The gift of Love

爱的颂歌

If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels， but do not have love， I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers， and understand all mysteries and all knowledge， and if I have all faith， so as to remove mountains， but do not have love， I am nothing. If I give away all my possessions， and if I hand over my body so that I may boast， but do not have love， I gain nothing.

Love is patient； love is kind； love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way； it is not irritable or resentful； it does not rejoice in wrongdoing， but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things， believes all things， hopes all things， endures all things.

Love never ends. But as for prophecies， they will come to an end； as for tongues， they will cease； as for knowledge， it will come to an end. For we know only in part， and we prophesy only in part； but when the complete comes， the partial will come to an end. When I was a child， I thought like a child； when I became and adult， I put an end to childish ways. For now we see in mirror， dimly， but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part； then I will know fully， even as I have been fully known. And now faith， hope， and love abide， these three； and the greatest of these is love.

就算我能说万人的方言和天使的话语，但如果没有爱，我不过就如鸣锣一般；就算我有预知未来的能力，就算我精通各种知识和奥秘，就算我有坚定的信念，但如果没有爱，我就什么都算不上；就算我拿所有的财物周济穷人，就算我能做出舍己为人的壮举，但如果没有爱，我仍将一无所有。

爱是一种忍耐，爱是一种友善；爱不是嫉妒，不是自大，不是鲁莽，不是固执己见，不是轻易发怒。爱意味着憎恶不义，赞赏真理；爱意味着包容一切，相信一切，对生活充满希望，并能忍受生活中的一切。

爱是永无止境的，但又是有尽头的；就像知识一样，必将归于乌有。我们现在搜掌握的知识很有限，当我们掌握了完整的知识时，有限的知识必将归于乌有。当我还是一个孩子的时候，我像孩子一样说话，像孩子一样思考问题，像孩子一样推理；但我一旦成年，就不再像孩子一样了。现阶段，我们很多时候好像是从镜子里观看事物，对很多事物都看不清，但有朝一日我们会直面这些事物。现阶段，我知道的东西很有限，但有朝一日我会懂得一切。如今，常存在人们心中的东西有三样：信念、希望和爱，而其中爱是最重要的！

Mike and the Pot

One day， Mikes mother needed a pot. She asked Mike to borrow one from her friend. So Mike went to the friends house. She gave him a big pot. On the way home Mike put it down on the road and looked at it. It was made of clay and had three legs.

Then he said to the pot， “You have three legs and I have only two. You can carry me for a few minutes.” Then Mike sat down inside the pot. But the pot didnt move.

Mike got angry and broke it then carried the broke pot home. His mother was angry. “You are stupid.” She said. But Mike thought， “Im not stupid. Only a stupid person carried something with three legs.”

The Broom Seller and the Barber

A man who sold brooms went into a barbers shop to get shaved. The barber brought one of his brooms. After he had shaved him， he asked for the price of the brooms.

“Two pence.” said the man.

“No， no，” said the barber. “I will give you a penny， and if you dont think that is enough， you may take your broom back！”

The man took it and asked what he had to pay his shave.

“A penny.” said the barber.

“I will give you a half penny， and if that is not enough， you may put my beard on again.”

Drunk

One day， a father and his little son were going home. At this age， the boy was interested in all kinds of things and was always asking questions. Now， he asked， “Whats the meaning of the word ‘Drunk， dad？” “Well， my son，” his father replied， “look， there are standing two policemen. If I regard the two policemen as four then I am drunk.”“But， dad，” the boy said， “theres only ONE policeman！”

迈克和锅

一天，迈克的妈妈需要一口锅，她让迈克向她朋友借一口锅。于是，迈克去了她的朋友家，她的朋友借给他一口大锅。在回家的路上，迈克把锅放在路上看了看，它是由粘土制成的三条腿的锅。

然后他对锅说：“你有三条腿而我只有两条腿。你应该背我一会儿。”然后，迈克坐在锅里，但是锅一动也不动。

迈克很生气地把锅打破了，然后拿着破锅向家里走去。到家后他的妈妈很生气地说：“你真笨。”但迈克认为：“我不笨，只有愚蠢的人才会带回三条腿的锅。”

卖扫帚的人和理发师

一个卖扫帚的人去理发店修面。理发师从他那里买了一把扫帚。当理发师给他修面后，问一下他扫帚的价格。

卖扫帚的人说：“两个便士。”

“不，不。”理发师说：“我只出一个便士，如果你认为不够的话，可以把扫帚拿回去。”

卖扫帚的人拿回了扫帚，随后问修面要付多少钱。

“一便士。”理发师说。

卖扫帚的人说：“我给你半个便士，如果不够的话，请把我的胡子还给我。”

醉酒

一天，父亲与小儿子一道回家。这个孩子正处于那种对什么事都很感兴趣的年龄，老是有提不完的问题。他向父亲发问道：“爸爸，‘醉字是什么意思？” “唔，孩子，”父亲回答说，“你瞧那儿站着两个警察。如果我把他们看成了四个，那么我就算醉了。” “可是，爸爸， ”孩子说，“那儿只有一个警察呀！”