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。
Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete a character.
生活是一座采石场,我们要从中塑造、凿刻和完善一个人的性格。
The waste of life occasioned by trying to do too many things at once is appalling.
试图同时做太多事情所造成的生命浪费是令人震惊的。
Oh, those who plant cabbages are three and four times happier than the rest of us!
噢,那些种卷心菜的人比我们其他人快乐三四倍!
Flying is hours and hours of boredom sprinkled with a few seconds of sheer terror.
飞行是数小时又数小时的无聊和几秒钟的恐惧。
Everything comes with a price. Everything. Some things just cost more than others.
凡事都有代价。一切。有些东西就是比其他东西贵。
I love being a scientologist, as it's helped me in every single aspect of my life.
我喜欢做一个山达基教徒,因为它在我生活的各个方面都帮助了我。
I have a more developed sense of my priorities. Life has so much more meaning now.
我对自己的轻重缓急有了更成熟的认识。现在生活有了更多的意义。
Life is a great sunrise. I do not see why death should not be an even greater one.
人生是一个伟大的日出。我不明白为什么死亡不应该是一个更大的死亡。
It does not matter how you came into the world, what matters is that you are here.
你如何来到这个世界并不重要,重要的是你在这里。
There is a strange reluctance on the part of most people to admit they enjoy life.
奇怪的是,大多数人都不愿意承认他们享受生活。
I read the way a person might swim, to save his or her life. I wrote that way too.
我阅读一个人游泳的方式,以挽救他或她的生命。我也是这么写的。
A life without fame can be a good life, but fame without a life is no life at all.
没有名誉的生活是美好的,但是没有名誉的生活就没有生活。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
Inbetween yesterday's regret and tomorrow's dream is today's opportunity. Seize the chance!
在昨天的遗憾和明天的梦想之间是今天的机会。抓住这个机会!
One of the things about acting is it allows you to live other people's lives without having to pay the price.
演戏的好处之一是,它让你不用付出代价就能过别人的生活。
Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.
你的时间有限,所以不要浪费时间去过别人的生活。
Be happy in the moment, that's enough. Each moment is all we need, not more.
活在当下,这就够了。每一刻都是我们所需要的,而不是更多。
As you grow older, you learn to understand life a little better.
随着年龄的增长,你会更好地理解生活。
True character is revealed by the way people react to the bigger challenges in life.
真正的性格是通过人们对生活中更大挑战的反应来展现的。