【今日美文朗读】做最好的自己

If you can't be a pine

on the top of the hill

如果不能成为山顶的青松

Be a scrub in the valley

就做谷中的一棵矮树

but be the best little scrub

by the side of the rill

但一定是最好的一棵矮树

生长在小溪边

Be a bush if you can't be a tree

如果不能做一棵树就做一株灌木

If you can't be a bush be a bit of the grass

如果不能做一株灌木就做一片青草

and some highway some happier make

在高速公路上带给人们快乐

If you can't be a muskie

如果不能做一条非洲狗鱼

then just be a bass

就做一条鲈鱼

but the liveliest bass in the lake

做湖塘里最快活的一条鲈鱼

We can't all be captains

不可能每个人都能当船长

we've got to be crew

但总有人要当船员

There's something for all of us here

每个人都有机会各尽其用

There's big work to do

轰轰烈烈的大事需要人做

and there's lesser to do

微不足道的小事也需要人去完成

and the task we must do is the near

我们要做的就是做好眼前该做的

If you can't be a highway

then just be a trail

如果你不是高速公路就做一条悠然小径