1. Whatever
随便
Non-Americans take offense when someone says, "whatever" because it is insulting.
除了美国人以外的其他人都很排斥听到“Whatever”这个词，因为这是种侮辱。
If someone visiting the U.S. asks a question or makes a statement and gets "whatever" as a response, it means the person responding doesn9t care what the foreigner has to say.
如果某人在去美国的时候，问了一个问题或者说了什么话得到“Whatever”这个回答的话，就意味着回答他的那个人根本不在意他说了什么。
When using this word, you9re basically saying that you don9t care what the person has to say.
当你再用这个词的时候，你基本上是在说你根本不在意那个人说了什么。
So please don9t be rude and don9t channel your inner "Clueless."
所以不要太粗鲁，别将你内心的“自我”心理表现出来。
2. You Know
你知道的
One popular but confusing phrase is, "you know."
一个常用并且容易混淆的词就是“You Know.”
A popular phrase among the American youth and valley girls, it can be really annoying to the listener, especially if he or she doesn9t completely understand what you9re talking about.
这是个美国青年跟山谷女孩之间常用的词，对听者来说，这个词真的很烦，尤其是用在如果他或者她没有完全明白你在说什么的时候。
Saying "you know" is like asking, "Are you listening?" or "Do you understand?" Just think how annoying that would be.
说“You know,”就好像是在说：“你有在听吗？”或者“你听明白了吗？”只要想想就知道有多恼火了。
3. No Way
没门儿
When people hear this term, they feel like they have to defend what they9re saying and explain it further.
别人听到这个词的时候，会觉得自己必须要为自己的话辩解，于是解释得更多。
Foreigners consider the term "no way" as an ignorant response because the person can9t think of anything else to say.
外国人觉得“Mo way”这个词是一种无视别人的回答，因为这个词会让别人无话可说。
Responding with "no way" basically means that you don9t believe what a person is telling you.
用“No way”这个词回答的话基本上就意味着你不相信那个人所说的话。
4. Like
就好像…..
The traditional use of the word "like" is a synonym for "such as" or as a verb but the overuse of the word as a meaningless filler is very annoying to foreigners.
“Like”传统上是“比如”的同义词或者是用作动词的，但是过度使用这个词作为没有意义的副词的话就会让外国人觉得很烦。
For instance, if you said, "He worked like 15 hours straight," a foreigner would consider this a bad habit or careless way of speaking.
比如说，如果你说：“他好像工作了15个小时，”外国人就会认为你这是一种不好的习惯或者是一种不严谨的说话方式。
5. Good Luck with That
祝你好运
"Good luck with that" is a dismissive phrase that means you don9t care what happens and you9re glad it9s not you that has to deal with the problem.
“祝你好运”是一个很不屑的短语，意思是你根本不在乎会发生什么或者你很高兴遇到麻烦的那个人不是你。
It offers no help to the person who has the problem and you9re brushing them off instead of helping.
这句话不仅不会给那个遇到困难的人任何帮助，反而会打击到他们。
6. My Bad
我的错
Foreigners consider "my bad" as an easy out, rather than a sincere apology for a mistake.
外国人认为“我的错”很容易说出口，而不是因为犯错了而真心地道歉。
If you do something that9s wrong or made a mistake and you say, "my bad," you9re telling the other person to get over it and move on.
如果你做错了什么事或者犯了什么错，然后你说“我的错”的话，你就是在告诉别人忘掉过去往前看。
Foreigners find this response rude and uncaring.
外国人会觉得这个回答既粗鲁又很不屑。
7. What's Up
怎么啦
When people from other countries hear, "what9s up?” they consider it a dismissive phrase.
别的国家的人听到“what9s up?”的时候，他们觉得这是句很不屑的话。
What9s Up is a substitution for the traditional greeting "hello" but gives the impression that you don9t care what the person is doing.
What’s up 传统上是用来代替“Hello”这个词来表示问候的，但是给人一种不在意别人在做什么的感觉。
The person answering the question feels the only response is "nothing" meaning the person asking doesn9t truly care!
回答问题的那个人会觉得只有“nothing”这个回答才意味着那个问问题的人真的不在意。
8. Freak Out
吓死了
The term, "freak out" means you9re in a panic over something that happened.
“Freak out”这个词意味着你对当时所发生的事情感到很恐慌。
Foreigners find this term off-putting because it is overused.
外国人很烦这个词，因为它被过度使用。
Freaking out is supposed to mean out of control or manic but it9s usually used in situations when a person is excited over something.
“Freak out”这个词本来是表示失控或者狂躁，但是现在通常用来表示某人因为某事很激动。
9. Least Worst Option
最佳选择
This paradoxical expression just confuses matters, especially if you9re saying it to a person from another country.
这个矛盾的表达只是在混淆视听，尤其是你在跟别的国家的人说这句话的时候。
It means that something is the best choice from a list of bad options.
这句话的意思是在一些不好的选择里面做出最好的选择。
For example, "This English assignment is the "least worst option" on the teacher9s assignment list."
比如说：“这份英语作业是老师的作业清单里的‘最佳选择’。”
10. It Is What It Is
事情就是这样
The phrase, "It is what it is," means that there is nothing you can do about it and it doesn9t matter.
这个短语：“事情就是这样，”意思是你无能为力并且这没什么大不了。
If you use this term, you9re saying that you9re helpless to change anything, instead of offering a solution.
如果你用这个短语的话，那你就是在说你无能为力，也无法提供解决办法。
This is very annoying, especially if you use it in a business atmosphere.
这句话很烦人，尤其在生意场合里更是如此。
20句外国人最喜欢的英文美句！
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We need never be hopeless, because we can never be irreparable broken.
人生不会被彻底摧毁，何需绝望。
John Green, Looking for Alaska
约翰·格林 《寻找阿拉斯加》
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There are darknesses in life and there are lights, and you are one of the lights, the light of all lights.
人生中有黑暗，也有光芒。而你，是光芒中的一束，是所有光中最耀眼的那一束。
Bram Stroker, Dracula
布莱姆·斯托克《吸血鬼伯爵德古拉》
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I want you to remember who you are, despite the bad things that are happening to you. Because those bad things aren’t you. They are just things that happen to you. You need to accept that who you are and the things that happen to you, are not one and the same.
即使你经历了些糟糕的事情，我也想要你记住你是谁。因为那些事不是你，它们只是发生在你身上罢了。你要明白，“你是谁”和“你经历了什么”不是一回事。
Colleen Hoover, Hopeless
科琳·胡佛 《绝望》
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In spite of everything, I still believe people are really good at heart.
无论如何，我始终相信人性本善。
Anne Frank, The Diary of Anne Frank
安妮·弗兰克 《安妮日记》
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There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad.
世上有真理，也有谬论，假若你坚守真理，即使与全世界为敌，你也不会失去理智。
George Orwell, 1984
乔治·奥威尔 《1984》
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And know that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.
你可以很好，但你无需完美。
John Steinbeck, East of Eden
约翰·斯坦贝克《伊甸园之东》
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Forgiving isn’t something you do for someone else. It’s something you do for yourself. It’s saying, “You’re not important enough to have a strangle hold on me.” It’s saying, “You don’t get to trap me in the past. I am worthy of a future.”
原谅这件事，是为你自己而做，而不是为别人而做。这表示，“你对我来说无足轻重别想束缚我”；也表示，“我的过去不由你牵绊，我的未来由我去做主”。
Jodi Picoult, The Storyteller
朱迪·皮考特 《讲故事的人》
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Adversity is like a strong wind. It… tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that afte rward we see ourselves as we really are, and not merely as we might like to be.
逆境犹如劲风，它……扯掉我们身上的所有，却扯不掉那坚不可摧的东西，让我们看到真实的自己，而不只是我们可能的样子。
Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha
阿瑟.哥顿《艺妓回忆录》
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We’ve got to live, no matter how many skies have fallen.
我们必须得活下去，无论天塌下了多少。
D. H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley’s Lover
D. H. 劳伦斯《查泰莱夫人的情人》
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Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
痛苦不可避免，但你可以选择是否承受。
Haruki Murakami, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
村上春树 《当我谈跑步时我谈些什么》
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All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, a light from the shadows shall spring; renewed shall be blade that was broken, the crownless again shall be king.
真金未必都发光，漂泊未必都迷茫；老当益壮不衰朽，根深蒂固经风霜。灰烬重燃熊熊火，阴影复苏熠熠光；宝剑锋从断錾出，无冕之人再称王。
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
约翰·罗纳德·瑞尔·托尔金 《魔戒·护戒使者》
（译文来源于网络）
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Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic.
人们潜意识的深处，都普遍追求着一个有逻辑的宇宙，它让一切有意义。然而，真实的宇宙总是与逻辑有着一步之遥。
Frank Herbert, Dune
弗兰克·赫伯特 《沙丘》
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I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life.
这层出不穷的多样生活，与我若即若离，让我沉迷又厌恶。
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
F. S. 菲兹杰拉德 《了不起的盖茨比》
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We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
我们都身处阴沟，但仍有人仰望星辰。
Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere’s Fan
奥斯卡·王尔德 《温德米尔夫人的扇子》
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We must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy.
所有人都得在“何为对”与“何为易”中做出选择。
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
J.K.罗琳 《哈利·波特与火焰杯》
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It doesn’t matter who you are or what you look like, so long as somebody loves you.
只要有人爱你，你的身份、你的长相，都无关紧要。
Roald Dahl, The Witches
罗尔德·达尔 《女巫》
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Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. I was better after I had cried, than before – more sorry, more aware of my own ingratitude, more gentle.
上帝知道，我们无需为自己的泪水而羞愧，因为泪水就像雨水落在模糊我们视线的灰尘上，浸没我们坚硬的心灵土壤。哭泣后，我感觉更好——我更加愧疚，更加意识到自己的忘恩负义，也更加温柔。
Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
查尔斯·狄更斯 《远大前程》
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I can’t go back to yesterday because I was a different person then.
我已无法重返昨日，因为我已不同昨昔。
Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland
刘易斯·卡罗尔 《爱丽丝梦游仙境》
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Tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes in it yet.
明日永远新鲜如初，纤尘不染。
L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
L. M.蒙哥马利《绿山墙的安妮》
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It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.
只有用心才能看清事物的本质，真正重要的东西用眼是看不见的。
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
安托万·德·圣·埃克苏佩里《小王子》
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