新概念閱讀：有一種旅行叫人生

Life is like a box of chocolate, you never konw what you are gonna get.

生活就像是你面前的一盒巧克力，結(jié)果往往出人意料。

It 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.

生活中有快樂難過，有成功失敗，也會(huì)經(jīng)歷充滿希望和絕望的時(shí)候。它就像是一個(gè)學(xué)習(xí)的過程。在生活中所積累的經(jīng)驗(yàn)，給了我們新的認(rèn)知，從而完善自己。隨著一天一天的過去，我們學(xué)會(huì)了處理生活中出現(xiàn)的各式各樣。

Happiness and Sorrow　　快樂與痛苦

Materialistic happiness is short-lived, but it achieved by showing your smiles and transferring them to others can be lasting and get a certain sense of achievement. We,as a human being, should be aware of the importance of gratitude. Gratitude is the source of happiness or in other words, it is irrational to take others’ solicitude and love for granted

唯物主義中所說的快樂是短暫性的，但是當(dāng)你把微笑傳遞給他人時(shí)，此時(shí)快樂就會(huì)變的持久，并且你也會(huì)有成就感。作為一個(gè)人，我們應(yīng)該要意識(shí)到感恩的重要性。擁有一顆感恩的心是快樂的來源，換句話說，當(dāng)你把別人對(duì)你的關(guān)心和愛看成是理所當(dāng)然的時(shí)候，此時(shí)的你是不理性的。

We realize the true worth of happiness when we are in sorrow. Sorrow is basically coming out when something is out of your plate like death of a loved one, failure and despair. However,all these matters are temporary and could pass away with time going by.

當(dāng)處于痛苦中時(shí)，我們就會(huì)意識(shí)到快樂的重要性。當(dāng)一些不如意的事情發(fā)生的時(shí)候，比如所愛的人的離世，人生中的失敗和絕望，此時(shí)，你會(huì)感到痛苦。但是，這些痛苦的記憶都是短暫的，隨著時(shí)間的過去，這些事情也會(huì)消逝。

Failure and Success　　成功和失敗

there is a motto:” failure is the mother of success.” Failure is untwined with success.It helps us to touch the sky, teach us to survive and show us a specific way to handle the complicated matters we are in face with in the daily basis.Success brings in money, fame, pride and self-respect. Here it becomes very important to keep our head on shoulder.

有一句名言：“失敗是成功之母”，失敗和成功是緊密聯(lián)系的。它幫助我們體驗(yàn)生活，教我們?nèi)绾紊?，并且在處理日常生活中遇到的?fù)雜事情時(shí)，給予了明確的解決方法。隨之成功而來的是金錢，名譽(yù)，自豪，和尊重。此時(shí)，保持頭腦清醒時(shí)非常重要的。

Hope and Despair　　希望和絕望

Hope is magic that pulls people out of the edge of despair and gives them the energy to go for a bright future.Life teaches us not to regret over yesterday, for it has passed and is beyond our control. Tomorrow is unknown, for it could either be bright or dull. So the only alternative is work hard today, so that we will enjoy a better tomorrow.

希望具有魔力，它可以使在絕望邊緣的人找到尋找光明的力量。生活經(jīng)驗(yàn)告訴我們不要對(duì)昨天感到惋惜，因?yàn)樽蛱煲殉蔀檫^去，并且是我們無法控制的。明天是未知的，因?yàn)樗锌赡軒Ыo你光明，也有可能帶個(gè)你陰霾。因此，我們所能做地就是今天努力工作，以求更好的明天。

Vocabulary:

sorrow ['s r ]痛苦

despair [d 'spe ] 絕望

materialistic [m 't r 'l st k]唯物主義的

short-lived [' :t'livd, -laivd]短暫的

gratitude ['gr t tju d]感恩

irrational [ 'r ( )n( )l] 不理性的

solicitude[s 'l s tju d] 關(guān)心

untwined with 與…緊密聯(lián)系


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