今天我想讲的是苏格拉底的七条生活智慧。
Today I want to discuss seven life lessons based on the teachings of Socrates.
苏格拉底的学生柏拉图是西方哲学史上另一个非常重要的人物。
One of his students, Plato, would go on to become another major figure in the history of Western philosophy.
玛丽安和迈克尔正在泰国旅行，他们决定乘玻璃底的船观光。
Marian and Michael are traveling in Thailand and decide to take a glass-bottomed boat tour.
真正的光源是炉底的火，小小的炉灶上涂着黄色绿色的釉彩。
The real light comes from the fire, at the bottom of a small stove adorned with yellow and green enamel.
大山雄伟山顶上最顶端的石头，它认为比山底的石头更为重要吗？
And the stone that sits on the very top, of the mountain's mighty face, does it think it's more important than the stone that form the base?
同样，苏格拉底的启发式提问能够引导对方思考（不是为了套取信息）。
Likewise, Socratic questioning is designed to make the other person think rather than elicit information for you.
只要有一点想象力，你就很容易把这里想象成法国布列塔尼或诺曼底的海滨胜地。
With a touch of imagination, it is easy to be transplanted to a sleepy seaside resort in Brittany or Normandy.
希贝尔斯具有不同寻常的寻根问底的能力，可以让我谈论那些通常不愿提及的事情。
Hybels had an uncanny way of stripping things down to basics and getting me to discuss things I normally would not talk about.
来自赫布里底的风笛吹奏手麦克里蒙扛着乐器，走进海边的巨洞，大声吹着风笛，身后跟着他的狗。
The piper M’Crimmon, of the Hebrides, shouldered his pipes, and marched into a sea cavern, playing loudly, and followed by his dog.
克里托篇的命名源自，苏格拉底的一名朋友及信徒，在对话之初，就诚心守护着他的这位良师益友。
Crito is named for a friend and disciple of Socrates who at the outset of the dialogue is sitting as a watchful guardian over his mentor.
2010年8月底的晴朗天气，使我们通过卫星目睹了难得一见的景象：整个五大湖区几乎没有一丝云彩。
Late August 2010 provided a rare satellite view of a cloudless summer day over the entire Great Lakes region.
万物的化育是复杂的，有风云雷电诸天象，有破壳而出的乳燕，一条蚯蚓的出生和苏格拉底的来临同属于化育之列。
Germination is complicated with the bursting forth of a meteor and with the peck of a swallow cracking its egg, and it places on one level the birth of an earthworm and the advent of Socrates.
如果苏格拉底的观点是正确的，那么假定一个好的国家至少应该创造国民能够最好地追求幸福的环境不也是合理的吗？
If Socrates was right, isn't it reasonable to assume that a decent nation will, at minimum, create the conditions in which its citizens can best pursue happiness?
让你的大脑来次彻彻底底的空白，抹去那些烦人的杂念，全神贯注于你的工作（不论你是在观察东西还是寻找一份小小的珍宝）。
Let your mind go absolutely blank and concentrate on your task (whether you are just observing something or looking for small treasures.)
替代能源研究企业的排头兵——新能源财经公司的最新研究表明，截止2009年底的太阳能发电成本将比2008年同期下降约50%。
New research by leading alternative energy research firm New Energy Finance finds that solar power will cost less by about 50% at the end of 2009 compared to the end of 2008.
我们不应当步那些控告苏格拉底的人的后尘，而最好是仔细想想他“认识你自己”的忠告，对自己诚实，做我们自己，而不是旁边的什么人，知道什么是正确的。
Rather than follow the example of his accusers, we should perhaps honour Socrates's exhortation to "know ourselves", to be individually honest, to do what we, not the next man, knows to be right.
今年48岁的小泽征内田，27年前在一场车祸中丧失了行走能力。他一直梦想有一天能够登上诺曼底的岩石小岛，去参观一下圣米歇尔山那如画般生动别致的大修道院。
Seiji Uchida, 48, who lost the ability to walk in a car accident 27 years ago, said he has long dreamed of visiting the picturesque abbey of Mont Saint-Michel, set on a rocky islet in Normandy.
凯格尔训练可以锻炼增强骨盆底肌肉的力量。
Kegel exercises can strengthen the muscles of the pelvic floor.
不过，这样的关注让我们深感欣慰，因为在过去一年半里我们付出了艰辛的劳动并在2009年底提交了相应的论文。
It's very gratifying, though, to see that level of interest after all the hard work we put into the project for the year and a half of development leading up to the paper submissions in late 2009.
二月底，加利福尼亚中央山谷的果园布满了粉白的花朵，数百万株杏树争相进入每年的繁殖期。
AT the end of February, the orchards of California's Central Valley are dusted with pink and white blossom, as millions of almond trees make their annual bid for reproduction.
‘Cupola’，附着在空间站的最底侧，让我们能看到我们美丽星球的全景。
The 'Cupola', attached to the nadir side of the Space Station, gives a panoramic view of our beautiful planet.
活泼的埃琳娜·萨拉舍夫斯卡娅是当地大报——《比罗比詹斯特恩》的意底绪语版面编辑，虽然她也并非犹太人。
The lively Elena Sarashevskaya edits the Yiddish section of the main local newspaper, the Birobidzhan Shtern, though she isn't Jewish.
你们要从巴比伦出来，从迦勒底人中逃脱，以欢呼的声音传扬说，耶和华救赎了他的仆人雅各，你们要将这事宣扬到地极。
Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say ye, the LORD hath redeemed his servant Jacob.
当沟通出现问题时忍住责怪顾客的冲动。有效的沟通归根结底是你的责任，而不是顾客的。
Resist the urge to blame the customer when communication goes awry. Effective communication is ultimately your responsibility - not your customer's.
这个位于底格里斯河岸边的小镇历史可追溯到青铜时代，它是目前地球上最古老的人类持续定居地之一。
It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited settlements on Earth, a town on the Banks of the Tigris that dates back to the Bronze Age.
她说，现在公众对气候变化的关注比起2009年底哥本哈根气候峰会时有过之而无不及，这一点尤其引人注目。
She said it was striking that the public were even more concerned about climate change than in the runup to the landmark Copenhagen summit on climate change in late 2009.
他通过提问启发思想的作法被现今很多老师借鉴，这种教学方法被称为“苏格拉底法”。
His style of stimulating thought through question asking has been adopted by many modern teachers and is known as the Socratic method.
苏格拉底在为自己辩护时所说的一句话从此成了哲学的警句：“未经审视的生活是毫无价值的”。
In his defense, Socrates offered a remark that has stood as the motto of philosophy ever since: "An unexamined life is not worth living."
苏格拉底问道，如果一个囚徒的锁链被打开，被迫转过头，在洞穴中走动，甚至查看那火光时，会是什么情形？
But what would happen, Socrates asks, if one of the prisoners were released from his chains and forced to turn his head, walk around in the cave, and even look at the fire?
苏格拉底问道，如果一个囚徒的锁链被打开，被迫转过头，在洞穴中走动，甚至查看那火光时，会是什么情形？
But what would happen, Socrates asks, if one of the prisoners were released from his chains and forced to turn his head, walk around in the cave, and even look at the fire?
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