describes herself as dorky.
Since she was six years old, Reese Witherspoon has wanted to be a country singer.And Dolly Parton is her idol.But this flat-chested wisp of a girl is no Dolly Parton.
Neverthele, all of this summer she\'s been acting, dancing and singing---giving it her best.
Play to your strengths.If you\'re going to make it in this busine, it\'s not going to be on sexy—that\'s not who you are.Better focus on what you\'re good at.Celebrate yourself.
Despite three years of leons, at the end of camp her coaches tell her to forget about singing.They suggest she think about another career.If Reese did have talent, it was hiding under her skinny, mousy frame and her Coke-bottle glaes.
Still, she takes their words to heart.After all, why shouldn\'t she believe the profeionals? But back at home in Nashville, her mother — a funny, happy, upbeat person — wouldn\'t let her mope.Her father, a physician, encouraged her to achieve in school.So she worked hard at everything and was accepted at Stanford University.
And at age 19, she got a part in a low-budget movie called “Freeway”.That led to a substantial role in the movie “Pleasantville”.But her big break came with “Legally Blonde”.
Well, she decided, \"if you can\'t sing and you aren\'t glamorous, play to your strengths.If you\'re going to make it in this busine, it\'s not going to be on sexy — that\'s not who you are.Better focus on what you\'ve good at.Celebrate yourself.\" And then came the offer that took her back to her Nashville roots — playing the wife of tormented country star Johnny Cash.A singing role.
All of a sudden the old fears were back.She was so nervous on the set, a reporter wrote, she \"kept a sick bucket\" nearby and admitted she \"would go backstage after a singing scene and shake.\" But she didn\'t give up on the movie or herself The humor and drive she learned at home overcame the self-doubt learned on that summer stage.She spent 6 months taking singing leons again.She learned to play the Autoharp.And the hard work built up her confidence.
Last March, Reese Witherspoon walked up on another stage, the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, and accepted the Oscar as Best Actre for her heartbreaking, heartwarming singing role as June Carter Cash in “Walk the Line”.
Finally, as you read the accounts of Reese Witherspoon, consider the obstacles she met.The leon of the story, I suppose, is that instead of making dozen excuses why you can not realize your dreams, think about this story, just hold on to your dream and never give up.
一名少女由田纳西州来到纽约北部，她站在戏剧夏令营的舞台上，虽然天气是那么好，她的心情却一点也不好。因为她不是那种身材颀长、丰腴美艳的好莱坞式美女，实际上她形容自己是“土里土气，还有点傻”。
从六岁开始，里斯•威瑟斯庞就梦想着成为一名乡村歌手，多莉•帕顿是她心中的偶像。但她可一点都不像多莉•帕顿，她胸部扁平，身材纤细。
然而，整个夏天她都在尽全力地表演，跳舞和唱歌
发挥长处。如果想在这一行发展，不要走自己不擅长的性感路线。更好地专注于自己的特长，为自己喝彩。
她已经上了三年的声乐课程，但夏令营结束时，老师们还是告诉她应该忘掉唱歌这件事儿，另谋出路。如果里斯确实有天分的话，那也是给她纤细的身材和厚如可乐瓶底儿的眼镜遮盖住了。
虽然心有不甘，可她还是听从了建议，毕竟，她有什么理由怀疑专业人士呢？
但回到位于纳什维尔的家里，她的妈妈—— 一名风趣、快乐、乐观的儿科护士——可不会让里斯感到丝毫的沮丧。她的爸爸是一名医生，他鼓励女儿在学业上有所成就。于是，她凡事努力，终于被斯坦福大学录取。
19岁那年，她出演了一部低成本电影《极速惊魂》。这为她后来在《欢乐谷》中争取到真正重要的角色奠定了基础。而她真正的破冰之作是影片《律政俏佳人》。
她暗下决心：“既然自己没有歌唱天分，又不是光彩照人，那就尽力演出。要想在这行做下去，就不要在性感上做文章了——自己不是那种类型的。最好在自己擅长的方面下功夫。要展示自己。”这时，她接到片约，邀她出演约翰尼•卡什——一个饱受折磨的乡村歌手——的妻子，这是个需要演员有唱功的角色，该片约又把她带回到纳什维尔的家乡。
突然，旧时所有的恐惧感又回来了，一名记者报道说，她在台上实在是太紧张了，甚至在一边“准备了呕吐时要用的痰盂”，她自己也承认“每唱完一幕回到后台，自己都在发抖”。但她没放弃那部电影，也没放弃自己。
她用六个月的时间重新开始学习声乐。她还学会了演奏竖琴。不懈的努力让她重拾信心。
2006年3月，里斯•威瑟斯庞走上了另一个舞台——好莱坞的柯达剧院。凭借在影片《一往无前》里饰演的琼•卡特•卡什这一歌唱角色，她获得了奥斯卡最佳女演员奖，她在片中饰演的角色令人心碎，但也让人心暖。
最后，当你读瑞茜威瑟彭斯的故事时，想想她遇到的挫折。我认为，这个故事告诉我们，与其找借口解释梦想为什么不能实现，不如想想这个故事，坚持你的梦想，永不放弃。
Bill Gates’8 Rules to Students
1.Life is not fair, get used to it.
2.The world won\'t care about your self-esteem.The world will expect you to accomplish something before you feel good about yourself.
3.You will not make 4,000 dollars a year right out of high school .You won\'t be a vice president with a car phone, until you earn both.
4.If you think your teacher is tough ,wait till you get a bo.He doesn\'t have tenure.
5.If you me up, it\'s not your parents\' fault, so don\'t whine about our mistakes, learn from them.
6.Before you were born, your parents weren\'t as boring as they are now.They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you are.So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parents\' genernation , try \"delousing\" the closet in your own room.
7.Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life has not.In some schools they have abolished failing grades; they\'ll give you as many times as you want to get the right answer.This doesn\'t bear the slightest resemblance to anything in real life 8.Life is not divided into semesters.You don\'t get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself .Do that on your own time.
一、全文翻译
比尔.盖茨给学生的八条准则
1.生活是不公平的,要去适应它.
2.这个世界并不会在意你的自尊．它指望你在自我感觉良好之前先要有所成就．
3.高中刚毕业你不会一年挣４万美元．你不会成为一个公司副总裁，并拥有一部装有电话的汽车，直到你将此职位和汽车电话都挣到手．
4.如果你认为你的老师严厉，等你有了老板再这样想．老板可是没有任期限制的．
5.如果你陷入困境，那不是你父母的错，所以不要尖声抱怨我们的错误，要从中吸取教训．
6.在你出生之前，你的父母并非像他们现在这样乏味．他们变成今天这个样子是因为这些年来他们一直在为你付帐单，给你洗衣服，听你大谈你是如何的酷．所以你想消灭你父母那一辈子中的＂寄生虫＂来拯救雨林的话，你还是先去清除你房间衣柜里的虫子吧．
7.你的学校也许已经不再分优等生和劣等生，但生活却仍在作出类似的区分．在某些学校已经废除不及格分，只要你想找到正确答案，学校就会给你无数机会．这和现实生活中的任何事情没有一点相似之处．
8.生活不分学期．你并没有暑假可以休息，也没有几位雇主乐于帮助你发现自我．自己找时间做吧．
二、词汇学习
1.self-esteem n.自尊, 自负, 自大
例句： If he failed, his self-esteem would suffer.
如果他失败，他的自尊心会受到损害。
2.tenure n.(财产、职位等的)占有(期, 权, 条件)；(土地的)使用(权, 期), 所有权
例句： He is promised a long tenure of office.
他得到许诺可有一个较长的任期。
3.parasite n.寄生虫,食客
例句：The mistletoe plant is a parasite on trees.
槲寄生是寄生在树上的植物。
4.delouse [di:\'laus] v.驱除虱子 Feed Your Mind
If you are hungry, what do you do? Grab a piece of your favorite meal and stay quiet after that? Just like your stomach, even your mind is hungry.But it never lets you know, because you keep it busy thinking about your dream lover, favorite star and many such absurd things.So it silently began to heed to your needs and never let itself grow.When mind looses its freedom to grow, creativity gets a full stop.This is the aftermath of our own karma of using our brain for thinking of not-so-worthy things.
Hunger of the mind can be actually satiated through extensive reading.Now why reading and not watching TV? Because reading has been the most educative tool used by us right from the childhood.Just like that to develop other aspects of our life, we have to take help of reading.You have innumerable number of books in this world which will answer all your “How to?” questions.Once you read a book, you just don\'t run your eyes through the lines, but even your mind decodes it and explains it to you.The interesting part of the book is stored in your mind as a seed.Now this seed is unknowingly used by you in your future to develop new ideas.The same seed if used many times, can help you link and relate a lot of things, of which you would have never thought of in your wildest dreams! This is nothing but creativity.More the number of books you read, your mind will open up like never before 别让你的脑子挨饿
如果你饿了，你会怎么做？抓起你最喜爱的美食饱餐一顿，然后静静地呆在那里？而你的大脑也像你的胃，是会感到饥饿的，但它却从不让你知道，因为你让它一直想着你的梦中情人、你最喜爱的明星和许多诸如此类的荒唐事。因此它只是默默地留意着你的需要却从不让自己成长。当思维恣意成长时，创造力就戛然而止。这就是我们的大脑总在考虑那些毫无价值的事情产生的后果。
事实上，思维的饥荒可以通过广泛的阅读为满足。为什么是阅读而不是选择看电视呢？因为自孩提时代起，读书就已经是最具教育性的工具了。正如人生发展的其他方面一样，我们不得不求助于阅读。世界上有无数书籍可以回答你“如何做”的问题。读书时不仅要用眼睛浏览文字，还要用脑去解读、诠释。书中有趣的部分就会像种子一样贮存在你的脑海里。将来你会不自觉地运用这粒种子引发新的想法。多次运用这粒种子将有助于你把许多事情联系起来，即使你做梦都想不到这些！这不是别的，就是创造力！你读的书越多，你的心智就会前所未有地开阔。
词汇学习
1.grab v.抓取,抢去
例句：Let\'s grab a sandwich and go to see the film.
让我们赶快吃个三明治就去看电影吧。
2.aftermath n.不幸事件之后果, 余波
例句：The aftermath of this tragedy in Sichuan will affect not only the region, but China as a whole.
四川这场悲剧的余波不仅仅影响了这个地区，也影响了整个中国．
3.innumerable adj.无数的, 数不清的
例句：There are innumerable stars in the sky.
天空中有数不清的星星。
4.relate vt.叙述, 说；使联系; 显示出...与...的关系
例句：They are related to each other.
他们彼此之间有亲戚关系。
Succe in Life
