小故事

There is a wholeness about the person who has come to terms with his limitations，who has been brave enough to let go of his unrealistic dreams and not feel like a failure for doing so．There is a wholeness about the man or woman who has learned that he or she is strong enough to go through a tragedy and survive ，who can lose someone and still feel like a complete person．
人生的完整性在于一个人知道如何面对他的缺陷，如何勇敢地摒弃那些不现实的幻想而又不以此为缺憾。人生的完整性还在于一个男人或女人懂得这样一个道理：他（她）发现自己能勇敢面对人生悲剧而继续生存，能够在失去亲人后依然表现出一个完整的人的风范。
Life is not a trap set for us by God so that he can condemn us for failing．Life is not a spelling bee，where no matter how many words you've gotten right， you're disqualified if you make one mistake．Life is more like a baseball season，where even the best team loses one－third of its games and even the worst team has its days of brilliance．Our goal is to win more games than we lose．
人生不是上帝为谴责我们的缺陷而给我们布下的陷阱。人生也不是一场拼字游戏比赛。不管你拼出多少单词，一旦出现了一个错误，你便前功尽弃。人生更像是一个棒球赛季。即使最好的球队比赛也会输掉三分之一，而最差的球队也有春风得意的日子。我们的目标就是多赢球，少输球。
When we accept that imperfection is part of being human，and when we can continue rolling through life and appreciate it，we will have achieved a wholeness that others can only aspire to．That, I believe，is what God asks of us － not "Be perfect"，not "Don't even make a mistake", but "Be whole".
我们接受了不完整性是人类本性的一部分，我们不断地进行人生滚动并能意识到其价值，我们就会完成完整人生的过程。而对于别人来讲，这只能是一个梦想。我相信这就是上帝对我们的要求：不求“完美”，也不求“永不犯错误”，而是求得人生的“完整”。
If we are brave enough to love，strong enough to forgive，generous enough to rejoice in another's happiness，and wise enough to know there is enough love to go around for us all，then we can achieve a fulfillment that no other living creature will ever know．
如果我们勇敢得能够去爱，坚强得能够去宽容，大度得能够去分享他人的幸福，明智得能够理解身边充满爱，那么我们就能取得别的生物所不能取得的成就。

重点讲解

重点讲解：
1. come to terms with
勉强接受；向…让步；对…妥协；
eg. She had come to terms with the fact that her husband would always be crippled.
她只好接受了丈夫将终生残疾这个现实。
eg. He can come to terms with being poor.
他能够忍受贫穷。
2. let go of
放弃，舍弃（感情、态度、控制权）；
eg. Out on the course you must discipline yourself to let go of detailed theory.
在高尔夫球场上，你必须训练自己做到不拘泥于细枝末节的理论。
eg. Open your alms to change, but don't let go of your values.
勇于改变。但切不可放弃你的价值观。
3. go through
经历，经受（尤指苦难或艰难时期）；
eg. I'm trying to be more centred, and not fall apart when I go through difficult things.
在我经历艰难困苦之时，我努力让自己保持镇定自若，不要崩溃。
eg. eople forget that we had to go through a very difficult period with transfers.
也许大家都忘记了我们必须经历的那个艰难的转变期。
4. aspire to sth.
向往；渴望；有志于；
eg. They aspired to be gentlemen, though they fell far short of the ideal.
他们想要成为君子，虽然离这个理想还差得很远。
eg. You should always aspire to becoming the best.
你应该经常追求成为自己领域里的佼佼者。