一个年轻人来到一个陌生的地方碰到一位老人，年轻人问："这里怎么样？
”老人反问："你的家乡怎么样？
”年轻人说："糟糕极了。
”老人接着说："那你快走，这里和你的家乡一样糟糕。
”又来了另一个年轻人问同样的问题，老人也同样反问，但是这个年轻人回答说："我的家乡很好，我很想念家乡…
…
”老人就说："这里也同样好。
”旁观者觉得很奇怪，问老人前后回答不一样的原因。
老人说："你心里有什么，就会找到什么！
”你用欣赏的眼光去看，就会发现许多美丽的风景；
然而如果你带着不满的态度去看，你就会觉得世界上的一切都很糟糕。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 年轻人 | nián qīng rén | young people / youngster |
| 来到 | lái dào | to arrive; to come |
| 陌生 | mò shēng | strange; unfamiliar |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 地方 | dì fang | place; location; area; space; territory / aspect; part |
| 碰到 | pèng dào | to come across / to run into / to meet / to hit |
| 位 | wèi | classifier for people (honorific) |
| 老人 | lǎo rén | old man or woman / the elderly |
| 问 | wèn | to ask; to inquire |
| 这里 | zhè lǐ | here |
| 怎么样 | zěn me yàng | how? / how about? / how was it? / how are things? |
| 反问 | fǎn wèn | to ask (a question) in reply / to answer a question with a question |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 家乡 | jiā xiāng | hometown / native place |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 糟糕 | zāo gāo | too bad / how terrible / what bad luck / terrible / bad |
| 极 | jí | extremely |
| 了 | le | modal particle (emphasis) |
| 接着 | jiē zhe | to catch and hold on / to continue / to go on to do sth / to follow / to carry on / to proceed / to ensue |
| 那 | nà | then (in that case) |
| 快 | kuài | rapid / quick |
| 走 | zǒu | to walk / to go / to run / to move (of vehicle) / to visit / to leave / to go away / to die (euph.) / to change (shape, form, meaning) |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 一样 | yī yàng | same / like / equal to / the same as |
| 又 | yòu | (once) again |
| 来 | lái | to come |
| 另 | lìng | other / another / separate |
| 同样 | tóng yàng | same; equal; similar |
| 问题 | wèn tí | question / problem / issue / topic |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 回答 | huí dá | to reply; to answer / reply; answer |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 好 | hǎo | good / appropriate; proper |
| 想念 | xiǎng niàn | to miss / to remember with longing / to long to see again |
| 就 | jiù | in that case; then |
| 旁观者 | páng guān zhě | observer / spectator |
| 觉得 | jué de | to think that ...; to feel that ... |
| 奇怪 | qí guài | strange / odd |
| 前后 | qián hòu | from beginning to end / front and rear |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 原因 | yuán yīn | cause / origin / root cause / reason |
| 心里 | xīn lǐ | chest / heart; mind |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 什么 | shén me | what? |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 找到 | zhǎo dào | to find |
| 用 | yòng | to use; to make use of; to employ / (coverb) with; using |
| 欣赏 | xīn shǎng | to appreciate; to enjoy; to admire |
| 眼光 | yǎn guāng | gaze / insight / foresight / vision / way of looking at things |
| 去 | qù | to go, to go to |
| 看 | kàn | to see; to look at / to read / to watch / to visit; to call on / to consider; to regard as / to look after / to treat (a patient or illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after a verb) to give it a try / to watch out for |
| 发现 | fā xiàn | to notice; to become aware of / to discover; to find; to detect |
| 许多 | xǔ duō | many / a lot of / much |
| 美丽 | měi lì | beautiful |
| 风景 | fēng jǐng | scenery; landscape |
| 然而 | rán ér | however; but; yet |
| 如果 | rú guǒ | if; in case; in the event that |
| 带 | dài | to wear / to carry / to take along / to bear / to bring |
| 着 | zhe | aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state |
| 不满 | bù mǎn | dissatisfied; discontented; resentful |
| 态度 | tài dù | manner / bearing / attitude / approach |
| 世界 | shì jiè | world |
| 上 | shàng | (noun suffix) on; above |
| 一切 | yī qiè | everything |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |