生活需要正能量-直到失去,我们才理解(3)

"I said, 'Somebody should do something about that.' Then Irealized, I am somebody." ~ Lily Tomlin

 

“我说到‘某人该做这件事’，然后我发现原来我就是那个某人”—莉莉·汤姆林

 

You can, and will, make mistakes. But never make the mistake of thinking that you can't enact¹ change.

 

人会犯错。但是永远不要认为你的那些错误是不可弥补的。

 

When life's giving you some hurdles², it can be easy to feel small and insignificant³. But that is never the case.

 

当生活给我们设置了一些障碍之后，觉得自己渺小、微不足道是很容易的。但是那都不是重点。

 

You can change the world.

 

你是有能力可以改变这个世界的。

 

"Not until we are lost dowe begin to understand ourselves." ~ Henry David Thoreau

 

“直到失去，我们才理解。”—亨利戴维梭罗

 

Being totally happy with life is great,but you learn nothing about yourself from it. Most of what we learn about ourselves, we learn during our struggles.

 

能够天天开心当然是最好，但是你能从中学到的东西确实很少。我们大都是在经历苦难的时候才是学的最多的。

 

Use this as an opportunity to see what you're really made of.

 

利用这种机会看看你到底学会了一些什么。

1 enact   

vt.制定(法律)；上演，扮演

参考例句：

• The U.S. Congress has exclusive authority to enact federal legislation.美国国会是唯一有权颁布联邦法律的。
• For example,a country can enact laws and economic policies to attract foreign investment fairly quickly.例如一个国家可以很快颁布吸引外资的法令和经济政策。

2 hurdles   

n.障碍( hurdle的名词复数 )；跳栏；（供人或马跳跃的）栏架；跨栏赛

参考例句：

• In starting a new company, many hurdles must be crossed. 刚开办一个公司时，必须克服许多障碍。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• There are several hurdles to be got over in this project. 在这项工程中有一些困难要克服。 来自辞典例句

3 insignificant   

adj.无关紧要的，可忽略的，无意义的

参考例句：

• In winter the effect was found to be insignificant.在冬季，这种作用是不明显的。
• This problem was insignificant compared to others she faced.这一问题与她面临的其他问题比较起来算不得什么。