陈晚
寂静，欢喜。
(原创)什么是幸福 ( What is happiness?) (中英双语)
Many writers have talked about what happiness is so far. “Happiness depends upon ourselves”, “The purpose of our lives is to be happy “, are two quotes about happiness by Aristotle and Dalai Lama, respectively. Answers about happiness even vary among the ordinary people as well. Last year, CCTV, the top TV station in China, performed a random street survey for happiness. As expected, Chinese citizens gave many different views on the happiness, depending on their social ranks. In my opinion, happiness is a feeling of joy and love in my heart. It is a moment when I have no worries and fears in the living environment and my personal life.
许多作家都谈过什么是幸福。“幸福在于我们自己”“我们生活的目的就是为了幸福“，分别出自亚里士多德和达赖喇嘛之口。即使在普通人看来，关于幸福的定义也大不一样。去年，中国头号电视台CCTV就幸福问题随机采访过街头行人。如其所料，根据社会地位的不同，普通中国公民对幸福的看法也各持己见。在我看来，幸福是我内心的喜乐和爱意，是我不为生存环境和个人生活而担忧的那个时刻。
Safe living environment and safe food mean a lot to me in term of happiness. Howard County, the place I am living now, has been listed as one of the most suitable places in USA for living. The beautiful lake, birds, ducks, boats and pleasant residents in the local park always cheer me up whenever I have a walk there. No gun shooting and no air pollution make me worry nothing about my living environment in this safe county. Meanwhile, the safe and health food in the local store is my daily blessing, compared to the daily food in my home country where fake and poisonous food is not rare.
安全的生存环境和食物，对我的幸福感至关重要。我现在居住的Howard County, 多次被列为美国最适合居住的地方之一。美丽的湖畔，飞鸟，野鸭，小船，还有快乐的居民们，总会让在公园散步的我感到非常喜悦。这里没有枪击和环境污染，在这个安全的郊区里，我不会为生存环境担忧。同时，当地商店里安全而健康的食物，则是我每日生活的祝福。在我的祖国，伪劣食品并不罕见。
I am also feeling very happy about my personal life. After over twenty years of marriage with my spouse, I am very pleased with my family life. Although I am a full time mom for many years, I am not doing chores alone by myself. My spouse is always willing to help me to take care of kids and gardening, etc. Being an oncologist, my spouse also provides the family with a decent income, which allows us to travel worldwide. Disneyland, Florida beach, Paris museum, and trip to China every other year, give me the feeling of happiness.
对我的个人生活，我也感到知足长乐。经历二十多年的婚姻之后，我对家庭生活很满意。尽管我多年做全职妈妈，但我并不是一人独揽家务。我的丈夫总是自愿帮我照顾孩子，也承担像割草这样的家务。身为肿瘤医生，他的收入可以允许我们一家四处旅游。迪斯尼乐园，巴黎博物馆，每隔一年回国一次，给了我幸福快乐的感觉。
In addition to the daily life, routine church life is the other source of my inner peace and joy. Every Sunday, I go to church with my children to worship my belief. The beautiful music, holy songs and nice people in the church fill my heart with a joy from the above world. God’s words are the best food for my spirit growth. Sometimes I serve as a volunteer to babysit the little kids in the church. Baby’s smiling is like sunshine to brighten my heart very much. I also enjoy being an editor for the church journal by working with the other people together to spread church news and God’s words to both believers and non-believers.
除了日常生活，常规的教会生活则是我内心安静和快乐的另外一个源泉。每周日，我会为了信仰和我的孩子们去教会。教会中美妙的音乐，圣歌和友善的人们，让我的心中充满了来自属天的快乐。上帝的话语是我精神成长的最佳食物。有时候，我在教会中会做志愿者照顾婴儿，孩子们的笑脸像阳光一样照亮我心。我也很喜欢和教会的同工一起办杂志，将神的话语传给所有人。
In the movie “Happiness” we watched in the class, people from around the world talk about happiness in their own language and culture. In my view, everyone has his/her own sense of happiness regardless of their income, race and social rank. Happiness cannot be copied from each other and it is a personal feeling in our heart. Based on my own life experience, I reason that happiness not only comes from material satisfaction but also depends on spiritual joy.
我们在课堂上观看的电影“幸福”中，世界各地的人民都用他们自己的语言和文化谈论幸福。我觉得，无论收入，种族，社会地位如何，每个人都有自己的幸福观。幸福不可复制，它是我们心中个人的感觉。根据我自己的生活经历，我认为幸福不仅来自于物质满足，幸福也依赖于精神的快乐。
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上面是我写的英文作文，作文内容是有字数限制的。今天老师给了我95分。哇，高兴，我从来没得过95分的作文。我把它翻译出来，和大家共享我的幸福观。未经允许，谢绝平媒用稿。
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