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One of the most successful, influential and beloved women in American history, Eleanor Roosevelt once said that she had one regret: she wished she had been prettier. Who hasn't felt the same way? We are all too aware of our physical imperfections. To overcome them, we spend billions upon billions of dollars every year-on cosmetics, diet products, fashion, and plastic surgery.
身為美國(guó)史上最成功、最有影響力且最受人喜愛(ài)的女性之一的羅斯福夫人曾說(shuō)她有一個(gè)遺憾：她希望自己長(zhǎng)得更漂亮。誰(shuí)沒(méi)有過(guò)同樣的想法呢?我們都強(qiáng)烈感覺(jué)到自己身體的缺陷。為了克服缺陷，我們每年都要花費(fèi)幾十億美元——在化妝品、減肥食品、流行時(shí)尚與整容手術(shù)上。
American lifestyles show how much people respect the time of others. When people plan an event, they often set the time days or weeks in advance. Once the time is fixed, it takes almost an emergency to change it. If people want to come to your house for a friendly visit, they will usually call first to make sure it is convenient. Only very close friends will just "drop by" unannounced.
美國(guó)人的生活型態(tài)表現(xiàn)出他們對(duì)別人的時(shí)間有多尊重。當(dāng)人們?cè)谟?jì)劃一項(xiàng)活動(dòng)時(shí)，通常會(huì)在幾天或幾個(gè)星期前把時(shí)間定好。時(shí)間一旦決定，除非情況緊急，否則不會(huì)輕易改變。如果有人想到家里拜訪你，他們通常會(huì)先打電話過(guò)來(lái)，以確定你是否方便，只有很熟的朋友才會(huì)未經(jīng)通知就突然造訪。
Still, it's possible to go too far. At the end of the 19th century, some women even had ribs removed so they'd have that perfect narrow waist. Some people today have poison injected in the face to get rid of wrinkles, even though this means that their facial muscles will be paralyzed, unable to express certain emotions.
不過(guò)，還是有可能做得太過(guò)火。十九世紀(jì)末，有些女人甚至拿掉一些肋骨，只為擁有完美的柳腰。今天有些人在臉上注射毒藥來(lái)消除皺紋，即使臉部肌肉會(huì)因此癱瘓而做不出某些表情，也在所不惜。
People who claim to have seen Bigfoot do not agree about what he or she looks like, but they do agree that Bigfoot stays away from human beings. As soon as people enter the forest, Bigfoot hides from view. Scientists do not know whether Bigfoot really exists. Some scientists think people have fabricated these stories to amuse or to trick their friends, but other scientists feel these accounts are quite true.
聲稱看到過(guò)大腳印的人對(duì)他或她的長(zhǎng)相意見(jiàn)不一，不過(guò)一致同意大腳印躲著人類。一旦人們進(jìn)入樹(shù)林，大腳印就從人們的視線消失�？茖W(xué)家們不確定大腳印是否真的存在。一些科學(xué)家認(rèn)為人們編造這些故事來(lái)逗朋友樂(lè)或是跟朋友開(kāi)玩笑，可其它科學(xué)家感到這些記錄相當(dāng)真實(shí)。
Fortune has often been blamed for her blindness; but fortune is not so blind as men are. Those who look into practical life will find that fortune is usually on the side of the industrious, as the winds and waves are on the side of the best navigators. The commoner qualities are the most useful--such as common sense, attention, application, and perseverance.
人們經(jīng)常指責(zé)運(yùn)氣是盲目的;但是運(yùn)氣并不像人那樣盲目。那些觀察實(shí)際生活的人會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)運(yùn)氣通常支持勤勞的人，正如風(fēng)浪支持最優(yōu)秀的航海家一樣。較普通的素質(zhì)是最有用的——諸如常識(shí)、專心、勤奮和鍥而不舍。
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