A family had twin boys whose only resemblance
to each other was their looks. If one felt it was too
hot, the other thought it was too cold. If one said the
TV was too loud, the other claimed the volume needed
to be turned up.
Opposite in every way, one was an eternal optimist,
the other a doom & gloom pessimist.
Just to see what would happen,on the twins' birthday
their father loaded the pessimist's room with every
imaginable toy and game. The optimist's room he
loaded with horse manure.
That night the father passed by the pessimist's
room and found him sitting amid his new gifts crying
bitterly.
"Why are you crying?" the father asked.
"Because my friends will be jealous, I'll have to
read all these instructions before I can do anything
with this stuff, I'll constantly need batteries, and my
toys will eventually get broken." answered the
pessimist twin.
Passing the optimist twin's room, the father
found him dancing for joy in the pile of manure.
"What are you so happy about?" he asked.
To which his optimist twin replied, "There's
got to be a pony in here somewhere!"
Key words：
resemblance （n.）相似、類似
looks （n.）外表
volume （n.）音量
turn up 調高
opposite （adj.）相反的
doom & gloom （adj.）前景暗淡、無望
manure (n.）糞
jealous （adj.）嫉妒的
pony （n.）小馬
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