(单词翻译:单击)
中英文本
STALL OUT. I had wanted to earn a doctoral degree for decades and finally saw an opportunity to do so.
停滞不前
When my mother heard about it, she said, "Why? You'll be 50 years old when you complete it!"
当我妈妈听到这件事时,她说:“为什么?你获得学位的时候就50岁了!”
My dad shot back, "She would be 50 years old anyway.
我爸爸反驳道:“反正她也会变成50岁
Let's help the kid get her education!" Thanks to Dad, I've had a very rewarding career as a university professor.
让我们帮助孩子接受教育吧!”多亏了爸爸,我才有了一份很有意义的大学教授生涯
As a six-year-old, I entered the 100-yard dash in my school's Little Olympics.
在我六岁的时候,我参加了学校举办的小型奥运会的100码短跑比赛
My 14-year-old brother advised me to run like an ostrich, on my tiptoes, straightlegged. I finished last.
我14岁的哥哥建议我像鸵鸟一样跑步,踮起脚尖,双腿伸直
CARPE DIEM. "Go ahead; what could go wrong?"
及时行乐
FIND A MENTOR. "An internship at the White House will be amazing on your résumé."
找位导师
HOLD OUT FOR PERFECTION. When I told an unmarried friend I was engaged, she asked whether my fiancée was perfect.
坚持完美
I told the friend she wasn't. In that case, she told me, don't get married until you find the perfect person.
我告诉朋友她不完美
I ignored my friend and have had 26 years of imperfect but happy marriage so far, with four children who bring me great joy.
我忽视了我的朋友的建议,到目前为止,我已经有了26年不完美但幸福的婚姻,有四个孩子,他们给我带来了极大的快乐
In the process, I have learned to tolerate imperfections in others. That friend, by the way, is still single.
在这个过程中,我学会了容忍别人的不完美
BE GULLIBLE. "Trust me."
容易受骗
"Follow your passion." This advice sounded great, but it assumed I had some predisposed passion that I was born with. I didn't.
“追随你的激情”
So instead, I spent years searching for my passion, wasting valuable time and money.
因此,我花了几年时间寻找我的激情,浪费了宝贵的时间和金钱
I didn't find it, and it left me with heartache.
我没有找到它,这让我心痛
Later on in life I realized that passion isn't something you're born with; it's something you develop.
后来在生活中,我意识到激情不是与生俱来的;它是你发展出来的东西
I wish I had been given the advice to "develop your passion." That would have been a life changer.
我希望有人给过我“培养激情”的建议
重点讲解
1.search for 寻找
You can use a directory service to search for people on the Internet.
你可以利用因特网的目录服务搜索人名
2.later on后来
Steps taken now to maximise your health will pay dividends later on.
现在采取措施增强体质会使你日后受益
3.born with 生来就有
For a child to be born with this disability indicates a defect in obstetric care.
孩子出生时就带有这样的残疾,这表明产科护理有问题
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