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　　优秀的英语散文:不是所有的争吵都是坏事

　　In July 1915, Henry and his eight-year-old daughter, Pearl, were excited for the company outing the next day.

　　1915年的7月，亨利和他八岁的女儿因次日公司安排的出游激动不已。

　　That evening, Henry had a violent argument with his landlord, ending with the landlord spitting on a painting of the Virgin Mary.

　　当晚，亨利与房东发生激烈争吵，以房东朝着圣母玛利亚的画像吐口水收尾。

　　Henry was so upset, he fell ill and canceled their trip.

　　亨利很难过，因此病了，也取消了次日的出行。

　　He and Pearl missed the cruise on the SS Eastland, which sank with over 800 people on board—but not my future grandfather and mother.

　　尽管他和女儿想乘坐SS Eastland游轮出行。(然而没想到)那艘客轮倾覆，800多人罹难，还好其中不包括之后出生的祖父和母亲。

　　Thanks to that miracle argument 100 years ago, 22 descendants are alive today.

　　感谢100年前仿佛有预知般的神奇争吵，22名子孙得以存活至今。

　　优秀的英语散文:刺猬与狐狸的哲理

　　There are two types of people in this world. The first type is like foxes. The other type is like hedgehogs.

　　这个世界上有两种人，一种是刺猬，另一种是狐狸。

　　A fox knows many trivial things. And they can do a lot of stuff.

　　狐狸知道很多小事，也会很多东西。

　　They are not among the top experts of any fields. But they know some things in almost every field.

　　他们虽然在所有的领域都不是最顶尖的专家，但他们对很多领域都略通一二。

　　They understand how complicated the world is and they integrate themselves with this complicated system deeply.

　　他们理解世界的复杂性，并且将自己与这个复杂的系统深度结合。

　　They often jump from one field into another and bring there some sparks of innovation.

　　他们经常在各个领域之间跳来跳去，往往会带来创新的火花。

　　On the other hand, a hedgehog knows only one important thing.

　　而刺猬，只知道一件大事。

　　They tend to induct every complicated thing they encounter into the only system that they understand.

　　他们愿意把任何复杂的东西都往自己知道的这件大事上归纳。

　　Because of this, they are usually only involved in a limited number of fields. But they usually know these fields very well.

　　也正因为如此，他们所涉及的领域往往很单一，但却能在这个领域钻研到深处。

　　This is just like the hedgehogs in the nature. No matter what situation they come to meet, the only solution they choose will be curling up into a ball.

　　这就像自然界中的刺猬一样，遇到一切情况时，它都只有一个解决方案：蜷缩成球。

　　This is not a clever choice but it really works in front of most dangers.

　　这个方法很笨，但在面对绝大多数危险的时候真的很管用。

　　So, which one are you?

　　你是哪一种呢?

　　Are you a fox? Or are you a hedgehog?

　　你是狐狸?还是刺猬?

　　优秀的英语散文:总有一些回忆，你无法舍弃

　　I cleaned out Dad’s closet yesterday.

　　我昨天清理了爸爸的衣橱。

　　There were two things I couldn’t box up: his work shirts and his two pairs of Red Wing boots.

　　有两样东西我没有办法打包：他的工作T-恤和两双红翼牌的靴子。

　　He couldn’t remember birthdays or anniversaries, but he remembered the date on which he’d bought his first pair.

　　他不记得第一双靴子是在生日还是纪念日的时候买的，但是却记得买鞋的具体日期。

　　I remember it too—April 16, the day after Tax Day.

　　我也记得是4月16日，缴税日的后一天。

　　What does a child do with her dad’s favorite boots?

　　一个孩子要怎么处理爸爸最喜欢的靴子呢?

　　I think I will make a planter out of them or use them to store something valuable.

　　我想用它们做一个培植器皿或者藏些值钱的玩意。

　　You can’t throw away a man’s favorite boots.

　　你不能把一个男人最喜欢的靴子扔了。

　　You’ve got to keep them and pass them down.

　　你要留着它们然后传下去。