《经典唯美简单的英语文摘最新17篇》
如果能够抄之前先好好读读，并且理解其意思，然后再抄完了之后是不是翻阅自己的摘抄本，那么效果又会更进一步！
从改变自己做起 Start With Yourself 1
The following words were written on the tomb of an Anglican Bishop in the Crypts of Westminister Abbey:
When I was young and free and my imagination had no limits, I dreamed of changing the world. As I grew older and wiser, I discovered the world would not change, so I shortened my sights somewhat and decided to change only my country.
But it, too, seemed immovable.
As I grew into my twilight years, in one last desperate attempt, I settled for changing only my family, those closest to me, but alas, they would have none of it.
And now as I lie on my deathbed, I suddenly realize: If I had only changed myself first, then by example I would have changed my family.
From their inspiration and encouragement, I would then have been able to better my country and, who knows, I may have even changed the world.
下面语句是刻在威斯敏斯特教堂英国圣公会主教坟墓上的话：
在懵懂的童年时期，我们胸怀梦想，相信自己的力量可以改变世界。后来，我们渐渐长大成熟，经历了生活的艰辛，明白了世无定事，感到了自己的渺小，我们的梦想也从“改变世界”降格成“改变家庭”，最终定位成“改变自己”。但我们实在不该低估自己，因为在我们改变自己的同时也潜移默化地影响着家庭，而作为世界的一分子，从某个角度来讲，我们也正改变着世界。
一个好的聆听者 A Good Listener 2
Can you believe that a boy who is about 8 years old is the master of giving advice on love relationship? This funny incident happened in America. A little boy was doing his business on the street, he earned just one dollar each person. Of course, people did not come for advice, and all they needed was a good listener.
你能相信一个8岁左右的男孩是爱情专家么？这个有趣的事件发生在美国。一个小男孩正在街上做他的生意，他从每个客人身上得到一美元。当然人们不是来听他的建议，他们需要的是一个忠实的聆听者。
Most people feel depressed today. In the public occasion, the powerful person is in charge of everything, who is the shinning star and enjoys to be followed by others. While most people have less chance to express themselves. Sometimes they need to listen to their inner voices, that’s why the little boy’s business is favored.
如今很多人都会有些抑郁。在公共场合，一些有头有脸的人平时都是主管一切，是耀眼的明星，享受着别人的崇拜。然而大多数人都缺少诉说情绪的机会。有时候他们也需要倾听自己内心的声音，这就是小男孩的生意受到青睐的原因。
To be a good listener can help us to learn things. Once a celebrity said that a good listener was not only popular everywhere, but after a while he also got to know something. When we learn to know how others feel about the same incident, we start to consider the way we deal with it. Am I too forced? Or do I forget others? So we can know better how to deal with things next time.
成为一个好的聆听者可以帮助我们学到一些东西。曾经一个名人说过，一个好的倾听者不仅是受欢迎的，一段时间后，他也学到了东西。当我们慢慢知道不同的人对同一件事的不同看法，我们也会开始考虑自己的处理方式是否得当。我是不是太强势了？或者我是否遗忘别的因素了？因此，我们可以知道下次如何把事情处理得更好。
英语文摘 3
《TITANIC》
泰坦尼克号
Outwardly,I was everything a well-brought up girl should be.
Inside, I was screaming.
外表看，我是个教养良好的小姐，
骨子里，我很反叛。
There is nothing I couldn't give you,
there is nothing I would deny you,
if you would not deny me.
Open you're heart to me.
如果你不违背我，
你要什么我就能给你什么，
你要什么都可以。把你的心交给我吧。
Remember, they love money,
so just pretend like you own a goldmine
and you're in the club.
只要你装得很有钱的样子他们就会跟你套近乎。
All life is a game of luck.
生活本来就全靠运气。
I 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.
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。
I figure life is a gift and I don't intend on wasting it.
You never know what hand you're going to get dealt next.
You learn to take life as it comes at you.
我觉得生命是一份礼物，我不想浪费它，
你不会知道下一手牌会是什么，要学会接受生活。
To make each day count.
要让每一天都有所值。
We're women. Our choices are never easy.
我们是女人，我们的选择从来就不易。
《Sleepless in Seattle》
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Work hard! Work will save you.
Work is the only thing that will see you through this.
努力工作吧！工作能拯救你。
埋头苦干可令你忘记痛楚。
You make millions of decisions that mean nothing
and then one day your order takes out
and it changes your life.
你每天都在做很多看起来毫无意义的决定，
但某天你的某个决定就能改变你的一生。
You know,you can tell a lot from a person's voice.
从一个人的声音可以知道他是怎样的人。
People who truly loved once are far more likely to love again.
真心爱过的人很难再恋爱。
You know it's easier to get killed
by a terrorist than get married over the age of 40.
你知道，女人过了40想出嫁就难了，被不法分子杀死都比这容易。
Why would you want to be with someone who doesn't love you?
为什么留恋一个不爱你的人？
Everybody panics before they get married.
每个人婚前都会紧张的。
Your destiny can be your doom.
命运也许
I don't want to be someone that you're settling for.
I don't want to be someone that anyone settles for.
我不想要你将就，我也不想成为将就的对象。
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.
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。
我们只使用了大脑的百分之十吗? 4
Do We Only Use 10% Of Our Brains?
我们只使用了大脑的百分之十吗？
Have you ever heard that we humans use only ten percent of our brains? This oft-quoted myth holds a certain appeal because if it were true, then we could instantly become ten times more intelligent just by firing up that sleepy majority of the brain!
你是否曾经听说过我们人类只使用了大脑的百分之十？这个被经常引用的神话般的说法颇具吸引力，因为如果这种说法属实，那么我们只要激活沉睡的大部分大脑就可以比现在聪明十倍！
Animals Experiments
动物实验
The idea that we use only a small fraction of the brain dates back to animal experiments in the 19th century. When scientists stimulated a specific part of the brain, the animal moved its leg or tail. If a tiny part of the brain could do something so grand, what was the use of the rest of the brain? Some scientists assumed (rather unscientifically) that large parts of the brain were simply useless.
人类只使用了大脑很小一部分的观点可以追溯到19世纪的动物实验。当科学家刺激动物大脑的某个特殊部分时，动物的腿部或尾巴就会动弹。如果大脑这微小的一部分就可以引起这么大的动作，那么大脑其它部分有什么作用呢？一些科学家则假设(其实相当不科学)大脑的大部分没有任何作用。
Then, in the early 20th century, scientists observed that stimulating certain regions of the brain had no physical effects. They dubbed these seemingly useless parts of the brain the “silent cortex.” Today we know that in humans, much of the “silent cortex” is actually devoted to complex activities like language, learning, and imagining.
到了20世纪早期，科学家观察到，刺激动物大脑某个区域其身体没有任何反应。于是他们把这部分看起来无用的大脑称作“沉默的皮质”。如今我们都知道，在人类大脑中，许多“沉默的皮质”实际上在一些复杂活动诸如语言、学习和想象等方面发挥着重要的作用。
Brain Scans
脑部扫描
Brain scans have shown that different parts of the brain crackle into heightened activity as we shift our attention and focus, but even as we sleep, many areas of the brain are extremely active. Would you be smarter if your entire brain constantly worked to maximum capacity? Interestingly enough, the opposite is probably true. The less brain activity you need to perform a given task, the more the brain as a whole is capable of doing.
脑部扫描表明，当我们转移注意力或聚精会神时，大脑不同部位顿时提高活动强度，即使我们睡觉时，大脑的许多区域也极其活跃。如果整个大脑充分持续运转，人是否就会更聪明？有趣的是，结果恰恰相反。执行一项既定任务时脑部活动越少，大脑作为一个整体能做的事情就越多。
南瓜籽 5
Katz calls these nature’s smallest antidepressant. They’re loaded with zinc, a mineral that keeps depression at bay. They also contain glutamate, which produces GABA, a chemical that fights stress in the brain.
卡茨称其为天然的最小抗抑郁药。南瓜籽富含锌，锌这种矿物质能预防抑郁症。南瓜籽还含有谷氨酸，其产生一种γ氨基丁酸，能起到缓解大脑压力的作用。
不要伤害蜘蛛 Spare that spider 6
Why, you may wonder, should spiders be our friends? Because they destroy so many insects, and insects include some of the greatest enemies of the human race.Insects would make it impossible for us to live in the world; they would devour all our crops and kill our flocks and herds, if it were not for the protection we get from insect-eating animals.We owe a lot to the birds and beasts who eat insects but all of them put together kill only a fraction of the number destroyed by , unlike some of the other insect eaters, spiders never do the least harm to us or our belongings.
你可能会觉得奇怪，蜘蛛怎么会是我们的朋友呢？因为它们能消灭那么多的昆虫，其中包括一些人类的大敌。要不是人类受一些食虫动物的保护，昆虫就会使我们无法在地球上生活下去，昆虫会吞食我们的全部庄稼，杀死我们的成群的牛羊。我们要十分感谢那些吃昆虫的鸟和兽，然而把它们所杀死的昆虫全部加在一起也只相当于蜘蛛所消灭的一小部分。此外，蜘蛛不同于其他食虫动物，它们丝毫不危害我们和我们的财物。
Spiders are not insects, as many people think, nor even nearly related to can tell the difference almost at a glance, for a spider always has eight legs and an insect never more than six.
许多 人们几乎一眼就能看出二者的差异，因为蜘蛛都是8条腿，而昆虫的腿从不超过6条。
How many spiders are engaged in this work on our behalf? One authority on spiders made a census of the spiders in a grass field in the south of England, and he estimated that there were more than 2,250,000 in one acre; that is something like 6,000,000 spiders of different kinds on a football pitch.Spiders are busy for at least half the year in killing insects.It is impossible to make more than the wildest guess at how many they kill, but they are hungry creatures, not content with only three meals a day.It has been estimated that the weight of all the insects destroyed by spiders in Britain in one year would be greater than the total weight of all the human beings in the country.
有多少蜘蛛在为我们效力呢？一位研究蜘蛛的权威对英国南部一块草坪上的蜘蛛作了一次调查。他估计每英亩草坪里有225万多只蜘蛛。这就是说，在一个足球场上约有600万只不同种类的蜘蛛。蜘蛛至少有半年忙于吃昆虫。它们一年中消灭了多少昆虫，我们简直无法猜测，它们是吃不饱的动物，不满意一日三餐。据估计，在英国蜘蛛一年里所消灭昆虫的重量超过了这个国家人口的总重量。
英语经典美文 7
While popular in the U.S., the April Fool’s Day tradition is even more prevalent in European countries,such as France and Great Britain. Although the roots of the traditional trickings are unclear,the French andthe British both have claims on the origin of the celebration.
One theory holds that the first April Fool’s Day was on April 1 of the year when King of France instituted the new calendar.This new system placed the day that had formerly been the first day of a new year on April 1.Many people were reluctant to adjust to the new calandar and continued to celebrate New Year’s Day on what had become the first day of April.Thus, they become the first April began to give gaggifts on the day to mock the foolishness of thosewho continued to celebrate the new year on April 1.
An English story about the day, however, holds that it began sometime during the 1200s.At the time, King John of England was in the habit of making a road out of nearly every path he walked regularly.The citizensof one particular farm village were aware of avoid having their green meadows and pastures disturbed with one of the king’s roads,they built a fence that prevented the king from walking through their countryside.The king sent a group of messengers to inform the villagers that they must remove the barrier.Upon hearing that the king was planning to do this, however, the villagers developed a plan of their own.Whenthe messengers arrived, they found what appeared to be a community of lunatics,with people behaving in a bizarre manner, throwing things and running around wildly.The messengers, alarmed at what they had found, reported to king John that these people were so mad as to be beyond punishment.So, the villagers saved their farmland by tricking the King. In Great Britain,tradition only allows April Fool’s tricks from midnightto noon on April 1. Those who try to play tricks in the afternoon become the fools themselves.
愚人节的习俗在美国是很流行的，在欧洲国家如法国和英国就更是如此了。虽然这种愚弄人习俗的起源不甚清楚，但是法国人和英国人却都宣称这种庆祝活动是由他们开始的。
有一种说法认为，第一个愚人节始于法国国王设立新历法那一年的4月1曰。这种新历法将以前新的一年的第一天定在4月1曰。很多人都不愿意按照新的历法行亊，还继续在根据新的历法已经是4月的第一天庆祝新年，于是他们就成了第一批愚人。另有一些人开始在这一天送戏弄人的礼物来取笑那些继续在4月1曰庆祝新年的人。
然而关于愚人节这一天，英国的一则故亊却认为它始于13世纪的某一天。那时，英格兰的约翰国王习惯于将他经常走的几乎每条小道都修成一条路。有一个乡村的居民觉察到了这一点。为了保护他们绿油油的草地和牧场免受国王修路所造成的破坏，他们筑了一道篱笆来阻挡国王在他们的乡间穿行。国王派遗了一队使者去通报村民们必须撤掉障碍。在听到国王正要打算这么做时，村民们也想出了自己的办法。当使者到达的时候，他们看到这里的人像一群疯子似的，举止古怪，乱扔东西，并且四下疯跑。此情此景令使者们惊恐万分，后来赶紧向约翰国王报告说，这些人疯疯癱癲的，根本没办法处置。村民们就这样骗过了国王，保护了自己的农田。在英国，按习俗在4月1曰这—天只允许从子夜到中午的这段时间搞恶作剧，到下午还这么做的人自己就成了愚人了。
人脑与电脑的区别 8
The difference between a brain and a computer can be expressed in a single word:complexity.
要形容人脑与电脑的区别只需一个词，即：复杂。
Even the most complicated computer man has yet built can't compare in intricacy with the brain. Computer switches and comportents number in the thousands rather than in the billions.What's more, the computer switch is just an on-off device,whereas the brain cell is itself possessed of a tremendously complex inner structure.
即使是迄今为止人类制造出的最复杂的电脑如果与人脑的复杂相比也望尘莫及。电脑转换组合出的数字只有千百万种而不是千百亿。更重要的是，电脑的转换器只是一个开关装置，而大脑细胞本身就具有极其复杂的内部结构。
Can a computer think? That depends on what you mean by "think". If solving a mathematical problem is "thinking", then a computer can "think" and do so much faster than a man. Of course, most mathematical problems can be solved quite mechanically by repeating certain straightforward processes over and over again. Even the simple computers of today can be geared for that.
电脑会“思考”吗？这就要看你所说的“思考”是指什么了。如果解一道数学题是“思考”，那么电脑会“思考”，而且比人脑快得多。当然，绝大多数数学题都可以通过一遍一遍机械地重复简单的程序而得到解决。即使是现今简单的计算机也能做到这点。
Surely, though, if a computer can be made complex enough, it can be as creative as we are. If it could be made as complex as a human brain, it could be the equivalent of a human brain and do whatever a human brain can do.
然而，电脑如果能造得够复杂，它也能和我们一样富于创造力。如果它能造得同人脑一样复杂，它便能与人脑相媲美，并能做到人脑能做到的一切。
But how long will it take to build a computer complex enough to duplicate the human brain? Perhaps not as long as some think. Long before we approach a computer as complex as our brain, we will perhaps build a computer that is at least complex enough to design another computer more complex than itself. This more complex computer could design one still more complex and so on and so on and so on.
但是，要造出一个与人脑一样复杂的电脑要花多长时间呢？或许不会像有些人想象的那么长。在造出与人脑一样复杂的电脑之前，我们也许可能要先造出一个电脑，它复杂得至少能设计出比它本身更复杂的电脑。那个更复杂的电脑又能再设计出比自己更复杂的电脑，如此反复。
In other words, once we pass a certain critical point, the computers take over and there is a "complexity explosion". In a very short time thereafter, computers may exist that not only duplicate the human brain--but far surpass it.
换言之，我们一旦突破了某个极点，电脑将盛行起来，并导致“复杂性爆炸”。不久，电脑将不仅复制人脑，而且将远远超越人脑。
鳄梨(牛油果 9
The darlings of the produce section, avocados are full of carotenoids, which help improve brain performance. Plus, they’re loaded with healthy fats, which keep inflammation under control and lower the risk of heart disease. Heart healthy = brain healthy.
鳄梨(牛油果)富含类胡萝卜素，有助于提高大脑性能。另外，含有健康脂肪，有控制炎症的作用，并能降低患心脏疾病的风险，心脏健康=大脑健康。
英语文摘 10
1、Genius only means hard-working all one's life. (Mendeleyev Russian chemist)
天才只意味着终身不懈地努力。(俄国化学家 门捷列耶夫)
2、The man who has made up his mind to win will never say "impossible ". (Bonaparte Napoleon ,French emperor )
凡是决心取得胜利的人是从来不说"不可能的"。( 法国皇帝 拿破仑。 B.)
3、There is no such thing as a great talent without great will - power. (Balzac)
没有伟大的意志力，便没有雄才大略。(巴尔扎克)
4、Cease to struggle and you cease to live.(Thomas Carlyle)
生命不止，奋斗不息。(卡莱尔)
5、A strong man will struggle with the storms of fate.(Thomas Addison)
强者能同命运的风暴抗争。(爱迪生)
6、Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.(John Ruskin)
生活没有目标，犹如航海没有罗盘。(罗斯金)
7、Live a noble and honest life. Reviving past times in your old age will help you to enjoy your life again.
过一种高尚而诚实的生活。当你年老时回想起过去，你就能再一次享受人生。
8、Accept what was and what is, and you’ll have more positive energy to pursue what will be.
接受过去和现在的模样，才会有能量去追寻自己的未来。
9、Behind every successful man there's a lot u unsuccessful years. (Bob Brown)
每个成功者的后面都有很多不成功的岁月。(鲍博·布朗)
10、Enrich your life today,. yesterday is is mystery.
充实今朝，昨日已成过去，明天充满神奇。
11、Achievement provides the only real pleasure in life .
有所成就是人生唯一真正乐趣。——爱迪生
12、Man errs as long as he strives.
失误是进取的代价。歌德
13、Energy and persistence conquer all things.
能量加毅力可以征服一切--富兰克林
14、He who seize the right moment, is the right man.
谁把握机遇，谁就心想事成--歌德
15、If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday.
想要懂得今天，就必须探究昨天。-Pearl Buck(赛珍珠)
16、You have to believe in yourself. That\'s the secret of success.
人必须有自信，这是成功的秘密。-Charles Chaplin(卓别林)
17、I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards
我走得很慢，但是我从来不会后退。-Abraham Lincoln(林肯)
18、The important thing in life is to have a great aim ,and the determination to attain it.
人生重要的事情就是确定一个伟大的目标，并决心实现它。-Johan Wolfgang von Goethe(歌德)
19、To really understand a man we must judge him in misfortune
要真正了解一个人，需在不幸中考察他。-Napoleon(拿破仑)
20、If you would go up high , then use your own legs ! Do not let yourselves carried aloft; do not seat yourselves on other people's backs and heads .(F.W .Nietzsche , German Philosopher)
如果你想走到高处，就要使用自己的两条腿！不要让别人把你抬到高处；不要坐在别人的背上和头上。(德国哲学家 尼采。 F. W.)
21、Keep trying no matter how hard it seems. it will get easier.
坚持不懈，难也变易。
22、True mastery of any skill takes a lifetime.
对任何技能的掌握都需要一生的刻苦操练。
23、The first wealth is health .(Ralph Waldo Emerson , American thinker)
健康是人生第一财富。(美国思想家 爱默生。 R. W.)
24、Where there is life, there is hope.
有生命必有希望。
25、What makes life dreary is the want of motive.(George Eliot)
没有了目的，生活便郁闷无光。(乔治·埃略特)
26、At twenty years of age , the will reigns; at thirty , the wit ; and at forty , the judgment .(Benjamin Franklin ,American president)
二十岁时起支配作用的是意志，三十岁时是机智，四十岁时是判断。(美国总统 富兰克林 . B.)
27、Shallow men believe in luck.Self-trust is the first secret of success.
肤浅的人相信运气，而成功的第一秘诀是自信。
28、I have no secret of success but hard work.
除辛勤工作之外，我别无成功的秘诀。
29、If you fail, don't forget to learn your lesson.
如果你失败了，千万别忘了汲取教训。
30、I have nothing to offer but blood, boil, tears and sweat. (Winston Churchill, British politician)
我能奉献的没有其它，只有热血、辛劳、眼泪与汗水。(英国政治家 丘吉尔。W.)
31、Sweat is the lubricant of success.
汗水是成功的润滑剂。
32、A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
知足是人生在世最大的幸事。
33、That man is the richest whose pleasure are the cheapest.
能处处寻求快乐的人才是最富有的人。
34、You make the failure complete when you stop trying.
当你停止尝试的时候，你就完全失败了。
35、If winter comes , can spring be far behind ?( P. B. Shelley , British poet )
冬天来了，春天还会远吗？( 英国诗人， 雪莱。 P. B.)
36、Will, work and wait are the pyramidal cornerstones for success.
意志、工作和等待是成功的金字塔的基石。
37、Success often depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed.
成功常常取决于知道需要多久才能成功。
38、Think great thoughts and you will be great!
心怀伟大的理想，你将会变得伟大。
39、Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly ever acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.
只有有耐心圆满完成简单工作的人，才能够轻而易举的完成困难的事。
40、Gods determine what you're going to be.(Julius Erving)
人生的奋斗目标决定你将成为怎样的人。(欧文)
如何保持年轻 How to Stay Young 11
The older I grow, the more I appreciate children. Now, at my 80th birthday, I salute them again. Children are the most wholesome part of the race, the sweetest, for they are freshest from the hand of God. Whimsical, ingenious, mischievous, they fill the world with joy and good humor. We adults live a life of apprehension as to what they will think of us; a life of defense against their terrifying energy; a life of hard work to live up to their great expectations. We put them to bed with a sense of relief---and greet them in the morning with delight and anticipation. We envy them the freshness of adventure and the discovery of life. In all these ways, children add to the wonder of being alive. In all these ways, they help to keep us young.
我年事愈长，愈欣赏儿童的优美资质。值此八十贱辰，我再度向他们致敬。儿童乃是人类最健全的部分，极为可爱，因为他们刚来自上帝之手。他们满怀奇想、机 敏、淘气，使这个世界充满快乐与欢欣。我们成年人过着这样的生活：我们担心儿童会对我们有什么样的想法；他们的精力多得吓人，我们须加以防备；我们要努力 工作，以达到他们的期望。打发他们上床以后，我们才觉得放心---早上见到他们，我们又充满喜悦和期待。我们羡慕儿童对于新奇事物的尝试，以及生活方面的 发现。经由这些方式，儿童增加了生活的奇妙。经由这些方式，儿童使我们得以保持年轻。
跟团旅游还是自己旅游? 12
With the improvement of life standards, there are a growing number of people traveling each year, which is a good way to enjoy life. Some people would like to take a package tour, while others would rather travel on their own. I prefer to the latter, because I feel that it’s much more convenient and unconstrained than taking a package tour as I did before.
随着生活水平的提高，每年去旅游的人越来越多，这是享受生活的一种好方式。有的人喜欢跟团旅游，而其他人喜欢自己去。我更喜欢后者，因为我觉得这样更方便，而且比以前我跟团旅游更自由。
First of all, traveling on my own, I can arrange my time and route more optionally. For example, when I get to someplace I desperately like, I can choose to stay longer and don’t have to think about others. Secondly, to save time, the itinerary are relatively tight joining package tour, and tourists can only stay very short time in each attractions. It’s difficult to enjoy every landscape carefully. Moreover, in order to earn rebates, some travel agencies force tourists to consume. In the meantime, traveling on my own is much cheaper and get more fun. Finally, the trip is designed to relax, but many people say that package toures are not to make them really relax, but even more tired.
首先，自己旅游的话我可以更有选择地安排我的时间和路线。比如，当我去到我非常想去的地方的时候，我可以选择待久一点，也不用考虑其他人。其次，为了节省时间，跟团的行程都比较赶，游客在每个景点停留的时间很短，很难仔细欣赏每处风景。另外，为了获得折扣，一些旅行社强制游客进行消费。同时，自己旅行更便宜得到更多乐趣。最后，旅游的目的是为了放松，但是很多人说跟团旅游没有真正使他们放松，反而更累了。
On the whole, I prefer to to travel on my own, which is more convenient, unconstrained and cheaper.
总的来看，我更喜欢自己去旅游，它更方便，更自由，更便宜。
为何被纸划伤如此疼痛? 13
Paper Cuts, Why So Painful?
为何被纸划伤如此疼痛？
Few minor injuries are as painful as the dreaded paper cut. Just thinking about it probably makes you cringe. However, these cuts are usually small, hardly noticeable, and rarely bleed. So what makes them so painful?
很少有一些小伤能够像被纸划伤那样让人疼痛和害怕。光是想一想可能就让你不寒而栗了。然而，这种划伤通常伤口很小、很难被察觉到并且不怎么会流血。那为什么被纸划伤会这么疼呢？
A paper cut is similar to a cut with a razor blade, with one major difference. A razor blade makes a smooth, clean incision in the skin, leaving behind few if any foreign particles that might cause the wound to become infected. Although it might hurt initially, the pain brought on by a small razor cut usually fades after a few minutes.
被纸划伤跟被剃须刀片划伤很像，但是有一点不同。剃须刀片造成的伤口较为平整，几乎不会留下任何会导致伤口感染的异物。虽然刚被剃须刀片划伤的时候很疼，但是过几分钟疼痛感就会慢慢消退。
Like a superficial cut by a razor blade, a paper cut smoothly parts the skin, but while a clean razor leaves little behind to irritate the wound, a paper cut deposits material that really stings.
被纸划伤的伤口和剃须刀片造成的伤口一样，也很平整。但是干净的刀片不会留下任何物质去刺激伤口，而纸划伤口却会留下一些让人感到疼痛的物质。
Paper is made of pressed wood mulch, and a variety of chemicals. When paper cuts into the skin, chemical coated fibers, as well as bacteria and tiny particles remain in the wound and stimulate pain receptors in the skin.
纸是由压缩木片和多种化学物质构成的。当纸划过皮肤时，化学涂层纤维、细菌和细小颗粒物就会留在伤口里，对皮肤里的痛觉感受器产生刺激。
Because the cut is usually small and shallow, the skin on either side of the wound closes quickly, trapping the fibers and other particles inside. The result is a good deal of pain, and since the closed wound doesn’t allow for much bleeding, the pain seems entirely out of proportion to a cut that you can barely detect.
由于伤口通常很小且很浅，伤口会很快愈合，同时会把纤维和其他粒子留在伤口里面。所以，你才会感到十分疼痛，由于闭合的伤口几乎不会流血，所以说，即使伤口小到你几乎察觉不到，但是伤口造成的疼痛感却是要人命的！
世界人口 The World s Population 14
The first fifty years of the next millennium will be critical for the world's population. By 2050 population growth should have leveled off, but by then we'll have 10 billion people--two-thirds as many again as we have today. The rate of population growth is something we can choose right now, though: it's not something that just happens, but a matter of human choice. The choice is a complicated one,with many variables, but it remains a choice.
新千年的前50年对世界人口来说是至关重要的，到2050年，世界人口将趋于平稳，但到那时，世界人口将达到100亿，比现在多2/3。但人D增长率是我们现在能选择的事：它不是顺应天意而产生的，而是人类的选择。这一选择相当复杂，有许多因素，但它依然是一种选择。
If we want to prevent a population explosion, we should take action now -or assist the poorer countries to do so. They need better government, better institutions, better labor and capital markets, better schools. Anything that increases the value of women's time and adds to the cost of caring for a child makes a woman less likely to have that child. Since big families are often seen as safety nets for illness and old age, improving poor people's access to insurance, pensions and welfare institutions also has a major impact. This can be as simple as rural credit, providing a means of saving. Finally, there is education--both for women and, perhaps even more important, for the next generation of children.
要想避免人口爆炸，我们现在就应采取行动——或者说应帮助比较穷的国家来控制人口，因为他们需要更好的政府、机构、劳动力及资本市场和学校。任何使一个妇女增加抚养孩子的时间或抚养孩子费用的事都使得那个妇女不太想要这个孩子。由于大家庭经常被认为是年老生病时的安全网，让穷人进一步获得保险、退休金和福利机构的帮助也会在控制人口生育上起重大作用。这可以像农村信用制度那样简单，为人们提供一种储蓄的手段。最后还有教育问题——既有对妇女的教育，也有更重要的对下一代的教育。
These steps are there to be taken, but there appear to be some countries that are not seriously trying at the moment. If we cannot achieve that we will certainly not control population.
以上这些都是应采取的措施，但看来有些国家目前并没有认真去做，如果我们不能做到这一点，我们就不能控制人口。
That said, I don't feel pessimistic that we are going to run out of resources: we are becoming more efficient at producing food faster than the rate at which population is increasing. There is, however, a risk that we will wreck the environment so effectively that the world will no longer be an attractive place to live. That really would be a dismal outcome, to reach world population equilibrium only to find we'd destroyed the natural environment in the process.
及此，我对我们资源殆尽并不悲观：我们生产粮食的速度超过了人口增长的速度。然而，我们也存在这样的危险：我们会彻底毁坏环境，以致于地球将不再是一个吸引人居住的地方。那确实是一个可悲的结果：实现了人口的平衡却换来了自然环境的破坏。
控制你的情绪 Managing Your Emotions 15
What makes me angry? Mostly, I hate when someone tries to make someone else feel bad. I have to admit that once, when I was really angry, I actually called names. I regretted doing this afterwards, but not full heartedly because I think I was provoked in that situation.
什么事会让我愤怒呢？通常情况下，当有人试图使别人觉得不舒服时，我会非常愤怒。我不得不承认，有一次，在我实在很生气的时候，我确实骂了人。过后，我很后悔那么做，但我
The most positive way of dealing with anger is talking about the problem. I talk to someone who listens, or I'll write my thoughts down on paper. Learning how to deal with anger as you're growing up is so important. When you're younger, you might yell, or cry when you're angry, but as you get older, you're expected to handle your emotions much better.
解决愤怒的最积极的方法是把问题说出来。我说给愿意听的人，或者把我的想法写在纸上。在你成长的过程中，学会处理愤怒是非常重要的。小时候，你生气的时候可以大喊大叫或者哭闹，但长大后，你被期望能更好地控制情绪。
Learning to control your emotion now will prevent you from doing something that you'll regret later on in life!
现在就学着控制情绪能让你避免做一些可能使你以后遗憾一生的事情。
小马过河 How a Colt Crossed the River 16
One day, a colt carried a bag of wheat to the mill.
一天， 老马让小马驮着半口袋麦子到磨坊去磨面。
As he was running with the bag on his back, he came to a small river. Water went gurgling on. The colt could not decide whether he could cross it. Looking around, he saw a cow grazing nearby. He asked, "Uncle Cow, could you tell me if I can cross the river?" the cow told him that he could and that the river was not very deep, just to his knees.
小马驮着口袋朝着磨坊跑去。忽然，一天小河挡住了去路，河水哗哗地流着。小马为难了，怎么办呢？它向四周望了望，看见一头老牛在河边吃草。小马问道：“牛伯伯，请您告诉我，这条河我能趟过去吗？”老牛说：“能。谁很浅，刚没小腿。”
The colt was crossing the river when a squirrel jumped down a tree and stopped him. The squirrel shouted, "Colt, stop! You'll be drowned! One of my friends was drowned yesterday just in the river." Not knowing what to do, the colt went home to consult his mom.
小马听了老牛的话，正准备过河，突然丛树上跳下一只松鼠，拦住它大叫道：“小马，别过河！河水会把你淹死的。昨天，我的一个伙伴就是掉到这条河里淹死的！”小马不知如何是好，决定回家问妈妈。
He told his mom his experience on the way. His mother said, "My child, don't always listen to others. You'd better go and try yourself. Then you'll know what to do."
小马把路上的经历告诉了妈妈。妈妈说：“孩子，光听别人说是不行的，你自己亲自去试一试，就知道答案了。”
Just at the river, the squirrel stopped the colt again. "Little horse, it's too dangerous!" "No, I want to have a try by myself", answered the colt. Then he crossed the river carefully. On the other side of the river, the colt realized that the river was neither as shallow as the cow said nor as as deep as the squirrel told him.
小马回到河边，刚要下水，松鼠又大叫起来：“小马，你不要命啦？”小马说：“让我试试吧。”它一面回答一面下了河，小心地趟了过去。原来河水既不像老牛说的那样浅也不像松鼠说的那样深。
The fable tells us a truth: real knowledge comes from practices.
这则寓言告诉我们：实践出真知。
特级初榨橄榄油 17
It’s all about the good fats here. Extra virgin olive oil has more monounsaturated oleic acid than any other oil, a key element in better memory and higher scores on verbal fluency tests.
这是最重要的就是健康脂肪。与其他油相比，特级初榨橄榄油有更多单不饱和油酸，是增强记忆力、提高语言能力的关键因素。