22-Courage 勇气
时间：2019-01-02 作者：英语课 分类：幸福是一种态度
Courage 勇气
A father was really worried about his son, who was sixteen years old but had no courage at all. So the father decided 1 to call on a Buddhist1 monk2 to train his child.
The Buddhist 2 monk 3 said to the boy’s father, “You should leave your son alone here. I’ll make him into a real man within three months. However, you can’t come to see him during this period.”
Three months later, the boy’s father returned. The Buddhist monk arranged a boxing match between the child and an experienced boxer 4. Each time the fighter struck the boy, he fell down, but at once the boy stood up; and each time a punch knocked him down again, then the boy stood up again. Several times later, the Buddhist monk asked, “What do you think of your child?”
“What a shame!” the boy’s father said, “I never thought he would be so easily knocked down. I needn’t have him left here any longer.”
“I’m sorry that that’s all you see. Don’t you see that each time he falls down, he stands up again instead of crying? That’s the kind of courage you wanted him to have.”
If each time you are knocked down you have the courage to stand up again, then you can be proud of yourself.
注释:
1. Buddhist adj. 佛教的 n. 佛教徒
2. monk n. 僧侣
3. punch n. （一）拳
- This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
- There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
- The old lady fell down in adoration before Buddhist images.那老太太在佛像面前顶礼膜拜。
- In the eye of the Buddhist,every worldly affair is vain.在佛教徒的眼里，人世上一切事情都是空的。
- The man was a monk from Emei Mountain.那人是峨眉山下来的和尚。
- Buddhist monk sat with folded palms.和尚合掌打坐。