求一个英语小故事，不要太长，口语课用

God's Coffee
A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation
soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life.
Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen
and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups - porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking,
some expensive, some exquisite - telling them to help themselves to the coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said: "If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up,
leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your
problems and stress.
Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. In
most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink.
What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you
consciously went for the best cups... And then you began eyeing
each other's cups. Now consider this: Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, and the type of cup we have does not define,
nor change the quality of Life we live.
Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee God has provided us."
God brews the coffee, not the cups.......... Enjoy your coffee!
"The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just
make the best of everything."
Live simply.
Love generously.
Care deeply.
Speak kindly.
Leave the rest to God.

上帝的咖啡

一群事业有成的同学回去看望他们的大学老师，很快他们开始抱怨生活和工作中的压力。

老师去厨房为客人们准备咖啡，回来时端着一大壶咖啡和各式各样的杯子，这些杯子有陶瓷的、塑料的、玻璃的、水晶的，有的普通，有的昂贵，有的精致，老师让大家随意享用。

等每个人都端起一杯咖啡，老师说话了：你们注意到吗：所有好看昂贵的杯子都被用了，剩下那些朴素便宜的杯子。你们都只想要最好的，这很正常，这恰恰是你们的问题和压力所在。杯子不会让咖啡的质量变得更好，很多时候，只是让它变得更贵一些，甚至，有时候，让人忽略了到底我们在喝什么。你们真正想要的其实是咖啡，不是杯子，但你们有意识地去拿那些最好的杯子，随后开始打量其他人手上的杯子。想想吧：生活好比咖啡，工作、金钱和社会地位都只是杯子，只是生活的容器，而我们拥有的杯子既无法定义、也无法改变我们生活的质量。有时，由于我们只关心杯子，我们甚至不能够好好品尝上帝赐予我们的咖啡。

上帝冲泡了咖啡，不是杯子。······享受你们的咖啡吧。

最快乐的人们并不是因为他们拥有最好的一切，他们只是把一切当成最好。

简单地活着。仁慈地爱着。深深地关心着。友善地说话。

其他的，就留给上帝吧。

Building Your Own House

An elderly carpenter was ready to retire after years of work.He told his employer-contractor of his plans to leave the house-building business to live a more leisruely life with his wife and enjoy his extended family.He would miss the paycheck each week,but he wanted to retire .With the money the carpenter had put aside during the years he worked for the employer-contractor,they could get by.

The contractor was very sorry to see his good worker go and asked if he could possibly build just one more house as a personal favor for him.The carpenter said yeas,but over time it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work at all.He resorted to shoddy workmanship and used inferior materials.You see,it was an unifortunate way to end a dedicated career.

When the carpenter finished his work,his employer came to inspect the house .Then he handed the front-door key to the carpenter and said ,"This is your house ...my gift to you ."

The carpenter was shocked!

What a shame! If he had only known he was building his own house,he would have done it all so differently.

So it is with us.We build our lives,a day at a time,often putting less than our best into the building .Then ,with a shock,we realize we have to live in the house we have built.If we could do it all over again,we would do it much differently.

You are the carpenter ,and everyday you hammer a nail,place a board,or erect a wall.Someone once said ,"life is a do-it yourself project."Your attitude and the choices you make today helps to build the "house "you will live in tomorrow.Therefor ,build wisely!

建你自己的房子
有个老木匠准备退休工作多年。他告诉他的承包商，他打算离开房子建造业更leisruely生活与他的妻子，享受天伦之乐。他将错过了每周的薪水，但他想退休。这笔钱木匠把年期间他工作的承包商，他们可以通过。
承包商非常遗憾地看到他的好工人走，问他是否有可能建立一所房子为他个人的青睐。木匠说来，但随着时间的推移，人们很容易看到他的心不在他的工作。他所粗制滥造的你。看，这是一个unifortunate方式结束一个专门的职业生涯。
当木匠完成他的工作，他的雇主来检查房子。然后，他把前门的钥匙递给木匠说，“这是你的房子……我给你的礼物。”
木匠惊呆了！
好可惜。如果他知道他建的房子是他自己的，他会做得不同。
我们也是这样。我们建立了我们的生活，一天一次，我们通常没有尽到最大的建筑。然后，用震惊，我们意识到我们应该生活在自己建造的房子里。如果我们能再做一遍，我们会有完全不同的。
你就是那个木匠，每天你钉一个钉子，放置一个董事会，或直立墙。曾经有人说过，“生活就是一个自己动手项目。”你的态度和你今天的选择有助于建立“房子”，你会活在明天，明智地建造！

自己去查吧.