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sophy_5288 发表于 2012-1-9 12:01

Happiness Is an Attitude 幸福是一种态度

[p=30, 2, left][attach]13080[/attach][/p][p=30, 2, left] [img]http://piccache2.soso.com/face/_7074796305706577007[/img] [img]http://piccache3.soso.com/face/_1283156874806115287[/img] [/p][p=30, 2, left][font=黑体][size=3]英语美文收听地址:[url=http://www.tingroom.com/lesson/xfsyztd/108482.html][url=http://www.tingroom.com/lesson/xfsyztd/108482.html][font=黑体][size=3][color=#ff0000]幸福是一种态度[/color][/size][/font][/url][/size][/font][/p][p=30, 2, left][font=黑体][size=3][/url][/size][/font][font=黑体][size=3]Happiness Is An Attitude[/size][/font][/p][p=30, 2, left][font=黑体][size=3]The 92-year-old,petite,well-poised and proud lady,who is fully dressed each morning by eight o’clock,with her hair fashionably coifed and makeup perfectly applied,even though she was legally blind,moved to a nursing home today.[/size][/font][/p][p=30, 2, left][font=黑体][size=3]Her husband of 70 years recently passed away,making the move necessary.[/size][/font][/p][p=30, 2, left][font=黑体][size=3]After many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby of the nursing home,she smiled sweetly when told her room was ready.As she maneuvered her walker to elevator I provided a visual description of her tiny room.[/size][/font][/p][p=30, 2, left][font=黑体][size=3]“I love it,”she started with the enthusiasm of an eight-year-old having just been presented with a new puppy.[/size][/font][/p][p=30, 2, left][font=黑体][size=3]“Mrs.Jones, you haven’t seen the room…just wait.”[/size][/font][/p][p=30, 2, left][font=黑体][size=3]“That doesn’t have anything to do with it,”she replied.“Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time.Whether I like my room or not doesn’t depend on how the furniture is arranged…it’s how I arrange my mind.I already decided to love it,It's a decision I make every morning when I wake up.I have a choice;I can spend the day in bed recounting the difficulty I have with the parts of my body that no longer work or get out of bed be thankful for the ones that do.Each day is a gift,and as long as my eyes open I’ll focus on the new day and all the happy memories I’ve stored away…just for this time in my life.”[/size][/font][/p][p=30, 2, left][font=黑体][size=3]幸福是一种态度[/size][/font][/p][p=30, 2, left][font=黑体][size=3]这位92岁高龄、个子小巧、自信而又骄傲的老太太,每天早晨8点就穿戴整齐了。她的头发时髦的护在帽子里,妆也化得恰倒好处,即使她今天合情合理地失明、要搬进一家养老院也不例外。[/size][/font][/p][p=30, 2, left][font=黑体][size=3]一同走过70个岁月的丈夫新近去世,搬到养老院是必然之举。[/size][/font][/p][p=30, 2, left][font=黑体][size=3]在养老院的走廊上等了半天之后,她被告之房间已准备就绪,她亲切地笑了。当她推起助步车进入电梯时,我对她的小房间进行了一番视觉描述。[/size][/font][/p][p=30, 2, left][font=黑体][size=3]“我真喜欢这房间,”她热情洋溢的说,好象一个8岁的孩子刚刚得到了一只小狗一样。[/size][/font][/p][p=30, 2, left][font=黑体][size=3]“琼斯夫人,你还没有看到你的房间呢……还是不慌下结论。”[/size][/font][/p][p=30, 2, left][font=黑体][size=3]“那和我喜不喜欢这房间没关系,”她回答说。“幸福是你事先就决定了的。我喜不喜欢房子并不取决于家具怎么摆放……而是取决于我怎么想。我已决定要喜欢它……就像每天早晨一睁开眼所作的某个决定一样。我可以作出选择:躺在床上,抱怨身体不便带来的困难可以打发一天;或者翻身起床感激某些部位还能活动自如,也可以度过一天。每一天都是一件礼物,只要睁开眼,我就会全神贯注于崭新的一天和收藏多年的幸福记忆……这一切仅为了今生此刻.”[/size][/font][/p]

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