trophies or Trash(节选)

郭庆

Trophies or Trash

Recently an older man told me about a surprising gift he received in the mail. It was from his old high school. When he was a teenager, his love and passion was teenis, so for several years he spent hours everyday practicing. And his years of hard work paid off. He finally reached a champion tennis player. Now, over 40 years later, his school sent him his trophy with this note that said, “We found this in the basement with some trash, so rather than throw it away, we thought you might like to have it.” In that moment, he realized that what he had lived for as a young man and spent all his time and energy to get, was now just some worthless rubbish.

It reminds me of the Olympic Games. It’s truly inspiring to watch the world’s greatest athletes who have trained so hard all their lives to finally reach their goal and enjoy such great victory. But it’s equally depressing for the other althlets who have worked just as hard and long, and who basically have the same strength and skills, lose by so little, sometimes by only a hundredth of a second. And then it’s all over! In fact, no one even remember their names!

奖杯或垃圾

      最近，一位老人讲述了他在邮局收到的一份惊奇的礼物。礼物是由他以前的中学寄来的。当他还是个少年时，他酷爱网球，所以好几年里他几乎每天都花大量的时间练习。几年的努力得到了回报，最终他实现了他的目标，成了网球冠军。现在事情都过去40多年了，学校把奖杯寄给了他，而且还附了张纸条，纸条上写着：“我们在地下室的垃圾堆里发现了它。我们想，与其把它扔掉倒还不如把它寄给你。”那一刻，他意识到年轻时他想要的而且花掉他所有的时间和精力去争取的，只不过是一些毫无价值的垃圾。

      这件事使我想起了奥林匹克运动会。看到那些世界顶尖级的运动员艰苦训练而最终如愿以偿享受如此辉煌的胜利，的确令人振奋。但是对那些训练同样努力，时间同样长，而且基本上技能相当的运动员来说，在差距如此小，有时只有0.01秒时，输掉比赛也同样令人沮丧。但是一切都结束了。事实上，甚至没有一个人记得他们的名字。

Cinderella

一位老人讲述了他在邮局收到的一份惊奇的礼物————一位老人讲述了他通过邮件收到的一份令人惊讶的礼物。

但是对那些训练同样努力，时间同样长，而且基本上技能相当的运动员来说，————训练同样努力、同样长久，而且技能基本上相当的运动员来说.....

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