人到三十：生活教给我宝贵的5堂课

 　　I’m 30 years old, and there are several things that life has taught me that I want to share with you. Some of these things I’ve known since I was young, some of these things I have learned recently.

　　我现在30岁了，我想和大家分享一下这些年从生活中所学到的一些内容。其中有一些是我年轻时就已经知道的，也有一些是我最近才学到的。

　　I believe these lessons will add to your life. Without further ado, here are the 5 lessons that life has taught me at 30 years of age.

　　我相信这些经验会对你的生活有益。事不宜迟，来看一下这三十年里，生活所教给我的这五堂课吧。

　　1. Marry Well

　　美满的婚姻

　　In the movie “Shallow Hal,” Jack¹ Black’s character “Hal” was cheated on by his girlfriend. Of course, he was very sad given this situation. His friend tried to comfort him by telling him, “You didn’t know she was bad.” To which Hal replied, “I knew she wasn’t good.”

　　在电影《庸人哈尔》中，杰克·布莱克扮演的哈尔，他的女友对他不忠。当然遇到这种事情他很伤心。他的朋友想安慰他，说：“你知道她不是个坏女孩。” 哈尔回答说：“我知道她不是好女孩。”

　　It’s critical that you pursue relationships with individuals who are “good,” first. Don’t let your primary criteria² be cuteness or coolness. You only want to get married once, so it’s critical that you marry the right person. Marry someone who you can fall in love with several times over, because they’re so good.

　　谈恋爱时，首先要考虑对方的人品，这是相当关键的。不要把择偶的标准设为可爱或酷。你只想结一次婚，所以和适合你的人结婚是非常重要的。找一个你能多次相恋的好人结婚吧。

　　2. Take Care of Your Body

　　保养好自己的身体

　　Life is “unfairly” biased³ towards people who “look good,” like it or not. So it’s important that you do all that is in your power to look your best. And by “doing all that is in your power” I mean dressing⁴ nicely, working out and eating right.

　　不管你喜欢与否，生活总是“不公平”地偏向于看起来状态好的人。所以尽可能地让自己看起来处在最棒的状态，这是非常重要的，这里是指穿着得体、锻炼身体并健康饮食。

　　You will live longer, and you will live happier, if you take care of your body; you may even get promoted faster on your job. Research shows that people who take good care of their body are perceived to be better workers.

　　如果你能把身体保养好，你会更加长寿，并生活得更加快乐；你甚至能更快地升职加薪。研究表明，人们认为能保养好身体的人通常工作也会更加出色。

　　And if that’s not enough to motivate you, remember that your health is really your greatest wealth.

　　如果这些还不能激励你的话，请记住健康是你最大的财富。

 

1 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

2 criteria   

n.标准

参考例句：

• The main criterion is value for money.主要的标准是钱要用得划算。
• There are strict criteria for inclusion in the competition.参赛的标准很严格。

3 biased   

a.有偏见的

参考例句：

• a school biased towards music and art 一所偏重音乐和艺术的学校
• The Methods: They employed were heavily biased in the gentry's favour. 他们采用的方法严重偏袒中上阶级。

4 dressing   

n.(食物)调料；包扎伤口的用品，敷料

参考例句：

• Don't spend such a lot of time in dressing yourself.别花那么多时间来打扮自己。
• The children enjoy dressing up in mother's old clothes.孩子们喜欢穿上妈妈旧时的衣服玩。