讀點好英文:A Clever Donkey 聰明的驢

A Clever Donkey 聰明的驢

One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do.Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway；it just wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey.

He invited all his neighbors to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well.At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly.Then, to everyone's amazement he quieted down.A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well.He was astonished at what he saw.

With each shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up.As the farmer's neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up.Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and happily trotted off.

The donkey later came back and bit the shovel out of the farmer who had tried to bury him. The gash from the bite got infected, and the farmer eventually died in agony from septic shock.

Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up.Each of our troubles is a stepping-stone.We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping, never giving up！Shake it off and take a step up.

Remember the five simple rules to be happy：

1.Free your heart from hatred-Forgive.

2.Free your mind from worries-Most never happen.

3.Live simply and appreciate what you have.

4.Give more.

5.Expect less.

有一天，農夫的驢掉進了井里。在農夫想辦法的時候，可憐的驢叫了好幾個小時。最后，農夫決定，驢已經老了，反正井也需要填平；把驢救出來不太值得了。

他請了所有的鄰居來幫忙。他們都抄起鐵鍬，開始往井里填土。隨后，驢意識到發(fā)生了什么事，便發(fā)出了令人膽戰(zhàn)心驚的叫聲。后來，令大家奇怪的是，驢安靜了下來。又填了幾鏟土之后，農夫往井里看了看。他看到的情景讓他驚訝不已。

驢對砸在背上的每一鏟土都做出了非凡之舉：它把土抖掉，然后往上走一步。隨著農夫的鄰居們不斷往驢身上鏟土，驢把土抖掉，再往上走一步。很快，每個人都驚呆了——驢邁出了井口，歡快地跑了！

后來驢出來了，把鐵鍬從想埋他的農夫手中咬了過來。農夫被咬過的傷口感染了。最終，他在對感染的恐懼中痛苦地死了。

生活會往你身上鏟土，各種各樣的土。從井里出來的辦法就是抖掉土，往上走一步。我們的每一個困難都是一塊墊腳石。我們只要不停滯、不放棄，就一定能戰(zhàn)勝一切困難。抖掉塵土，往上走一步。

謹記五條簡單的快樂原則：

1.解脫心靈，不要怨恨——寬恕。

2.放松大腦，不要焦慮——很多事情都不會發(fā)生。

3.簡單生活，感謝所有。

4.多給予。

5.少要求。

Practising&Exercise 實戰(zhàn)提升篇

單詞注解

possess[p?'zes]v.擁有；占有

wrought[r?：t]a.制造的；加工的

mindfuI['maidful]a.注意的，留神的

remove[ri'mu：v]v.移動；搬走

marveIous['ma：vil?s]a.不可思議的；非凡的

astonish[?s't?ni?]v.（使）吃驚，驚訝

實用句型

Only two silver pieces to look upon this most marvelous work of a master.

只需花兩塊銀元，就可以參觀大師手下最不可思議的杰作。

We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping, never giving up！

我們只要不停滯、不放棄，就一定能戰(zhàn)勝一切困難。

智慧點津

True value is usually ignored by people.

真正有價值的東西往往被忽視。

Each of our troubles is a stepping-stone. We can get out of the deepest“wells”just by not stopping, never giving up！

生活中的每個困難都是我們的墊腳石。我們只要不停滯、不放棄，就一定能戰(zhàn)勝一切困難。