1、雙語閱讀3 / 4如向日葵般高高站立Sta nd Tall Like The Su nflowerI find it humorous sometimes that even the most mundane occurrences can have an imp act on our awareness.有時候我覺得很有意思，甚至連最平凡的事情都能夠對我們的認識產 生影響。My wife, daughter, and I moved into our home nine years ago and we spent a lot of time and energy in the yard t

2、o get it looking like it does today. We live on a corner, higher than street level, and the entire side of the yard is encased by a pro fessionally built rock wall. The front of the house though is another story because instead of a wall along the sidewalk, the rocks app ear to be just thrown up ont

3、o the dirt as if someone were in a hurry to finish.九年前，我的妻子、女兒和我搬進了現在的家，我們花了大量的時間 和和精力整修我們的院子，讓它看起來像今天這個樣子。我們住在 個拐角處，比街道的水 平面要高。院子的外側圍著一面砌得很講究的石墻。盡管房子的前邊是另一碼事一一因為沿人行道修建的不是一面墻，而是在泥地上草草壘起來的石頭堆，好像是什么人匆忙趕工完成的。We did the best we could with what we had to work with and called this areaour rock garden'

4、 . Whenever we had leftover flowers or pl ants, Denise orI would stick them out front, just to bring some color to the area.1 / 4我們竭盡所能來做我們必須做的工作，并把這個地方叫做我們的“巖 石花園”。每當我們在這里種上花或其他植物，丹尼斯或者我就會讓 它們伸到墻外，只是為了給這個地方增添一些色彩。I still do all of my own yard work, even the dreaded weed-pulling. After pu tting on m

5、y knee p ads I assume the po sition to clear the yard of weeds, even in the rock garden.我還在做自己的庭院勞作，包括讓人生畏的拔雜草工作。我帶上護膝 后，我便著手清理庭院雜草，即使是在巖石花園里。Last summer I had reached the end of the rock garden and found a tiny little pl ant that I could not immediately identify, I knew I didn ' t pl ant it and

6、Denise claimed that she didn ' t either. We decided to let it continue growing until we could figure out what it was.去年夏天，我走到巖石花園的一端，發現一株我不能立刻認出來的小 植物。我知道我沒有在那里種植它。丹尼斯說她也沒有種過。我們決 定讓它繼續生長，直到我們能搞清楚，它到底是什么植物。Weeks p assed and as I made my way back to the mystery pl ant, it app eared to be a Sunflow

7、er. It was spi ndly looking with a tall skinny stalk and only one head on it. I decided to baby it along and weed around it. As I p ulled rocks from the area to get to the weeds, I noticed something unusual. TheSunflower had not started where I saw the stalk begin. It actually had begun under a big

8、rock and grown under and around it to reach the sun.幾周過去了，我回到那株神秘植物跟前，它好像是一棵向日葵。它還 很纖細，長著細高的莖桿，上面只有一個頭。我決定好好照看它，除去它周圍的雜草。當我 把這個地方的石頭挪開以便除草時，我發現有些異常情況。向日葵并不是從我發現莖桿的地方開始生長的。實際上，它從一塊大石頭下面開始發芽、生長，然后繞過石頭，以獲取陽光。That' s when I realized that if a tiny little Sunflower didn ' t let a big rock stand i

9、n its way of devel opi ng, we too have the cap ability of doing the same thing. Once our environment begins to see that we believe in ourselves like that little Sunflower, we can attain the same nourishment and nurturing as well.那時我認識到，如果一棵小小的向日葵都沒有讓一塊大石頭擋住它成 長的路，那么我們同樣有能力做同樣的事情。一旦我們的環境開始看 到，我們像那棵小小

10、的向日葵一樣相信自己，我們就能夠得到同樣的 養分并且成長起來。First, we need to believe in ourselves knowing we have the cap abilities in achieving our desires. Like the Sunflower, it knew it had the cap ability to overcome its obstacle because it trusted in the Universal Truth and had faith it would succeed.首先，我們需要相信自己，認識到我們有能力達到我們的愿望。就像向日葵那樣， 它知道它有能力去克服障礙，因為它相信普遍真理，并且相信它會成功。Stand tall like the Sunflower and be proud of who and what you are and the environment will begin