高中英语 Unit 4《Pygmalion》文字素材3 新人教版选修8

1、Unit4 Pygmalion 1. I want to be all used up when I die. 死的时候，我要把自己都用光。2Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. 生活并非是要找到自己，而是要创造自己。3When I was young I observed that nine out of every ten things I did were failures, so I did ten times more work. 据我观察，我年轻所做的事情，十有九次均

2、告失败。所以，我就多做了十倍的努力。4 It's so hard to know what to do when one wishes earnestly to do right. 如果有愿望要认真把事情做好，就很难了解事情该如何来做。5 If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange

3、these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas. 如果你我都有一个苹果，我们相互交换，那么你和我依然各自还有一个苹果。然而，如果你我都有一个主意，我们互相交换，那么你和我就各拥有两个主意。6 The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people. 成功的秘密就是要得罪冒犯为数最多的人们。7 My reputation grows with every failure. 我的生誉随每一次的失败而提升。8 If there was nothing wrong in the

4、world, there wouldn't be anything for us to do. 如果世界上没有错误，我们就没有任何要做的事情。9 You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul. 人用玻璃镜子来看清自己的面孔，而用艺术作品来看清自己的灵魂。10 We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing. 因为长大了，所以我们不玩了；因为不玩了，所以我们长大

5、了。11 The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business. 多数人想要了解的事情，其实都与他们毫不相关。12 Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get. 想要得到喜欢的东西，就一定要留心，否则你就要被迫接受你得到的东西。13 Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections,

6、and conceal your own. 积德行善还是静悄悄为好，这样做，你能听到人家的缺点，并隐藏自己的瑕疵。14 The minority is sometimes right; the majority always wrong. 少数人有时正确；多数人永远错误。15 The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who haven't got it. 通常，对于没有准确无误洞察力的人而言，准确无误的洞察力就叫做讥笑与谩骂。16 The only man who behaves se

7、nsibly is my tailor; he takes my measurements anew every time he sees me, while all the rest go on with their old measurements and expect me to fit them. 惟有我的裁缝才行事机敏。每次见到我，他都要把我的尺寸重新量过，而所有的其他人，都继续沿用陈旧的尺寸，并期待我去满足他们。17 In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it. 世界上害怕危险的人永远有危险

8、。18 Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will. 创造开始于想象。你想象渴望的东西，决意要那想象的事情，最终，你决意要的就能创造出来。19 The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact than a drunken man is happi

9、er than a sober one.  有信仰的人比怀疑论者更加快乐，这样的事实与其说失掉意义，不如说失掉事实，即失掉醉汉比没喝的人更加快乐的事实。20 A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out. 绅士就是对世界贡献多摄取少的人士。21 The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react. 只要我们决心做出行动，而不是反应，那么，机会就数不胜数。22 If you leave the smallest corn

10、er of your head vacant for a moment, other people's opinions will rush in from all quarters. 如果让你头脑中最小的角落空闲一小会儿，别人的见解就会从四面八方，一冲而进。23. Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. 不改变就不可能有进步，而且，不愿意改变头脑的人，任何事情也改变不了。24 Two percent of the peo

11、ple think; three percent of the people think they think; and ninety-five percent of the people would rather die than think. 百分之二的人会思考，百分之三的人认为他们会思考，而百分之九十五的人，宁愿死去也不做思考。25 Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness. 必须做的就去做。这也许不快乐，但却很棒。26 Human beings are the only anima

12、ls of which I am thoroughly and cravenly afraid人类是唯一让我彻底惧怕，怕得要死的动物。自我控制是最强者的本能。· 许多伟大的真理开始的时候都被认为是亵渎行为。· 你应该小心一切假知识，它比无知更危险。· 人生有两出悲剧。一是万念俱灰；另一是踌躇满志。· 人喜欢习惯，因为造它的就是自己。· 有信心的人，可以化渺小为伟大，化平庸为神奇。 · 愚人总会发现有更愚的人钦佩他。· 恋爱不是慈善事业,所以不能慷慨施舍。· 革命行动吸引社会上最好的和最坏的分子。· 我的生

13、命属于整个社会；在我有生之年，尽我力所能及为整个社会工作，这就是我的特殊的荣幸。· 对我来说，在享受人生的乐趣方面，有钱和没钱的差别是微乎其微的。在我这一种人看来，金钱就是安全和避免小苛政的工具：假使社会能给予我这两件东西，我将要将我的钱抛到窗外去，因为保管金钱是很麻烦的事情，而且又吸引寄生虫，并且招来人们的忌恨。· 所谓爱国心，是指你身为这个国家的国民，对于这个国家，应当比对其他一切的国家感情更深厚。· 躯体总是以惹人厌烦告终。除思想以外，没有什么优美和有意思的东西留下来，因为思想就是生命。· 恐怕你们不常想吧。在一年中想两三次的人已经不多。我每星期总

14、想一两次，所以名闻天下。· 多思、寡言、少写。· 理智的人使自己适应这个世界；不理智的人却硬要世界适应自己。· 科学始终是不公道的。如果它不提出十个问题，也就永远不能解决一个问题。· 知识不存在的地方，愚蠢便自命为科学。· 好书读的越多越让人感到无知。· 不要企图永远活下去，你不会成功的。· 成功网罗着大量的过失。· 我年轻时注意到，我每做十件事有九件不成功，于是我就十倍地去努力干下去。· 劳动是惟一导向知识的道路。· 所谓天才人物指的就是具有毅力的人、勤奋的人、入迷的人和忘我的人。· 许多伟大的真理开始的时候都被认为是亵渎的行为。· 人生不是一支短短的蜡烛，而是