Everybody is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.
人人都是月亮,各有其永不示人的黑暗面。
--------------------------------------------- Mark Twain 馬克吐溫
Everybody is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.
人人都是月亮,各有其永不示人的黑暗面。
--------------------------------------------- Mark Twain 馬克吐溫
【每日一句】
The unfortunate thing about this world is that good habits are so much easier to give up than bad ones.
世上令人遺憾的是,良習難養,惡習難改。
【每日一句】
An idle youth, a needy age. (少壯不努力,老大徒傷悲)
你的英文可以應付未來嗎?
英檢多益新班陸續開課,你,還再等什麼呢?
“You can turn painful situations around through laughter.
If you can find humor in anything, even poverty, you can survive it.”
– Bill Cosby, Comedian
「透過歡笑,你可以扭轉痛苦的情境,如果你能在所有環境中找到樂趣,
即便遭逢貧窮,你也有辦法生存。」– 比爾‧考斯比 (喜劇演員)
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painful (adj.) 疼痛的,痛苦的。poverty (n.) 貧窮,貧困。
比爾‧考斯比 (1937- ) 為美國知名喜劇演員,製作並演出美國許多知名情境喜劇,
包括The Cosby Show、A Different World、Cosby 等,
他與孩童的訪談節目Kids Say the Darndest Things (童言無忌) 也非常受歡迎。
引用:http://www.dailyenglishquote.com/page/2/
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“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
– Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister
「成功不是結局,失敗也不是災難,持續的勇氣才是重要的。」– 溫斯頓‧邱吉爾 (英國首相)
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final (adj.) 最終的,決定性的。fatal (adj.) 致命的,災難性的。例:a fatal accident (致命的事故)。
溫斯頓‧邱吉爾 (1874-1965) 曾擔任 2 屆英國首相,因第二次世界大戰領導英國而聞名。除此之外,邱吉爾也是文學家,在 1953 年獲得諾貝爾文學獎。
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“Don’t waste time on jealousy. Sometimes you’re ahead,
sometimes you’re behind. The race is long and, in the end
it’s only with yourself.” – Mary Schmich, Journalist
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「別浪費時間嫉妒別人,你有時候領先,有時候落後,
比賽是長期的,且最終都是和自己比賽。」– 瑪莉‧施密奇 (新聞記者)
引用:http://www.dailyenglishquote.com/page/2/
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All roads lead to Rome. (條條大路通羅馬。)
“The world is endless, the universe inexhaustible, and the human brain will never be threatened with unemployment.”
「這個世界無窮無盡,這個宇宙用之不竭,而人的大腦絕不會受失業所威脅。」– 根里奇‧阿奇舒勒 (發明家)
“Good enough is not enough. It is ever the enemy of the best.”
– Henry Atkinson, Army Officer
「夠好還不夠,它是最好的敵人。」– 亨利‧阿特金森 (陸軍軍官)
“Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day,
something no one else is thinking. Do, every day,
something no one else would be silly enough to do.
It is bad for the mind to continually be part of unanimity.”
– Christopher Morley, Writer
「每天閱讀 一些沒有人在看的東西,每天思考一些沒有人在想的事,
每天做一點沒有人會想做的事,因為永遠與別人一樣,不利心智的發展。」
– 克里斯多福‧莫利 (作家)
unanimity (n.) 全體一致;意見一致。silly 是愚蠢的,但這裡是比較詼諧口吻,有開玩笑的意味。
“A great lie is like a great fish on dry land;
it may fret and fling and make a frightful bother,
but it cannot hurt you. You have only to keep still, and it will die of itself.”
– George Crabbe, Poet
「漫天大謊好像困在陸地的大魚,它可以急蹦亂跳,
使你感到極為不安,但它不能傷害你,你只要不為所動,它就會自然死去。」
– 喬治‧克雷布 (詩人)
“Measure wealth not by the things you have,
but by the things you have for which you would not take money.”
– Anonymous
「衡量財富不是憑你所擁有的東西,而是那些你不肯賣的東西。」– 無名氏
“Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.”
– Mother Teresa, Charity Worker
「昨天已經過去,明天還沒來臨,我們只有今天,讓我們開始吧。」
– 德蕾莎修女 (慈善工作者)
“ Cooperation isn’t the absence of conflict but a means of managing conflict.”
– Deborah Tannen, Professor of Linguistics
「合作 並不代表全無衝突,而是藉此管理 衝突。」
– 黛柏拉‧泰南 (語言學教授)
cooperation (n)合作
The prime minister ' s visit further promoted the cooperation
between the two countries .
absence (n) 不在,缺席
She never speaks ill of anyone in his or her absence .
conflict (v) 矛盾,衝突
The hours of the two meetings conflict .
“It is #impossible to be both #grateful and depressed. Those with a grateful mindset tend to see the message in the mess.
And even#though #life may knock them down, the grateful find reasons, if even small ones, to get up.”
– Steve Maraboli, Motivational Speaker
「一個人不可能同時 #感恩 又感到 #沮喪,心存感恩的人比較可能在 #混亂 中看到 #訊息。
雖然有時會被生活 #擊倒,但感恩的人總會找到 #理由再站起來,即便是 #微小 的理由。」
– 史蒂夫‧馬拉博利 (勵志演說家)
grateful (a) 感謝的,感激的
ex. I am grateful to have you help me repair the house .
knock (v) 碰撞
ex.His legs knocked against the chair .
“You can turn painful situations around through laughter.
If you can find humor in anything, even poverty, you can survive it.”
– Bill Cosby, Comedian
「透過歡笑,你可以扭轉痛苦的情境,如果你能在所有環境中找到樂趣,
即便遭逢貧窮,你也有辦法生存。」
– 比爾‧考斯比 (喜劇演員)
“When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.”
– John Ruskin, English Art Critic
「當熱情與技巧結合,期待一個名作的出現。」– 約翰‧拉斯金 (藝術評論家)
“The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking.”
– Christopher Morley, Writer
「書的真正作用是套住腦筋,使它不得不自作思考。」
– 克里斯多福‧莫利 (作家)
trap (v.) 困住,圈住。例:We are trapped! (我們被困住了!)
“Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.”
– Eckhart Tolle, Writer
「承認你人生中已經擁有的,是所有富足的基礎。」
– 艾克哈特‧托勒 (作家)