「每日英语短文」你是土豆（鸡蛋还是茶叶）

Are You a Potato, an Egg, or a Tea Leaf?

你是土豆、鸡蛋、还是茶叶

Jenny was a young girl. She used to get angry at everything and she had a bad attitude about life.

珍妮是一个小女孩。她过去对所有的事情都生气，对生活有一个消极得态度。

Once, when she felt that life was unbearable, she asked her father what to do.

有一次，她感到生活忍无可忍了，问她父亲该怎么做。

She told him that if she managed to solve one problem, another one followed quickly.

她告诉父亲说：“当她解决完一个问题以后，另一个问题很快就又来了。”

Her father took her to the kitchen. He asked Jenny to take a potato, an egg and two spoons of tea leaves.

他的父亲带她来到厨房。告诉她：“珍妮，去拿一个番茄，一个鸡蛋和两勺茶叶。”

Jenny was surprised, and asked her father, "Do you want me to cook?"

珍妮跟奇怪，问他的父亲说：“你是想让我做饭嘛？”

"No," her father said.

“不是，”父亲回答说。

He then took three bowls and poured one cup of water in each bowl. The bowls were placed on the stove.

父亲拿过三个碗来，往每个碗里都倒了一杯水。把碗放在炉子上，

Once the water started to boil, he dropped the potato in a bowl, an egg in the second one and theleaves in the third one.

水烧开了以后，他把番茄扔到第一个碗里，鸡蛋放到第二个碗里，茶叶放到第三个碗里。

"Why are you doing all these things?" Jenny asked, really angry with her father.

珍妮不愉快地问父亲，“你做这些事是为什么？”

"Just wait for fifteen minutes," said her father.

父亲她说：“等15分钟”

The impatient daughter managed to wait for around 15 minutes.

女儿不耐烦地等了15分钟。

Her father removed the potato from the pot and placed it on a plate. He did the same with the egg.He filtered the tea using a cup.

父亲把番茄从锅中拿出来放到盘子上，同样把鸡蛋放到盘子上，用被子过滤茶叶。

Now, he placed the two plates, one with the potato and the other with the egg, and the cup of tea in front of Jenny.

现在，他把放有番茄，鸡蛋的两个盘子，还有放茶叶的杯子，放到珍妮面前。

He asked Jenny, "What do you see?"

他问珍妮：“你看到了什么？”

"A potato, an egg and a cup of tea," said Jenny.

“一个番茄，一个鸡蛋，一杯茶叶”珍妮说

"Look at it closely and answer me," said her father.

“仔细得看看然后回答我”，他父亲说

Jenny replied the same.

珍妮的回答是一样的。

"Now touch it and answer me."

“现在你摸一下它然后回答我。”

The potato was soft, the egg was boiled hard, and the tea carried a nice aroma. Jenny couldn"t find the correct answer.

番茄软软的，鸡蛋变得硬起来，茶叶带有美好的芳香。

Her father said, "The potato was so hard before it was boiled; now it has turned soft and smooth.

他的父亲说：“番茄加热后由硬变软；现在他变得软软的，很平滑”

Also, the egg would break easily but after boiling it became hard. Sip the tea. It is delicious!"

然后，鸡蛋是易碎的，但是经过加热后变得坚硬。茶叶呢，变得很清香！

Jenny asked, "What does it mean father? I don"t understand!"

珍妮问：“什么意思呢父亲？我不太理解”

"Each object responded differently to the water. Each object was put under the same kind of circumstances, faced similar challenges, but reacted differently.

"每个事物对水的反映是不同的，虽然每个事物在相同的环境，面对相似的挑战，但是得到的结果是不一样的，

The potato, when put in boiling water, became very soft. The soft egg became very hard when we put it in boiling water.

番茄被水煮过会变得更软，鸡蛋被水煮过会变得更硬，

And the tea leaves are unique. It changed the water itself, giving it a unique flavor and aroma! It gave something new."

茶叶与众不同，它改变了水的本身，让水变得更清香，茶叶赋予我们新的事物。”

Jenny then understood that we can create something new and unique even when we experience challenges.

珍妮懂得了即使我们经历各种挑战，我们也可以创造出新的和美好的事物。

So, what are you? A potato, an egg, or a tea leaf?

所以，你是什么呢？番茄，鸡蛋还是茶叶。

翻译：瑷宝