Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling some five balls in the air. You name them: Work, Family, Health, Friends, Spirit. And you’re keeping all of these in the air. You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. But the other four balls—family, health, friends and spirit are made of glass. If you drop one of these, it will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged or even shattered. They will never be the same. You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.
How?
Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself to others. It is because we are different that each of us is special.
Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important. Only you know what is best for you.
Don’t take for granted the things closest to your heart. Cling to them as you would to your life, for without them, life is meaningless.
Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. By living your life one day at a time, you live all the days of your life.
Don’t give up when you still have something to give. Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us each together.
Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find. The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly; and the best way to keep love is to give it wings.
Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been, but also where you are going.
Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feelappreciated.
Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless, a treasure you can always carry easily.
Don’t use time or words carelessly. Neither can be retrieved.
Life is not a race, but a journey to be savored each step of the way.
Yesterday is history, Tomorrow is a mystery and Today is a gift: that’s why we call it“The Present”.
試著把生活想象成一個遊戲——在空中拋接五隻球。它們是：工作、家庭、健康、友誼和精神。當你盡力想把它們保持在空中時，很快，你就會發現，唯有工作是隻橡皮球，拋之於地，還會反彈回來。而另外四隻——家庭、健康、友誼和精神都是玻璃球，如果將其中任一隻拋至地上，不可避免會留下疤痕、裂縫、受損甚至粉身碎骨，毫無辦法將之複原。因而，你必須懂得維係生活的均衡。
如何維係生活的均衡呢？
切勿盲目與他人比較，而低估自身的價值。須知，人與人之間有差異，才顯出個性。
切勿視他人的追求為自己的目標，唯有你自己知曉自身所需。
切勿漠視心靈深處的東西。珍視它們，如同生命；反之，生活將空洞黯然。
切勿讓生命從指間悄然流逝，充斥昨日的憂傷和明天的憧憬。活在今天，將會讓每個日子充滿陽光。
切勿屈服認輸，一息尚存，奮鬥不止。
切勿妄自菲薄，我們各有所長，亦各有所短，才會彼此相依。
切勿懼怕冒險，我們因冒險而學會勇敢。
切勿以真愛難求為由而緊閉心扉。給予愛，才能得到愛；緊緊抓住愛，隻會失去愛；賦予愛一雙翅膀，才會令愛長駐。
切勿作生命的匆匆過客，將自己源自何方以及去往何處拋至腦後。
切勿忘懷，得到他人的理解是人生最強烈的感情需求。
切勿停止學習，知識不會成為負擔，帶著它，你可輕裝上路。
切勿虛度時光，切勿出言不善，因為它們都覆水難收。
生活不是一場比賽，而是一段旅途，需要我們細細品味。
昨天已成曆史，明天仍是未知，而今天是上帝的恩賜。所以，我們稱今天為“禮物”。
Chunks in Practice
Please fill in the blanks with the proper words according to the given sentences.
1. She was wet through and her clothes ______ to her body.
她濕透了,衣服粘在身上。
2. If you _____ like that, you’ll wear the heels out.
你那麽拖著腳走路,就要把鞋跟磨壞了.
Chunks in Practice
Grammer analysis
Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it's impossible to find. The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly; and the best way to keep love is to give it wings.
切勿以真愛難求為由而緊閉心扉。給予愛，才能得到愛；緊緊抓住愛，隻會失去愛；賦予愛
一雙翅膀，才會令愛長駐。
注：本段簡練的語言揭示了獲得愛的途徑。The quickest way to receive love...，the fastest way to lose love...與the best way to keep love...是排比（parallelism）的寫作手法。
排比：用結構相同或相似、語氣一致的一連串詞語，把相似或相關的內容表達出來，這樣的
修辭手法，叫做排比。運用排比，能加強語氣。排比用於敘事，語意暢達，層次清楚；用於
抒情，節奏和諧，顯得感情洋溢；用於說理條理分明，適合詳盡的論述。