英语翻译
When I was eleven years old,God gave me a gift of happiness.One day,on my way home from school,atruck ran over me and cut off my 1 .As I lay there bleeding,I realized that I might have to live the
rest of my life 2 legs.How depressing(令人沮丧的)!3 then I realized that depression won’t
get my legs back.So I decided not to 4 my life feeling depressed.When my parents arrived at the
5 ,they were shocked and sad.I told them,“I’ve already 6 the fact.Now you also have to get
used to this."
Ever since then,I often see my friends getting 7 about little things:their bus comes late; they get
a bad grade on a test.But I just 8 life.
I was lucky to realize that it is a waste of energy to focus on what you have 9 ,and that the key
to happiness is to take pleasure in what you have.Sounds simple,doesn’t it?So 10 are many people
unhappy?
People often think happiness is based on what you 11 .“My whole life would improve if I had a
new car." But when you get the 12 and what happens?For a whole week you are walking on air.
Then you go right back to being 13 .
Happiness is not a happening; it’s a state of 14 .You can have whatever there is in the world and
still be uncomfortable.Or you can have relatively 15 and feel full of joy.Happiness comes from
mastering the art of appreciating and consciously taking pleasure in what you already have.
1legs 2without 3but 4waste 5hospital 6accepted 7worried 8enjoy 9lost 10why 11achieve 12car 13unhappy 14mind 15little