雙語(yǔ)美文MakeWayforOthers’Happiness給別人的幸福讓道

1、01、Make Way for Others ' Happiness 給別人的幸福讓道That morning, a bus was rolling on. On it were the people going to work.Suddenly, a car rushed out from the road nearby; the bus stopped with an urgent brake. It was a car for taking photographs of the wedding, followed by a long wedding motorcade. The

2、passengersstarted to complain that they would go to work late, but the bus driver sat in his seat quietly and rang the horn from time to time.那天早上,一輛公交車正在行駛.車上都是上班的人.突然,一輛車從一旁的路上沖出來(lái).公交車一個(gè)緊急剎車后停住了.那是一輛婚禮的攝像車,后面跟著長(zhǎng)長(zhǎng)的迎親車隊(duì).乘客們開始抱怨上班要遲到了, 公交司機(jī)卻靜靜地坐在他的座位上,不時(shí)按一下喇叭.Someone said to the driver,“ No use ringin

3、g the hornnifheyimakiedway for you. You ' d better rush through the gap between the motorcades.有人對(duì)司機(jī)說(shuō)你只按喇叭是不行的,他們是不會(huì)給你讓道的.最好從車隊(duì)的縫隙里穿過(guò)去.The driver turned back and said with a smile, “I ring the horn not to urge them to make way for me, but to bless them. After a pause, he added,“ Marriage is a ha

4、ppy thing, so we have a chance to make way for others happiness. Isn ' t it a happy thing? 司機(jī)回過(guò)頭,微笑著說(shuō)我按喇叭不是催他們給我讓路,而是祝福他 們.停了一下,他接著說(shuō)別人結(jié)婚是一件幸福的事,我們有時(shí)機(jī)給 別人的幸福讓一次道,這不也是一件幸福的事兒?jiǎn)?The passengers on the bus calmed down instantly.滿車的乘客瞬間都安靜了下來(lái).It ' s a happy thing to make way for others' happine

5、ss while the one whohas such a mood is certainly a happy person.給別人的幸福讓道是一件幸福的事兒,有這種心情的人,必定也是一個(gè)幸福的人.02、Sand and Stone沙子和石頭The story goes that two friends were walking through the desert. Duringsome point of the journey they had an argument, and one friends lapped the other one in the face.兩個(gè)朋友在荒漠里穿行

6、,途中他們發(fā)生了爭(zhēng)執(zhí),其中一個(gè)人扇了另一位一個(gè)耳光.被打的人非常傷心,但他什么也沒(méi)說(shuō),只是在沙地上寫道：“今天,我最好的朋友打了我一個(gè)耳光.The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote inthe sand: "Today my best friend slapped me in the face.他們繼續(xù)往前走,發(fā)現(xiàn)了一片綠洲,他們決定在那里洗個(gè)澡.結(jié)果,被打的那位陷進(jìn)了泥潭,眼看就要被淹死,但他的朋友救了他.They kept on walking until they found an

7、oasis , where they decided totake a bath. The one who had been slapped got stuck in the mire andstarted drowning, but the friend saved him.恢復(fù)過(guò)來(lái)后,他在石頭上寫道：“今天,我最好的朋友救了我的命. After he recovered from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone “Today my best friend saved my life.他的朋友問(wèn)：“為什么我傷害你時(shí),你把字寫在沙地上,而現(xiàn)在卻把

8、字刻在石頭上呢The friend who had slapped and saved his best friend asked him, hurt you, you wrote in the sand andnow you write on a stone. Why 被救的那位答道：“受到傷害時(shí),我們應(yīng)該把它記在沙地上,寬恕之 風(fēng)會(huì)將其抹平.可受人恩惠時(shí),我們應(yīng)該把它刻在石頭上,任何風(fēng)雨 也不會(huì)把它擦掉.The other friend replied :"When someone hurts us we should write itdown in sand where win

9、ds of forgiveness can erase it away. But when someone does something good for us, we must engrave it in stone where no wind can ever erase it.我們應(yīng)該學(xué)會(huì)將所受的傷害寫在沙子上,把所得的恩澤刻在石頭上.Learn to write your hurts in the sand and to carve your benefits in stone. 人們常說(shuō),找到一個(gè)特別的人只需一分鐘,欣賞他需一小時(shí),愛上他 只需一天,而忘記他,卻要用一生的時(shí)間.The

10、y say it takes a minute to find a special person an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them, but an entire life to forget them.把這句話送給那些讓你永難忘懷的人,讓他們知道你永遠(yuǎn)也不會(huì)忘記 他們吧！Send this phrase to the people you' ll never forget. Its a short melet them know that you ' ll never forget them.03、You Are Sp

11、ecial你是與眾不同的A well-known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20 bill. Inthe room of 200, he asked, “Who would like this $20 bill? 一位有名的演講家手里拿著一張 20美元的紙幣,開始了討論會(huì).在200人的屋子里,他問(wèn)道：“誰(shuí)想要這20美元紙幣Hands started going up. He said,“I am going to give this $20. to one ofyou. but first, let me do this.

12、" 開始有人舉手.他說(shuō)我會(huì)把這 20美元紙幣給你們中間的一位,但是, 先看看我會(huì)這么做.He proceeded to crumple the 20 dollar note up. He then asked,“ Wlwants it? l tSel hands were up in the air.他開始把這張紙幣揉皺,然后他問(wèn)道：“還有人想要它嗎 仍然有 很多手舉在空中.“Wellhe replied, “what if I do this? He dropped it on the ground and started to grind it into the floor wi

13、th his shoe. He picked it up, now crumpled and dirty.“好,他說(shuō)道,“如果我這樣做會(huì)怎么樣呢 "他把紙幣扔到地上,開始用皮鞋使勁踩踏.然后他揀起又臟又皺的紙幣,“現(xiàn)在,還有人要它嗎 Make Way for Others' Happiness 給別人的幸福讓道“Now, who still wants it? 空中仍舉著很多手.Still the hands went into the air.“朋友們,剛剛你們已經(jīng)得出一個(gè)非常珍貴的經(jīng)驗(yàn).不管我怎么糟蹋這張紙幣,你們?nèi)匀幌胍?由于它的價(jià)值沒(méi)有降低.它仍然是 20美元.“M

14、y friends, you have all learned a very valuable lesson. No matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not decrease in value. It was still worth $20.“在生活中,很屢次我們被自己制定的決策和身邊的環(huán)境所拋棄、蹂蹣,甚至碾入塵土.我們感到自己一無(wú)是處.但是不管發(fā)生了什么, 或者將要發(fā)生什么,你們都永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)失去自己的價(jià)值.“Many times in our lives, we are dropped, c

15、rumpled, and ground into the dirt by the decisions we make and the circumstances that come our way. We feel as though we are worthless; but no matter what happened or what will happen, you will never lose your value."“無(wú)論你骯臟或者干凈,皺巴巴的或者被折磨,對(duì)周圍愛你的人來(lái)說(shuō)你仍然是無(wú)可替代的.我們生活的價(jià)值不在于我們做了什么,或者我們熟悉誰(shuí),生活的價(jià)值在于我們是誰(shuí).“

16、Dirty or clean, crumpled or finely creased you are still priceless to those who love you. The worth of our lives comes, not in what we do or who we know, but by Who We Are. “你是與眾不同的,永遠(yuǎn)不要忘記這一點(diǎn)！ “ You are specialdon' t ever forget it. 04、Our Eden 我們的伊甸園I do trust, my dearest, that you have been em

17、ploying this bright day for both of us; for I have spent it in my dungeon, and the only light that broke upon me was when I opened your letter.我確信,我最親愛的,你為我們選定了今天這個(gè)晴朗的好日子；我在城堡主樓困了一天,唯一的一線光是翻開你的信時(shí)才得到的.I am sometimes driven to wish that you and I could mount upon a cloud (as we used to fancy in those

18、heavenly walks of ours). And be home quite out of sight and hearing of the world; for now all the people in the world seem to come between us. How happy were Adam and Eve!我不時(shí)產(chǎn)生一個(gè)愿望,我多么想和你駕上一朵白云(我們?cè)谧砣说穆?步中常常這樣夢(mèng)想),遠(yuǎn)離世俗喧囂；由于現(xiàn)在似乎世界上什么樣的人 都與我們?cè)谝黄?亞當(dāng)和夏娃曾經(jīng)多么幸福??！There was no third person to come between the

19、m, and all the infinity around them only seemedto press their hearts closer together. We love one another as well as there is no silent and love garden of Eden for us. Will you sail away with me to discover some summer island?沒(méi)有第三者介入他們中間,而他們周圍無(wú)限的空間似乎把他們的心貼 得更緊了.我們像他們一樣彼此相愛；但對(duì)我們來(lái)說(shuō),卻沒(méi)有靜謐可愛的伊甸園.你為什么不跟我

20、一道遠(yuǎn)航尋覓夏之島Do you not think that god has reserved one for us, ever since the beginning of the world? Foolish that I am to raise a question of it, since we have found such an Eden such an island sacred to us two whenever we have been together!你不認(rèn)為上帝從一開始就保存了這樣一個(gè)島給我們嗎 既然我們已經(jīng)找到了這樣 的伊甸園,我提出這樣一個(gè)問(wèn)題不是太愚蠢了嗎我們已

21、經(jīng)有了只有你我專用的伊甸園只要我們?cè)谝黄?！Men we are the Adam and Eve of a virgin earth. Now, good-bye ;forvoices are babbling around me and I should not wonder if you were tohear the echo of them while you read this letter.我們就是一塊處女地上的亞當(dāng)和夏娃.現(xiàn)在,再見了 ；由于我的周圍一片嘈雜.不知道你在讀此信時(shí),是否有這些聲音的回聲縈繞耳際.05、Life is short, enjoy it! 人生短暫,要懂得

22、珍惜！A lecturer was giving a lecture to his student on stress management.一位老師正在給他的學(xué)生講如何處理壓力.He raised a glass of water and asked the audience,“ How heavy do yothink this glass of water is?他端著一杯水,然后問(wèn)學(xué)生：“你們認(rèn)為這杯水有多重The students nswers ranged from 20g to 500g.學(xué)生們的答復(fù)從20g到500g不等.“It does not matter on the a

23、bsolute weight. It depends on how long you hold it. If I hold it for a minute, it is OK. If I hold it for an hour , I will have an ache in my right arm. If I hold it for a day, you will have to call an ambulance. It is the exact same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes.“它的實(shí)際重量并不重要,這取決于你端它多久.倘假設(shè)我端它一分鐘, 沒(méi)問(wèn)題.如果我端它一個(gè)鐘頭,我的右手臂將會(huì)感覺疼痛.假設(shè)我一 整天都端著它,你們就要叫輛救護(hù)車了.我端著它越久,它就越重,這才是它