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第二单元 无论是友情还是爱情，你都不可能期待自己付出最少而得到最多。 In either friendship or love,you should never expect to receive the maximum while you give the minimum. 我把全部希望寄托在他的承诺上，结果却发现他根本不是个真诚的人。 I built all my hopes on his promises,only to find that he was not a man of sincerity at all. 3.我们带母亲去了所有我们能找到的最好的医院，但一切努力都是徒劳的，母亲还是没能熬过那次疾病。 We took mother to all the best hospitals we could find, but all our efforts were in vain;she failed to survive the disease. 4.情人节是一个一年一度在2月14日庆祝的节日，一个向自己心仪的对象表达爱意的好日子。 Valentine’s Day is an annual holiday celebrated on February 14,a perfect day to express love to the object of your affection. 5.在信息时代，通过电子邮件方式跟远方的朋友交流几乎可以是同步的. In the information era, communications with far-away friends via e-mail can be almost simultaneous. 6.爱情需要时间，因为只有慢慢习惯和学会欣赏对方才会产生出爱情. Love takes time ，for it is not forged until you have grown used to the other’s company and learned to appreciate the other. 第三单元 千百年来哲学家们费尽心机从各自的角度阐释何为幸福. For thousands of years philosophers have taken pains to explain the meaning of happiness from their own points of view。 刚上大学的时候，突然发现自己得处理所有日常事物，知道那是自己才觉得在父母身边生活真是幸福。 When I first came to college，I suddenly found myself left with everything to deal with by myself。I was not until then did I realize that living with my parents was truly a happy experience. 你不要总是和别人攀比，否则你可能会陷入忧郁之中，因为毕竟有许多人比你强。 You should not always make comparison with others；otherwise， you may be trapped in depression，for there are always others who are better than you. 今天人们生活比以前富裕多了，闲暇时间也多了，奇怪的是人们反而觉得生活乏味了。 Today people are much better off and enjoy more leisure.Strangely enough，they find life boring. 事实上，人生是漫长而缺少兴奋的。如果期待每天都如戏剧般精彩必定会遭遇失望。 Life，in effect，is long but short of excitement. You are sure to suffer from inevitable disappointment if you expect everyday life to be as exciting as drama. 过于顺利的生活可能具有破坏性，因为人们没有机会学会怎样应对挫折。这能部分解释年轻人居高不下的自杀率。 A life that is too smooth may also be destructive because it offers no opportunity for one to learn how to deal with failures.That in part explains t