勇气 (美)伯纳德·韦伯
2007-05-11 17:32阅读：
There are many kinds of
courage.勇气有很多种。
Awesome kinds.有的令人敬畏。
And everyday kinds.有的平平常常。
Still,courage is courage--whatever
kind.总之，不管哪一种--勇气就是勇气。
Courage is riding your bicycle for the first time
without training wheels.勇气，是你第一次骑车不用安全轮。
Courage is spelling your word is
supercilious.勇气，是去参加智力竞赛，而且你的题目是“曌”字怎么读（注：原文意为“勇气是参加拼写比赛时，有拼的字是“supercilious”，此处为符合中文情境，在译文中做了修改。）
Courage is two candy bars and saving one for
tomorrow.勇气是你有两块糖，却能留下一块到第二天。
Courage is mealtime and desprately hoping it's hot
Chunky Chunks in 'real' gravy
again.勇气是到了开饭时间还拼命巴望在“真”肉汤里还能有“真”肉块。
Courage is nobody better pick on your
brother.勇气，是让别人最好离你的小弟弟远点。
Courage is it's your job to check out the night
noises in the house.勇气，是晚上由你负责查看房间里的动静。
Cou
rage is being the new kid on the blick and saying,flat out,'Hi,my
name is Wayne.What's yours?'
勇气，是刚搬到新地方，你大方地说：“嗨，我的名字叫伟利，你们呢？”
Courage is tasting the vegetable before making a
face.勇气，是吃蔬菜时不做鬼脸，先尝尝再说。
Courage is not peeking at the last pages of your
whodunit book to find out who do
it.勇气，是读侦探小说时不先翻到最后几页，偷看“到底是谁干的”。
Courage is being the first to make up after an
argument.勇气，是和别人吵架后你先去讲和。
Courage is deliberately stepping on sidewalk
cracks.勇气，是故意踩人行道的缝隙。（注：按西方传统的迷信说法，“踩在缝隙上”会带来厄运。）
Courage is the bottom of ninth,tie outs,bases
loaded,and your turn to
bat.勇气，是棒球比赛进入最后关头，平分、二出局、满垒，轮到你最后一击。
Courage is the juicy secret you promised never to
tell.勇气，是你知道个大秘密，却答应对谁也不说。
Courage is being sudsed and scrubbed by
strangers.勇气，是让陌生人给你洗洗涮涮
Courage is beaking bad
habits.勇气，是改掉坏习惯。
Courage is suddenly remembering a silly joke and
trying not to giggle when everyone else is being especially
serious.勇气，是在别人都特别严肃的时候，你突然想起一个好傻的笑话，却能忍住不傻笑。
Courage is arriving much too early for a birthday
party.勇气，是去参加一个生日晚会，你到得实在太早。（注：在西方，如果别人邀请你参加聚会，到得太早会显得唐突，到得太晚会让主人觉得对他不尊重，最好是在聚会开始前的十分钟到达。）
Courage is sending a valentine to someone you
secretly admire,and signing your real
name.勇气，是寄情人卡给你暗恋的她，还签上你自己的真名。
Courage is admiring,but not
plucking.勇气，是爱它，却不摘它。
Courage is going to bed without a
nightlight.勇气，是不开灯就上床睡觉。
Courage is deciding to have your hair
cut.勇气，是你决定理个发。
Courage is trying to cover up yourmean,jealous
side.勇气，是努力藏起你小气、嫉妒的一面。
Courage is scenic car trip and being stuck in the
middle during the best part.勇气，是坐车游览到风景最好的地方时，你却被挤在中间。
Courage is explaining the rip in your brand-new
pants.勇气，是解释你的新裤子怎么弄破的。
Courage is going on again.勇气，是再来一次。
Courage is if you knew where there were some
mountains,you would definitely climb
them.勇气，是知道还有高山，就一定要去征服。
Courage is exploring heights and
depths.勇气，是上探太空，下探深海。
Courage is blade of grass breaking through the icy
snow.勇气，是小草从冰雪下破土而出。
Courage is starting over.勇气，是从头开始。
Courage is holding on to your
dream.勇气，是坚持自己的梦想。
Courage is being a firefighter,or a police
officer.勇气，是立志做一名消防员或一名警察。
Courage is sometimes having to say
goodbye.勇气，是必要时说声再见。
Courage is what we give to each
other.勇气，是我们相互给予的东西。
