英语小故事

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英文小故事
I Didn’t Know I Have Been So Rich!
There was a young man who was unhappy everyday. He always complained about his poverty and unluckiness. An old neighbour with white hair and white beard saw this and asked him, “Young man, why are you so upset everyday?”
The young man answered, “I can’t understand why I am always so poor.”
“Are you poor? You are rich, indeed.”
The young man was rather confused,“What do you mean? ”
The old man asked,“If one of your fingers is cut down, and you will get one thousand yuan from it, are you willing?”
“No!”
“If one of your hands is cut down, and you will get ten thousand yuan from it, are you willing?”
“No!”
“If both of your eyes become blind, and you will get one hundred thousand from it, are you willing?”
“No!”
“If you become an eighty-year-old man who is seriously ill, and you will get one million from it, are you willing?”
“No!”
“If you die now, and you will get ten million from it, are you willing?”
“No!”
“That’s it. Since you have already owned as much as ten million, why are you always complaining about being so poor and unlucky?”
Hearing this, the young man was shocked and speechless. He finally understood what the old man meant.
原来我也这么富有
有一位青年,老是埋怨自己时运不济,发不了财,终日愁眉不展。

他的一位须发皆白的老邻居见状,便问:“年青人,为什么不快乐?”
年青人:“我不明白,为什么我总是这么穷?”
老人由衷地说:“你穷吗?你很富有嘛。


年青人不解地问:“这从何说起?”
老人反问道:“假如现在砍掉你一个手指,给你一千元,你干不干?”
年青人:“不干。


“假如砍掉你一只手,给你一万元,你干不干?”
“不干。


“假如使你双眼都瞎掉,给你十万元,你干不干?”
“不干”
“假如让你马上变成八十岁的老人,给你一百万元,你干不干?”
“不干”
“假如让你马上死掉,给你一千万元,你干不干?”
“不干”
“这就对了,你已经拥有超过一千万的财害,为什么还哀叹自己贫穷呢?”老人笑吟吟地问道。

青年愕然无言,突然什么都明白了。