奧少年CYC

Greed can be our downfall.

It can cause us to lose more than we accumulate.

貪心可以讓我們徹底失敗。

它會使我們失去所得的還多。

The world famous Niagara Falls are 176 feet high.

The sound of the water pouring over the falls is tremendous.

One cold wintry day in the river near the falls,

There was a box floating in the water.

And inside the box was the body of a sheep covered with snow and ice.

And in the sky above the river was a hungry eagle circling around and around.

The eagle spotted the sheep and decided to use the sheep to satisfy its hunger.

The eagle descended and stood on the body of the sheep.

And began to eat and eat and eat,

And eat until it could eat no more.

And then when it was ready to fly away it discovered that its feet were frozen to the body of the sheep and it couldn't fly.

It had no choice but to accompany the sheep over the falls to a watery grave.

世界著名的尼加拉瓜瀑布高一百七十六呎。

水流下來的聲音非常的大。

在一個寒冷的冬天，在這個瀑布附近的河裡，

有一個箱子飄來飄去。

箱子裡面有一隻綿羊的屍體，上面都是冰雪覆蓋著。

在天空有一隻飢餓的老鷹飛來飛去，

看到這隻綿羊的屍體，想用來滿足牠的食慾。

牠飛下來的時候，站在這隻綿羊的屍體上面開始吃，

一直吃吃吃，吃到牠沒有辦法再吃。

然後，當牠想飛走的時候，牠發現牠的雙腳都被冰雪凍僵了。

牠沒有辦法飛走，只好陪著這個綿羊的屍體掉落瀑布，摔到萬丈深淵裡去了。

懷君屬秋夜

散步詠涼天

山空松子落

幽人應未眠

我懷想著你，正當秋天的夜裡，在院子裡散步，吟詠那新涼天氣的詩句，想見那空曠的山中，草木凋零了，松子也隨風落下了，你是個清幽高雅的人，這時候應當還不曾安睡吧。

離離原上草

一歲一枯榮

野火燒不盡

春風吹又生

遠芳侵古道

晴翠接荒城

又送王孫去

萋萋滿別情

松下問童子

言師採藥去

只在此山中

雲深不知處

我在松樹下問一孩童：「老師去哪了？」，孩童說：「老師採藥去了，老師就在這座山上，但是山上的靄靄白雲，老師究竟在山中什麼地方，我就不知道了。」

紫陌紅塵拂面來

無人不道看花回

玄都觀裡桃千樹

盡是劉郎去後栽

道路上的紅塵迎面飛來，沒有一個人，不說是看花回來的，玄都觀裡的一千株桃樹，全是劉晨去後面栽種的。

Our daily choices determine our future.

我們每一天的抉擇決定我們的將來。

Once upon a time there lived a very wise philosopher.

There seemed to be no problem that he couldn't solve.

But there was one person who didn't believe that he was so wise,

And he decided to test this philosopher.

So one day he brought a bird in his hand and he thought he would test the philosopher with one simple question to find out if he was really so wise.

He asked the philosopher,

"I have a bird in my hand.

You are a very wise man.

Tell me if this bird is alive or dead."

And he thought, "If the philosopher says he's alive,

I'll crush the bird to death.

If the philosopher says he's dead,

I will open my hand and let the bird fly away."

The philosopher looked very intently at the man and said,

"Whatever you want the bird to be he will be."

從前有一個很聰明的哲人，他好像幾乎所有的問題都可以解決。不過，有一個人不相信他是那麼聰明。所以有一天他帶著一隻鳥，握在手中，想用簡單的問題來考他。他跟這個哲人說：「先生我知道你是非常非常的有智慧。請告訴我，我手上的小鳥是活的還是死的？」他心想：如果他回答活的，我就把這隻小鳥給捏死；如果他回答死的，我會放手讓牠飛走。這個聰明的哲人靜靜地看著他說：「你要這隻小鳥怎樣，牠就會怎樣。」

Heaven gives each of us the freedom to choose the way we want to live.

Some of our choices are beneficial to us,

Others are mistakes.

But we alone are responsible for all our choices.

老天爺給我們每一個人充分的自由去選擇我們的生活方式。

有的抉擇對我們有利，

有的抉擇恐怕是錯誤的。

不過所有的抉擇都是我們自己要負責的。

Great works do not depend on strength but on perseverance.

A person who walks for three hours a day, within seven years,

can walk around the entire world.

偉大的工作不是用力量而是用耐心來完成的。

一個人每一天走路三小時，在七年之內，可以繞著整個地球。

A physicist once performed an experiment.

He took a five hundred pound iron block and hung it by a metal chain.

And next to it he took a small wooden peg and hung it by a thin thread.

He let the small wooden peg continually hit the big iron block.

In the beginning there was no reaction, but after about ten minutes.

The big iron block began to look a little unsteady.

And after another 10 minutes the big iron block began to show an obvious reaction.

And after 30 minutes the big iron block began to swing back and forth like the pendulum of a clock.

有一個物理家曾經做過一個實驗，他把一個重五百磅的鐵塊用鐵鍊把它懸在空中。在旁邊，他把一個小小的木塞用絲線懸在空中，他讓這個小小的木塞不斷的碰撞這個大鐵塊。開始的時候沒有什麼反應，過了十分鐘，這個大鐵塊顯得有一些不穩定。再過十分鐘，大鐵塊有明顯的反應。過了半個小時，這個500磅的大鐵塊就像一個鐘擺一樣搖動。

Perseverance is essential for success.

A small drop of water can wear away a stone. Tiny grains of sand piled high can become a tower.

This daily drop of effort is the price we must pay for success.

堅持是成功重要的因素之一，

滴水穿石，積沙成塔，

我們每一天付出的一點努力是成功必須要付出的代價。

萬樹江邊杏

新開一夜風

滿園深淺色

照在綠波中

江邊無數的杏樹，由於昨夜的春風，在一夜之間全開花了，深淺不一的杏花，開滿了整個花園，反射映照在江水的綠波中。

朝辭白帝彩雲間

千里江陵一日還

兩岸猿聲啼不住

輕舟已過萬重山

黃梅時節家家雨

青草池塘處處蛙

有約不來過夜半

閒敲棋子落燈花

梅子成熟轉黃的時節，天天下雨，每個人躲在家裡不願出門。而長滿青草的池塘裡，也到處傳來青蛙的叫聲。約的朋友等他到半夜了還是沒有來，一個人獨自無聊。拿起棋子敲著，卻把桌上的燈花震落下來。

A wise man admits his limitations.

And he knows that he can learn something from everyone.

A truck driver driving a large truck once got his truck stuck under a bridge.

He couldn't drive it forward and he couldn't move it backwards.

Everyone came to see what the driver was going to do.

An engineer came.

A policeman came.

The manager of the truck company came.

But no one could figure out a way of getting the truck out from under the bridge.

The cars began to back up behind the truck and soon there was a big traffic problem.

Suddenly a small boy appeared.

And he said to the driver, "I have an idea.

Why not let a little air out of the tires and then there will be some space between the truck and the bridge and you'll be able to drive it out easily."

Have you ever worked long and hard to solve a problem and just couldn't do it?

And then someone comes along but you don't think he's very smart and solves it just like that.

You're angry and embarrassed but these are valuable experiences because they help us develop a humble heart.

一個有智慧的人知道他所知是有限的。

他也知道他可以向其他的人學習。

一輛大卡車因為司機的疏忽不小心在一座橋樑下被卡住了。車子不能往前走，也不能往後退。很多人圍過來看不曉得這個司機會怎麼辦。有位工程師來了，警察來了，汽車公司的經理也來了。不過，沒有一個人能想出辦法把車子推出去。後面的車子越來越多，引起很大的交通問題。突然有一個小朋友出現了，他說：「司機伯伯，我有一個構想，你可以把這些輪胎放掉一點氣，這樣子車子跟橋樑之間可以有一點空間，那就很容易把車推出去了。」

你是否有這種經驗花很多時間要解決一個問題而一直沒有辦法解決？

然後，有一個人你認為他也不怎麼聰明，卻很快把這個問題解決了。

你會生氣，不好意思，不過，這種經驗非常的珍貴，因為它會幫你培植一顆謙卑的心。

Some people are very rich but they still want more.

Other people have nothing and yet they feel very satisfied.

Of these two kinds of people, who are really prosperous?

There was once a farmer who was always complaining to his neighbors.

He was always complaining about the weather.

The weather was terrible. Or he complained about the soil.

The soil was terrible. Or he complained about his harvest.

His harvest was terrible. He always had something to complain about.

Then one year he had a wonderful harvest. Everything went, went just fine.

The soil was good and rich. The weather cooperated and the harvest was excellent.

His neighbors were so happy for him. They came to see him and congratulated him and they said, "Finally you have a wonderful harvest,

Congratulations! You have nothing to complain about."

But the farmer was sitting there looking very unhappy and displeased.

And he said, "Don't you know that the year after a good harvest,

the soil is worse than ever? I am already very displeased about next year's harvest."

Some people seem to find it impossible to see the good side of life.

They are always complaining.

This hurts their health and their spirit.

Don't fall into that trap.

Look for the bright side of life and you will live a healthier and happier life.

有些人很有錢，不過他們還是想要更多。

有一些人一無所有，不過他們覺得很滿足。

在這兩種人當中，你認為誰是真正的富有呢？

從前有一個農夫，他不斷的向他的鄰居抱怨。他常常會抱怨天氣不好或者土壤不肥沃，收穫總是很不理想，他總是抱怨。有一年所有的情況都很理想，土壤很肥沃，風調雨順，收穫特別好。他的鄰居為他感到高興，他們到他家要恭喜他。他們對他說：「這一次，你一定不會有抱怨的理由了！」不過他們看到這個農夫坐在那邊，好像很不高興，很不滿意。他說：「你不知道，好的收穫以後，第二年土壤會特別差，我現在已經對明年的收穫很不樂觀！」

有些人好像沒有辦法看到生活的光明面，

他們一直在抱怨。

這會影響他們的身體跟他們的精神。

不要掉到這個陷阱裡面，

儘量看到生活的好的一面，光明的一面，你將會過得更健康更愉快。

返照入閭巷

憂來誰共語

古道少人行

秋風動禾黍

秋天傍晚的斜陽，返照在閭門小巷，我有著憂愁的心事，却向誰人去訴說呢！荒郊古道上很少有人行走，祇有陣陣的秋風，吹動著田野中的禾黍罷了。

嶺外音書絕

經冬復歷春

近鄉情更怯

不敢問來人

我在嶺外作客已經很久沒有和家人通書信，算算看，經過一個冬天又一個春天，現在我正渡過漢水，走在回家的路上，眼看就要到家園了，心中反而更加慌亂起來，甚至不敢跟迎面而來的人打招呼。

Evil acts always bring disaster.

There was once a building contractor who in order to increase his income often tried to cheat on workmanship and materials.

Because he was very clever, no one discovered that he was cheating but the houses he built were all unsafe.

One year his son got married and with his daughter-in-law moved into a new house.

And one night a very strong typhoon came and the house was completely destroyed crushing to death the son and daughter-in-law.

Later on it was discovered that this house was built by his father.

All of our acts influence ourselves in some way.

Good acts have a good influence on our lives.

Evil acts always bring evil results.

惡行總會有惡果。

有一位建築承包商，為了增加他自己的收入，常常用他的專業技巧偷工減料。

因為他的技巧很好，沒有人發現。不過他所蓋的住宅，都是不安全的。

有一年他的兒子結婚了，兒子跟媳婦搬到新家。

有一天晚上，強烈的颱風來了，整個樓倒塌了，壓死了兒子跟媳婦。

後來有人發現，這個大樓是他父親承建的。

我們的一切作為都會有後果，都會影響我們的生活。

好的作為有好的影響；

壞的作為，一定會有不好的結果。

Without the clouds,

Without the wind,

Without the rain,

There will be no rainbows.

Once upon a time, in the middle of a great forest, there grew a small flower.

And next to this small flower, there grew a large strong pine tree.

The flower felt protected by the pine tree; protected from the wind; protected from the rain.

Next to the strong pine tree, the flower felt very safe very happy and spent its days in peace.

But then one day in the forest came a crew of lumberjacks, and in a very short time, cut down the big strong pine tree and carried it away.

The little flower was desperately unhappy.

She cried out, "what am I going to do?

The tree that protected me from the wind and the rain is gone.

The wind will come and blow me down. The rain will come and press me down.

What will I do?" Nearby another pine tree heard her cry and consoled her saying,

"Little flower don't worry. This is good for you. This is an opportunity.

Now the sun can shine on you and you will grow big and strong.

And your petals will be radiant. And people will be able to see you.

And they will all admire your great beauty."

We always feel sad and afraid when we lose someone or something, that we feel is protected us. But this experience can be good for us.

It can be an opportunity to grow and mature.

Never forget to look for the good things hidden in life's tragic experiences.

沒有雲彩，

沒有風，

沒有雨，

就不會有彩虹。

從前，在一個大森林裡面，有一朵小花長在一棵大松樹的隔壁。小花覺得很高興，很開心，很安全，因為在這棵大松樹的隔壁，風也吹不到她，雨也打不到她，她每一天都活得很開心，毫無顧慮。不過有一天，有一群砍木工人進到森林裡面，很快地把這棵松樹砍掉並帶走了。小花很難過，很害怕，她大聲哭說：「怎麼辦？現在沒有樹保護我，狂風會把我吹倒，大雨會把我打倒，怎麼辦？」附近另一棵松樹聽到她的哭聲，安慰她說：「小花，你放心，這個事情對你有好處。現在陽光可以照耀你，妳可能會長的更茁壯，你的花瓣會更燦爛，所有的人都會看到妳並讚美妳的美麗。

我們每一次失去我們所依靠的人或事物，我們會覺得很難過，很害怕。不過這些經驗常常對我們是一個成長的機會。我們不要忘記，不斷的尋找這些痛苦經驗所帶給我們成長的機會。

前不見古人

後不見來者

念天地之悠悠

獨愴然而涕下

在前看不見古時的人，在後不見未來的人，我登在這幽州臺上想念那遙遠無窮的天地旋轉不息，我獨自感傷著生不逢時，不禁要淌下淚來了。

煙籠寒水月籠沙

夜泊秦淮近酒家

商女不知亡國恨

隔江猶唱後庭花

煙霧濛濛地籠罩在寒冷的江水，月色茫茫地映照在沙灘上。夜晚泊船在靠近酒家的秦淮河畔。青樓女子尚不知道亡國恨事，隔著江水還在唱著「玉樹後庭花」一曲。

三日入廚下

洗手作羹湯

未諳姑食性

先遣小姑嘗

按習俗，剛過門新娘予三天就要入廚房作菜，我趕緊洗淨雙手，小心的作了一道羹湯，卻不知婆婆的口味，先送去給小姑嚐嚐看吧。

Faith is believing in that what you cannot see.

One bright sunny morning, two small children met an older boy on a grassy plain.

The older boy was looking up in the air.

Two small boys thought that was strange.

They looked up and they didn't see anything.

So they asked the older boy, 

"What are you looking at?"

The older boy said, "I'm flying a kite."

The two small boys looked up and said,

"But we don't see any kite up there. There's nothing up there."

The older boy said, "I don't see it, either.

But I'm holding a string in my hand and I feel the strength of the kite pulling on the string so I know it's still there.

I know my kite still exists."

The ideals in our hearts are invisible,

But they give us the strength,

To walk along life's road.

信仰就是相信你所看不見的。

在一個晴朗的早晨，有兩個小孩子看到一位大哥哥站在草地上，他一直往上看。兩個小孩子覺得有點奇怪，所以他們問他：「大哥哥你在看什麼？」他回答說：「我在放風箏。」不過那兩位小朋友說：「我們看不到風箏啊！天空並沒有什麼東西。」大哥哥說：「我也看不到它。不過我手上拿著一條線，我感覺到它拖曳的力量，所以我知道我的風箏還在上面，它還存在。」

我們心中的理想是無形的，

不過它給我們力量，

在生命的道路上，邁向前進。

Humor brings understanding and tolerance.

Sarcasm brings misunderstanding and ill will.

The top managers of a certain company gathered together to celebrate the success of their business.

They invited a young new employee to serve tables.

After all the dishes were served, this young employee began to serve the wine.

And maybe it was from due to carelessness; maybe it was from due to nervousness.

This young employee managed to pour an entire bottle of wine on the bald head of one of the managers.

And this manager just happened to be the general manager.

All of the employee were shocked. The poor employee stood there shaking and everyone watched as the general manager wiped his head with a napkin.

Then the general manager turned to the new employee, smiled and said, "Did you really think that by pouring wine on my head, you could cure my baldness?"

Humor is a great way of relieving an embarrassing situation.

It also shows understanding and tolerance.

The next time you find yourself in a tense or embarrassing situation, try to use humor.

You'll find that the situation improves very rapidly.

幽默所帶來的是諒解與寬容，

嘲笑所帶來的是誤解及不友善的感覺。

有一天有一個公司的高級主管，統統都聚在一起聚餐，慶祝他們公司的成功。他們邀請一個新進的職員來服務，氣氛都很好。所有的菜都上桌以後，這個新的職員就開始倒酒。不曉得他是因為緊張，或是不小心，他把整個的一瓶酒倒在一位經理的禿頭上面，而且剛好這個經理就是公司的總經理。所有的職員都愣住了。這位可憐闖禍的職員站在那邊發抖。所有的人都看著總經理，他慢慢地用餐巾擦他的禿頭，然後對著這位闖禍的職員笑著說：「你是不是認為把酒倒在我的頭上，可以治療我的禿頭呢？」

幽默是一種很好的方法可以化解一個尷尬緊張的氣氛。

它也是一種寬容的態度。

如果你遇到一個緊張尷尬的情況，儘量用幽默的態度來應付它，

你會發現情況很快地就會改善。

When possessions are worshipped as Gods,

we lose our freedom.

There was once a very wealthy family.

And in that family was a small boy.

Everyone love the small boy and he became a little bit spoiled.

One day, the little boy stuck his hand into a very expensive antique vase, and couldn't get it out.

The whole family tried many different ways to get the little boy's hand out of that expensive vase.

But all these ways failed.

Finally in order to save the little boy's hand the family had to make a very painful decision.

They had to break the expensive vase.

And when they had broken it they discovered the reason the little boy couldn't take his hand out of the vase.

In his hand he was holding a piece of candy.

He wouldn't let it go.

For that piece of candy the family lost their valuable antique vase.

Do you own something that you think is very very important to you and you can't let it go?

Think about it for a while.

Is it more important than your family, than your friends, than your health?

如果我們把財富奉為神明，

我們會失去很多自由。

有一個很富有的家庭，裡面有一個小男孩。大家都非常疼愛這個小男孩，把他給寵壞了。有一天這個男孩把他的手放在一個非常昂貴的古董花瓶裡，卡住了拿不出來。全家都很著急，每一個人想辦法把小男孩的手弄出來，不過都沒有辦法。

到最後為了救這個小男孩的手，他們做了一個很痛苦的決定，他們把這個昂貴的花瓶敲破了。敲破以後，他們發現為什麼小男孩的手拿不出來的原因。因為他的手緊握著一塊糖果，為了那一塊糖果，家裡失去這個珍貴的花瓶。

你有沒有一樣東西你認為非常非常重要而且愛不釋手？

想一下，

這個東西跟你的家庭、你的朋友、和你的健康相比，哪一個最重要？

半畝方塘一鑑開

天光雲影共徘徊

問渠那得清如許

為有源頭活水來

半畝大的方形池塘，水光澄澈，像一面鏡子似的，天光雲彩，都在蕩漾的水波中流動個不竭。我試問問他，怎會清澈到這個樣子呢！因為他是有源頭的活水，從那上游流下來。

花非花 霧非霧

夜半來 天明去

來如春夢幾多時

去似朝雲無覓處

獨坐幽篁裡

彈琴復長嘯

深林人不知

明月來相照

我獨自坐在幽靜的竹林裡，彈一會兒琴，又抬頭長嘯幾聲，在這深邃的竹林裡，沒有人知道我的存在，只有天空的明月照映著我。

朝回日日典春衣

每向江頭盡醉歸

酒債尋常行處有

人生七十古來稀

穿花蛺蝶深深見

點水蜻蜓款款飛

傳語風光共流轉

暫時相賞莫相違

下朝回來，沒有錢買酒喝，祇好天天去典當春天的衣服，便到江邊酒店裡盡情地喝，醉了才回家，酒錢不夠便欠著，欠人家酒錢是平常小事，到處都有，人生在世能夠活到七十歲，自古以來就罕有的事，穿梭花叢的蝴蝶，鮮明的呈現在眼前，輕點在水面蜻蜓款款的飛來飛去，我把這話傳告世間，要使人樂天知命，和那風光同流傳，應該暫相賞，不要相背纔好。

白日依山盡

黃河入海流

欲窮千里目

更上一層樓

黃昏的時候，绚燦爛的夕陽，隱沒在山的那頭。廣大的黃河滔滔的流向大海，如果您想看得更遠一點，就必須再爬上更高的一層樓。

岸舟闊流著休似鷗

風夜野江章病所沙

微獨平大文老何一

草樯垂湧豈因飄地

細危星月名官飄天

微風吹拂著細草的岸邊，一葉豎有高桅的扁舟孤孤零零地停泊著在那裡，遼闊的平原上祇見群星低垂，月光浮沉在洶湧的水流上，我的聲名那能因為寫文章而顯耀，官呢？卻因我衰老多病而告退休了，我飄泊的一身像什麼呢？天地間的一隻沙鷗罷了。

曉鏡但愁雲鬢改

夜吟應覺月光寒

蓬萊此去無多路

青鳥殷勤為探看

我日夜思念，最怕早晨起來在鏡中發現黑亮的鬢髮已變了顏色。就連夜晚在月下吟詩也會感到月光先出的寒意。你所住的蓬萊仙山，大概離這裡不遠吧！願好心的青鳥時常為我帶去問候你的消息。

山外青山樓外樓

西湖歌舞幾時休

煖風薰得遊人醉

直把杭州作汴州

這山之外還有青山，這樓外還有高樓，西湖歡歌載舞的景象幾時才會罷休呢？和煖的春風香氣，使遊人們個個醉生夢死，竟忘記了國難家仇，把杭州看作汴州。

Love is eternal.

It never dies.

We can draw from its warmth forever.

Once there was a very old lady.

She lived by herself.

Every day she'd wait outside by her mailbox waiting for the postman to come and deliver her a letter.

And everyday Mr.Postman handed the letter to her,

She would receive it with her trembling hands and a beautiful smile of satisfaction.

One day the postman came and the little old lady was not there.

The house was empty and quite.

The postman left with a feeling of sadness in his heart.

But he always remembered the beautiful smile of satisfaction on the face of that little old lady.

Later on when the relatives of the lady were straightening out her things.

They came upon a stack of envelopes and in each new envelope was an old yellow letter written to the lady by her husband when they were young.

They were love letters.

Everyday the old lady had sent one of those letters to herself in order to relove, relive the love they had experienced.

Our experiences of love are so precious,

We have to think of ways to continually relive those moments of love.

愛是永恆的，是永遠不變的，我們可以不斷的享受他的溫暖。

從前有一位老太太，她每一天都會在她家門前，站在她的信箱旁邊等郵差送信來。當郵差送信給她，她會用顫抖的雙手來接信，然後露出很美麗且滿足的笑容。有一天郵差來了，老太太不見了，房子也空了，郵差覺得很難過。不過他永遠記得這個老太太的美麗笑容。過幾天老太太的親人在整理她的遺物的時候，他們找到ㄧ大堆信封，每一個信封是嶄新的，不過裡面的信是泛黃的，是好多年以前老太太的先生寄給她的情書。老太太每一天寄一封信給她自己，為了重新享受他們當年的愛。

我們每一個人愛情的經驗是非常的珍貴，我們要一直想辦法不斷的享受它的溫暖。

多情卻似總無情

唯覺尊前笑不成

蠟燭有心還惜別

替人垂淚到天明

我倆感情雖然很好，但在這離別的時刻，卻不得不裝著無情的樣子，面對著美酒佳餚，竟笑不出來並一點兒也不快樂，蠟燭似乎也感染到了我們惜別的情意，點點滴滴替我們留著眼淚，一直到天明。

晝出耘田夜績麻

村莊兒女各當家

童孫未解供耕織

也傍桑陰學種瓜

白天出去到田裡耕種，到了夜晚回來還要搓麻織布。村莊裡的男男女女每個人都各自有著要做的事。那些幼小的孫子，雖然不知道種田織布的事，也蹲著在桑樹陰底下學著種瓜呢！

Don't hesitate too long in making decisions.

Good opportunities won't wait for you forever.

A grandmother once took her young grandson to the shoe store to buy some new shoes for school.

That shoe store only made two kinds of shoes, one was round toed; the other was square toed.

The shoemaker asked the little boy, "What kind of shoes would you prefer?"

The little boy said, "Round toed shoes."

So the shoemaker began to make the shoes for the little boy.

but the second day the little boy thought, "I believe square toed shoes are more fashionable."

So he went back to the shoemaker and asked for square toed shoes.

The shoemaker agreed.

And the third day the little boy thought, "But I think round toed shoes would be more comfortable."

So he went back to the shoemaker and said, "Please change my order to round toed shoes."

Every day the little boy changed his mind again and asked the shoemaker to change.

When it came time to start school the little boy went to pick up his shoes and found that the poor shoemaker had become a little confused.

One shoe was round toed; the other was square toed.

The little boy had no choice but to wear that strange pair of shoes to school.

Do you take a long time to make decisions?

It's good to think things over carefully.

But don't wait too long or you'll loose valuable opportunities.

你做決定的時候，不要太猶豫不決。

好的機會不會永遠等待你。

因為快開學了，有一位祖母帶著她的小孫子到鞋店去做一雙新的鞋子。

這個鞋店只會做兩種鞋子：

一個是圓頭型的，

另一種是方頭型的。

鞋匠就問這位小朋友要哪一種？

小朋友就說：『我要圓頭型的。』

鞋匠就開始替他做鞋子。

不過第二天，

這個小朋友覺得：好像方頭型的鞋子比較流行。

所以他回到鞋匠那邊去要求他更改。

鞋匠答應了。

第三天這個小朋友又想：『圓頭型的鞋子應該比較舒服。』

所以他又回去要求鞋匠做改變。

這一位小朋友每一天都在改變心意，

等到開學那一天他去拿鞋子，他發現這個可憐的鞋匠被弄得有一點糊裡糊塗。

一個鞋子是圓頭型的；

另一個鞋子是方頭型的。

這位小朋友只好穿這雙奇怪的鞋子去上課了。

你做決定會不會很慢？

考慮周詳當然很重要，

不過不要等太久，你會錯過機會。

A friendly attitude towards others is our best letter of recommendation.

A famous  department store was purchased by a new owner.

On the day of the change over all of the people in the department store gathered in the meeting room on the top floor.

And while they were waiting to see who this new owner was, no one noticed but an old man entered the room with an unsteady gate and rather poor shabby clothes and stood in the corner.

No one paid any attention to him.

But one girl who was serving the refreshments saw him and took him a cup of tea and talked with this lonely old man.

When it came time for the master of ceremonies to announce the new owner and asked him to step forward, everyone was amazed.

The old man with the shabby clothes slowly walked to the front to address the employees.

He invited the girl to come up with him.

He explained to everyone that the department store is a service industry, and this girl has shown the true spirit of service.

He gave her a reward and immediately announced that she would be a department head.

Never neglect the person standing next to you.

He may turn out to be very important to you.

The most important thing is to cultivate a spirit of caring for others.

That will bring us true happiness and satisfaction.

我們對別人和善的態度，是我們最好的推薦信。

有一個著名的百貨公司，轉接給一個新的雇主。當他們交接的那一天，所有的員工都集中在會議室。當大家在吃點心喝茶的時候，有一個老先生進來了。他走路不穩，衣服破舊，就站在角落，沒有人注意到他；不過當天有一個年輕的女孩子在服務，她看到他，也拿一杯茶給他喝，陪這個寂寞的老先生聊天。當主持人報告新的總裁原來是他。他邀請這個女孩子跟他一起上台。他向大家解釋：百貨公司是服務業，這位女孩子她表達了最好的服務態度。他要給她獎勵，馬上提升她做公司的主管。

我們不要忽略站在我們旁邊的那個人，他可能對我們很重要。最重要的是培養一個關心別人，照顧別人的態度。這樣我們會變成真正幸福的人。

春城無處不飛花

寒食東風御柳斜

日暮漢宮傳蠟燭

輕煙散入五侯家

春天的時候，京城裡沒有一處不飛舞著花片，寒食這天東風徐徐吹來，宮園裡的柳樹也被吹得歪歪斜斜，到了太陽西下時，宮廷中開始傳點起蠟燭，那縷縷輕煙，分散到五侯府裡去。

A famous author once wrote, "God has two dwelling places:

One in heaven; 

And one in the heart of a good and generous person."

Once there were two Jewish brothers who farmed the same piece of land.

They divided the harvest among themselves 50/50.

The older brother was married and had children.

The younger brother was still single.

One night, the younger brother was thinking:

My older brother has a wife and children,

he should receive more of the rice.

So he got up,

took some of his rice and put it in his brother's barn.

And that night, the older brother was thinking:

I have a wife and a child to take care of me;

but my younger brother is still single.

He should have more of the rice.

So he got up,

and took some of his rice and put it in the younger brother's barn.

The next morning, they discovered that they still both had the same amount of rice.

The same thing happened the second night,

and they did the same thing on the third night.

But on the fourth night, they ran into each other.

When they realized what had been going on,

they put down their rice and with tears in their eyes;

gave each other a loving embrace.

If we are concerned about others and take care of others,

others will certainly be concerned about us and take care of us.

有一位名作家曾經寫過，上帝有兩個住所：

一個在天上；

另一個在慈善慷慨的人心中。

有兩個猶太兄弟，他們耕種的是同一塊土地，收成是分一半一半。哥哥已經結婚了有小孩，弟弟還沒有成家。有一天晚上，弟弟在想，哥哥結婚了有了小孩子，家庭負擔重，他應該拿多一點的米。所以他起來，把他部分的米挪到他哥哥的倉庫裡。同一個晚上，哥哥在想，我已經有太太照顧我，孩子將來也會照顧我，我弟弟是單身的，他應該拿多一點的米。所以他起來，把大部分的米挪到他弟弟的倉庫裡。第二天早上，兩個人發現，他們的米都沒有減少。所以第二天晚上他們又同樣這樣做；第三天晚上也是一樣。到了第四個晚上他們彼此碰面，在那個時候他們知道，他們彼此的照顧跟關心是多麼的深。他們把米放下來，含著眼淚，熱情的彼此擁抱。

如果我們關心別人照顧別人，別人絕對會關心我們，照顧我們。

The most important people in our lives are our family.

Often we don't realize this until it is too late.

Once upon a time there was a little boy whose parents had both died.

He lived with his grandmother.

Everyday at school after lunch he would take a coin and go to the public telephone and dial a number.

If you happen to pass by at that moment you would hear his soft little voice saying Mama have you eaten yet?

Mama will you come and pick me up today?

Mama don't forget to bring me a toy.

And then he would hang up the telephone and run back to class.

One day, he didn't hang the telephone up properly and a teacher came by and out of curiosity picked up the telephone and listened.

What did she hear:

At the tone will be 12:30 10 seconds

At the tone will be 12:30 20 seconds

The teacher listened as tears ran down her cheeks.

It's so easy to neglect the people closest to us.

How long has it been since you told your family you love them?

Act now!

Don't wait until it's too late.

我們生命中最重要的人就是我們的家人。

有時候我們發覺這一點時已經太晚了。

從前有一位小男孩他的父母親都過世了。

他和他的祖母住在一起。

每一天在學校吃完午餐後，他會拿一枚硬幣去打一通公共電話。

如果你剛好經過他身邊，你會聽到他用很輕柔的聲音說：『媽媽，妳吃飽了沒？』

『媽媽，妳今天會來接我嗎？』

『媽媽，妳不要忘記帶一個玩具給我喔。』

然後他會掛上電話去上課。

有一天，他特別的匆忙，沒有把電話掛好。有位老師經過，很好奇地拿起話筒，他聽到的是什麼呢？下面音響，十二點三十分十秒，下面音響，十二點三十分二十秒，老師一面聽一面掉眼淚。

我們非常容易忽略和我們最親近的人。

你多久沒有告訴家人你愛他們了呢？

要馬上行動！

不要等到來不及。

獨在異鄉為異客

每逢佳節倍思親

遙知兄弟登高處

遍插茱萸少一人

紙屏石枕竹方床

手倦拋書午夢長

睡起莞然成獨笑

數聲漁笛在滄浪

我用紙黏成屏風，撿個石塊當枕頭，睡在竹製的長方榻上，看看書史，疲倦了，就把書本拋開，睡一個很長的午覺。醒時，覺得這種閒居的適意，內心不自禁地露出微笑。這時，聽到幾聲漁人在滄浪水上吹來的笛音。

少小離家老大回

鄉音無改鬢毛衰

兒童相見不相識

笑問客從何處來

我從小就離開家鄉，到年老的時候才又回來，雖然家鄉的口音沒甚麼改變，可是兩鬢的毛髮早已斑白。家鄉的兒童已經不認得我了，笑著問我是從哪兒來的。

月落烏啼霜滿天

江楓漁火對愁眠

姑蘇城外寒山寺

夜半鐘聲到客船

月亮逐漸西斜，烏鴉不停叫著，大地結上一層層白白的霜，江邊的楓樹和漁人的燈火，愁苦的相望著睡著了，這時候姑蘇城外的寒山寺，忽然在靜夜裡發出鐘聲，一聲聲傳到我的船上來。

公門裡面好修行

半夜敲門心不驚

善惡到頭終有報

舉頭三尺有神明

暮雲收盡溢清寒

銀漢無聲轉玉盤

此生此夜不長好

明月明年何處看

到了晚上雲彩已經消失了到處洋溢著清寒氣後，天河默默無聲月亮繞著星河轉換位置，在我的一生中每年這天夜裡並不是過得快樂美好，我無法確定這美好的明月到了明年的這天晚上會在什麼地方看到呢？

映門淮水綠

留騎主人心

明月隨良掾

春潮夜夜深

綠油油的淮水映帶在門前，我挽住他的馬是想一盡我地主的情誼，臨別的時候天上的月亮，也跟著這好官一同去了，尚幸那淮河裡的春潮，仍然夜夜來臨，它與郭司倉深情一樣和我共居於這裡。

故人具雞黍 邀我至田家

綠樹村邊合 青山郭外斜

開軒面場圃 把酒話桑麻

待到重陽日 還來就菊花

老朋友準備了酒菜，邀請我到他的田莊去。村裡種滿了綠樹，村外橫臥著青山，景色真美，我推開窗子對著菜圃，舉起酒杯閒話家常，心情無比開懷。等到九月九日重陽佳節，我一定還要來這裡喝喝菊花酒。

客路青山外 行舟綠水前

潮平兩岸闊 風正一帆懸

海日生殘夜 江春入舊年

鄉書何處達 歸雁洛陽邊

子規啼徹四更時

起視蠶稠怕葉稀

不信樓頭楊柳月

玉人歌舞未曾歸

子規鳥一聲聲的啼叫，響徹在我的耳鼓裡，已是四更天氣了，起身來看那竹筐裡的蠶兒，十分的稠密，祇恐怕餵給它們吃的桑葉太少了，舉頭不敢相信地望楊柳上的月亮即將西沉，為什麼似玉一般的美人兒陶醉在歌舞裡還沒回來呢。

水光瀲豔晴偏好

山色空濛雨亦奇

欲把西湖比西子

淡妝濃抹總相宜

湖波上水光艷麗，在晴朗的天氣裡，自然特別好看，而山色朦朧不清的景象在下雨的時候，也顯得非常奇妙。我把它比做古時候的美人西施，任她淡妝也好，豔抹也好，總沒有不合適的。

律回歲晚冰霜少

春到人間草木知

便覺眼前生意滿

東風吹水綠參差

循環不息的歲律回轉時，已近年終，逼人的寒氣自然少了，陽春已到人間，所以草木也能夠預先知道呢？我覺得眼前，充滿了萬物向榮的生機，東風吹拂著綠水，顯得有些高低不平了。

慈母手中線

遊子身上衣

臨行密密縫

意恐遲遲歸

誰言寸草心

報得三春暉

慈祥的母親手上拿著針線，一針一線替我縫製身上的衣服，在我臨走前，她仔細密密的縫著，深怕我會很久才回家，誰說像小草般細小的孝心，能夠報答慈母如春天陽光般的恩惠呢。

朱雀橋邊野草花

烏衣巷口夕陽斜

舊時王謝堂前燕

飛入尋常百姓家

朱雀橋的四週開滿了各種野草花，這時夕陽剛從烏衣巷口斜斜的照射進來，那些以前在王家和謝家屋簷下的燕子，也紛紛飛到平常的人家去了。

去年元夜時 花市燈如畫 

月上柳梢頭 人約黃昏後

今年元夜時 月與燈依舊 

不見去年人 淚滿春衫袖

高樓曉見一花開

便覺春光四面來

暖日晴雲知次第

東風不用更相催

在高樓上看到黎明時分有一朵梅花綻放，就感覺春天的氣息從四方接近，從暖和的陽光和晴雲的移動知道即使從東方來的春風不吹，也明暸春天已經到了。

三月殘花落更開

小簷日日燕飛來

子規夜半猶啼血

不信東風喚不回

三月裡春光將去的時候，那敗殘的花雖已凋落但第二次却又開了，低小的屋簷下面，天天有燕子飛來，做他的巢穴，祇可憐那些杜鵑鳥，到了半夜三更，還在那裡一聲聲地慘叫，幾乎叫出血來，不信這時候的東風，喚不回來。

七夕今宵看碧霄

牽牛織女渡河橋

家家乞巧望秋月

穿盡紅絲幾萬條

在七月七日的晚上，抬頭仰望星空，可以看到牽牛星和織女星很接近，好像就要越過銀河一般，在有女孩的人家望著秋天的月亮，祈求手藝進步的穿針紅絲線有幾萬條之多。

雲想衣裳花想容

春風拂檻露華濃

若非群玉山頭見

會向瑤臺月下逢

看到了輕輕飄浮的雲彩，就想起了她的衣裳，看到美麗的花朵就想起了她的容顏，當春風吹拂著檻杆，露珠掩映的時候，她的華貴氣質會更加濃郁，要是在群玉山的仙境見不到她，那只有在瑤臺的月光下才能和她相逢。

盛年不再來

一日難再晨

及時當勉勵

歲月不待人

向晚意不適

驅車登古原

夕陽無限好

只是近黃昏

傍晚的時候，心情突然鬱悶起來，便駕了車子來到城郊散心，這時火紅的夕陽美麗幻化，景色無限美好，唉！只可惜夕陽雖好卻已接近黃昏，轉眼就要西沉了。

落日五湖遊

煙波處處愁

浮沉千古事

誰與問東流

在傍晚太陽將落時，我泛舟去遊五湖，看到滿湖的煙波引起許多愁，千古以來的事情，已成為歷史上的陳跡，盡付與東去的流水，又還有甚麼可說的呢！

詩家清景在新春

綠柳纔黃半未勻

若待上林花似錦

出門俱是看花人

詩人們認為最清新的景色是早春，那個時候綠柳還有一點黃色十分幼嫩，如果等到上林花盛的時候再出門，那麼就會陷入賞花的人群裡。

未會牽牛意若何

須邀織女弄金梭

年年乞與人間巧

不道人間巧幾多

我實在無法領會牛郎的意思到底是怎麼樣，為何他必須邀織女來一起玩弄那黃金的機杼呢？他們一年又一年地賜給人間許多技巧，但我就不知道現在人間的技巧到底有多少呢？

紅豆生南國

春來發幾枝

願君多採擷

此物最相思

紅豆樹生長在南方，每到春天的時候，就會長出新的枝葉，希望你多採一些，因為這紅豆最能代表相思的情意了。

爆竹聲中一歲除

春風送暖入屠蘇

千門萬戶瞳瞳日

總把新桃換舊符

在爆竹聲中一年又過去了，春風送來暖和的氣候，就像喝了屠蘇酒一樣，使人覺得倦慵而舒適，家家戶戶都在太陽升起時把舊桃符取下，換上新桃符以迎接新春。

寒夜客來茶當酒

竹爐湯沸火初紅

尋常一樣窗前月

纔有梅花便不同

寒冷的冬天夜裡，來了客人，家中沒有酒，只好煮茶充當酒請他，竹爐上的開水正沸騰，爐裡的火燒得紅紅的，我和客人像往常一樣，對著窗前的明月清談，祇因今晚開了幾朵梅花，便覺得與往常氣氛不太一樣。

蘭陵美酒鬱金香

玉碗盛來琥珀光

但使主人能醉客

不知何處是他鄉

蘭陵有一種美酒，因用鬱金香草釀成的，所以香味濃郁特殊，用玉碗盛起來，會發出如琥珀般金黃色的光彩，如果主人用這種酒把客人灌醉，他就好像回到家裡，忘記自己是飄落他鄉呢？

危樓高百尺

手可摘星辰

不敢高聲語

恐驚天上人

這裡的塔樓有百尺這麼高，兩手幾乎可以摘到星星了，我不敢大聲說話，恐怕驚動了天上的仙人。

金爐香盡漏聲殘

剪剪輕風陣陣寒

春色惱人眠不得

月移花影上欄杆

金爐裡的香已燒完了，銅壺滴漏也近尾聲了，利剪似的輕風吹來陣陣寒意，偏那惱人的春天顏色使人睡不去，眼睜睜地看著月亮慢慢移動花影到欄杆上來。

臉膩香薰似有情

世間何物比輕盈

湘妃雨後來池看

碧玉盤中弄水晶

蓮花的顏色滑潤香氣撲鼻好像擁有人的情懷一樣。這種輕盈的美態，世上沒有什麼可以和它相比擬的。倘若湘江的女神在雨停後來到池邊，也會玩弄積留在青翠蓮葉上清澈晶瑩的水珠。

青山橫北郭

白水遶東城

此地一為別

孤篷萬里征

浮雲遊子意

落日故人情

揮手自茲去

蕭蕭班馬鳴

青翠的山巒橫在北邊城外，白色的水波繞著東面的城郭。在這分手後，你像無根的蓬草，孤單的漂泊於萬里之外去了。望著天上的白雲，正象徵著你此去的心情，落日餘暉，戀戀地映在山谷之間，卻有如我的依依之情。且揮揮手，就此相別吧！看你漸行漸遠，只聽到那行去蕭蕭的馬鳴聲。

鋤禾日當午

汗滴禾下土

誰知盤中飧

粒粒皆辛苦

辛勤的農夫即使在烈日當空的正午，依然在田中鋤草，汗水就這樣一滴滴的滴在田地上，有多少人知道我們每天所吃的飯，一粒粒都是農夫辛苦耕種得來的啊！

絲綸閣下文書靜

鐘鼓樓中刻漏長

獨坐黃昏誰是伴

紫薇花對紫薇郎

我在絲綸閣下撰擬皇上詔旨，應寫的東西不多，所以覺得很閒靜，聽著樓台上鳴鐘擊鼓計算時刻的滴漏聲，時間也好像特別漫長，獨自一個人坐守到黃昏時候，有誰來陪伴，只有外面的紫薇花和我這位紫薇郎相對相憐罷了。