1·Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.
信任别人，别人才会对你忠诚;尊敬别人，别人才显示其可敬之处。 ——Emerson
注：句型“祈使句 + and (then) + 一般将来时的句子”，意为只有出现前面祈使句中的情况才会出现后面句子中的结果。
Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.
2·There are two things to aim at in life: First, to get what you want; and after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.
生活中有两个目标：首先，得到你想要的东西;然后，尽情地享受它。只有最明智的人才能实现第二个目标。
注：1、in life：一生中
2、to get what you want：其中what的功能相当于“名词+连接词”
There two things to aim at in life:First ,to get what you want;and after that,to enjoy it.Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.
3·I want to bring out the secrets of nature and apply them for the happineof man. I don't know of any better service to offer for the short time we are in the world .(Thomas Edison , American inventor)
我想揭示大自然的秘密，用来造福人类。我认为，在我们的短暂一生中，最好的贡献莫过于此了。 (美国发明家 爱迪生. T.)
注：1、bring out：使显示、说出
2、apply：动词，“应用”
3、happiness：名词，“幸福、快乐”
4、man：名词，用单数形式，意为“人类”。
5、“for the happineof man”中的“for” 表示目的，译为“为了…”。
6、“we are in the world”为定语从句，前面省略了连接词“that”，修饰“the short time ”。
i want to bring out the secrets of nature and apply them for the happineof man.i don't know of any better service for the short time we are in the world.
4·People talk of killing time, while time quietly kills them.
人们在谈论如何消磨时间的同时，时间也不声不响地消蚀着人们的生命。
注：1、talk of …：意为“谈论…”，后接名词或动名词。
2、kill time：消磨时间
People talk of killing the time, while time quietly kills them.
5·For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
你每发怒一分钟，便失去了六十秒的幸福.
注：every后面通常接单数名词，其后面的动词也用单数形式;但当every后面接表示时间的词时则可能接复数名词，如every two days(每隔一天)，every four weeks(每四周)。
For every minutes you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
6·The three foundations of learning: seeing much, suffering much, and studying much. ( Catherall )
求学的三个基本条件是：多观察，多吃苦，多研究。 (加塞罗尔)
The three foundations of learning: seeing much,suffering much,and studying much.
7·Friendship is like earthenware: once broken, it can be mended; love is like a mirror: once broken, that ends it. (Josh Billingsm, American humorist )
友谊就像陶器，破了可以修补;爱情好比镜子，一旦打破就难重圆。(美国幽默作家 比林斯 .J.)
注：1、earthenware：名词，“土器、陶器”
2、once：连词，“一旦”
3、mend：动词，“修补、修理”
4、“Friendship is like earthenware”和“love is like a mirror”均为明喻，标志词为“like。
Friendship is like earthenware: once broken ,it can be mended; love is like a mirror: once broken ,that ends it .
8·You have to believe in yourself . That's the secret of success.(Charles Chaplin , American actor )
人必须相信自己，这是成功的秘诀。 (美国演员 卓别林. C.)
注：“have to”为情态动词，后接动词原形，意为“必须、不得不”，表示客观条件决定了必须做某事，而非主观愿望;而另一个表示“必须”的词“must”则表示该必须做的事是行为者的主观愿望。
You have to believe in yourself.That's the secret of success.
9·It will never rain roses. When we want to have more roses we must plant trees. (George Eliot )
天上永远不会掉下玫瑰来，如果想要更多的玫瑰，必须自己种植。 (乔治·艾略特)
注：rain，动词，“下雨、使大量落下”
It will never rain roses. When we want to have more roses we must plant trees.
10·What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child." ( Bernard Shaw )
我们希望看到孩子们追求知识，而不是知识追求孩子们。(肖伯纳)
注：in pursuit of：追求、寻求
What we want is to see the child in pursuit of the knowledge ,and not the knowledge in pursuit of the child.
11·It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about. (Thoreau)
光勤劳是不够的，蚂蚁也是勤劳的。要看你为什么要勤劳。(梭罗)
注：1、industrious，形容词，“勤勉的、刻苦的”
2、enough，可做形容词，做表语或做定语(放在名词前面);亦可做副词，放在形容词或副词的后面。
It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants.What are you industrious about.
12·Not by constraint or severity shall you have acceto true wisdom, but by abandonment, and childlike mirthfulness. If you would know aught, be gay before it. ( Thoreau )
通达智慧，不是通过克制和严格，而是通过放任和孩童般的无忧无虑。你想了解任何事，请保持心情快乐。(梭罗)
注：1、constraint：名词，“约束、强制”
2、severity：名词，“严肃、严格”
3、abandonment：名词，“放弃”
4、childlike：形容词，“孩子似的、天真烂漫的”
5、mirthfulness：名词，“愉快、高兴”
6、aught：名词，“任何事物”
7、gay：形容词，“快乐的”
8、该段的第一句为倒装句，“… shall you …”
Not by constraint or severity shall you have acceto true wisdom,but by abandanment, and childlike mirthfulness. If you would know aught,be gay before it.
13·Don't believe that winning is really everything. It's more important to stand for something. If you don't stand for something, what do you win? ( Lane Kirkland )
不要认为取胜就是一切，更重要的是要有信念。倘若你没有信念，那胜利又有什么意义呢?(柯克兰)
注： 1、winning，名词，“胜利、成功”
2、双音节或多音节形容词的比较级：more + 形容词原形
Don't believe that winning is everything.It's more important to stand for something.
If you don't stand for something,what do you win?
14·The worst bankrupt is the person who lose his enthusiasm.
最惨的破产就是丧失自己的热情。
The worst bankrupt is the person who lose his enthusiasm.
15·The furthest distance in the world is not between life and death but when I stand in front of you yet you don't know that I love you.
世界上最遥远的距离，不是生与死，而是我就站在你的面前，你却不知道我爱你。
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