Put three pots of water over the fire.

In the first pot.put some carrots. In the second pot,put some eggs. In the third pot,put some coffee beans.that have been grounded into coffee powder.

Boil all three pots for 15 minutes.

Take out what you put in.(再来看看你放进去的这些东西)

The carrots went in hard.They are now soft.(胡萝卜已经不再坚硬，它开始变得柔软)

The eggs went in soft inside.Now they are hard inside.(鸡蛋原来是易碎，它薄薄的外壳保护着它成液体的内脏，但是经开水一煮，它的内脏变硬了)

The coffee powder  has disappeared.But the water has the colors and the wonderful smell of coffee.

(咖啡豆不见了，但是那锅水的颜色已经改变并散发出诱人的咖啡香气)

Now think about life. Life is not always easy. Life is not always comfortable. Sometimes life is very hard.

Things dont happen like we wish.People dont treat us like we hope.

(事情不会总向着我们希望的方向发展。周围的人群也不总是向我们所希望的一样对待我们)

We work very hard but get few results.(经常会我们付出很多但得到的很少)

What happens when we face difficulties? (那么当我们遇到困境时，我们会怎样呢？)

Now think about the pots.The boiling water is like the problems of life.

We can be like the carrots. We go in tough and strong. We come out soft and weak.

(我们也许像胡萝卜，一开始坚硬的、强壮的，后来却变得软弱)

We get very tired. We lose hope. We give up.

(我们累了，丧失了希望，我们选择了放弃？)

There is no more fighting spirit.(不再有向上的意识，进取的精神？)

NO! Dont be like the carrots!

We can  be like the eggs.

We start with a soft and sensitive heart.We end up very hard and unfeeling inside.

(一开始有着柔软而敏感的心，在生活的压力下，却逐渐变得强硬而又冷漠)

We hate others. We dont like ourselves.(我们不再友好，我们敌对任何人)

We become hard-hearted. Dont be like the eggs!

There is no warm feeling,only bitterness.(这里不再有温暖，只有苦闷、冷漠、悲愤)

We can be like the coffee beans.

The water does not change the coffee powder.The coffee powder changes the water!

The water has become different becasue of the coffee powder.

See it.  看一下！                 Smell it.      闻一下 ！             Drink it. 尝一口！

(沸水因为咖啡豆而变得不一样)

The hotter the water,the better the taste.(水的温度越高，咖啡的香味就越加醇厚)

We can be like the coffee beans.

We make something good  from the difficulties we face.We learn new things.We have new knowledge,New skills,new abilities.We grow in experience.We make the world around us better.

(我们转变了困境，我们有了新的进步！我们有了新的知识、新的技能、新的习惯！我们是我们周围的世界更加美好！)

To succeed,we must try....and try again.We must believe in what we are doing.We must not give up.We must be patient. We must keep pushing.

(为了成功，我们必须持续不断的努力。。。。。我们要坚信现在所做的一切。。。。我们要永不放弃。。。。我们要有韧性。。。我们必须要不断地排除面前的障碍。。。。)

Problems and difficulties give us the chance to become stronger...and better...and tougher.

(摆在我们面前的困难只会让我们更加强壮、更加坚强。。。)

What are we like when things do not go well?Are you like the carrot...or the egg...or the coffee bean?

Be like the coffee bean!

你呢，我的朋友，你看似强硬，但遭遇痛苦和逆境后畏缩了，变软弱了，失去了力量的胡萝卜吗？你是内心原本可塑的鸡蛋吗？你先是个性情不定的人，但经过死亡、分手、离婚或失业，是不是变得坚强了，变得倔强了？你的外壳看似从前，但你是不是因有了坚强的性格和内心而变得严厉强硬了？或者你像咖啡豆吗？豆子改变了给他带来痛苦的开水，并在它达到100度的高温时让它散发出最佳的香味。谁最烫时，它的味道更好了。