英语散文:现代智语

 

Words of Wisdom for the Modern Age

现代智语

IN This ARTICLE: Wisdom today means something different for the young, modem Western generation.

本文简介：对今天西方的年轻一代来说，智慧别有一番含义。

 

Wisdom of the ancients always served civilisation well. In the age of the TV sitcom , witty New York repartee and the instant one-liner, Western wisdom in the modern sense can mean something more like the dialogue from an American sitcom. Here's sampling of the some of the wittier one-lines circulating through Western society circles these days:

I can only please one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow is not looking good either.

1 love deadlines. I especially like the wooshing sound they make as they go flying by.

Tell me what you need, and I'll tell you how to get along without it.

Accept that some days you are the pigeon and some days the statue.

Needing someone is like needing a parachute. If they aren't there the first time, chances are you won't be needing them again.

On the keyboard of life, always keep one finger on the escape key.

You are slower than a herd of turtles stampeding through peanut butter.

古人的智慧对文明总是大有裨益。在电视情景喜剧、纽约式的机智问答和即兴的单句俏皮话大行其道的时代，现代意义上的西方智慧更像是一出美国情景喜剧里对白之类的东西。以下是近来在西方社会流传的一些具有代表性的单句睿语：

我每天只能取悦一个人。今天轮不到你。明天看上去也不太妙。

我喜欢最后期限。我尤其喜欢它们飞驰而过时发出的嗖嗖声。

告诉我你需要什么，然后我会告诉你没有它怎么过。

接受这一事实－－有时你是在雕像上随意排泄的鸽子，有时你是那倒霉的雕像。

需要某个人就像需要一顶降落伞。如果他们第一时间不在场，你就可能再也没有需要他们的机会了。

在生活的键盘上，始终要把一个手指按在“退出”键上。

你比一群在花生酱中乱窜的海龟还要慢。