2012微英语,有道(更新至2012年9月12日)

∙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。—《西雅图不眠夜》∙Love is the greatest refreshment in life.

爱情是生活最好的提神剂。

∙Success is not an event. It’s a journey.

成功不是一个结果，而是一个过程。

∙iron rice bowl

铁饭碗

指一个好的单位或部门，工作稳定，收入无忧。

∙The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.

明白事理的人使自己适应世界，不明事理的人想使世界适应自己。

∙Experience more than sufficiently teaches that men govern nothing with more difficult than their tongues.

经验给了我们太多的教训，告诉我们人类最难管制的东西，莫过于自己的舌头。

∙Don't be afraid of change, you may lose out on something good, but you might gain something even better.

不要害怕改变，尽管你可能会因此失去一些好的东西，但你也可能会得到一些更好的东西。

∙The instinct of a man is to pursue everything that flies from him, and to fly from all that pursue him.

人的本能是追逐从他身边飞走的东西，却逃避追逐他的东西。

∙They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.

人们总说时间会改变一切，但是实际上你需要自己努力去改变。

∙plain chicken

白切鸡

白切鸡是粤菜鸡肴中最普通的一种。又名―白斩鸡‖。清代人袁枚《随园食单》称之为白片鸡。

∙Life is like a TV with many channels. Hold the remote control firmly in your own hand, and you'll get the best shows.

生活像一台电视机。你要做的就是把遥控器牢牢掌握在自己手中，这样才能欣赏到最精彩的节目。

∙The best makeup is smile. The best jewelry is modesty. The best clothing is confidence.

最好的妆容是微笑，最好的饰品是谦虚，最好的衣裳是自信。

∙It is better to stay silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.

宁愿保持沉默让人看起来像个傻子，也不要一开口就证明自己确实如此。—亚伯拉罕•林肯

∙Human felicity is produced not so much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen, as by little advantages that occur every day.

与其说人类的幸福来自偶尔发生的鸿运，不如说来自每天都有的小实惠。—富兰克林

∙take-home pay

实得工资

指在应得全额工资的基础上扣除必要的各种税费后，以现金方式支付给劳动者的工资报酬。

∙This sounds interesting, but I have too much on my plate at the moment.

这听起来很有趣，但我此时有太多事要做。

∙Many great things can be done in a day if you don't always make that day tomorrow.

很多事情都可以在一天之内完成，如果你不拖到明天的话。

∙Chinese Valentine's Day

七夕节

农历七月初七是人们俗称的七夕节，也有人称之为―乞巧节‖、―七桥节‖、―女儿节‖或―七夕情人节‖。

∙In one minute you can change your attitude and in that minute you can change your entire day.

—Spenser

改变心态只需一分钟，而这一分钟却能改变一整天。—斯宾塞

∙For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice.—John Burroughs

任何值得拥有的东西都是需要付出代价的，那就是努力、耐心、爱心以及自我牺牲。—约翰•巴勒斯

∙Bobos

波波族

由Bourgeois（布尔乔亚）及Bohemian（波西米亚）两词合并而成。指既拥有高学历、丰厚收入又讲究生

活品位、注重心灵成长的一族。

∙They say at the end of your life, you regret the stuff you didn't do more than the stuff that you did. —The Big Bang Theory

别人都说，人到了暮年，比起自己干过的事，会更后悔没有干过一些事情。—《生活大爆炸》

∙Courage is knowing what not to fear.—Plato

勇气就是清楚知道自己不必害怕的东西。—柏拉图

∙carbon-based error

人为故障

因为用户的原因而导致的计算机或者程序错误。

∙If you can't make a mistake, you can't make anything.

如果你连犯错都不会，那么你什么也学不会。

∙Character is what you know you are, not what others think you have.

性格是你所了解的自己，而不是别人眼中的你。

∙modern pentathlon

现代五项运动

由五个比赛项目组成，即射击、击剑、游泳、马术和越野跑。由―现代奥林匹克之父‖法国人顾拜旦先生发

起创立。

∙Excellence is not an act but a habit. The things you do the most are the things you will do best.

优秀不是一种行为而是一个习惯。你做的最多的会是你做的最好的。

∙water polo

水球

在水中进行的一种球类活动。它起源于19世纪中叶的英国。最初是人们游泳时在水中传掷足球的一种娱乐

活动，故有―水上足球‖之称。

∙Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice.

你的时间有限，不要浪费于重复别人的生活。不要让别人的观点淹没了你内心的声音。

∙You become what you believe. You are where you are today in your life based on everything you have believed.—Oprah Winfrey