美語人生（三）
珍奇妙趣
作者：懷中
Even though he is a low man on the totem pole， he will _disibledevent= to meet someone）
Refrain from improving anyone except yourself.
除了自己外，別去改善別人。
Success is not measured by wealth and material things， but by making one's life breathe a little easier.
成功不是以金錢和物質來衡量，而是使一個人的生活過得輕鬆些。
Don't beat yourself up over circumstances that are beyond your control.
在你無能為力時，不必責怪自己。
A clean conscience is a soft pillow.
純潔的良心是舒服的枕頭。（不做虧心事，睡得就舒服）
It is better to see the glass half full than half empty.
看待玻璃杯裏是“半滿”，要比是“半空”好些。
（half full指樂觀；half empty指悲觀）
Itching for what you want does not do much good； you have got to scratch for it.
單憑渴望得到你所要的，無濟於事；你必須努力才能獲得。
（itch for something渴望得到某物；scratch for something努力工作而得到某物）
Help your friends make lemonade out of life's lemons.
幫助你的朋友，把生活中不好的變成好的。（lemonade是檸檬汽水，指好的東西；lemon是檸檬，指不好的東西）
（編輯/立原）