盖大款是一个很有趣的人，今天他告诉我他摘了他种的第一个西红柿，我让他给我看看照片，但是他说他已经吃了。他花了100美金种这些西红柿和一些其他的蔬菜，但是有四株因为天气寒冷没有种活。所以只剩了两株，如果他的西红柿只结一个，那么这西红柿就是100美金一个。
虽然他的西红柿很昂贵，但是他从种下西红柿幼苗到给它浇水施肥、收获西红柿果实一定获得了很多幸福和喜悦。我觉得生活的乐趣就在于做一件事的过程和意义。
Gai Dakuan is an interesting person. Today he told me that he picked the first tomato that he planted. I want to see the picture of the tomato, but he said he had already eaten it. He said he spent 100 dollars planting these tomatoes, but there are only two alive because of the cold weather. If his tomato plants only have one tomato, so the tomato is one hundred each.
Although his tomatoes are expensive, he must get a lot of happiness and joy from planting, watering, fertilizing these tomato plants. I think the joy of life is the process and meaning of doing one thing.
Notes:
Gai Dakuan is one of my Chinese students. He has been studying Chinese Mandarin with me for more than one year. He made himself the name Gai Dakuan. Gai is translate from his English surname, Dakuan means rich people, but there aren’t any people called this name because it means a person who is rich but have no knowledge. But Gaidakuan does not care about it, he said he is a foreigner so he can call himself this name because he thought Chinese girls like a rich guy. I hope he can find his dream girl one day!