蕴含哲理的英语作文汇编20篇

In the Song Dynasty (宋朝) there was a joker called Sun Shan (孙山).

宋朝有一个很幽默的人，他叫孙山。

One year he went to take the imperial examination, and came bottom of the list of successfulcandidates.

有一年他去参加考试，公布名单时他是最后一名。

Back in his hometown, one of his neighbor asked him whether the neighbors son had also passed.

回到家，他的邻居向他打听自己的儿子考得怎么样。

Sun Shan said, with a smile:"Sun Shan was the last on the list. Your son came after Sun Shan."

孙山笑着对邻居说：“孙山考了最后一名，你儿子的名字还在孙山的后面呢。”

The people used this idiom to indicate failing in an examination or competition.

人们用“名落孙山”来比喻考试没有考上或者选拔没有被录取。

1、有人问农夫：“种麦子了吗?”农夫：“没，我担心天不下雨。”那人又问：“那你种棉花没?”农夫：“没，我担心虫子吃了棉花。”那人再问：“那你种了什么?”农夫：“什么也没种，我要确保安全。”

2、如果不小心丢掉100块钱，好像丢在某个地方，你会花200块钱的车费去把那100块找回来吗?一个愚蠢的问题，可类似事情却在人生中不断发生：被人骂了一句话，却花了无数时间难过;为一件事情发火，不惜损人不利已，不惜血本，只为报复;失去一个人的感情，明知一切已无法挽回，却还伤心好久……

3、禅师问：你觉得是一粒金子好，还是一堆烂泥好呢?求道者答，当然是金子啊!禅师笑曰，假如你是一颗种子呢?其实，换个心境，或许你会得到解脱!

4、三人出门，一带伞，一带拐杖，一空手。回来时，拿伞的湿透了，拿拐杖的跌伤了，第三个好好的。原来，雨来时有伞的大胆地走，却被淋湿了;走泥路时，拄拐杖的莽撞地走，时常跌倒;什么都没有的，大雨来时躲着走，路不好时小心走，反倒无事。很多时候，我们不是败在缺陷上，而是败在优势里。

5、张三一直喜欢喝20块钱的茶叶。新开茶店里每次张三去买茶叶，老板都送他半两好茶。张三将好茶攒着待客。一天闲来无事泡壶好茶，竟喝上瘾。喝完免费的好茶，张三便不愿喝20块的了。不管他买多贵的茶叶，老板总送他半两更好的。半年下来，张三花在茶叶上的钱是原来的十倍!

6、某人买了一坛好酒，放在小院，第二天，酒少了1/5，便在酒桶上贴了不许偷酒四个字。第三天酒又少了2/5，又贴了偷酒者重罚。第四天，酒还是被偷，于是贴尿桶二字，看谁还喝。第五天他哭了。桶满了……故事还没完，第六天，他再次在酒桶上贴了不许偷酒四字。那一天很多人都哭了。

7、一禅师见一蝎子掉到水里，决心救它。谁知一碰，蝎子蛰了他手指。禅师无惧，再次出手，岂知又被蝎子狠狠蛰了一次。旁有一人说：它老蜇人，何必救它?禅师答：蜇人是蝎子的天性，而善是我的天性，我岂能因为它的天性，而放弃了我的天性。

The so-called Eight Immortals refers to the eight immortal, they are: torrent, Han Chung, Lan Tsai, Chang, old, Xiangu, Han Xiang, obviously drunk and Lu Tung-pin.

One day, the Queen Mother of the West Eight Immortals birthday celebration back from the clouds over the East China Sea through, I saw choppy sea, Bailangtaotian, it is truly spectacular. Thus, the Eight Immortals decided to go to the sea and play.

Lu Tung-pin, said: "Everyone threw their treasures on the sea, it is crossed by the sea, comparison and who is more supernatural powers, how?"

Tieguaili first welcomed the recommendation, high-spirited mood he said: "Well you look at me!!" Put the crutches toward the sea, crutches like a boat floating in the water, a torrent somersault, turned upright on crutches.

Han Chung then put his palm-leaf fan thrown into the sea, standing on the top jump.

Subsequently, several other fairy also recount, Chang, old riding a donkey down, marching Lu Tung-pin male and female sword, Xiao Han Xiangzi sitting, riding Xiangu flowers, blue and standing on the green light, obviously drunk stepping jade, are floating up in the sea.

Eight Immortals secure in the surging waves along the drift, which clouds feel different, do not have a new stimulus and atmosphere, we really played with pleasure.

In this case, obviously drunk suddenly points to the right hand, and shouted:

"We see ah! There seat mirage!"

We turned around and saw a gradually rising mountains from the sea, the mountains there are trees, there are buildings, while on the up in the air, the clouds slowly into the horizon, a flash, a cloud that has been scattered by the wind a.

Han Xiang said: "We do not really treat shallow sea dragon mirage gas is booed out of gas, a rare century ah!!"

Suddenly, the blue and disappeared from them. We wait and see far and near, while calling to find, but I could not see blue and traces of old Chang guess, he said:

"East China Sea Dragon King might be trouble, he did not welcome us his prowess at sea, the blue and caught underwater to go, we go together to the underwater dignitaries go!"

We came to the Dragon Palace, Dragon King politely request release. Dragon unreasonable, not only refused, but also sent his sons to lead the minor players to kill the Eight Immortals. Eight Immortals had to use magic to carry a weapon, resisting many small, after a fierce battle, two were the Eight Immortals Dragon Prince killed.

A dragon, his two sons were killed the Eight Immortals, really extreme grief, please South China Sea, West Sea, North Sea Dragon King to help. Dragon King ton of bricks, the Eight Immortals also riled. Torrent wine gourd sea water absorbance, and the remaining few will be immortal Tarzan moved over to fling the East China Sea, the East China Sea became an immediate high.

The two sides played incredibly hard, sun and the moon light, the Lao, and Avalokiteshvara Buddha also alarmed, they all came to mediation. The results of mediation is, by the blue and the East China Sea Dragon King sent two Jade, as compensation for killing two Prince Tarzan moved back by Kannon responsible place.

Because of a dispute, the Eight Immortals Jade Emperor was downgraded first-class. Since then, the Eight Immortals no longer afraid to stir up trouble to the outside.

所谓八仙是指八位仙人，他们分别是：铁拐李、汉钟离、蓝采和、张果老、何仙姑、韩湘子、曹国舅和吕洞宾。

有一天，八仙向西王母拜寿回来，腾云驾雾从东海上空经过，只见海上波涛汹涌，白浪滔天，煞是壮观。于是，八仙决定到海面上玩一玩。

吕洞宾说：“大家把自己的宝物扔到海面上，借着它渡过大海，比一比谁更有神通，怎么样？”

铁拐李首先对这一建议表示欢迎，他兴致昂扬地说：“好啊！大家先看我的！”便把拐杖投向海中，拐杖像一条小船漂浮在水面，铁拐李一个筋斗，翻立在拐杖上。

接着汉钟离把他的芭蕉扇丢到海上，跳下去站在上面。

接着，其他几位仙人也各显神通，张果老倒骑着毛驴，吕洞宾踏着雌雄宝剑，韩湘子坐着萧，何仙姑乘着花篮，蓝采和站在拍板上，曹国舅踩着玉版，都在海面上漂浮了起来。

八仙安稳地顺着汹涌的波浪漂去，这与腾云驾雾感觉大不相同，别有一番新的刺激和情调，大家玩得好不快意。

这时，曹国舅突然用手指向右边，并高声喊道：

“大家看啊！那里有座海市蜃楼！”

大家转头一看，只见一座仙山渐渐地从海里升起，山上有树木，有楼房，一会儿就升到半空中，慢慢地变成天边的浮云，一转眼，那浮云又被风吹散了。

韩湘子说：“我们真是眼福不浅！蜃气是海里蛟龙嘘出来的气体 ，百年难得一见啊！”

突然 ，蓝采和从他们当中消失了。大家远近观望，一边找一边喊，可就是不见蓝采和的踪迹，张果老猜说：

“可能是东海龙王作怪，他不欢迎我们在他的海上大显神通，把蓝采和抓到龙宫去了，走 我们一起到龙宫要人去！”

大家来到龙宫，婉言请求龙王放人。龙王蛮不讲理，不但不肯，还派自己的几个儿子带领虾兵蟹将追杀八仙。八仙只得用随身的法宝当武器，抵抗虾兵蟹将，经过一场激烈的战斗之后，龙王的两个太子被八仙杀死了。

龙王一听，自己的两个儿子被八仙杀了，真是悲愤至极，商请南海、西海、北海龙王来帮忙。龙王的不依不饶，把八仙也给惹火了。铁拐李用酒葫芦把海水吸光，其余几位仙人将泰山搬了过来，往东海一扔，东海立刻变成了一座高 。

双方打得天昏地暗，日月无光，把太上老君、如来佛和观世音也惊动了，他们全都赶来调解。调解的结果是，由蓝采和送东海龙王两片玉版，作为杀两位太子的补偿泰山则由观世音负责搬回原处。

因为这一场纠纷，八仙被玉皇大帝降级一等。从此，八仙再也不敢到外面惹是生非了。

1 Be honest rather clever。

诚实比聪明更要紧。

2 Being on sea， sail; being on land， settle。

随遇而安。

3 Be just to all， but trust not all。

要公正对待所有的人，但不要轻信所有的人。

4 Believe not all that you see nor half what you hear。

眼见的不能全信，耳闻的也不能半信。

5 Be slow to promise and quick to perform。

不轻诺，诺必果。

6 Be swift to hear， slow to speak。

多听少说。

7 Better an empty purse than an empty head。

宁可钱袋瘪，不要脑袋空。

8 Better an open enemy than a false friend。

明枪易躲，暗箭难防。

9 Better good neighbours near than relations far away。

远亲不如近邻。

10 Between the cup and the lip a morsel may slip。

功亏一篑。

11 Between two stools one falls to the ground。

脚踏两头要落空。

12 Beware beginnings。

慎始为上。

13 Big mouthfuls ofter choke。

贪多嚼不烂。

14 Bind the sack before it be full。

做事应适可而止。

15 Birds of a feather flock together。

物以类聚，人以群分。

16 Birth is much， but breeding is more。

出身固然重要，教养更且重要。

17 Bite off more than one can chew。

贪多咽不下。

18 Bite the hand that feeds one。

恩将仇报。

19 Bitter pills may have wholesome effects。

良药苦口利于病。

20 Blind men can judge no colours。

不宜问道於盲。

21 Blood is thicker than water。

血浓于水。

22 Bread is the staff of life。

民以食为天。

23 Brevity is the soul of wit。

言以简洁为贵。

24 Bring up a raven and he‘ll pick out your eyes。

养虎贻患。

25 Burn not your house to rid it of the mouse。

投鼠忌器。

26 Burnt child dreads the fire。

一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。

27 Business before pleasure。

事业在先，享乐在後。

28 Business is business。

公事公办。

29 By doing we learn。

经一事，长一智。

30 By falling we learn to go safely。

吃一堑，长一智。

31 By other‘s faults， wise men correct their own。

他山之石，可以攻玉。

32 By reading we enrich the mind; by conversation we polish it。

读书可以使我门的思想充实，谈话使其更臻完美。 17 Bite off more than one can chew。

贪多咽不下。

18 Bite the hand that feeds one。

恩将仇报。

19 Bitter pills may have wholesome effects。

良药苦口利于病。

20 Blind men can judge no colours。

不宜问道於盲。

21 Blood is thicker than water。

血浓于水。

22 Bread is the staff of life。

民以食为天。

23 Brevity is the soul of wit。

言以简洁为贵。

24 Bring up a raven and he‘ll pick out your eyes。

养虎贻患。

25 Burn not your house to rid it of the mouse。

投鼠忌器。

26 Burnt child dreads the fire。

一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。

27 Business before pleasure。

事业在先，享乐在後。

28 Business is business。

公事公办。

29 By doing we learn。

经一事，长一智。

30 By falling we learn to go safely。

吃一堑，长一智。

31 By other‘s faults， wise men correct their own。

他山之石，可以攻玉。

32 By reading we enrich the mind; by conversation we polish it。

读书可以使我门的思想充实，谈话使其更臻完美

1、毅力：willpower/persistence

2、经得住挑战：withstand challenges

3、有进取心的：aggressive

4、精力充沛的：energetic

5、进取精神：striving spirit

6、心胸开阔：open-mindedness

7、增长见识：widen one’s knowledge

8、创新：innovation

9、自信心：self-confidence

10、雄心壮志：ambition

必备素材句：

1、我们应该具有积极的态度，并且表现自信。只有这样，我们才能克服我们面对的困难，过幸福的生活。

We should embrace positive attitudes and behave confidently.Only in this way can we crack down the difficulties confronting us successfully and lead a happy life.

2、我们应当始终把“没有付出就没有收获”当作工作学习的座右铭。只有那些努力工作，不畏困难的人才能到达成功的顶峰。

To begin with, “No pains, no gains”should always be our motto in our life and work.Only thosewho are hard-working and brave enough to encounter difficulties of all sortsare most likely to reach the summit of success.

3、学习生活中我们肯定会遇到一些挫折。但一定要勇于面对，三思而后行。成功是一个过程，需要一步步地去实现。谚语说的好“罗马不是一天建成的”。简言之，努力工作的精神和面对现实的态度是通往成功的关键。

In terms of our life, work and study,we will meetlots of trials.We must always face reality and have a second thought before we make our final decision.Success is also a process and needs to be realized step by step.As a proverb goes “Rome was not built within a day”.In short, hard-working spirit and a realistic attitude lead to success.

4、无论在何种环境下我们都应该保持乐观。在生命中，我们必然会经历和面对很多困难，为了实现目标，我们应该积极而不是消极地解决问题。

We should keepoptimisticno matter what kinds of circumstance we undergo. In the course of life, we are bound to experience and encounter a variety of difficulties. In order to achieve our goals,we should tackle the obstacles in a positive way rather than in a negative way.

5、年轻人只有经历更多的逆境，才能磨练出坚强的个性以及形成未来发展所需要的能力，也只有这样他们才能在这个竞争变化的世界最终取得成功。

Only byundergoing more adversitiescan young peopledevelop strong personality and ability needed in the future, andonly in this way can they eventually become winners in our competitive changing world.

6、在人生的道路上，我们不能仅仅满足于一两次的成功，而只有不断地追求，我们才能够取得进步和发展。

On the way of life, we shouldn’t focus merely onone or two success.Onlythrough persistent pursuitcan we be able tomake progress and development.

7、坚持是我们保持精神向上的不可或缺的驱动力，并且能够帮助我们完成自己的学习和工作。

Persistencefunctions as an indispensable driving force tokeep up our spirit and to assist us to fulfill our study and work.

8、事实上，只有那些努力的、勇敢的人才能克服各种困难，才更有可能摘得成功的桂冠。

In fact, only those whoare hard-working and brave enough to encounter obstacles of all sortsare most likely toreach the summit of success.

[考研英语作文词汇及素材【人生哲理类】

Whenever a painful situation arises in your life, try to embrace it instead of running away or trying to mask the hurt. When the sadness strikes, take a deep breath and lean into it. When we run away from sadness that’s unfolding in our lives, it gets stronger and more real. We take an emotion that’s fleeting and make it a solid event, instead of something that passes through us.

当生活中出现痛苦的事情时，别再逃跑或隐藏痛苦，试着拥抱它吧;当悲伤来袭时，试着深呼吸，然后直面它。如果我们一味逃避生活中的悲伤，悲伤只会变得更强烈更真实——悲伤原本只是稍纵即逝的情绪，我们却固执地耿耿于怀。

[描写哲理的英语作文

A RAVEN saw a Swan and desired to secure for himself the same beautiful plumage. Supposing that the Swans splendid white color arose from his washing in the water in which he swam, the Raven left the altars in the neighborhood where he picked up his living, and took up residence in the lakes and pools. But cleansing his feathers as often as he would, he could not change their color, while through want of food he perished.

Change of habit cannot alter Nature.

“师父，你在仰望什么?”小和尚问。“我在仰望星星。”老和尚说。

“星星离我们是那么遥远，你够不着它，也摘不下，看它又有何用呢?”“美丽的东西并不需要我们去够着它，去占有它，把美丽放在一个遥远的地方去仰望、去欣赏、去追求，不也是一件很有意义的事吗?”

“追求一个遥远的、虚幻的、不真实的美丽，又有什么实际意义呢?”“遥远并不意味着不存在，比如那遥远的星星，它的美丽和光芒，是真实的，也是存在的。”

“追求那遥远的美丽，只能意味着我们永远奔走在追求的途中，这种永远没有结果、永远抵达不了目标的追求，它的意义又在哪呢?”“它的意义就在于，让我们懂得，世上有一种美丽，值得我们一生去仰望、去追求。正因为遥远的天边有那美丽的星辰，才让我们内心永远保持一份憧憬和希望，才让我们一路沿着美丽的方向，一步步去接近圣洁，走向崇高。”

在动物园里的小骆驼问妈妈：“妈妈，妈妈，为什么我们的睫毛那么地长？”

骆驼妈妈说：“当风沙来的时候，长长的睫毛可以让我们在风暴中都能看得到方向。”

小骆驼又问：“妈妈妈妈，为什么我们的背那么驼，丑死了！”

骆驼妈妈说：“这个叫驼峰，可以帮我们储存大量的水和养分，让我们能在沙漠里耐受十几天的无水无食条件。”

小骆驼又问：“妈妈妈妈，为什么我们的脚掌那么厚？”

骆驼妈妈说：“那可以让我们重重的身子不至于陷在软软的沙子里，便于长途跋涉啊。”

小骆驼高兴坏了：“哗，原来我们这么有用啊！！可是妈妈，为什么我们还在动物园里，不去沙漠远足呢？”

天生我才必有用，可惜现在没人用。一个好的心态+一本成功的教材+一个无限的舞台=成功。每人的潜能是无限的，关键是要找到一个能充分发挥潜能的舞台。

WHERE THERE IS A WILL, THERE IS A WAY

The secret of success (The key to success) is not so much money as a strong will. A great man is one who has a strong will and an indomitable spirit. In other words, if a man does not have a strong will to win (get) the final victory, he will never succeed in his life. He is no more than a failure.

It is quite obvious that there is no difficult thing (nothing difficult) in the world. if you make up your mind to do it, you will certainly accomplish your end. That stands to reason.

A great and wise man once called one of his workmen to him saying, "Go into the far country and build for me a house. The decisions of planning and of actual construction will be yours, but remember, I shall come to accept your work for a very special friend of mine."

And so the workman departed with a light heart for his field of labor. Material of all kinds was plentiful here, but the workman had a mind of his own. "Surely," he thought, "I know my business. I can use a bit of inferior materials here and cheat on my workmanship a little there, and still make the finished work look good. Only I will know that what I have built has weaknesses."

And so, at last the work was completed and the workman reported back to the great and wise man. "Very good," he said. "Now remember that I wanted you to use only the finest materials and craftsmanship in this house because I wanted to make present of it——My friend, you are the one I had you build it for. It is all yours."

How much like man. He comes to earth a stranger. He has his free agency. He may build as he likes. But on the morning of his resurrection he will receive what he has built for an eternal home and habitation.

Last week, my friends asked me to spend the weekend in the house that near the lake. It is one of my friends’ house, where their families often spend the holiday together. Though the house was not big, the environment around was really beautiful. In the daytime, we walked around the lake and appreciated the beauty of nature. At night, we made some food and barbecued. It was such a happy time that we sung and danced. We talked about our future thoughts. Before we went to bed, we watched movies together and discussed the plot. This is the most wonderful moment for us. We share our happiness and have no annoyance.

上周，我一个朋友们邀请我去湖边的房子共度周末。这是我一个朋友的房子，他们家人经常在那里一起度假。虽然房子并不大，但是周围的环境很美。白天，我们在湖边附近走走，欣赏大自然的美。晚上，我们做了一些食物和烧烤。那真是快乐的时光，我们唱歌跳舞。我们谈论对未来的想法。在睡觉前，一起看电影，讨论情节。这是最美好的时光，我们分享我们的快乐，而且也没有烦恼。

雄鹰

A boy found an eagles egg and he put it in the nest of a prairie chicken. The eagle hatched and thought he was a chicken. He grew up doing what prairie chicken do-scratching at the dirt for food and flying short distances with a noisy fluttering of wings. It was a dreary life. Gradually the eagle grew older and bitter. One day he and his prairie chicken friend saw a beautiful bird soaring on the currents of air, high above the mountains.

"Oh, I wish I could fly like that!" said the eagle. The chicken replied, "Dont give it another thought. Thats the mighty eagle, the king of all birds-you could never be like him!" And the eagle didnt give it another thought. He went on cackling and complaining about life. He died thinking he was a prairie chicken. My friends, you too were born an eagle. The Creator intended you to be an eagle, so don’t listen to the prairie chickens!

一个小男孩发现了一只老鹰下的蛋，把它放进了一只山鸡的窝里。鹰被孵出来了，但他以为自己是一只山鸡。渐渐的他长大了，却做着山鸡所做的事---从泥土里寻找食物，做短距离的飞翔，翅膀还啪啪作响。生活非常沉闷，渐渐地鹰长大了，也越来越苦恼。有一天，他和他的山鸡朋友看见一只美丽的鸟在天空翱翔，飞的比山还高。

“哦，我要能飞的那么高该多好啊！”鹰说。山鸡回答说，“不要想了，那是凶猛无比的鹰，鸟中之王---你不可能像他一样！”于是鹰放弃了那个念头。他继续咯咯地叫，不停的抱怨生活。最后他死了，依然认为自己是一只山鸡。朋友们，你们天生就是雄鹰。造物主有意把你造就成一只雄鹰，所以不要听信山鸡的话！

“生活处处皆语文，生活处处皆科学。”下课了，而我的眼神却一直盯着黑板上写的标语看。老师说生活中有语文有科学，那我在生活中为什么没有发现呢？我的脑袋中久久思索着这个问题。

晚上一回到家，爸爸就说要给我一个“惊喜”。只见爸爸先端来一盆清水，又拿来一盒火柴和一瓶“万能胶”。他先从火柴盒里抽出一根火柴，然后在火柴头上涂了一层厚厚的“万能胶”，最后，他小心翼翼地把火柴放入清水中。等了一会儿，我没见什么反应，心里不禁纳闷起来，爸爸葫芦里卖的什么药呀？于是，我静下心来耐心等待。又过了几分钟，“奇迹”竟然出现了！那根火柴直立在水中，一摇一摆地“跳起舞”来了。爸爸轻咳了一声，问我说：“乖儿子，难道你不想知道其中的奥秘吗？”看得出来，爸爸是在故弄玄虚，但我还是忍不住地点头。爸爸又清了清嗓子，对我说：“因为当‘万能胶’与火柴头的磷接触后，就会产生一种气体，气体越聚越多，就会使火柴直立起来，气体挥发是火柴便被带动得“舞蹈”起来。”“哦。”我恍然大悟，“我终于明白‘生活处处皆科学’这句话的涵义了。”

星期六早晨，我睡到很晚才起来，中午爸爸去上班时对我说：“别忘了写日记。”我不情愿地说：“呆在家里有什么可写的呀？”“只要留心，就是在家里也有很多可写的事。不信，咱们来个比赛，谁收集的素材多，谁就为冠军，怎么样？”爸爸反驳我说。我迟疑地点了点头。

时间过得越来愉快。可我一点日素材都想不起来，真急人。哎！对了，中午我整理了集邮册，能不能写一篇，《我的邮票世界》呢？再就是爸爸上班走时忘了带工作包，走到半路又跑回来拿，不正可以写成《爸爸忘性真大》呢？我想着想着，便心血来潮，竟列出了整整二十条。爸爸一下午都在上班，怎么可能写得比我知道的多？看来这次比赛，我是稳操胜券了！

晚上，爸爸回来了，一进门就问我：“准备得怎么样了？”“你呢？”我冲爸爸得意地一笑，催促他先说。爸爸真厉害，不一会儿，他就把自己回家时看到的，听到的，甚至是桌上的饭菜他也不放过。一开始，我还不在乎，没想到爸爸越说越多，眼看就超过了我。我急得直跺脚，最终，我还是屈居亚军。虽然这次出师不利，但我品尝到了生活中的语文的甜果。

原来生活中真的有语文和科学。哦，“生活处处皆语文，生活处处皆科学。”这句话我懂了！生活，谢谢你！

[生活中蕴含的哲理作文

once upon a time, the circle missed a wedge. The circle wanted to be whole, so it went around looking for its missing piece. But because it was incomplete and therefore could roll only very slowly, it admired the flowers along the way. It chatted with worms. It enjoyed the sunshine. It found lots of different pieces, but none of them fit. So it left them all by the side of the road and kept on searching.Then one day the circle found a piece that fit perfectly. It was so happy. Now it could be whole, with nothing missing. It incorporated the missing piece into itself and began to roll. Now that it was a perfect circle, it could roll very fast, too fast to notice flowers or talk to the worms. When it realized how different the world seemed when it rolled so quickly, it stopped, left its found piece by the side of the road and rolled slowly away.

The lesson of the story was that in some strange sense we are more whole when we are missing something. The man who has everything is in some says a poor man. He will never know what it feels like to yearn, to hope, to nourish his soul with the dream of something better. He will never know the experience of having someone who loves him give him something he has always wanted or never had.

There is a wholeness about the person who has come to terms with his limitations, who has been brave enough to let go of his unrealistic dreams and not feel like a failure for doing so. There is a wholeness about the man or woman who has learned that he or she is strong enough to go through a tragedy and survive, she can lose someone and still feel like a complete person.

老汉是方圆百里有名的驾船高手，在海上风风雨雨几十年，不知遭遇了多少巨浪和风暴，每次都能化险为夷。

一位年轻人想拜老汉为师，跟他学习海上驾船本领。

而老汉却说，真正的驾船高手，不是他，而是他的邻居。

年轻人认识老汉的邻居，他虽然也在海上驾船几十年，但却平平淡淡，从来没有听到过有什么与风暴搏斗的英雄壮举。

老汉说，邻居的高明，正是他能防患于未然，每当风暴来临之前，邻居总能及时地预见风暴，并能巧妙地避开风暴，所以也就从来没有遭遇过风暴。

“人们只看到我与风暴搏斗的壮举，却没有看到邻居预见风暴和避开风暴的智慧和高明。”老汉感叹道。

感悟：真正的驾驭高手，不是勇敢地去征服风暴，而是机智地去避开风暴。

He looked at us and said, "I wish you could have met my Dad. He was a big man, and he was strong from pulling the nets and fighting the seas for his catch. When you got close to him, he smelled like the ocean. He would wear his old canvas, foul-weather coat and his bibbed overalls. His rain hat would be pulled down over his brow. No matter how much my Mother washed them, they would still smell of the sea and of fish."

He looked at us and said, "I wish you could have met my Dad. He was a big man, and he was strong from pulling the nets and fighting the seas for his catch. When you got close to him, he smelled like the ocean. He would wear his old canvas, foul-weather coat and his bibbed overalls. His rain hat would be pulled down over his brow. No matter how much my Mother washed them, they would still smell of the sea and of fish."

Frank‘s voice dropped a bit. "When the weather was bad he would drive me to school. He had this old truck that he used in his fishing business. That truck was older than he was. It would wheeze and rattle down the road. You could hear it coming for blocks. As he would drive toward the school,I would shrink down into the seat hoping to disappear. Half the time, he would slam to a stop and the old truck would belch a cloud of smoke. He would pull right up in front, and it seemed like everybody would be standing around and watching. Then he would lean over and give me a big kiss on the cheek and tell me to be a good boy. It was so embarrassing for me. Here, I was twelve years old, and my Dad would lean over and kiss me goodbye!"

Frank‘s voice dropped a bit. "When the weather was bad he would drive me to school. He had this old truck that he used in his fishing business. That truck was older than he was. It would wheeze and rattle down the road. You could hear it coming for blocks. As he would drive toward the school,I would shrink down into the seat hoping to disappear. Half the time, he would slam to a stop and the old truck would belch a cloud of smoke. He would pull right up in front, and it seemed like everybody would be standing around and watching. Then he would lean over and give me a big kiss on the cheek and tell me to be a good boy. It was so embarrassing for me. Here, I was twelve years old, and my Dad would lean over and kiss me goodbye!"

He paused and then went on, "I remember the day I decided I was too old for a goodbye kiss. When we got to the school and came to a stop, he had his usual big smile. He started to lean toward me, but I put my hand up and said, ‘No, Dad.‘

He paused and then went on, "I remember the day I decided I was too old for a goodbye kiss. When we got to the school and came to a stop, he had his usual big smile. He started to lean toward me, but I put my hand up and said, ‘No, Dad.‘

有一只老狮子病了，躲在洞穴中大声呻吟，附近的一些动物听到狮子的呻吟声，纷纷进洞探视。

狐狸听到了这消息，也前往探视，走到洞穴前，只听到老狮子呻吟声越来越大，可怜极了，这时原本打算进去的狐狸，忽然竖起耳朵，收回已经跨进洞穴的前脚，在洞穴四周来回踱步。

洞里的老狮子眼见狐狸迟迟没有进洞，忍不住问狐狸说：“狐狸啊!你既然来了，为什么不进来呢?

狐狸回答：”我只见一些往里走的动物脚印，却看不到往外走出来的脚印，我怎么敢进去呢!

感悟：凡事“进易退难”，因此平时应该训练自己对环境的观察力，提高对社会的敏锐度，谋定而后动，才能让自己立于不败之地;率性莽撞的作为，则很可能会将自己处于万劫不复的不利险境。

The park bench was deserted as I sat down to read Beneath the long, straggly branches of an old willow tree. Disillusioned by life with good reason to frown, For the world was intent on dragging me down.

And if that weren‘t enough to ruin my day, A young boy out of breath approached me, all tired from play. He stood right before me with his head tilted down And said with great excitement, "Look what I found!"

In his hand was a flower, and what a pitiful sight, With its petals all worn - not enough rain, or too little light. Wanting him to take his dead flower and go off to play, I faked a small smile and then shifted away.

But instead of retreating he sat next to my side and placed the flower to his nose and declared with surprise, "It sure smells pretty and it‘s beautiful, too. That‘s why I picked it; here, it‘s for you."

The weed before me was dying or dead. Not vibrant of colors, orange, yellow or red. But I knew I must take it, or he might never leave. So I reached for the flower, and replied, "Just what I need."

But instead of him placing the flower in my hand, He held it mid-air without reason or plan. It was then that I noticed for the very first time, that weed-toting boy could not see: he was blind.

I heard my voice quiver, tears shone like the sun. As I thanked him for picking the very best one. "You‘re welcome," he smiled, and then ran off to play, Unaware of the impact he‘d had on my day.

I sat there and wondered how he managed to see a self-pitying woman beneath an old willow tree. How did he know of my self-indulged plight? Perhaps from his heart, he‘d been blessed with true sight.

Through the eyes of a blind child, at last I could see, the problem was not with the world; the problem was me. And for all of those times I myself had been blind, I vowed to see beauty, and appreciate every second that‘s mine.

And then I held that wilted flower up to my nose and breathed in the fragrance of a beautiful rose And smiled as that young boy, another weed in his hand About to change the life of an unsuspecting old man.

In the Spring and Autumn Period (春秋时期,770-476 BC), in the State of Qi there was a man who always let his imagination run away with him.

春秋战国时期，杞国有个人喜欢胡思乱想。

One day he even worried that the sky would fall on his head. He was so worried that he could neither eat nor sleep.

一天，他竟然担忧天会塌下来，地会陷下去，自己无处存身。这个人越想越害怕，便整天愁眉苦脸，坐立不安，睡不好觉，吃不下饭。

Later, someone persuade him that his fears were groundless.

后来，有个人就去开导他，那个杞国人听后，才放下了心。

This idioms satirizes those who worry unnecessarily.

成语杞人忧天讥笑那些没有必要或毫无根据的忧虑。