第一篇：【美聯(lián)英語】雙語閱讀：在逆境中學到了人生最重要的一課

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Everybody has to face bad days in their life.Some face ailments, some face fears, some face poverty, some face helplessness etc etc.No one can escape from it.It is a rule of life.Two things always combines together like joy and sadness, laugh and cry, health and illness, profit and loss, morning and night, confidence and inferiority complex, victory and failure likewise good days and bad days.每個人都會有不如意的時候，有人身體欠佳，有人面臨恐懼，有人貧困不堪，有人迷惘無助，等等，沒有人能夠一帆風順，直至終老。如影隨形，此消彼長的事物，比如，高興與悲傷，歡笑與哭泣，健康與疾病，獲得與失去，早晨和晚上，自信與自卑，成功與失敗，順境和逆境也是如此。

You know what is the biggest advantage of bad days? You come to know GOD.What is God? What he can do? He is so friendly, understanding, loving and moreover God is the Superman he can do anything in a second.Yes true he can do anything.He is the only light in darkness.God is so merciful he always forgives and never complaint whether you ignore him many times that is why according to me God is the only best and faithful friend who never cheats.你知道不順的日子帶給你最大的感悟是什么？就是你開始信奉神明。上帝是誰？他能夠幫我做些什么？他是那么的親切和藹，善解人意，胸懷廣博，不僅如此他就像超人瞬間排除一切障礙。是的上帝無所不能，他是黑暗中的一絲曙光。之所以上帝是人類完美的朋友，是因為他是如此坦誠布公，慈悲為懷，予取予求，不圖回報，原諒世人的無數(shù)次薄情。

When bad days come a person first of all cannot understand what is going on, why me? But after sometimes he realises his strength and start doing every single thing to come out of it.And he comes out but that journey is though very painful but when you once crossed it you will find your journey very meaningful, you will feel like as your rebirth.You have totally changed your thoughts, your perception, and you can understand life better.You get the meaning of your life.In short you start becoming wise.當不幸降臨，一開始我們總會怨天尤人。但是為了擺脫困境，我們竭盡所能。當一切過去，回頭來看，這段經(jīng)歷對你來說非比尋常，如同鳳凰涅槃。而且你的思想觀念都會發(fā)生翻天覆地的變化，對人生也會有更加深刻的領悟，簡而言之，你會變得更加睿智。

The biggest lesson of life during bad days according to me is that a person becomes spritual and a giver which he wasn't before.Life means to creat it.First think what you want in your life then start giving the same think.This is one of the most important thing I have learnt in my life.You want love then start spreading it，you want money then start giving to needy, you want happiness then start doing all things which give happiness.Everything is in your hand you only need to give first.If don't have everything then give or share what you have.Still you feel you have nothing to share then give smile.You can't imagine that your smile can do wonder for someone.So start smiling from today onwards.逆境給我最深的領悟是，變得更加注重精神層面，懂得給予。生命的真諦在于，遵循你的內(nèi)心先去履行賦予它的意義，這是我的感悟。比如，你想要得到愛你先要懂得如何傳播愛，你想要錢，你先要懂得施舍，你想要快樂，那就先做讓別人快樂的事情。你想要得到就必須先付出。如果你一無所有，那么你至少可以面對他人，面帶微笑。微笑的魔力超乎想象，那讓我們從今天開始就堅持面帶微笑吧。

The most beautiful lesson I have learnt in my life is that If you are in pain then remember one thing: time is though hard but it would be the best time of your life.You know why we have to face hard days? Did you think about it? No！！Ok I will tell you.We always forget two unforgettable things.First is God and second is family.Nowadays money is everything.Money is important, in fact very important but it is not a life so why to spend whole life in earning money.When will we live? What you can do now you can't do it tomorrow so don't let the day pass without enjoying.逆境中讓我感到的最美好的是，體會到上帝和家庭的重要性，這兩樣東西是我們平常最容易忽略的。每日碌碌只為功名利祿，錢財物質(zhì)固然重要，但不是生活的唯一，活在當下，感受生活的美好安逸，不要讓這些輕易的溜走。

One thing I must share with you is that if you want to grow and learn more than you know, then do whatever you want to do but beyond your comfort zone.Always try to think that I can, then nothing is impossible for you.Difficulty is in the mind not in work.You know one thing when we accept life as it comes or we accept that everything happens for a reason or for our betterment.Believe me you will find your hard days as an adventure but you need to trust God and at the end you will find yourself a winner.如果你們想要很好的學習成長，那么我倒有條建議，就是在你們的舒適區(qū)之外嘗試任何你們想做的事情。困難只是心魔，克服它便沒有什么可以阻擋你。坦然面對并接受人生的起落，不管是什么原因，亦或是讓我們成為很好的自己。我保證當你回憶起這段不順，你會發(fā)現(xiàn)就像經(jīng)歷了一場冒險，但你依然要相信上蒼，最后你會發(fā)現(xiàn)，你自己也能成為救世主。

I hope you like it.Love you all and God bless you all with healthy wealthy long life and good destiny.希望你們喜歡這篇雞湯文。愛你們，上帝保佑你們都長命百歲，平順喜樂。

第二篇：【美聯(lián)英語】雙語閱讀：西方重要節(jié)日介紹

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Valentine's Day is a saints day commemorating Saint Valentine on February 14.It is the traditional day on which lovers express their love for each other.The holiday is named after two men, both Christian martyrs among the numerous Early Christian martyrs named Valentine.The day became associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished.2.Easter, Pascha, or Resurrection Day, is an important religious feast in the Christian liturgical year.It celebrates the resurrection of Jesus, which Christians believe occurred on the third day after his crucifixion some time in the period AD 27 to 33.3.In the United States, Thanksgiving or Thanksgiving Day is an annual one-day holiday to give thanks to God,for the things one has at the end of the harvest season.It is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November(The period from Thanksgiving Day to New Year's Day is often collectively referred to as the “holiday season,” and the holiday itself is often nicknamed Turkey Day.Thanksgiving is

generally considered a secular holiday, and is not directly based in religious canon or dogma.4.Christmas, also referred to as Christmas Day or Christmastide, is an annual holiday falling on December 25 or January 6.[1] that honors and celebrates the birth of Jesus of Nazareth.His birth, which is the basis for the transcultural Western calendar, has been determined by modern historians as having occurred between 8–4 BC, and is traditionally told to have taken place in a stable within the city of Bethlehem.5.Halloween, or Hallowe'en, is a holiday celebrated on the night of October 31.Traditional activities include trick-or-treating, bonfires, costume parties, visiting “haunted houses” and carving jack-o-lanterns.The term Halloween(and its alternative rendering Hallowe'en)is shortened from All-hallow-even, as it is the eve of “All Hallows' Day”,[1] which is now also known as All Saints' Day.Irish and Scottish immigrants carried versions of the tradition to North America in the nineteenth century.Other western countries embraced the holiday in the late twentieth century.Halloween is celebrated in several parts of the Western world, most commonly in Ireland, the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom and occasionally in parts of Australia and New Zealand.6.Mother's Day is a day honoring mothers, celebrated on various days in many

places around the world.Mothers often receive gifts on this day.7.Father's Day is a secular celebration inaugurated in the early twentieth century to complement Mother's Day in celebrating fatherhood and parenting by males, and to honor and commemorate fathers and forefathers.Father's Day is celebrated on a variety of dates worldwide and typically involves gift-giving to fathers and family-oriented activities.8.April Fools' Day or All Fools' Day, though not a holiday in its own right, is a notable day celebrated in many countries on April 1.The day is marked by the commission of hoaxes and other practical jokes of varying sophistication on friends, enemies and neighbors, or sending them on fools' errands, the aim of which is to embarrass the gullible.In some countries, April Fools' jokes(also called “April Fools”)are only made before noon on 1 April.情人節(jié)是2月14日紀念圣瓦倫丁的圣徒紀念日。這是情侶們表達愛意的傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日。這個節(jié)日是以兩個人的名字命名的,這兩個人都是基督教殉道者,名字叫情人節(jié)。在中世紀的杰弗里喬叟的圈子里,這一天成為與浪漫愛情有關的一天,當宮廷的愛情傳統(tǒng)蓬勃發(fā)展。.復活節(jié), pascha,或復活日,是基督教禮拜式的的一個重要的宗教節(jié)日。它慶祝耶穌復活,基督徒相信耶穌在公元27到33間耶穌受難的第三天發(fā)生。

3.在美國,感恩節(jié)或感恩節(jié)是一個每年一天的節(jié)日,感謝上帝,因為在收獲季節(jié)的結(jié)束。在11月的第四個星期四(從感恩節(jié)到元旦這段時間通常被統(tǒng)稱為“假日季”),節(jié)日本身通常被稱為“火雞日”。感恩節(jié)通常被認為是一個世俗的節(jié)日,并不直接基于宗教教規(guī)或教條。.圣誕節(jié),也稱為圣誕節(jié)或christmastide,是一個假日,12月25日或1月6日。[ 1]這種榮譽和慶祝拿撒勒的耶穌誕生。他的出生是跨文化的西方日歷的基礎,現(xiàn)代歷史學家認為他的出生在公元前8之間,傳統(tǒng)上被告知在伯利恒市一個馬廄進行。.萬圣節(jié),或萬圣節(jié),是一個節(jié)日慶祝在10月31日。傳統(tǒng)的活動包括惡作劇或治療,篝火,化裝舞會,參觀“鬼屋”和雕刻杰克燈。萬圣節(jié)(和它的替代渲染萬圣節(jié))是縮短從所有的萬圣節(jié),因為它是“萬圣節(jié)”前夕,現(xiàn)在也被稱為萬圣節(jié)。愛爾蘭人和蘇格蘭移民在19世紀把傳統(tǒng)帶到了北美。其他西方國家接受了二十世紀后期的假期。在西方世界的一些地方慶祝萬圣節(jié),最常見的是在愛爾蘭、美國、加拿大、波多黎各和英國,偶爾也在澳大利亞和新西蘭部分地區(qū)。.母親節(jié)是紀念母親的一天,在世界上許多地方的許多地方慶祝。母親們經(jīng)常在這天收到禮物。.父親節(jié)是在二十世紀早期開始的一個世俗的慶祝活動,旨在補充母親慶祝父親和父母養(yǎng)育子女的日子,以及紀念和紀念父親和祖先。父親節(jié)是在全世界各種日期慶祝的,通常涉及給父親的禮物和家庭導向的活動。

8.愚人節(jié)或所有傻瓜天,雖然不是自己的權利,是一個值得注意的一天在許多國家慶祝4月1日。這一天的標志是,惡作劇委員會和其他關于朋友、敵人和鄰居復雜程度的惡作劇,或者把他們送到愚人的差使上,目的是為了讓輕信的人難堪。在一些國家,愚人節(jié)的笑話(也稱為“愚人節(jié)”)僅在4月1日中午之前制作。

第三篇：【美聯(lián)英語】雙語閱讀：青春

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Let's take steps to banish some of the most common negative thoughts many of us repeat to ourselves.Being in a negative space is harmful to our overall well-being, because what you dwell on can easily become self fulfilling if you don't change your mindset.讓我們一起行動起來，消滅那些我們經(jīng)常告訴自己的消極想法吧!如果你不改變想法，而是一味地沉浸在消極的念頭中，那么，我們的整個身心就會受到影響，因為“噩夢”也會成真。

1.I'm not good enough.我不夠好。

This type of negative thought that can apply to many categories.Maybe you don't think you're a good enough mother or good at a sport.Even if you find yourself lacking in something, there's no need to keep repeating it to yourself.The human brain is an incredible thing.Be inspired by Dr.Jill Bolte Taylor, Harvard-trained neuroscientist who suffered a stroke that left her unable to walk, read, write, talk, or remember her previous life.Dr.Taylor took eight years to recover and has since then written a best-selling book about her experience and appeared on Oprah.Keep on working toward something, and watch the leaps and

bounds you'll make.這種消極想法有很多類型。比如你認為自己不是個稱職的媽媽或不擅長運動。即使你真的發(fā)現(xiàn)了自己的弱點，也沒必要對自己不斷復述。人腦是神奇的。吉爾泰勒就是個激勵的好典型，她是哈佛大學的神經(jīng)系統(tǒng)學專家，中風后她就失去了行走、閱讀、書寫、交談的能力了，甚至還失憶了。她花了八年的時間復原，用自己的經(jīng)歷寫了暢銷書，還上了奧普拉的節(jié)目。堅持做一件事，親眼見證自己的變化。

2.No one cares about me.沒人關心我。

To accurately say that your family and friends don't care about you would be a very rare situation.Maybe you're being too negative and overlooking the gestures of love they show you.They don't even have to be big gestures, but it's the little things they do for you that count.And people may be reacting to the energy you're putting out;perhaps you think they don't care about you so you don't make any effort in your relationships.Start showing people you care, so they can show you back in kind.And if you don't have good relationships with the people you know, what's stopping you from making new friends?

家人朋友都不關心你，這種情況其實不太常見。可能你過于消極的想法使你忽略了他們對你表達的愛。他們甚至并不需要為你做什么驚天動地的大事，正是一些小事才真正打動人心。或者你覺得沒人關心你，所以無需再經(jīng)營人際關系，但其實也許人們只有在感知到你的付出后，才會對你進行回報;關心別人，別人才會關心你。如果你和周圍人的關系處理不好，為何不結(jié)交些新朋友?

3.I really dislike this person.我真的不喜歡這個人。

If you dislike a person in your work or personal life, focusing on her bad qualities is not going to make things better.You need to let go of your assumptions about her and know that she is human too, which means she makes mistakes.Either you move on and stop thinking and talking about her, or learn to approach her or think about her in a positive manner.Focus on her good qualities, and repeat them to yourself instead of honing in on the unpleasant things.如果工作或生活中有你討厭的人，只關注她的缺點有害無益。你需要放下對她的所有成見，告訴自己她也是個人，也有犯錯的時候。要么就不再談論她和想著她，要么學著去接近她，或想想她好的一面。多想想她的優(yōu)點，不要再專注于讓你不開心的事情。

4.Why is she better off?

為什么她比我好?

Comparing yourself to someone else is never productive or positive.There's always going to be someone who is younger, prettier, smarter, or richer than you.If you keep coveting what someone else has, then this may cause you to be resentful of them, which will open a whole other negative can of worms.Remember, what they don't have is your whole package.Be appreciative of what you have, because if you want to play the comparison game, remember that there are people who are also worse off than you are.和別人比較永遠不是有效率和積極的表現(xiàn)。總有比你年輕，漂亮，聰明，富有的人。如果你始終關注別人擁有什么，會帶來你對他們的恨意，隨即帶來更多消極的想法。記住，你所擁有的也是他們所沒有的。珍惜你所擁有的東西，如果真的想和別人比較，也別忘了總有

比你差的人。

5.I'll never reach my goal.我永遠無法達到目標。

If you think you're not going to be able “get there,” think again.There are many people who are worse off and have overcome bigger obstacles than what you are facing.Take, for example, Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius, an amputee who overcame his handicap to compete in the Olympics against his able-bodied peers.Everything is within your reach as long as you work hard and have a a positive attitude.如果你認為自己達不到，再想想。比你差的人比比皆是，他們遇到的困難也比你的更大。比如，奧運會短跑選手刀鋒戰(zhàn)士奧斯卡·皮斯托利斯，一個被截肢的運動員，戰(zhàn)勝了自己的阻礙，在其他健壯的對手中脫穎而出贏得了奧運會的冠軍。只要你努力付出，有著積極的信念，任何事都能夠做到。

第四篇：【美聯(lián)英語】雙語閱讀：目標和夢想

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Are you waiting for your dreams to come true and change your life?

I am sorry to tell you that dreams don't come true.你是否還在等待實現(xiàn)夢想來改變你的生活?

很遺憾，那樣夢想是不能成真的。

Rather, it is your goals that can forever change your life.You need to set goals in order turn your dreams into reality.但是，你的目標卻能永遠的改變你的生活

如果要想夢想成真，你就需要給自己訂立目標

Don't Confuse Dreams and Goals

Dreams are easy.They are free, too.不要將你的夢想和目標拒之門外

夢想簡單易得

However, dreams by themselves are just that… dreams.然而，夢想本身也就是夢想

They are imaginary.And they don't produce tangible results.它們是被想象出來的，它們也不會形成有形的產(chǎn)物。

You need to turn your dreams into action.You need goals to make the visions

of your dreams real.你要做的就是將你的夢想變?yōu)樾袆印Ｄ阈枰O立目標，將你的夢想變得觸手可及。

“Dreams can inspire you, but goals can change your life.”

夢想能夠激勵你，但是目標才能改變你的生活

Goals are all about action.Goals turn dreams into reality.目標與一系列的行動相關。目標能讓夢想成真。

Goals change you and can change your life.目標可以改變你，改變你的生活。

Don't confuse your dreams with goals.不要將你有了目標的夢想拒之門外。

Dreams occupy your mind.Goals take over your reality.夢想充實你的內(nèi)心世界，目標占據(jù)著你的現(xiàn)實生活。

What will it take to turn your dreams into goals?

怎樣才能把你的夢想轉(zhuǎn)化成你的目標?

Here are 10 Big Differences Between Goals and Dreams:

這里有夢想和目標的10個不同點

Goals are something you are acting on.目標是你正在做的某些事。

Dreams are something you are just thinking about.Goals require action.Dreams can happen without lifting a finger, even while you are asleep.夢想是你內(nèi)心正在思考的某些東西。目標需要行動。睡覺的時候可以產(chǎn)生夢想，甚至不動一根手指也一樣可以辦到。

Goals have deadlines.Dreams are just, well, dreams.目標是有期限的，而夢想只是夢想。

Goals must have a deadline.They have a time limit.Dreams can go on forever.In fact, many people maintain dreams their entire lives without ever reaching them.目標肯定有一個有效期，它們是有時間限制的。但是夢想?yún)s能永遠存在。事實上，許多人都有一個一生都沒能實現(xiàn)的夢想。

Dreams are free.Goals have a cost.夢想不需要你支付任何東西，而目標是需要付出代價的。

While you can daydream for free, goals don't come without a price.Time, money, effort and sweat.How will you pay for your goals?

做白日夢不需要有付出，但是目標卻不可能沒有付出。時間，金錢，精力，汗水。為了達成你的目標，你打算付出些什么呢?

Goals produce results.Dreams don't.目標是可以產(chǎn)生一定的結(jié)果的，但夢想不會。

Want to change your life? Your job? Your status in life? Goals can do that.A good friend of mine made six-figures on the ebook he published.He did that.Had it stayed as a dream, his life would have been as it always was.想要你的生活，工作，社會地位有些改變嗎?目標可以幫你做到。我的一個好朋友出版的電子書數(shù)量超過了六位數(shù)，他確實做到了。如果他一直讓夢想只是夢想的話，他的生活還是跟以往一樣，沒有任何改變。

Dreams are imaginary.Goals are based in reality.夢想是想象的產(chǎn)物，而目標確實存在于現(xiàn)實生活中。

You may dream of being Superman, but that is probably not going to happen.Goals are about what you can actually accomplish.They are grounded in the reality of our world.Goals should be big, but not supernatural.你的夢想可能是做一個超人，但很可能它不能成真。目標與你實際完成的事有關，它們存在于我們的現(xiàn)實生活中。目標可以很大，但絕不是超自然。

Goals have a finish line.Dreams never have to end.目標有一個終點，但夢想?yún)s可以是沒有邊際的。

Dreams can go on forever.They don't have to have an ending point.Goals must have a specific outcome.夢想可以一直存在，他不需要有終結(jié)點。但目標肯定會有一個特定的結(jié)果。

Dreams can inspire you.Goals can change your life.夢想可以一直激勵你，而目標才能改變你的生活。

Dreams can bring you motivation.They can inspire you.But, goals can change your life forever.夢想能給你帶來激情，它能一直鼓勵你，但是目標才能一直改變你的生活。

Goals must have focus.Dreams don't.我們必須專注目標，夢想可以不用。

Dreams can be drifting, ever-changing thoughts.Goals must be laser-focused.They must be specific and they must be always on your mind.夢想是可以隨著思想的變化而變化的，但是目標必須要有焦點。它們是具體的，印在你腦海里的。

Goals require hard work.Dreams just require your imagination.目標需要我們努力工作，而夢想只需要你的想象。

Dreaming is easy.做夢都挺容易的。

Almost everyone has a dream.But, fewer people have goals.幾乎人人都有夢想。但是極少人有目標。

Goals are hard and they require hard work.(See #3)

完成目標是艱難的，同時也需要我們?yōu)榇硕Φ毓ぷ鳌?/p>

Dreams stretch your imagination.Goals stretch you.夢想可以拓寬你的想象力，而目標是拓展你自己。

Dreaming leads to bigger dreams.They stretch the limits of your imagination.But, goals stretch you.They increase your skills, your abilities, and change you forever.做夢可以產(chǎn)生更大的夢想。它可以拓寬你的想象力，而目標則是拓展你自己。它可以增加你的技巧，提高你的能力，永遠的改變你。

Goals Do Come True 完成目標

Dreams can inspire you, but goals can change your life.夢想可以鼓勵你，而目標則能永遠的改變你。

Sometimes it only takes one step to change a dream into a goal.有時，只需一步，夢想就能變?yōu)槟繕恕?/p>

Yet, it can take years to take that goal to the finish line.也有可能，需要好多年才能完成這個目標。

Always dream big, but make sure your goals are just as big.夢想很大，但請記住你的目標也一樣。

Because dreams don't come true… but goals do.因為夢想不能成真，但目標可以。

第五篇：【美聯(lián)英語】雙語閱讀：瑪格麗特

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Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s longest-serving and only woman prime minister, has died aged 87 after suffering a stroke, prompting a flood of tributes from across the globe.瑪格麗特?撒切爾(Margaret Thatcher)因中風去世，享年87歲，在世界各地引發(fā)了一陣哀悼浪潮。撒切爾是英國任職最長的首相，也是唯一的女首相。

Leaders lined up to pay their respects to the former prime minister, who revolutionised the UK economy during an 11-year tenure, as she rolled back the state and put in place some of the country’s most radical and controversial reforms.各國領導人紛紛向這位英國前首相表達敬意。在其長達11年的任期中，撒切爾領導了英國經(jīng)濟的革命，縮減了政府職能，并實施了該國最為激進、最有爭議的一些改革。

David Cameron, UK prime minister, described the former Conservative prime minister as the “greatest peacetime prime minister”.英國現(xiàn)首相戴維?卡梅倫(David Cameron)把這位前保守黨首相稱為“英國和平時期最偉大的首相”。

“[She] took a country that was on its knees and made Britain stand tall again.We can’t deny that Lady Thatcher divided opinion.For many of us, she was and is

an inspiration.For others she was a force to be defined against.卡梅倫表示：“(她)臨危受命，讓英國重新站起來，再度屹立。不可否認，人們對她的評價各異。在我們許多人看來，她過去和現(xiàn)在都是一位鼓舞人心的人物。在其他人看來，她是一種特色鮮明的力量。

“But if there is one thing that cuts through all of this – one thing that runs through everything she did – it was her lion-hearted love for this country,” he said.“但如果說有一個中心貫穿著她的一生——在她所做的每一件事中都體現(xiàn)出來，那就是她對這個國家的無比熱愛。”

President Barack Obama said: “The world has lost one of the great champions of freedom and liberty, and America has lost a true friend.”

美國總統(tǒng)巴拉克?奧巴馬(Barack Obama)表示：“世界失去了一位積極倡導自由的領袖，美國失去了一位真正的朋友。”

The prime minister’s office announced that parliament would be recalled for a special session on Wednesday to pay tribute to Thatcher.Her funeral will be held at the end of next week at St Paul’s Cathedral.英國首相辦公室宣布，周三議會將召開一次特別會議，向撒切爾致哀。她的葬禮將于下周末在倫敦圣保羅大教堂(St Paul's Cathedral)舉行。

She will have a “full ceremonial funeral” with military honours as was afforded to the Queen Mother and Lady Diana.The British flag flew at half mast over Parliament to honour Thatcher as all UK political parties suspended campaigning for the local elections on May 2.撒切爾將享有帶有軍事禮儀的“禮儀葬禮”，禮遇同王太后和戴安娜一樣。英國國會降半旗向撒切爾致哀，各政黨暫停針對5月2日地方選舉的競選活動。

Thatcher, who transformed Britain with her free-market revolution, had been in poor health since suffering minor strokes in 2002.自從2002年患上中風以來，撒切爾的健康狀況一直很差。她曾以自己的自由市場革命改變了英國的面貌。

Statesmen past and present shared their memories of the woman dubbed the “Iron Lady”.Tony Blair, the second longest-serving postwar prime minister, called her “a towering political figure”.“Very few leaders get to change not only the political landscape of their country but of the world.Margaret was such a leader.Her global impact was vast.”

已卸任和在任的政治家們共同悼念有“鐵娘子”綽號的撒切爾。英國戰(zhàn)后任期第二長的首相托尼布萊爾(Tony Blair)稱撒切爾為“一位偉大的政治人物。”“不但改變本國政治版圖、還改變世界政治版圖的領袖人物非常少，撒切爾就是其中的一位。她在全球播下了深遠的影響。”

George W.Bush, former US president, described her as a “great ally” who “strengthened the special relationship”.美國前總統(tǒng)小布什(George W.Bush)稱撒切爾為一位“強化了美英特殊關系的偉大盟友”。

Thatcher had a particularly close relationship with Ronald Reagan, the former US president.撒切爾與美國前總統(tǒng)羅納德?里根(Ronald Reagan)之間保持了一種極為密切的關系。

With Reagan, she helped bring about the end of the Soviet Union and the fall of the Berlin Wall.The British prime minister saw herself as the perfect intermediary between the two countries, having struck up constructive relationships with both Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet president, and a man with whom she told Reagan “we can do business”.她和里根一道促成了蘇聯(lián)的解體和柏林墻的倒塌。這位英國前首相把自己視為美蘇兩國間的完美中間人，與里根和蘇聯(lián)總統(tǒng)米哈伊爾?戈爾巴喬夫(Mikhail Gorbachev)都建立了富有建設意義的關系。她告訴里根，戈爾巴喬夫是一個“我們能和他打交道”的人。

Mr Gorbachev said Thatcher helped end the Cold War: “Thatcher was a politician whose word carried great weight,” he said in a statement on his website.“Our first meeting in 1984 marked the beginning of a relationship that was at times difficult, not always smooth, but was treated seriously and responsibly by both sides.”

戈爾巴喬夫在自己網(wǎng)站上發(fā)布的聲明中表示，撒切爾幫助結(jié)束了冷戰(zhàn)：“撒切爾是一位一言九鼎的政治家。我們在1984年第一次會面，隨后便開啟了一段時而棘手、并非一帆風順但雙方都認真負責予以對待的關系。”

Lech Walesa, Poland’s former president and anti-communist freedom figure, said Thatcher was key in hastening the fall of the Iron Curtain: “She was a great person.She did a great deal for the world, along with Ronald Reagan, Pope John Paul II and Solidarity, she contributed to the demise of communism in Poland and central Europe.”

波蘭前總統(tǒng)、反對共產(chǎn)主義的自由派人士列赫?瓦文薩(Lech Walesa)表示，撒切爾在加

速“鐵幕”(Iron Curtain)倒塌的過程中發(fā)揮了關鍵的作用：“她是一位偉人。她為世界做出了巨大的貢獻，她與羅納德?里根、教皇約翰?保羅二世(Pope John Paul II)和波蘭團結(jié)工會(Solidarity)一起，推動了波蘭與中歐共產(chǎn)主義政權的終結(jié)。”

Her other great success abroad was in the Falklands War against Argentina, which invaded the islands in 1982.Thatcher defied resistance in her own cabinet to send a 25,000-strong task force to the tiny archipelago, which troops eventually recaptured after two months.撒切爾在海外的其他巨大勝利，還包括1982年的英阿福克蘭群島戰(zhàn)爭(Falklands war，又稱馬島戰(zhàn)爭)。她不顧自己內(nèi)閣的反對，向面積微小的福克蘭群島派出了2.5萬人的特遣部隊，最終于兩個月后奪回了該群島。

Her legacy was just as long-lasting at home.A succession of prime ministers, Labour and Conservative alike, have felt unable or unwilling to depart from the blueprint she established of a state serviced by privatised utilities and free of the stranglehold of organised unions.撒切爾在國內(nèi)留下的遺產(chǎn)同樣意義深遠。歷任首相，無論出自工黨還是保守黨，都感到不能或不愿背離她為英國設定的藍圖——公用事業(yè)私有化，企業(yè)不受有組織工會的鉗制。