表哥，你听我说

表哥：

Elder male cousin:

见信好！收到你的来信后，我既高兴，又为你愁闷了好些日子，我看着你信中所说的话，思考了许久，终于努力寻找到了一个说服你的理由。?

Good faith! After receiving your letter, I was both happy and sad for you for many days. I looked at what you said in your letter, thought for a long time, and finally tried to find a reason to persuade you. ?

你说，你这学期各门功课的成绩又有了进步，每门功课成绩在班级名列前茅。这是你努力认真的结果。我很高兴，我也一定以你为榜样，勤奋学习，争取和你有共同的进步，就让我们共勉吧！?

You said that you have made progress in each subject this semester, and each subject is among the best in the class. This is the result of your hard work. I'm very happy. I will take you as an example, study hard and strive for common progress with you. Let's encourage! ?

可是，你在信里说得更多的是让人心里难受的话。?

But what you say in your letter is more painful. ?

你说，你是山沟沟里的穷孩子，脚上连一双像样的鞋子也没有，更谈不上用时尚的衣裳包装自己，总在大学的校园生活里遭到别人乜斜的目光，你认为那是因为你寒酸的出身，没有个好爸爸，有的是无用的父母。?

You say that you are a poor child in a gully, and you don't even have a pair of decent shoes on your feet, let alone use fashionable clothes to package yourself. You always get the squint of other people's eyes in campus life. You think that's because of your humble origin, no good father, and useless parents. ?

你说，你是如此羡慕城市里那些同学优裕的生活条件，整天手持最新款式的移动电话，脖子里挂着MP4，一到宿舍便打开手提电脑玩着游戏。你自己囊中羞涩，连每个月简单的生活费有时都紧巴巴的。?

You said that you are so envious of the affluent living conditions of those students in the city. You hold the latest mobile phone all day, and hang the MP4 around your neck. When you arrive at the dormitory, you open your laptop and play games. You are shy in your own pocket. Even the simple cost of living every month is sometimes tight. ?

你说，世间为什么这么贫富悬殊，生活为什么这么苦涩，为什么我们就该是喝矿泉水，不，就连矿泉水也喝不起，只该是喝自来水的命？……?

You said, why is the world so rich and poor? Why is life so bitter? Why should we drink mineral water? No, even mineral water can't afford it. It's only the life of drinking tap water ?

表哥，我虽然还在读高中，还没有大学生活的体验。但是，你的这些想法我也默默地承受过。后来我从读名家、伟人的书中，从现实生活的课本里，感悟到了人生的真谛。?

Cousin, although I'm still in high school, I haven't experienced college life. However, I have borne your thoughts in silence. Later, I learned the true meaning of life from reading the books of famous people and great people, and from the textbooks of real life. ?

是的，我们无法选择父母、家庭，无法选择命运的出生地。但是，我们完全可以与城里学生比学习、比进步。回想你所走过的中学、大学生活，哪一步不是因为自己的努力。中学，你考上了县重点；大学，你考入省城最高学府。这些不都是因为贫穷作了你最大的动力吗？从某种意义上讲，贫穷是财富。?

Yes, we can't choose our parents, our families or the birthplace of our destiny. However, we can compare with the city students to study and improve. When you think about your high school and college life, it's not because of your efforts. Middle school, you are admitted to the county key; University, you are admitted to the highest institution in the province. Isn't all this because poverty is your greatest motivation? In a sense, poverty is wealth. ?

你在大学里，正因为节假日没有回家的车旅费，干脆就躲在宿舍里读书学习；因为没有钱买电脑，买那些洋玩意儿，你用纸质文本代替了电子文件，你得到了最真实最有效的训练，你把全部精力花在了学业上，所以你在班级里成了名副其实的尖子。?

When you are in college, just because you don't have the travel expenses for home on holidays, you just hide in the dormitory to study; because you don't have the money to buy computers and foreign things, you use paper text instead of electronic documents, you get the most real and effective training, you spend all your energy on your studies, so you become a real leader in the class. ?

你说别人总是对你指指点点，那其实是你心理因素在作怪，说不定人家是在欣赏你，夸奖你。再说，人生难保一帆风顺，暂时的困境并不代表永久。?

When you say that others always point at you, it's actually your psychological factors. Maybe they are appreciating you and praising you. Besides, life is hard to be smooth, and temporary difficulties do not mean permanent. ?

我们兄妹俩或许更应该感谢我们各自的父母，因为在这个贫穷的家庭里，我们学会了如何忍让，如何在拮据的日子里寻求精神的慰藉。我们应该用孟子的话时刻激励自己，“天将降大任于是人也，必先苦其心志，劳其筋骨，饿其体肤，空乏其身……”?

Our brothers and sisters may be more grateful to our respective parents, because in this poor family, we have learned how to tolerate, how to seek spiritual comfort in the days of poverty. We should use Mencius's words to inspire ourselves at all times, "heaven will give us a great responsibility, so people must first work hard, strain their muscles and bones, starve their bodies and skin, and be empty..." ?

表哥，有道是千金难买少年贫。让咱们一起，在挫折中品味属于我们的人生，在吃苦的经历中磨炼出别人所没有的智慧与力量吧！

Cousin, there's a way that it's hard to buy young people. Let's taste our life together in setbacks, and hone the wisdom and strength others don't have in the bitter experience!