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放松心情 走进双语吧（七）
作者：杨思晴
（编者）
采 摘 集
Life is a progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.
—— Johnson
生活是需要不断的过程,而非是享乐不断的过程。
——约翰森
[词汇补给]
want:缺乏,短少之意。
Dictionaries are like watches; the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to go quite true.
——Johnson
字典像手表；最坏的比没有好，最好的不能期望走得分秒不差。
——约翰森
[词汇补给]
dictionary: 字典，词典。
worst: bad的最高级，表示最糟糕的，最坏的。程度由弱及强是bad(坏的，糟糕的)-worse(更坏的，更恶劣的)-worst(最坏的,最糟糕的)。
Better:更好的，程度由弱及强是 good (好的)-better(更好的)-best(最好的，最棒的) 。
expect：（vt.）期待, 预期, 盼望, 指望；（口语）料想, 认为。
注：约翰森（1573－1637），英国文学家、诗人。字典和手表都是日常生活必需品,有总比没有好,但最好的字典也可能会有错误,最好的手表每年也可能差一两秒。其实人生也是一样,不可能十全十美。
幽 默 林
[原文]
Why not take down your nose
Tom, aged five, was curiously （１）watching his grandpa playing with （２）his false tooth（３）, taking it down, washing and fixing again. He observed （４）his grandpa that again and again（５）, with full interest（６）. Finally asked his grandpa, “Well, what else are you doing?” “Well,”said the little Tom, “Now you should take down your nose.”
[词汇补给]
讲解（1）curiously:好奇地
讲解（2）play with：摆弄
讲解（3）false tooth：假牙
讲解（4）observe：观察
讲解（５）again and again：一遍又一遍地
讲解（６）with full interest:全神贯注地，
感兴趣极了
[译文] 为什么不把鼻子弄下来
五岁的汤姆好奇地注视着他爷爷摆弄假牙，取下来，冲洗，再安上。他看着爷爷一遍又一遍地做，觉得有趣极了。最后爷爷问道：“好了，还干些什么呢？”“嗯，”小汤姆说，“现在该把鼻子弄下来玩了。”
心 语 录
The steps of youth are like floating clouds and flowing water,
青春的脚步如飘动的云，流动的水。
Every one of us must seek his or her own path in life.
生活的道路靠我们自己去探寻。
Do not sigh, do not pause, think carefully and work hard.
莫叹息，莫停留，要思考，要拼搏。
When we are in our prime, We should never idle away our precious time.
趁风华正茂，莫让年华赴东流。
Let us make joint efforts,
Sailing up to the road of success.
Under full sail of career,
And carving out our bright future.
让我们齐心协力，
扬起风帆驶向成功之旅，
去开创光明远大的前程。
[词汇补给]
step:脚步，步调，步伐，台阶，步骤
step of youth：在这里指“青春的脚步”
floating:漂浮的,飘动的
flowing:流动的,流畅的,通顺的
seek:寻找,探索,寻求
path:道路
sigh:叹息,叹气
pause:暂停,中止,休止符
work hard:努力工作,努力学习
prime:青春,精华
idle away:荒废,浪费
precious:宝贵的,珍爱的
make efforts:做努力
joint:共同的