雷鋒精神是否過時 Is the Spirit of Lei Feng out of Style

There are some voices claiming Lei Feng’s spirit has gone out of style in today’s society. They reason is that in commodity economy people should seek more practical things, such as fame, money and the comfortable life. To them nothing is more important than those things, which is often regarded as the views of the present generation.

有一些人聲稱在當今社會雷鋒精神已經過時了。理由是在商品經濟,人們應該尋求更實際的東西,比如名譽、金錢和舒適的生活。對於他們沒有什麼是比這些更重要的，這常被看作是這一代人的觀點。

There are some other voices claiming that the spirit of Lei Feng still has an enormous echo in millions of Chinese people. The great soldier’s story has such a strong influence on people’s ideas, values and ways of life that in every field of society there arise countless “Living Lei Fengs”, who follow the example of Lei Feng and serve the people heart and soul.

有一些人聲稱“雷鋒精神”在數以百萬計的中國人心中還有着巨大的影響。這個偉大的士兵的故事深刻的影響着人們的思想、價值觀和生活方式,在社會的各個領域,也出現了無數的“活雷鋒”他們以雷鋒爲榜樣，全心全意爲人民服務。

In my opinion, the spirit of Lei Feng will never be out of date. Instead, it has been brought forward. Today more and more “Lei Fengs” are coming forth from various circles among whom “Xu Hu” has already set a good example to the whole nation. The spirit of Lei Feng---an unselfish spirit will always encourage us to go forward.

在我看來,雷鋒精神永遠不會過時。相反,它已經被傳承了。今天越來越多的來自社會各界的“雷鋒”，其中“徐虎”已經爲整個國家樹立了良好的榜樣。雷鋒的精神是——無私的精神將永遠激勵我們前進。