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2楼 第2课 Mother 5 第3课 Friends 6 第4课 If the world were a Village of 100 People 7 第5课 Think it over…… 10 第6课 Stray Birds 13 第7课 On Beauty 15 第8课 Love 18 第9课 What Is Happiness? 20 第10课 Instruction for Life 23 第11课 Companionship of Books 25 第12课 Born to Win 28 www.010english.com 五环英语供稿 第1课 Five Balls of Life 【Text】 Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling some five balls in the air. You name them work, family, health, friends and spirit and you’re keeping all of these in the air. You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. But the other four balls family, health, friends and spirit are made of glass. If you drop one of these, they will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged or even shattered. They will never be the same. You must understand that and strive for balance in your life. How? Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. It is because we are different that each of us is special. Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important. Only you know what is best for you. Don’t take for granted the things closest to your heart. Cling to them as they would be your life, for without them, life is meaningless. Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. By living your life one day at a time, you live ALL the days of your life. Don’t give up when you still have something to give. Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying. Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together. Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave. Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find. The quickest way to receive love is to give it; the fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly; and the best way to keep love is to give it wings. Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been, but also where you are going. Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless, a treasure you can always carry easily. Don’t use time or words carelessly. Neither can be retrieved. Life is not a race, but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is history, Tomorrow is a mystery and Today is a gift: that’s why we call it ‘The Present’ 【参考译文】 生命中的五个球 Five Balls of Life 想象生命是一场不停丢掷五个球于空中的游戏。这五个球分别为工作、家庭、健康、朋友和心灵，而且你很努力地掷着这五个球，不让它们落地。很快地你会了解工作是一个橡皮球。如果你不幸失手落下它，它还是会弹回来。 但是家庭、健康、朋友和心灵这四个球是用玻璃做成的。一旦你失手落下，它们可能会少了一角，留下无法挽回的记号、刻痕、损坏甚至碎落一地。它们将永远不会跟以前一样。你必须了解这个道理，并且为平衡你的生命而努力。但要怎么才做得到呢？ 别拿自己和他人比较，这只会降低了你原有的价值。因为我们都是独一无二的，因为我们每一个人都很特别。 |
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3楼 不要将贴近你的心的人、事物视为理所当然的存在。你必须将他们视为你的生命一般好好地抓牢他们。没有他们，生命将失去意义。 别让你的生命总在依恋过去种种或是寄望未来中逝去。如果你活在每个当下，你就活出了生命中的每一天。 当你还能给予的时候别轻言放弃。只要你不放弃，就有无限延伸的可能。 别害怕承认你并非完美。正因如此，我们才得以藉由这脆弱的细丝紧密地串绑在一起。 别害怕遇到危险。正因如此，我们才得以藉由这些机会学习勇敢。 别以爱太难找到作为借口而紧闭你的心扉。最迅速找到爱的方法就是给予你的爱；最快速失去爱的方法就是紧紧地守着你的爱不放；维持爱的最好方式就是给爱一双翅膀。 莫要匆忙地度过你的一生，那匆忙让你忘了曾经到过哪里，也让你忘了你要去哪里。 莫忘记，人类情感上最大的需要是感恩。 莫害怕学习。知识没有重量，它是可以随意携带的珍宝。 莫漫不经心地蹉跎光阴或口无遮拦。时间与言词两者都是一放便收不回来。 生命不是一场赛跑, 而是一步一个脚印的旅程。 昨天已是历史,明天还是未知，而今天则是一个上天的礼物：那就是我们为什么称它为“现在”(Present)的原因。 第2课 Mother 【Text】 "M" is for the million things she gave me, "O" means only that she's growing old, "T" is for the tears she shed to save me, "H" is for her heart of purest gold, "E" is for her eyes, with the love-light shining, "R "means right, and right she'll always be, Put them all together, they spell "MOTHER", A word that means the world to me. 【参考译文】 母亲 "M"代表她所给予我的无数, "O"的意思是她在日渐老去, "T"是她为抚育我洒下的泪, "H"指她有像金子一般的心灵, "E"就是她的眼睛,里面洋溢着爱的光芒, "R"的意思是正确,因为她永远都是对的。 将以上字母串在一起就是"母亲(mother )", 这个是我整个的世界。 第3课 Friends 【Text】 A true friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart. There's always going to be people that hurt you, so what you have to do is keep on trusting and just be more careful about who you trust next time around. Make yourself a better person and know who you are before you try and know someone else and expect them to know you. Remember: Whatever happens happens for a reason. How many people actually have 8 true friends? Hardly anyone I know. But some of us have all right friends and good friends. 【参考译文】 真正的朋友是一个可以援手帮助并感动你心扉的人。别人常常伤害你，所以你该继续付出信任，并小心挑选你下次信任的人。 在你想了解别人也想让别人了解你之前，先完善并了解自己。 要记住：任何事情的发生都有因有起。 有多少人可以拥有八个真正的朋友？就我所知少之又少。但我们会有泛泛之交和好友 第4课 If the world were a Village of 100 People 【Text】 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: There would be: 57 Asians 21 Europeans 10 from the Western Hemisphere, both north and south 8 Africans 52 would be female 48 would be male 70 would be non-while 30 would be white 70 would be non-christian 30 would be Christian 89 would be heterosexual |
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4楼 6 people would possess 59％ of the entire world’s wealth and all 6 would be from the United States. 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 1(yes, only 1) would have a college education 1 would own a computer When one considers our world from such a compressed perspective, the need for acceptance, understanding and education becomes glaringly apparent. The following is also something to ponder…… If you woke up this morning with more health than illness……you are more blessed than the million who will not survive this week. 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. 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. If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in someplace…you are among the top 8％ of the world’s wealth. If your parents are still alive and still married…you are very rare, even in the United Stated and Canada. Someone once said: What goes around comes around. So… Work like 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. 【参考译文】 如果世界是个一百人的村落 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： 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 人是女性 48 人是男性 70 人是有色人种 30 人是白人 70 人是非基督教徒 30 人是基督徒 89 人是异性恋者 11 人是同性恋者 6 人拥有全世界59％的财富 而且这6 人全是美国人 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 人（是的，只有１人)会接受大学教育 1 人拥有电脑 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。 再从以下角度来想想看…… 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。 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。 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。 如果你银行中有存款，钱包中也有钱，还能到某处下馆子……你便跻身在世界上最富有的８％人口当中了。 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。 有人说过：我所付出的终将会回归。 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 第5课 Think it over…… 【Text】 Today we have higher buildings and wider highways, but shorter temperaments and narrower points of view; We spend more, but enjoy less; We have bigger houses, but smaller families; We have more compromises, but less time; |
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5楼 We have more medicines, but less health; We have multiplied out possessions, but reduced out values; We talk much, we love only a little, and we hate too much; We reached the Moon and came back, but we find it troublesome to cross our own street and meet our neighbors; We have conquered the outer space, but not our inner space; We have higher income, but less morals; These are times with more liberty, but less joy; We have much more food, but less nutrition; These are the days in which it takes two salaries for each home, but divorces increase; These are times of finer houses, but more broken homes; That's why I propose, that as of today: You do not keep anything for a special occasion because every day that you live is a SPECIAL OCCASION. Search for knowledge, read more ,sit on your porch and admire the view without paying attention to your needs; Spend more time with your family and friends, eat your favorite foods, visit the places you love; Life is a chain of moments of enjoyment; not only about survival; Use your crystal goblets. Do not save your best perfume, and use it every time you feel you want it. Remove from your vocabulary phrases like "one of these days" or "someday"; Let's write that letter we thought of writing "one of these days"! Let's tell our families and friends how much we love them; Do not delay anything that adds laughter and joy to your life; Every day, every hour, and every minute is special; And you don't know if it will be your last. 【参考译文】 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； 我们消耗的更多，享受到的却更少； 我们的住房更大了，但我们的家庭却更小了； 我们妥协更多，时间更少； 我们拥有了更多的知识，可判断力却更差了； 我们有了更多的药品，但健康状况却更不如意； 我们拥有的财富倍增，但其价值却减少了； 我们说的多了，爱的却少了，我们的仇恨也更多了； 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； 我们可以征服外太空，却征服不了我们的内心； 我们的收入增加了，但我们的道德却少了； 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； 我们有了更多的食物，但所能得到的营养却越来越少了； 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； 现在的住房越来越精致，但我们也有了更多破碎的家庭； 这就是我为什么要说，让我们从今天开始； 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； 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； 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； 生活是一串串的快乐时光；我们不仅仅是为了生存而生存； 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！ 从你的词汇库中移去所谓的“有那么一天”或者“某一天”； 曾打算“有那么一天”去写的信，就在今天吧！ 告诉家人和朋友，我们是多么地爱他们； 不要延迟任何可以给你的生活带来欢笑与快乐的事情； 每一天、每一小时、每一分钟都是那么特别； 你无从知道这是否最后刻。 www.010english.com 五环英语供稿 第6课 Stray Birds 【Text】 1)Stray birds of summer come to my window to sing and fly away. |
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6楼 If you 2)shed tears when you miss the sun, you also miss the stars. Man is a born child, his power is the power of growth. The trees come up to my window like the 3)yearning voice of the dumb earth. You smiled and talked to me of nothing and I felt that for this I had been waiting long. The fish in the water is silent, the animal on the earth is noisy, the bird in the air is singing. But Man has in him the silence of the sea, the noise of the earth and the music of the air. The world rushes on over the strings of the 4)lingering heart making the music of sadness. We come nearest to the great when we are great in 5)humility. The mist, like love, plays upon the heart of the hills and brings out surprises of beauty. Your voice, my friend, wanders in my heart, like the 6)muffled sound of the sea among these listening 7)pines. What is this unseen flame of darkness whose sparks are the stars? Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death like autumn leaves. The touch of the nameless days clings to my heart like mosses round the old tree. 【参考译文】 飞鸟集 夏天的飞鸟，飞到我的窗前唱歌，又飞去了。 秋天的黄叶，它们没有什么可唱，只叹息一声，飞落在那里。 如果你因失去了太阳而流泪，那么你也将失去群星了。 人是一个初生的孩子，他的力量，就是生长的力量。 绿树长到了我的窗前，仿佛是喑哑的大地发出的渴望的声音。 你微微地笑着，不对我说什么话。而我觉得，为了这个，我已等待得很久了。 水里的游鱼是沉默的，陆地上的兽类是喧闹的，空中的飞鸟是歌唱着的。但是，人类却兼有海里的沉默，地上的喧闹与空中的音乐。 世界在踌躇之心的琴弦上跑过去，奏出忧郁的乐声。 当我们是最为谦卑的时候，便是我们最接近伟大的时候。 雾，像爱情一样，在山峰的心上游戏，生出种种美丽的变幻。 我的朋友，你的语声飘荡在我的心里，像那海水的低吟声缭绕在静听着的松林之间。 这个不可见的黑暗之火焰，以繁星为其火花的，到底是什么呢？ 使生如夏花之绚烂，死如秋叶之静美。 无名日子的感触，攀缘在我的心上，正像那绿色的苔藓，攀缘在老树的周身。 【注释】 1) stray a. 迷路的，漂泊的 2) shed v. 流 3) yearninga. 向往的，怀念的 4) lingering a. 逗留不去的 5) humility n. 谦卑 6) muffleda. 压抑的 7) pine n. 松树 第7课 On Beauty 【Text】 Where shall you seek beauty, and how shall you find her unless she herself be your way and your guide? And how shall you speak of her except she be the 1)weaver of your speech? The 2)aggrieved and the 3)injured say, "Beauty is kind and gentle. Like a young mother half-shy of her own 4)glory she walks among us." And the 5)passionate say, "Nay, beauty is a thing of 6)might and 7)dread. Like the 8)tempest she shakes the earth beneath us and the sky above us." The tired and the 9)weary say, "Beauty is of soft 10)whisperings. She speaks in our spirit. Her voice 11)yields to our silences like a 12)faint light that 13)quivers 14)in fear of the shadow." But the 15)restless say, "We have heard her shouting among the mountains, and with her cries came the sound of hoofs, and the beating of wings and the 16)roaring of lions." At night the watchmen of the city say, "Beauty shall rise with the dawn from the east." |
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7楼 In winter say the 20)snow-bound, "She shall come with the spring leaping upon the hills." And in the summer heat the 21)reapers say, "We have seen her dancing with the autumn leaves, and we saw a drift of snow in her hair." All these things have you said of beauty, yet in truth you spoke not of her but of needs unsatisfied, and beauty is not a need but an 22)ecstasy. It is not a mouth 23)thirsting nor an empty hand stretched forth, but rather a heart 24)enflamed and a soul 25)enchanted. It is not the image you would see nor the song you would hear, but rather an image you see though you close your eyes and a song you hear though you shut your ears. It is not the 26)sap within the 27)furrowed 28)bark, nor a wing attached to a 29)claw, but rather a garden for ever in bloom and a flock of angels for ever in flight. Beauty is life when life 30)unveils her holy face. 【参考译文】 美 如果美不以自身为途径，为向导，你们到哪里，又如何能找到她呢？如果她不是你们言语的编织者，你们又如何能谈论她呢？ 伤心痛苦者说：“美是善良而温柔的。她像一位因自己的荣耀而半含羞涩的年轻母亲，走在我们的身边。” 热情奔放者说：“不，美是强烈而令人惊畏的。她如暴风雨般震动我们脚下的大地，摇撼我们头上的天空。” 疲惫怠倦者说：“美是温柔的低语，她在我们的心中诉说。她的声音波动在我们的沉默中，犹如一道微弱的光在对阴影的恐惧中颤抖。” 但活泼好动者说：“我们曾听到她在山谷中大声呼叫，随其呐喊而来的是足蹄踏地、翅膀拍击和雄狮怒吼的声音。” 夜晚，城市的守夜人说：“美将与晨光一同从东方升起。” 正午，辛勤劳作者和长途跋涉者说：“我们曾看到她透过黄昏之窗眺望大地。” 严冬，困在风雪中的人说：“她将与春同至，雀跃于山峦之间。” 酷暑，收割庄稼的人说：“我们曾看到她与秋叶共舞，雪花点缀于她的发梢。” 你 们谈到关于美的所有这些，实际并非关于她本身，而是关于你们未被满足的需求，但美并不是一种需求，而是心醉神迷的欣喜。她不是焦渴的唇，也不是伸出的空空 的手，而是一颗燃烧的心，一个充满喜悦的灵魂。她不是你们想看到的形象，也不是你们想听到的歌声，而是你们闭上眼睛看到的形象，堵住耳朵听到的歌声。她不 是伤残树皮下的树液，也不是悬在利爪下的翅膀。而是一座鲜花永远盛开的花园，一群永远在天空飞翔的天使。 当生命摘去遮盖她圣洁面容的面纱时，美就是生命。 【注释】 1) weaver n. 编织者，织工 2) aggrieved a. 苦恼的，悲伤的 the aggrieved指苦恼的人，悲伤的人 3) injured a. 受伤的，受损害的 the injured指受伤的人，受损害的人 4) glory n. 荣誉，光荣 5) passionate a. 热情的 the passionate指充满热情的人 6) might n. 力量，威力 7) dread n. 惧怕，担心 8) tempest n. 暴风雨 9) weary a. 疲倦的 the weary指疲倦的人 10) whispering n. 耳语 11) yield to 屈服于，屈从于 12) faint a. 微弱的，模糊的 13) quiver v. 颤抖 14) in fear of 对……惧怕，担忧 15) restless a. 不能安静的 the restless指好动的人 16) roaring n. 咆哮，呼喊 17) noon-time n. 正午，白昼 18) toiler n. 辛劳者 19) wayfarer n. 旅人，徒步旅行者 20) snow-bound a. 被大雪困阻的 the snowbound指被大雪困阻的人 21) reaper n. 收割者 22) ecstasy n. 入迷 23) thirsting a. 口渴的 24) enflame v. 燃烧 25) enchant v. 施魔法，使迷惑 |
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8楼 27) furrowed a. 有犁沟的，有皱纹的 28) bark n. 树皮 29) claw n. 爪 30) unveil v. 揭开，除去面纱 第8课 Love 【Text】 I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you. No man or woman is worth your tears, and the one who is worth your tears, won't make you cry. The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can't have them. Never frown, even when you are sad, because you never know who is falling in love with your smile. To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world. Don't waste your time on a person, who isn't willing to waste his time on you. 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. Don't try too hard, the best things come when you least expect them to. 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. Don't cry because it is over, smile because it happened. Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible sun within us. -------Sir Thomas Browne 【参考译文】 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。 没有人值得你流泪，值得让你这么做的人不会让你哭泣。 失去某人，最糟糕的莫过于，他近在身旁，却犹如远在天边。 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。 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。 不要为那些不愿在你身上花费时间的人而浪费你的时间。 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。 不要着急，最好的总会在最不经意的时候出现。 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。 不要因为结束而哭泣，微笑吧，为你的曾经拥有。 “生命是束纯净的火焰，我们依靠自己内心看不见的太阳而存在。” --------托马斯。布朗爵士 www.010english.com 五环英语供稿 第9课 What Is Happiness? 【Text】 "Are you happy?" I asked my brother, Ian, one day. "Yes. No. It depends on what you mean," he said. "Then tell me," I said, "when was the last time you think you were happy?" "April 1967," he said. It served me right for putting a serious question to someone who has joked his way through life. But Ian's answer reminded me that when we think about happiness, we usually think of something extraordinary, a 1)pinnacle of 2)sheer delight. And those pinnacles seem to get rarer the older we get. For a child, happiness has a magical quality. I remember making hide-outs in newly cut 3)hay, playing 4)cops and robbers in the woods, getting a speaking part in the school play. Of course, kids also experience lows, but their delight at such peaks of pleasure as winning a race or getting a new bike is 5)unreserved. In the teenage years, the concept of happiness changes. Suddenly it's conditional on such things as excitement, love, popularity and whether that zit will clear up before a 6)prom night. I can still feel the agony of not being invited to a party that almost everyone else was going to. But I also recall the ecstasy of being plucked from obscurity at another event to dance with a 7)John Travolta look-alike. |
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9楼 My dictionary defines happy as "lucky" or "fortunate", but I think a better definition of happiness is "the capacity for enjoyment". The more we can enjoy what we have, the happier we are. It's easy to overlook the pleasure we get from loving and being loved, the company of friends, the freedom to live where we please, even good health. I added up my little moments of pleasure yesterday. First there was sheer bliss when I shut the last lunchbox and had the house to myself. Then I spent an 10)uninterrupted morning writing, which I love. When the kids came home, I enjoyed their noise after the quiet of the day. You never know where happiness will turn up next. When I asked friends what makes them happy, some mentioned 11)seemingly 12)insignificant moments. "I hate shopping," one friend said. "But there's this clerk who always chats and really cheers me up." Another friend loves the telephone. "Every time it rings, I know someone is thinking about me." We all experience moments like these. Too few of us register them as happiness. While happiness may be more complex for us, the solution is the same as ever. Happiness isn't about what happens to us; it's about how we perceive what happens to us. It's the 13)knack of finding a positive for every negative, and viewing a 14)set-back as a challenge. It's not wishing for what we don't have, but enjoying what we do possess. 【参考译文】 什么是幸福？ “你幸福吗？”一天我问我的兄弟伊恩。 “又幸福，又不幸福。这要看你指的是什么，”他说。 “那么告诉我，”我说，“你最近一次感到幸福是什么时候？” “1967年4月，”他说。 向一个游戏人生的人提问这么严肃的问题，我真是自讨苦吃。但是伊恩的话启发了我，当我们考虑幸福的时候，我们通常想到一些不同寻常的事情和愉快无比的时刻，而随着年龄的增长，这种时刻是越来越少。 对于孩子来说，幸福充满了魔力。我记得在新割下的草堆里捉迷藏，在树林里扮演警察和强盗，在校剧中担当有台词的角色。当然孩子也有情绪低落的时候，但是当赢了赛跑或得到一辆新自行车时，他们流露出快乐是无可比拟、没有任何保留的。 到了少年时期，幸福观发生了变化。突然间幸福有了条件，例如：刺激、爱情、名气以及舞会前青春痘是否能消除等。我还能感受到因未被邀请去参加一个几乎人人有份的晚会所体会到的痛苦；我还记得在另一次活动中因与一位酷似约翰•屈沃塔的人跳舞而大出风头的那份激动心情。 成年时，能带来深深欢乐的事情（如出生、爱情和婚姻），同时也带来了责任和失去的危险。爱情也许难以持久；心爱的人也许会离开人世。对于成年人来说，幸福是复杂的。 我的字典把幸福定义为“幸运”或“好运”。但是我想幸福更好的定义是“享受的能力”。我们越能享受所拥有的一切，我们就越幸福。从爱与被爱、友情、随心所欲择地而居、甚至到拥有的健康，其中获得的快乐很容易被我们忽视了。 我总结了一下我昨天的幸福时刻：首先是我合上最后一个午餐饭盒，独自在家时的那种无比幸福；然后过了一个写作不受干扰的上午，令我愉快；等到孩子们回家，我享受安静的一天过后他们吵闹的声音。 你永远无法知道下一次幸福何时来临。我问朋友们什么能使他们感到幸福，一些人举出一些似乎不太重要的时刻。“我不喜欢购物，”一位朋友说，“但那里有一个爱聊天的售货员，让我感到很愉快。” |
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10楼 我们都经历过类似的事，但视之为幸福的人寥寥无几。 虽然幸福对我们来说也许更错综复杂，但是获得幸福的途径永远是一样的。幸福不在于我们的遭遇如何，而在于我们如何看待所遭遇到的事情。这是化消极为积极、将挫折看作挑战的诀窍。幸福不是凭空许愿，而是享受拥有。 【注释】 1) pinnacle n. 顶点 2) sheer a. 全然的，纯粹的 3) hay n. 干草 4) cop n. 警察 5) unreserved a. 无节制的，无保留的 6) prom n. 正式舞会 7) John Travolta是好莱坞70年代的名演员，成名片是在1978年的“Grease”，他在其中演出的舞蹈风格曾一度风靡世界。 8) adulthood n. 成人期 9) profound a. 深刻的 10) uninterrupted a. 不被打断或干扰的 11) seemingly ad. 表面上地 12) insignificant a. 无关紧要的，无意义的 13) knack n. 诀窍 14) set-back n. 挫折，障碍 第10课 Instruction for Life 【Text】 1. Give people more than they expect and do it 1)cheerfully; 2. Don't believe all you hear, spend all you have, or sleep all you want; 3. When you say, "I love you", mean it; 4. When you say, "I'm sorry", look the person in the eye; 5. Believe in love at first sight; 6. Never laugh at anyone's dreams; 7. Love deeply and 2)passionately. You might get hurt but it's the only way to live life completely; 8. In disagreements, fight fairly. No 3)name-calling; 9. Talk slowly but think quickly; 10. When you lose, don't lose the lesson; 11. Remember the three R's: Respect for self; Respect for others; Responsibility for all your actions; 12. Don't let a little 4)dispute injure a great friendship; 13. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it; 14. Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your voice; 15. Spend some time alone; 16. Open your arms to change but don't let go of your values; 17. Read more books and watch less TV; 18. Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll get to enjoy it a second time; 19. Trust in God but lock your car; 20. Once a year, go someplace you've never been before; 21. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a stroke of luck; 22. Remember that the best relationship is the one where your love for each other is greater than your need for each other； 23. Approach love and cooking with 5)reckless 6)abandon. 【参考译文】 1. 给别人比他们期许的更多，并欣喜地去做； 2. 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； 3. 无论何时说“我爱你”，请真心实意； 4. 在说“对不起”的时候，请看对方的眼睛； 5. 相信一见钟情； 6. 不要嘲笑他人的梦想； 7. 深情热烈地爱，也许你会受伤，但这是使人生完整的唯一方法； 8. 用一种公平磊落的方法解决争议，不要冒犯； 9. 慢慢地说，但要迅速地想； 10.如果失败，别忘了汲取教训； 11.记住三个“尊”：尊重自己；尊重别人；对自己的行为负责； 12.不要让一场小小的争端毁了一段伟大的友谊； 13.无论何时你发现自己做错了，竭尽所能去弥补，动作要快； 14.在你打电话的时候微笑，因为对方能感觉到； 15.找点时间，单独呆会儿； 16.坦然接受改变，但不要摒弃你的个人理念； 17.多看点书，少看点电视； 18.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； |
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11楼 20.每年至少去一个你从没去过的地方； 21. 记住，不是最理想的收获有时候也是一种好运； 22. 记住：最好的关系在于对别人的爱多于对别人的索求； 23.无论对待爱情还是烹调，都不离不弃。 【注释】 1) cheerfully ad. 高高兴兴地 2) passionately ad. 热烈地，热情地 3) name-calling n. 骂人 4) dispute n. 争论，辩论 5) reckless a. 不顾后果的 6) abandon n. 放任，狂热 第11课 Companionship of Books 【Text】 A man may usually be known by the books he reads as well as by the company he keeps; for there is a companionship of books as well as of men; and one should always live in the best company, whether it be of books or of men. A good book may be among the best of friends. It is the same today that always was, and it will never change. It is the most patient and cheerful of companions. It does not turn its back upon us in times of adversity or distress. It always receives us with the same kindness; amusing and instructing us in youth, and comforting and consoling us in age. Men often discover their affinity to each other by the love they have each for a book -------just as two persons sometimes discover a friend by the admiration which both have for a third. There is an old proverb: “love me, love my dog. ”But there is more wisdom in this: “love me, love my book.” The book is a truer and higher bond of union. Men can think, feel, and sympathize with each other through their favorite author. They live in him together, and he in them. “Books”, said Hazlitt, “wind into the heart; the poet’s verse slides in the current of our blood. We read them when young, we remember them when old. We feel that it has happened to ourselves. They are to be had very cheap and good. We breathe but the air of books.” A good book is often the best urn of a life, enshrining the best that life could think out; for the world of a man’s life is, for the most part, but the world of his thoughts. Thus the best books are treasuries of good words, the golden thoughts, which, remembered and cherished, become our constant companions and comforters. “They are never alone,” said Sir Philip Sidney, “that are accompanied by noble thoughts.” The good and true thought may in times of temptation be as an angel of mercy purifying and guarding the soul. It also enshrines the germs of action, for good words almost always inspire to good works. Books possess an essence of immortality. They are by far the most lasting products of human effort. Temples and statues decay, but books survive. Time is of no account with great thoughts, which are as fresh today as when they first passed through their author’s minds ages ago. What was then said and thought still speaks to us as vividly as ever from the printed page. The only effect of time has been to sift out the bad products; for nothing in literature can long survive but what is really good. Books introduce us into the best society; they bring us into the presence of the greatest minds that have ever lived. We hear what they said and did; we see them as if they were really alive; we sympathize with them, enjoy with them, grieve with them; their experience becomes ours, and we feel as if we were in a measure actors with them in the scenes which they describe. |
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12楼 【参考译文】 观其友而知其人,同样,察其所读之书亦能知其人,只因书与人一样,也能做人之友。而人总应择其最佳者为友，无论是书还是人。 好书如好友，过去是，现在也是，将来也不会变。书是最沉静也最让人愉悦的伙伴，即使我们遭遇灾难或不幸、痛苦，它也不会背叛我们，始终如一，善待接纳。我们年轻时，书本给我们以欢娱和陶冶；我们老迈时，又予我们以慰藉和鼓励。 人们常常因同爱一本书而精神共鸣-----正如两个人有时因共同仰慕另外一人而彼此成为朋友，古谚云：“爱屋及乌”，而“爱其人，也爱其珍爱之书”这句话里却含有更多的哲理。书是更忠诚更高尚的情感纽带。人们可以通过共同喜爱的作者而相知相契，息息相通。他们的思想与作者的思想水乳交融，密不可分。 黑兹利特曾说：“书香轻拂沁心灵，诗行轻滑渗血液。青春时所读之书，垂暮时依然会回想，仿佛就在身边发生。书籍价廉物美，我们就在书香中呼吸。” 一本好书往往就是作者的人生结晶，里面蕴藏着他穷其一生的求索成果。因为人一生的世界大多就是其思想的世界，故而最优秀的书籍也就是至理名言和辉煌思想的富藏。这些思想若能铭记在心，就成为我们永久的朋友和永恒的慰藉。菲利普．悉尼爵士说过：“与高尚思想为伴的人永不寂寞。” 在我们受诱惑时，美好的思想如同仁慈的天使，净化卫护着我们的灵魂，并蕴含着我们行动的萌芽，因为美好的话语总能激励我们美好的行动。 书籍永生，是人类劳作最最长久的成果。庙宇会坍塌，雕像会朽败，书籍却经久长存。伟大的思想不会因时间的流逝而失其光辉，一如千百年前最初在作者脑海中出现时那样清新。往昔的论述和思想今天依然在书页上鲜明有力地展现在我们面前。时间的唯一作用就是淘汰低劣之作。只有真正优秀的作品才能与世长存，流芳千古。 书籍把我们带入最优秀的人群之中，把我们带到人间一切最伟大的思想家面前，我们聆听其话语，领会其成就，仿佛他们依然活在人间。我们与他们灵犀相通，悲喜与共，他们的人生体验变成我们自己的人生体验。我们仿佛感觉到，我们是在作者描绘的人生舞台上，与他们同台演出。 伟大和美好的思想在这个世界上永不会消亡。载之于书籍，这思想传诸四海，而书籍就是活着的声音，是我们至今仍在倾听的真知灼见，因而我们永远沐浴在逝去伟人的思想中。与千百年前一样，人世间无与伦比的智慧如今依然熠熠生辉 第12课 Born to Win 【Text】 Each human being is born as something new, something that never existed before. Each is born with the capacity to win at life. Each person has a unique way of seeing, hearing, touching, tasting and thinking. Each has his or her own unique potentials---capabilities and limitations. Each can be a significant, thinking, aware, and creative being---a productive person, a winner. The word “winner” and “loser” have many meanings. When we refer to a person as a winner, we do not mean one who makes someone else lose. To us, a winner is one who responds authentically by being credible, trustworthy, responsive, and genuine, both as an individual and as a member of a society. Winners do not dedicated their lives to a concept of what they imagine they should be; rather, they are themselves and as such do not use their energy putting on a performance, maintaining pretence and manipulating others. They are aware that there is a difference between being loving and acting loving, between being stupid and acting stupid, between being knowledgeable and acting knowledgeable. Winners do not need to hide behind a mask. |
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13楼 Winners are not afraid to do their own thinking and to use their own knowledge. They can separate facts from opinions and don’t pretend to have all the answers. They listen to others, evaluate what they say, but come to their own conclusions. Although winners can admire and respect other people, they are not totally defined, demolished, bound, or awed by them. Winners do not play “helpless”, nor do they play the blaming game. Instead, they assume responsibility for their own lives. They don’t give others a false authority over them. Winners are their own bosses and know it. A winner’s timing is right. Winners respond appropriately to the situation. Their responses are related to the message sent and preserve the significance, worth, well-being, and dignity of the people involved. Winners know that for everything there is a season and for every activity a time. Although winners can freely enjoy themselves, they can also postpone enjoyment, can discipline themselves in the present to enhance their enjoyment in the future. Winners are not afraid to go after what he wants, but they do so in proper ways. Winners do not get their security by controlling others. They do not set themselves up to lose. A winner cares about the world and its peoples. A winner is not isolated from the general problems of society, but is concerned, compassionate, and committed to improving the quality of life. Even in the face of national and international adversity, a winner’s self-image is not one of a powerless individual. A winner works to make the world a better place. 【参考译文】 人皆生而为新，是前所未有的存在。人皆生而能赢。每个人都有其特立独行的方式去审视、聆听、触摸、品味和思考，因而也各具独特的潜质、能力和局限。人皆能举足轻重，思虑明达，洞察秋毫，富有创意，成就功业。 “成者”与“败者”的含义很多，谈及成者我们并非指那些使他人失意之人。对我们而言，成者一定为人守信、值得信赖，有求必应、态度诚恳，无论作为个人还是作为社会的一员都能够以真诚回应他人。 成者行事并不拘泥于某种信条，即使他们认为那时应当为其奉献一生的理念；相反，他们常常本色行事，所以并不把精力用来表演、保持伪装或操控他人。他们明了爱与装爱、愚蠢与装傻、博学与卖弄之间的迥然有别。成者无需隐藏在面具之后。 成者敢于利用所学，独立思考，区分事实与观点，而且并不佯装通晓所有问题的答案。他们倾听、权衡他人的意见，但最终能得出自己的结论。尽管他们尊重、敬佩他人，但并不为他人所局限、所推翻、所束缚，也不会对他人敬若神灵。 成者既不假装“无助”，也不抱怨他人。相反，他们对人生总是独担责任，也不会以权威姿态凌驾于他人之上。他们主宰自己，而且能够意识到这一点。 成者善于审时度势，随机应变。他们对所接收的信息作出回应，维护当事人的利益、康乐和尊严。成者深知成一事要看好时节，行一事要把握时机。 尽管成者可以自由的享乐，但他们更知道如何推迟享乐，适时自律，以期待将来获得更大的乐趣。成者并不忌惮追求所想，但取之有道，也并不依靠控制他人来获取安然之感。他们总是使自己立于不败。 成者心忧天下，而并不孤立于世事弊病之外，而是置身事内，满腔热诚，致力于改善民生。即使面对国家，民族之危亡，成者亦非无力回天的个体。他总是努力令世界更好。 |
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