中英对照第1部分

【中英对照】

1. Compliment three people every day.

每天问候3个人。

2. Watch a sunrise.

看日出。

3. Be the first to say "Hello."

首先向别人打招呼。

4. Live beneath your means.

靠自己的力量生活。

5. Treat everyone as you want to be treated.

像自己希望得到善待一样善待他人。

6. Never give up on anybody; miracles happen.

不对任何人绝望；奇迹随时会发生。

7. Remember someone's name.

铭记每个人的名字。

8. Pray not for things, but for wisdom and courage.

不要祈求得到什么东西，但可以祈求智慧和勇气。

9. Be tough-minded, but tender hearted.

意志要坚强，但心地要善良。

10. Be kinder than you have to be.

要比自己本质更仁慈。

中英对照第2部分

11. Don't forget that a person's greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.

不要忘记一个人最伟大的情感需要是受人赞赏。

12. Keep your promises.

履行自己的诺言。

13. Show cheerfulness even when you don't feel it.

即使没有感觉到也要表现出自己的愉快心情。

14. Remember that overnight success usually takes 15 years.

切记一夜成名通常需要付出15年的不懈努力。

15. Leave everything better than you found it.

让一切要比你发现它们的时候更美好。

16. Remember that winners do what losers don't want to do.

切记胜利者在做失败者不想做的事情。

17. When you arrive at your job in the morning, let the first thing you say brighten everyone's day.

当你早上到达上班地点时，让自己首先说的事情能够使每个人在这一天中感到愉快。

18. Don't rain on other people's parades.

不要因别人的辉煌而伤感。

19. Don't waste an opportunity to tell someone you love them.

抓住机会告诉别人你爱他们。

20. Keep some things to yourself and don't promote havoc by hurting people you love.

要自己保留一些事情，不要通过伤害所爱的人来引发更严重的伤害。

We all laugh. We all hurt. We all make mistakes. We all dream. That's life. It's a journey. Please follow these rules to make the journey of your life a journey of joy!

我们都会放声大笑。我们也都会伤害别人。我们都会犯错误。我们都拥有梦想。这就是生活。它是一次旅行。那就请你遵循这些原则，让你的生活旅途充满欢乐吧。

【词汇讲解】

1. compliment vt. 表扬；恭维

He complimented her on her new dress without even looking at it.
他连看都没看一眼，就称颂她的新衣服。

2. havoc n. 大破坏，毁坏

The earthquake wreaked havoc on the city.
地震对这个城市造成了大破坏。