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双语美文:没有我世界照常运转

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What do I believe? What laws do I live by? There are so many answers - work, beauty, truth, love - and I hope I do live by them.

什么是我所信仰的?什么是我生活的准则?答案很多,比如工作、美丽、真理、爱心,但愿我能以它们为准则。

But in everyday things I live by the light of a supplementary set of laws. I'd better call them rules of thumb. Rules of thumb aren't very grand, but they do make the wheels go round.

然而,生活中的我还履行着另外一套附加的法则,即经验法则。这一法则虽然简单,但却能使事情顺利地进行下去。

My father and mother sent me to good schools, but the finest thing they did for my education was to have seven children. I was the oldest, and my brothers and sisters were my best teachers.

父母把我送到一所很好的学校学习,但养育了7个孩子,才是他们为我的教育做的最好的事。我是家中长女,而弟弟妹妹就是我最好的老师。

I learned first to pull my own weight in the boat. Kids making a bob-sled have no use for the loafer who wants a free ride. Neither has the world. I learned to make the bed I slept in, and wash the glass I used, and mend what I broke, and mop up where I spilled. And if I was too lazy or too dainty or too busy, and left it for someone else, somebody else soon taught me different.

我最先学会了身为长女的责任。对一个想搭顺风车的流浪者来说,会做雪橇的孩子毫无用处。对这些孩子而言,世界也是如此。我学会了睡觉前自己铺床,洗自己用过的杯子,修补自己弄坏的东西,用拖布拖干自己溅到地上的水。如果我过于懒惰、挑剔或忙碌,而让别人来做这些事,马上就会有人教我不能这么做。

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interrupt [.intə'rʌpt]

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v. 打断,打扰,中止,中断
n. [计算机]

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cultivate ['kʌltiveit]

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vt. 培养,耕作,栽培,结交(朋友), 促进增长,教养

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grievance ['gri:vəns]

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n. 委屈,冤情,苦况

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curiosity [.kjuəri'ɔsiti]

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n. 好奇,好奇心

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bark [bɑ:k]

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v. (狗)吠,咆哮
n. 狗吠,咆哮

 
permit ['pə:mit,pə'mit]

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n. 许可证,执照
v. 允许,许可

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temper ['tempə]

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n. 脾气,性情
vt. 使缓和,调和 <

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presence ['prezns]

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n. 出席,到场,存在
n. 仪态,风度

 
yield [ji:ld]

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n. 生产量,投资收益
v. 生产,屈服,投降

 
supplementary ['sʌpli'mentəri]

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adj. 补充的,附加的

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