这山望着那山高Thegrassisalwaysgreenerontheotherhill

1、这山望着那山高The grass is always greener on the other hill。

人都是这山望着那山高，对自己的状况没有满意的时候。

Almost all people see that the grass is greener on the other hill. They never feel satisfied with what they’ve already got。

2、上瘾get into one’s blood
说来也怪，很多不好的事往往会使人上瘾。

I t’s astoundingly funny that many harmful things usually get into our blood。

3、发牢骚beef
他坐在那里什么事也不干，总是发牢骚，真烦死人。

I’m really bored stiff with his sitting there doing nothing but beefing。

4、等不及了champ at the bit
咱们快点吧，孩子们都等不及了。

Let’s shake the leg. The k ids are champing at the bit。

5、点头哈腰bow and scrape
从她在老板前点头哈腰地那个模样，你就知道她是个什么人了。

From the way she’s bowing and scraping in front of the boss, you’ll know what sort of person she is。

6、疯疯癫癫go gaga
对他的话不要太在意了，他总是疯疯癫癫的。

Don’t take what he says so seriously. He’s always going gaga。

7、说话不算数go back on one’s words
他那个人说话从不算数，我们可不能依靠他。

We cannot account on him. He always goes back on his words。

8、废话连篇beat one’s gums
谁喜欢坐在那里听你的废话连篇？
Who would enjoy sitting there listening to your beating your gums?
9、恩将仇报bite the hand that feeds one
你难道不知道她是个恩将仇报的人？
Don’t you know she’s the one that would bite the hand that feeds her?
10、不忍心not have the heart to do
如果我是你，我可不忍心把孩子们就在家里没人照看
If I were you, I wouldn’t have the heart tot leave the kids at home uncared for。

11、勤快an eager beaver
他特别勤快，从来没有闲着的时候。

He’s an eager beaver, never staying idle。

2、The adolescent girl from Tennessee is standing on the stage of a drama summer camp in
upstate New York. It's a beautiful day. But the girl doesn't feel beautiful. She's not the leggy, glamorous Hollywood type. In fact, she describes herself as dorky。

Since she was six years old, Reese Witherspoon has wanted to be a country singer. And Dolly Parton is her idol. But this flat-chested wisp of a girl is no Dolly Parton.Nevertheless, all of this summer she's been acting, dancing and singing---giving it her best。

Play to your strengths. If you're going to make it in this business, it's not going to be on sexy—that's not who you are. Better focus on what you're good at. Celebrate yourself。

Despite three years of lessons, at the end of camp her coaches tell her to forget about singing. They suggest she think about another career. If Reese did have talent, it was hiding under her skinny, mousy frame and her Coke-bottle glasses。

Still, she takes their words to heart. After all, why shouldn't she believe the professionals?
But back at home in Nashville, her mother — a funny, happy, upbeatperson — wouldn't let her mope. Her father, a physician, encouraged her to achieve in school. So she worked hard at everything and was accepted at Stanford University。

And at age 19, she got a part in a low-budget movie called Freeway. That led to a substantial role in the movie Pleasantville. But her big break came with Legally Blonde。

Well, she decided, "if you can't sing and you aren't glamorous, play to your strengths. If you're going to make it in this business, it's not going to be on sexy — that's not who you are. Better focus on what you've good at. Celebrate yourself." And then came the offer that took her back to her Nashville roots — playing the wife of tormented country star Johnny Cash. A singing role。

All of a sudden the old fears were back. She was so nervous on the set, a reporter wrote, she "kept a sick bucket" nearby and admitted she "would go backstage after a singing scene and shake." But she didn't give up on the movie or herself。

The humor and drive she learned at home overcame the self-doubt learned on that summer stage. She spent 6 months taking singing lessons again. She learned to play the Autoharp. And the hard work built up her confidence。

Last March, Reese Witherspoon walked up on another stage, the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, and accepted the Oscar as Best Actress for her heartbreaking, heartwarming singing role as June Carter Cash in Walk the Line。

Finally, as you read thse accounts of Reese Witherspoon, consider the obstacles she met. The lesson of the strory, I suppose, is that instead of making dozen excuses why you can not realize your dreams, think about this story, just hold to your dream and never give up。

【中文译文】：
一名少女由田纳西州来到纽约北部，她站在戏剧夏令营的舞台上，虽然天气是那么好，她的心情却一点也不好。

因为她不是那种身材颀长、丰腴美艳的好莱坞式美女，实际上她形容自己是“土里土气，还有点傻”。

从六岁开始，里斯•威瑟斯庞就梦想着成为一名乡村歌手，多莉•帕顿是她心中的偶像。

但她可一点都不像多莉•帕顿，她胸部扁平，身材纤细。

然而，整个夏天她都在尽全力地表演，跳舞和唱歌。

发挥长处。

如果想在这一行发展，不要走自己不擅长的性感路线。

更好地专注于自己的特长，为自己喝彩。

她已经上了三年的声乐课程，但夏令营结束时，老师们还是告诉她应该忘掉唱歌这件事儿，另谋出路。

如果里斯确实有天分的话，那也是给她纤细的身材和厚如可乐瓶底儿的眼镜遮盖住了。

虽然心有不甘，可她还是听从了建议，毕竟，她有什么理由怀疑专业人士呢？
但回到位于纳什维尔的家里，她的妈妈——一名风趣、快乐、乐观的儿科护士——可不会让里斯感到
丝毫的沮丧。

她的爸爸是一名医生，他鼓励女儿在学业上有所成就。

于是，她凡事努力，终于被斯坦福大学录取。

19岁那年，她出演了一部低成本电影《极速惊魂》。

这为她后来在《欢乐谷》中争取到真正重要的角色奠定了基础。

而她真正的破冰之作是影片《律政俏佳人》。

她暗下决心：“既然自己没有歌唱天分，又不是光彩照人，那就尽力演出。

要想在这行做下去，就不要在性感上做文章了——自己不是那种类型的。

最好在自己擅长的方面下功夫。

要展示自己。

”这时，她接到片约，邀她出演约翰尼•卡什——一个饱受折磨的乡村歌手——的妻子，这是个需要演员有唱功的角色，该片约又把她带回到纳什维尔的家乡。

突然，旧时所有的恐惧感又回来了，一名记者报道说，她在台上实在是太紧张了，甚至在一边“准备了呕吐时要用的痰盂”，她自己也承认“每唱完一幕回到后台，自己都在发抖”。

但她没放弃那部电影，也没放弃自己。

她用六个月的时间重新开始学习声乐。

她还学会了演奏竖琴。

不懈的努力让她重拾信心。

2006年3月，里斯•威瑟斯庞走上了另一个舞台——好莱坞的柯达剧院。

凭借在影片《一往无前》里饰演的琼•卡特•卡什这一歌唱角色，她获得了奥斯卡最佳女演员奖，她在片中饰演的角色令人心碎，但也让人心暖。

最后，当你读瑞茜威瑟彭斯的故事时，想想她遇到的挫折。

我认为，这个故事告诉我们，与其找借口解释梦想为什么不能实现，不如想想这个故事，坚持你的梦想，永不放弃。

转自沪江英语My darling, my lover, my beautiful wife:
我的心肝，我的挚爱，我美丽的贤妻，
Marrying you has screwed up my life。

我这辈子就毁在你手里。

2.
I see your face when I am dreaming。

你的容颜依稀入梦境，
That's why I always wake up screaming。

于是我在尖叫中惊醒。

3.
Kind, intelligent, loving and hot;
善良、聪慧、多情而性感，
This describes everything you are not。

可惜这些你一条都不占。

4.
Love may be beautiful, love may be bliss,
爱是上天赐福，爱情多么美好，
But I only slept with you 'cause I was pissed。

可我与你同眠只是因为喝高。

5.
I thought that I could love no other
曾以为一生只爱你一个，
-- that is until I met your brother。

直到遇见你的二表哥。

6.
Roses are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet, and so are you。

娇艳的紫罗兰，鲜红的玫瑰，甜蜜的糖，就像你一样美。

But the roses are wilting, the violets are dead,the sugar bowl's empty and so is your head。

7.
I want to feel your sweet embrace;
我渴望你温柔的拥抱，
But don't take that paper bag off your face。

但别把你脸上的面具摘掉。

8.
I love your smile, your face, and your eyes
我爱你的明眸，你的脸庞，你的微笑，
Damn, I'm good at telling lies!
妈的，我真是说谎不打草稿！
9.
My love, you take my breath away。

爱人啊，你简直让我窒息，
What have you stepped in to smell this way?
你在哪沾上的一身臭气？
10.
My feelings for you no words can tell,
我对你的深情无法付诸言语，
Except for maybe "Go to hell."
除了一句“滚一边去”！
11.
What inspired this amorous rhyme?
是什么激发了我多情的诗篇？
Two parts vodka, one part lime。

伏特加两杯，酸柠
但紫罗兰会凋谢，玫瑰会枯黄，糖碗空空如也，和你的脑袋一样。

3、. People Need You.There’s always someone who relies on you, no matter what type of
work you do。

大家需要你：不论你的工作是什么，总有人需要你。

The public rely on the toilet cleaners to keep the toilets fresh. The public rely on the trash-men to remove their unwanted garbage. The public rely on the fast-food trainee to provide them with easy, stress-free food. So recognize that there are those who need you to do a good job. Please don’t let them down。

大家需要卫生间清洁工来保持卫生间的干净，需要垃圾处理工来清理不需要的垃圾，需要快餐工来提供方便、减压的食物。

要知道，总有那么一些人需要你做好自己的工作。

不要让他们失望。

2. Plan Out Your Day.Often, we’ll find a day disappears as quickly as it arrived because
we got bogged down with minor chores and emergencies that kept appearing. These minor fires mean we don’t get to tackle the much bigger fires, which would give us a lot more satisfaction。

好好规划每一天：我们经常深陷于层出不穷的琐事和突发情况之中，然后一天就溜过去了。

忙于扑灭这些“小火”，我们就没工夫去应对那些让我们更有成就感的“大火”了。

What’s the best way to deal with this? Plan out your day. At the end of your shift, decide what ‘major fires’ need putting out tomorrow. Plan out when you’ll tackle these major issues, and then stick to that plan no matter what little embers may pop up。

该怎么办好呢？好好规划你的每一天。

在一天要结束的时候，搞清楚明天有哪些“需要扑灭的大火”。

规划好你来处理这些重要事务的时间，然后坚持执行计划，不论有什么样的“小火苗”窜出来。

3. Do something different. Consistency is a good thing to have at work. But what isn’t
good to have is the same routine, day after day after day. It drags you down, it makes you tired early in the day, and it kills any motivation you have for the job。

做点不一样的事：工作上的一致性是好的。

但是如果日复一日的重复同样的轨迹就不好了。

它会让你情绪低落、疲惫不堪，并且丧失对工作的激情。

Do something different! Step out of your routine and take a fresh look at things. Inject some variety into your days, even if it’s something as simple as taking a differ ent route to work。

做点不一样的事！摆脱固定的轨迹，用全新的眼光看待事物。

为你的日子注入多样性，哪怕是最简单的：选一条不同的路线去上班。

4. Talk With Your Colleagues. It amazes me sometimes how little some people
actually know about their work colleagues。

和同事交谈：有时候我们对同事知之甚少到了令人吃惊的地步。

Your colleagues are not ro bots. They’re other human beings too, breathing and talking and trying to make a living, just like you. So treat them as human beings. Get to know them a bit better each day by asking a different question, or by starting a new topic.
Share experiences with them, and they’ll realize that you’re human too, and that it’s OK to talk with each other about something other than work。

你的同事们不是机器人，他们是和你一样的“人”：有呼吸，会说话，努力谋生。

所以要像对待“人”一样对待他们。

通过问不同的问题、聊不同的话题，每天都增进一些对他们的了解吧。

和他们分享一些经历，让他们知道你也是活生生的“人”，大家除了工作之外还能聊很多。

5. Take Pride. Warren Buffett said, “There will never be a greater you, than you”. Only
you can be truly satisfied with the work you do. So take pride in this work, and see that no-one else can do the job as well as you can。

自豪起来：沃伦·巴菲特说过，你就是最好的自己。

只有你能真正为自己的工作感到满足。

所以要自豪起来，要知道没有人比你更能胜任这份工作。

工作季到了，大家都要为找到合心的工作做准备了：男生一身西服就搞定了，女生需要注意的事项就比较多了……
1. Call Company Receptionists打个电话给前台
Before you screw up your day and the person is who would talk to you, better check the company’s profile. Make enough research about the position that you are applying for. It is always important that you know your purpose why do you want to win the position over specific number of applicants. Sell your best self by not saying anything at all but projecting your best you。

在面试之前，先查阅该公司的资料。

对你要应聘的职位多做了解。

在一大堆来面试的人中间，知道自己为什么想要做这份工作是非常重要的。

话不要多，通过行动把你最好的一面展现出来。

2. Minimal Accessories少戴饰品
Dangles are not appropriate although they are cool earrings for party, but simple earrings like a pearl and a wristwatch would do. Too much accessories would result to casual get up. In fact, no jewelry at all is recommended but one or two are enough to be presentable。

虽然大耳坠在派对上看起来很酷，但是去面试，最好还是佩戴简单的饰品为好，比如珍珠耳钉，腕表等等。

太多的饰品会让你看起来太随意。

不建议佩戴珠宝，但是戴上一两件以示得体也无妨。

3. Professional Hairstyle发型要职业
You are not going to attend a formal party and have your hair rolled up or produce curly styles. You do not need to show off your bangs. What you need is a simple hairstyle that you can easily maintain. You should not cause any distraction and you should be comfortable while talking to the executive of the company。

记住，你不是去参加宴会，不需要盘发或烫发，也不要展示你的刘海。

只要干干净净，易于打理就行。

和公司领导面谈的时候，不要让发型分散了别人的注意力。

4. Close-Shoes are Mandatory一定要穿满帮鞋
In all standard office positions, you have to wear closed toe shoes, not slip-ons and a sandal. They are not just for professional purposes but also to protect your feet from any accidents that might come while walking towards your job interview。

办公室里所有的职位都要求穿满帮鞋，不能穿便鞋或凉鞋。

这不仅仅能体现专业性，还能保护你的脚，防止在去面试的路上发生任何意外。

5. Dress-up that Suits your Budget力所能及购新衣
Of course, if you have your resources then you could buy a decent pair of suits, skirts, and slacks. Hence, you do not need to dress like the President of the company just to please them. Stay on your budget because you might have more than two interviews for the day or more for the week。

如果你能负担得起体面的外套、裙装和裤装的话，那没有问题。

但是，如果你负担不起，那就在你力所能及的范围内添置吧。

你没有必要为了取悦老板而和他们穿的一样好。

要知道，你可能一天或一周里要去参加好几个面试呢。

6. Not too tight and casual别穿得太紧身，也别穿得太随便
It does not matter if you would be interviewed by a man or a woman. You cannot wear your mini skirt, skimpy clothing, and other casual attire that may leave an impression to your interviewer that you are not up for the job but you are taking lightly of the position。

无论你的面试官是男是女，不要穿迷你裙、紧身衣去，也别穿得太随便，这样会给面试官留下你不重视该职位、你不适合该职位的印象。

7. Check and Fit事先检查
Nothing beats a timely preparation. If you were informed a few days before your scheduled time of interview, you should check everything, especially if you are not going to wear new shoes, dress, pants and other professional clothing. Make sure that they are clean and well pressed. Check and prepare everything so you will not go on a rush to avoid any inconveniences on the said date。

充分准备才能万无一失。

如果你提前几天得到面试通知，那么你就要把一切都检查一遍。

如果你穿得不是新衣服，新鞋子，就更要仔细检查一遍，保证其平整清洁。

事先准备好才不会在面试当天手忙脚乱。

8. Too much is bad化妆过犹不及
Do not overdress yourself. Do not wear too much make-up. It goes with the cologne or perfume that you would be wearing that day. Just a light scent would do. You are not going to create a magic spell to your future boss but you want to impress them rather than seduce them。

别过分打扮，妆也不要化得太浓。

香水选择淡雅的古龙水或淡香水就好，你是去见你未来的老板，要给他们留下好印象，而不是去引诱他们。

9. Follow Basic Hygiene基本的清洁卫生工作要做好
This is very basic. We do it each day and must follow it since most of the activities that we do is in a socialization phase. Anyhow, you do not want to go to your interview with your hair unkempt, teeth unclean, and foul odor spreading like a virus. Keep your nails trimmed, shoes polished and of course, nothing defeats the natural fresh smell from a shower。

这很基础，只要我们与人打交道，就需要每天做好基本的清洁工作。

你也不想在面试的时候，发现你的头发乱蓬蓬的，你的牙齿没刷干净，身上还有股异味吧？所以，把指甲修剪干净，把鞋给擦亮了。

当然，干干净净洗个澡是最好的选择。

10. Purse is a Big NO别拎个小手袋去面试
There is no fashion statement to be observed before you put everything that you need in your bag. Although purse is a crazy fad today, employers will observe that and not even your too big bag since you are not going to bring your whole house up to your interview。

虽然现在小手袋很流行，但是去面试的时候，没有人会在乎你是不是紧跟潮流，只要你把所有需要的东西都装进包里就可以了。

切记，别背个大背包去，你是去面试，不是去搬家。

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