书城英文图书青春阅读——聆听人生真谛(双语)
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第6章 理念篇(2)

你没有停止欢笑,因为你变老了;你变老了,是因为你停止了欢笑。

Love is a power which produces love. Impotence is the inability to produce love.

爱是一种能够产生爱的力量,软弱无能则无力产生爱。

You cant be afraid of stepping on toes if you want to go dancing.

要是你想跳舞,就别怕踮着脚尖。

In times like these, it helps to recall that there have always been times like these.

在特定的时间里,能帮助回忆起相同的时刻。

Mature love is union under the condition of preserving ones integrity, ones individuality.

成熟的爱是在保存个人的完整、个性条件下的统一。

You can have too much champagne to drink, but you can never have enough.

你可以有许多香槟酒喝,但是你永远也不会喝够。

Youth is a blunder, manhood a struggle, old age a regret.

年轻造成莽撞,成年意味斗争,老年带来悔恨。

Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it.

一天之计在于晨。

The pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity and the optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

悲观主义者在每次机会中都会发现困难,而乐观主义者在每个困难中都会发现机会。

In the end things will mend.

船到桥头自然直。

All is well that ends well.

有好结果,就是好事。

Time drops in decay, like a candle burnt.

时间一点一滴流逝,正像蜡烛慢慢燃烬。

An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup.

一个理想主义者是这样的:他知道玫瑰比白菜散发出更多的芳香,但他相信用白菜同样能做出味道鲜美的汤。

If you want to put the world right, start with yourself. 要是你想让世界井然有序,先从你自己做起。

Nothing was ever built or rose to touch the sky unless some men dreamed that it would, some men believed that it could and some men willed that it must.

在一些人梦想着视之为可能之前,并没有什么东西被制造或成长得能够触及到天空,但正是他们中的一些深信这是能办到的,并还有一些决心一定要为之奋斗成功,才使这种梦想成为现实。

Age is a quality of mind. If you have left your dreams behind, if hope is lost, if you no longer look ahead, if your ambitious fires are dead, then you are old.

年龄反映了思想的特征。如果你把梦想远远抛在身后,如果希望破灭,如果你不再向前看,如果你热望的火焰已经熄灭燃烬,那么,你就是老了。

We can complain because rose bushes have thorns or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.

我们可以抱怨,因为玫瑰丛中有荆棘;我们也可以欢喜,因为荆棘丛中有玫瑰。

The more I learn, the more I realize I need to learn. The more I know, the more I know I dont know.

学的东西越多,我会更加意识到有许多东西需要学。知道的东西越多,我越会意识到自己的无知。

The whole purpose of this life is to prepare you for the next life.

今生的整个目的就是为下一次生命做准备。

You may fall into puddles, but you dont have to lie there.

你也许会陷入泥泞,但你不必非要躺在那儿。

I had no shoes and I complained, until I met a man who had no feet.

我没鞋穿,直到我遇见一个没有脚的人,才停止了抱怨。

Before you complain about the darkness of the tunnel, remember it is a shortcut through the mountains.

当你抱怨隧道的黑暗时,别忘了它是通过高山的捷径。

A wise old owl sat in an oak, the more he heard, the less he spoke, the less he spoke, the more he heard, why arent we all like that wise old bird?

一只聪明的老猫头鹰站在一棵橡树上,它听到的越多,说的越少,说的越少,它听到的越多,为什么我们不能像那只聪明的大鸟一样?

Always try to smile through your tears. A ray of sunshine is even more beautiful in the mist of rain.

透过泪眼的微笑,就像穿过朦胧烟雨的那道阳光,更显得美丽、娇艳。

Speed kills, haste makes waste, patience takes faith.

速度高易伤人,匆忙造成浪费,耐心才能带来信心。

It just doesnt pay to be in a hurry. You always pass up much more than you catch up with.

欲速则不达。你不留意错过的东西比你留心抓住的东西要多得多。

Two men look out through the same bars, one sees the mud, the other sees the stars.

两个人同时通过栅栏向外看,一个看到了泥泞,而另一个却望见了星光。

Men can not discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.

人只有有勇气远离海岸,才有可能发现新大洋。

Better to ask the way than to go astry.

及时问路比误入歧途要好得多。

Better late than never.

不怕慢,就怕站。(晚做总比不做好。)

Youth is half the battle.

年轻是成功的一半。

Bad times make a good man.

艰难时世出能人。

Success is never final and failure never fatal. Its courage that counts.

没有绝对的成功,也没有致命的失败。决定的因素是勇气。

What you have inherited from your faters,earn over again for yourselves,or it will not be yours.

从祖先继承得来的东西,必须从头赚取,否则不属于你。

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

伟大作品的完成不靠气力靠毅力。

Perseverance is not a long race;it is many short one after another.

毅力并非长跑,而是一次接一次的无数短跑。

Dont tell me how hard you work, tell me how much you get done.

不必告诉我你多么勤奋,只要告诉我你有多少成就。

Writers,composers,entertainers an such know an awful truth: it is easier to please a million people you dont know than to please one person you do know.

作家、作曲家、表演艺人等都知道一个尴尬的事实:取悦一百万个陌生人, 比取悦一个熟人更容易。

An undeserved success is like a medal that is found lying in the street.

有名无实的功绩,就像在街上拾到的奖章。

Success is achieved by converting each step into a goal and each goal into a step.

把每个步骤变成目标,又把每个目标变成步骤便能成功。

Artists who have won fame are embarrassed by it;thus their first works are often their best.

成名的艺术家反为盛名所拘束,所以他们最早的作品往往是最好的。

Selftrust is the first secret of success.

自信是成功的首要秘诀。

A wilful man will have his way.

顽强者定会成功。

A brave man may fall but he cannot yield.

勇者可能跌倒,但不会屈服。

The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

成功的秘诀是目标坚定。

The strong always succeeds:the weakest goes to the fall.

坚强的人往往成功,软弱的人往往失败。

Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.

世上无难事,只怕有心人。

No way is impossible to courage.

勇敢的人没有不通的路。

Success belongs to the persevering.

成功属于坚持不懈的人。

The path to glory is always rugged.

通往荣誉的道路总是崎岖的。

The fire is the test of gold adversity of a strong man.

火对金子是考验,逆境对坚强的人是磨炼。

Never do thing by halves.

做事不可半途而废。

Nothing venture,nothing have.

做事不可半途而废。

Dont play for safety—its the most dangerous thing is the world.

不要怕冒风险——不敢冒风险是世界上最危险的了。

Something attempted,something done. 有所尝试,就有所作为。

A bold attempt is half success.

大胆尝试等于一半成功。

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

千万不要告诉别人怎样去做事,只告诉他们要做什么事。他们有办法,会出乎你的意料。

The wish is father to the thought.

愿望决定思想。

Alls well that ends well.

结果好就一切都好。

Good acts are better than good intentions.

好的行动胜过好的意向。

Let him who knows the instrument play upon it.

让能干的人去干。

Better never to begin than never to make an end.

没有决心干到底不如不开头。

Industry is the soul of business and the keystone of prosperity.

勤劳是事业的灵魂和成功的基石。

If you have great talents,industry will improve them; if you have but moderate abilities, industry will supply their deficiency.

如果你很有天赋,勤勉会使你完善;如果你能力一般,勤勉能补足你的缺陷。

The smartest people are sometimes fools.They may fumble and stumble and fail but how much wiser that is than never to have tried at all.

最聪明的人有时也难免愚蠢。他们或许会犯错误、迷惑、失败,但他们比从不去尝试的人要明智得多。