All I Ever Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten幼兒園教給了我所需要學(xué)習(xí)的一切

Robert Fulghum

在校園里，我們不斷學(xué)習(xí)新的知識(shí)，學(xué)習(xí)做人的學(xué)問(wèn)，但你還記得幼兒園學(xué)習(xí)到的道理嗎？

Most of what I really need to know about how to live， what todo， and how to be， I learned in 1）kindergarten. Wisdom was not atthe top of the graduate school mountain， but there in the 2）sandboxat 3）nursery school.

These are the things I have learned： Share everything. Playfair. Don’t hit people. Put things back where you found them. Cleanup your own mess. Don’t take things that aren’t yours. Say you’resorry when you hurt somebody. Wash your hands before you eat.Flush. Cookies and milk are good for you.Live a balanced life—learn some， thinksome， paint， sing， dance， play and worksome everyday.

Take a 4）nap every afternoon. When you go out into the world， watch for traffic，hold hands， and stick together. Be aware of wonder. Rememberthe little seed in the plastic cup—The roots godown and the plant goes up; nobodyreally knows how or why，but we are all like that.Goldfish， hamsters，mice and even the littleseed in the plastic cup—theyall die. So do we.

And then remember the book about Dick and Jane and thefirst word you learned， the biggest word of all： LOOK. Everythingyou need to know is in there somewhere， the Golden Rule andlove and basic sanitation， ecology and sane living.

Think of what a better world it would be if we all—the wholeworld—had cookies and milk about 3 o’clock every afternoon andthen lay down with our blankets for a nap. And it is still true， nomatter how old you are， when you go out into the world， it is best tohold hands and stick together.

1） kindergarten n. 幼兒園

2） sandbox n. （供兒童玩的）沙坑

3） nursery n. 托兒所

4） nap n. （日間的）小睡

大部分我真正需要學(xué)習(xí)的東西，比如如何生活、如何做事、如何做人，我在幼兒園里都學(xué)到了。智慧并不在研究生院的山巔上，而是繾綣在幼兒園的沙坑里。

以下這些是我學(xué)到的：分享一切；行事磊落；不打人；物歸原處；收拾自己弄臟的地方；不拿別人的東西；傷害了別人要道歉；飯前洗手；便后沖水；點(diǎn)心和牛奶對(duì)健康有益；生活要?jiǎng)谝萁Y(jié)合——將學(xué)習(xí)、思考、繪畫、歌舞、玩耍、勞動(dòng)適當(dāng)?shù)匕才旁诿刻斓纳钪小?/p>

每天下午小睡一會(huì)兒；出門在外要注意交通安全，手拉手，互相照顧；留心身邊的奇特現(xiàn)象；別忘了塑料杯里的小種子——根往下延伸而莖葉向上冒，沒人知道為什么，但我們都是這樣長(zhǎng)大的。金魚、倉(cāng)鼠和老鼠，甚至那塑料杯里的小種子——有一天它們都會(huì)死。我們也一樣。

記住在兒童學(xué)習(xí)入門書里你學(xué)到的第一個(gè)生字，也是人生中最重要的一個(gè)字：看。你需要學(xué)習(xí)的一切都通過(guò)它實(shí)現(xiàn)了，從為人準(zhǔn)則、愛情真諦到衛(wèi)生習(xí)慣，從生態(tài)平衡到養(yǎng)生之道。

想一想，假如我們所有人（整個(gè)世界）都在每天下午三點(diǎn)左右吃點(diǎn)心、喝牛奶，然后蓋著自己的毯子躺下來(lái)小憩，這將是個(gè)多么美好的世界啊！還有一點(diǎn)千真萬(wàn)確：無(wú)論你多大年齡，出門在外能夠與人攜手為伴、互相扶持才是最好。