双语名言，地道英语 (第11集)

一句名言，一个强者

1. No man is happy who does not think himself so.——Publilius Syrus

认为自己不幸福的人，就不会幸福。——普布利柳斯·西鲁斯

think himself 认为自己

So it might be easy for him to think himself a failure. 于是这很容易让他认为自己是一个失败者。

He is the wisest man who does not think himself so. 不自以为聪明的人是最聪明的人。

2. The emperor treats talent as tools, using their strong point to his advantage.———Li Shimin

君子用人如器，各取所长。———李世民

advantage n.便利；利益；优势；有利条件；优点; vt.有利于,有助于

The advantage is lost.错失优势。

Being tall gives him an advantage.个子高给了他有利条件。

I had a definite advantage. 我有一个明显的优势。

3. Too intimate friendship is liable to turn to the negative side against people's wishes at last.———Wang Guozhen

过于亲密的友情，最终很容易走向双方愿望的反面。———汪国真

intimate [ˈintimit]

a.亲密的；个人的；最熟知的；秘密的；内心的；由衷的；本质的；最内部的；非正式的；有性关系的

n.密友；知己；vt.暗示；宣布；声明

1.intimate photographs and kiss-and-tell revelations暧昧照片及私情爆料

2. She denied that they had ever been intimate.她否认他们有过性关系。

3. The cafe has an intimate but buzzy atmosphere.咖啡厅有种既闲适又喧闹的气氛。

4. They are to have an autumn wedding, an intimate of the couple confides.这对情侣的一位密友吐露说，他们将在秋天举行婚礼。

liable [ˈlaiəbl] a.有责任的；易患的；易受…影响的；被控制的；有可能的

Such a figure is liable to be attacked as a blasphemer. 这样一个人物很可能被攻击为*渎亵**神者。

Rivers are liable to overflow at this time of the year. 每年的这个时候河流都容易泛滥。

4. Books are the ever-burning lamps of accumulated wisdom.——G. W. Curtis (1824-1892)

书籍是积累智慧的明灯。—— G·W·柯蒂斯

accumulate [əˈkjumjəˌlet] vt.积聚；积累；堆积 vi.积成堆；累积；聚积

You shouldn't let the dirty dishes accumulate in the sink! 你不应该把脏盘子堆积在哪里。

I just want to accumulate some useful experience there.我只想在那里积累一些有用的经验。

5. To make a lasting marriage we have to overcome self-centeredness.

要使婚姻长久，就需克服自我中心意识。－George Gordon Byron（英国诗人，拜伦）

self-centeredness 自我为中心

Our early training and our self-centeredness combine to make us believe that every judgment of usis about us. 我们早年所受的训练，加上总是以自我为中心，使我们认为对我们所作的每个判断都是关于我们本身的判断。

Those enable you to be functional in society, but can also fuel one's "default mode" of self-centeredness. 这些能让你在社会中发挥功用，但同时也可能刺激你极端的自我中心。