A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
生活
Life
从日常选择、人与人的相处,到面对变化时的态度,这些句子记录了不同的人对生活的理解。读英文原句,再对照中文,留意那些与你的经历相呼应的表达。
Everyone must take time to sit and watch the leaves turn.
每个人都必须花时间坐下来,看树叶翻动。
The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.
我能想到的最悲哀的事情就是习惯于奢侈。
There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
没有什么比行动中的无知更可怕的了。
It can only take a moment to waste the rest of your life.
它只能花一分钟浪费你的余生。
It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.
如果有什么东西对改变有意义,那就太好了。
Dreams are real while they last. Can we say more of life?
梦在持续的时候是真实的。我们能更多地谈论生活吗?
A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.
永久的假期是地狱的一个很好的定义。
Nobody wants to live with a person who'll never be happy.
没有人愿意和一个永远不会快乐的人生活在一起。
People move around so much in the world, things get lost.
人们在这个世界上到处走动,很多东西都丢失了。
I need the seasons to live to the rhythm of rain and sun.
我需要季节来适应雨和太阳的节奏。
I'd like to see Paris before I die. Philadelphia will do.
我想在死前看看巴黎。费城。
I don’t want to spend the next two years in Holiday Inns.
接下来的两年我不想在假日旅馆里度过。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
It doesn't matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going.
你来自哪里并不重要。重要的是你要去哪里。
Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life.
好好保护你的业余时间。它们就像未经切割的钻石。抛弃它们,它们的价值就永远不会为人所知。改进它们,它们将成为有用生命中最闪亮的宝石。
The greatest hindrance to growth in faith is comfortable living.
信心成长的最大障碍是舒适的生活。
What kind of life can you have in a house without books?
在一个没有书的房子里,你能过什么样的生活?
The true value of a human being can be found in the degree to which he has attained liberation from the self.
一个人的真正价值在于他从自我中获得解放的程度。
The true test of faith is how we treat those who can do nothing for us in return.
对信仰的真正考验是我们如何对待那些对我们无能为力的人。