美文赏析:最危急的时刻 也是最好的契机

And the people stayed home.

于是，人们闭门不出

And read books,

他们阅读书籍

and listened, and rested, and exercised,

他们倾听，休息，锻炼

and made art, and played games,

做艺术品，玩游戏

and learned new ways of being,

学习新的生活方式

and were still.

保持沉静的状态

And listened more deeply.

人们能更深入的倾听

Some meditated ,

更多的沉思,

some danced.

更多的载歌载舞

And the people began to think differently.

有些人开始以另一种方式思考问题

And the people healed.

人们开始自愈

And,

同时

in the absence of people

由于人类的缺席

living in ignorant , dangerous,

由于这些活得无知，危险

mindless, and heartless ways,

愚蠢而又冷酷的人类的缺席

the earth began to heal.

大地开始自愈

And when the danger passed,

当危机过去时

and the people joined together again,

人们重聚在一起

they grieved their losses,

为死者悼念

and made new choices,

做出新的抉择

and dreamed new images,

有了新的梦想

and created new ways to live

创造出新的生活方式

and heal the earth fully,

好好疗救大地母亲

as they had been healed.

正如人类自己被疗救一样