高中实用中英双语美文美句

高中实用中英双语美文美句

Once there lived a king of great strength andwealth.Yet he was not happy.He
told his servants tofind him things to make him happy,but each cameback
saying,”Noting in the world can match thewonderful things you have already.”Then
in thatland,there lived a poor man with a patch over oneeye and a crutch to help
him walk.Although he hadlittle,he was always happy.When the king heard ofthis,he
asked the man to teach him his secret.
从前有一位国王，很有权力和财富，然而他并不快乐。他
告诉仆人去找可以使他快乐的东西，但是每个回来的人都说：“世界上没有什么比得上你已经拥有的极好的东西。”当时那个国家住着一个穷人，他一个眼睛戴着眼
罩并靠拐杖走路。虽然他拥有的很少，但是他总是很快乐。当国王听说这件事的时候，他要求这个人教他快乐的秘决。
“I never push.” the man replied,”and I never rush. Most of all, I never
wish for too much.”Thenhe smiled and was gone.
“我从来不强迫，”这个人答道，“而且我从不匆忙。最重要的是，我从不希望得到太多。”然后，他笑着离开了。
If you would make a man happy,do not add to his possessions but subtract
from his desires.
如果你想使一个人快乐，不要增加他的财产，而是要减少他的欲望。
I find it humorous sometimes that even the mostmundane occurrences can have
an impact on ourawareness.
有时候我觉得很有意思，甚至连最平凡的事情都能够对我们的认识产生影响。
My wife, daughter, and I moved into our home nineyears ago and we spent a
lot of time and energy inthe yard to get it looking like it does today. We
liveon a corner, higher than street level, and the entireside of the yard is
encased by a professionally builtrock wall. The front of the house though is
anotherstory because instead of a wall along the sidewalk, the rocks appear to
be just thrown up ontothe dirt as if someone were in a hurry to finish.
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