经典美文英语短篇:英语美文摘抄《马克•吐温给年青人的建议》(中英对照)

Always obey your parents, when they are present.

一定要听父母的话,

This is the best policy in the long run, because if you don 8217;t, they will make you.

长远来讲这是最聪明的做法,如果你不听话,他们就会逼着你听话。

Most parents think they know better than you do,

大多数父母认为他们知道得比你们多,

and you can generally make more by humoring that superstition than you can by acting>在这种情况下,与其基于自己的判断行事,还不如迎合他们的想法,这样你会收获更多。

Be respectful to your superiors, if you have any, also to strangers, and sometimes to others.

如果你有上级的话,请尊重他们,对陌生人和他人也是如此。

If a person offends you, and you are in doubt as to whether it was intentional or not,

如果某个人得罪了你,而你也不知道他是否是故意的,

do not resort to extreme measures; simply watch your chance and hit him with a brick. That will be sufficient.

那就不要采用极端做法,而要等待时机,给他当头一棒,这就够了。

If you shall find that he had not intended any offense, come out frankly and confess yourself in the wrong when you struck him;

如果发现他并非有意伤害你,那么,你就应该站出来,坦白承认教训他的事;

acknowledge it like a man and say you didn 8217;t mean to. Yes, always avoid violence;

要像一个男子汉一样承认错误并说明自己并非有意。还有就是,切勿使用暴力。

in this age of charity and kindliness, the time has gone by for such things. Leave dynamite to the low and unrefined.

在这个和平友好的年代, 暴力已经过时了。让我们谴责这些低俗的举止、粉碎暴力吧!

Go to bed early, get up early- this is wise.

早睡早起——这是十分明智的。

Some authorities say get up with the sun; some say get up with>有些人主动起床,也有些人被迫起床。当然在百灵鸟的歌声中起床是最惬意不过了。

It gives you a splendid reputation with everybody to know that you get up with the lark;

当人人都知道你与百灵鸟同迎清晨,你便会备受称赞,

and if you get the right kind of lark, and work at him right, you can easily train him to get up at half past nine, every time—it 8217;s no trick at all.

如果你得到一只中意的百灵鸟,并按自己的意愿训练它,让他九点半,甚至是任何时候起床都不是件难事——当然,这并不是说要耍诡计。

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