英语美文：三个筛子的人生哲理
生活中，总是喜欢道听途说，人云亦云的这么一部分人！其实，凡事多用大脑分析，相信谣言止于智者。就像文章中霍奇爷爷说的一样，要用三个筛子筛选一下！
Grandpa Hodge was the most popular sage in the village because he was so philosophic in speaking and doing things that everyone revered him as "Grandpa Wisdom".
霍奇爷爷是村里最受欢迎的长者，因为他讲话做事都很有哲理，大家都尊称他为“智慧爷爷”。
One day, a man hurried to Grandpa Wisdom and said, "Grandpa, I have a piece of news to tell you…"
有一天，一个人匆匆跑到智慧爷爷那里说：“爷爷，我有个消息要告诉你……” "Wait a moment," Grandpa Hodge stroked his beard and cut him short, "Have you sifted the news you will tell me with three sieves?"
“等一下，”霍奇爷爷摸了摸胡子，打断了他的话，“你要告诉我的消息，用三个筛子筛过了吗？”
"Three sieves? Which three sieves?" the man asked with puzzlement. “三个筛子？哪三个筛子？”那人不解的问。
"The first sieve is the truth. Is the news you will tell me true?" Grandpa Hodge asked, narrowing his eyes.
“第一个筛子叫真实。你要告诉我的消息确实是真的吗？”霍奇爷爷眯着眼问道。
"I don’t know because I overhead it from the street."
“不知道，我是从街上听来的。”
"Now let's check it with the second sieve," Grandpa Hodge went on, "If the news you will tell me is not true, it should be friendly."
“现在再用第二个筛子来审查吧，”霍奇爷爷接着说，“你要告诉我的这个消息就算不是真实的，也应该是善意的吧？”
The man hesitantly answered,"No, just the other way round…"
那人踌躇的回答说：“不，正好相反......”
Grandpa Hodge once again interrupted him, "So let's use the third sieve. Can you tell me if the news that is exciting you is very important?"
霍奇爷爷再次打断他的话：“那么我们再用第三个筛子，请问，使你如此激动的消息很重要吗？”
"It is not so important," the man answered with embarrassment.
“并不怎么重要，”那人不好意思地回答。
Grandpa Hodge patted the shoulder of the man and said significantly, "Now that the news you will tell me is not true, friendly or important, please don't tell me. Then it won’t trouble you and me."
霍奇爷爷拍了拍那人的肩膀，意味深长的说：“既然你要告诉我的事，既不真实，也非善意，更不重要，那么就请你别说了吧！这样的话，它就不会困扰你和我了。”
The man took a tumble and never spread the overhead news ever since. 那人恍然大悟，从此以后再也不到处传播道听途说的消息了。
第二篇：英语哲理美文
It hurts to love someone and not be loved in return. But what ismore painful is to love someone and never find the courage to let thatperson know how you feel. 只有付出的爱是痛苦的，但比这更痛苦是爱一个人却没有勇气让那人知道你的感情。
A sad thing in life is when you meet someone who means a lot toyou，only to find out in the end that it was never meant to be and youjust have to let go. 生命中令人悲伤的一件事是你遇到了一个对你来说很重要的人，但却最终发现你们有缘无份，因此你不得不放手。
The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch swingwith，never say a word，and then walk away feeling like it was the bestconversation you've ever had.
最好的朋友就是那种能和你促膝而坐，彼此不说只字片语，分别时却感到这是你有过的最好的一次交流！
It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose it, but it'salso true that we don't know what we've been missing until it arrives.
的确只有当我们失去时才知道曾拥有的是什么，同样，只有当我们拥有了才知道曾经失去了什么。
It takes only a minute to get a crush on someone，an hour to likesomeone，and a day to love someone- but it takes a lifetime to forgetsomeone.
迷上某人只需一分钟，喜欢上某人需要一小时，爱上某人则要一天，然而，忘记某人却是一辈子的事情。
Don't go for looks；they can deceive. Don't go for wealth；even thatfades away. Go for someone who makes you smile because it takes only asmile to make a dark day seem bright.
别倾心于容貌，因为它具有欺骗性，也别倾心于财富，它也会消散，倾心于那个能带给你笑容的人吧，因为一个笑容能使漫漫长夜如白昼般明亮。
Dream what you want to dream；go where you want to go；be what you wantto be，because you have only one life and one chance to do all thethings you want to do.
做你想做的梦吧，去你想去的地方吧，成为你想成为的人吧，因为你只有一次生命，一个机会去做所有那些你想做的事。
Always put yourself in the other's shoes. If you feel that it hurts you，it probab
ly hurts the person too.
要设身处地的为别人着想, 如果一双鞋你穿着夹脚, 别人的感觉可能也一样。
A careless word may kindle strife；a cruel word may wreck a life；atimely word may level stress；a loving word may heal and bless.
无心快语可能引发争执，无情之词可能折损生命，适时温语可能消弭压力，而关爱之声可能治愈心灵。
The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everythingthey just make the most of everything that comes along their way.
幸福之人并非拥有一切，只是尽力享受生活的赐予。
Love begins with a smile，grows with a kiss，ends with a tear. When youwere born，you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Liveyour life so that when you die，you're the one smiling and everyonearound you is crying.
爱情以笑开始，以吻转浓，以泪结束。当你哭着降临人世时，身边的每个人都在为此欢笑，好好生活吧，这样你就能含笑离开人世，而身边的每个人都在为此哭泣。
1.Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。
2.God helps those who help themselves. 天助自助者
3.Easier said than done. 说起来容易做起来难。
4.Where there is a will,there is a way. 有志者事竟成。
5.One false step will make a great difference. 失之毫厘，谬之千里。
6.Slow and steady wins the race. 稳扎稳打无往而不胜。
7.A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一堑，长一智。
8.Experience is the mother of wisdom. 实践出真知。
9.All work and no play makes jack a dull boy. 只工作不休息，聪明孩子也变傻。
10.Beauty without virtue is a rose without fragrance. 无德之美犹如没有香味的玫瑰，徒有其表。
11.More hasty,less speed. 欲速则不达。
12.It's never too old to learn. 活到老，学到老。
13.All that glitters is not gold. 闪光的未必都是金子。
14.A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.千里之行始于足下。
15.Look before you leap. 三思而后行。
16.Rome was not built in a day. 伟业非一日之功。
17.Great minds think alike. 英雄所见略同。
18.well begun,half done. 好的开始等于成功的一半。
19.It is hard to please all. 众口难调。
20.Out of sight,out of mind. 眼不见，心不念。
21.Facts speak plainer than words. 事实胜于雄辩。
22.Call back white and white back. 颠倒黑白。
23.First things first. 凡事有轻重缓急。
24.Ill news travels fast. 坏事传千里。
25.A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情。
26.live not to eat,but eat to live. 活着不是为了吃饭，吃饭为了活着。27.Action speaks louder than words. 行动胜过语言。
28.East or west,home is the best. 金窝银窝不如自家草窝。
29.It's not the gay coat that makes the gentleman. 君子在德不在衣。
30.Beauty will buy no beef. 漂亮不能当饭吃。
31.Like and like make good friends. 趣味相投。
32.The older, the wiser. 姜是老的辣。
33.Do as Romans do in Rome. 入乡随俗。
34.An idle youth,a needy age. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
35.AS the tree,so the fruit. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
36.To live is to learn,to learn is to better live. 活着为了学习，学习为了更好的活着。