比尔盖茨的十大人生定律中英对照

 比尔盖茨的十大人生定律中英对照 Life is not fair, get used to it.

　　糊口是不公允的；要去顺应它。

　　The world wont¹ care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something before you feel good about yourself.

　　这世界并不会在意你的自尊。这世界指望你在自我感受精采之前先要有所成就。

　　You will not make 40 thousand dollars a year right out of high school. You wont be a vice² president with a car phone, until you earn both.

　　高中刚结业你不会一年挣4万美元。你不会成为一个公司的副总裁，并拥有一部装有电话的汽车，直到你将此职位和汽车电话都挣到手。

　　If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss. He doesnt have tenure³.

　　如不美观你认为你的教员峻厉，等你有了老板再这样想。老板可是没有任刻日制的。

　　Flipping⁴ burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping; they called it opportunity.

　　烙牛肉饼并不有损你的庄严。你的祖怙恃对烙牛肉饼可有分歧的界说；他们称它为机缘。

　　If you mess up, its not your parents fault, so dont whine⁵ about our mistakes, learn from them.

　　如不美观你陷入困境，那不是你怙恃的过错，所以不要尖声埋怨我们的错误，要从中吸收教训。

　　Before you were born, your parents werent as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you are. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites⁶ of your parents generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.

　　在你出生之前，你的怙恃并非像他们此刻这样乏味。他们酿成今天这个样子是因为这些年来他们一向在为你付账单，给你洗衣服，听你大谈你是若何的酷。所以，如不美观你想覆灭你怙恃那一辈中的寄生虫来拯救雨林的话，仍是先去断根你房间衣柜里的虫子吧。

　　Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life has not. In some schools they have abolished failing grades; theyll give you as many times as you want to get the right answer. This doesnt bear the slightest resemblance to anything in real life.

　　你的黉舍也许已经不再分优等生和下等生，但糊口却仍在作出近似区分。在某些黉舍已经铲除不及格分；只要你想找到正确谜底，黉舍就会给你无数的机缘。这和现实糊口中的任何工作没有一点相似之处。

　　Life is not divided into semesters. You dont get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping⁷ you find yourself. Do that on your own time.

　　糊口不分学期。你并没有暑假可以歇息，也没有几位雇主乐于帮你发现自我。自己找时刻做吧。

　　Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

　　电视并不是真实的糊口。在现实糊口中，人们现实上得分开咖啡屋去干自己的工作

1 wont   

adj.习惯于；v.习惯；n.习惯

参考例句：

• He was wont to say that children are lazy.他常常说小孩子们懒惰。
• It is his wont to get up early.早起是他的习惯。

2 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

3 tenure   

n.终身职位；任期；(土地)保有权，保有期

参考例句：

• He remained popular throughout his tenure of the office of mayor.他在担任市长的整个任期内都深得民心。
• Land tenure is a leading political issue in many parts of the world.土地的保有权在世界很多地区是主要的政治问题。

4 flipping   

讨厌之极的

参考例句：

• I hate this flipping hotel! 我讨厌这个该死的旅馆！
• Don't go flipping your lid. 别发火。

5 whine   

v.哀号，号哭；n.哀鸣

参考例句：

• You are getting paid to think,not to whine.支付给你工资是让你思考而不是哀怨的。
• The bullet hit a rock and rocketed with a sharp whine.子弹打在一块岩石上，一声尖厉的呼啸，跳飞开去。

6 parasites   

寄生物( parasite的名词复数 )； 靠他人为生的人； 诸虫

参考例句：

• These symptoms may be referable to virus infection rather than parasites. 这些症状也许是由病毒感染引起的，而与寄生虫无关。
• Kangaroos harbor a vast range of parasites. 袋鼠身上有各种各样的寄生虫。

7 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。