Be a Fighter
A young friend of mine aked me in a letter, "What kind of man hould I be?" My anwer wa, "Be a fighter."
Another friend of mine inquired, "How hould I live my life?" Again my anwer wa, "Be a fighter."
The author of In Praie of the Fighter ay:
Riding on the ceaele ruhing torrent of life, I hould purue and overtake it o a to create an even greater and deeper torrent of my own.
If I were a lamp, it would be my duty to light up thick darkne. If I were the ea tide, I would marhal rolling wave to cleane the beach of all accumulated filth.
Thi quotation reflect aptly the tate of mind of a lighter.
Fighter are badly needed in our time. But uch fighter do not necearily go to the battle- field gun in hand. Their weapon are not necearily bullet.
Their weapon may be knowledge, faith and h2 will. They can bring the enemy ure death without drawing hi blood.
A fighter i alway in puruit of light. Intead of baking in the unhine under a clear ky, he hold a burning torch in the darkne of night to illuminate people' way o that they can continue their journey till they ee the dawn of a new day. It i the tak of a fighter to dipel darkne. Intead of hirking darkne, he brave it and fight the hidden demon and monter therein. He i determined to wipe them out and win light. He know no compromie. He will keep on fighting until he win light.WWw.hAOzuowEn.com
A fighter i perennially young. He i never irreolute or inactive. He plunge deep into teeming crowd in earch of uch vermin a flie and venomou moquitoe. He will fight them relentlely and refue to coexit with them under the ame ky. To him, life mean nothing but continuou fighting. He either urvive by winning light, or perihe with hi body covered all over with cut and bruie. In the coure of the truggle, it i the "future" that erve a the beacon light to him; the "future" give people hope and inpiration. He will never loe hi youthful vigour.
A fighter will never loe heart or depair. He will pile up broken piece of brick and tone to rebuild a nine-tory pagoda on the ruin of failure. No blow will ever break hi will. He will never cloe hi eye until he ha breathed hi lat.
A fighter i alway fearle. Hi tep are firm. Once he ha ettled on an objective, he will pre right ahead. He i never afraid of being tripped by a tumbling block. No obtacle will ever make him change hi mind. Hi eye will never be hoodwinked by fale appearance. Hi action are guided by faith. He can endure any hardhip or uffering while triving to attain hi choen objective. He will never abandon work a long a he i alive.
Thi i the kind of fighter we now need. He i not necearily poeed of uperhuman capability. He i jut an ordinary peron. Anyone can be a fighter o long a he ha the determination. Hence a few word of mine about "being a fighter" to encourage thoe young people who wander about in a depreed tate, not knowing which way to go.
做一名进攻型战士
一个年轻的朋友写信问我：“应该做一个什么样的人?“我回答他：“做一个战士。”
另一个朋友问我：“怎样对付生活了，我仍旧答道：“做一个战士。”
《战士颂》的作者曾经写过这样的话：
“我激荡在这绵绵不息、滂沱四方的生命洪流中，我就应该追逐这洪流，而且追过它，自己去造更广、更深的洪流。”
“我如果是一盏灯，这灯的用处便是照彻那多量的黑暗。我如果是海潮，便要鼓起波涛去洗涤海边一切陈腐的积物。”
这一段话很恰当地写出了战士的心情。
在这个时代，战士是最需要的。但是这样的战士并不一定要持枪上战场。他的武器也下一定是枪弹。他的武器还可以是知识、信仰和坚强的意志。他并不一定要流仇敌的血，却能更有把握地致敌人的死命，战士是永远追求光明的。他并不躺在晴空下享受阳光，在晴夜里燃起火炬，给人们照亮道路，使他们走向黎明。驱散黑暗，这是战士的任务。他不躲避黑暗，却要面对黑暗，跟躲藏在阴影里的魑魅、魍魉搏斗。他要消灭它们而取得光明。战士是不知道妥协的。他得不到光明便不会停止战斗。
战士永远是年轻的。他不犹豫，不休息。他深入人丛中，找寻苍蝇、毒蚊等等危害人类的东西。他不断地攻击它们，不肯与它们共同生存在一个天空下面，对于战士，生活就是不停的战斗，他不是取得光明而牛存，便是带着满身伤痕而死去。在战斗中力量只有增长，信仰只有加强，在战斗中给战士指路的是“未来”，“未来”给人以希望和鼓舞。战士永远不会失去青春的活力。
战士是不知道灰心与绝望的。他甚至在失败的废墟上，还要堆起破碎的砖石重建九级宝塔。任何打击都不能击破战士的意志。只有在死的时候他才闭上眼睛。
战士是不知道畏缩的，他的脚步很坚定。一旦他认准目标，便会向前走去。他不怕被绊脚石摔倒，没有一种障碍能使他改变心思，假象绝不能迷住战士的眼睛，支配战士的行动的是信仰。他能够忍受一切艰难、痛苦，而达到他所选定的目标。除非他死，否则他决不放弃工作。
这便是我们现在需要的战士。这样的战士并不一定具有超人的能力。他是一个平凡的人。每个人都可以做战士，只要他有决心。所以我用“做一个进攻型的战士”来激励那些还在苦闷中彷徨，不知何去何从的年轻朋友。
1.ceaele ['i:li] adj. 不绝的, 不停的
例句：
The girl' ceaele cry make u feel pity for her.
这个小女孩不停的哭声使我们对她感到同情。
2.torrent n. 激流, 山洪
例句：
The torrent coured a gully down the hillide.
那急流顺山坡而下冲出一条水沟.
3.aptly ['ptli] adv. 适当地, 适宜地
例句：
Thi aptly decribe our preent ituation.
我们正是处在这种时候。
4.illuminate [i'lju:mineit] vt. 照明, 阐释, 说明
例句：
A udden mile illuminated her face.
突然的微笑使她容光焕发。
5.perennially 永久地
例句：
Permanently frozen uboil, occurring throughout the Polar Region and locally in perennially frigid area.
永冻土永久冰冻的下层土壤, 出现在整个北极地区和部分长期寒冷的地区。
6.hoodwink vt. 欺骗
例句：
I wa hoodwinked into buying fake jewel.
我受骗买了假珠宝。