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HumanNature2014政法：刘云卿辛惠婷黄臻燕周南洋Theconstancyofhumannatureisproverbial,asnoonebelievesthatamancanfundamentallychangehisnature.人性的恒定性是众所周知的，因为没有人相信一个人能够从根本上改变他的本性。TheNegativeOfHumanNaturePeopleknowfromexperiencethatanindividualwhoinoneyeardisplaysknavishcharacteristicsseldominthenextbecomesanydifferent.Nordoesathiefbecomesatrustworthyemployee,oramiseraphilanthropist.Nordoesamanchangeandbecomealiar,cowardortraitoratfiftyorsixty;ifheisonethen,hehasbeenoneeversincehischaracterwasformed.Bigcriminalsarefirstlittlecriminals,justasgiantoaksarefirstlittleacorns.TheBoyWhoCriedWolfOnceanaughtyboywaslookingafterhissheepinthemountain.Hewantedtomakeajokebecausehefeltlonely.Hecriedloudly,Herecomesawolf!Help!Onhearingit,thevillagersallranuptosavehim,buthelaughedandfeltfunny.Thesamethinghappenedagainthenextday,andthevillagersgotangrywithhim.Andthen,awolfdidcomeoneday.Theboyshoutedagainandagain,butnobodycameup.Theboywaskilledatlast.TheFarmerandTheSnakeItwasacoldwinterday,anoldfarmerhadfinishedhisworkandwasgoinghomefromthefields.Onhisway,hesawsomethingontheground.Helookatandfounditwasosnake.Itwasnotdead,butitcouldn’tmovebecauseitwassocold.Afewminuteslater,thesnakecamebacktolifeandbegantomove.TheFarmerandTheSnake•Thefarmerdied.Atthepointofdeathtimehesaid,”Ihadn’tdistinguishthequality,finallyharmedmyself.”Thesnakeisasnakeafterall.Dogscannotchangeeatingexcrement.Badpeoplecannotchangetheirbadnature.Thegreatestkindnesswillnotbindtheungrateful.农夫死了。他在生命的弥留之际说道：“是我没有分清善恶，明辨是非，终究害了自己”蛇终究是蛇，狗改不了吃屎，坏人也改变不了他的本性。即使对坏人仁至义尽，他的邪恶本性也不会改变。ThePositiveofHumanNature•Perhapsthereisanelementoftruthinsayingsthatoldhabitediehard,butthereisanothersayingcalled”Wherethereisawill,thereisaway”.Ittellsusthatifyoukeepastiffwapperliptochaseyourgoal,youwillgetsuccessful.Anironpestlecanbegrinddowntoaneedle.ThislegendisaboutLiBai,agreatpoetinTangDynasty.LiBaiwasnaughtyanddislikedstudywhenhewasachild.Onedayhesawanoldwomangrindinganironrodonabigstonewhenhewasplayingbyariver.Drivenbycuriosity,LiBaicameupandaskedWhatareyoudoing,granny?Grindinganironrod,saidtheoldwomenwithoutstoppinggrinding.Thenwhatfor?heaskedagain.Tomakeasewingneedlewastheanswer.What?!littleLiBaiwaspuzzled,Youwanttogrindsobigarodintoaneedle?Itwilltakemanyyears.Thisdoesn'tmatter.AslongasIpersevereindoingso,thereisnothingyoucannotachieveintheworld.CertainlyIcanmakeaneedlefromtherod.•Deeplymovedbywhattheoldwomansaid,LiBaitookefforttostudysincethenandfinallybecameoneofthegreatestpoetsinChina.TheFoolishOldManWhoRemovedTheMountains•thereweretwohighmountainsbetweenJizhouinthesouthandHeyanginthenorth.OnewascalledTaihangMountainandtheotherWangwuMountain.Bothofthemountainswereveryhigh.•JusttothenorthofthemountainslivedanoldmancalledYuGongwhowasnearly90yearsold.Withthetwohighmountainsjustinfrontofhishouse,hisfamilyandhehadtowalkalongwayaroundthemountainswhenevertheyhadsomethingtodoontheothersideofthemountains.Oneday,amannamedZhiSousawthemworkingandtriedtostopthem•LatertheHeavenGod,uponlearningofYuGong’sstory,wasgreatlymoved.Hethenorderedanothergodtocomedownandtakethetwohighmountainsaway.TheFoolishOldManWhoRemovedTheMountains•thestorytellsusthatsolongasoneisdeterminedandstickstoitlongenough,anythingcanbedone,nomatterhowdifficultitis.毫无疑问，我们都有不好的习惯。正如俗话所说：本性难移。我们认真的努力要改掉它，却总以失败告终。因此，虽然人性是不可能改变的，但是人们可以研究它、控制它和引导它来使我们自己变得更好。summary•It’snodoubtthatweallhavebadhabits.Asthesayinggoes,”oldhabitsdiehard”,ourearnestattemptstobreakthosehabitsoftenendinfrustration.Thereforewhileitisimpossibletochangehumannature,itcanbestudied,controlledanddirectedtomakeourselvesbetterandbetter.THANKYOU