有一种美丽的鸟,叫翠波鸟。它是翠绿色的,脖子上有一圈圈的花纹,像波浪一样,所以叫翠波鸟。
科学家发现这种鸟总是无缘无故地死掉,这是怎么一回事?难道是什么可怕的东西在作怪?不,其实答案很简单,害死它们的并不是可怕“***手”,而是它们自己害了自己。
科学家把一只翠波鸟独自关在笼子里,它自己筑了一个巢,然后自己找吃的,每天过得自由自在、快快乐乐的。周而复始,没有什么异常。但是如果把两只翠波鸟放在一起,它们就不断地把自己的巢筑大,绝不允许另一只鸟的巢比自己的大。就这样,它们不分昼夜,盲目地筑了拆,拆了又筑,一直到有一只鸟累死为止,另一只鸟才会停止筑巢。
真正的“***手”其实原来是它们自己的攀比心。如果有一天它们没有了攀比心,想必日子会过得很好。
记得三年级时,学校里流行一种手拉书包。我看了就两眼放光,功能齐全、图案绚丽。哇!有这么好的东西!我的书包怎么这么丑呢?传统的布制书包,背在身上多丢人呀!于是,我在妈妈面前放声大哭:“妈妈啊!因为这个臭书包,我的脸都丢光了,你就给我买一个拉杆书包吧!”“唉,好吧好吧!”妈妈总算答应了,这下可有得炫耀了。我天天拉着书包到处跑,同学们纷纷投来羡慕的眼光,别提我有多高兴了!
五年级了,像这种手拉书包已经成为每个同学的“家常便饭”了,这个时候拿得出手的是简单小巧的帆布包,我整天都在想:哇!这好东西真是越来越多了啊!背上去,多显洋气!“哎哟妈妈!你就给我买一个吧!手拉书包过时了!”“好!买吧买吧!”从上小学到现在数起来,我都十几个书包,十几个文具盒了!可是我还没有跟上潮流,妈妈花费那么多的钱……。攀比心真可怕!小时候攀比小文具,将来长大了难道要比房子、比轿车、比品牌……,不知何时到头?真不敢再往下想了!
翠波鸟让我慢慢意识到,时代是会不断进步变化的,各种商品也会越来越丰富。看好我们的攀比心吧!世界上只有高尚的心灵,纯净的灵魂才是不变的,值得我们用一生的时间追求!
A jackdaw, as vain and conceited as jackdaw could be, picked up the feathers which some peacocks had shed, stuck them amongst his own, and despising his old companions, introduced himself with the greatest assurance into a flock of those beautiful birds .They, instantly detecting the intruder, stripped him of his borrowed plumes, and falling upon him with their beaks sent him about his business .The unlucky jackdaw, sorely punished and deeply sorrowing, betook himself to his former companions, and would have flocked with them again as if nothing had happened .But they, recollecting what airs he had given himself, drummed him out of their society, while one of those whom he had so lately despised, read him this lecture :"Had you been contented with what nature made you, you would have escaped the chastisement of you r betters and also the contempt of you r equals。”
现在大多数人都有一种虚荣心,爱攀比,比胜了,似乎能证明自己有多么与众不同,例如:穿着,打扮一类。
“攀比”是一个中性词,并不绝对是贬义词,但在于它的具体内容,如果是攀比“穿着”一类外在的物质,那么“攀比”一词则体现了人的虚荣心,追求外在的奢华,而不注重内敛,这些人也不想想,外在的物质能体现什么,除了享受还能得到什么,外在物质的好坏只能证明自己有多有钱,从而证明自己的父母有多能干,自己又能得到什么?别人羡慕的目光?不,那些羡慕就像迷雾一般,只能让你看不清前方的道路,而不会让你找到属于自己的路,迷失方向的迷惘和恐慌远比现在的洋洋得意、狂妄自大可怕得多。另外,外在的物质谁都可以得到,只是时间早晚而已,所以攀比外在物质根本没有价值,反而体现了你得肤浅。
而用在知识上,“攀比”这个词反而高尚得多,知识的攀比体现了一个人寻求知识的渴望和他对知识的无限探求和补充,如果外在物质就像是过眼云烟,随风即逝,想留也留不住,还像迷雾,使人迷失自我,而知识就像是迷雾中的一盏灯,使人在恐慌中找到生命的光亮,它使浅薄的人变得博学,使低俗的人变得高尚,它是人生的一个转折点,有人说现在的文盲不是不识字的人,而是不会学习的人,这也能说明知识不是单单认识几个字那么简单,高尚的东西就是因为复杂,才会体现它的价值。
When a lion was asleep, a little mouse began running up and down beside him. This soon wakened the lion. He was very angry, and caught the mouse in his paws.
"Forgive me, please." cried the little mouse. "I may be able to help you someday." The lion was tickled at these words.
He thought, "How could this little mouse help me?" However he lifted up his paws and let him go.
A few days later, the lion was caught in a trap.
The hunters wanted to take him alive to the king, so they tied him to a tree, and went away to look for a wagon.
Just then the little mouse passed by, and saw the sad lion.
He went up to him, and soon gnawed away the ropes. "Was I not right?" asked the little mouse.
狮子与报恩的老鼠
●狮子睡着了,有只老鼠在他的周围爬上爬下,很快吵醒了狮子,狮子很生气,一把抓住了老鼠。
●“饶了我吧,”老鼠请求说,“也许有一天我能帮上你的忙呢。”狮子觉得很好笑,他想:“这只小老鼠怎么能帮上我的忙?”但他还是抬起爪子放他走了。
●不久,狮子被陷阱困住了。猎人们想将活狮子献给国王,就把他捆在一棵大树上,然后去找马车。
●这时,老鼠路过这里,看到了绝望中的狮子。他走过去,很快啃断了绳索,说:“我虽小,可是我也能帮上你的忙。”
寓意: 有些朋友也许平时看似微不足道,但却有可能在我们身处困境的时候提供巨大的帮助。
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