在逆境中竟爭

Competing in Adversity

As everyone knows， poplars grow in arid or half-arid areas which are not suitable for plants to live. But who knows competitions still exist among them? It found that in spring every sapling in a poplar nursery grows so well that the whole nursery becomes very flourishing. But， when autumn comes， you will find that the heilght of the saplings differs greatly. The saplings in the middle of the forest are taller than those around， and the ones in the north are taller than those in the south. It is explained that all the plants have the phototaxis. It especially obvious for the poplars. Because of the different positions and conditions，some saplings are tall， while some are short.

ow can you see the rainbow if there not a storm--?To little poplar trees， the chance to catch enough sunshine is little because they grow among or under other trees. So they have to compete each other violently to grow as tall as possible in order to get more sunshine. As a result， some little trees become winners in the adverse circumstances and grow better while others die. Plants are like this， so are human beings. In modern society， especially in this highly-developed global village， every individual is independent as well as connected with each other. As our development is similar to the competition of poplars for sunshine， we will face many difficulties as the society develops and the environment changes. This may influence our future and destiny to some extent， but if we keep struggling and never shrik back， we will have the chance of a fair competition， the preparation of a decisive battle and the hope of success. There are numerous examples throughout the history. In ancient times， wasn it in the adverse circumstances that Xie An bobbed up like a cork and Cao Cao consoled himself consoled himself with the imagination of plums to built up his career? In modern history， during the eight-years-long anti anti-Japanese-in-vasion-war， Chinese people won one and another victories barely with millet and riffles in face of enemy powerful planes and cannons. It was definitely the spirit of never shrinking back that created those miracles and a new China with rapid changes. In addition Edison， a American scientist， finally brought us brightness in dark after hundreds of thousands of failures which he always treated with a smile. There are too many similar examples， but how many people can truly understand what they mean?

Nowadays， the society becomes much more complicated and diversified than ever. For example， the application of industrial intelligence， the reform of state- run enterprises， the reduction of public organizations， the financial crisis and so on. All this results in serious unemployment. A large number of people lost their jobs which they depend on for survival. Some of them didn lose heart， instead they try hard to develop their employment project and successfully build up a whole new world of their own ，even though they are quite annoyed and indignant. On the contrary， some of them do nothing to change they bad situation but curse or complain or stay in low spirits under the pressure of the society transition. Undoubtedly， they would be losers in this society for lack of a indomitable and unremitting spirit. Only the winners of competition are able to survive， so we must remind ourselves all the time that we must be the winner of all competitions at any cost.

There is no absolutely perfect thing in the world. Even God is interested in playing tricks on us every now and then. If we want to make outstanding achievements or accom-plishments， we must go through all the hard ships. Challenge all the difficulties and defeat all the enemies. Don you know that cactus narrows its leaves in order to adapt to the harsh environment of desert， and that poplar strives to overpass other trees for more sunshine? In order to survive， let challenge the adversity!

在逆境中竟爭

眾所周知，楊樹常生長于干旱或半干旱、風沙走石的逆境中，但誰會知道在它們中間也存在著競爭呢？有人發現，一個楊樹苗圃在春天到來時，小樹苗株株新綠，棵棵挺拔，小小的楊樹林充溢著青春的活力，然而當秋天來等量齊觀時，你再瞧瞧已長成小樹的苗圃，便會發現苗圃中的楊樹高矮不一。樹林的整體走向是四周低，中間高，北邊高，南邊低，有人解釋說：這是因為植物都有趨光性，楊樹尤其明顯，由于位置不同、條件不同，自然小樹有高，有矮。

“不經歷風雨，怎能見彩虹……”，沒有了競爭怎能見到這美麗的太陽，身處樹林中間和北邊的楊樹由于四周同胞的的圍堵，自然接受陽光普照的機會就少，因此它們為了生存不得不沖出重圍，努力去獲取同樣多的陽光，這才使得一些小樹在逆境中脫胎換骨脫穎而出。由彼及此，植物尚且如此，我們更應如此。在當代世界朝著發展為一體化大潮中，我們每一個人既是孤單的也是相互聯系的，我們的發展如同楊樹間的競爭，隨時面臨著來自方方面面的挑戰。我們也隨著社會的發展和外界因素的不斷變化，遇到許許多多的困難，這在一定程度的影響了我們的前途和命運，但是我們只要擁有在困難的包圍下決不退縮的精神，我們就有了公平競爭的機會，就有了決戰的準備，也就有了勝利的希望。

看歷史長河中，“東山再起”的謝安，“望梅止渴”的曹操，他們不都是在逆境中建功立業和求得生存發展的嗎？走近近代歷史，八年抗戰中，中國軍民面對敵人的飛機大炮，用的是小米加步槍創造了歷史的一個又一個奇跡，這奇跡就是因為有決不退縮的精神得以實現，才造就了今天日新月異的新中國。再如愛迪生在面對一千二百次的失敗時總是微微一笑，才讓今天的人類看到了光明。此類在困難中決不退縮的例子太多太多了，但又有幾人能解其中味呢？

如今，社會變化得更加復雜多樣化了，如工業智能的運用、國企改革、精簡機構、財政危機……這一切都讓不少人失去了自己以前賴以生存的工作，他們中有的人雖然憤怒懊惱，但并沒有心灰意冷，而是毅然地發展自己的再就業工程并開創了自己的一分自由天地，獲得了再生的勇氣。而另一些人則在社會轉型的壓力下一蹶不振，整天狼子野心怨天尤人。這些人就是缺少決不退縮的精神，他們終究是要被社會所淘汰的。物競天擇，因此我們必須時刻記著要把自己打造成競爭的強者。

天公不作美，上天不時地會捉弄我們，要想有質的飛越就必須“勞其筋苦，餓其體膚。”仙人球為在沙漠中生存將自己的葉子變細來適應環境，楊樹為了得到更多的光照，從眾生中脫穎而出，為了生存，讓我們向逆境宣戰吧！