范文一
It’s No Use Crying over the Spilt Milk
作者: 大家學習網英語學術總監 錢坤強教授
An English proverb has it that “it’s no use crying over the spilt milk”. This picture precisely captures one of such situations—a bottle of milk has been accidentally dropped onto the ground. The reactions of the two individuals in the pictures are totally different. One exclaims “Oh, God, it’s all finished!” whereas the other one is more positive and calm, claiming that “there is still some left。”
There are rich implications underlying this scene. For the same event, two different individuals make two totally different observations and comments, reflecting two totally different states of mind—one negative and pessimistic, the other positive and optimistic。
For the pessimistic mind, they tend to exaggerate the seriousness of an accident. Instead of taking active and con
范文二
Interpretation Determines Existence
作者: 大家學習網英語學術總監 錢坤強教授
The moment captured by this picture is very dramatic—with a bottle of milk dropped onto the ground and half of the milk spilt, two individuals at the scene produce totally different reactions. One exclaims “Oh, God, it’s all finished!” whereas the other one remains calm and positive—that "there is still some left."
This seemingly simple spectacle carries profound philosophical connotations about how we perceive our world. Ours is a complicated world whose bright sides and dark sides coexist. But the demarcation line between the two is not always well-defined. Instead, in many cases, their border line is very subtle. Even with respect to the same situation, as presented by the picture, different people with different states
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英諺云:“牛奶既傾,眼淚哭干亦于事無補。”這幅圖片所捕捉住的,恰恰就是這樣一個場景——一瓶牛奶不小心被打翻在地,圖片中兩個人的反應大相徑庭,一個驚呼:“天哪,全完了! ”;另一個則甚為淡定,態度來得更為正面,聲稱:“尚余些許。”
這一場景的背后,隱含著豐富深刻的內涵。對于同一事件,二個不同的人所作的觀察與評價迥然相異,折射出完全不同的兩種心態——一種是負面與悲觀的,一種則是正面與樂觀的。
于悲觀者而言,他們往往會夸大某一意外事件的嚴重性。他們非但不采取主動和具體的步驟去解決問題,相反,他們會陷入絕望,一味地抱怨,放棄應有的努力。最終,他們陷入一種可怕的惰性和不作為。當他們最終真的失敗時,他們會將失敗歸咎于他人或外部條件,而絕少反思自身的人性弱點。這些人的眼光,僅局限于事物的陰暗面;其中真正能成功者,寡矣!
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