英語美文欣賞： Life Is a Game生活是一場游戲

考研英語來源：文都教育 2017-08-14　

mage life as a game in which you are playing some five balls in the air. You name them - work, family, health, friends and spirit, and you're keeping all these balls in the air.

想像生活就是一場游戲，在這個游戲中，你向空中拋出五個球。你點著它們的名字：工作，家庭，健康，朋友和心境，而你正在讓這些球保持在空中。

You understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. But the other four balls are made of glass. If you drop one of these, it will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, damaged or even broken into pieces. They will never be the same. You must learn to strive for balance in your life. How?

你明白工作是一個橡膠球。既使你沒有接住它，它也會反彈回來。但是其他四個球都是用玻璃制成的。如果你掉落其中一個，它將會無法挽回地留下劃痕和缺口，甚或是摔得粉碎。它們永遠都不會恢復到原來的樣子了。你必須努力學會權衡生活。怎樣去做呢?

Don't undermine your worth by comparing yourself to others. It is because we are different that each of us is special.

不要因為和他人比較而使自己的價值逐漸削弱，因為我們每個人都是與眾不同的。

Don't set your goals by what other people consider important. Only you know what is best for you.

不要把目標定在別人所認為重要的事情上，因為只有你才知道什么最適合自己。

Don't take for granted the things closest to your heart. Hold on to them as you would to life, for without them, it's meaningless.

不要把什么事情都看作心中最緊要的，并依靠它們去活命，因為它們有時候毫無意義。

Don't give up when you still have something to give. Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.

不要在你尚可給予的時候放棄，因為沒有任何事情會在你嘗試之前失敗。

Don't be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together.

不要擔心承認你不夠完美，因為正是這根脆弱的細線將我們聯結在一起。

Don't be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.

不要畏懼遭遇冒險，因為這正是使我們學會勇敢的機會。

Don't shut love out of your life by saying it's impossible to find. The quickest way to receive love is to give it; the fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly; and the best way to keep love is to give it wings.

不要說不可能找到愛就把愛關在生活的門外，因為最快得到愛的方式就是付出愛，最快失去愛的方式就是把愛抓得太緊，而保持愛的最好方式是讓它插上翅膀。

Don't forget, a person's greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.

不要忘記，一個人最大的情感需求是得到欣賞(賞識)。

Don't be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless, a treasure you can always carry easily.

不要害怕去學習，因為知識是沒有重量，并且總是能夠輕易隨身攜帶的財富。

Don't use time or words carelessly. Neither can be retrieved.

不要輕率地使用時間或者言辭，因為兩者都不可能被收回。

Don't let life slip through your fingers by living in the past or in the future. By living your life one day at a time, you live all the days of your life.

不要因生活在過去或者將來而讓生命從你的指尖滑過，一天接一天踏實地去生活，那你生活的每一天都是自己的生活。

Don't run through life so fast that you forget not only where you've been, but also where you are going.

不要過快地穿越生活而忘記了你身在何處，將向何方。

Life is not a race, but a journey to be enjoyed slowly each step of the way. Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift. That's why we call it - the present.

生活不是跑步比賽，而是沿途每一步都值得慢慢欣賞的旅行。昨天已是歷史，明天還是一個謎，而今天則是一份禮物。因此我們稱它為“present”。