花一點時間靜下心來，欣賞自己所擁有的和所成就的。

Take a few minutes to appreciate what you have and how far you've come.

花一點時間靜下心來，欣賞自己所擁有的和所成就的。

不要選擇世界上美麗的人，而是選擇一個使你的世界美麗的人。

Don't choose the one who is beautiful to the world. But rather, choose the one who makes your world beautiful.

不要選擇世界上美麗的人，而是選擇一個使你的世界美麗的人。

Growing Old

●資料來源：空中英語教室電子報 /  摘錄自 Growing Old 文章（http://epaper.pchome.com.tw/archive/oldpost.htm?s_code=0081）

Growing Old (Part 1＆2 of 9)
Happy birthday! Do birthdays really make people happy? Of course they do. Birthdays
celebrate the day we were born. Moreover, that extra candle on the cake represents another year of growth and maturity—or so we hope. We all like to imagine that we're getting wiser and not just older.

生日快樂！生日真能使人快樂嗎？這是當然的啊，慶生是慶祝我們來到世
上的日子，除此之外，蛋糕上多加一支蠟燭也代表了另一年的成長與成熟——
或者說至少我們希望能如此。
 
Most of us enjoy observing the miracle of growth in others, as well. For instance, seeing our children develop and learn new things makes us feel proud. For Americans, like people in most cultures, growing up is a wonderful process. But growing old? That's a different story.

我們都喜歡想像著自己能夠越來越有智慧，而不只是變老，我們大部份人也同時較喜歡
觀察別人成長的奇蹟。例如：看到我們的孩子長大並學習新的事物使我們感到
驕傲。而對美國人而言，就像大部份其他文化中的人們一樣，長大是一個美好
的歷程，但是變老呢？那可就是另外一回事了。

你越努力，運氣就越好。

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

你越努力，運氣就越好。

愛自己是畢生浪漫的開始。

To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance.

愛自己是畢生浪漫的開始。

Take things as they come.

Take things as they come.

既來之，則安之。

小時候畫在手上的表沒有動，卻帶走了我們最好的時光。

The watch drawn on wrist didn't move at all in the childhood but it took the best time away.

小時候畫在手上的表沒有動，卻帶走了我們最好的時光。

真正愛你的人不會說許多愛你的話，卻會做許多愛你的事。

The one who really love you not say many words of love you, but it will do a lot of things you love。

真正愛你的人不會說許多愛你的話，卻會做許多愛你的事。

Take time to enjoy the simple things in life.

Take time to enjoy the simple things in life.

慢慢享受生活中的簡單。

若將人生一分為二，前半段叫「不猶豫」，後半段叫「不後悔」。

In life divided into two episodes, the first is 「hesitance-free」, while the second is 「regret-free」.
若將人生一分為二，前半段叫「不猶豫」，後半段叫「不後悔」。

最難開口的事就是，初次的問好，和最終的道別。

The two hardest things to say in life are hello for the first time and goodbye for the last.

最難開口的事就是，初次的問好，和最終的道別。

如果你想擁有從未有過的東西，那麼你必須去做你從未做過的事。

If you want something you've never had, you must be willing to do something you've never done.

如果你想擁有從未有過的東西，那麼你必須去做你從未做過的事。

If you have no choice, do the best.

If you have choices, choose the best. If you have no choice, do the best.

如果有選擇，那就選擇最好的；如果沒有選擇，那就努力做到最好。

世界是一本大書，若不到處走走的話看到的總是同一頁的內容。

The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.

世界是一本大書，若不到處走走的話看到的總是同一頁的內容。

如果你願意，我願意用我的一生讓你感受到同樣的幸福。

You make me happier than I ever thought I could be. And if you'll let me, I will spend the rest of my life trying to make you feel the same way.

你給了我難以想像的幸福。如果你願意，我願意用我的一生讓你感受到同樣的幸福。

當你更清楚你是誰時，你將能更好地選擇最適合你的。

As you become more clear about who you really are, you'll be better able to decide what is best for you - the first time around.

───Oprah Winfrey 歐普拉

當你更清楚你是誰時，你將能更好地選擇最適合你的。

 

所以勇往直前吧。跌倒吧。

So go ahead. Fall down.
The world looks different from the ground.

───Oprah Winfrey 歐普拉

所以勇往直前吧。跌倒吧。
你會從地上看到一個不同的世界。

 

一個有信仰的人生，不管成不成功，至少不會迷茫。

A belief in life, whether successful or not, at least not confused.

一個有信仰的人生，不管成不成功，至少不會迷茫。

你無法想像自己其實有多重要，千萬別小看自己！

To the world you may be just one person, to the person you may be the world.

你無法想像自己其實有多重要，千萬別小看自己！

For others, but to live for yourself.

For others, but to live for yourself. 要替別人著想，但為自己而活。

相遇是一種美麗，相識是一種歡心，而相知是一種幸福。

The encounter is a beautiful, met a favor, and knowing each other is a blessing.

相遇是一種美麗，相識是一種歡心，而相知是一種幸福。

幸運，其實就是準備遇到了機會。

Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.

幸運，其實就是準備遇到了機會。

───Oprah Winfrey 歐普拉

做最好的自己並不容易

Making the absolute best of ourselves is not an easy task. It is a pleasurable pursuit…but it requires patience, persistence, and perseverance.

做最好的自己並不容易，這是很美好的願望，需要耐心、堅持和毅力。

如果你不好好享受生活，你的悲傷、難過、害怕、羞愧和內疚會代替你享受。

If you don’t enjoy your life, sorrow, sadness, fear, shame and guilt will.

如果你不好好享受生活，你的悲傷、難過、害怕、羞愧和內疚會代替你享受。

Do the one thing you think you cannot do.

Do the one thing you think you cannot do.
Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it. 

做一件你認為你做不到的事。
失敗。再試一次。第二次做得更好一些。
那些不曾跌倒的人是那些不曾走上高壓電線的人。這是你的時刻。擁有它吧。

If I Were A Boy

If I Were A Boy 如果我是男生 / 碧昂絲

翻譯 By Jayko

If I were a boy
如果我是男生

Even just for a day
就算期限只有一天

I’d roll outta bed in the morning
我會在早晨時打滾下床

And throw on what I wanted then go
然後穿上我亂搭的就溜出門


Drink beer with the guys
和哥兒們一起灌啤酒

And chase after girls
並且傻傻的跟在女孩們後頭

I’d kick it with who I wanted
我會痛扁那些我看不順眼的傢伙

And I’d never get confronted for it.
但我永遠不會承認是我幹的

Cause they’d stick up for me.
因為他們會為此一直再來煩我


If I were a boy
如果我是男生

I think I could understand
我想我就能夠理解

How it feels to love a girl
愛上一個女孩是怎樣的滋味

I swear I’d be a better man.
我發誓我會當個更好的男人

I’d listen to her
我會傾聽她的心事

Cause I know how it hurts
因為我了解不被傾聽的痛楚

When you lose the one you wanted
當你失去你最渴望的那個人

Cause he’s taken you for granted
因為他將你視為理所當然的存在

And everything you had got desroyed.
一切你擁有的都被他毀滅


If I were a boy
如果我是男生

I would turn off my phone
我會將我的手機關機

Tell everyone its broken
告訴所有人它壞掉了

So they’d think that I was sleepin alone
這樣他們就會以為我正一個人乖乖的睡著

I’d put myself first
我會將我自己擺在第一位

And make the rules as I go
並且將一切照著我的規則做

Cause I know that she’d be faithful
因為我知道她信仰倚靠的是我

Waitin for me to come home
傻傻的等著我回家

To come home
等著我回家


If I were a boy
如果我是男生

I think I could understand
我想我就能夠理解

How it feels to love a girl
愛上一個女孩是怎樣的滋味

I swear I’d be a better man.
我發誓我會當個更好的男人

I’d listen to her
我會傾聽她的心事

Cause I know how it hurts
因為我了解不被傾聽的痛楚

When you lose the one you wanted
當你失去你最渴望的那個人

Cause he’s taken you for granted
因為他將你視為理所當然的存在

And everything you had got desroyed.
一切你擁有的都被他毀滅


It’s a little too late for you to come back
你現在才說想要復合　已經有點太晚了

Say its just a mistake
就算你說只是個誤會

Think I’d forgive you like that
以為我就會輕易的原諒你

If you thought I would wait for you
要是你以為我會癡癡的等著你

You thought wrong
你就錯了


But you’re just a boy
但你也只是個男孩

You don’t understand
你根本還不能理解

Yeah you don’t understand  Oooh
是的 你根本不了解 哦

How it feels to love a girl someday
有一天愛上一個女孩會是怎樣的滋味

You wish you were a better man
你祈求自己能夠變成更好的男人

You don’t listen to her
你不曾傾聽她的心聲

You don’t care how it hurts
你不在意這樣有多傷人

Until you lose the one you wanted
直到你失去你想要愛的那個人

Cause you’ve taken her for granted
因為你將她的存在視為理所當然

And everything you have got destroyed.
而你所擁有的一切都已經被毀滅了

But you’re just a boy
但你只是個男孩

選擇愛而不是恐懼。

I believe that every single event in life happens in an opportunity to choose love over fear.

我相信，生命中發生的每一個事件都有一個選擇，那就是選擇愛而不是恐懼。

新年祝賀英文語之二

龍馬精神！（Wish you full of vigor in the new year.）
心想事成！（May all your wishes come true.）
一帆風順！（I wish you every success.）

無所畏懼地去追求更新更豐富的人生經歷。

The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.

生命的意義在於盡情生活，拚命體驗，勇往直前、無所畏懼地去追求更新更豐富的人生經歷。