小学英语 双语阅读系列 幸福生活:是谁偷走了中国人的幸福素材
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是谁偷走了中国人的幸福
丹麦人的幸福感源于平等;新加坡人的幸福感源于法律;印度
加尔各答贫民窟的人的幸
福感源于相互依靠彼此的心。
In Denmark,
happiness comes from equality; in
Singapore,happinesscomes from the
rule of law;
in the slums of Calcutta, India,happiness comes
from the hearts of people
that depends on
eachother。
不难发现,一个人幸福与否,更多地取决于这两个方面:一个是外部的,即我们
居住的
社会大环境;另一个是内部的,即我们自己对待生活得态度。现在我们中国人感到不幸福,
也可以分析为以下几个方面。
It is not difficult to see,
whether a personis happy or not,largely depends on
two aspects. One is external, that is
thesocialenvironment we live in; the other
is
internal, that is ourpersonalattitude to life.
Today, we (Chinese people) are
not happy,also
can beanalyzed in several aspects。
1. Lack of
faith (beliefs)
1. 缺乏信念。
Most people do
not know what the expectationsare in one’s
wholelife, simply
put it, you do not know what
you ius atecoarse rice, drank water, didn’
t
even have pillows when sleepingandused his arms as
pillows, but Confucius said,
“Happiness
iswithin”; Hesaid, “A basket of cooked rice, a
ladle of water, livingin
the ghetto
alley”,others might think this is an unbearable
life,but Confucius was
able to “keephis
happiness”. Why? Because he knewwhat he is
pursuing in this life。
许多人都不知道他人生中最期待的是什么,仅仅放下
,你不知道你想要什么。孔子吃糙
米喝水,甚至睡觉都没有枕头,而仅仅以手臂为枕,但孔夫子说,“乐
亦在其中矣”;他说:
“饭疏食,饮水,曲肱而枕之”,其他人可能认为这是不能忍受的生活,但孔子却
能“保持
幸福”。为什么呢?因为他知道他追求的就是这种生活。
2.
Always comparing
2. 老是比较。
Western saying
goes, Whether a person isfortunate or not, happyor
not, does not
depend on how big of
accomplishmentheshe hasachieved, but from the way
how the
neighbors look at them. Whenwhatwe are
pursuing is not happiness, but to be happier
thanothers, then happinesswill be even further
away from us。
西方谚语说,一个人是否幸运,是否快乐,不取决于他取得了多大的成就
,而是他的邻
居怎么看他。一旦我们追求的不是如何幸福,而是怎么比别人幸福时,幸福反而会更加远离
我们。
3. Living in happiness without
realizing it
3. 生在福中不知福。
If a light has
been constantly lit, you willnot pay attention
toit, but if it
is brighter and darker at
times, or if it ison andoff at times, you will
notice.
Similarly, sometimes we are
enviedbyothers, but we hardly notice it. Only if
one
day we loss that,then we willrealize。
如果灯被点亮,你就不会去注意它,如果它时亮时暗或者时关时开,你就会注意到它。
同样道理,有时我
们被别人艳羡,我们不大发觉。可一旦某天失去了,我们就会察觉。
4. Not moved by
beautiful things
4. 缺乏发现美的眼睛。
“The spring
wind is so selfless, not askingfor anything
inreturn but blossomed
millions of flowers。”
We may not havetheability to create beauty, but
have we been
appreciating thebeauty of
nature,or the beautiful things created by others?
Weoften
ignore and unaware of thenatural
beauty, artistic beauty,spiritual beauty and many
beautiful things inlife around us。
“春风如此无私,不问索取,却使得遍地花开。”我们可能不能创造美,但可以欣赏
自然美,或者其他人
创造的美。我们常常忽视或不了解自然之美、艺术之美,精神之美以及
一切我们身边美好的事物。
5. Do not know how to give
5. 不知奉献。
Zhang Shangying from Song dynasty
said,“Nothing is happier thanbeing happy of
doing good deeds”, only a person whoknows how
togive rather than just take can
be truly
happy. Charity is notaprivilege of the rich.
Donating millions to disaster
relief
ischarity, give astranger a smile is also charity。
宋朝的张商英曾说,“没有比做好事更快乐的了。”只有当一个人懂得给予而不是一味
索取的时
候才会感到真正的快乐。慈善不是富人的特权。捐献几百万救灾是慈善,给陌生人
个微笑也是慈善。
6. Not being content
6. 不知足。
How
much does a person need to be satisfied?Never
enough!
一个人什么时候才能满足?永远不会满足。
When you are
not happy because you don’t haveshoes, have
younoticed those who
do not have feet?
Contentmentbringshappiness。
当你不满足是因为你没有一双鞋的时候,你注意到有些人没有穿鞋的脚了吗?知足常
乐。
Harold Albert is the academic director of the
University ofCalifornia. Once he
walked on the
streetfull of dissatisfaction andconfusion because
he had already lost
his job andwas looking
fornew work. He walked in the road like a
depressed
person,completelylost confidence and
courage。
HaroldAlbert是加州大学的教务处主任。有次,他曾满
怀不满和困惑地走在街头,因
为他丢了工作,在找新的工作。他走在路上像个沮丧的人,失去了信心和勇
气。
Just then, a man with no legs came, sitting
ona small woodenplatform which was
attached
with wheels from old skates. Hecarried2 pieces of
wood and wheeled himself
across the street。 就在这时,一个没有腿的人经过,坐在一个附着在旧溜冰轮子的木头平板上,带着两片
木头,滑过街
道。
When Harold saw him, he had just crossed
thestreet, trying toraise himself a
few inches
to get on the pavement. Harold’seyes methis, the
disabled man said happily,
“Good morning! Sr.
Nicemorningweather, is not it?” At the time Harold
felt a strange
senseof thought, I have 2
legs, he has no legs, but heis so happy,
what
reason do Ihave to be upset? So Harold becamemore
confident, and went on happily。
Harold发现了他,他刚穿
过街,试着把自己举高几英寸以登上人行道。他们四目相对,
那个残疾人高兴地说:“早上好!早上天气
真好,不是吗?”这时Harold感到一种莫名的
满足。他想,他有两条腿,而他却没有腿,但他仍然
开心,他又有什么理由心烦呢?所以,
Harold变得更加自信,快乐地生活着。
7.
Anxiety is everywhere
7. 无处不焦虑。
Anxiety of
safety, wealth, health and anxietyof
children’seducation and
employment… Only a
person who is carefree canbehappy。
担心安全、财富、健康,担心孩子的教育问题和工作……只有当一个人不焦虑时才能幸
福快乐。
8. Too much pressurestress
8. 压力过大。
Political pressure, pressure from
work,family, emotional stress,financial
stress, interpersonal pressure,psychological
pressure andphysical pressure
政治压力,工作、家庭压力,情绪上的压力,经济压力,人际关系压力,心理和生理压
力。
9. Standards are too high
9. 标准太高。
Using person’s own standard to demand
others“If I can, why can’tyou?”
用自己的标准去要求他人,“我能做到,为什么你不能?”
Using other’s
standard to demand oneself, “Ifhe can, why
can’tI?”
用他人的标准来要求自己,“他能做到,为什么我不能?”
10.
Not being oneself
10. 不能做回自己。
A person who
becomes a good son, a goodhusband, a good father,
agood friend,
a good partner… but if a person
cannotbecome someonethat himselfherself desires,
always fighting with oneself,thenthis person
has no balance, and naturally, it is
difficult
forhimher to betruly happy。
一个人能做到好儿子,好爸爸,好朋友,
好伴侣,但是如果一个人不能做到他想做到的,
老是和自己斗争,那么他就平衡不了,自然很难让他自己
真正快乐起来。