Peace 寧 靜 的 真 諦

by anonymous 翻譯：未幾

怎樣才算真正的寧?kù)o？真正的寧?kù)o意味著在嘈雜、混亂和勞作之中，內(nèi)心依然一片平靜。靜，由心生。

There once was a King and he wanted to find out who could paint the best picture of peace. And he would offer a prize to the artist. Many artists tried. The King looked at all the pictures, but there were only two he really liked and he had to choose between them.

One picture was of a1)calmlake. The lake was a perfect mirror for peaceful mountains all around it.2)Overheadwas a blue sky with white soft clouds. Everyone thought that it was a perfect picture of peace.

The other picture had mountains too. But these were3)ruggedand4)bare. Above was an angry sky. And it was raining and5)lightening. Down the side of the mountain,a waterfall felt quickly. This did not look peaceful at all.

But when the King looked carefully, he saw behind the waterfall a6)bush growing in a7)crackin the rock. In the bush a mother bird had built her8)nest.There, she sat on her nest... in perfect peace.

Which picture do you think won the prize?

The King chose the second picture. “Because,” said the King,“peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise,trouble, or hard work. Peace means to be in the middle of all those things and still be calm in your heart. That is the real meaning of peace.”

參考譯文

從前有位國(guó)王，他想找出哪位藝術(shù)家能畫(huà)出一幅最能表現(xiàn)寧?kù)o的真諦的圖畫(huà)。他將為畫(huà)得最好的藝術(shù)家提供獎(jiǎng)賞。很多藝術(shù)家都嘗試了。國(guó)王閱覽了所有的畫(huà)作，但只有兩幅合他心意，而他必須二選一。

一幅畫(huà)畫(huà)的是一個(gè)平靜的湖。湖如同一面完美的鏡子，倒映出周?chē)o謐的群山，上空是一片藍(lán)天，漂浮著松軟的白云。人人都認(rèn)為這是一幅表現(xiàn)寧?kù)o的完美之作。

另一幅畫(huà)也有群山，但卻崎嶇荒涼。上方是狂怒的天空，雷雨交加，山一側(cè)的下方，一道瀑布飛瀉而下，看上去一點(diǎn)兒也不寧?kù)o。

但仔細(xì)一看，國(guó)王看到瀑布后面有一叢矮樹(shù)長(zhǎng)在巖石的裂縫之中，一只鳥(niǎo)媽媽在樹(shù)叢里筑了巢，她就那樣坐在自己的巢里……表現(xiàn)出完美的寧?kù)o。

你認(rèn)為哪幅畫(huà)會(huì)贏得獎(jiǎng)賞呢？

國(guó)王選擇了第二幅畫(huà)。“因?yàn)椋眹?guó)王說(shuō)，“寧?kù)o并非指身處一個(gè)沒(méi)有噪聲、沒(méi)有混亂或者辛苦的勞作的地方。寧?kù)o意味著即便在噪聲、混亂和勞作之中，內(nèi)心依然一片平靜。這才是寧?kù)o的真諦。”

詞組加油站

★ all around 在……周?chē)?/p>

★ in the middle of 在……的中間

1) calm [kɑ?m] adj.（天氣、海洋等）靜的，平靜的

2) overhead ['??v?hed] adv. 在頭頂上，在空中

3) rugged ['r?ɡId] adj. 崎嶇的，粗糙的

4) bare [be?] adj. 無(wú)遮蔽的，空的

5) lighten ['laItn] v. 閃電，閃現(xiàn)

6) bush [b??] n. 矮樹(shù)叢

7) crack [kr?k] n. 裂縫

8) nest [nest] n. 巢，窩

名師考點(diǎn)小結(jié)

win是動(dòng)詞，意為“贏得，打敗，戰(zhàn)勝”，后接war、match、game以及表示名次、獎(jiǎng)品（金）等的名詞作賓語(yǔ)。例如：

He won a prize yesterday. 他昨天得了獎(jiǎng)。

Their team has won the game. 他們隊(duì)贏了這場(chǎng)比賽。

辨析：win與beat

兩者都有“贏”的意思，但用法不同。

①win多指贏得某個(gè)比賽、項(xiàng)目或贏得戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)，意為“贏；勝；獲勝”，后面不接比賽的對(duì)象。

Wang Mei won the race. 王梅賽跑贏了。

It’s very hard for us to win the basketball match.

對(duì)我們而言贏得這場(chǎng)籃球比賽很困難。

②beat后面須跟比賽的對(duì)手或?qū)ο螅鉃椤摆A；打敗；擊敗”。過(guò)去式、過(guò)去分詞分別為 beat、beaten。I think you can beat the team from No.1 Middle School.

我認(rèn)為你們可以擊敗第一中學(xué)隊(duì)。