收集幸福 Happiness Is All around Us

佚名/Anonymous

Life is like a winding path surrounded by flowers, butterflies, and delicious fruit, but many of us spend much time looking for happiness around the next corner. We do not bend to enjoy the happiness which is ours for the taking just at our feet.

In our desire to reach the "pot of gold", complete and lasting happiness, we all want to fill our lives. We ignore anything which doesn't seem worthy of such a large ambition, or which can't give us the whole thing all at once.

Happiness is all around us, but it often comes in small grains. When we gather it grain by grain, we soon have a basketful.

What small pieces of happiness surround me right now?

生活就像一條被鮮花、蝴蝶和鮮果簇?fù)淼那坌剑覀儧]有必要繞彎路去別處找尋幸福，幸福就在我們腳下。

我們都期望得到那只“金罐子”，那里承載著全部持久的幸福，我們想用這些去充實(shí)自己的生活，卻忽視了那些看似無益于實(shí)現(xiàn)遠(yuǎn)大抱負(fù)或不能使成功一蹴而就之事。

幸福就在我們身邊，只是它總是一點(diǎn)一滴地出現(xiàn)。只要我們收集每一個(gè)顆粒，不久便會(huì)集滿一籃。

此刻，那些圍繞在我周圍的點(diǎn)點(diǎn)滴滴的幸福又是什么樣的呢？

心靈小語

對(duì)于我們來說，幸福是復(fù)雜多樣的，但獲得幸福的方式是相同的。幸福不是發(fā)生在我們周圍的事，而是我們?nèi)绾稳タ创車l(fā)生的事。

W 詞匯筆記

winding[?waindi?]adj.（道路、河流等）蜿蜒的；彎曲的；曲折的

例 A winding lane led down towards the river.

一條彎彎曲曲的小路通向河邊。

bend[bend]v.（使）彎曲；屈身

例 The branch bent but did not break.

那樹枝彎曲，但沒有折斷。

lasting[?l?sti?]adj.持久的；恒久的

例 Folk music has a lasting value.

民俗音樂擁有永久的價(jià)值。

ambition[?m?bi??n]n.雄心；野心

例 Nothing would stop him from achieving his ambition.

沒有什么能阻止他實(shí)現(xiàn)他的野心。

S 小試身手

生活就像一條被鮮花、蝴蝶和鮮果簇?fù)淼那坌健?/p>

譯___________________________________________

幸福就在我們身邊，只是它總是一點(diǎn)一滴地出現(xiàn)。

譯___________________________________________

只要我們收集每一個(gè)顆粒，不久便會(huì)集滿一籃。

譯___________________________________________

P 短語家族

We do not bend to enjoy the happiness which is ours for the taking just at our feet.

bend to：彎腰；屈身；（使）屈從

造___________________________________________

In our desire to reach the "pot of gold"……

desire to：希望；渴望

造___________________________________________