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1、Adaughtercomplainedtoherfatheraboutherlifeandhowthingsweresohardforher,Shedidnotknowshewasgoingtomakeitandwanttogiveup.Shewastiredoffightingandstruggling.Itseemedasoneproblemwassolvedanewonearose.有一個(gè)女孩向她父親抱怨她的生活,她覺(jué)得凡事都很艱難,不知該怎樣挺過(guò)去,想放棄。她厭倦了不斷的抗?fàn)幒蛫^斗,似乎一個(gè)問(wèn)題剛剛解決,另一個(gè)問(wèn)題馬上呈現(xiàn)。Herfather,acook
2、,tookhertothekitchen,Hefilledthreepotswithwaterandplacedeachonahighfire.Soonthepotscametoaboil.Inoneheplacedcarrots,inthesecondheplacedeggs,andinthelastheplacedgroundcoffeebeans.Heledthemsitandboil,withoutsayingaword.她的父親是個(gè)廚師,他把她帶到了廚房。他在三個(gè)壺里分別裝滿了水,然后放到高溫的火上燒。很快,壺里的水被煮開了。他往第一個(gè)壺里放了些胡蘿卜
3、,往第二個(gè)壺里放了幾個(gè)雞蛋,在最后一個(gè)壺里放了些磨碎的咖啡豆,然后,一句話也沒(méi)說(shuō),他由著水把它們煮沸。Thedaughtersuckedherteethandimpatientlywaited,wonderingwhathewasdoing.Inabouttwentyminutesheturnedofftheburners,Hefishedthecarrotsoutandplacedtheminabowl.Hepulledtheeggsoutandplacedthemabowl.Thenheladledthecoffeeoutandplaceditinamug.
4、Turningtoherheasked,"Darling,whatdoyousee?"女兒咂巴著牙齒發(fā)出聲響,不耐煩地等著,對(duì)父親的行為感到很納悶。大約二十分鐘后,父親關(guān)掉了火爐,把胡蘿卜撈出來(lái),放到一個(gè)碗里。又把雞蛋揀出來(lái)放進(jìn)另一個(gè)碗里,接著把咖啡用勺子舀出來(lái)倒進(jìn)一個(gè)杯子里,然后轉(zhuǎn)過(guò)頭來(lái),對(duì)她說(shuō),“親愛(ài)的,你看到的是什么?”"Carrots,eggs,andcoffee."shereplied.“胡蘿卜、雞蛋和咖啡。”她答道。Hebroughthercloserandaskedhertofeelthecarrots,shedidandnotedthatthey
5、weresoft.Hethenaskedhertotakeaneggandbreakit.Afterpullingofftheshell,sheobservedthehard-boiledegg.Finally,heaskedhertosipthecoffee.Shesmiled,asshetasteditsricharoma.父親把她帶近了這些東西,要她去摸胡蘿卜,她摸了之后,注意到,它們變?nèi)彳浟恕H缓?,他又要她去拿一個(gè)雞蛋并把它敲破,在把殼剝掉之后,她觀察了這個(gè)煮熟的雞蛋。最后,父親要她飲一口咖啡。嘗著芳香四溢的咖啡,她微笑起來(lái)。"Whatdoesitmea
6、n,Father?"shehumblyasked.“這是什么意思,父親?”她謙遜地問(wèn)道。Heexplainedthateachofthemhadfacedthesameadversity,boilingwater,buteachreacteddifferently.Thecarrotwentinstrong,hard,andunrelenting.Butafterbeingsubjectedtotheboilingwater,itsoftenedandweak.Theegghadbeingfragile.Itsthinoutershellhadprotected
7、itsliquidinterior,butaftersittingthroughtheboilingwater.itsinsidebecamehardened,Thegroundcoffeebeanswereunique,however,Aftertheywereintheboilingwater,theyhadchangedthewater.父親解釋說(shuō),這三樣?xùn)|西面臨著同樣的逆境——煮沸的水。但它們的反應(yīng)卻各不相同。胡蘿卜本是硬的,堅(jiān)固而且強(qiáng)度大,但受到煮沸的水的影響后,它變得柔軟而脆弱。雞蛋本來(lái)易碎,薄薄的外殼保護(hù)著內(nèi)部的液體。但是在經(jīng)歷過(guò)煮沸的水以后,它的
8、內(nèi)部卻變得堅(jiān)硬。不過(guò),最