第一篇：英語美文欣賞

True Nobility真正的高貴

In a calm sea every man is a pilot.在風(fēng)平浪靜的大海上,每個人都是領(lǐng)航員。

But all sunshine without shade, all pleasure without pain, is not life at all.Take the lot of the happiest-it is a tangled yarn.Bereavements and blessings,one following another, make us sad and blessed by turns.Even death itself makes life more loving.Men come closest to their true selves in the sober moments of life, under the shadows of sorrow and loss.但只有陽光沒有陰影,只有快樂沒有痛苦,根本不是真正的生活.就拿最幸福的人來說,他的生活也是一團(tuán)纏結(jié)在一起的亂麻。痛苦與幸福交替出現(xiàn),使得我們一會悲傷一會高興。甚至死亡本身都使得生命更加可愛。在人生清醒的時刻,在悲傷與失落的陰影之下,人們與真實(shí)的自我最為接近。

In the affairs of life or of business, it is not intellect that tells so much as character, not brains so much as heart, not genius so much as self-control, patience, and discipline, regulated by judgment.在生活和事業(yè)的種種事務(wù)之中，性格比才智更能指導(dǎo)我們，心靈比頭腦更能引導(dǎo)我們，而由判斷獲得的克制、耐心和教養(yǎng)比天分更能讓我們受益。

I have always believed that the man who has begun to live more seriously within begins to live more simply without.In an age of extravagance and waste, I wish I could show to the world how few the real wants of humanity are.我一向認(rèn)為，內(nèi)心生活開始更為嚴(yán)謹(jǐn)?shù)娜耍耐庠谏钜矔兊酶鼮楹啒恪Ｔ谖镉麢M流的年代，但愿我能向世人表明：人類的真正需求少得多么可憐。

To regret one's errors to the point of not repeating them is true repentance.There is nothing noble in being superior to some other man.The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.反思自己的過錯不至于重蹈覆轍才是真正的悔悟。高人一等并沒有什么值得夸耀的。真正的高貴是優(yōu)于過去的自已。

Write Your Own Life.書寫你的生命

Suppose someone gave you a pen — a sealed, solid-colored pen.You couldn’t seehow much ink it had.假設(shè)有人給了你一枝筆，一枝密封的、純色的水筆，里面有多少墨水你看不到。

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.很可能剛剛試寫幾字便用干耗盡；也可能足以完成一部或幾部杰作，永存于世，使世事為之大變。Under the rules of the game, you really never know.You have to take achance!

而這一切你在動筆之前卻是一無所知。根據(jù)游戲的規(guī)則，你確實(shí)永遠(yuǎn)也不會知道，只能冒一下險。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.而事實(shí)上，也沒有規(guī)則說你就一定要做些什么。你大可以把筆擱在架子上、放在抽屜里，棄置不用，任墨水蒸發(fā)干凈。

But if you do decide to use it, what would you do with it? How would you play the game?

然而，如果你真的決定使用，你會做什么？怎么來做這個游戲？

Wouldyou plan and plan before you ever wrote a word?

你會左計劃、右計劃，然后才慢慢下筆嗎？

Would your plans be so extensive that you never even got to the writing?

計劃會不會太泛太多，根本就達(dá)不到寫作這一步？

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 take you?

會不會提筆在手迫不及待地投入其中，任由手中的筆、筆下的字帶著你在詞海中上下翻騰、左突右沖？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 accord gly?會不會下筆謹(jǐn)小慎微，似乎墨水隨時都將干涸？會不會假裝或相信、或假裝相信筆中墨水永不會枯竭，任你揮灑？

And of what would you write: Of love? Hate? Fun?Misery?Life?Death?Nothing Everything?

你會寫些什么？愛情？仇恨？樂趣？痛苦？生命？死亡？虛無空空抑或世事萬種？

Would you write to please just yourself? Or others?Or yourself by writing for others?

是會用來自娛？還是取悅他人？還是為人寫作而愉悅自身？

Would your strokes be tremblingly timid or brilliantly bold? Fancy with a flourish or plain?

你的一筆一劃會顫抖怯懦還是亮麗大膽？花里胡哨還是樸實(shí)無華？

Would you even write? Once you have the pen, no rule says you have to write.Would you sketch? Scribble? Doodle or draw?

你確實(shí)會去寫嗎？你一旦有了這枝筆，卻也沒有規(guī)則說你一定就要去寫。你會粗粗寫來？潦潦草草？信手涂鴉？還是認(rèn)真描畫？

Would you stay in or on the lines, or see no lines at all, even if they were there? Or are they? There’s a lot to think about here, isn’t there?

你會寫在線里還是寫在線上，或者對紙上的線格根本就視而不見？真的有什么線格嗎？此時此刻，有很多東西值得思考，不是嗎？

Now, suppose someone gave you a life...那么，假設(shè)有人給了你一次生命……

cherish now no longer missed 珍惜現(xiàn)在不再錯過

John, a famous musician, took his priceless antique zither and played it in the crowded subway station.The music emanating from the zither was delicately streaming throughout the whole station.However, during the one-hour play, only six or seven people were truly appreciating the charming music.A three-year-old kid was so fascinated by the music that he forgot everything around.John only got 52 U.S.dollar for his work that day.音樂家約翰帶著一把價值不菲的古董名琴，悄悄來到人潮不斷的地鐵站演奏。弦音曼妙，在空曠處流淌。將近一小時的演奏中，真正駐足聆聽者只有六七人。最捧場的是一位三歲小童，聽得入神。約翰當(dāng)天得到52美元賞金。

However, in normal days, when John is about to hold a concert, one ticket can be sold at more than 100 dollars and it is extremely hard to buy a ticket even at such a high price.Therefore, later, many passers-by in the station that day felt deeply regretful for not recognizing the famous musician and missing such a valuable but cheap music feast.平日，約翰的演奏會舉行時，一張票超過100美元，且一票難求。后來，不少當(dāng)時就在地鐵站的觀眾扼腕自己眼拙，錯過了一場免費(fèi)或者廉價的音樂盛宴。

I have a very busy friend who had totally changed after knowing that hiswife came down with acute illness.He cooked by himself for the family and took a walk with his wife every day.Nonetheless, his wife still did not manage to conquer the illness and passed away after three

months.After that, he often sighed miserably that due to his past busy life, he had missed a lot of beautiful time with his wife.But now, it is impossible to make up for it.有位忙碌的朋友得知老婆罹患重癥，徹頭徹尾變了一個人：親自下廚，陪太太散步……可是妻子敵不過病魔摧殘，三個月后就撒手人寰。他很傷感地說，太忙了，錯過與妻子營造最美好的人生時光，想彌補(bǔ)卻彌補(bǔ)不回來。

A doctor’s son jumped from the 19th floor of a building and left a posthumous letter which expressed his strong desire for staying more with his father, going to see a movie with his father, etc.Not until his son committed suicide had the doctor realized that the most precious thing is not career achievement, but the tight and intact family bonds.醫(yī)生的兒子從19樓一躍而下，留下一封遺書，信中留言：最想爸爸陪他，最想看電影，最希望快快樂樂……兒子自殺之后，爸爸才明白，人生中最珍貴的不是成就，而是親情。

It is no use crying over spilt milk.We have missed a lot of precious things in our life without knowing to cherish them.可惜千金難買早知道，很多美好的事，往往簡簡單單就被輕易錯過了。

Actually, I also missed something precious before.The reason why we would have missed those precious things is less than simple: we had thought that we could still own them tomorrow.事實(shí)上，我也錯過一些事。錯過的理由很簡單：以為還有明天。

Nevertheless, tomorrow is actually by no means reliable.There was a famous Buddhist monk saying that in many people’s lives, they have only done two things: waiting and regretting.The result is that they were always too late to cherish what they had before they lost it.We would often claim to do something when we grow up, or when we have money or when we become old, etc.However, when we reach the condition we have expected, we could no longer do realize our wish any more, because we have lost it by then.事實(shí)上，明天是不可靠的。要不，日休禪師怎么會說，很多人的一生中，只做了“等待”與“后悔”兩件事，合起來就叫“來不及”。我們老愛說：長大再說，有錢再說，老了再說……可是到了那時候，卻什么都不必說了。

Love Is Just a Thread.愛只是一根線

Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents.Every day they are very busy trying to earn money in order to pay the high tuition for my brother and me.They don’t act in the romantic ways that I read in books or I see on TV.In their opinion, ―I love you‖ is too luxurious for them to say.Sending flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day is even more out of the question.Finally my father has a bad temper.When he’s very tired from the hard work, it is easy for him to lose his temper.有時候，我真的懷疑父母之間是否有真愛。他們天天忙于賺錢，為我和弟弟支付學(xué)費(fèi)

。他們從未像我在書中讀到，或在電視中看到的那樣互訴衷腸。他們認(rèn)為”我愛你”太奢

侈，很難說出口。更不用說在情人節(jié)送花這樣的事了。我父親的脾氣非常壞。經(jīng)過一天的勞累之后，他經(jīng)常會發(fā)脾氣。

One day, my mother was sewing a quilt.I silently sat down beside her and looked at her.一天，母親正在縫被子，我靜靜地坐在她旁邊看著她。

“Mom, I have a question to ask you,‖ I said after a while.過了一會，我說：”媽媽，我想問你一個問題。”

“What?‖ she replied, still doing her work.“什么問題?”她一邊繼續(xù)縫著，一邊回答道。

“Is there love between you and Dad?‖ I asked her in a very low voice.我低聲地問道：”你和爸爸之間有沒有愛情啊?”

My mother stopped her work and raised her head with surprise in her eyes.She didn’t answer immediately.Then she bowed her head and continued to sew the quilt.母親突然停下了手中的活，滿眼詫異地抬起頭。她沒有立即作答。然后低下頭，繼續(xù)縫被子。

I was very worried because I thought I had hurt her.I was in a great embarrassment and I didn’t know what I should do.But at last I heard my mother say the following words:

我擔(dān)心傷害了她。我非常尷尬，不知道該怎么辦。不過，后來我聽見母親說：

“Susan,‖ she said thoughtfully, ―Look at this thread.Sometimes it appears, but most of it

disappears in the quilt.The thread really makes the quilt strong and durable.If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread.It can hardly be seen anywhere or anytime, but it’s really there.Love is inside.‖

“蘇珊，看看這些線。有時候，你能看得見，但是大多數(shù)都隱藏在被子里。這些線使被子 堅固耐用。如果生活就像一床被子，那么愛就是其中的線。你不可能隨時隨地看到它，但 是它卻實(shí)實(shí)在在地存在著。愛是內(nèi)在的。

I listened carefully but I couldn’t understand her until the next spring.At that time, my father suddenly got sick seriously.My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month.When they returned from the hospital, they both looked very pale.It seemed both of them had had a serious illness.我仔細(xì)地聽著，卻無法明白她的話，直到來年的春天。那時候，我父親得了重病。母親在醫(yī)院里待了一個月。當(dāng)他們從醫(yī)院回來的時候，都顯得非常蒼白。就像他們都得了一場重病一樣。After they were back, every day in the morning and dusk, my mother helped my father walk slowly on the country road.My father had never been so gentle.It seemed they were the most harmonious couple.Along the country road, there were many beautiful flowers, green grass and trees.The sun gently glistened through the leaves.All of these made up the most beautiful picture in the world.他們回來之后，每天的清晨或黃昏，母親都會攙扶著父親在鄉(xiāng)村的小路上漫步。父親從未 如此溫和過。他們就像是天作之合。在小路旁邊，有許多美麗的野花、綠草和樹木。陽光 穿過樹葉的縫隙，溫柔地照射在地面上。這一切形成了一幅世間最美好的畫面。

The doctor had said my father would recover in two months.But after two months he still couldn’t walk by himself.All of us were worried about him.醫(yī)生說父親將在兩個月后康復(fù)。但是兩個月之后，他仍然無法獨(dú)立行走。我們都很為他擔(dān)心 “Dad, how are you feeling now?‖ I asked him one day.有一天，我問他：“爸爸，你感覺怎么樣?”

“Susan, don’t worry about me.‖ he said gently.―To tell you the truth, I just like walking with your mom.I like this kind of life.‖ Reading his eyes, I know he loves my mother deeply.他溫和地說：“蘇珊，不用為我擔(dān)心。跟你說吧，我喜歡與你媽媽一塊散步的感覺。我喜 歡這種生活。”從他的眼神里，我看得出他對母親的愛之深刻。

Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and sweet kisses.But from this experience, I understand that love is just a thread in the quilt of our life.Love is inside, making life strong and warm..我曾經(jīng)認(rèn)為愛情就是鮮花、禮物和甜蜜的親吻。但是從那一刻起，我明白了，愛情就像是 生活中被子里的一根線。愛情就在里面，使生活變得堅固而溫暖。

海子詩歌欣賞《面朝大海春暖花開》

從明天起，做一個幸福的人

From tomorrow on, I will be a happy person;

喂馬，劈柴，周游世界

Grooming, chopping, and traveling all over the world.從明天起，關(guān)心糧食和蔬菜

From tomorrow on, I will care foodstuff and vegetables,我有一所房子，面朝大海，春暖花開

I have a house,towards the sea, with spring flowers blossoming.從明天起，和每一個親人通信

From tomorrow on, I will write to each of my dear ones,告訴他們我的幸福

Telling them of my happiness,那幸福的閃電告訴我的What the lightening of blessedness has told me,我將告訴每一個人

I will spread it to each of them.給每一條河每一座山取一個溫暖的名字

And give a warm name for every river and every mountain.陌生人，我也為你祝福

Strangers, I will also give you my well-wishing.愿你有一個燦爛的前程

May you have a brilliant future!

愿你有情人終成眷屬

May you lovers eventually become spouse!

愿你在塵世獲得幸福

May you enjoy happiness in this earthly world!

我也愿面朝大海，春暖花開

I only wish to face the sea, with spring flowers blossoming.The Subtle Feeling淡淡的感覺

I like the subtle fresh green budding from the branches of the tree–the herald of spring, ushering in the dawn...我喜歡這種淡淡的感覺我喜歡看樹枝上那淡淡的嫩綠,它是春天的使者,它是一天清晨的開始……I like the subtle flow of cloud that makes the sky seem even more vast, azure and immense...我喜歡天空中那淡淡的云，它將天空襯的更高更藍(lán)更寬……

I like the subtle wind.In spring, it steals a kiss on my cheek;in autumn, it caresses my face;in summer, it brings in cool sweet smell;in winter, it carries a crisp chilliness...我喜歡淡淡的風(fēng)。春風(fēng)輕吻臉頰，秋風(fēng)撫面溫柔，夏天的風(fēng)送來涼爽，冬天的風(fēng)帶來清涼……

I like the subtle taste of tea that last long after a sip.The subtle bitter is what it is meant to be...我喜歡喝淡淡的茶,淡淡之中才品出它余味的清香,淡淡的苦才是它原來的味道……

I like the subtle friendship that does not hold people together.In stead, an occasional greeting spreads our longings far beyond..我喜歡追求淡淡的友誼。彼此之間不需要天天在一起，偶爾一句：你好嗎？思念就像發(fā)芽一樣蔓延開來……

I like the subtle longing for a friend, when I sink deeply in a couch, mind wandering in memories of the past...我喜歡淡淡地思念一個人,靜靜地將自己包圍在沙發(fā)之中，任思緒在回憶里飄蕩……

Love should also be subtle, without enslaving the ones fallen into her arms.Not a bit less nor a bit more...愛也要淡淡的。愛，不要成為囚，少是愁多也是憂……

Subtle friendship is true;subtle greetings are enough;subtle love is tender;subtle longing is deep;subtle wishes come from the bottom of your heart...淡淡的一點(diǎn)友誼很真，淡淡的一點(diǎn)問候很醇，淡淡的一點(diǎn)依戀很清，淡淡的一點(diǎn)孤獨(dú)很美，淡淡的一點(diǎn)思念很深，淡淡的一點(diǎn)祝福最真……

第二篇：英語美文欣賞

雙語美文：夕陽

I believe in leaving work at five o’clock.In a nation that operates on a staunch Protestant work ethic, this belief could be considered radical.Working only 40 hours a week? I just don’t know many people who punch out at five o’clock anymore.It seems downright quaint, like pocket watches and shoe shines.My father tried to teach me the importance of hard work, long hours and dedication to a career.But then there are the things he taught me unintentionally, like when he arrived home from work for the last time and crawled up the stairs.My father, a self-employed sales trainer, was that sick, that tired.His body was wracked with liver cancer, and he suffered the effects of a diabetic ulcer.Still, he insisted on traveling to honor his commitment to give a seminar.He probably earned a lot of money that day, and he paid the price: He returned to the hospital soon after and was dead within three months, at age 58.我的信念是在五點(diǎn)結(jié)束每天的工作。在這個奉行新教徒那套“工作至上”理念的國度,我的這一信念可算是激進(jìn)。每周只工作40小時?我認(rèn)識的人中很少是下午五點(diǎn)打卡下班的。那看起來就跟懷表、鞋油這類東西一樣,簡直是過時而怪異。我父親盡力教導(dǎo)我勤奮工作、超時工作以及獻(xiàn)身事業(yè)這幾點(diǎn)的重要性。但后來,他也無意中教了我一些東西,比如那次當(dāng)他最后一次下班回家爬上樓梯的時候。我父親是一名自雇的銷售培訓(xùn)師。那天,他已經(jīng)病得很厲害,疲憊不堪。肝癌拖垮了他的身體,他還飽受糖尿病潰瘍的折磨。然而,他為履行承諾仍堅持到外地主持一個研討會。他那天可能賺了不少錢,但他也付出了代價——不久之后又住進(jìn)了醫(yī)院,而且三個月后就去世了,終年58歲。

It’s been 10 years since I saw my father come home that night and since then, I’ve thought a lot about work.I’ve decided something: I will never crawl up the stairs.As much as I love my job as a newspaper reporter, I will never work myself into the ground, literally or figuratively.The idea of leaving work at work didn’t come easily to me.After all, I am my father’s daughter.In college, I wasn’t going to keg parties in a frat basement;I was the girl who lingered on the library steps each morning, waiting for the doors to open.I even dreamt about schoolwork.那晚看到父親回家已是十年前的事了,自那以后,我對工作作了多番思考。我決定:我決不要爬著樓梯回家。作為一名報社記者,盡管我非常熱愛我的工作,但我決不會因?yàn)槠疵ぷ鞫炎约核瓦M(jìn)“墳?zāi)埂崩?無論是字面義還是比喻義。只在工作時間內(nèi)工作的想法于我并非易事,畢竟,有其父必有其女。讀大學(xué)時,我不去大學(xué)生聯(lián)誼會在地下室里舉辦的啤酒狂歡派對,而是每天一早就在圖書館的階梯上徘徊,等著圖書館開門。我甚至做夢都會夢到功課作業(yè)。

My dad once told me he was unable to just gaze at a sunset;he had to be doing something as he looked at it—writing, reading, playing chess.You could say he was a success: He was a published author, an accomplished musician, fluent in German and the American Sign Language.That’s an impressive list, but here’s the thing: I want to gaze at sunsets.I don’t want to meet a deadline during them or be writing a column at the same time, or glance at them over the top of a book.This

raises the question: If I leave work at five o’ clock to watch the sunset, what are the consequences? Do I risk not reaching the top of my profession? Maybe, because honestly, knocking off after eight hours probably won’t earn me the corner office or the lucrative promotion.But hey, leaving work at five o’ clock means I eat dinner with my family.I get to hop on my bike and pedal through the streets of my hometown as the shadows lengthen and the traffic thins.And I get to take in a lot of sunsets.That’s got to be worth something.我父親曾經(jīng)告訴我,他就是沒法凝視夕陽。看著夕陽的同時他還得做些別的事——寫作、閱讀、下象棋。你可以稱他是成功人士:他是一名發(fā)表過作品的作家,一位有造詣的音樂家,能說流利的德語,能熟練運(yùn)用美國手語。這一連串成就看起來挺厲害的。但問題是:我想凝視夕陽。我不想邊看夕陽邊趕在最后期限前完成工作,也不想邊看邊給專欄趕稿,又或者是看著書,偶爾才朝那一抹夕陽瞥上一眼。這引發(fā)了一個問題:如果我五點(diǎn)就下班去看夕陽,會有什么后果?我是否就無法爬到職場最高位?也許是,因?yàn)檎f實(shí)話,工作八小時就下班,想搬進(jìn)角落的高層辦公室或升職加薪是不太可能的。不過,嘿,五點(diǎn)就下班意味著我能和家人共進(jìn)晚餐。我跳上單車,穿梭在家鄉(xiāng)的大小街道上,一切在夕陽的余暉中被拉長了影子,路上車少人稀。從此,我看了不少夕陽美景。這肯定有其價值所在。

第三篇：英語美文欣賞

That the best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person.世界上最好的課堂在老人的腳下。

That when you're in love.it shows.當(dāng)你墜入愛河時，就會表露無遺。That having a child fall asleep in your arms is one of the most peaceful feeling in the world.讓一個孩子在你的臂彎入睡，你會體會到世間最安寧的感覺。

That being kind is more important than being right.善良比真理更重要。That you should never say no to a gift from a child.永遠(yuǎn)不要拒絕孩子送給你的禮物。

That i can always pray for someone when i don't have the strength to help him in some other way.當(dāng)無力給予他人幫助時，將永遠(yuǎn)為他祈禱。

That no matter how serious your life requires you to be,everyone needs a friend to act goofy with.不論生活要求你要多嚴(yán)肅，每個人都需要一個能夠一起嬉戲的朋友。

That sometimes all a person needs is a hand to hold and a heart to understand.有時候，一個人想要的只是一只可握的手和一顆感知的心。

That money dosn't buy class.金錢買不到風(fēng)度。

That it's those small daily happenings that make life so spectacular.每天的小小驚奇，讓我們的生活如此多姿。

That under everyone's hard shell is someone who wants to be appreciated and loved.人人都渴求欣賞和關(guān)愛。

That the Lord didn't do it all in one day.what makes me think i can? 上帝并非一天完成所有的事，我又怎么么可能呢？ That when you plan to get even with someone, you are only letting that person continue to hurt you.如果你想報復(fù)某人，只會繼續(xù)受到此人對你的傷害。

That love ,not time,heals all wounds.治愈一切創(chuàng)傷的并非時間，而是愛。That the easiest way to grow as a person is to surround myself with people smarter than i am.促進(jìn)自己成長的最簡單方法是與自己更優(yōu)秀的人為伴。

That no one is perfect until you fall in love with them.只有深愛一個人時才會認(rèn)為他是完美的。

That a smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.微笑是改善容貌的一種并不昂貴的方式。

In a university commencement address several years ago, Brian Dyson, CEO of Coca Cola Enterprises, spoke of the relation of work to one’s othercommitments: 幾年前，在一所大學(xué)的開幕典禮中,可口可樂的首席執(zhí)行官布賴恩?戴森講到工作與其他義務(wù)的關(guān)系：

Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling some five balls in the air.You name them work, family, health, friends and spirit and you’re keeping all of these in the air.You will soon understand that work is arubberball.If you drop it, it willbounceback.想象生命是一場不停丟擲五個球于空中的游戲。這五個球分別為工作、家庭、健康、朋友和心靈，而且你很努力地擲著這五個球，不讓它們落地。很快地你會了解工作是一個橡皮球。如果你不幸失手落下它，它還是會彈回來。

But the other four balls family, health, friends and spirit are made of glass.If you drop one of these, they will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged or even shattered.They will never be the same.You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.How? 但是家庭、健康、朋友和心靈這四個球是用玻璃做成的。一旦你失手落下，它們可能會少了一角，留下無法挽回的記號、刻痕、損壞甚至碎落一地。它們將永遠(yuǎn)不會跟以前一樣。你必須了解這個道理，并且為平衡你的生命而努力。但要怎么才做得到呢？

Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others.It is because we are different that each of us is special.別拿自己和他人比較，這只會降低了你原有的價值。因?yàn)槲覀兌际仟?dú)一無二的，因?yàn)槲覀兠恳粋€人都很特別。

Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.Only you know what is best for you.別人認(rèn)為重要的事不一定是你的目標(biāo)。只有你才知道什么最適合你。

Don’t take for granted the things closest to your heart.Cling to them as they would be your life, for without them, life is meaningless.不要將貼近你的心的人、事物視為理所當(dāng)然的存在。你必須將他們視為你的生命一般好好地抓牢他們。沒有他們，生命將失去意義。

Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future.By living your life one day at a time, you live ALL the days of your life.別讓你的生命總在依戀過去種種或是寄望未來中逝去。如果你活在每個當(dāng)下，你就活出了生命中的每一天。

Don’t give up when you still have something to give.Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.當(dāng)你還能給予的時候別輕言放棄。只要你不放棄，就有無限延伸的可能。

Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect.It is thisfragilethread that binds us to each together.別害怕承認(rèn)你并非完美。正因如此，我們才得以藉由這脆弱的細(xì)絲緊密地串綁在一起。Don’t be afraid to encounter risks.It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.別害怕遇到危險。正因如此，我們才得以藉由這些機(jī)會學(xué)習(xí)勇敢。

Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find.The quickest way to receive love is to give it;the fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly;and the best way to keep love is to give it wings.別以愛太難找到作為借口而緊閉你的心扉。最迅速找到愛的方法就是給予你的愛；最快速失去愛的方法就是緊緊地守著你的愛不放；維持愛的最好方式就是給愛一雙翅膀。

Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been, but also where you are going.莫要匆忙地度過你的一生，那匆忙讓你忘了曾經(jīng)到過哪里，也讓你忘了你要去哪里。Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.莫忘記，人類情感上最大的需要是感恩。

Don’t be afraid to learn.Knowledge is weightless, a treasure you can always carry easily.莫害怕學(xué)習(xí)。知識沒有重量，它是可以隨意攜帶的珍寶。

Don’t use time or words carelessly.Neither can be retrieved.莫漫不經(jīng)心地蹉跎光陰或口無遮攔。時間與言詞兩者都是一放便收不回來。Life is not a race, but a journey to besavoredeach step of the way.生命不是一場賽跑, 而是一步一個腳印的旅程。

Yesterday is history, Tomorrow is a mystery and Today is a gift: that’s why we call it ‘The Present’.過去已成歷史，未來充滿未知。今天是份禮物：那就是我們稱之為“現(xiàn)在”的原因。

There is no bigger cliché in business psychology than the idea that high self-confidence is key to career success.It is time to debunk this myth.In fact, low self-confidence is more likely to make you successful.Sure, extremely low confidence is not helpful: it inhibits performance by inducing fear, worry, and stress, which may drive people to give up sooner or later.But just-low-enough confidence can help you recalibrate your goals so they are more realistic and attainable.在商業(yè)心理學(xué)中，高度的自信是事業(yè)成功的關(guān)鍵，這是老生常談的問題了。是時候打破這個神話了。事實(shí)上，缺乏自信似乎更容易讓你取得成功。當(dāng)然，極度缺乏自信也是不行的：因?yàn)榭謶帧?dān)憂和壓力會限制你的表現(xiàn)，最終，驅(qū)使人們放棄。但是，適當(dāng)?shù)娜狈ψ孕艜椭阒匦麓_定自己的目標(biāo)，使其更加現(xiàn)實(shí)，更容易完成。

If your confidence is low, rather than extremely low, you stand a better chance of succeeding than if you have high self-confidence.There are three main reasons for this: 如果你缺乏自信，而不是極度缺乏自信，那么，比起那些自信滿滿的人，你將擁有更多取得成功的機(jī)會。下面就是支持這一論點(diǎn)的三個主要的原因：

1.Lower self-confidence makes you pay attention to negative feedback and be self-critical:Most people get trapped in their optimistic biases, so they tend to listen to positive feedback and ignore negative feedback.Although this may help them come across as confidence to others, in any area of competence(e.g., education, business, sports or performing arts)achievement is 10% performance and 90% preparation.Thus, the more aware you are of your soft spots and weaknesses, the better prepared you will be.Indeed, success is the best medicine for your insecurities.1.缺乏自信會讓你注意到負(fù)面的反饋，進(jìn)行自我批評。大多數(shù)人深陷自我積極態(tài)度的偏見之中，因此，他們更愿意聽到積極的反饋從而忽略了負(fù)面的回應(yīng)。雖然在所有的競爭領(lǐng)域，例如，教育、商業(yè)、運(yùn)動或者表演行業(yè)，相較他人，高度的自信會幫助他們?nèi)〉贸晒Γ浅晒κ?0%的表現(xiàn)加上90%的準(zhǔn)備。因此，更好地了解自己的弱點(diǎn)和不足，準(zhǔn)備也會越充分。沒錯，成功是治愈安全感匱乏的一劑良藥。

2.Lower self-confidence can motivate you to work harder and prepare more:If you are serious about your goals, you will have more incentive to work hard when you lack confidence in your abilities.In fact, low confidence is only demotivating when you are not serious about your goals.If you really want what you say you want, then, your low confidence will only make you work harder to achieve it — because it will indicate a discrepancy between your desired goal and your current state.2.缺乏自信會督促你更加努力地工作，做更多的準(zhǔn)備。如果你對自己的目標(biāo)很認(rèn)真，在你對自己能力缺乏自信的情況下，你往往會更有動力去努力工作。事實(shí)上，只有你對自己的目標(biāo)不認(rèn)真的時候，缺乏自信才會產(chǎn)生消極的作用。如果真的想得到你說你想得到的東西，那么，你的不自信反而會讓你更加努力地工作去得到它——因?yàn)椴蛔孕艜屇阋庾R到你渴望的目標(biāo)和你現(xiàn)在的狀態(tài)之間的差距。3.Lower self-confidence reduces the chances of coming across as arrogant or being deluded: Indeed, people with low self-confidence are more likely to admit their mistakes — instead of blaming others — and rarely take credit for others' accomplishments.This is the most important benefit of low self-confidence because it points to the fact that low self-confidence can bring success, not just to individuals but also to organizations and society.3.缺乏自信降低了自大和失望的可能性。確實(shí)，缺乏自信的人更容易承認(rèn)錯誤，而不是抱怨他人，而且他們很少把別人的贊揚(yáng)太當(dāng)回事兒。這是缺乏自信最大的好處了，因?yàn)樗嬖V了我們一個事實(shí)：缺乏自信會帶來成功，不僅僅是對個人而言，對于公司和社會也同樣適用。

In brief, if you are serious about your goals, low self-confidence can be your biggest ally to accomplish them.總之一句話，如果你對自己的目標(biāo)很認(rèn)真，缺乏自信會成為你實(shí)現(xiàn)目標(biāo)的最有力的盟友

1.保持態(tài)度：

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters to what lies within us.相較于我們目前的狀況,那些在我們之前或之后發(fā)生的狀況真是小巫見大巫了。（Ralph Waldo Emerson)

2.永不放棄：

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.當(dāng)世界上最重要的事情根本沒有希望的時候，不斷嘗試的人卻完成了。(Dale Carnegie)

3.克服失敗：

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.我們最大的榮耀不在于永不跌倒，而在于每次跌倒后都能重新爬起來。(Confucius)

4.自身力量：

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.對一個人的終極衡量，不在于他所曾擁有的片刻安逸，而在于他處于挑戰(zhàn)與爭議的時代。(Martin Luther King, Jr.)

5.當(dāng)然是勇氣：

Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.答應(yīng)我你會永遠(yuǎn)記住：你要比你認(rèn)為的更勇敢，比你看上去更強(qiáng)大，比你想的更聰明。Christopher Robin to Pooh – A.A.Milne)

下次你處于困境時，你比你想象的自己要好很多 — 用單詞給你力量。

第四篇：英語美文欣賞

英語美文

人生短短幾十年，不要給自己留下了什么遺憾，想笑就笑，想哭就哭，該愛的時候就去愛，無謂壓抑自己。

Be sure that you have never had any regrets in your life which only lasts for a few decades.Laugh or cry as you like, and it is meaningless to oppress yourself.記住該記住的，忘記該忘記的。改變能改變的，接受不能改變的.Remember what should be remembered, and forget what should be forgotten.Alter what is changeable, and accept what is mutable.我不去想是否能夠成功,既然選擇了遠(yuǎn)方,便只顧風(fēng)雨兼程；我不去想,身后會不會襲來寒風(fēng)冷雨,既然目標(biāo)是地平線,留給世界的只能是背影。

I wouldn‘t care success or failure, for I will only struggle ahead as long as I have been destined to the distance.I wouldn‘t care the difficulties around, for what I can leave on the earth is only their view of my back since I have been marching toward the horizontal.生命中，不斷地有人離開或進(jìn)入。于是，看見的，看不見了；記住的，遺忘了。生命中，不斷地有得到和失落。于是，看不見的，看見了；遺忘的，記住了。然而，看不見的，是不是就等于不存在？記住的，是不是永遠(yuǎn)不會消失？

There is someone that is coming or passing away in your life around the clock, so you may lose sight of those seen, and forget those remembered.There is gain and loss in your life, so you may catch sight of those unseen, and remember those forgotten.Nevertheless, doesn‘t the unseen exist for sure? Will the remembered remain forever?

Don't take to heart every thing you hear.Don't spend all that you have.Don't sleep as long as you want;不要輕信你聽到的每件事，不要花光你的所有，不要想睡多久就睡多久；

Love deeply and ardently, even if there is pain, but this is the way to make your life complete;深情熱烈地愛，也許會受傷，但這是使人生完整的唯一方法；

Never regret.If it's good, it's wonderful.If it's bad, it's experience.永遠(yuǎn)別后悔，因?yàn)槿绻^去是好的，完美，如果過去是不好的，那也是經(jīng)驗(yàn)和智慧 – Victoria Holt It's better to try hard to love yourself more than to wait someone to love u.if today u don't like yourself more than yesterday, so what's the meaning of tomorrow? 與其等別人來愛你，不如自己學(xué)著努力多愛自己一些，如果今天的你沒有比昨天更喜歡自己，那明天對你來說又有什么意義呢？ In life we all have an unspeakable secret, an irreversible regret, an unreachable dream and an unforgettable love.------人的一生，都有一些說不出的秘密，挽不回的遺憾，觸不到的夢想，忘不了的愛。

Find someone who thinks you`re impossible to be with, but stays anyway.如果你遇到一個覺得你不可相處，卻還留在你身邊的人，那就是他了。It's better to try hard to love yourself more than to wait someone to love u.if today u don't like yourself more than yesterday, so what's the meaning of tomorrow? 與其等別人來愛你，不如自己學(xué)著努力多愛自己一些，如果今天的你沒有比昨天更喜歡自己，那明天對你來說又有什么意義呢？ If you're brave enough to say GOODBYE, life will reward you with a new HELLO.只要你勇敢地說出再見，生活一定會賜予你一個新的開始。

The more you know who you are, and what you want, the less you let things upset you.你越了解你自己，知道自己想要什么，就越不會被那些事情阻礙到。Today I shed my old skin, which has too long suffered the bruises of failure

and the wounds of mediocrity.Today I begin a new life.—— 今天，我爬出滿是失敗創(chuàng)傷的老繭。今天，我要開始新的生活。

Meeting you was fate, becoming your friend was a choice,but falling in love with you was beyond my control遇見你是命運(yùn)的安排，成為了朋友是我的選擇，而愛上你是我無法控制的意外

Life is short, live it.Love is rare, grab it.Anger is bad, dump it.Fear is awful, face it.Memories are sweet, cherish it.人生苦短，用心生活。真愛不多，好好把握。生氣無益，及早拋棄。恐懼很糟，勇敢面對。甜蜜記憶，好好珍惜。

Don't make promise when you're in joy.Don't reply when you're sad.Don'take decisions when you're angry.Think twice,act wise.別在喜悅時許諾，別在憂傷時回答，別在憤怒時做決定。三思而后行。

You can hurt with your words but sometimes you can hurt more with your silence.生活中，你說的話可能會傷到別人，但有時候，你的沉默會讓人傷得更深。

If you love a girl, it's better to fight for her happiness than to abandon her for the sake of her happiness愛一個女孩子與其為了她的幸福而放棄她不如留住她，為她幸福而努力。

Don’t complain that life is too unfair to you just because life simply does not know who you are.------不要抱怨生活對你不公平，因?yàn)樯罡揪筒恢滥闶钦l。

In life we all have an unspeakable secret, an irreversible regret, an unreachable dream and an unforgettable love.------人的一生，都有一些說不出的秘密，挽不回的遺憾，觸不到的夢想，忘不了的愛。

Enjoy the little things in life ,for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.有時候你不得不笑，表現(xiàn)得好像一切OK，然后，忍著眼淚走開。

Miss you so much, Miss your hug, like toothbrush squeeze the toothpaste, so tightly but sweet.真的好想你，想你的擁抱，就像牙刷緊緊地?fù)肀е栏啵绱颂鹈邸?/p>

Did you know that everytime she thinks of you she smiles。有沒有那么一個人，你一想到他（她），就會甜甜地微笑。。

Warmness is luxury, which is reflected by deep cold and hurt.溫暖是奢侈的東西，奢侈到需要用很深的寒冷和疼痛才能體現(xiàn)。

I'm not perfect,I make mistakes,I hurt people,but when I say sorry,I mean it!我知道我并不完美，我犯了一些錯，傷害了一些人，但是當(dāng)我說“對不起”的時候，我是認(rèn)真的！

We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone.Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.我們出生時是孤單的，也孤單的活著，最后孤單的離開人士，只有愛和友誼能創(chuàng)造不再孤單的幻想。-Orson Welles It's better to try hard to love yourself more than to wait someone to love u.if today u don't like yourself more than yesterday, so what's the meaning of tomorrow? 與其等別人來愛你，不如自己學(xué)著努力多愛自己一些，如果今天的你沒有比昨天更喜歡自己，那明天對你來說又有什么意義呢？ A true friend is some one who reaches your hands and touches your heart.一個真正的朋友是向你伸出手，觸動你心靈的人.So we meet and get to know each other well;we travel in company and write poems with life.所以我們相遇而知，我們結(jié)伴同行，用生命寫下詩章

【生活感悟】When you forgive, you set a prisoner free.And then you discover that the prisoner was you——當(dāng)你寬恕的時候，等于釋放了一個囚徒，然后你會發(fā)現(xiàn)，那個囚徒就是你自己。

Sometimes you need to step outside, clear your head, and remind yourself of who you are and where you wanna be.有時候你需要退開一點(diǎn)，清醒一下，然后提醒自己，我是誰，要去哪里。

Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.? 繁榮只是值得被利用的一種環(huán)境和工具，并非值得崇拜的神跡 – Calvin Coolidge

Life is like a multiple choice question.Sometimes, the choices confuse you, not the question itself——人生就像是一道多項(xiàng)選擇題，困擾你的，往往是眾多的選擇項(xiàng)，而不是題目本身。

I sit at my window this morning where the world like a passer-by stops for a moment, nods to me and goes.—— 我今晨坐在窗前，世界如一個路人似的，停留了一會，向我點(diǎn)點(diǎn)頭又走了過去。

When the world says,“Give Up!” Hope whispers,“Try it one more time”.當(dāng)你仍想繼續(xù)，永遠(yuǎn)不要說再見；當(dāng)你還能承受，永遠(yuǎn)不要說放棄；當(dāng)你舍不得一個人，永遠(yuǎn)永遠(yuǎn)不要說你不再愛他（她）。

That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.誰的快樂最廉價，誰就是最富有的人 – Henry David Thoreau People laugh and people cry;Some give up, Some always try;Some say hi while some say bye;Others may forgets u but never will I.有人歡喜有人憂；有人放棄，也會有人執(zhí)著；有人走進(jìn)你的世界，同時也會有人離開；或許會有人將你遺忘，但那絕對不會是我。

If you hate me, I don't really care.I don't live to please you!如果你討厭我，我一點(diǎn)也不介意，我活著不是為了取悅你。

Here’s my love.Take it.Here’s my heart, don’t break it.Here’s my hand, hold it.And together we will make it forever.這是我的愛，收下吧。這是我的心，別打碎了。這是我的手，握好了。我們一起，永遠(yuǎn)永遠(yuǎn)。Only few people know that life is beautiful for lacking something.The so-called turning-around is that u not only miss the sun in day time but also the stars at night.—只有很少的人才懂得，人生是因?yàn)槿焙抖利悾^的回頭，只不過是丟掉了白天的太陽之后，又錯過了夜晚的星星。No way, because everyone else is pretending to serious, I had to pretend to be serious.沒辦法，因?yàn)閯e人都在假裝正經(jīng)，我只好假裝不正經(jīng)。

The rain falls because the sky can no longer handle its weight.Just like the tears fall because the heart can no longer handle the pain.雨水落下來是因?yàn)樘炜諢o法承受它的重量，眼淚掉下來是因?yàn)樾脑僖矡o法承受那樣的傷痛。

We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone.Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.我們出生時是孤單的，也孤單的活著，最后孤單的離開人士，只有愛和友誼能創(chuàng)造不再孤單的幻想。-Orson Welles It takes being away from someone for a while, to realize how much you really need them in your life.有的時候，你需要離開某人一段時間，才會發(fā)現(xiàn)自己有多需要他。

Dream what you want to dream；go where you want to go；be what you want to be，because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do.-做你想做的夢吧，去你想去的地方吧，成為你想成為的人吧，因?yàn)槟阒挥幸淮紊粋€機(jī)會去做你所有想做的事。

Our greatest glory consists not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.—— 我們最值得自豪的不在于從不跌倒，而在于每次跌倒之后都爬起來。

It has only taken us from the past to the present.It has also obscured my memories, but never ever taken them away.We seem to have lost something that is yet not so important.時間讓我們從過去到現(xiàn)在 沖淡的是回憶 帶不走的也是回憶 好像身邊少了一些什么 但也不那么重要了.You know my loneliness is only kept for you, my sweet songs are only sung for you.—— 你可知我百年的孤寂只為你一人守侯，千夜的戀歌只為你一人而唱

Sometimes the right person for you was there all along.You just didn't see it because the wrong one was blocking the sight.有時候，那個人就在你身邊。只是你不知道他的存在，因?yàn)殄e誤的人擋住了你的視線。

Only few people know that life is beautiful for lacking something.The so-called turning-around is that u not only miss the sun in day time but also the stars at night——只有很少的人才懂得，人生是因?yàn)槿焙抖利悾^的回頭，只不過是丟掉了白天的太陽之后，又錯過了夜晚的星星。

The best way to get over someone, is to get under someone else.忘記某個人最好的方法，就是喜歡上其他人。《 Gossip Girl》

Never regret.If it's good, it's wonderful.If it's bad, it's experience.? 永遠(yuǎn)別后悔，因?yàn)槿绻^去是好的，完美，如果過去是不好的，那也是經(jīng)驗(yàn)和智慧 – Victoria Holt ?Everyone is a king of pain by regret,just take it,count as freckles,or canine tooth.?生命中總有無法承受的遺憾之痛，就當(dāng)它是個雀斑，是顆虎牙，接受它在那就好了。

Dream what you want to dream；go where you want to go；be what you want to be，because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do.-做你想做的夢吧，去你想去的地方吧，成為你想成為的人吧，因?yàn)槟阒挥幸淮紊粋€機(jī)會去做你所有想做的事

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第五篇：英語美文欣賞

[美文欣賞]

“We are reading the first verse of the first chapter of a book whose pages are infinite...”

I do not know who wrote those words, but I have always liked them as a reminder that the future can be anything we want to make it.We can take the mysterious, hazy future and carve out of it anything that we can imagine, just as a sculptor carves a statue from a shapeless stone.We are all in the position of the farmer.If we plant a good seed, we reap a good harvest.If our seed is poor and full of weeds, we reap a useless crop.If we plant nothing at all, we harvest nothing at all.I want the future to be better than the past.I don’t want it contaminated by the mistakes and errors with which history is filled.We should all be concerned about the future because that is where we will spend the remainder of our lives.The past is gone and static.Nothing we can do will change it.The future is before us and dynamic.Everything we do will affect it.Each day brings with it new frontiers, in our homes and in our business, if we only recognize them.We are just at the beginning of the progress in every field of human endeavor.[參考譯文]

“我們正在讀一本書的第一章第一行，這本書的頁數(shù)是無限的??”

我不知道是誰寫的，可我很喜歡這句話，它提醒我們未來是由自己創(chuàng)造的。我們可以把神秘、不可知的未來塑造成我們想象中的任何模樣，猶如雕刻家將未成形的石頭刻成雕像。

我們每個人都像是農(nóng)夫。灑下良種將有豐收，播下劣種或生滿野草便將毀去收成。沒有耕耘則會一無所獲。

我希望未來比過去更加美好，希望未來不會沾染歷史的錯誤與過失。我們都應(yīng)舉目向前，因我們的余生要用未來書寫。

往昔已逝，靜如止水；我們無法再作改變。而前方的未來正生機(jī)勃勃；我們所做的每一件事都將會影響著它。只要我們認(rèn)識到這些，無論是在家中還是在工作上，每天我們的面前都會展現(xiàn)出新的天地。

在人類致力開拓的每一片領(lǐng)域上，我們正站在進(jìn)步的起跑點(diǎn)。

[美文欣賞]

To a large degree, the measure of our peace of mind is determined by how much we are able to live on 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 variety of things--all at once.We allow past problems and future concerns to dominate your 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 ourselves 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 Lennone 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 lives 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 our attention is in the present moment, we push fear from our minds.Fear is the concern over events that might happen in the future--we won't have enoughh money, our children will get into trouble, we will get old and die, whatever.To combat fear, the best stradegy is to learn to bring your attention back to the present.Mark Twain said,“I have been through some terrible things in life, some of which actually happened.” I don't think I can say it any better.Practice keeping your attention on the here and now.Your effort will pay great dividends.[參考譯文]

我們內(nèi)心是否平和在很大程度上是由我們是否能生活在現(xiàn)實(shí)之中所決定的．不管昨天或去年發(fā)生了什么，不管明天可能發(fā)生或不發(fā)生什么，現(xiàn)實(shí)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(jīng)兮兮的藝術(shù)，即把生活中的大部分時間花在為種種事情擔(dān)心憂慮上－－而且常常是同時憂慮許多事情．

我們聽?wèi){過去的麻煩和未來的擔(dān)心控制我們此時此刻的生活，以至我們整日焦慮不安，委靡不振，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(yīng)優(yōu)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，如此告戒我們朝前看的大腦動力只能重復(fù)來重復(fù)去，以至“有朝一日”不會真的來臨．約翰．列儂曾經(jīng)說過：“生活就是當(dāng)我們忙于制定別的計劃時發(fā)生的事．”當(dāng)我們忙于指定種種＂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了．一句話，我們錯過了生活。

許多人的生活好象是某個未來日子的彩排，并非如此。事實(shí)上，沒人能保證他或她肯定還活著。現(xiàn)在是我們所擁有的唯一時間，現(xiàn)在也是我們能控制的唯一的時間。當(dāng)我們將注意力放在此時此刻時，我們就將恐懼置于腦后。恐懼就是我們擔(dān)憂某些事情會在未來發(fā)生－－我們不諱有足夠的錢，我們的孩子會惹上麻煩，我們會變老，會死去，諸如此類。

若要克服恐懼心理，最佳策略是學(xué)會將你的注意力拉回此時此刻。馬克．吐溫說過：“我經(jīng)歷過生活中一些可怕的事情，有些的確發(fā)生過。”我想我說不出比這更具內(nèi)涵的話。經(jīng)常將注意力集中于此情此景，此時此刻，你的努力終會有豐厚的報償。

[美文欣賞]

Everybody has blue days.These are miserable days when you feel lousy, grumpy, lonely, and utterly exhausted.Days when you feel small and insignificant, when everything seems just out of reach.You can’t rise to the occasion.Just getting started seems impossible.On blue days you can become paranoid that everyone is out to get you.This is not always such a bad thing.You feel frustrated and anxious, which can induce a nail-biting frenzy that can escalate into a triple-chocolate-mud-cake-eating frenzy in a blink of an eye!On blue days you feel like you’re floating in an ocean of sadness.You’re about to burst into tears at any moment and you don’t even know why.Ultimately, you feel like you’re wandering through life without purpose.You’re not sure how much longer you can hang on, and you feel like shouting,“Will someone please shoot me!”It doesn’t take much to bring on a blue day.You might just wake up not feeling or looking your best,find some new wrinkles, put on a little weight, or get a huge pimple on your nose.You could forget your date’s name or have an embarrassing photograph published.You might get dumped,divorced, or fired, make a fool of yourself in public, be afflicted with a demeaning nickname,or just have a plain old bad-hair day.Maybe work is a pain in the butt.You’re under major pressure to fill someone else’s shoes,your boss is picking on you, and everyone in the office is driving you crazy.You might have a splitting headache,or a slipped dish, bad breath, a toothache,chronic gas, dry lips, or a nasty ingrown toenail.Whatever the reason, you’re convinced that someone up there doesn’t like you.Oh what to do, what to do?

[參考譯文]

每個人都有憂郁的時候。

那些日子真是慘透了，你覺得心里亂糟糟的、怨氣叢生、寂寞、整個人徹底的精疲力竭。那些日子總會讓你感到自己的渺小和微不足道，每件事情似乎都夠不著邊。你根本無法振作起來。

根本沒有力氣重新開始。在憂郁的日子里，你可能變成偏執(zhí)狂，覺得每個人都想要吃定你。其實(shí)情況并不總是那么糟。你感到灰心、焦慮，可能開始神經(jīng)質(zhì)地拼命咬指甲，然后不可救藥地陷入一眨眼吃掉三大塊巧克力蛋糕的瘋狂！在憂郁的日子里，你會覺得自己在悲傷的海里沉沉浮浮。不論在什么時候，你總有種想哭的沖動，卻不知道為了什么。最后，你覺得自己猶如行尸走肉，失去生活目標(biāo)。

你不知道自己還可以撐多久，然后你想大喊一聲：“誰來一槍把我打死吧！” 其實(shí)一點(diǎn)小事就讓你一天都郁悶難當(dāng)。也許只是一覺醒來，沒有感覺到或者看到自己最棒的一面，發(fā)現(xiàn)自己又多了幾條皺紋，又重了幾斤，或是鼻子上冒出了一個大包。你可能忘記了約會對象的名字，或是有張可笑的照片被登出來。你或許被人拋棄、離了婚，或是被開除，當(dāng)眾出丑，被刻薄的綽號弄得心亂如麻，或許只因?yàn)槟愕谜祉斨粋€其丑無比的發(fā)型。也許工作讓你痛苦得如坐針氈。你在強(qiáng)大的壓力下頂替他人的位置，你的老板對你百般挑剔，辦公室里的每一個人都讓你發(fā)瘋。你可能會頭疼欲裂，或重心不穩(wěn)跌個正著，口臭、牙痛、不停放屁、口干舌燥，或是指甲長到肉里頭了。不管什么原因，你確定上面有人不喜歡你。唉，該怎么辦，到底該怎么辦呢？

[美文欣賞]

“We are reading the first verse of the first chapter of a book whose pages are infinite...”

I do not know who wrote those words, but I have always liked them as a reminder that the future can be anything we want to make it.We can take the mysterious, hazy future and carve out of it anything that we can imagine, just as a sculptor carves a statue from a shapeless stone.We are all in the position of the farmer.If we plant a good seed, we reap a good harvest.If our seed is poor and full of weeds, we reap a useless crop.If we plant nothing at all, we harvest nothing at all.I want the future to be better than the past.I don’t want it contaminated by the mistakes and errors with which history is filled.We should all be concerned about the future because that is where we will spend the remainder of our lives.The past is gone and static.Nothing we can do will change it.The future is before us and dynamic.Everything we do will affect it.Each day brings with it new frontiers, in our homes and in our business, if we only recognize them.We are just at the beginning of the progress in every field of human endeavor.[參考譯文]

“我們正在讀一本書的第一章第一行，這本書的頁數(shù)是無限的……”

我不知道是誰寫的，可我很喜歡這句話，它提醒我們未來是由自己創(chuàng)造的。我們可以把神秘、不可知的未來塑造成我們想象中的任何模樣，猶如雕刻家將未成形的石頭刻成雕像。

我們每個人都像是農(nóng)夫。灑下良種將有豐收，播下劣種或生滿野草便將毀去收成。沒有耕耘則會一無所獲。

我希望未來比過去更加美好，希望未來不會沾染歷史的錯誤與過失。我們都應(yīng)舉目向前，因我們的余生要用未來書寫。

往昔已逝，靜如止水；我們無法再作改變。而前方的未來正生機(jī)勃勃；我們所做的每一件事都將會影響著它。只要我們認(rèn)識到這些，無論是在家中還是在工作上，每天我們的面前都會展現(xiàn)出新的天地。

在人類致力開拓的每一片領(lǐng)域上，我們正站在進(jìn)步的起跑點(diǎn)。

[美文欣賞]

Today I begin a new life.And I make a solemn oath to myself that nothing will retard my new life's growth.I will lose not a day from these readings for that day cannot be retrieved nor can I substitute another for it.I must not , I will not, break this habit of daily reading from these scrolls and, in truth, the few moments spent each day on this new habit are but a small price to pay for the happiness and success that will be mine.As I read and re-read the words in the scrolls to follow, never will I allow the brevity of each scroll nor the simplicity of its words to cause me to treat the scroll's message lightly.Thousands of grapes are pressed to fill one jar with wine, and the grapeskin and pulp are tossed to the birds.So it is with these grapes of wisdom from the ages.Much has been filtered and tossed to the wind.Only the pure truth lies distilled in the words to come.I will drink as instructed and spill not a drop.And the seed of success I will swallow.Today my old skin has become as dust.I will walk tall among men and they will know me not , for today I am a new man, with a new life.[參考譯文]

今天，我開始新的生活

我鄭重地發(fā)誓，絕不讓任何事情妨礙我新生命的成長。在閱讀這些讀物的時候，我絕不浪費(fèi)一天的時間，因?yàn)闀r光一去不返，失去的日子是無法彌補(bǔ)的。我也絕不打破每天閱讀的習(xí)慣。事實(shí)上，每天在這些新習(xí)慣上花費(fèi)少許時間，相對于可能獲得的愉樂與成功而言，只是微不足道的代價。

當(dāng)我閱讀書卷中的字句時，絕不能因?yàn)槲淖值木珶挾鲆晝?nèi)容的深沉。一瓶葡萄美酒需要千百顆果子釀制而成，果皮和渣子拋給小鳥。葡萄的智慧代代相傳，有些被過濾，有些被淘汰，隨風(fēng)飄逝。只有純正的真理才是永恒的。它們就精煉在我要閱讀的文字中。我要依照指示，絕不浪費(fèi)，飲下成功的種子。

今天，我的老繭化為塵埃。我在人群中昂首闊步，不會有人認(rèn)出我來，因?yàn)槲也辉偈沁^去的自己、我已擁有新的生命。