江西省九江市 劉 延 供稿
1.快樂(lè)無(wú)處不在。
Seen on the bathroom walls of Concordia University,“Ignorance is bliss.”And right underneath it...“I don’t know what this means but I’m happy.”
Concordia大學(xué)衛(wèi)生間的墻上寫著:“無(wú)知是?!?,正下方寫著:“我不知道這是什么意思,但我很高興。”
2.雖然我們不再擁有快樂(lè)的童年時(shí)光,但我們應(yīng)該盡量保持童心。
It’s never too late to have a happy childhood.
擁有一個(gè)快樂(lè)的童年從來(lái)都不晚。
3.信心很重要。
The happy idea that one Englishman can beat three Frenchman,encourages,and sometimes enables one Englishman,in reality,to beat two.
“一個(gè)英國(guó)人能夠打敗三個(gè)法國(guó)人”,這種快樂(lè)的觀念鼓勵(lì)著英國(guó)人,有時(shí)侯能夠使一個(gè)英國(guó)人實(shí)際上打敗兩個(gè)法國(guó)人。
4.別人意外發(fā)現(xiàn)自己做了好事。
The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good deed anonymously,and then have it found out by accident.
最愉快的事兒是偷偷做好事,然后被別人意外發(fā)現(xiàn)。
5.人的一生要經(jīng)歷很多。
A weary hiker stumbled upon another hiker deep in the North Woods. “I’m very glad to see you,”said the hiker,“I’ve been lost for three days.”
“Don’t be too relieved,”answered the second hiker,“I’ve been lost for three weeks.”
一個(gè)疲憊的野游者在森林深處遇到另一個(gè)野游者,他說(shuō):“非常高興遇見(jiàn)你,我已經(jīng)迷路三天了?!?/p>
“別太放松了,”第二個(gè)野游者回答,“我已經(jīng)迷路三個(gè)月了。”
6.真實(shí)世界里無(wú)奇不有,如果我們培養(yǎng)一雙幽默的眼睛,生活里到處是笑話。
My way of joking is to tell the truth.It’s the funniest joke in the world.
我講笑話的方式是講實(shí)話,那是世界上最可笑的笑話。
7.丑和美沒(méi)有絕對(duì)的界限。
Ugliness is a point of view:an ulcer is wonderful to a pathologist.
丑陋只是一種觀點(diǎn)——潰瘍對(duì)于病理學(xué)家來(lái)說(shuō)是美妙的東西。
8.演講完了,沒(méi)人為你鼓掌,但你依然快樂(lè)。
Thank you for that wonderful round of restraint.
謝謝你們了不起的克制力。
9.樂(lè)觀的態(tài)度。
Dad:What is the meaning of this F on your report card?
Jack:Fantastic!
爸爸:你成績(jī)單上的F是什么意思?
杰克:棒極了?。ㄗⅲ篎還可表示Fail,意思是“不及格”)
10.多看事情好的一面。
It was said President Ford gave American three years of good government and eight years of comedy materials.
據(jù)說(shuō)總統(tǒng)福特給了美國(guó)三年的好政府和八年的喜劇素材。
(諷刺福特總統(tǒng)任職8年間鬧了很多笑話。)