孟飞Phoenix

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"Fall in love. Maybe it doesn't have to be with someone. Fall in love with music, art, dancing in the dark, car rides at 1 am, the glistening of the stars, the colors of the sun as it rises, the smell of flowers, the feeling of adrenaline that takes over your whole body, and suffocates your lungs with joy, good friends who bring out your best, silence, noise, fall in love with the little things that make you feel most alive and find purpose. Fall in love with life."

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You are beautiful, gay, giving, gentle, idiotically and deliciously feminine, sexy, wonderfullyintelligent, and wonderfully silly as well.

你光彩照人，无忧无虑，慷慨大方，温柔和美，单纯天真而且秀色可餐，你性感，聪慧也傻得可爱。







I want nothing else in this life than to be with you, to listen and watch you (your beautiful voice, your beauty), to argue with you, to laugh with you, to show you things and share things with you, to explore your magnificentmind, to explore your wonderful body, to help you, protect you, serve you, and bash you on the head when I think you are wrong …

生命之中我最想要的你在一起，想倾听你，凝视你，你的优美嗓音，你的美貌，与你争论，与你大笑，与你分享，探寻你奇妙的思想，探索你美好的躯体，去帮助你，保护你，照顾你，然后在我认为你错的时候敲敲你的小脑瓜。







Not to put too fine a point on it I consider that I am the only man outside mythology to have found the crock of gold at the rainbow’s end.

说实在的，我认为我是神话外唯一一个在彩虹的尽头找到金子的人。



I have met a thousand animals and seen a thousand wonderful things … but –

我曾见过数以千计的动物，见过许许多多的美妙事情，但是——



All this I did without you. This was my loss.

这一切无子携手，于我尽是枉然；



All this I want to do with you. This will be my gain.

这一切君伴左右，于我便是收获。

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老外为什么不担心自己的重名率

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中国⼈起名字有着诸多传统，很讲究出处和⽂化。



比如《易经》上讲，君⼦应该随着时间⾰新改变自⼰：“大人虎变，其文炳也；君子豹变，其文蔚也”，因此有⼈起名——莫⽂蔚。



《诗经》有云：“⼤姒嗣徽音，则百斯男”。“林徽因”因此得名，意为美德。



《滕王阁序》里写到：“雄州雾列，俊采星驰”。周星驰。



⾦庸小说里有个任盈盈——“盈盈⼀⽔间，脉脉不得语”。



还有冰心、徐悲鸿、金克木、陈丹青这些不管你能不能说出个所以然但都会觉得清雅端庄的名字。



⼀些外国汉学家给自⼰起的中文名也是如此，比如：马悦然、史景迁、费正清。



雅致，独特。



所以有⼈纳闷⼉：为什么总觉得外国⼈永远是那⼏个名字呢？他们不觉得 朱莉、彼得这些名字很“烂⼤街”吗？回答问题之前，我们先讲一个人物故事吧：King David—⼤卫王。（大胃王）图片




大 卫 王



《圣经》记载，⼤卫是公元前10世纪时的以⾊列国王，⼤概是我们周朝的 时候。他最著名的故事就是跟巨⼈“歌利亚”的交⼿。巨人嘛，自然身材高大，力大无穷；他身着重甲，⼿持利刃，带兵进攻以⾊列，⼀副不可战胜的样 ⼦。牧童⼤卫却是⼀身便装。他冷静地捡了几块石子，拿起⼿中的机弦，分毫不差地击中了歌利亚唯⼀没有遮挡的额头，他顿时扑倒在地。大卫⾛过去，用歌利亚的⼑割下了他的头颅。David and Goliath..



如此⼀战成名，成就了以弱胜强的经典西⽅典故。



米开朗基罗雕了⼀尊俊美的⽯像纪念他。扑克牌中的⿊桃K也是他。⼤卫精通音律和诗歌，相传《圣经》里的绝⼤多数赞美诗都出自他⼿。⼤卫王执政40年，留给后⼈⽆数诗歌、音乐、荣耀和⾦银财宝，被认为是 以⾊列最伟⼤的国王。所以理所当然地，西⽅⼈会如此喜爱这个名字。



其他圣经名字，比如Matthew, Joseph, Andrew, Rebecca, Sarah, Rachel等 等，也同样受到⼈们的尊重。⼈们又怎会嫌弃这些名字……“烂⼤街”呢？英语名字本身也有含义，没错，但那不是重点。重点是叫过这个名字的⼈。这是第⼀。第⼆：中国⼈避讳圣贤和先祖的名字以示尊重；西⽅⼈相反，他们认为继 承他们的名字，才是尊重。



聊完这个区别，我们就可以继续说说细节了。





教 名 传 统



在英语里，名字叫做“given name”或者“first name”，严格区分男⼥。

过去它被⼴泛称为“教名——Christian name”，是婴儿在受洗时所得的名字， 区别于姓氏。




根据他们的说法，在英语国家：In English-speaking cultures, a person's Christian name is commonly their first name and typically the name by which they are primarily known. 宗教自然是英语名字的⼀⼤宝库。



但不限于此。你甚⾄可以稍加发挥。


比如奥斯卡影帝“小李子”。很多年前的⼀天，妈妈怀着他去参观达·芬奇的 画展，突然腹中⼀阵异动，母亲大人⼼领神会，就用达芬奇的名字“里奥纳多”，也就是英语名字“Leonard”的意⼤利版，给未来的影帝取名：Leonardo DiCaprio。



这个不算奇怪，英语历来有吸收外语的能⼒。



所以英语里有像Victoria这样的拉丁名字，Donald 这样的凯尔特名字，还有希腊名字Sophia，希伯来名字Rebecca，西班牙名字Isabel，法国名字 Gabrielle，德国名字Allison，俄罗斯名字Natalie，波斯名字Jasmine，等等， 加上盎格鲁·萨克逊本族的诸多名字.......其实，好名儿挺多的。



所以呢：英文名字是从“名字库”里选的，不是从字典中选的。



如果不了解这些，你就会起⼀些奇怪的名字，

比如：

Apple/Cherry/Candy/Crystal/Sunshine/Rainbow/Lucky/Cissy/Kitty/ Fanny/Dragon/Shark/Shadow/River/Angelababy… 图片





有⼈说：牛津词典里的每个单词，都有可能是某个中国⼈的英⽂名。



唉。



昵 称 文 化



说回欧美人的名字。



⼀个名字还会有不同的变形。这就是所谓的“nickname”——昵称。



这个领域里，充满了主观和争议。



变化简单的例⼦有：James, 昵称Jim，或者Jimmy；Jennifer 昵称Jen，或者 Jenny。词形变化⼤也很多。比如Abby和Belle都可以是Gabrielle的昵称；Bob是 Robert的昵称；Bill是William的昵称。



变化⼤，这是第⼀件麻烦事。



第⼆，有些不同的名字共用相同的昵称。这就很让人手忙脚乱。



比如Christina/Martina的昵称都可以是Tina；还有，Edgar, Edmond, Edward都可以用Eddie做昵称。刚才说了，英语中严格区分性别；但昵称的性别就不总是那么清晰了。比如Alexander和Alexandra都可以叫Alex。


Christopher 和Christina 都可以 叫Chris。⾄于某个Alex、某个Chris是男是女，那只能靠猜了。



第三，同⼀个名字可能产生无数种昵称。比如Richard，它可以被昵称为 Rich/Rick/Rico等⼗⼏种，甚⾄还有让⼈羞羞的：Dick。



这么说吧：如果⼀个班上有30个小朋友，男⼥⽣各占⼀半，男⽣都叫 Richard，⼥⽣都叫Elizabeth，⼤家都使用昵称。从理论上说，全班都不 会重名。因为伊丽莎白的昵称包括：Bess, Bessie, Beth, Betty, Betsy, Ellie, Eliza, Elsa,Tess, Liz, Lisa, Lizzy, Libby, Tibby, Zibby,…等等等等。在⼀堆昵称里，有⼈会偏好这个，有⼈只用那个，有⼈同时接受⼏种昵称；也有⼈，从不使用昵称。



所以说：非常主观。



但不管怎样，在客观上，昵称也能起到区分名字的作用。





姓 氏 及 来 源



接着说。



说到全名，他们的重名率就更低了。



因为姓⽒太多了。以英国为例，⼤约从16世纪左右，⼈们开始⼴泛地制造和使用姓⽒：国家 地区，职业身份，身体特征，颜⾊形状，山川河流，瓜果蔬菜，花鸟鱼虫……⽜津词典里的每个单词，都有可能是某家⼈的姓⽒。⼀个牧羊⼈可能会姓屠夫，⼀个屠夫姓厨子，厨⼦姓铁匠，铁匠姓面包师傅，面包师傅姓赶⼤车的，赶⼤车的姓渔夫，渔夫姓教皇。



没错，Shepherd/Cook/Smith/Baker/Carter/Fisher/Pope，这些都是常见姓氏。



也有⼈在⽗亲的名字后面加上son：S-O-N, 从此作为家族姓⽒，比如 Jackson。

也可以放在前面，比如Mc—— McDonald，意味“唐纳德之⼦”；

或者是Fitz——F-I-T-Z——像美国作家菲茨杰拉德，表明他有位先祖名叫杰拉德。



其他欧洲国家也类似。法语中的“卢梭”是指“红头发”；德语中的“舒马赫” 意为“鞋匠”，“爱因斯坦”的意思是“⼀块⽯头”。你看，中国⼈造的英⽂名字，和西⽅⼈造的姓，那奇葩程度，究竟谁是小 巫，谁是⼤巫，还真说不好。



根据21世纪初的统计，美国和英国各有15万和27万姓⽒。



根据⼏乎同⼀时间的统计，中国的王、李、张姓各占了八、九千万人口；前100个⼤姓占了全国人口的84.77％。重“姓”率如此之⾼，我们肯定要在名字上下点功夫。但他们就不⼀样了。更何况，除了名和姓，他们还有⼀个：Middle name. 中间名。





中 间 名



顾名思义，它是放在名和姓之间的名字。



跟名字相似，你可以继承家中长辈的名字，但也可以使用名⼈的名字。或者，像赫本的⼉⼦肖恩那样，用母亲的姓Hepburn做中间名。也可以像小李⼦的爸妈⼀样，再选⼀个外国名字。



前面说他有⼀个意⼤利风的名字。



他的中间名呢，其实就是William—— 只不过他用了德语版——Wilhelm，既是德国皇帝的名字，也是尼采和⿊ 格尔的中间名。



因此影帝的⼤名唤作：Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio。霸⽓吧？中间名还可以不⽌⼀个。比如英国演员“卷福”，他名叫“本尼迪克特”；姓“康伯巴奇”。有点长？不过，他的全名是，准备好了吗：Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch。要知道，卷福先⽣可不只是脸长⽽已。

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A DARK DARK SHED
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Once there was a dark dark yard.
从前，有一个黑黑、黑黑的院子。


In the yard, there was a dark dark house.
院子里，有一座黑黑、黑黑的房子。


Beside the house, there was a dark, dark path.
房子旁边，有一条黑黑、黑黑的小路。


Down the path, there was a dark, dark tree.
沿途，有一棵黑黑、黑黑的树。


Next to the tree, there was a dark, dark shed.
在树的旁边，有一个黑黑、黑黑的小木屋。


Inside the shed, there was a dark, dark wall.
在小木屋里，有黑黑、黑黑的墙壁。


Along the wall, there was a dark, dark shelf.
沿着墙壁，有着黑黑、黑黑的架子。


On the shelf, there was a dark, dark box.
在墙壁的架子上，有一个黑黑、黑黑的盒子。


Next to the box, there was a dark, dark hole.
在盒子旁边，有一个黑黑、黑黑的洞。


In the hole, there was ...
在洞里，有一个......


... a SPIDER.
一只蜘蛛。


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最美的情书
作者：Gerald Durrell | 主播：孟飞Phoenix



I have seen a thousand sunsets and sunrises, on land where it floods forest and mountains with honey-colored light, at sea where it rises and sets like a blood orange in a multi-colored nest of cloud, slipping in and out of the vast ocean.

　　我曾见过千番日出和日落。大地上的森林与高山被镀上一层蜜色光泽，在它升落的海面，好似五彩云团里的一颗血橙出没不止，在那浩瀚汪洋间。





　I have seen a thousand moons: harvest moons like gold coins; winter moons as white as ice chips; new moons like baby swan's feathers.

　我见过千般月色。满月好似金币，冬日寒月白如冰屑，新月宛如雏天鹅的绒羽。





　I have seen seas as smooth as if painted, colored like shot silk or blue as a kingfisher or transparent as glass or black and crumpled with foam, moving ponderously and murderously.

　我曾见过大海静谧如画。色似锦缎，或蓝如翠羽，或通透似玻璃，或乌色泛褶出泡沫，汹涌得沉重又狠恶。





　I have felt winds straight from theSouth Pole, bleak and wailing like a lost child; winds as tender and warm as a lover's breath; winds that carried the astringent smell of salt and the death of seaweeds; winds that carried the moist rich smell of a forest floor, the smell of a million flowers; fierce winds that churned and moved the sea like yeast; or winds that made the waters lap at the shore like a kitten.

　我曾感受过风，凛冽自南极而来，刺骨哀嚎，仿佛迷途的小孩。风，温柔和煦如爱人的呼吸;风，承载着盐与海藻湮灭的咸涩;风，充盈着森林土壤的气息，温润肥沃，芬芳，自百万花朵。狂风蹈海，如同发了酵起了沫，又或风驱着水波拍岸，猫咪轻扑一般。





　I have known silence: the cold, earthy silence at the bottom of a newly dug well; the implacable stony silence of a deep cave; the hot, drugged midday silence when everything is hypnotized and stilled into silence by the eye of the sun; the silence when great music ends.

　我曾知悉静默。那在一眼新井里的静默，冷冽且夹着泥土气味，深邃洞穴中的静默，冷酷决绝;酷热迷离，正午的静默，万物被当空烈日催眠，平息而至静默;静默，当天籁终了时。





　I have heard summer cicadas cry so that the sound seems stitched into your bones.

　我曾听夏日蝉嘶，那声声如芒刺骨。





　I have heard tree frogs in an orchestration as complicated as Bach, singing in a forest lit by a million emerald fireflies.

　我曾听树蛙在林中咏唱，复杂严谨俨如巴赫，翠绿萤火虫为之燃起百万点亮光。

　　



I have seen Whales, black as tar, cushioned on a cornflower blue sea, creating a Versailles of fountain with their breath.

　我见过鲸鱼，黝似沥青，衬着矢车菊般蓝蓝的大海，他们一呼一吸之间，筑起凡尔赛的喷泉。





　I have watched butterflies emerge and sit, trembling, while the sun irons their wings smooth.

　我见过蝴蝶破茧时危坐，颤栗着，任由阳光把鳞翼熨平。





　I have watched tigers, like flames, mating in the long grass.

　我见过虎，好似烈焰，在长草深处交欢。





　I have been dive-bombed by an angry Raven, black and glossy as a Devil's hoof.

　我曾被愤怒的渡鸦俯冲轰炸，玄青浮光，似魔鬼之蹄。





　I have lain in water warm as milk, softas silk, while around me played a host of Dolphins.

　我曾躺在温润如奶、柔滑如丝的水中，以客道迎待周遭的海豚。





　I have met a thousand animals and seen a thousand wonderful things. All this I did without you. This was my loss. All this I want to do with you. This will be my gain. All this I would gladly have forgone for the sake of one minute of your company, for your laugh, your voice, your eyes, hair, lips, body, and above all for your sweet, ever-surprising mind which is an enchanting quarry in which it is my privilege to delve.

　我遇过千种生灵，见过千般绝妙的事情。这一切曾经，没与你携手，于我尽是枉过。这一切将历，有你在左右，于我便为收获。这一切所有，我愿放弃，只为换取你一分钟的相伴，换你的笑语、你的声音，换你明眸、秀发、朱唇、玉体，最重要的，换你那美妙而几可惊叹的心智，那迷人的宝藏，唯有我一人，有权探究。

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你的名字
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I wrote your name in the sand, but the waves washed it away.
我把你的名字写在沙滩，可浪却把它冲散。




I wrote your name in the sky, but the wind blew it away.

我把你的名字写在蓝天，可风却把它吹散。




I wrote your name in my heart, and forever it will stay.

我把你的名字写在心间，它就永远留在那里。




In 2016, the film, Your Name, showed in the mainland, which is so popular among the younger. Like a landscape shining after heavy rain, it feels like real life with the sharpness, brightness and sensation turned right up. Teenage Mitsuha is bored with her life in rural Japan; Taki is a boy in heroine’s age, living in Tokyo. Just a few times a week, it’s unexpectedly that they wake up in each other’s bodies. They have to navigate their everyday lives without knowing where to find anything or who anybody is. While in the end, Taki decides to search for Mistuha and Mistuha attends to do the same. Finally, they find out they don't live in the same time during the body swap.

深受年轻人欢迎的《你的名字》2016年在国内上映。像一场大雨过后的闪闪发亮的风景，它就像是把现实生活调得更加清晰、明亮，更有感觉。女主角厌倦了日本乡下的生活；而男主角是与女主角三叶年龄相仿的东京高中生。一个星期总会有几次，早上他们醒来时，竟然彼此互换了身体。因此，他们不得不面对完全陌生的环境与完全陌生的人们，努力维系着日常生活。后来两人都决定去寻找对方，却发现两人身体交换时根本不生活在同一时间线上。




“To avoid forgetting about each other, Mitsuha, let’s write down our names.” However, their memories about each other have been wiped away unavoidably. Eight years later, Taki can't figure out why he was drawn to Itomori, he can’t understand why he was so obsessed with the stories happened there.“

为了避免我们醒来后会忘记，我们写下自己的名字吧”，而两人关于对方的记忆，却都还是被抹掉了，八年后的男主角立花泷，甚至已经不记得当初为什么要去糸守镇，为什么曾经对那里发生的事情如此上心。




“Once in a while,I find myself crying when I wake up”，Mitsuha once said.

女主角曾经说过，“时常发生的是，醒来的时候不知道自己为什么会哭。”



“I can never recall the dreams that I must have had. The sensation that I've lost something, lingers for a long time after I wake up.” Taki once said.“
做过的梦总是回想不起，有一种忘记了什么的失落感总是萦绕于我心。”男主角曾说。


Your Name, this film, is a tale of what happens to a boy and girl who are destined to meet. Neither one knows it yet, but somewhere out there is a person they are bound to care deeply about. And it seems like we have been searching for something that even we can’t remember.
讲述一对注定相遇的男孩和女孩身上发生的故事。他们还不知道这份命运，但就在某处，有一个人他们终将深深牵挂。而我们也好像一直都在寻找什么，但我们自己都不记得了。


The rhythm of modern city life is always very fast. We are all-nighters for coming meetings,sometimes run off our feet for our presentations. On the street, we hurry for all directions and we are too busy to dress up for a date，having difficulty in moving on and starting a new relationship.
都市的生活节奏总是很快，我们为准备会议而通宵未眠，为陈述报告焦头烂额。大街上我们行色匆匆，穿梭而行。我们也懒得精心打扮赴一场约会，更何况是向陌生人重新交待一遍自己的人生。


It has been such a long time that we gradually get used to be alone.
太久了，我们已经逐渐地习惯了一个人。


We finally grow up to be the men and women that we’ve always dreamt of since our childhood, but somehow we are mature enough and behave like the robots that without feelings and love. In a relationship, we are supposed to be simple, instead, we play tricks and wrap other around our little fingers. We lay emphasis on receiving and losing that we are afraid of giving.
我们终于长成了我们儿时就渴望成为的大人，但不知为何我们成熟得像一个无爱无欲的机器人，在本应简单的爱情里，我们熟练地玩套路，熟练地周旋于每段感情中，计较得失，害怕付出。


Falling in love is supposed to human’s instinct, but the situation doesn't appear the same. Girls and boys, who burst into tears in rain now calmly let tears run down from their eyes, tell themselves they’ve got work to do tomorrow.
相爱本应是人类天性，但现状并非如此。那个曾经会在大雨里痛哭的姑娘与少年，如今只是冷冷地让眼泪流下，然后告诉自己明天还有一大堆工作要做。


Nevertheless，some are willing to hold dear to love. At the moment Mitsuha and Taki met with each other, tears welled from our eyes.
然而，总有些人还是愿意相信爱的。三叶与泷擦肩而过的瞬间，我们泪流满面。


“What had caught my interest so much is now a mystery to me. But at a point, I was drawn to the events surrounding that comet.”
“我也不知道为何我会如此在意，但是那段时间，我对那颗彗星的事情感兴趣。”




“I feel like I am always searching for something, for someone.”
“我好像一直在寻找着什么，寻找着谁。”

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梦想不能出售
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梦想不能出售
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Jehdi and Hassan were two merchants who were very close friends. Jehdi was a cheerful person, whereas Hassan was very serious, perhaps too cautious and careful. But an unbreakable bond of friendship tied them together and this made their journey in business a happy one, for they never had any disputes.

杰迪和哈桑都是生意人，同时也是非常亲密的朋友。杰迪性情豪爽，而哈桑严肃认真，甚至有些过于谨小慎微。但坚不可摧的友谊将他们紧紧联系在一起，两人从来没有发生过争执，这让他们在生意场上一帆风顺。





One time they started together toward the city of Touria.

一次，两人结伴前去陶里亚城。





They arrived at the outskirts of a forest where the big trees, moist rocks and cool shade invited them to take a well-deserved rest. Within a minute Jehdi fell asleep.

他们到达一片森林的边缘，这里巨木参天，山石湿润，树荫清凉，让他们不禁想好好地歇息一阵。不到一分钟，杰迪便酣然入睡了。





Hassan looked at his friend with a sigh and told himself, "He sleeps peacefully in nature as if he were in his own house. I am afraid of someone robbing me. Even though the thief might get very little, I am too apprehensive and I prefer to be cautious. After all, one never knows what might happen."

哈桑望着他的朋友，叹了口气，自语道：“在荒郊野外他竟然能睡得这样安稳，就像在自己家一样。我就会担心有人抢劫。虽然强盗抢不走什么值钱的东西，可我心里却惴惴不安，还是小心为妙。毕竟，谁知道会有什么事情发生呢？”





Hassan was ruminating over his anxiety when suddenly he saw a wasp coming out of Jehdi's left nostril. Its enigmatic dance surprised him. It flew toward a single pine tree standing on a rock, circled the tree three times, and then returned to the sleeping Jehdi and disappeared into his right nostril.

哈桑正忧心忡忡地胡思乱想，突然看到一只黄蜂从杰迪的左鼻孔里爬了出来。黄蜂跳起神秘的舞蹈，让哈桑惊讶不已。接着，黄蜂朝生长在岩石上的一棵松树飞去，绕树三圈，又飞回酣睡中的杰迪身边，消失在他的右鼻孔里。





Just at that moment Jehdi woke up, sat up laughing, and said, "Hassan, you will never believe me. I just had a marvelous dream. Just imagine that there is a big pine tree standing on a high rock, exactly like the one you see there. A wasp droned around the trunk and it swings buzzed as if to say, 'You must dig in this place! You must dig in this place!' I started digging and found a big pot full of gold coins. I have never in my life seen so much money!"

就在那时，杰迪醒了。他坐起身，笑着说：“哈桑，你肯定不会相信，我刚刚做了一个不可思议的梦。设想一下，在高高的岩石上生长着一棵巨大的松树。你看，就和那边的那棵松树一模一样。一只黄蜂绕着树干飞了几圈，振动着翅膀嗡嗡作响，好像在说：‘你一定要在这里挖一挖！你一定要在这里挖一挖！’于是我开始挖起来，结果挖到了一个装满金币的罐子。我这一生还从来没有见过那么多的钱！”





Yes, truly it is a strange dream, replied Hassan. "If I were in your place, I would have dug around the pine tree there."

“哦，真是一个奇怪的梦，”哈桑答道，“如果是我做了这样的梦，我就去那松树周围挖一挖。”





My poor friend, how naive you are. I would never take a dream seriously. It is so hot here. To dig would be torture! Please, let us continue our journey ...

“我可怜的朋友，你未免也太天真了吧！我从来都不把梦当回事。这儿这么闷热，要去挖地的话，简直就是自找罪受。拜托，我们还是继续赶路吧……”





But Hassan insisted, "Jehdi, a dream like this surely has a meaning. If you do not want to dig, I will try instead. Do you know what I propose to you? Sell your dream to me."

但哈桑坚持说：“杰迪，这样的一个梦肯定含有某种暗示。如果你不想挖，我倒想试一试。你明白我的意思吗？把你的梦卖给我吧。”





Jehdi began laughing loudly. "This is a good piece of business for me! How much will you pay?"

杰迪哈哈大笑起来：“对我来说，这倒是一桩好买卖！你给我多少钱？”





You have said that there is a big pile of gold coins. I am your friend and I do not want to wrong you. You tell me how much you estimate to be the price of your dream.

“你刚才说过，这里埋着一大堆金币。我是你的朋友，不想坑骗你。你说说，你估计这个梦值多少钱？”



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教育好自己的孩子，是你最重要的事业
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According to Long Yingtai, mother is the greatest full-time occupation and an all-rounded CEO, but without salary.
龙应台说：母亲，是个最高档的全职、全方位的CEO，只是没人给薪水而已。


Handing everything of a child to teachers is the most irresponsible act of parents. However responsible and nice the teachers are, they cannot promise to possess the following qualities.
把孩子的一切交给老师，是家长极其不负责任的表现。因为老师再好再负责任，他也不能保证做到以下几个方面。


1. Teachers can't guarantee good morality and behaviors of your child
老师不能保证你孩子良好的品行

一个人无论成绩好坏与否，品行是关键!道德可以弥补能力的缺陷，而能力却难以掩盖道德的缺陷。但是孩子的品行很大程度上与他的家教有关。

　老师只是传道授业解惑者，家长却是孩子一生的影响者。父母的言传身教永远大于老师45分钟的课堂教育。

　因此，想要让孩子有良好的品行，家庭教育才是关键，老师无能为力!


2. Teachers can't provide your child with good habits.
老师给不了你孩子良好的习惯

　麻将桌旁、电视机前长大的孩子肯定和爱看书的家长教育出来的孩子，差别很大。这就是为什么很多家长边看电视边督促孩子认真读书时，收到的往往是强烈的逆反心理。他们也不想想，自己都做不到的事情，怎么会强迫孩子做到呢?

　积极进取，有良好生活习惯的父母养育出来的孩子，大多数都是热爱学习，能够合理安排自己时间的小大人儿。父母在教育上会省很多心，所以当你百思不得其解孩子为什么有那么多坏毛病时，先好好检讨一下自己，也许就会找到根源所在!

3. Teachers can't provide your child with an interest in reading
老师给不了你孩子读书的兴趣

　很多家长埋怨自己的孩子不爱学习，不爱看书。但是却没有扪心自问一下，自己是否爱看书呢?孩子读书的兴趣是从小培养的，两三岁的孩子就该开始读书了，而不是等到了学校之后，让老师培养你家孩子读书的习惯。

　你家里的书多，孩子就读的多。父母起到好的表率作用，孩子就会效仿，反之，孩子只能模仿你做别的事情。是否从小阅读的差距，会在以后的知识层面，认知能力以及写作水平上表现出来。


4. Teachers can't cultivate the spirit of your child
老师不能帮你培养孩子的意志

　老师更多的交给孩子的是课本知识，良好的生活习惯，做人道理，坚强的意志，这些都是要靠父母去培养的。老师没有义务帮你去培养，这些只能由家长从小在日常生活中培养。

　如果你忽略了，那你的孩子也许成绩很好，但是意志薄***不得半点挫折，所以情商教育也很重要。

5. Teachers can't give your child a lifelong happiness
老师给不了你孩子长久的幸福感

一个人所在的原生态家庭对他一生的影响都很大，夫妻恩爱，家庭和谐，在充满爱的环境里长大的孩子，注定要比家庭不健全，或者整日吵闹的家庭里成长的孩子要阳光很多。而这种温暖和无形的情感抚慰，是老师给不了，却能决定孩子一生的!




A good teacher might have an influence on a child for a while. But parents, a lifetime.
一个好的老师，或许能够影响孩子三年五年，但是父母的影响力却是一辈子的!
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