1、Try and Try Hard (要玩儿 就玩真哒~)

　　If you're going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don't even start. 

　　If you're going to try, go all the way. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives(妻子), relatives(亲戚), jobs and maybe your mind. Go all the way.

　　It could mean not eating for three or four days. It could mean freezing on a park bench. It could mean jail(监狱). It could mean derision(笑柄), mockery(嘲笑), isolation(孤独).

　　Isolation is the gift. All the others are a test of your endurance(耐力), of how much you really want to do it. And, you'll do it, despite(尽管) rejection(拒绝) and the worst odds(胜算). And it will be better than anything else you can imagine.

　　If you're going to try, go all the way. There is no other feeling like that.

词汇短语：

　　mean doing sth : 意味着做某事

　　park bench : 公园长椅

译文：

　　如果你想尝试，那就全力以赴。否则，就不要开始。

　　如果你想尝试，那就全力以赴。这可能会使你失去女友，妻子，亲人，工作，甚至是理智。但也请你全力以赴。

　　也许你会好几天食不果腹，在公园的长椅上瑟瑟发抖，被关进监狱，或是遭受别人的冷嘲热讽甚至是孤立。

　　可孤立无援其实是一种礼物。其他所有的遭遇都是对你耐力的考验，测试你到底多想完成它。不论将会面临怎样的拒绝和最坏的可能性，你也会做到。并且结果可能比你想象的还好。

　　如果你想尝试，那就全力以赴。除此之外，别无他法。

2、The Meaning of Life (生命的意义)

　　Edward Perman Cole died in May. It was a Sunday afternoon and there wasn't a cloud in the sky. It's difficult to understand the sum of a person's life. Some people would tell you it's measured by the ones left behind, some believe that it can be measured in faith, some say by love, other folks say life has no meaning at all... Me, I believe that you measure yourself by the people who measure themselves by you. What I can tell you for sure is that by any measure, Edward Cole lived more in his last days on earth than most people manage to wring out of a lifetime. I know that when he died his eyes were closed and his heart was open...

词汇短语：

　　wring out of a lifetime : 穷其一生

译文：

　　爱德华▪佩瑞曼▪科尔在五月去世了。那是在一个周日的下午，天空万里无云。我们很难衡量一个人一生的价值。有人说取决于他所留下的事物。有人让信仰来评定，有人说爱能衡量一切。还有人说人生根本就没有意义。至于我，我相信你可以用那些以你为度量标准的人来衡量自己。而我所肯定的就是，无论你采用什么标准，爱德华▪科尔在这世上活着的最后日子比大部分人穷其一生的日子还要充实。我知道当他去世时，他的双眼是闭上的，而他的心灵却是敞开的。