摘抄｜人性的优点

1. free from 没有……，不受……影响 Eg: The fruit is free from pesticide residue. 这种水果不含农药残留。 2. fret about…… 为某件事担忧 Eg: She is always fretting about the children. 3.Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. 你的工作将会占据生活中很大的一部分。你只有相信自己所做的是伟大的工作, 你才能怡然自得。如果你现在还没有找到, 那么继续找、不要停下来。 4. You might never fail on the scale I did, but some failure in life is inevitable. It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all – in which case, you fail by default. 你们可能不会经历像我那么大的失败，但生活中面临失败是不可避免的。永远不失败是不可能，除非你活得过于谨慎，这样倒还不如根本就没有在世上生活过，因为你从一开始就失败了。 5. scrape together enough money 好不容易凑够了钱 scrape together 东拼西凑、费力地获得 6. carpe diem及时行乐 7. I want you to think of your life as an hourglass. You know there are thousands of grains of sand in the top of the hourglass; and they all pass slowly and evenly through the narrow neck in the middle. Nothing you or I could do would make more than one grain of sand pass through this narrow neck without impairing the hourglass. 我希望你把你的生命想象成一个沙漏。你知道沙漏上面有成千上万的沙粒; 它们都缓慢地、均匀地穿过中间的窄颈。每次通过狭窄通道的只有一粒沙子。在不损害沙漏的前提下，你我所做的任何事都没办法改变这个事实。 8. 💧前缀： sl- 开头的短词都跟滑和瘦有关； gl- 开头跟光、发光有关； tw- 跟扭有关系；或者跟数字二有关； gru- 跟咕哝和抱怨有关； cl- 和粘黏、结合有关； 💧后缀： -umble 不清楚地说话，或者笨拙 -ump 笨重或者凸起 -ap 拍打或者 咬 -op 向下 9. work after a fashion 马马虎虎，差强人意 10. It's not getting anywhere 这压根儿什么也没解决 11. devote to doing sth 12. not sleep a wink 一晚上连眼都没闭 13. sleep like a log 睡得很沉 14. chief asset主要优点 15. here and now 此时此刻 16. And if there is anything to mind over matter, I am going to win. 如果有什么东西是能够思想大于物质的，我就一定会赢。 17. Save your heart for someone who cares. 把你的心交给在乎它的人。 18. That's interesting= That's sensible. 呵呵 19. fly into a rage勃然大怒 Eg. Losing a game would cause him to fly into a rage. 20. be slated for 被提名为、被列入名单 21. head on/upon 迎头、迎面 22. One picture is worth ten thousand words. 百闻不如一见 23. a flood of words 滔滔不绝，大言不惭 24. a keeper of one's words 说话算数的人 25. a person of few words 沉默寡言的人 Eg. My younger brother is a stay-at-home and he is a person of few words. 我弟弟沉默寡言又很宅。 26. 不要停 下来重新考虑，不要迟疑、担忧和犹豫; 不要怀疑自己，否则会引起其他的怀疑，更不要一直回头看。 Don't stop to reconsider. Don't begin to hesitate worry and retrace your steps. Don't lose yourself in self-doubting which begets other doubts. Don't keep looking back over your shoulder. 27. I would have felt exactly the same way myself a few years ago. 我可能几年前的时候自己也会有一模一样的感受的。 28. closed sales 已经成交的生意 29. Do you have matches？ 你需要帮助吗？ 30. Horoscope is fun, but it's not necessarily accurate. I always take it with a grain of salt. 星座这东西很有趣，但是并不一定准确。我对它一向将信将疑。 31. Wearing two hats 身兼两职 32. You are in for a treat. 快乐的事情 33. Speaking of the devil. 说曹操曹操到。 34. knock out 使某人昏厥，knock sth out打败某种东西 k.o是缩写 35. out of the ring 把某人推到界外去，从某种心情的怪圈里走出来 36. It is utterly impossible for any human mind, no matter how brilliant, to think of more than one thing at any given time.无论一个人多么聪明，人类的思想，都不可能在同一时间想一件以上的事情。So keep yourself busy when you are sad. 37. night owl 夜猫子=night person 38. burn the midnight oil开夜车 39. hit the hay（稻草）睡觉，就寝 40. a sound sleeper 睡得沉的人， a light sleeper 41. Unprotected sleep回笼觉 42. get grey hair to someone 你让别人发愁 grey hair 白头发 get grey hair from sth 因为某事愁的白了头发 43. green with envy 嫉妒的红了眼 as green as grass 幼稚的，容易上当受骗的 44. Someone's blue-eyed boy 某人眼中的红人 45. as black as thunder 面带怒荣，脸色阴森 46. give sb a red face使某人感到尴尬或羞愧 47. What in the world到底怎么样，到底干什么 Eg. What in the world are you？ 你到底是什么东西？ 48. ponder over= think about思考 49. earth-shaking 惊天动地，惊天地泣鬼神 50. the law of average常规 51. Obviously, circumstances alone do not make us happy or unhappy. 很显然，环境本身并不能使我们快乐或不快乐。 52. We are stronger than we think. 53.To see a world in a grain of sand, and a heaven in a wild flower. 一花一世界，一叶一菩提。 54. Set off an explosion of hysteria 引发歇斯底里的爆炸 55. That which he feared most had come upon him. 他最怕的事情终于降临到自己的身上。 56. 我也不会忧虑，因为我看不出忧虑可以让我得到什么。我尽己所能地把工作做好，至于结果就要看老天爷了。I do the best job I possibly can, and leave the results in the laps of gods. 57. 当我们不再反抗那些不可避免的事实之后，我们就能节省下精力、创造一个更加丰富的生活。 We release energy which enables us to create a richer life. 58. You're a good sport. 你是个输得起的人. 59. play sth by ear随机应变、见机行事 Let's play it by ear. 到时候再说吧，随意吧 60. in terms of= According to 61.go in one ear and out the other 当作耳边风 62. have an ear for sth 对……一听／学就会 63. Someone couldn't believe their ears 太让人吃惊了 64. See the red light 意识到潜在的危险 65. get cold feet 极度害怕，沮丧，临阵退缩 66. a bed of roses 温床，安乐窝，令人愉快的局面 67. profit by得益于，从某事中汲取经验教训 68. snort at嗤之以鼻 69. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. 你比你想象中更勇敢，比你看起来更强大，也比你以为的更聪明。 70. on the highroad to solve all our problems 我们快速地解决问题 71. 如果思想是快乐的，我们当然就是快乐的。如果脑子里想得凄惨，我们就会凄惨。有恐惧的想法，就会心生恐惧。病态的思想真的会令人生病。如果想到的是失败，我们就注定要失败。 想着自怜，人人都避之唯恐不及。诺曼·文森特·皮尔说:“你并非自己所认为的那样，但你怎么想，你就会成为什么样的人。” you are not what you think you are, but what you think, you are. 72. 人真的可以靠改变想法来克服忧虑、恐惧甚至各种病痛，并改变整个人生。我们在人生中体会到的心灵的平安与喜乐，不是因为我们身处何处，我们在做什么，我们是谁，它完全是由我们的心理态度决定的。（I know men and women can banish worry, fear, and various kind of illness, and can transform their lives by changing their thoughts）外在的环境影响实在非常有限。 73. Don't let the past steal your present. 别让过去悄悄偷走了你的当下。 74. 当我们对敌人心怀仇恨时，就等于是在给予对方更大力量来压倒我们，给他机会控制我们的睡眠、胃口、血压、健康，甚至我们的心情（When we hate our enemies, we are giving them power over us: power over our sleep, our appetites, our blood pressure, our health, and our happiness）。如果我们的敌人知道他带给了我们如此大的烦恼，他一定会非常高兴！憎恨伤不了对方一根汗毛，却会把自己的日子弄成炼狱。 75. 因此，与其恨我们的敌人，还不如让我们怜悯他们，并感谢上天没有让我们跟他们一样经历同样的人生。与其诅咒报复我们的敌人，还不 如给他们谅解、同情、援助、宽容，并为他们祈祷。（let's give them our understanding, our sympathy, our help, our forgiveness, and our prayers） 76. 永远不要对敌人心存报复，那样对自己的伤害将大过对别人的伤害。让我们像艾森威豪威尔将军那样:“绝不花一分钟时间去想那些我们不喜欢的人。”（let's never waste a minute thinking about people we don't like） 77. Let's cross the bridge when we come to it. 船到桥头自然直。 78. 我们天天抱怨别人不会知恩图报，到底该怪谁?这才是真正的人性。不要再指望别人感恩了。如果我们偶尔得到别人的感激，就应感到一阵惊喜。如果没有，也不至于难过。忘记感谢是人的天性。如果我们一直期望别人感恩，多半只是自寻烦恼。（It is natural for people to forget to be grateful; so, if we go around expecting gratitude, we are headed straight for a lot of heartaches） 79. get acquainted with sb 认识某人 be acquainted with sth 了解某物 80. form the habit of doing sth 养成一个做某事的习惯 81. 200年前英国作家塞缪尔·约翰逊曾说过:“能看到每件事情的最好一面，并养成一种习惯，这真是千金不换的珍宝。（The habit of looking on the best side of every event," said Dr. Johnson, "is worth more than a thousand pounds a year） 罗根·史密斯说过一句智慧之言:“人生有两项主要目标，第一，拥有你所向往的;然后，享 受它们。只有最具智慧的人才能做到第二点。” （first, to get what you want; and, after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second） 82. 你我不该惭愧吗?我们一直生活在美妙的童话世界中，却好像失明了一样，不知道珍惜享受现在所拥有的 （You and I ought to be ashamed of ourselves. All the days of our years we have been living in a fairyland of beauty, but we have been too blind to see, too satiated to enjoy） 83. The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page. 世界像是一本书，而不旅行的人只读了一页。 84. There will never ever be anybody exactly like you again throught all the ages. 贯穿你生命的所有的时刻，都不会再有任何人完全像你一样了。 85. No matter what happened, I always insisted on their being themselves. 不论遇到什么事，我都坚持让他们保持自我本色。 86. 求职者所犯的最大错误，就是不能保持自我。他们常常不能坦诚地回答问题，只想说出他认为你想听的答案（The biggest mistake people make in applying for jobs is in not being themselves. Instead of taking their hair down and being completely frank, they often try to give you the answers they think you want） 87. 要想培养一种让我们远离忧虑、给自己带来宁静与自由的心理态度，请遵循第五条准则: 不要模仿他人，发现自我，保持自我本色吧!（To cultivate a mental attitude that will bring us peace and freedom from worry, here is Rule 5: Let's not imitate others. Let's find ourselves and be ourselves） 88. No amount of anxiety makes any difference to anything that is going to happen. 再多的焦虑也不能改变即将要发生的事。 89. in honour of a man 为了向这个人致敬，为了纪念某人 90. When you are good to others, you are best to yourself. 善待他人，就是善待自己。 91. 哲学家尼采认为，优秀杰出的人“不仅忍人所不能忍，并且乐于进行这种挑战”。人生最重要的不只是运用你所拥有的，任何人都会这样做，真正重要的是如何从你的损失中获利，这才需要真智慧，也才显示出人的上智下愚。 能给我们带来平安快乐的心理态度的第六条原则是:命运交给你一个酸柠檬，你得想法把它做成甜柠檬汁（to cultivate a mental attitude that will bring us peace and happiness, let's do something about Rule 6: When fate hands us a lemon, let's try to make a lemonade） 92. 那些没有消灭你的东西，会使你变得更坚强！ Those who do not kill you, will make you stronger! 93. 有一句中国谚语说:“赠人玫瑰手有余香。”（A Chinese proverb puts it this way: "A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives you roses） 帮助别人过得更好，我们就应该立即行动，不要再浪费时间。我们要这样去想：这条道路，也许我只能经过一次，如果我能行任何善事的话，就一定要现在就做，不要拖延，因为也许我不会再次经过这条道路了（I shall pass this way but once. Therefore any good that I can do or any kindness that I can show-let me do it now. Let me not defer nor neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again） 94. 消除忧虑，得到平安与快乐的第七大原则就是:对他人充满兴趣，忘却自己，多对别人感兴趣。每日行一件善事，让他人脸上挂满微笑（Forget yourself by becoming interested in others. Do every day a good deed that will put a smile of joy on someone's face） 95. 最后，我意识到桑塔亚那的名言：“人不是为了理解生活，而是为了生活。”（ I realise the wisdom of Santayana's words: "Man is not made to understand life, but to live it." ） 96. out-and-out 彻头彻尾的，十足的，完完全全的 Eg. That's an out-and-out lie. 那是个弥天大谎。 97. It matters not what you are thought to be, but what you are.重要的不是别人怎么看你, 而是你是怎样的人。 98. 记请住，不公正的批评通常隐含着一种赞许。要记住，没有人去踢一只死狗。（Remember that unjust criticism is often a disguised compliment. Remember that no one ever kicks a dead dog. ） 99. 当你我受到不公正的批评时，请记住第二条准则：（When you and I are unjustly criticised, let's remember Rule 2: ）凡事尽力而为，然后撑起那把旧伞，避开非难之雨，以免它从后颈顺流而下。（Do the very best yon can: and then put up your old umbrella and keep the rain of criticism from running down the back of your neck. ） 100. However long the night, the dawn will break. 不管黑夜有多长，天亮总会到来。 101. We all tend to resent criticism andlap uppraise, regardless of whethereitherthe criticismorthe praise be justified. lap up在这里是“欣然接受”的意思，所以我们可以这样理解这句话：我们总是讨厌被批评，喜欢被赞赏，不管批评或赞赏正确与否。 102. Marriage is a lifetime commitment, with a lifelong responsibility to take care of each other.婚姻是一生的承诺，需要用毕生的责任心来相互关怀。 103. tucker one out 把某人累坏 104. 疲劳容易使人产生忧虑，或者至少会使你较容易忧虑。任何一个还在学校里学医的学生都会告诉你，疲劳会减低身体对一般感冒和疾病的抵抗力;而任何一位心理治疗师也会告诉你，疲劳同样会减低你对忧虑和恐惧等等感觉的抵抗力（Any medical student will tell you that fatigue lowers physical resistance to the common cold and hundreds of other diseases and any psychiatrist will tell you that fatigue also lowers your resistance to the emotions of fear and worry），所以防止疲劳也就可以防止忧虑。 105. 如果你能在下午 5点、6点、或者7点钟左右睡一个小时，就可以在你生活中每天增加一小时的清醒的时间。这是因为晚饭前睡的那一个小时，加上夜里所睡的6个小时，一共7小时的睡眠，能让你一天都充满了活力和干劲，这对你的好处比连续睡8个小时更要多（How? Because an hour's nap before the evening meal plus six hours' sleep at night-a total of seven hours-will do you more good than eight hours of unbroken sleep） 106. 辛勤工作很少会导致疲劳，正是那种经过休息或睡眠之后仍不能解除的疲劳——忧虑、紧张、心乱才是导致疲劳的三大原因（seldom causes fatigue which cannot be cured by a good sleep or rest. ... Worry, tenseness, and emotional upsets are three of the biggest causes of fatigue 107. in the pink of condition 用来形容人身体非常健康 108. worn out 疲惫不堪的 wear away 磨损，磨去 wear off 逐渐减少 wear on 时间消逝 109. hoot at .嘲笑，斥责 110. 厌倦是降低工作能力的唯一原因。（ Dr. Thorndike is reported to have said: "Boredom is the only real cause of diminution of work." ）如果你从事的是脑力工作，使你疲劳的并不是因为已经完成的工作量，反而可能是你没有做的工作量。（If you are a mental worker, it is seldom the amount of work you do that makes you tired. You may be tired by the amount of work you do not do. ） 111. 我们的疲劳往往不是由工作而起，而是由于忧烦、挫折和不满等引起的。（The lesson to be learned? Just this: our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration, and resentment. ） 112. resolve to do sth 坚决去做某事 113. 厌倦是降低工作能力的唯一原因。（ Dr. Thorndike is reported to have said: "Boredom is the only real cause of diminution of work." ）如果你从事的是脑力工作，使你疲劳的并不是因为已经完成的工作量，反而可能是你没有做的工作量。（If you are a mental worker, it is seldom the amount of work you do that makes you tired. You may be tired by the amount of work you do not do. ） 114. ：我们的疲劳往往不是由工作而起，而是由于忧烦、挫折和不满等引起的。（The lesson to be learned? Just this: our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration, and resentment. ）