What goes around comes around是我们今天学习的重点表达, 我是宁波英语培训老师Jack.
中国人很相信因果报应，个人也觉得困果之说非虚。现在你生活的状况正是你信念、思想，行为的结果。（Where you get now is truly the reflection of your own beliefs, thoughts and actions.）要改变现在的生活现状，你要做的也就是一件事：改变。见善思齐，见恶即离，因为善有善报，恶有恶报（What goes around comes around.）前贤曾子说的「戒之戒之，出乎而者，反乎而者也」说的也正是这个理，事情怎么来就怎么去。凡事皆是缘（Karma）, 善缘孽缘皆是缘。 例：
他穷途潦倒时，你不肯帮忙；现在你穷途潦倒了，可别指望他援手。这就叫做出乎而，反乎而。
译：When he was down and out, you refused to help him. Now that you are down and out, don’t expect help from him. What goes around comes around.
为什么我读了上面这句话，老让我想起孔乙已，或许他真的老早死了，我是宁波英语培训老师Jack.
事实上，西方的圣经里也有类似的表达: as you sow, so shall you reap. 种下什么收获什么，即种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。另外，在英文里还有一个类似的表达：Curses, like chickens, come home to roost. 这也有点果报意味：诅咒像鸡一样，会回巢栖息；诅咒别人，遭殃的会是自己。例：
诅咒别人，报应自身。他说希望见到我死于交通事故，自己不久就撞车死了。
译： Curses come home to roost. He was killed in a car crash shortly after he said he would be happy to see me killed in a traffic accident.
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