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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.' x: N! j" b1 i/ t7 G) t# h/ x 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。. [- z' e; f! k+ D; A r# @6 w2 O
媽媽說，身體不舒服，想早一點休息,今晚不想改。 8 t8 M5 M- `5 r" ]6 p1 q: N7 x4 z) V; |9 V# g6 |! H
He 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. 3 D. Q2 u$ I( g( w6 `1 y' j: V 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。 , F; E$ j- g0 q- R4 l% \
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So 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. . Y! e/ ?- V4 U9 \9 ^7 } 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。 I* M2 |" E5 X) E- O& T
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Then 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 7 S' D- f4 f4 N! `3 s& s" a) c# x 他想想，既然如此，明天穿舊的長褲去同學會也可以！ ( k/ k: n* `) i u6 P) v# x) V+ R+ V- b" \
"Ah well!" The man thought and decided he could wear his old trousers to the reunion. ; a( y+ |, J8 q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。 ) r! w$ l7 w3 E' h9 z) a % r7 W: L$ R" w6 G( 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. ! _; g& F4 [' C. i2 y. W 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。 : K/ @' q9 F' w, k4 j+ V ?- M+ g- C3 ]( l+ C6 T$ _$ i1 Q9 W+ {
Then 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. : O1 {4 b7 d$ g/ h6 p 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。 - R) l3 c2 Q6 }/ F& y3 } 2 m5 O! C) z q1 Q( bHis 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% Q4 s2 p" l# b) l, w1 @ 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。 " M* Y/ N9 o1 ]9 p0 D3 D# u1 W2 ]5 }* F3 \
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! / c0 ~7 P6 d- p" g# W" X 他的反應「是...............」 $ N+ W% m% J7 I4 A, c哈哈一笑，說：「我一定要穿去給同學看，告訴他們， % ]) k- q- W6 K1 b我的媽媽、太太、和女兒對我多好。」 - a, r$ e6 U# L9 N& m2 e4 v
3 |4 L* u# v1 G& _! [: {. |His reaction: ) W8 E Y. @4 g1 o2 l) y, Q0 [4 WHe 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.") }5 J% v$ o" \2 X' Z% x 結果，老同學們一致稱讚他家庭經營成功。2 L: d5 n6 k" u7 K: g
他的媽媽、太太、和女兒也都很高興。 9 ]0 J/ v6 u' p! C$ q2 B9 ?- N1 @) s' R: H
At 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. ! F% U$ S# S* r0 Y9 A9 i, B6 A4 S如果您是故事中的男人或女人，當下您會做何反應？/ U% U4 u# ~# g
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Have a good laugh, or start swearing? 2 G3 n3 t* e! t# x" [ 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. q( e; ^* @9 n1 R+ m/ g( s. n& p; e! `' p# g/ I2 ?! C
Many 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. - P, M' P) E) r6 i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， X N o$ U9 B3 l N
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？ . _; S6 b' d8 q0 s6 `
請傳閱，或許今天正有人需要它！ L" r0 n, v! z. J+ i& G/ }5 ]0 E8 z' [5 S# E" K3 h 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..., K/ n8 p3 P- a3 a
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..- z5 i2 G4 ]4 G# `9 Z* i
6 G$ L# M" D; Q/ U緣份,是找到包容你的人. " K! b; h# i8 f2 [- e) U2 I! P' v- b
4 z1 ?+ L; d; L% a5 Q/ `9 O 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。 ! A0 U6 b+ ?" _! h& w) U很好的文章 0 j4 A) n& d/ x; L d
謝謝分享 1 D: G4 h: _2 R6 B R; @* w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，
