美文賞析:別人是你的一面鏡子，請把握好人生中的每一面鏡子

　　每天照照鏡子，我們都會發現自己不滿意的地方，重新把自己打扮得漂漂亮亮的；而人呢？是否也懂得其實每一個人都是一面鏡子。看著自己不喜歡的人，要懂得自己要如何更好的完善自己，別讓自己也成為大家不喜歡的對象。請把握好人生中的每一面鏡子。

　　別人是你的一面鏡子

　　The first time you meet someone, in the first moment you form an impression inyour mind of that person. Your reactions to other people, however, are reallyjust barometers for how you perceive yourself. Your reactions to others saymore about you than they do about others. You cannot really love or hate aboutyourself. We are usually drawn to those who are most like us and tend todislike those who display those aspects of ourselves that we dislike.Therefore, you can allow others to be the mirror to illuminate more clearlyyour own feelings of self-worth. Conversely, you can view the people you judgenegatively as mirrors to show you what you are not accepting about yourself.

　　To coexist peacefully with others, you will need to learn tolerance. A bigchallenge is to shift your perspective radically from judgment of other to alifelong exploration of yourself. Your task is to assess all the decisions,judgments you make onto others and to begin to view them as clues to how youcan heal yourself and become whole.

　　I recently has a business lunch with a man who displayed objectionable tablemanners. My first reaction was to judge him as offensive and his table mannersas disgusting. When I noticed that I was judging him, I stopped and askedmyself what I was feeling. I discovered that I was embarrassed to be seen with

　　someone who was chewing with his mouth open and loudly blowing his nose. I wasastonished to find how much I cared about how the other people in therestaurant perceived me.

　　Remember that your judgment of someone will not serve as a protective shieldagainst you becoming like him. Just because I judge my lunch partner as offensive does not prevent me from ever looking or acting like him. In thesame way, extending tolerance to him would not cause me to suddenly begin chewing my food with my mouth open.

　　When you approach life in this manner, those with whom you have the greatest grievances as well as those you admire and love can be seen as mirrors,guiding your to discover parts of yourself that you reject and to embrace your greatest quality.

英語美文：孤獨人生

　　Solitude --Ella Wheeler Wilcox

　　孤獨

　　Laugh, and the world laughs with you;

　　Weep, and you weep alone.

　　For the sad old earth must borrow it's mirth,

　　But has trouble enough of its own.

　　Sing, and the hills will answer;

　　Sigh, it is lost on the air.

　　The echoes bound to a joyful sound,

　　But shrink from voicing care.

　　笑則天下笑，

　　泣則獨自泣。

　　因悲哀的舊世界須借貸歡笑，

　　而它自身的麻煩不少。

　　唱則群山應，

　　嘆則空散盡。

　　回聲反射成歡欣，

　　傾訴憂慮無回音。

　　Rejoice, and men will seek you;

　　Grieve, and they turn and go.

　　They want full measure of all your pleasure,

　　But they do not need your woe.

　　Be glad, and your friends are many;

　　Be sad, and you lose them all.

　　There are none to decline your nectared wine,

　　But alone you must drink life's gall.

　　喜則人尋你，

　　悲則眾人離。

　　他們要度量你的歡快，

　　但他們不要你的悲哀。

　　你高興，朋友會多起來，

　　你悲傷，他們轉身走開。

　　無人會拒絕你的佳釀，

　　但你要獨自把生活的苦酒品嘗。

　　Feast, and your halls are crowded;

　　Fast, and the world goes by.

　　Succeed and give, and it helps you live,

　　But no man can help you die.

　　There is room in the halls of pleasure

　　For a long and lordly train,

　　But one by one we must all file on

　　Through the narrow aisles of pain.

　　設宴，高朋滿盈，

　　齋戒，無人問津。

　　成功和慷慨能助你生，

　　但是他人救不了你死。

　　娛樂大廳里有一間房，

　　長長豪華列車停中央，

　　但我們都必須魚貫上，

　　通過狹長痛苦的走廊。

美文欣賞:Life comes in a package 有種旅行叫作人生

　　人生是一個過程，更像一場旅行。旅行路上，有時風和日麗，有時狂風驟雨；不必畏懼，珍惜沿途的點點滴滴，克服面臨的種種困難，用心感受，用心經營，讓我們的人生旅程過得更加有意義。

　　Life comes in a package

　　有種旅行叫作人生

　　Life comes in a package. This package includes happiness and sorrow, failure and success, hope and despair. Life is a learning process. Experiences in life teach us new lessons and make us a better person. With each passing day we learn to handle various situations.

　　人生好似一個包裹，這個包裹里藏著快樂與悲傷、成功與失敗，希望與絕望。人生也是一個學習的過程。那些經歷給我們上了全新的課，讓我們變得更好。隨著每一天的過去，我們學會了處理各種各樣的.問題。

　　Love

　　Love plays a pivotal role on out life. Love makes you feel wanted. Without love a person could go hayward and also become cruel and ferocious. In the early stage of our life, our parents are the ones who shower us with unconditional love and care, they teach us about what is right and wrong, good and bad. But we always tend to take this for granted. It is only after marriage and having kids that a person understands and becomes sensitive to others feelings. Kids make a person responsible and mature and help us to understand life better.

　　愛

　　愛在生活之外扮演了一個關鍵的角色。愛使你想要得到些什么。沒有愛，一個人將走向不歸路，變得兇暴、殘忍。在我們最初的人生道路上，我們的父母給予了我們無條件的關愛，他們教會我們判斷正確與錯誤、好與壞。然而我們常常把這想當然了，只有等到我們結了婚并且有了孩子之后，一個人才會懂得并注意別人的感受。孩子讓我們變得富有責任心、變得成熟穩重，并且更好的理解人生。

　　Happiness and Sorrow

　　Materialistic happiness is short-lived, but happiness achieved by bringing a smile on others face gives a certain level of fulfillment. Peace of mind is the main link to happiness. No mind is happy without peace. We realize the true worth of happiness when we are in sorrow. Sorrow is basically due to death of a loved one, failure and despair. But these things are temporary and pass away.

　　快樂與悲傷

　　物質上的快樂往往是短暫的，然而，當你給予他人一個微笑的時候，那種滿足卻是無與倫比的。心靈的平靜往往是快樂的源泉。沒有平和的心態就沒有快樂的心情。在傷心的時候，我們往往能夠體會到快樂的真諦。悲傷基本都來自于一個愛人的去世、失敗還有絕望，但是這樣的事情都是暫時的，總會過去的。

　　Failure and Success

　　Failure is the path to success. It helps us to touch the sky, teaches us to survive and shows us a specific way. Success brings in money, fame, pride and self-respect. Here it becomes very important to keep our head on out shoulder. The only way to show our gratitude to God for bestowing success on us is by being humble, modest, courteous and respectful to the less fortunate ones.

　　失敗與成功

　　失敗是成功之母。它讓我們觸及藍天，它教會我們如何生存，它給予我們一條特殊的路。成功給予我們金錢、名譽、驕傲和自尊。這里，保持頭腦清醒便顯得尤為重要。唯一能讓我們感激上帝給予的成功便是始終卑微、謙虛、禮貌并且尊重沒有我們幸運的人們。

　　Hope and Despair

　　Hope is what keeps life going. Parents always hope their children will do well. Hope makes us dream. Hope builds in patience. Life teaches us not to despair even in the darkest hour, because after every night there is a day. Nothing remains the same we have only one choice keep moving on in life and be hopeful.

　　希望與絕望

　　希望是人生動力之源。父母總是希望自己的孩子能夠做得很好。希望使我們有夢想。希望使我們變得有耐心。人生教會我們即使是在最困難的時候都不要絕望，因為黑暗之后終將是黎明。沒有什么事一成不變的，我們惟有充滿希望地繼續生活。

　　Life teaches us not to regret over yesterday, for it has passed and is beyond our control. Tomorrow is unknown, for it could either be bright or dull. So the only alternative is work hard today, so that we will enjoy a better

　　tomorrow.

　　人生教會我們不要對過去的事感到后悔，因為過去的終究是過去了并且我們已無法控制。沒人知道明天會是怎樣，因為它可以是光明的同樣也可以是無趣的。所以，唯一的選擇便是在今天努力工作，這樣才能讓我們去享受更美好的明天。