Maximilian’s English World

Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.

多觀察、多吃苦、多研究是求學的三大支柱。—班傑明·迪斯雷利

*suffer vt. 忍受；遭受；經歷
vi. 受損害；受痛苦；遭受，忍受；經驗

*pillar n. 柱子，柱形物；棟樑；墩
vt. 用柱支援

When I was young, I used to admire intelligent people; as I grow older, I admire kind people.

年輕時我常常羨慕聰明的人；隨著年齡增長，我開始欽佩善良的人。—亞伯拉罕·約書亞.赫舍爾

*used to 過去常常

*admire vt. 欽佩；讚美
vi. 欽佩；稱讚

*intelligent adj. 聰明的; 理解力 強的

「文法」

Used to +RV 表示過去常常

BeV + used to + RV 被用來做⋯

BeV + used to + N / Ving 習慣於⋯⋯

*BeV = be 動詞
*RV = 原型動詞
*N = 名詞
*Ving = 動名詞

The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.

人生最大的特權是成為真正的自己。

*privilege n. 特權；優待

vt.給予…特權；特免

Old age is not a disease. It is strength and survivorship, triumph over all kinds of vicissitudes and disappointments, trials and illnesses.

年老並非一種疾病，而是一種堅韌與生存的力量，是面對各種風風雨雨、失望與困難、考驗與疾病的勝利。—瑪姬·昆恩

* survivorship n. 生存,生存者對共有財產中死者權利部分的享有權

*vicissitude n. 變遷興衰

I gotta keep breathing because tomorrow the sun will rise. Who knows what the tide could bring

我會持續呼吸，因為明日的太陽依舊會升起，誰知道潮水會為我帶來什麼呢？

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant.

若沒有寒冬，我們的春天就不會顯得美好

What is tragedy? Tragedy is the collision of goods.

什麼是悲劇？悲劇就是善與善的衝突

*tragedy 悲劇 N.

Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.

成功並非偶然，是憑藉著努力、持之以恆、學習、求知、犧牲，最重要的是，愛你所做或者所學。

*perseverance n. 堅持不懈
*sacrifice n. 犧牲

王爾德名言 Oscar Wilde

我認為，上帝造人有點過高估計了自己的能力。
I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.

*Overestimated v. 高估

永遠原諒敵人，沒有什麼能比這個讓他們更惱火。
Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

*Enemy n. 敵人
*Annoy v. 惹怒

我什麼都能抗拒，除了誘惑。
I can resist everything except temptation.

*Resist v. 抗拒
*Temptation n. 誘惑

為了贏回我的青春，我什麼都願意做，除了鍛煉、早起、做個對社會有用的人。
To win back my youth, there is nothing I wouldn't do - except take exercise, get up early, or be a useful member of the community.

年輕的時候，我以為錢是人生最重要的，現在我老了，我懂了，確實如此。
When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is.

人生中只有一件事比被人議論更糟糕，那就是：無人議論你。
There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.

時裝是一種讓人無法忍受的醜陋，所以我們必須每六個月換一次。
Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.

*Intolerable adj. 難以忍受
*Alter v. 更換

我們都在陰溝裏，但有些人在仰望星空。
We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars.

取自：https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/uk-42184914.amp

人生就是一列開往墳墓的列車，路途上會有很多站，很難有人可以至始至終陪著走完。

Life is like a train heading to our tombs, and there could be so many stops. It’s very rare that all of us can make it from the beginning to the terminal.

Head v. 前往
Stop n. 站
Terminal n. 末班

A good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.

一本好書是一位鴻儒寶貴的鮮血，是立意奉獻給子孫後代的不朽珍寶

Precious adj. 寶貴的
Embalm v. 銘記於心
On purpose 刻意

I firmly believe that respect is a lot more important, and a lot greater, than popularity.

我深信尊重比受歡迎更為重要與強大