转眼,2020年已进入下半年。今年这场疫情引起的恐慌、不安让很多人更加渴望回归正常的生活。

有国外网友在Reddit论坛上发问,想征集大家最近生活中的“小确幸”和“小美好”,给暗淡的生活添一抹亮色。

What happened today that made you happy?
今天有没有发生什么让你开心的事情?
没想到,一个岁月静好的问题,评论区却异常热闹:

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树在,山在,大地在,你还要一个怎样更好的世界?

A hummingbird keeps coming to my window and hovering. No reason why but it is fun to watch.

有一只蜂鸟一直跑到我的窗户跟前来,各种徘徊。不知道它为什么要这样做,但是看着好有趣。
只是一句简单的描述,但言语间却是满满的幸福感,网友纷纷点赞,下方的两条评论也非常可爱:

Could be seeing its reflection in the window and wondering why it's not joining them.

可能是看到了自己在窗户里的倒影,好奇为啥对方不加入自己。

Could be it thinks you are a lovely delicious flower.
可能是它觉得PO主就是一朵可爱的花儿噢~
不快乐的话就去看一场“日出江花红胜火”吧。
The sun rays piercing through the morning clouds. It always puts a smile on my face seeing how beautiful it is.

阳光穿过了清晨的云层。每次看到这么美的景色,我都会忍不住微笑。
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人生十之八九不如意,唯有一点小欢喜

I got my first job!
我找到了第一份工作!
I spoke to an old friend.
我跟一个老朋友聊天 了。
My stew came out better than the last time I made it.

我炖的菜比上次做的好吃。

A friend made too much banana bread and I get a whole loaf!

我朋友的香蕉面包做多了,于是我也得到了一整条!

The person in front of me in a drive thru bought my breakfast.:D
外卖车道的前一个人帮我买了早饭,嘻嘻。
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念念不忘,必有回响

My 87 year old dad was declared cancer free!
我87岁的老父亲战胜癌症了!

The paper I've been working on through my whole PhD got accepted!!!
我整个博士生涯一直在钻研的论文被接收了!!!
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家人闲坐,灯火可亲
My daughter told me she loved me, and that I'm her best friend; she's 3, (almost 4), years old. I suffer from (possible bipolar) depression, and anxiety, so this made my heart swell. I don't know what I ever did to deserve such a precious child. Just typing this is making me tear up a little, lol.

我的女儿跟我说她爱我,说我是她最好的朋友。她才3岁(快4岁了)。而我正饱受(可能是双向)抑郁症和焦虑症的折磨,所以这真的让我充满力量。我不知道自己何德何能能拥有这样一个珍贵的孩子,光是打这段字就让我有点泪目了。哈哈。

My dad got a job as a warehouse manager that he needed so he doesn't need to work 2 jobs and he can see me and my family more.

我爸找到了一份他想要的仓库管理的工作,这样他就不用打两份工,也可以有更多时间看看我和家里人了。
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请转发以下两条锦鲤


I DM'ed Arnold Schwarzenegger on reddit and he DM'ed me back :)))

我在Reddit上私信了施瓦辛格,他居然回复我了嘿嘿。
Told my boss to sell all of my vacation time except one week.
Turns out I had 1040 hrs saved up. Should be getting something like $15000 this Friday.
跟我老板说想把之前积攒的所有假期换成现金,只留一个星期的假就行了。结果发现,我一共积攒了1040个小时的假期,也就是说我这周五大概可以拿到1.5万美元。
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不吝赞美,及时鼓励

My boss told me I'm doing a good job.

I underestimated how powerful yet scarce, encouragemant and praise can be.
我的老板夸我工作做得好。我真的是低估了鼓励和赞美的力量和珍贵。


A student wrote a paragraph on our online class about how much she enjoyed my class and how much fun I made it. Made my week.
一个学生写了一段关于我们网课的评价,她说非常享受我的课堂,还说我特别有趣。让我开心了一个礼拜。
幸福与希望,悲伤和绝望总是在不断交替,这是生活的常态。只是,我们的快乐阈值越来越高,也就越来越忽视生活中的“小确幸”,但快乐其实随处皆可采撷。
What happened today that made you happy?
你今天有遇到开心事吗?快来评论区和双语君(微信ID:Chinadaily_Mobile)分享你今日份的快乐吧!
编辑:陈月华

实习生:承岱丽
来源:Reddit
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