Wandering Mind
Standing in the line, my mind wandered.
Attention!
5:40 in the morning, with the order thrusting through the still air, I stuck out my chest, raised my head and tensed every inch of my muscle. The sun cast beams of holy light on the dark asphalted road, and the glow on the ground flowed like streams made of gold.
Time stole by through my shallow breathing, weariness crept up my spine, spreading to every part of my skin, and my sole was burning. But I wouldn’t move. For the scene flashed across my mind, where soldiers in the National Day's parade stood under the crystalline sky in the glaring sun for hours, as if they were sculptures made of marble, thier every nerve tied to our nation's pride and glory; the scene flashed across my mind, where warriors lay in the burning meadow and wouldn't move a bit even when their body got swallowed by the searing flame to defend the land behind them. If someone could bear all the torture and the pain for our country's honer, then why can't I?
Eyes-Front!
In front of me stood a frondent tree, its leaves oval and emerald green. Breeze hindered among its branches, and the leaves were quivering. So quivered the shadowed spots on the ground. While its trunk stood erect and unshakeable. And I knew deep beneath the earth, its root wound and twisted, greedily absorbing its life's energy from the soil.
Somehow I could feel root grow from my feet, too, firmly and tightly stabbed into the ground beneath my feet, supporting my body to stand steadily and stably.How I wish t be like a tree in every stage of my life-stretching my root deep into the soil, drawing myself up and providing shelter for a piece of land.
Mark time-march!
A gust of wind swept through the woods and the woods shivered. An order was thrown in the air and the troop rustled. Trees made up a wood and individuals made up a group. I was lost in the enchanting rustling, as if they were the loudest claim that no enermy could defeat a united group, just like no wind could break the thick woods.
On and on, my mind wondered…
译文：
神游
站在队列中，我的思绪开始游走。
立正（调整军姿）！
清晨五点四十分，尖利的口令刺破了宁静的空气。我挺起胸，昂起头，绷紧了我身上的每一块肌肉。阳光穿过我身后的高大建筑在黑色的柏油马路上投射下圣洁的光，我脚下的焦土上涌动着两条金色的河流。
时间在我轻微的呼吸声中溜走，疲倦沿着我的脊背向上爬，蔓延至我的每一寸肌肤，我的脚底开始燃烧。但我不能动。那些令人难忘的画面在我的眼前一幕幕浮现。那是国庆阅兵时的士兵挺立在蓝色的苍穹和怒目圆睁的烈日之下，如雕塑一般一站就是几个小时，他们的每一根神经都牵扯着民族的荣耀与自豪；那是战士们为了保卫自己身后的土地，匍匐在燃烧的草丛中一动不动，就算火舌已经开始肆无忌惮地吞噬他们的身体。我一动不动。如果有人能为我所站立着的这片土地忍受这番苦痛与煎熬，为什么我不行呢？
向前看！
我的身前挺立着一棵茂密的树，它的叶子椭圆而翠绿。微风在它的枝干间逗留，树叶微微地颤抖。树下的满地斑驳也在微微震颤。但它的树干是如此的挺拔，岿然不动；而且我知道，在深深的地底，它的根在延伸、缠绕，贪婪地自泥土中吸收生命的养分。
恍惚间我感觉我的脚底仿佛也长出了根来，坚实地刺进我脚下的土地，稳稳地支撑着我的身体。我希望我在任何时候都能像现在这样站成一棵树，一边扎根泥土，一边洒落阴凉。
原地踏步走！
风刮过树林，树林轻轻摇晃；口令穿过队列，队列沙沙作响。组成森林的，是一棵一棵树；凝成集体的，是一个一个人。我在这样的沙沙声中沉醉，那像是我们向自然的大声宣告：一片茂密的森林生生不息，一个团结的集体坚不可摧。
在脚下，在树梢，在天空，都藏着我依然在游走的思绪……（一团一连 李浦银）