短文一：Find Yourself 找寻自己
Who are we? That is the first question. It’s a question that’s almost impossible to answer.
我们到底是谁?这是我们要解答的第一个问题，是一个几乎回答不了的问题
But we all agree that one’s busy or daily self is not quite one’s real self. We’re quite sure that we’ve lost something in the course of just making our living.。
但是我们都同意这一点，那个每天在日常生活中奔忙的自己，并不是我们真实的自己。我们都很清楚，我们在为生计奔波的过程中失去了某些东西。
A crowd is watching a person running about looking for something in a field, and a wise man asks, “What has that person lost?” Someone may guess a watch, another a diamond ring. When everyone has guessed, the wise man who like everyone else there has no idea, says, “I’ll tell you one thing for sure. He’s lost some breath.”
当一群人看着一个人在田野中奔跑着寻找某个东西时，智者向他们出了一个谜题：“那个人到底丢失了什么?”有个人认为是一块手表，另一个人认为是一枚钻石戒指。其他人也有不同的答案，智者也不知道那个人丢失了什么，但他却说：“我可以明确地告诉你们一件事，他丢失了一些生命力。”
And no one can deny that he’s right. The point is that we often forget our true selves in pursuit of things that are external to us, like a bird forgetting its own danger in pursuit of a mantis, which in turn forgets its own danger in pursuit of some other prey.
没有人认为智者所言是错的。其实我们经常在为生计奔波时忘记了我们自己，就像一只鸟在捕捉螳螂时忘记了自己的安危，相应地，螳螂在捕捉它的猎物时也忘记了自己的安危。
短文二： Friendship 友谊
A life without a friend is a life without a sun. Friendship is one of the most important things in everyone's life.
人生没有朋友，犹如生活没有了太阳。友谊是每个人生活中最重要的东西。
Friends are who changes your life just by being a part of it, who makes you believe that there really is good in the world, who convinces you that there really is an unlock door just waiting for you to open it.
朋友可以改变你的生活的一部分，他会让你相信世界是美好的，他会让你确信，真的有一个打开的门，在等待着你去开启。
When you’re down, friends lift you up. When you lose your way, friends guide you and cheer you on.
当你失意时，朋友会让你振作起来。当你迷失方向时，朋友会引导你，鼓励你。
So cherish your friend, Do not save your loving speeches.for your friends till they are dead.Do not write them on their tombstones, speak them rather now instead
所以珍惜你的朋友，不要吝惜你的赞美之词。直到你的朋友死了。不写在他们的墓碑，而是现在说出来。
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