散文佳作108篇 第6期:盼頭 Something to Look Forward to

Something to Look Forward to

楊航

Yang Hang

細娃盼過年，大人盼開春。兒時，對于大人的盼是不能理解的，但過年，對我來說，可是一年的大盼頭了。過年，不但好玩，且有肉吃，那氣氛是迷人的。年一過，又盼日子快些流，好流來又一個春節(jié)。

Little children look forward to the arrival of lunar New Year, adults to that of spring. When achild I could't understand what the elders hoped for. But New Year's Day was always thegreatest red-letter day of all the year, for it meant the nicest food as well as a lot of fun, whichwas really fascinating. As soon as the festival was over, another one was my dream and Iwished time flew as fast as possible.

在盼中，日子真的流得飛快，轉眼上了小學，繼而初中，然后高中，最后大學;盼的欲望更加強烈，盼的內容也漸漸豐富了：盼有好成績畢業(yè)，盼有一份好工作，盼事業(yè)有成，盼掙錢替父母分憂，盼有一個好愛人……不知不覺，天天踩著石階而上，自己竟成了一個大男人，一個掙錢養(yǎng)家糊口的忙碌人了。

Days spent in expectation come and go really very fast. Very soon I finished primary school,went to junior and senior middle school, and finally to college; with ever greater desire for morevaried things: for graduation with honours, for an ideal job, for a successful career, for moreearnings to share my parents' burden, for a satisfactory life...Climbing the upward steps ofhope I had become a fully grown man before I was aware of it, a busy breadwinner with a familyon my hands.

生活開始變得復雜。然而，無論自己是否變得庸俗，變得偉大，盼頭依然天天有：盼信件，盼稿件被采用，盼發(fā)獎金，盼某事滿意結果，盼一次聚會、一次旅行……人就在盼中找到了依托。

Life began to show its various facets. Whether I have turned more vulgar or great, I havealways something to look forward to. It may be arrival of a letter, publication of an article, thebonus-distributing day, a gratifying result of something, a get-together or a pleasuretrip...Such expectations serve as a prop to a person's faith in life.

沒有盼頭的日子是蒼白不可想象的。人，得天天有點什么盼頭，生活才不至于暗淡。有了盼頭，會覺得太陽每天都是新的。不管是望梅止渴，還是畫餅充饑，它都會激勵你不停手中的槳，去追逐哪怕是一星微小的火光。

A day without hope would be unimaginably pale. There must be something to look forward toeach day to brighten one's life and keep it out of shadows. To a person cherishing hopes everymorning rises a new sun. Even if it is a fantasy or an illusion, so long as it shows a ray ofhope it still urges you on in pursuit of that little sparkle without letup.

土地去掉水份，就成了沙漠;人沒有了盼，還剩什么?小盼頭支撐人的一天，大盼頭支撐人的一生。

人，是絕不能沒有盼頭的。

Deprived of moisture content, soil turns into desert. Deprived of hope, what is there left to aperson? A small hope sustains a person for a day, a great one for a lifetime.

Human beings cannot do without something to look forward to.