新概念阅读：有一种旅行叫人生

Life is like a box of chocolate, you never konw what you are gonna get.

生活就像是你面前的一盒巧克力，结果往往出人意料。

It 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.

生活中有快乐难过，有成功失败，也会经历充满希望和绝望的时候。它就像是一个学习的过程。在生活中所积累的经验，给了我们新的认知，从而完善自己。随着一天一天的过去，我们学会了处理生活中出现的各式各样。

Happiness and Sorrow　　快乐与痛苦

Materialistic happiness is short-lived, but it achieved by showing your smiles and transferring them to others can be lasting and get a certain sense of achievement. We,as a human being, should be aware of the importance of gratitude. Gratitude is the source of happiness or in other words, it is irrational to take others’ solicitude and love for granted

唯物主义中所说的快乐是短暂性的，但是当你把微笑传递给他人时，此时快乐就会变的持久，并且你也会有成就感。作为一个人，我们应该要意识到感恩的重要性。拥有一颗感恩的心是快乐的来源，换句话说，当你把别人对你的关心和爱看成是理所当然的时候，此时的你是不理性的。

We realize the true worth of happiness when we are in sorrow. Sorrow is basically coming out when something is out of your plate like death of a loved one, failure and despair. However,all these matters are temporary and could pass away with time going by.

当处于痛苦中时，我们就会意识到快乐的重要性。当一些不如意的事情发生的时候，比如所爱的人的离世，人生中的失败和绝望，此时，你会感到痛苦。但是，这些痛苦的记忆都是短暂的，随着时间的过去，这些事情也会消逝。

Failure and Success　　成功和失败

there is a motto:” failure is the mother of success.” Failure is untwined with success.It helps us to touch the sky, teach us to survive and show us a specific way to handle the complicated matters we are in face with in the daily basis.Success brings in money, fame, pride and self-respect. Here it becomes very important to keep our head on shoulder.

有一句名言：“失败是成功之母”，失败和成功是紧密联系的。它帮助我们体验生活，教我们如何生存，并且在处理日常生活中遇到的复杂事情时，给予了明确的解决方法。随之成功而来的是金钱，名誉，自豪，和尊重。此时，保持头脑清醒时非常重要的。

Hope and Despair　　希望和绝望

Hope is magic that pulls people out of the edge of despair and gives them the energy to go for a bright future.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.

希望具有魔力，它可以使在绝望边缘的人找到寻找光明的力量。生活经验告诉我们不要对昨天感到惋惜，因为昨天已成为过去，并且是我们无法控制的。明天是未知的，因为它有可能带给你光明，也有可能带个你阴霾。因此，我们所能做地就是今天努力工作，以求更好的明天。

Vocabulary:

sorrow ['s r ]痛苦

despair [d 'spe ] 绝望

materialistic [m 't r 'l st k]唯物主义的

short-lived [' :t'livd, -laivd]短暂的

gratitude ['gr t tju d]感恩

irrational [ 'r ( )n( )l] 不理性的

solicitude[s 'l s tju d] 关心

untwined with 与…紧密联系


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