心足
Contentment
one's heart is contented
Satisfecho
만족하는
o coração está contente
夏天 , 最好 梗係 喺 屋企 開 住 冷氣 睇 電視 啦 !
summer||of course|||||air conditioning|||
In summer, the best thing to do is to turn on the air-conditioning in your house and watch TV!
依家 好 熱 呀 , 阿孝 除 晒 衫 等 自己 涼 啲 。
||||Ah Hau|to take off|off|||||
佢 望 出 窗 , 有 一 班 人 喺 出面 搞 咗 幾 個 月 都 唔 知 搞 緊 咩 , 又 搬 沙 , 又 搬 水 噉 。
|||window|||group of people||||doing||||||||||||move|||||
|||||||||afuera||||||||||están haciendo||||||||así
When she looked out of the window, she saw a group of people who had been working for months without knowing what they were doing, moving sand and water.
阿孝 跑 去 問 媽媽 : 「 依家 咁 熱 , 出面 啲 工人 咁 辛苦 喺度 整 緊 咩 呀 ?
」
媽媽 放低 個 炭 燙斗 , 話 : 「 今晚 你 就 知 !
|put down||iron|iron|||||
Mom lowered the charcoal iron and said, "You'll see tonight!
好 喇 , 好 去 食嘢 , 啲 嘢 凍 晒 喇 。 」
Okay, let's go and have some food, and some of it will be frozen. "The Laundromat
阿孝心 諗 : 吓 , 依家 三十 幾 度 , 屋企 又 冇 冷氣 , 我 驚 啲 嘢 熱 都 嚟唔切 啦 !
Ah Filial|"think"|||||||||||afraid|||||can't make it|
Hsiao's thoughts: It's over 30 degrees at home and there is no air-conditioning in the house, so I am afraid that the heat is not enough for me to come!
不過 阿孝 係 一 個 好 易 知足 嘅 人 , 有得 食 已經 好 好 㗎 喇 !
||||||easy|contented|||"able to"||||||
阿孝 食 完 嘢 就 一 支 箭 噉 跑 咗 出去 , 佢 今日 約 咗 阿怡 一齊 玩 。
|||||one|stick|like an arrow|||||||arranged||Ah Yi||
佢 同 阿怡 玩 咗 冇耐 , 阿怡 就 出 晒 汗 喇 。
|||||"not long"|||||sweat|
阿怡 話 : 「 阿孝 , 不如 今日 嚟 我 屋企 玩 啦 !
」
阿孝 話 好 。
阿孝 都 係 第一 次 去 阿怡 屋企 , 佢 一 入屋 就 坐低 開 電視 。
||||||||||enters the house||||
It was the first time Ah-hsiao went to Ah-yi's house, and he sat down and turned on the TV as soon as he entered the house.
阿怡 有啲 無奈 : 「 又 係 呢啲 節目 , 悶 到 死 。 」
||helpless||||TV shows|bored||
Ah Yee is a bit helpless, "I am bored to death with these programs again. I am so bored."
阿孝 睇 到 眼都唔眨 , 心諗 : 如果 我 屋企 都 有 電視 就 好 喇 !
|||without blinking|thinking to self|||||||||
Ah-hsiao did not even blink at the sight and thought, "It would be great if I have TV in my house!
見 天氣 咁 熱 , 阿怡 開 咗 冷氣 。
阿孝 吹 住 冷氣機 嘅 凍風 , 頭上 即刻 鑿 住 「 舒服 」 兩 隻 字 !
|enjoying||air conditioner||cold air|||carved with|||||
The word "comfortable" was immediately engraved on Ah-hsiao's head as he blew on the freezing air from the air-conditioner!
但 阿怡 就 唔係 噉 諗 , 佢 好 唔 耐煩 噉 話 : 「 點解 部 冷氣 咁 耐 都 仲未 涼 㗎 ?
|||||||||impatiently said|||||||||||
But Yee doesn't take it personally, she is so annoyed, "How come the air-conditioner is not cool enough?
」
阿孝 冇 理 佢 , 心諗 : 我 唔 貪心 㗎 , 我 淨係 有 風扇 都 好 開心 㗎 喇 !
||pay attention to|||||greedy|||||fan|||||
Ah-hsiao ignores him and thinks, "I am not greedy, I am happy to have a fan!
阿怡 畀 咗 杯 凍飲 阿孝 , 阿孝 諗 : 如果 我 屋企 都 有 雪櫃 , 我 咪 可以 成日 飲 到 凍 嘢 囉 ?
||||cold drink|||||||||fridge|||||||||particle indicating a suggestion or assumption
Yee gave a cup of frozen drink to Ah-hsiao. Ah-hsiao thought, "If there is a refrigerator in my house, then I can have frozen food all day long?
第二 日 佢 返 學校 問 老師 : 「 點解 我 屋企 冇 電視 、 雪櫃 同 風扇 嘅 ?
|||||||"Why"||||TV|||fan|
」
老師 摸 下 阿孝 個 頭 : 「 阿孝 , 電視 嗰啲 都 要 用 電 , 而 你 住 森林 嗰 間 屋 依家 仲未 有 電纜 , 未 有 電 就 裝 唔 到 電器 住 喇 。 」
|pat|||||Ah Hiu|TV|||||electricity|but||||||||||power lines|||||install|||appliances||
The teacher touched Ah-hsiao's head and said, "Ah-hsiao, television requires electricity, and the house you live in does not have electricity cables, so you can't install an electric appliance to live there. "I'm sorry," he said.
阿孝 點點頭 : 「 哦 ...... 」
|nodded|
講 講 下 都 夜晚 七點鐘 , 阿孝 要 返 屋企 喇 。
|||||seven o'clock|||||
夜晚 森林 好 黑 , 又 冇 街燈 , 阿孝 拎 住 盞 油燈 嚟 照明 , 仲要 行 快 幾 步 —— 如果 盞 燈 冇 晒 油 , 佢 就 要 摸黑 返 屋企 㗎 喇 !
|||dark|||street lights||||lantern|Oil lamp||lighting||||||||lamp|||||||in the dark||||
The forest is so dark at night, there is no street light, so Ah-ha carries an oil lamp to illuminate the light, and has to walk a few steps faster - if the lamp is not oiled, he has to go back to his house in the dark!
就嚟 返 到 屋企 嗰陣 , 阿孝 老遠 見到 屋企 前面 有 光 。
||||||from afar|||||
佢 收起 油燈 跑 過去 , 見到 今朝 啲 工人 叔叔 喺度 講 咩 「 搞掂 喇 」 ……
|put away|||||this morning|||||||done|
He put away his oil lamp and ran over to see what the workers' uncles were saying today. ......
媽媽 拉 住 阿孝 去 到 燈掣 前面 , 話 : 「 呢個 掣 就 交 俾 你 撳 喇 !
|"pulls"|||||traffic light button||||||give|||press|
」
阿孝 一 撳 , 屋企 即刻 光 晒 !
||press||||
佢 開心 到 跳起 : 「 著燈 喇 !
|||jumped up|Lights on|
He was so happy that he jumped up and down, "The lights are on!
電 呀 !
我哋 屋企 有 電 喇 !
」
「 我 終於 可以 夜晚 開 燈 做 功課 , 熱 嗰陣 有 風扇 歎 、 有 凍水 飲 , 仲 有 電視 睇 , 唔怕 悶 !
|finally||||||homework||||fan|enjoying||cold water|||||||
"Finally, I can do my homework at night with the lights on. I can enjoy the heat there with fans, chilled water and television, so I do not have to worry about being bored!
我 好 幸福 呀 !
||So happy|
I'm so happy!
」
有時 幸福 好 簡單 , 就 好似 半 杯 水 嘅 道理 , 唔好 淨係 睇 到 自己 冇 嗰啲 , 而 係 多 啲 睇 自己 有 嗰啲 —— 有時 你 有 嘅 嘢 仲 多 過 其他 人 !
|||simple|||||||principle|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sometimes happiness is as simple as half a glass of water. It is better to look at what you don't have than to look at what you do have - sometimes you have more than others!
「 簡簡單單 已 是 福 , 平平 淡淡 已 心足 。 」
"Simple"|already|already|Blessing|Ordinary|"calm"|already|Contented
"Simplicity is a blessing, and mediocrity is enough. The simple things are good enough.