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一個有錢人站在橋上，若有所思。縱使家財萬貫，他幸福感全無，心中只有痛苦和空虛。

He intended to commit suicide（自殺） by jumping into the raging（狂暴的） water. When he was about to do it, a filthy （骯髒的）beggar approached him.

他打算縱身跳進湍急的河水，做個了斷。他正打算跳，一個髒兮兮的乞丐朝他走來。

“Sir, please give me some money to buy some food. I will pray for your health and long life.” Hearing this, he took out the wallet from his pocket and gave all the money inside to the beggar. “Take all of this,” he said.

“先生，給點兒錢讓我買吃的吧。我為你祈禱，祈禱你能健康長壽。” 有錢人聽到這話，從口袋裡掏出錢包，把裡面所有的錢都遞給了乞丐，說：“全都拿去吧。”

“All of this?” the beggar repeated. He could not believe his good luck. “Yes, take it all. I am going to a place where I won't need it anymore,” said the man. He looked back at the river below.

“全都給我？”乞丐重複道。他簡直不能相信自己會這麼走運。 “對，全都給你。我要去一個地方，那裡用不著錢。”有錢人說。他回過頭，繼續看著橋下的河水。

The beggar became suspicious of the man's attitude. Looking at the money, and holding it for a while,

乞丐見他這般態度，心生疑慮，看看手裡的錢，握了一會兒，

he hurriedly returned it and said, “No, thank you. I won't take it. I may be a beggar but I'm not a coward and I'm not going to receive any money from a coward! Bring that money with you to the river, sir!”

馬上還了回去，說：“不了，謝謝你。這錢我不要。我是個乞丐，但我不是膽小鬼。我也不要膽小鬼給的錢。帶著那錢跳你的河去吧，先生！”

Hearing his response, the man was very shocked. The satisfaction and happiness of him giving his money to the beggar vanished（消失） instantly.

這樣的反應讓有錢人非常吃驚。把錢施予乞丐所帶來的滿足感和幸福感瞬間消失得無影無蹤

He was not even able to make the beggar receive his sincere soon-to-be-useless money.

自己連讓乞丐接受誠心給予的、對他來說馬上就毫無用處的錢都做不到。

At that moment, he suddenly realized that the feeling that he felt just now, that good feeling and satisfaction from giving others happiness, had indeed in turn became his own true happiness.

那一刻，他意識到了自己剛才的感受，那種因帶給他人快樂而獲得的愉悅感和滿足感反而變成了屬於自己的真正的幸福。

這讓他大受啟發，重新找到了生活的意義。 只有分享幸福才是真的幸福。

生詞

approach [əˈprəʊtʃ] v.接近

suspicious [səˈspɪʃəs] adj.猜疑的

“擁有”不一定代表幸福，“分享”才是幸福的真諦。

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