第十七篇What Is Success What is success? To laugh often and love much; To win the respect of intelligent peopleAnd the affection of children; To earn the approbation of honest criticsAnd endure the betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty; To find the best in others;To give one's self; To leave the world a little better, Whether by a healthy child,A garden patch, Or a redeemed social condition; To have played and laughed with enthusiasmAnd sung with exultation; To know even one life has breathed easier,Because you have lived... This is to have succeeded. 成功是什么？笑口常开，爱心永在， 赢得智者的尊重，孩子们的爱戴；博得真诚的认可，容忍损友的背叛；欣赏美好的东西， 发现别人的可爱。学会无私地奉献， 给世界增添光彩：要么培育出健康的孩子，要么留下花园一块， 亦或是改善社会条件；尽情娱乐、笑得畅快，把欢乐的歌唱起来；甚至知道一个生命活得自在，因为你的一路走来…… 这就是成功的内涵。 第十八篇When I Have Fears When I have fears that I may cease to be Before my pen has gleaned my teeming brain,Before high piled books, in charactery, Hold like rich garners the full-ripened grain;When I behold, upon the night's starred face, Huge cloudy symbols of a high romance,And think that I may never live to trace Their shadows, with the magic hand of chance;And when I feel, fair creature of an hour! That I shall never look upon thee more,Never have relish in the faery power Of unreflecting love;then on the shore Of the wide world I stand alone,and thinkTill Love and Fame to nothingness do sink. 每当我害怕生命或许就要止息， 我的笔来不及苦集盈溢的思绪，或把文字变为高高堆起的书籍， 像饱贮的谷仓蓄满成熟的谷米；每当我看见那缀满繁星的夜景， 巨大星云画出非凡的传奇幻像，想到即使运气帮忙，对我垂青， 生前或许也无法追摹这些云影；每当我感到那瞬间即逝的美颜， 也许从今以后再也不可能看见，更无法享受轻松爱情魔力若仙于是，在广袤世界的崖岸， 我形孤影单地伫立，细细思量，直到爱与声名沉入乌有的穹苍。 第十九篇The Significance of Failure Failure doesn't mean you are a failure,It does mean you haven't succeeded yet.Failure doesn't mean you have accomplished nothing,It does mean you have learned something.Failure doesn't mean you have been a fool,It does mean you had a lot of faith.Failure doesn't mean you've been disgraced,It does mean you were willing to try.Failure doesn't mean you don't have it,It does mean you have to do something in a different way.Failure doesn't mean you are inferior,It does mean you are not perfect.Failure doesn't mean you've wasted your life,It does mean you have a reason to start afresh.Failure doesn't mean you should give up,It does mean you must try harder.Failure doesn't mean you'll never make it,It does mean it will take a little longer.Failure doesn't mean God has abandoned you,It does mean God has a better idea. 失败并不代表你是个失败者它只表明你尚未成功失败并不代表你一无所获它只表明你吸取了一次教训失败并不代表你很愚蠢它只表明你信心百倍失败并不代表你无脸见人它只表明你百折不回失败并不代表白费功夫它只表明你的方法仍待改进失败并不代表你低人一等它只表明你也并非完人失败并不代表你浪费了生命它只表明你有理由重新开始失败并不代表你应该放弃它只表明你要加倍努力失败并不代表成功永远不属于你它只表明你可能需要付出更多的时间失败并不代表上帝已经将你抛弃它只表明上帝还有更好的主意 第二十篇Blood Types Some people believe that one's personality is related to one's blood type. There are three main blood types: A, B and O. Type A people are introverts whereas type O people are extroverts. Type B people are a mixture of both A and O. They are more relaxed and don't get bothered easily. When it comes to choosing a spouse, remember some of these facts.
有些人相信一个人的个性与他的血型有关。一共有三种主要的血型：A 型、B 型及 O 型。A 型人内向而 O 型人则外向。B 型人是 A 型和 O 型的混合, 他们比较轻松自在而且不容易觉得烦。谈到择偶的时候, 切记以上这些事实第二十一篇Australia Australia is a unique country. It's the world's largest island, but it's also the world's smallest continent. In fact, Australia is the only country that is also a continent. It's about the size of the United States, but it has a population of only 16.5 million. If it sounds like an interesting place to visit, that's because it is.
澳大利亚是一个非常独特的国家。它是世界上最大的岛, 但它也是世界上最小的洲。事实上, 澳大利亚是唯一也是个洲的国家。它大约与美国一样大, 但它的人口却只有一千六百五十万。如果它听起来像是个值得走访的好去处的话, 那是因为它的确是个值得走访的好去处。 第二十二篇Results And Roses The man who wants a garden fair, Or small or very big,With flowers growing here and there, Must bend his back and dig.The things are mighty few on earth, That wishes can attain,Whatever we want of any worth, We've got to work to gain.It matters not what goal you seek,Its secret here reposes: You've got to dig from week to week,To get results or roses. 要想有个美丽花园， 面积大小姑且不管，只要园中长满鲜花， 就必须把汗水挥洒。有愿望就能实现， 这样的事还真是少见，只要想要的东西有价值， 就得靠努力去创造。目标是什么并不重要，秘诀终归只有一条：周复一周不怕劳累，才能收获硕果或者玫瑰。 第二十三篇I'm Imperfect, but I'm Perfectly Me My body isn't perfect.I don't walk with confidence.I get into fights with my parents and friends.Some nights I'd rather be by myself than out partying.I cry over the smallest things sometimes.There are days that I get through with forced smiles and fake laughs.Sometimes I try to convince myself that things are okay when they're not.I'm not ugly but I'm not beautiful.I don't look as good in real life as I do in picture.There are some nights that I cry myself to sleep.I constantly think I'm not good enough.I'm imperfect, but I'm perfectly me. 我的身体不完美。我走起路来没自信。我和父母朋友都争吵。有的晚上，我宁愿自己待着也不出去聚会。有的时候，我为最细枝末节的事儿掉眼泪。我有顶着假笑过日子的时候；我有骗自己事情没那么糟的时候；我不丑、但也谈不上漂亮。我本人没照片上的好看。有的夜里，我一个人哭着睡过去。一直以来，我都觉得自己不够好。我不完美，但我是完整的自己。 第二十四篇Dreams Hold fast to dreams. For if dreams die. Life is a broken-winged bird.That can never fly. Hold fast to dreams. For when dreams go.Life is a barren field. Frozen only with snow. 紧紧抓住梦想。如果梦想死亡。生命就像一只断翼之鸟。它就不能飞翔。紧紧抓住梦想。如果梦想远去。 生命就像贫瘠的荒野。雪覆冰封，万物不再生长。