by Pedro Pablo Sacristán

翻译：Crazier

年轻的木偶师傅

The Young Puppet-Maker

by Pedro Pablo Sacristán

翻译：Crazier

只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针。即便缺少天分，但你若坚持不懈，每天努力一点点，每次完善一点点，我相信，你终会获得成功！

There was once a young man who liked1)puppetsso much, he became an2)apprenticeto a master puppet-maker.Sadly, the young man was very3)clumsy, and his teacher and the other apprentices were always telling him he had no ability to make puppets, he would never succeed.

Even so, he enjoyed it so much that he worked day after day to improve.Despite his efforts, they would always find something wrong with the puppets he had made, so they threw him out of the4)workshop.

The young man wasn’t going to give up.He decided to spend all his time making just one kind of puppet.Years passed, and with each new attempt, his puppet became a little bit better.By now, his puppet was much better than his old5)fellowapprentices could make, but he keptmaking improvements,seeking perfection.

By the time he was an old man, his puppet was truly wonderful.After so many years of work, he fnished work on his puppet, and said,“I can’t find anything wrong with it.This time it is perfect!” And for the frst time in all those years,instead of6)abandoninghis puppet, he put it up on the shelf, feeling truly7)satisfiedand happy.

从前有个特别喜欢木偶的年轻人，他成了一位木偶大师的学徒。遗憾的是，这个年轻人天资愚钝，他的师傅和其他学徒总说他没有做木偶的天赋，说他永远都不会成功。

即便如此，他依然很享受制作木偶的过程。他日复一日地做木偶，以期提高自己的技艺。但尽管他付出了很多努力，其他人也总能挑出他所制做的木偶的不足之处，他也因此被赶出了木偶工坊。

年轻人并未就此放弃，反而下定决心要把所有的时间拿来专心做一种木偶。几年过去了，他的技艺随着每一次新的尝试不断提升。现在，他制作出来的木偶甚至比过去的学徒同僚做的更好。但他仍然在不断改进，精益求精。

到他年老时，他做的木偶已经相当精美。在制作了那么多年的木偶后，他终于完成了自己满意的作品，他说，“我做的木偶已经找不出任何瑕疵了。这次做的木偶很完美！”多年以来，他第一次没有扔掉自己做的木偶，而是将它放在了架子上，感到十分满足和快乐。

词组加油站

even so即便如此

make improvement作出改进

seek perfection追求完美

instead of而不是……

1 ) puppet [΄pʌpɪt] n.木偶 2) apprentice [ə΄prentɪs] n.学徒 3) clumsy [΄klʌmzɪ] adj.笨拙的

4 ) workshop [΄wзːk∫ɒp] n.作坊，工场 5) fellow [΄feləʊ] adj.同事的，同类的 6) abandon [ə΄bændən] v.抛弃

7 ) satisfed [΄sætɪsfaɪd] adj.感到满意的