一生必读48篇英语经典美文（英语美文我们所处的时代）

乔布斯说过

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

你的生命非常有限,所以,不要浪费在重复他人的生活上；不要被教条束缚,不要被他人喧嚣的声音掩盖你的内心；你要有勇气,听从你心灵和直觉的指示,你的内心知道你想要成为什么样子的人,其他事情都是次要的.

We have taller buildings, but shorter tempers;

我们拥有更高的建筑，但是有更暴的脾气;

wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints;

我们拥有更宽阔的高速公路，却有更狭隘的观点;

we spend more, but have less;

我们花费得更多，拥有得却更少;

we buy more but enjoy less.

我们购买得更多却享受得更少。

We have bigger houses and smaller families;

我们的房子越来越大，家庭却越来越小;

more conveniences, but less time;

便利越来越多，时间却越来越少;

we have more degrees, but less sense;

学位越来越多，感觉却越来越少;

more knowledge, but less judgment;

知识越来越多，观点却越来越少;

more experts, but more problems;

专家越来越多，问题也越来越多;

more medicine, but less wellness.

药物越来越多，健康却越来越少。

We drink too much, spend too recklessly,

我们喝得太多，花钱大手大脚，

laugh too little, drive too fast,

笑得太少，开车太快，

get too angry too quickly, stay up too late,

易怒，熬夜，赖床，

get up too tired, read too little,

书读得越来越少，

watch TV too much, and pray too seldom.

电视看得越来越多，信仰越来越少。

We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often.

我们常常夸夸其谈，却很少付出爱心，且常常心中充满了仇恨。

We’ve learned how to make a living, but not a life;

我们学会了如何谋生，而不知如何生活。

we’ve added years to life, not life to years.

我们延长了生命的期限，而不是生活的期限。

We’ve been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbor.

我们登上了月球，并成功返回，却不能穿过街道去拜访新邻居。

We’ve conquered outer space, but not inner space;

我们已经征服了太空，却征服不了自己的内心;

we’ve done larger things, but not better things.

我们的事业越做越大，但质量却没有提高。

We’ve cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul;

我们清洁了空气，却污染了灵魂;

we’ve split the atom, but not our prejudice.

我们分离了原子，却无法分离我们的偏见;

We write more, but learn less;

我们写得更多，学到的却更少;

we plan more, but accomplish less.

我们的计划更多，完成的却更少。

We’ve learned to rush, but not to wait;

我们学会了奔跑，却忘记了如何等待;

we have higher incomes, but, lower morals.

我们的收入越来越高，道德水平却越来越低。

We build more computers to hold more information to produce more copies than ever, but have less communication;

我们制造了更多的计算机来存储更多的信息，制造了最多的副本，却减少了交流;

we’ve become long on quantity, but short on quality.

我们开始渴望数量，但忽视了质量。

These are the days of two incomes, but more divorce;

这个时代有双收入，但也有了更高的离婚率;

of fancier houses, but more broken homes.

有更华丽的房屋，却有更多破碎的家庭。

These are the days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throw away morality,

这个时代有了快速旅游，免洗尿布，却抛弃了道德；

one night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill.

一夜情、超重的身体，以及可以从快乐中走向静止和自杀的药物。

Where are we heading...?

我们将走向何方……?

身处于现今的时代，的确，现在的我们看似拥有了很多东西，但也丢失了很多东西，未来在何方，我们又将去到怎样的地方？现在的你，是否对自己的未来有所担忧和期待？

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