《Pygmalion》文字素材1（人教版选修8）.docVIP

Unit4 Pygmalion ?1. I want to be all used up when I die. 死的时候，我要把自己都用光。 2．Life isnt about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. 生活并非是要找到自己，而是要创造自己。 3．When I was young I observed that nine out of every ten things I did were failures, so I did ten times more work. 据我观察，我年轻所做的事情，十有九次均告失败。所以，我就多做了十倍的努力。 4． Its so hard to know what to do when one wishes earnestly to do right. 如果有愿望要认真把事情做好，就很难了解事情该如何来做。 5． If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas. 如果你我都有一个苹果，我们相互交换，那么你和我依然各自还有一个苹果。然而，如果你我都有一个主意，我们互相交换，那么你和我就各拥有两个主意。 6． The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people. 成功的秘密就是要得罪冒犯为数最多的人们。 7． My reputation grows with every failure. 我的生誉随每一次的失败而提升。 8． If there was nothing wrong in the world, there wouldnt be anything for us to do. 如果世界上没有错误，我们就没有任何要做的事情。 9． You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul. 人用玻璃镜子来看清自己的面孔，而用艺术作品来看清自己的灵魂。 10． We dont stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing. 因为长大了，所以我们不玩了；因为不玩了，所以我们长大了。 11． The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business. 多数人想要了解的事情，其实都与他们毫不相关。 12． Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get. 想要得到喜欢的东西，就一定要留心，否则你就要被迫接受你得到的东西。 13． Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other mens imperfections, and conceal your own. 积德行善还是静悄悄为好，这样做，你能听到人家的缺点，并隐藏自己的瑕疵。 14． The minority is sometimes right; the majority always wrong. 少数人有时正确；多数人永远错误。 15． The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who havent got it. 通常，对于没有准确无误洞察力的人而言，准确无误的洞察力就叫做讥笑与谩骂。 16． The only man who behaves sensibly is my tailor; he takes my measurements anew every time he sees me, while all the rest go on with their old measurements and expect me to fit them. 惟有我的裁缝才行事机敏。每次见到我，他都要把我的尺寸重新量过，而所有的其他人，都继续沿用陈旧的尺寸