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    When success comes quickly, as a result of hard work meeting opportunity, one tends to forget that it may not always continue on trend.

    Like me, most people do not “hit it big”. We tend to take a more circuitous(迂回的) route toward success. Believe that great success is not always be given the lucky but those who go after it long and diligently.

    Recently I have conversations with many people that are in the “success” stage, not happy where they currently are or feeling “unsuccessful”. Society has made us confirm that we need to be wealthy in order to be successful. I tell them not to get on the “way off track”. Success doesn't have to be financial, it could be relationships, it could be fulfilling your passions, and it could be your health level. I know many successful people that are not wealthy but are rich in their career or spirit. The worst thing people can do is chase the “money” by any kind of means. Success is made by serving others, and in turn, you will get the rewards of financial success.

    It's not easy travelling down the roads of patience, risk and uncertainty. You must stay flexible because the road to success is always under construction. You must concentrate because someone or something will throw a roadblock in the middle of the road. So, get ready for difficulty and delays. Stop worrying about failure.

    The road to success is not a straight line, it's over mountains and down in the valleys. With persistence and belief, you will most certainly get there. Trust you will have powerful and new breakthroughs as long as you get rid of the hurdle of self-doubt and never give up. And, even if all else fail, remind yourself that: I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it.

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      中国有悠久的萤火虫文化。早在先秦时期的《诗经》中,萤火虫就成为先民的关注对象,诗中“町畽鹿场,熠耀宵行”就是描述萤火虫的。古代诗人常借萤火虫抒情达意,唐代杜牧的“银烛秋光冷画屏,轻罗小扇扑流萤”,便是千古绝唱。“囊萤夜读”的故事家喻户晓,也曾激励过无数学子发奋努力。

      现代人是不再需要“囊萤”来夜读了。到20世纪40年代,科学家受萤火虫发光器的启发,发明出荧光灯。萤火虫发出的荧光是一种生物光,它不同于其他的光会伴生热量的损耗,是目前已知唯一已知没有热损耗的光源,因此也叫“冷光源”。荧光灯的发明大大提高了能源使用率,但与萤火虫的发光率相比还差得太远。

      最近,研究人员在研究萤火虫发光器时,还意外发现了一种锯齿状排列的鳞片,它可以提高发光器的亮度。科学家将其应用在二极管(LED)的设计中,制作出模仿萤火虫发光器天然结构的LED覆盖层,可使其效率提高50%以上。这种新颖设计可能会在几年内应用在LED生产中。

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遗憾的是,如今,萤火虫在部分地区已越来越少见。除了自然天敌外,人类成了萤火虫最大的“天敌”。美国一些医药公司为了获取萤火虫体内特有的虫荧光素和虫荧光素酶,出价购买萤火虫,导致人们大肆捕捉萤火虫。在日本,上世纪60年代的工业污染和城市扩张,致使萤火虫幼虫的生存率直线下降。

萤火虫求偶时,雌雄之间会发出特异的闪光信号以吸引异性并交尾。然而城市的亮光干扰了它们的闪光交流,当萤火虫感知到外界灯光时,就会停止发光、飞行、求偶,最终导致种群减少甚至灭绝。去年夏季一些城市刮起萤火虫展览热,千里迢迢从外省引入萤火虫,然后在公园放飞。但萤火虫的很多种类年复一年地在同一栖息地聚集、交配,即使栖息地遭到破坏,也不会迁往别处。萤火虫成虫的唯一使命就是繁殖,寿命很短,长的也就十几天。萤火虫本就不适合长途迁徙,目的地栖息环境又不太合适,它几乎活不了几天,繁殖就更是不可能了。不少专家为此呼吁:与其引进萤火虫,不如改善自然环境。

      那些曾在林间泽畔“熠耀宵行”的萤火虫,如今已与我们渐行渐远,靠人工引进不能“引”来它们的回归。萤火虫是自然的,也是文化的,但归根结底是自然的,因而要靠自然来解决。而且,保护萤火虫不能光着眼于一个物种,而是要通过保护整片栖息地来保护许多物种。如果做到这一点,引来的肯定不只萤火虫。萤火虫如是,熊猫如是,白鹳也如是……总之,我们应多想想如何对自然更友好,与万物共存共荣。

                                            (摘编自《新华文摘》2014年第13期)