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中英文小故事：穷与富的幸福 从前，一个富人和一个穷人谈论什么是幸福。 穷人说：“幸福就是现在。” 富人看着穷人的茅舍和破旧的衣着，轻蔑地说：“这怎能叫幸福呢？我的幸福可是百间毫宅、千名奴仆。” 当晚，一场大火把富人的百间豪宅烧得片瓦不留，奴仆们各奔东西c—夜之间，富人沦为了乞丐。 一天，酷暑难耐，这乞丐路过穷人的茅舍，想讨口水喝。穷人端来一大碗清凉的水，问他:“你现在认为什么是幸福？” 乞丐说：“幸福就是此时你手里的这碗水" 幸福本来就是现在。只有把一个个现在串起来，才能享受一生一世的幸福。 Happiness Poor or Rich Once upon a time, a rich man and a poor man talked about what happiness was. The poor man said, "All that at present is happiness.” Observing the poor man’s shabby cottage and clothes, the rich man sneered, “How can this be called happiness? My happiness is a luxurious house with a hundred rooms and a thousand servants!” On the very night, a big fire burnt down the rich man's hundred-room house into pieces. And his servants each went his own way. The rich man became a beggar overnight. One day, it was extremely hot. He, a beggar now, came to ask for some water to drink when he passed by the poor man’s cottage. The poor man brought him a big bowl of cool and fresh water, asking, “What do you think happiness is now?” The beggar said, “Happiness is the bowl of water in your hands now.” Happiness is essentially" all that at present. One can enjoy happiness in all his lifetime only by stringing all these present moments together at present现在；目前 sneer 轻蔑地笑；嘲笑 luxurious 奢华的；豪华的 essentially 本来；本质上 string 串起；扎 |
