【雙語美文】FearofSixInches六英尺的恐懼

1、Fear of Six Inches六英尺的恐懼01、Fear of Six Inches六英尺的恐懼A man walking in the night slipped from a rock. Afraid that he would fall down thousands of feet, because he knew that place was a very deep valley, he took hold of a branch that was hanging over the rock. In the night all he could see was a bottoml

2、ess abyss. He shouted, his own shout reflected backthere was nobody to hear.一個(gè)人在趕夜路時(shí)，突然從巖石上跌了下去，嚇得他趕緊抓住了巖石上的樹枝，因?yàn)樗肋@一帶有個(gè)深谷，一不小心就會跌入上 千英尺的深淵。一晚上，他唯一能看到的就是深不見底的峽谷。他大 呼救命，但只聽到了自己的回音一一沒有人能聽到他呼救。You can imagine that man and his whole night of scare. Every moment there was death, his hands were becoming

3、cold, he was losing his grip. and as the sun came out, he looked down and he laughed. There was no abyss. Just six inches down there was a rock. He could have rested the whole night, slept well - the rock was big enough - but the whole night was a nightmare.你可以想象一下他的處境和整晚的恐懼。死神隨時(shí)都可能降臨。 他的手開始發(fā)涼，漸漸地抓不

4、住了當(dāng)太陽升起的時(shí)候，他朝下看了看，笑了。下面壓根就沒有什么深淵。在他下方六英尺的地方有一 塊大石頭。巖石那么大，他本可以在那兒休息一個(gè)晚上，美美的睡上 一覺，但昨晚他卻在夢魘中度過。Fear is only six inches deep. Now it is up to you whether you want to go on cling to the branch and turn your life into a nightmare, or whether you would love to leave the branch and stand on your feet.恐懼只是六英

5、尺的距離而已。接下來，到了你做決定的時(shí)候了：你是想要繼續(xù)抓著樹枝過夢魘一般的生活，還是更喜歡把手從樹枝上 松開，雙腳著地？02、Record of Your Time 自己的經(jīng)歷This is a record of your time. This is your movie. Live out your dream and fantasies. Whisper questions to the Sphinx at night. Sit for hours at sidewalk cafes and drink with your heroes. Make pilgrimages to Mou

6、gins and Abiquiu. Look up and down.這是你走過的路程，這是你自己的電影。別沉湎于自己的 美夢 和幻想；晚上向斯芬克斯低聲發(fā)問，坐在路邊的咖啡館和你心目中的 英雄小酌，去穆吉山和阿比丘山朝圣，上下求索。Believe in the unknown for it is there. Live in many places. Live with flowers and music and book and painting and sculpture. Keep a read of your time, Learn to read well. Learn to li

7、sten and speak well. Know your country, know your history, know yourself.相信未知的事物，因?yàn)樗鼈兇嬖?；廣為游歷，讓生活充滿鮮 花， 音樂，書籍，繪畫和雕塑。安排好自己的時(shí)間，學(xué)會好好讀書，學(xué)會 傾聽和好好說話。了解你的國家，了解你的世界，了解你的歷史，了解你自己。Take care of yourself physically and mentally. You owe it? to yourself. Be good to those around you. And do all of these things wit

8、h passion. Give all that you can. Remember, Life is short and death is long.照顧好自己的身體和思想，這是你的責(zé)任，友善地對待周圍的人，并滿懷激情做好這些事情。奉獻(xiàn)自己的一切。記住，生命是短暫 的，死亡是漫長的。03、Thorough Understanding of Oneself 徹悟自我In all one's lifetime it is oneself that one spends the most time being with or dealing with. But it is precisel

9、y oneself that one has the least understanding of. When you are going upwards in life you tend to overestimate yourself. When you are going downhill you tend to underestimate yourself. It's likely that you think it wise for yourself to know your place and stay vent aloof from worldly wearing a m

10、ask of vent cowardice, behind which the flow of vent sap in your life will be retarded.人生在世，和自己相處最多，打交道最多，但是人最不了解的也 恰恰是自己。當(dāng)你一帆風(fēng)順時(shí)，往往高估自己；不得志時(shí)，又往往低估自己。你可能認(rèn)為安分守己、與世無爭是明智之舉，而實(shí)際上往往 被怯懦的面具窒息了自己鮮活的生命。To get a vent thorough understanding of oneself is to gain a correct view of oneself and be a vent sober r

11、ealist - aware of both one' s strength and shortage. You may look forward hopefully to the future but be sure not to expect too much, for ideals can never be fully realized. You may be courageous to meet challenges but it should be clear to you where to direct your efforts.徹悟自己，就是正確認(rèn)識自己，做一個(gè)冷靜的現(xiàn)實(shí)

12、主義者，既知道自己的優(yōu)勢，也知道自己的不足。我們可以憧憬人生，但不要期 望過高。因?yàn)樵诂F(xiàn)實(shí)中，理想的實(shí)現(xiàn)總是會打折扣的。你可以勇敢地 迎接挑戰(zhàn)，但是必須清楚自己努力的方向。To get a vent thorough understanding of oneself needs self-appreciation. Whether you liken yourself to a towering tree or a blade of grass, whether you think you are a high mountain or a small stone, you represent

13、a state of nature that has its own reason of existence. If you earnestly admire yourself you ' h ave a real sense of self-appreciation, which will give you confidence. As soon as you gain full confidence in yourself, you ' ll be enabled to fight and overcome anydvensity.要徹悟自己就要欣賞自己。無論你是一棵參天大

14、樹，還是 一棵 無名小草，無論想要成為一座高山，還是一塊石頭，你都是一種天然， 都有自己存在的理由。只要你認(rèn)真地欣賞自己，你就會擁有一個(gè)真正 的自我，你才會擁有信心。一旦擁有了信心你就能戰(zhàn)勝任何災(zāi)難。To get a vent thorough understanding of oneself also requires doing oneself a favor when if s needed. In time of anger, do yourself a favor by giving vent to it in a quiet place so that you won' t

15、 be hurt by its flames; in time of sadness, do yourself a favor by sharing it with your friends so as to change a gloomy mood into a cheerful one; in time of tiredness, do yourself a favor by getting a good sleep or taking some tonic. Show yourself loving concern about your health and daily life. Un

16、less you know perfectly well when and how to do yourself a favor, you won ' t be confident and ready enough to resist the attack of illness.要徹悟自己，就要善待自己。在氣憤時(shí)善待自己，找個(gè)僻靜之處宣泄一下，不要被那些無名之火傷身憂傷時(shí)，要善待自己，找個(gè)好友傾訴一番，讓低迷的情緒高漲起來；勞累時(shí)，你要善待自己，睡 個(gè)好覺或者吃點(diǎn)滋補(bǔ)品，對自己的健康和生活關(guān)心備至，唯有知道如何善待自己，你才會信心百倍，從容不迫地 準(zhǔn)備應(yīng)對疾病的侵襲，To get a

17、vent thorough understanding of oneself is to get a full control of one' s life. Then one will find one' s life full of color and flavor.徹悟了自己，你才能把握自己的生命，你的生活才會豐富 多彩、 有滋有味！04、Your Inner Passion in Your Heart 你心中永遠(yuǎn)的激情Everyone - every person in this world has a Dream: a passion, a vision in the

18、ir life that pulls them and urges them to move forward in life. You,my friend have this vision within you, it“whispers " to you occasiorbut in some cases it cries out. It cries out to be listened to and acted upon because this vision comes from your soul.每個(gè)人一這個(gè)世界上的每一個(gè)人都有一個(gè)夢想：一種激情，一種他們對生活的渴望，就是這

19、個(gè)渴望推動著他們向前。你，我的朋友，在你的內(nèi)心深處也有一種這樣的渴望，它會時(shí)而輕聲向你呼喚，但有時(shí)，它會大聲呼喊出來，以便喚起你的醒覺，因?yàn)檫@種渴望來自你的 靈魂。Within this “Inner Vision” there lies the magic of living your life with passion, fulf川ment and purpose. This means being true to who you really are and living your life on purpose with all the passion and energy you a

20、re capable of living.在這個(gè)心靈深處的渴望中隱藏著在激情、實(shí)現(xiàn)自我，以及 夢想 中生活的魔力。它意味著做一個(gè)真實(shí)的你，在你所能揮展的激情和能 量下朝你的夢想努力。When you live within your inner passions-you'11 never have to seek approval from others - you'll "chart your own course, and be the master of your own destiny. More importantly, you' ll feel w

21、hole, connected and inspired.當(dāng)你生活在你內(nèi)心深處的激情中時(shí)，你不必尋求他人的贊同，你能夠畫出你自己的藍(lán)圖，并成為你命運(yùn)的主宰。更重要的是，你會感覺到一個(gè)完整，不孤獨(dú)，有激情的你。Find your inner fire , your sense of purpose; this fire will help you harness strengths yod re not even aware you have. Be connected with your inner passions - your Life ' s Dreams, and live t

22、hat passion every day.找到你內(nèi)心深處的永不熄滅的火花一一你生活的夢想；這火花會幫助你塑造出你從未意識到你曾擁有的強(qiáng)大力量。 擁抱你內(nèi)心深處 的激情一一你生活的夢想，每天都生活在那激情中吧 ！05、The Road Not Taken 未選擇的路Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the underg-rowth;黃色的樹林里分出兩條路，可惜我不能同時(shí)去涉足，我在那路口 久久佇立，我向