1、快樂(lè)無(wú)處不在。
Seen on the bathroom walls of Concordia University: "Ignorance is bliss."and right underneath it..."I don't know what this means but I'm happy."
Concordia大學(xué)衛(wèi)生間的墻上寫著:“無(wú)知是福”,正下方寫著:“我不知道這是什么意思,但我很高興”。
2、結(jié)婚的結(jié)果還是不錯(cuò)的。
By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll become happy,if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher.
想辦法結(jié)婚吧,如果你找到一個(gè)好妻子,你會(huì)幸福的,如果找了一個(gè)惡老婆,你會(huì)成為一個(gè)哲學(xué)家。
注:很多時(shí)候婚姻幸福會(huì)磨滅人們的斗志,而婚姻不幸給人帶來(lái)苦難,但會(huì)讓人思考。
3、雖然我們不再有快樂(lè)的童年時(shí)光,但我們應(yīng)該盡量保持童心。
It's Never Too Late To Have A Happy Childhood.
擁有一個(gè)快樂(lè)的童年從來(lái)都不晚。
4、信心很重要。
The happy idea that one Englishman can beat three Frenchman, encourages, and sometimes enabled, one Englishman, in reality, to beat two.
“一個(gè)英國(guó)人能夠打敗三個(gè)法國(guó)人”這種快樂(lè)的觀念鼓勵(lì)著英國(guó)人,有時(shí)侯能夠使一個(gè)英國(guó)人實(shí)際上打敗兩個(gè)法國(guó)人。
5、信仰快樂(lè)。
The believer is happy, the doubter is wise
有信仰的人是愉快的,懷疑者是聰明的。
注:信仰上帝的人每當(dāng)有了煩惱或者困惑就求助于上帝,他們是快樂(lè)的;懷疑者愿意動(dòng)腦筋去思考,去分辨,腦筋越用越聰明。
6、任何事情都可以讓人高興。
I'm delighted to find that after all these years my tennis game has not deteriorated.[退化] It’s just as bad as before.
我很高興這些年我的網(wǎng)球技術(shù)沒(méi)有退化,還象以前那么臭。
7、不該激動(dòng)時(shí)不要瞎激動(dòng)。
A boy frog telephones the Psychic Hotline and his Personal Psychic Advisor tells him: "You are going to meet a beautiful young girl who will want to know everything about you."
The frog is thrilled, "This is great! Will I meet her at a party?"
"No," says his Advisor, "in her biology class."
一個(gè)雄性小青蛙打通心靈熱線,他的私人心理咨詢師告訴他,“你將遇到一個(gè)年輕美貌的女孩,她想知道你所有的事情”。
小青蛙很激動(dòng),“太棒了,我會(huì)在晚會(huì)上遇見她嗎”?
“不,在她的生物課上”。
8、終于逃離了父母的嘮叨,朋友的騷擾,太自由了。
Think how it must feel to be alone in New York, without a friend or relation at hand, with no one to know or care what to do. It must be great!
想一想一個(gè)人在紐約是什么感受,身邊沒(méi)有一個(gè)親戚朋友,沒(méi)有人知道你做什么,也沒(méi)有人關(guān)心。那肯定太棒了!
場(chǎng)景再現(xiàn):身在異鄉(xiāng),獨(dú)自一人的感受。
9、別人意外發(fā)現(xiàn)自己做了好事。
The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good deed anonymously, and then have it
found out by accident
最愉快的事兒是偷偷做好事,然后偶然被發(fā)現(xiàn)。
10、人的一生要經(jīng)歷很多瞎高興。
A weary hiker stumbled upon another hiker deep in the North Woods. “Am I ever glad to see you,” said the hiker. “I’ve been lost for three days.”
“Don’t be too relieved,” answered the second hiker. “I’ve been lost for three weeks.”
一個(gè)疲憊的野游者在森林深處遇到另一個(gè)野游者,他說(shuō),“非常高興遇見你,我已經(jīng)迷路三天了”。
“別太放松了,”第二個(gè)野游者回答,“我已經(jīng)迷路三個(gè)月了”。
11、真實(shí)世界無(wú)奇不有,如果我們培養(yǎng)一雙幽默的眼睛,生活里到處是笑話。
My way of joking is to tell the truth. It's the funniest joke in the world.
我講笑話的方式是講實(shí)話,那是世界上最可笑的笑話。
12、丑和美沒(méi)有絕對(duì)的界限。
Ugliness is a point of view: an ulcer is wonderful to a pathologist.
丑陋是一種觀點(diǎn),潰瘍對(duì)病理學(xué)家是美妙的東西。
13、免費(fèi)的晚餐讓你高興。
Hasn't this been just a wonderful evening? The setting, the music, the program ____ and the dinner was served just the way I like it ____ free.
難道這不是一個(gè)美好的夜晚嗎?這布景、這音樂(lè)、這節(jié)目 ——晚餐的供應(yīng)方式也是喜歡的那種——免費(fèi)的
14、演講完了,沒(méi)人鼓掌掌聲,你依然快樂(lè)。
Thank you for that wonderful round of restraint.
謝謝你們了不起的克制力。
15、樂(lè)觀的態(tài)度。
Dad: What is the meaning of this F on your report card?
Junior: Fantastic?
爸爸:你成績(jī)單上的F是什么意思?
Junior:棒極了!
16、自我感覺(jué)非常良好的樂(lè)觀主義者說(shuō):
When I’m good I’m very, very good --- but when I’m bad I’m better.
當(dāng)我感覺(jué)好時(shí),我非常、非常好——當(dāng)我感覺(jué)不好時(shí),我比較好。
17、多看事情好的一面:
It was said President Ford gave American three years of good government and eight years of comedy [喜劇] material.
據(jù)說(shuō)總統(tǒng)福特給了美國(guó)三年的好政府和八年的喜劇素材。
注:諷刺福特總統(tǒng)任職8年鬧了很多笑話。
18、雖然空氣污染這么厲害,也還是活著好。
Twilight was descending over Beijing ...“How good it was to be alive," I thought, inhaling deep lungful of carbon monoxide.
微光正降臨洛杉機(jī)……活著真好,我想,深深地吸了一口一氧化碳。
19、保持心情愉快,不怨天尤人。
Laugh and the world laughs with you; snore and you sleep alone.
笑,別人和你一起笑;打呼嚕,你獨(dú)自睡覺(jué)。