“It’s what each of us sows, and how, that gives us character and prestige. Seeds of kindness, goodwill, and human understanding, planted in fertile soil, spring up into deathless friendships, big deeds of worth, and a memory that will not soon fade out. We are all sowers of seeds – and let us never forget it!”
「我们播什么种子,及如何播种,造就我们的性格及名誉。仁慈、善意及体谅他人的种子,播于肥沃的土壤,会出现不死的友谊、非常有价值的行为,及一个不会被快速遗忘的回忆。我们都是播种的人 – 让我们绝不要忘记!」– 乔治‧马修‧亚当斯 (专栏作家)
- sow (v.) 播种。例:You reap what you sow. (种什么因,得什么果。) prestige (n.) 名誉,声誉。例:the prestige of having the work shown at a top New York gallery (让作品展示于顶尖纽约画廊的殊荣)。goodwill (n.) 善意,友好。例:He invited them to dinner as a gesture of goodwill. (他借由邀请他们吃晚餐来展示善意。) fertile (adj.) 肥沃的。spring up 开始出现。例:Starbucks are springing up all over the country. (辛巴克在全国各地出现。) fade (v.) 褪去,褪色。例:Her dream of becoming a doctor is beginning to fade. (她想成为医生的梦想开始动摇。)
- 乔治‧马修‧亚当斯 (1878-1962) 是美国报纸专栏作家,成立了乔治马修亚当斯服务公司 ( George Matthew Adams Newspaper Service),联合刊登漫画及专栏文章于各大报纸达 50 年之久,他自己的文章也常刊登于各大报。