
[美]凯瑟琳
《淡定的人生不寂寞:英汉对照》收录了各种经典哲理美文,重点倾诉了对心态、成长、爱等主题的感悟,双语对照,其内容涉及青春、爱情、理想等方面,从不同的视角阐释了人生的种种道理。书中选用的文章体裁多样,有语句优美的散文;有感人至深的叙事文;也有世界权威研究中心的研究成果报告。既有理性的人生思考,也有鲜活生动的感性触摸,读者在提高英语水平的同时,得到人生幸福的启示。非常适合中学生、大学生及对英语学习充满热情、抱有热望的人们来学习英文、欣赏美文。
2022年9月29日 星期四 祝福早安 天气晴朗 气温17℃ 《淡定的人生不寂寞》 爱如初阳 Love Like Morning Sun So often, when I'm alone with my thoughts, I feel your presence enter me like the morning sun's early light, filling my memories and dreams of us with a warm and clear radiance. You have become my love, my life, and together we have shaped our world until it seems now as natural as breathing. But I remember when it wasn't always so - times when peace and happiness seemed more like intruders in my life than the familiar companions they are today; times when we struggled to know each other, but always smoothing out those rough spots until we came to share ourselves completely. We can never rid our lives entirely of sadness and difficult times but we can understand them together, and grow stronger as individuals and as a loving couple. If I don't tell you as often as I'd like, it's because I could never tell you enough that I'm grateful for you sharing your life with mine, and that my love for you will live forever. 久久,当我独处,思索飞扬。 彼之浮影蹁跹,入我心肠。 譬如初阳,瑞彩千行。 若水清澈,暖我心房。 往昔追思,旧梦浮尘,洋溢满腔。 执手吾爱,漫漫人生路,与君话短长。 与君共书丹青,上下飞舞忙。 珠联璧合,相得益彰。 可曾忆否,昔日之殇。 突如其来,从天而降。 追逐快乐,乐得安详。 莫问路之远长,近君前来,与君分享。 可爱旧日情愫,哪堪心印相忘。 回首过往,几度风雨,不复纷攘。 似从前上小楼,入卿怀,话离别,共赏斜阳。 怎奈悲悯哀痛,世事沧桑。 若何离去,乌有未尝。 知否? 否泰轮回,祸福伏藏。 风雨同舟,相知守望。 无言与君对,不似旧时样。 滔滔东流水,怎及吾爱之浩荡。 诚此为幸,莫若君旁。 与卿携手,游戏人间,细品芬芳。 无尽爱恋,哪怕地老。 每位母亲都是天使 The Mother Is an Angel All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel Mother. I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life. —Abraham Lincoln My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her. —George Washington There never was a woman like her. She was gentle as a dove and brave as a lioness... The memory of my mother and her teachings were, after all, the only capital I had to start life with, and on that capital I have made my way. —Andrew Jackson A good mother is worth a hundred schoolmaster. —George Herbert Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall. A mother's secret hope outlives them all. —Oliver Wendell Holmes God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. —Jewish proverb The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness. —Balzac The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother. —Author Unknown In all my efforts to learn to read, my mother shared fully my ambition and sympathized with me and aided me in every way she could. If I have done anything in life worth attention, I feel sure that I inherited the disposition from my mother. —Booker T. Washington It seems to me that my mother was the most splendid woman I ever knew... I have met a lot of people knocking around the world since, but I have never met a more thoroughly refined woman than my mother. If I have amounted to anything, it will be due to her. —Charles Chaplin 无论我现在怎么样,还是希望以后会怎么样,都应当归功于我天使一般的母亲。我记得母亲的那些祷告,它们一直伴随着我,而且已经陪伴了我一生。 ——亚伯拉罕•林肯 我的母亲是我见过的最漂亮的女人。我所有的一切都归功于我的母亲。我一生中所有的成就都归功于我从她那儿得到的德、智、体的教育。 ——乔治•华盛顿 从来没有一个女人像她那样。她非常温柔,就像一只鸽子;她也很勇敢,就像一头母狮……毕竟,对母亲的记忆和她的教诲是我人生起步的唯一资本,并奠定了我的人生之路。 ——安德鲁•杰克逊 一位好母亲抵得上一百个教师。 ——乔治•赫伯特 青春会逝去;爱情会枯萎;友谊的绿叶也会凋零。而一个母亲内心的希望比它们都要长久。 ——奥利弗•温戴尔•荷马 上帝不能无处不在,因此他创造了母亲。 ——犹太谚语 母亲的心是一个深渊,在它的最深处你总会得到宽恕。 ——巴尔扎克 父亲能够为孩子所做的最重要的事就是爱他们的母亲。 ——无名氏 在我努力学习阅读的过程中,母亲一直分享着我的抱负、充分理解我,尽她所能帮助我。如果我一生中做了什么值得人们注意的事情,那一定是因为我继承了她的气质。 ——布克•T.华盛顿 对我而言,我的母亲似乎是我认识的最了不起的女人……我遇见太多太多的世人,可是从未遇上像我母亲那般优雅的女人。如果我有所成就的话,这要归功于她。 ——查尔斯•卓别林 和爸爸跳舞 Dance With My Father Back when I was a child, before life removed all the innocence, my father would lift me high and dance with my mother and me and then spin me around till I fell asleep.Then up the stairs he would carry me. And I knew for sure I was loved. If I could get another chance, another walk, another dance with him, I'd play a song that would never, ever end. How I'd love, love, love, to dance with my father again. When I and my mother would disagree, to get my way, I would run from her to him. He'd make me laugh just to comfort me, then finally make me do just what my mama said. Later that night when I was asleep, he left a dollar under my sheet, never dreamed that he would be gone from me. If I could steal one final glance, one final step, one final dance with him, I'd play a song that would never, never end. Cause I'd love, love, love to dance with my father again. Sometimes I'd listen outside her door, and I'd hear how my mother cried for him. I pray for her even more than me. I pray for her even more than me. I know I'm praying for much too much, but could you send back the only man she loved. I know you don't do it usually, but dear Lord she's dying. To dance with my father again, every night I fall asleep and this is all I ever dream. 小时候,生活还没有带走所有的天真,爸爸常把我高高举起,跟妈妈和我跳舞,然后抱着我旋转直到我睡着。然后他抱我上楼,我敢肯定,他爱着我。 如果再有一次机会,和他一起走路,和他一起跳舞,我一定要唱一首永无休止的歌。 我会多么欢喜,能和爸爸再跳一次舞。 每当妈妈不听我的话,不答应我的要求,我就从她那里跑开去找爸爸。 他总能让我笑起来,给我安慰,然后乖乖地照妈妈说的去做。 那一天深夜,我睡得很香,他在我的床单下塞了一块钱,我做梦也没想到他会从此离开我。 假如我能看他最后一眼,他最后的脚步,和他跳最后一次舞,我一定要唱一首永无休止的歌, 因为我多么欢喜,能和爸爸再跳一次舞。 有时我会在妈妈的房门外偷听,我知道她为他哭得有多伤心。我为自己祈祷,更为她祈祷;我为她祈祷超过为我自己。 我知道我祈求的实在太多,但你能不能把她爱的唯一的男人送回。我知道你一般不这么做,可是亲爱的主啊,她快要死了。 为了和爸爸再跳一次舞,每天晚上我都睡着,而这就是我全部的梦。 真正的朋友会紧紧相随 Your Forever Friend Follows “A friend walk in when the rest of the world walks out.” Sometimes in life, You find a special friend; Someone who changes your life just by being part of it. Someone who makes you laugh until you can't stop; Someone who makes you believe that there really is good in the world. Someone who convinces you that there really is an unlocked door just waiting for you to open it. This is forever friendship. When you're down, And the world seems dark and empty, Your forever friend lifts you up in spirits and makes that dark and empty world suddenly seem bright and full. Your forever friend gets you through the hard times, the sad times, and the confused times. If you turn and walk away, Your forever friend follows, If you lose you way, Your forever friend guides you and cheers you on. Your forever friend holds your hand and tells you that everything is going to be okay. “别人都走开的时候,朋友仍与你在一起。” 有时候在生活中, 你会找到一个特别的朋友; 他只是你生活中的一部分内容,却能改变你整个的生活。 他会把你逗得开怀大笑; 他会让你相信人间有真情。 他会让你确信,真的有一扇不加锁的门,在等待着你去开启。 这就是永远的友谊。 当你失意, 当世界变得黯淡与空虚, 你真正的朋友会让你振作起来,原本黯淡、空虚的世界顿时变得明亮和充实。 你真正的朋友会与你一同度过困难、伤心和烦恼的时刻。 你转身走开时, 真正的朋友会紧紧相随, 你迷失方向时, 真正的朋友会引导你,鼓励你。 真正的朋友会握着你的手,告诉你一切都会好起来的。 爱的分解 Decomposition of Love The love which consists in this, that two solitudes protect and limit and great each other. Love's mysteries in souls do grow, but yet the body in his book. To love for the sake of being loved is human, but to love for the sake of loving is angelic. To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead. It is better bo have love and lost than never to have loved at all. Man's love is of man's life a thing apart, it is woman's whole existence. Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; rejoiceth not in iniquith, but rejoiceth in the truth; beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Charity never faileth. The last: I —— Inject ——投入 L —— Loyal ——忠诚 O—— Observant ——用心 V ——Valiant ——勇敢 E —— Enjoyment ——喜悦 Y —— Yes ——愿意 O—— Obligation ——责任 U ——Unison ——和谐 两个孤独的人相互保护,相互制约,相互问候,这便是爱情。 爱情的秘密在双方的心灵中生成,但形体是表白爱惜的书。 以爱还爱的是人性,但为爱而爱的是神性。 惧怕爱就是惧怕生活,那些惧怕生活的人已经有四分之三死了。 宁可曾经爱过而失败,也不要从来未曾有过一次爱。 爱情对男子不过是身外之物,对女人却是整个生命。 爱是经久忍耐,亲切友爱;爱是不妒忌;爱是不自夸,不趾高气扬,不举止失当,不自私自利,不轻易动怒,不心存恶念;不以行邪恶为乐,而以求正道为乐,凡事宽容,凡事相信,凡事希望,凡事忍耐。爱永不衰退。 最后, I —— Inject ——投入 L —— Loyal ——忠诚 O —— Observant ——用心V —— Valiant ——勇敢 E —— Enjoyment ——喜悦 Y —— Yes ——愿意 O—— Obligation ——责任 U—— Unison ——和谐 你生命中的那个女人 A Woman in Your Life Tomorrow you may get a working woman, but you need to marry with full knowledge of these facts as well : Here is a girl, who is as much educated as you are; Who is earning almost as much as you do; One, who has dreams and aspirations just as you have because she is as human as you are; One, who has never entered the kitchen in her life just like you or your Sister haven't, as she was busy in studies and competing in a system that gives no special concession to girls for their culinary achievements
这本书一开始的两章让我以为是满满的鸡汤,怕吐,而后每一章都更加吸引我,我喜欢收获别人的感觉。每一个故事后的人生感悟虽是鸡汤却也可以入口。不乏文采有所收获,大概是我对这本书的评价吧。