雙語美文：想要辭職的木匠

There was once a carpenter who hated his job.

從前有一個木匠，十分討厭自己的工作

After 10 years of working for the same company,

爲同一家公司工作了十年之後

he decided to quit.

他決定離職

However,

可是

after 10 years of working together,

念及共事10年的情誼

his boss wanted help with one final job

他的老闆想讓他幫忙做完最後一樣東西

before he left the team.

然後他就可以離開公司了

He asked him to build one final house.

他請木匠建造一所終極小屋

The carpenter reluctantly agreed.

木匠很不情願的接受了這份工作

He spent the whole summer building this house...

 他花了整個夏天的時間建造這所小屋

but his heart just wasn't in it.

但他的心卻不在這件事上

He used cheap material

他用了十分廉價的材料

and rushed to finish the job quickly.

倉促趕着工作進度

The result was the worst house he had ever built.

結果，這是他這輩子建造過的最差的屋子

When he had finished,

當他完工後

his boss came to meet him one last time.

老闆來向他最後道別

Seeing the terrible work,

看到這粗製濫造的小屋

the smile faded from his face.

他臉上的笑容消失了

"I wanted to do something special for you,

“我只是想要爲你做一件有意義的事情”

to say thanks for your 10 years of hard work...

爲你十年的辛勤工作表示感激

So I'm giving you this house as a gift."

所以我想要將這座小屋作爲禮物送給你

The carpenter wasfurious .

木匠氣憤極了

"Why didn't you tell me from the start?!

“你爲什麼不一開始就告訴我？”

... if I had known that

如果我知道是這樣

I would have put in more effort".

一定會花更多精力做這件事

This story has a powerful message.

這個故事對我們深有啓示

The carpenter had all the skills needed

這個木匠明明具有才能

to build something amazing…

能夠做出令人讚歎的作品

but his negative mindset held him back.

但他消極的做事態度阻礙了他

We should take note...

我們也應該記住

because every day we are building our future.

因爲每一天我們都在建造自己的未來

And if we have a negative mindset,

如果我們的態度十分消極

we won't be able to tap into our potential

就不會運用上自己的潛能

Our potential to create the best life

這些潛能本可以創造出最好的生活

and future possibilities.

本可以實現未來的無數可能性