英语名篇诵读 心灵的滋养（在线收听）

The Cultivation of the Heart

心灵的滋养

The autumn, with its ripening fruits and waving harvest, is now with us. We see on every

hand the results of the farmer's toil and forecast in the springtime. Then it was that he broke up

the soil, sowed the seed, pruned his trees, and guarded the tender plants. Now we see the

ripening crops. The trees are bending with golden fruit, and abundance rewards the farmer's toil.

But suppose in spring the farmer had left the soil unturned, the seed unsown, the trees

untrimmed , and everything neglected, what would now be the result?We should see nothing

but barren fields, overrun with weeds and briers ; and the farmer would feel that a winter

of want and distress was before him.

And let us remember that autumn of life will come on apace; and that what we now sow, we

shall then reap. If we would reap an abundant harvest, and gather precious fruit, and secure an

autumn of plenty and prosperity, we must now, in the springtime of life, be diligent and careful in

cultivation of our hearts. We must form only those habits which will produce good fruits. Our

acts must be noble, our thoughts and our words must be pure, and our feelings must be kind. As

we now sow, we shall then reap. If we “sow the wind, we shall reap the whirlwind ”.

秋天来了，给我们带来了累累果实和滚滚稻浪。我们到处看到的都是农夫春天的辛苦

劳作和殷切期盼的成果。那时候，农夫忙着翻耕土壤，播下种子，修剪树枝，看护幼苗。

现在，我们看到了成熟的庄稼。金灿灿的果实把树压弯了腰，农夫的辛劳得到了丰厚的回

报。

但是设想春天里农夫没耕作土地，没播下种子，没修剪树木，一切都没做，那么现在

会是什么结果呢？我们看到的将是田园荒芜，杂草丛生，荆棘遍布；农夫就会感受到一个

饥寒交迫的冬天就在眼前。

让我们记住，人生的秋天很快就会到来；我们现在种下什么，那时就会收获什么。如

果我们要想获得大丰收，采摘珍贵的果实，赢得一个富足兴旺的秋天，那么，在春天里，

我们就必须勤奋不怠，在我们的心田里精耕细作。我们必须养成那些只产生好的结果的习

惯。我们的行为必须高尚，我们的思想和言语必须纯洁，我们的情感必须善良。种瓜得

瓜，种豆得豆。如果我们“种的是风，收获的必是风暴”。