英語名篇名段背誦:15.塑造我兒(1/2)
來源:滬江聽寫酷
2012-02-03 15:08
Build me a son, a lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid. One who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.
Build me a son whose wishbone will not be where his backbone should be; a son who will know thee and that to know himself is the foundation stone of knowledge.
Lead him, I pray, not in the path of ease and comfort, but under the stress and spur of difficulties and challenge. Here let him learn to stand up in the storm; here let him learn compassion for those who fail.
啊,上帝,請請我造就這樣一個兒子,他將堅強足以認識自己的弱點,勇敢得足以面對恐懼,在遇到正當?shù)拇煺蹠r能夠昂首而不卑躬屈膝,在勝利時能謙遜而不趾高氣揚。
請給我造就這樣一個兒子,他不會用愿望代替行動,將牢記你的教誨――認識自己是認識世界的奠基石。
我祈求,請不要把他引上平靜安逸的道路,而要把他置于困難和挑戰(zhàn)的考驗和激勵之下,讓他學(xué)會在暴風雨中挺立,讓他學(xué)會對那些失敗者富于憐憫。
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