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Once you identify the source of joy in life， there is nothing to keep you from happiness.

一旦你找出人生喜樂的源泉，沒有什么事能讓你不幸福。

Keep your nose clean and make yourself useful in life.

避免制造麻煩，讓你自己在人生中顯得有用。 （keep one's nose clean = stay out of trouble）

Always treat others as you wish to be treated.

對(duì)待別人，要像你要?jiǎng)e人怎樣對(duì)待你一樣。

If your friend appears to be upset， give him/her a smile and a thumbs up.

假如你的朋友不開心，給他/她一個(gè)笑容，并舉出大姆指。（thumbs用復(fù)數(shù)，本指雙手的大姆指，但習(xí)慣上前面仍用a）

Life is not a dress rehearsal； you need to put something in your life that gives you joy.

生命不是服裝預(yù)演，你必須在你生命中加些使你快樂的東西。 （dress rehearsal可以重復(fù)排練，但生命只一次，不能重復(fù)）

We cannot depend on someone else to make us happy or make us whole.

我們不能依靠別人使我們幸福或健康。 （whole指完整的，without anything broken，也就是healthy）

A person without goals in life is like a ship without a rudder.

一個(gè)人在人生中沒有目標(biāo) ，就像一只船沒有舵一樣。（rudder is to guide the ship）

We need to grow up enough to forgive and forget.

我們必須有足夠的成熟，才能做到“寬恕”和“忘記”。

The pursuit of possession is not a path to happiness； it can actually accomplish the opposite.

追求財(cái)富的擁有，不是走向幸福的通道；其實(shí)也有相反的結(jié)果。

Fame can be fleeting and success short-lived； don't get too big for your britches.

名聲會(huì)迅速地消失，成功也很暫短；不必因?yàn)槁曂砸曔^高。（fleet很快消失；britches本是褲子；too big for one's britches照字義：膨脹過大，穿不上褲子，也就是趾高氣揚(yáng)，驕傲自大）

Today you may be drinking the wine， tomorrow you could be picking the grapes.

今天你也許飲酒作樂，明天你又可能辛勞工作。（意謂生活好壞不定）（pick the grapes采葡萄，是件辛苦的事）

You can spend your entire life trying to be what other people want you to be and never succeed.

你能花一生的精力，去做別人要你做的事，但無法成功。

Try to be a CEO of your life.

做你自己人生的執(zhí)行長。（創(chuàng)造你自己的人生）

Take the bull by the horns and do what you should have done in the first place.

一開始，你就要勇敢地去做你應(yīng)該要做的事。 （ take the bull by the horns照字義：捉住公牛的角，就是大膽地不怕危險(xiǎn)或困難=take charge； not be afraid）

Do not subject anybody to your lifestyle.

不可強(qiáng)求任何人去跟隨你的生活方式。

（也就是：Do not force anyone to follow your lifestyle）

We have a lot more hurdles to jump over and mistakes to do over in life.

在人生中，我們有許多障礙要越過，有許多錯(cuò)誤要改正。（hurdle跳欄障礙）

Don't let the years slip away without embracing whatever will become the centerpiece of your life.

不可讓歲月輕易流失而沒有掌控住本可以成為你人生重要部分的東西。

（slip away=disappear； embrace=to hold； centerpiece=centrepiece=the most important part）

Good judgment comes from experience and experience comes from bad judgment.

好的判斷來自經(jīng)驗(yàn)；經(jīng)驗(yàn)來自壞的判斷。（編輯/立原）