「英語晨讀」a parrot or an eagle（內附音頻）

2019-01-17 07:25:00 英語週報

英語晨讀

Did you ever dream as a kid about flying like a bird? Which would you be more like: a parrot or an eagle? The two you know are very different kinds of birds. Even though it can fly, a parrot prefers to stay in the same comfortable cage, eat the same dry seeds,and listen to the same words over and over again until it can say them easily. A parrot's satisfied just to do the same thing everyday. In fact, you almost never see a parrot actually fly.

在孩提時，你夢想過像鳥兒一樣展翅飛翔嗎？你覺得哪一個更像你，鸚鵡還是老鷹？這兩種鳥可大不相同。即使能飛，鸚鵡寧可呆在相同的舒適的籠子裡，吃著同樣的穀子，反覆聆聽著相同的話語，直到能信口學舌。鸚鵡滿足於每天僅做同樣的事情。其實，你幾乎沒有真正看到過鸚鵡展翅翱翔。

Not eagles. Eagles have an inner drive to explore and experience everything out there. They have the courage to change and take risks. And they're not afraid to leave their familiar, comfortable nest to search for more. An eagle's passion for life pushes it to soar high and explore new territory, looking for fresh, satisfying food instead of the same boring, dry seeds.

鷹可不一樣。鷹對探索和體驗世上萬物有著不可遏制的內在衝動。它們有改變和承擔風險的勇氣。它們不怕離開自己熟悉而舒坦的窠臼，它們要去尋求更多的東西。鷹對生活的激情推動著它呼嘯直上，不斷開拓新的疆域，找尋更新鮮有味的獵物，而非一成不變和乏味的穀子。

So which bird are you most like? If you like being a parrot kind of person, then you'll probably just stay the same. But you'll never have or experience anything more in life. And you'll never know if what you believe is really true. Remember, "If you agree with someone on everything, then one of you is doing all the thinking." The smart, successful person is not only open to new ideas, he goes looking for them. So if you want a full exciting life like an eagle as God created you to live,then what are you waiting for? Do you realize how out of place you are living in that cage of the same thinking and routine everyday of your life? Imaging how silly an eagle would look sitting in that cage picking over tasteless dried seeds.

所以，你更像哪種鳥？如果你喜歡像鸚鵡一樣做人，那你可能生活得一成不變。但你將可能永遠不會經歷和體驗到生活中的許多事情。你將永遠不會知道你信奉的是否一定真實。請記住，“如果你事事附和他人，那你們中間必定只有一個人在動腦筋。”而聰明和成功的人不僅敞開心扉面對新思維，他會主動去追尋它們。如果你想過上帝創造給雄鷹的那種刺激的人生，你還在等什麼？你知道嗎，你困在鳥籠裡，想法一成不變，過著重複的日子，這是多麼難受呀？你不難想象，整日被關在鳥籠裡啄食乏味草籽的老鷹看起來是多麼蠢笨。