Country Garden and Me
On the way from Panyu City to Shunde City and approaching the conjunction point of both cities, a big advertisement board of the infamous Country Garden will catch your eyes. And on the board, a lovely girl gently holds a little white pigeon.
She looks at everybody with a sweet smile. Who is this girl? Let me tell you later. Country Garden is located at the Beijao town, Shunde City of Guangdong Province. Ten years ago when my Dad and Mom took me as a baby to Guangzhou, it was a wasteland here. But what does this piece of wasteland look like nowadays? Country Garden has been developed and enlarged rapidly on the ground of this land, and a great number of high-quality houses and apartments have been built up within the garden. Over the past decade, other nine country gardens with various unique designs have been erasing around the great city of Guangzhou. The construction and management of several gardens have engaged the devoted contributions from my Dad and Mom.
Country Garden has grown up together with me, and I am one of the witnesses of its growth and development.
Father had a family of sons who were perpetually quarrelling among themselves. When he failed to heal their disputes by his exhortations, he determined to give them a practical illustration of the evils of disunion; and for this purpose he one day told them to bring him a bundle of sticks. When they had done so, he placed the faggot into the hands of each of them in succession, and ordered them to break it in pieces. They each tried with all their strength, and were not able to do it.
He next unclosed the faggot, and took the sticks separately, one by one, and again put them into their hands, on which they broke them easily. He then
addressed them in these words: "My sons, if you are of one mind, and unite to assist each other, you will be as this faggot, uninjured by all the attempts of your enemies; but if you are divided among yourselves, you will be broken as easily as these sticks."
原来是外国一个小朋友给我留了一段话!
“哇,你好棒吔!”某某非常羡慕我。“过奖啦。”我不好意思地说。
“你就好啦,有外国的小朋友给你发邮件,如果我也有就好了。”某某拍着我的肩膀说。“好啦,别说啦,先看看写的是什么。”
“嗒、嗒”两声轻脆的键盘声,屏幕上显示出一大段英语来。“这么多英语,大部分没学过,怎么办呀?”
“我来试一试。hello, im bb……”读了一半,某某也不会读了。正在我们发愁的时候,我突然大叫一声:“救星来了!”“万岁!”同学们一看,也喊了起来。原来是班主任老师正快步向我们走来。“什么事你们这么高兴呀?”老师笑着问。“您瞧!”我指着电脑屏幕说。
老师定睛看了一会儿,然后神秘地告诉我们:“他叫bb,他说你的城市网页建得很漂亮,他很喜欢,他也邀请你到他那儿看一下,指点一下他。”我们马上动手给bb回信。我打上他的名字,写了几句问好的话,并答应去他的城市看看。就在这时,他又回了一个邮件。于是,我便开始和他交谈起来。“我是某某小学的'学生……”一聊上天,就感到我们像很久未见面的好朋友,我们聊各自的学校、同学、兴趣爱好,想不到我们俩居然都喜欢上网、打乒乓球,真是有说不完的话。不知不觉,一个多小时在键盘鼠标的点击中悄悄过去。
第一次和外国小朋友交谈,还真是开心!没想到,网络让我们的距离是这样近,bb就像我邻居家的小孩,愿我们的友谊地久天长。
一位父亲有几个孩子,这些孩子时常发生口角。他丝毫没有办法来劝阻他们,只好让他们看看不合群所带来害处的例子。为了达到这个目的,有一天他叫他们替他拿一捆细柴来。当他们把柴带来时,他便先后地将那捆柴放在每一个孩子的手中,吩咐他们弄断这捆柴。他们一个个尽力去试,总是不能成功。
然后他解开那捆柴,一根根地放在他们手里,如此一来,他们便毫不费力地折断了。于是他就告诉他们说:「孩子们!如果你们大家团结一致,互相帮助,你们就像这捆柴一样,不能被你们的敌人折断;但如果你们自行,你们就将和这些散柴一般,不堪一折了。」
或许我的故事只是你曾经的脚印,或许我的言论只是你曾经的幼稚。然而面对你繁杂之后迷惘的眼神,请用我思考的优势助你跋涉一程。——题记。
生活中常常有优势与劣势之分,人们往往本着“良禽择木而栖”、“识时务者为俊杰”的心态,过多的依赖优势。是的,一些人确实实现了“好风凭借力,送我上青天”的梦想;但是,深究其中,我们也不难发现许多人跌倒在自己的优势上,最终覆水难收。
面对优势,谁人不想借东风以轻扬?面对人才优势,刘备桃园结义、三顾茅庐,亲贤臣,远小人,建立了西蜀政权;面对经济优势,郑和打造航船、七下西洋,买珍宝,卖湖丝,开辟了海上丝绸之路;面对思想优势,马克思沿着伏尔泰、费尔巴哈、黑格尔的足迹,理论联系实际,提出了唯物辩证法……
可是,朋友,为什么我们对优势敬若神明,而优势却躲在墙角向我们窃窃冷笑:
倚仗优势,吴王夫差忘记了父辈的教训,坐拥歌舞,笑谈春风,放回了勾践,赐死了伍子胥,最终落得个身死国灭为天下笑的下场;
倚仗优势,蒋介石置民族存亡危机于不顾,打出了“攘外必先安内”的旗号,拒绝国共合作,遭到爱好和平的华夏儿女一致唾骂;
倚仗优势,麦克·阿瑟梦想在朝鲜战场上重温中途岛战事的辉煌,要以u-2歼击机两周之内结束小米加步枪的命运,但面对众志成城的中朝人民,精良装备的美式战线最终成了东方的“马奇诺”……
如果这些仍然解不开你心中的锁,那么,朋友,把你的手给我,握着我的手,听听我自己的故事。倚仗教育的优势,我拒绝了养花人的衷告,一意孤意,没有把花从盆里移栽到土地里,仍然时常浇水,结果--还未等及春天的雨露,我的花已冻死在冬天的阳光里。过多地倚仗书本上的知识,使我忽略了自然的法则。
是的,朋友。利用攀登的优势,我们可以“欲穷千里目,更上一层楼”;过多的倚仗优势,我们就可能遭遇“不识庐山真面目,只缘身在此山中”的尴尬。
利用想象的优势,我们可以实现九天揽月的雄伟计划;过多的倚仗优势,我们就可能沉醉在黄粱一梦、不知所之的虚妄中。
朋友,请用我们明亮的眼神探寻,告诉彼此:面对优势,我不再迷惘。
这是一个宣扬个性的时代,在各种媒介——流行歌曲、电视节目、网上论坛……激情四射地号召着人们秀出自我的浪潮中,人们以各种方式尽情地展现着自我。由此,衍生出一派欣欣向荣的似锦繁花。
但当聚光灯熄灭后,日常生活的琐碎渐渐从光鲜的表面浮现总会有人不适应。
于是我们看到了许多的“怀才不遇”。这些失意者的愤懑如同暗沉的斑,细密的纹,使灵魂陡然沧桑,但是当他们感觉不平时,是否想到过自己的锋芒曾刺痛别人;在开会时,他们无视会场的其他人径自口若悬河时;抑或聚会上,别人表演精心准备的歌曲时,他们却旁若无人,自顾自地一展歌喉……
如果人人都自顾自地四射锋芒,何来和谐?这本不难理解,但是膨胀的虚荣心急切地寻找出口时,他们往往不会在这样“不相干”的问题上费神。
所以隐藏优势是一种适可而止的智慧。很多所谓的“怀才不遇”,不过是很狂妄罢了。
而还有一些“怀才不遇”,似乎是很委屈。他们的确有某方面的优势,但是当他们努力展示时,似乎那一切都毫无价值,于是唯有独自黯然。
这样的悲剧让人同情,却也只是同情,因为他们希翼只凭优势,就能发光。这就如同一个小女孩的梦,如泡沫般绚丽,也如泡沫般脆弱,而湮灭是泡沫的宿命。对于过分宣扬自己优势的依赖暗示着对付诸行动的逃避。他们要么亲手砸碎它,要么等现实砸给他们看。
子曰,“君子欲敏于行而讷于言”。隐藏优势是一种选择证明自己的勇气。锋芒内敛才是真正的大气和自信。
所谓优势,应当是一种恩赐,我们唯有以感恩的心太去接受它,以理性的眼光去看待它,以积极的行动去利用它,方能获得现实的成就,感受心灵的充实,得到真正的尊重。
聚光灯继续发出强烈的光,一片喧嚣中,我仿佛听到一个从容的声音:静以修身,俭以美德,非淡泊无以明志,非宁静无以致远。
The fox, filled with arrogance, examined the cat from head to feet, and for a long time did not know whether he should give an answer. At last he said, "Oh, you poor beard-licker, you speckled fool, you hungry mouse hunter, what are you thinking? Have you the nerve to ask how I am doing? What do you know? How many tricks do you understand?"
"I understand but one," answered the cat, modestly.
"What kind of a trick is it?" asked the fox.
"When the dogs are chasing me, I can jump into a tree and save myself."
"Is that all?" said the fox. "I am master of a hundred tricks, and in addition to that I have a sackful of cunning. I feel sorry for you. Come with me, and I will teach you how one escapes from the dogs."
Just then a hunter came by with four dogs. The cat jumped nimbly up a tree, and sat down at its top, where the branches and foliage completely hid her.
"Untie your sack, Mr. Fox, untie your sack," the cat shouted to him, but the dogs had already seized him, and were holding him fast.
"Oh, Mr. Fox," shouted the cat. "You and your hundred tricks are left in the lurch. If you been able to climb like I can, you would not have lost your life."
一只猫在森林里遇到一只狐狸,心想:“他又聪明,又丰富,挺受人尊重的。”於是它很友好地和狐狸打招呼:“日安,尊敬的狐狸先生,您好吗?这些日子挺艰难的,您过得怎么样?”
狐狸傲慢地将猫从头到脚地打量了一番,半天拿不定主意是不是该和它说话。最后它说:“哦,你这个倒霉的长着鬍子、满身花纹的傻瓜、饥肠辘辘地追赶老鼠的.傢伙,你会啥?有甚么资格问我过得怎么样?你都学了点甚么本事?”
“我只有一种本领。”猫谦虚地说。
“甚么本领?”狐狸问。
“有人追我的时候,我会爬到树上去藏起来保护自己。”
“就这本事?”狐狸不屑地说,“我掌握了上百种本领,而且还有满口袋计谋。我真觉得你可怜,跟着我吧,我教你怎么从追捕中逃生。”
就在这时,猎人带着四条狗走近了。猫敏捷地窜到一棵树上,在树顶上蹲伏下来,茂密的树叶把它遮挡得严严实实。
“快打开你的计谋口袋,狐狸先生,快打开呀!”猫冲着狐狸喊道。可是猎狗已经将狐狸扑倒咬住了。“哎呀,狐狸先生,”猫喊道,“你的千百种本领就这么给扔掉了!假如你能像我一样爬树就不至於丢了性命了!”
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