A young and successful executive
was traveling down
a neighbothood street,
going a bit too fast in his new jaguar
一位年轻有为的总裁
开着崭新的‘捷豹’车
快速经过住宅区的巷道
He was watching for kids darting out
from between parked cars
and slowed down,
when he thought he saw something
他必须时刻小心
因为有还在会从停着的车中间突然跑出来
所以当他觉得看见写什么的时候
就要减慢车速
As his car passed,
one child appeared
and a brick smashed
into the jafuar's side door
就在他开车经过时
一个小孩突然出现了
问他的‘捷豹’车一边的车门扔了一块砖头
He slammed on the brakes
and spun the jag back to the spot
from where the brick had been thrown
他猛踩刹车，然后掉转车头
开回到砖头丢出来的地方
He jumped out of the car,
grabbed some kid and pushed him up
against a parked car,
shouting,'What was that all
about and who are you?
just what the heck are you doing?
他跳出车外，一把抓住那个小孩
把他推到一辆停车的车的车门上大声喊道
‘你要做什么，你是谁啊？
你知道自己刚刚在做什么吗？
building up a head of steam,
he went on,
that's a new car
and that brick you threw
is gonna cost a lot of money.
why did you do it?
他怒气冲天，继续吼道：
这是一辆新车
你用砖头砸它要赔很多钱的
你到底为什么要这样做？
Please,mister,please,i'm sorry.
i didn't know what else to do!
pleaded the youngster.
小孩子祈求道：
‘先生，太对不起了
我不知道我还能怎么办！
it's my brother,'
he said.
he rolled off the curb
and fell out of his wheelchair
and i can't lift him up.'
他说
是我哥哥
他的轮椅在路边翻了
他从轮椅里摔了出来
我没办法把他抬起来
sobbing, the boy asked the execitive,
'would you please help me
get him back into his wheelchair?
he's hurt and he's too heavy for me.'
那男孩啜泣着请求这位总裁：
你可以帮我把他抬回轮椅上吗？
他受伤了，而且他太重了我抱不动
moved beyond words,
the driver tried to swallow
the rapidly swelling lump in his throat
这些话让这位总裁深受感动
试图克制喉咙中突如其来的哽咽
he lifted the young man
back into the wheelchair
and took out his handkerchief
and wiped the scrapes and cuts,
checking to see
that everything was going to be okay
他把那个年轻的哥哥抱回轮椅
并拿出手帕擦拭他的伤口
仔细检查以确定他没有什么大问题
‘Thank you,sir. and god bless you,'
the grateful child said to him
那个小男孩感激地说：
‘谢谢你，先生，上帝保佑你。’
the man then watched the little boy
push his brother
to the sidewalk toward their home
然后，这位总裁目送小男孩推着他哥哥
沿着人行道回家去了
it was a long walk
backs to his jaguar
a long, slow walk
他返回他的‘捷豹’车的路
似乎变得很漫长
漫长而又缓慢
he never did repair the side door,
he kept the dent to remind him
not to go through life so fast
that someone has to
throw a brick at you
to get your attention
他没有修理汽车的侧门
让保留在车上的凹痕时刻提醒自己
生活的道路不要走得太匆忙
否则需要其他人扔砖头来引起你的注意
life whispers in your soul
and speaks to your heart
当生活与你的心灵窃窃私语
想与你的心灵交谈
sometimes,when you
don't have the time to listen
life throws a brick at you head
若是你没有时间聆听
生活就会往你的头上‘扔砖头’
it's your choice
listen to the whispers of your soul
or wait for the brick!
你有两种选择：
倾听你心灵的低语
或等着砖头来砸你
do you sometimes ignore loved ones
because your life is too fast and busy
leaving them to wonder
whether you really love them?
你有时是否会因为在生命的道路上
行进匆忙而忽略深爱的人
留下他们独自思考
你是否真的爱着他们？