正文At the age of 16, Einstein failed in several courses because he mixed with a group of mischievous（淘氣的） kids. One weekend morning, Einstein held a fishing rod（桿） and was about to fish with those kids. 愛因斯坦十六歲的時(shí)候，因?yàn)楹鸵蝗禾詺獾暮⒆踊煸谝黄穑脦组T功課考試都不及格。一個(gè)周末的清 晨，愛因斯坦拿著漁竿正要和那幫孩子一起去釣魚。 His father stopped him and said to him calmly, “Einstein, you're so fond of playing all the day that you failed in the examination. Your mother and I are so worried about your future.” “What are you worrying about? Jack and Robert also failed, but don't they go fishing as usual?” 父親叫住了他，平靜地說：“愛因斯坦，你就是整天太愛玩兒了，考試才不及格的。你媽媽和我都為你的未來感到擔(dān)憂?！?“你們擔(dān)什么憂??？杰克和羅伯特也沒及格，人家不照樣去釣魚嗎？” “My boy, you can't think so.” Looking at Einstein, his father said lovingly, “There goes a fable （寓言）in our hometown. I hope you can listen to it carefully.” “兒子，你可不能這么想。”父親看著愛因斯坦，和藹地說：“咱們家鄉(xiāng)有這么一則寓言，希望你能認(rèn)真聽我講?！?/p> “There were two cats playing on the roof. Once off guard（一不小心）, a cat fell into the chimney（煙囪） holding another one. When the two cats climbed out of the chimney, a cat's face was stained（弄臟）with the soot（煤灰） while the other's face was clean. “有兩只貓?jiān)谖蓓斏贤嫠！Ｒ粋€(gè)不小心，一只貓抓著另一只掉進(jìn)了煙囪里。他倆爬出煙囪的時(shí)候，一只貓的臉上蹭到了煙灰，另一只的臉卻干干凈凈。 Seeing the soot-faced cat, the clean cat thought its face was dirty and ugly, so it quickly ran to the riverside and washed its face. The soot-faced cat saw the clean-faced cat, thinking its face was also clean, so it swaggered（大搖大擺的） in the street.” 臉很干凈的貓看到伙伴的臉沾著煙灰，覺得自己的臉肯定是臟兮兮的、很難看，它就快速跑到河邊去洗臉。臉被弄臟的貓看到朋友的臉很干凈，認(rèn)定自己的臉肯定也很干凈，就昂首闊步地上了街?！?/p> “Einstein, no one can be your mirror. Only you are your own mirror. Taking other people to be your mirror, even a genius may become a fool.” Hearing this, Einstein was ashamed to lay down his fishing rod and returned to his small room. “愛因斯坦，沒人能做你的鏡子。只有你才是自己的鏡子。拿別人當(dāng)自己的鏡子照，就算是天才也會變成傻瓜?！?聽到這話，愛因斯坦很慚愧，他放下漁竿，回到了自己的小房間。 Since then, Einstein often took himself as a mirror to examine and reflect himself, and kept hinting himself: “I was unique, so I needn't be as mediocre （平凡的）as other.” This is why Einstein succeeded. 從那以后，愛因斯坦經(jīng)常拿自己當(dāng)鏡子審視自己、反省自己。他不斷提醒自己：“我就是我，不一樣的我，無須和別人一樣平庸?！边@就是愛因斯坦能成功的原因。
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