英语阅读-你就是个奇迹 A Marvel

Each second we live is a new and unique moment of the universe, a moment that will never be again And what do we teach our children We teach them that two and two make four, and that Paris is the capital of France.

When will we also teach them what they are

We should say to each of them: Do you know what you are You are a marvel<sup>1. You are unique. In all the years that have passed, there has never been another child like you. Your legs, your arms, your clever fingers, the way you move.

You may become a Shakespeare2, a Michelangelo, a Beethoven. You have the capacity3 for anything. Yes, you are a marvel. And when you grow up, can you then harm another who is, like you, a marvel

You must work we must all work to make the world worth of its children.

---Pablo Casals</sup>

中文翻译：

　　大家活着的每一秒都是与众不同的
　　
　　大家活着的每一秒都是世界上与众不同、不可重现的。大家应该教给大家的孩子些什么呢？2+2=4，法国的首都是巴黎？

　　大家应该对他们每个说：你了解自己是什么吗？你是一个奇迹。你是与众不同的。过往的所有日子里，从来没出现过如你一般的孩子。你的腿，你的手，你灵巧的手指，你的一举一动都是独一无二的。

　　你可以成为莎士比亚，米开朗琪罗，或者是贝多芬。你有收获所有的能力。是的，你是一个奇迹。而当你长大之后，你会忍心去伤害另一个像你一样的奇迹么？

　　大家需要同心协力，让这个世界成为值得孩子们生活的乐土。