2014 考研英语(二)小作文参考范文一

Dear John,

  I am a student of China, and I am writing this letter for the purpose of telling you that I am going to study abroad in your country and we will share one apartment during my time in your country.

I am glad to communicate with you some of my living habits so that we will have a more harmonious living atmosphere. First, I always go to sleep at 10 o’clock at night and get up at 6 o’clock in the morning. Second, I hope our room is clear and tidy, which is very helpful for us to keep a good mood. Third, I don’t want strangers come to our room when we are outside, so we need remember to clock our room when we get out.

As you may know that this is my first time to study abroad, so l have a lot of questions on how to adapt to the life there, I wonder could you please give me some advices on how to adjust the life there? Thank you ahead for your kindness.

   Yours sincerely,

                       LiMing

翻译题答案

1.大多数人愿意把乐观定义为无尽的欢乐，就像一只总是装着半杯水的杯子。但那是一种绝不会为积极心理学家所称道的虚假的快乐。哈佛大学的Tal Ben-Shahar教授说，“健康的乐观主义意味着要处于现实之中。”在Ben-Shahar看来，现实的乐观主义者会因势利导，而非求全责备。

2.Ben-Shahar 会使用三种乐观的方法。比如说，当他进行了一次糟糕的演讲感到心情郁闷的时候，他会告诉自己这是很正常的事。他会提醒自己：并不是每一次演讲都可以获得诺贝尔获，总会有一些人的演讲效果不及其他人，下次进行改进即可。他分析了些效果不好的演讲并且从那些起作用和不起作用的演讲中吸取教训为将来做准备。最后，现在存在这样一个观点，即在生活的宏伟计划中，一次演讲是无关紧要的。