挑战一些不可能_61B

挑战一些不可能 We all get a brief window of opportunity on this planet. And while you’re catching up on sleep this morning, consider this. There’s a snail out there right now, risking everything, to cross the largest desert of a sidewalk it’s ever seen. Why? Because it beats hiding in its shell at home, or maybe it was inspired by ever snail that ever successfully reached the other side? I don’t know. I’m not really sure what motivates a mollusk. But I do know this. No snail has any idea what’s on the other side of that sidewalk. All they know is they have a shell that can be cracked, and maybe not the best reaction time in the animal kingdom. But still they go on the off chance they might actually connect with something greater than themselves, maybe become one of those snails that inspires another snail. Now, you may say this is dumb. Snails don’t surf. No, neither did any of us, until we did. 【参考译文】 在这个星球上，我们都拥有短暂的机会之窗。当你早上还懒床的时候，想想这个。有一只蜗牛此时正涉险，试图穿越犹如最大沙漠的人行道。为什么呢？是因为这样做远比躲在壳里更强，或是受到曾经成功穿越沙漠的蜗牛的激励？我不知道，我不确定软体动物会有什么样的动力。但我知道的是，没有一只蜗牛知道另一边是什么样子。它们只知道它们背上的壳很可能被碾碎。也许不是动物王国里拥有最佳反应时间的动物，但是它们仍然向前，因为它们怀揣着与伟大碰撞的一丝希望，也许能成为一只能激励其他蜗牛的蜗牛。你可能会说这很傻。蜗牛也不会冲浪，不会，但我们也不会，直到我们去做。