1、第 第 頁Be Happy中英雙語閱讀Be Happy!The days that make us happy make us wise._ John MasefieldWhen I first read this line by Englands Poet Laureate, it startled me. What did Masefield mean? Without thinking about it much. I had always assumed that the opposite was true. But his sober assurance was arresting.

2、 I could not forget it.Finally, I seemed to grasp his meaning and realized that here was a profound observation. The wisdom that happiness makes possible lies in clear perception, not fogged by an*iety nor dimmed by despair and boredom, and without the blind spots caused by fear.Active happiness not

3、 mere satisfaction or contentment_ Often comes suddenly, like an April shower or the unfolding of a bud. Then you discover what kind of wisdom has accompanied it. The grass is greener, bird songs are sweeter, the shortcomings of your friends are more understandable and more forgivable. Happiness is

4、like a pair of eyeglasses correcting your spiritual vision.Nor are the insights of happiness limited to what is near around you. Unhappy, with your thoughts turned in upon your emotional woes, your vision is cut short as though by a wall. Happy, the wall crumbles.The long vista is there for the seei

5、ng. The ground at your feet, the world about you _people, thoughts, emotions, pressures_ are now fitted into the larger scene. Every thing assumes a fairer proportion. And here is the beginning of wisdom.歡樂吧!介紹：勞埃德莫里斯(1613-1680)，英國聞名作家，作品富于機敏幽默。著有格言集等。本文以演繹的手法論述歡樂對人的影響。先籍梅斯菲爾德的詩引出“ 歡樂和聰慧”的關系，接著以人在歡樂

6、時的種種心理反應，點出歡樂無處不在。最末再予以確定的結論：歡樂是聰慧的開端。“歡樂的日子，使我們聰慧。”-約翰.梅斯菲爾德第一次讀到英國桂冠詩人梅斯菲爾德這行詩的時候，我特別驚異，它真正的寓意是什么呢?不認真考慮的話，我一貫認為這句詩倒過來才對。不過他的冷靜與自信卻俘獲了我，所以我一貫無法忘卻這句詩。究竟，我好象領悟了他的意思，意識到其中蘊含著深刻的觀測思索。歡樂帶來的聰慧存在與清楚的心靈感覺中，不因憂慮擔憂而困惑，不因無望、厭煩而遲鈍，不因惶恐而涌現盲點。跳動的歡樂不僅是滿意或滿意會突然到來，就像四月的春雨或是花蕾的綻放。然后你發覺聰慧已隨歡樂而來。草兒更綠，鳥兒的歌聲更加美好，伙伴的缺點也變得更加可以理解、