Opportunity
机会
With doubt and dismay you are smitten,
怀疑和沮丧使你备受煎熬,
You think there's no chance for you,son?
孩子,你认为你没有机会吗?
Why,the best books haven't been written.
为什么要这么想呢?最好的书还没有写成,
The best race hasn't been run,
最棒的赛跑还没举行,
The best record hasn't been set up,
最佳的记录还没出现,
The best song hasn't been sung,
最动听的歌曲还没咏唱,
The best tune hasn't been played yet;
最美妙的曲调还未凑出,
Cheer up,for the world is young!
别灰心,因为这个世界还年轻!
No chance?Why the world is just eager
没有机会了吗?这个世界正渴望
For things that you ought to create;
你应该创造的一切;
Its store of true wealth is still meager,
它所储存的真正财富还很贫瘠;
Its needs are incessant and great;
它的需要庞大而不绝;
It yearns for more power and beauty,
它渴求多些力量和美丽,
More laughter and love and romance,
多些欢笑、情爱和浪漫,
More loyalty,labor and duty,
多些忠诚、劳动和职责。
No chance—why there's nothing but chance!
没机会——哎呀,除机会外别无所有!
For the best verse hasn't been rhymed yet,
因为最优美的诗篇还没写成,
The best house hasn't been planned,
最漂亮的房屋还未设计,
The highest peak hasn't been climbed yet,
最高耸的山峰还没攀登,
The mightiest rivers aren't spanned;
最雄伟的江河还没架桥。
Don't worry and fret,faint-hearted,
别担忧,别发愁,别胆怯,
The chances have just begun,
各种机会刚开端,
For the best jobs haven't been started,
因为那些最好的职业还没开创,
The best work hasn't been done.
最好的工作还没完成!
No chance—why there's nothing but chance!
没机会——哎呀,除机会外别无所有!
I love you not because of who you are,but because of who I am when I am with you.
我爱你,不是因为你是一个怎样的人,而是因为我喜欢与你在一起时的感觉。
No man or woman is worth your tears,and the one who is ,won't make you cry.
没有人值得你流泪,值得让你这么做的人不会让你哭泣。
The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can't have them.
失去某人,最糟糕的莫过于,他近在身旁,却犹如远在天边。
Never frown,even when you are sad,because you never know who is falling in love with your smile.
纵然伤心,也不要悉眉不展,因为你不知是谁会爱上你的笑容。
To the world you may be one person,but to one person you may be the world.
对于世界而言,你是一个人;但是对于某人,你是他的整个世界。
Don't waste your time on a man/woman,who isn't willing to waste their time on you.
不要为那些不愿在你身上花费时间的人而浪费你的时间。
Just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to,doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have.
爱你的人如果没有按你所希望的方式爱你,那并不代表他们没有全心全意地爱你。
Don't try to hard,the best things come when you least expect them to.
不要着急,最好的总会在最不经意的时候出现。
Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one,so that when we finally meet the person,we will know how to be grateful.
在遇到梦中人之前,上天也许会安排我们先遇到别人;在我们终于遇见心仪的人时,便应当心存感激。
Don't cry because it is over,smile because it happened.
不要因为结束而哭泣,微笑吧,为你的曾经拥有。
Life is a pure flame,and we live by an invisible sun within us.
-------Sir Thomas Browne
“生命是束纯净的火焰,我们依靠自己内心看不见的太阳而存在。”
--------托马斯。布朗爵士