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放松心情 走进双语吧(五)

作者:杨思晴




  
   采摘集
  
  Laugh, and the world laughs with you
  Weep, and you weep alone.
   ??Stevenson, Solitude.
  欢笑,世界与你欢笑;
  哭泣,你自己独自哭泣。
  ——史蒂文森《孤寂》
  
  词汇补给:
  laugh:笑声、欢笑
  weep: 流泪、哭泣
  alone: 一个人、独自地
  注:史蒂文森(1850—1894),苏格兰小说家、诗人和随笔作家。《金银岛》(Treasure Island)是他的代表作。
  笑是一种世界语言,可以与他人一起分享;哭泣多半是私人的,别人不会无缘无故与你一起哭泣。
  
   幽默林
  
  原文:
  I am glad
  A Sunday-school teacher was telling her pupils the importance of making others glad. 揘“Now, children,”said the teacher, Has anyone of you ever made someone else glad?”“Ms,”said a small boy“I have made someone glad yesterday.”“Well done, who was that?”“My granny.”“Good boy, now tell us how you made your grandma glad?”“I went to see her yesterday and had stayed with her for a long time. Then I said to her ‘Granny, I am going home,’and she said‘Well, I am really glad.’”?
  词汇补给:讲解(1)Sunday-school:周末补习学校
  讲解(2)pupil:学生,小学生=student
  讲解(3)make someone glad: 使某人高兴/make someone happy:使某人开心/make someone angry: 使某人生气/ make someone sad:使某人悲伤
  讲解(4)Well done: 做得好(一般表扬别人表现出色,就可以用这个表达方式)
  
  译文:我很高兴
  一个周末补习学校的老师正在对学生讲使别人高兴的重要性。“现在,孩子们”,她说:“你们当中有谁让别人高兴过?”
  “老师, ”一个小男孩说:“昨天我就使别人高兴过。”
  “做得好。是谁呢?”
  “我奶奶。”
  “好孩子,现在告诉我们,你是怎样使你奶奶高兴的?”
  “是这样的,我昨天去看望她,在她那儿呆了好久。然后我跟她说:‘奶奶,我要回家了。’她说:‘啊,我真是太高兴了。’”
  
   心语录
  
  新年即将到来,在辞旧迎新的时刻,让我们一起去倾听那声声温暖的祝福......
  Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky
  The flying cloud, the frosty light.
  The year is dying in the night.
  Ring out, wild bells, and let him die.
  
  Ring out the old, ring in the new,
  Ring, happy bells, across the snow.
  The year is going, let him go,
  Ring out the false, ring in the true.
  
  Ring out the grief in mind,
  For those that here we see no more.
  Ring out the feud of rich and poor,
  Ring in redress to all mankind.
  
  敲响吧,狂暴的钟,向着狂野的天空,
  向着乱舞的云彩,向着寒光。
  这一年即将在今夜逝去,
  敲响吧,狂暴的钟,让他消亡。
  
  钟声送旧,钟声迎新。
  敲响吧,幸福的钟,响彻皑皑白雪。
  这一年即将离去,让他去吧。
  钟声送伪,钟声迎真。
  钟声送走揪心的痛苦,
  为了我们不能再见的人。
  钟声送走贫富间的宿怨。
  钟声迎来全人类的祥和。
  
  词汇补给:
  ring out:敲响(钟声),下班
  frosty:结霜的,严寒的,冷淡的
  false:错的,假的(反义词:true:真实的)
  grief: 悲痛,伤心,忧伤
  feud:不和 ,争执
  redress:救济、赔偿,补偿
  mankind:人类