. e, j2 ?' y% a5 H7 U! O有一個男人, 為了參加第二天的小學同學會，特地上街, 買一條新長褲。 + J' `/ ~% g& x0 D# b5 r9 q+ ^ % f, I) Y+ X4 L. J
A man bought a new pair of trousers for his primary school mates’ reunion dinner. When he tried out at home, he found that the trousers were too long by 10cm. 8 Y0 B' q! P2 D. D/ q7 s他回家穿上後，卻發覺長度多了十公分。於是請求媽媽替他改。 ; M1 D: i" N4 Y8 K6 d媽媽說，身體不舒服，想早一點休息,今晚不想改。 & e# d/ R% R2 m
" I0 L+ Q2 ~& W! b. [9 D$ KHe asked his mother to help him shorten the pants. His mother said she could not do it as she was not feeling well and would like to rest early. ! }& v- |" T5 s7 o# j1 d 於是, 改請求太太替他改。太太說,還有許多家事要做，今晚沒有時間改。 ! Q, V) O" |5 p& `7 s; u/ t
( A4 a5 a" X! Z. N' M2 K7 J5 cSo the man approached his wife to shorten his pants. His wife said she was very tired and had a lot of work to do that night, so she could not help him to shorten the pants that night. ]' ^2 n( ]* B2 Y" O於是, 改請求女兒替他改。女兒說，今晚跟男朋友約好去跳舞，沒有時間改。 - u3 Y8 [, I; Z
( n4 {) `$ B- O1 nThen the man asked his daughter. His daughter apologized for not able to do it that night because she had agreed to go dancing with her boyfriend % z. K5 u) a- D O) Q; O: B& |+ ` 他想想，既然如此，明天穿舊的長褲去同學會也可以！ / k/ M v( u5 ~0 O0 w1 A! ^+ d \
"Ah well!" The man thought and decided he could wear his old trousers to the reunion. 4 b- j+ K6 f6 q$ N當天晚上，他媽媽心想：「兒子平時對我很孝順，他開口要求總不好拒絕他。」於是，起來替兒子改長褲，剪短了十公分。 : |6 o1 K5 m* v
$ ]3 U A8 k6 d- }3 X* J0 u0 JLater that night, his mother thought to herself, "My son has been very nice to me. I ' ll just help him to shorten his pants before going to rest." So she shortened the pants by 10cm. , q9 r7 b1 h- C* S他太太稍晚做完家事, 心想：「老公平時很有耐心，今天他是不會縫針線才開口要求，總不好拒絕他.」於是替先生改長褲，剪短了十公分。 6 S" b$ t2 T: E" x - u+ I' s! N% E v' lThen his wife finished her work and thought," My husband knows I am always very busy and seldom asked me to help him. I would oblige him today." So she shortened the man ' s pants by another 10cm. 2 X. n3 s' y+ @4 m他女兒晚上回來： 「爸爸不阻止我去跳舞，實在是開明的老爸，今天實在應該替他修改長褲。」於是替爸爸改長褲，剪短了十公分。 ' J, S1 C3 w5 Y9 c6 C0 W8 K7 E6 Y: R
His daughter came home from dancing, and thought, "Papa loves me very much and when I declined to shorten his pants, he was not angry at all! I would help him to shorten his pants." So she shortened her daddy ' s pants yet another 10cm.' C/ B/ t8 m) w% u8 \3 I+ @ 第二天早上，三個女人分別告訴男主人此事。他一試長褲，已經變成七分褲了。 + l% W; s, x1 K1 c/ e ' J% k# u' X# F- ~On the next day, the three ladies told the man that his pants were shortened. He tried them on and found that his pants had become shorter by 30cm! 3 i9 A) I( @, c# ]0 m5 d ]他的反應「是...............」 . M! ?7 _# N" a+ F哈哈一笑，說：「我一定要穿去給同學看，告訴他們， # R I; J& j( N6 g# y我的媽媽、太太、和女兒對我多好。」 : I6 w4 N- F' K. V" M
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His reaction: 9 U& f: l; }+ G" y) pHe laughed heartily, and said, "I must wear this pair of pants to show my schoolmates that my mum, my wife and my daughter are such loving people." ' r; B: N# z; r4 K2 {結果，老同學們一致稱讚他家庭經營成功。4 [1 ]1 s2 l3 B% ?
他的媽媽、太太、和女兒也都很高興。 5 E& o% Y+ O$ u% f2 \4 B! n5 E$ e, A 0 y- L8 y) o! O4 qAt the dinner, his old classmates were very envious of his loving family. His mother, wife and daughter were very happy to learn about his classmates ' reaction. 2 l0 t$ v/ |4 }) T$ ^ 如果您是故事中的男人或女人，當下您會做何反應？4 p# O, V$ y5 m: C5 p
( C1 ~% Q, R& V1 f5 Z7 {What would you do if it happened to you? ; D6 z( s' t0 S$ C" T4 ^
Have a good laugh, or start swearing? & V: T% j. `5 N; j 人，面對外人時，總是可以表現得雍容大肚、心平氣和，但面對自己最親近的家人，卻往往一點小事,就足以皺起眉頭，甚至出言相傷。 8 ?1 j% U2 w. d, A 2 p7 U9 D4 p5 PMany of us have "High EQ" when dealing with people outside the family, "Low EQ" when dealing with our own family members! This is not an exaggeration at all. 5 I9 F; {# Z" B) c9 d. q如果形容人類是一種「出門高E.Q，回家低E.Q」的動物，我想一點兒也不誇張， , D; b0 ?% V& ^+ C9 l
多拿出一點耐心與幽默感給家人吧！否則您自己也不會快樂，不是嗎？ 5 `- F" \7 J4 d0 K請傳閱，或許今天正有人需要它！ ) K4 S n5 ^" r ^( e: Y + e g% V- w; U也許, 我只是你生命中的過客...並未留下任何痕跡..但我希望的是... ; r: b& _2 x. ?! U- z當你回想起過去的時候..在你回憶中的那個我,是無可取代的..% z7 ?) v0 x$ x' d" d$ l* X0 ^9 B
! \$ U( ~) a0 x2 N/ n, M緣份,是找到包容你的人. ! ?1 y+ o {7 F! s }4 Q* S/ z
; {3 h- b( q' W/ J# u- i作者: 閒閒來逛 時間: 2012-5-27 17:07
人，面對外人時，總是可以表現得雍容大肚、心平氣和，但面對自己最親近的家人，卻往往一點小事,就足以皺起眉頭，甚至出言相傷。 ( s& x+ V" W6 `/ m, }很好的文章 ' f8 u" Z! m1 c! t3 I; R6 u& |$ E
謝謝分享3 S3 w, \! o; a' h 作者: 歐陽 時間: 2012-5-28 01:22
多拿出一點耐心與幽默感給家人吧！否則您自己也不會快樂，
