英語短篇文章賞析

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　　1

　　Things My 25-Year-Old Self Would Like to Tell Me on My 50th Birthday**

　　25歲的我寫給50歲的我

　　Don't try so hard to be respectable. Speak from your heart about what you truly believe, even if it makes you look naïve or sentimental.

　　不要太用力去得到社會的認可。傾聽你內心真正相信的東西，即使這會讓你看起來天真或傷感。

　　You can radically change your life when/if you need to. You don't need to keep doing what you have been doing, just because you are in the habit of doing it.

　　你可以徹底改變你的生活，只要你想去改變。你不需要因為習慣了做一件事，就繼續做下去。

　　Being friendly and open to meeting new people in random places can lead to cool adventures and friendships. Don't get too comfortable in your present circles of acquaintances.

　　對在任何地方遇到的陌生人都抱著開放和友好的態度，可能會給你帶來炫酷的經歷和友情。別太陷在你現在的熟人圈子裡。

　　You need way less money than you think to survive, stop obsessing about it, and just spend less.

　　生活必需的錢比你想象得要少得多，不要迷戀錢，少花就是。

　　It's OK not to know what you want to do for the rest of your life. Leave space for the completely unexpected to happen.

　　你不知道自己餘生想做什麼也OK，剛好為完全未知的事情留出空間。

　　God loves you even more because you are a bit of a freak. Don't hide your light under a button-down bushel.

　　如果你有一點瘋狂，上帝會更愛你的。千萬不要掩藏你的才華。

　　Leave your door without any purpose once in a while and see where the city takes you. Don't just stay on the path between your apartment, work and the gym.

　　偶爾毫無目的地出去走走，看看你生活的城市能帶你去哪兒。不要固定在家、公司、健身房三點之間。

　　Hang out with your long-time friends more and contact those with whom you have lost touch. You don't seem to have as many friends as you used to.

　　多多與多年老友碰面，重新找到失去聯絡的朋友。因為你會發現自己沒原來那麼多朋友了。

　　Ambition is overrated. Stop trying so hard to be "successful."

　　抱負被抬得過高。不要費勁全力只為了所謂的“成功”。

　　It's a good thing to believe that a utopian society where everyone is treated with dignity and equality is possible and worth working for. Cynicism doesn't make you intelligent -- it just makes you cynical.

　　相信人人平等、有尊嚴的烏托邦社會可以實現，並願為實現這一目標而努力是好事。但憤世嫉俗不會讓你變聰明，只會讓你變得憤世嫉俗。

　　Create art every once in a while. Even though you aren't particularly talented and nobody really loved your 'nude portrait under autumn leaves' the creative process is good for your soul.

　　偶爾搞搞藝術。就算你沒有特別的才華，就算沒有人欣賞你的“秋天落葉下的裸體自畫像”，創造的過程也能美化你的靈魂。

　　The next time you hear yourself reminiscing about how you "used to do something," make a plan to do it. Studying dance, carving pumpkins for Halloween, and doing improv shouldn't all be thought of in the past tense.

　　下一次你再回憶起當年“做什麼事”的時候，制定一個重新開始的計劃吧。學跳舞、刻萬聖節南瓜、即興表演都不應該存在於過去式中。

　　Don't just give money, go volunteer somewhere so you can have direct interactions with people. Your life is too antiseptic and it is making you a bit boring.

　　不要只是捐錢，去某個地方做志願者吧，這樣你就可以和別人直接互動。你的生活太“防腐”了，你開始覺得有點無聊了吧。

　　You should be so crazy thankful that you found love with Brad. You spent a lot of time very lonely, never thinking you would find such an amazing guy. Don't let a day go by without remembering how fortunate you are.

　　找到另一半你絕對應該謝天謝地。你一個人那麼久了，哪裡會想到你會遇到這麼好的人。活著的每一天都要記得你是多麼的幸運。

　　Try a new sport! The routine of cardio and weights just to look decent is getting old. You were an athlete! Get back into swimming and sign up for the race across the East River or take up boxing.

　　嘗試新的運動!有氧運動和舉啞鈴的慣例已經老套了。你以前可是運動員!重新開始游泳，報名跨河跑步比賽，或是學學拳擊吧。

　　When did you become such a preppy bore? You used to not be afraid to stand out and it wouldn't kill you to wear something a bit more fashion-forward once in a while.

　　你什麼時候變得這麼保守這麼無趣?你曾經不怕引人注目的，你也曾偶爾穿上時髦前衛的衣服。

　　Your parents were there for you, even when you were going through rough times and, frankly, a bit of a brat. They need you now. You will never regret the time you spend with them.

　　你的父母過去一直支援你，即使在你經歷最難熬的日子的時候，或是你淘氣的時候。他們現在需要你。多和他們在一起，你永遠不會後悔的。

　　Find ways to be alone in the woods or on the water by yourself. Don't forget how much you value solitude in nature.

　　想辦法去一個人在森林裡或在水上待著。別忘了你有多重視那份在大自然中的孤獨感。

　　Find a group that has been formed within the last five years and buy a new CD.

　　找一個5年內成立的樂隊，買一張他們的新CD。

　　Stop beating yourself up about mistakes that you have made. It's good to be self-critical, but you need to be compassionate as well.

　　別再為犯過的錯自責了，自我批評雖好，但你也需要有同情心啊。

　　If you can be a parent to a child of your own then do it! You've always wanted to have a family. If that doesn't work out, be the best uncle to your nephews and nieces. They make you so proud.

　　如果你可以做父母，一定要做!你一直都想有個家。如果沒做成，那就做侄子侄女的好叔叔好舅舅吧。他們都會讓你驕傲的。

　　Value every day you have. At 25 I never thought you would live to be 50. Celebrate your life.

　　珍惜你的每一天。25歲的時候我從沒想到你會活到50歲。慶祝你的人生吧。

　　2

　　“青年菜君”的魔法

　　Outside of Huilongguan subway station, Beijing, is a small shop called Mr Food that sells vegetables and meat. Many people who live in this most populous residential community stop by Mr Food to pickup groceries ordered online.

　　在北京，一出回龍觀地鐵站，就可以看到一家不大的蔬菜生鮮店，名為青年菜君。這個人口眾多的社群裡，有很多居民都會在此停留，提走他們在網上訂好的菜。

　　Surprisingly, the shop’s founders are three 28-year-old sociology graduates from Renmin University of China. Instead of founding a business related to their major, they founded one that addresses a market need.

　　令人驚訝的是，這家店的創始人是三個28歲的年青人，他們都畢業於中國人民大學社會學專業。他們並沒有選擇與自己專業相關的領域創業，而是依照市場需求起家。

　　Career shift

　　職業生涯的轉變

　　Ren Mu, one of Mr Food’s founders, has worked as a public relations specialist at a Beijing-based company before setting up the new business. As a PR consultant, he often rode the subway to and from work. After pulling himself from the crowd at Huilongguan station, he often felt lonely and exhausted, missing the feeling of home-cooked meals prepared by his mother.

　　青年菜君的創始人之一，任牧，在創業前曾在一家北京公司擔任公共關係顧問。那時，他常常坐地鐵上下班，每每當他擠出回龍觀地鐵站時，他總是感到孤單而又筋疲力盡，懷念媽媽在家做飯時的感覺。

　　“After moving from Shandong to Beijing, the only inconvenience I ever felt was when I was deciding what to have for dinner,” he said. He’d often eat at a small restaurant nearby, but the food often didn’t taste good and was unsanitary. So, he decided to start selling his own ingredients.

　　他說，“從山東來到北京之後，唯一的不方便就是我會常常發愁吃什麼。”他常常在附近的小飯館解決晚飯，但是那裡的飯菜既不可口又不衛生。於是，任牧決定自己賣菜。

　　Researching success

　　好調查是成功的一半

　　He came up with the idea for this new startup after a lot of trial and error. “I made several startup attempts, but none of them worked because of a lack of market research,” he said. So when he discussed this business idea with his partners. They made market research their first step.

　　在形成最終創意之前，任牧也有過很多失敗的嘗試。他說，“我曾幾次嘗試創業，但都因為缺乏市場調研而失敗了。”所以當他與幾位合夥人討論這次的想法時，他們首先進行了市場調查。

　　For an entire week, Ren went to Xinfadi, Beijing’s biggest wholesale market for meat and vegetables, on a daily basis. “I wrote down the price of dozens of vegetables, while my two partners took note of prices at supermarkets and vegetable vendors,” he said. They compared their findings in order to make sure they put their groceries at the right price point.

　　整整一個星期，任牧每天都去北京最大蔬菜生鮮批發市場——新發地，他說，“我負責記錄***新發地***各種蔬菜的價格，而另外兩個合夥人則負責記錄超市和蔬菜小販那裡的價格。”他們比較各自的價格，最終確定他們商店的蔬菜價格。

　　“The profit margin when selling vegetables is about 100 percent. Make it simple, if a vegetable is sold at 1 yuan per 500 g at Xinfadi, then it can be sold at 2 yuan per 500 g in the supermarket, and 3 to 4 yuan at vegetable vendors in residential areas,” he said.

　　任牧說，“買菜的利潤率差不多100%，簡單而言，就是如果某樣蔬菜在新發地賣1塊錢一斤，那麼它在超市就可以買到2塊錢，在社群蔬菜小販那裡就要賣3到4塊錢。”

　　Targeted service

　　針對性服務

　　However, Ren and his partners faced another challenge — how they could compete with other vegetable vendors. They took aim at office workers, who want to eat healthy food yet have little time to actually cook.

　　但是，任牧與他的合夥人還要面對另一個挑戰：如何勝過其他蔬菜商?他們將目標鎖定在白領身上，這些人希望吃得健康卻沒有時間下廚。

　　“We do all the preparation for them, cutting vegetables and meat to ready-to-cook form,” Ren said. “If they don’t know how to cook and what to put in the dish, we even have packed vegetables and meat for certain dishes.”

　　任牧說，“於是，我們就為他們做好所有的準備，包括切菜切肉，讓食材能立刻下鍋。如果他們不會做飯，不知道某道菜要放些什麼，我們甚至會根據特定的菜餚為他打包蔬菜和肉。”

　　Now with a concrete business idea and solid market research under their belt, Ren and his partners opened their first store in March and second chain store in April. In total, they have attracted thousands of frequent customers and over 10 million yuan from angel investors.

　　在紮實的市場調研並形成具體的創業方案之後，今年3月，他們的第一家店開業，4月，他們的第二家連鎖店也開業了。他們不僅吸引了成千上萬的老顧客，而且還獲得了天使投資1000萬的投資。

　　3

　　Life Comes in a Package

　　人生似旅行

　　Life comes in a package. This package includes happiness and sorrow,failure and success, hope and despair. Life is a learning process. Experiences in life teach us new lessons and make us a better person. With each passing day we learn to handle various situations.

　　人生好似一個包裹，這個包裹裡藏著快樂與悲傷、成功與失敗，希望與絕望。人生也是一個學習的過程。那些經歷給我們上了全新的課，讓我們變得更好。隨著每一天的過去，我們學會了處理各種各樣的問題。

　　Love. Love plays a pivotal role on out life. Love makes you feel wanted.Without love a person could go hayward and also become cruel and ferocious. In the early stage of our life, our parents are the ones who shower us with unconditional love and care, they teach us about what is right andwrong, good and bad. But we always tend to take this for granted. It is only after marriage and having kids that a person understands and becomes sensitive to others feelings.Kids make a person responsibleand mature and help us to understand life better.

　　愛。愛在生活之外扮演了一個關鍵的角色。愛使你想要得到些什麼。沒有愛，一個人將走向不歸路，變得凶暴、殘忍。在我們最初的人生道路上，我們的父母給予了我們無條件的關愛，他們教會我們判斷正確與錯誤、好與壞。然而我們常常把這想當然了，只有等到我們結了婚並且有了孩子之後，一個人才會懂得並注意別人的感受。孩子讓我們變得富有責任心、變得成熟穩重，並且更好的理解人生。

　　Happiness and Sorrow. Materialistic happiness is short-lived, but happiness achieved by bringing a smile on others face gives a certain level of fulfillment.Peace of mind is the main link to happiness. No mind is happy without peace. We realize the true worth of happiness when we are in sorrow. Sorrow is basically due to death of a loved one, failure and despair. But these things are temporary and pass away.

　　快樂與悲傷。物質上的快樂往往是短暫的，然而，當你給予他人一個微笑的時候，那種滿足卻是無與倫比的。心靈的平靜往往是快樂的源泉。沒有平和的心態就沒有快樂的心情。在傷心的時候，我們往往能夠體會到快樂的真諦。悲傷基本都來自於一個愛人的去世、失敗還有絕望，但是這樣的事情都是暫時的，總會過去的。

　　Failure and Success. Failure is the path to success. It helps us to touch the sky, teaches us to survive and shows us a specific way. Success brings in money,fame, pride and self-respect. Here it becomes very important to keep our head on out shoulder. The only way to show our gratitude to god for bestowing success on us is by being humble, modest, courteous and respectful to the less fortunate ones.

　　失敗與成功。失敗是成功之母。它讓我們觸及藍天，它教會我們如何生存，它給予我們一條特殊的路。成功給予我們金錢、名譽、驕傲和自尊。這裡，保持頭腦清醒便顯得尤為重要。唯一能讓我們感激上帝給予的成功便是始終卑微、謙虛、禮貌並且尊重沒有我們幸運的人們。

　　Hope and Despair. Hope is what keeps life going. Parents always hope their children will do well. Hope makes us dream. Hope builds in patience. Life teaches us not to despair even in the darkest hour, because after every night there is a day. Nothing remains the same we have only one choice keep moving on in life and be hopeful.

　　希望與絕望。希望是人生動力之源。父母總是希望自己的孩子能夠做得很好。希望使我們有夢想。希望使我們變得有耐心。人生教會我們即使是在最困難的時候都不要絕望，因為黑暗之後終將是黎明。沒有什麼事是一成不變的，我們惟有充滿希望地繼續生活。

　　Life teaches us not to regret over yesterday, for it has passed and is beyond our control. Tomorrow is unknown, for it could either be bright or dull. So the only alternative is work hard today, so that we will enjoy a better tomorrow.

　　人生教會我們不要對過去的事感到後悔，因為過去的終究是過去了並且我們已無法控制。沒人知道明天會是怎樣，因為它可以是光明的同樣也可以是無趣的。所以，唯一的選擇便是在今天努力工作，這樣才能讓我們去享受更美好的明天。