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筷子是我们每日吃饭必不可少的餐具。当数不尽的工具、器具和产品都已被时间淘汰时，只有筷子经受住了时间的考验。从这些简简单单的筷子中，我们能学到什么呢？ They teach us the importance of: 它们教会了我们许多重要的事： Simplicity. 简简单单。 They can come in all kinds of colours and sizes, but essentially they are just two long sticks. There's hardly anything more simple than two bits of wood being pushed together. Chopsticks are a living example that simplicity simply works, and we don't need to keep developing, improving and fixing things all the time. 虽然筷子颜色各异，长短不同，但实质上，它们就是两根长棍。没有比两根靠在一起就能使用的木棍更简单的东西了。筷子就是一个活生生的实例，说明简单的东西照样能派上大用场，我们并不需要一直改善更新，发展再发展。 Aim. 目标明确。 If you've ever tried using them, you know that you can't get what you want by just haphazardly stabbing at the plate. To be able to get what you want, you have to aim for it. There's no way you can pick up everything in one go. Know what you want, and just do it. Sometimes, a little bit of focus makes the difference between failure and success. 如果你曾经试过用筷子吃饭，就会知道在餐盘上乱戳是夹不到你想要的东西的，必须得瞄准目标下筷。你不可能一下夹到所有东西，而应认清你要什么，然后努力得到它。成功或失败有时就在于那么一点点的准确性。 Practice. 熟能生巧。 Using chopsticks doesn't come naturally. You have to learn to use them and practice it. But how will you learn? Should you just read about it? Most would agree that there's no better way to practice than to look at the delicious food in front of you and tell yourself that you can't have any until you can use the chopsticks to get it. In real life, you can read as much as you like about all the things you want to do, but it will just amount to dreams and theory if you don't try actually doing it. Don't just watch others eating, put yourself out there and give the chopsticks a go. 没人生来就会使用筷子。你必须要学着使用并不断练习。但是怎样学习呢？仅仅只是看使用说明吗？大部分人都同意最好的练习方法就是看着摆在眼前的美味食物，告诉自己不用筷子夹就不能吃。在现实生活中，你能（从书中）阅读到任何你想要做的事情，但是如果你不去试着实践，它们就仅仅只是梦想和理论。不要只看着别人吃，自己也去拿双筷子试试看。 Slowing Down. 放慢节奏。 Eating with chopsticks is a slower process, but that is not necessarily a bad thing. Sometimes we need to slow down and take things one step at a time, break it down at each stage so that we have time to think, to realize that we're actually full and that we don't have to keep charging full speed through life. 虽然用筷子吃饭是个较慢的过程，但这不见得是件坏事。有时我们需要放慢节奏，一步一步来，每个阶段停顿一下，以使我们有时间思考，认识到自己实际上已经饱了。我们没有必要总是保持高速冲刺的生活。 Sometimes it's nice to enjoy each morsel of life as it comes. 有时候，按部就班地享受生活的一点一滴是很幸福的。 |
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