Unit  one
1、餐饮行业与电影行业的共同之处在于其小型企业的失败率很高
The restaurant industry has one thing in common with the film industry: the high failure rate among its small businesses.
2、他的伟大在于他具有非凡的能力把科学家和实业家的品质结合起来了
His greatness lies in his outstanding ability to connect the qualities of a scientist with those of an industrialist
3、像工作单位取代居住地一样，我们的种族身份已被    职业身份所取代。这一现象在流动作业的行业中表    现得尤为明显。
We have replaced ethnic identity with professional identity, the way we replaced neighborhoods with the workplace, which is quite obvious among the mobile professions
4、显然，任何一家大公司的老板都不可能事事亲力亲为，需要到一些方法把他们的理念传达给他人。
Plainly, in any large enterprise the boss cannot be directly involved in everything, and some means have to be found to transfer his belief to others.
5.没有任何人愿意再过那种自己无法控制、要别人认可、任人摆布的日子了。
No one was willing to experience the feeling of being out of control and dependent on someone else’s approval, at someone else’s mercy.
6、人们渴望一种成就感，渴望有能力凭自己的手、自己的脑、自己的意志办成事情。
The human being longs for a sense of being accomplished, of being able to do things, with his hand, with his mind and with his will.
7、政府希望通过大量出售资产来弥补损失。
The government hopes that the sale of a chunk of its assets will help make up for its
loss.
8、现代社会里人们的身份更多地由他们所从事的职业，而不是他们所生活的社区来界定。
In modern society, people are more likely to be identified by their professions, rather than by their communities.
9、职业和工作在使人得到幸福与满足方面所起的作用比我们大多数人意识到的要多得多。
Careers / jobs and work do much more than most of us realize to provide happiness and contentment
10、我们的确对这个事件进行了调查，但不会对正在进行的调查作任何评论。
We did have an investigation with regard to the issue, but we should not comment on it.
Unit 3
1、当一个人处于“经历中的沙漠”——一段感到毫无出路、甚至毫无希望的时期，最重要的是不要让自己陷入荒漠之中无法自拔。
When someone is in “desert of experience”— a period of feeling barren of options, even hope, the most important thing is not to allow himself to be stranded in the desert.
2、经济来源耗尽，还有一大家人需要供养，吉米起初想逃避，但最终靠着顽强的勇气和乐观的性格挺了过来。
With financial resources exhausted and the pressure of a big family to support, Jimmy wanted to escape at first but finally his courage and good humor saw him through.
3、有人认为在人生的任何阶段开始一种新的生涯都为时不晚。
Someone believes that it is never too late to embark on a new career in any period of life.
4、在经历重大打击之后，明智的做法是勇敢面对挑战，而不是逃避。
What makes sense is to face the challenge rather than run away from the troubles after suffering a significant loss.
5、玛丽靠她在餐馆工作的微薄收入，几乎无法维持生活
With the small income from her restaurant job, Mary could barely make ends meet.
6、人们逐渐明白了失败并不是可怕的东西，而是人生的宝贵经历
It dawns on people that failure is nothing to be afraid of. But it is a precious experience in life.
7、在毕业典礼上，校长预祝同学们在事业上不断取得进步。
The president wishes every student to forge ahead on the career ladder at the commencement ceremony.
8、科学家们正在对吸烟者和抑郁者进行研究，试图解决这些复杂的生理和心理问题。
Scientists are studying smokers and the people with depression in an attempt to sort out their complicated physical and psychological problems.
9、大多数家长不是竭力防止失败就是竭力不让孩子们知道他们已经失败。
Most parents work hard at either preventing failure or shielding their children from the knowledge that they have failed.
10、每个人都不可能十全十美。 因此，对自己宽容些。
No one can be perfect, so be easy on oneself.
Unit 4
1、在当今社会， 广告几乎完全成为致力于描写快乐的现代表达方式。
In modern society, advertising has become one modern form of expression almost completely dedicated to depicting happiness.
2、讲座永远不会从大学的舞台上完全消失，因为它们来源于一个久远的传统，而大学这个环境为了其自身的利益又理所当然地尊重传统。sort of career翻译
Lectures will never entirely disappear from the university scene, because they spring from a long tradition in a setting that rightly values tradition for its own sake.
3、这对夫妻永远体会不到做父母的乐趣, 除非他们有了自己的孩子 。
Short of having their own children, the couple can never experience the pleasure of being parents.
4、他把别人的成功看成是一种挑战、一种动力。他不断告诉自己他应该比别人做得更好。
He takes other’s success as a kind of challenge and motivation. He keeps telling himself that he should do better than others.
5、如果欢乐与愉快等于幸福，则痛苦就等于不幸福。但实际上能带来幸福的事往往与痛苦相联系。
If fun and pleasure are equated with happiness, then pain must be equated with unhappiness. The truth is that things that lead to happiness involve some pain
6、为了让孩子能得到成为一个音乐家所需要的一切，那些经济不宽裕的家庭对任何牺牲都在所不惜。
In homes where money was tight, no sacrifice was too great in order that the child has whatever he needed to learn to become a musician.
7、只要明白欢乐并不带来幸福，我们就会开始以不同的态度来生活。
As long as we understand that fun does not bring happiness, we can begin to lead our lives differently.
8、如果我们真正得到了自己想要的，就会不停地想我们没有的——于是我们就老是不满。

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