英语小达人 34 The Butterfly

 　　The Butterfly

　　蝴蝶

　　I had had it with life. My career was unexciting. My marriage was on the rocks and I didn't like the direction my figure was going.I felt life was boring and meaningless.

　　我受够了这样的生活，我的生活枯燥乏味，我的婚姻濒临破裂，我不喜欢渐渐走样的身材，我觉得生活既无聊又没意义。

　　One day, I saw a butterfly trying to escape from my home. It kept flying into the window. Clearly, it thought that was its way out. Instead of finding¹ freedom, it became tired and ended up stuck in a spider's web. I learned² something from that butterfly. I decided³ to take charge of my life. I wrote a list with different headings: marriage-work-me. Under them, I listed what I didn't like.

　　有天，我看到一只蝴蝶打算从家里逃脱，它飞啊飞一直撞向窗户，显然它认为那是出口。可是非但没有获得自由，还累得困在蜘蛛网间。我从蝴蝶身上学到一些事，我决定对生活负责。我写了张列有不同标题的清单，包括婚姻、工作和我自己，在底下我列出讨厌的事情。

　　Each day when I woke up, I picked something from the list. Throughout the day, I learned to love it, got rid of it or changed it. It took almost a year but, eventually, I had changed everything on the list.

　　每天早上起床，我会从清单挑选其中一样，并在当天学会喜欢、摆脱或改变这件事。我花了将近一年的时间，最后终于改变了清单上的所有事。

　　I realized, like the butterfly, I just kept going in the same direction. I simply took a different direction and dealt with life one step at a time.

　　我了解我过去就像那只蝴蝶，一直往相同方向前进；其实我只需要换个方向，一次解决生活上的一个课题。

1 finding   

n.发现，发现物；调查的结果

参考例句：

• The finding makes some sense.该发现具有一定的意义。
• That's an encouraging finding.这是一个鼓舞人心的发现。

2 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。

3 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。