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吃亏是福 Suffering a LossIs a Blessing 郑荣升 马秉义译 前些日子,五弟和弟妹来城里看我,吃饭时提出要我给他们写一幅书法横幅,回去挂客厅里, 一是可以起装饰作用,二是能够反映他们的志趣,词呢, 要我看着写。五弟夫妇为人忠厚老实,与人交往,宁可自己吃亏,从不沾别人便宜。据此,我当时就写了郑板桥的“吃亏是福”四个大字送给他们。五弟看了,连连说这词好, 很富有哲理,可弟妹不太赞成, 她笑着冲五弟说:好什么呀, 这些年咱们尽吃亏了,也没见福在哪里。屋里若再挂上这么几个字,咱们这一辈子还不光吃亏呀!五弟憨厚地一笑, 说你知道什么呀,还是这词好, 吃点亏不错。人和人相处,要都想沾便宜, 那还成个什么样子? My fifth younger brother and his wife came to town to see me the other day. They asked me during the meal time to write them a script banner, which they could hang on the wall in their […]

当时是六月十八日，早晨较凉快，我带一仆人先到胥江渡口登上小船等待。不久芸果然乘小轿来到，我们解开缆绳乘船离开了虎啸桥。此刻，渐渐看见湖面上风帆急，沙鸥飞。 This was on the eighteenth day of the sixth moon. That day, I brought a servant and arrived first at Hsukiang Ferry, where I waited for her in the boat. By and by, Yun arrived in a sedan-chair, and we started off, passing by the Tiger’s Roar Bridge, where the view opened up and

磕磕绊绊到百年 Quarrels and Squabbles Enliven a Marriage 丁敏 Ding Min 街头，偶遇多日不见的好友，正与未婚夫一起选购结婚用品，花花绿绿五彩缤纷的东西，抱了满怀。我独被一摞镀光的小号铝盆吸引，数了数足有四五个。朋友笑道：“成了新家，少不了要用，淘米，洗菜，作汤盆、菜碗都可以。又光洁又明亮，多好看。是吧？”她把头一歪，娇憨地看了看未婚夫。那高高大大的未婚夫回了一个蓄满温情的微笑。 One day in the street I ran into a good friend whom I had not seen for along time. She was shopping with her fiancé for their wedding. In her arms were many fancy and gaudy things, among which I was particularly attracted by

夏丏尊 / 著 蔡力坚 / 译 在我过去四十余年的生涯中，冬的情味尝得最深刻的，要算十年前初移居白马湖的时候了。十年以来，白马湖已成了一个小村落，当我移居的时候，还是一片荒野。春晖中学的新建筑巍然矗立于湖的那一面，湖的这一面的山脚下是小小的几间新平屋，住着我和刘君心如两家。此外两三里内没有人烟。一家人于阴历十一月下旬从热闹的杭州移居这荒凉的山野，宛如投身于极带中。 The winter chill I experienced some ten years ago by Lake Baima remains the most vivid memory about winter in my forty-plus years of life. When my family moved there, we found ourselves in the middle of nowhere, though a small village has sprung up since then. On