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从小到大,老爸老妈总不厌其烦地在你耳边絮絮叨叨,如果要你说出其中一句印象深刻的真知灼见,你又会想到什么?
A : They’re very big on not giving up, you know, I was never allowed to quit anything, I was, you know, and I think that that has gotten me pretty far.
他们很重视坚持不懈,你知道,无论干什么都不允许我半途而废,我想那是让我能有今天的原因。
B : Slow and steady wins the race.
慢而稳,赛必胜。
C : Always have a “plan B.”
有备无患。
D : I’m Gabrielle, and the best advice my parents ever told me was to never change yourself, always1)shoot for what you want to do.
我叫加布里埃尔,我父母给我的金玉良言是:永远不要改变自己,想干就去干。
E : It wasn’t any spoken type of thing; it was just the way they lived their lives.
那并非口头上的忠告,而是他们会以身作则。
F : Stay on 2)the straight and narrow.
正直律己。
G : My father was once a victim of a violent assault. He was stabbed 11…11 times and nearly killed. I was enraged. And he said, “Don’t let this hurt you more than it hurt me,” meaning don’t give up that sense that there’s that of God in everyone and to be present to that of God in everyone, which is the core value in 3)Quakerism.
我的父亲曾是暴力攻击的受害者。他被刺了11刀,几乎没命,我十分愤怒。但他说:“不要让这事伤害你更甚于我。”意思是不要忘记每个人的内心都有上帝的存在,要让他人心中的上帝看到你;这就是贵格会的价值核心所在。
H : I’d say the best advice that my parents ever gave me was something that my father told me, which was: “Don’t do anything that you know is stupid.”
我会说我父母给我的金玉良言是,我爸爸告诉我的话,就是“不要做你明知道的蠢事。”
I : My dad once told me that two of the greatest influences in my life would be the books I read and the friends I kept, which I now discover is true.
有一次我爸曾对我说,影响人的一生的重要因素中有两点: 一个人所读的书和结交的朋友。我现在发现这千真万确。
J : Respect your elders; that’s one good thing, (laughing) that’s for sure.
敬老。这不无裨益,(大笑)毋庸置疑。
K : The best advice my parents ever gave me was: “Have fun living every day.” I trust, and that’s what I do all the time, because every day I think you have a [an] opportunity of correcting your mistakes and moving on. I think it’s a journey. It’s a journey that never ends. And even when you die, there might be still adventures out there.
我父母给我的金玉良言是,“快乐每一天”。我相信这话,且这是我一直以来的生活态度。因为我认为每一天你都有机会改正错误,继续前进。我觉得这是一个旅程,一个永无终点的旅程。即使是当你去世后,前方或许仍会有未知之旅在等着你。
