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Ayoungwomanwenttohermotherandtoldheraboutherlifeandhowthingsweresohardforher.Shedidnotknowhowshewasgoingtomakeitandwantedtogiveup.Shewastiredoffightingandstruggling.
一个年轻的女人找到她的母亲,对她诉说了自己生活的境况是多么艰难,不知道怎样做才能成功,她也厌倦了抗争和奋斗,萌生了放弃的念头。
Itseemedthat,asoneproblemwassolved,anewonearose.Hermothertookhertothekitchen.Shefilledthreepotswithwaterandplacedeachonahighfire.Soonthepotscametoaboil.
当她刚解决了一个问题,似乎又出现了另一个新的问题。她妈妈把她带去厨房,把三个罐子装满了水,然后把它们都放在很旺的炉火上,水很快就沸腾了。
Inthefirst,sheplacedcarrots,inthesecondsheplacedeggsandinthelastsheplacedgroundcoffeebeans.Sheletthemsitandboilwithoutsayingaword.Inabouttwentyminutes,sheturnedofftheburners.
起初妈妈把胡萝卜放了进去,接着是鸡蛋,最后一个是磨碎的咖啡豆。她就把它们放在锅里煮,一句话也没说。大约二十分钟后,她关掉了燃气。
Shefishedthecarrotsoutandplacedtheminabowl.Shepulledtheeggsoutandplacedtheminabowl.Thensheladledthecoffeeoutandplaceditinabowl.Turningtoherdaughter,sheasked,Tellme,whatdoyousee?
她把胡萝卜、鸡蛋、咖啡捞出来放进不同的碗里,转向女儿问道:“告诉我,你看到了什么?”
Carrots,eggs,andcoffee,theyoungwomanreplied.Themotherbroughthercloserandaskedhertofeelthecarrots.Shedidandnotedthattheyweresoft.Shethenaskedhertotakeaneggandbreakit.
“胡萝卜,鸡蛋和咖啡,”年轻的女人回答。母亲把她拉得更近,让她摸一摸胡萝卜。她注意到它们变软了,然后母亲让她拿一个鸡蛋剥开。
Afterpullingofftheshell,sheobservedthehard-boiledegg.Finally,sheaskedhertosipthecoffee.Thedaughtersmiledasshetasteditsricharoma.Thedaughterthenasked,Whatdoesitmean,mother?
摘下蛋壳后,她观察到了煮熟的鸡蛋。最后,母亲让她喝了咖啡。女儿一边品尝着浓郁的香气,一边微笑着问:“妈妈,这是什么意思?”
Hermotherexplainedthateachoftheseobjectshadfacedthesameadversity-boilingwater-buteachreacteddifferently.Thecarrotwentinstrong,hardandunrelenting.However,afterbeingsubjectedtotheboilingwater,itsoftenedandbecameweak.
母亲解释说,这些东西都面临着同样的逆境:沸水,但每个物体的反应都不一样。胡萝卜原本长得很硬,但是,在受到沸水的作用后,它变软了,变弱了。
Theegghadbeenfragile.Itsthinoutershellhadprotecteditsliquidinterior.But,aftersittingthroughtheboilingwater,itsinsidebecamehardened!Thegroundcoffeebeanswereunique,however.
鸡蛋虽然很脆弱,它的薄外壳保护了它内部的液体。但是,在经过沸水后,它的内部变硬了!然而,磨碎的咖啡豆却是独一无二的。
Aftertheywereintheboilingwater,theyhadchangedthewater.Whichareyou?themotheraskedherdaughter.Whenadversityknocksonyourdoor,howdoyourespond?Areyouacarrot,anegg,oracoffeebean?
在开水里边后,它竟然改变了水。“那么你呢?”母亲问女儿。“当逆境来临时,你会如何反应?你是胡萝卜、鸡蛋还是咖啡豆?”
Thinkofthis.WhichamI?AmIthecarrotthatseemsstrongbut,withpainandadversity,doIwiltandbe