When I was young and free and my imagination had no limits,I dreamed of changing the world.As I grew older and wiser, I discovered the world would not change, so I shortend my sights somewhat and decided to change only my country.But it, too, seemed immovable.As I grew into my twilight years, in one last desperate attempt, I settled for changing only my family, those closest to me, but alas, they would have none of it.And now, as I lie on my death bed,I suddenly realize:If I had only change myself first,then by example I would have changed my family. From their inspiration and encouragement,I would then have been able to better my country,and who knows,I may have even changed the world.?
在倫敦聞名世界的威斯敏斯特大教堂地下室的墓碑林中，有一塊名揚(yáng)世界的墓碑。其實(shí)這只是一塊很普通的墓碑，粗糙的花崗石質(zhì)地，造型也很一般，同周圍那些質(zhì)地上乘、做工優(yōu)良的亨利三世到喬治二世等二十多位英國(guó)前國(guó)王墓碑，以及牛頓、達(dá)爾文、狄更斯等名人的墓碑比較起來(lái)，它顯得微不足道，不值一提。并且它沒(méi)有姓名，沒(méi)有生卒年月，甚至上面連墓主的介紹文字也沒(méi)有。但是，就是這樣一塊無(wú)名氏墓碑，卻成為名揚(yáng)全球的著名墓碑。每一個(gè)到過(guò)威斯特敏斯特大教堂的人，他們可以不去拜謁那些曾經(jīng)顯赫一世的英國(guó)前國(guó)王們，可以不去拜謁那諸如狄更斯、達(dá)爾文等世界名人們，但他們卻沒(méi)有人不來(lái)拜謁這一塊普通的墓碑，他們都被這塊墓碑深深地震撼著，準(zhǔn)確地說(shuō)，他們被這塊墓碑上的碑文深深地震撼著。
