奧少年CYC

When we walk with a friend the road never seems long.

當我們跟好朋友走在一起的時候，路不會顯得遙遠。

In Japan, they have a way of raising yellow orioles that's very special.

In the early Spring they go to the mountains and they look for a small yellow oriole that has just been hatched.

And they take the small bird and place him near a large oriole with a beautiful voice.

The small bird hears the beautiful voice of the large bird every day.

And after a time they move the large bird to another place.

And when the small bird grows up, it will sing just as beautifully as the older bird.

But if the small bird first hears the sound of wild birds, when it grows up its voice

won't be nearly so beautiful.

在日本，他們有一種飼養黃鶯的特別方法，

春天快要來臨的時候，他們到山上去找一些剛剛孵出來的小黃鶯，

趁著牠們還沒有聽到其他野鳥聲音的時候，把牠放在一隻啼聲很好聽的大黃鶯旁邊，

讓小鳥每一天都聽到牠美妙的聲音。

過一段時間他們會把大黃鶯移開，小鳥長大的時候，牠的啼聲會跟大鳥一樣好聽。

不過，如果小鳥先聽到其他野鳥的叫聲，牠長大的時候，啼聲就不會這麼好聽了。

If we're often in the company of good people,

we'll very likely develop a good heart.

But if we're often in the company of bad people,

it's very hard not to be influenced by them.

So choose your friends with care

and try to become a good teacher and model for others.

如果我們常常跟善良的人在一起，

很可能我們也會養成一顆善良的心。

不過，如果常常跟邪惡的人在一起，

我們很難不受到影響，

所以選擇你的朋友要很謹慎，

更重要的是要成為別人的良師益友。

When we fail, we often become disappointed. We feel like giving up.

But if we try again and again, we just may turn our failure into a great success.

當我們失敗的時後，我們通常會失望，想要放棄。

不過如果我們不斷的努力，很可能會把失敗變為成功。

Two frogs unfortunately fell into a tub of milk.

One frog felt that there was no way out.

After a short struggle he gave up, sunk to the bottom of the tub, and died.

The second frog didn't want his life to end like that,

so he kept struggling, kept kicking both of his feet.

By kicking his feet he helped the milk gradually turn into butter.

And when the butter became hard, he was easily able to stand on top and jump out of the tub.

有兩隻青蛙，不小心掉到一桶牛奶裡面。

有一隻青蛙，牠覺得已經沒有生路，

因此，經過一番掙扎之後，牠就沉到桶子底下死掉了。

而另外一隻青蛙，牠不願意就這樣結束牠的生命，

所以牠不斷的努力，不斷地在跳動雙腳，

牛奶經過牠這種攪拌，就慢慢的變成奶油，

奶油變硬的時候，青蛙站在上面，很容易就跳出去了。

When we face a desperate situation, we can always try one more time.

Miracles happen when we least expect them.

And if we've tried our best we'll always have nothing to regret in our hearts.

面對絕境的時候，我們總是可以再一次努力。

奇蹟總是在我們意想不到的時候發生。

如果我們盡最大的力量，心中就不會有任何遺憾。

To be satisfied is a heavenly gift.

An insatiable desire for riches is the greatest poverty.

知足是天賦之財富，

奢侈是人為之貧窮。

A man was walking down the road, when he saw a small boy on the side of the road crying broken-heartedly.

He asked the little boy, "What's wrong?" Why was he so sad?

"I am sad because I just lost ten dollars."

The man saw the little boy looking so miserable and so he reached into his pocket,

took out ten dollars and gave it to the little boy.

But the boy kept crying even more broken-heartedly than before.

The man was puzzled and he asked the little boy, "I just gave you ten dollars, why are you still crying?"

The little boy said, "If I hadn't lost the first ten dollars, now I would have twenty dollars!"

有一個人，他看到路邊有一個小男孩嚎啕大哭。

他問這個小男孩說：「你為什麼哭的那麼傷心？」

小男孩說：「因為我剛剛不小心丟了十塊錢。」

他看到這個小男孩那麼難過，就從他的口袋掏出十塊錢，送給小男孩。

沒有想到小男孩哭得更加傷心，那個人覺得莫名其妙。

他問小男孩說：「我剛剛送給你十塊錢，你為什麼還在哭？」

小男孩回答說：「我哭是因為如果我沒有把第一個十塊錢弄丟，我現在就會有二十塊錢了。」

People are never satisfied.

We're like a snake trying to swallow an elephant.

Don't lose appreciation for the things

you have by worrying about the things you've lost.

人心不足，

就像是蛇吞象，

不要一直在意失去的事物，

而忘記珍惜目前所擁有的。

Success belongs to the person who perseveres until the very end.

成功是屬於那些決心堅持到底的人。

A certain king was toppled by his enemies. He was forced to escape and lived in a broken down old house.

He was filled with despair. He thought he had lost his courage and his will power.

One day he noticed an ant crawling up the wall.

This ant was carrying on its back a grain of wheat many times its own size.

This ant continually fell to the ground but it kept trying.

The king began to count how many times the ant tried and failed.

Eventually on its seventieth try the ant succeeded and reached the top of the wall.

The king was very moved. He thought, "If this ant can do it, (then) I can do it."

He gathered up his strength and his courage and gradually he recovered his former glory.

曾經有一位國王，被他的敵人追殺，他只好逃走，躲在一間破舊的房屋。

國王感到很失望，他覺得已經失去勇氣和毅力了。

有一天他發覺牆壁上有一隻螞蟻，

那隻螞蟻背著一顆比牠身體大好幾倍的麥粒往上拖，

卻一直不斷地摔下來。

國王就開始算牠摔下來多少次，螞蟻不斷地努力，一次又一次，到了第七十次，

螞蟻終於成功地爬到牆頭上。

國王很感動，他想如果螞蟻可以成功，有那麼大的勇氣，更何況人呢？

他打起精神，鼓起勇氣，慢慢的回復他原來的尊榮。

Have you met with great difficulties lately?

Remember that ant, he didn't give up.

You don't have to give up, either.

你最近有沒有遇到大的困難？

要想到這隻螞蟻，牠沒有放棄，

你也不要放棄。

A wise man once said, "I know I can't avoid meeting with violence, lying and cheating, but I can refuse to let these influence my life. When confronting evil, I plan to live a constructive and positive life."

有一位很有智慧的人曾經說過：「我知道我不能避免遇到暴力、撒謊、欺騙，不過我可以拒絕讓它們影響我的生活。在面對邪惡的時候，我打算繼續過一個愉快、積極的生活。」

At a school for deaf and mute students two students were having a conflict.

Their teacher came over to help them resolve their conflict. One student was laughing and had his back turned on the other student. The other student appeared to be very angry and was speaking in sign language. The teacher asked the first student, "Why are you laughing and why is your fellow student  so angry?"

The first student replied, "He's angry because he's scolding me and I refuse to watch him."

在一所聾啞學校，兩位同學發生衝突。他們的老師過來，想幫他們化解紛爭。

一位同學不斷的在笑，背對著另外一位同學，第二個同學好像很生氣，一直在用手語說話。老師問第一個同學說：「你為什麼一直在笑，而你的同學為什麼那麼生氣呢？」第一位同學說：「他生氣，是因為他在罵我，而我拒絕看他。」

We can't stop a bird from flying over our head. But we can stop him from making a nest on our head. We can't stop people from criticizing us and trying to hurt us. But we can turn our eyes upward towards the beautiful sky.

我們不能夠阻止鳥飛過我們的頭上，

不過我們可以拒絕讓牠在我們頭上築巢。

我們不能夠阻止別人批評我們、傷害我們，

不過我們可以把我們的眼睛轉向燦爛的天空。

Thinking positive thoughts can truly make us happy and healthy people.

Maintaining a positive attitude is one of the greatest arts in life.

常常以積極的態度來面對事情，會使我們變成愉快又健康的人。

維持好的心情，是生活中最大的藝術。

Two men went to the hospital to have X-rays taken.

One of the men was seriously ill with cancer.

The other was healthy and just went for a check-up.

But the doctor mixed up their X-rays and gave them each the opposite diagnosis.

The man who was sick with cancer, when he heard that he was getting well,

he was so happy that he went home and after a short period of convalescence fully

regained his health.

But the other man who was originally healthy,

when he heard the diagnosis of the doctor became terrified and worried.

He lost his determination to live.

His resistance was weakened and eventually he became seriously ill.

有兩個人到醫院去看診，照X光。

一個人是有重病 ─ 癌症；

另外一個人身體很好，只是做例行性的身體檢查。

不過，醫生拿錯X光片，給他們兩個人相反的診斷書，

當這個有癌症的人聽到他身體變好了，他好高興，回家以後，

經過一段時間的調養，竟完全恢復健康。

不過，原本很健康的人聽到醫生的宣判，他非常的害怕，每一天都很焦慮。他失

去生存的毅力，然後他自己的抵抗力也減弱了，到最後他真的生了重病。

Our body, soul and spirit are all one.

When our spirit is hurt,

our body will also be influenced.

No matter what happens, try to face it with a positive outlook.

Don't let fear take away your peace of mind.

我們的身心靈都是一體的。

當我們精神受了傷，我們的身體也會受到影響。

無論什麼事情發生，

總要用積極的態度來面對它，

不要讓恐懼破壞你心靈的平和。

Performing good works often requires taking risks. Let's not let fear or embarrassment stop us from helping others.

行善常常需要冒險。我們不要讓恐懼感，或是害羞，阻擋我們幫助別人。

A certain fast food restaurant was doing a great business.

One night just before they were closing, the manager took the day's income and put it

in a paper bag. One of the waiters carelessly gave this paper bag to a young couple

that had come to buy food. Later on in their car, the young couple opened the paper bag and discovered that it was filled with money.

They were shocked. They immediately returned to the restaurant.

When they got there, the restaurant was in chaos.

The manager had already notified the police.

The television station had sent reporters.

When the couple returned the money, everyone praised their honesty.

The television station wanted to interview them.

But the young man said very nervously, "Please, please no interviews.

I'm married but the lady with me, she's not my wife."

有一個生意興隆的速食店，快要打烊的時候，

經理把一整天的收入放在一個紙袋裡，

有一個服務生不小心弄錯了，

把這個紙袋拿給開車前來買速食的一對男女，

後來這對男女打開紙袋的時候，

他們發現裡面有那麼多錢，

他們嚇了一大跳，馬上回到速食店。

那個時候速食店已經亂成一團，

經理已經通知警察，電視公司也已經派了記者前來採訪。

當這對男女把錢還給經理，所有的人都讚美他們。

記者想要訪問他們，不過，

那個男士很緊張地說：「拜託！拜託！不要訪問我，我已經結婚了，而跟我在一起的這位女士，不是我的太太。」

No one is all good or all bad.

These two forces every day war within our hearts.

人心不是絕對的善，也不是絕對的惡，

這兩者每天在我們內心激烈的交戰。

In life we are often cheated but most of the time,

it is not others who cheat us,

but we who cheat ourselves.

在生活當中難免受騙，

不過通常不是別人在騙我們，

是我們自己在騙自己。

One dark night a man was out driving his car. When he came to an intersection,

just as he approached the intersection, the light turned red.

He looked back and forth, saw no one and went through the red light.

But he was very unlucky that night.

A policeman saw him and called him over and asked him,

"Didn't you see that red light?"

The man answered, "Yes, I saw the red light."

And the policeman asked him again,

"But why did you run the red light? Don't you know that's against the law?"

The man said, "I ran the red light because I didn't see you."

有一天晚上，有一個人開他的車子出去，當他快接近十字路口的時候，

剛好變紅燈了，

他仔細看看，路上沒有人，所以他就闖紅燈了，

不過他那天晚上運氣不太好，有警察看到了，警察叫他過去，

問他：「先生，你是不是沒注意到紅燈呢？」

他回答說：「我有看到紅燈。」

警察問他說：「那你為什麼還闖紅燈，難道你不知道這是違法的嗎？」

他回答說：「我闖紅燈是因為我沒有看到你呀。」

We often try to get something for free to get a special advantage.

But the mature person acts because of his conscience.

He lets his conscience guide him.

He does not act because someone else is observing his behavior.

我們常常喜歡貪小便宜，去獲得特別的好處。

但是，一個成熟的人會跟著他的良知而有所作為，並遵循它。

而不是因為別人在觀察他的行為，而做任何事情。

When you meet with an unpleasant experience.

Don't cry, don't get angry,

just get up and solve your problem.

當你遇到不如意的事情，

不要哭泣，不要憤怒，

起來解決你的問題吧。

A man was walking past a coconut tree when a monkey up in the tree dropped a large coconut on his head.

The man's head began to swell and he rubbed his head.

Then he picked up the coconut, sat down,

opened the coconut, drank the coconut milk,

ate the coconut meat and out of the shell,

he made himself a small bowl.

有一個人經過一棵椰子樹，上面的一隻猴子丟了一個椰子下來，

打中了他的頭。

那個人的頭就開始腫起來，他摸摸他的頭，

然後把椰子撿起來，

坐下來剝開這個椰子，喝了椰子汁，吃了果肉，

然後用椰子的外殼，替自己做了一個小碗。

When a person attacks you, don't strike back.

That's useless, Try to turn that bad experience into a good experience for yourself.

The person will be very surprised and

will learn a good lesson when he discovers

that by attacking you he actually did you a favor.

當有人攻擊你的時候，

你不要報復，這個沒有用。

你要想辦法把這個消極的經驗，

變成積極的經驗。

當這個攻擊你的人，

發現你從他惡劣的行為得到好處，

這對他來講是一個驚訝，

也是最好的教訓。

The bravery we need in this world

is not the bravery of a great hero

but the bravery to deal with

the small challenges of each day.

我們這個世界所需要的勇氣，

不是大英雄的勇氣，

而是這種勇氣能夠幫我們面對每一天的挑戰。

Once upon a time there was a small boy whose sister needed a blood transfusion.

Because the small boy and his elder sister had the same blood type.

The doctor asked him if he would like to donate his blood to his elder sister.

The small boy thought for a minute. He seemed a little bit afraid.

And then he agreed. He said, "Okay, I will donate my blood to my sister."

After the transfusion the doctor came to see the small boy and noticed that his face

was very white.

The small boy asked the doctor,

"Doctor, can you tell me how much time I have? When will I die?"

The boy thought that by giving his blood to his sister he would also give his life to his sister.

曾經有一個小男孩，他的姐姐需要輸血，

因為姐姐跟弟弟的血型是一樣的。

所以醫生問小男孩：「你願不願意捐血給你的姐姐？」

小男孩仔細想了想，好像有一點害怕，

不過到最後他答應了，他說：「好，我願意把我的血捐給姐姐。」

輸血完了以後，醫生來看這個小男孩，並且注意到他的臉色蒼白。

小男孩問醫生說：「醫生，請告訴我，我還有多少時間？我什麼時後會死？」

原來他認為把血捐給姐姐，就是把他的生命給姐姐，不過他還是答應這樣做。

Our love for others can give us great courage.

If we're willing to sacrifice for those we love,

we will discover that we have great powers

of overcoming our fear and selfishness and serving others.

我們給別人的愛，可以給我們很大的勇氣。

如果我們願意為我們所愛的人付出犧牲，

我們會發現，每一個人都有很大的能力克服自己的恐懼，

克服自己的自私，為別人付出。