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优秀的经典英语美文欣赏
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一位母亲写给女儿的信
dear girls,
我亲爱的孩子们，
you're so young right now, but i
hope these letters
will be helpful to
you one day when you're older. there is
so much i wish i could ask my mother
now that i am a grown
woman. there is
so much we never got to talk about. i'm
planning
on
being
around
for
you
well
into
your
lives
and
adulthood,
but
even
so,
i
think
having
these
letters
will
be
useful
in
some
way.
who
knows
how
things
might
change
down the road, and at
least you'll have your 34-year-old
mother's thoughts down on paper.
你们现在如此稚嫩，
但我希望将来某一天等你们长大了，
这封信
将会对你们有帮助。
作为一个成年女人，<
/p>
我也有很多想问我妈妈的问
题，有很多我和她从未谈及过的事情。
在你们的成长中，我会在你们
身边帮你们过好生活长大成人，
但
即使这样，
我认为这封信也能通过
1
其他方式使你们获益。
谁也不知道将来会发生什么，
但至少你们会有
我这个
34
岁的母亲把想法写下来供你们参考。
anyway,
i
want
this
letter
to
be
about
beauty
and
my
relationship
to
it.
i
feel
this
enormous
responsibility,
as
a
mother
of
two
little
girls,
to
lead
you
down
a
path
that
is
relatively healthy when it comes to
beauty and self image. in a
lot of
women's eyes i've probably already failed
in
that respect due to the amount of
pink-princess-barbie mess
cluttering up
vera's room right now.
不管怎么样，
我希望谈谈关于美以及我对美的看法。
作为一个有
两
个女儿的母亲，
在谈到美和自身形象的问题，
我有重要的责任为
你
们引导相对健康的认识之路。
虽然在许多女人眼里，
我这方面做得并
不值得称赞，因为现在在
ver
a
的房间里还乱糟糟地塞满了卡哇伊的
芭比娃娃。
but
i
will
say
this
about
barbie
(and
all
the
rest
of
that
princess garbage): i
played with that stuff for a solid decade
when i was growing up and here i am now
at a healthy weight
with
a
healthy
outlook
about
my
body
and
image.
i
have
a
masters
degree and have a successful career and a
published
book. if barbie were really
so damaging to my femininity and
self-
image
i
highly
doubt
i
could
list
all
of
the
latter
as
accomplishments.
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但对于芭比娃娃
(
< br>以及系列相关的公主垃圾玩具
)
我想说的是，我
小时候玩了整整十年的洋娃娃，
现在我是一个拥有体重标准、
保持健
康外貌的女性，我获得了硕士学位，我事业成功还出版了一本书。如
果芭比娃娃真的对我的女性特质和个人形象有破坏性的影响，
那
么我
真是非常怀疑我列出的那些成就是怎么来的。
but
i
get
it
too.
it's
hard
for
women
to
maintain
a
healthy
self-image.
it's
hard
not
to
obsess
over
our
weight
and
to
wish
we
could
afford
more
stylish
clothes.
it's hard not to covet someone
else's hair or hips or
eyelashes,
and to spend inordinate amounts of time trying to
achieve looks that we were never suited
for in the first place.
但是我也懂，
对女人来讲保持健康的形象很不容易。
想要不被体
重困扰，
不奢求自己能有经济能力购买更时尚的衣服，这真的很难
;
不觊
觎别的女生的发型、
翘臀和睫毛，
不在自己身上无节制的花时间
试图让自己驾驭那些完全不适合的造型，这些也都太难了。
i have girlfriends around whom i have
to brace myself to
see, because even
though i love them, just being around them
makes me self-conscious. i look at old
pictures of my mother
and wonder why
i've never been able to be as skinny as
she
was.
and
then
i
have
friends
who
are
thinner
than
their
mothers ever were. we
women go round and round in circles,
holding hands and trying to be one
another sometimes.
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我身边有一群女性朋友，
虽然我很爱她们，
但每次跟
她们接触我
都需要打起精神，
只是和她们待在一起我都会觉得不
自然。
看着我妈
妈的老照片，
我总是纳
闷为什么自己永远不能像她那么骨感，
然后我
发现身边有朋友比
她妈妈年轻时还要瘦。
我们女人总在转圈圈，
有时
还牵着彼此的手试着扮演对方的角色。
men
like to think we dress and style ourselves for
them,
but
why
would
we
when
they
hardly
notice?
i've
never
tried so hard to look
good as when i know i'm about to
meet up with a stylish girlfriend.
it's she who will notice
my slimmed
down waist or the thinnest, little bracelet on my
arm.
男人以为我们穿衣服打扮自己是为了给他们看，
但为什么当男人
几乎不去注意这些时我们依然乐此不疲呢
?
在我知道自己马上将会见
一个时髦的女性朋友之
前，
我就会非常非常努力地打扮自己，
让自己
< br>看起来容光焕发。
而她也肯定会注意到我苗条的腰线和手臂上纤细精
巧的手镯。
and
i
have
no
doubt
that
the
two
of
you,
veronica
and
juliette, will endlessly
compare yourselves to each other. you
will wonder why one of you got longer
legs or shinier hair or
bigger breasts
or thicker eyelashes. i know this, not because i
know
sisters,
but
because
i
know
women.
the
thing
i'll
tell you, the thing
to remember is this: not even the prettiest of
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us feel
settled. the girl you think looks the most perfect
in all
the
world
is
probably
the
girl
who
wants
to
change
herself
more than anyone else.
毫无疑问，
我亲爱的女儿维多妮卡和朱丽叶，
你们以后也会无止
境地相互比较。
你们会郁闷为什么对方的腿比自己长，
头发比自己亮，
胸部比自己丰满或者她有更浓密的睫毛。
我
懂这些，
不是因为我了解
姐妹关系，
而
是我了解女人。
我要告诉你们而你们必须牢记的一件事
是：
即使最漂亮的女人也没有安全感，
在你眼里最完美的女孩或许比
任何人都想改变自己。
don't
take
these
on.
don't
let
that
message
carry any weight within yourselves. you
are not worthless. you
are so full of
love and light and you should let it shine through
you every second of every day. if
someone pushes you down
for
standing
tall
then
just
push
yourself
back
up
and
stand
even
taller. and know that the reason they pushed you
down in
the first place is just because
they're scared. i will tell you
that
i
have
never
in
my
life
felt
more
beautiful
than
when
i
have stood
my tallest.
不要太在乎这些，
不要让这样的信息
增加自己的负担。
你有自己
独特的价值。
你的生命中充满爱和光芒，
让它们每天每分每秒都照耀
着你的
生活吧
!
如果有人为了站得高一点而把你推倒，那么你得自己<
/p>
坚强地站起来，让自己站得更高
!
要知道
他们推你下去只是因为他们
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恐惧
。而我要告诉你们的是：当我站在人生最高处的时候，我觉得那
是我觉得最美丽的时刻<
/p>
!
stand tall.
昂首挺立。
love,
爱你们的，
mom
妈妈
一生中要有的八种类型的朋友
Did
you know that people without friends are more
likely
to die an early death?
你知道吗
?
没有朋友的人往往死的早。
It’s true. Just ask science.
这是真的。不信，可以向科学求证。
To up your chances of living a long,
happy life, having a
bunch of fair-
weather buddies won’t do the trick. You
need a diverse, well-rounded entourage
that will stick with you
through thick
and thin. The following eight types of friends are
just what you need to keep the doctor
away.
要想生活得长久幸福，
一群不能共患难的朋友是不
能助你达成目
的的。你需要的是一群性格各异、面面俱到，可以与你同甘苦共患难
的朋友。接下来要说的八种类型的朋友正是这一类。
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1. A Loyal
Best Friend
1.
一个忠实的最好的朋友
Sometimes a loyal best friend is the
only thing you need
to stay sane.
Everyone needs a non-judgmental friend who will
support them no matter what. This is
the kind of friend who
lets
you
be
a
hot
mess
and
knows
all
of
your
deepest
and
darkest secrets, but still loves you
all the same.
有时一个忠实的最好的朋友可以是使你保持清醒的唯一原
因。
每
个人都需要一个无论在任何情况下都无私支持自己的朋友
。
这样的朋
友可以放任你的一团糟，
也
知道你所有的最深处和最黑暗的秘密，
但
仍然一直爱着你。
2. A Fearless Adventurer
2.
一个无所畏惧的冒险者
We live in a big world where there are
so many places to
see, people to meet,
and experiences to be had, yet so many
of us are stuck in our own routines and
forget to, well, live. We
all
need
an
adventurous
friend
who
will
pull
us
out
of
our
shells
and
introduce
us
to
new
ideas,
cultures,
philosophies,
and activities.
我们生活在一个宏大的世界
里，可以看许多风景，遇到各色人，
拥有丰富多彩的经历。然而，我们大部分人都深陷在
自己的琐事里，
忘记如何好好地生活。
我们都需要一个冒险的朋
友，
将自己从壳里拖
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出来并向我们介绍新想法、文化、哲学和活动。
3. A Brutally Honest Confidant
3.
一个极其诚实的知己
There’s certain situations in
life where we need to
hear
the
harsh
truth.
That’s
what
the
brutally
honest
confidant
is
for.
If
you’re
in
a
rocky
relationship
and
everyone’s telling
you that it’s perfectly normal
that you’re back with that
special someone for the 8th
time in the
last 2 years, the brutally honest confidant is
there
to yank your rose-colored glasses
off and tell you,
“
Enough.
Stop with all that break-up-and-get-
back-together drama. You
deserve
better.
”
Friends
are supposed to be honest with each
other. If you find someone who is
brutally honest with you (in
a
constructive way), then hold on to this person!
People like
that are hard to come by
these days.
在生活中，有些特定的场合，我们需要知道残酷的真相。这时
我
们正需要这样一个极其诚实的知己。在一段摇摆不定的恋爱关系中，
< br>每个人都对你说情人间难免有摩擦，
你应该再次回到那个人身边，
而
这已是过去两年里第八次出现。
此时那个极其诚实的
知己则会摘掉你
乐观的眼镜，对你说，
“够了
< br>!
不要再上演那种分分合合的戏码了。你
值得更好的人”
。朋友之间应该相互坦诚。如果你发现某个人对你极
其诚实，<
/p>
那么就紧紧抓住这个人。
在这个时代，
像
这样的人已不多了。
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4. A Wise Mentor
4.
一位睿智的导师
Jesse Jackson once said,
“
Never look down on someone
unless you’re helping them
up.
”
If you have
someone
smart, inspiring, and admirable
in your life who practices this
philosophy,
you’re
extremely
lucky.
We
all
need
a
friend who inspires us to
be better people without making us
feel
inadequate.
Plus,
being
around
such
a
person
will
challenge us to better ourselves every
day.
杰西杰克逊曾说，
“永远不要看轻别人
,
除非他需要你的帮助”
。
如果你的一生中有这样聪慧、令人激励和敬佩的人在实践这种哲学，
那你就非常幸运。<
/p>
我们都需要一个激励自己变得更好而不是变得自卑
的朋友。
而且，
在这样一个人身边将会促使我们不断提高，
天天向上。
The
wise
mentor
in
your
life
doesn’t
have
to
be
someone
who
shares
the
same
occupation
or
hobbies
with
you.
It’s
simply
someone
who’s
a
few
steps
ahead of you in life and has enough
wisdom and patience to
guide you in the
right direction. It can be anyone — a
colleague,
a
friend
who’s
beyond
their
years,
or
an
older neighbor — as long as you
look up to this person
and want to be
more like them.
在你的生命中，
一位睿智的
导师不一定要是某个职位与你相同的
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