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上海宏润博源学生作品|| “收获的真相” The Truth About Harvest

上海宏润博源

2021-02-16

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Editor's Note:

值此除夕跨年之际，与大家分享我们十年级两位同学的 “收获”主题演讲。2020你的收获有哪些？2021你想有怎样的收获？

On this Chinese New Year Eve, we would like to share with you two speeches on harvest by our 10th graders. What have you harvested in 2020? What do you plan to harvest in 2021?

“收获的真相”是程一菲同学的作品；“勇敢面对失败的收获”是俞尚廷同学的作品。

"The Truth About Harvest" is by Hannah Cheng； “The Harvest of Braving Your Failures" is by Ting Yu.

The Truth About Harvest

收获的真相

Ladies and gentlemen, what comes to your mind when you think of “harvest”? Autumn? Grades? Friendship? For me, it's that farmers plant seeds in spring through constant watering and careful attention to harvest the fruits in Autumn. But it’s not just that simple, because even planting requires skills.

女士们先生们，当听到“收获”这个词的时候，你们会想到什么？秋天？成绩？友谊？我想到的是农民们在春天播种，通过坚持不懈的浇灌和细心的照料在秋天收获果实。但这也并不是听上去那么容易，即便是种植也是需要技巧的。

Once my mother and I bought two potted dandelions in a gift shop. We each planted one pot and watered them every day. At first my father doubted me. He said I didn’t believe you would remember to water the plant every day. This made me want to prove to him that I could do it. After a few days, my mother’s dandelion sprouted, but mine showed no sign of germination.

曾经一次，我和妈妈在礼品商店买了两个种植蒲公英的盆栽，我们两各自单独种了一个并每天给它们浇水。起初，我爸爸质疑我，他说“我才不想信你能每天记得给花浇水”，这让我更想证明给他看我可以的。几天之后我妈妈的蒲公英花发芽了，但是我的还没有一点要发芽的迹象。

Seeing my mother’s potted plant grew so well, I became anxious. I was wondering if I buried the seeds too deep so that the seeds could not grow. So I tried to turn the soil and move the seeds upward. Unfortunately, it seemed that i buried some of the seeds even deeper. Then, I began to doubt if I was not watering it enough, so I started watering it whenever I saw a chance and I didn't stop until the water had leaked into the tray under the pot. Days later, my dandelion seeds still did not germinate. My dad told me to give up since the seeds were already watered to death by me.

看着妈妈的花长得越来越好我开始有点焦虑起来。我在想是不是我把种子埋得太深了所以小芽才不能够从土里长出来，所以我尝试翻动一下泥土，想要把种子往上移一些。不巧的是，我似乎因为这把一些种子埋得更深了。然后我在思考会不会是我浇水不足的缘故，所以我开始给我的植物疯狂地浇水，每次都要等浇的水都渗到花盆的托盘里的时候才意识到要停下来。几天过后，我的蒲公英仍然没有发芽，爸爸说别期待了，你的花应该已经被你浇死了。

Then my mom came to me and analyzed why we had different results. She said although things like watering plants seemed simple, they should be carefully measured. Either too much or too little investment would not work. I know the lesson is bigger than this. Watering plant is just like maintaining relationships in our life. It requires constant effort, but too much of that might not be a good thing. In a previous friendship, I paid too much effort and tolerated too much. For example,I often hold an umbrella for her on rainy days, so gradually she took it for granted. I lost the ability to say no. Through this dadelion incident, I learned that each one should find his or her self. Even though efforts are made, they don’t ensure a harvest. The key for harvest lies in knowing when to stop and when to continue.

后来妈妈过来跟我讨论她是怎么种花的以及我做错在哪里了。她还告诉我即使这是一件看上去很简单的事情，像浇水这样的事也是需要精细地测量的，过多过少都是不行的。我知道她想告诉我的道理不止这些。生活就和浇花一样，需要我们持续的努力和付出，但是也可能会过犹不及。在我曾经的一段友谊当中，我付出了太多也忍耐了太多。比如在下雨天我必须要为她撑伞，否则她就要跟我绝交，以至于后来她认为这是理所当然的。这让我丧失了说“不”的能力。但是至少通过这件事情，我学到了人们应该有自己的主见和说“不”的权利。虽然即使付出努力了不一定会有收获，但是我们还是要懂得想要收获，最重要的一步就是知道什么时候该停下了，什么时候可以继续。

As I reflect on my dead dandelion seeds, I’d like to share with you a quote from Robert Louis Stevenson: “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.”

Thank you!

再回想起我那盆没长出来的蒲公英，我想跟大家分享一句来自罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森的名言：不要用收获来评判每一天，而是要看你播下的种子。

谢谢！