书城外语每天都是精彩:英语诵读美文240篇(英汉对照)
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第205章

Be Yourself

Guidance for Reciting

The world becomes splendid because all in it are different,be yourself,and make your own paradise.

D on't undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others.

It is because we are different that each of us is special.

Don't set your goals by what other people deem important.

Only you know what is best for you.

Notes

1.deem [di:m] v. 认为,相信

做你自己

诵读导言

世界因为不同而精彩,做自己,创造自己的天堂。

不要拿自己去跟别人比较以贬低自己,我们每个人因为不同而特别。

不要将别人认为重要的东西当作自己的人生目标,只有你自己知道什么最适合你。

口语点津

做你自己,千万不要相信你听到的一切闲话(Don't believe all the gossip you hear.),更不要议论他人的是非长短(Don't gossip about other people.),避免成为一个长舌的人(Don't be a gossip)。gossip就是俗称的“八卦”,也就是“流言蜚语”的意思。一般人会在街头巷尾听到流言蜚语(People hear gossip in every nook and corner of the town),或喜欢在茶余饭后议论八卦(People gossip over tea or at meals)。因此,我们会说流言蜚语不胫而走(Gossip travels fast)。