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。
He has not lived badly whose birth and death has been unnoticed by the world.
他生活得并不坏,他的生与死一直为世人所忽视。
The love of life is necessary to the vigorous prosecution of any undertaking.
对生命的热爱是对任何事业的有力推动所必需的。
When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you.
当你对自己严苛时,生活会变得无比轻松。
Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.
权力不会腐败。恐惧导致腐败……也许是害怕失去权力。
I Don't care if they eat me alive; I've got better things to do then survive.
我不在乎他们是不是把我活活吃掉;我有更好的事情要做,然后活下来。
Look into the confusing mess of life and see things for what they really are.
看看混乱的生活,看看事情的真相。
Life has ill-prepared me for finding any enjoyment in a press of merrymakers.
生活没有让我做好充分的准备,让我无法从一群寻欢作乐的人身上找到任何乐趣。
There are only three things women need in life: food, water, and compliments.
女人在生活中只需要三样东西:食物、水和赞美。
Every moment is a chance to meet the love of your life, take it or ignore it.
每一刻都是一个遇见你生命中的真爱的机会,接受它或忽略它。
Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it-every, every minute?
有没有人在活着的时候意识到生命的存在——每时每刻?
To live long and achieve happiness, cultivate the art of radiating happiness.
要长寿,要幸福,就要培养幸福的艺术。
A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.
鸟唱歌不是因为它有答案,而是因为它有一首歌。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
Life is not so short as one thinks. So, Don't be so proud of yourself, your status, beauty or money. Everything changes with time and everyone has his day. Even the earth which you stand on has sunny days and dark nights. So, Respect others for what they are and their feelings.
人生并不像人们想的那么短。所以,不要为自己、自己的地位、美貌或金钱感到骄傲。每件事都随着时间而改变,每个人都有属于自己的一天。甚至你所站的地球也有阳光灿烂的白天和黑暗的夜晚。所以,尊重他人的本性和感受。
A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
人生最大的乐趣就是做别人说你做不到的事。
A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.
旅行就像婚姻。犯错的唯一方法就是认为你能控制它。
The slums are not a place of despair. Its inhabitants are all working towards a better life.
贫民窟不是一个绝望的地方。这里的居民都在为过上更好的生活而努力。
Parents learn a lot from their children about coping with life.
父母从孩子身上学到了很多关于如何应对生活的知识。
It is easier to make our wishes conform to our means than to make our means conform to our wishes.
使我们的愿望符合我们的手段比使我们的手段符合我们的愿望要容易得多。