【校本课程】“The Key to the Soul（开启心灵的钥匙）”英文悟读

1、校本教材-“The Key to the Soul（开启心灵的钥匙）”英文悟读系列（一）Contents 目录Lesson One: Be yourself 从本心 做自己 . p.1Lesson Two: Can You buy happiness with money?金钱能买来幸福吗？ . p.3Lesson Three: Success is just another step away成功就在彼岸 . p.5Lesson Four: Nothing is more important than kindness善行无小事 . p.7Lesson Five: No rose witho

2、ut a thorn痛苦也是财富. p.10Lesson Six: Life is a do-it-yourself project态度决定生活 . p.12Lesson Seven: To those who had a bad day致忧伤的你. p.14Lesson Eight: We all will find the rhythm.你终将找到自己的节奏 . p.16Lesson nine: On beauty关于美 . p.18Lesson ten: A lucky hat幸运帽 . p.20Lesson eleven: Trying New Things Risk and Rewa

3、rd 尝试新事物，风险和回报并存 . p.25Lesson twelve: Greatness exists in all of us伟大存在于平凡之中 . p.28Lesson thirteen: Give us 15 Minutes A Day每天只需15分钟 . p.29Lesson fourteen: When Love Beckons You当爱召唤你. p.36Lesson fifteen: Dreams make you great梦想成就伟大. p.37Lesson sixteen: I have a dream 马丁路德金的演讲稿. p.39第一课 从本心 做自己There

4、will never be anyone else like you in the future of the universe. Thats why being yourself is more important than anything else.宇宙中再不会有一个人和你一样。这就是为什么做自己比什么都重要。Thats how life works: two steps forward, followed by one-and-a-half back as those who lost their power try to reverse the process.生活就是这样：向前迈两

5、步，接着后退一步半，而失去权势的人努力想要逆转这个顺序。Those who benefit most from the status quo are naturally the least interested in change, and they find allies in the fearful and the authoritarian. Conformity always includes a threat of punishment if you fail to fit in, whether it comes from ridicule, being shunned by ot

6、hers, or direct attack.从现状得益最多的人自然是最不希望改变的，他们与畏首畏尾者还有权威主义者结成联盟。如果你不能适应随大流，遵从一致往往有遭惩罚的风险，或是受人奚落，或是别人避之不及，甚至是受到直接攻击。Theres a more fundamental power behind the urgency with which authoritarian conservatives seek to suppress individuality. That power is lack of trust. Wise leaders and outstanding thinke

7、rs are alike in two things: theyre usually non-conformists and they display a deep trust in the basic goodness, intelligence, and capacity for development of their fellow human beings.权威主义派的保守者急不可耐要压抑个性有其更为根本的原因，那就是缺乏信任。明智的领导和杰出的思想家有两点是相似的：他们不随大流，他们对他人的本善、才智和能力发展表现出高度信任。In stark contrast, the most d

8、etermined proponents of conformity have always been dictatorships. Under a dictatorship, any kind of variation from prescribed ways of thinking or acting is punished. Conservative thinkers often suggest too much freedom will lead to anarchy and the collapse of all standards.与之对照鲜明的是，顺从最为顽固的要素在于独裁专制。

9、在独裁控制下，凡有悖既定思维和有违既定行为者都会受到惩处。保守派思想常告诫，过度自由会引发混沌无序、会破坏标准。Being who and what you are is the most natural thing there is. There may be a cost. Some people, even some friends, will disapprove of you as you truly are and will let you know it. There will be setbacks along the way. Yet the price for being

10、yourself can never be as great as the price you will pay for stepping aside from your basic nature: a price paid in frustration, dissatisfaction, and the hopeless realization of all that you might have been, but now can never attain.做自己是最自然的事情。也许会有代价，一些人，有些甚至是朋友，会不认可真实的你，并且告诉你，一路都会有挫折。但做自己的代价永远不会像违背

11、你的本心代价那么大，背离自我的代价是挫败感、不满不悦、曾经可以企及的目标和愿望，如今却无望实现。Take up the challenge. Conformity has very little to recommend it. Trust yourself and trust others. Mediocrity and inner frustration are the true price of conforming. Only those with the courage openly to live their dreams can ever hope to find lasting

12、 satisfaction with their lives.接受挑战吧。循规蹈矩没什么可以褒奖的。相信自己，相信他人。平庸无才和内心挫折才是默守陈规真正的代价。只有敢于实现梦想、心怀勇气的人才能在生命中获得源源不断的满足感。第二课 金钱能买来幸福吗？Dont be too concerned about money, because all it will do is distract you from achieving happiness. And the irony of ironies is that people think they will be happy when they

13、 have money. Money has nothing to do with happiness. If you are happy and you have money, you can use it for happiness.不要太在意金钱，因为金钱只会对你追寻幸福的过程造成干扰。最具讽刺意味的是，人们以为自己拥有金钱就会幸福。事实上金钱与幸福毫不相干。如果你感到幸福，同时又拥有金钱，你可以用金钱来换取幸福。If you are unhappy and you have money, you will use that money for more unhappiness. Bec

14、ause money is simply a neutral force.然而如果你没有感到幸福，却拥有金钱，那么你的金钱只能换来更多的不幸。因为金钱只是一种中性的作用力。Dont misinterpret me: I am not against money. I am not against anything. Money is a means. Your money will enhance your pattern, whatsoever it is.请别误会：我并非反对金钱。我不想反对任何对象。但是金钱仅仅是一种手段。金钱会让你按照已有的生活模式向前迈进，无论你此时的生活模式是好是坏

15、。But people keep looking for money as if money is going to bring happiness. People are ready, at any moment, to change their pattern, to change their ways, if more money is available somewhere else.可是人们还是不停地寻求金钱，似乎金钱能带给他们幸福似的。任何时候，如果他们发现在生活之路的另一个岔路口上可以找到金钱，他们就会立刻扭转自己的生活模式，改变自己的生活道路。Once the money is

16、 there, then suddenly you are no longer yourself; you are ready to change.可是这些人一旦找到了金钱，却会立刻迷失自我，因为已经准备好了为金钱而改变自己。This is the way of the worldly man. Remember, I dont call a person worldly because he or she has money. I call them worldly if they change their motives for money. This applies to people

17、with no money as well - they may simply be poor. Just being poor is not equivalent to being spiritual; and just being rich is not equivalent to being a materialist. The materialistic pattern of life is one in which money predominates over everything.这就是世俗中芸芸众生的生活方式。记住，我称其世俗并非因为他们拥有金钱，而是因为他们为了金钱而改变了自

18、己的生活目标。对一文不名的人来说同样如此或许他们仅仅是贫穷，而不是清贫。贫穷并不等于精神高尚，而富贵也并不等于拜金主义。真正的拜金主义生活方式是让金钱凌驾于一切之上。The non-materialistic life is one in which money is just a means: happiness predominates, joy predominates, your own individuality predominates. You know who you are and where you are going, and you are not distracted

19、.而非拜金主义的生活方式，是将金钱仅仅视作一种手段：幸福、快乐和你的个体尊严都是高于金钱的。你知道自己是谁，知道自己的目标在何处，你不会受到旁骛的干扰。Then suddenly you will see your life has a meditative quality to it.能够如此，你就会发现，你的生活忽然有了一种禅意。第三课 成功就在彼岸 Everybody wants success. Some people aim for it; others just talk about it. We all know what it looks like when someone e

20、lse has it. Often times it just seems like something too far out of reach.每个人都渴望成功。有的人努力去争取，有的人只是说说而已。我们都知道一个真正成功了的人是什么样的，但很多时候那个样子看起来是那么遥不可及。The truth to success is closer than you think. Its just on the other side you have to want it enough, and be willing enough to get it.实际上成功并没有你想象的那么遥远。成功就在彼岸，

21、只要你足够期望、足够想要实现它。Fear is your biggest obstacle fear of failure, fear of the judgment of others; fear of actually succeeding. It will trip you up every time. It will cause you to make decisions that may seem “right” at the time, but theyre preventing you from actually getting over that wall.恐惧是你最大的障碍：

22、害怕失败，害怕他人的评判，害怕真正的成功。这些障碍会经常绊倒你，会让你在看似正确的时候做出决定，但实际上他们却阻碍了你真正翻越那道墙。Success has no excuses. You either get it or you dont. The minute you find a reason not to take another step towards success is the moment you stop being successful. In the symphony of success, excuses are just noise.成功没有借口。要么真的实现，要么

23、就是未能实现。当你找到一个理由决定停止走向成功时，便是你停止成为成功之人的那一刻。在成功的交响乐中，借口只是噪音。On the other side of obstacles成功在障碍的另一边Everyone faces changes; different ones at different times. We all handle the same challenges differently; we all have different results. Its how you handle each one and what you do with the results that c

24、ount. An obstacle is something you either find a way around or allow to stop you. Remember, youve got to get passed obstacles in order to succeed.每个人都会面临改变，只是不同的人会在不同的时间（面临改变）。我们都需要迎接同样的挑战，但结果却不尽相同。差别在于你是如何应对每一个挑战的，以及你如何应对每一个挑战的结果。你要么找到方法来解决它，要么停止不前，这是你通往成功的一大障碍。记住，你必须跨越障碍才能走向成功。On the other side of

25、 failures成功在失败的另一边Not everything works; even if it works for other people, the same thing just doesnt work for us. So what? Failure can either become an obstacle and an excuse or it can become your teacher in what not to do.你并不是每件事都能成功；即使是同一件事，在别人身上或许成功了，但是在你身上却不能。但那又怎么样？失败要么成为你的阻碍或者借口，要么成为你的良师益友，告诉

26、你什么该做什么不该做。It takes effort, commitment and follow-through成功需要付出，需要承诺，需要坚持到底地不停尝试They call it a ladder of success for a reason because you need to climb it in order to get somewhere. Its not an escalator. You just dont stand there and let it do the work for you. You have to do the work yourself. Some

27、times it will be easy; other times youll be carrying a heavy load on your shoulders. The ladder remains the same. Success still waits on the other side. Its going to take determination and persistence on your part to get up and over that wall.人们把通往成功的路称作阶梯，因为你需要不停地往上攀爬才能达到某个地方。但它不是自动扶梯，你不能只是站在上面并期待它

28、直接将你运上去，你必须自己亲自往上爬。有时候会很容易，有时候你会肩负重担往上走。但梯子并没有变，成功仍然在另一头等着你。你需要做出决定，坚持不懈往上爬，并翻越那道墙。Which side do you want to be on?成功或者失败，你想站在哪一边呢？第四课 善行无小事 I was in the Santa Cruz Mountains not long ago, speaking and singing at a womens conference. We were focusing on the theme of loving others in practical ways t

29、hrough our gifts, and something in particular happened during one of the sessions that will remain imprinted in my memory as a beautiful illustration of this practice.不久前我在圣克鲁斯山脉，在一次妇女大会上有说有唱。我们关注的主题是通过送礼物等实用的方法来关爱他人。其中一个会议期间发生的一件特殊的事将成为最美的印迹永远铭刻在我的记忆中。A young Syrian woman (Lilith) had been invited

30、to the conference at the last minute, and everyone seemed surprised and delighted that shed actually come. Just a few days earlier, Lilith had fled her country and found refuge with one of the women attending the conference. As an Orthodox Christian in Syria, she and her loved ones had become target

31、s of violent atrocities from radical terrorist groups in the countrys ongoing civil war.一位年轻的叙利亚女士（莉莉丝）在最后一分钟被邀请到会议上，大家看起来都很惊讶，也很高兴她真的来了。就在几天前，莉莉丝逃离她的国家，和另外一个参加会议的女士一起寻找避难所。作为叙利亚的一名东正教教徒，她和亲人们成为了这个国家正在进行的内战中激进的恐怖组织暴行的目标。Lilith had witnessed horrors no one her young age should ever see. Despite the f

32、urther danger it presented, shed decided to leave her home and her family to find safety here in America. Knowing some of her story, and seeing her sitting through the sessions at the retreat - head covered in a scarf, face bowed toward the floor - broke my heart.莉莉丝目击了她这个年纪的年轻人不该见到的恐怖。尽管要面临更大的危险，但她

33、决定离开家和家人来美国寻求安全。知道了她的一些故事，看见她会议期间有些退却头上包着围巾，脸朝着地面压得很低我感觉心要碎了。Liliths story touched all of us, including Pam, an attendee who was a quilt maker. Pam had just finished a gorgeous, intricately-patterned quilt, and had brought it with her. She, along with a few of the leaders, decided to give it to Lili

34、th as a symbol of their comfort and love. Lilith had left her own mother behind in her homeland, and I cant imagine how frightened and alone she felt. But in her absence I could see there were lots of mamas in this community of women who were more than ready to love on her.莉莉丝的故事触动了我们所有人，包括与会的被子生产商帕

35、姆。帕姆刚做出了一床华丽的、图案精致的被子，也带过来了。她和几位领导决定把它赠给莉莉丝，被子象征了他们的安慰和爱。莉莉丝把母亲留在了家乡，我无法想象她感到多么害怕孤单。但她的离开使我看到在这个女性团体中有很多“妈妈”，她们都准备好要把爱献给她。During our last session together Lilith was called forward and prayed over, hugged, and wrapped up in that beautiful quilt. I thought of the many hours Pam undoubtedly spent work

36、ing on it, unaware of the horrendous events that would lead Lilith to this moment-literally surrounded by the beauty and love the quilt embodied. I wept. When they told her it was for her, she wept. We all wept, honking our noses and wiping our eyes.我们最后一次在一起开会时，莉莉丝被叫去站到前面，大家为她祈祷，拥抱她，把那条漂亮的被子围在她身上。我

37、想到帕姆毫无疑问花了好长时间做这个被子，当时她根本不知道那些可怕的事会把莉莉丝带到这里此时却被被子蕴含的美丽和爱所围绕。我哭了，她们告诉她这个被子是给她的时候，她哭了。我们都哭了，抽泣着擦着眼泪。I thought about the words from 1 Peter 4:10: Serve one another with the particular gifts God has given each of you, as faithful dispensers of the magnificently varied grace of God. The words particular

38、and varied suggest to me that there may be as many gifts as there are people and personalities. A quilt wrapped around a ravaged young woman is just one practical, loving act of service that demonstrates Gods grace.我想到了彼得前书的4章10节里的话：各人要照所得的恩赐彼此服侍，作神百般恩赐的好管家。这番话特别换了一种方式提醒我有多少人和个性就有多少礼物。一位受到伤害的年轻女子身上围

39、的被子就是体现了上帝慈悲的一个充满爱意的行为。Its the particular things we do that we sometimes think are too small or inconsequential compared to the overwhelming suffering we witness. But to do nothing when we see an opportunity-to serve, to comfort, to ease anothers pain-is to withhold whatever facet of Gods magnificen

40、tly varied grace our gift offers.这就是我们所做的特别的事，有时我们认为这和我们见到的势不可挡的苦难相比太过渺小或不重要。但有机会时-服务、安慰、缓解别人的痛苦-你什么都不做，就没有体现出上帝给予的恩赐所展现的各种慈悲的任何一面。第五课 痛苦也是财富有的人在摔倒的时候，选择咒骂磨难，把花时间在抱怨上，而有的人则选择感恩磨难，也正是以往的磕磕碰碰，抓住了正确的方向，也正是磨难，带来成功的喜悦，也正是磨难，让脆弱的心变得更加坚强。今天的磨难痛苦，不算什么，熬过了，我们就成长了痛苦也是财富节选Theres no rose without a thorn. This t

41、hought is absolutely necessary to prepare you to experience less pain and more joy in your journey of life.人生固然有欢乐，但也一定不乏痛苦。有了这种认识和思想准备也是非常必要的，因为这样会使你的生活增加欢乐而减少痛苦。 With a birds-eye view, you may realize something meaningful. During your school years, while joyfully acquiring knowledge you are also u

42、nder the pressure of homework, examinations, and ranking. You face crises and agony. Meanwhile, all sorts of intricate affairs may happen between you and your classmates. In your youth, puberty may fill you with unrealized desires and send you into deeper perplexity.鸟瞰人生，可略有领悟。上学时，有获得知识的乐趣，便有做功课、考试、

43、排名次的危机与痛苦。同样，也有同学间相处的融合与纠结。青年时，春心萌动，幻想联翩，难以实现，亦难免陷入困扰。Entering marriage, you are actually in the center of all the contradictionsthe matching of different personalities, enduring of family members, childrens schooling, financial management and so on, you may also fall into marriage crisis. As you ag

44、e, your health may deteriorate and various troubles in your career and family may gradually emerge. Mid-life and old-age crisis will follow, leading you to your eternity.结婚之后，实际进入了更多的矛盾之中；思想的落差、相处的困难、子女的教育、财务的争执等等，也会陷入婚姻危机。随后，年龄愈大，健康愈差，事业、家庭中的许多潜在矛盾会日益突出，因而又会有中年危机和老年危机，直至步入死亡。We may therefore conclu

45、de that much of our life may not be spent in contentment. However, the things that discontent are, in fact, not useless since you may learn more from them than from the things that cheered you up.所以说，人生在世，如意的事不足一二，不如意的则十有八九。但这“八九”不是负担，而是有用的，因为人在痛苦中所学到的，要比在欢乐中所学到的多得多.第六课 态度决定生活 An elderly carpenter w

46、as ready to retire. He told his employer (contractor) of his plans to leave the house building business and live a more leisurely life with his wife enjoying his extended family. He would miss the paycheck, but he needed to retire. They could get by.一位老木匠打算退休了。他向自己所在的建筑公司雇主请辞，表示想要和自己的老伴以及大家庭去过一种更加闲适

47、的生活。他会想念领薪水的日子，但他还是该退休了，他想日子总是能过下去的。The contractor was sorry to see his good worker go and asked if he could build just one more house as a personal favor. The carpenter said yes, but in time it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work. He resorted to shoddy workmanship and usedinferior ma

48、terials. It was an unfortunate way to end his career.老板很舍不得自己的好员工离开，他对木匠说请你再建最后一座房子吧，就算是帮我个忙。木匠答应了，但很快就明显可以看出他的心已经不在工作上了。他用拙劣的技巧和劣质的材料建这座房子，用这种状态来结束他的职业生涯其实是一种遗憾。When the carpenter finished his work and the builder came to inspect the house, the contractor handed the front-door key to the carpenter.

49、 This is your house, he said, my gift to you.木匠完成了他的工作，负责人来验收房屋，老板将这座房屋的前门钥匙递到了木匠手上，说：“这房子现在归你了，作为我给你的礼物。”What a shock! What a shame! If he had only known he was building his own house, he would have done it all so differently. Now he had to live in the home he had built none too well.木匠顿时感到很震惊。多可惜啊

50、！如果他知道是在为自己修建这所房子的话，他会完全以另一种态度来对待。而现在他不得不住在这座自己胡乱修建的房子里了。So it is with us. We build our lives in a distracted way, reacting rather than acting, willing to put up less than the best. At important points we do not give the job our best effort. Then with a shock we look at the situation we have created

51、 and find that we are now living in the house we have built. If we had realized, we would have done it differently./en这个故事也映射了我们的生活状况。我们并没有用心经营自己的生活，总是抱怨而缺少实际行动，并没有全力以赴做到最好。最重要的一点是，我们没有为自己的工作付出百分之百的努力。然后，当我们回过头看为自己创造的生活条件时我们震惊了，和木匠一样我们后悔了，要是知道我们是在为自己的生活打拼，我们可能就会用一种完全不同的态度来对待了。Think of yourself as th

52、e carpenter. Think about your house. Each day you hammer a nail, place a board, or erect a wall. Build wisely. It is the only life you will ever build. Even if you live it for only one day more, that day deserves to be lived graciously and withdignity. The plaque on the wall says, Life is a do-it-yo

53、urself project.想象一下你就是这个木匠，想象你正在建造这座房子，你每天钉进一颗钉子、安装一块板子或者筑起一面墙。请用心对待吧，这是唯一一个你为自己打造的生活。即使你只在里面住上一天，这一天也要活得有光彩、有尊严。正如格言所说，“生活是一个只有靠自己才能完成的项目。”Who could say it more clearly? Your life today is the result of your attitudes and choices in the past. Your life tomorrow will be the result of your attitudes

54、and the choices you make today.谁还能说的再清楚些呢？你今天的生活就是你自己过去的态度和选择的结果，你未来的生活就是你现在的态度和选择的结果。第七课 致忧伤的你Dear Anyone Having a Bad Week 亲爱的度过糟糕一周的你：Im sorry. I have no idea why your week is bad, or how bad it actually is. I dont know if youve told anyone, if theres anything that could fix it or if its made you

55、 rather unpleasant to be around. But I do know that Im sorry that youre hurting, or stressed, or exhausted, or grieving, or frustrated, or depressed, or lonely, or scared or lost.我很抱歉，我无从知晓你的这一周为何很糟糕，也不知道实际情况到底有多糟。不知道你是否有找人倾诉，是否有什么方式可以让你好受一些或者说现实是否让你更加难过。但是我清楚地知道我为你一切不好的情绪感到深深的同情，无论是你受到伤害或者感到压力，亦或是感

56、到疲惫、悲伤、筋疲力尽、沮丧、孤独、害怕还是迷失。I thought about writing this letter in a couple of different ways. I thought about writing it about the things you could do to feel better: show yourself compassion, go outside and look at the trees, look at a baby photo of yourself. Or I thought about focusing the letter on

57、 how the bad weeks can actually be pretty beautiful, if you look at them the right way. I almost wrote those letters, and maybe at some point I will, but I think I ended up deciding that I wasnt writing to make anyone feel better - I just want you to feel heard.我想象过用各种不同的方式来写这封信。我想象写一些可以让你感到好些的事情：比如对自己表示同情、出去看看树木或者看看自己儿时的照片；或者我也想