Love your life—熱愛生活亨利大衛(wèi)梭羅

1、Henry David Thoreau 享利*大衛(wèi)*梭羅mean 低劣, 出身寒微shun 躲避, 故意避開call names 辱罵某人; 用各種難聽的話罵(某人)call over the names 點名thrilling 使人感動的; 使人激動的poor house 濟貧院almshouse 救濟院或養(yǎng)老院abode 住所but = except; not but = onlycontented 知足的，滿意的；愜意的，甘心情愿的independent 獨立的; 自治的；不愿受約束的; 不受控制的; 有主見的misgiving 疑慮, 擔憂, 不安disreputable 聲名狼藉,

2、破爛不堪herb 藥草, 香草sage 賢人, 圣人Love Your LifeHenry David ThoreauHowever mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names. It is not as bad as you are. It looks poorest when you are richest. The faultfinder will find faults in paradise. Love your life, poor as it is. You may p

3、erhaps have some pleasant, thrilling, glorious hours, even in a poor-house. The setting sun is reflected from the windows of the almshouse as brightly as from the rich man's abode; the snow melts before its door as early in the spring. I do not see but a quiet mind may live as contentedly there,

4、 and have as cheering thoughts, as in a palace. The town's poor seem to me often to live the most independent lives of any. Maybe they are simply great enough to receive without misgiving. Most think that they are above being supported by the town; but it often happens that they are not above su

5、pporting themselves by dishonest means, which should be more disreputable. Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends. Turn the old, return to them. Things do not change; we change. Sell your clothes and keep your thoug

6、hts.熱愛生活享利.大衛(wèi).梭羅不論你的生活如何卑微，面對它活下去，不要逃避，也不要惡言咒罵。生活不像你認為的那樣壞。當你最富有的時候，倒是看似最窮。愛挑毛病的人就是在天堂里也能找到缺點。即使你生活貧窮，也要熱愛生活。因為就是在濟貧院里，你也可以有快樂、激動、榮耀的時候。反射在濟貧院窗子上的夕陽，同反射在富戶人家窗上的一樣光亮；門前的積雪也同樣在春天早早的融化。在我見過的人中，只有心緒寧靜的人才可能生活得心滿意足、心懷歡快愉快的念頭，如同在皇宮中一樣。在我看來，城鎮(zhèn)中的窮人，往往過著最獨立自主的生活。也許就是因為他們很偉大，能夠毫無疑慮坦然接受現(xiàn)實。大多數(shù)人認為他們高高在上，不需要城鎮(zhèn)的資助；可是事實上他們往往并不高尚，而是用不正當?shù)?/p>