經(jīng)典英語(yǔ)散文賞析：To Risk 冒險(xiǎn)

　　To weep is to risk appearing sentimental.

　　To reach out for another is to risk involvement.

　　To expose feelings is to risk rejection.

　　To place your dreams before the crowd is to risk ridicule.

　　To love is to risk not being loved in return.

　　To go forward in the face of overwhelming odds is to risk failure.

　　But risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.

　　The person who risks nothing does nothing, has nothing, is nothing.

　　He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he cannot learn, feel, change, grow or love.

　　Chained by his certitudes, he is a slave.

　　He has forfeited his freedom.

　　Only a person who takes risks is free.

　　想大笑，可卻要冒會(huì)讓自己顯得很傻的風(fēng)險(xiǎn);

　　想哭泣，可卻要冒會(huì)讓人感覺(jué)自己很傷感的風(fēng)險(xiǎn);

　　想接近其他事，可卻要冒會(huì)讓自己受牽連的風(fēng)險(xiǎn);

　　想吐露心聲，可卻要冒會(huì)遭人排斥的風(fēng)險(xiǎn);

　　想向大家說(shuō)出自己的夢(mèng)想，可卻要冒會(huì)遭人奚落的風(fēng)險(xiǎn);

　　想愛(ài)一個(gè)人，可卻要冒別人會(huì)不愛(ài)自己的風(fēng)險(xiǎn);

　　想面對(duì)機(jī)會(huì)勇往直前，可卻要冒會(huì)遭受失敗的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。

　　但是，冒險(xiǎn)是一定要冒的，因?yàn)樯钪凶畲蟮奈ｋU(xiǎn)的事是不冒任何風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。

　　不冒任何風(fēng)險(xiǎn)的人將一事無(wú)成，一無(wú)所有，一無(wú)是處。

　　他可以把苦難和辛酸規(guī)避掉，但是他不能從中學(xué)習(xí)、感受、改變、成長(zhǎng)和愛(ài)。

　　被萬(wàn)事確定無(wú)疑才去干的心態(tài)束縛著，他就是個(gè)奴隸，

　　他喪失了自己的自由。

　　只有敢去冒險(xiǎn)的人才是自由的。