英语文摘《错过的幸福》

A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer's showroom ， and knowing his father could well afford it ， he told him that was all he wanted. 从前，有位年轻人即将大学生毕业。数月来，他一直渴望得到某汽车商 产品陈列室中的一辆跑车。他知道，他那富有的父亲肯定买得起这辆车，于 是，他便跟父亲说他很想得到那辆漂亮的跑车。 As Graduation Day approached， the young man awaited signs that his father had purchased the car. Finally ， on the morning of his graduation ， his father called him into his private study. His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine son， and told him how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful wrapped gift box. Curious ， but somewhat disappointed， the young man opened the box and found a lovely， leather-bound Bible， with the young man's name embossed in gold. Angrily ， he raised his voice to his father and said ， "With all your money you give me a Bible?" He then stormed out of the house ， leaving the Bible. 在毕业典礼即将来临的日子里，年轻人等待着父亲买下跑车的消息。终 于，在毕业典礼那天上午，父亲将他叫到自己的书房，并告诉他，有他这么 出色的儿子自己感到非常自豪而且非常爱他这个儿子。接着，父亲递给儿子 一个包装精美的礼品盒。年轻人感到好奇，但带着些许失望地打开礼品盒， 却发现里面是一本精美的精装本《圣经》，上面以金子凸印着年轻人的名字 。 看罢，年轻人怒气冲冲地向父亲大喊道：“你有那么多钱，却只给我一本《圣 经》?”说完，便丢下《圣经》，愤怒地冲出房子。 How many times do we miss blessings because they are not packaged as we expected? Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for. 我们多少次地与祝福擦肩而过，仅仅因为他们没有按我们想象中的样子 包装好?不要在渴望得到没有的东西时损坏你已经拥有的东西，但要记住一 点：你现在所拥有的恰恰正是你曾经一心渴望得到的。 Sometimes we don't realize the good fortune we have or we could have because we expect "the packaging" to be different. What may appear as bad fortune may in fact be the door that is just waiting to be opened. 有时，我们并没有意识到我们已经拥有或本该拥有的好运，仅仅因为它 的外表与我们想象中的有所不同。其实，表面上看起来像是坏运气的东西或 许正是等待开启的幸运之门。