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青澀的青春
Man's youth is a wonderful thing： it is so full of anguish and of magic and he never comes to know it as it is， until it has gone from him forever. It is the thing he cannot bear to lose， it is the thing whose passing he watches with infinite sorrow and regret， it is the thing whose loss with a sad and secret joy， the thing he would never willingly relive again， could it be restored to him by any magic.
青春奇妙無窮，充滿魅力，充滿痛楚.青春年少的時候根本不知青春爲何物，直到青春一去不復返了纔對青春有了真正的認識.誰都想讓青春永駐，不忍青春離去;眼睜睜地看着青春流逝，心中會涌起無窮的憂傷和惋惜;青春的失去是人們永遠感到悲哀的事;青春的失去是人們真正覺得悲喜交集的事;即便奇蹟出現青春復甦，誰都不會心甘情願重度青春的歲月。
Why is this? The reason is that the strange and bitter miracle of life is nowhere else so evident as in our youth. And what is the essence of that strange and bitter miracle of life which we feel so poignant， so unutterable， with such a bitter pain and joy， when we are young? It is this： that being rich， we are so poor; that being mighty， we can yet have nothing; that seeing， breathig， smelling， tasting all around us the impossible wealth and glory of this earth， feeling with an intolerable certitude that the whole structure of the enchanted life – the most fortunate， wealthy， good， and happy life that any man has ever known – is ours – is ours at once， immediately and forever， the moment that we choose to take a step， or stretch a hand， or say a word- we yet know that we can really keep， hold， take， and possess forever- nothing. All passes; nothing lasts： the moment that we put our hand upon it ， it melts away like smoke， is gone forever， and the snake is eating at our heart again; we see then what we are and what our lives must come to.
爲什麼如此?因爲在青春時代，生活充滿了奇特而辛酸的不可思議的事.我們在青春年少時帶着悲喜交集的心情，十分強烈而不可名狀地感受到人生的奇特辛酸/不可思議的經歷.其實質是什麼呢?其實質是這樣的：青春年少的時候，雖然殷實富足，卻非常貧窮;雖然力氣強大，卻一無所有;世間的富貴榮華觸目皆是，簡直可以呼吸到，聞到嗅到，還可以品嚐到，心中的自信按捺不住，深切地感受到整個被陶醉了的生活——人類迄今爲止所直到的最幸運/最富有的美好幸福的生活，只要我們決定向前邁步，奮發努力，便立即歸我們所有了，並將永遠屬於我們.然而，我們知道，我們真的永遠不能抓到什麼，永遠不能獲得什麼，永遠不能佔有什麼.一切匆匆過去，蕩然無存.我們一出手它就煙消雲散，飄然而去，一去不復返了.於是，心中泛起陣陣隱痛，看到了自己真實的面孔，看到了自己未來生活的必然走向。
A young man is so strong， so mad， so certain， and so lost. He has everything and he is able to use nothing. He hurls the great shoulder of his strength forever against phantasmal barriers， he is a wave whose power explodes in lost mid – oceans under timeless skies， here-aches out to grip a fume of painted smoke， he wants all， feels the thirst and power foreverything， and finally gets nothing. In the end， he is destroyed by his own strength， devoured by his own hunger， impoverished by his own wealth. Thoughtless of money or the accumulation of material possessions， he is none the less defeated in the end by his own greed a greed that makes the avarice of King Midas seem paltry by comparison.
青年人非常堅強，狂熱自信，但容易迷惘混沌，雖然機緣無數，卻把握不住，雖然身強體壯，試圖衝破重重虛幻的屏障，卻如同一個波浪，最終還是無力地消失在曠遠浩淼的大海中央，他伸出手想要抓住斑斕的雲煙，他想得到世間的萬物，渴望主宰一切，最終卻是一無所獲.最後，他被自己的力量所毀滅，被自己的飢餓所吞食，被自己的財富弄得貧窮潦倒.他對金錢或財富的積累不以爲意漫不經心，然而最終還是被自己的貪慾所吞噬。
And that is the reason why， when youth is gone， every man will look back upon that period of his life with infinite sorrow and regret. It is the bitter sorrow and regret of a man who knows that once he had a great talent and wasted it ， of a man who knows that once he had a great treasure and got nothing from it ， of a man who knows that he had strength enough for everything and never used it.
青春消逝，驀然回首，無論是誰，心中都會充滿無盡的憂傷，充滿無窮的懊悔.曾經才智卓越，卻白白浪費了，曾經財富殷實，卻一無所有，曾經本事高強，卻從未利用.一個認識到自己失落青春的人回憶起來總是充滿悲傷和懊悔。
關於獲得成功
We cannot travel every path. Success must be won along one must make our business the one life purpose to which every other must be subordinate(服從).
我們不可能把每條路都走一遍。必須執着於一條道路才能獲得成功。我們必須有一個終生追求的目標，其他的則從屬於這個目標。
I hate a thing done by halves(不完全的). If it be right, do it it be wrong， leave it undone.
我痛恨做事半途而廢。如果這件事是對的，就大膽勇敢地去做;如果這件事不對，就不要去做。
The men of history were not perpetually(不斷地) looking into the mirror to make sure of their own size. Absorbed in their work they did it. They did it so well that the wondering world sees them to be great， and labeled them accordingly.
歷史長河中的偉人並不是靠終日瞻觀鏡中的自己來衡量自身的形象的。他們的形象來自對事業全身心的投入與追求。他們是如此的卓越超凡，於是芸芸衆生覺得他們很偉大，並因此稱他們爲偉人。
To live with a high ideal is a successful life. It is not what one does， but what one tries to do， that makes a man strong. “Eternal vigilance，” it has been said， “is the price of liberty.” With equal truth it may be said， “Unceasing effort is the price of success.” If we do not work with our might， others will; and they will outstrip(超過) us in the race， and pluck the prize from our grasp.
爲崇高的理想而活着是一種成功的生活。使人變強大的，不是這個人做了什麼，而是他努力嘗試去做什麼。有人說過，“恆久的警惕是自由的代價”，那同樣也可以說，“不懈的努力是成功的代價。”倘若我們不盡全力工作，別人會盡全力，隨後他們將在競爭中超越我們，從我們手中奪取勝利的果實。
Success grows less and less dependent on luck and -distrust is the cause of most of our failures.
成功越來越不依賴於運氣和巧合。喪失自信是我們失敗的主要原因。
The great and indispensable help to success is character. Character is a crystallized habit， the result of training and conviction. Every character is influenced by heredity， environment and education. But these apart， if every man were not to be a great extent the architect of his own character， he would be a fatalist， and irresponsible creature of circumstances.
性格是取得成功不可或缺的重要助力。性格是一種固化成形的習慣，是不斷培養並堅信於此的結果。每個人的性格都會受到遺傳因素、環境和教育的影響。但除此之外，如果人在很大程度上不能成爲自己性格的構築者，那麼他就會淪爲宿命論者，從而成爲環境的失敗造物。
Instead of saying that man is a creature of circumstance， it would be nearer the mark to say that man is the architect of circumstance. From the same materials one man builds palaces， another hovel. Bricks and mortar are mortar and bricks， until the architect can make them something else.
與其說人是環境的造物，不如說人是環境的建築師更貼切些。同樣的材料，有人能用其建造出宮殿，而有人只能建成簡陋的小屋。在建築師將其變成他物之前，磚泥依然是磚泥。
The true way to gain much is never to desire to gain too much.
想得到的多就永遠不要奢望太多。
Wise men don't care for what they can't have.
智者不會在意他們得不到的東西。
友情和愛情的區別
Both are so much related to each other. And both are so dissimilar! What are the differences between friendship and love? Is platonic friendship possible between persons of opposite sex? Let us try and understand.
兩者聯繫是如此密切，兩者卻又那麼截然不同。友情和愛情有什麼區別?異性朋友間的理想化的友誼真的存在嗎?我們來試着理解下。
What is friendship? Why do we call a person our friend? When do we call someone a very good friend? If we care for a person， if we are always ready to help that person and if we share most of our thoughts with a person， they are our good friends. We can always count upon our good friends in an emergency. We are always sure that our friend will understand why we acted in a certain way. We need not explain anything to our very good friends. The friendship is so deep and the relationship is so intimate， that most of the things are automatically understood by our friends.
什麼是友情?爲什麼我們管一個人叫“朋友”?什麼時候我們管一個人叫作“好朋友”?如果我們關心一個人，我們總是準備幫助那個人;如果我們和某個人分享大部分的想法，那個人一定是我們的好朋友。在緊急情況下我們總是依靠好朋友。我們總是確定好友會理解我們行事的方式。我們不需要向親密的朋友解釋什麼。友情如此深，關係如此牢，以致於朋友間的事雙方都會很自然地理解。
What about love? In a relationship of deep love， all the sharing that we discussed above are taken for granted. But love transcends all this. During love， we are attached with a particular person， while in friendship， one may have many friends. A loving relationship makes one so much attached to the other， that one gets pained if his/her beloved is hurt! Love also involves a physical element. Friendship does not have that. This is a vital difference. Nature gives us love so that the specie can go forward. Nature does not give us friendship.
什麼是愛情?在深愛中，上面我們討論的事情都是理所當然的。但是愛情遠遠超過這些。戀愛中，我們總是和某個人關係密切。但是在友情中，一個人可能有很多朋友。戀愛的兩個人聯繫得如此緊密，如果他/她受到了傷害，另一個人也會心痛。愛情總會有身體上的接觸。友情卻沒有。這是至關重要的區別。上蒼給予了我們愛情，以使種族延續。但是上蒼卻沒有給我們友情。
Your heart beats will never increase in anticipation of meeting your friend. You will not lie awake at night thinking about your friend. You will not feel totally lost， if you don't meet your friend for a few days. You will not have dreams in your eyes thinking about your friend. But in love， you will do all this and much more. Indeed， there is no comparison between love and friendship.
在盼朋友出現時，你的心跳不會增加;你不會夜不能寐地想着你的朋友;如果幾天沒見到朋友，你也不會完全迷失;想到朋友時，你的眼中不會有夢想。但是在戀愛中，這一切你都會做而且程度會更深。確實，愛情和友情沒有可比性。
