欣賞雙語中西名言 巧學地道純正英語(第7集) [一句名言受益一生]

品讀中西雙語名言 巧學地道純正英語（第7集）

一句名言 受益一生

一句名言，受益一生Understand a great saying, and it will do you good lifelong.

1. As selfishness and complaint cloud the mind, so love with its joy clears and sharpens the vision. ----Helen Keller

自私和抱怨是心靈的陰暗，愉快的愛則使視野明朗開闊。----海倫.凱勒　　

19世紀美國盲聾女作家、教育家、慈善家、社會活動家

cloud v.使）不透明；（使）模糊 if glass, water, etc. clouds , or if sth clouds it, it becomes less transparent （

Her eyes clouded with tears. 淚水模糊了她的眼睛

His last years were clouded by financial worries. 由於經濟窘困，他的晚年生活過得悶悶不樂。

cloud (over)( formal ) ( of sb's face 臉色 ) 顯得陰沉（或恐懼、憤怒等）；看起來憂愁（或害怕、憤怒等）to show sadness, fear, anger, etc.; to make sb look sad, afraid, angry, etc.

Her face clouded over with anger. 她滿面怒容

cloud 使難以理解；使記不清楚；使模糊 if sth clouds your judgement, memory, etc., it makes it difficult for you to understand or remember sth clearly

Doubts were beginning to cloud my mind. 種種疑問開始使我的思路變模糊了。

His judgement was clouded by jealousy. 妒嫉心模糊了他的判斷力。

Fairies don't exist.仙女是不存在的

2. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist.----Jake London

　　人應該生活，而不是單純為了生存。----傑克.倫敦

傑克·倫敦(Jack London)原名約翰·格利菲斯·倫敦(John Griffith London)，

exist vi. 存在;生存;生活;繼續存在

You can't pretend your problems don't exist!你不能就假裝你的問題不存在！

He thought that, if he couldn't see something, it didn't exist.他認為他看不到的就是不存在的。

Fairies don't exist.仙女是不存在的

to exis on sth靠某事物活命

People need food to exist.人們需要食品才能活著。

吃飯是為了活著，而活著卻不是為了吃飯。

3. It is easier to fight for principles than to live up to them.----Adlai Stevenson, British writer

　　為原則而鬥爭比實踐該原則要容易。----英國作家 史蒂文森.A

斯蒂文森(1850～1894)Robert Louis Stevenson英國作家。

principle n. 原則；準則

No matter what we do, we must follow moral principles.我們無論做何事，都要符合道義。

It goes against my principles.這違背了我的準則。

He has cleaved to these principles all his life. 他一輩子都恪守著這些原則。

They engrafted their principles into the document. 這份文件中處處體現出他們的原則。

美好生活都是奮鬥來的

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