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。
If I was to do it all over again, I wouldn't change a thing.
如果我再做一遍,我不会改变任何事。
The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life.
悔恨的开始是新生活的开始。
Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion.
没有纪律的肯定是妄想的开始。
There are only do and don’t; can or can’t is just an excuse.
只有做和不做;能或不能只是一个借口。
I can’t be happy going out if it’s not . . . going anywhere.
如果不出去,我就不会快乐。去任何地方。
You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry.
你可以从一个人生气的地方看出他的伟大。
Life like a beautiful melody, only the lyrics are messed up.
生活就像一首美妙的旋律,只有歌词是混乱的。
The scene is dull. Tell him to put more life into his dying.
场面很沉闷。告诉他在临终前多投入些生命。
The secret to life is to put yourself in the right lighting.
生活的秘诀就是把自己放在正确的位置。
The older you get the more capable you get at managing life.
年龄越大,你越有能力管理生活。
I worked for the recreation and parks department for a year.
我在娱乐和公园部门工作了一年。
I'm a culture vulture, and I just want to experience it all.
我是一个文化秃鹰,我只想体验这一切。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
The road of life twists and turns and no two directions are ever the same. Yet our lessons come from the journey, not the destination.
人生的道路是曲折的,没有两个方向是完全相同的。然而,我们的经验来自旅途,而不是目的地。
Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.
任何停止学习的人都是老的,不管是二十岁还是八十岁。任何不断学习的人都会保持年轻。生命中最伟大的事情是保持你的头脑年轻。
Human felicity is produced not as much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by little advantages that occur every day.
与其说人类的幸福来自偶尔发生的鸿运,不如说来自每天都有的小实惠。
Forgiveness is a gift you must find a way to give yourself. Forgiveness leads to your freedom.
宽恕是一份礼物,你必须想办法给自己。宽恕带来自由。
There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way.
没有通往幸福的路,幸福本身就是路。
Life is hard. It is not too short, it is too long. But you have to learn how to live; you have to have a sense of humour.
生活是困难的。它不是太短,而是太长。但你必须学会如何生活;你必须有幽默感。