英語經典美文

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In the United States,people go through kindergarten for two to three years,grade one to five in elementaryschool,six to eight in middle school,and nine to twelve in high school.Many people also go to college for four years.

在美國，人們上兩年到三年的幼稚園，小學是從一到五年級，六到八年級是初中，九到十二年級是高中。很多也也會再用四年的時間去上大學（學院）。

For high school students who want to get into a good college,they must work hard on their grades and also do well on national aptitude test like the SAT or ACT,because that would improve the students' chances of getting accepted by the colleges.

對于想上好大學的高中生來說，為了拿到好的成績，他們必須非常用功；而且要才好如SAT或ACT這種全國性的才能（能力傾向）測驗，因為這些（好的SAT或ACT成績）可以增加學生樣被大學錄取的機會。

Grades are usually determined by tests and examinations.Tests are given a few times during a semester to give students an idea of what had been taught and what they should know.Final exams are given at the end ofa semester;they cover everything the students should have learned during the entire semester.

（課業）成績通常是通過測驗和考試來決定的。一個學期中會有幾次測驗，目的.是為了讓學生對于（老師）所教的是些什么和自己應該學到什么有個概念。學期的最后會有個期末考試，這考試包含了學生在整個學期中應該學到的所有內容。

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We’re like the cream. When the cream rises to the top, it separates itself from the milk. Perhaps that is what the New Age Movement is really all about.We find ourselves lonely at the top. Yes, it is.

我們就像奶油。當奶油浮到頂部的時候，它會和牛奶分離。也許這種現象正像是新世紀運動的寫照。我們發現自己飛得越高，就會越感孤獨。是的，這就是現實。

It is no different with political enlightenment, spiritual enlightenment, or even becoming enlightened about relating to each other. The more mentally healthy you become, the more spiritual, the more balanced, the wealthier, the more global you become… the more alone you may feel.

不論是政治或精神修養的造詣有多深，或者甚至是與他人之間有一種默契的關系，就孤獨這一點而言，是沒有區別的。你越是擁有健康有理智，精神修養的造詣越深，生活越平衡，越富有，或你的名氣傳播得越廣，你也會感覺越孤獨。

Often, we find ourselves unable to find those other rare individuals who are choosing the same path as ours. The path of sloppy and lazy is full of other people to meet and talk to. The path of whiners is full. The path of being safe, generic, and boring is so crowded you almost cannot even move forward. Isn’t that why you left that path? You had a need to move forward, a need for some elbowroom, a need to spread your arms wide, a need to be seen as special, unique, different. The masses may admire you, but they are not going to be able to really relate to you. You will be alone much of the time.

經常，我們很難找到那些選擇我們和我們同路的人們。那條潮濕，慵懶的道路擠滿了可以相遇并聊天的人。那條滿是牢騷者的道路上也擁擠不堪。那條所謂安全，普通以及枯燥的道路是如此擁擠以至于你無法向前挪步。難道這不正是你離開那條道路的原因嗎？你需要

向前挪步，需要活動的空間，需要展開你的'雙臂，需要被認知為特別，有個性，與眾不同。萬千大眾仰慕你，但他們卻不可能真正地融入你。大部分的時間里，你將是孤獨的。

Do not be afraid of the loneliness of enlightenment. Do not force others to agree with you. Simply give your heart and know that you are growing and that they are free to grow or not. It is the nature of the game. We are all free to choose our paths.

不要害怕因造詣深而產生的孤獨感。不必要勉強別人贊識你。做你自己，堅定著你自己的成長，別人是否愿意成長就由他們自己去決定吧。這就是自然界的規則。我們都有選擇自己道路的自由。

英語美文閱讀讀后感悟：

請不要害怕孤獨，孤獨是成功者必備的要素之一，畢竟成功者是少數的；請不要在意別人的眼光，堅持自己的理想，只要是對的，那么請勇敢的選擇自己要走的路。前路或許曲折，但不要氣餒，相信自己，相信自己的選擇。實現夢想的路總有一天會變筆直。

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A fellow had just been hired as the new CEO of a large high tech corporation. The CEO who was stepping down met with him privately and presented him with three numbered envelopes. “Open these if you run up against a problem you don”t think you can solve,“ he said.

Well, things went along pretty smoothly, but six months later, sales took a downturn and he was really catching a lot of heat. About at his wits”s end, he remembered the envelopes. He went to his drawer and took out the first envelope. The message read, “Blame your predecessor.”

The new CEO called a press conference and tactfully laid the blame at the feet of the previous CEO. Satisfied with his comments, the press -- and Wall Street -- responded positively, sales began to pick up and the problem was soon behind him.

About a year later, the company was again experiencing a slight dip in sales, combined with serious product problems.

Having learned from his previous experience, the CEO quickly opened the second envelope. The message read, “Reorganize.” This he did, and the company quickly rebounded.

After several consecutive profitable quarters, the company once again fell on difficult times. The CEO went to his office, closed the door and opened the third envelope.

The message said, “Prepare three envelopes.”

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Since the pre-historic times，man has had an urge to satisfy his needs. Be it hunger，shelter or search for a mate，he has always manipulated the circumstances to the best of his advantages. Probably this might be the reason why we human are the most developed of all living species on the earth，and probably also in the universe. As we climbed the steps of evolution with giant leaps，we somehow left behind common sense and logical thinking—we forgot that we have stopped thinking ahead of times.

If you are hungry，what do you do?Grab a piece of your favorite meal and stay quiet after that?Just like your stomach，even your mind is hungry. But it never lets you know，because you keep it busy thinking about your dream lover，favorite star and many such absurd things. So it silently began to heed to your needs and never let itself grow. When mind looses its freedom to grow，creativity gets a full stop. This might be the reason why we all sometimes think“What happens next?”，“Why can‘t I think?”，“Why am I always given the difficult problems?”Well this is the aftermath of our own karma of using our brain for thinking of not-so-worthy things.

Hunger of the mind can be actually satiated through extensive reading. Now why reading and not watching TV?Because reading has been the most educative tool used by us right from the childhood. Just like that to develop other aspects of our life，we have to take help of reading. You have innumerable number of books in this world which will answer all your“How to?”questions. Once you read a book，you just don‘t run your eyes through the lines，but even your mind decodes it and explains it to you. The interesting part of the book is stored in your mind as a seed. Now this seed is unknowingly used by you in your future to develop new ideas. The same seed if used many times，can help you link and relate a lot of things，of which you would have never thought of in your wildest dreams!This is nothing but creativity. More the number of books you read，your mind will open up like never before. Also this improves your oratory skills to a large extent and also makes a significant contribution to your vocabulary. Within no time you start speaking English or any language fluently with your friends or other people and you never seem to run out of the right words at the right time.

Actually，I had a problem in speaking English fluently，but as I read，I could improve significantly. I am still on the path of improvement to quench my thirst for satisfaction. So guys do join me and give food for your thoughts by reading，reading and more reading. Now what are you waiting for?Go，grab a book，and let me know!

Deepak Chandrasekaran

篇二：Weakness or Strength (將弱項變為強項)

Sometimes our biggest weakness can become your biggest strength. Take，for example，the story t of one 10-year-old boy who decided to study judo despite the fact that the had lost his left arm in a devastating car accident.

The boy began lesson with an old Japanese judo master. The boy was dong well，so he couldn‘t understand why，after three months of training，the master had taught him only one move.

“Mister，”the boy finally said，“shouldn‘t I be learning more moves?”

“This is the only move you know，but this is the only move you‘ll ever need to know，”the master replied.

Not quite understanding，but believing in his teacher，the boy kept training.

Several months later，the master took the boy to his first tournament.

To his surprise，，the boy easily won his first two matches. The third match proved to be more difficult，but after some time，his opponent became impatient and charged;the boy deftly used his one move to win the match. Still amazed by his success，the boy was now in the finals.

This time，his opponent was bigger，stronger，and more experienced. For a while，the boy appeared to be overmatched.

Concerned that the boy might get hurt，the referee called a time-out. He was about to stop the match when the master intervened.“No，”his master insisted，“let him continue.”

Soon after the match resumed，his opponent made a critical mistake：he dropped his guard. Instantly，the boy used his move to pin him. The boy had won the match and the tournament. He was the champion.

On the way home，the boy and his master reviewed every move in each and every match. Then the boy summoned the courage to ask what was really in his min.

“Mister，how did I win the tournament with only one move?”

“You won for two reasons，”the master answered.“First，you‘ve almost mastered one of the most difficult throws in all of judo. Second，the only known defense for that move is for your opponent to grab your left arm.”

The boy‘s biggest weakness had become his biggest strength.

Everyday English

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Where do you like to live, in the city or in the country?

Most cities are centers of economy, trade, transportation or culture. With the development of economy and society, more and more people have flooded into the cities, which make the scale of the cities larger and larger. Surely, it is very convenient for shopping, education, business and so on. But it also has many disadvantages: the large population makes it crowded in each corner of the city; the big factories, too many cars, buses and trucks pollute the clean air; too much noise can make people mad. To live in the city, one even can’t get enough room for living.

To live in the country is another thing. You can breathe the fresh air cheerfully, own a spacious house with a big backyard, and relax yourself in quietness. But when you want to go shopping, or take your child to school, perhaps you will complain about its inconvenient transportation, its remoteness…I am an ordinary person. I am always longing for the peaceful idyllic（田園詩般的） life of the countryside.

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Afternoon was Mrs. Conroy's favorite time of day. After a hard day at work, her eyes were tired and her feet hurt. She enjoyed the nice long nap she took on the bus. Mrs. Conroy had made friends with the bus driver, Mr. Angstrom. He always woke her up before her stop. She usually felt fresh as a daisy(精神飽滿的) when she got off the bus.

But today was different. Mr. Angstrom wasn't driving. A small man in a wrinkled uniform sat in the driver's seat.

“Where's Mr. Angstrom?” asked Mrs. Conroy, dropping her money into the box.“I don't know. Sick, I guess. I just work here, lady. Step to the rear.”Mrs. Conroy hoped that Mr. Angstrom was all right. She didn't like this new driver. She decided not to sleep on the way home today. She didn't want to ask this driver to wake her. He didn't look like the type who'd want to do anyone a favor.

Mrs. Conroy looked out the window. It was a warm afternoon. Though she tried to keep her eyes open, the gentle rocking of the bus had a lulling effect. Within a few minutes her eyes closed. Her head dropped to her shoulders. In spite of herself, Mrs. Conroy fell fast asleep.

The next thing Mrs. Conroy knew, a hand was on her shoulder. Someone was shaking her awake.

“Wake up, lady. We've come to the end of the line. Wake up.”

Mrs. Conroy blinked and opened her eyes. The bus driver looked down at her. “I said, this is the end of the line, lady. Time to get off the bus.”

Mrs. Conroy peered out the window. “Where am I?” she asked. “I was supposed to get off at Essex Avenue.”

“You're at the last stop, lady. Come on, get off the bus. I have a schedule to keep to.”

Mrs. Conroy was having trouble waking up. She staggered to her feet.The bus driver took her arm and helped her down the aisle. As she stepped off the bus, she felt a sense of panic. “Wait a minute,” she said in a shrill voice. “This isn't Essex Avenue. Where am I? How can I get home?”

“Cool off, lady. I told you, you're at the end of the line. We all make it here sooner or later.”

“But why can't I ride back with you?” she pleaded. “I have the fare!”

“Sorry, lady,” he said as he closed the door. “It's against the rules.”

Mrs. Conroy watched the bus disappear down the road. She looked around and tried to figure out what part of the city she was in. Suddenly the sun seemed awfully bright.

Mrs. Conroy squinted(斜視). She didn't recognize this place. There were no trees around, no street signs, and no people. The city seemed to have ended miles back. She couldn't get her bearings. There was nothing to see in any direction. Nothing at all. Mrs. Conroy wondered if she were still dreaming.

“Are you ready, Madam?”

The voice came from behind her. Mrs. Conroy whirled around, her heart beating rapidly.

“Who? What? Are you speaking to me?”

A tall, handsome man in a blue pin-striped suit stepped forward. His suit reminded her of the one that her boss, Mr. Burton, always wore. What was a businessman doing so far out here in the country?

The man smiled. “Yes, Mrs. Conroy. I've come to meet you. It's time to go now.”

“Go where? What are you talking about? And how do you know my name?”

The man in the blue suit smiled.

“I know it must be very confusing, Mrs. Conroy. Most people seem to feel that way at first. But as we go along, everything will become quite clear.” He took her by the arm. “It's all right,” he said kindly. “Just come with me.”

“No! I'm not going anywhere with you. Why should I? I don't even know who you are,” Mrs. Conroy said. She pulled away from the man and stepped back.

The man smiled gently. “I'm only an assistant, Mrs. Conroy,” he said.

“Well, Mr. Assistant, there must be some mistake. I just fell asleep and stayed on the bus too long. Then the driver made me get off. He wouldn't take me back with him! He talked some nonsense about rules. I'm going to call the company and report him!”

“He was just doing his job, Mrs. Conroy,” the man said patiently.

“But he left me out here alone,” Mrs. Conroy said. “Now it's getting late. I have to get home and fix dinner. What kind of bus driver refuses to take passengers?”

The man in the blue suit stepped toward Mrs. Conroy and took her arm again. This time she didn't resist. He patted her hand and smiled down at her. “You'll have to forgive the driver for being rude, Mrs. Conroy. He's new at the job. But he was only following orders. You see, Mrs. Conroy, this is the end of the line. You don't have to worry about getting home and fixing dinner. Our passengers only go one way.”

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Some meanings of Authentic Love

真愛的含義

Love means that I know the person I love. I’m aware of the many sides of the other person----not just the beautiful side but also the limitations, inconsistencies and flaws. I have an awareness of the other’s feelings and thoughts, and I experience something of the core of that person. I can penetrate social masks and roles and see the other person on a deeper level.

愛意味著我了解我所愛的人。我認識到對方的許多方面，不僅是美麗閃光的一面，還有能力上的不足、反復無常和性格上的缺陷。我了解對方的感情和想法，我能體驗到那個人身上的某種本質的東西。我能透過對方社交場合的表現和在社會的角色，看到他更深層次的品質。

Love means that I care about the welfare of the person I love. To the extent that it is genuine, my caring is not a smothering of the person or a possessive clinging. On the contrary, my caring liberates both of us. If I care about you, I’m concerned about your growth, and I hope you will become all that you can become. Consequently, I don’t put up roadblocks to what you do that enhances you as a person, even though it may result in my discomfort at times.

愛意味著我關心我所愛的人的幸福。只要這種關心是真誠的，那么它就不會是某種壓抑或占有性的依附。與此相反，我的關心會使我們兩個都不受到束縛。如果我在乎你，我就會關注你的成長，我希望你將來成為一個有所作為的人。因此，對你為完善自己所做的一切，我決不設置障礙，即使你做的事情有時會使我不快。

Love means having respect for the dignity of the person I love. If I love you, I can see you as a separate person, with your own values and thoughts and feelings, and I do not insist that you surrender you identity and conform to an image of what I expect you to be for me. I can allow and encourage you to stand alone and to be who you are, and I avoid treating you as an object or using you primarily to gratify my own needs.

愛意味著尊重我所愛的人的尊嚴。如果我愛你，我會把你看成是獨立的個體，有自己的價值觀、思想和感情，我不會堅持讓你放棄自己的特性，使你變成一個我期望你成為的那種人。我會允許并鼓勵你保持獨立，堅持自己的特色，我會避免把你當作一件東西對待或用你來主要滿足我自身的需要。

Love means having a responsibility toward the person I love. If I love you, I’m responsive to most of your major needs as a person. This responsibility does not entail my doing for you what you are capable of doing for yourself; nor does it mean that I run your life for you. It does imply acknowledging that what I am and what I do affects you, so that I am directly involved in your happiness and your misery. A lover does have the capacity to hurt or neglect the loved one, and in this sense I see that love entails and acceptance of some responsibility for the impact my way of being has on you.

愛意味著對我所愛的人付責任。如果我愛你，我就會積極對待你的需要。這種責任并不等于我要為你做你自己能夠做到的事情，也不是說我為你管理你的生活。它應該是承認我和我所做的事會對你產生影響，因此我直接與你的幸福和痛苦聯系在一起。一個人的確可能會傷害或忽視他所愛的人。從這個意義上說，愛包含著我要為我（的生活方式）對你的影響承擔一定的責任。

Love means growth for both myself and the person I love. If I love you, I am growing as a result of my love. You are a stimulant for me to become more fully what I might become, and my loving enhances your being as well. We each grow as a result of caring and being cared for; we each share in an enriching experience that does not detract form our being.

愛意味著和所愛的人共同成長。如果我愛你，我會為了對你的愛而成長。你將是激勵我更加充實自己的動力，我的愛也會使你不斷完善提高。我們因愛與被愛而成長；我們彼此分享積累的豐富經驗而又不削減自己的個性。

Love means making a commitment to the person I love. This commitment does not entail surrendering our total selves to each other; nor does it imply that the relationship is necessarily permanent. It does entail a willingness to stay with each other in times of pain, uncertainty, struggle, and despair, as well as in times of calm and enjoyment.

愛意味著能夠承諾我所愛的人。這種承諾并不需要我們相互放棄自身的特性；也不是指我們的這種關系一定要天長地久。這種承諾不僅包含著愿意在痛苦、猶豫、絕望的時候相互支持，也包含著共享平靜與歡樂。

Love means trusting the person I love. If I love you, I trust that you will accept my caring and my love and that you won’t deliberately hurt me. I trust that you will find me lovable and that you won’t abandon me; I trust the reciprocal nature of our love. If we trust each other, we are willing to be open to each other and can shed masks and pretenses and reveal our true selves.

愛意味著相信我所愛的人。如果我愛你，我會相信你將接受我的關心與愛意，我會相信你不會故意把我傷害，我會相信你終將發現我的可愛之處，我會相信你不會把我棄于不顧；我會相信我們是相愛的。如果我們彼此信任，我們就愿意敞開心扉，摘下面具，去掉偽裝，顯示我們真實的自我。

Love can tolerate imperfection. In a love relationship there are times of boredom, times when I may feel like giving up, times of real strain, and times I experience an impasse. Authentic love does not imply enduring happiness. I can stay during rough times, however, because I can remember what we had together in the past, and I can picture what we will have together in our future if we care enough to face our problems and work them through. We agree with Reverend Maier when he writes that love is a spirit that changes life. Love is a way of life that is creative and that transforms. However, Maier does not view love as being reserved for a perfect world. ”Love is meant for our imperfect world where things go wrong. Love is meant to be a spirit that works in painful situations. Love is meant to bring meaning into life where nonsense appears to reign.” In other words, love comes into an imperfect world to make it livable.

愛可以容忍缺點。在愛的關系中，必然會有厭煩的時候，有我想放棄的時候，有關系緊張的時候，有我感到絕望的時候。真愛不僅僅意味著我們能共同分享幸福。在艱難困苦的時期我也能和你在一起，因為我記得我們過去在一起度過的時光，如果我們對問題給予足夠的重視，面對問題并能度過困難時期，我能想像我們將來在一起是個什么樣子。我們同意梅爾教士的觀點，即愛是改變生活的精神力量。愛是一種創造性的生活方式并能使生活改善。但是梅爾并不認為愛是完美世界獨有的。“愛是給予我們這個有問題的不完善的世界的。愛是在痛苦的情況下發揮作用的精神。愛就是要使看起來無意義的生活變得有意義。”換句話說，愛來到這個不完美的世界使它適合人們居住。

Love is freeing. Love is freely given, not doled out on demand. At the same time, my love for you is not dependent on whether you fulfill my expectations of you. Authentic love does not imply “I’ll love you when you become perfect or when you become what I expect you to become.” Authentic love is not given with strings attached. There is an unconditional quality about love.

愛是自由的行為。愛是自愿地付出，而不是要求之下的施舍。與此同時，我對你的'愛并不取決于你是否能滿足我對你的期望。真愛并不意味著“當你成為完美的人或當你成為我所期望的那種人時，我才愛你。”真愛不是帶有附加條件的付出。愛是無條件的。

Love is expansive. If I love you, I encourage you to reach out and develop other relationships. Although our love for each other and our commitment to each other might bar certain actions on our parts, we are not totally and exclusively wedded to each other. It is a pseudolove that cements one person to another in such a way that he or she is not given room to grow. Casey and Vanceburg put this notion well:

愛是博大的。如果我愛你，我會鼓勵你向外發展，建立其他的人際關系。雖然我們之間的愛和彼此的承諾不允許我們做某些事情，但是我們并不是完全徹底地拴在一起。把一個人和另一個人拴在一起，而不給予他發展的空間，這是一種虛假的愛。凱斯和溫斯伯格對這個概念有很好的解釋：

The honest evidence of our love is our commitment to encouraging another’s full development. We are interdependent personalities who need one another’s presence in order to fulfill our destiny. And yet, we are also separate individuals. We must come to terms with our struggles alone.

我們相互承諾要鼓勵對方充分的發展，這就真實證明了我們之間的愛。我們是相互依存的，為了完成自己的使命，需要對方的存在。但我們又是不同的個體，我們必須各自面對自己的奮斗。

Love means having a want for the person I love without having a need for that person in order to be complete. If I am nothing without you, then I’m not really free to love you. I love you and you leave, I’ll experience a loss and be sad and lonely, but I’ll still be able to survive. If I am not free to challenge our relationship; nor am I free to challenge and confront you. Because of my fear of losing you, I’ll settle for less than I want, and this settling will surely lead to feelings of resentment.

愛意味著我需要我所愛的人，但并不是缺少他就不行。如果沒有你我就無法生存，那么我就不能自由的愛你。我愛你，即使你離開了，即使我失落、難過和孤獨，但我還能活下去。如果我的價值和我的生存過于依賴于你，那我就沒有自由來審視我們之間的關系；也就沒有審視和反駁你的自由。因為我害怕失去你，我就會降低要求，而這種遷就會使我產生不滿情緒。

Love means identifying with the person I love. If I love you, I can empathize with you and see the world through your eyes. I can identify with you and see the world through your eyes. I can identify with you because I’m able to see myself in you and you in me. This closeness does not imply a continual “togetherness,” for distance and separation are sometimes essential in a loving relationship. Distance and can intensify a loving bond, and it can help us rediscover ourselves, so that we are able to meet each other in a new way.

愛意味著理解所愛的人。如果我愛你，我就能與你有同樣的情感，我就能通過你的眼睛去看這世界。我理解你是因為我能夠在你身上看到我自己，并在我自己身上看到你。這種親密無間并不意味著持續地呆在一起，有時候，距離和分別對于相愛同樣是必要的。距離會加強愛的聯系，會有助于我們重現認識自己，使我們可以以新的方式面對對方。

Love means selfish. I can only love you if I genuinely love, value, appreciate, and respect myself. If I am empty, then all I can give you is my emptiness. If I feel that I’m complete and worthwhile in myself, then I’m able to give to you out of my fullness. One of the best ways for me to give you love is by fully enjoying myself with you.

愛中充滿了自我。只有我能真正地愛著自己，珍視自己，欣賞自己，尊重自己，我才能愛你。如果我生活空虛，那么我能給予你的只能是我的空虛。如果我感到自己是完整的，有價值的，那么我就能讓你分享我的充實。給予我對你的愛，最好的方式就是和你在一起充分享受我的一切。

Love involves seeing the potential within the person we love. In my love for another, I view her or him as the person she or he can become, while still accepting who and what the person is now. Goethe’s observation is relevant here: by taking people as they are, we make them worse, but by treating them as if they already were what they ought to be, we help make them better.

愛包含著看到我所愛的人的潛在能力。我愛那個人，我一方面承認他的現狀，另一方面我現在就視他為他將來能夠成為的那種人。歌德有一句與此相關的評論：我們如果按照人們的現狀來對待他們，會使他們越來越差，要是按照他們應該達到的目標來對待和要求他們，我們就會促使他們變得更好。

We conclude this discussion of the meanings that authentic love has for us by sharing a thought from Fromm’s The Art of Loving (1956). His description of mature love sums up the essential characteristics of authentic love quite well:

我們把弗羅姆在《愛的藝術》里闡述的一個觀點介紹給大家，以此來結束我們對真愛含義的論述。他對成熟的愛的歸納極好地總結了真愛的基本特征：

Mature love is union under the condition of preserving one’s integrity, one’s individuality. In love this paradox occurs that two beings become one and yet remain two.

成熟的愛是兩人的結合，但又不失各自的完整和特性。愛中有這種矛盾現象：合二為一，卻又一分為二。

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A friend’s grandfather came to America from Eastern Europe.After settling down at Ellis Island.he went into a cafeteria in lower Manhattan to get something to eat.He sat down at an empty table and waited for someone to take his order.

一個朋友的祖父從東歐到美國來。在埃利斯島安頓下來后。他去下曼哈頓的一家自助餐廳吃飯。他在一張空桌子邊坐下，等待侍者拿來菜單。

Of course nobody did.Finally, a woman with a tray full of food sat down opposite him and informed him how a cafeteria worked.

沒有人來招呼他。最后，一位女士拿著滿滿一托盤食物走過來坐在他對面并告訴他自助餐廳怎樣進餐的。

“Start out at that end,” she said. “Just go along the line and pick out what you want. At the other end they’ll tell you how much you have to pay.”

她說：“出去排隊等，到你的時候點你想要的東西，餐廳服務生會告訴你該付多少錢。”

“I soon learned that's how everything works in America,” the grandfather told a friend.

他對一個朋友說：“接著我很快了解到這就是美國人的.工作方式”。

“Life's a cafeteria here.

生活就像自助餐。

You can get anything you want as long as you are willing to pay the price.You can even get success.

你可以去要你想要的任何東西,只要你能付得起他們的價格。你也可以想要成功。

But you'll never get it if you wait for someone to bring it to you.

但是如果你什么都不做等著別人能把它送到你身邊的話是永遠都不可能得到的。

You have to get up and get it yourself.”

你必須主動出擊，自己去追求它。

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Ulysses 尤利西斯

It little profits that an idle king,

By this still hearth, among these barren crags,

Matched with an aged wife, I mete and dole

Unequal laws unto a savage race,

That hoard, and sleep, and feed, and know not me.

我是一個老國王，整天坐在火爐旁，

陪著我的老皇后，生活清閑又無聊，

我的島國山連山，人民愚蠢又野蠻。

我頒布法律數不清，好讓他們不搗亂。

法律不是很公平，整治他們難上難。

他們吃了睡，睡了吃，一點不懂我心思。

I cannot rest from travel: I will drink

Life to the lees: all times I have enjoyed

Greatly, have suffered greatly, both with those

我已休息很充分，我要出門去遠征。

不愛享受和安閑，乘風破浪若等閑。

在我過去一生里，吃過的苦頭賽黃連，

享受的'快樂比密甜。

That loved me, and alone; on shore, and when

Through scudding drifts the rainy Hyades

Vest the dim sea: I am become a name;

For always roaming with a hungry heart

有時結隊去遠航，有時孤獨去高原，

穿越深林和河流，不怕艱險永向前。

Much have I seen and known; cities of men

And manners, climates, councils, governments,

Myself not least, but honoured of them all;

見過無數大城市，古怪的民族和衣裳，

風俗，動物，和王朝，奇花異草吐芬芳。

交往結交皆洋人，天下無人不知君 。

And drunk delight of battle with my peers;

Far on the ringing plains of windy Troy.

I am part of all that I have met;

曾和藩王去遠征，來到遙遠的特洛伊，

葡萄美酒夜光杯，木馬屠城美名傳。

Yet all experience is an arch wherethrough

Gleams that untravelled world, whose margin fades

For ever and for ever when I move.

How dull it is to pause, to make an end,

唉，經歷只是一扇門，透過大門我還見，

未知世界在遠方，光怪陸離閃金光。

只要我向前走一步，她就后退兩三步，

永遠和我捉迷藏，我心不知在何方。

To rust unburnished, not to shine in use!

As though to breath were life. Life piled on life

Were all to little, and of one to me

Little remains: but every hour is saved

From that eternal silence, something more,

A bringer of new things; and vile it were

For some three suns to store and hoard myself,

And this gray spirit yearning in desire

To follow knowledge like a sinking star,

Beyond the utmost bound of human thought.

吃喝玩樂非所愿，我的理想不尋常，

寧愿喪生在旅途，不愿老死在病床。

即使生命快結束，也要追求新事物，

天涯海角走一遭。

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Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability.

Their chief use for delight, is in privateness and retiring;for ornament, is in discourse;and for ability, is in the judgement and disposition of business.

For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one;but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs,come best from those that are learned.

To spend too much time in studies is sloth;to use them too much for ornament,is affectation;to make judgement wholly by their rules, is the humour of a scholar.

They perfect nature, and are perfected by experience:for natural abilities are like natural plants,that need pruning by study;and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large,except they be bounded in by experience.

Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them;for they teach not their own use;but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation.

Read not to contradict and confute;nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse;but to weigh and consider.

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed,and some few to be chewed and digested;that is, some books are to be read only in parts;others to be read, but not curiously;and some few to be read wholly,and with diligence and attention.

Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others;but that would be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books;else distilled books are, like common distilled waters, flashy things.

Reading makes a full man； conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

And therefore,if a man write little，he had need have a great memory;if he confer little, he had need have a present wit;and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he does not.

Histories make men wise; poets witty; the mathematics subtle;natural philosophy deep; moral grave;logic and rhetoric able to contend.

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Not even as I shook and trembled uncontrollably in the trenches, did I forget your face. I would sit huddled into the wet mud, terrified, as the hails of bullets and mortars crashed down around me. I would clutch my rifle tightly to my heart, and think again of that very first day we met. I would cry out in fear, as the noise of war beat down around me. But, as I thought of you and saw you smiling back at me, everything around me would be become silent, and I would be with you again for a few precious moments, far from the death and destruction. It would not be until I opened my eyes once again, that I would see and hear the carnage of the war around me.

即使是當我在戰壕中控制不住地顫抖，我也不曾忘記你的容顏。我蜷縮在稀泥中，身邊是槍林彈雨，彌漫硝煙，我把步槍緊緊地攥在胸前，一顆驚恐不安的'心，還是想起了我們初識的那一天。身旁戰火呼嘯，恐懼讓我想要大聲呼叫，直到想起你，仿佛見到你在我身后盈盈淺笑，戰場忽然沉寂下來，在這珍貴的瞬間，我覺得自己暫時遠離了毀滅和死亡，飛向你的身旁。我拼命想留住這美好，直到睜開眼，周圍卻依然是血與火的生死戰場。

I cannot tell you how strong my love for you was back then, when I returned to you on leave in the September, feeling battered, bruised and fragile. We held each other so tight I thought we would burst. I asked you to marry me the very same day and I whooped with joy when you looked deep into my eyes and said “yes” to being my bride.

九月休假回到你身邊，我疲憊而脆弱，沒能再告訴你戰火紛飛時我對你的愛有多深。我們只能緊緊擁抱在一起，仿佛要把對方擠碎。也就在那天，面對我的求婚，你深深凝望我的眼睛，答應做我的新娘，而我早已歡喜地大喊大叫。

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September is more than a month, really; it is a season, an achievement in itself. It begins with August’s leftovers and it ends with October’s preparations, but along the way it achieves special satisfactions. After summer’s heat and haste, the year consolidates itself. Deliberate September—in its own time and tempo—begins to sum up another summer.

九月絕不僅僅是一個月份，它是一個季節，一個收獲的季節。九月初始于八月的余音，終結于十月的繁忙。一路走來，它怡然自得，收獲滿滿。經過了夏季的炎熱和躁動，一年開始沉靜下來，為來年的繁榮做準備。九月，踏著自己的節拍，從容地宣告又一個夏季的結束。

With September comes a sense of autumn. It creeps in on a misty dawn and vanishes in the hot afternoon. It tiptoes through the treetops, rouging a few leaves, then rides a tuft of thistledown across the valley and away. It sits on a hilltop and hoots like an October owl in the dusk. It plays tag with the wind. September is a changeling busy as a squirrel in a hickory tree, idle as a languid brook. It is summer’s ripeness and richness fulfilled.

九月給我們帶來了絲絲的秋意。它在薄霧朦朧的清晨無聲無息地潛入，又在陽光和煦的午后悄然消失了蹤影。它踮起腳尖，輕手輕腳地掠過樹頂，順手抹紅了幾片葉子，又踏著一叢薊花冠毛，越過峽谷后飄然而去。它時而坐在山巔，啾啾猶如十月黃昏中啼叫的貓頭鷹，時而又和風兒追逐玩耍。九月又是變化無常的。它一會兒繁忙如同山核桃樹上的小松鼠，一會兒又慵懶有如緩緩流淌的小溪。夏季的成熟與豐饒成就了甜美的九月。

Some of the rarest days of the year come in the September season—days when it is comfortably cold but pulsing with life, when the sky is clear and clean, the air crisp, the wind free of dust. Meadows still smell of hay and the sweetness of cut grass. September flowers are less varied than those of May but so abundant that they make September another flowery month. Goldenrod comes by mid-August, but rises to a peak of golden abundance in early September. Late thistles make spectacular purple accents. And asters blossom everywhere, along the roadsides, in meadows, on the hilltops, even in city lots, raging in color from pure white through all degrees of lavender to the royal New England purple.

一年中難得的幾天好時光就在九月到來。九月天氣涼爽宜人，萬物生機勃勃。天空清澈明澄，空氣清冽，纖塵不染。草地上飄散著干草味和新割下的草的甜甜的氣息。九月的花兒雖不如五月的花兒那樣百花爭艷，但爛漫多姿的花兒成就九月成為繁花似錦的又一個花季。金菊八月中旬含苞，九月初即綻放。晚薊花開，紫色一片，蔚為壯觀。紫菀怒放，道路邊，草地上，山頂上，甚或是都市的空地上，處處可覓得芳蹤。紫色千姿百態，素白，淡紫，深紫，豐富的色彩，時而平易如薰衣草，時而高貴如皇室紫，斑斕炫麗。

We think of spring as the miracle time, when opening bud and new leaf proclaim the persistence of life. But September is when the abiding wonder makes itself known in a subtler way. Now growth comes to annual fruition, and preparations are completed for another year, another generation. The acorn ripens and the hickory nut matures. The plant commits its future to the seed and the root. The insect stows tomorrow in the egg and the pupa. The surge is almost over and life begins to relax.

春季蓓蕾綻放，新葉吐綠，生機盎然。春天是一個昭示生命奇跡的季節，而秋天則以其婉約之姿展示這個奇跡。九月，生長，成熟，不僅一年的碩果盡在于此，它又為來年、新生的生命做好了準備。橡果熟了，胡桃老了。植物將未來托付給種子和根莖，昆蟲將明天托付給卵蛹。勃發的生命脈動接近尾聲，開始歇息。

The green prime is passing. The trees begin to proclaim the change. Soon the leaves will be discarded, the grass will sere. But the miracle of life persists, the mysterious germ of growth and renewal that is the seed itself.

綠色蔥籠即將逝去，葉落，草枯。季節的更替在樹木的身上一覽無余。可是，生命的奇跡生生不息，成長、復生的生命就孕育在神秘的粒粒種籽中。

This is the season of the harvest moon. With reasonably clear skies it will be a moonlit week, for the harvest moon is not hasty; it comes early and stays late. There was a time when the busy farmer could return to the fields after supper and continue his harvest by moonlight. There’s still harvesting to be done, but much of it now centers on the kitchen rather than the barns. The last bountiful yield comes from the garden, the late sweet corn, the tomatoes, the root vegetables. The canning, the preserving, the freezing, the kitchen harvest in all its variety, reaches its peak.

九月是收獲的季節。天空明凈，持續數日。夜晚月光皎潔，月兒早早升上天空，遲遲離去，淡定從容。忙碌的農夫吃完晚飯，又回到田間地頭，頂著月光收割。農夫還有好多事要做，活兒只不過從谷場移到了廚房。菜園里晚熟的玉米、西紅柿、根莖類蔬菜，是豐收的最后一批果實。在廚房里，該罐裝的罐裝，該腌制的腌制，該冷凍的冷凍，好一派熱鬧忙碌的景象。

First frost comes in the night, a clear, scant-starred night when the moon is near its fullness. It comes without a whisper, quiet as thistledown, brushing the corner of a hillside garden. Dawn comes and you see its path—the glistening leaf, the gleaming stem, the limp, blackening garden vine.

月兒快要滿盈的時候，月明星稀，初霜降臨。它掠過山邊的菜園，靜如薊花般悄然而至。晨曦初露，樹葉上、樹干上、藤蔓上，點點霜花，晶瑩閃爍。

Another night or two the frost walks the valleys in the moonlight. Then it goes back beyond the northern hills to wait a little longer, and the golden mildness of early autumn comforts the land. A faint anise smell is on the air, goldenrod scent. The mist swirls and September sun shines through the deep-blue sky of September.

再過一兩天，霜花借著月色，來到山谷，然后越過北坡回來小憩。初秋金色的太陽暖暖地照耀著大地，空氣中飄散著淡淡的茴香和金菊的香氣。薄霧漫舞，天空湛藍，九月暖陽，萬千閃耀。

To warm-blooded creatures, the crisp, cool nights of September are invigorating. But cold-blooded insects are at the mercy of the sun and now their clocks run down. The cicada is stilled. The chorus of the cricket and katydid diminishes. When they rasp at all it is with the deliberate tempo of a fiddler drawing a worn bow across fraying strings.

對于溫血動物來講，九月空氣清冽的夜晚依然生機勃勃，而冷血動物失去了太陽的庇護，生命的時鐘開始了倒計時。知了靜了，蟋蟀和蚱蜢的合唱息了。雖然它們還會吟唱，可這吟唱宛如一個小提琴手小心翼翼地用破舊的琴弓在磨損的琴弦上發出的暗啞琴聲。

Now come the hoarding days. Mice have been harvesting and stowing seeds for weeks. The chipmunk lines his winter bedroom, and squirrels hid the nut trees’ bounty. The woodchucks, gorging on grass and clover and fruit, lay up their harvest in body fat under their own skins.

儲藏的季節到了。田鼠收果實，存種子，忙活了數周。金花鼠將種子堆滿了過冬的洞穴，松鼠將胡桃樹的果實收藏了起來。土撥鼠拼命吃下各種草葉、三葉草和果實，將吃下的東西儲存在皮下厚厚的`脂肪中。

The flickers begin to gather for migration. All summer these big wood-peckers were resolutely individual, busy with family life and wanting no company. Now they are gregarious, with time for tribal gossip and community play. The warblers and swallows have already formed in premigration flocks; soon the robins will be gathering too. Nesting is completed, fledglings are on their own, and there is food in plenty. September is vacation time for birds. Who knows but that they are discussing the trip ahead?

候鳥開始集結遷徙。整整一個夏季，這些大大的啄木鳥忙著享受家庭生活，并不想彼此結伴，而是各自為政。現在，它們聚在一起，彼此閑聊，集體玩耍。鳴鳥和燕子已經排好了遷徙飛行的隊列，很快知更鳥也將加入其中。窩筑好了，幼鳥自己覓食，食物豐足。九月就是鳥兒的假期。如果說它們在討論即將開始的旅行，誰說不是呢？

By September’s end the treasure chest of autumn begins to “spill over” with wealth. You see it glowing in the quiet afternoon, aflame in the sunset.

秋天收獲的寶藏太多，在九月末開始滿溢。這些寶藏在靜靜的午后，在日落的余暉中，熠熠發光。

Woodland, roadside and dooryard will soon be jeweled beyond a rajah’s richest dreams.

林地、路邊、門前小院，很快將被秋色點綴得一片珠光寶氣，即使古印度王侯最美的夢也夢不到這番景象。

The year’s season in the sun has run its course. Nature begins to prepare for winter. After the color in the woodlands, the leaves will blanket the soil. The litter of autumn will become mulch, then humus for root and tender seed. The urgency of growth is ended for another year, but life itself is hoarded in root and bulb and seed and egg.

秋季在陽光下走完了它的行程。大自然開始為越冬做準備。林地里斑斕的葉片將為大地鋪上一層厚毯。掉落的秋葉將化為護根，繼而化為腐殖質，為根莖和柔嫩的種子提供來年的養分。生長停歇，靜待來年，而生命就藏在根與球莖中，藏在卵與種子中。

白露White Dew的十大傳統

俗話說,“白露秋分夜,一夜冷一夜”,今天7時整全國迎來白露節氣,這意味著從此將進入寒風曉暮、草木凝煙的時節。

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Tucked away in our subconsciousness is an idyllic vision. We see ourselves on a long trip that spans the continent. We are travelling by train. Out the windows, we drink in the passing scene of cars on nearby highways, of children waving on a crossing, of cattle grazing on a distant hillside, of smoke pouring from a power plant, of row upon row of corn and wheat, of flatlands and valleys, of mountains and rolling hillsides, of city skylines and village halls.

But the uppermost in our minds is the final destination. On a certain day at a certain hour, we will pull into the station. Bands will be playing and flags waving. Once we reach there, so many wonderful dreams will come true and the pieces of our lives will be fit together like a completed jigsaw puzzle. How restlessly we pace the aisles, damning the minutes loitering, waiting, waiting, waiting for the station.

“When we reach the station, that will be it”, we cry. “When I'm 18”, “When I buy a new 450SL Mercedes Benz”, “When I put my last kid through collage”, “When I have paid off the mortgage”, “When I get a promotion”, “When I reach the age of the retirement, I shall live happily ever after.”

Sooner or later, we must realize that there is no station, no one place to arrive at once and for all. The true joy of life is the trip. The station is only a dream. It constantly outdistances us.

“Relish the moment” is a good motto, especially when coupled withe the Psalm 118:24:“This is the day which the Lord hath made, we will rejoice and be glad in it.” It isn't the burdens of today that drive men mad. It is the regrets over yesterday and the fear of tommorrow. Reget and fear are twin thieves who rob us of today.

So stop pacing the aisles and counting the miles. Instead, climb more mountains, eat more icecreams, go barefoot more often, swim more rivers, watch more sunsets, laugh more and cry less. Life must be lived as we go along. Then the station will come soon enough.

我們的潛意識里藏著一派田園詩般的風光!我們仿佛身處一次橫貫大陸的漫漫旅程之中!乘著火車,我們領略著窗外流動的景色：附近高速公路上奔馳的汽車、十字路口處招手的孩童、遠山上吃草的牛群、源源不斷地從電廠排放出的煙塵、一片片的玉米和小麥、平原與山谷、群山與綿延的丘陵、天空映襯下城市的輪廓,以及鄉間的莊園宅第!

然而我們心里想得最多的卻是最終的目的地!在某一天的某一時刻,我們將會抵達進站!迎接我們的將是樂隊和飄舞的`彩旗!一旦到了那兒,多少美夢將成為現實,我們的生活也將變得完整,如同一塊理好了的拼圖!可是我們現在在過道里不耐煩地踱來踱去,咒罵火車的拖拖拉拉!我們期待著,期待著,期待著火車進站的那一刻!

“當我們到站的時候,一切就都好了!”我們呼喊著!“當我18歲的時候!”“當我有了一輛新450SL奔馳的時候!”“當我供最小的孩子念完大學的時候!”“當我償清貸款的時候!”“當我官升高任的時候!”“當我到了退休的時候,就可以從此過上幸福的生活啦!”

可是我們終究會認識到人生的旅途中并沒有車站,也沒有能夠“一到永逸”的地方!生活的真正樂趣在于旅行的過程,而車站不過是個夢,它始終遙遙領先于我們!

真正令人發瘋的不是今日的負擔,而是對昨日的悔恨及對明日的恐懼!悔恨與恐懼是一對孿生竊賊,將今天從你我身邊偷走!

那么就不要在過道里徘徊吧,別老惦記著你離車站還有多遠!何不換一種活法,將更多的高山攀爬,多吃點兒冰淇淋甜甜嘴巴,經常光著腳板兒溜達,在更多的河流里暢游,多看看夕陽西下,多點歡笑哈哈,少讓淚水滴答!生活得一邊過一邊瞧!車站就會很快到達!

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A Thanksgiving Day editorial(社論)in the newspaper told of a school teacher who asked her class of first graders to draw a picture of something they were thankful for. She thought of how little these children from poor neighborhoods actually had to be thankful for. But she knew that most of them would draw pictures of turkeys or tables with food. The teacher was taken aback(吃驚；驚訝)with the picture Douglas handed in… a smile childishly drawn hand.

But whose hand? The class was captivated(迷惑；困惑)by the abstract(抽象的.)image. “I think it must be the hand of God that brings us food,” said one child. “A farmer,” said another, “because he grows the turkeys.” Finally when the others were at work, the teacher bent(彎腰；屈身)over Douglas’s desk and asked whose hand it was. “It’s your hand, Teacher,” he mumbled(咕噥；含糊地說).

She recalled that frequently at recess(課間休息)she had taken Douglas, a scrubby(身材矮小的)forlorn(孤獨的)child by the hand. She often did that with the children. But it meant so much to Douglas. Perhaps this was everyone’s Thanksgiving, not for the material things given to us but for the chance, in whatever small way, to give to others.

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傾聽是良藥，它能治愈心靈的創傷。當我是一名醫生時，我問我的`病人我能為她做些什么，她朝我笑笑說，只要你聽完我的故事。而今我也坐上輪椅，我告訴我的學生，不要打斷病人的傾訴，坐在床邊聽他們把話說完吧，因為這對病人的幫助勝過任何昂貴的藥物。

I believe listening is powerful Medicine.

Studies have shown it takes a physician about 18 seconds to interrupt a patient after he begins talking.

It was Sunday. I had one last patient to see. I approached her room in a hurry and stood at the doorway. She was an older woman, sitting at the edge of the bed, struggling to put socks on her swollen feet. I crossed the threshold, spoke quickly to the nurse, scanned her chart noting she was in stable condition. I was almost in the clear.

I leaned on the bedrail looking down at her. She asked if I could help put on her socks. Instead, I launched into a monologue that went something like this: “How are you feeling? Your sugars and blood pressure were high but they‘re better today. The nurse mentioned you‘re anxious to see your son who‘s visiting you today. It‘s nice to have family visit from far away. I bet you really look forward to seeing him.”

She stopped me with a stern, authoritative voice. “Sit down, doctor. This is my story, not your story.”

I was surprised and embarrassed. I sat down. I helped her with the socks. She began to tell me that her only son lived around the corner from her, but she had not seen him in five years. She believed that the stress of this contributed greatly to her health problems. After hearing her story and putting on her socks, I asked if there was anything else I could do for her. She shook her head no and smiled. All she wanted me to do was to listen.

Each story is different. Some are detailed; others are vague. Some have a beginning, middle and end. Others wander without a clear conclusion. Some are true; others not. Yet all those things do not really matter. What matters to the storyteller is that the story is heard — without interruption, assumption or judgment.

Listening to someone‘s story costs less than expensive diagnostic testing but is key to healing and diagnosis.

I often thought of what that woman taught me, and I reminded myself of the importance of stopping, sitting down and truly listening. And, not long after, in an unexpected twist, I became the patient, with a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis at age 31. Now, 20 years later, I sit all the time — in a wheelchair.

For as long as I could, I continued to see patients from my chair, but I had to resign when my hands were affected. I still teach med students and other health care professionals, but now from the perspective of physician and patient.

I tell them I believe in the power of listening. I tell them I know firsthand that immeasurable healing takes place within me when someone stops, sits down and listens to my story.

1.Waste

Mankind is wasting things everywhere and every day.Wherever we turn, we can see that paper, bottles and cans are thrown away;food is wasted just because of its poor taste;clothes are discarded simply due to their old fashion.Not only are things and money are wasted, but natural resources are abused as well.Trees are cut down merely for fuel;wildlife is killed simply for food;oil, coal and minerals are exploited in a bad way.It is time to call for an end to waste.We must save natural resources and make full use of them;otherwise human beings will be faced with the scarcity of natural resources and suffer from the pollution caused by waste.2.No Pains, No Gains

The height which great men reach and keep is not attained by a sudden flight.Most of us feel envious of the famous and successful people.We do not understand why they are so popular and honored while we are mere simple common folks.In our misconception, we think that people are prosperous because they are especially gifted or that they are “just lucky”.All these have taken root in our stubborn minds, and we refuse to believe that most great men have a mind which is the same as, or perhaps even simpler and duller than ours.Yet, their triumphs are great.Why? Because they are apt to fight difficulties with perseverance and without fatigue, undergo sufferings without minding the wounds;they realize that hardships form the road which they must pass through before reaching their destination.Their endurance is more powerful than that of ours for the simple reason that they submit without complaint to each storm in life.3.Rome Was Not Built in a Day

The good old proverb, “Rome was not built in a day,” reminds us that great things are never done without much time and labor.It takes us back to Rome, the capital of the greatest empire of the ancient world and the most brilliant city of ancient times.Indeed, Rome was built through the labors of many a great man who had been striving against difficulties.As human beings, we are eager to win merits for ourselves.It is, however, only patience as well as endurance that can help us to succeed in performing great deeds;for difficulties are in fact unavoidable, unless we do not engage in anything at all.Young people are, however, mostly impatient.Brave as they may be in the beginning, they often give up halfway in the face of what seems to be insurmountable.Most of such a type can hardly expect to succeed.4.Don’t Give Up

If we would ever accomplish anything in life, let us not forget that we must persevere.If we would learn our lessons in school, we must be diligent and not give up whenever we come across anything difficult.We will find many of our lessons very hard, but let us consider that the harder they are the better they will be for us if we will persevere and learn them thoroughly.But there are some among us who are ready to give up when they come to a hard example in mathematics, and say, “I can’t do this.” They never will if they feel so.“I can’t” never does anything worthwhile;but “I’ll try” accomplishes wonders.Let us remember that we will meet with difficulties all through life.They are in the pathway of everyone.If we will only try and keep trying, we will be sure to conquer and overcome every difficulty we meet.If we have a hard lesson today, let us strive to learn it well and then we will be prepared for a harder one tomorrow.And if we learn to master hard lessons in school, it will prepare us to overcome the hard things that we will meet in life when our schooldays are over.5.Time is a Bank

Each of us has a bank whose name is TIME.Every morning, TIME credits you with 86,400 seconds.Every night it writes off, as loss, whatever of this you have failed to invest in good purposes.It carries over no balances.It allows no overdraft.Each day it opens a new account for you.Each night it burns the remains of the day.If you fail to use the day deposits, the loss is yours.There is no going back.There is no drawing against tomorrow.You must live in the present on today’s deposits.Invest it so as to get from it the utmost in health, happiness and success!The clock is running.Make the most of today.6.The College Experience

Going to college!What a thrill!It’s a trip that has everything great that you have heard about if you make it so.It is also a very serious business.To a great extent, you will be on your own.True, there are an awful lot of people ready to help you, but generally you must take the initiative and seek them out.Today’s world is full of precious knowledge, whether it be in the arts, literature, a profession, or a vocational skill.College is your chance of a lifetime to explore these areas.Each facet can be as exciting when discovered by you as it was when discovered by the original author or explorer.Let yourself explore beyond your immediate career objectives.A student in auto mechanics in most schools also can take courses in history, philosophy, music, or art.There is no reason a craftsman can’t also be a great thinker, or an explorer in the vast areas of unlimited knowledge.For a rich full life he or she should make the most of the opportunities at hand.Going to college means a lot more than earning a grade.To limit your college experience will be a waste to you and to all of people, past and present, who have invested their pennies, dimes and dollars — often at great personal sacrifice — to make educational opportunities open for you.Putting it bluntly, college is a place to be greedy — take all you can get and then some more.Thus, as you stand on the threshold of your college career, commit yourself and stand by that commitment.From the first day of class, discipline yourself to make learning fun, not a chore, and to get the most from the educational opportunities open to you.7.Friends

Friends are important.It has often been said that “No man can live like an island.” As our population increases in size, this is becoming increasingly true.A person will have trouble coping with society without friends.Friends should not be confused with acquaintances.Acquaintances are people whom you may see often.But, you could never share joy and sadness with an acquaintance.Acquaintances are usually with you for what they can get.Maybe, they like to be with you because you are popular.People usually have few friends and many acquaintances.Friends are always there when you need them.They are dependable and responsible.They share your sorrow and happiness.They are not interested in what they can get from you.They influence your development, maturity and sense of responsibility.They also warn you when you are in danger of doing wrong.Yes, friends are wonderful.It is nice to enjoy the warmth radiating from good friends.8.Don’t Cover Your Ideas

Give away everything you know and more will come back to you.You will remember from school other students preventing you from seeing their answers by placing their arms around their exercise books or exam paper.It is the same at work, and people are secretive with ideas.“Don’t tell them because they’ll take credit for it.”

The problem with hoarding is that you end up living off your reserves.Eventually you’ll become stale.If you give away everything you have, you are left with nothing.This forces you to look, to be aware, to replenish.Somehow the more you give away, the more comes back to you.Ideas are open knowledge.Don’t claim ownership.They’re not your ideas anyway: they’re someone else’s.They are out there floating by on the ether.You just have to put yourself in a frame of mind to pick them up.9.Don’t Escape from Problems

Some people who find themselves unable to solve a problem react by just giving up.But it is not good to escape from problems by giving up or by making excuses for failures.You may be sure that all young people go through the same difficult process that you are going through: meeting new situations, developing new skills, and testing their abilities.If you are unhappy about something, face it.Try to state the problem in a few words, so that you will know exactly what you are up against.Then see if you can “put your finger” on the cause of your unhappiness.In many cases, we only “think” there is no solution to a particular problem.But often we can overcome the problem and achieve the goal by making a direct attack.10.Think Positively

If you want to get somewhere, you have to know where you want to go and how to get there.Then just never, never, never give up.The secret of life isn’t what happens to you, but what you do with what happens to you.Help other people to cope with their problems and your own will be easier to cope with.Never use the word “impossible” seriously again.Toss it into the verbal wastebasket.Self-confidence is the first secret of success.So believe yourself!Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them.You will find that they haven’t half the strength you think they have.Joy increases as you give it and diminishes as you try to keep it for yourself.In giving it, you will accumulate more joy than you ever believed possible.How you think about a problem is more important than the problem itself, so always think positively.Plunge head first into life;give it all you’ve got.And life will give all it has to you.