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中英文小故事：你要寻找什么，就会找到什么 一个名叫辛迪的青年来到一片绿洲。他碰到一位老人。 辛迪问：“这里如何？” 老人反问说：你的家乡如何？” 辛迪回答：“糟透了！我很讨厌那里” 老人接着说：“那你快走，这里同你家乡一样糟。” 后来又来了一个青年罗加瑞问同样的问题，老人家也同样地反问了他。 罗加瑞回答说：“我的家乡很好，我很想念家乡的人、鲜花和事物……” 老人便说：“这里同你家乡一样好。” 旁听者觉得诧异，问老人为什么前后说法不一致。 老人说："你要寻找什么，就会找到什么！” 如果有进取心，生活则处处是绿洲。如果好高骛远、不劳而获，生活中的绿洲就会变成沙漠。 What You Want to Look for Is What You Will Find A young man called Cindy came to an oasis, where he met an old man. Cindy asked, “What about here?” The old man asked, “What about your hometown?” Cindy replied, “It’s horrible! I loathe it." The old man went on, “Well, hurry away. It’s as horrible as your hometown.” Later came a young man called Rockery. He asked the same question and the old man also countered: with the same question. Rockery replied, My hometown is so good. I miss its people, flowers and things...” The old man said, “It，s equally good here.” The listener was so surprised that he asked the old man why his answer was different from the first one. The old man said, “What you want to look for is what you will find!" If you’re enterprising, you will live in the oasis. If you reach for what’s beyond your grasp and reap without sowing, the oasis of life will become the desert. |
