陜西 王新倉（譯）

◆語篇導讀

人生的幸福與否在一定程度上取決于你的關注點是什么，即在漫長而又豐富多彩的人生旅程中，我們不僅僅要關注最能吸引我們的東西，還需關注那些未能引起我們的注意但又是我們的人生中不可或缺的東西，這樣我們的人生才會愈發(fā)豐富多彩。

One day a professor entered the classroom and told the students about a special test.After hearing that，all students were seated and waited for the test to begin.The professor gave the test papers to all students with text facing down at the desk.Once he was done with handing out the test papers to all students，he asked them to turn the test papers and begin.

Students wereconfusedto see that there was not a question but just a black dot in the center of the page.The professor noticed the students'face expression and told them，“I want you to write about what you see there.”

The students were still confused but got started with the test.At the end of the class，the professor took allanswer sheetsand started reading each answer from each sheet in front of all students.All of them described the black dot and tried to explain its position etc.After the professor finished reading the whole class was silent.

Now，the professor began to explain，“Don't worry，I am not going to give you grades for this but I just want you to think about something.Here everyone focused on the black dot and wrote about it but no one wrote about the white paper，the same is with our life.The white paperrepresentsour whole life and the black dot represents problems in our life.

Our life is a gift with love and care，and we always have reasons to celebrate and we still just focus on day to day problems like healthissues，lack of money，problems in relationships etc.But we never see that these problems are very small compared to everything we have in our life.”

We should try to take eyes off our problems and enjoy each one of ourblessings，each moment that life gives us.Be happy and live life positively.

◆詞語積淀

broaden/'br??dn/vt.（使）擴大影響；變寬；拓展

horizon/h?'ra?zn/n.（天）地平線；視野；眼界

confused/k?n'fju?zd/adj.迷惑的；混亂的；糊涂的

answer sheet答卷

represent/,repr?'zent/vt.代表；意味著；體現(xiàn)；象征

issue/'??u： /n.問題；重要議題

blessing/'bles??/n.祝福；好事

◆典句賞析

1.Once he was done with handing out the test papers to all students，he asked them to turn the test papers and begin.所有試卷都發(fā)完后，教授讓學生們把試卷翻過來，開始測試。

once這里作為連詞，意為“一旦”，引導的是條件狀語從句；hand out是固定短語搭配，意為“分發(fā)；散發(fā)”。這類由“動詞+副詞”構成的動詞短語，其賓語為人稱代詞時，要置于兩者之間。

【即時嘗試】你一旦開始一項任務，就必須把它完成。

2.At the end of the class，the professor took all answer sheets and started reading each answer from each sheet in front of all students.快下課時教授把所有答卷都收上來，開始在所有學生面前朗讀每張試卷上的答案。

at the end of...是固定的介詞短語，意為“在……結束時”，通常作時間狀語；in front of...是常見的介詞短語，意為“在……前面”。如果表示“在（內(nèi)部的）……的前面”，則應該在front之前加定冠詞the。

【即時嘗試】你應該在報告后面加上你的名字。

3.We should try to take eyes off our problems and enjoy each one of our blessings，each moment that life gives us.我們應該努力把注意力從問題上移開，享受我們所擁有的一切和生命里的每一刻。

try在此處用作及物動詞，意為“努力；試圖”，后跟動詞不定式（短語）作賓語；take off是固定的動詞短語，意為“移開；取消；起飛”。

【即時嘗試】醫(yī)生設法使病人不去想癥狀。

譯文助讀

一天，一位教授走進教室，對學生說要進行一次特殊的測試。聽到這個消息后，所有學生都坐好等待測試開始。教授給學生們分發(fā)試卷，把有字的一面朝下放著。所有試卷都發(fā)完后，教授讓學生們把試卷翻過來，開始測試。

學生看到試卷上沒有問題，在試卷中央只有一個黑點，都很困惑。教授注意到了學生們臉上的表情，說道：“我想讓你們把看到的都寫下來?！?/p>

學生們依舊很疑惑，但還是開始答卷了。快下課時，教授把所有答卷都收上來，開始在所有學生面前朗讀每張試卷上的答案。所有學生都描述了那個黑點，并試圖解釋它的位置等。教授讀完以后全班都沉默了。

教授接下來解釋說：“不用擔心，這個測試我不會給你們打分，我只是想讓你們思考一些事情：你們在座的每個人關注的都是黑點，寫的都是關于這個黑點，卻沒人寫這張白紙，我們的生活也是如此。白紙代表我們的人生，黑點代表我們生活中遇到的問題。

我們的生活是一份充滿愛和關心的禮物，我們總是有快樂的理由，我們?nèi)匀恢皇侨諒鸵蝗盏仃P注諸如健康、缺錢、人際關系等問題。但我們卻從未看到，與我們生活中所擁有的一切相比，這些問題簡直微不足道?！?/p>

我們應該努力把注意力從問題上移開，享受我們所擁有的一切和生命里的每一刻。要快樂，積極地生活。