英语翻译When I was a kid in Minnesota,watermelon was expensive.O

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When I was a kid in Minnesota,watermelon was expensive.One of my father's friends,Bernie,was a rich businessman,who owned a large store in St.Paul.
  Every summer,when the first watermelons arrived,Bernie would call.Dad and I would go to Bernie's place.We' d sit on the edge of the dock(码头),feet dangling(摇晃),and got ready for a big meal.
  Bernie would take his knife,cut our first watermelon,hand us both a big piece and sit down next to us.Then we'd bury our faces in watermelon,eating only the heart-the reddest,juiciest,firmest,sweetest,most seed-free part-and throw away the rest.
  Bernie was my father's idea of a rich man.I always thought it was because he was such a successful businessman.Years later,I realized that it was not Bernie's wealth itself but his way of dealing with it that my father liked.Bernie knew how to stop working,get together with friends and eat only the heart of the watermelon.
  What I learned from Bernie is that being rich is a state of mind.Some of us,no matter how much money we have,will never be free enough to eat only the heart of the watermelon.If you don't take the time to dangle your feet over the dock and enjoy life's small pleasure,your work is probably hurting your life.
  For many years,I forgot that lesson I'd learned as a kid on the loading dock.I was too busy making all the money I could.
  Well,I've relearned it.I hope I have time left to enjoy the success of others and to take pleasure in the day.That's the heart of the watermelon.I have learned again to throw the rest away.
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在小的时候,我曾经在明尼苏达生活过一段时间.当时那里的西瓜卖的很贵.我爸爸有一个朋友,叫伯尼.他在圣保罗有一家很大的商店,是一个很富有的商人.
每年的夏天,当第一批西瓜到货的时候,伯尼叔叔总会打电话给爸爸,让他和我一起去到他那里吃西瓜.我们一般都会坐在码头的岸边,随性地摇晃着双脚,坐等一会儿的大餐.
过了一会儿,伯尼就抱着西瓜过来了,他会用刀把西瓜切成一大块儿一大块儿的,然后给我和爸爸一人一份儿.他自己也拿一份儿,坐到我们旁边一起吃.吃的时候我们一般都是直接把脸埋在西瓜里,只吃西瓜里面最精华的部分-颜色最红,汁最多,最有嚼头,味道最甜,籽儿最少的部分-把这部分吃完之后就直接把剩下的给扔了.
伯尼叔叔是我爸爸眼中最钦佩的富人形象.我过去总是以为这是因为伯尼叔叔经商非常成功,是一个赚钱能手.但是多年以后,我才渐渐意识到原来使我爸爸钦佩的的并不是伯尼叔叔积累的大量财富而是他对待自己这些财富的方法.伯尼叔叔懂得什么时候该工作,更清楚什么时候应该放下工作,和朋友们聚在一起,享受“西瓜里最精华的那部分”.
从伯尼叔叔那里我学到了一个道理,那就是富有是一种心态.我们中有些人,不管多么富有,总是没有时间去品尝一下“西瓜里最精华的部分”.如果我们不能时不时地放下手头的活儿,坐在码头边,垂下双脚在岸边摇荡着,去享受生活中的那些小欢乐,那么我们就会成为工作的奴隶.
很多年过去了,我已经忘记了当初孩提时代在码头上懂得的那个道理.为了变得富有,我一直都在努力地赚钱,赚钱,赚钱.
不过,我终于又重新学习了一遍这个道理.我希望以后我会有时间和别人一起分享彼此的成功和快乐.这就是“西瓜的精华部分”.我终于重新学会了如何去粗存精,体味生活的真谛.
 
 
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