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问问你自己：我幸福吗？我认为幸福的本质是什么？它跟痛苦，付出有关系吗？如果娱乐和快乐等同于幸福的话，那么痛苦必然等同于不幸福。可事实正相反：导致幸福的一切常常蕴含着些许痛苦。 I live in Hollywood. You may think people in such a glamorous, fun-filled place are happier than others. If so, you have some mistaken ideas about the nature of happiness. 我住在好莱坞。你可能认为住在这样一个魅力四射、充满欢笑的地方要比其他人更幸福。倘若如此，你就误解了幸福的本质。 Many intelligent people still equatehappiness with fun. The truth is that fun and happiness have little or nothing in common. Fun is what [...]

The Man was very sad. He knew that the Cat’s days were numbered.The doctor had said there wasn’t anything more that could be done,that he should take the Cat home and make him as comfortable as possible. 男人非常伤心。他知道猫余下的日子不多了。医生说已经没得治了，他只能把猫带回家，并尽可能地让他在剩下的时间里过得舒服些。 The man stroked the Cat on his lap and sighed.The Cat opened his eyes, purred and looked [...]

During the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476BC), there was many dukedoms under the king of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. These dukedoms often fought one another to expand their territories. And within a dukedom, the struggle for power frequently occurred. A typical case was the murder of the Duke of Wei by his younger brother Zhou [...]

节俭是一种美德。节俭可以使人过上幸福独立的生活，节俭可以让我们对需要帮助的人给予援助。而吝啬和挥霍则是我们所摒弃的，它们只会毁坏我们的生活。因此保持节俭的好习惯，个人的尊严尽显其中，生活也会变得有滋有味！ The methods of practicing economy are very simple. Spend less than you earn. That is the first rule. A portion should always be set apart for the future. The person who spends more than he earns, is a fool. 想要生活节俭是一件十分容易的事。首要原则是：收入大于支出。为了将来，我们应该储存一部分钱。而那些支出大于收入的人则是十足的笨蛋。 The next rule is to pay ready money, and never, on any account, to [...]

A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer’s showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted. 从前，有位年轻人即将大学生毕业。数月来，他一直渴望得到某汽车商产品陈列室中的一辆跑车。他知道，他那富有的父亲肯定买得起这辆车，于是，他便跟父亲说他很想得到那辆漂亮的跑车。 As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited signs that his father had purchased [...]

从一粒微小的种子成长为一朵艳丽的花，它的每一次变化，都是最真实、最完美的。 When we plant a rose seed in the earth, we notice it is small, but we do not criticize it as “rootless and stemless1.” We treat it as a seed, giving it the water and nourishment2 required of a seed. 一粒微小的玫瑰花子被植入土壤时，我们并不因它“无根无茎”而加以批评。我们把它当做一粒种子来对待，施予它所需的水分和养料。 When it first shoots up out of the earth, we don’t condemn it [...]

He is a mute,Although can understand others speech,Cannot say his own actually feeling,She is his neighbor, calling him brother. The girl who is bound by a common destiny with her grandmother. He really looks like an elder brother,Leads her to go to school,Accompanies her to play,Listens to her chirp with a smile grasps the speech. [...]

Tucked away in our subconsciousness is an idyllic vision. We see ourselves on a long trip that spans the continent. We are traveling by train. Out the windows, we drink in the passing scene of cars on nearby highways, of children waving at a crossing, of cattle grazing on a distant hillside, of smoke pouring [...]

The master of a single trade can support a family. The master of seven trades cannot support himself。 专心致志，锲而不舍，埃及平原上终于建起了宏伟的金字塔。 精通一行的人可以养家糊口，样样精通的人却不能养活自己。 Now I know that in order to grow and flourish I must spare no efforts in doing things and keep a little in advance of the times. Those who reach the top are the ones [...]

In the morning of life came a good fairy with her basket,and said:”Here are gifts. Take one, leave the others,And be wary,choose wisely!For only one of them is valuable.” 在生命之初，一位仙女带着篮子走来，对一位年轻人说道：＂这里有几份礼物，你可以从中选一份，留下其它的．你要小心，做一个明智的选择；啊，你要明智地进行选择！因为这里面只有一份礼物是珍贵的．＂ The gifts were five :Fame, Love ,Riches,Pleasure,Death.The youth,said,eagerly:”There is no need to consider”;and he chose Pleasure. 一共有五份礼物：名声，爱情，财富，快乐，还有死亡．年轻人迫不及待地说：＂没有必要多想．＂他选了快乐． He went out into the world and sought [...]