Put three pots of water over the fire.
先往三只锅里倒入一些水，然后把它们放在旺火上烧 。
In the first pot, put some carrots.
然后在第一个锅里，放一些胡萝卜。
In the second pot, put some eggs.
在第二个锅里，放一些鸡蛋。
In the third pot, put some coffee beans
that have been grounded into coffee powder.
在第三个锅里，放一些已经磨成粉末的咖啡豆。
Boil all three pots for 15 minutes.
煮沸15分钟。
Take out what you put in.
再来看你放进去的这些东西。
The carrots went in hard.
They are now soft.胡萝卜已经不再坚硬，它开始变得柔软。
The eggs went in soft inside.
Now they are hard inside.鸡蛋原来是易碎的，它薄薄的外壳保护着它呈液体的内脏。但是经开水一煮，它的内脏变硬了。
The coffee powder has disappeared.而咖啡豆不见了。
But the water has the colors and the wonderful smell of coffee.
但是那锅水的颜色已经改变并散发出诱人的咖啡香味。
Now think about life.
好了，现在我们回到生活中来。
Life is not always easy.
生活不总是一帆风顺的。
Life is not always comfortable.
也不总是风平浪静的。
Sometimes life is very hard.
有时我们会碰到很多困难。

Things don’t happen like we wish.事情不会总向着我们希望的方向发展。
People don’t treat us like we hope.周围的人群也不总是向我们所希望的一样对待我们。
We work very hard but get few results.经常会我们付出很多但得到的很少。
What happens when we face difficulties?那么，当我们遇到困境时，我们会怎样呢？
The boiling water is like the problems of life.这些煮沸的水就像我们在生活中遇到的困境一样。
We can be like the carrots.我们也许像胡萝卜
We go intough and strong.一开始是坚硬的、强壮的
We come out soft and weak.后来却变得软弱。
We get very tired.We lose hope.We give up.我们丧失了希望，我们选择了放弃？
There is no more fighting spirit.不再有向上的意识，进取的精神？

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