美国语文第四册 第111期:幸福之道(1)

 　　Every child must observe how much more happy and beloved some children are than others. 你一定注意到，一些孩子比其他孩子更幸福更惹人喜爱。

　　There are some children you always love to be with. 有一些孩子，你总是喜欢和他们在一起。

　　They are happy themselves, and they make you happy. 他们自己幸福，也让你感到幸福。

　　There are others whom you always avoid. 还有一些孩子你总想躲避。

　　They seem to have no friends. No person can be happy without friends. 似乎他们没有朋友。没有朋友谁也不会幸福。

　　The heart is formed for love, and can not be happy without it. 心是为爱而生的，没有爱，心不可能幸福。

　　This not in titles nor in rank, This not in wealth like London bank, To make us truly blest. 让我们真正幸福的，既不是头衔或地位，也不是和伦敦银行一样多的财富。

　　If happiness have not her seat and center in the breast, 如果我们心中没有幸福的位置

　　We may be wise, or rich, or great, But never can be blest. 我们可能会聪明、富有、伟大，但是永远不会幸福。

　　But you can not receive affection unless you will also give it. 除非你愿意给予爱，否则你无法得到它。

　　You can not find others to love you unless you will also love them. 如果你不爱别人，你会发现别人也不会爱你。

　　Love is only to be obtained by giving love in return. 爱只能通过给予才能获得。

　　Hence the importance of cultivating a good disposition¹. 因此培养良好的性格非常重要。

　　You can not be happy without it. 没有良好性格的人不会幸福。

　　I have sometimes heard a girl say, "I know that I am very unpopular at school." 我曾听一个女孩子说：“我知道我在学校非常不受欢迎。”

　　Now, this plainly shows that she is not amiable². 这显然表明她不是个友好的人。

1 disposition   

n.性情，性格；意向，倾向；排列，部署

参考例句：

• He has made a good disposition of his property.他已对财产作了妥善处理。
• He has a cheerful disposition.他性情开朗。

2 amiable   

adj.和蔼可亲的，友善的，亲切的

参考例句：

• She was a very kind and amiable old woman.她是个善良和气的老太太。
• We have a very amiable companionship.我们之间存在一种友好的关系。