Shining light in dark corners

黑暗似乎具有能够遮断一切光明的魔力。但是人类对于光明的向往是永远也不可能被阻断的。镜子容易破碎，但是破碎的镜片依然能反射出完好的阳光。是光或者不是光也罢，重要的是要尽自己所能来反射光明，虽然微弱，也能驱走黑暗。

"Dr.Papaderos, what is the meaning of life?"

The usual laughter followed, and people stirred（激起，惹起） to go.

Papaderos held up his hand and stilled the room and looked at me for a long time, asking with his eyes if I was serious and seeing from my eyes that I was.

"I will answer your question."

Taking his wallet out of his hip pocket, he fished into a leather billfold（皮夹子） and brought out a very small round mirror, about the size of a quarter.

And what he said went like this:

"When I was a small child, during the war, we were very poor and we lived in a remote village. One day, on the road, I found the broken pieces of a mirror. A German motorcycle had been wrecked（失事） in that place.

"I tried to find all the pieces and put them together, but it was not possible, so I kept only the largest piece. This one, and, by scratching（擦伤，刮痕） it on a stone, I made it round. I began to play with it as a toy and became fascinated by the fact that I could reflect light into dark places where the sun would never shine---in deep holes and crevices（裂缝） and dark closets. It became a game for me to get light into the most inaccessible places I could find.

"I kept the little mirror, and, as I went about（四处走动） my growing up, I would take it out in idle moments and continue the challenge of the game. As I became a man, I grew to understand that this was not just a child's game but a metaphor（比喻，暗喻） for what I might do with my life. I came to understand that I am not the light or the source of light. But light---truth, understanding, knowledge---is there, and it will shine in many dark places only if I reflect it.

"I am a fragment of a mirror whose whole design and shape I do not know. Nevertheless, with what I have I can reflect light into the dark places of this world---into the black places in the hearts of men---and change some things in some people. Perhaps others may see and do likewise. This is what I am about. This is the meaning of my life."

相关单词：hip

hip解释：n.臀部，髋；屋脊

hip例句：

The thigh bone is connected to the hip bone.股骨连着髋骨。

The new coats blouse gracefully above the hip line.新外套在臀围线上优美地打着褶皱。

相关单词：wrecked

wrecked解释：adj.失事的，遇难的

wrecked例句：

the hulk of a wrecked ship 遇难轮船的残骸

the salvage of the wrecked tanker 对失事油轮的打捞

相关单词：crevices

crevices解释：n.（尤指岩石的）裂缝，缺口( crevice的名词复数 )

crevices例句：

It has bedded into the deepest crevices of the store. 它已钻进了店里最隐避的隙缝。 来自辞典例句

The wind whistled through the crevices in the rock. 风呼啸着吹过岩石的缝隙。 来自辞典例句

相关单词：inaccessible

inaccessible解释：adj.达不到的，难接近的

inaccessible例句：

This novel seems to me among the most inaccessible.这本书对我来说是最难懂的小说之一。

The top of Mount Everest is the most inaccessible place in the world.珠穆朗玛峰是世界上最难到达的地方。

相关单词：metaphor

metaphor解释：n.隐喻，暗喻

metaphor例句：

Using metaphor,we say that computers have senses and a memory.打个比方，我们可以说计算机有感觉和记忆力。

In poetry the rose is often a metaphor for love.玫瑰在诗中通常作为爱的象征。