孟飞Phoenix

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2.梶浦由記 - peace, again



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旅行的意义不在于风景


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Talking about traveling or new jobs, many people often think of “change of environment, change of mood”.
每每说起旅行或者新工作，很多人想到的往往是“换个环境，换个心情”。





But is it really helpful?
但是这样真的有用吗？





I remember reading a sentence before:
我记得以前看到过一句话：





Life sucks no matter where you are. So don't be fooled by location changes.
生活在哪都一样烂，别以为换个环境就有用。





This seems a very passive statement, but it does make sense.
这个说法看着似乎很消极，但的确很有道理。





Changing jobs is like traveling. The meaning often does not lie in seeing new landscapes, but rather in examining yourself with new eyes.
换工作就像旅行一样，意义往往并不在于能看到新的风景，而在于能用新的眼光审视自己。





In the end, what you probably find is that these places are not all that different.
而最终，你发现的很可能就是：这些地方其实并没有那么多不同。





Always looking forward to changing the environment, in fact, is running away from the problem instead of solving it.
总是期待换环境，其实是一种逃避，这解决不了任何问题。





If you really want to make a better life for yourself, calm down and face the trivialities in it.
如果你真的希望让自己的生活变好，那就冷静下来直面眼前的琐碎吧。

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背景音乐：1.窦鹏 - 独自漫步

2.菅野祐悟 - 366日-Piano Version



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家在途中


作者：白岩松 | 主播：孟飞Phoenix



To me, the concept of home changes continually along with my age.

对于我来说，家的概念随着年龄的变化而不断变化。



In my childhood, home was a string of calls. It seems that I was entitled to more freedom than today's children. I didn't have to show up in front of my parents right after school, instead I would go to play with my classmates who lived in the neighborhood. We frolicked like mad until dinner was ready and our parents called "Come back! Come home for supper!" Days passed by as I grew up in the company of those calls. Even now the ringing voices are still echoing in my ears.

在童年的时候，家是一声声呼唤。那时的我似乎比今日的孩子拥有更多的自由。放学后不会先在父母前露面，而是与住的相邻的同学聚在一起，天马行空，玩的天昏地暗，直到炊烟散去，听见父母“喂，回家了，吃饭了”的呼唤才回家，这样的声音伴着我慢慢长大，日复一日，至今仍在我的耳旁回响。





In a wink, my childhood was gone. When a thin layer of hair began to grow around the corners of my mouth, home became a place I tried to escape from.

一转眼，童年过去了，当胡须慢慢从嘴角长出，家又成了一个想逃的地方。





As I read more and more, my world opened up, presenting a broader picture before me. The bed I used to sleep in became too small, and words of care from my parents began to sound superfluous. How I wished I could have a space of my own someday! Later I was enlisted into the army and put on the green uniform. During my service days, home was the series of letters I received one after another. My most homesick moments were when I read those letters from my family.

书看多了，世界也变大了，一张床小了，父母的叮咛也显得多余了，盼望着什么时候我能拥有自己的天空？后来，穿上了绿色的军装，来到了部队，家又变成了一封封信笺，每次收到信后，是最想家的时候。





When I got a job, I began to get "hurt", to rise and fall in a sea of people, and to understand that you can't share all your pains with other people, even with your best friends. So again, another wave of homesickness came over me. When I was badly hurt, I imagined myself flying home on wings. Pushing open the door, I let tears flow down my face. At that moment I felt that as large as the world was, what I needed was only the familiar smell of home and the unchanged view outside the window of my old house…

走上了工作岗位之后，开始“受伤”，开始在人海中翻腾，开始知道，有些疼痛无法对人说，甚至知心的朋友。于是，重新开始想家。当受了“重伤”时，幻想着飞到远方的家中，在推开家门的一瞬，让自己泪流满面。此刻，世界很大，而我所需要的，只是家中那种熟悉的味道，那窗前一成不变的风景……





Struggling for mere existence in a place far from my mother, I was often at a loss what to do after work and on the weekend. Picking up a thick telephone book, I leafed through it from cover to cover but found not a single number I could call. At this time home appeared in my mind as a cozy nest I yearned to build with another person.

远离母亲，在外省生存，工作之余便有无数个周末无处打发，手中的电话本很厚，从头翻到尾，却没有一个号码是为我此时准备的。这个时候，家又变成了自己要和另外一个人建立的那一个新的小家。





From dating to engagement, we finally fell into each other's arms and decided to step into marriage. Thus on an ordinary day we formed an ordinary family. Then the concept of home changed again: it became the light left on for you when you return late at night; the peacefulness in which you occasionally exchange words, one reading a book, the other watching TV; and a place where you can entertain friends and use foul langue when you feel elated.

从相识、相恋到相拥，一个平凡的日子里，我拥有了一个平凡的小家。此时，家的概念又变了，它是深夜回家时那盏为你点起的灯，是傍晚你看看书我看看电视偶尔交谈几句的那种宁静，是一桌胃口不好时也吃得下的饭菜，是得意忘形时可以呼朋唤友可以张口粗话的地方。





Not long ago I became a father. When I greeted into my family the birth of a new life, an odd sensation welled up in my heart. The little creature obsessed me so much that though I tried to get rid of it I only found myself all the more indulging myself with it. That is a kind of force that binds you with a sense of happiness.

不久前，我成了父亲，我和一个新的生命在家中相逢，一种奇妙的感受充斥着我的心，小生命开始让我“玩物丧志”，想挣脱却又那么愿意沉溺其中，一种用幸福来缚住你的力量。





The concept of home kept changing as my life hurried along. Among them any definitions I gave to it, there is one which relates to grief. I remember, for instance, how my father's early death led me to understand all the injuries inflicted by the world added together are sometimes less devastating than a single misfortune in your family. However, you may also feel a kind of strength in your family. After my father's death, my mother, who used to be quiet and gentle, became strong and indomitable. She led my brother and me out of our misery and we got back on our feet again. Tranquility came back to my home, where happiness reigned as before. In retrospect, I can compare home to an unyielding plant: it may be burnt down by wildfire, but it will sprout again when the spring breeze blows.

家的概念在不停地变换着，生命在这种变换中匆匆地走着。众多的概念中，家有时也意味着一种悲伤。比如当年父亲的辞世，便让我知道，世界对你的伤害加在一起有时也不如家中的变故给你的伤害大。然而在家中，你也会感受到一种坚强，比如父亲过世后，柔弱的母亲开始变得坚强，她带着我们哥俩，一步一步地从变故中走出，之后，家又重新“站立”了起来，又变得祥和，变得不再阴云密布。在这个过程中，家又像是一种生命力顽强的植物：野火烧不尽，春风吹又生。





Although I already have much life experience behind me, I know there is still a long way ahead and my concept of home will go on evolving. But already I have come to see that home is where we can find the true meaning of all the hectic rush of life. What makes the concept different is that sometimes it refers to an individual's home and sometimes to the home of many, many people.

生命起步虽久，前路却还遥远。家的概念还会变换，然而我已经知道，家是奔波的意义，只是这家有时是自己的，有时是芸芸众生的。

源自《大学英语》杂志

I believe there is a person who brings sunshine into your life. That person may have enough to spread around. But if you really have to wait for someone to bring you the sun and give you a good feeling, then you may have to wait a long time.Coz I believe you are your own sunshine and at the same time，you can warm yourself and the people around you！

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亲爱的同学你好，我是你的朋友孟飞Phoenix，此时我在话筒前录制节目，距离2021年高考还有剩下不到19个小时的时间，这个时候，孟叔不想刻意和你分享鸡汤，也不会激情澎湃得为你做励志分享，仅仅是想安安静静的陪着你说说话、聊聊天。

孟叔知道你寒窗苦读只为今朝，也懂得你披星戴月只求一搏，但还是希望你能明白，考前放下压力放松心态最为重要，你不必为父母为他人、为过去的努力考出多么惊艳这个夏天的成绩，只需要做最真实的自己，认真仔细、不骄不躁的对待考试正常发挥就好，高考绝对是人生重要的转折点，但也一定无法阻挡你内心最想要去到的方向。

今晚早点休息，孟叔吉他弹唱一段歌，希望你今夜好眠，明日考试顺利，孟叔在这等你的好消息！

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背景音乐：1.DeadForest - Night, moon, wind, you

2.植地雅哉 - 深海鱼


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比智商更重要的是逆商


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What is the most important quality for a person to succeed?
一个人想要成功，最需要的能力是什么？





You may be aware of that people have long been debating about whether it's IQ or EQ.
你可能已经察觉，长久以来，人们一直在争论到底是智商还是情商。





One of them measures how much you can master complexity.

它们中的其中一个衡量的是你掌握复杂东西的能力。





The other measures how much you can understand and control emotion.
另一个衡量的则是你理解、控制感情的能力。





Sure, they are both very important.
诚然，它们都非常重要。





But neither of them is the critical one.
但它们都不是最重要的那个。










General Patton once said: "I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom."
巴顿将军曾经说过：“衡量一个人的成功时，我并不看他能爬多高，而是看他能从多深的低谷爬起来。”





And this quality is called AQ, which stands for Adversity Quotient.

这种能力就是所谓的AQ，它指的是“逆商”。





It measures how well you can handle adversities.

它衡量的是你应对逆境的能力。





Most people can do very well when everything is fine.
很多人在一切顺利的时候都能做得很好。





But most of them will collapse once a great adversity comes and neither IQ or EQ can save them from that.
然而一旦经历了重大的挫折，他们中的很多就会崩溃，而不管是IQ还是EQ都无法拯救这样的人。





Can you handle an adversity? If not, make yourself.
你能挺得过逆境吗？如果不能，那就强迫自己能。

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背景音乐：1.Dan Gibson - Dancing Rain
2.Dan Gibson - Returning Home


一棵垂垂老矣的常青藤
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When my daughter was in grade school, one day she brought home 4 tiny twigs.
我女儿读小学的时候，有天放学回家，她带回了4只细细的小树枝


They were trees given to the students by the school to plant.
这些树枝是学校发给学生们的，让他们带回家种植


None of them looked very hardy
他们看上去都有些弱不禁风



but with a hope for the future
不过我还是心存着一丝希望


I got a spade and planted them in our backyard.
就拿来铁铲，把它们种到了后院里



Over the years an accident with the lawnmower and poor soil brought an end to three of them.
数年时间过去，一起与割草机有关的意外事件，加上贫瘠的土壤，让4棵小树中的3棵都不幸夭折了


All that was left was a single evergreen.
唯一幸存下来的是一株常青藤


It grew crooked and very slowly.
它长得歪歪扭扭，长势也十分迟缓


It never got very tall and tilted to one side.
它从未长到很高的高度，还总是歪向一边



In the end, it looked more like a fat bush than a tree.
到最后，它看上去更像是一丛肥大的灌木，而非一棵树


I noticed a few years ago too that it was starting to die.
数年前我就注意到，它已经开始衰老


The lower branches were becoming bare.
下层的树枝开始变得光秃秃的


The needles on the branches a little further up had turned brown.
上端的枝条上，那些尖尖的树叶也开始变成棕色


Only the top third of the tree was still green.
只有最顶端第三层的枝叶还青翠着



Last summer I did my best to save it by feeding it a lot of fertilizer but to no avail.
去年夏天，我竭尽全力想要救活它，给它喂了一大堆肥料，结果去无济于事


This morning I went out and looked at it again.
今天早上，我出门的时候又看了它一次


I was deciding on whether it would be better to just cut it down.
我考虑着是不是应该直接把它砍掉为好


It sure would make mowing the lawn easier
这样一来修剪草坪也会比较容易


and I would no longer have to watch it slowly decay.
我也再不用看着它慢慢枯萎，心生悲苦了


As I walked over to take a closer look at it, however,
可是，当我慢慢走近它，仔细一看


I noticed something moving within the needles.
我发现树叶丛中有什么东西在移动


It was a robin patiently building a nest in the topmost branches.
那是一只知更鸟，它正栖在最高的枝条上，不辞劳苦的想把自己的窝搭在那里


I smiled when I looked at it
我看着它微笑了


and decided that maybe this old tree had some life and usefulness left in it yet.
我想，或许这棵老树还有一丝生机尚存，也还有些用处

It may not be healthy or pretty
或许它并不健康，也不够漂亮


but it was still giving a bird a home
但它还能给鸟儿提供一个安身之所


and oxygen to this world.
还能给世界一些氧气


This tree reminded me of something too.
这棵树让我想起了什么



All of our lives have (a) purpose.
每个人活着都有自己的目标


All of our lives have meaning.
我们的生命都有内在的意义

It doesn't matter if we are young and strong or old and sickly.
无论我们是年轻力壮还是年老病弱，都没有关系


Until our last breath there are things for us to do, love for us to give, and joy for us to share.
直到我们停止呼吸前最后一刻，我们都有事情可以去做，我们都还怀着爱可以给予别人，还能分享自己的快乐


Until our last moment here we can help to make this world a better and more beautiful place.
直到我们生命的最后一刻，我们还可以奉献一份力量，让世界成为更好，更美丽的地方。
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背景音乐：1.hideyuki hashimoto - uta

2.Dan Gibson - Happy Memories




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Salty Coffee咸咖啡


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He met her at a party. She was outstanding; many guys were after her, but nobody paid any attention to him. After the party, he invited her for coffee. She was surprised. So as not to appear rude, she went along.

他在一次晚会上遇见了她。她很迷人，有很多男孩子追求，但是却没有任何人注意到他。晚会结束后，他请她出去喝咖啡，这让她很吃惊。出于礼貌，她去了。







As they sat in a nice coffee shop, he was too nervous to say anything and she felt uncomfortable. Suddenly, he asked the waiter, "Could you please give me some salt? I'd like to put it in my coffee."

他们坐在一家幽雅的咖啡店里。他紧张得说不出话来，而她也感到很拘束。突然，他叫来服务生，说道：“给我在咖啡里加点盐，好吗?”






They stared at him. He turned red, but when the salt came, he put it in his coffee and drank. Curious, she asked, "Why salt with coffee?" He explained, "When I was a little boy, I lived near the sea. I liked playing on the sea ... I could feel its taste salty, like salty coffee. Now every time I drink it, I think of my childhood and my hometown. I miss it and my parents, who are still there."

她和服务生都看着他。他脸红了，盐端上来了，他往咖啡里放了一些，喝了起来。她好奇地问：“为什么在咖啡里放盐呢?”他解释说：“小时候，我住在海边，喜欢在那里玩耍……海水是咸的，就像这杯咸咖啡。每次喝咖啡时，我就想起了童年和家乡。我怀念这种味道，想念那里的父母亲。”









She was deeply touched. A man who can admit that he's homesick must love his home and care about his family. He must be responsible.

她被深深地感动了。一个有思乡情结的男人一定很爱家，很关心家人。他一定是值得信赖的。







She talked too, about her faraway hometown, her childhood, her family. That was the start to their love story.

于是，她也谈起了遥远的家乡，她的童年和家人。他们的爱情故事就这样拉开了帷幕。







They continued to date. She found that he met all her requirements. He was tolerant, kind, warm and careful. And to think she would have missed the catch if not for the salty coffee!

之后，他们常常约会。她发现他宽容、善良、热情而细心，这些正符合她的标准。她想，若不是那杯咸咖啡，她或许就错过了他。







So they married and lived happily together. And every time she made coffee for him, she put in some salt, the way he liked it.

最后，他们结婚了，幸福地生活在一起。每每给他冲咖啡时，她总会放些盐，因为他喜欢喝咸咖啡。







After40 years, he passed away and left her a letter which said:

40年后，他去世了，留了一封信给她，信中的内容是这样的：







My dearest, please forgive my life-long lie. Remember the first time we dated? I was so nervous I asked for salt instead of sugar.
亲爱的，请原谅我——有一个谎言，我隐瞒了你整整一生。还记得我们的第一次约会吗?我很紧张，原想要糖，却说成了盐。







It was hard for me to ask for a change, so I just went ahead. I never thought that we would hit it off. Many times, I tried to tell you the truth, but I was afraid that it would ruin everything.

再改过来很难，我只好将错就错。我从未想过要喝咸咖啡。许多次，我都想告诉你真相，但又担心说出来一切会化为泡影。







Sweetheart, I don't exactly like salty coffee. But as it mattered so much to you, I've learnt to enjoy it. Having you with me was my greatest happiness. If I could live a second time, I hope we can be together again, even if it means that I have to drink salty coffee for the rest of my life.

亲爱的，我并不喜欢喝咸咖啡，但你很在乎这个，我已经学着接受它了。与你在一起是我一生最大的幸福。倘若我能重生，我希望还能和你在一起，即使这意味着余生都要喝咸咖啡，我也心甘情愿。