中学英语美文（一）

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一、 Nato summit: Leaders to focus on Afghanistan conflict
一、 北约峰会:领导人关注阿富汗冲突
北约领导人计划将注意力转向阿富汗冲突，这是北约峰会的第二天，迄今为止，峰会的主要议题是美国总统唐纳德·特朗普的要求。
特朗普周三敦促北约盟国将其年度产出(GDP)的4%用于军费开支。
Nato leaders plan to turn their attention to the conflict in Afghanistan, on the second day of a summit so far dominated by demands from President Donald Trump.

Trump on Wednesday urged Nato allies to commit 4% of their annual output (GDP) to military spending.
Nato leaders are hoping for a more conciliatory tone on Thursday before Trump leaves for the UK.
But in a late-night tweet from Brussels, the US president reiterated his criticism.
"Billions of additional dollars are being spent by NATO countries since my visit last year, at my request, but it isn't nearly enough," he declared.
He earlier accused Germany of being held prisoner to imported energy Russian energy, claiming it is "totally controlled" by Moscow.
EU figures suggest Russia is responsible for between 50% and 75% of Germany's gas imports, but gas makes up less than 20% of Germany's energy mix for power production.
What's the plan for Afghanistan?
Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani will be present for the second day of talks, and Nato's Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg hopes the bloc will agree to fund Afghan security forces until 2024.
Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May has already confirmed that the UK will send 440 more troops to serve in non-combat roles in Afghanistan.
The US also committed an extra 3,000 troops to support Afghan forces in September 2017 - bringing its total to 15,000.
US officials have said Washington is planning a strategic review, a year after Trump agreed to remain involved in the 17-year conflict.
What else is on the agenda?
Nato leaders will discuss the alliance's ties with Georgia and Ukraine. Both countries want to join Nato, but their bids are not expected to make progress.
That is because Russia has engaged in territorial incursions into both states, and Nato rules prevent countries with a land conflict from joining.
By contrast, a ceremony will be held for Macedonia after it was invited to begin accession talks on Wednesday.
Where does Trump go next?
When the Brussels summit winds up, Trump will arrive in the UK on Thursday for a two-day working visit.
Trump is the 12th sitting US president to make such a trip, and will spend time with the Queen and prime minister before flying to Scotland to spend the weekend at his golf resort.
Thousands of people are expected to protest against his visit across the UK.
Trump is due to hold his first summit with Vladimir Putin, in Helsinki, on 16 July.
He shocked some by quipping that the Nato gathering might prove tougher than next Monday's summit with Putin.
北约领导人希望在特朗普周四前往英国之前能有更温和的语调。

但在布鲁塞尔的一条深夜推文中，美国总统重申了他的批评。

他宣称:“自我去年访问北约以来，应我的要求，北约国家增加了数十亿美元的支出，但这远远不够。”

他早些时候指责德国进口俄罗斯能源，称俄罗斯能源“完全受控”。

欧盟数据显示，俄罗斯占德国天然气进口的50%至75%，但天然气在德国发电能源结构中所占比例不到20%。

阿富汗的计划是什么?

阿富汗总统阿什拉夫·加尼(Ashraf Ghani)将出席第二天的会谈，北约秘书长延斯·斯托尔滕贝格(Jens Stoltenberg)希望，北约将同意向阿富汗安全部队提供资金，直到2024年。

英国首相特蕾莎·梅已经证实，英国将向阿富汗增派440名非战斗部队。

美国还承诺在2017年9月增派3000名士兵支持阿富汗军队，使其总数达到1.5万人。

美国官员表示，在特朗普同意继续卷入长达17年的冲突一年后，华盛顿正计划进行战略评估。

议程上还有什么?

北约领导人将讨论北约与格鲁吉亚和乌克兰的关系。两国都希望加入北约，但预计他们的努力不会取得进展。

这是因为俄罗斯对这两个国家都进行了领土入侵，而北约(Nato)规则禁止有陆地冲突的国家加入北约。

相比之下，马其顿将在周三被邀请开始入盟谈判后举行仪式。

特朗普接下来会去哪里?

布鲁塞尔峰会结束后，特朗普将于周四抵达英国进行为期两天的工作访问。

特朗普是第12位进行此类访问的在任美国总统，他将与女王和首相共度时光，然后飞往苏格兰，在他的高尔夫度假村度周末。

预计英国各地将有数千人抗议他的访问。

特朗普将于7月16日在赫尔辛基与普京举行首次峰会。

他打趣说，北约会议可能会比下周一与普京的峰会更艰难，这让一些人感到震惊。
二、 一杯牛奶
　　One day, a poor boy who was trying to pay his way through school by selling goods door to door found that he only had one dime left. He was hungry so he decided to beg for a meal at the next house.
　　However, he lost his nerve when a lovely young woman opened the door. Instead of a meal he asked for a drink of water. She thought he looked hungry so she brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it slowly, and then asked, “How much do I owe you?”
　　“You don’t owe me anything,” she replied. “Mother has taught me never to accept pay for a kindness.” He said, “Then I thank you from the bottom of my heart.” As Howard Kelly left that house, he not only felt stronger physically, but it also increased his faith in God and the human race. He was about to give up and quit before this point.
　　Years later the young woman became critically ill. The local doctors were baffled. They finally sent her to the big city, where specialists can be called in to study her rare disease. Dr. Howard Kelly, now famous was called in for the consultation. When he heard the name of the town she came from, a strange light filled his eyes. Immediately, he rose and went down through the hospital hall into her room.
　　Dressed in his doctor’s gown he went in to see her. He recognized her at once. He went back to the consultation room and determined to do his best to save her life. From that day on, he gave special attention to her case.
　　After a long struggle, the battle was won. Dr. Kelly requested the business office to pass the final bill to him for approval. He looked at it and then wrote something on the side. The bill was sent to her room. She was afraid to open it because she was positive that it would take the rest of her life to pay it off. Finally she looked, and the note on the side of the bill caught her attention. She read these words
　　“Paid in full with a glass of milk.”
　　(Signed) Dr. Howard Kelly
　　Tears of joy flooded her eyes as she prayed silently: “Thank You, God. Your love has spread through human hearts and hands.”
　　一天，一个贫穷的小男孩为了攒够学费正挨家挨户地推销商品。饥寒交迫的他摸遍全身，却只有一角钱。于是他决定向下一户人家讨口饭吃。
　　然而，当一位美丽的年轻女子打开房门的时候，这个小男孩却有点不知所措了。他没有要饭，只乞求给他一口水喝。这位女子看到他饥饿的样子，就倒了一大杯牛奶给他。男孩慢慢地喝完牛奶，问道：“我应该付多少钱?”
　　年轻女子微笑着回答：“一分钱也不用付。我妈妈教导我，施以爱心，不图回报。”男孩说：“那么，就请接受我由衷的感谢吧!”说完，霍华德•凯利就离开了这户人家。此时的他不仅自己浑身是劲儿，而且更加相信上帝和整个人类。本来，他都打算放弃了。
　　数年之后，那位女子得了一种罕见的重病，当地医生对此束手无策。最后，她被转到大城市医治，由专家会诊治疗。大名鼎鼎的霍华德•凯利医生也参加了医疗方案的制定。当他听到病人来自的那个城镇的名字时，一个奇怪的念头霎时间闪过他的脑际。他马上起身直奔她的病房。
　　身穿手术服的凯利医生来到病房，一眼就认出了恩人。回到会诊室后，他决心一定要竭尽所能来治好她的病。从那天起，他就特别关照这个对自己有恩的病人。
　　经过艰苦的努力，手术成功了。凯利医生要求把医药费通知单送到他那里，他看了一下，便在通知单的旁边签了字。当医药费通知单送到她的病房时，她不敢看。因为她确信，治病的费用将会花费她整个余生来偿还。最后，她还是鼓起勇气，翻开了医药费通知单，旁边的那行小字引起了她的注意，她不禁轻声读了出来：
　　“医药费已付：一杯牛奶。”
　　(签名)霍华德•凯利医生
　　喜悦的泪水溢出了她的眼睛，她默默地祈祷着：“谢谢你，上帝，你的爱已通过人类的心灵和双手传播了。”
三、 矶鹞带来欢乐
　　She was six years old when I first met her on the beach near where I live. I drive to this beach, a distance of three or four miles, whenever the world begins to close in on me. She was building a sandcastle or something and looked up, her eyes as blue as the sea.
　　“Hello,” she said. I answered with a nod, not really in the mood to bother with a small child. “I’m building,” she said.
　　“I see that. What is it?” I asked, not really caring.
　　“Oh, I don’t know, I just like the feel of sand.”
　　That sounds good, I thought, and slipped off my shoes. A sandpiper glided by. “That’s a joy,” the child said.
　　“It’s a what?” I asked.
　　“It’s a joy. My mama says sandpipers come to bring us joy.” The bird went gliding down the beach.
　　“Good-bye joy,” I muttered to myself, “hello pain,” and turned to walk on. I was depressed; my life seemed completely out of balance.
　　“What’s your name?” She wouldn’t give up.
　　“Robert,” I answered. “I’m Robert Peterson.”
　　“Mine’s Wendy I’m six.”
　　“Hi, Windy.” She giggled. “You’re funny,” she said. In spite of my gloom I laughed too and walked on. Her musical giggle followed me.
　　“Come again, Mr. P,” she called. “We’ll have another happy day.”
　　The days and weeks that followed belonged to others: a group of unruly Boy Scouts, PTA meetings, and an ailing mother.
　　The sun was shining one morning as I took my hands out of the dishwater. “I need a sandpiper,” I said to myself, gathering up my coat.
　　The ever-changing balm of the seashore awaited me. The breeze was chilly, but I strode along, trying to recapture the serenity I needed. I had forgotten the child and was startled when she appeared.
　　“Hello, Mr. P,” she said. “Do you want to play?”
　　“What did you have in mind?” I asked, with a twinge of annoyance.
　　“I don’t know, you say.”
　　“How about charades?” I asked sarcastically.
　　The tinkling laughter burst forth again. “I don’t know what that is.”
　　“Then let’s just walk.” Looking at her, I noticed the delicate fairness of her face. “Where do you live?” I asked.
　　“Over there.” She pointed toward a row of summer cottages. Strange, I thought, in winter.
　　“Where do you go to school?”
　　“I don’t go to school. Mommy says we’re on vacation.” She chattered little girl talk as we strolled up the beach, but my mind was on other things. When I left for home, Wendy said it had been a happy day. Feeling surprisingly better, I smiled at her and agreed.
　　Three weeks later, I rushed to my beach in a state of near panic. I was in no mood to even greet Wendy. I thought I saw her mother on the porch and felt like demanding she keep her child at home.
　　“Look, if you don’t mind,” I said crossly when Wendy caught up with me, “I’d rather be alone today.” She seemed unusually pale and out of breath.
　　“Why?” she asked.
　　I turned to her and shouted, “Because my mother died!” and thought, “My God, why was I saying this to a little child?”
　　“Oh,” she said quietly, “then this is a bad day.”
　　“Yes,” I said, “and yesterday and the day before and — oh, go away!”
　　“Did it hurt? “ she inquired.
　　“Did what hurt?” I was exasperated with her, with myself.
　　“When she died?”
　　“Of course it hurt!” I snapped, misunderstanding, wrapped up in myself. I strode off.
　　A month or so after that, when I next went to the beach, she wasn’t there. Feeling guilty, ashamed and admitting to myself I missed her, I went up to the cottage after my walk and knocked at the door. A drawn looking young woman with honey-colored hair opened the door.
　　“Hello,” I said. “I’m Robert Peterson. I missed your little girl today and wondered where she was.”
　　“Oh yes, Mr. Peterson, please come in. Wendy spoke of you so much. I’m afraid I allowed her to bother you. If she was a nuisance, please, accept my apologies.”
　　“Not at all — she’s a delightful child,” I said, suddenly realizing that I meant what I had just said. “Where is she?”
　　“Wendy died last week, Mr. Peterson. She had leukemia. Maybe she didn’t tell you.” Struck dumb, I groped for a chair. I had to catch my breath.
　　“She loved this beach; so when she asked to come, we couldn’t say no. She seemed so much better here and had a lot of what she called happy days. But the last few weeks, she declined rapidly” Her voice faltered.
　　“She left something for you if only I could find it. Could you wait a moment while I look?”
　　I nodded stupidly, my mind racing for something, to say to this lovely young woman. She handed me a smeared envelope, with “MR. P” printed in bold childish letters. Inside was a drawing in bright crayon hues — a yellow beach, a blue sea, and a brown bird. Underneath was carefully printed:
　　A SANDPIPER TO BRING YOU JOY
　　Tears welled up in my eyes and a heart that had almost forgotten to love opened wide. I took Wendy’s mother in my arms. “I’m so sorry, I’m so sorry, I’m so sorry,” I muttered over and over, and we wept together.
　　The precious little picture is framed now and hangs in my study. Six words — one for each year of her life — that speak to me of harmony, courage, and undemanding love. A gift from a child with sea-blue eyes and hair the color of sand — who taught me the gift of love.
　　我第一次和她在那个海滩上相遇时，她整六岁。这个海滩离我的住处约有三、四英里。每当我心情压抑，感到烦恼时，就驱车上那儿去。当时她正在用沙子堆积一个城堡似的东西。看到我来，她抬起头来望着我，那双眼睛像大海般深邃、湛蓝。
　　“您好!”她说。我点了点头作为回答，说实在的，我没有心思跟一个小女孩费神。“我在盖房子呢!”她又说。
　　“我看见了。这盖的是什么房子呢?”我心不在焉地问道。
　　“噢，我不知道，我就是喜欢摸沙子的感觉。”
　　这倒有意思，我边想边脱掉鞋子。蓦地，一只矶鹞从一旁滑翔而过。孩子见了说：“那是欢乐。”
　　“是什么?”
　　“是欢乐，矶鹞能给人们带来欢乐，妈妈说的。” 那只矶鹞顺着海滨飞走了。
　　“再见了，快乐，”我自言自语道，“痛苦来临了。”并转身走开。我很沮丧，因为我现在的生活一团糟。
　　“您叫什么名字啊?”她还不罢休。
　　“罗伯特，”我回答，“我叫罗伯特·彼得森。”
　　“我叫温迪，”──听上去却像Windy(风的意思)。“我六岁了。”
　　“你好，大风，”我叫道。“您真逗!”她咯咯地笑了。尽管心绪不佳，我也不由得笑了起来，一边往前走着。她那清脆悦耳的笑声依然追随着我。
　　“您下次再来，彼先生。咱们再快乐地玩一天!”她喊着。
　　那以后的好几个星期，我忙得不可开交，没有一点闲暇：负责一群调皮捣蛋的童子军，参加家长教师联谊会;还要照顾生病的母亲。
　　一个阳光明媚的上午，我洗完碗碟，心想：“我需要一只矶鹞。”于是穿上外套向海滩走去。
　　海岸不断变化的芳香依然在等着我。微风有点刺骨，但是我依然大步走着，我多么渴望能重新处于安静宁谧之中啊!我早已忘掉了那个孩子，所以当她出现在我面前时，不免吃了一惊。
　　“您好，彼先生!”她说。“你想玩吗?”
　　“你想玩什么?”带着一丝厌烦，我反问她。
　　“我不知道，您说吧。”
　　“猜字谜怎么样?”我挖苦地问。
　　“我不知道那是什么，”她说着，又发出一阵银铃般的笑声。
　　“那么，咱们一块儿走走吧。”我望着她，看到了娇嫩而皙白的脸色。“你住在哪儿?”我问她。
　　“那边!”她用小手指着远处一排夏季避暑的小别墅。我感到纳闷。现在是冬天啊。
　　“你在哪儿上学呢?”
　　“我不上学，妈妈说我们在度假。”我们漫步走上海滩，她一路上叽叽喳喳地说着小姑娘们的话。 可是，我却心事重重。当我要回家时，温迪说这是快乐的一天。奇怪的是，我的心情也感到舒坦多了。于是，我同意的报以一笑。
　　三星期后的一天，我神思恍惚，几乎是疯狂似地冲向我的海滩。我根本不想理睬温迪。
四、 不是所有的争吵都是坏事
　　In July 1915, Henry and his eight-year-old daughter, Pearl, were excited for the company outing the next day.
　　1915年的7月，亨利和他八岁的女儿因次日公司安排的出游激动不已。
　　That evening, Henry had a violent argument with his landlord, ending with the landlord spitting on a painting of the Virgin Mary.
　　当晚，亨利与房东发生激烈争吵，以房东朝着圣母玛利亚的画像吐口水收尾。
　　Henry was so upset, he fell ill and canceled their trip.
　　亨利很难过，因此病了，也取消了次日的出行。
　　He and Pearl missed the cruise on the SS Eastland, which sank with over 800 people on board—but not my future grandfather and mother.
　　尽管他和女儿想乘坐SS Eastland游轮出行。(然而没想到)那艘客轮倾覆，800多人罹难，还好其中不包括之后出生的祖父和母亲。
　　Thanks to that miracle argument 100 years ago, 22 descendants are alive today.
　　感谢100年前仿佛有预知般的神奇争吵，22名子孙得以存活至今。
五、 　刺猬与狐狸的哲理
　　There are two types of people in this world. The first type is like foxes. The other type is like hedgehogs.
　　这个世界上有两种人，一种是刺猬，另一种是狐狸。
　　A fox knows many trivial things. And they can do a lot of stuff.
　　狐狸知道很多小事，也会很多东西。
　　They are not among the top experts of any fields. But they know some things in almost every field.
　　他们虽然在所有的领域都不是最顶尖的专家，但他们对很多领域都略通一二。
　　They understand how complicated the world is and they integrate themselves with this complicated system deeply.
　　他们理解世界的复杂性，并且将自己与这个复杂的系统深度结合。
　　They often jump from one field into another and bring there some sparks of innovation.
　　他们经常在各个领域之间跳来跳去，往往会带来创新的火花。
　　On the other hand, a hedgehog knows only one important thing.
　　而刺猬，只知道一件大事。
　　They tend to induct every complicated thing they encounter into the only system that they understand.
　　他们愿意把任何复杂的东西都往自己知道的这件大事上归纳。
　　Because of this, they are usually only involved in a limited number of fields. But they usually know these fields very well.
　　也正因为如此，他们所涉及的领域往往很单一，但却能在这个领域钻研到深处。
　　This is just like the hedgehogs in the nature. No matter what situation they come to meet, the only solution they choose will be curling up into a ball.
　　这就像自然界中的刺猬一样，遇到一切情况时，它都只有一个解决方案：蜷缩成球。
　　This is not a clever choice but it really works in front of most dangers.
　　这个方法很笨，但在面对绝大多数危险的时候真的很管用。
　　So, which one are you?
　　你是哪一种呢?
　　Are you a fox? Or are you a hedgehog?
　　你是狐狸?还是刺猬?
六、 　　:总有一些回忆，你无法舍弃
　　I cleaned out Dad’s closet yesterday.
　　我昨天清理了爸爸的衣橱。
　　There were two things I couldn’t box up: his work shirts and his two pairs of Red Wing boots.
　　有两样东西我没有办法打包：他的工作T-恤和两双红翼牌的靴子。
　　He couldn’t remember birthdays or anniversaries, but he remembered the date on which he’d bought his first pair.
　　他不记得第一双靴子是在生日还是纪念日的时候买的，但是却记得买鞋的具体日期。
　　I remember it too—April 16, the day after Tax Day.
　　我也记得是4月16日，缴税日的后一天。
　　What does a child do with her dad’s favorite boots?
　　一个孩子要怎么处理爸爸最喜欢的靴子呢?
　　I think I will make a planter out of them or use them to store something valuable.
　　我想用它们做一个培植器皿或者藏些值钱的玩意。
　　You can’t throw away a man’s favorite boots.
　　你不能把一个男人最喜欢的靴子扔了。
　　You’ve got to keep them and pass them down.
你要留着它们然后传下去。
七、 短句篇
（一） 哲理句
1. Life is Short. Whether we live 20 years or 100, our lives pass quickly. All the more reason to spend our life doing what we love. Since we never know how much time we have left, we should live each day as if it is our last—for it just may be.
　　人生短暂。不管我们活到20岁还是100岁，我们的人生都过得很快。所以我们更加要在有生之年做自己热爱的事情。既然我们还剩多少时日都是未知的，我们应该把每一天当成自己的最后一天来过——况且很有这个可能。
　　2. We Are Responsible for Our Life. And nobody else. Although all success requires the assistance and cooperation of others, our success can never be left to anyone else. Luck is not a strategy.
　　我们要对我们的人生负责。这不是别人的责任。尽管所有的成功都需要别人的帮助与合作，但我们的成功不能依赖别人来替我们取得。等待好运降临并非上策。
　　3. You Can't Learn Less. We can only add to our knowledge. We don't have to give some of it up in exchange for new knowledge. Our ability to absorb and retain knowledge may just be unlimited.
　　知识只会越学越多。我们只会增加我们的知识。我们不用放弃一些知识来交换新的知识。我们吸收和掌握知识的能力很可能是无限的。
　　4. Clarity Leads to Power. When we're clear, we're more effective. Our clarity reduces our mistakes and enables us to enlist the help of others. We are more powerful when we are clear, and we are weaker when we are confused.
　　思路清晰能够产生能量。当我们思路清晰时，我们的效率会更高。清晰的思维能够减少我们的错误，并争取到别人的帮助。当我们思路清晰时，我们就更加强大;当我们烦恼困惑时，我们则变得弱小。
　　5. What You Sow, You Reap. This is also called The Law of the Farm or The Law of Reciprocity. In order to continue to receive, we must give.
　　种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。这叫农场定律，也叫回报定律。如果你想继续获得，你就要学会付出。

　　6. You Can't Un-ring a Bell. No one can change what's already happened. Whatever is done is done. It's up to us whether we use the experience to learn or allow ourselves to be run by the experience.
　　覆水难收。事情既已发生，谁也无法改变。木已成舟，夫复奈何?我们是从事情中吸取教训，还是一直为其所困，这些都取决于我们自己。
　　7. It Takes a Long Time to Build a Good Reputation and Only a Short While to Ruin It. Trust and credibility is built slowly but can be lost almost instantly.
　　信誉建难毁易。信任和声誉是慢慢建立起来的，但却能毁于一旦。
　　8. If You Don't Believe in Yourself, No One Else Will. People don't respect or follow anyone who doesn't have confidence in themselves. I think the Universe tends to trust us to the degree we trust ourselves.
　　如果你不相信自己，没有人会相信你。人们是不会尊重或者追随那些没有自信的人的。我认为，你有多自信，世界就有多相信你。
　　9. It Doesn't Take Guts to Quit. Anyone can quit. And most people do—on their dreams and on themselves.
　　放弃并不需要勇气。每个都可以放弃。而且大部分也在这么做——放弃梦想和放弃自我。
　　10. We Can Accomplish Anything We Want, Just Not EVERYTHING We Want. It's too big a world. There are too many options, too many things and only a certain amount of time.
　　我们能够完成任何我们想做的事情，但不是所有的事情。世界这么大，有太多的选择，太多的事情，而我们只有有限的时间。
（二） 《傲慢与偏见》金句
《傲慢与偏见》金句赏析
　　1.Where there is a real superiority of mind, pride will be always under good regulation.
　　如果智慧真的高人一等，傲慢也就不会太过分。
　　2. it is sometimes a disadvantage to be so very guarded.If a woman conceals her affection with the same skill from the object of it, she may lose the opportunity of fixing him.
　　将感情埋藏得太深有时是件坏事。如果一个女人掩饰了对自己所爱的男子的感情，她也许就失去了得到他的机会。
　　3.IT is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered as the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters.
　　凡是有钱的单身汉，总想娶位太太，这已经成了一条举世公认的真理。这样的单身汉，每逢新搬到一个地方，四邻八舍虽然完全不了解他的性情如何，见解如何，可是，既然这样的一条真理早已在人们心目中根深蒂固，因此人们总是把他看作自己某一个女儿理所应得的一笔财产。
　　4.1.Some people even did not intend to do bad things, can in fact it can still do wrong, misery consequences. Every careless and don't see other people's well-intentioned, and the lack of a decisive person, all similar to harm them.
　　有些人即使没有存心做坏事，可事实上事情仍会做错，引起不幸的后果。凡是粗心大意、看不出别人的好心好意，而且缺乏果断的人，都一样能害人。
　　5.Pretend modesty often is nonsense, sometimes just is the beat around the bush boast
　　假装谦虚往往就是信口开河，有时候简直是拐弯抹角的自夸。
　　6.Married life is happiness, completely is a chance to question.
　　婚姻生活是否幸福，完全是个机会问题。
　　7.pair of lovers premarital understand each other well or character special similar, this does not mean that after their marriage can be happy. They are often get later distance farther and farther, each other troubles. Since you have with this person for life, to his faults know as little as possible.
　　一对爱人婚前彼此非常了解或性格特别相似，这并不能说明他们婚后会幸福。他们往往是弄到后来距离越来越远，彼此烦恼。你既然得和这个人过一辈子，对他的缺点知道得越少越好。
　　8.Only deep love will persuade me to marry.Which is why I'll end up an old maid.
　　只有真挚的爱才能让我结婚，这就是为什么我终将会成为一位老姑娘。
　　9.Not all of us can afford to be romantic.
　　并不是我们所有的人都会拥有浪漫。
　　10.You must know .Surely you must know it was all for you.
　　你必须知道，你一定要知道，这一切都是为了你所做的。
　　11.My affections and wishes have not changed.
　　我的心愿和情感依然如旧。
　　12.There are few people whom I really love, and even fewer of whom I think well.
　　我真心爱的人不多，看得起的人更少。
　　13.The more I see of the world, the more I am dissatisfied with it.
　　对这个世界看得越多，我就越不满。
　　14.In such cases as these, I believe the established mode is to express a sense of obligation. But I cannot.I have never desired your good opinion, and you have certainly bestowed it most unwillingly. I'm sorry to cause pain to anyone, but it was unconsciously done.
　　我相信碰上像这种情形，一般人都会表示感激，但我无法这么做。我从来不曾渴求你的看重，而你这么做是心不甘情不愿，我很遗憾造成别人的痛苦，但我完全是无心的，也希望很快会烟消云散。
　　15.A pair of lovers premarital understand each other well or character special similar, this does not mean that after their marriage can be happy. They are often get later distance farther and farther, each other troubles. Since you have with this person for life, to his faults know as little as possible.
　　一对爱人婚前彼此非常了解或性格特别相似，这并不能说明他们婚后会幸福。他们往往是弄到后来距离越来越远，彼此烦恼。你既然得和这个人过一辈子，对他的缺点知道得越少越好。
　　16.There is so much of gratitude or vanity in almost every attachment, that it is not safe. to leave any to itself. We can all begin freely---a slight preference is natural enough; but there are very few of us who have heart enough to be really in love without encouragement. In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better shew more affection than she feels. 男女恋爱大多含有感恩图报和爱慕虚荣的成分，因此听其自然是不保险的。开头可能丢很随便——略有点好感本是很自然地事情，但是很少有人能在没有受到对方鼓励的情况下，而敢于倾心相爱。十有八九，女人流露出来的情意，还有比心里感受的多一些。
　　17.Your mother insists upon you marrying Mr Collins.From this day onward, you must be a stranger to one of your parents.Your mother will never see you again if you do not marry Mr Collins, and I will never see you again if you do.
　　你妈妈要你嫁给柯林斯先生。从今天起，不是你父亲就是你母亲不认你。若你不嫁给柯林斯先生，你妈妈再也不见你了。若你嫁给他，我就再也不见你了。
　　18.He is not vicious, and as far as fortune goes, it's an eligible match.
　　他不是坏人，就财产而言，他也是适合的对象，是很适合。
　　19. In declaring myself thus I'm aware that I will be going expressly against the wishes of my family,my friends, and, I hardly need add, my own better judgement. The relative situation of our families makes any alliance between us a reprehensible connection. As a rational man I cannot but regard it as such myself, but it cannot be helped. Almost from the earliest moments, I have come to feel for you...a passionate admiration and regard. Which despite my struggles, has overcome every rational objection. I beg you, most fervently, to relieve my suffering and consent to be my wife.
　　不用说也违背我的理智，我们两家地位悬殊，结亲一定会被严厉谴责，我的理智也无法不这么想，但我没有办法，从我们刚认识开始，我就对你产生了……一份热切的爱幕和感情，尽管不断挣扎，我的理性还是被打败了。我必须热切地恳求你，解除我的痛苦，答应嫁给我。
　　20.I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look, or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun.
　　我也说不准究竟是在什么时间，什么地点，看见了你什么样的风姿，听到了你什么样的谈吐，便使我开始爱上了你。那是好久以前的事。等我发觉我自己开始爱上你的时候，我已经走了一半路了。
　　21.For the liveliness of your mind, I did.
　　我爱你的脑子灵活。
　　22.My real purpose was to see you, and to judge, if I could, whether I might ever hope to make you love me.
　　我上这儿来的真正目的，就是为了看看你。如果可能的话，我还要想法子研究研究，是否有希望使你爱上我。
　　23.If you love Mr. Darcy half as well as I do my dear Wickham, you must be very happy. It is a great comfort to have you so rich, and when you have nothing else to do, I hope you will think of us.
　　要是你爱达西先生抵得上我爱韦翰的一半，那你一定会非常幸福了。你能这样富有，真叫人十分快慰;当你闲来无事的时候，希望你会想到我们。
　　24.By Elizabeth's instructions, she began to comprehend that a woman may take liberties with her husband which a brother will not always allow in a sister more than ten years younger than himself.
　　经过伊丽莎白的陶治，她开始懂得，妻子可以对丈夫放纵，做哥哥的却不能允许一个比自己小十岁的妹妹调皮。
　　25.Or, in other words, you are determined to have him.
　　换句话说，你已经打定主意，非嫁他不可啦。
　　26.None at all. We all know him to be a proud, unpleasant sort of man; but this would be nothing if you really liked him.
　　一点没有。我们都知道他是个傲慢而不易亲近的人;不过，只要你真正喜欢他，这也无关紧要。
　　27.I could not have parted with you, my Lizzy, to any one less worthy.
　　丽萃，我可不愿意让你嫁给一个够不上这种标准的人。
　　28.Are you lost to every feeling of propriety and delicacy?
　　难道你一点儿没有分寸，一点儿也不知廉耻吗?
　　29.Yes, and I had heard it before. But what is that to me?
　　我以前确实听到过。可是我管它做什么?
　　30.You will be censured, slighted, and despised, by every one connected with him. Your alliance will be a disgrace; your name will never even be mentioned by any of us.
　　凡是和他有关的人，都会斥责你，轻视你，厌恶你。你们的结合是一种耻辱;甚至我们连你的名字都不肯提起。
　　《呼啸山庄》金句赏析
　　1.If you also exist in this world, then this world, regardless of what, has to me is meaningful. But if you not, regardless of this world has how well, he in my eye is also only a wilderness. But I likely am a fox soul wild ghost.
　　如果你还在这个世界，那么这个世界无论什么样，对我都有是有意义的。但是如果你不在了，无论这个世界有多么好，在我眼里也只是一片荒漠。而我就像是一个狐魂野鬼。
　　2.You have lost me, Edward. And I've lost you.
　　你已经失去我了，爱德华。我也失去了您。
　　3.To see a world in a grain of sand. And a heaven in a wild flower. Hold infinity in the palm of your hand. And eternity in an hour.
　　从一粒沙子看到一个世界，从一朵野花看到一个天堂，把握在你手心里的就是无限，永恒也就消融于一个时辰。
　　4.Life is a chain of moments of enjoyment, not only about survival.
　　生活是一串串的快乐时光，我们不仅仅是为了生存而生存。
　　5.I love you not because of who you are, because of who I am when I am with you .
　　我爱你，不是因为你是一个怎样的人，而是因为我喜欢与你在一起时的感觉。
　　6.No man or woman is worth your tears, and the one who is, won`t make you cry.
　　没有人值得你流泪。值得你这么做的人，不会让你哭泣.
　　7.The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can`t have them.
　　失去某人，最糟糕的莫过于，他近在身旁，却犹如远在天边。
　　8.To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.
　　对于世界而言，你是一个人;但是对于某个人，你是他的整个世界。
　　9.Never frown, even when you are sad, because you never know who is falling in love with your smile.
　　纵然伤心，也不要愁眉不展，因为你不知道是谁会爱上你的笑容。
　　10.Don`t waste your time on a man/woman, who isn`t willing to waste their time on you.
　　不要为那些不愿在你身上花费时间的人而浪费你的时间.
　　11.Just because someone doesn`t love you the way you want them to, doesn`t mean they don`t love you with all they have.
　　爱你的人如果没有按你所希望的方式来爱你，那并不代表他们没有全心全意地爱你。
　　12.Don`t cry because it is over, smile because it happened.
　　不要因为结束而哭泣。微笑吧，为你的曾经拥有。
　　13.And forever has no end.
　　永永远远，永无止境。
　　14.Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible sun within us.
　　生命是一束纯净的火焰，我们依靠自己内心看不见的太阳而存在。
　　15.So he shall never know how I love him: and that, not because he's handsome. Nelly, but because he's more myself than I am.
　　他永远都不知道我爱他：我爱他，并不是因为他长得漂亮，而是因为他比我更像我自己。
　　16.It is for God to punish wicked people; we should learn to forgive.
　　惩罚恶人是上帝的事，我们应该学会饶恕。
　　17.Black, black, is the color of my wife's hair.
　　黑色，黑色，是我爱人头发的颜色。
　　18.The pride of the people to their own kind of sorrow and regret.
　　骄傲的人给自己种下的悲伤和遗憾。
　　19.Only loneliness is really belong to one's own.
　　只有孤独才是真正属于自己一个人的。
　　20.I give you my heart, you put it crumb throw back.
　　我把我的心给你，你却把它捏碎了扔回来。
　　21.When I forgot you, I forgot myself.
　　当我忘了你的时候，我也就忘了我自己。
　　22.Up! Don't let yourself degenerate into a abject reptile.
　　起来!别让自己退化成了一条下贱的爬虫。
　　23.I can forgive those who hurt me, and the people who hurt you? How can I forgive!
　　伤害我的人我可以原谅，而伤害你的人呢?我怎能原谅!
　　24.I let you take me the most willing to spoil to death, as long as you think.
　　我心甘情愿的听凭你把我作践到死，只要你觉得好玩。
　　25.You know I won't forget you as long as I live! When you are at rest, but I have to languish in the torments of hell. That was not enough for your infernal selfishness experience to meet?
　　你知道我只要活着就不会忘掉你!当你得到安息的时候，我却要在地狱的折磨里受煎熬，这还不够使你那狠毒的自私心得到满足吗?
　　26.Nothing can stop the burning passion, including death.
　　没有什么东西能阻挡燃烧的激情，包括死亡。
　　27.The whole world has become a terrible Memorial, everywhere to remind me that she was there, and I have lost her!
　　整个世界成了一个可怕的纪念馆，处处提醒我她存在过，而我却失去了她!
　　28.I give my heart to him, but he took it to death, then I put my broken heart throw back to me.
　　我把我的心掏给了他，他却接过来把它捏死，然后把我那破碎的心掷还给我。
　　29.Heaven is not my home, tears are broken, I want to return to the world.
　　天堂不是我的家园，流泪心碎后，我要重返人间。
　　30.Time will let the human fate, will also bring more happiness than sweet sorrow.
　　时间会让人听天由命，也会带来比快乐更甜美的忧伤。
（三） 《哈姆雷特》金句
　1.To be, or not to be- that is the question:
　　生存还是毁灭, 这是个问题：
　　2.There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
　　其实世事并无好坏，全看你们如何去想。
　　3.Let me be cruel, not unnatural; I will speak daggers to her, but use none.
　　我可残酷，但不可无良心;我可用语言的利剑来刺戳她，但决不用真刃。
　　4.Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.
　　聆听他人之意见，但保留自己之判断。
　　5.Brevity is the soul of wit.
　　简洁是智慧的灵魂，冗长是肤浅的藻饰。
　　6.Doubt thou the stars are fire. Doubt that the sun doth move. Doubt truth to be a liar. But never doubt my love.
　　即便你怀疑星星是火，哪怕你怀疑太阳无动，或许你担心真理会变，不要质疑我真的爱你。
　　7.More matter with less art.
　　多一些事实，少一些矫饰废话。
　　8.Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit. And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes.简扼乃机智之魂，而冗言即无用之外饰。
　　9.I could be bounded in a nutshell and count myself a king of infinite space.
　　即使被关在果壳之中,我仍是无限宇宙之王。
　　10.There is a method in one's madness.
　　虽是疯话，倒也有些道理。
　　11.决心不过是记忆的奴隶，它会根据你的记忆随意更改。
　　Purpose is but the slave to memory, of violent birth, but poor validity.
　　12. Words, words, words.
　　空话，空话，空话。
　　13.Frailty,the name is woman!
　　脆弱啊，你的名字是女人!
　　14.There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
　　世上本无所谓好和坏，思想使然。
　　15.This above all: to thine self be true.
　　最重要的是，你必须对自己忠实。
　　16.Where love is great, the littlest doubts are fear; where little fears grow great, great love grows there.
　　爱到极时，最小的忧虑变成恐惧，恐惧得厉害，那正是滋长的情意。
　　17.How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable seem to me all the uses of this world!
　　人世间的一切在我看来是多么可厌、陈腐、乏味而无聊!
　　18.Whether it is nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing end them?
　　默然忍受命运的暴虐的毒箭，或是挺身反抗人世的无涯的苦难，通过斗争把它们扫清，这两种行为，哪一种更高贵?
　　19.To die-to sleep- No more; and by a sleep to say we end the heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to it is a consummation Devoutly to be wished.
　　死了;睡着了;什么都完了;要是在这一种睡眠之中，我们心头的创痛，以及其他无数血肉之躯所不能避免的打击，都可以从此消失，那正是我们求之不得的结局。
　　20.To die, to sleep- To sleep-perchance to dream. Ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come. When we have shuffled off this mortal coil. Must give us pause: there's the respect. That makes calamity of so long life.
　　死了;睡着了;睡着了也许还会做梦;嗯，阻碍就在这儿：因为当我们摆脱了这一具朽腐的皮囊以后，在那死的睡眠里，究竟将要做些什么梦，那不能不使我们踌躇顾虑。人们甘心久困于患难之中，也就是为了这个缘故。
　　21.For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, the oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, the pangs of despised love, the law's delay, the insolence of office and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes, when he himself might his quietus make with a bare bodkin?
　　谁愿意忍受人世的鞭挞和讥嘲、压迫者的凌辱、傲慢者的冷眼、被轻蔑的爱情的惨痛、法律的迁延、官吏的横暴和费尽辛勤所换来的小人的鄙视，要是他只要用一柄小小的刀子，就可以清算他自己的一生?
　　22.And thus the native hue of resolution is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought, and enterprises of great pith and moment with this regard their currents turn awry, and lose the name of action.
　　这样，重重的顾虑使我们全变成了懦夫，决心的赤热的光彩，被审慎的思维盖上了一层灰色，伟大的事业在这一种考虑之下，也会逆流而退，失去了行动的意义。
　　23.That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation.
　　皮痛肉痛，那该是天大的好事。
　　24.For in that sleep of death what dreams may come when we have shuffled off this mortal coil,Must give us pause: there's the respect that makes calamity of so long life.
　　我们一旦摆脱了尘世的牵缠，在死的睡眠里还会做些什么梦，一想到就不能不踌躇。这一点顾虑正好使灾难变成了长期的折磨。
　　25.There’s a special providence in the fall of a sparrow.
　　一只麻雀的生死都是命运预先注定的。
　　26.The rest is silence.
　　余下的只有沉默。
　　27.There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
　　天地之间有许多事情，是你的睿智所无法想象的。
　　28.What a piece of work is man! how noble in reason! how infinite in faculty! in form and moving how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! in apprehension how like a god! the beauty of the world, the paragon of animals!
　　人类是一件多么了不得的杰作!多么高贵的理性!多么伟大的力量!多么优美的仪表!多么文雅的举动!在行为上多么像一个天使!在智慧上多么像一个天神!宇宙的精华!万物的灵长!
　　29.And it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.
　　正像有了白昼才有黑夜一样，对自己忠实，才不会对别人欺诈。
　　30.Doubt that the sun doth move, doubt truth to be a liar, but never doubt I love.
　　你可以疑心太阳会转移，你可以疑心真理是谎言，但是我的爱永远不会改边。

八、 爱情（一）
　　Amid the violence and political upheaval in Ukraine, a young female protester has told how she fell in love with a police officer after a stand-off in the capital Kiev.
　　在乌克兰的暴力和政乱中，一名年轻的女示威者说在首都基辅的一场对峙之后，她爱上了一名防暴警察。
　　Lidia Pankiv, 24, said she had been one of the protesters out on the streets campaigning against corruption and demanding a change the day she met police officer Andrei.
　　24岁的莉迪亚·潘基芙说那天她参与了反对腐败、要求改变的街头示威活动，然后见到了警察安德烈。
　　She said: 'We were up close to the police officers and I got a call from a friend, the officers were only just in front of us and she was asking me to help find a friend of hers that had been arrested.
　　她说：“我们离警察很近，我正好接到一个朋友的电话，当时警察就在我们面前，我朋友让我帮忙找她的一个已经被逮捕的朋友。”
　　'She wanted me to write something. I told her to call me, and I gave her the number she should call. I told her it twice as it was loud and there was shouting.'
　　“她想让我写些东西。我告诉她再打电话给我，我告诉她该打哪个号码。当时噪音非常大，人们大声叫嚷，所以我念了两遍电话号码。”
　　Instead of the call she was expecting, however, she got a text and it was not from a protester, it was from one of the police officers who had been standing in the police line opposite her.
　　不过，莉迪亚等到的不是朋友的再次来电，而是收到一条信息——这条信息不是来自示威者同仁发的——是站在她面前的其中一位防暴警察发给她的。
　　He said that when he had seen her standing there defenceless and putting herself between armed men and those that she was trying to protect, he had been smitten.
　　他说当他看到她站在那里，弱不禁风的样子却夹在全副武装的警察和那些她想保护的人们的中间时，他就对她一见钟情了。
　　The short message said: 'Despite all the commotion I remembered your phone number when you gave it to your friend. I don't even know your name.
　　这条短信的内容是：“尽管暴动还在进行着，但在你把电话号码念给你的朋友时，我记了下来。我甚至不知道你叫什么名字。”
　　'I was standing in the night with a shield in front of you. When you stopped us from advancing, I realised that I want to marry you. Andrei.'
　　“那时我正拿着一个盾牌站在你的面前。当你阻止我们前进时，我意识到了我想要和你结婚。安德烈。”
　　The first meeting was in front of the barricades on Maidan square, where surrounded by the wreckage of the battles they had their first date.
　　他们第一次见面是在麦丹广场的路障前，那里因为当时暴动而一片狼籍。
　　She said: 'I was really surprised that the message and don't know why I agreed to meet him, I thought perhaps it might be possible to convince him that the side he was on was wrong and I certainly didn't expect to find myself falling in love with him. But when I saw him when I started to speak to him - that is what happened.'
　　她说：“我看到这条短信真是非常吃惊，我不知道为什么会答应和他见面，我可能觉得这或许是个好机会来说服他支持的那方是错误的，我压根儿也不认为我会爱上他。但是当我看见他、当我开始和他说话时——感情就发生了。”
　　The young woman's story was first reported in December but was not excessively covered by local media which was still under the control of the government and where the policeman was in danger were his name to be made public.
　　在12月份，莉迪亚的故事首次被报道出来，但是并没有受到当地媒体的足够重视，因为媒体还处于政府的控制之下，而万一公开了这位警察先生的名字，他就会有危险。
　　2.
　　This Valentines Day, many romantics found dates through 2RedBeans, an online dating service focused on matching Chinese - Americans.
　　今年的情人节，许多浪漫主义者通过“两颗红豆”成功约会。“两颗红豆”是专为美籍华人寻找另一半的交友网站。
　　"I met her 6 months ago through 2RedBeans and I felt a growing chemistry throughout our conversations," says Li, a Chinese-American who works for a high-tech company in Silicon Valley and declines to give his first time. "I was already in love with her before I even set eyes on her."
　　“6个月前，我通过‘两颗红豆’认识了她，交流后便对她产生了好感。”李先生说。只愿意透露姓氏的李先生在硅谷的一家高科技公司工作。“没见到她之前，我便爱上她了。”
　　"I was skeptical at first about using a dating website to find love," he says, adding that he had no prior experience with online dating. "I'm so glad I gave it a try."
　　“开始时我对网上寻爱也有所怀疑。”他说。他还补充道，他对网上约会没有经验。“我很开心自己做了尝试。”
　　Now, they have officially been a couple for three months, and Li said he is confident about his new relationship.
　　现在他们已经结婚3个月了。李先生说他对这段婚姻很有信心。
　　More and more people are finding love online. Even Zhao Qinghua, the founder of 2RedBeans, met her future husband on the website she established to help Chinese-American singles find love.
　　越来越多的人在网上寻爱。“两颗红豆”的创办人赵清华也是在她自己创建的网站上遇见她未来丈夫的。这个网站旨在帮助单身美籍华人寻找真爱。
　　Zhao, who has a PhD in electrical engineering from the University of California-San Diego, started her entrepreneurial endeavor after working at Broadcom as a software engineer.
　　赵清华在加利福尼亚圣地亚哥分校获得电气工程博士学位，毕业后在美国博通公司做一名软件工程师。
　　"Like many entrepreneurs, I started 2RedBeans with my friends to solve our own problems, finding dates that could lead to a life partner," Zhao says.
　　“与许多企业家一样，我和朋友创建了‘两颗红豆’帮助解决我们的个人问题，与可能结婚的人约会。”赵清华说。
　　Zhao said it was difficult to meet other people with similar cultural backgrounds and values.
　　赵清华说，想要遇见拥有相似文化背景和价值观的人很困难。
　　"Since popular US dating sites like Match.com and eHarmony are not focused on matching Chinese-Americans, it is often hard for us to find people who have the same cultural values," she says.
　　“美国流行约会网站如Match.com和eHarmony并不关注美籍华人。对我们来说找到拥有相同文化价值观的人实属不易。”她说。
　　In contrast, 2RedBeans' matching algorithm focused on characteristics that are more relevant to the Chinese, such as arrival date in the US and zodiac signs.
　　相对而言，“两颗红豆”的配对法专注于中国人关注的特性，如抵美时间和属相。
　　Zhao and her team also decided to make the site very interactive to encourage people to communicate with each other early on.
　　赵清华和她的团队还决定采纳网站互动模式，鼓励人们彼此交流。
　　"Chinese by nature are very shy, which decreases their opportunities to meet other people," she explains. "We try our best to increase the interaction and in turn to increase their chances of finding someone."
　　“中国人天性比较害羞，这就降低了他们与其他人相遇的机会。”她解释道，“我们尽力增加交流，这样会提高他们找到另一半的机率。”
　　Over the past three years, the website has hosted more than 200 offline dating activities across North America. On Valentine's Day, it held singles parties in cities including Washington DC, New York, Boston, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Vancouver.
　　在过去的三年，网站在北美举办了200多场线下约会活动。在情人节当天，网站还在华盛顿、纽约、波士顿、旧金山、洛杉矶和温哥华等城市举办了单身派对。
　　A partner with China's popular dating show If You Are The One, the dating website assisted on the 2012 North American special episode. 2RedBeans is now the co-organizer of the 2014 US edition of One Out of a Hundred, another popular Chinese matchmaking show hosted by Shanghai Dragon TV.
　　网站还与中国流行约会节目《非诚勿扰》合作，协助举办2012北美专场。“两颗红豆”现在是2014年美版《百里挑一》的合作商，《百里挑一》是上海东方卫视举办的一个流行相亲节目。
　　"The US edition of the show One Out of a Hundred is intended not just to be a dating show, but also a window for people in China to have a peek into the lives of people in the US, their value systems, their criteria for a mate, and their lifestyle," Zhao explains.
　　“美版《百里挑一》不仅是一个相亲节目，同时还是中国人了解美国人生活的窗户，看看他们的价值体系，他们对另一半的标准还有他们的生活方式。”赵清华解释道。
　　"In only 10 days, we've already had more than 290 applicants to the show, including actresses, engineers, professors, real estate agents, many amazing singles," she adds.
　　“10天内就有290多位报名者，包括演员、工程师、教授和房地产商，众多优秀的单身者。”
　　As the largest Chinese dating site in North America, 2RedBeans has more than 200,000 registered users. Zhao expects 2RedBeans will grow and saturate the US and Canadian market in 2014, adding it will then be expanding to other countries where there are many Chinese immigrants.
　　作为北美最大的中国约会网站，“两颗红豆”有超过20万的注册用户。赵清华希望“两颗红豆”网站在2014年可以扩展进入美国和加拿大市场，然后慢慢扩展到其它拥有众多华人移民的国家。
　　"We are pushing out our mobile apps so that singles can get access to other singles on the go. We are also working on something that can bring singles offline to meet each other quickly," she says.
　　“我们正在推出自己的手机应用程序，这样单身者在忙碌中也可以与其他单身者交流。我们也在努力工作，让单身者下线时也可以快速见面。”她说。
　　As for the total number of 2RedBeans matches that lead to marriage, Zhao said the conservative estimate is at least one couple per day. "For matches that become girlfriend or boyfriend, I'd imagine that's a much larger number," she adds.
　　赵清华说，通过“两颗红豆”喜结连理的夫妇总数量据保守估计每天至少一对。“成为男女朋友的要多得多。”她补充说。
　　Jin, a 38-year-old Chinese American who lives in Fremont, California and declined to give his first name, started a relationship two months ago through 2RedBeans.
　　38岁的美籍华人金住在加利福尼亚菲蒙市，他只愿意透露自己的姓氏。两个月前，他通过“两颗红豆”开始了一段新恋情。
　　After some general chitchat and the first date, Jin said things moved really quickly.
　　金说，我们就是随便聊天，然后有了第一次约会，事情进展的非常快。
　　"I have tried Match.com and eHarmony before. However, unlike 2RedBeans, I never had a serious offline date with someone," he says. "I feel US dating sites are more casual dating oriented.
　　“以前我也试过Match.com和eHarmony网站。但是，和‘两颗红豆’不同，我从没试过一次正式的线下约会。”他说，“我觉得美国的交友网站大都是休闲约会型的。”
　　"To me, or many Chinese-Americans, we start our experience with the purpose of marriage. 2RedBeans has narrowed the dating pool based on the same background and that made it much easier for me to find the right person."
“对我，或对众多的美籍华人来说，我们都是以结婚为目的。‘两颗红豆’为我们缩小了约会范围，大家拥有相同的背景，这让我更容易找到自己的另一半。”
3.
人节到了，今年你有约吗?交友软件的诞生堪称单身人士的福音，而也有人指出这是扼杀浪漫的行为。交友软件究竟是害是宝?一起来解读数字时代的爱情。
　　have you got a date for valentine’s day? if the answer is no, you may want to consider turning to dating apps for help. it’s super easy: all you need to do is upload an attractive photo of yourself and add a short but interesting self-introduction.
　　情人节你有约了吗?如果没有，那么你可以考虑向交友软件求助。而整个流程简单极了：你所需要做的只是上传一张个人靓照，加上一段有趣的个人简介。
　　dating apps are changing the courtship landscape, even if you have only a small circle of friends. have a crush on someone? just give them a “thumb-up” on their profile. if it’s not reciprocated, no big deal. you don’t really know each other, so you don’t need to feel embarrassed. besides, there are plenty of fish in the sea.
　　即便你的朋友圈很小也没关系，交友软件也可以扩大你的交友范围。如果对某人一见钟情?就给他/她点个赞吧!如果对方没有回应，也没什么大不了的。事实上你们素不相识，所以也不用觉得尴尬。更何况，天涯何处无芳草。
　　you probably won’t meet “the one” through dating apps, but at least getting yourself out this way will open opportunities to meet new people.
　　尽管在交友软件上，你可能无法找到真爱，但至少这种方式可以让你结交到新朋友。
　　some critics, however, say dating apps kill romance. because they can match people based on their location, many people use dating apps as hook-up tools. they’re not interested in a serious relationship, but rather are looking for a short fling or even just a one-night-stand.
　　然而，有人指责交友软件扼杀了浪漫。由于这些软件可以根据地理位置定位自动匹配用户，所以在很多人手中，它们变成了“钓人”工具。他们无意寻找一段认真的感情，而是希望及时行乐，甚至只是为了“一夜情”。
　　dan slater, writing for the atlantic, says dating apps are superficial and lazy. dating apps make people believe there is always someone better out there and therefore they find it hard to commit to a relationship. what’s more, browsing through user profiles is not unlike browsing through commodities at a store. if you find a certain commodity unsatisfactory, you can simply replace it with another.
　　丹?斯莱特在《大西洋月刊》上写道：交友软件是种肤浅的偷懒行为。它令人们相信总有更好的人选等着自己，以致于难以投入一段恋情。而且，查看用户资料与在商场中浏览商品并无不同。如果你对某件商品不够满意，你只需要“换货”就好了。
　　in contrast, jeffrey kluger, writing for time magazine’s website, says that although looking for romance on dating apps may seem like consuming products, our fundamental attitude toward love hasn’t changed that much.
　　而杰弗里?克鲁杰在《时代》杂志网站上表示，尽管在交友软件上寻找恋情看上去很像选购商品，但我们对于爱情的基本态度并未有太多改变。
　　the way people pursue romance is always changing, kluger says, from generation to generation and even year to year. western countries have seen many transformations in the last century alone. “there was feminism (women’s liberation) in the 1970s. there was the pill (contraception) in the 1960s and the back seat of the chevy (casual sex) in the 1950s,” kluger says.
　　克鲁杰表示，世世代代，年复一年，人们求爱的方式一直在改变。仅仅上个世纪，西方社会的求爱法则就发生了许多转变。“从上世纪70年代的女权解放运动，到上世纪60年代的口服避孕药，再到上世纪50年代的‘随意性行为’”。
　　technology changes rapidly, but human beings do not. admittedly, kluger writes, some dating apps turn the whole dating experience into a kind of game. but gamification has always been a big part of the mating mix. kluger writes: “arm wrestling in a bar gamifies which man’s fitness display will best catch the eye of a woman.”
　　尽管科技与日俱新，但人类自身却少有改变。克鲁杰写道，不可否认，一些交友软件将约会变成恋爱游戏。但一直以来游戏都是求偶的重头戏。克鲁杰表示：“酒吧中男士通过扳手腕展现体魄，以吸引女性的目光。”
　　shana lebowitz, as a dating app user, has a more intuitive view on dating apps. writing for us-based media website greatist.com, lebowitz points out that the impact of dating apps depends on the specific person using it. but for many people, they provide “a sense of hope and confidence that doesn’t come from going through old photos of you and your ex”.
　　作为一名交友软件的使用者，莎娜?莱波维兹对这类软件有着更为直观的看法。在为美国greatist.com网站撰写的文章中，莱波维兹指出，交友软件所带来的影响因人而异。但对很多人来说，它们令你心中“充满希望和自信，而这是翻阅你和前任的旧照所办不到的。”

九、 励志篇
（一）
Remember when you thought you’d have life all figured out by the age of 30?
　　But now here you are, officially a 30-something and yet your life is far from sorted. Well, don’t worry, you’re not alone.
　　For most of us, our 30s are a time of change and uncertainty. Perhaps things haven’t worked out quite how you would have liked so far. But the good news is, there’s still plenty time to shape the life you want and you’re sure to learn a lot along the way.
　　I turned 40 last month which means somehow I made it through my 30s in one piece. Now, I’m still no life expert but as I reflect on the last ten years, I’m amazed at how much I’ve learnt.
　　Here are some of the lessons you’ll learn during your 30s.
　　1. You’ll learn friendships change
　　Your friendships will change a lot during your 30s. As people pair up, have kids, move house or change jobs, your friendships inevitably alter.
　　You may discover friends you have known for years don’t make the effort to keep in touch anymore. Or perhaps you no longer have anything in common with friends you’ve had since childhood.
　　It’s difficult to accept but there may be people who simply aren’t meant to be in your friendship circle anymore. But new friendships will take their place and the good news is, the friends you have at the end of your 30s will probably be friends for life.
　　2. You’ll learn to make big decisions
　　When you enter your 30s, you realize those big decisions you’ve been putting off can’t wait forever.
　　During my 30s I moved house twice, set up a business and had a baby. All demanded huge decisions that I’d been able to avoid during my 20s.
　　Decisions about your career, family, finances and relationships – you’ll face them all during your 30s. And no matter how old you get, making decisions is tough but with every big decision, your life changes; usually for the better.
　　3. You’ll learn about heartache
　　Divorce, fertility issues, bereavement, these are all things many people in their 30s have to face, often for the first time. The thing is, the journey through life isn’t meant to be straightforward and you can only really appreciate the highs, when you’ve also experienced the lows.
　　As Winston Churchill said: “If you’re going through hell, keep going”.
　　4. You’ll learn what’s really important
　　As you get older, your priorities change. The things that were important to you in your 20s such as making money or owning the latest gadgets will now seem less important.
　　Your 30s is a time to redefine your priorities; whether that’s traveling more, achieving a better work/life balance, or starting a family.
　　5. You’ll learn about compromise
　　Life is full of compromises and during your 30s you may find you have to compromise on big things such as taking a pay cut to get the job you really want, or moving city to be with the person you love.
　　Of course, it’s equally important to know when not to compromise. If you want kids but your partner doesn’t, it’s probably impossible to find a compromise. Instead, you may have to make the difficult decision to walk away from the relationship to get the life you really want.
　　6. You’ll learn to look after your body
　　Alcohol, sugar, late nights; they all take their toll. In your 20s you can enjoy your vices without inflicting too much long-term damage. But in your 30s, all those bad choices suddenly have a huge impact.
　　When you look in the mirror and see wrinkles, grey hairs and saggy skin for the first time, it’s a shock. And while you can’t reverse the ageing process (at least not without lots of cash and a great cosmetic surgeon), you can slow down the effects of ageing by making smart choices.
　　Now is the time to nurture your body to keep you healthy throughout your 30s and beyond.
　　7. You’ll learn to invest in the future
　　“Live for today” is the mantra of most 20-somethings. And this is perfect when you’ve got plenty time ahead to iron out your mistakes. But as you enter your 30s, you’ll realize although enjoying the moment is still important, you also need to plan for the future.
　　By investing in your finances, your health and your relationships you’ll form good habits that will make your future healthier and happier.
　　8. You’ll learn life is short
　　In your 20s you had the luxury of knowing that your whole life was still ahead of you. Meanwhile in your 30s, the sensation that time is hurtling along just keeps getting stronger.
　　You’ll treasure every second more and only go for things you really like or really needed.
　　9. You’ll learn about regret
　　Did you want to be a millionaire by the time you were 30? Travel the world? Win an Oscar? Goals you had in your 20s may no longer seem achievable and although it’s hard to let go of your dreams, with the wisdom you’ve gained, you can create new ones.
　　10. You’ll learn about children
　　Whether you already have kids, want kids, or definitely don’t want kids; there’s no escaping the fact that during your 30s everyone seems to be talking about children.
　　When you have absolutely no interest in kids, all the conversations about diapers and nurseries can become tiresome. But seeing your friends settle down and have kids can clarify how you feel about starting your own family.
　　You may find your thoughts about children change when you hit your 30s. Plenty of people (including me) change from thinking “definitely not”, to “definitely maybe” as they realize it’s a decision that can’t be put off forever.
　　11. You’ll learn to develop your own style
　　Knowing how to dress in your 30s isn’t easy. You’re too mature to wear teenage fashions but not ready to dress like your parents. Take the opportunity to develop your own style. It’s refreshing not to have to be a slave to fashion anymore.
　　12. You’ll learn to socialize differently
　　If your 20s were all about all-night parties and being seen in the hippest clubs; you may learn your tastes change in your 30s. Personally, I’d rather go for coffee than cocktails and much prefer watching a film with friends to hitting the town.
　　Being in your 30s gives you the freedom to do the things you really want to do, not what you think you should be doing.
　　13. You’ll learn not to sweat the small stuff
　　Remember when you were worried about everything? What to wear, how to cut your hair, whether your colleagues thought you were a dork for staying in on Saturday night? Well, great news; in your 30s you’ll learn not to care about the little things.
　　It’s painful to realize how much time you wasted overthinking things but the worries that caused you sleepless nights in your 20s simply won’t matter anymore. And when you learn not to sweat the small stuff, you’ll have more energy to focus on more important things.
　　14. You’ll learn to manage your money
　　If you haven’t already got your finances in check, you’ll learn to during your 30s. No doubt you’ll make some mistakes along the way but you’ll quickly become an expert.
　　Whether you’re investing in business, property or parenthood; now is the time to focus on money matters and financial planning.
　　15. You’ll learn to value your family
　　During our late teens and 20s many people grow apart from their parents and siblings as they fly the nest and embrace freedom. But during our 30s, many rediscover the importance of family.
　　Having kids of your own can bring you closer to your parents. And as your friendships change, it’s comforting to have the stability of family relationships.
　　16. You’ll learn to stand up for yourself
　　Whether it’s asking for a pay rise, or standing up to bullies at work, once you’re in your 30s, you’ll learn how to be assertive when it counts. Confidence comes with age so don’t be afraid to ask for what you want; you just might get it.
　　17. You’ll learn to love yourself
　　Your 20s can be a difficult time when you’re constantly comparing yourself to others and worrying “am I good enough?”. Well, the good news is your insecurities lessen during your 30s.
　　You might not have life completely figured out yet but you’ll definitely care less about what others think and learn to love yourself a whole lot more.
还记得你曾经以为自己30岁的时候就能把人生搞清楚吗?

但现在你已经是30多岁的人了但你的生活还远未理清。别担心，你不是一个人。

对我们大多数人来说，30多岁是充满变化和不确定的时期。也许到目前为止事情并没有像你想的那样发展。但好消息是，你仍然有足够的时间来塑造你想要的生活，你肯定会在这个过程中学到很多。

我上个月刚满40岁，这意味着我不知怎么就完整地度过了30多岁。现在，我仍然不是生活专家，但当我回顾过去十年时，我惊讶于自己学到了这么多东西。

这里有一些你在30多岁的时候会学到的经验。

1. 你会发现友谊是会变的

在你30多岁的时候，你的友谊会发生很大的变化。当人们结成夫妻、生孩子、搬家或换工作时，你们的友谊不可避免地会发生变化。

你可能会发现认识多年的朋友不再努力保持联系。或者，也许你和你从小就有的朋友已经没有任何共同之处了。

这很难接受，但也许有些人根本就不适合你的朋友圈。但新的朋友会取代他们的位置，好消息是，你在30多岁时拥有的朋友可能会成为一生的朋友。

2. 你将学会做出重大决定

当你30多岁的时候，你会意识到那些你一直在拖延的重大决定不能永远等下去。

在我30多岁的时候，我搬了两次家，创业，生了一个孩子。所有这些都需要做出重大决定，而这些决定是我在20多岁时能够避免的。

关于你的事业、家庭、财务和人际关系的决定——在你30多岁的时候，你将面临所有这些决定。无论你多大，做决定都是件困难的事，但每一个重大的决定都会改变你的生活;通常是更好的。

3.你会学到心痛

离婚、生育问题、丧亲之痛，这些都是许多30多岁的人第一次不得不面对的事情。重要的是，人生的旅程并不是一帆风顺的，只有当你经历过低谷时，你才能真正欣赏到高潮。

正如温斯顿•丘吉尔(Winston Churchill)所说:“如果你正在经历地狱，那就继续前进。”

4. 你会学到什么是真正重要的

随着年龄的增长，你优先考虑的事情也会发生变化。20多岁时对你来说很重要的事情，比如赚钱或拥有最新的电子产品，现在似乎不那么重要了。

30多岁是重新定义自己优先考虑的事情的时候;无论是多旅行，更好地平衡工作和生活，还是组建家庭。

5. 你会学到妥协

生活充满了妥协，在你30多岁的时候，你可能会发现你不得不在一些重大的事情上妥协，比如为了得到你真正想要的工作而削减工资，或者为了和你爱的人在一起而搬到城市。

当然，知道什么时候不要妥协也同样重要。如果你想要孩子，而你的伴侣不想要，那就不可能找到妥协的办法。相反，你可能不得不做出艰难的决定，离开这段关系，以获得你真正想要的生活。

6. 你会学会照顾自己的身体

酒精、糖、熬夜;他们都付出了代价。在你20多岁的时候，你可以享受你的恶习，而不会造成太多的长期伤害。但在你30多岁的时候，所有那些糟糕的选择会突然产生巨大的影响。

当你第一次照镜子看到皱纹、灰白的头发和松弛的皮肤时，你会大吃一惊。虽然你无法逆转衰老的过程(至少没有大量的现金和优秀的整容医生是不行的)，但你可以通过做出明智的选择来减缓衰老的影响。

现在是时候滋养你的身体，让你在30多岁甚至更长的时间里保持健康了。

7. 你将学会为未来投资

“活在当下”是大多数20多岁年轻人的口头禅。当你有足够的时间来解决你的错误时，这是完美的。但当你步入30岁时，你会意识到，尽管享受当下很重要，但你也需要为未来做打算。

通过投资你的财务、你的健康和你的人际关系，你将形成良好的习惯，使你的未来更健康、更快乐。

8. 你会明白人生苦短

在你20多岁的时候，你可以奢侈地知道你的整个人生还在前方。与此同时，在你30多岁的时候，时间飞逝的感觉会越来越强烈。

你会更加珍惜每一秒，只去做你真正喜欢或真正需要的事情。

9. 你会知道什么是后悔

你想在30岁的时候成为百万富翁吗?环游世界?赢得奥斯卡奖?你在20多岁时的目标可能已经无法实现了，尽管很难放弃你的梦想，但有了你已经获得的智慧，你可以创造新的梦想。

10. 你会了解孩子

不管你是已经有孩子，想要孩子，还是不想要孩子;不可否认的事实是，在你30多岁的时候，每个人
（二）
　Some people choose to tightly grasp on to the past and stay stuck in their story, playing it over and over like a broken record. They, in turn, live with regret, anger, fear, and resentment.
有些人选择紧紧抓住过去，停留在他们的故事，一遍又一遍地播放它，就像一个坏掉的唱片。反过来，他们生活在遗憾、愤怒、恐惧和怨恨之中。
Those who choose to live life with no regrets let go of the past and live joyfully in the present moment. They know that every experience gives birth to lessons and growth, even if it felt painful at the time. They look at all life experiences, both positive and negative, as part of their divine journey. They forgive themselves and others and understand their power is always in the present moment. They are grateful and optimistic, and know whatever they focus their thoughts on is what they attract. They also live by the following important mindsets.
那些选择过无悔生活的人，会放下过去，快乐地活在当下。他们知道每一次经历都会带来教训和成长，即使当时感觉很痛苦。他们把所有的生命经历，无论是积极的还是消极的，看作是他们神圣旅程的一部分。他们原谅自己和他人，并明白他们的力量总是在当下。他们充满感激和乐观，知道他们所关注的任何事情都能吸引他们。他们也遵循以下重要的心态。
（三）
“Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future”
　　~ John F. Kennedy
　　The one constant thing in our life is change. We cannot avoid it and the more we resist change the tougher our life becomes. Trust me, I know this because I was very skilled at deflecting change in my life. We are surrounded by change and it is the one thing that has the most dramatic impact on our lives. Change has the ability to catch up with you at some point in your life. There is no avoiding it because it will find you, challenge you, and force you to reconsider how you live your life.
　　Change can come into our lives as a result of a crisis, as a result of choice or by chance. In either situation we are all faced with having to make a choice – do we make the change or not? I believe it is always better to make changes in your life when you choose to rather than being forced to.
　　We however cannot avoid the unexpected events (crisis) in our lives because it is these events that challenge our complacency in life. What we can control when we are experiencing these challenging events, is how we choose to respond to them. It is our power of choice that enables us to activate positive change in our lives.
　　Acting on our power of choice provides us with more opportunity to change our lives for the better. The more opportunities we create to change our lives the more fulfilled and happier our lives become. Here are 10 things that you can do in your life that will change your life for the good, forever:
　　1. Find Meaning In Life
　　Spend some time trying to sort out what is important in your life and why is it important. What is it that you want to achieve in your life? What are your dreams? What makes your happy? Your meaning in life gives you purpose and sets the direction of how you want to live your life. Without meaning you will spend the rest of your life wandering through life aimlessly with no direction, focus, or purpose.
　　2. Create A Dream Board
　　When we were children we would daydream all the time. We were skilled at dreaming and visualising what we would be when we grew up. We believed that anything was possible. As we grew into adults we lost our ability to dream. Our dreams became hidden and once we started to feel like achieving our dreams was impossible.
　　A dream board is a great way for us to start believing in your own dreams again. Seeing our dreams every day on a dream board brings our dreams to life. Our dreams become real and we start to have believe in the possibility of achieving these dreams.
　　3. Set Your Goals To Achieve Your Dreams
　　Once you know what is important in your life and what your dream life looks like for you, you need to take action and set your long-term, medium, and short-term goals. It is acting on these goals that enable you to achieve your dreams
　　Remember your goals may change. Always be flexible with setting and achieving your goals as things in life change and your goals need to reflect these changes. It’s the small steps that you take that create the momentum for change to happen in your life.
　　4. Let Go Of Your Regrets
　　Regrets will only hold you back in life. Regrets are events of the past and if you spend all your time thinking about the past you will miss the present and the future. You cannot change what you did or did not do in the past, so let it go. The only thing you have control over now is how you choose to live your present and future life.
　　I had a heap of regrets that were holding me back in my life. I came across the “Balloon Exercise” and got rid of my regrets for good. What is it? It’s simple — blow up as many balloons as you need. On each balloon write a regret and then let the balloon go. As the balloon drifts off into the sky say goodbye to that regret forever. A simple and powerful exercise that works and can change how you live your life.
　　5. Choose Some Really Scary Things To Do And Then Do Them
　　This is all about you choosing to step out of your comfort zone. Public speaking is one of the most frightening things anyone can do. I was petrified of public speaking however, I knew that I wanted to be a motivational speaker. So I joined Toast Masters to overcome my fear of public speaking. My first speech was terrible, my knees were knocking, I broke out in a sweat and I couldn’t stop shaking. But I did it and the feeling of completing this speech, even though it was terrible was great. I chose to keep going and now I earn a living as a motivational speaker. I am still nervous when I get up to speak however it is an excited nervous and I love it.
　　Make a list of scary things that you would kind of like to do but are too afraid to. Put a plan in place and then go do them. Never stop doing scary things because if you do your life will become one of complacency and comfort.
　　6. Start Living A Well-Balanced Life
　　Our health does not remain the same. Our physical, emotional, and spiritual state changes, as we get older. What we can control however is how we feed our minds and our bodies. Living a balanced and healthy life builds our resilience to the physical changes of our body. Exercise is the best way in which we can attain a positive and optimistic attitude toward life.
　　Living a healthy, well-balanced life with lots of exercise is a lifestyle choice that without a doubt will give you a happier more satisfied and fulfilled life.
　　7. Face Your Fears
　　Its easy to ignore our fears and hope that they will go away. Unfortunately, it does not work like that. If you want to change your life, learn to master your fears so they can’t control you any longer. Our fears are only thoughts in our minds that are not real but over time we have become to believe that they are true. It is our fears in life that stop us from living our life to the fullest. We know when our fears are controlling our lives because we feel discontent, dissatisfied and unfulfilled.
　　Once we face our fears we take back our power to choose how we want to live our lives and when we do this we change our lives forever.
　　8. Accept You
　　The only person who is going to create change in your life is you! and to create that change you have to like you. There will be times in your life where you will face rejection and there will be people who will not like you that much. Accepting who you are and loving yourself helps you to move forward in your life. Putting yourself down all the time and wishing you could be better will only lead you to a life of unhappiness and discontent.
　　Find your courage, love yourself, and step out and do something crazy. Don’t worry about what anyone thinks or whether it is the right thing to do. In your heart if it feels right, act on it and go create the life you love.
　　9. Live In The Moment
　　Many of us tend to think that the grass is greener on the other side. Often, we get to the other side of the fence we find that this is not so. The motivation to change our lives comes from our desire to be happy. We are often so busy focusing on our pursuit of happiness that we miss the joy of actually living in the moment. Our desire to have happiness in our lives is a desire of a future state not of the present. We become so consumed with all our problems and discontent in the present we miss the precious beauty of the moment.
　　Sitting on the beach eating an ice-cream with your best friend or partner is a moment of happiness. Appreciating and showing gratitude on a daily basis is experiencing happiness in the moment. Helping those in need brings joy and happiness to us. This is what living our life in the moment is all about – don’t miss these moments because you are too busy focusing on your pursuit of happiness.
　　10. Experience The Joy Of Learning
　　Each time you learn something new you gain more knowledge and with more knowledge comes more confidence. Learning helps us to be more adaptable and flexible to new situations. Learning encourages us to be more creative and innovative in our thinking and we are therefor more comfortable with the unknown.
　　Reading books is a great way for us to learn. To fully embrace the joy of learning, never stop reading nor searching for more knowledge. Learning gives our life meaning and this is what makes our life worthwhile.
　　You have a choice to make as to how you want to change your life. Choosing to act on these 10 things will, without a doubt change your life forever. So what are you waiting for? Go do these 10 things now!
（四） 　　
　　Are you ready to unlock your productivity potential? As we enter the final quarter of 2015, it’s time to look back on the year. Have you accomplished at least 75% of the resolutions you made at the beginning of the year? If you haven’t, don’t worry; here are some tips on how to make your day the most productive.
　　1.You are in control
　　The first thing you need to keep in mind is that you are in control of your life.
　　“The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.” – Michael Altshuler.
　　Mr. Altshuler was right. Time flies, and sometimes it flies so fast without you realizing it. What you need to remember is that everything in your life is dictated by the choices you make. So, begin each day by reminding yourself that you are in control and you decide what happens today.
　　Only you can decide whether or not it is going to be a productive day.
　　2. Optimism is the key
　　Start your day with a positive mind. Not all tasks that you have listed are easy. This may include talking to your boss about a raise, tackling a complicated project — or even just going to the gym. You may start thinking that your boss will say ‘No’ or about all the obstacles you are going to face on the project. You might think going to the gym is too tiring and better not do it.
　　Abraham Lincoln said, “We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
　　We just have to look at things differently. Perhaps your boss will consider that you have made valuable contributions to the team and agree that your request for a raise is justified. Look at a complicated project as a challenge that will help you learn something. Think of the benefits going to gym will give you. (If nothing else, think of a special treat you can indulge in once you have done your gym session.) Learn to be optimistic and good things will follow. On the other hand, if things didn’t go as expected, then always remember: When one door closes, another will open. The lost opportunity may not be for you but you are up for something much better.
　　It is all about having the proper mindset. Be positive.
　　3. Procrastinate no more
　　As human beings, we think that we have all the time in the world to do the things we want and need to do. This is the reason we love procrastinating. We are always thinking that we have tomorrow to spare and we can just push to do things to another day. But what if you don’t have tomorrow?
　　Remember this Bill Keane quote, masterfully used by Master Oogway (the wise tortoise in Kung Fu Panda): “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That’s why they call it the present.”
　　Today is something to be thankful for, so better spend it wisely. You’ll never know what is going to happen tomorrow. Do the things that you have set today right at this moment.
　　Say “No” to procrastination and always say “Yes” to today.
　　4. Ignore the perfectionist in you
　　“Prolific beats Perfect.” – Daniel Priestley
　　I know that we tend to be our harshest critics and often times will keep fiddling with a project even when it’s good enough. While I am not advocating pushing out halfhearted work, I believe sometimes you have to accept good enough and move on. Spending too much time obsessing over tiny details means that you are putting in an additional amount of time to tweak something only 1% of people will notice. It also means you will get bogged down in the minute details and before you know it, the day is over.
　　Stop obsessing and start completing. Don’t let the inner perfectionist monster get the better of you. Work that is completed and pushed out on time is better than work that is perfect, but late.
　　If you bear these 4 things in mind every single day, you will find yourself able to look forward to each day with a better attitude to getting things done. This will, in turn, lead you to getting closer and closer to your goals.
　　Say goodbye to the slums of yesterday…and hello to the most productive days of your life.

十、 哲理篇
（一）
If You Could Choose
　　If you could choose what kind of world to live in, what kind of world would you choose? If you could decide what would happen tomorrow, with what kinds of things would you fill it?
　　If you had the power to decide what types of opportunities would come your way, what opportunities would you select? If you knew that your experiences would match your expectations, what would your expectations be?
　　In fact, you do have the power to choose your own way. You do have the ability to decide what kinds of events, experiences, opportunities and circumstances come your way.
　　The world you experience is the world that your dreams, your thoughts, your expectations and your actions most closely resonate*. The world you see and live in is the world you most sincerely expect to see.
　　The universe is filled with endless possibilities, and those possibilities keep growing with every minute. The way you live determines which of those possibilities will come into your life.
　　With your thoughts, your actions, your values, your dreams and expectations, you choose what kind of world you live in. The way you live is closely mirrored in the world you see.
　　翻译：如果你可以选择
　　英语励志短文带翻译:如果你可以选择在什么样的世界里生活,那么你将会选择怎样的世界呢?如果你可以决定明日之事,你将会怎样充实它呢?
　　倘若你有力量决定自己的机遇,你会怎样选择呢?倘若你知道你的经历会如你所愿,那么你会如何期待呢?
　　事实上,你有能力选择你要走的路。是你自己决定你将要做的事、英语短文你将获得的经历、你将得到的机会和你将置身其中的环境。
　　你体验的这个世界和你的梦想、思维、期待甚至行为产生共鸣。你看到的世界和你时下生活的这个世界就是你真心期待见到的世界。
　　这个宇宙充满了无限的可能,这些可能每一分钟都在增加。你的生活方式决定了何种可能性会来到你的世界。
　　你所选择生活的世界取决于你的想法,你的作为,你秉持的价值理念,你的梦想还有对未来的期待。你有什么样的世界观就会有什么样的生活方式。
（二） 　　
　　We’re Just Beginning
　　“We are reading the first verse of the first chapter of a book whose pages are infinite…”
　　I do not know who wrote those words, but I have always liked them as a reminder that the future can be anything we want to make it. We can take the mysterious, hazy future and carve out of it anything that we can imagine, just as a sculptor carves a statue from a shapeless stone.
　　We are all in the position of the farmer. If we plant a good seed, we reap a good harvest. If our seed is poor and full of weeds, we reap a useless crop. If we plant nothing at all, we harvest nothing at all.
　　I want the future to be better than the past. I don’t want it contaminated by the mistakes and errors with which history is filled. We should all be concerned about the future because that is where we will spend the remainder of our lives.
　　The past is gone and static. Nothing we can do will change it. The future is before us and dynamic. Everything we do will affect it. Each day brings with it new frontiers, in our homes and in our business, if we only recognize them. We are just at the beginning of the progress in every field of human endeavor.
　　翻译：一切刚刚开始
　　“我们正在读一本书的第一章第一行，这本书的页数是无限的……”
　　我不知道是谁写的，可我很喜欢这句话，它提醒我们未来是由自己创造的。我们可以把神秘、不可知的未来塑造成我们想象中的任何模样，犹如雕刻家将未成形的石头刻成雕像。英语励志短文
　　我们每个人都像是农夫。洒下良种将有丰收，播下劣种或生满野草便将毁去收成。没有耕耘则会一无所获。
　　我希望未来比过去更加美好，希望未来不会沾染历史的错误与过失。我们都应举目向前，因我们的余生要用未来书写。
　　往昔已逝，静如止水;我们无法再作改变。而前方的未来正生机勃勃;我们所做的每一件事都将会影响着它。只要我们认识到这些，无论是在家中还是在工作上，每天我们的面前都会展现出新的天地。在人类致力开拓的每一片领域上，我们正站在进步的起跑点。
（三） 　
　　The Power of the Dream
　　When someone looks into your eyes they should see something alive within you. Having a dream is like owning a lighthouse1 which directs you on your journey.
　　At every turn we come across its mystery. At each new level we become more of the person we were meant to become. In lonely times, when we pass through a storm of disappointment, we find our faith is unshaken, our strength still strong.
　　Believe in your faith. Set the vision before your eyes. Write down your most sincere dreams and when the opportunity comes, step into your dream. It may take one season or more, but the result is the same. Make big dreams and then go out and make them realities. The highest hopes of the dreamer are revealed with every step taken in their journey to the impossible. For a season we must protect the dream so that it can grow quietly on the inside. But if we tenderly care for our deepest expectations, slowly but surely the dream will become new life.
　　Dreaming is an act of faith. The light of your expectations will cast off the shadows of a disbelieving world. God has given us the dreamer as a gift to light an unbelieving world.
　　Find your treasure within and cherish2 it. Tomorrow is waiting for you to take the first step.
　　翻译：梦想的力量
　　别人看你的眼睛时,他应当体会到你内心的活力。怀揣梦想就像是拥有一座引领你前行的灯塔。
　　每个转折关头,它给我们带来奇迹。每个新的起点,我们脱胎换骨,焕然一新。孤独中我们挺过失望的阴霾,发现我们的信念不曾动摇,我们的力量依然强大。
　　秉持信念,期盼未来。许下你最真诚的梦想,一旦机会来临,就为之拼搏。也许要花一季甚或更多的时间,但结局不会改变。立大志,倾全力,成现实。前途未卜,唯有一步一个脚印,梦想者的至高希冀才会实现。我们必须珍存梦想,给它一季的保护,让它在内心悄然生发。然而我们还得温柔呵护我们内心至深的期许,慢慢地梦想必将成就新的生命。
　　梦想是实现信仰的第一步。你的期待熠熠光辉,它会驱逐不信的阴影。上帝赋予我们梦想的天资,去点亮不曾确信的世界。让梦想的财富寄于心中,珍爱它,明天正等着你跨出第一步。