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多一只碟子

金圣华

从朋友口中，听到一则轶事。

电子学 教授陈之藩当年自美国来香港中文大学履新，临行之前，与夫人在家中整理行装。陈教授

夫妇有一套精美的茶具，收拾装箱时，一不小心，打破了一只茶杯。

< br>一般人的反应，一定是感到十分心疼，好端端的成套茶具，打破一只杯，如何去配？

谁知陈教授的反应却不然，他莞尔一笑，坦然说道：

“真不错，又多了一只碟子！

”

凡事从好处想，这种能耐，在现实生活中，确能使人受益无穷。

陈之藩教授不但是位杰出的科学家，也是位了不起的散文家， 他的一些散文集，清新隽永，当年

曾使我折服不已。如今回想起来，令我惊叹的，不仅仅 是他那优美的文笔，而是字里行间流露出来的

睿智与巧思。

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人生不如意事常八九，这是一句老话，老得几乎令人不想再重复，可是生命的旅程，行行复 行行，在

漫长的旅途上，的确会遇上一重又一重的挫折。

每当失意时，人总觉得别人为什么比自己幸运？别人生意兴隆 、仕途平坦、财源广进、名成利就；自

己为什么如老牛破车，踽踽独行在暮色四合的郊道 上？

果真如此吗？杯中只有一半水 ，有人喜孜孜说：

“好呀！还有半杯”

，有人愁眉苦脸：

“哎呀！只剩下半

杯了”

，分别就在这里。< /p>

A Saucer Awarded

（

Version A

）

Jin Shenghua

I have heard about the following story from a friend:

It

was

the

day

when

Chen Zhifan,

a

professor

of

electronics,

was

about

to

leave

the

U.S.

for

Hong

Kong

to

teach

at

the

Chinese University of Hong Kong. He began to collect the packings with his wife. One of the cups in a set of delicate tea

wares was accidentally broken during the collection.

The ordinary people would have reacted as a burst of sorrow over it, since it is hardly possible to find another cup matching

up the saucer left.

Instead of the above response, Professor Chen gave a relaxing smile and said:

“

Tha

t’

s very nice,

I have got an additional

saucer awarded.

”

In the daily life, it is beneficial to perceive all the events from the optimistic perspective.

Mr. Chen is a distinguished scientist as well as a great prose writer. I was deeply moved by the collections of his proses.

When reviewing the content, I was greatly impacted by both his glorious writing style and his wisdom and attitudes reflected

by the proses.