【英语学习】
①单词背诵√
②短文翻译,✔拆解,✔朗读✔
专辑:《活在当下》第三篇《人无完人》
Nobody Is Perfect
人无完人
A man and his girlfriend were getting married. It was a large celebration.一个男人和他的女朋友要结婚了。这是一个盛大的庆典。
The bride was gorgeous in her white wedding gown and the groom was very dashing in his black suit.新娘穿着白色的婚纱很漂亮,新郎穿着黑色的西装很时髦
Everyone could tell that the love they had for each other was true.每个人都知道他们对彼此的爱是真实的
A few months later, the wife came to her husband with a proposal:几个月后,妻子向丈夫求婚:
"I read in a magazine, a while ago, about how we can strengthen our marriage," she offered.“不久前,我在一本杂志上读到,关于如何加强我们的婚姻,”她说
"Each of us will write a list of everything we find a bit annoying about the other person. Then, we can talk about how we can change these annoying things and make our life together happier."“我们每个人都会写一份清单,列出我们觉得对方有点烦人的事情。然后,我们可以谈谈如何改变这些烦人的事情,让我们在一起的生活更幸福。”
The husband agreed, so each of them went to a separate room in the house and thought of the things that annoyed them about the other.丈夫同意了,于是他们每个人都去了家里一个单独的房间,想了想令他们恼火的另一件事
They thought about these things all day long and wrote down what they came up with他们整天都在想这些事情,写下他们想出的办法.
The next morning, they went over their lists.
"I'll start," offered the wife. She took out her list. It had many items on it, in fact, enough to fill 3 pages.第二天早上,他们检查了他们的名单
“我先说,”妻子提议道。她拿出她的单子。它上面有很多东西,事实上,足够填满3页
As she started reading the list to her husband, she noticed that tears were starting to appear in her husband's eyes.
"What's wrong?" she asked.
"Nothing, keep reading your list." He replied. The wife continued reading until she had read all three pages.当她开始给丈夫看名单时,她注意到她丈夫的眼里开始出现泪水
“怎么了?”她问
“没什么,继续读你的单子。”他回答。妻子继续看书,直到读完了三页
She neatly placed her list on the table and folded her hands on top of it.
"Now, you read your list and then we can talk about everything on our lists." She said happily.
Quietly the husband stated: "I don't have anything on my list. I think that you are perfect the way that you are. You are lovely and wonderful and I wouldn't want to change anything about you."她把单子整齐地放在桌子上,双手交叉放在上面
她高兴地说:“现在,你看了你的单子,然后我们就可以谈论单子上的一切了。”
丈夫悄悄地说:“我的单子上什么都没有。我认为你是完美的方式,你是。你真可爱,真是太棒了,我不想改变你的一切。”
The wife, touched by his honesty, the depth of his love for her and his acceptance of her, turned her head and wept.
In life, we don't really have to look for things that are disappointing, depressing and annoying. These things will always be there.
Nothing is perfect. However, we can find perfectness in everything by changing the way we see things.
妻子被他的诚实、他对她的深爱和他对她的接受所感动,转过头哭了
在生活中,我们不必寻找令人失望、沮丧和烦人的东西。这些东西永远都在那里
没有什么是完美的。然而,通过改变我们看待事物的方式,我们可以在每件事中找到完美
【美文阅读】
①3篇短文
㈠读心 | 每天进步一点点
作者:(美)查理·芒格
(巴菲特的最佳拍档,此文为要讲稿)
第一个道理:要得到你想要的某样东西,最可靠的办法是让你自己配得上它。拥有这种精神的人在生活中能够赢得许多东西,不止是金钱和名誉,还有尊敬,以及与他们打交道的人的信任。能够赢得别人的信任是非常快乐的事情
第二个道理:另外一个道理——孔子——获得智慧是一种道德责任,它不仅仅是为了让你们的生活变得更加美好。光靠已有的知识,你们在生活中走不了多远。
第三个道理:人们必须拥有跨学科学习的心态,才能高效而成熟地生活。
例如:沃伦·巴菲特来说,如果你们拿着计时器观察他,会发现他醒着的时候有一半时间是在看书。他把剩下的时间大部分用来跟一些非常有才干的人进行一对一的交谈,有时候是打电话,有时候是当面交流,那些都是他信任且信任他的人。很像个学究,虽然他在世俗生活中非常成功。
㈡读书 | 故纸
作者:王太生
古人的闲帖是一页故纸,不能把它揉皱, 而是展开。纸上有微风, 还有花香、心情、眼神、节气、温度,甚至,语气和手势。
㈢ 读古 | 贪官蜕变“铁面御史”
作者:马倩茹
郭琇升任期内廉洁公正,让许多贪官闻风丧胆。康熙十八年(1679),郭琇做了江苏今苏州市吴江区)县令。一开始跟着贪官,后来,郭琇的改变让汤斌刮目相看,他赞扬郭琇的政绩,并向朝廷推举他。不久,郭琇升迁为江南道监察御史。任期内,他廉洁公正,让许多贪官闻风丧胆。他还三次上疏参劾明珠、高士奇等权臣,可谓铁骨铮铮,名震天下,被称为“铁面御史”。