Morning Read · 英语早读  

📖 这篇散文适合作为“坚持”、“积累”、“默默努力”类英语作文的素材。

今天来读约翰·巴勒斯。他说,叶子能美丽,是因为根在黑暗中默默生长。

 

Leaves and Roots

The leaves are beginning to show themselves on the trees.

It is a promise, a whisper of what is to come.

But before the leaf, comes the root.

The root is the life — the hidden life,

the life that works in the dark and asks no praise.

It pushes through the soil, through the cold and the silence,

patient and quiet.

And because the root does its work without show,

the leaf can afford to be beautiful.

—— John Burroughs

树叶开始出现在枝头。
那是一个承诺,是对即将到来之事的低语。

但在叶子之前,是根。
根是生命——隐藏的生命,
是在黑暗中劳作、不求赞美的生命。
它穿过土壤,穿过寒冷与寂静,
耐心而安静。

因为根在不声不响地做它的工作,
叶子才有资格美丽。

—— 约翰·巴勒斯

🍃🍃🍃

 

📝 写作小锦囊

1. 写作灵感

下次写“成功”、“坚持”、“积累”类话题时,可以用“根与叶”的比喻来开头或结尾。比如:

“We all want to be the leaf, but we must first be willing to be the root.”

2. 万能句式

... works in the dark and asks no praise.

可以用于形容任何默默付出的人或事:

• A mother‘s love works in the dark and asks no praise.

• True learning works in the dark and asks no praise.

 

❣️希望你今天,也能安心做那个“默默扎根”的自己。因为你知道,属于你的那片叶子终会来到。

明天见。

点赞 (96) 收藏 (8)