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生命中最重要的事
The Important Things in Life
Sometimes people come into your life and you know right away that they were meant to be there, to serve some sort of purpose, teach you a lesson, or to help you figure out who you are or who you want to become.
You never know who these people may be - a roommate, a neighbor, a professor, a friend, a lover, or even a complete stranger - but when you lock eyes with them, you know at that very moment they will affect your life in some profound way.
Sometimes things happen to you that may seem horrible, painful, and unfair at first, but in reflection you find that without overcoming those obstacles you would have never realized your potential, strength, willpower, or heart.
Noteprofound adj. 深刻的，意义深远的 obstacle n. 障碍，妨碍物
potential n. 潜能，潜力 willpower n. 毅力，意志力
Illness, injury, love, lost moments of true greatness, and sheer stupidity all occur to test the limits of your soul. Without these small tests, whatever they may be, life would be like a smoothly paved straight flat road to nowhere. It would be safe and comfortable, but dull and utterly pointless.
The people you meet who affect your life, and the success and downfalls you experience, help to create who you are and who you become. Even the bad experiences can be learned from. In fact, they are sometimes the most important ones.
Notesheer v. 避开，躲避 stupidity n. 愚蠢，糊涂事 downfall n. 衰败
If someone loves you, give love back to them in whatever way you can, not only because they love you, but because in a way, they are teaching you to love and how to open your heart and eyes to things.
If someone hurts you, betrays you, or breaks your heart, forgive them, for they have helped you learn about trust and the importance of being cautious to whom you open your heart.
Notebetray v.出卖，背叛 cautious adj. 谨慎的，小心的
Make every day count. Appreciate every moment and take from those moments everything that you possibly can for you may never be able to experience it again. Talk to people that you have never talked to before, and listen to what they have to say.
Let yourself fall in love, break free, and set your sights high. Hold your head up because you have every right to. Tell yourself you are a great individual and believe in yourself, for if you don't believe in yourself, it will be hard for others to believe in you.
You can make anything you wish of your life. Create your own life and then go out and live it with absolutely no regrets.
Noteabsolutely adv. 完全地，绝对地
And if you love someone tell them, for you never know what tomorrow may have in store.
赋予生命的意义
Have you thought about what you want people to say about you after you're gone? Can you hear the voice saying, "He was a great man." Or "She really will be missed." What else do they say?
One of the strangest phenomena of life is to engage in a work that will last long after death. Isn't that a lot like investing all your money so that future generations can bare interest on it? Perhaps, yet if you look deep in your own heart, you'll find something drives you to make this kind of contribution---something drives every human being to find a purpose that lives on after death.
Do you hope to memorialize your name? Have a name that is whispered with reverent awe? Do you hope to have your face carved upon 50 ft of granite(花岗岩，坚毅) rock? Is the answer really that simple? Is the purpose of lifetime contribution an ego-driven desire for a mortal being to have an immortal name or is it something more?
A child alive today will die tomorrow. A baby that had the potential to be the next Einstein will die from complication is at birth. The circumstances of life are not set in stone. We are not all meant to live life through to old age. We've grown to perceive life as a full cycle with a certain number of years in between. If all of those years aren't lived out, it's a tragedy. A tragedy because a human's potential was never realized. A tragedy because a spark was snuffed out before it ever became a flame.
By virtue of inhabiting a body we accept these risks. We expose our mortal flesh to the laws of the physical environment around us. The trade off isn't so bad when you think about it. The problem comes when we construct mortal fantasies of what life should be like. When life doesn't conform to our fantasy we grow upset, frustrated, or depressed.
We are alive; let us live. We have the ability to experience; let us experience. We have the ability to learn; let us learn. The meaning of life can be grasped in a moment. A moment so brief it often evades our perception.
What meaning stands behind the dramatic unfolding of life? What single truth can we grasp and hang onto for dear life when all other truths around us seem to fade with time?
These moments are strung together in a series we call events. These events are strung together in a series we call life. When we seize the moment and bend it according to our will, a will driven by the spirit deep inside us, then we have discovered the meaning of life, a meaning for us that shall go on long after we depart this Earth.
网络工作者的自由生活
The Free Life of the Internet Worker
He works ten hours a day, makes more than US $98,000 a year, doesn't bother to take holidays, dresses as the please. He's never been happier and is looking for another job. This 33 - year-old white, university-educated person is the typical internet worker, according to a study by the industry standard, a San Francisco- based news magazine.
他每天工作10小时,年薪98 000多美元,不用操心去度假,而且想穿什么就穿什么 。 他一直非常开心并且不需要再找新的工作。 旧金山的一家名为“工业标准' 的杂志研究表明,这位33岁受过大学教育的白人是一个典型的网络工作者。
There is also a reasonable chance that his employer will arrange his dry cleaning, allow him to bring his dog to work, offer him free massage and give him stock options . And he still thinks people in other firms are doing better.
他们的老板会给他各种机会:提供干洗服务,允许他带狗上班,给他提供按摩服务,给他股票自由买卖权,他可能仍会以为其他公司的待遇会更好 。
The typical worker, it appears, not only enjoys an income about three times the national average but also enjoys himself. At present2.5 million people are employed by internet firms in the US. The results of the study give plenty of reason why so many people think the grass is greener in Silicon Valley.
看起来,这个典型的工作者不仅享有高于全国平均水平三倍的工资而且过得还很舒服。 目前在美国有250万人在网络公司工作。 研究结果足以表明为什么那么多人认为硅谷的草地比他处更绿 。
Even after tech-stocks sharply went down in April, closing many startups, there is still mood of enthusiasm and special advantage among those still employed. So what makes52 percent of them“very happy”?“Demanding work” is given as the main reason and“salary” is un- surprisingly close behind. Those questioned in the study also listed working weekends and long holidays as sings of the pleasure of the workplaces.
即使在四月份科技股大幅下滑并关闭了许多新开股的时候,那些受雇的员工仍有高涨的热情和特别的优势。那么是什么使他们52% 的人都非常高兴呢? 高要求的工作是最主要的原因,那么工作背后那么高的工资也就不足为奇了 。 接受调査的人同样对他们周末仍工作然后有长长的假期表示赞扬 。
Only l3 percent were paid for extra hours work while l4 percent put more than l2 work on an average day. “It wasn't all about money, ”wrote Mary Ann Thompson in the introduction to the study, “It was fun.”
只有13%的人有加班费,14%的人平均每天工作12小时。玛丽安•汤普森在这份研究的介绍中指出:这并不全是为了钱,而是一种乐趣。
