雙語閱讀:幸福路上的十道坎
雙語閱讀:幸福路上的十道坎
以下是學(xué)習(xí)啦小編整理的情感類英語美文欣賞: 希望對你有所感觸。
1. Our miserable, detestable, deplorable jobs
1. 可憐可憎可悲的工作
If you love your job, great news. If you’re like the other 95% of the population, then it sucks.Our jobs, although we may only be there for 40 hours a week, can feel like a life-without-paroleprison sentence. Like with prison, we feel trapped, hopeless, and doomed to a life we don’twant.
假如你熱愛你的工作,那么恭喜你。如果你和95%的人們一樣,那么糟透了。我們或許一周只花40個(gè)小時(shí)工作,但感覺上卻像是被判了無期徒刑。就像蹲監(jiān)獄一樣,我們覺得受束縛,絕望,注定要過一輩子我們不想要的生活。
2. Family stress
2. 家庭壓力
Having children is a true blessing and is the most wonderful thing in the world, but can also beand usually is the cause of an enormous amount of stress. Kidnapping, pedophiles, trafficaccidents, injuries, and home invasions are all major concerns for any parent, but it’s thewhining, disrespectful behavior, tantrums, hitting, and lack of sleep that really gets to us.
擁有孩子是真正的恩典,是世界上最美好的事情,但同時(shí)也可能成為并且通常是源源不斷地壓力的根源。綁架,戀童癖者,交通事故,受傷和入室行竊是每一位家長擔(dān)心的主要問題。但是抱怨,不尊重的行為,發(fā)脾氣,打架,睡眠不足的問題才是真正困擾我們的。
3. Being apathetic
3. 心如死灰
So many people have seemingly given up on ever having the life they want. Life truly wearsthem down and out and there is nothing but a shell of a person left. This is unbelievably sadbut all too common. These folks are just going through the motions of life without any realdirection, passion, or interest.
此多的人已經(jīng)放棄了過上自己想要的生活。生活令他們精疲力竭,徒剩一副軀殼。這是相當(dāng)可悲但同時(shí)又相當(dāng)普遍的情況。這些人只是毫無方向、毫無激情、毫無志趣的隨波逐流著。
4. Being ordinary
4. 平庸無為
The world needs more leaders, out of the box thinkers, action seekers, risk takers, andpassionate people. What the world does not need is another average Joe living paycheck topaycheck.
這個(gè)世界需要更多的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)、能夠跳出固定思維的人、探索者、敢冒風(fēng)險(xiǎn)的人以及充滿激情的人。不需要另一個(gè)沉迷于從薪水到薪水的世俗的人。
5. No direction
5. 毫無方向
With no goals or dreams, how can we expect to achieve anything significant? Dream big andget big results. Dream small and get small results. Don’t dream at all and get nothing.
沒有目標(biāo), 沒有夢想,我們怎么能成就大業(yè)?有小夢想就會(huì)有小成就。沒有夢想就什么也得不到。
6. Not having passion for something
6. 缺乏激情
When someone can find their real passion in life, that should be a momentousness event forthem. Many people will go through their whole life without ever realizing what it is that gets theirheart pumping, mind racing.
當(dāng)一個(gè)人發(fā)現(xiàn)生活中真正的激情時(shí),那一刻堪稱生命的里程碑。大多數(shù)人終其一生都不明白什么能讓他們心跳加速、大腦飛轉(zhuǎn)。
7. Being selfish
7. 自我中心
Giving something of yourself without the desire for anything in return is one of the mostbeautiful things in the world. Our society has taught us a “what do I get out of this” mentalitywhich is breeding a generation of ‘takers’. What we need more of is people who trulyunderstand the power behind selflessness.
世界上最美好的存在之一是付出而不求回報(bào)。這個(gè)社會(huì)總是讓我們關(guān)心”我能得到什么”,于是我們變成了”索取的一代”。我們更需要那些能夠真正懂得無私的偉大力量的人。
8. Not having a release
8. 不會(huì)放松
With the constant stresses life places on us, we all need a release. Finding a hobby, activity, orinterest can be a life saver. Take up tennis, join a local business group, or learn anotherlanguage. Without a release, life will almost assuredly bring you down.
在生活給于的持久壓力下,我們都需要放松。發(fā)現(xiàn)一個(gè)愛好,活動(dòng)或興趣可以成為我們生活中的”救生圈”。打打網(wǎng)球,參加一個(gè)當(dāng)?shù)氐纳虡I(yè)組織,或者學(xué)一門外語。缺少了放松,生活必定是令人失望的。
9. Being empty inside
9. 內(nèi)心空虛
If you are walking around feeling like there is something missing in your life, you are far frombeing alone. Sadly, many people will spend their lives feeling this way. Some fill this void withreligion, some fill it by having children, and some even fill it with drugs or alcohol.
如果你走來走去總會(huì)覺得生活中少了點(diǎn)什么,那么你就離孤獨(dú)還遠(yuǎn)。不幸的是,很多人終其一生都有這種感覺。有人用宗教來彌補(bǔ)這種空虛,有人用孩子,還有的甚至用毒品和酒精。
10. Not bettering yourself
10. 不會(huì)自我提升
Life is about growing, learning, and being a better person. Never trying to improve yourself is aguaranteed path to living a completely average life. Can anyone honestly say they want anaverage life? Of course not.
生活就是不斷成長,學(xué)習(xí),完善自我的過程。從不努力提升自我是通往平庸生活的必經(jīng)之路。說實(shí)話,有誰愿意過平庸的生活呢?當(dāng)然沒有。