人生的幸福與否在一定程度上取決于你的關(guān)注點(diǎn)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(guān)注最能吸引我們的東西，還需關(guān)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(huì)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 were confused to see that there was not a question but just a black dot in the center of the page. The professor noticed the students？蒺 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 all answer sheets and 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？蒺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 paper represents our 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 health issues， 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 our blessings， each moment that life gives us. Be happy and live life positively.

broaden /？謖br？蘅？蘼dn/ vt. （使）擴(kuò)大影響；變寬；拓展

horizon /h？藜？謖ra？奘zn/ n. （天） 地平線；視野；眼界

confused /k？藜n？謖fju？蘼zd/ adj. 迷惑的；混亂的；糊涂的

answer sheet 答卷

represent /？謣repr？奘？謖zent/ vt. 代表；意味著；體現(xiàn)；象征

issue /？謖？奘？蘩u： /n. 問題；重要議題

blessing / ？謖bles？奘？耷/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(xué)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(dǎo)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(dòng)詞+副詞”構(gòu)成的動(dòng)詞短語，其賓語為人稱代詞時(shí)，要置于兩者之間。

【即時(shí)嘗試】你一旦開始一項(xiàng)任務(wù)，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(shí)教授把所有答卷都收上來，開始在所有學(xué)生面前朗讀每張?jiān)嚲砩系拇鸢浮?/p>

at the end of...是固定的介詞短語，意為“在……結(jié)束時(shí)”，通常作時(shí)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(yīng)該在front之前加定冠詞the。

【即時(shí)嘗試】你應(yīng)該在報(bào)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(yīng)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(dòng)詞，意為“努力；試圖”，后跟動(dòng)詞不定式（短語）作賓語；take off是固定的動(dòng)詞短語，意為“移開；取消；起飛”。

【即時(shí)嘗試】醫(yī)生設(shè)法使病人不去想癥狀。

（答案見第63頁）

一天，一位教授走進(jìn)教室，對(duì)學(xué)生說要進(jìn)行一次特殊的測試。聽到這個(gè)消息后，所有學(xué)生都坐好等待測試開始。教授給學(xué)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(xué)生們把試卷翻過來，開始測試。

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

學(xué)生們依舊很疑惑，但還是開始答卷了?？煜抡n時(shí)，教授把所有答卷都收上來，開始在所有學(xué)生面前朗讀每張?jiān)嚲砩系拇鸢?。所有學(xué)生都描述了那個(gè)黑點(diǎn)，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(dān)心，這個(gè)測試我不會(huì)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(gè)人關(guān)注的都是黑點(diǎn)，寫的都是關(guān)于這個(gè)黑點(diǎn)，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(diǎn)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(guān)心的禮物，我們總是有快樂的理由，我們?nèi)匀恢皇侨諒?fù)一日地關(guān)注諸如健康、缺錢、人際關(guān)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(yīng)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。