生活像杯中的咖啡
<p>生活就像一杯浓咖啡，如果怀着囫囵吞枣的心态去对待它，只能尝到苦苦滋味，如果用心细细品尝，则会是另一种味道：香甜，仿佛杯中盛着满满的一杯温情，使人品后更觉温暖。</p><p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="group">group</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="graduates">graduates</span> <span word="got">got</span> <span word="together">together</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="visit">visit</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="old">old</span> <span word="university">university</span> <span word="professor">professor</span>.</p><p>一群毕业生，各自在事业上都已有所建树，相约一起去看望他们年老的大学教授。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="conversation">conversation</span> <span word="soon">soon</span> <span word="turned">turned</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="complaints">complaints</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="stress">stress</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="life">life</span>. <span word="Offering">Offering</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="guests">guests</span> <span word="coffee">coffee</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="professor">professor</span> <span word="went">went</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="kitchen">kitchen</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="returned">returned</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="large">large</span> <span word="pot">pot</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="coffee">coffee</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="variety">variety</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="cups">cups</span>—<span word="porcelain">porcelain</span>, <span word="plastic">plastic</span>, <span word="glass">glass</span>, <span word="crystal">crystal</span>, <span word="some">some</span> <span word="plain">plain</span>-<span word="looking">looking</span>, <span word="some">some</span> <span word="expensive">expensive</span>, <span word="some">some</span> <span word="exquisite">exquisite</span>—<span word="telling">telling</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="help">help</span> <span word="themselves">themselves</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="coffee">coffee</span>.</p><p>谈话一会儿就变成了各自对工作和生活压力的抱怨。在用咖啡招待这些客人时，教授去厨房端来一大壶咖啡，并拿出各式各样的咖啡杯——陶瓷的、塑料的、玻璃的、水晶的，有看上去普通的、有价值不菲的、有做工精细的——让他们自己倒咖啡喝。</p><p><span word="When">When</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="students">students</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="cup">cup</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="coffee">coffee</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="hand">hand</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="professor">professor</span> <span word="said">said</span>,</p><p>当所有学生手中都端了一杯咖啡后，教授发话了：</p><p>"<span word="If">If</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="noticed">noticed</span>, <span word="all">all</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="nice">nice</span>-<span word="looking">looking</span> <span word="expensive">expensive</span> <span word="cups">cups</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="taken">taken</span> <span word="up">up</span>, <span word="leaving">leaving</span> <span word="behind">behind</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="plain">plain</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="cheap">cheap</span> <span word="ones">ones</span>. <span word="While">While</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="normal">normal</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="want">want</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="best">best</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="yourselves">yourselves</span>, <span word="that">that</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="source">source</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="your">your</span> <span word="problems">problems</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="stress">stress</span>. "</p>
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