英语励志美文：人生好似一个包裹

2014-07-11 17:12:49来源：新东方网

　　Life comes in a package. This package includes happiness and sorrow, failure and success, hope and despair. Life is a learning process. Experiences in life teach us new lessons and make us a better person. With each passing day we learn to handle various situations.

　　人生好似一个包裹，这个包裹里藏着快乐与悲伤、成功与失败，希望与绝望。人生也是一个学习的过程。那些经历给我们上了全新的课，让我们变得更好。随着每一天的过去，我们学会了处理各种各样的问题。

　　Love

　　爱

　　Love plays a pivotal role on our life. Love makes you feel wanted. Without love a person could go hayward and also become cruel and ferocious. In the early stage of our life, our parents are the ones who shower us with unconditional love and care, they teach us about what is right and wrong, good and bad.

　　爱在生活之外扮演了一个关键的角色。爱使你想要得到些什么。没有爱，一个人将走向不归路，变得凶暴、残忍。在我们最初的人生道路上，我们的父母给予了我们无条件的关爱，他们教会我们判断正确与错误、好与坏。

　　But we always tend to take this for granted.It is only after marriage and having kids that a person understands and becomes sensitive to others' feelings. Kids make a person responsible and mature and help us to understand life better.

　　然而我们常常把这想当然了，只有等到我们结了婚并且有了孩子之后，一个人才会懂得并注意别人的感受。孩子让我们变得富有责任心、变得成熟稳重，并且更好的理解人生。

　　pivotal ['pɪvətl]adj. 关键的;中枢的;枢轴的 n. 关键事物;中心事物

　　ferocious [fə'rəʊʃəs]adj. 残忍的;惊人的

　　Happiness and Sorrow

　　快乐与悲伤

　　Materialistic happiness is short-lived, but happiness achieved by bringing a smile on others' face gives a certain level of fulfillment.

　　物质上的快乐往往是短暂的，然而，当你给予他人一个微笑的时候，那种满足却是无与伦比的。

　　Peace of mind is the main link to happiness. No mind is happy without peace. We realize the true worth of happiness when we are in sorrow.

　　心灵的平静往往是快乐的源泉。没有平和的心态就没有快乐的心情。在伤心的时候，我们往往能够体会到快乐的真谛。

　　Sorrow is basically due to death of a loved one, failure and despair.But these things are temporary and pass away.

　　悲伤基本都来自于一个爱人的去世、失败还有绝望，但是这样的事情都是暂时的，总会过去的。

　　materialistic [mə'tɪrɪə'lɪstɪk]adj. 唯物主义的;唯物论的

　　Failure and Success

　　失败与成功

　　Failure is the path to success. It helps us to touch the sky, teaches us to survive and shows us a specific way.

　　失败是成功之母。它让我们触及蓝天，它教会我们如何生存，它给予我们一条特殊的路。

　　Success brings in money, fame, pride and self-respect. Here it becomes very important to keep our head on out shoulder. The only way to show our gratitude to God for bestowing success on us is by being humble, modest,courteous and respectful to the less fortunate ones.

　　成功给予我们金钱、名誉、骄傲和自尊。这里，保持头脑清醒便显得尤为重要。唯一能让我们感激上帝给予的成功便是始终卑微、谦虚、礼貌并且尊重没有我们幸运的人们。

　　courteous ['kɜːtjəs] adj. 有礼貌的;谦恭的

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