讀英語幽默小故事悟大道理：意見是最有價值也是最沒有價值的東西

Nasreddin sat drinking coffee and talking with some of his old friends . One of the things they discussed was the difference between one person's sense of values and another 's . After some minutes ， one of Nasreddin's friends said to him ， 'Well ， Nasreddin ，you are a wise man ， but you have said nothing on this subject yet . What do you consider to be the most valuable thing in the world ？'

譯文：納斯瑞丁坐著一邊喝咖啡，一邊和幾個老朋友聊天。他們談論的一件事情是人與人之間的價值觀的不同。過了幾分鐘，納斯瑞丁的一個朋友對他說：“喂，納斯瑞丁，你是個有見識的人，但是對這個話題你連一句話都沒有說過呢。你認為世界上什麼最有價值？”

Nasreddin answered without hesitation ， 'I consider advice the most valuable thing in the world .'

譯文：納斯瑞丁毫不猶豫地回答說：“我認為世界上最有價值的是意見。”

His friends thought about this for a few monents ， and them one of them asked him ， 'And what do you consider the most worthless things in the world ？'

譯文：朋友們對這句話想了一會，然後他們中間的一個問納斯瑞丁：“你認為世界上最沒有價值的是什麼呢？”

Again Nasreddin replied without hesitating for a moment ， 'I consider adivce the most worthless thing in the world .'

譯文：納斯瑞丁還是一點也不猶豫地回答說：“我認為世界上最沒有價值的是意見。”

'Really ！' said one of his friends . 'You must be joking ， Nasreddin ！ A minute ago you said that advice is the most valuable thing in the world ， and now you say that it is the most worthless thing in the world ！ How can it be both the most worthless ？'

譯文：“確實的！”“你一定是在開玩笑，納斯瑞丁！剛才你說意見是世界上最有價值的東西，而現在你又說它是世界上最沒有價值的東西！它怎麼能既是最有價值有是最沒有價值的呢？”

'Well ，' answered Nasreddin ， 'if you think about the matter carefully ， you will see that I am not joking ， and that I am quite right . When you give somebody good advice ， and he takes it ，advice is the most valuable thing in the world . But when you give a person advice and he does not take it ， it is the most worthless thing in the world .'

譯文：“奧，”納斯瑞丁回答說：“假如你對這個問題仔細想想，你就會明白我不是在開玩笑，而是完全正確的。 當你給某人提了個意見，他接受了，那麼意見就是世界上最有價值的東西。但是當你給別人提的意見別人不接受，那麼它就是世界上最沒有價值的東西。”