生活与哲理双语美文

1、生活与哲理双语美文You Are My Life 你是我的生命There was a boy who was sent to a boarding school. He used to be the brightest student in his class. He was at the top in every competition. But things changed after that. His grades started dropping. He hated being in a group. He was lonely all the time. He felt worth

2、less and that no one loved him.一个男孩被送到寄宿学校念书。他以前是班上最聪明的学生，在所有竞赛中都独占鳌头。到了寄宿学校后情况却变了。他的成绩开始下滑，讨厌团体活动，总是形单影只。他觉得自己一无是处，没人再爱他了。His parents began to worry. But even they did not know what was wrong. So his dad decided to visit the school and talk with him.他的父母开始为他担忧。但就连他们也不知道出了什么问题。于是，他的父亲决定到学校走一趟，跟他好好谈一

3、谈。They sat on the bank of the lake near the school. The father started asking him casual questions about his classes, teachers and sports. Then he asked, “Do you know, son, why I am here today?”他们坐在学校附近的湖岸上。父亲一开始只是问儿子一些平常的问题，例如他上了什么课、老师怎么样、进行什么运动等。然后他问：“儿子，你知道我今天为什么到这里来吗？”The boy said, “To check my

4、grades?”男孩说：“来查看我的成绩？”“No, no,” his dad replied. “I am here to tell you that you are the most important person for me. I want to see you happy. I dont care about grades. I care about you. I care about your happiness. YOU ARE MY LIFE.”“不，不，”他的父亲回答。“我来是为了告诉你，你是我最重要的人。我希望看到你开心。我在乎的不是成绩。我在乎的是你。我在乎的是你过得快

5、快乐乐。你是我的生命。”Now the boy had everything he wanted. He knew there was someone on this Earth who cared for him deeply. He meant the world to someone.现在，这个男孩拥有他需要的一切了。他知道在这个世界上有人非常非常关心他，他就是这个人的一切。Thanks a lot, Dad. YOU ARE MY LIFE.非常感谢您，爸爸。您是我的生命。彼岸无尽头 知足才长乐Many people believe that they will be happy on

6、ce they arrive at some specific goal they set for themselves. However, more often than not, once you arrive there you will still feel dissatisfied, and move your there vision to yet another point in the future. By always chasing after another there, you are never really appreciating what you already

7、 have right here. It is important for human beings to keep soberminded about the age-old drive to look beyond the place where you now stand. On one hand, your life is enhanced by your dreams and aspirations. On the other hand, these drives can pull you farther and farther from your enjoyment of your

8、 life right now. By learning the lessons of gratitude and abundance, you can bring yourself closer to fulfilling the challenge of living in the present.许多人都相信，一旦他们达到了自己所设定的某个特定目标，他们就会开心、快乐。然而事实往往是，当你到达彼岸时，你还是不知足、不满意，而且又有了新的彼岸-新的幻想和憧憬。由于你总是疲于追逐一个又一个的彼岸，你从未真正欣赏、珍惜你已经拥有的一切。不安于现状的欲望人皆有之，由来已久，但重要的是要对它保持清

9、醒的头脑。一方面，你的生活因为梦想和渴望而更加精彩。另一方面，这些欲望又使你越来越不懂得珍惜和享受现在拥有的生活。假如你能懂得感恩，学会知足，你就接近实现生活在现实中提出的要求。Gratitude To be grateful means you are thankful for and appreciative of what you have and where you are on your path right now. Gratitude fills your heart with the joyful feeling and allows you to fully apprecia

10、te everything that arises on your path. As you strive to keep your focus on the present moment, you can experience the full wonder of here.感恩之心感恩是指你感激、珍惜自己当前所拥有的一切以及所处的人生境遇。心存感恩，你的心灵就充满愉悦，你就能真正领会人生路上的种种体验。如果你努力把眼光锁定在此时此刻，你就能感受它的美妙之处。There are many ways to cultivate gratitude. Here are just a few sug

11、gestions you may wish to try:感恩之心需要经常加强。许多方法可以培育感恩之心，你不妨试试以下几种：1. Imagine what your life would be like if you lost all that you had. This will most surely remind you of how much you do appreciate it.1设想如果你失去了你现在所拥有的一切，你的生活将会怎么样。它肯定会使你回想起原来你是多么喜欢和珍视这一切。2. Make a list each day of all that you are grat

12、eful for, so that you can stay conscious daily of your blessings. Do this especially when you are feeling as though you have nothing to feel grateful for. Or spend a few minutes before you go to sleep giving thanks for all that you have.2每天都列出那些值得你感激的事物，那样你就能时时刻刻意识到自己的幸运。每天都要这么做，尤其是当你觉得好像没有什么可感激的时候。

13、另外你也可以每天临睡前花几分钟感恩自己所拥有的一切。3. Spend time offering assistance to those who are less fortunate than you, so that you may gain perspective.3花时间帮助那些没有你那么幸运的人，这样你也许会对生活有正确的认识。However you choose to learn gratitude is irrelevant. What really matters is that you create a space in your consciousness for appre

14、ciation for all that you have right now, so that you may live more joyously in your present moment.其实，你选择何种方法去学会感恩，这无关紧要，真正重要的是你应该有意识地努力去欣赏和珍视你现在所拥有的一切，这样你就可以更快乐地享受你目前的生活。Abundance One of the most common human fears is scarcity. Many people are afraid of not having enough of what they need or want,

15、and so they are always striving to get to a point when they would finally have enough.知足常乐贫穷是人类最普遍的恐惧之一。许多人担心自己的所需所求不够，所以他们总是孜孜以求有朝一日能心满意足，别无他求。Alan and Linda always dreamed of living the good life. Both from poor working-class families, they married young and set out to fulfill their mutual goal of

16、 becoming wealthy. They both worked very hard for years, amassing a small fortune, so they could move from their two-bedroom home to a palatial seven-bedroom home in the most upscale neighborhood. They focused their energies on accumulating all the things they believed signified abundance: membershi

17、p in the local exclusive country club, luxury cars, designer clothing, and high-class society friends. No matter how much they accumulated, however, it never seemed to be enough. They were unable to erase the deep fear of scarcity both had acquired in childhood. They needed to learn the lesson of ab

18、undance. Then the stock market crashed in 1987, and Alan and Linda lost a considerable amount of money. A bizarre but costly lawsuit depleted another huge portion of their savings. One thing led to another, and they found themselves in a financial disaster. Assets needed to be sold, and eventually t

19、hey lost the country club membership, the cars, and the house. It took several years and much hard work for Alan and Linda to land on their feet, and though they now live a life far from extravagant, they have taken stock of their lives and feel quite blessed. Only now, as they assess what they have

20、 left - a solid, loving marriage, their health, a dependable income, and good friends - do they realize that true abundance comes not from amassing, but rather from appreciating.艾伦和琳达都来自贫苦的工人家庭，都一直梦想着过上好日子。他们早早地成了家，然后就开始为他们共同的致富目标奋斗。他们拼命工作了好几年，终于积攒了一笔钱，从两居室搬到了一套坐落在最高档街区的富丽堂皇的七居室大房子。此后，他们费尽心思去积聚那些他们认

21、为是代表富足的东西：当地惟一的一家乡村俱乐部的会员资格、豪华汽车、名牌服装，以及上流社会的朋友。但是，不论他们积聚了多少，似乎永远难以满足。他们俩谁都无法消除小时侯对贫穷的刻骨铭心的恐惧。其实，他们就需要学会知足常乐这一课。1987年，股市遭受重创，艾伦和琳达损失惨重。祸不单行，一场莫名其妙的昂贵的官司又耗尽了他们的一大笔积蓄，这一切使他们陷入了经济困境。他们不得不变卖家产，最后他们丢掉了乡村俱乐部的会员资格，失去了汽车和房子。艾伦和琳达努力奋斗了好几年才从困境中走出来。现在他们的生活毫不奢华，但是他们是自己生活的主宰，幸福而又知足。只有在这时，他们才掂量着那些尚未失去的东西，如稳固相爱的婚姻

22、、健康的身体、可靠的收入、真正的朋友等等，他们终于认识到，真正的富足不是来自财富的积聚，而是来自对所拥有的一切的珍视。Scarcity consciousness arises as a result of the hole-in-the-soul syndrome. This is when we attempt to fill the gaps in our inner lives with things from the outside world. But like puzzle pieces, you cant fit something in where it does not n

23、aturally belong. No amount of external objects, affection, love, or attention can ever fill an inner void. We already have enough, so we should revel in our own interior abundance.贫穷感可以归因于精神空虚综合症，即我们试图用身外之物来填补内心的空缺。但是，就像拼图游戏一样，你不能把本来不属于那个地方的东西硬塞进去。任何身外之物、情感、关爱和关注都无法填补内心的空虚。我们拥有的已经足够，因此我们应该满足于内心世界的丰富

24、与充实。真 爱 True LoveAn ancient Hebrew text says: love is as strong as death.It seems that not everyone experiences this kind of strong love.The increasing poverty, crime and war tell us that the world is in desperate need of true love.But, what is true love?Love is something we all need, but how do we

25、know when weve experienced it?True love is best seen as devotion and action, not an emotion.Love is not exclusively based on how we feel.Certainly our emotions are involved, but they can not be our only criteria for love.True love is when you care enough about another person that you would lay down

26、your life for them.When this happens, then love truly is as strong as death.How many of you have a father or mother, husband or wife, son or daughter or friend who would sacrifice his or her own life for yours?Those of you who truly love your spouse and children would unselfishly lay your life on th

27、e line to save them from death.Many people, in emergency rooms with their loved ones have prayed,Please God, take me instead of them.Find true love and be a true lover as well.May you find the love which is not only stronger than death, but which leads to a truly fulfilling life.真 爱一篇古代希伯来文说到：“爱和死一样

28、强烈”好像不是每个人都经历了这种强烈的爱。日益增加的贫穷，犯罪和战争告诉我们这个世界极度需要真爱。但是，真爱是什么？爱是我们都需要的东西，但是我们怎么知道什么时候经历了爱？真爱最好被看成是奉献和行动,而不是情感.爱不完全是基于我们的感觉.当然我们的情感也涉及到了,但是情感不能成为我们对爱的唯一标准.真爱是当你们足够关心在乎另一个人,你们愿意为他们放弃自己的生命.当这种事发生了,那么爱的确是和死亡同样强烈你们当中有多少人的父亲母亲,丈夫妻子,儿子女儿或朋友愿意为你而牺牲他(她)自己的生命?你愿意无私地放弃自己的生命来拯救你真正爱着的配偶和孩子免于死亡.许多人在急救室为他们所爱的人祈祷,上帝, 请

29、让我来代替他们.找到真爱并成为一个真正的爱人.祝愿你们找到一个不但比死亡还要强烈, 而且带给你们真正幸福生活的爱.时间的分配The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings, but shorter tempers; wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints; we spend more, but have less; we buy more but enjoy less.我们这个时代在历史上的说法就是我们拥有更高的建筑，但是有更暴的脾气；我们拥有更宽阔的高速公路，却有更

30、狭隘的观点；我们花费得更多，拥有得却更少；我们购买得更多却享受得更少。We have bigger houses and smaller families; more conveniences, but less time; we have more degrees, but less sense; more knowledge, but less judgment; more experts, but more problems; more medicine, but less wellness.我们的房子越来越大，家庭却越来越小；便利越来越多，时间却越来越少；学位越来越多，感觉却越来越少；

31、知识越来越多，观点却越来越少；专家越来越多，问题也越来越多；药物越来越多，健康却越来越少。We drink too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry too quickly, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom.我们喝得太多，花钱大手大脚，笑得太少，开车太快，易怒，熬夜，赖床，书读得越来越少，电视看得越来越多，却很少向上帝祈祷。We

32、 talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often. Weve learned how to make a living, but not a life; weve added years to life, not life to years.我们常常夸夸其谈，却很少付出爱心，且常常心中充满了仇恨。我们学会了如何谋生，而不知如何生活。我们延长了生命的期限，而不是生活的期限。Weve been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to me

33、et the new neighbor. Weve conquered outer space, but not inner space; weve done larger things, but not better things.我们登上了月球，并成功返回，却不能穿过街道去拜访新邻居。我们已经征服了太空，却征服不了自己的内心；我们的事业越做越大，但质量却没有提高。Weve cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul; weve split the atom, but not our prejudice. We write more, but lear

34、n less; we plan more, but accomplish less.我们清洁了空气，却污染了灵魂；我们分离了原子，却无法驱除我们的偏见；我们写得更多，学到的却更少；我们的计划更多，完成的却更少。Weve learned to rush, but not to wait; we have higher incomes, but, lower morals.我们学会了奔跑，却忘记了如何等待；我们的收入越来越高，道德水平却越来越低。We build more computers to hold more information to produce more copies than

35、ever, but have less communication; weve become long on quantity, but short on quality.我们制造了更多的计算机来存储更多的信息，制造了最多的副本，却减少了交流；我们开始渴望数量，但忽视了质量。These are the days of two incomes, but more divorce; of fancier houses, but more broken homes.这个时代有双收入，但也有了更高的离婚率；有更华丽的房屋，却有更多破碎的家庭。These are the days of quick tr

36、ips, disposable diapers, throw away morality, one night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill. Where are we heading.?这个时代有了快速旅游，免洗尿布，却抛弃了道德、一夜情、超重的身体，以及可以从快乐中走向静止和自杀的药物。我们将走向何方？If we die tomorrow, the company that we are working for could easily replac

37、e us in a matter of days. But the family we left behind will feel the loss for the rest of their lives.如果我们明天就死掉，我们为之工作的公司可能会在一天内很轻易地找人代替我们的位置。但是当我们离开家人后，他们的余生将会在失落中度过。And come to think of it, we pour ourselves more into work than to our family an unwise investment indeed.考虑一下吧，我们将自己的时间更多地投入到工作中，而放弃与家人在一起的时光，实在并非明智之举。So what is the morale of the story?那么这则故事的主旨