Light 英文空间(14)

Light 英文空间(14)

Lan Lan smiled:' what are you afraid of? For sure, you're going to die sometime anyway 。Whether you're afraid of death or not, you die just the same. Whether you live happy or sad, you still live. Of course, it's better to get some enjoyment out of life if you can. I've thought about it, and I reckon we live through our feelings. What we see as good or bad luck is really just how we feel about life. If we feel good, then we feel we're lucky. If we feel good all our lives, then we're lucky all our lives too . We can't change the world, but we can change the way we feel, don't you think?

Ying began to see Lan Lan in a new light. Her companion seemed to have changed a lot recently. Ying couldn't have had those thoughts herself. Thoughts like these, whether joyful or depressing,came from Lan Lan's own heart. People have value because of their feelings, thought Ying. If people really cultivated tranquility, that made them boring。（Page 116)

兰兰却笑道，你怕啥，要真免不了死的话，你怕也是死，不怕也是死。就像你活一辈子，你笑也是活，你哭也是活，不如开开心心，自得其乐一辈子，你说是不？又说，我想透了，人其实活个心情，那幸福呀痛苦呀，其实都是心情。心情好了，人就幸福。有一辈子的好心情，就等于有了一辈子的幸福。我们没办法改变世界，但总能改变自己的心情，你说是不？

莹儿对兰兰真有些刮目相看了。她发现兰兰近年的变化真大，像方才这番话她是想不出的。细想来，陶醉她的，或是折磨她的，还是她自己的心情。又想，其实人的价值，不也是那点儿心情吗？要是真修得心静如水，也许会少了许多做人的滋味的。(摘自《深夜的蚕豆声》412页）

~Xuemo, translated by Nicky Harman.

Golden sentence:

We can't change the world, but we can change the way we feel.

我们没办法改变世界，但总能改变自己的心情

Words:

reckon /ˈrɛkən/  CET4 TEM4 reckoning,reckoned,reckons

1.

V-T If you reckon that something is true, you think that it is true. 想

例：

Toni reckoned that it must be about three o'clock.

托尼想一定是3点钟左右了。

depress [di'pres]

v.压抑；使沮丧；使萧条。

1.

lower someone's spirits; make downhearted

cultivate /ˈkʌltɪˌveɪt/  CET4 TEM4 cultivating,cultivated,cultivates

1.

V-T If you cultivate land or crops, you prepare land and grow crops on it. 开垦; 种植

例：

She also cultivated a small garden of her own.

她还开垦了一个自己的小花园。

tranquility [træŋ'kwiləti, træn-]

n.宁静；平静。

1.

a disposition free from stress or emotion

同义词： repose  /  quiet  /  placidity  /  serenity  /  tranquillity

2.

an untroubled state; free from disturbances

同义词： tranquillity  /  quiet

3.

a state of peace and quiet

同义词： tranquillity  /  quietness  /  quietude