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诱人的苹果 荷叶/译 一个男孩放学回家，路上看到一个又大又诱人的苹果挂在树枝上，这根树枝从高高和篱笆上方探出来。男孩并不太爱吃苹果，如果让他从苹果和巧克力中做出选择，他更喜欢巧克力，但正像人们所说的，禁果往往很诱人。他一看到这个苹果，就想得到它。越看，就感觉越饿，越想得到它。 他踮起脚尖，尽力去够，但没能碰到苹果。但开始跳上跳下，在跳到最高处时，伸出双臂去够，还是够不着。 他没有放弃，心想，要是能蹬在什么东西上就好了。他的书包不够高，况且，他也不想踩坏里面的饭盒，铅笔盒，游戏机什么的。他环视了一下四周，希望能够找到一个旧箱子，一块石头，运气好的话，一把梯子。但这是个很整洁的街区，没有什么东西可以利用。 他能想到的办法都试过了。再也没有其它办法了，他只得放弃，走开。起初，这通折腾使他更感饥饿，他一想到这些，就又生气又失望，他真的想要那个苹果。他越这样想，就越不开心。 然而，虽然我们的主人公并不是总能如愿以偿地得到所有想要的东西，但他还是个非常聪明的人。他开始自语：“这样做无济于事，我没有得到苹果，感觉也很难受。我已没有办法得到这个苹果，这是不可改变的事实，但我们应该能够改变自己的感觉。如果那样的话，我怎样做才能感觉舒服点？” 附：原文 A boy was walking home from school when he saw a large, tempting apple on one of thebranches of an apple tree hanging out over a tall fence. The boy wasn’t much of a fruit-eater, preferring a bar of chocolate if given the choice, but as theysay, the forbidden fruit can be tempting. Seeing the apple, the boy wanted it.The more he looked at it, the hungrier he felt and the more he wanted that apple. He stood on tiptoe, stretching as high as he could,but even at his tallest length he was unable to touch it. He began to jump upand down as high as he could, at the top of each jump stretching his arms to get the apple. Still it remained out of reach. Not giving up, he thought, if only he had something tostand on. His school bag wouldn’t have give enough height and he didn’t want to break the things inside, like his lunch box, pencil-case and Gameboy. Looking around, he hoped he might find an old box, a rock, or with luck, even a ladder,but it was a tidy neighborhood and there was nothing he could use. He had tried everything he could think to do. Without seeing any other choices, he gave up and started to walk away. At first he felt angry and disappointed thinking about how hungry he had become from his efforts, and how he really wanted the apple. The more he thought like this, the more unhappy he became. However, the boy of our story was a pretty smart guy,even if he couldn’t always get what he wanted. He started to say to himself,“This isn’t helpful, I don’t have the apple and I’m feeling miserable as well.There is nothing more I can do to get the apple---that is unchangeable---but weare supposed to be able to change our feelings. If that’s the case, what can Ido to feel better?” | 
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