胡萝卜、鸡蛋、咖啡.ppt

胡萝卜、鸡蛋、咖啡豆 ——送给大家 无意间发现的一个幻灯片，觉得很有启发性，尝试着翻成汉语，然水平有限，语义未达之处，也只能如此了。 Put three pots of water over the fire.先往三只锅里倒入一些水，然后把它们放在旺火上烧 。 * In the first pot, put some carrots. 然后在第一个锅里，放一些胡萝卜。 In the second pot, put some eggs. 在第二个锅里，放一些鸡蛋。 In the third pot, put some coffee beans that have been grounded into coffee powder. 在第三个锅里，放一些已经磨成粉末的咖啡豆。 Boil all three pots for 15 minutes. 煮沸15分钟。 Take out what you put in.再来看你放进去的这些东西。 The carrots went in hard. They are now soft.胡萝卜已经不再坚硬，它开始变得柔软。 The eggs went in soft inside. Now they are hard inside.鸡蛋原来是易碎的，它薄薄的外壳保护着它呈液体的内脏。但是经开水一煮，它的内脏变硬了。 But the water has the colors and the wonderful smell of coffee. 但是那锅水的颜色已经改变并散发出诱人的咖啡香味。 The coffee powder has disappeared.而咖啡豆不见了。 Now think about life. 好了，现在我们回到生活中来。 Life is not always easy. 生活不总是一帆风顺的。 Life is not always comfortable. 也不总是风平浪静的。 Sometimes life is very hard. 有时我们会碰到很多困难。 We work very hard but get few results. 经常会我们付出很多但得到的很少。 What happens when we face difficulties? 那么，当我们遇到困境时，我们会怎样呢？ Things don’t happen like we wish.事情不会总向着我们希望的方向发展。 People don’t treat us like we hope.周围的人群也不总是向我们所希望的一样对待我们。 Now think about the pots. The boiling water is like the problems of life.这些煮沸的水就像我们在生活中遇到的困境一样。 We can be like the carrots.我们也许像胡萝卜。 We go in tough and strong.一开始是坚硬的、强壮的 We come out soft and weak.后来却变得软弱。 We get very tired. We lose hope. We give up. 我们丧失了希望，我们选择了放弃？ There is no more fighting spirit.不再有向上的意识，进取的精神？ NO! Don’t be like the carrots! 不，不要像胡萝卜一样！ We can be like the eggs.我们也许会像鸡蛋一样。 We start with a soft and sensitive heart.一开始有着柔软而敏感的心…… We end up very hard and unfeeling inside. 在生活的压力下，却逐渐变得强硬而又冷漠…… We hate others. We don’t like ourselves.我们不再友好，我们敌对任何人。 We become hard-hearted. There is no warm feeling, only bitterness. 这里不再有温暖，只有苦闷、冷漠、悲愤 Don’t be like the eggs! 不要像鸡蛋！ We can be like the coffee beans. 我们也许像咖啡豆！ The water does not change the coffee powder. 沸水没有改变咖啡豆！ The coffee powder changes the water! 咖啡豆改变了沸水！ The water has becom