我对面的人家经常应景布置,让我不出门就可以拍一些反应加拿大普通人生活的照片。
浏览今天的英文网页,摘录几段新年警句,翻译一下。警句很难准确翻译,只能依照老木匠自己的理解意译:
People are so worried about what they eat between Christmas and the New Year, but they really should be worried about what they eat between the
New Year and Christmas.
Anonymous
很多人对“从圣诞节到新年”期间该怎么控制饮食总是忧心忡忡,然而,他们更要担忧的实际上应该是“从新年到圣诞节”这一段时间。
佚名
Be at war with your vices; at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.
Benjamin Franklin
不断克制自己身上的恶习,保持与邻居和睦相处,每一个新年的到来都让你变得更好。
本杰民-富朗克林
I'm a little bit older, a little bit wiser, a little bit rounder, but still none the wiser.
Robert Paul
我又变老了一点点,自然也就聪明了一点点,同时也圆滑了一点点,所以我实际上不可能变得更有智慧。
罗伯特-保尔
It wouldn't be New Year's if I didn't have regrets.
William Thomas
回头看看,正是因为我们有很多该懊悔的东西留在後面了,我们的前面才是一个崭新的新年。
威廉姆-汤马斯
New Year's Day is every man's birthday.
Charles Lamb
新年之日是很多人新生,重新开始的一日。
查理斯-蓝姆
Never tell your resolution beforehand, or it's twice as onerous a duty.
John Selden
做好你该做的,不要过早地希望什么奇迹会发生。否则,你的希望会成为你的精神负担。
约翰-叟顿
Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.
Oprah Winfrey
在新年里信心百倍地做好你该做的事,你会有机会把过去没做好地事情做好。
欧泊拉-乌因非
Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no account.
Oscar Wilde
一个好的新年愿望再好也只不过是手里捏着的一张空头支票。
奥斯卡-王尔德
I made no resolutions for the New Year. The habit of making plans, of criticizing, sanctioning and molding my life, is too much of a daily event for me.
Anais Nin
我不会在新年里许愿。我习惯于拟定可行的计划,批评不切实际的东西,把握、引导自己的生活模式--我有太多的事情要做,没功夫空想。
安娜丝-宁
Every man regards his own life as the New Year's Eve of time.
Jean Paul Richter
每个人都痴想他的命运会随着新年到来而改变。
珍妮-保尔-锐奇尔
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