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。
O what is life, if we must hold it thus as wind-blown sparks hold momentary fire?
啊,如果我们必须这样对待生命,就像一阵风吹过的火星能留住瞬间的火焰一样,那么生命又算得了什么呢?
Life shouldn't be about the either/or. We're capable of more than that, you know?
生活不应该是非此即彼的。我们能做得更多,你知道吗?
All interest in disease and death is only another expression of interest in life.
对疾病和死亡的所有兴趣只是对生命的另一种表达。
We're all victims of what life deals out. It's how we handle it that's important.
我们都是生活的受害者。重要的是我们如何处理它。
It's good to stay as close to real life as you can, and then kind of dress it up.
尽可能地贴近现实生活是件好事,然后把它打扮得漂漂亮亮的。
A born poet knows in his cradle that a poetic life is the only life worth living.
一个天生的诗人在他的摇篮里就知道,诗意的生活是唯一值得过的生活。
I started my career at the top and have been working my way downwards ever since.
我从事业的顶峰开始,一直在走下坡路。
I have a full life, he has a full life of his own, and if we can merge, terrific.
我的生活很充实,他的生活也很充实,如果我们能合并,那太好了。
Rule of life. If you bother to ask someone’s advice, then bother to listen to it.
生活的法则。如果你不厌其烦地征求别人的意见,那就去听吧。
The moment you recognize what is beautiful in this world, you stop being a slave.
一旦你认识到这个世界上什么是美丽的,你就不再是一个奴隶。
Life was wonderful, so filled with people and activities, with love and laughter.
生活是美好的,充满了人和事,充满了爱和欢笑。
Human life is but a series of footnotes to a vast obscure unfinished masterpiece.
人类的生命不过是一部尚未完成的伟大作品的一系列脚注。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
When you analyze happiness, it turns out that the way you spend your time is extremely important.
当你分析幸福时,你发现你的时间分配方式是极其重要的。
For some unknown reason, success usually occurs in private, while failure occurs in full view.
由于一些未知的原因,成功通常发生在私下,而失败发生在众目睽睽之下。
Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experience.
不要对你的行为过于胆怯和拘谨。所有的生活都是一种经历。
Everything in life is a mixed bag. It depends on what one is looking for.
生活中的一切都是好坏参半的。这取决于你在寻找什么。
You don't need a time machine to live in the moment.
你不需要时间机器来活在当下。
All of us are in the manufacturing industry - manufacturing either our own happiness or unhappiness.
我们所有人都从事制造业——制造自己的幸福或不幸。