第一篇：教師節英語作文：中英美文對照

教師節英語作文：中英美文對照

We wish to show our gratitude and thanks with a small gift.Happy Teacher‘s Day！

我們送您一件小禮物，以表我們對您的感激之情。教師節愉快！

You are like a third parent.We all love you and respect you.您就像我們的家長，我們都敬愛您。

We all like having you as our teacher.You have our respect and gratefulness.我們喜歡您做我們的老師，我們尊敬您、感激您。

This is Teachers‘Day and a time to be grateful to all teachers.This profession deserves the special recognition and respect.There is no more appropriate time than this to honour you and others in your chosen field.You have my eternal gratefulness.We are more thankful than we can express.對您的謝意，我們無法用語言來表達。

You have been a qualified teachers and even better friend.Thank you for all that you have done.您不僅是一位合格的教師，更是一位好朋友，謝謝您所做的一切。

Education is not the filling of a pail，but the lighting of a fire.教育不是灌滿一桶水，而是點燃一團生命的火焰。

第二篇：[求職英語]個人資料中英詞匯對照_專題集錦

[求職英語]個人資料中英詞匯對照_專題集錦 name姓名 aliss別名 pen name筆名

date of birth出生日期 birthdate出生日期 born生于

birthplace出生地點 birthday生日 age年齡

native place籍貫 province省 city市

autonomous region自治區 prefecture專區 country縣

nationality民族；國籍 citizenship國籍

duel citizenship雙重國籍 address地址

current address目前住址 pressent address目前住址

愛思英語學習網

愛思英語http://www.tmdps.cn/

permanent address永久住址 postal code郵政編碼 home phone住宅電話 office phone辦公電話 Tel.電話 Mobile手機 E-mail郵箱 ext.分機 ***性別 male男 female女 Mr.先生

Miss小姐 Mrs.太太 Ms(小姐或太太)height身高 cm.厘米 ft.英尺 in英寸 weight體重 kg公斤 lbs磅

marital status婚姻狀況

愛思英語學習網

愛思英語http://www.tmdps.cn/

family status家庭狀況 married已婚 single未婚 unmarried未婚 divorced離異 separated分居

number of children子女人數 none無 street街 lane胡同，巷 road路 district區 Floor樓層 tower A A座 Mansion大廈 house number門牌 health健康狀況 bloodtype血型 A A型 B B型 O O型

excellent（身體）極佳

愛思英語學習網

愛思英語http://www.tmdps.cn/

very good很好 good好 strong強壯 short-sighted近視 far-sighted遠視 color-blind色盲 ID card身份證 No.號碼

date of availability可到職時間 available可到職 membership會員、資格 president會長 director理事

standing director常務理事 secretary-general秘書長 society學會 association協會 research society研究會 January(Jan.)一月 February(Feb.)二月 March(Mar.)三月 April(Apr.)四月 May五月

愛思英語學習網

愛思英語http://www.tmdps.cn/

June六月 July七月

August(Aug.)八月 September(Sept.)九月 October(Oct.)十月 November(Nov.)十一月 December(Dec.)十二月

愛思英語學習網

愛思英語http://www.tmdps.cn/

第三篇：中英雙語 左右對照 學英語非常方便

Samsung says it has permanently halted production of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone after continued overheating problems.The company announced Tuesday it had stopped manufacturing and selling the troubled devices.Samsung said it 三星公司表示，由于持續出現過熱問題，該公司已經永久性停產旗下的Galaxy Note 7智能手機。

該公司周二宣布停止制造和銷售這款問題手機，稱其目的是為了保護手機用戶的安全。was acting to protect the safety of phone users.The company issued a worldwide recall of Galaxy Note 7 devices in early September after receiving several reports of overheating problems.The overheating was linked to problems with batteries that caused some phones to catch fire.After the recall, Samsung began replacing customers' phones with new Note 7 devices that had a different battery.Those devices were supposed to be safer.But there were numerous reports of those replacement phones also overheating.South Korean safety authorities are investigating the problems with the replacement devices.They have not yet identified a cause.The company is offering to give buyers their money back or exchange the Note 7 phones for other Samsung models.The Federal Aviation Administration issued a warning to airplane passengers last month about the Galaxy Note 7 phones.It told passengers not to use devices during flights.It also urged them not to put the phones in checked baggage.該公司在收到多份過熱問題的報告后，于九月初對Galaxy Note 7手機發布了全球召回。這種過熱同電池問題有關，并且導致了一些手機著火。

三星公司在召回后用新的Note7手機替換了客戶的手機，這些新手機安裝了不同的電池，原本應該是安全的。但是又出現了眾多報告聲稱這些替換手機也存在過熱問題。

韓國安全機構正在調查這些替換手機的問題，他們尚未找到原因。

三星公司讓消費者選擇退款或是把Note7換成其它型號的三星手機。

美國聯邦調查局上個月就Note 7手機對飛機乘客發出了警告，它要求乘客在飛行期間不要使用該手機，也不要把這款手機放在托運行李中。

Samsung is the world's largest maker of smartphones, with nearly twice the world market share of its main competitor Apple.Jonathan Roubini is an independent technology analyst.He says in addition to the actual smartphone problems, the company has also been 三星是全球最大的智能手機廠商，它所占的市場份額是其主要競爭對手蘋果公司的近兩倍。

喬納森·羅比尼（Jonathan Roubini）是一位獨立的科技分析師。他說，除了這款智能手機的實際問題，三星公司對首次召回的處criticized for the way it dealt with the first phone recall.“This is very damaging for Samsung.And the fact that they messed up on the recall makes things extremely worse.Clearly, after new phones have been released after the recall, and the new phones have issues as well, there's something else in the phone that Samsung missed, and they should be fixing.”

Troy Stangarone is with the Washington-based Korea Economic Institute.He told VOA the Galaxy Note 7 problems have already hurt Samsung's public image and could greatly affect sales.“Not only is it lost sales and replacement sales, but you are also talking about damage to Samsung's reputation.Will consumers now question whether other Samsung products also face challenges and then simply decide to go with an alternative brand, be it Apple or someone else.”

I'm Bryan Lynn.理方式也飽受詬病。

他說，“這極大地損害了三星公司。事實是，他們把召回搞砸了，讓事情變得更加糟糕。顯然，在召回后的新手機發布后，這款新手機也有問題。三星在這款手機上還錯過了其它問題，這些問題原本應該被糾正?！?/p>

特洛伊·斯坦加?。═roy Stangarone）就職于總部位于華盛頓的韓國經濟研究所。他對美國之音表示，Note 7手機問題已經損害了三星的公眾形象，并且可能極大地影響銷售。

他說，“三星不但會丟失銷售和替換品銷售，它的聲譽也受到了損害。消費者現在質疑其它三星產品是否也面臨挑戰，然后決定選用其它替代品牌，不管是蘋果還是別的品牌?！?/p>

我是布萊恩·林恩。

第四篇：中英文章對照

深圳譯國譯民翻譯公司 全角色技能及有價值物品中英文名稱對照表

黑角面具（死亡面具）

Blackoak Shield（Luna）簡稱: Luna

黑橡樹盾（月精靈護盾）

Cleglaw's Pincers（Chain Glove）

克勞得雷之鉗（鎖鏈手套）俗稱：減速手套

Chance Guards（Chain Gloves）

邭饈刈o（鎖鏈手套）

Crown of Thieves（Grand Crown）

盜倩使冢ň藁使冢?

Duriel's Shell（Cuirass）

都瑞爾的殼（護胸甲）

Frostburn（Gauntlets）

霜燃（鐵手套）

Goldwrap（Heavy Belt）

金色包袱（重腰帶）

Gore Rider（War Boots）

蝕肉騎士（巨戰之靴）

Guardian Angel（Templar Coat）

守護天使（圣堂武士外袍）

Immortal King's Detail（War Belts）

不朽之王的瑣事（巨戰腰帶）

Immortal King's Forge（War Gauntlets）

不朽之王的熔爐（巨戰手套）

Immortal King's Pillar（War Boots）

不朽之王之柱（巨戰之靴）

Laying of Hands（Bramble Mitts）

手掌的安置（荊棘連指手套）

Lidless Wall（GrimShield）

警戒之墻（冷酷之盾）

Lionheart（Hel+Lum+Fal）

獅子之心（符文之語盔甲）

Moser's Blessed Circle（Round Shield）

摩西祝福之環（圓型盾）

Magefist（Light Gauntlets）

法師之拳（輕型鐵手套）

Sigon's Gage（Gauntlets）

西剛的挑戰（鐵手套）

Sigon's Wrap（Plated Belt）

西剛的披肩（金屬腰帶）

Sigon's Sabot（Greaves）

西剛的木鞋（護踁）

Rockstopper（Sallet）

巖石制動器（輕便頭盔）

Razortail（Sharkskin Belt）

剃刀之尾（鯊ぱ鼛В?

Skin of the Vipermagi（Serpentskin Armor）

蛇魔法師之皮（海蛇皮甲）

Smoke（Nef+Lum）

煙霧（符文之語盔甲）

Stealskull（Casque）

偷取骷髏（無頰頭盔）

Tal Rasha's Fine-Spun Cloth（Mesh Belt）

塔拉夏的織細衣服------塔拉夏的外袍（織網腰帶）

Tal Rasha's Horadric Crest（Death Mask）

塔拉夏的赫拉迪克紋章------塔拉夏的外袍（死亡面具）The Gladiator's Bane（Wire Fleece）

斗士的禍根（綿羊毛皮甲）

Valkyrie Wing（Winged Helm）

女神之翼（翼盔）

Waterwalk（Sharkskin Boots）

水上飄（鯊皮之靴）

第五篇：中英雙語美文集錦

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雙語美文集錦

Passage 1 Learn to Live at the Present Moment

To a large degree, the measure of our peace of mind is determined by how much we are able to live at the present moment.Irrespective of what happened yesterday or last year, and what may or may not happen tomorrow, the present moment is where you are—always.Without question, many of us have mastered the neurotic art of spending much of our lives worrying about a variety of things—all at once.We allow past problems and future concerns dominate our present moments, so much so that we end up anxious, frustrated, depressed and hopeless.On the flip side, we also postpone our gratification, our stated priorities, and our happiness, often convincing that “someday” will be much better than today.Unfortunately, the same mental dynamics that tell us to look toward the future will only repeat themselves so that “someday” never actually arrives.John Lennon once said, “Life is what is happening while we are busy making other plans.” When we are busy making ?other plans?, our children are busy growing up, the people we love are moving away and dying, our bodies are getting out of shape, and our dreams are slipping away.In short, we miss out on life.Many people live as if life is a dress rehearsal for some later date.It isn?t.In fact, no one has a guarantee that he or she will be here tomorrow.Now is the only time we have, and the only time that we have any control over.When we put our attention on the present moment, we push fear from our minds.Fear is the concern over events 圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

that might happen in the future—we won?t have enough money, our children will get into trouble, we will get old and die, whatever.學會活在此刻

我們內心是否平和在很大程度上是由我們是否能生活在此刻所決定的。不管昨天或去年發生了什么，不管明天可能發生或不發生什么，現實才是你時時刻刻所在之處。

毫無疑問，我們很多人掌握了一種神經兮兮的藝術，即把生活中的大部分時間花在為種種事情擔心憂慮上——而且常常是同時憂慮許多事情。我們聽憑過去的麻煩和未來的擔心控制我們此時此刻的生活，以致我們整日焦慮不安，萎靡不振，甚至沮喪絕望。而另一方面我們又推遲我們的滿足感，推遲我們應優先考慮的事情，推遲我們的幸福感，常常說服自己“有朝一日”會比今天更好。不幸的是，如此告誡我們朝前看的大腦動力只能重復來重復去，以致“有朝一日”不會真的來臨。約翰·列儂曾經說過：“生活就是當我們忙于制訂別的計劃時發生的事。” 當我們忙于制訂種種 “別的計劃” 時，我們的孩子在忙于長大，我們摯愛的人離去了甚至快去世了，我們的體型變樣了，而我們的夢想也在消然溜走。一句話，我們錯過了生活。

許多人的生活好像是某個未來日子的彩排。并非如此。事實上，沒人能保證他或她明天肯定還活著?，F在是我們所擁有的唯一時間，現在也是我們能控制的唯一的時間。當我們將注意力放在此時此刻時，我們就將恐懼置于腦后?？謶志褪俏覀儞鷳n某些事情會在未來發生——我們不會有足夠的錢，我們的孩子會惹上麻煩，我們會變老，會死去，諸如此類。

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Passage 2 What will matter?

Ready or not, some day it will all come to an end.There will be no more sunrises, no days, no hours or minutes.All the things you collected, whether treasured or forgotten, will pass to someone else.Your wealth, fame and temporal power will shrivel to irrelevance.It will not matter what you owned or what you were owed.Your grudges, resentments, frustrations, and jealousies will finally disappear.So, too, your hopes, ambitions, plans, and to-do lists will all expire.The wins and losses that once seemed so important will fade away.It won?t matter where you came from, or on what side of the tracks you lived.It won?t matter whether you were beautiful or brilliant.Your gender, skin color, ethnicity will be irrelevant.So what will matter? How will the value of your days be measured? What will matter is not what you bought, but what you built;not what you got, but what you gave.What will matter is not your success, but your significance.What will matter is not what you learned, but what you taught.What will matter is every act of integrity, compassion, courage and sacrifice that enriched, empowered or encouraged others to emulate your example.What will matter is not your competence, but your character.What will matter is not how many people you knew, but how many will feel a lasting loss when you?re gone.圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

What will matter is not your memories, but the memories of those who loved you.What will matter is how long you will be remembered, by whom and for what.Living a life that matters doesn? t happen by accident.It?s not a matter of circumstance but of choice.Choose to live a life that matters.什么才重要？

無論你是否準備好，總有一天它都會走到盡頭。那里沒有日出，沒有白天，沒有小時和分鐘。你收集的所有東西，不管你珍惜或已忘記，它們都將流入他人手中。

不管是你已得到的或是別人欠你的，你的財富、名譽和權勢都會變成和你毫不相干的東西。

你的怨恨、憤慨、沮喪和妒忌最終也將消失。

同樣，你的希望、抱負、計劃以及行動日程表也將全部結束。當初看得比較重的成功和失敗也會消失。

你來自何方，住在窮人區還是富人區也都不重要了。

你昔日的漂亮與輝煌也都不重要了，你的性別、膚色、種族地位也將變得無關緊要。

因此，什么重要呢？ 怎么衡量你有生之年的價值呢？

重要的不是你買了什么，而是你創造了什么；不是你得到了什么，而是你給予了什么。

重要的不是你成功了，而是你生命的意義。重要的不是你學到了什么，而是你傳授了什么。

重要的是每個行動之中都充滿正直、憐憫、勇氣以及奉獻精神，并且鼓勵他圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

人效仿榜樣。

重要的不是你的能力，而是你的性格。

重要的不是你認識多少人，而是在你離開后，多少人會認為是個永遠的損失。重要的不是你想念誰，而是愛你的人想念你。

重要的是別人會記著你多長時間，誰記著你，為什么記著你。過一種有意義的生活不是一件偶然的事情。那不是環境的問題，而是選擇的問題。選擇有意義的人生吧！

Passage 3 The expectation of grandfather

We made every effort to assure a better life for our kids but our attempt proved to be an abortion.For my grandchildren, would know better.I hope you follow your priest?s suggestion to read the Bible in your spare time, though you have no religious belief.I hope you consult with the veterans(stagers)frequently.When you disagree others, you should not only dare to argue, but also be patient to hear your opponents? arguments and remember that weapon can?t be the terminal solution，I hope you learn to drive a crane or mend the semiconductor radio.A craft will ensure that you won?t be starved forever.I hope you know there is not only applause, medals and crowns , but also failure, defeat and dilemma in the world;there are not only peace, equality and cooperation but also controversy collision and contradiction , or even traps , cruelty and deception 圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

in the world , I hope you show charity to the cripples, I hope you could help others sincerely at your convenience by doing some minor things, such as vacuuming the house for your mom, shifting the tire for Mister Smith or stopping in highway when somebody thumbs a ride.I hope you have ever mounted a high mountain equipped with a compass and torch.I also hope nobody would send you a brand-new auto before you?re 20.My cherished grandson, I hope you compute the sending of your allowance and make a timetable or an agenda lest time click away without your consciousness.My dear grandson, I want you to put down your briefcase, leave your urban life with air-condition, internet and vehicles, and take a break at hometown when you are tired , I surely hop you could accompany grandpa to have a haircut or see the dentist or have a chat with your grandma.爺爺的期望

我們竭盡全力想讓我們的兒女們過得更好，而結果卻無濟于事。對我的孫輩們，我就明智得多了。

我希望你聽眾神父的建議。閑時讀讀《圣經》，雖然你自己并沒有宗教信仰。我希望你多向經驗豐富的人請教。

我希望你在跟別人起沖突時，勇于為自己辯護，但是，也要有耐心傾聽對手的聲音，切記武力并不能解決所有問題。

我希望你能學一門手藝，比方說開起重機或修半導體收音機等。一技在身，吃穿不愁。

我希望你知道這個世界上不僅有掌聲、勛章和皇冠，也會有失敗、挫折和困圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

境；不僅有和平、平等和合作，也會有爭論、沖突和矛盾，甚至會有陷阱、殘忍和欺騙。

我希望你對傷殘人士表現出同情。我希望你能真誠地幫助別人，做些力所能及的小事。比如，幫媽媽用吸塵器清掃房間，幫史密斯先生換汽車輪胎或是在路上讓別人搭車等等。

我真的希望你曾帶著指南針和手電筒，爬上過高山。我也希望沒有人在你20歲之前送你一輛轎車。

我的寶貝孫子，我希望你們學會做計劃，不要花光所有的零花錢，不要讓時間在不經意間流逝。

我親愛的孫子，最后希望你，工作累了，就放下公文包，離開那有著網絡、空調和車輛的都市生活，回家鄉休息一下。我當然也希望你有時間陪爺爺理個發，看看牙醫或是陪奶奶聊聊天。

Passage

4The Two Roads

It was Christmas Eve，an aged man was standing on the balcony，with uneasy，alarmed and pessimistic expression； He sighed for his miserable fate, and raised his sad eyes, gazed at the sparking stars in the deep blue sky.A falling star depicted a curve in the sky and disappeared, which seemed like the symbol of his life.Then he cast them below his floor, where a few more desperate people than him were moving towards their inevitable destination-the grave.He had already expended sixty years on the way leading to it, and he had acquired nothing but agony and regret.Now his health was poor, his mind was vacant, his heart was sorrowful, and his life 圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

was short of comforts.The days of his youth appeared like dreams floating in his brain, and he recalled the strategic moment when he stood at the access to two roads-At the end of the first road, it was a peaceful and sunny place.It was covered with delicate flowers, fascinating bamboo forest, bunches of attractive grapes.There lived cute deer, tame lambs, and flying butterflies and echoed with the merry, sweet laughter.There were also winding tracks and honey peach trees dotted the graceful landscape.At the end of the second road, it was a damp and dull cave, which was an absolute hell of great bulk.It was covered with moist ponds and marshes, nasty, ditches and jungles, chilling and thrilling jails, all around was emitting the stale acid flavor.There lived evil devils, giant monsters, poisonous snakes, and echoed with the horrible barking of wolves.It was full of spiders, bats, frogs, damn rats, offensive bugs and other crawling insects.He looked up to the sky and shouted aloud,“O youth, return!Return!”

And his youth did return, for all this was only a nightmare which he had on Christmas Eve.He was still young though his faults were real;he had not yet entered the damp and dull cave, and he was still free to walk on the road which led to the peaceful and sunny land.Those youngsters, who are still wandering at the entrance of life and hesitating to choose the bright road, remember that when years have passed and your feet are limping in the dark cave, you will cry bitterly, but in vain;“O youth, return!Oh give me back my early days!”

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兩條路

圣誕節前夜，一位老人佇立在陽臺上，面帶不安、憂慮和悲傷的表情。他哀嘆著自己悲慘的命運，抬起黯然失神的雙眼凝視著深藍色的天空中閃爍的星星。一顆隕落的星星劃出一道弧線后消失了，那似乎是他生命的象征。

他將目光投向地面，幾個比他更加絕望的人正在走向人生必然的終點—墳墓。在通往人生終點的道路上，他已經過了60多個年頭，除了痛苦和悔恨，他一無所獲?，F在，他身體虛弱，精神空虛，心情憂郁，缺少晚年應有的舒適。青春的歲月如夢幻般浮現在他的腦海里，他回想起當他站在人生岔口上的關鍵時刻。當時，他面前有兩條路—

第一條路的盡頭，是一個和平、陽光普照的地方。那里有嬌嫩的鮮花、迷人的竹林、一串串誘人的葡萄、可愛的小鹿、溫順的羊羔、翩飛的蝴蝶，到處回蕩著愉快甜美的笑聲，還有彎彎曲曲的小路和小蜜桃樹點綴著那里優美的風景。第二條路的盡頭，是一個猶如地獄般潮濕陰暗的巨大山洞。那里遍布著潮濕的池塘和沼澤、骯臟的水溝和叢林、陰冷而恐怖的牢獄，四周散發著陳腐的酸味，那里有惡魔、巨獸和毒蛇，回蕩著令人毛骨悚然的狼嚎聲。隨處可見的是蜘蛛、蝙蝠、青蛙、老鼠、令人討厭的臭蟲和其他昆蟲。他仰望天空，大聲地哭喊：“哦，青春，你回來吧！回來吧！”

他的青春真的回來了，因為以上所發生的一切只是他在平安夜做的一場噩夢。他仍舊年輕，雖然的確犯過一些錯誤，但還未墜入深淵；他仍然可以自由地走上通往和平與光明的道路。

在人生的十字路口徘徊，不知該不該選擇光明大道的年輕人啊，你們千萬要記住：當你青春已逝，雙足在黑暗的山洞舉步維艱，跌跌撞撞之時，你才痛疾首地呼喚：“哦，回來吧，青春！哦，把我的美好年華還給我！”這將毫無意義。圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

Passage 5 What I learned in kindergarten

Most of what I really need to know about how to live, what to do and how to be, I learned in kindergarten.Most of my wisdom was also gained in the nursery school.These are the things learned;

Don?t fight.Don?t quarrel with my cousins.Don?t veil my mistake.Don?t imitate the criminal behaviors of fraud and thief in the television series.Don?t steal coins in the closet, cartoon in the grocery bacon, toast or jam in the cupboard(cabinet).Clean up my own garbage(trash).Don?t talk about disappointing topics.Share candy with my partners.Distinguish the goodness from the vice.Hold to traditional virtues such as honesty and integrity justice and kindness, mercy and patience.Promote social morality.Accept the criticism or proposal of others modestly.Eat more carrot, cereal, salad and garlic, and control yourself to eat less dessert, fried chips, sausage, and stale diet.Classify the clothing of each season.在幼兒園里學到的

絕大部分我所學到的知識，例如如何生活，該做些什么事，怎樣行事方面，圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

早在幼兒園里就已經學到了。我大部分的人生智慧也是在幼兒園里學到的。以下這些都是我在幼兒園里學到的： 不打架： 不跟兄妹爭吵： 不掩飾自己的過失：

不效仿電視劇中騙子和小偷的罪惡行為：

不偷壁廚里的硬幣，雜貨店里的漫畫和食櫥里的咸肉、烤面包或果醬； 清理自己的垃圾； 不講令人掃興的話題； 與伙伴們分享糖果； 區別善與惡；

保持誠實正直、公平友好、寬容忍讓的傳統美德； 發揚社會公德； 虛心地接受別人的建議；

多吃胡蘿卜、谷物、色拉和大蒜，少吃甜食、炸薯片、香腸和不新鮮的食物等；

分開四季的衣物。

Passage 6 Life

You wake up in the morning, feeling groggy and disoriented.You look at yourself in the mirror, fearful to look him straight in the eye.You back zero tolerance on boredom, stuffing every vacant 圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

moment with talks, malls and laptops!You are silent in their eyes, yet the noisiest in yours, for that inner voice you can hardly hear.You hang on the rim of the wheel of fortune, going up and down, tasting highs and lows.Life goes on but it is out of control!Not so soon, nor too late.You open your eyes, stretching your muscles and seeing the whole world beckons to you.You cheat him no more, smile to him , stare at him, knowing he is with you clear up to the end.You celebrate every moment, busy or free;strive not to become a human-doing, be and consider like a human-being!You talk gently, speak forcefully, and argue eloquently, because a mind in peace functions with effortless ease.You break free, make it to the hub, center your life on the bliss.Let it go!Let it flow!Life still is, but you got a big role!

生活

清晨初醒，你只覺昏昏沉沉，糊里糊涂。對著鏡中的他，你已不敢直視那雙眼。

你對無聊的零容忍，讓你的生活被塞滿閑聊，購物，筆記本！他們眼中安靜的你，在你心中卻嘈雜不堪，只因心聲早已杳不可聞。你攀上命運之輪的邊緣，從此生活跌宕起伏，陰晴不定。生活依然繼續，卻已脫離掌控。光陰不長不短，會有一天：

你睜開雙眼，舒展筋骨，世界已然向你呼喚。

不再欺騙鏡中的他，朝他微笑，死死盯著他，你明白他將伴你走過一生的旅程 圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

不論閑暇忙碌，珍惜每個當下。你不再被生活俘虜忙個不停，思考并實現人之為人！你言辭溫婉，演說鏗鏘，雄辯滔滔，一切運行自如，卻寧靜而無為。你掙脫輪緣，爬上輪軸中心，專注萬物的美好。放開拳頭！讓幸福在掌心流動！生活依舊如是，你不作主，孰作主！

Passage 7 The Last Wish in a Winter Night Kent was a manger of a cement agency.His establishment nearly had gone bankrupt because one of his inferiors betrayed him.Just now Kent had made a presentation to the board in the chamber, conceding the failure of his administration.He had temporarily stopped the provision of cement in all projects.It was a cold winter midnight.In corridor, the thermometer suspended showed the temperature was minus 9 degrees centigrade.The tragedy blurred Kent?s mind, so he steered to a bar alone.He wanted nothing but to drink liquor tonight.There were few people in the street.Suddenly, a figure of an old madam exposed within his eyesight.She was standing sideways nearby a platform, dressed in a plain gown, hauling a portable suitcase, and holding with a plastic bag in the other hand.The slight old lady was seemingly more than 80.She was trembling in cutting wind with red nose.Now she kept motioning Kent for a ride.Although Kent was somewhat angry about the old madam?s disturbing and he wasn?t induced at all to inquire any occurrence concerning her, he wouldn?t like to leave her in the cold night.He thought that she presumable needed help.So he braked near her.The madam said, “Would you please take me a ride? I can offer double fare…” 圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

Kent interrupted her, “I will charge you nothing!Come on!”

The madam pointed her luggage(baggage)and said, “Could you put them into the car?”

Kent stooped, heaved and put them in the car.They proceeded to drive.Kent halted at a petroleum station where he wanted to purchase gallons of gasoline.During the interval they waited in a queue, the madam began with her narratives,“ could you please send me to the charity house in suburb;I want to give them the luggage.I had been rendered help as a refugee there 50 years ago.” Kent was confused about the identity and behavior of the madam, so he asked, “Why do you do this at midnight?” The madam replied, “I retired on a pension.They prohibit(forbid)me from coming out during the day.In the case are the surplus jackets, jeans and pants of my nephews and nieces.”

After 2 hours? bump, Kent went out the entry of the charity house.They continued.“Please wait a moment, Sit!” the madam said suddenly, fixed her eyesight on an old building.“You know the first house in the uppermost floor was the first home my husband and I leased(rented)where I dialed the up-to-date videophone the first time in my life.The landlord was a good guy.” She burst into tears, “Now they?ve all gone to the heaven.” Kent realized the madam was recalling a section(segment)of the good missing days.A penetrating feeling overwhelmed him, and he decided to cancel his plan and stay with the old madam.As the old madam dictated, they went to a golf playground.The region, she said, was a dairy dozens of years ago.Everyday she went to the farm with sleeve covers, 圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

cushion, jar, towel and other auxiliary appliances.Her main work was to squeeze, transport and distribute milk.She also bred the cow sometimes.Then the old madam instructed, “Please send me to the rest home in the town, sir.” Hearing this, Kent pulsed quickly.He knew the rest home was prescribed for the cancer patients who were diagnosed without any remedy.”

“Ｉwill soon die of liver cancer.I come out to say goodbye to my life.Now I will have no regrets before death.Thanks for your help!” the madam made an explanation with smile, walking into a timber room.Kent was dumb for a while.He was chewing what the madam said, happily thinking of her life without any regrets.冬夜里的最后心愿

肯特是一位水泥經銷部的經理。由于下屬的背叛，他的公司已經瀕臨破產。剛才在會議室里，肯特已經向公司董事會作了報告，承認自己的失誤，并且暫時停止了所有工程的水泥供應。

當時正值寒冷冬季的深夜。走廊里的溫度計顯示為零下9度。想著生意慘敗，肯特情緒低落，獨自驅車駛往一家酒吧。他打算今晚一醉方休。

大街上空無一人。突然，在車子前方出現了一個老婦人側身站在站臺旁，拖著一個便攜式的行李箱，提著一個塑料袋。老人看上去已有80多歲，她穿著長袍，瘦弱的身軀，鼻子通紅，站在寒風中瑟瑟發抖。此時，她不停地向肯特的車子招手。盡管肯特有些懊惱，也無心理會老人身上發生了什么，但不忍把她丟在這寒夜中?？咸叵肜先丝赡苄枰獛椭?。于是，他剎車停在了老人的面前。

老人說：“先生，您可不可以載我一程？我給你雙倍的車費……”

肯特趕忙打斷老人的話，說：“不用車費?？焐宪嚢桑　?/p>

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肯特忙彎腰用力提起箱子和塑料袋，放進了車里。

他們上路繼續向前行駛。肯特路過一家加油站，在加油站排隊等候的時候，老人打開了話匣子，“你可不可以先送我到市郊的濟貧院的救濟呢！”肯特對老人的身份和行為充滿迷惑，說“您為什么要選擇半夜送過去呢？”老人緩緩地說：“我現在退休了，白天他們不允許我出來，箱子里是我侄子和侄女們穿剩下的夾克、牛仔褲和褲子?！?/p>

兩個小時的顛簸后，肯特他們走出了濟貧院的大門。他繼續按照老人指的路線前進。

“先生，請停一停。”老人突然說。這時，她的視線透過車窗久久地停留在了街邊一幢破舊的大樓上?！澳绬?，這幢樓頂層的第一間，那是我和丈夫曾經租住的第一間房??！房東是個好人。那里是我終生第一次使用可視電話的地方！”這時，老人久久凝視的目光中有淚光閃爍?！暗乾F在，他們都先后離開了我，去了天堂?！笨咸剡@才明白，老人是在追憶昔日的美好時光。他被震撼了，決定放下一切，陪著老人。

接著，他按照老人的要求到了一個高爾夫球場旁邊。老人說這里幾十年前曾是一個牛奶場。她每天帶著袖套、坐墊、罐子、毛巾和其他輔助用具去牛奶場。她的主要工作是擠牛奶、運送并分發牛奶，有時也去飼養奶牛。

“先生，我有些累了，您還是送我去市區的療養院吧?！崩先苏f?？咸匦念^一陣驚悸。他知道市中心療養院是專門收留無法救治的絕癥病人的地方。

“我得了肝癌，我的時間已經不多了。這次，我是偷偷地從療養院溜出來的。因為，我很想親自向過去的一切告別。這樣，在我人生結束的時候就沒有遺憾了。非常感謝你的幫助！”老人微笑著解釋，走進木房子里?？咸匾粫r無語，他想著老人的話，感到欣慰，因為老人的內心真的沒有遺憾了。圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

Passage 8 Ambition

It is not difficult to imagine a world short of ambition.It would probably be a kinder world: without demands, without abrasions, without disappointments.People would have time for reflection.Such work as they did would not be for themselves but for the collectivity.Competition would never enter in;conflict would be eliminated.Tension becomes a thing of the past.The stress of creation would be at an end.Art would no longer be troubling, but purely celebratory in its functions.Longevity would be increased, for fewer people would die of a heart attack or stroke caused by tumultuous endeavor.Anxiety would be extinct.Time would stretch on and on, with ambition long departed from the human heart.Ah, how unrelieved boring life would be!There is a strong view that holds that success is a myth, and ambition therefore a sham.Does this mean that success does not really exist? That achievement is at bottom empty? That the efforts of men and women are of no significance alongside the force of movements and events now.Not all success, obviously, is worth esteeming, nor all ambition worth cultivating.Which are and which are not is something one soon learns enough on one?s own.But even the most cynical secretly admits that success exists;that achievement counts for a great deal;and that the true myth is that the actions of men and women are useless.To believe otherwise is to take on a point of view that is likely to be deranging.It is, in its implications, to remove all motives for competence, interest in attainment, and regard for posterity.圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

We do not choose to be born.We do not choose our parents.We do not choose our historical epoch, the country of our birth, or the immediate circumstances of our upbringing.We do not, most of us, choose to die;nor do we choose the time or conditions of our death.But within all this realm of choicelessness, we do choose how we shall live: courageously or in cowardice, honorably or dishonorably, with purpose or in drift.We decide what is important and what is trivial in life.We decide that what makes us significant is either what we do or what we refuse to do.But no matter how indifferent the universe may be to our choices and decisions, these choices and decisions are ours to make.We decide.We choose.And as we decide and choose, so are our lives formed.In the end, forming our own destiny is what ambition is about.抱

負

一個缺乏抱負的世界將會怎樣，這不難想像?；蛟S，這將是一個更為友善的世界：沒有渴求，沒有磨擦，沒有失望。人們將有時間進行反思。他們所從事的工作將不是為了他們自身，而是為了整個集體。競爭將永遠不會介入；沖突將被消除。人們的緊張關系將成為過往云煙。創造的重壓將得以終結。藝術將不再惹人費神，其功能將純粹為了慶典。人的壽命將會更長，因為由激烈拼爭引起的心臟病和中風所導致的死亡將越來越少。焦慮將會消失。時光流逝，抱負卻早已遠離人心。

啊，長此以往人生將變得多么乏味無聊！

有一種盛行的觀點認為，成功是一種神話，因此抱負亦屬虛幻。這是不是說實際上并不存在成功？成就本身就是一場空？與諸多運動和事件的力量相比，男男女女的努力顯得微不足道？顯然，并非所有的成功都值得景仰，也并圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

非所有的抱負都值得追求。對值得和不值得的選擇，一個人自然而然很快就能學會。但即使是最為憤世嫉俗的人暗地里也承認，成功確實存在，成就的意義舉足輕重，而把世上男男女女的所作所為說成是徒勞無功才是真正的無稽之談。認為成功不存在的觀點很可能造成混亂。這種觀點的本意是一筆勾銷所有提高能力的動機，求取業績的興趣和對子孫后代的關注。

我們無法選擇出生，無法選擇父母，無法選擇出生的歷史時期與國家或是成長的周遭環境。我們大多數人都無法選擇死亡，無法選擇死亡的時間或條件。但是在這些無法選擇之中，我們的確可以選擇自己的生活方式：是勇敢無畏還是膽小怯懦，是光明磊落還是厚顏無恥，是目標堅定還是隨波逐流。我們決定生活中哪些至關重要，哪些微不足道。我們決定，用以顯示我們自身重要性的，不是我們做了什么，就是我們拒絕做些什么。但是不論世界對我們所作的選擇和決定有多么漠不關心，這些選擇和決定終究是我們自己作出的。我們決定。我們選擇。而當我們決定和選擇時，我們的生活便得以形成。最終構筑我們命運的就是抱負之所在。

Passage 9 True love, no expectations

I once had a friend who grew to be very close to me.Once when we were sitting at the edge of a swimming pool, she filled the palm of her hand with a little water and held it before me, and said this: You see this water carefully contained on my hand? It symbolizes love.As long as you keep your hand caringly open and allow it to remain there, it will always be there.However, if you attempt to close your fingers around it and try to possess it, it will spill through the first cracks it finds.This is the greatest mistake that people do when 圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

they meet love… They try to possess it, they demand, they expect… and just like the water spilling out of your hand, love will retrieve from you.For love is meant to be free, you cannot change its nature.If you have people you love, allow them to be free beings.Give and don?t expect.Advise, but don?t order.Ask, but never demand.It might sound simple, but it is a lesson that may take a lifetime to truly practice.It is the secret to true love.To truly practice it, you must sincerely feel no expectations from those who you love, and yet an unconditional caring.真愛，零期待

我曾有個朋友，我們的關系很親密。有一次我們坐在游泳池邊上，她在手掌里盛了點兒水，捧在我面前，說:你仔細看我手上這水了嗎？那代表愛。只要你充滿關愛地使你的手平展伸開，并允許它保持在那兒，它會永遠在那兒。但是，如果你試圖把你的手指在它周圍合起并試圖占有它，它會通過它找到的縫溢出去。這是人們遇到愛時所犯的最大的錯誤??他們會試圖占有它，他們會要求，他們會期待??那就會像溢出你的手掌的水一樣，愛也會從你身邊撤退。因為愛意味著自由,你不能改變它的本性。

如果你有愛的人，請允許他們自由地存在。要給予而不期待；建議而不命令；請求而不要求。這可能聽起來簡單，但它需要一輩子去實踐。這就是真愛的秘訣。要真正去實踐它，你必須對那些你愛的人沒有期望，并給予無條件的關愛。

Passage 10 Variety is the source of creativity Variety is the source of creativity.Variety injects the fluid of creativity into the most hollow minds.To ensure a triumphant career, variety combined with flexibility to fit in diverse circumstances is the major truth nowadays.圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

No housing can be constructed in one single day.The more one explores, the more different dimensions one will observe which can help to complete a job.It is logical to choose the best way of doing a thing among various available options.Innovation is your own discovering an unusual way to fulfil your aim, which might be an elaborate and perfect scheme, and would yield superb results.Innovation is not something that cannot be realized by us.Belief in yourself and the unique ability of giving concrete shape to your values and ideas are what separate boys from men.It takes a lot of courage to venture into the execution of your ideas.The initial phase is the toughest, for you may not be recognized or comprehended mentally.But survival in tough times is a test of your perseverance, endurance and determination.For undergraduates, they can spice up their lives with variety by focusing on extra activities apart from academic curriculum.It is evident that academics are the golden key to a good career and a secure job, but the books don?t guide you to become smart in practice.No matter how long you have spent reading on skating, all the reading is useless, unless and until you put it into practice.Extra curricular activities help one to deal with people, and tell one the areas where theoretical theories can?t be applied in real life and also change the individual?s perspective and outlook to various problems.Also, time management would become easy by involving one in various activities, because only a busy man can find time.Variety is the spice of life.Variety could activate the mind to open its creative 圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

reserves.變化是創造力的源泉

變化是創造力的源泉。變化為眾多荒蕪的心田注入了創造的汁液。變化和適應變化環境的靈活性是當今開創事業成功的必要條件。

羅馬并不是一日建成的。你挖掘的越多，就越能夠發現完成任務的各種各樣的方法和方式。在各種現有的選項中挑選最好的方式才是符合邏輯的。創新是由你自己發現一種可以實現自己目標的獨特的做事方式，它可能是事與一套精細完美的方案，并且會產生極好的效果。

創新并不是遙不可及的。相信自己，加上具有將價值觀和想法賦予具體形式的獨特能力會使我們脫穎而出。實施心中的想法需要很大的勇氣去冒險。初期是最艱苦的，你可能會得不到真正的認可和理解。但是在不順利的時候能否堅持下去，正是對你意志、忍耐力和決心的考驗。

大學生可以通過課外活動把生活變得多姿多彩。很明顯，學校所學的是通向一個好的職業和穩定工作的金鑰匙，但是書本知識并不能讓你在實踐中變得聰慧。不管花多長時間閱讀關于滑冰的書，你若不實踐，閱讀是毫無用處的。課外活動是幫助人們學習與人打交道的，只了解理論，在生活中的某些領域是行不通的，實踐可以改變一個人看待不同問題的視角和觀點。同時，通過參與各種不同的也使人更善于管理時間，因為只有忙碌著的人才會努力擠時間。變化是生活的調味品。變化可以激活思維，開啟創造的潛能。

Passage 11 Let Us Smile The thing that goes the farthest toward making life worthwhile, that costs the least and does the most, is just a pleasant smile.圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

The smile that bubbles from the heart that loves its fellow men, will drive away the clouds of gloom and coax the sun again.It?s full of worth and goodness, too, with manly kindness blent.It?s worth a million dollars, and it doesn?t cost a cent.There is no room for sadness when we see a cheery smile.It always has the same good look;it?s never out of style.It nerves us to try again when failure makes us blue.The dimples of encouragement are good for me and you.It pays the highest interest—for it is merely lent.It?s worth a million dollars, and it doesn?t cost a cent.A smile comes very easy—you can wrinkle up with cheer, a hundred times before you can squeeze out a salty tear.It ripples out, moreover, to the heart strings that will tug, and always leaves an echo that is very like a hug.So, smile away!Folks understand what by a smile is meant.It?s worth a million dollars, and it doesn?t cost a cent.讓我們微笑吧

那最能賦予生命價值、代價最廉而回報最多的東西，不過是一個令人愉悅的微笑而已。

由衷地熱愛同胞的微笑，會驅走心頭陰郁的烏云，心底收獲一輪夕陽。

它充滿價值和美好，混合著堅毅的仁愛之心。它價值連城卻不花一文。

當我們看到喜悅的微笑，憂傷就會一掃而光。它始終面容姣好，永不落伍；失敗令我們沮喪之時，它鼓勵我們再次嘗試。鼓勵的笑靨于你我大有裨益。它支付的利息高昂無比——只因它是種借貸形式。它價值連城卻不花一文。來一個微笑很容易——嘴角歡快地翹起來，你能百次微笑，可難得擠出一圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

滴淚；它的漣漪深深波及心弦，總會留下回響，宛若擁抱。繼續微笑吧！誰都懂得它意味著什么。它價值連城卻不花一文。

Passage 12 If the Dream is Big Enough I used to watch her from my kitchen window.She seemed so small as she muscled her way through the crowd of boys on the playground.The school was across the street from our home and I would often watch the kids as they played during recess.A sea of children, and yet to me, she stood out from them all.I remember the first day I saw her playing basketball.I watched in wonder as she ran circles around the other kids.She managed to shoot jump shots just over their heads and into the net.The boys always tried to stop her but no one could.I began to notice her at other times, basketball in hand, playing alone.She would practice dribbling and shooting over and over again, sometimes until dark.One day I asked her why she practiced so much.She looked directly in my eyes and without a moment of hesitation she said, “I want to go to college.The only way I can go is if I get a scholarship.I like basketball.I decided that if I were good enough, I would get a scholarship.I am going to play college basketball.I want to be the best.My Daddy told me if the dream is big enough, the facts don?t count.” Then she smiled and ran towards the court to recap the routine I had seen over and over again.Well, I had to give up to her—she was determined.I watched her through those junior years and into high school.Every week, she led her varsity team to victory.One day in her senior year, I saw her sitting in the grass, head cradled in her arms.I walked across the street and sat down in the cool grass beside her.Quietly I asked 圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

what was wrong.“Oh, nothing, ” came a soft reply.“I am just too short.” The coach told her that at 5′5〞she would probably never get to play for a top ranked team— much less offered a scholarship—so she should stop dreaming about college.She was heartbroken and I felt my own throat tighten as I sensed her disappointment.I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet.She lifted her head from her hands and told me that her father said those coaches were wrong.They just did not understand the power of a dream.He told her that if she really wanted to play for a good college, if she truly wanted a scholarship, that nothing could stop her except one thing—her own attitude.He told her again, “If the dream is big enough, the facts don?t count.” The next year, as she and her team went to the Northern California Championship game, she was seen by a college recruiter.She was indeed offered a scholarship, a full ride, to a Division 1, NCAA women?s basketball team.She was going to get the college education that she had dreamed of and worked toward for all those years.為了心中的夢想

我以前常常從廚房的窗戶看到她穿梭于操場上的一群男孩子中間，她顯得那么矮小。學校在我家的街對面，我可以經?？吹胶⒆觽冊谙抡n時間玩耍。盡管有一大群孩子，但我覺得她跟其他的孩子截然不同。我記得第一天看到她打籃球的情景。看著她在其他孩子旁邊兜來轉去，我感到十分驚奇。她總是盡力地跳起投籃，球恰好越過那些孩子的頭頂飛入籃筐。那些男孩總是拼命地阻止她，但沒有人可以做得到。我開始注意到她有時候一個人打球。她一遍遍地練習運球和投籃，有時直到天黑。有一天我問她為什么這么刻苦地練習。她直視著我的眼睛，不假思索地說: “我想上大學。只有獲得獎學金我才能上大學。我喜歡打籃球，我想只要我打得好，我就能獲得獎學金。我要到大學去打籃球。圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

我想成為最棒的球員。我爸爸告訴我說，心中有目標，風雨不折腰?！闭f完她笑了笑，跑向籃球場，又開始我之前見過的一遍又一遍的練習。嘿，我服了她了——她是下定決心了。這些年我看著她從初中升到高中。每個星期，她帶領的學?；@球隊都能夠獲勝。

高中那會兒的某一天，我看見她坐在草地上，頭埋在臂彎里。我穿過街道，坐到她旁邊的清涼的草地上。我輕輕地問出什么事了?！芭叮瑳]什么，”她輕聲回答，“只是我太矮了?！痹瓉砘@球教練告訴她，以五英尺五英寸的身材，她幾乎是沒有機會到一流球隊去打球——更不用說會獲得獎學金了——所以她應該放棄上大學的夢想。她很傷心，我也覺得自己的喉嚨發緊，因為我感覺到了她的失望。我問她是否與她的爸爸談過這件事。她從臂彎里抬起頭，告訴我，她爸爸說那些教練錯了。他們根本不懂得夢想的力量。他告訴她，如果她真的想到一個好的大學去打籃球，如果她真的想獲得獎學金，任何東西也不能阻止她，除非她自己不愿意。他又一次跟她說：“心中有目標，風雨不折腰?！钡诙?，當她和她的球隊去參加北加利福尼亞州冠軍賽時，她被一位大學的招生人員看中了。她真的獲得了獎學金，一個全面資助的獎學金，并且進入美國全國大學體育協會一級聯賽的一支女子籃球隊。她將接受她曾夢想并為之奮斗多年的大學教育。

Passage 13

Just for today Just for today I will try to live through this day only and not tackle my whole life problem at once.I can do something for twelve hours that would appall me if I had to keep it up for a life time.Just for today I will be happy.This assumes to be true what Abraham Lincoln said, that “Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” 圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

Just for today I will adjust myself to what is, and not try to adjust everything to my own desires.I will take my “luck” as it comes.Just for today I will try to strengthen my mind.I will study.I will learn something useful.I will not be a mental loafer.I will read something that requires effort, thought and concentration.Just for today I will exercise my soul in three ways.I will do somebody a good turn and not get found out.If anybody knows of it, it will not count.I will do at least two things I don?t want to do—just for exercise.I will not show anyone that my feelings are hurt: they may be hurt, but today I will not show it.Just for today I will be agreeable.I will look as well as I can, dress becomingly, talk low, act courteously, criticize not one bit, and try not to improve or regulate anybody but myself.Just for today I will have a program.I may not follow it exactly, but I will have it.I will save myself from two pests: hurry and indecision.Just for today I will have a quiet half hour all by myself and relax.During this half hour, sometime, I will try to get a better perspective of my life.Just for today I will be unafraid.Especially I will not be afraid to enjoy what is beautiful, and to believe that as I give to the world, so the world will give to me.就為今天

就為了今天，我將盡力只度過今天而不立刻去解決終身的問題。對一件令我恐慌而又必須堅持一輩子的事，我能堅持十二個小時。就為了今天，我會很快樂。亞伯拉罕·林肯說過，“對于大多數人而言，他們認定自己有多幸福，就有多幸福。”這已經被認為是真理。圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

就為了今天，我會做自我調整適應事物本來的面目，而不是想方設法使每一件事滿足自己的欲望。當“幸運”來臨時我會抓住它。就為了今天，我會盡力心強志堅。我會學習，學一些有用的東西。我不會做一個精神上的流浪漢。我會讀一些需要努力、思考和專注的東西。

就為了今天，我會用三種方法來磨煉我的靈魂。我會做對某人有利的事但不能被發現，若有人發現了就不算數。我將會做至少兩件我不愿做的事情 ——只為了磨煉。我不會讓任何人感到我的感情受到了傷害：它們可能受到了傷害，但今天我不會表現出來。就為了今天，我會過得很愜意。我會盡力達到最佳狀態，穿著得體、講話謙虛、行為禮貌、一點不吹毛求疵，盡量改進和調節自己而不是別人。就為了今天，我會制定一個計劃，我也許不會嚴格地遵守它，但我一定要有計劃。我會避免兩種錯誤：倉促行事和優柔寡斷。就為了今天，我將會獨自靜靜地呆上半小時放松。在這半小時里，某個時刻，我會對我日后的生活有個更好的看法。就為了今天，我將不再害怕。尤其我不會再害怕享受美麗的事物，并且相信我給予世界的，世界也會給予我。

Passage 14 Making Sandcastles A little boy is on his knees scooping and packing the sand with plastic shovels into a bright blue bucket.Then he upends the bucket on the surface and lifts it.And, to the delight of the little architect, a castle tower is created.All afternoon he will work，scooping out the moat and packing the walls.Bottle tops will be sentries.Sticks will be bridges.A sandcastle will be 圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

built.Big city, busy streets, rumbling traffic.A man is in his office.At his desk he puts papers into stacks and assigns tasks.The phone is on his shoulder and he is knocking the keyboard with his fingers.Contracts are signed and much to the delight of the man, a profit is made.All his life he will work，formulating the plans, forecasting the future.Profits will be sentries.Capital gains will be bridges.An empire will be built.Two builders of two castles.They have much in common.They shape little pebbles into grand buildings.They are diligent and determined.And for both the tide will rise and the end will come.Yet that is where the similarities stop.For the boy sees the end while the man ignores it.As the waves near, the wise child jumps to his feet and begins to clap.There is no sorrow.No fear.No regret.He knew this would happen.He is not surprised.And when the great breaker crashes into his castle and his masterpiece is sucked into the sea, he smiles, picks up his tools, takes his father?s hand, and goes home.The grownup, however, is not so wise.As the wave of years collapses on his castle he is terrified.He tries to protect the sandy monument.He blocks the waves from the walls he has made.Salt-water soaked and shivering he snarls at the incoming tide.“It?s my castle, ” he protests.The ocean need not respond.Both know to whom the sand belongs...I don?t know much about sandcastles.But children do.Watch them and learn.圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

Go ahead and build, but build with a child?s heart.When the sun sets and the tides take——applaud.Salute the process of life and go home.堆沙堡的小男孩

一個小男孩跪在那兒用塑料鏟挖沙子，并把沙子裝在一個鮮艷的藍桶里。然后他把藍桶倒扣在地上，把它提起。讓這小建筑師高興的是：一座城堡的塔樓就這樣誕生了。他會干一下午：挖護城河，建城墻，用瓶蓋做崗哨，用木棍做橋，就這樣，一座城堡建成了。

某個大城市，喧囂的街道，川流不息的交通。

辦公室里有一位男士。坐在辦公桌前，他把文件堆疊在一起，布置任務。他將電話夾在肩頭，手指敲擊鍵盤。合同簽字生效，讓這位男士高興的是，一筆利潤就這樣到手了。他一生都會工作：構想計劃，預測未來。利潤就是崗哨，資本收益就是橋梁。一個帝國就這樣建成了。這兩座城堡的建筑者有許多共同之處。他們會把細小的沙石變成宏偉的建筑。他們很用心也很有決心，而對于他們兩個而言，漲潮都會發生，一切都會結束。然而，共同點到此為止。因為，男孩看得到終點，而這位成年人卻忽視它。巨浪來臨時，聰明的男孩歡呼，跳躍。沒有痛苦，沒有恐懼，沒有遺憾。他知道這一切都會發生，他并不感到驚訝。當這巨大的破壞者擊碎他的城堡，將他的杰作卷入大海，男孩笑了，收拾好他的工具，拉著父親的手，回家。圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

然而，這位成年人卻并不如此明智，當歲月的巨浪擊毀他的城堡，他害怕了，他試圖保護這沙質紀念碑。他試圖阻止巨浪襲擊他建的城墻。咸的海水將他的城堡湮沒。他顫抖著怒罵涌入的浪潮。

“這是我的城堡，”他抗議道。

海洋不需要回應。兩者都明白沙子的歸宿。

我對沙堡所知甚少。

但孩子們知道，他看他們，學習他們。去建造吧，帶著一顆童心。

當太陽落山，潮水占領沙灘——拍手喝彩，向生命的過程敬禮，回家。

Passage 15 I’m Special

In the entire world there?s nobody like me.Since the beginning of time, there has never been another person like me.Nobody has my smile.Nobody has my eyes, my nose, my hair, my hands, or my voice.I?m special.No one can be found who has my handwriting.Nobody anywhere has my tastes—for food or music or art.No one sees things just as I do.In all of time there?s been no one who laughs like me, no one who cries like me.And what makes me laugh and cry will never provoke identical laughters and tears from anybody else, never.No one reacts to any situation just as I would react.I?m special.I? m the only one in all of creation who has my set of abilities.Oh, there will always be somebody who is better at one of the things I?m good at, but no one in the 圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

universe can reach the quality of my combination of talents, ideas, abilities and feelings.Like a room full of musical instruments, some may excel alone, but none can match the symphony sound when all are played together.I?m a symphony.Through all of eternity no one will ever look, talk, walk, think or do like me.I?m special.I?m rare.And, in all rarity there is great value.Because of my great rare value, I need not attempt to imitate others.I will accept—yes, indeed, celebrate—my differences.I?m special.And I?m beginning to realize it?s no accident that I?m special.I?m beginning to see that I have been made for a very special purpose.There is a job for me that no one else can do as well as I.Out of all the billions of job applicants, only one is qualified, only one has the right combination of what it takes.That one is me.Because...I?m special.我就是我

大千世界，蕓蕓眾生，沒人與我相同。自創世伊始，從未有過像我一樣的人。沒人擁有和我一樣的笑容；沒人擁有和我一樣的眼睛、鼻子、頭發、雙手或聲音。我就是我。我的筆跡獨一無二。我的品味與眾不同——不管是對于食物、音樂還是藝術。對于世間萬物，我擁有獨特的視角。無論何時，都沒有人歡笑如我，哭泣如我。讓我開心和流淚的事物不會引起他人相同的反應，絕對不會。面對各種處境，我也有自己獨特的應對方式。我就是我。在天地萬物中，我的能力組合獨具一格。哦，我所擅長之處，必有人技高一籌。但是，世界上沒有人能像我一樣，將天賦、思想、能力和感覺如此獨特地結合在一起。好比一間放滿樂器的房間，某件樂器可能會一鳴驚人，但所有圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

樂器共同奏出的交響樂才無與倫比。我就是一曲交響樂。亙古恒遠，沒有人會像我一樣地觀察、交談、行走、思考或行事。我就是我。獨一無二。而且，獨特中蘊含著巨大的價值。因為這獨特而又巨大的價值，我不需要去模仿他人。我會欣然接受——更確切地說是贊美——我的與眾不同。我就是我。我漸漸理解，我之所以獨特并非機緣巧合。我開始明白，造物主為我創設了一個特定的目標。有一份工作是為我量身定制的，他人無法勝任。在數以億計的求職者中，只有一個人是合格的，只有一個人具備恰如其分的條件。那個人就是我。因為?? 我就是我。

Passage 16 Write Your Own Life Suppose someone gave you a pen—a sealed, solid-colored pen.You couldn?t see how much ink it had.It might run dry after the first few tentative words or last just long enough to create a masterpiece(or several)that would last forever and make a difference in the scheme of things.You don?t know before you begin.Under the rules of the game, you really never know.You have to take a chance!

Actually, no rule of the game states you must do anything.Instead of picking up and using the pen, you could leave it on a shelf or in a drawer where it will dry up, unused.But if you do decide to use it, what would you do with it? How would you play the game? Would you plan and plan before you ever wrote a word? Would your plans be so extensive that you never even got to the writing? Or would you take the pen in hand, plunge right in and just do it, struggling to keep up with the twists and turns of the torrents of words that take you where they 圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

take you? Would you write cautiously and carefully, as if the pen might run dry the next moment, or would you pretend or believe(or pretend to believe)that the pen will write forever and proceed accordingly? You?re listening to Faith Radio Online-Simply to Relax, I?m Faith.Now, suppose someone gave you a life...譜寫生命的樂章

假如有人送你一支筆，一支不可拆卸的單色鋼筆.你看不出里面究竟有多少墨水?；蛟S在你試探性地寫上幾個字后它就會干枯，或許足夠用來創作一部影響深遠的不朽巨著(或是幾部)。而這些，在動筆前，都是無法得知的。在這個游戲規則下，你真的永遠不會預知結果。你只能去碰運氣！事實上，這個游戲里沒有規則指定你必須要做什么。相反，你甚至可以根本不去動用這支筆，把它扔在書架上或是抽屜里讓它的墨水干枯。但是，如果你決定要用它的話，你會用它來做什么呢？你將怎樣來進行這個游戲呢? 你會在寫字之前，老是計劃來計劃去嗎？你會不會由于計劃過于宏大而來不及動筆呢? 或者你只是手里拿著筆，一頭扎進去寫，不停地寫，艱難地隨著文字洶涌的浪濤而隨波逐流呢？ 你會小心謹慎地寫字，好像這支筆在下個時刻就可能會干枯；還是裝作相信（或裝作相信）這支筆能夠永遠寫下去而信手寫來呢？ 您正在收聽Faith輕松電臺，我是Faith?，F在，假如有人給予你一支生命的筆?? 圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

Passage 17 Prayer for My Mother Dear God, Now that I am no longer young, I have friends whose mothers have passed away.I have heard these sons and daughters say they never fully appreciated their mothers until it was too late to tell them。I am blessed with the dear mother who is still alive.I appreciate her more each day.My mother does not change, but I do.As I grow older and wiser, I realize what an extraordinary person she is.How sad that I am unable to speak these words in her presence, but they flow easily from my pen。How does a daughter begin to thank her mother for life itself? For the love, patience and just plain hard work that go into raising a child? For running after a toddler, for understanding a moody teenager, for tolerating a college student who knows everything? For waiting for the day when a daughter realizes her mother really is? How does a grown woman thank for a mother for continuing to be a mother? For being ready with advice(when asked)or remaining silent when it is most appreciated? For not saying, “I told you so”, when she could have uttered these words dozens of times? For being essentially herself—loving, thoughtful, patient and forgiving? I don?t know how, dear God, except to bless her as richly as she deserves and to help me live up to the example she has set.I pray that I will look as good in the eyes of my children as my mother looks in mine。

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為母親祈禱

親愛的上帝： 如今我已不再年輕，一些朋友的母親已經去世了。我曾聽這些子女們說過，他們從沒有向母親充分表達過他們的感激之情，而待到要告訴時為時已晚了。幸運的是，我親愛的母親依然健在。我對她的感激與日俱增。母親沒有變，而我卻變了。隨著年歲的增長，我越來越懂事了，我認識到她是個非常了不起的人。這些話在她面前我難以啟齒，但在筆下卻可以輕易地寫出來，這令我感到多么難過。一個女兒該怎樣開口感謝她的母親所給予的生命？感謝她在撫養孩子時所付出的愛、耐心以及平凡的無私的辛勞？感謝她跟在蹣跚學步的孩子身后奔跑，對情緒不定的少女的理解，以及對一個自以為是的大學生的寬容？感謝她等待女兒認識到她真是一位好母親的這一天？ 一個成年女子該怎樣感謝母親依然如故的角色？感謝（在被問到時）她會及時提供良言，而在不需要時她會保持沉默？感謝她沒有說：“我告訴過你”，而她本來可以說上許多次？感謝她始終不變的愛心、體貼周到、耐心與寬容厚道？ 我不知道該怎樣來表達，親愛的上帝，除了請求你好好地保佑她——那是她該得到的——并幫助我朝她做出的榜樣看齊。我祈愿在我的孩子們的眼里我會如同母親在我眼里一般好。

Passage 18 Always Aim Higher Always aim higher than you believe you can reach.So often, you?ll discover that

一個女兒

when your talents are set free by your imagination, you can achieve any goal.If people offer their help or wisdom as you go through life, accept it gratefully.圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

You can learn much from those who have gone before you.But never be afraid or hesitant to step off the accepted path and head off in your own direction if your heart tells you that it?s the right way for you.Always believe that you will ultimately succeed at whatever you do, and never forget the value of persistence, discipline, and determination.You are meant to be whatever you dream of becoming.設立更高遠的目標

總是設立比你認為力所能及的更高遠的目標。通常，你會發現，當想像力放飛了你的才能時，你就能實現任何目標。在你的人生歷程中，如果有人給予你幫助或傳授你智慧，你要心懷感激地接受。你可以從前輩那里學到很多寶貴的東西。但是，當你的內心已經明確知道怎樣的路才是真正適合你的時候，要敢于脫離既定的軌道去追求你自己的方向，不要害怕或遲疑。永遠相信：無論你做什么，你終究會成功，并且不要忘記堅持、自律和決心的價值。你注定會成為你夢想要成為的那個人。

Passage 19 Would Rather Complain, Or Be Happy? If we really want to be happy, why do we act like such babies? We can claim to be proactive in our life by settings goals and going after what we want.But if we?re always whining and complaining all the time, are we really living effectively? If you don?t believe me, count how many times you complain about something or others in one day.Whether it is being stuck in traffic, being bothered by the weather, 圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

not enough mustard on your sandwich, or whatever it is, there are endless instances where you can find a reason to complain.But it?s not just outside circumstances that we complain about.We complain about ourselves too.We complain that we don?t have enough time, that we don?t have enough money(this one is huge because it?s often “true”), that we?re not smart enough, cool enough, or just enough.I know I?ve experienced plenty of unpleasantness due to complaining about things I can?t control.I never really thought about it much until I found this website about “living in a complain-free world.” Imagine how much happier you would be if you simply stopped complaining.Much of what you complain about is outside of your control anyway.What?s the point of brooding about something you have no power to change? Not very intelligent, if you ask me.Simply becoming conscious of how much you complain is the first step to stopping.When you recognize that you?re complaining, stop and take notice of it.Ask yourself if you would rather complain, or be happy.要抱怨，還是要快樂？

如果我們真得想要高興，為什么要像小孩子那樣呢？

我們可以積極主動地在我們生活中設定目標，然后向著目標進發。但是如果我們整天牢騷滿腹，怨天尤人的話，我們還能有效地生活嗎？ 如果你不相信我，仔細想想你一天要抱怨幾次。不管是因為被糟糕的交通困住，被天氣所困擾，還是三明治上芥末放得不夠，總之生活中有無數的煩心事可以讓你抱怨。圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

不僅僅外部的環境讓我們抱怨，我們還不斷地抱怨我們自己。比如時間不夠多啊，錢不夠花啊（這個最多，因為它往往更“真實”），不夠聰明不夠冷靜啊，反正什么看上去都不夠好。我知道，因為抱怨自己不能控制的事情，我已經歷了許多的不開心。我沒有仔細思考過這個問題，直到有一天我發現這個叫“活在沒有抱怨的世界中”的網站。想想吧，如果你停止抱怨的話你會變得多么快樂。反正那些事情又無力改變，整天想著那些你無力改變的事情又有什么意義呢？如果你來問我，我會說那樣很愚蠢。停止抱怨要做的第一步就是想清楚你有多能抱怨。當你意識到自己在抱怨的時候，停下來，問問自己是要變得快樂還是繼續這樣抱怨下去。

Passage 20 Life Is Like a Cup of Coffee A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor.The conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life.Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and a variety of cups—porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain-looking, some expensive, some exquisite—telling them to help themselves to the coffee.When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said，“If you have noticed, all the nice-looking expensive cups have been taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones.While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress.” 圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

“Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee.In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink.” “What all of you really want is coffee, not the cup, but you unconsciously went for the best cups.And then you began eyeing each other?s cup.”

“Now consider this: Life is the coffee;the jobs, money and position in society are the cups.They are just tools to hold and contain life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the quality of life we live.Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee.Savor the coffee, not the cups!Don?t let the cups drive you...enjoy the coffee instead.”

生命如同一杯咖啡

一群畢業生，相約一起去看望他們年老的大學教授。

談話一會兒就變成了各自對工作和生活壓力的抱怨。在用咖啡招待這些客人時，教授去廚房端來一大壺咖啡，并拿出各式各樣的咖啡杯——陶瓷的、塑料的、玻璃的、水晶的，有看上去普通的、有價值不菲的、有做工精細的——讓他們自己倒咖啡喝。

當所有學生手中都端了一杯咖啡后，教授發話了：

“如果你們注意一下，就會發現所有好看的昂貴的杯子都被挑走了，剩下的只是那些普通的和便宜的。當然，每個人都只想擁有最好的，這很正常，但這也是你們的問題和壓力的根源所在。” “可以肯定的是，杯子本身與咖啡質量毫無關系。在很多時候，杯子讓咖啡更昂貴，某些時候，甚至讓我們看不清我們要喝的是什么。” “其實你們真正想要的是咖啡，而不是杯子，但你們卻又都下意識去挑選最好的杯子，并觀察別人拿到的杯子?！?圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

“現在設想一下：如果生活是杯中的咖啡，工作、財富和社會地位就是那些杯子。它們只是維持生活的工具而已，并不能界定或是改變生活的質量。有時候，我們在過于關注杯子的同時卻忘記了去品味上帝賜予的咖啡。請仔細品味咖啡，而不是那些杯子。所以，不要成為杯子的奴隸??好好品味杯中的咖啡?！?/p>

Passage 21 Life Is Like a Cafeteria 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.Of course nobody did.Finally, a woman with a tray full of food sat down opposite him and informed him how a cafeteria worked.“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.” “I soon learned that?s how everything works in America, ” the grandfather told a friend.“Life?s like a cafeteria here.You can get anything you want as long as you are willing to pay the price.You can even get success，but you?ll never get it if you wait for someone to bring it to you.You have to get up and get it yourself.”

生活就像自助餐

一個朋友的祖父從東歐來到美國。圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

在埃利斯島安頓下來后，他去曼哈頓下城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。

當然沒有人來招呼他。

最后，一位女士拿著滿滿一托盤食物走過來坐在他對面。并告訴他自助餐廳是怎樣進餐的。她說：“從那頭開始，依次去要你想要的東西，在餐廳的另外一端會有人告訴你該付多少錢?！?/p>

他對一個朋友說：“接著我很快了解到這就是美國人的生活方式?！?/p>

“生活就像自助餐，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，但是如果你什么都不做就等著別人把它送到你身邊的話是永遠都不可能得到的。你必須勤勞，必須自己去追求它?！?/p>

Passage 22 Growth When we plant a rose seed in the earth, we notice it is small, but we do not criticize it as “rootless and stemless.” We treat it as a seed, giving it the water and nourishment required of a seed.When it first shoots up out of the earth, we don?t condemn it as immature and underdeveloped, nor do we criticize the buds for not being open when they appear.We stand in wonder at the process taking place, and give the plant the care it needs at each stage of its development.The rose is a rose from the time it is a seed to the time it dies.Within it, at all 圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

times, it contains its whole potential.It seems to be constantly in the process of change: Yet at each state, at each moment, it is perfectly all right as it is.A flower is not better when it blooms than when it is merely a bud;at each stage it is the same thing—a flower in the process of expressing its potential.成長

一粒微小的玫瑰花子被植入土壤中時，我們并不因它“無根無莖”而加以批評。我們把它當作一粒種子來對待，施予它所需的水分和養料。當它剛剛破土而出時，我們不因它幼稚、發育不良而詆毀它；當出現花蕾時，我們也不因它們不綻放而責備它。我們會驚喜地目睹整個過程。在它成長的不同階段，給予它所需的照顧。玫瑰，從一粒種子開始，到凋零，直至死亡，始終是玫瑰。在它生命的每時每刻，體內都蘊藏著巨大的潛能。它似乎總在不斷地變化，但是在任何階段，任何時刻，都是最真實、最完美的。一朵花，在每一階段都是相同的，無論是盡情綻放的花朵還是含苞欲放的花蕾，都是這朵花——一朵時刻展現自己潛能的花。

Passage 23 Chances Exist In the Daily Details John and Bobby joined a wholesale company together just after graduation from college the same year.Both worked very hard.After several years, however, the boss promoted Bobby to the position of manager while John remained an ordinary employee.John could not take it any more.He tendered his resignation to the boss and complained the boss did not know how to delegate and did not value hard working staff, but only promoted those who flattered him.The boss knew that John worked very hard for the years.He thought for a 圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

moment and said, “Thank you for your criticism, but I have a request.I hope you will do one more thing for our company before you leave.Perhaps you will change your mind and take back your resignation.” John agreed.The boss asked him to go and find out anyone selling watermelon in the market.John went and returned soon.He said he had found out a man selling watermelon.The boss asked how much per kg.John shook his head and went back to the market to ask and returned to inform the boss $1.2 per kg.Boss told John to wait a second, and he called Bobby to come to his office.He asked Bobby to go and find anyone selling watermelon in the market.Bobby went, returned and said, “Boss, only one person selling watermelon.$1.2 per kg, $10 for 10kg.He has inventory of 340 melons.On the table 58 melons;every melon weights about 2 kg, bought from the South two days ago.They are fresh and red, good quality.” John was very impressed and realized the difference between himself and Bobby.He decided not to resign but to learn from Bobby.My dear friends, a more successful person is more observant, thinks more and explores in depth.Chances exist in the daily details.For the same matter, a more successful person sees more and further so that he can find out an opportunity and catch it to realize his aim.If a person sees one year ahead, while another sees only tomorrow.The difference between a year and a day is 365 times.How could you win?

機遇在于生活的細節

約翰和博比同年大學畢業后，被同一家批發公司錄用。他們二人工作都很圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

努力。然而，幾年后，老板提拔博比為部門經理，而約翰還是一名普通員工。約翰再也無法忍受，沖動之下向老板遞交了辭呈，并抱怨老板不會用人，不重用那些敬業的員工，只提拔那些奉承他的人。老板知道這幾年約翰工作確實很努力。他想了一會兒說：“謝謝你對我的批評。但是我有一個請求，我希望在你離開之前再為公司做一件事情?；蛟S到時你會改變決定，收回辭呈?！? 約翰答應了。老板讓他去市場找到一個賣西瓜的人。約翰去了并很快回來。他說他找到了一個賣西瓜的人。老板問他每公斤多少錢。約翰搖搖頭，回到市場去問，然后又回來告訴老板每公斤1.2美元。老板讓約翰等一會兒，這時他把博比叫到辦公室。他讓博比去市場找到一個賣西瓜的人。博比去了，回來之后說：“老板，只有一個賣西瓜的人，每公斤 1.2美元，每10公斤賣10美元。這個人一共有340個西瓜，其中58個放在貨架上，每個西瓜重約2公斤，都是兩天前從南方買來的，新鮮，紅瓤，質量好?！? 約翰受到很大的觸動，他意識到自己與博比之間的差距。他決定收回辭呈并向博比學習。

親愛的朋友們，成功的人更善于觀察，勤于思考和孜孜探求。機遇就存在于生活的細節中。同樣的一件事，一個成功的人會看得更多更遠，所以他能抓住機遇，實現夢想。如果有人看到一年后的情景，而你只看到明天。一年與一天的差距是365倍，你怎么能贏呢？

Passage 24 With One Glass of Milk One day, a poor boy who was trying to pay his way through school by selling goods from door to door found that he had only one dime left.He was hungry so he decided to beg for a meal at the next house.圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

However, he lost his nerve when a lovely young woman opened the door.Instead of a meal, he asked for a drink of water.She thought he looked hungry so she brought him a large glass of milk.He drank it slowly, and then asked, “How much do I owe you？” “You don?t owe me anything,” she replied, “Mother has taught me never to accept pay for a kindness.” He said, “Then I thank you from the bottom of my heart.” As Howard Kelly left that house, he not only felt stronger physically, but it also increased his faith in God and the human race.He was about to give up and quit before this point.Years later, the young woman became critically ill.The local doctors were baffled.They finally sent her to a big city, where specialists can be called in to study her rare disease.Dr.Howard Kelly, now famous was called in for the consultation.When he heard the name of the town she came from, a strange light filled his eyes.Immediately, he rose and went down through the hospital hall into her room.Dressed in his doctor?s gown he went in to see her.He recognized her at once.He went back to the consultation room and determined to do his best to save her life.From that day, he gave special attention to her case.After a long struggle, the battle was won.Dr.Kelly requested the business office to pass the final bill to him for approval.He looked at it and then wrote something on the side.The bill was sent to her room.She was afraid to open it because she was positive that it would take the rest of her life to pay it off.Finally she looked, and the note on the side of the bill caught her attention.She read these words，“Paid in full with one glass of milk.” 圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

(Signed)Dr.Howard Kelly

Tears of joy flooded her eyes as she prayed silently, “Thank You, God.Your love has spread through human hearts and hands.”

一杯牛奶的溫暖

一天，一個可憐的小男孩兒為湊足學費正挨家挨戶地推銷商品。他發現身上只剩一角錢了，此時他很餓，因此決定從下一家要點兒吃的。

然而，當一位年輕貌美的女子打開門時，他卻緊張得不知所措。他沒有要吃的，只是要了口水喝。女子看到小男孩兒饑餓的樣子，頓生憐憫之心，便倒了一大杯牛奶遞給他。他慢慢地喝光了牛奶，問道：“我需要付您多少錢呢？”

“你不必付錢給我，”女子答道，“媽媽教育我說，愛心善舉，不求回報?！蹦泻⒄f：“那么我就發自內心地向您說聲謝謝！”當霍華德· 凱利走出這戶人家時，他不僅覺得渾身充滿了力量，也對上帝和整個人類充滿了信心。原本，他就要放棄。

若干年后，那位女子得了重病，當地醫生都束手無策。最后，她轉院到大城市，接受專家會診。著名的霍華德·凱利醫生也參與了醫療方案的制定。當他得知這位病人來自那個城鎮時，一個奇怪的念頭閃過，他立即起身直奔她的病房。

身著白大褂的凱利醫生走進了病房，一眼便認出了那個女子，她正是他的恩人?；氐皆\室，他下定決心要竭盡全力醫治她。從那天起，他就對她給予了特殊的照顧。

經過艱苦卓絕的努力，手術終獲成功。凱利醫生要求把醫藥費結算單送到他那兒。他看了一下，便在旁邊寫了一些東西。當結算單送到女子的病房時，她甚至不敢打開來看，因為她知道這筆醫藥費一定極其昂貴，或許她要用整個圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

余生去償還。最后，她還是鼓足勇氣打開了看，她注意到單子旁邊的一行小字，上面寫著：

“醫藥費已由一杯牛奶付清?！保ㄊ鹈┗羧A德·凱利醫生

喜悅的淚水奪眶而出，她不禁默默祈禱：“感謝您，上帝！您的愛已經通過人類的心靈和雙手傳遞開來?！?/p>

Passage 25 Sow an Action, Reap a Habit Our character, basically, is a composite of our habits.“Sow a thought, reap an action;sow an action, reap a habit;sow a habit, reap a character;sow a character, reap a destiny, ” the maxim goes.Habits are powerful factors in our lives.Because they are consistent, often unconscious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character and produce our effectiveness or ineffectiveness.As Horace Mann, the great educator, once said, “Habits are like a cable.We weave a strand of it everyday and soon it cannot be broken.” I personally do not agree with the last part of his expression.I know habits can be learned and unlearned.But I also know it isn?t a quick fix.It involves a process and a tremendous commitment.Those of us who watched the lunar voyage of Apollo 11 were transfixed as we saw the first men walk on the moon and return to the earth.But to get there, those astronauts literally had to break out of the tremendous gravity pull of the earth.More energy was spent in the first few minutes of lift-off, in the first few miles of travel, than was used over the next several days to travel half a million miles.圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

Habits, too, have tremendous gravity pull—more than most people realize or would admit.Breaking deeply embedded habitual tendencies such as procrastination, impatience, criticalness, or selfishness that violate basic principles of human effectiveness involves more than a little willpower and a few minor changes in our lives.“Lift off” takes a tremendous effort, but once we break out of the gravity pull, our freedom takes on a whole new dimension.Like any natural force, gravity pull can work with us or against us.The gravity pull of some of our habits may currently be keeping us from going where we want to go.But it is also gravity pull that keeps our world together, that keeps the planets in their orbits and our universe in order.It is a powerful force, and if we use it effectively, we can use the gravity pull of habit to create the cohesiveness and order necessary to establish effectiveness in our lives.卓越僅僅是個習慣

人的性格基本上是由習慣組成的。正如一句格言：思想決定行動，行動決定習慣，習慣決定性格，性格決定命運。習慣對我們的生活有很大的影響，因為它是一貫的。在不知不覺中，經年累月地影響著我們的性格，左右著我們的成敗。美國著名教育家霍拉斯·曼曾說：“習慣就仿佛是一條纜繩，我們每天為它纏上一股新索，不用多久就會變得牢不可破?！边@句話的后半段我不敢茍同，我相信習慣可以養成，也可以打破，但絕不是一蹴而就，而是需要長期的努力和無比的毅力。宇航員搭乘阿波羅11號太空船，首次登陸月球的剎那的確令人嘆為觀止。但宇航員得先擺脫地球強大的引力，才能飛往月球。因此在剛起飛的幾分鐘，圓學子夢想 鑄金字品牌

也就是整個任務一開始的幾英里之內，是最艱難的時刻，所耗的力量往往超越往后的幾十萬英里。習慣也是一樣，它也具有極大的引力，只是許多人不加注意或不肯承認罷了。想要革除諸如因循茍且，缺乏耐心，吹毛求疵或自私自利等違背人類效率基本原則的不良習性，若是缺乏意志力，不能大刀闊斧地改革，便難以實現目標?！捌痫w”需要極大的努力，然而一旦脫離重力的牽絆，我們便可享受前所未有的自由。習慣的引力就如同自然界所有的力量一般，可能危害我們，也可以為我們所用，關鍵看我們如何運用。習慣或許一時有礙于達到目標，但也有積極的一面。宇宙萬物各循軌道運行，彼此保持一定的秩序，畢竟也都有賴于引力的作用。所以只要我們善于運用習慣的龐大引力，就能使生活有重心，有秩序，有效率。

Passage 26 Love Is a Two-way Street A father sat at his desk poring over his monthly bills when his young son rushed in and announced, “Dad, because this is your birthday and you?re 55 years old, I?m going to give you 55 kisses, one for each year!” When the boy started making good on his word, the father exclaimed, “Oh, Andrew, don?t do it now;I?m too busy!”

The youngster immediately fell silent as tears welled up in his big blue eyes.Apologically the father said, “You can finish later.”

The boy said nothing but quietly walked away, disappointment written over his face.That evening the father said, “Come and finish the kisses now, Andrew!” But