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一生的收获 荷叶/译
十一岁时，他家住在新汉普郡湖中心的一个岛上。一有机会，他就会从码头上自家小屋走出来钓鱼。
在巴斯鱼开禁的前一天黄昏，他和父亲早早来到水边，用蚯蚓钓着翻车鱼和鲈鱼。他先是拴上银色诱饵，然后把钓杆抛入水里。诱饵触击水面，夕阳下，湖面泛起阵阵彩色涟漪，随着月色升起，涟漪由金变银。
当鱼杆弯得很厉害时，他知道钓到了一个大家伙。看着男孩熟练地沿码头收网，父亲满脸羡慕。
最后，男孩小心翼翼地把那条精疲力竭的鱼拖出水面。那是他见过的最大的鱼，但是条巴斯鱼。
男孩和父亲看着这条漂亮的鱼，鱼鳃在月光下一张一翕。父亲点燃一根火柴，看了看手表。十点钟，离开禁还有两个小时。他看了看鱼，又看了看男孩。
你必须把它放回去，儿子。”
“爸爸！”男孩带着哭音喊道。
“我们还可以钓其它的鱼。”父亲说。
“但不会有这条大。”男孩哭喊道。
男孩环视了一下湖面，月光下既没有别人垂钓，也没有一只小船。他又看了一眼父亲。即使没有一人看见他们，不会有人知道他们钓上这条鱼的时间，男孩从父亲明确的语调中可以听出，这个决定是没有商量余地的。他慢慢地把鱼钩从鱼唇上摘下，让这条巨大的巴斯鱼沉入黑色的水中。
这个家伙摆动着它健壮的身躯消失了。男孩想他再也见不到这么大的鱼了。
那是三十四年前的往事。今天，这个男孩成为了纽约市的一位成功建筑师。他父亲的小屋依然在那个湖心岛上。他经常携自己的儿女在同一个码头上垂钓。
他的猜想是正确的。他再也没有钓到那样大的鱼。但每当一个道德问题出现时，那条大鱼就会浮现在他眼前。
因为，正如父亲所说，伦理道德只是简单的对与错，难的是践行。没人看见时，我们能否不做错事？为了及时得到设计图纸，我们能否拒绝终南捷径？我们能否拒绝基于不正当消息来源的股票交易？
我们会的，如果小时候被要求将大鱼放回水里。因为我们学到了真理。做出正确决定，会永远在记忆中新鲜芬芳。这个故事我们可以自豪地讲给朋友和子孙听。不是我们怎样对抗体制并取得成功，而是要做正确的事情，从而使自己永远强大无比。
附：原文
He was 11 years old and went fishing every chance he got from the dock at his family's cabin on an island in the middle of a New Hampshire lake.
On the day before the opened, he and hisfather were fishing early in the evening, catching sunfish and perch with worms. Then he tied on a small silver lure and practiced casting. The lure struck the water and caused colored ripples in the sunset, then silver ripples as the moon rose over the lake.
When his peapole doubled over, he knew something huge was on the other end. His father watched with admiration as theboy skillfully worked the fish alongside the dock.
Finally, he very gingerly lifted the exhausted fish from the water. It was the largest one he had ever seen, but it was abass.
The boy and his father looked at the handsome fish, gills playing back and forth in the moonlight. The father lit a match andlooked at his watch. It was 10 P.M.-- two hours before the season opened. He looked at the fish, then at the boy.
"You'll have to put it back, son,"he said.
"Dad!"cried the boy.
"Therewill be other fish," said his father.
"Not asbig as this one," cried the boy.
He looked around the lake. No other fishermen or boats were anywhere around in the moonlight. He looked again at his father. Even though no one had seen them, nor could anyone ever know what time he caught the fish, the boy could tell by theclarity of his father's voice that the decision was not negotiable. He slowly worked the hook out of the lip of the huge bass and lowered it into the black water.
The creature swished its powerful body and disappeared. The boy suspected that he would never again see such a great fish.
That was 34 years ago. Today, the boy is a successful architect in New York City. His father's cabin is still there on the island in the middle of the lake. He takes his own son and daughters fishing from the same dock.
And he was right. He has never again caughtsuch a magnificent fish as the one he landed that night long ago. But he doessee that same fish-again and again-every time he comes up against a question ofethics.
For, as his father taught him, ethics are simple matters of right and wrong. It is only the practice of ethics that is difficult. Do we do right when no one is looking? Do we refuse to cut corners to get the design in on time? Or refuse to trade stocks based on information that we know we aren't supposed to have?
We would if we were taught to put the fish back when we were young. For we would have learned the truth. The decision to do right lives fresh and fragrant in our memory. It is a story we will proudly tell our friends and grandchildren. Not about how we had a chance to beat the system and took it, but about how we did the right thing and were forever strengthened. | 
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