英语美文：应谨记的十句人生信条

 　　the rules for being human1. You will receive a body.

　　You may like it or hate it, but it will be yours for the entire period.

　　1.你将拥有一个躯体。

　　你可以喜之也可以恶之，但它毕生都会属于你。

　　2. You will learn lessons.

　　You are enrolled¹ in a full-time² informal school called Life. Each day in this school you will learn lessons. You may like the lessons or think them irrelevant³ and stupid.

　　2.你将接受教育。

　　你入读了一所叫做"生活"的大学的全日制非正式学校。在学校的每一天你都将接受教育。你可以爱你所爱或者视之无聊而又豪无裨益。

　　3. There are no mistakes, only lessons.

　　Growth is a process of trial and error: Experimentation⁴. The "failed" experiments are as much a part of the process as the experiment that ultimately "works".

　　3.没有过失，只有教训。

　　成长就是反复"尝试-犯错"的渐进过程，或者说是实验。那些所谓"失败"的实验和最终"奏效"的实验一样重要，都是这个过程的一部分。

　　4. A lesson is repeated until learned.

　　A lesson will be presented to you in various forms until you have learned it. Once learned, you then go on to the next lesson.

　　4.同样的教训会不断重复直到你真正领悟为止。

　　同样的教训会以不同的形式不断出现在你面前直到你学会为止。而一旦你学会了，就会马上进入下一课的学习。

　　5. Learning lessons does not end.

　　There is no part of life that does not contain its lessons. If you are alive, there are lessons to be learned.

　　5.学无止境。

　　生活的每个部分无不包含可学之处。只要活着，你就学无止境。

　　6. "There" is no better than "here".

　　When your "there" has become a "here", you will simply obtain another "there" that will again look better than "here".

　　当你终于拥有了不曾拥有的东西，你只会发现自己又在向往别的东西，它们看起来总比你拥有的东西要好些。

　　7. Others are merely mirrors of you.

　　You cannot love or hate something about another person unless it reflects something you love or hate about yourself.

　　7.他人只是你的镜子。

　　不要去爱慕或憎恶别人的品性，除非这些品性在你自己身上也能找到，而你以同样的态度处之。

　　8. What you make of your life is up to you.

　　You have all the tools and resources you need.

　　What you do with them is up to you. The choice is yours.

　　8.要过怎样的生活由你作主。

　　你掌握着陆一切你所需的工具和资源，怎么用全由你作主。决策权在你手中。

　　9. The answers to Life's questions lie inside you.

　　All you need to do is look, listen and trust.

　　9.生活的答案皆藏心中。

　　你只须观察，聆听和信任。

　　10. You will forget all of this.

　　10.生活中你会忘记所有这些准则。

1 enrolled   

adj.入学登记了的v.[亦作enrol]( enroll的过去式和过去分词 )；登记，招收，使入伍（或入会、入学等），参加，成为成员；记入名册；卷起，包起

参考例句：

• They have been studying hard from the moment they enrolled. 从入学时起，他们就一直努力学习。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He enrolled with an employment agency for a teaching position. 他在职业介绍所登了记以谋求一个教师的职位。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 full-time   

adj.满工作日的或工作周的，全时间的

参考例句：

• A full-time job may be too much for her.全天工作她恐怕吃不消。
• I don't know how she copes with looking after her family and doing a full-time job.既要照顾家庭又要全天工作，我不知道她是如何对付的。

3 irrelevant   

adj.不恰当的，无关系的，不相干的

参考例句：

• That is completely irrelevant to the subject under discussion.这跟讨论的主题完全不相关。
• A question about arithmetic is irrelevant in a music lesson.在音乐课上，一个数学的问题是风马牛不相及的。

4 experimentation   

n.实验，试验，实验法

参考例句：

• Many people object to experimentation on animals.许多人反对用动物做实验。
• Study and analysis are likely to be far cheaper than experimentation.研究和分析的费用可能要比实验少得多。