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If you put a buzzard① in a pen② six to eight feet square and entirely open at the top, the bird, in spite of its ability to fly, will be an absolute prisoner. The reason is that a buzzard always begins a flight from the ground with a run of ten to twelve feet. Without space to run, as is its habit, it will not even attempt to fly, but remain a prisoner for life in a small jail with no top.
The ordinary bat that flies around at night, who is a remarkable nimble③ creature in the air, cannot take off from a level place. If it is placed on the floor or flat ground, all it can do is to shuffle④ about helplessly and, no doubt, painfully, until it reaches some slight elevation⑤ from which it can throw itself into the air. Then, at once, it takes off like a flash.
A bumblebee⑥ if dropped into an open tumbler⑦ will be there until it dies, unless it is taken out. It never sees the means of escape at the top, but persists⑧ in trying to find some way out through the sides near the bottom. It will seek a way where none exists, until it completely destroys itself.
In many ways, there are lots of people like the buzzard, the bat and the bumblebee. They are struggling about with all their problems and frustrations⑨, not realizing that the answer is right there above them.
是的，尽管秃鹫会飞，可是被放在围栏里时，也只能成为栏中之囚；蝙蝠本很敏捷，但是在平坦的地面上，也只能无助地挪动；一只大黄蜂如果掉进了敞口的玻璃杯里，它也不知道可以从杯口逃出，只是坚持试图从杯底的四壁寻找出路。
太多的时候，我们总认为光明就在脚下，就在不远的前方，于是忘了去仰望头顶的那片天。♥
① buzzard：秃鹰
② pen：围栏，围圈
③ nimble：敏捷的
④ shuffle：拖着脚走，慢吞吞地走
⑤ elevation：高地，海拔
⑥ bumblebee：大黄蜂
⑦ tumbler：（平底）玻璃杯
⑧ persist：坚持，持续
⑨ frustration：失败，挫折
The ordinary bat that flies around at night, who is a remarkable nimble③ creature in the air, cannot take off from a level place. If it is placed on the floor or flat ground, all it can do is to shuffle④ about helplessly and, no doubt, painfully, until it reaches some slight elevation⑤ from which it can throw itself into the air. Then, at once, it takes off like a flash.
A bumblebee⑥ if dropped into an open tumbler⑦ will be there until it dies, unless it is taken out. It never sees the means of escape at the top, but persists⑧ in trying to find some way out through the sides near the bottom. It will seek a way where none exists, until it completely destroys itself.
In many ways, there are lots of people like the buzzard, the bat and the bumblebee. They are struggling about with all their problems and frustrations⑨, not realizing that the answer is right there above them.
是的，尽管秃鹫会飞，可是被放在围栏里时，也只能成为栏中之囚；蝙蝠本很敏捷，但是在平坦的地面上，也只能无助地挪动；一只大黄蜂如果掉进了敞口的玻璃杯里，它也不知道可以从杯口逃出，只是坚持试图从杯底的四壁寻找出路。
太多的时候，我们总认为光明就在脚下，就在不远的前方，于是忘了去仰望头顶的那片天。♥
① buzzard：秃鹰
② pen：围栏，围圈
③ nimble：敏捷的
④ shuffle：拖着脚走，慢吞吞地走
⑤ elevation：高地，海拔
⑥ bumblebee：大黄蜂
⑦ tumbler：（平底）玻璃杯
⑧ persist：坚持，持续
⑨ frustration：失败，挫折