經(jīng)典美文:關(guān)于愛情只需看懂九件事
摘要:有誰不喜歡愛情呢?這是一種最美好最純潔的感情。當(dāng)然,這也意味著它是最具有戲劇化的。
Who doesn’t love love? It’s one of the best, purest emotions out there. This means, of course, that it has the most drama connected to it. Everyone worries about collecting a lot of relationship baggage while they’re young, but the truth is it’s going to happen regardless of how you try to avoid it.
有誰不喜歡愛情呢?這是一種最美好最純潔的感情。當(dāng)然,這也意味著它是最具有戲劇化的。每個(gè)人年輕的時(shí)候都擔(dān)心自己會(huì)有很多感情上的麻煩,而事實(shí)是不管你多想努力避免,這種情況總會(huì)發(fā)生。
關(guān)于愛情只需看懂九件事
Instead of trying to prevent lots of missteps, read these tips and find out what you shouldknow about love when you’re still young. Find comfort in knowing that everyone goes throughthese things, and we all make it out on the other side.
與其試著避免犯錯(cuò),不如看看這些關(guān)于愛情年輕的你應(yīng)該知道的事。每個(gè)人都會(huì)有這樣的經(jīng)歷,而我們最終會(huì)好起來,這樣想就舒服多了。
1. You’ll make mistakes
你會(huì)犯錯(cuò)
It’s ok to make mistakes when you’re young –especially in love! Love isn’t a rational feeling, it’ssomething that makes you feel the highest ofhappiness during the good times, and the lowest ofsadness during the bad times.
年輕的時(shí)候犯錯(cuò)是可以接受的,尤其是在愛情里。愛情不是理智的,好的時(shí)候它會(huì)讓你體會(huì)最大的快樂,糟糕的時(shí)候則會(huì)讓你感受最大的傷痛。
You’re going to date people you shouldn’t; you’re going to have arguments that aren’t worthhaving; and you’re going to say the wrong things during these fights. It’s ok because you’regoing to learn from each of these mistakes, and that will make your true love that muchsweeter.(喜歡關(guān)注外國(guó)那些事微信:abroads)
你會(huì)愛上不該愛的人,你會(huì)為了不值得的事情爭(zhēng)吵,在爭(zhēng)吵時(shí)你會(huì)出口傷人。這都是可以接受的,因?yàn)槟銜?huì)從這些錯(cuò)誤里學(xué)習(xí),讓你真正的愛情更加甜蜜。
2. You can be selfish
你可以自私
It’s normal to be selfish when you’re young, becauseyou need to figure out who you are and what youwant from life. It’s acceptable to break up withsomeone over something that might seem a bit pettyjust because they don’t seem right for you –because they probably aren’t!
年輕的時(shí)候自私是正常的,因?yàn)槟阈枰l(fā)現(xiàn)你是誰,你想要從生活中得到什么。和某些人因?yàn)槟承┈嵤路质种皇且驗(yàn)樗麄兯坪醪贿m合你,這也是可以接受的,因?yàn)樗麄円苍S真的不適合你。
When you’re in your teens and twenties, you need to focus on yourself, because you need todiscover who you are and what your career will be. You need to work on things like this,including loving yourself, before you try to make a partnership work for the long haul.
年輕的時(shí)候,你需要專注于自身,因?yàn)槟阈枰綄つ闶钦l,你的職業(yè)生涯會(huì)怎樣發(fā)展。你需要為這些事情而忙碌,包括在發(fā)展一段長(zhǎng)期的關(guān)系之前先愛自己。
3. You can be single
你可以單身
And you should be! Too many young people thinkthey always need to be in a relationship. If you havethis mindset, then you’re more likely to date peoplewho are bad for you just so you’ll be with someone.It’s ok to be single! No one is watching you andkeeping track of how long you’re single versus howlong you’re in a relationship.
而且你應(yīng)該單身!很多年輕人認(rèn)為他們需要戀愛,如果你有這種心態(tài),你很有可能為了找個(gè)伴而和不合適的人約會(huì)。單身沒什么不可以!沒有人會(huì)盯著你,記錄你單身的時(shí)間和戀愛的時(shí)間哪個(gè)更長(zhǎng)。
It’s important to be single so you can focus on your own life; when you do find that specialsomeone, your relationship will be that much better because it will be special. You’ll be a well-rounded person, and you won’t have a history of hopping from relationship to relationship withno substance.
單身也是重要的,這樣你就可以專注于自己的生活。當(dāng)你真的找到那個(gè)特別的人時(shí),你們的關(guān)系會(huì)更好,因?yàn)樗鼤?huì)很特別。你會(huì)非常圓滿,而且你不會(huì)留下一段毫無意義不斷更換戀愛對(duì)象的歷史。
4. You’ll fall in love with the wrong person
你會(huì)愛上錯(cuò)的人
This is the hardest lesson to learn, because peoplerarely seem wrong for you at the start of arelationship. When you feel the sparks and thebutterflies, you can’t imagine that someone could bebad for you. But they can be, and they will be, andyou need to learn how to identify this in others
這是最難學(xué)會(huì)的一課,因?yàn)樵趹賽鄣拈_始,人們看起來都沒什么問題。當(dāng)你感覺到火花時(shí),你無法想象這個(gè)人可能并不適合你。但他們真的可能是錯(cuò)的人,而你需要學(xué)會(huì)如何辨別。
They can be kind and still be wrong — for you. You should be with someone who brings out thebest in you, who is sweet and encouraging and compatible with you, not who you think youshould be with to make anyone else happy.
他們可以是好人,但對(duì)于你來說,依然是錯(cuò)的人。你應(yīng)該和一個(gè)能讓你自己最好一面顯露出來的人在一起,他/她應(yīng)該非常貼心,善于鼓勵(lì),和你非常相配。不要為了取悅別人而勉強(qiáng)和誰在一起。
5. It’s ok to fall in love
陷入愛情里是正常的
So you’ve met the wrong person, and maybe youkind of even know they’re wrong for you, but youcan’t help it — you’re falling in love. That’s ok! It’sgood to let yourself feel things for others. If you’retoo hesitant to fall in love, then you might never letloose enough to find your special someone. Love is abeautiful feeling, and it’s never wrong to feel it for someone as long as you believe it’s true.
你遇到了一個(gè)錯(cuò)的人,也許你甚至知道他/她不適合你,但你就是陷入愛中無法自拔。這也是正常的。讓你自己去感知他人是好的,如果你過分猶豫不敢戀愛,你也許永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)釋放自己,找到那個(gè)對(duì)的人。愛情是一種美好的感覺,只要你相信這是真的,和某人陷入愛中就永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)錯(cuò)。
6. Live and love in the moment
活在當(dāng)下,愛在此刻
Never chastise yourself for falling in love. When youfeel something in the moment, you need to letyourself feel that emotion completely. Fall in love,daydream about your future, and, as hard as it maybe to do, let yourself get hurt. You’ll learn from all ofthese moments and all of these emotions.
永遠(yuǎn)不要因?yàn)閼賽鄱鴳土P自己。此刻當(dāng)你有所感覺,你需要讓自己完全投入去感受這種情感。陷入愛河,幻想未來,也許還會(huì)讓自己受傷。你會(huì)從所有這些時(shí)刻和情感中學(xué)會(huì)很多。
It seems like you’d look back and kick yourself for having a crush on someone who was soobviously wrong for you, but you’ll see the past through rose-colored glasses and be glad thatyou experienced as much as you did.
也許當(dāng)你回頭看,會(huì)責(zé)備自己怎么會(huì)愛上一個(gè)明顯是錯(cuò)的人,但這段過去依然帶著浪漫的玫瑰色彩,你會(huì)很欣慰自己曾經(jīng)盡力去體驗(yàn)。
7. You don’t need to have a timeline
你沒有必要制定時(shí)間表
When you’re young, you get so used to peopleasking what you’re majoring in or what you want tobe when you grow up that you start planning outyour whole life. It seems more stable to think “Ishould be married by the time I’m 25 so I can havekids before I’m 30,” than to fly by the seat of yourpants.
年輕的時(shí)候,你很習(xí)慣別人詢問你的專業(yè),或者你長(zhǎng)大后想做什么。然后你開始規(guī)劃你的人生。“我應(yīng)該25歲時(shí)結(jié)婚這樣我在30歲之前就可以生孩子了”之類的想法似乎比隨遇而安更穩(wěn)定。
But the truth is, those timelines rarely work out. If they do, it might just because you feelpressured to stick to them. What if you’re dating the wrong person when you’re 25, but stillfeel like you have to get married to meet your goal? Scrap any timeline you have in mind. Life isgoing to throw you curveballs whether you have plans or not, so see who you meet, who youfall in love with, and go with the flow.
而事實(shí)是,這些時(shí)間表基本沒用。如果有用,也許只是因?yàn)槟愀杏X到了壓力而刻意遵循。如果你在25歲時(shí)愛上了一個(gè)錯(cuò)的人,卻依然覺得為了實(shí)現(xiàn)目標(biāo)你必須結(jié) 婚,會(huì)怎樣?丟掉你腦中的所有時(shí)間表。不論你有沒有計(jì)劃,生活都會(huì)照常進(jìn)行。所以等著瞧,看你會(huì)遇見誰,愛上誰,順其自然。
8. Don’t put others before yourself
不要總優(yōu)先滿足他人的需要
When you’re older and in a committed relationshipor marriage, there will be times when you need toput your own wants on the back burner and let yourspouse reach some of their personal goals. It’s okto put others before yourself if you’re beingsupportive and not letting your own needs andwants fall to the wayside, but it shouldn’t become a habit.
當(dāng)你成長(zhǎng)了、結(jié)婚了,有時(shí)候你需要把自己的需求放在一邊,讓你的另一半實(shí)現(xiàn)他/她的目標(biāo)。如果你有足夠的支持,也不會(huì)讓自己的需求丟在一旁,優(yōu)先考慮他人是可以的,但這不應(yīng)該成為一種習(xí)慣。
If you’re in a relationship where your partner constantly needs to be the center of attentionand won’t let you have interests of your own or time to yourself, you need to get out of that.Realize that it’s not only acceptable to put yourself first, but it’s necessary when you’re youngand still have so much growing and learning to do.
如果在你的戀愛關(guān)系中,你的另一半總是想成為關(guān)注的焦點(diǎn),而不能讓你擁有自己的興趣或者時(shí)間,你就應(yīng)該結(jié)束這段關(guān)系。要明白,優(yōu)先為自己考慮不僅可以接受,而且在年輕的時(shí)候是必須的,因?yàn)槟氵€有很多成長(zhǎng)空間,還可以學(xué)會(huì)很多。
9. Love yourself
愛你自己
You’ll fall in love with good people and you’ll fall inlove with bad people, but above all, you need to loveyourself. If you love who you are, then you’ll be moreopen to loving others. Love is always a great thing toshare, but loving yourself also means you won’t haveto find that love in others. You can love someonewithout needing something from them to feelvalidated. Loving yourself is the most powerful love you can experience.
你會(huì)愛上好人,也會(huì)愛上壞人,但最重要的是你要愛自己。如果你愛自己,你就會(huì)更加包容地去愛別人。愛永遠(yuǎn)是值得分享的好東西,但愛自己也意味著你不需要從別人那里獲取愛。你可以愛上某個(gè)人而不需要從他/她那里得到什么來確保愛的感受。愛自己是你所能經(jīng)歷的最強(qiáng)大的愛。
英文經(jīng)典愛情語錄
1) I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you.
我愛你,不是因?yàn)槟闶且粋€(gè)怎樣的人,而是因?yàn)槲蚁矚g與你在一起時(shí)的感覺。
2) No man or woman is worth your tears, and the one who is, won‘t make you cry.
沒有人值得你流淚,值得讓你這么做的人不會(huì)讓你哭泣。
3) The worst way to misomeone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can‘t have them.
失去某人,最糟糕的莫過于,他近在身旁,卻猶如遠(yuǎn)在天邊。
4) Never frown, even when you are sad, because you never know who is falling in love with your smile.
縱然傷心,也不要愁眉不展,因?yàn)槟悴恢钦l會(huì)愛上你的笑容。
5) To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.
對(duì)于世界而言,你是一個(gè)人;但是對(duì)于某個(gè)人,你是他的整個(gè)世界。
6) Don‘t waste your time on a man/woman, who isn‘t willing to waste their time on you.
不要為那些不愿在你身上花費(fèi)時(shí)間的人而浪費(fèi)你的時(shí)間。
7) Just because someone doesn‘t love you the way you want them to, doesn‘t mean they don‘t love you with all they have.
愛你的人如果沒有按你所希望的方式來愛你,那并不代表他們沒有全心全意地愛你。
8) Don‘t try so hard, the best things come when you least expect them to.
不要著急,最好的總會(huì)在最不經(jīng)意的時(shí)候出現(xiàn)。
9) Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one, so that when we finally meet the person, we will know how to be grateful.
在遇到夢(mèng)中人之前,上天也許會(huì)安排我們先遇到別的人;在我們終于遇見心儀的人時(shí),便應(yīng)當(dāng)心存感激。
10) Don‘t cry because it is over, smile because it happened.
不要因?yàn)榻Y(jié)束而哭泣,微笑吧,為你的曾經(jīng)擁有。
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