雙語(yǔ)美文：說(shuō)話的人很多，傾聽(tīng)的人很少

A person has two ears but only one mouth.

一個(gè)人有兩只耳朵，但只有一張嘴巴。

That's because we are meant to listen, not to just speak.

這是因?yàn)槲覀兲焐褪且A聽(tīng)的，而不光是去說(shuō)。

People talk too much. Everybody wants others to listen to them but forget to listen to others.

人們講的話實(shí)在太多了。每個(gè)人都希望別人聽(tīng)他們講，卻忘了去傾聽(tīng)別人。

That's why we are not really communicating as much as we think we are.

這就是為什么我們的交流實(shí)際上沒(méi)有我們以為的那么多。

I used to wonder why nobody pay any attention to what I say.

我以前一直不解，為什么沒(méi)有人在乎我講了什么。

There are things that I want to express.

我有自己想要表達(dá)的東西。

There are feelings that I want others to know that I have.

我有自己的情愫，而且我想讓別人知道。

The fact that nobody actually listen to me really made me feel sad.

然而沒(méi)有人真的在聽(tīng)我說(shuō)，這真的讓我很傷心。

But latter I found out that I had been doing exactly the same thing.

但后來(lái)，我發(fā)現(xiàn)我自己其實(shí)在做一樣的事情。

I kept talking never really listened to anybody.

我一直在說(shuō)話，但卻沒(méi)有傾聽(tīng)過(guò)任何人。

So I tried to make myself a listener.

于是，我試著讓自己變成一個(gè)傾聽(tīng)者。

And I gradually found out how ignorant I had been towards the people that I know.

然后我才逐漸發(fā)現(xiàn)，我對(duì)身邊這些人真的知之甚少。

Now I've listened to them. I've known what they actually said. I've known why they said them. And I've become a better person myself.

現(xiàn)在，我傾聽(tīng)過(guò)他們了。我知道了他們都講了什么。我也理解了他們?yōu)槭裁匆f(shuō)這些。而我，也變成了更好的自己。

Change. Be a listener. And the world will change for you in return.

所以，改變吧。做個(gè)傾聽(tīng)者。你會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)，這個(gè)世界倒頭來(lái)也會(huì)為你而改變。