雙語(yǔ)美文：朋友

　　朋友一生一起走，那些日子不再有，一句話一輩子，一生情一杯酒，周華健的這首朋友相信勾出許多小伙伴的回憶，接下來(lái)小編給大家?guī)?lái)這篇雙語(yǔ)美文：朋友，大家一起來(lái)欣賞吧。

　　雙語(yǔ)美文：朋友

　　"A friend walk in when the rest of the world walks out."

　　"別人都走開的時(shí)候，朋友仍與你在一起。”

　　Sometimes in life,

　　有時(shí)候在生活中，

　　You find a special friend;

　　你會(huì)找到一個(gè)特別的朋友;

　　Someone who changes your life just by being part of it.

　　他只是你生活中的一部分內(nèi)容，卻能改變你整個(gè)的生活。

　　Someone who makes you laugh until you can‘t stop;

　　他會(huì)把你逗得開懷大笑;

　　Someone who makes you believe that there really is good in the world.

　　他會(huì)讓你相信人間有真情。

　　Someone who convinces you that there really is an unlocked door just waiting for you to open it.

　　他會(huì)讓你確信，真的有一扇不加鎖的門，在等待著你去開啟。

　　This is Forever Friendship.

　　這就是永遠(yuǎn)的友誼。

　　when you‘re down,

　　當(dāng)你失意，

　　and the world seems dark and empty,

　　當(dāng)世界變得黯淡與空虛，

　　Your forever friend lifts you up in spirits and makes that dark and empty world

　　suddenly seem bright and full.

　　你真正的朋友會(huì)讓你振作起來(lái)，原本黯淡、空虛的世界頓時(shí)變得明亮和充實(shí)。

　　Your forever friend gets you through the hard times,the sad times,and the confused times.

　　你真正的朋友會(huì)與你一同度過(guò)困難、傷心和煩惱的時(shí)刻。

　　If you turn and walk away,

　　你轉(zhuǎn)身走開時(shí)，

　　Your forever friend follows,

　　真正的朋友會(huì)緊緊相隨，

　　If you lose you way,

　　你迷失方向時(shí)，

　　Your forever friend guides you and cheers you on.

　　真正的朋友會(huì)引導(dǎo)你，鼓勵(lì)你。

　　Your forever friend holds your hand and tells you that everything is going to be okay.

　　真正的朋友會(huì)握著你的手，告訴你一切都會(huì)好起來(lái)的。

　　And if you find such a friend,

　　如果你找到了這樣的朋友，

　　You feel happy and complete,

　　你會(huì)快樂(lè)，覺(jué)得人生完整，

　　Because you need not worry,

　　因?yàn)槟銦o(wú)需再憂慮。

　　Your have a forever friend for life,

　　你擁有了一個(gè)真正的朋友，

　　And forever has no end.

　　永永遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)，永無(wú)止境。

　　雙語(yǔ)英文：富人們花掉多少才滿足?

　　For the wealthy, 2007 was the year that bigger was better -- from yachts and incomes to personal staff and art collections.

　　In 2008, the rich are likely to be uttering a new mantra -- downsizing.

　　The fallout from the debt-market crisis, along with growing concerns about inequality and the environment, are likely to usher in a year of moderation for the rich. Don't worry: Conspicuous consumption won't disappear.

　　Yet the recent surge in the population of millionaires and billionaires is likely to slow, at least in the near term. Buzzwords like 'mass luxury' and 'exclusive' are likely to be replaced by terms like 'authenticity' and 'sustainability.' In 2008, the rich will strive to be more down to earth, even as they take off in their new G550 private jets.

　　'I think there is increased anxiety among the wealthy,' says Peter White, a New York-based counselor to rich families. 'But I also think there is a greater understanding of the interconnectedness of things, that what they do in their individual lives can have broader implications.'

　　Here are some of the most likely trends among the super-rich for 2008.

　　Conventional wisdom today says the wealthy are exempt from the forces of economic gravity. Luxury real-estate sales are booming, say real-estate agents, even as the rest of the housing market craters. Neiman Marcus is outshining Wal-Mart. The rich will continue to spend, we're told, because they're receiving the lion's share of the nation's wealth and income growth.

　　This has held true -- so far. The rich (especially the super-wealthy) will fare better than the broader consumer, since they have more of a financial cushion. Yet because so much of today's wealth is tied to financial markets, the wealthy will feel the effects of any dramatic decline in stock markets, hedge funds and private equity. One key issue: Mergers and acquisitions -- the main drivers of big wealth -- could die down with tighter credit.

　　The rich have also been funding their lifestyles with debt -- from art loans and jumbo mortgages to jet financing. So if credit contracts further, high-end spending also will shrink.

　　Gregory D. Curtis, chairman of Greycourt & Co., a Pittsburgh-based wealth-advisory firm, says he knows several wealthy families who already have been burned by investments linked to subprime lending. 'The wealthy may have a bigger cushion between themselves and the wolf at the door,' he says. 'But they're not immune.'

　　The runaway prices for art, wine, vintage cars and other collectibles are sure to slow next year. The bubble may not pop, per se, since there is so much demand from the newly rich in China, Russia, the Middle East and Latin America. And so far, prices of collectibles have held firm. Yet the markets have become so overrun with financial speculators -- with art becoming the new 'non-correlated asset' and wine becoming the ultimate liquidity event -- that there's bound to be a correction. Look for price drops of 10% or more for some of the secondary artists and wine makers that rely on American buyers.

　　Private-jet makers are all touting their new 'green' programs, helping the wealthy ease their consciences about burning 600 gallons of fuel to fly to Florida. Carbon-offset programs will grow in popularity, along with efforts to reduce the number of jets flying empty on return trips.

　　Green-friendly homes, or eco-mansions, will also make headlines, oxymoron or not. Look for more solar-powered home theaters, drought-averse (yet expensive) gardens and indoor bowling alleys made from recycled wood chips.

　　With the presidential election casting a spotlight on inequality, the rich will feel more like targets. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama vow to raise certain taxes on the wealthy and liberal billionaires like Warren Buffett and Bill Gross have said the rich don't pay their share.

　　Whether it's out of enlightened self-interest or self-preservation, the rich may tilt left in 2008 in an effort to damp the growing populist streak in American politics. As Mr. Gross, who made his money in the bond market, put it in a blog post earlier this year, 'Now is the time, long overdue in fact, to admit that for the rich, for the mega-rich of this country, that enough is never enough, and it is therefore incumbent upon government to rectify today's imbalances.'

　　Any mere millionaire today can buy a Bentley, Hatteras yacht or Gucci bag. Yet how many people can say they've been to outer space?

　　Experience and access are quickly becoming new status symbols for the wealthy. The most prized experiences have an educational or altruistic bent, which help deflect populist criticism. Rather than buying another house or Swiss watch, the rich are trekking with penguins at the South Pole, having lunch with Nelson Mandela in South Africa or visiting a village in Bhutan to help build a school.

　　The final frontier in conspicuous consumption: space. In the end it's all about quality dinner conversation, and a rare trip aboard the space station will always outshine stories of another yachting trip to Greece.

　　對(duì)富人而言，2007年是“越大越好”的一年，無(wú)論是游艇、收入、員工數(shù)量還是藝術(shù)藏品都是如此。

　　2008年，富人們可能會(huì)轉(zhuǎn)向另外一面──收斂。

　　債券市場(chǎng)危機(jī)的影響以及對(duì)貧富差距和環(huán)境問(wèn)題的重視可能會(huì)讓富人低調(diào)一些。不過(guò)不用擔(dān)心：炫耀性消費(fèi)不會(huì)消失。

　　不過(guò)，近來(lái)百萬(wàn)富翁和億萬(wàn)富翁人數(shù)增加的速度有所放緩?！柏浾鎯r(jià)實(shí)”、“歷久彌新”可能會(huì)取代“奢華”和“專享”這樣的詞藻。2008年，盡管富人可以坐上新的G550私人飛機(jī)，但他們的姿態(tài)可能降得更低。

　　為富有家庭提供咨詢服務(wù)的彼得•懷特(Peter White)說(shuō)，我認(rèn)為富人中間的焦慮情緒在增加。但我也認(rèn)為，他們對(duì)事情的相互關(guān)聯(lián)性──也就是個(gè)人生活中的所作所為可能產(chǎn)生的廣泛影響──認(rèn)識(shí)得更深刻了。

　　以下是2008年中超級(jí)富人中最有可能出現(xiàn)的一些趨勢(shì)。

　　當(dāng)今的傳統(tǒng)想法認(rèn)為，富人不會(huì)受到經(jīng)濟(jì)引力的影響。房地產(chǎn)經(jīng)紀(jì)機(jī)構(gòu)稱，即便其他房屋市場(chǎng)銷售低迷，豪華房地產(chǎn)項(xiàng)目的銷售一派繁榮。Neiman Marcus的光彩遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)蓋過(guò)沃爾瑪(Wal-Mart)。我們聽說(shuō)，富人們?nèi)栽诖蠊P花錢，因?yàn)槊绹?guó)財(cái)富和收入增長(zhǎng)的一大部分都流入了他們的腰包。

　　迄今為止，情況的確是這樣的。富人(尤其是超級(jí)富翁)的情況要比普通消費(fèi)者好很多，因?yàn)樗麄兏胸?cái)力承受經(jīng)濟(jì)不景氣的影響。不過(guò)，因?yàn)楫?dāng)今的富人多同金融市場(chǎng)關(guān)系密切，他們也會(huì)感受到股市、對(duì)沖基金或私人資本運(yùn)營(yíng)基金大幅下跌的影響。一個(gè)關(guān)鍵問(wèn)題是：作為創(chuàng)造巨富的主要推動(dòng)力的并購(gòu)交易可能會(huì)因信貸緊縮而減少。

　　富人的生活也離不開舉債，諸如藝術(shù)品貸款、大額抵押貸款和飛機(jī)融資等等。因此一旦信貸進(jìn)一步緊縮，高端支出也會(huì)收縮。

　　廣告為富人提供咨詢服務(wù)的機(jī)構(gòu)Greycourt & Co.的董事長(zhǎng)格里高利•柯迪斯(Gregory D. Curtis)說(shuō)，他知道有幾位富豪家庭已經(jīng)因與次級(jí)貸款有關(guān)的投資而陷入了困境。富人面對(duì)外部?jī)措U(xiǎn)可能是有更多的保護(hù)層，但也并非萬(wàn)無(wú)一失。

　　藝術(shù)品、佳釀、豪車和其它收藏品價(jià)格的飆升勢(shì)頭明年肯定會(huì)放緩。不過(guò)，泡沫可能不會(huì)破裂，因?yàn)閬?lái)自中國(guó)、俄羅斯、中東和拉丁美洲的新富人群需求旺盛。迄今為止，收藏品的價(jià)格一直堅(jiān)挺。不過(guò)在投機(jī)者的推動(dòng)下，市場(chǎng)漲幅已經(jīng)過(guò)高，當(dāng)藝術(shù)品成為新的“非關(guān)聯(lián)資產(chǎn)”、葡萄酒成為最后的事關(guān)流動(dòng)性的事件后，市場(chǎng)注定就要進(jìn)行調(diào)整了。一些主要依*美國(guó)買家的二流藝術(shù)品和葡萄酒的價(jià)格可能會(huì)下跌10%甚至更多。

　　私人飛機(jī)制造商都在鼓吹他們新的“綠色”產(chǎn)品，希望富翁們打消對(duì)飛往佛羅里達(dá)需要耗費(fèi)600加侖燃油的顧慮。碳補(bǔ)償計(jì)劃及減少飛機(jī)返程空載的努力將越來(lái)越受到歡迎。

　　生態(tài)房屋也會(huì)受到重視，既可能是推崇，也可能是貶低。還會(huì)出現(xiàn)更多的太陽(yáng)能家庭影院、抗旱花園(不過(guò)價(jià)格不菲)以及用可回收木材制作的室內(nèi)保齡球道。

　　隨著總統(tǒng)大選頻頻涉及貧富差距問(wèn)題，富人可能越來(lái)越感到會(huì)成為眾矢之的。希拉里•克林頓(Hillary Clinton)和巴拉克•奧巴馬(Barack Obama)都承諾要提高富人的稅率，而沃倫•巴菲特(Warren Buffett)和比爾•格羅斯(Bill Gross)等億萬(wàn)富翁表示，富人目前的稅率跟他們的財(cái)富不相稱。

　　不知是否出于內(nèi)心深處的自利或自我防護(hù)的本能，為對(duì)抗美國(guó)政壇甚囂塵上的民粹主義潮流，富人們?cè)?008年可能會(huì)變得比較“左”。從債市發(fā)家的格羅斯今年早些時(shí)候在博客中寫道，現(xiàn)在是承認(rèn)美國(guó)富人和超級(jí)富人們從不會(huì)滿足的時(shí)候了，事實(shí)上早就應(yīng)該承認(rèn)這點(diǎn)了。因此，政府對(duì)修正目前的不平衡狀況義不容辭。

　　任何一位百萬(wàn)富翁現(xiàn)在都能買得起賓利車、Hatteras游艇或是Gucci手包。但有幾個(gè)人能說(shuō)他們?cè)教找挥?

　　能進(jìn)入各種場(chǎng)所或參加門檻很高的活動(dòng)正迅速成為衡量富人身份的新標(biāo)志。最值得贊賞的經(jīng)歷會(huì)是教育或公益活動(dòng)，這將有助于抵御來(lái)自民粹主義者的批評(píng)。富人可能會(huì)在南極圈與企鵝同行、在南非與納爾遜•曼德拉(Nelson Mandela)共進(jìn)午餐，或是訪問(wèn)不丹的村莊幫助他們新建學(xué)校，這一切的代價(jià)只是取消再買一棟住宅或是一塊瑞士名表的計(jì)劃。

　　炫耀性消費(fèi)的最后陣地是太空。畢竟，所有的一切都是為了餐桌上的談資，而空間站的難得經(jīng)歷總是比又乘游艇到希臘暢游一次的話題來(lái)得更體面。