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有这样一个故事。
There is a story which goes like this:
有人问：世界上什么东西的气力最大?
Someone asked, "What is the most powerful thing in the world?"
回答纷纭的很，
There was a variety of answers.
有的说“象”，
"Elephant," someone said.
有的说“狮”，
"Lion," another said.
有人开玩笑似的说：是“金刚”。
"Buddha's guardian warrior," still another said half-jokingly.
金刚有多少气力，当然大家全不知道。
As to how powerful the Buddha's guardian warrior was no one was sure.
结果，这一切答案完全不对，
In fact none of the answers was correct.
世界上气力最大的，是植物的种子。
The most powerful thing in the world is the seed of plants.
一粒种子所可以显现出来的力，简直是超越一切……
The force displayed by a seed is simply incomparable.
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那么，你看见笋的成长吗?
Well, have you ever seen how the bamboo shoots grow?
你看见过被压在瓦砾和石块下面的一颗小草的生成吗?
Have you ever seen how frail young grass grows out from under debris and rubble?
他为着向往阳光，为着达成它的生之意志，
In order to get the sunshine and bring its will to grow into play,
不管上面的石块如何重，石块与石块之间如何狭，
no matter how heavy the rocks are and how narrow the space between the rocks,
它必定要曲曲折折地，但是顽强不屈地透到地面上来，它的根往土壤钻，它的芽往地面挺，
it will wind its way up irresistibly, its roots drilling downward and its sprouts shooting upward.
这是一种不可抗的力，
This is an irresistible force.
阻止它的石块，结果也被它掀翻，一粒种子的力量的大，如此如此。
Any rock lying in its way will be overturned. This again shows how powerful a seed can be.
没有一个人将小草叫做“大力士”，
Though the little grass has never been said to be herculean,
但是它的力量之大，的确是世界无比。
the power it shows is matchless in the world.
这种力，是一般人看不见的生命力，
It is an invisible force of life.
只要生命存在，这种力就要显现，
So long as there is life, the force will show itself.
上面的石块，丝毫不足以阻挡，
The rock above it is not heavy enough to prevent it from growing
因为它是一种长期抗战的力，
because it is a force that keeps growing over a period of time,
有弹性，能屈能伸的力，
because it is an elastic force that can shrink and expand,
有韧性，不达目的不止的力。
because it is a tenacious force that will not stop growing until it is grown.
种子不落在肥土而落在瓦砾中，
The seed does not choose to fall on fertile land but among debris.
有生命力的种子决不会悲观和叹气，因为有了阻力才有磨练。
If it is filled with life, it is never pessimistic or sad, for it is tempered by resistance and pressure.
生命开始的一瞬间就带了斗争来的草，才是坚韧的草，
The grass that fights its way out since the moment it is born can be called "strong" and "tenacious";
也只有这种草，才可以傲然地对那些玻璃棚中养育着的盆花哄笑。
only the grass that fights its way up since its birth has the right to laugh with justified pride at the potted plants in glassed green houses.
display [dɪˈspleɪ]
v. 显示，显露，表现
例：The exhibition gives local artists an opportunity to display their work.
这次展览为当地艺术家提供了展示自己作品的机会。
debris [dəˈbriː]
n. 残骸；碎片；破片
例：Emergency teams are still clearing the debris from the plane crash.
各抢救小组仍在清理失事飞机的残骸。
rubble [ˈrʌbl]
n. 碎石；碎砖
例：The bomb reduced the houses to rubble.
炸弹把那片房子炸成了一堆瓦烁。
irresistible [ˌɪrɪˈzɪstəbl]
adj. 无法抵抗的；不可抗拒的
例：I felt an irresistible urge to laugh.
我禁不住想笑出来。
elastic [ɪˈlæstɪk]
adj. 可改变的；可伸缩的；有弹力的
例：Beat it until the dough is slightly elastic.
一直搅打，直至生面团略有弹性。
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