英语美文【004】

Trees should not grow too fast.

树不可长得太快。

Annual trees can be used as firewood.

一年生当柴，

Triennial and quinquennial trees can be made into tables and chairs.

三年五年生当桌椅，

Only trees growing for more than ten years or even to one hundred years will probably become ridgepoles and beams.

十年百年的才有可能成栋梁。

Therefore people who want to become successful should learn from trees to accumulate their capabilities richly and bide their time.

故要养深积厚，等待时机。

——毕淑敏