双语美文,给一位青年的忠告

2018-11-07 08:20:19  每日学英语

 

Remember, my son, you have to work.

谨记,年轻人,无论如何你都得工作。
 

Whether you handle a pick or a pen, a wheel-barrow or a set of books, digging ditches or editing a paper, ringing an auction bell or writing funny things, you must work.

不管你挥洒锄头亦或笔墨,不论你是推车的或是统计帐薄的,无论你是汗流浃挖沟渠还是编辑报纸文章,也可能是拍卖师亦或是一位作家,都必须有一份为之努力奋斗的工作。
 

If you look around you will see the men who are the most able to live the rest of their days without work are the men who work the hardest.

如果你留意观察周围的人,你就会发现,足够努力才能积累以后享受悠闲晚年的资本。
 

Don't be afraid of killing yourself with overwork. It is beyond your power to do that on the sunny side of thirty.

理性看待勤奋工作带给我们的负担,因为30岁的你承受能力远不止于此。
 

Handle /ˈhændl/ v. 操作,操控;容易搬运

Auction /ˈɔ:kʃn/ n. 拍卖;竞卖

Hardest /'ha:dɪst/ adj. 困难的(hard的最高级);努力的

Overwork /ˌəʊvəˈwɜ:k/ n. 过度工作

美文

 

They die sometimes, but it is because they quit work at six in the evening, and do not go home until two in the morning. It’s the interval that kills, my son.

当然也不乏有六点下班后在外流连到凌晨两点才回家挥霍青春与时间的人。或许正是晚上六点到凌晨两点,这段时间的生活毁了他们自己。
 

The work gives you an appetite for your meals; it lends solidity to your slumbers, it gives you a perfect and grateful appreciation of a holiday.

积极的工作心态会带给你愉悦且不错的生活质量,还能让你学会如何更好的享受完美的假期。
 

There are young men who do not work, but the world is not proud of them.

有些年轻人不工作,但世界并不以他们为傲。
 

It does not know their names, even it simply speaks of them as “old So-and-So’s boy”.

这世界只会铭记努力的人,所以记得别成为他们口中的那些“那个谁谁谁、某某某”。
 

Interval /ˈɪntəvl/ n. 间隔;幕间休息

Appetite /ˈæpɪtaɪt/ n. 欲望;胃口,食欲

Solidity /səˈlɪdəti/ n. 固性;硬度;可靠性

Slumber /ˈslʌmbə(r)/ n. 微睡,安眠,熟睡

Appreciation /əˌpri:ʃiˈeɪʃn/ n. 增值;感谢;欣赏

美文

 

Nobody likes them, the great, busy world doesn’t know that they are there.

没人会在意他们,这茫茫人海、忙忙碌碌的世界,更不会记得他们。
 

So find out what you want to be and do, and take off your coat and make a dust in the world.

所以努力找到你想做、你要做的事情,挽起袖子,在这世界留下你的印记。
 

The busier you are, the less harm you will be apt to get into, the sweeter will be your sleep, the brighter and happier your holidays, and the better satisfied will the world be with you.

所以让自己忙起来吧,这样你会发觉自己生活更幸福,梦乡更甜美、生活更富足,这世界也因你的努力让自己更加明媚。
 

Satisfied /ˈsætɪsfaɪd/ adj. 满意的,满足的

美文

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