面试是应聘一份工作的重要一关。许多人常常担心面试官到底会问什么，下面这五个经典问题可以帮你理一下思路。

1、Please tell us about your work experience.
请告诉我你过去的工作经验.
"Work experience" is the type of work you've done in the past. If you haven't started working yet you can say, "Right now I'm still a student" or "I'm a recent grad and I haven't started working yet." In the second sentence, "recent grad" is short for "recent graduate" and means that you have just finished school.
工作经验就是你过去所做的工作。如果尚未开始工作，就可以回答"Right now I'm still a student."（现在我还是个学生。）或者说"I'm a recent grad and I haven't started working yet."（我刚刚毕业，还没有开始工作。）"recent grad"是"recent graduate"的缩写，意思是刚刚毕业。

 

2、What's your greatest weakness? 你最大的缺点是什么？
This is a popular question that western employers like to ask to make candidates nervous! In fact, they ask this to know how you respond to difficult questions. You shouldn't answer by telling your greatest weakness since you might not get the job! Instead, you can tell them something that isn't directly related to the job position.

西方老板特别爱问这个问题，让面试者感到很紧张。事实上，他问这个问题是看你对棘手问题的反应。你没必要如实回答你的弱点，因为那有可能让你得不到这份工作。相反，你可以告诉他们一些与工作不直接相关的事情。

 

3、Why do you feel you are qualified for this job? 你为什么觉得自己胜任这份工作？

This question is a good opportunity to brag a little bit. You should talk about some extra skills you have that maybe weren't included in your resume, or talk about your greatest strength in more detail.

这时候你要充分发挥你的"自夸"本领。你可以讲述一些简历资料里面没有包括的技能；或者是再详细强调一下你的特长。

4、What kind of salary did you have in mind? 你期望的薪水是多少？ _Salary is how much money you earn, usually per year. When asked this, it's best to answer with a salary range or approximation and not an exact figure. This shows that you are familiar with the industry if you know what the approximate salary should be.
"salary"就是你赚多少钱，通常是年收入。回答这个问题时，最好说出一个大致范围，而不是一个确切的数字。如果你能说出这个工资范围，那就说明你对此行业非常了解。

5、If hired, when could you start work? 如果雇佣的话，你什么时候开始工作？

When answering this, it's best not to say you can start right away. This might make you seem very desperate for the job. A safe answer would be "I can start at the beginning of next month."

回答这个问题时。一定要注意！不要说我马上可以工作。那会让对方认为你非常迫切地需要这份工作。一个非常保险的回答可以是"我下月初可以开始上班。"

 

快节奏的都市生活常常让人喘不过气来，繁重的工作总是让人高度紧张。长期在“高压”下工作不但有损健康，对工作本身也会有坏影响。所以白领们一定要学会如何缓解工作压力。

The time you spend at the office may be the most stressful part of your day, but it doesn't have to be. You have a greater ability to shape your office environment than you may realize.

Take breaks(小憩) throughout the day. It will help clear your mind and relieve pressure. Something as simple as going to the water cooler for a drink may do the trick(达到目的).

 

Enroll in a noontime or an after-work exercise class(健身培训). This will give you a chance to unwind(放松) and a way to relieve stress.

To help your workday go smoothly, try pacing your activities(有条不紊地安排工作): Do more demanding work(要求较高的工作) in the morning, when your energy level is higher, and easier work later in the day, when you may be tired.

 

Try listening to music recordings, such as a pounding surf or songbirds(海浪拍打岩石或鸟儿歌唱的声音), to help you relax. Such tapes are sold commercially. Use headphones if you'll be listening to them in the middle of the workday.

Get to work early or stay late once a week. You may be able to accomplish more when you vary your routine. If your stress comes from job insecurity, take stock of(评估) yourself. Update your resume, and remind yourself of your skills and strengths. Also, make sure you keep up with new developments in your field. This will make you valuable to employers.

Don't let work rumors, which are usually false, cause you worry. A co-worker may just be thinking out loud about worst-case scenarios(最坏的情况).

缘分 predestined relationship

缘 reason; cause; sake, relationship, edge; fringe, climb

血缘 blood relationship

人缘 relations with people

姻缘 predestined marriage

前世因缘 predestination 一

天赐良缘 a godsent marriage; a good marriage arranged in Heaven

 

天缘巧合 a luck coincidence

喜结良缘 tie the nuptial knot

 

缔结姻缘 form marital tie

 

聊得投缘 talk congenially

有缘结识某人 be lucky to get acquainted with sb.

 

无缘结识某人 have no opportunity to get acquainted with sb.

与某人有一面之缘 happen to have met sb. once

婚姻是缘分。 A couple's conjugal fate is prearranged.

 

他们的结合是美满的姻缘。 Their wedlock is a happy marriage.

 

有缘终相逢。 Fate brings together people who are far apart.

无缘不相逢。 There is no meeting without predestination.

我与烟酒无缘。 Smoking and drinking don't appeal to me.

 

好事似乎与他无缘。 Good luck seemed to be wholly denied to him.

 

千里姻缘一线牵。 Two beings destined to marry each other, though
thousands of miles apart, are tied together with an invisible red thread by an old man under the moonlight.

无缘无故的 for no reason at all

 

世上没有无缘无故的爱，也没有无缘无故的恨。
There is absolutely no such thing as love or hatred without any reason or cause.

不识庐山真面目，只缘身在此山中。
I can't tell the true shape of Lu Shan because I myself am on the mountain.

他们俩有情无缘。
The are attracted to each other but are not fated to be conjugally tied.

机缘凑巧，我找到一份工作。 As luck would have it, I found a job.

 

“有缘千里来相会，无缘对面手难牵。”
As decreed by providence you have met him; otherwise you might have failed although you traveled a long way.

我发现班里有几个同学和我挺投缘。
I found quite a few classmates congenial to me.

我在班里有人缘。 I am popular with my classmates.

真遗憾,我们一直无缘相见。
It is a pity that we have no opportunity to meet each other.

花径不曾缘客扫。
The garden path has never been cleared for the visit of a guest.

 

投缘的街坊们 congenial neighbors

化缘 beg for alms

有人缘 enjoy great popularity

艾 Ai
安 Ann/An
敖 Ao

B:
巴 Pa
白 Pai
包/鲍 Paul/Pao
班 Pan
贝 Pei
毕 Pih
卞 Bein
卜/薄 Po/Pu
步 Poo
百里 Pai-li

C:
蔡/柴 Tsia/Choi/Tsai
曹/晁/巢 Chao/Chiao/Tsao
岑 Cheng
崔 Tsui
查 Cha
常 Chiong
车 Che
陈 Chen/Chan/Tan
成/程 Cheng
池 Chi
褚/楚 Chu
淳于 Chwen-yu

D:
戴/代 Day/Tai
邓 Teng/Tang/Tung
狄 Ti
刁 Tiao
丁 Ting/T
董/东 Tung/Tong
窦 Tou
杜 To/Du/Too
段 Tuan
端木 Duan-mu
东郭 Tung-kuo
东方 Tung-fang

F:
范/樊 Fan/Van
房/方 Fang
费 Fei
冯/凤/封 Fung/Fong
符/傅 Fu/Foo

G:
盖 Kai
甘 Kan
高/郜 Gao/Kao
葛 Keh
耿 Keng
弓/宫/龚/恭 Kung
勾 Kou
古/谷/顾 Ku/Koo
桂 Kwei
管/关 Kuan/Kwan
郭/国 Kwok/Kuo
公孙 Kung-sun 一起呵英语.站
公羊 Kung-yang
公冶 Kung-yeh
谷梁 Ku-liang

H:
海 Hay
韩 Hon/Han
杭 Hang
郝 Hoa/Howe
何/贺 Ho
桓 Won
侯 Hou
洪 Hung
胡/扈 Hu/Hoo
花/华 Hua
宦 Huan
黄 Wong/Hwang
霍 Huo
皇甫 Hwang-fu
呼延 Hu-yen

J:
纪/翼/季/吉/嵇/汲/籍/姬 Chi
居 Chu
贾 Chia
翦/简 Jen/Jane/Chieh
蒋/姜/江/ Chiang/Kwong
焦 Chiao
金/靳 Jin/King
景/荆 King/Ching
讦 Gan

K:
阚 Kan
康 Kang
柯 Kor/Ko
孔 Kong/Kung
寇 Ker
蒯 Kuai
匡 Kuang
L:
赖 Lai
蓝 Lan
郎 Long
劳 Lao
乐 Loh
雷 Rae/Ray/Lei
冷 Leng
黎/郦/利/李 Lee/Li/Lai/Li
连 Lien
廖 Liu/Liao
梁 Leung/Liang
林/蔺 Lim/Lin
凌 Lin
柳/刘 Liu/Lau
龙 Long
楼/娄 Lou
卢/路/陆鲁 Lu/Loo
伦 Lun
罗/骆 Loh/Lo/Law/Lam/Rowe
吕 Lui/Lu
令狐 Lin-hoo

M:
马/麻 Ma
麦 Mai/Mak
满 Man/Mai
毛 Mao
梅 Mei
孟/蒙 Mong/Meng
米/宓 Mi
苗/缪 Miau/Miao
闵 Min
穆/慕 Moo/Mo
莫 Mok/Mo
万俟 Moh-chi
慕容 Mo-yung

N:
倪 Nee
甯 Ning
聂 Nieh
牛 New/Niu
农 Long
南宫 Nan-kung

O:
欧/区 Au/Ou
欧阳 Ou-yang

P:
潘 Pang/Pan
庞 Pang
裴 Pei/Bae
彭 Phang/Pong
皮 Pee
平 Ping
浦/蒲/卜 Poo/Pu
濮阳 Poo-yang

Q:
祁/戚/齐 Chi/Chyi/Chi/Chih
钱 Chien
乔 Chiao/Joe
秦 Ching
裘/仇/邱 Chiu
屈/曲/瞿 Chiu/Chu

R:
冉 Yien 17He~Com
饶 Yau
任 Jen/Yum
容/荣 Yung
阮 Yuen
芮 Nei

S:
司 Sze
桑 Sang
沙 Sa
邵 Shao
单/山 San
尚/商 Sang/Shang
沈/申 Shen
盛 Shen
史/施/师/石 Shih/Shi
苏/宿/舒 Sue/Se/Soo/Hsu
孙 Sun/Suen
宋 Song/Soung
司空 Sze-kung
司马 Sze-ma
司徒 Sze-to
单于 San-yu
上官 Sang-kuan
申屠 Shen-tu

T:
谈 Tan
汤/唐 Town/Towne/Tang
邰 Tai
谭 Tan/Tam
陶 Tao
藤 Teng
田 Tien
童 Tung
屠 Tu
澹台 Tan-tai
拓拔 Toh-bah

W:
万 Wan
王/汪 Wong
魏/卫/韦 Wei
温/文/闻 Wen/Chin/Vane/Man
翁 Ong
吴/伍/巫/武/邬/乌 Wu/Woo

X:
奚/席 Hsi/Chi
夏 Har/Hsia
肖/萧 Shaw/Siu/Hsiao
项/向 Hsiang
解/谢 Tse/Shieh
辛 Hsing
刑 Hsing
熊 Hsiung/Hsiun
许/徐/荀 Shun/Hui/Hsu
宣 Hsuan
薛 Hsueh
西门 See-men
夏侯 Hsia-hou
轩辕 Hsuan-yuen

Y:
燕/晏/阎/严/颜 Yim/Yen
杨/羊/养 Young/Yang
姚 Yao/Yau
叶 Yip/Yeh/Yih
伊/易/羿 Yih/E
殷/阴/尹 Yi/Yin/Ying
应 Ying
尤/游 Yu/You
俞/庾/于/余/虞/郁/余/禹 Yue/Yu
袁/元 Yuan/Yuen
岳 Yue
云 Wing
尉迟 Yu-chi
宇文 Yu-wen

Z:
藏 Chang
曾/郑 Tsang/Cheng/Tseng
訾 Zi
宗 Chung
左/卓 Cho/Tso
翟 Chia
詹 Chan
甄 Chen
湛 Tsan
张/章 Cheung/Chang
赵/肇/招 Chao/Chiu/Chiao/Chioa
周/邹 Chau/Chou/Chow
钟 Chung
祖/竺/朱/诸/祝 Chu/Chuh
庄 Chong
钟离 Chung-li
诸葛 Chu-keh

1.What kind of food do you prefer？

　　2.Do you like Chinese food？

　　3.What kind of food do you like，Chinese or American？

　　4.Would you tell me where the Chinese restaurant is ？

 

　　5.Do you know where I can get a quick snack？ com

　　6.What would you have for dinner？ ~

　　7.What would you like to order？

 

　　8.Have you ordered yet？ 　

　9.No，not yet，I am waiting for a friend.I will order later.

　　10.What would you recommend？

　　11.What's your today’s special？

　　12.I would like to have something simple.

   13.What will you have for dessert？

　　14.We are in a hurry.

 

　　15.Please rush your orders.

　　16.The beefsteak is very good today.

 

　　17.I will take the beefsteak.

18.How would you like to have beefsteak，well-done or rare？ Www_17he_com

　　19.I would like my beefsteak well done.

　　20.How about a drink？

英汉文化中十大常见差异。

1．回答提问

中国人对别人的问话，总是以肯定或否定对方的话来确定用“对”或者“不对”。如：

“我想你不到20岁，对吗？”

“是的，我不到20岁。”

（“不，我已经30岁了。”）

英语中，对别人的问话，总是依据事实结果的肯定或否定用“Yes”或者“No”。如：

“You're not a student，are you？”

“Yes，I am．”

（“No，I am not．”）

2．亲属称谓

英语的亲属以家庭为中心，一代人为一个称谓板块，只区别男性、女性，却忽视配偶双方因性别不同而出现的称谓差异。显得男女平等。如：

英文“grandparents，grandfather，grandmother”，而中文“祖辈、爷爷、奶奶、外公、外婆”。

再如，父母同辈中的称谓：英文“uncle”和“aunt”，而中文“伯伯、叔叔、舅舅等，姑妈、姨妈等”。

还有，英文中的表示下辈的“nephew和 niece”是不分侄甥的，表示同辈的“cousin”不分堂表、性别。

3．考虑问题的主体

中国人喜欢以对方为中心，考虑对方的情感。比如：

你想买什么？

您想借什么书？

而英语中，往往从自身的角度出发。如：

Can I help you？

What can I do for you？

4．问候用语

中国人打招呼，一般都以对方处境或动向为思维出发点。如：

您去哪里？

您是上班还是下班？

而西方人往往认为这些纯属个人私事，不能随便问。所以他们见面打招呼总是说：

Hi／Hello！

Good morning／afternoon／evening／night！

How are you？

It's a lovely day，isn't it？

5．面对恭维

中国人的传统美德是谦虚谨慎，对别人的恭维和夸奖应是推辞。如：

“您的英语讲得真好。”

“哪里，哪里，一点也不行。”

“菜做得很好吃。”

“过奖，过奖，做得不好，请原谅。”

西方人从来不过分谦虚，对恭维一般表示谢意，表现出一种自强自信的信念。如：
“You can speak very good French．”

“Thank you．”

“It's a wonderful dish！”

“I am glad you like it．”

所以，学生要注意当说英语的人称赞你时，千万不要回答：“No，I don't think so．”这种回答在西方人看来是不礼貌的，甚至是虚伪的。

6．电话用语

中国人打电话时的用语与平时讲话用语没有多少差异。

“喂，您好。麻烦您叫一声王伟接电话。”“我是张英，请问您是谁？”

英语中打电话与平时用语差别很大。如：“Hello，this is John speaking．”

“Could I speak to Tom please？”

“Is that Mary speaking？”

西方人一接到电话一般都先报自己的号码或者工作单位的名称。如：

“Hello，52164768，this is Jim．”

中国学生刚开始学英语会犯这样的错误：

“Hello，who are you please？”

7．接受礼物

中国人收到礼物时，一般是放在一旁，确信客人走后，才迫不及待地拆开。受礼时连声说：

“哎呀，还送礼物干什么？”

“真是不好意思啦。”

“下不为例。”

“让您破费了。”

西方人收到礼物时，一般当着客人的面马上打开，并连声称好：

“Very beautiful！Wow！”

“What a wonderful gift it is！”

“Thank you for your present．”

8．称呼用语

中国人见面时喜欢问对方的年龄、收入、家庭等。而西方人很反感别人问及这些私事。西方人之间，如没有血缘关系，对男子统称呼“Mr．”，对未婚女士统称“Miss”，对已婚女士统称“Mrs．”。

中国人重视家庭、亲情，认为血浓于水。为了表示礼貌，对陌生人也要以亲属关系称呼。如：

“大爷、大娘、大叔、大婶、大哥、大姐等”。

9．体贴他人

在西方，向别人提供帮助、关心、同情等的方式和程度是根据接受方愿意接受的程度来定的；而中国人帮起忙来一般是热情洋溢，无微不至。例如：一位中国留学生在美国看到一位老教授蹒跚过车水马龙的马路，出于同情心，他飞步上前挽住老人，要送他过去，但是他得到的却是怒目而视。请看下面的对话：

Chinese student：Mr．White，you are so pale，are you sick？

English teacher：Well．．．yes．I have got a bad cold for several days．

 

 

Chinese student：Well，you should go to a clinic and see the doctor as soon as possible．

English teacher：Er．．．what do you mean？

中国人建议患上感冒的人马上去看医生，表示真诚的关心。而美国人对此不理解，会认为难道他的病有如此严重吗？因此，只要回答：“I'm sorry to hear that．”就够了。

10．请客吃饭

中国人招待客人时，一般都准备了满桌美味佳肴，不断地劝客人享用，自己还谦虚：“没什么菜，吃顿便饭。薄酒一杯，不成敬意。”行动上多以主人为客人夹菜为礼。

西方人会对此大惑不解：明明这么多菜，却说没什么菜，这不是实事求是的行为。而他们请客吃饭，菜肴特别简单，经常以数量不多的蔬菜为可口的上等菜，席间劝客仅仅说：“Help yourself to some vegetables，please．”吃喝由客人自便自定。

可见在学习语言的过程中，不可忽视语言交际中的文化倾向，要适时导入相关的文化背景知识，以充实学习者的知识结构，提高认知能力。

How to Grow Happiness Step one: 　　Plant yourself deep in a bed of faith, and pack it down solid and tight. Drench daily with positive thinking, and keep saturated just right. Mulch often with forgivenss, for this will help you grow. Quickly remove any seeds of worry, for they will soon germinate, and keep out the weeds of despair. Nourish disappointments with hope whenever it is neeeded, and always stay cool and shaded when you feel irritated or heated. Trim away guilt or depression, for they create decay, and cultivate with happy memories as often as every day.	步骤一： 　　把自己紧紧牢牢地埋在“信念”的土壤里。每天浇灌以“积极”的思想，并始终保持湿润。经常以“宽容”来护根，这样有利于幸福的幼苗成长。一旦发现忧虑的种子，及时除掉，否则它们很快就生根发芽，同时也将绝望消灭在萌芽状态。在必要时，用希望来滋养失望；烦躁不安的时候，保持冷静。修剪枝叶，修剪去愧疚和沮丧，否则很快出现衰枝败叶。每天用“幸福回忆”细心照料幼苗。
Step two: 　　Harvest the lessons of the past; just dig, pick, and hoe. And nurture the roots of the present, for now is when you flourish and grow. Start planting for the future; set your goals in a row. Spade the bed well for all your dreams to grow.	步骤二： 　　挖掘、收割、筛选，从“过往”收获经验。精心照料“此时此刻”的根茎，因为这正是旺盛生长的时期。有所计划与目标，着手种植“明天”。翻掘一下泥土，为孕育明天的梦想做好准备。
Step three: 　　Remember that grief is a natural predator, so learn to tolerate some damage. Protect your garden with daily prayers, for this will help you manage. Bury the criticism and complaining, for they are injurious pests. Sow the seed of love wherever you may go--for joy, love, and laughter are surely bound to grow. Although the thorns of life may be here to stay, just sprout a smile along the way...and be thankful for what you have today!	步骤三： 　　记住，“不幸”是天生的肉食动物，明白它们带来的伤害在所难免，你就会对不完美多一份理解和宽容。每天“祈祷”，保护你的花园，这有利于掌控。将“批评”与“埋怨”这些害虫掩埋起来。将“爱”的种子播散到你足迹所至的每个角落，“欢乐”、“爱”和“微笑”就会生机无限地发育成长。哪怕生命“荆棘”满途，也要在一旁种上微笑的芽苗……不管一切如何，为今天你所拥有的全部心存感激吧！

Write Your Own Life 

Suppose someone gave you a pen – a sealed, solid-colored pen.

假如有人送你一支笔，一支不可拆卸的单色钢笔.

 

You couldn’t see how much ink it had. It might run dry after the first few tentative words or last just long enough to create a masterpiece (or several) that would last forever and make a difference in the scheme of things. You don‘t know before you begin.

你看不出里面究竟有多少墨水。或许在你试探性地写上几个字后它就会枯干，或许足够用来创作一部影响深远的不朽巨著(或是几部)。而这些，在动笔前，都是无法得知的。

 

Under the rules of the game, you really never know. You have to take a chance!

在这个游戏规则下，你真的永远不会预知结果。你只能去碰运气！

 

Actually, no rule of the game states you must do anything. Instead of picking up and using the pen, you could leave it on a shelf or in a drawer where it will dry up, unused.

事实上，这个游戏里没有规则指定你必须要做什么。相反，你甚至可以根本不去动用这支笔，把它扔在书架上或是抽屉里让它的墨水干枯。

 

But if you do decide to use it, what would you do with it? How would you play the game?

但是，如果你决定要用它的话，那么会用它来做什么呢？你将怎么来进行这个游戏呢?

 

Would you plan and plan before you ever wrote a word? Would your plans be so extensive that you never even got to the writing?

你会不写一个字，老是计划来计划去吗？你会不会由于计划过于宏大而来不及动笔呢?

 

Or would you take the pen in hand, plunge right in and just do it, struggling to keep up with the twists and turns of the torrents of words that take you where they take you?

或者你只是手里拿着笔，一头扎进去写，不停地写，艰难地随着文字汹涌的浪涛而随波逐流？

 

Would you write cautiously and carefully, as if the pen might run dry the next moment, or would you pretend or believe (or pretend to believe) that the pen will write forever and proceed accordingly?

你会小心谨慎的写字，好象这支笔在下一个时刻就可能会干枯；还是装做相信这支笔能够永远写下去而信手写来呢？

 

And of what would you write: Of love? Hate? Fun? Misery? Life? Death? Nothing? Everything?

并且你又会写下些什么呢：爱？恨？喜？悲？生？死？虚无？万物？

 

Would you write to please just yourself? Or others? Or yourself by writing for others?

你写作只是为了愉己，还是为了悦人？抑或是藉替人书写而愉己？

 

Would your strokes be tremblingly timid or brilliantly bold? Fancy with a flourish or plain?

你的落笔会是颤抖胆怯的，还是鲜明果敢的？你的想象会是丰富的还是贫乏的？

 

Would you even write? Once you have the pen, no rule says you have to write. Would you sketch? Scribble? Doodle or draw?

甚或你根本没有落笔。这是因为，你拿到笔以后，没有哪条规则说你必须写作。那么，你要画素描，乱写一气，信笔涂鸦，或是画画？

 

Would you stay in or on the lines, or see no lines at all, even if they were there? Or are they?

你会保持写在线内还是线上，还是根本看不到线，即使有线在那里？嗯，真的有线吗？

 

There‘s a lot to think about here, isn‘t there?

这里面有许多东西值得考虑，不是吗?

Now, suppose someone gave you a life...

现在，假如有人给予你一支生命的笔...

 

我爱你并不是因为你是谁，而是因为我在你身边的时候我是谁。

　　I love you not for whom you are, but who I am when I'm by your side.

　　没有人值得你流泪，值得你流泪的人是不会让你哭的。

　　No person deserves your tears, and who deservers them won't make you cry.

　　只因为某人不如你所愿爱你，并不意味着你不被别人所爱。

　　Just because someone doesn't love you as you wish, it doesn't mean you're not loved with all his/her being.

　　一个真正的朋友会握着你的手，触动你的心。

　　A true friend is the one who holds your hand and touches your heart.

　　错过一个人最可怕的方式就是：坐在他/她的身旁，你却知道永远都不会拥有他/她。

　　The worst way to miss someone is to be seated by his/her side and know you'll never have him/her.

　　永远都不要停止微笑，即使是在你难过的时候，说不定有人会因为你的笑容而爱上你。

　　Never stop smiling, not even when you're sad, someone might fall in love with your smile.

　　你可能只是这个世界上的一个人，但对于某人来说，你就是全世界。

　　You may only be a person in this world, but for someone, you're the world.

　　不要把时间花在一个不在乎与你一起分享的人身上。

　　Don't spend time with someone who doesn't care spending it with you.

　　也许上帝让你在遇见那个合适的人之前遇见很多错误的人，所以，当这一切发生的时候，你应该心存感激。

　　Maybe God wants you to meet many wrong people before you meet the right one, so when this happens, you'll be thankful.

　　不要因为它的结束而哭，应当为它的发生而笑。

　　Don't cry because it came to an end. Smile because it happened.

　　生活中总会有伤害你的人，所以你仍然需要继续相信别人，只是小心些而已。

　　There will always be people who'll hurt you, so you need to continue trusting, just be careful.

　　做一个更好的人，确信在遇见一个新的人之前自己是谁，也希望那个人知道你是谁。

　　Be sure to know who you are before meeting someone new and hoping that person knows who you are.

生命中的十一种感动

It hurts to love someone and not be loved in return. But what is more painful is to love someone and never find the courage to let that person know how you feel.

A sad thing in life is when you meet someone who means a lot to you，only to find out in the end that it was never meant to be and you just have to let go.

The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch swing with，never say a word，and then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you've ever had.

It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose it, but it's also true that we don't know what we've been missing until it arrives.

It takes only a minute to get a crush on someone，an hour to like someone，and a day to love someone- but it takes a lifetime to forget someone.　

Don't go for looks；they can deceive. Don't go for wealth；even that fades away. Go for someone who makes you smile because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright.

Dream what you want to dream；go where you want to go；be what you want to be，because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do.

Always put yourself in the other's shoes. If you feel that it hurts you，it probably hurts the person too.

A careless word may kindle strife；a cruel word may wreck a life；a timely word may level stress；a loving word may heal and bless.

The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.

Love begins with a smile，grows with a kiss，ends with a tear. When you were born，you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so that when you die，you're the one smiling and everyone around you is crying.

只有付出的爱是痛苦的，但比这更痛苦是爱一个人却没有勇气让那人知道你的感情。

生命中令人悲伤的一件事是你遇到了一个对你来说很重要的人，但却最终发现你们有缘无份，因此你不得不放手。

最好的朋友就是那种能和你促膝而坐，彼此不说只字片语，分别时却感到这是你有过的最好的一次交流！

的确只有当我们失去时才知道曾拥有的是什么，同样，只有当我们拥有了才知道曾经失去了什么。

迷上某人只需一分钟，喜欢上某人需要一小时，爱上某人则要一天，然而，忘记某人却是一辈子的事情。

别倾心于容貌，因为它具有欺骗性，也别倾心于财富，它也会消散，倾心于那个能带给你笑容的人吧，因为一个笑容能使漫漫长夜如白昼般明亮。

做你想做的梦吧，去你想去的地方吧，成为你想成为的人吧，因为你只有一次生命，一个机会去做所有那些你想做的事。

要设身处地的为别人着想, 如果一双鞋你穿着夹脚, 别人的感觉可能也一样。

无心快语可能引发争执，无情之词可能折损生命，适时温语可能消弭压力，而关爱之声可能治愈心灵。

幸福之人并非拥有一切，只是尽力享受生活的赐予。

爱情以笑开始，以吻转浓，以泪结束。当你哭着降临人世时，身边的每个人都在为此欢笑，好好生活吧，这样你就能含笑离开人世，而身边的每个人都在为此哭泣。

Do you have some time tomorrow? 明天有空吧?

Yes, I do. 有啊。

How about having lunch with me? 一起吃顿中饭怎样？

Good idea. 好主意。

If you're free, how about lunch? 有空的话一起吃顿中饭如何？

When did you have in mind? 你想什么时候呢？

I was thinking about Thursday? 我看星期四怎样？

That will be fine with me. 没问题。

I'm calling to see if you would like to have lunch tomorrow. 我打电话给你，是想知道明天一起吃顿中饭怎样？

I'm sorry, but this week isn't very convenient for me. 对不起，这个星期我都不方便。

Perhaps we can make it later. 那么，也许改天吧。

That would be better. 好啊。

I'm calling to confirm our luncheon appointment. 我打电话来，是想确定一下我们约好吃饭的事。

It's tomorrow at twelve o'clock, right? 是明天12点吧？

Yes, that's right. 是的，没错。

I'll be there. 我会去的。

I'm sorry, but I have to cancel out luncheon appointment. 真抱歉，不过我不得不取消我们午餐的约会。

I'm sorry to hear that. 真遗憾。

I have pressing business to attend to. 我有紧急的事情要处理。

No problem. we'll make it later in the month. 没关系，这个月改天再说吧。

I need to change the time we meet for lunch. 我需要更改我们见面吃午饭的时间。

What time would be good for you? 什么时间你合适呢？

I'll be about half an hour late. 我大概要慢半个小时。

Good, I'll see you there at 12:30. 好的，十二点我会在那儿与你碰面。

I'll get the check. 我来付帐。

No, let me pay this time. 不，这次由我付。

No, I insist. 不，还是我来。

Well, thank you very much. 好吧，那就谢谢你啦?

This lunch is on me today, 今天这顿饭算我请客。

I think you got it last time. 我记得上回也是你请的。

It's my pleasure. 我请得心里高兴。

That's very nice of you. 既然这样，那就多谢了。

Shall we split the check. 大家分摊吧？

Why don't you let me pick it up. 就让我来付帐好了。

Oh, that's not necessary. 啊，不必这样。

I know it's not necessary. I want to do it. 我知道不必这样，可是我愿付?/span>

I really enjoyed the lunch. 这顿饭我吃得好高兴。

Yes, let's do it again real soon. 是啊，让我们不久再一起用餐吧。

I'll be back in town next month. 我下个月会再回这里来。

Good, I'll invite you out when you're here.好极了，等你来的时候，请再接受我的招待。

、Business Hours 营业时间

2、Office Hours 办公时间

3、Entrance 入口

4、Exit 出口

5、Push 推

6、Pull 拉

7、Shut 此路不通

8、On 打开 ( 放)

9、Off 关

10、Open 营业

11、Pause 暂停

12、Stop 关闭

13、Closed 下班

14、Menu 菜单

15、Fragile 易碎

16、This Side Up 此面向上

17、Introductions 说明

18、One Street 单行道

19、Keep Right/Left 靠左/右

20、Buses Only 只准公共汽车通过

21、Wet Paint 油漆未干

22、Danger 危险

23、Lost and Found 失物招领处

24、Give Way 快车先行

25、Safety First 安全第一

26、Filling Station 加油站

27、No Smoking 禁止吸烟

28、No Photos 请勿拍照

29、No Visitors 游人止步

30、No Entry 禁止入内

31、No Admittance 闲人免进

32、No Honking 禁止鸣喇叭

33、Parting 停车处

34、Toll Free 免费通行

35、F.F. 快进

36、Rew. 倒带

37、EMS (邮政)特快专递

38、Insert Here 此处插入

39、Open Here 此处开启

40、Split Here 此处撕开

41、Mechanical Help 车辆修理

42、“AA”Film 十四岁以下禁看电影

43、Do Not Pass 禁止超车

44、No U Turn 禁止掉头

45、U Turn Ok 可以U形转弯

46、No Cycling in the School校内禁止骑车

47、SOS 紧急求救信号

48、Hands Wanted 招聘

49、Staff Only 本处职工专用

50、No Litter 勿乱扔杂物

51、Hands Off 请勿用手摸

52、Keep Silence 保持安静

53、On Sale 削价出售

54、No Bills 不准张贴

55、Not for Sale 恕不出售

56、Pub 酒店

57、Cafe 咖啡馆、小餐馆

58、Bar 酒巴

59、Laundry 洗衣店

60、Travel Agency 旅行社

61、In Shade 置于阴凉处

62、Keep in Dark Place 避光保存

63、Poison 有毒/毒品

64、Guard against Damp 防潮

65、Beware of Pickpocket 谨防扒手

66、Complaint Box 意见箱

67、For Use Only in Case of Fire 灭火专用

68、Bakery 面包店

69、Keep Dry 保持干燥

70、Information 问讯处

71、No Passing 禁止通行

72、No Angling 不准垂钓

73、Shooting Prohibited 禁止打猎

74、Seat by Number 对号入座

75、Protect Public Propety 爱护公共财物

76、Ticket Office(or ：Booking Office)售票处

77、Visitors Please Register 来宾登记

78、Wipe Your Shoes And Boots请擦去鞋上的泥土

79、Men“s/Gentlemen/Gents Room 男厕所

80、Women“s/Ladies/Ladies“ Room女厕所

81、Occupied （厕所）有人

82、Vacant （厕所）无人

83、Commit No Nuisance 禁止小便

84、Net(Weight) 净重

85、MAN：25032002 生产日期：2002年3月25日

86、EXP：25032002 失效期：2002年3月25日

87、Admission Free免费入场

88、Bike Park(ing) 自行车存车处

89、Children and Women First 妇女、儿童优先

90、Save Food 节约粮食

91、Save Energy 节约能源

92、Handle with Care 小心轻放

93、Dogs Not Allowed 禁止携犬入内

94、Keep Away From Fire 切勿近火

95、Reduced Speed Now 减速行驶

96、Road Up. Detour 马路施工，请绕行

97、Keep Top Side Up 请勿倒立

98、Take Care Not to Leave Things Behind 当心不要丢失东西

99、Please Return the Back After Use 用毕放回架上

100、Luggage Depository 行李存放处

1、A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.

知足是人生在世最大的幸事。

－Joseph Addison（美国作家艾迪生）

2、If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some.

要想知道钱的价值，就想办法去借钱试试。

－Benjamin Franklin（美国总统富兰克林）

3、If you wish to succeed, you should use persistence as your good friend,

experience as your reference, prudence as your brother and hope as your sentry.

如果你希望成功，当以恒心为良友，以经验为参谋，以谨慎为兄弟，以希望为哨兵。

－Thomas Edison（美国发明家爱迪生）

4、Health is certainly more valuable than money,

because it is by health that money is procured.

健康当然比金钱更为重要，因为我们所赖以获得金钱的就是健康。

－Samuel Johnson（英国作家约翰逊）

5、That man is the richest whose pleasure are the cheapest.

能处处寻求快乐的人才是最富有的人。

－Henry David Thoreau（美国作家梭罗）

6、Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.

有时候一个人为不花钱得到的东西付出的代价最高。

－Albert Einstein（美国科学家爱因斯坦）

7、Will, work and wait are the pyramidal cornerstones for success.

意志、工作和等待是成功的金字塔的基石。

－Louis Pasteur（法国化学家巴斯勒）

8、All the splendor in the world is not worth a good friend.

人世间所有的荣华富贵不如一个好朋友。

－Voltaire（法国思想家伏尔泰）

9、There is a great different between exposure of

the mind and that of the body.

表露思想和展露身体之间存在极大的不同。

－William Hazlitt（英国批评家散文家哈滋里特）

10、To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive,

and the true success is to labor.

怀着希望去旅行比抵达目的地更愉快；而真正的成功在于工作。

－Robert Louis Stevenson（英国作家史蒂文森）

11、The greater a man is, the more distasteful is praise and flattery to him.

一个人越伟大，对表扬和奉承就越反感。

－John Burroughs（美国博物学家巴勒斯）

12、I might say that success is won by three things:

first, effort; second, more effort; third, still more effort.

可以说成功要靠三件事才能赢得：努力，努力，再努力。

－Thomas Hardy（英国诗人小说家哈代）

13、Success often depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed.

成功常常取决于知道需要多久才能成功。

－Charles Montesquieu（法国思想家孟德斯鸠）

14、Only those who have the patience to do simple things

perfectly ever acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.

只有有耐心圆满完成简单工作的人，才能够轻而易举的完成困难的事。

－Friedrich Schiller（德国剧作家诗人席勒）

15、You have to believe in yourself. That's the secret of success.

你必须相信自己，这是成功的关键。

－Charles Chaplin（美国演员卓别林）

16、A man can succeed at almost anything for which

he has unlimited enthusiasm.

无论何事，只要对它有无限的热情你就能取得成功。

－C. M. Schwab（美国实业家施瓦布）

17、The man who has made up his mind to win will never say "impossible".

凡是决心取得胜利的人是从来不说"不可能的"。

－Bonapart Napoleon（法国皇帝拿破仑）

18、Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow.

进步是今天的活动，明天的保证。

－Emerson（美国思想家爱默生）

20、Our destiny offers not the cup of despair,

but the chalice of opportunity.

命运给予我们的不是失望之酒，而是机会之杯。

－Richard Nixon（美国总统尼克松）

21、Miracles sometimes occur, but one has to work terribly for them.

奇迹有时候是会发生的，但是你得为之拼命的努力。

－C. Weizmann（爱尔兰总统魏茨曼）

22、It never will rain roses.

When we want to have more roses we must plant trees.

天上不会掉下玫瑰来，如果想要更多的玫瑰，必须自己种植。

－G. Eliot（英国小说家艾略特）

23、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，勤勉会使其更加完善；如果你能力一般，勤勉会补足其缺陷。

－Joshuas Reynolds（美国散文家雷诺兹）

24、Great works are performed not by strength , but by perseverance.

完成伟大的事业不在于体力，而在于坚韧不拔的毅力。

－Samuel Johnson（英国作家和评论家约翰逊）

25、Genius only means hard-working all one's life.

天才只意味着终身不懈的努力。

－Mendeleyev（俄国化学家门捷列耶夫）

26、Few things are impossible in themselves; and it is often for want of will ,

rather than of means, that man fails to succeed.

事情很少又根本做不成的；其所以做不成，与其说是条件不够，不如说是由于决心不够。

－(La Racheforcauld（法国作家罗切福考尔德）

27、Dare and the world always yields.

If it beats you sometimes, dare it again and again and it will succumb.

大胆挑战，世界总会让步。如果有时候你被它打败了，不断地挑战，它总会屈服地。

－W.M Thackeray（英国小说家萨克雷）

28、All that you do, do with your might; t

hings done by halves are never done right.

做一切事情都应尽力而为，半途而废永远不行。

－R.H. Stoddard（美国诗人斯托达德）

29、A man can fail many times,

but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.

一个人可以失败多次，但是只要他没有开始责怪旁人，他还不是一个失败者。

－J.Burroughs（美国博物学家巴勒斯）

30、You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements.

从一个国家的广告可以看出这个国家的理想。

－Norman Douglas（英国作家道格拉斯）

31、The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

实现明天理想的唯一障碍是今天的疑虑。

－Franklin Roosevelt（美国总统罗斯福）

32、The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

具有新想法的人在其想法实现之前是个怪人。

－Mark Twain（美国作家马克?吐温）

33、The important thing in life is to have a great aim,

and the determination to attain it.

人生重要的事情是确定一个伟大的目标，并决心实现它。

－Johann Wolfgang von Goethe（德国诗人、剧作家歌德）

34、Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important.

人世间的大多数烦恼都是由那些想成为重要人物的人惹出来的。

－George Eliot（英国小说家艾略特）

35、If you doubt yourself,

then indeed you stand on shaky ground.

如果你怀疑自己，那么你的立足点确实不稳固了。

－Ibsen（挪威剧作家易卜生）

36、Ideal is the beacon. Without ideal,

there is no secure direction; without direction ,there is no life.

理想是指路明灯。没有理想，就没有坚定的方向；

没有方向，就没有生活。 －Leo Tolstory（俄国作家托尔斯泰）

37、Ideal are like the stars --- we never reach them ,

but like mariners , we chart our course by them.

理想犹如天上的星星，我们犹如水手，虽不能达到天上，

但是我们的航程可凭借它指引。

－Carl Schurz（美国政治家舒尔茨）

38、Have an aim in life, or your energies will all be wasted.

人生应该树立目标，否则你的精神会白白浪费。

－R. Peters（美国法学家彼得斯）

39、Don't part with yourxxxs, When they are gone you may still exist,

but you have ceased to live.

不要放弃你的幻想。当幻想没有了以后，你还可以生存，但是你虽生犹死。

－Mark Twain（马克 吐温）

40、Do not, for one repulse,

give up the purpose that you resolved to effect.

不要只因一次失败，就放弃你原来决心想要达到的目的。

－Willian Shakespeare（莎士比亚）

41、Between the ideal and the reality,

Between the motion and the act, Fall the shadow.

理想与现实之间，动机与行为之间，总有一道阴影。

－Thomas Stearns Eliot（T.S.爱略特）

42、A man is not old as long as he is seeking something.

A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.

只要有一个人还有所追求，他就没有老。直到后悔取代了梦想，一个人才算老。

－J. Barrymore（巴里穆尔）

By Anonymous/无名氏  
　　
　　I’ll give you some advice about life.
　　给你生活的忠告

　　Eat more roughage;
　　多吃些粗粮；

　　Do more than others expect you to do and do it pains;
　　给别人比他们期望的更多，并用心去做；
　　Remember what life tells you;
　　熟记生活告诉你的一切；
　　Don’t take to heart every thing you hear.
　　Don’t spend all that you have.
　　Don’t sleep as long as you want;
　　不要轻信你听到的每件事，不要花光你的所有，不要想睡多久就睡多久；\

　　Whenever you say” I love you”, please say it honestly;
　　无论何时说“我爱你”，请真心实意；
　　Whevever you say” I’m sorry”, please look into the other person’s eyes;
　　无论何时说“对不起”，请看对方的眼睛；

　　Fall in love at first sight;  
　　相信一见钟情；

　　Don’t neglect dreams;
　　请不要忽视梦想；

　　Love deeply and ardently, even if there is pain, but this is the way to make your life complete;
　　深情热烈地爱，也许会受伤，但这是使人生完整的唯一方法；
　　Find a way to settle, not to dispute;
　　用一种明确的方法解决争议，不要冒犯；

　　Never judge people by their appearance;
　　永远不要以貌取人；

　　Speak slowly, but think quickly;
　　慢慢地说，但要迅速地想；
　　When someone asks you a question you don’t want to answer, simle and say, “Why do you want to know?”
　　 当别人问你不想回答的问题时，笑着说：“你为什么想知道？”

　　Remember that the man who can shoulder the most risk will gain the deepest love and the supreme accomplishment;
　　记住：那些敢于承担最大风险的人才能得到最深的爱和最大的成就；

　　Call you mother on the phone. If you can’t, you may think of her in your heart;
　　给妈妈打电话，如果不行，至少在心里想着她；

　　When someone sneezes say, “God bless you”;
　　当别人打喷嚏时，说一声“上帝保佑”；

　　If you fail, don’t forget to learn your lesson;
　　如果你失败了，千万别忘了汲取教训；

　　 Remember the three “ respects” .Respect yourself, respect others, stand on dignity and pay attention to your behavīor;
　　记住三个“尊”： 尊重你自己； 尊重别人； 保持尊严， 对自己的行为负责；

　　Don’t let a little dispute break up a great friendship;
　　不要让小小的争端损毁了一场伟大的友谊；

　　Whenever you find your wrongdoing, be quick with reparation!
　　无论何时你发现自己做错了，竭尽所能去弥补；动作要快！

　　Whenever you make a phone call smil when you pick up the phone, because someone feel it!
　　无论什么时候打电话，摘起话筒的时候请微笑，因为对方能感觉到！

　　Marry a person who likes talking; because when you get old, you’ll find that chatting to be a great advantage;
　　找一个你爱聊的人结婚；因为年纪大了后，你会发觉喜欢聊天是一个人最大的优点；

　　Find time for yourself.
　　找点时间，单独呆会儿；

　　Life will change what you are but not who you are;
　　欣然接受改变，但不要摒弃你的个人理念；

Remember that silence is golden;
　　记住：沉默是金；

　　Read more books and watch less television;
　　多看点书，少看点电视；

　　Live a noble and honest life. Reviving past times in your old age will help you to enjoy your life again;
　　过一种高尚而诚实的生活。当你年老时回想起过去，你就能再一次享受人生。

　　Trust God, but don’t forget to lock the door;
　　相信上帝，但是别忘了锁门；

　　The harmonizing atmosphere of a family is valuable;
　　家庭的融洽氛围是难能可贵的；

　　Try your best to let family harmony flow smoothly;
　　尽你的能力让家平顺和谐；

　　When you quarrel with a close friend, talk about the main dish, don’t quibble over the appetizers;
　　当你和你的亲近的少吵嘴时候，试着就事论事，不要扯出那些陈芝麻、烂谷子的事；
　　You cannot hold onto yesterday;
　　不要摆脱不了昨天；
　　Figure out the meaning of someone’s words;
　　多注意言下之意；
　　

　　Share your knowledge to continue a timeless tradition;
　　和别人分享你的知识，那才是永恒之道；

　　Treat our earth in a friendly way,don’t fool around with mother nature;
　　善待我们的地球，不要愚弄自然母亲；

　　Do the thing you should do;
　　做自己该做的事；

　　Don’t trust a lover who kisses you without closing their eyes;
　　不要相信接吻时从不闭眼的伴侣；
　　Go to a place you’ve never been to every year.
　　每年至少去一个你从没去过的地方。
　　
　　If you earn much money,the best way to spend it is on charitable deeds while you are alive;
　　如果你赚了很多钱，在活着的时候多行善事，这是你能得到的最好回报；
　　Remember,not all the best harvest is luck;
　　记住有时候，不是最好的收获也是一种好运；

　　Understand rules completely and change them reasonably;
　　深刻理解所有的规则，合理地更新他们；

　　Remember,the best love is to love others unconditionally rather than make demands on them;
　　记住，最好的爱存在于对别人的爱胜于对别人的索求这上；

　　Comment on the success you have attained by looking in the past at the target you wanted to achieve most;
　　回头看看你发誓取得的目标，然后评价你到底有多成功；

　　In love and cooking,you must give 100% effort……but expect little appreciation;
　　无论是烹饪不是爱情，都用百分之百的负责态度对待，但是不要乞求太多的回报。

Today we have higher buildings and wider highways,but shorter temperaments and narrower points of view; 
　　今天我们拥有了更高层的楼宇以及更宽阔的公路，但是我们的性情却更为急躁，眼光也更加狭隘; 
　　 
　　

We spend more,but enjoy less; 
　　我们消耗的更多，享受到的却更少； 
　　 
　　We have bigger houses,but smaller famillies; 
　　我们的住房更大了，但我们的家庭却更小了； 
　　 
　　We have more compromises,but less time; 
　　我们妥协更多，时间更少； 
　　 
　　We have more knowledge,but less judgment; 
　　我们拥有了更多的知识，可判断力却更差了； 
　　 
　　We have more medicines,but less health; 
　　我们有了更多的药品，但健康状况却更不如意； 
　　 
　　We have multiplied out possessions,but reduced out values; 
　　我们拥有的财富倍增，但其价值却减少了； 
　　 
　　We talk much,we love only a little,and we hate too much; 
　　我们说的多了，爱的却少了，我们的仇恨也更多了； 
　　 
　　We reached the Moon and came back,but we find it troublesome to cross our own street and meet our neighbors; 
　　我们可以往返月球，但却难以迈出一步去亲近我们的左邻右舍； 
　　 
　　We have conquered the uter space,but not our inner space; 
　　我们可以征服外太空，却征服不了我们的内心； 
　　 
　　We have highter income,but less morals; 
　　我们的收入增加了，但我们的道德却少了； 
　　 
　　These are times with more liberty,but less joy; 
　　我们的时代更加自由了，但我们拥有的快乐时光却越来越少； 
　　 
　　We have much more food,but less nutrition; 
　　我们有了更多的食物，但所能得到的营养却越来越少了； 
　　 
　　These are the days in which it takes two salaries for each home,but divorces increase; 
　　现在每个家庭都可以有双份收入，但离婚的现象越来越多了； 
　　 
　　These are times of finer houses,but more broken homes; 
　　现在的住房越来越精致，但我们也有了更多破碎的家庭； 
　　 
　　That‘s why I propose,that as of today; 
　　这就是我为什么要说，让我们从今天开始； 
　　 
　　You do not keep anything for a special occasion.because every day that you live is a SPECIAL OCCASION. 
　　不要将你的东西为了某一个特别的时刻而预留着，因为你生活的每一天都是那么特别； 
　　 
　　Search for knowledge,read more ,sit on your porch and admire the view without paying attention to your needs; 
　　寻找更多的知识，多读一些书，坐在你家的前廊里，以赞美的眼光去享受眼前的风景，不要带上任何功利的想法； 
　　 
　　Spend more time with your family and friends,eat your favorite foods,visit the places you love; 
　　花多点时间和朋友与家人在一起，吃你爱吃的食物，去你想去的地方； 
　　 
　　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； 
　　 
　　Use your crystal goblets.Do not save your best perfume,and use it every time you feel you want it. 
　　举起你的水晶酒杯吧。不要吝啬洒上你最好的香水，你想用的时候就享用吧！ 
　　 
　　Remove from your vocabulary phrases like"one of these days"or "someday"; 
　　从你的词汇库中移去所谓的“有那么一天”或者“某一天”； 
　　 
　　Let‘s write that letter we thought of writing "one of these days"! 
　　曾打算“有那么一天”去写的信，就在今天吧！ 
　　 
　　Let‘s tell our families and friends how much we love them; 
　　告诉家人和朋友，我们是多么地爱他们； 
　　 
　　Do not delay anything that adds laughter and joy to your life; 
　　不要延迟任何可以给你的生活带来欢笑与快乐的事情； 
　　 
　　Every day,every hour,and every minute is special; 
　　每一天、每一小时、每一分钟都是那么特别； 
　　 
　　And you don‘t know if it will be your last. 
　　你无从知道这是否是最后一刻。

Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life.

Youth means a tempera-mental predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease. This often exists in a man of 60 more than a boy of 20. Nobody grows old merely by a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals.

Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spring back to dust.

Whether 60 or 16, there is in every human being’s heart the lure of wonder, the unfailing childlike appetite of what’s next and the joy of the game of living. In the center of your heart and my heart there is a wireless station: so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, courage and power from men and from the Infinite, so long are you young.

When the aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism, then you are grown old, even at 20, but as long as your aerials are up, to catch waves of optimism, there is hope you may die young at 80.

青春不是年华，而是心境；青春不是桃面、丹唇、柔膝，而是深沉的意志，恢宏的想象，炙热的恋情；青春是生命的深泉在涌流。

青春气贯长虹，勇锐盖过怯弱，进取压倒苟安。如此锐气，二十后生而有之，六旬男子则更多见。年岁有加，并非垂老，理想丢弃，方堕暮年。

岁月悠悠，衰微只及肌肤；热忱抛却，颓废必致灵魂。忧烦，惶恐，丧失自信，定使心灵扭曲，意气如灰。

无论年届花甲，拟或二八芳龄，心中皆有生命之欢乐，奇迹之诱惑，孩童般天真久盛不衰。人人心中皆有一台天线，只要你从天上人间接受美好、希望、欢乐、勇气和力量的信号，你就青春永驻，风华常存。

一旦天线下降，锐气便被冰雪覆盖，玩世不恭、自暴自弃油然而生，即使年方二十，实已垂垂老矣；然则只要树起天线，捕捉乐观信号，你就有望在八十高龄告别尘寰时仍觉年轻。

Love 爱情 

I love you not because of who you are,but 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。 

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，值得让你这么做的人不会让你哭泣。 

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。 

Never frown,even when you are sad,because you never know who is falling in love with your smile. 
纵然伤心，也不要悉眉不展，因为你不知是谁会爱上你的笑容。 

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；但是对于某人，你是他的整个世界。 

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。 

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爱你，那并不代表他们没有全心全意地爱你。 

Don't try to hard,the best things come when you least expect them to. 
不要着急，最好的总会在最不经意的时候出现。 

Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one,so that when we finally meet the person,we will know how to be grateful. 
在遇到梦中人之前，上天也许会安排我们先遇到别人；在我们终于遇见心仪的人时，便应当心存感激。 

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。

If you can ¹⁾keep your head when all about you

Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;

If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,

But ²⁾make allowance for their doubting too;

If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,

Or, being lied about, don’t deal in lies,

Or, being hated, don’t give way to hating,

And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise;

 

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;

If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;

If you can meet with triumph and disaster

And treat those two ³⁾impostors just the same;

If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken

Twisted by ⁴⁾knaves to make a trap for fools,

Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,

And stoop and build ’em up with ⁵⁾worn-out tools;

 

If you can make one heap of all your winnings

And risk it on one turn of ⁶⁾pitch-and-toss,

And lose, and start again at your beginnings

And never breathe a word about your loss;

If you can force your heart and nerve and ⁷⁾sinew

To serve your turn long after they are gone,

And so hold on when there is nothing in you

Except the Will which says to them: “Hold on !”;

 

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,

Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch;

If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;

If all men count with you, but none too much;

If you can fill the unforgiving minute

With sixty seconds “worth of distance run”

Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,

And - which is more - you’ll be a Man my son!

 

如果所有人都失去理智，咒骂你，

你仍能保持头脑清醒；

如果所有人都怀疑你，

你仍能坚信自己，让所有的怀疑动摇；

如果你要等待，不要因此厌烦，

为人所骗，不要因此骗人，

为人所恨，不要因此抱恨，

不要太乐观，不要自以为是；

 

如果你是个追梦人--不要被梦主宰；

如果你是个爱思考的人--不要以思想者自居；

如果你遇到骄傲和挫折

把两者当骗子看待；

如果你能忍受你曾讲过的事实

被恶棍扭曲，用于蒙骗傻子，

或者，看着你用毕生去看护的东西被破坏，

俯下身去，用破旧的工具把它修补；

 

如果在你赢得无数桂冠之后，

然后孤注一掷再博一次，

失败过后，东山再起，

不要抱怨你的失败；

如果你能迫使自己，

在别人走后，长久坚守阵地，

在你心中已空荡荡无一物，

只有意志告诉你“坚持！”；

 

如果你与人交谈，能保持风度，

伴王同行，能保持距离；

如果仇敌和好友都不害你；

如果所有人都指望你，却无人全心全意；

如果你花六十秒进行短程跑，

填满那不可饶恕的一分钟--

你就可以拥有一个世界，

这个世界的一切都是你的，

更重要的是

孩子，你是个顶天立地的人。

David J.Smith/大卫.史密斯 Shelath Armstrory／谢拉.阿姆斯壮  
　　
　　If we could shrink the earth’s population to a village of precisely 100 people, with all the existing human ratios remaining the same, it would look something like the following:
　　如果我们把全世界的人口按照现有压缩为一个１００人的村子，情况就会如同以下：
　　
　　There would be:
　　57 Asians
　　21 Europeans
　　10 from the Western Hemisphere, both north and south
　　8 Africans
　　这个村子里有：
　　57人是亚洲人
　　21人是欧洲人
　　14人来自西半球的南、北美洲
　　8人是非洲人
　　
　　52 would be female
　　48 would be male
　　52人是女性
　　48人是男性
　　
　　70 would be non-while
　　30 would be white
　　70人是有色人种
　　30人是白人
　　70 would be non-christian
　　30 would be Christian
　　70人是非基督教徒
　　30人是基督徒
　　
　　89 would be heterosexual
　　11 would be homosexual
　　89人是异性恋者
　　11人是同性恋者
　　
　　6 people would possess 59% of the entire world’s wealth
　　and all 6 would be from the United States.
　　6人拥有全世界59％的财富
　　而且这6人全是美国人
　　
　　80 would live in substandard housing
　　70 would be unable to read
　　50 would suffer from malnutrition
　　1 would be near death; 1 would be near birth
　　80人的居住环境不达标准
　　70人是文盲
　　50人苦于营养不良
　　1人濒临死亡边缘；1人正要出生
　　
　　1(yes, only 1) would have a college education
　　１ would own a computer
　　1人（是的，只有１人)会接受大学教育
　　1人拥有电脑
　　
　　When one considers our world from such a compressed perspective, the need for acceptance, understanding and education becomes glaringly apparent.
　　透过这个压缩图来放眼我们的世界，就会明晓接纳他人、谅解以及教育是何等重要。
　　
　　The following is also something to ponder……
　　再从以下角度来想想看……
　　
　　If you woke pup this morning with more health than illness……you are more blessed than the million who will not survive this week.
　　如果你早上醒来的时候健康无恙……那么，比起活不过这一周的百万人来说，你真是幸运多了。
　　
　　If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation…you are ahead of 500 million people in the world.
　　如果你未曾经历过战争的危险、入狱的孤独、严刑的苦楚、饥饿的痛苦……那么，比起世界上５亿人来，你真是幸运多了。
　　
　　If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep… you are richer than 75% of this world.
　　如果你冰箱里有食物，身上有衣服可穿，有屋篷遮蔽，有地方睡觉……那么，比起世界上７５％的人来，你真是富足多了。
　　
　　If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in dish someplace…you are among the top 8% of the world’s wealth.
　　如果你银行中有存款，钱包中也有钱，还能到某处消费习菜……你便跻身在世界上最富有的８％人口当中了。
　　
　　If your parents are still alive and still married…you are very rare, even in the United Stated and Canada.
　　如果你的父母依然健在，而且还在一起生活的话……这可是非常难得的事，即使是在美国与加拿大。
　　
　　Someone once said: What goes around comes around.
　　有人说过：我所付出的终将会回归。
　　
　　So…
　　Work live you don’t need the money.
　　Love like you’ve never been hurt.
　　Dance like nobody’s watching.
　　Sing like nobody’s listening.
　　Live like it’s Heaven on Earth.
　　所以……
　　去工作时，犹如你不执迷于金钱。
　　去爱他人，犹如你从未曾被伤害。
　　去舞蹈吧，犹如无人在一旁观看。
　　去歌唱吧，犹如无人在一边谛听。
　　好好地生活，犹如这里是人间乐土。

转自：zt The Blue Day Book 布拉德里.特雷弗.格里夫 著 每个人都有忧郁的日子。 Everybody has blue days. 那些日子真是惨透了，你觉得心里乱糟糟的、怨气丛生、寂寞、整个人彻底的精疲力竭。 These are miserable days when you feel lousy, grumpy, lonely, and utterly exhausted. 那些日子总会让你感到自己的渺小和微不足道， Days when you feel small and insignificant, 每件事情似乎都够不着边。 when everything seems just out of reach. 你根本无法振作起来。 You can’t rise to the occasion. 根本没有力气重新开始。 Just getting started seems impossible. 在忧郁的日子里，你可能变成偏执狂，觉得每个人都想要吃定你。 On blue days you can become paranoid that everyone is out to get you. 其实情况并不总是那么糟。 This is not always such a bad thing. 你感到灰心、焦虑，可能开始神经质地拼命咬指甲，然后不可救药地陷入一眨眼吃掉三大块巧克力蛋糕的疯狂！ You feel frustrated and anxious, which can induce a nail-biting frenzy that can escalate into a triple-chocolate-mud-cake-eating frenzy in a blink of an eye! 在忧郁的日子里，你会觉得自己在悲伤的海里沉沉浮浮。 On blue days you feel like you’re floating in an ocean of sadness. 不论在什么时候，你总有种想哭的冲动，却不知道为了什么。 You’re about to burst into tears at any moment and you don’t even know why. 最后，你觉得自己犹如行尸走肉，失去生活目标。 Ultimately, you feel like you’re wandering through life without purpose. 你不知道自己还可以撑多久， You’re not sure how much longer you can hang on, 然后你想大喊一声：“谁来一枪把我打死吧！” and you feel like shouting, “Will someone please shout me!” 其实一点小事就让你一天都郁闷难当。 It doesn’t take much to bring on a blue day. 也许只是一觉醒来，没有感觉到或者看到自己最棒的一面， You might just wake up not feeling or looking your best, 发现自己又多了几条皱纹，又重了几斤，或是鼻子上冒出了一个大包。 find some new wrinkles, put on a little weight, or get a huge pimple on your nose. 你可能忘记了约会对象的名字，或是有张可笑的照片被登出来。 You could forget your date’s name or have an embarrassing photograph published. 你或许被人抛弃、离了婚，或是被开除，当众出丑，被刻薄的绰号弄得心乱如麻， You might get dumped, divorced, or fired, make a fool of yourself in public, be afflicted with a demeaning nickname, 或许只因为你得整天顶着一个其丑无比的发型。 or just have a plain old bad-hair day. 也许工作让你痛苦得如坐针毡。 Maybe work is a pain in the butt. 你在强大的压力下顶替他人的位置， You’re under major pressure to fill someone else’s shoes, 你的老板对你百般挑剔， your boss is picking on you, 办公室里的每一个人都让你发疯。 and everyone in the office is driving you crazy. 你可能会头疼欲裂， You might have a splitting headache, 或重心不稳跌个正着，口臭、牙痛、不停放屁、口干舌燥， or a slipped dish, bad breath, a toothache, chronic gas, dry lips, 或是指甲长到肉里头了。 or a nasty ingrown toenail. 不管什么原因，你确定上面有人不喜欢你。 Whatever the reason, you’re convinced that someone up there doesn’t like you. 唉，该怎么办，到底该怎么办呢？ Oh what to do, what to do? 嗯，你可能跟大部分人一样， Well, if you’re like most people, 随便找个东西躲起来,以为事情会自行解决。 you’ll hide behind a flimsy belief that everything will sort itself out. 结果你得花掉下半辈子的时间回头看， Then you’ll spend the rest of your life looking over your shoulder, 等着一次有一次重蹈覆辙。 waiting for everything to go wrong all over again. 最后你会变成一个易怒的、愤世嫉俗的，或者是 一个可怜兮兮的、哭哭啼啼的受害者。 All the while becoming crusty and cynical or a pathetic, sniveling victim. 最终你绝望地躺在地上，祈求地球将你吞没，或是沉迷在比利.乔的蓝调音乐中不能自拔。 Until you get so depressed that you lie down and beg the earth to swallow you up or, even worse, become addicted to Billy Joel songs. 这的确很蠢， This is crazy, 因为你只能年轻一次，而且绝对不可能老两次。 because you’re only young once and you’re never old twice