精彩英語故事20

PAGE精彩英語故事20我的網(wǎng)絡(luò)情緣Ihavefrequentedthesamechatlineformorethan3yearsnowandhavemadesomewonderfulonlinefriendships.However,IhadbecomeboredwiththetypicalchatandtheInternetalltogether.So,Idecidedtotakeabreak.我常到網(wǎng)上同一個聊天室聊天，至今已有三年多了，在那兒認識了一些很不錯的網(wǎng)友。但我已厭倦了這種聊天和上網(wǎng)，于是決意歇歇鼓。Afteraboutaweekofbeingoffline,Ireturnedlateonenighttocheckmail.There,inmyboxwasanemailfromaladyfriendIhadmetinchat.Shewasgoingonandonaboutamanthathadrecentlyenteredtheroomandhowhewassupposedlythe"male1)incarnate"ofmyself.AnyonewhoknowsmealsoknowsthatIamabitofa"character".Mysenseofhumorisoneofa2)warped3)dementednature.Thethoughtoffindinganyonewhodoesn'tbecomeannoyedinstantlyisachore.Muchlessamanthatsharedthesame.Icompletely4)discreditedtheemailandwentaboutmybusiness.罷網(wǎng)了大約一周后，一天晚上我上網(wǎng)查郵件。信箱里有封“伊妹兒”是我的一位女聊友寄來的。她滔滔不絕地談起最近來聊天室的一個男子，她說那人就像是我的“男性版”。認識我的人都知道我小小也算個“角兒”，有一種不入流的幽默感。想找到一個不會立即給惹惱的人還真不容易。同類的男性更是少之又少。我對那封郵件壓根不置可否，自顧自忙去了。Laterthatnight,Ifoundmyselfwanderingthenet.ItwasthenIranacrossaphotogallerythatprovedtobequiteentertaining.AsIclickedfromonepicturetothenext,Iranacrossonegentleman'sphoto.Iwas5)stunnedbyhispresence.Approximately10minuetshadgonebywhenIfinallytoremyselfawayfromthephotoanddecidedtoventureintochat.There,Ifoundthewomanwhohadsentmetheemailearlierthatweek.She6)proceededtotellmeallaboutthisman."Youjusthavetomeethim,"shesaid,7)rantingonandonabouthowmuchwewerealike.Ilaughedatherthinkingitwasamusing."No,Iamserious!Youhavegottotalktohim."IfinallyagreedthatIwouldmakeefforttodosolateronandleftthechatquickly.Again,findingmyselfstaringatthis8)anonymousphotoIhadfoundearlier.當天晚些時候，我又到網(wǎng)上去漫游，發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個還挺逗樂的相片庫。我一張張地點擊下去，當看到一位男士的照片時，頓感眩暈。十分鐘過去了，我花了好大的勁才放開那張照片，并決定斗起膽子去聊天。聊天室里有那周早些時候給我發(fā)了郵件的女聊友。她過來跟我談到了關(guān)于這名男子的一切情況。“你一定要會一會他，”她說道，長篇激昂地講說著我們是如何相似。我終于同意以后會找機會聊一聊，就匆匆地離開了聊天室。再次返回去凝視此前看到的無名人士照片。Approximately4hourslater,Iventuredbackintothechat.Onlytofindafewfriendstalkingaboutdailyevents.Then,allofasuddenoutofnowhere,anewnameentered,9)ramblingonandonaboutbeingthepresentmentofmadness.IquicklyspokeupandtoldthestrangerthattitlehadalreadybeentakenbymyselfasIlaughed.Hewassilentforafewmoments.ItwasthenIreceiveda"whisper"fromhim."SoYOUarethewomanIhaveheardsoverymuchabout."Irepliedbysaying,"Iseemyreputation10)precedesme."ItwasthenInoticedhisside11)barphoto(thisparticularroomhasasidebaroptionforthosewishingtopostphotosofthemselves).IalmostfellfrommychairwhenIrealizedIwastalkingtothemaninthephoto.ThephotoIhadfoundearlierthatdaywhilesurfing.Afterseveralhoursin"whisper"mode,weoptedtoentermypersonalchatroom.Wefoundoneanothertobeinteresting.Nottomention,wethoroughlyenjoyedourconversation.“人生之不如意十有八九……很多時候你會覺得無聊難過，什么也提不起你的興趣，什么也不能讓你怒火上升。人間的確有真愛。真愛難以言傳，罕有而珍貴。我們就是其中一對幸運的情侶?！闭娴模亲钭钚疫\的倆人了。大約過了四個鐘頭，我回到聊天室。只看到有幾個朋友在扯家常。接著突然冒進來了一個新名字，大談瘋?cè)睡傉Z。我飛快地發(fā)言，大笑著告訴這個陌生者該名字已被我取了。他沉默良久。然后我接到他的一個“私聊”信息：“那么說你就是那個我久仰大名的人了。”我回答說：“我看我是名過其實了?！本驮谀菚r我注意到他側(cè)邊的照片（這間聊天室的側(cè)欄可以讓人自愿上傳照片）?？戳肆奶鞂ο蟮恼掌也铧c從椅子上摔下來。正是我當天在網(wǎng)上看到的那一張?！八搅摹绷藥仔r，我們轉(zhuǎn)入我開的私人聊天室。我們都覺得彼此有趣。不用多說，我們完完全全地享受著談話的樂趣。Sincethen,ourrelationshiphasgrowntremendously.Evengoingsofarastoadmitourlovetooneanother.Webothagreethisseemscrazy.Thesortofthingyoureadaboutinabook.Ithardlyseemsreal.Neitherofuswaslookingwhenfateledustooneanother.Neitherofuswasinneedoflove.Hell,neitherofusbelievedinlove,especiallyonlinelove12)priortoourfindingoneanother.Webothwantsobadlytobetogether.Tolearn,tolove,andtoexperiencewhatthishastooffer.Itissimplyamazing.Somuchfornotseekinglove,eh自此之后，我們的關(guān)系就突飛猛進。甚至發(fā)展到相互吐露了愛意。我們倆都覺得這太瘋狂了。就跟在書上讀到的似的，超乎現(xiàn)實。在雙方不經(jīng)意的時候，緣份將我們連在了一起。原本我們雙方都沒有渴望愛情。我們原來并不相信有愛情，尤其不信網(wǎng)戀，在我們找到彼此之前?，F(xiàn)在我們是多么地希望能相依相守。去學(xué)習(xí)，去愛，去體會其中帶來的歡樂。簡直太神奇了。對愛止步？還是就此住手吧。Itwasasifwehadbeentwolonglostloversbeingreunitedafteralongtrip.Ithinkheputitbestwhenhesaid...我們仿佛失散多年的戀人，在分別已久后再相遇。我想這一切用他說過的話來描述最合適不過了……"Lifeisfullofshit...lotsofit.Andtherearemanyatimeswhenyoumayfeelstuck/boredanditseemsthatthere'snothinglefttoholdyourinterestsoranythingthatdoesn't13)pissyouoff.Well,thereissuchathingastruelove.It'sthere,it'sindescribableandfewareblessedwithit.Weareoneoftheluckycouples."研究稱每天睡眠不足6小時易早逝不久前，科研人員研究發(fā)現(xiàn)一些睡眠時間不足與早逝之間存在聯(lián)系的確切證據(jù)。研究人員表示，每天睡眠時間不足6小時將增加早逝風(fēng)險。Peoplewhosleepfewerthansixhoursanightaremorelikelytodieearly,researchershavefoundinastudytheyclaimprovides'unequivocalevidence'ofalinkbetweensleepdeprivationandprematuredeath.研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，與夜晚睡眠6至8小時的人相比，夜晚睡眠不足6小時的人在65歲之前早逝的可能性較前者高出12%。Theydiscoveredthatpeoplewhosleptforlessthansixhourseachnightwere12percentmorelikelytodieprematurely-beforetheageof65-thanthosewhoslepttherecommendedsixtoeighthoursanight.由英國華威大學(xué)和意大利那不勒斯市的費德里克二世大學(xué)聯(lián)合組成的研究團隊在分析了16個研究項目之后得出了以上結(jié)論。項目共涉及130萬人。TheteamfromtheUniversityofWarwickandFedericoIIUniversityMedicalSchoolinNaplesanalysed16studiesinvolvingatotalof1.3millionpeo研究人員指出，此前的研究顯示，睡眠不足與心臟病、高血壓、肥胖、Ⅱ型糖尿病和高膽固醇有關(guān)聯(lián)。Theypointedoutthatpreviousstudieshadshownthatsleepdeprivationwasassociatedwithheartdisease,highbloodpressure,obesity,type2diabetes,andhighcholesterol.但除此之外，研究人員還發(fā)現(xiàn)睡眠與早逝之間也存在莫大關(guān)系。However,theresearchersalsofoundthatsleepingtoomuchwaslinkedtoanearlydeath.那些夜晚睡眠時間超過9小時的人早逝的可能性增加30%。研究刊登在《睡眠》周刊上。Thosewhosleptformorethanninehoursanightwere30percentmorelikelytodieearly,theresearchpublishedinthejournalSleepfound.然而，上周《睡眠》周刊上一篇研究報告的結(jié)論則與之背道而馳，該報告則稱，夜晚睡眠10小時甚至更長的人更有可能活到100歲。Thatdirectlycontradictsresearchpublishedinthesamejournallastweekwhichsuggestedthatpeoplewhosleptfortenhoursorlongeranightweremorelikelytoliveto100.這種結(jié)論的根據(jù)在于，長壽者身體健康，睡得更香。Thiswasthoughttobebecausepeoplewholivedintoextremeoldagewerehealthierandthereforesleptbetter.然而，參與最新研究的專家并不認同這種觀點。他們認為，睡眠過長是潛在疾病的征兆，比如抑郁或體力下降，一些癌癥也與睡眠過長有關(guān)。However,theauthorsofthelatestresearchcontradictedthisandsuggestedthatlongsleepwasasignofunderlyingillnessessuchasdepressionandlowlevelsofphysicalactivity.Somecancerisalsoassociatedwithsleepingforlonger.華威大學(xué)睡眠、健康和社會項目負責(zé)人佛朗西斯科·卡帕斯奧教授說：“睡眠過短可能是疾病產(chǎn)生的原因，但睡眠過長卻更有可能是存在疾病的指示器?！盤rofessorFrancescoCappuccio,leaderoftheSleep,HealthandSocietyProgrammeattheUniversityofWarwickandConsultantPhysicianattheUniversityHospitalsCoventryandWarwickshireNHSTrust,said:"Whilstshortsleep“在現(xiàn)代社會，人們的平均睡眠時間逐漸縮短，這種情況在全職工作人員身上更常見，這可能歸因于長時間工作和輪班所形成的社會壓力。另一方面，我們的健康狀況惡化常常伴隨著睡眠時間的延長?！?Modernsocietyhasseenagradualreductionintheaverageamountofsleeppeopletake,andthispatternismorecommonamongfull-timeworkers,suggestingthatitmaybeduetosocietalpressuresforlongerworkinghoursandmoreshift-work.Ontheotherhand,thedeteriorationofourhealthstatusisoftenaccompaniedbyanextensionofoursleepingtime.“長期堅持每晚睡眠6至8小時可能最有益于健康。持續(xù)睡眠時間的長短應(yīng)被視為另外一種行為風(fēng)險因素，或者風(fēng)險標志。它受環(huán)境影響，可能通過教育、輔導(dǎo)以及改善工作環(huán)境等提高公眾健康水平的途徑而被改變?！?Consistentlysleepingsixtoeighthourspernightmaybeoptimalforhealth.Thedurationofsleepshouldberegardedasanadditionalbehaviouralriskfactor,orriskmarker,influencedbytheenvironmentandpossiblyamenabletochangethroughbotheducationandcounsellingaswellasthroughmeasuresofpublichealthaimedatfavourablemodificationsofthephysicalandworkingenvironments."潘多拉的盒子是怎么一回事?潘多拉是希臘神話中第一個塵世女子。普羅米修斯（Prometheus）盜天火給人間后，主神宙斯（Zeus）為懲罰人類，命令神用黏土塑成一個年輕美貌、虛偽狡詐的姑娘，取名“潘多拉”（Pandora），意為“具有一切天賦的女人”。并給了她一個禮盒，然后將她許配給普羅米修斯的弟弟埃庇米修斯（Epimetheus，意為“后知”）。埃庇米修斯不顧禁忌地接過禮盒，潘多拉趁機打開它，于是各種惡習(xí)、災(zāi)難和疾病立即從里面飛出來。盒子里只剩下惟一美好的東西：希望。但希望還沒來得及飛出來，潘多拉就將盒子永遠地關(guān)上了。后來Pandora'sbox，“潘多拉的盒子”就被用來比喻造成災(zāi)害的根源。Pandora'sbox是很多人都知道的故事，周星馳的經(jīng)典電影《大話西游之月光寶盒》英文譯名就被翻譯成了AChineseOdysseyPartOne:Pandora'sBox。里面有一句現(xiàn)在很多人都會背的臺詞“月光寶盒是寶物，你把他扔掉會污染環(huán)境。唉，要是砸到小朋友那怎么辦？就算沒有砸到小朋友砸到那些花花草草也是不對的呀！”這句話用英語就被說成“Pandora’sBoxisatreasure.You’llpollutetheenvironment.You’llhurtkids.Iftherearenokids,itisbadtohurtplants.”一個選擇,會改變你的生活OneChoiceThatWillChangeYourLife【英文原文】ThiseveningImetafriendatalocalbar.Shebroughtherlaptopalongsoshecouldshowmesomeofherlatestdigitalartdesigns.Aswechattedandscrolledthroughherartwork,thelaptopsuddenlystartedmakinganunhealthybuzzingnoise,thenthescreenflickeredonandoffandthencutoffcompletely.Andaswebothstaredatoneanotherindismay,thefunkysmelloffriedcomputercircuitsconsumedournostrils.Igrabbedthelaptopoffthebartoinspectitandtheprobleminstantlyrevealeditself.Thebottomofthelaptopwassoakingwetandanempty,spiltwaterglassrestedagainstthesideofherpursejustbehindwherethelaptopwassitting.Inthemidstofuschattingandshiftingthelaptop’s17inchscreenbackandforth,wesomehowspiltaglassofwaterthatthebartenderhadinadvertentlyplacedbehindthescreen,whichwasoutofourview.Whenlifethrowsusnastycurveballslikethis,ittypicallydoesn’tmakeanysensetous,andournaturalemotionalreactionmightbetogetextremelyupsetandscreamobscenitiesatthetopofourlungs.Buthowdoesthishelpourdilemma?Obviously,itdoesn’t.Thesmartest,andoftentimeshardest,thingwecandointhesekindsofsituationsistobemoretemperedinourreactions.Towanttoscreamobscenities,buttowiserandmoredisciplinedthanthat.Torememberthatemotionalrageonlymakesmattersworse.Andtorememberthattragediesarerarelyasbadastheyseem,andevenwhentheyare,theygiveusanopportunitytogrowstronger.Everydifficultmomentinourlivesisaccompaniedbyanopportunityforpersonalgrowthandcreativity.Butinordertoattainthisgrowthandcreativity,wemustfirstlearntocontrolouremotions.Wemustrecognizethatdifficultiespasslikeeverythingelseinlife.Andoncetheypass,allwe’releftwithareouruniqueexperienceswitheachotherandthiscrazyworld,andthelessonswe’velearnedalongtheway.Lifeisshort.Ourthoughtssteerourreality.Wealreadyknowthis.Thechoiceisourstomake.【中文譯文】今天傍晚，我在當?shù)氐囊粋€酒吧遇到了一個朋友。她隨身帶了個筆記本電腦，來給我看她最新的數(shù)字藝術(shù)設(shè)計。就在我們談?wù)摵蜑g覽她的作品時，電腦突然發(fā)出了一陣不正常的嗡嗡聲，隨后屏幕不停的閃爍，直至完全關(guān)機。我們詫異地盯著對方，卻聞到了一股難聞的焦味。我抓起了電腦，走出酒吧。一檢查，問題馬上就明了了。電腦的底部被浸濕了，水杯翻倒在了她的錢包旁，里面的水全翻了出來，而恰巧那電腦就放在錢包的前面。我們談?wù)摃r反復(fù)地移動那17寸的屏幕，就這樣打翻了服務(wù)生送來的一杯水，他無意地放在了屏幕的后面，這也是我們沒有預(yù)料到的。當生活給我們出類似于這種棘手的難題時，對我們來說根本不算什么，我們自然的情緒反應(yīng)可能會感到非常沮喪，想要聲嘶力竭地尖叫。但這樣會幫我們脫離困境嗎？顯然不會。在這些情況下，我們只需在反應(yīng)中鍛煉自己，這也是最聰明，通常也是最難的事。與其出口污言，不如使自己變的更明智，更具約束力。留有狂怒的情緒只會使事情變得更糟，而記住這些不幸的遭遇卻不像它們本身那么糟，反而是一個讓我們變得更堅強的機會。在我們的生命中，每個艱難時刻都伴有一個自我成長和創(chuàng)造的機會，但我們必須首先要學(xué)會控制自己的情緒，這樣才能把握住這個機會。必須承認，困難是我們生命中的一個個過客，就像其他東西一樣。一旦經(jīng)歷過這些困難，我們擁有的不僅是和他人以及這個瘋狂世界的獨特的經(jīng)歷，還有從中學(xué)到的教訓(xùn)。生命是短暫的，我們的思想掌控著現(xiàn)實的生活。我們早就知道了這點。選擇，由我們自己做。讓夢想照進現(xiàn)實Takeanonlinepersonalityorstrength/weaknesstest.ThisonefromDr.MartinSeligmanisworld-renowned.Youhavetoregister,butthat'sfree。做一份網(wǎng)上的性格或者優(yōu)點/缺點測試。有份馬丁?塞利格曼博士的測試卷聞名于世。你需要注冊一下，但它是免費的。Investalittletimeinsomedailyjournaling.Justletthepenrollasyouenvisagewhatyourperfectday,thenweek,thenyearwouldlooklike.Idon'tmeanthedown-time(althoughthere'splentyofpeoplewho'veturnedapassionfortravelintoasolidincome)。每天花點時間寫日記。動起筆來想象一下你完美的一天、然后是周、然后是年是怎樣的。我并不是指非工作狀態(tài)時間(雖然多數(shù)人會把對旅游的激情轉(zhuǎn)變到有穩(wěn)固收入的激情上)Bythispointyoushouldbestartingtogetalittleexcited.Eventheactofthinkingabouthowcoolitwouldbetoactuallylovewhatyoudoshouldgetthemotivationaljuicesflowing.Butifyou'restillreallynotsurewhatyou'dliketodo-orperhapsyoufeellikethere'ssomanythingstochoosefrom-thentrythis。此刻你應(yīng)該會有點興奮吧。就算是想到能做自己真正熱愛的事情如此之棒，并且能夠自由發(fā)揮你的激情，也會激動不已。但是如果你仍不知道你想做什么——或者是有那么多事情，不知如何選擇——那么嘗試下下面的方法。Findacleanpieceofpaperandapen.Writedownthenumbers1-10.Thinkbackoverpastweeks,months,evenyears-whichevents/activitiesstandoutasbeingjoyousorexcitingforyou?Ifyoucan'tthinkofanything,considerthoseeventsyoureactedtoinotherswithexcitement,evenjealousy.Youmightliketoconsiderthefollowingcategoriesasamemory-joggerorjustforideas:?Travel?Creativity?Socialconnection?Helpingothers?Makingdeals?Re-sellinggoods?Teaching拿一張白紙和一支筆。寫下數(shù)字1到10?；叵胍幌略谶^去幾周、幾月，甚至幾年的時間里，令你充滿歡樂或興奮的事情、活動等。如果你實在想不到任何事情，那么可以考慮那些別人跟你說的令你感到興奮，甚至妒忌的事情。也許下面的這些目錄能喚起你的記憶或是僅僅作為點子：?旅游?創(chuàng)造力?社交?幫助他人?做交易?貨物再出售?教學(xué)Thelongandshortofitisthatyouwanttohighlightthosetimeswhenyoufeelmostalive.Whatmakesyoufeelcreative,happy,free,asenseofbelonging?這份清單的長短在于當你感覺充滿生機的時候，你想要著重突出那些時光的程度。什么事情會讓你感到有創(chuàng)造力、快樂、自由、并且有歸屬感呢？Nowthatyouhaveyourpassioninmindit'stimetostartmakingithappen.Thisisactuallytheeasiestpartoftheprocesssofar.Rememberbacktothestartofthisarticle?You'vealreadycommittedtosettingaside30minutesperdaytoworkonyourpassion,sosetthetimerandgetstarted.Trynottoworrytoomuchabouthowyoucanturnitintomoney,justfocusonaction.And,ifyouhaveseveralpossiblepassionsinmind,thenchooseoneandstartwiththat.Committoitfor21daysandthendecideifyou'dliketokeepgoingorstartafresh?，F(xiàn)在你已經(jīng)有了將這些事情付諸于行動的激情。這是目前為止最簡單的部分。還記得文章開頭所說的嗎？你已經(jīng)每天騰出30分鐘時間來引發(fā)你的激情，所以計時，開始吧。不要過于擔(dān)心你要如何將此轉(zhuǎn)為現(xiàn)金，先關(guān)注于行動上。而且，如果你腦子里有幾個可能的激情點存在，那么選擇一個并且著手行動。堅持21天，然后決定你想繼續(xù)還是開始一個新的激情點。Here'showyoumightfillthat30minutes：以下是你如何度過那30分鐘的建議：Writeaboutyourpassion,whatyoulikeaboutit,whatcomeseasytoyou,whereyou'dliketoimproveyourskills寫下你的激情，你喜歡它什么，什么會令你感覺簡單，你哪里可以改進你的技能。Researchtheworkofotherswhoareeffectivelyusingyourpassionintheirlives調(diào)查其他人是如何有效使用你選擇的激情點的。Teachittosomeoneelse教給他人Readaboutit理解它Studydifferentmethodsofdoingit學(xué)習(xí)用不同的方法去做Createavisionboardofwhatyourlifewilllooklikewhenyou'redoingit當你著手做的時候想象一個你期望的生活的愿景板Dothisdiligentlyandsoonerorlateryou'llfeelreadytotakethenextstep:offeringadiscountedversionofyourservice,applyingforafreelanceposition,sharingyourknowledgewithsomeonewhocanhelpyougetahead.Thiscouldbethemomentwhenthatpart-timepassionsuddenlyreallydoesseemlikesomethingthatmightonedayreplaceyourfulltimeincome.Soonasyoumakethatfirstmeaslydollarfromityou'llhavetheimmediateexcitementofknowingthatifyoucanmake$1,youcanmake$100,then$1,000.Yougettheidea.Ayearfromnow(orlessifyou'renotsuchascaredy-catlikeIwas)youjustmightnotbeimaginingthatlovin'themorningscenarioanymore.You'llbelivingit。堅持勤快地做，不久之后你會發(fā)覺你已經(jīng)準備好進入下一階段：降低你所做事情的標準，運用到一個自由職業(yè)者崗位上，與那些可以幫助你取得進步的人分享收獲。在這個時刻，你那部分時間的激情就像某些事情，也許在未來某一天能夠取代你的全職工作的收入。一旦你從中賺取了第一筆微不足道的收入，并且當你知道你會賺取1美元，100美元，1000美元時，你會激動不已。你已經(jīng)領(lǐng)會了。一年之后(也許會更短，如果你不是像我一樣的膽小鬼的話)，那種熱愛在早晨起床的場景不會只是個幻想了。你每天都會那樣生活。為自己的進步而快樂和自豪Allowyourselftobehappyandproudofyourprogress【英文原文】Toooftenwearehardonourselvesandfeelbadaboutourlackofprogress.Wefeelguiltythatwe’vemissedacoupleofworkouts,orthatourprogressonourgoalhasstalled,orthatweslippedupandatesomereallyfatteningstuff.Butthat’slookingattheglassashalfempty,andit[...]Toooftenwearehardonourselvesandfeelbadaboutourlackofprogress.Wefeelguiltythatwe’vemissedacoupleofworkouts,orthatourprogressonourgoalhasstalled,orthatweslippedupandatesomereallyfatteningstuff.Butthat’slookingattheglassashalfempty,anditisalmostguaranteedtohinderyourprogresstowardsyourgoal.Lookattheglassashalffull—lo