以下是小編整理的情感類英語美文欣賞： 現代智語，希望對你有所感觸。

　　Words of Wisdom for the Modern Age

　　現代智語

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

　　本文簡介：對今天西方的年輕一代來說，智慧別有一番含義。

　　[1] Wisdom of the ancients always served civilisationwell. In the age of the TV sitcom , witty New Yorkrepartee and the instant one-liner, Western wisdomin 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 circlesthese days:

　　[2] I can only please one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow is not looking goodeither.

　　[3] 1 love deadlines. I especially like the wooshing sound they make as they go flying by.

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

　　[5] Accept that some days you are the pigeon and some days the statue.

　　[6] Needing someone is like needing a parachute. If they aren't there the first time, chances areyou won't be needing them again.

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

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

　　古人的智慧對文明總是大有裨益。在電視情景喜劇、紐約式的機智問答和即興的單句俏皮話大行其道的時代，現代意義上的西方智慧更像是一出美國情景喜劇里對白之類的東西。以下是近來在西方社會流傳的一些具有代表性的單句睿語：

　　我每天只能取悅一個人。今天輪不到你。明天看上去也不太妙。

　　我喜歡最后期限。我尤其喜歡它們飛馳而過時發(fā)出的嗖嗖聲。

　　告訴我你需要什么，然后我會告訴你沒有它怎么過。

　　接受這一事實--有時你是在雕像上隨意排泄的鴿子，有時你是那倒霉的雕像。

　　需要某個人就像需要一頂降落傘。如果他們第一時間不在場，你就可能再也沒有需要他們的機會了。

　　在生活的鍵盤上，始終要把一個手指按在“退出”鍵上。

　　你比一群在花生醬中亂竄的海龜還要慢。

　　[9] Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, becauseyou are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.

　　[10] Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.

　　[11] Never argue with an idiot. They drag you downto their level and beat you with experience.

　　[12] Don't be irreplaceable--if you can't be replaced,you can't be promoted.

　　[13] Eat one live frog the first thing in the morningand nothing worse will happen to you for the rest ofthe day.

　　[14] Everything can be filed under miscellaneous.

　　[15] You are always doing something marginal when the boss drops by your desk.

　　[16] When confronted by a difficult problem you can solve it more easily by reducing it to thequestion "how would adventure star Indiana Jones handle this?"

　　[17] I don't have an attitude problem. you have a perception problem.

　　不要插手兇龍惡獸的事，因為你是松脆的，而被涂上番茄醬后味道好極了。

　　每個人在別人眼中都是怪物。

　　千萬別和白癡爭論。他們會把你拉低到和他們同等的水平，再用經驗擊敗你。

　　切勿成為不可替代的人--如果沒人能取代你，你便無法得到提升。

　　如果早晨第一件事就是吃一只活青蛙，那么余下的一天便不會有更糟的事發(fā)生了。

　　每件東西都可歸入雜項。

　　老板偶然來到你的辦公桌時，你總是在做一些無關緊要的事。

　　碰到難題時，把它簡化成這樣一個問題——“驚險片明星印第安那·瓊斯會怎樣處理?”--你就能比較容易地解決它了。

　　不是我的態(tài)度有問題，而是你的感覺有問題。