陳晚
寂靜，歡喜。
(原創)什麽是幸福 ( What is happiness?) (中英雙語)
Many writers have talked about what happiness is so far. “Happiness depends upon ourselves”, “The purpose of our lives is to be happy “, are two quotes about happiness by Aristotle and Dalai Lama, respectively. Answers about happiness even vary among the ordinary people as well. Last year, CCTV, the top TV station in China, performed a random street survey for happiness. As expected, Chinese citizens gave many different views on the happiness, depending on their social ranks. In my opinion, happiness is a feeling of joy and love in my heart. It is a moment when I have no worries and fears in the living environment and my personal life.
許多作家都談過什麽是幸福。“幸福在於我們自己”“我們生活的目的就是為了幸福“，分別出自亞裏士多德和達賴喇嘛之口。即使在普通人看來，關於幸福的定義也大不一樣。去年，中國頭號電視台CCTV就幸福問題隨機采訪過街頭行人。如其所料，根據社會地位的不同，普通中國公民對幸福的看法也各持己見。在我看來，幸福是我內心的喜樂和愛意，是我不為生存環境和個人生活而擔憂的那個時刻。
Safe living environment and safe food mean a lot to me in term of happiness. Howard County, the place I am living now, has been listed as one of the most suitable places in USA for living. The beautiful lake, birds, ducks, boats and pleasant residents in the local park always cheer me up whenever I have a walk there. No gun shooting and no air pollution make me worry nothing about my living environment in this safe county. Meanwhile, the safe and health food in the local store is my daily blessing, compared to the daily food in my home country where fake and poisonous food is not rare.
安全的生存環境和食物，對我的幸福感至關重要。我現在居住的Howard County, 多次被列為美國最適合居住的地方之一。美麗的湖畔，飛鳥，野鴨，小船，還有快樂的居民們，總會讓在公園散步的我感到非常喜悅。這裏沒有槍擊和環境汙染，在這個安全的郊區裏，我不會為生存環境擔憂。同時，當地商店裏安全而健康的食物，則是我每日生活的祝福。在我的祖國，偽劣食品並不罕見。
I am also feeling very happy about my personal life. After over twenty years of marriage with my spouse, I am very pleased with my family life. Although I am a full time mom for many years, I am not doing chores alone by myself. My spouse is always willing to help me to take care of kids and gardening, etc. Being an oncologist, my spouse also provides the family with a decent income, which allows us to travel worldwide. Disneyland, Florida beach, Paris museum, and trip to China every other year, give me the feeling of happiness.
對我的個人生活，我也感到知足長樂。經曆二十多年的婚姻之後，我對家庭生活很滿意。盡管我多年做全職媽媽，但我並不是一人獨攬家務。我的丈夫總是自願幫我照顧孩子，也承擔像割草這樣的家務。身為腫瘤醫生，他的收入可以允許我們一家四處旅遊。迪斯尼樂園，巴黎博物館，每隔一年回國一次，給了我幸福快樂的感覺。
In addition to the daily life, routine church life is the other source of my inner peace and joy. Every Sunday, I go to church with my children to worship my belief. The beautiful music, holy songs and nice people in the church fill my heart with a joy from the above world. God’s words are the best food for my spirit growth. Sometimes I serve as a volunteer to babysit the little kids in the church. Baby’s smiling is like sunshine to brighten my heart very much. I also enjoy being an editor for the church journal by working with the other people together to spread church news and God’s words to both believers and non-believers.
除了日常生活，常規的教會生活則是我內心安靜和快樂的另外一個源泉。每周日，我會為了信仰和我的孩子們去教會。教會中美妙的音樂，聖歌和友善的人們，讓我的心中充滿了來自屬天的快樂。上帝的話語是我精神成長的最佳食物。有時候，我在教會中會做誌願者照顧嬰兒，孩子們的笑臉像陽光一樣照亮我心。我也很喜歡和教會的同工一起辦雜誌，將神的話語傳給所有人。
In the movie “Happiness” we watched in the class, people from around the world talk about happiness in their own language and culture. In my view, everyone has his/her own sense of happiness regardless of their income, race and social rank. Happiness cannot be copied from each other and it is a personal feeling in our heart. Based on my own life experience, I reason that happiness not only comes from material satisfaction but also depends on spiritual joy.
我們在課堂上觀看的電影“幸福”中，世界各地的人民都用他們自己的語言和文化談論幸福。我覺得，無論收入，種族，社會地位如何，每個人都有自己的幸福觀。幸福不可複製，它是我們心中個人的感覺。根據我自己的生活經曆，我認為幸福不僅來自於物質滿足，幸福也依賴於精神的快樂。
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上麵是我寫的英文作文，作文內容是有字數限製的。今天老師給了我95分。哇，高興，我從來沒得過95分的作文。我把它翻譯出來，和大家共享我的幸福觀。未經允許，謝絕平媒用稿。
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