英语经典美文「赏析」

莉落

  things do not change;we change.sell your clothes and keep your thoughts.

  万物不变,是我们在变。你的衣服可以卖掉,但要保留你的思想

  think it over……好好想想……

  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;

  寻找更我的知识,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.

  你无从知道这是否最后刻。

  美文欣赏:你可以选择自己想过的生活

  Occasionally, life can be undeniably, impossibly difficult. We are faced with challenges and events that can seem overwhelming, life-destroying to the point where it may be hard to decide whether to keep going. But you always have a choice. Jessica Heslop shares her powerful, inspiring journey from the worst times in her life to the new life she has created for herself:

  生活有时候困难得难以置信,但又不容置疑。我们面临的挑战与困境似乎无法抵御,试图毁灭我们生活,甚至使你犹疑是否继续走下去。但是你总有选择的余地。从人生低谷走向新生活的杰西卡·赫斯乐普,在这里与我们分享她启迪心灵、充满震撼力的生活之旅。