英语美文欣赏几乎每一个人的过去都流淌着一条小溪

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英语 美文欣赏几乎每一个人的过去都流淌着一条小溪

作者：PeterZhao英语

发表时间：18-09-2407:56每一个人的过去都流淌着一条小溪02:13来自PeterZhao英语

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Nearly everybody has a creek in his or her past, a secret waterway where one spent the spring of one’s youth.

几乎每一个人的过去都流淌着一条小溪,它发源于少年时代,一路潺潺絮语而来。

An old man’s voice weakens as he talks of a boyhood creek in Louisiana where he swam and fished. A woman feels suddenly at home again as she remembers catching fish in the creek behind her parents’ house.

一位老人谈起他孩提时在路易斯安那故乡的小溪里游泳、钓鱼时,语调便柔和起来。一位妇女一想起在她父母屋后的小溪里捉鱼的情景,顿时感到重新回到了故乡。

My creek wound between Grandfather’s garden and a neighbor’s hillside pasture. Its banks were shaded by cottonwood and redwood trees. On hot summer days the clear and cold water flowed over the little beaches where I fished.

我心中的小溪蜿蜒流淌在祖父的花园和邻居山腰的草地之间,三角叶杨和红杉将两岸遮得严严实实,密不透风。英语美文炎炎夏日,清澈透凉的溪水静静地流过散满砾石的小沙滩,我就在那儿钓鱼。

Nothing historic ever happened in these creeks, but they are deep in memory. These creeks are bigger than they seem. They are a part of our hearts and minds more than powerful rivers.

在这些记忆中的小溪里从来没有发生过什么惊天动地的大事,然而,它们深深扎根于记忆中。它们比看上去要博大得多。与汹涌澎湃的大河相比,小溪更深深地融入我们的大脑和心灵。

While rivers are heavy, creeks are clear, innocent, lively and full of dreams and promise. A child can paddle across them without a parent’s warnings. You can go to it alone, catch fish in it and swing from the ropes along its banks. Creeks belong to childhood, drawing you into a wider world, teaching you the curve of the earth.

大河积淀厚重,深不可测;小溪则清澈、纯净、活泼,充满了梦想和希望。孩子们不必担心父母的告诫即可涉水而过。你可以独自去小溪中捉鱼,在岸边系上绳子荡秋千。小溪属于童年,将孩子们带入一个更加广阔的世界,让你领略到大地起伏的轮廓。

Poet Robert Frost once wrote: It flows between us, over us and with us. And it is time, strength, tone, light, life and love.

诗人罗伯特·弗罗斯特写道:"小溪流淌着,在我们之中,在我们之上,跟我们融为一体。小溪是时间、力量、乐曲、光明、生命和爱。"

（英语素材和中文翻译来自网络英语由Peter Zhao朗读）

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1分钟读完10段世界最美的英语美文

作者：美文鸡汤不加葱花

发表时间：18-08-0522:04

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1、I don't want to be someone that you're settling for. I don't want to be someone that anyone settles for.

翻译：我不想要你将就,我也不想成为将就的对象.

出自《西雅图不眠夜》

2、People who truly loved once are far more likely to love again.

翻译：真爱过的人很难再恋爱.

出自《西雅图不眠夜》

3、When tomorrow turns in today, yesterday, and someday that no more important in your memory, we suddenly realize that we r pushed forward by time. This is not a train in still in which you may feel forward when another train goes by. It is the truth that we've all grown up. And we become different.

翻译：当明天变成了今天成为了昨天，最后成为记忆里不再重要的某一天，我们突然发现自己在不知不觉中已被时间推着向前走，这不是静止火车里，与相邻列车交错时，仿佛自己在前进的错觉，而是我们真实的在成长，在这件事里成了另一个自己。

出自：《单身公寓》

4、But through it all the key for me has been bravery and the deep-down knowledge that I am better than everyone else.

翻译：但自始至终，支持我走下去最大动力是勇气。以及在内心深处我坚信：我比任何人都强。

出自：《破产姐妹》

5、No man or woman is worth your tears,and the one who is,won’t make you cry.

翻译：没有人值得你流泪.值得让你这么做的人,不会让你哭泣.

出自：《呼啸山庄》

6、I dreamed a dream in time gone by, when hope was high and life worth living. I dreamed that love would never die. I dreamed that God would be forgiving. Then I was young and unafraid. And dreams were made and used and wasted. There was no ransom to be paid, no song unsung, no wine untasted. But the tigers come at night with their voices soft as thunder. As they tear your hope apart, as they turn your dream to shame.

翻译：曾几何时，我流连梦境，心比天高，人生充满希望。我梦见爱情永不消逝。我梦见上帝慈爱宽恕。那时我多么年轻，多么无畏。随心梦想，从不设防。不必付出什么代价，无歌不唱，无酒不尝。然而猛兽在黑夜来袭，如晴天霹雳轰然炸响。活生生撕碎了希望，把美梦全变成懊悔。

出自：《悲惨世界》

7、We shall always save a place for ourselves, only for ourselves. And then begin to love. Have no idea of what it is, who he is, how to love or how long it will be. Just wait for one love. Maybe no one will come out, but this kind of waiting is the love itself.

翻译：在自己面前，应该一直留有一个地方，独自留在那里。然后去爱。不知道是什么，不知道是谁，不知道如何去爱，也不知道可以爱多久。只是等待一次爱情，也许永远都没有人。可是，这种等待，就是爱情本身。

出自：《冷山》

8、Love means never having to say you’re sorry.

翻译：爱就是永远不必说对不起。

出自《爱情的故事》

9、I would rather share one lifetime with you than face all the ages of this world alone.

翻译：我宁愿和你共度凡人短暂的一生，也不愿一个人看尽这世界的沧海桑田。

出自：《魔戒》

10、I will return. I will find you. Love you. Marry you. And live without shame.

翻译：我要回去，找到你，爱你，和你结婚，毫无羞耻地去生活。

出自：《赎罪》

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英语美文《我们所处的时代》，一篇值得思考和深读的文章！

作者：线话英语

发表时间：18-09-1111:19

乔布斯说过Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.你的生命非常有限,所以,不要浪费在重复他人的生活上；不要被教条束缚,不要被他人喧嚣的声音掩盖你的内心；你要有勇气,听从你心灵和直觉的指示,你的内心知道你想要成为什么样子的人,其他事情都是次要的.

We have taller buildings, but shorter tempers;

我们拥有更高的建筑，但是有更暴的脾气;

wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints;

我们拥有更宽阔的高速公路，却有更狭隘的观点;

we spend more, but have less;

我们花费得更多，拥有得却更少;

we buy more but enjoy less.

我们购买得更多却享受得更少。

We have bigger houses and smaller families;

我们的房子越来越大，家庭却越来越小;

more conveniences, but less time;

便利越来越多，时间却越来越少;

we have more degrees, but less sense;

学位越来越多，感觉却越来越少;

more knowledge, but less judgment;

知识越来越多，观点却越来越少;

more experts, but more problems;

专家越来越多，问题也越来越多;

more medicine, but less wellness.

药物越来越多，健康却越来越少。

We drink too much, spend too recklessly,

我们喝得太多，花钱大手大脚，

laugh too little, drive too fast,

笑得太少，开车太快，

get too angry too quickly, stay up too late,

易怒，熬夜，赖床，

get up too tired, read too little,

书读得越来越少，

watch TV too much, and pray too seldom.

电视看得越来越多，信仰越来越少。

We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often.

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。

We’ve learned how to make a living, but not a life;

我们学会了如何谋生，而不知如何生活。

we’ve added years to life, not life to years.

我们延长了生命的期限，而不是生活的期限。

We’ve been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbor.

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。

We’ve conquered outer space, but not inner space;

我们已经征服了太空，却征服不了自己的内心;

we’ve done larger things, but not better things.

我们的事业越做越大，但质量却没有提高。

We’ve cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul;

我们清洁了空气，却污染了灵魂;

we’ve split the atom, but not our prejudice.

我们分离了原子，却无法分离我们的偏见;

We write more, but learn less;

我们写的更多，学到的却更少;

we plan more, but accomplish less.

我们的计划更多，完成得却更少。

We’ve learned to rush, but not to wait;

我们学会了奔跑，却忘记了如何等待;

we have higher incomes, but, lower morals.

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 ever, but have less communication;

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;

we’ve become long on quantity, but short on quality.

我们开始渴望数量，但忽视了质量。

These are the days of two incomes, but more divorce;

这个时代有双收入，但也有了更高的离婚率;

of fancier houses, but more broken homes.

有更华丽的房屋，却有更多破碎的家庭。

These are the days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throw away morality,

这个时代有了快速旅游，免洗尿布，却抛弃了道德；

one night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill.

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。

Where are we heading...?

我们将走向何方……?

身处于现今的时代，的确，现在的我们看似拥有了很多东西，但也丢失了很多东西，未来在何方，我们又将去到怎样的地方？现在的你，是否对自己的未来有所担忧和期待？

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英语情感美文，句句都是传世经典

作者：美文鸡汤不加葱花

发表时间：18-08-0319:25

May everything beautiful around you today and always.（愿世间一切美好常伴您左右）

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1、The distance between life and death, for a dog, it cannot fathom, it only believe, his master will come back. It's life as a water passage, one point one year after year in bluestone station. As a dog, it has its principles, never abandon, regardless of sickness and death. It was lying there, ten years, and a landscape. For life or for death, however separated, to our wives we pledged our word.

翻译：生与死的距离，对于一条狗来说，它无法参透，它只相信，他的主人会回来。它的生命如一注流水，一点一点在车站的青石台上年复一年地流逝。作为一只狗，它有它的原则，不离不弃，不论生老病死。它卧在那里，十年，透彻成一种风景。死生契阔，与子成说。

出自：《忠犬八公的故事》

2、But in the end, it's only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer.

翻译：但是最后可怕的阴影终究会消失，就连黑暗也会消失，崭新的一天将会来临，太阳也会散发更明亮的光芒。

出自：《指环王》

3、There's only one person that make me feel like I can fly. That's you.

翻译：世上只有一个人让我觉得我自己能够飞起来，那就是你。

出自：《全民情敌》

4、In your life, there will at least one time that you forget yourself for someone, asking for no result, no company, no ownership nor love. Just sk for meeting you in my most beautiful years.

翻译：一生至少该有一次，为了某个人而忘了自己，不求结果，不求同行，不求曾经拥有，甚至不求你爱我。只求在我最美的年华里，遇到你。（ps：这句话简直美翻了）

出自：《恋恋笔记本》

5、love waking up in the morning and not knowing what’s going to happen, or who I’m going to meet, where I’m going to wind up.

翻译：我喜欢早上起来时一切都是未知的,不知会遇见什么人,会有什么样的结局。

出自《泰坦尼克号》

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英语美文：你是我一生最爱的女人

作者：佳人在哈佛

发表时间：18-11-0622:01优质原创作者

今日笔者与大家分享美文：你是我一生最爱的女人You Are the Woman I Love Best of All in My LifeHe, a gentleman, was regarded to be the most handsome man in the world, wonderfully urbaneextremely agreeable. His pure eyes and charmingsmile always quivered a network of ripples in thehearts of his fans. He was the charming prince in the dreams of tens of thousands of women and adoredcrazily by them in the last half of the century. His name was Gregory Peck.他，一个绅士，被认为是世界上最时髦的人，非常温文尔雅,非常令人愉快的。他那纯真的眼睛和迷人的微笑，总是在粉丝们的心里荡起层层涟漪.。他是上个世纪的后半叶万千女子梦想中的白马王子而且深受他们疯狂地爱戴。他的名字叫格利高里·派克。

She, an angel of blue-blood birth, could speak in five languages. Refined and elegant, noble and goodnatured. Her enchanting smiles and communicative eyes kept countless admirers spellbound at her feetHer elegance and style will always be remembered in film history. She was an angel that fell onto the earth with her unique nobility and grace. Her name was Audrey Hepburn.

她是出身贵族的天使，会说五种语言。精致优雅，高贵善良本性。她迷人的微笑和善于交流的眼神使无数的爱慕者着迷地拜倒在她脚下。她的优雅和风格将永远被电影史铭记。她是一个带着她独特的高贵和优雅降临人间的天使。她的名字是奥黛丽·赫本。

When angel met gentleman in that romantic Rome Holiday, the purest and most beautiful love inthe world. He liked to see into her D8 and liquid eyes, which were full of the tender affectionthat melted him away.Her heart lost a beat with a different feeling rising within her every time she met his gaze, like the beach sand kissed by the sea wave, soft and moist.

当天使在那个浪漫的罗马假日遇到绅士时，最纯洁最美丽的爱情就在这里他的整个世界。他喜欢观察她那双水汪汪的眼睛，那双充满柔情的眼睛这把他融化了。每当她遇到他的目光时，她的心就失去了跳动的感觉，一种不同的感觉在她心中升起。沙滩上的沙子被海浪亲吻，柔软湿润。

He was in secret love with her. However, he had been in marriage and was the father of three kids. He,who was not good at putting his feelings across, had his love buried deep in the heart.In that summer, her love, melt in his smile, bloomed in despair over and over again. She dared notdeclare her love because the education she received and the shadow of her broken family since youngprevented her from getting close to the husband of another lady.他暗恋着她。然而，他已经结婚了，是三个孩子的父亲。他,不善于表达自己的感情，就把自己的爱深深埋在心底。在那个夏天，她的爱在他的微笑中融化，在绝望中一遍又一遍地开花。她不敢宣布她的爱，因为她接受的教育和她破碎的家庭的阴影从小阻止她接近另一位女士的丈夫。

Soon after that unforgettable summer, she got her love and got married with Mel Ferrer, a famous director, actor and writer in Hollywood. 在那个难忘的夏天之后不久，她得到了她的爱情，并与著名的好莱坞的导演、演员和作家梅尔·费勒结了婚。（未完，待续）

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精彩英语情感美文，句句美的令人痴醉

作者：美文鸡汤不加葱花

发表时间：18-07-3019:27

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1、We all live in the past. We take a minute to know someone, one hour to like someone, and one day to love someone, but the whole life to forget someone.

翻译：我们每个人都生活在各自的过去中，人们会用一分钟的时间去认识一个人，用一小时的时间去喜欢一个人，再用一天的时间去爱上一个人，到最后呢，却要用一辈子的时间去忘记一个人。

出自：《廊桥遗梦》

2、You jump ,I jump.

翻译：生死相随。

出自：《泰坦尼克号》

3、I would rather have had...one breath of her hair...one kiss of her mouth...one touch of herhand...than an eternity without it.

翻译：我宁可为呼吸到她飘散在空气中的发香，轻吻她双唇，抚摸她双手，而放弃永生.

出自：《天使之城》

4、One is always on a strange road, watching strange scenery and listening to strange music. Then one day, you will find that the things you try hard to forget are already gone.

翻译：一个人总要走陌生的路，看陌生的风景，听陌生的歌，然后在某个不经意的瞬间，你会发现，原本是费尽心机想要忘记的事情真的就那么忘记了。

出自：《蓝莓之夜》

5、Don’t forget the things you once you owned. Treasure the things you can’t get. Don't give up the things that belong to you and keep those lost things in memory.

翻译：曾经拥有的，不要忘记。不能得到的，更要珍惜。属于自己的，不要放弃。已经失去的，留作回忆。

出自：《曾经》

6、Tragedy and delight ... hand in hand.

翻译：悲伤和喜悦...你我携手共渡。

出自：《水形物语》

7、Life was like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get.

翻译：生命就像一盒巧克力，结果往往出人意料。

出走《阿甘正传》

8、Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.

翻译：希望是件好东西，也许是世上最好的东西，而且好东西永远不会湮灭。

出自《肖申克的救赎》

9、When you feel hurt and your tears are gonna to drop. Please look up and have a look at the sky once belongs to us. If the sky is still vast , clouds are still clear, you shall not cry because my leave doesn't take away the world that belongs to you.

翻译：当你的心真的在痛，眼泪快要流下来的时候，那就赶快抬头看看，这片曾经属于我们的天空；当天依旧是那么的广阔，云依旧那么的潇洒，那就不应该哭，因为我的离去，并没有带走你的世界。

出自《看得见风景的房间》

10、To be a princess, you have to believe you are one. You’ve got to walk the way you think a princess would walk. Smile and wave, and just have fun.

翻译：要想成为公主，你得相信自己就是一个公主。你应该像你所想象中的公主那般为人处世。高瞻远嘱，从容不迫，笑对人生。

出自《公主日记》

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英语美文欣赏爱之真谛

作者：PeterZhao英语

发表时间：18-10-1312:29What is love02:32来自PeterZhao英语

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英语美文欣赏爱之真谛

What is love? Love is a very special and meaningful word to each human being. Each human being has his/her own thoughts about love to guide himself/herself to land safely and smoothly into the kingdom of Love. Without this preconceived idea of love, people would be acting like a blind person searching for the light with thousands of obstacles in front of him.

什么是爱？对于每个人来说，爱是一个非常特殊和有意义的单词。每个人对于爱都有自己的想法，使他能够安全地顺畅地降落到爱的王国。没有这个预想的爱的观念，人们就会表现得像一个盲人在成千上万的障碍物面前寻找灯光一样。

What is Love? I know this question exists in each human being's mind including myself. If not it is still waiting to be discovered deeply in your heart. What do I think of love? For me, I believe love is a priceless diamond, because a diamond has thousands of reflections, and each reflection represents a meaning of love.

什么是爱?我知道这个问题存在于每个人的脑海中，包括我在内。如果还没有的话，那肯定是深深的藏在你心中，等着被发现。我是怎么理解爱呢？对于我来说，我认为爱是无价的钻石，因为一个钻石有成千上百个映像，每个映像代表爱的一个意义。

With love I can accept a person's imperfections without any condition, and able to transfer the way I love myself to another person who I am fancy at. With love I can have the power against loneliness, sadness, and illness, and to be able to change them into my happiness.

因为爱，我们可以无条件地接受一个人的不完美的地方。然后能够把爱自己的方式转化在另一个我爱的人身上。因为爱，我有力量对抗孤独，伤心，疾病，并把他们变成我的快乐。

As well as, having a key to open my heart to look at this world without a mask, to show people who I really am. But on the other hand, my love cannot be a substitute for anything, which means nothing can be substituted for my love.

我也可以有个钥匙来打开我的心灵，不戴面具的看看这个世界，来展示给人们看我真正是什么样的人。但从另一方面讲，我的爱不能代替任何东西，意思是没有什么东西来代替我的爱。

It also means those reflections of the diamond cannot be replaced by any kind of light or reflection, because the untrue reflection will not be a real diamond, and will not be able to spread out its resplendent and meaningful reflection of love to people about whom I care.

它也意味着钻石那些反射映像不能被任何的光或者其它映像代替。因为那些不真实的映像不会是一个真正的钻石，他也不会把万丈光芒和有意义的映象传递给我在乎的人。

What will happen if people live without love? In my point of view, without love I may lose my ability to survive in this world with no hope. Without love I can be defined as a rat living in the sewer, with no chance to see our beautiful land and with no chance to lighten up myself against the darkness.

如果人们没有爱而活着，生活会怎么样呢？在我看来，没有爱的话，我会因没有希望在这个世界上丢失生存的能力。没有爱，我会被定义为住在下水道里的老鼠。会变得没有机会欣赏我们的田地，没有机会点亮自己对抗黑暗。

As well as, I may lose many opportunities of enjoyment both mentally and physically, when I do not know what love is.

当我不懂得什么是爱的时候，我也会丧失很多精神层面和肉体层面的快乐的机会。

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英语美文赏析：适合发朋友圈的10句英语唯美 句子

作者：小鹿乱传

发表时间：18-11-1821:16教育达人，优质原创作者

朋友圈是一个分享生活感悟的地方，有时候一句话便能够把你此时此刻的感受表达得淋漓尽致，除了可以发一些富有哲理的中文句子之外，下面的这些英语唯美句子也值得你收藏！

唯美

1. 最励志

Only you can control your future. 只有你自己能够掌控你的人生。

励志

2. 最伤感

The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can’t have them. 失去一个人，最糟糕的莫过于坐在他旁边，却知道无法拥有他。这句话跟“世界上最遥远的距离不是生与死，而是我站在你面前，你却不知道我爱你”同样令人心疼。

伤感

3. 最文艺

May there be enough clouds in your life to make a beautiful sunset. 愿你余生云朵足造美好黄昏。

文艺

4. 最哲理

To be, or not to be - that is the question. 生存还是毁灭，这是一个问题。

哲理

5. 最安慰

Don`t cry because it is over,smile because it happened. 不要因结束而哭泣，要为曾经拥有而微笑。

安慰

6. 最思念

The hardest part is being away from you…the best part will be when we’re together again. Missing you, with all my heart. 此生最难离你而去，此生至幸与你相聚，用我的整颗心，想你。

思念

7. 最乐观

Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness. 诅咒黑暗不如点燃蜡烛。

乐观

8. 最坚韧

Success is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm. 成功源于不断失败，但是从未散失热情。

坚韧

9. 最鼓舞

You're not alone. You still have family, people who care for you and want to save you. 你从来都不是一个人在战斗，你还有家人，那些在乎你、想要拯救你的人。

鼓舞

10. 最逗

Your future depends on your dreams, so go to sleep. 你的未来取决于你的梦想，所以赶紧上床睡觉。

逗

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「英语美文」有些事你不需要解释

作者：英语美文

发表时间：18-05-1400:19

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15 Things You Dont Owe Anyone At All

15件你不需要解释的事情

译者：LisaChen

翻译来源：译言

原文来源：lifehack.org

Many choices we make in life — ranging from what we do, to how we conduct ourselves, and who we interact with — are subject to prying questions and commentary from those around us. Family members, friends, and even total strangers, it often seems like everyone has an opinion on the things we do, no matter how small or insignificant those things might seem to us.

生活中我们会做出很多选择：从我们做什么，怎么做，到和谁交往等等都会引起旁人的好奇和谈论。家人、朋友甚至完全陌生的人，对我们的每一件事情，就算是很小很微不足道的事情都有自己的看法。

Sometimes people go so far as to ask you to explain yourself for the decisions or choices you make in your own life. You might feel obliged to respond, but some things are really no one else’s business and you don’t owe anyone an explanation at all for the following 15 things — though you think you do.

有时候，他们会一个劲地要求你对自己生活中做出的决定进行解释。可能你觉得应该回答，但是有些事情真的跟他们没有任何关系，以下15点你不需要向他们做任何解释（就算你觉得你应该解释）：

1. YOU DON’T OWE ANYONE AN EXPLANATION FOR YOUR LIVING SITUATION.

1. 不需要解释自己的生活状态

Whether you are cohabiting with your ex-boyfriend or ex-girlfriend, crashing in different motel rooms across the country, or living with your parents for a while when you are past your twenties, you don’t have to explain yourself to anyone for who you live with and why if you don’t want to. If you are fully aware of your living situation, then it means you have your own reasons for being in that situation that are nobody else’s business.

不管你是不是跟前任住在一起，有没有去不同的宾馆开过房，还是你二十几岁了还跟父母住在一起，如果你不想你就不用告诉任何人你跟谁住，为什么。你充分了解自己的生活状况，并且有足够的理由那么做，这就不关别人的事。

2. YOU DON’T OWE ANYONE AN EXPLANATION FOR YOUR LIFE PRIORITIES.

2. 不需要解释你的生活重心

You have your own ideas about the things that would make you and your loved ones truly comfortable and happy, which is your main priority. Since we are all unique individuals with different values, dreams and aspirations, your core priorities will be different from the next person’s. You don’t owe anyone an explanation for what you determine is your core priority in life. That is your personal business not other people’s business.

你自己知道什么事情能使你和你爱的人开心舒服，这就是重要的事情。因为我们是独立的个体，有不同的价值观，不同的梦想，所以我们的重心也是不一样的。因此不需要告诉别人你的核心目标是什么，这是我们个人的事情跟别人无关。

3. YOU DON’T OWE ANYONE AN APOLOGY IF YOU ARE NOT SORRY.

3.如果你没有错，就不需要道歉

If you don’t regret your actions, still think someone is wrong about something or don’t care much for their forgiveness, you don’t have to apologize. Many people are too quick to offer apologies and try to mend wounds that are not yet ready to be mended, which only serves to aggravate the wound and bring more problems. You really don’t have to apologize if you are not sorry or your side of the story hasn’t been heard.

如果你认为某件事情是他人的错，不是自己的错，或者说你不乞求他人的原谅，那么就不用道歉。许多人总是早早地说处对不起，试图来弥补尚未准备好的伤害，这样只会加深伤害并带来更多的问题。如果你并不感到抱歉，或者他们还没听你的说法，那么就不用道歉。

4. YOU DON’T OWE ANYONE AN EXPLANATION FOR REQUIRING ALONE TIME.

4.不需要解释为什么你想要独处

You might worry that you will come across as “rude,” “anti-social” or “aloof” when you cancel plans or other obligations because you need some time alone to reboot, unwind or just enjoy a good book by yourself. However, spending time alone is a completely normal, natural and necessary practice that more people should adopt. Take your alone time confidently because you don’t owe anybody an explanation for it.

当你取消计划，停下手中的事情，想要一些时间去休息放松或只是想看一本书的时候，也许会担心被别人理解为无礼的、反社会的或是离群的。但是，一个人独处完全是一个正常的、自然的并且是必要的行为，应该得到更多人的接受。坦然地去度过自己的时光，因为你不需要向别人解释。

5. YOU DON’T OWE ANYONE YOUR AGREEMENT ON THEIR PERSONAL BELIEFS.

5.不必赞同别人的个人观念

Just because someone shares their personal beliefs passionately doesn’t mean you have to sit there and nod in approval to everything they say. If you don’t share in their beliefs, it is unfair to yourself and to the other person to suppress your own thoughts and feelings and pretend you agree with them. It’s okay and better to disagree with them gracefully instead of bottling up your disapproval and frustrations.

别人激情地分享自己的观点，这不是意味着你必须坐在那里赞同他们所说的每一件事。如果你不能够分享他们的信念，却压制住自己的想法而假装赞同他们，这对你和对他们都是不公平的。与其表露自己的不满和沮丧，不如恰当地说出自己不赞同他们。

6. YOU DON’T OWE ANYONE A YES TO EVERYTHING THEY SAY.

6.别人说的每一件事，你不必都说“好”

You have a right to say no whenever there is no compelling reason to say yes. In fact, the most successful people in the world are those who have mastered the art of saying no to everything that is not a priority. Acknowledge other people’s kindness and be grateful for it, but don’t be afraid to politely decline anything that takes your focus away from your core goals and priorities. That’s how to get ahead.

无论什么时候你都有权利说“不”，而不是一定要说“好的”。事实上，世界上最成功的人往往都是那些学会了对每一件事情说“不”的人。感激感谢别人的友善，但对于把你的注意力从你的核心目标和重点带走的事情，不要害怕礼貌地谢绝。这才能使你走向未来。

7. YOU DON’T OWE ANYONE AN EXPLANATION FOR YOUR PHYSICAL APPEARANCE.

7.别在意别人如何看待你的外貌

You might be slender, plump, tall, short, pretty, plain or whatever, but you don’t have to explain yourself to anyone for why you look how you do. Your physical appearance is your own business and you are obligated only to yourself. Physical appearance shouldn’t determine your self-worth.

不管你是瘦的还是胖的，高个子还是矮个子，漂亮还是相貌平平，都不需要解释你为什么会变成这样。外貌是你自己的事情，你只需要对自己负责。况且外貌不能决定你的自我价值。

8. YOU DON’T OWE ANYONE AN EXPLANATION FOR YOUR FOOD PREFERENCES.

8.不需要解释你的食物偏好

There are certain foods that you just don’t like at all for different reasons, including taste preference and health issues. You don’t have to explain to anyone at all why you prefer certain foods. Your food preference is a matter that is best left to you. If anyone pesters you about why you are eating (or not eating) certain foods, shrug it off and just say you feel better eating (or not eating) those foods.

总有一些食物包括味道不错的或是对健康有好处的，你就是不喜欢吃。你不需要解释为什么喜欢某些食物和不喜欢哪些食物，这已经是能留给你自己选择的最好的事情了。如果有人纠缠于你为什么喜欢（不喜欢）某些食物，只需要耸耸肩说就是感觉喜欢（不喜欢）吃那些东西挺好的。

9. YOU DON’T OWE ANYONE AN EXPLANATION FOR YOUR SEX LIFE.

9.不需要透露自己的性生活

As long as it happens with another consenting adult, you don’t owe anyone an explanation for where, when and how you conduct your sex life. You can wait for marriage, try one-night stands or experiment with same sex encounters to your heart’s pleasure and still not have to explain your sexual preferences to anybody.

只要是和另一个成人，在双方同意的情况下发生的性行为，你就不需要跟别人说是在哪里，什么时候，怎么发生的。只要自己喜欢，你可以等到结婚有性生活，也可以产生一夜情或是婚前试爱，你也不需要跟别人说你的性取向。

10. YOU DON’T OWE ANYONE AN EXPLANATION FOR YOUR CAREER OR PERSONAL LIFE CHOICES.

10.不必解释自己选择事业还是家庭生活

Sometimes circumstances force us to choose between work and “having a life.” The decision is not always easy and you might end up choosing work, not because you don’t care about your family or social life, but because you are working on something that will give you security in the future. Either way, you don’t owe others an explanation for choosing a career over your personal life (or vice versa) as long as you are confident about what you are doing and why you are doing it.

有时候环境会驱使我们在事业和“组织家庭”中做出一个选择。其实做出决定并不难，你也许会选择工作，不是因为你不关心家庭，只是你工作是为了给自己的将来一个保障。只要你对自己所做的决定有充分的信心和理由，你都不必向他人解释你为什么不选择家庭而选择工作或是刚好相反。

11. YOU DON’T OWE ANYONE AN EXPLANATION FOR YOUR RELIGIOUS OR POLITICAL VIEWS.

11.不需要解释自己的宗教或政治信仰

Whether you are a Democrat, Republican, Catholic, Protestant or Muslim, that is your own personal choice. You don’t owe anyone an explanation for why you are what you are and believe what you believe. If someone can’t accept you for who you are, that is their personal dogma — not yours.

不管你是哪个党派，不管你是天主教还是新教教徒或是穆斯林，这都是你个人的选择。你不需要跟别人解释为什么你是什么，或是你为什么信仰你信仰的。如果有人不接受你的身份，那是他们的教条，不是你的。

12. YOU DON’T OWE ANYONE AN EXPLANATION FOR BEING SINGLE.

12. 不必解释为什么保持单身

Whether you are single by design or by default that is nobody’s business. Being single is not a personality disorder. You are free to be in a relationship or not. Besides, you are far more than your relationship status and singlehood is just one of those social labels no one should really care about.

不管是不是刻意保持单身，这跟别人没关系。保持单身不是病态人格，你可以自由选择单身还是恋爱。况且，单身的状态远比谈恋爱时的状态好很多，单身只是社会标签的一种，根本不需要在意。

13. YOU DON’T OWE ANYONE A DATE JUST BECAUSE THEY ASKED.

13. 你不一定需要赴约

Someone might be nice, good looking and you may even be a little interested, but you don’t owe them a date just because they ask. If you feel deep down you don’t want to go on that date, then don’t. You may offer a reason for declining, but keep it brief and stick to your decision.

有些人很友好，长得好看，你也有些兴趣，但不是他们要求了你就一定要去赴约。如果那天你很沮丧不想去，那就别去。你可以告知不去的理由，但是一定要简短并坚持自己的决定。

14. YOU DON’T OWE ANYONE AN EXPLANATION FOR YOUR DECISION ABOUT MARRIAGE.

14. 不需要向他人解释自己对婚姻的决定

Whether or not you choose to get married and have kids or stay unmarried and be childfree, that is your own personal decision. Even your mom who is dying for grandchildren should understand that marriage is a personal decision and not suited for everyone. She should respect your decision about it no matter how hard it is to swallow.

不管你是选择结婚生子还是选择不婚不生孩子，这都是你自己的决定。就算你的母亲很想要（外）孙子孙女，也应该理解结婚是个人的决定但不适合每一个人。不管多么难以接受，她也应该尊重你的决定。

15. YOU DON’T OWE ANYONE AN EXPLANATION FOR YOUR RELATIONSHIP CHOICES.

15. 不需要解释自己的关系选择

Sometimes people make inappropriate commentary about your romantic relationship(s), which is really none of their business. You might overhear comments like you are not the “perfect couple” or you should find someone else. However, you are not answerable to anyone but yourself for your relationship choices. Live your life and never, ever leave or stay in a relationship just because someone else says you have to. Make your own mistakes if you must, but learn from them always.

有时候人们会对你们的爱情关系作出不恰当的评论，而你们的关系完全不关他们的事。也许你无意间会听到这样的议论，比如你们不合适，你应该另外找一个人等等。但是，你的恋爱选择只需要对自己负责而不是对别人负责。过你自己的生活，绝不因为别人的看法而放弃或维持某段关系。有必要的话，你可以犯错但总能从错误中学到东西。

简介：译者：LisaChen，翻译来源：译言（http://dwz.cn/4035OW），原文来源：lifehack.org/articles/communication/15-things-you-dont-owe-anyone-all-though-you-think-you.html

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10段精彩英语美文，句句经典，字字如金（双语版）

作者：美文鸡汤不加葱花

发表时间：18-08-1020:32

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1、You came to me Like the dawn through the night Just shining like the sun.

翻译：你走向我，似晨曦划破长长夜空，闪耀如红日。

2、Everyone's lives are like a very long sidewalk. Some are well paved. Others, like mine, have cracks, banana skins and cigarette butts. Your sidewalk is like mine but probably not as many cracks...

翻译：每个人的人生就是一条很长的人行道，有的很整洁，而有的像我一样，有裂缝、香蕉皮和烟头。你的人行道像我的一样，但是没有我的这么多裂缝...

出自：电影《玛丽和马克思》

3、I would rather have had one breath of her hair, one kiss of her mouth, and one touch of her hands than an eternity without it.

翻译：我闻到过她的秀发在空气中的飘香，我亲吻过她柔软的双唇，我曾触碰到她温暖的手，我宁愿要这些短暂的时刻，也不愿意要没有这些的孤独的永生。

出自：《天使之城》

4、I was blessed to have you in my life. When I look back on these days, I’ll look and see your face.You were right there for me.

翻译：在我的生命中有你是多么幸运,当我回忆过去, 眼前就会浮现你的脸庞 ,你总会在那守候着我。

出自：《珍珠港》

5、Time has passed, and I have loved many women. And as they've held me close, and asked if I will remember them. I've said,“Yes, I will remember you.”But the only one I've never forgotten, is the one who never asked.

翻译：岁月匆匆，我爱上过很多女人。当她们紧紧拥抱我时，问我是否会记得她们。我会说“是的，我会记得你。”但唯一我从来没有忘记的，是一个从来没有问过我的人。

出自：《西西里的美丽传说》

6、Take my hand, I lead you to salvation. Take my love, for love is everlasting. And remember the truth that once was spoken, to love another person is to see the face of God. Do you hear the people sing lost in the valley of the night? It’s the music of a people who are climbing to the light. For the wretched of the earth, there is a flame that never dies. Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise. We will live again in freedom in the garden of the Lord.

翻译：牵我的手，我来领你得到拯救。接受我的爱，因为爱是永恒。并且牢记，那个已揭示过的真理，凡爱他人者，就得见上帝。听啊，人们在歌唱，黑夜幽谷，歌声回荡。那是一个民族欢呼，翻山越岭见光芒。人间困苦都尝遍，还未泯灭一线希望。哪怕是长夜漆黑，也将升起太阳。我们将重生得自由，主的园中鲜花绽放。

出自：《悲惨世界》

7、If you leave me, please don't comfort me because each sewing has to meet stinging pain.

翻译：离开我就别安慰我，要知道每一次缝补也会遭遇穿刺的痛。

出自《分手信》

8、What if something had happened to you? What if I couldn't get to you? What would I have done without you? You're my family. You're all I've got.

翻译：要是你出了事怎么办?要是我找不到你怎么办?如果没有你我该怎么办?你是我的家人,你是我的一切.

出自《西雅图不眠夜》

9、It is what they do that makes them good or bad.A moment of love,even in a badman can give meaning to life.None of us knows which path will lead us to God.

翻译：是他们的所作所为决定了他们的善恶，在表现爱心的时刻，即使是坏人也会让生活有意义。没人知道哪条路通向天堂。

出自《血钻》

10、The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself.

翻译：世界上最美丽的就是世界本身。

出自：《荒岛余生》

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