Each second we live is a new and unique moment of the universe, a moment that will never be again … And what do we teach our children? We teach them that two and two make four, and that Paris is the capital of France.
我們活著的每一秒都是世界上獨(dú)一無二、不可重現(xiàn)的。我們應(yīng)該教給我們的孩子些什么呢?2+2=4,法國的首都是巴黎?
We should say to each of them: Do you know what you are? You are a marvel. You are unique. In all the years that have passed, there has never been another child like you. Your legs, your arms, your clever fingers, the way you move.
我們應(yīng)該對他們每一個(gè)說:你知道自己是什么嗎?——你是一個(gè)奇跡。你是獨(dú)一無二的。過往的所有日子里,從來沒有出現(xiàn)過像你一樣的孩子。你的腿,你的手,你靈巧的手指,你的一舉一動都是與眾不同的。
You may become a Shakespeare, a Michelangelo, a Beethoven. You have the capacity for anything. Yes, you are a marvel. And when you grow up, can you then harm another who is, like you, a marvel?
你可以成為莎士比亞,米開朗琪羅,或者是貝多芬。你有成就一切的能力。是的,你是一個(gè)奇跡。而當(dāng)你長大之后,你會忍心去傷害另一個(gè)如你一般的奇跡么?
You must work — we must all work — to make the world worth of its children.
我們必須同心協(xié)力,讓這個(gè)世界成為值得孩子們生活的樂?