在幼兒園學(xué)到的處世智慧

We Learn a Lot in the Kindergarten

我們在幼兒園里學(xué)到很多

Most of what I really need to know about how to live and what to do and how to be, I learned in kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate mountain, but there in the sandbox at nursery school.

在怎樣生活、怎樣做事、怎樣做人方面，我最需要知道的東西，是在幼兒園學(xué)到的。智慧不是在學(xué)位的高山之巔，而是在這里，在幼兒園的沙池里。

These are the things I learned: Share everything. Play fair. Don’t hit people. Put things back where you found them. Clean up your own mess. Don’t take things that aren’t yours. Say you’re sorry when you hurt somebody. Wash your hands before you eat. Flush. Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you. Live a balanced life. Learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some.

下面是我在幼兒園學(xué)到的東西：分享一切。公平游戲。不要打人。物歸原位。清理自己凌亂的東西。不要拿不是自己的東西。當(dāng)你傷害別人的時(shí)候，說聲“對(duì)不起。”吃東西前要洗手。便后沖水。溫?zé)岬那骘灪蜎雠Ｄ逃幸娼】?。過一種平衡的生活。每天學(xué)一點(diǎn)，想一點(diǎn)，繪畫、唱歌、跳舞、玩耍、工作，都來一點(diǎn)。

Take a nap every afternoon. When you go out into the world, watch for traffic, hold hands and stick together. Be aware of wonder. Remember the little seed in the plastic cup. The roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows how or why, but we are all like that.

每天下午都午睡。當(dāng)你外出的時(shí)候，注意交通安全，手拉手，緊挨著。留心神奇的東西。記住塑料杯子里的小種子。根往下扎，植物往上長，沒有人知道怎么長的，為什么這樣長。但是我們都像這樣。

Goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even the little seed in the plastic cup - they all die. So do we.

金魚、倉鼠、小白鼠、塑料杯子里的小種子--它們都會(huì)死。我們也—樣。

And then remember the book about Dick and Jane and the first word you learned, the biggest word of all: Look. Everything you need to know is in there somewhere.

還要記住那本關(guān)于迪克和簡的書，還有你學(xué)的第一個(gè)詞，所有詞中 -最大的一個(gè)：尋找。你想知道的一切就在某個(gè)地方。