雙語有聲美文 | 我們正在起跑點

We're Just Beginning 我們正在起跑點

"We are reading the first verse of the first chapter of a book whose pages are infinite..."

“我們正在閱讀一本頁數(shù)無限的書的第一章第一節(jié)……”

I do not know who wrote these words, but I have always liked them as a reminder that the future can be anything we want to make it.

我不知道這段文字是誰寫的，但我一直很喜歡用這段文字來提醒自己，那就是“未來在我之手”。

We can take the mysterious, hazy future and carve out of it anything that we can imagine, just as a sculptor carves a statue from a shapeless stone.

我們可以掌握神秘而不可知的將來，從中開創(chuàng)出我們所能想像的任何東西，一如雕刻家可將未成形的石頭刻出雕像一樣。

We are all in the position of the farmer.

我們個個都像是農夫。

If we we plant a good seed, we reap a good harvest.

我們若種下好種子，就會有豐收。

If our seed is poor and full of weeds, we reap a useless crop.

假若種子不良且長滿雜草，我們就會徒勞無獲。

If we plant nothing at all, we harvest nothing at all.

如果我們什么也不種，就根本不會有任何收獲。

I want the future to be better than the past.

我希望將來要比過去更好。

I don't want it contaminated by the mistakes and errors with which history is filled.

我不希望將來被那些充斥在歷史中的錯誤所污染。

We should all be concerned about the future because that is where we will spend the remainder of our lives.

我們都應關心將來，因為往后的余生都要在將來中度過。

The past is gone and static.

往昔已一去不復返，沉靜無聲。

Nothing we can do will change it.

任憑我們怎么努力都不能改變過去。

The future is before us and dynamic.

將來就在我們眼前而且是動態(tài)的。

Everything we do will affect it.

我們的所作所為都會影響將來。

Each day brings with it new frontiers，in our homes and in our businesses, if we will only recognize them.

只要我們體會得出來，每天都可發(fā)現(xiàn)新的知識領域伴隨而生，可能是在家里，也可能是在我們的事業(yè)中。

We are just at the beginning of the progress in every field of human endeavor.

我們正處在人類所努力鉆研的每個領域中進步的起跑點。