A Different Hug

王秀鳳

幸福不是你送給孩子的芭比娃娃，不是你給孩子買的動畫書，也不是你給孩子買的一柜子的衣服。幸福很簡單，但真正的幸福都有著深刻的含義。培養孩子擁有一顆感恩的心，擁有關愛他人的情感，才是你送給孩子一生的幸福。

One day， Jack’s parents told him that his grandpa would retire after working for forty years. Jack said in surprise， “I’m only seven， so it means Grandpa has been ... er ... A really long time！”

His parents said， “Yes. ①That’s why we are going to have a surprise party for him.” Jack loved his Grandpa and wanted to do something special for him. He remembered the business card his grandpa had given him two years before. ②He knew that his grandpa would no longer have the position on that card， so he decided to build a new one for his grandpa.

When the big day came， Jack was ready. But he didn’t want to put his gift together with others’. He carried it around with him the whole evening.

When all the other people left， he took his grandpa’s hand and brought him over to a chair and gave him the gift.

His grandpa smiled， “Well， it must be a beautiful gift. May I open it now？”“Sure！” Jack said excitedly.

As Grandpa opened the gift， tears came into his eyes. Jack gave him the greatest gift he had ever got！ They were business cards with his new position： FULL-TIME GRANDPA！ Jack said， “Now your full-time job is my grandpa！”

“Well， how much do I get paid？” his grandpa asked， smiling. “As many hugs as you want！” With these words， Jack gave Grandpa a hug. “Well， I guess that means I’m the richest man in the world！” said Grandpa.

一個與眾不同的擁抱

有一天，杰克的父母告訴他，他工作了四十年的爺爺要退休了。杰克驚訝地說，“我只有七歲，那么這意味著爺爺已經工作了——呃——很長一段時間！”

他的父母說：“是的。那就是為什么我們要為他準備一個充滿驚喜的派對。”杰克愛他的爺爺，他想為他做一些特殊的事情。他想起他的爺爺兩年前給他的名片。他知道他的爺爺將不再擁有那張名片上的工作，所以他決定為爺爺制作一個新名片。

當特殊的時刻來臨的時候，杰克已經準備好。但他不希望把他的禮物和其他人的放在一起。于是整個晚上他都隨身攜帶著禮物。

當其他人都離開了，他拉住爺爺的手，帶他到椅子旁，把禮物送給了爺爺。

他的爺爺笑了，“嗯，它一定是個美麗的禮物。我可以打開它嗎？”“當然”！杰克興奮地說。

當爺爺打開禮物時，眼淚都流出來了。杰克給他的是他收到的最好的禮物！那是他新工作的名片：全職爺爺！杰克說，“現在你的全職工作就是我的爺爺！”

“嗯，我獲得多少報酬呢？”爺爺笑著問。“想要多少擁抱就有多少！”說完這些話，杰克給了爺爺一個擁抱。“嗯，我想這意味著我是世界上最富有的人！”爺爺說。

1. That’s why we are going to have a surprise party for him.

那就是為什么我們要為他準備一個充滿驚喜的派對的原因。

That’s why... 強調結果，“那就是……的原因”。例如：

I got up late， that’s why I missed the bus.

我起床晚了，這就是我沒趕上汽車的原因。

2. He knew that his grandpa would no longer have the position on that card， so he decided to build a new one for his grandpa.

他知道他的爺爺將不再擁有那張名片上的工作，所以他決定為爺爺制作一個新名片。

no longer 不再，其確切含義為某狀態在某個時刻之后不再繼續下去了。例如：

This word is no longer in current use.

這個詞現在已經不再使用。