【导读】 《谁动了我的奶酪?》是美国作家斯宾塞·约翰逊写的一个寓言故事,每页都配有主人翁滑稽可爱个性鲜明的漫画形象。该书自1998年9月出版后,两年中销售2 000万册,同时迅速跃居《纽约时报》、《华尔街日报》、《商业周刊》最畅销图书排行榜第一名。
Who moved my cheese?(excerpt)
Once,long ago in a land far away,there lived four little characters who ran through a maze looking for cheese to nourish them and make them happy.
Two were mice named "Sniff" and "Scurry" and two were little people-beings who were as small as mice but who looked and acted a lot like people today.Their names were "Hem" and "Haw".
Due to their small size,it would be easy not to notice what the four of them were doing.But if you looked closely enough,you could discover the most amazing things!
Every day,the mice and the little people spent time in the Maze looking for their own special cheese.The mice,Sniff and Scurry,possessing only simple rodent brains,but good instincts,searched for the hard nibbling cheese they liked,as mice often do.
The two little people,Hem and Haw,used their brains,filled with many beliefs and emotions,to search for a very different kind of Cheese-with a capital C-which they believed would make them feel happy and successful.
As different as the mice and little people were,they shared something in common.Every morning,they each put on their jogging suits and running shoes,left their little homes,and raced out into the Maze looking for their favorite cheese.
The Maze was a labyrinth of corridors and chambers,some containing delicious cheese.But there were also dark corners and blind alleys leading nowhere.It was an easy place for anyone to get lost.
谁动了我的奶酪?(节选)
从前,在一个遥远的地方,住着四个小家伙。为了填饱肚子和享受乐趣,他们在一座迷宫里跑来跑去,在那里寻找一种叫"奶酪"的食物。