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有一个故事讲的是一对双胞胎兄弟。他们中一个是充满希望的乐观者。“一切都会好起来的!”他总会这么说。而另外一个却是个忧伤得看不到希望的悲观者。他认为发明“墨菲法则”的墨菲是个悲观主义者。为此而忧心忡忡的父母带他们两个去看当地的心理医生。 那位医生建议孩子的父母应有计划地来协调两个孩子的个性。“在他们生日那天，分别把他们领到两个不同的房间，让他们在各自的房间打开自己的礼物,送那个悲观的孩子你所能买得起的最好的礼物，送那个乐观的孩子一盒动物的粪便。”父母便照着医生所说的做了，仔细地观察着结果。 当他们从门缝里偷偷看那个悲观的孩子的时候，听见那孩子正在大声地抱怨：“我不喜欢这台电脑的颜色……我敢说这个计算器肯定会完蛋……我不喜欢这个游戏……我知道有人得到了一个更大的玩具车……” 父母又摄手摄脚地走到走廊对面，从门缝中看到那个乐观的小家伙正在把那盒动物粪抛向空中，还咯咯地笑道：“你们骗不了我！这儿只要有这样的马粪，必定会有一匹矮脚马。” Optimist There is a story of identical twins. One was a hope-filled optimist. “Everything is coming up roses!he would say. The other twin was a sad and hopeless pessimist. He thought that Murphy，as in Murphy’s Law，was a pessimist. The worried parents of the boys brought them to the local psychologist. He suggested to the parents a plan to balance the twins’ personalities. “ On their next birthday, put them in separate rooms to open their gifts. Give the pessimist the best toys you can afford, and give the optimist a box of manure. ” The parents followed these instructions and carefully observed the results. When they peeked in on the pessimist，they heard him audibly complaining，“ I don，t like the color of this computer... Til bet this calculator will break... I don’t like the game... I know someone who’s got a bigger toy car than this. ” Tiptoeing across the corridor, the parents peeked in and saw their little optimist gleefully throwing the manure up in the air. He was giggling，“ You can’t fool me! Where there’s this much manure,there must be a pony!” |
