Peace 寧 靜 的 真 諦

by anonymous 翻譯：未幾

怎樣才算真正的寧靜？真正的寧靜意味著在嘈雜、混亂和勞作之中，內心依然一片平靜。靜，由心生。

There once was a King and he wanted to find out who could paint the best picture of peace. And he would offer a prize to the artist. Many artists tried. The King looked at all the pictures, but there were only two he really liked and he had to choose between them.

One picture was of a1)calmlake. The lake was a perfect mirror for peaceful mountains all around it.2)Overheadwas a blue sky with white soft clouds. Everyone thought that it was a perfect picture of peace.

The other picture had mountains too. But these were3)ruggedand4)bare. Above was an angry sky. And it was raining and5)lightening. Down the side of the mountain,a waterfall felt quickly. This did not look peaceful at all.

But when the King looked carefully, he saw behind the waterfall a6)bush growing in a7)crackin the rock. In the bush a mother bird had built her8)nest.There, she sat on her nest... in perfect peace.

Which picture do you think won the prize?

The King chose the second picture. “Because,” said the King,“peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise,trouble, or hard work. Peace means to be in the middle of all those things and still be calm in your heart. That is the real meaning of peace.”

參考譯文

從前有位國王，他想找出哪位藝術家能畫出一幅最能表現寧靜的真諦的圖畫。他將為畫得最好的藝術家提供獎賞。很多藝術家都嘗試了。國王閱覽了所有的畫作，但只有兩幅合他心意，而他必須二選一。

一幅畫畫的是一個平靜的湖。湖如同一面完美的鏡子，倒映出周圍靜謐的群山，上空是一片藍天，漂浮著松軟的白云。人人都認為這是一幅表現寧靜的完美之作。

另一幅畫也有群山，但卻崎嶇荒涼。上方是狂怒的天空，雷雨交加，山一側的下方，一道瀑布飛瀉而下，看上去一點兒也不寧靜。

但仔細一看，國王看到瀑布后面有一叢矮樹長在巖石的裂縫之中，一只鳥媽媽在樹叢里筑了巢，她就那樣坐在自己的巢里……表現出完美的寧靜。

你認為哪幅畫會贏得獎賞呢？

國王選擇了第二幅畫。“因為，”國王說，“寧靜并非指身處一個沒有噪聲、沒有混亂或者辛苦的勞作的地方。寧靜意味著即便在噪聲、混亂和勞作之中，內心依然一片平靜。這才是寧靜的真諦。”

詞組加油站

★ all around 在……周圍

★ in the middle of 在……的中間

1) calm [kɑ?m] adj.（天氣、海洋等）靜的，平靜的

2) overhead ['??v?hed] adv. 在頭頂上，在空中

3) rugged ['r?ɡId] adj. 崎嶇的，粗糙的

4) bare [be?] adj. 無遮蔽的，空的

5) lighten ['laItn] v. 閃電，閃現

6) bush [b??] n. 矮樹叢

7) crack [kr?k] n. 裂縫

8) nest [nest] n. 巢，窩

名師考點小結

win是動詞，意為“贏得，打敗，戰勝”，后接war、match、game以及表示名次、獎品（金）等的名詞作賓語。例如：

He won a prize yesterday. 他昨天得了獎。

Their team has won the game. 他們隊贏了這場比賽。

辨析：win與beat

兩者都有“贏”的意思，但用法不同。

①win多指贏得某個比賽、項目或贏得戰爭，意為“贏；勝；獲勝”，后面不接比賽的對象。

Wang Mei won the race. 王梅賽跑贏了。

It’s very hard for us to win the basketball match.

對我們而言贏得這場籃球比賽很困難。

②beat后面須跟比賽的對手或對象，意為“贏；打敗；擊敗”。過去式、過去分詞分別為 beat、beaten。I think you can beat the team from No.1 Middle School.

我認為你們可以擊敗第一中學隊。