What is your most ideal day? Do you know exactly how you want to live your life for the next five days, five weeks, five months or five years? When was the last best day of your life? When is the next?
你最理想的一天生活是怎样的?你知道你想怎样度过接下来的五天、五周、五个月甚至五年吗?你度过的最后一个美好的一天是什么时候?下一个美好的一天又将何时到来?
The best day of our lives is today. The past is no longer here. We cannot enjoy it any longer. To dwell on the past is to waste the opportunity to enjoy the present. The future is a promise, a time that will not come because what we have is only today. When tomorrow comes, it will not be tomorrow any more; it becomes your today. You cannot enjoy tomorrow unless you know how to enjoy your today. If you are to live thirty more years, you are going to experience 10,950 todays. But every day that passes without your notice is a day cut off from your life. Your life is a day shorter every new day.
在我们的生活中,今天是最美好的。过去已经消逝,我们无法再享受它。沉溺于过去只会糟蹋了享受现在的机会。未来是一句承诺,一段尚未来到的时光,因为我们拥有的只是现在。当明天到来,它也即将不再是明天,而变成你的今天。只有当你懂得如何珍视今天,你才能学会如何享受明天。如果你还有三十年的光阴,你将经历10950个今天。但每一个逝去却得不到你注意的日子都是生命的一天损失。每一个崭新的一天都意味着生命随之减少一天。
Each day is a decision to live. Today is a gift; this is why it is called the "present". How you use this day is up to you. At each new day, you decide whether to unwrap that gift, or let it stay in the corner and spoil. Each day is a decision to live your ideal life.
每天都是一次生活地选择。今天是一份礼物,这也正是为什么它被称作"礼物"(英文中,"现在"一词也有"礼物"地意思)。你将如何利用这一天是你地选择。每天,你都要作出选择:是拆开这份礼物,还是把它留在墙角,毁掉它。每天都是一次通往理想生活地抉择。
Once there were two mice. They were friends. One mouse lived in the country; the other mouse lived in the city. After many years the Country mouse saw the City mouse; he said, "Do come and see me at my house in the country." So the City mouse went. The City mouse said, "This food is not good, and your house is not good. Why do you live in a hole in the field? You should come and live in the city. You would live in a nice house made of stone. You would have nice food to eat. You must come and see me at my house in the city."
The Country mouse went to the house of the City mouse. It was a very good house. Nice food was set ready for them to eat. But just as they began to eat they heard a great noise. The City mouse cried, " Run! Run! The cat is coming!" They ran away quickly and hid.
After some time they came out. When they came out, the Country mouse said, "I do not like living in the city. I like living in my hole in the field. For it is nicer to be poor and happy, than to be rich and afraid."
从前，有两只老鼠，它们是好朋友。一只老鼠居住在乡村，另一只住在城里。很多年以后，乡下老鼠碰到城里老鼠，它说：“你一定要来我乡下的家看看。”于是，城里老鼠就去了。乡下老鼠领着它到了一块田地上它自己的家里。它把所有最精美食物都找出来给城里老鼠。城里老鼠说：“这东西不好吃，你的家也不好，你为什么住在田野的地洞里呢？你应该搬到城里去住，你能住上用石头造的漂亮房子，还会吃上美味佳肴，你应该到我城里的家看看。”
乡下老鼠就到城里老鼠的家去。房子十分漂亮，好吃的东西也为他们摆好了。可是正当他们要开始吃的时候，听见很大的一阵响声，城里的老鼠叫喊起来：“快跑！快跑！猫来了！”他们飞快地跑开躲藏起来。
过了一会儿，他们出来了。当他们出来时，乡下老鼠说：“我不喜欢住在城里，我喜欢住在田野我的洞里。因为这样虽然贫穷但是快乐自在，比起虽然富有却要过着提心吊胆的生活来说，要好些。
Lots of people lose hope at the so-called 11th hour1. In sports terms, we say that they lose hope just before the finishing line. They don’t think that they can be winners in life, but the truth is they can.
很多人在"最后关头"丧失了希望。在体育领域这个词是指人们在靠*终点线的前一刻放弃了希望。他们认为自己无法赢得生活的精彩,但事实上,他们可以。
The 11th hour is the point when most people feel the pain. It is an important moment that decides whether you succeed or not. Champions always put in extra effort to become winners and succeed. Those who don’t put in extra effort leave the race with nothing. All they need to win the race is a little extra effort at that last point. This is the difference between winners and losers.
大多数人往往在"最后关头"会感到痛苦。但这是一个决定你能否成功的关键时刻。成为冠军的人往往会再加一把劲儿从而最终成为胜利者。而那些没有坚持到最后的人却一无所获地离开赛场。其实他们获得成功只需要在最后时刻再付出那么一点点努力。这就是胜者与败者的区别。
I know you have the ability to be a champion. The race will not be easy, but it can be won. You need to put in extra effort when trying to achieve your goal. Just do a little bit more. This is what will separate you from others who seek to be where you are. When you want to give up or slow down because you feel tired, try to keep on going until you reach the finishing line. You can do it because you still have strength within you.
我相信你有能力成为冠军。比赛是不轻松,但你同样可以赢得胜利。为了达成目标你需要不懈努力。再多付出一点点。而这将把你与其他人区分开,这将决定你是否能成为冠军。当你因为疲惫而想到放弃或减速慢行的时候,试着再努力一次,努力坚持到终点线。你可以做到,因为你自身拥有强大的力量。
Long ago, there was a big cat in the house. He caught many mice while they were stealing food.从前，一所房子里面有一只大猫，他抓住了很多偷东西的老鼠。
One day the mice had a meeting to talk about the way to deal with their common enemy. Some said this, and some said that.At last a young mouse got up, and said that he had a good idea.一天，老鼠在一起开会商量如何对付他们共同的敌人。会上大家各有各的主张，最后，一只小老鼠站出来说他有一个好主意。
"We could tie a bell around the neck of the cat. Then when he comes near, we can hear the sound of the bell, and run away." “我们可以在猫的脖子上绑一个铃铛，那么如果他来到附*，我们听到铃声就可以马上逃跑。”
Everyone approved of this proposal, but an old wise mouse got up and said, "That is all very well, but who will tie the bell to the cat?" The mice looked at each other, but nobody spoke.大家都赞同这个建议，这时一只聪明的老耗子站出来说：“这的确是个绝妙的主意，但是谁来给猫的脖子上绑铃铛呢?”老鼠们面面相觑，谁也没有说话。
说到电视机想必大家都见过，但收音机有人知道但不一定会用吧。现在的网络条件比之前好，以至于现在很多年轻人都忽视了收音机，下面来看看今天的双语故事短文：收音机和电视机。
Radio and television are very popular in the world today. Millions of people watch TV. Perhaps more people listen to the radio.
现在，收音机和电视机在世界上都很流行。数以百万计的人看电视。也许听收音机的人更多。
The TV is more useful than the radio.
电视机比收音机更有用。
On TV we can see and hear what is happening in the world.
在电视上我们可以看到和听到世界上正在发生的事。
But radio isn‘t lost. It is still with us.
可是收音机并没有消失，它还和我们在一起。
That’s because a radio is very small， and it‘s easy to carry. You can put one in your pocket and listen to it on the bus or on your bike when you go to school.
这是因为收音机很小，便于携带。你可以放在口袋里，在坐车或汽车上学时收听。
——英语小短文翻译对照 (菁华6篇)
Saving water
As we all know water plays an important part in peoples daily lives. More and more water is needed in the modern society. So we should try to save it.
我们都知道，水在人们日常生活中，扮演重要的角色。现代生活中，我们需要越来越多的水，所以我们应该保护它。
Now many places are short of water. For example, a big drought hit the Southwest of China at the beginning of this year. especially Yunnan province, milions of people has not got enough water for common life. A lot of rivers and lakes are polluted. Whats worse, many people are wasting water seriously.
现在很多地方缺水，今年年初在*西南部就发生严重的干旱，特别是云南地区，数以万计的人们没有充足的水资源供日常使用。很多河流湖泊被污染，更严重的是，人们对水浪费严重。
In order to protect water, lets do something to fight against all kinds of pollution and waste of water.
为了保护水资源，让我们付出行动抵制水污染和浪费的行为吧。
The sun changed green
Absurd，absurd，really absurd。The sun unexpectedly changes green!What is happening?Is the sun catches up with fashionably trades the new clothing，Or fell ill?What under did the green suns world have to change：
The tree，Changed green;The grass, changed green。On earth all changed green, including desert.
太阳变绿了
荒唐，荒唐，真荒唐，太阳居然变绿啦！这是怎么回事呢？是太阳赶时髦换新装，还是生病了？绿色太阳下的世界发生了什么变化呢？
树，变绿了；草，变绿了。大地上的一切都变绿了，包括沙漠。
I am so afraid of the exam, because I want to be No.1 all the time, I just want my parents to be happy. Every time when I get the high marks, I will show it to my parents and they will be very happy and proud of me. But this time, I don’t do well in the exam, I am so careless, I am afraid that my parents will let down, I am not going to tell them the result. When I go home, my mother looks at me and I don’t seem to be happy. I rush to my room, then my mother asks me what happened, I decide to be honest and tell her the exam. She smiles and tells me that she doesn’t care my result, she is still proud of me, she believes me can do well next time. I am so happy to be honest to my parents.
我很害怕考试，因为我总是想成为第一名，我只是想要让父母开心。每次当我拿到高分的时候，我会展示给我的父母看，他们也会很开心，并为我感到自豪。但是这一次，我在考试中没能做好，我很粗心，害怕让我的父母失望了，我不打算告诉他们考试的结果。当我回到家里，妈妈看着我，我看上去不开心。我冲回房间，然后妈妈问我发生了什么事情，我决定坦诚，告诉她考试的事情。她笑了笑，告诉我她不在意我的分数，她仍然为我感到自豪，她相信我下次能做得好。我很开心对父母坦诚。
Flow. This is a popular concept on the Internet these days — the state we enter when we are completely focused on the work or task before us. We are so immersed in our task that we lose track of time. Having work and leisure that gets you in this state of flow will almost undoubtedly lead to happiness. People find greatest enjoyment not when they’re passively mindless, but when they’re absorbed in a mindful challenge. Action steps: Find work that you’re passionate about. Seriously — this is an extremely important step. Find hobbies that you’re passionate about. Turn off the TV — this is the opposite of flow — and get outside and do something that truly engages you.
流动。这是最*网络上一个流行的概念——当我们全神贯注于眼前的工作和任务时我们进入的状态。我们太过沉浸于我们的任务以至于没了时间观念。拥有工作和休闲会让你出于流动的状态，这几乎毫无疑问会让你幸福。当人们被动地没有意识时不会找寻到巨大地愉悦感，这种感觉只有当他们专注于挑战时才能获得。动作步骤：找一份你热爱地工作。这是至关重要地一步。在找一个你有兴趣地爱好。关掉电视机(这是流动的反面)，走到户外，进行些你能够真正参与进去的活动。
Today, I visited the Xishan Park with my parents. The sun shone in the sky and the sky was blue. The city was noisy, but park was quiet. The wind was cold, but my heart was hot.There are all kinds of trees stand there, just like solders protect ourhomeland.
今天，我和爸爸妈妈一起去西山公园。太阳在天空中照耀着，天是蓝的。城市很喧嚣，但公园里很静。风是寒冷的，但我的心是暖和的。那儿有各种各样的树站在那儿，就像士兵守卫着我们的家园。
Water is important to us. And lots of people think that water is more than we need. We can use it for a long time.
But that is wrong. The water is less and less now. If we don’t save it it will be disappear quickly.
So we must save them in many different ways. For example when we finish wash the clothes we can use that water to clean the floor. Next we should plant more trees because they can protect and clean it. Next when we see the tap is wasting the water we should turn it off quickly.
We can’t live without water so please save the water. By now by yourselves do it.
【参考译文】
水对我们非常重要。很多人认为水是超出我们所需要的。我们可以使用它很长时间了。
但这是错误的。现在水越来越少。如果我们不保存它它将会很快消失。
所以我们必须拯救他们在很多不同的方式。例如当我们完成洗衣服我们可以使用水来擦地板。接下来我们应该种植更多的树木因为他们可以保护和清理。接下来当我们看到水龙头浪费水我们应该把它关掉。
我们没有水是无法生存的所以请节约用水。现在自己做。
——小英语故事短文带翻译实用五份
A hardworking shopkeeper drove his donkey to the market to buy salt. On their way home, they had to cross a stream. The donkey was very tired, and he slipped on a rock and fell into the water.
To the donkey’s surprise, his load was now much lighter. The water had washed away almost all of the salt. The shopkeeper took the donkey back to the market and bought even more salt than before. This time when they reached the stream, the donkey fell into the water on purpose.
The shopkeeper saw through the donkey’s trick. He returned to the market and bought sponges instead of salt.
When they reached the stream, the donkey used his trick again and fell into the water. But this time the trick was on him. The sponges became heavy with water and the weight of his load greatly increased.
“I hope you’ve learned your lesson,” the shopkeeper said to the donkey. “If you use a trick to avoid work, you will just end up with more work in the end.”
一个勤劳的店主开车送他到市场去买盐。在回家的路上，他们不得不穿过一个小溪。驴子很累了，他在一块岩石上滑了下来，掉进了水里。
驴的惊奇，他的负荷现在要轻得多。水冲走了几乎所有的盐。店主带着驴回到市场，买了更多的盐比以前。这一次，当他们到达小溪的时候，驴就在目的地上。
店主看到驴的把戏。他回到市场，买了海绵，而不是盐。
当他们到小溪的时候，驴子又用诡计又倒在水里。但这次的伎俩是在他。海绵随着水的重量变大了，他负荷的重量大大增加了。
“我希望你吸取了教训，”店主对驴说。“如果你用了一个诡计来逃避工作，你最终会有更多的工作结束。”
There are all kinds of animals in the sea. Look! They are coming. This is an octopus. The octopus is spraying ink. This is a shark. The shark has sharp teeth. This is a whale. The whale shoots water into the air. This is a sea turtle. The sea turtle has a hard shell. These are starfishes. The starfishes have five legs. These are angelfishes. The angelfishes have beautiful colors. This is a lobster. The lobster has strong claws. This is a jellyfish. The jellyfish has a soft body. They are different. But all of them live in the sea.
译文：
在海洋里有各种各样的动物。 看!他们过来了。 这时一条章鱼，章鱼在喷墨。 这是一条鲨鱼，鲨鱼有锐利的牙齿。 这是一只鲸鱼，鲸把水喷射到空中。 这时一直海龟，海龟有坚硬的壳。 这些是海星，海星有五条腿。 这些是扁蛟鱼，扁姣鱼有美丽的花纹。 这是一只龙虾，龙虾有强壮的爪子。 这是一个水母，水母有一个柔软的身体。 他们各不相同，但他们都居住在海洋里。
An old woman had a cat. The cat was very old; she could not run quickly, and she could not bite, because she was so old. One day the old cat saw a mouse; she jumped and caught the mouse. But she could not bite it; so the mouse got out of her mouth and ran away, because the cat could not bite it.
Then the old woman became very angry because the cat had not killed the mouse. She began to hit the cat. The cat said, "Do not hit your old servant. I have worked for you for many years, and I would work for you still, but I am too old. Do not be unkind to the old, but remember what good work the old did when they were young."
译文：
一位老妇有只猫，这只猫很老，老猫跑不快了，也咬不了东西，因为老猫年纪太大了。一天，老猫发现一只老鼠，老猫跳过去抓这只老鼠，然而，老猫咬不住这只老鼠。因此，老鼠从老猫的嘴边溜掉了，因为老猫咬不了它。
于是，老妇很生气，因为老猫没有把老鼠咬死。她开始打这只猫，猫说：“不要打你的老仆人，我已经为你服务了很多年，而且还愿意为你效劳，但是，我实在太老了，对年纪大的不要这么无情，要记住老年人在年青时所做过的有益的事情。”
Are Flies Yummy?
Tony and his father are eating dinner.
Suddenly Tony asks his father, “Dad, are flies yummy?”
Dad frowns and says, “No, I think it’s yucky. Why do you ask me this question? It’s a silly question.”
But Tony says, “ There was one fly in your plate.”
苍蝇好吃吗?
托尼正和他爸爸一起吃晚餐。
突然，托尼问他的爸爸：“爸爸，苍蝇好吃吗?”
爸爸皱眉说：“我想不好吃。你怎么会问这个问题?这可是一个愚蠢的问题。”
可是托尼说：“刚才你盘子里有一只苍蝇。”
One day,a monkey drove his car near a lake.Sudden,he saw a tiger under a tree.The tiger saw him,too.The tiger ran very fast at the monkey.The monkey was very afraid and he and his car fell into the lake.The monkey couldn't swim and he shouted.A rabbit came and he jumped into the lake.The rabbit swam to the monkey but did not help him.Both of them shouted for help.Luckily,a giraffe came along.He was very tall.He helped the rabbit and the monkey.
一天,猴子驾驶了他的汽车在湖附*，他看见一只老虎在树下。老虎也看见了他，老虎跑向猴子，猴子非常地害怕并且他和他的汽车掉进了湖里，猴子不会游泳并且他喊，兔子来了并且他跳入湖中，兔子游向他但不能帮助他。Both他们都喊救命，很幸运，长颈鹿来了。他很高，帮助了兔子和猴子。
——初中英语小短文6篇
The ray of the warm sunlight told us that it was spring. A lion was sleeping peacefully in the forest.
While the lion was fast asleep, a mouse went on top of the lion. The bold mouse played happily on top of the lion. "Yuppie! This is really fun." The mouse ran around thumping and stomping here and there.
The lion was not able to sleep with all the racket. The lion knew that there was someone on top of him. So, the lion made a surprise attack and rolled on the ground.
And the mouse fell over. When the lion saw the mouse he was relieved and said, "Whew! It was only a mouse."
However, far away a fox had seen the scene. The fox laughed mockingly to the lion and said, "Youre as big as a mountain and youre afraid of the mouse. Youre a coward!" The fox kept making fun of the Lion.
Finally the lion spoke, "I wasnt afraid of the mouse. I was only shocked to find a bold enough animal not afraid to run around on top of a lion." When the fox heard this he quietly left.
A mouse once took a bite out of a bulls tail as he lay dozing1. The bull jumped up in a rage and, with his head low to the ground, chased the mouse right across the yard. The mouse was too quick for him, however, and slipped easily into a hole in the wall.
The bull charged the wall furiously again and again, but although he bruised2 his head and chipped his horns, the mouse stayed safely inside his hole. After a time the bull gave up and sank down to rest again.
As soon as the bull was asleep, the little mouse crept to the mouth of the hole, pattered across the yard, bit the bull again -- this time on the nose -- and rushed back to safety. As the bull roared helplessly the mouse squeaked3:
"Its not always the big people who come off best. Sometimes the small ones win, you know."
四月30日，汤姆醒来一看钟，已经8点了。他急忙起床。他没有时间吃早饭，所以没吃早饭就去上学。他背上书包，骑上自行车上学。当他到达校门的时候，校门关着。这时他才知道今天是星期日。
It was May 30th. When Tom woke up, he looked at the clock. Oh, dear! It was 8:00. He got up as quickly as possible. He had no time to eat breakfast, so he went to school without breakfast.
With the bag on his back, he quickly went to school by bike. When he got to the school gate, the gate was closed. He realized that it was Sunday.
Today, we are affected by the commercial ads everywhere. When we open the TV, we will see the ads to advocate us to pursue perfectness, when we walk on the street, there are beautiful stars’ pictures on the shops. So most people have the consciousness that we are not perfect and we should buy some products to make us look perfect. As for me, when I see a very beautiful girl who makes up with thick power, I don’t appreciate her beauty, while when I see a girl who looks so natural and with some spots in her face, I think she is pretty. No one is perfect, the incomplete beauty is the real beauty.
今天,我们受到商业广告无处不在的影响。当我们打开电视,我们会看到广告提倡我们追求完美,当我们走在街上,商店上有美丽的明星的照片。所以大多数人的意识是不完美的,我们应该买一些产品让我们看起来很完美。就我而言,当我看到一个非常美丽的女孩使厚实力,我不欣赏她的美丽,而当我看到一个女孩看起来很自然和一些点在她的脸上,我觉得她很漂亮。没有人是完美的,不完整的美才是真正的美。
Television has come into our lives for many years. We can nearly say that we can’t live happily without television. It can give us the latest information and news. It can open up our eyes and enlarge our knowledge. We can be entertained by the programs on television. Otherwise,we’ll be boring all day if there is no television. Television programs are attractive. After a whole day’s hard work, we can sit before the television enjoying ourselves. How wonderful it is!
电视已经进入到我们的生活很多年了。我们几乎可以说没有电视我们的生活就不会快乐。电视能够给我们最新的信息和新闻。它可以拓展我们的视野和扩大我们的知识面。电视节目可以娱乐我们。否则，如果没有电视的话我们一整天都会很无聊。电视节目很有吸引力。一整天的辛苦工作后，我们可以坐在电视机前享受。这是多美好的事情啊！
However, television also does harm to people’s health. It’s bad for us to watch TV too long, especially bad for our eyes. Besides, watching TV may take the time to study or play on outside world. In short, television is good and we should make use of it appropriately.
然而，电视也会对人们的健康有害。长时间看电视对我们是不好的，特别是有损眼睛。此外，看电视可能会占据大部分学*或者出去玩的时间。总之，电视是好的，我们应该适当利用它。
电视在现今生活是每家的必备品，面对电视，同学们将如何表达呢？
It was sunny and very hot today. I got up early and helped my parents cook breakfast. Then I washed the dishes and cleaned the room.
After a short rest I did my homework in the morning. In the afternoon I went swimming in the nearest swimming pool with my friends.
It was really cool to swim in such a hot day. I surfed the internet and read a storybook in the evening.
I really had a busy and happy day.
——英语小短文 (菁华6篇)
Parents often get angry because of their trouble in their lives. Let's say that your mother is not happy about her boss. If she doesn't have other ways of expressing her emotions, she might come home and yell at you, scream at your dad, kick at the dog, or even say something mean to you.www.xiao84.com
Here's how to handle it when an * in your life has trouble controlling his or her anger: Don't make it worse. Angry people can have trouble thinking clearly, so try not to do or say anything to make things worse. Wait till your parent cools off, then talk to him or her in a calm tone, and try to explain how the anger is affecting you.
父母常常因为他们生活中的烦恼而生气。我们举个例子，比如你妈妈对她的上司不满。假如她没有其他方法发泄她的情绪，她就可能回到家冲你大声嚷嚷，对你爸爸大喊大叫，踢家里的狗，或者甚至对你说一些难听的话。
当你身边的大人控制不住他们的怒火时，你应付的方法是：别让情况变得更糟糕。生气的人很难保持思维清晰，所以不要做，也不要说任何会使事情变得更糟的事或话。先等你的父母*静下来，然后再心*气和地和他们谈，并想办法说明他们的怒火是如何影响你的。
Adult ceremony maybe is not very familiar for our Chinese. Although in the old time, our country also has the tradition to have * ceremony, now most areas have given it up. It is a ceremony to celebrate the children become *s. In German, * ceremony is a traditional festival with a long history. Everyone reaching the age of fourteen is * in their religious belief and custom. Every April or May, they will dress well to take part in the * ceremony with the companion of their parents or friends. At first, there will be a speech spoken by some respectable people. They will remind the kids of their new rights and duties. And then people will congratulate them become *s. Later the *s will hold dancing party for them. This is the German * ceremony. Except German, there are still some places having * ceremony, which will be similar.
**礼对于我们*人来说也许不是很熟悉。虽然在以前，我国也有**仪式的传统，但是现在大部分地区已经摈弃了。这是一个庆祝孩子长大**的仪式。在德国，**礼是一个历史悠久的传统节日。在宗教信仰和*俗里每个年满十四岁的就是**。每年的四月或五月，他们会打扮好在他们的父母或者朋友的陪伴下去参加**礼。首先，会有一个德高望重的人来发言。他们会提醒孩子们新的权利和义务。然后大家就会祝贺他们长大**了。后面人们会为他们举办舞会。这是德国的**礼。除了德国之外，还有一些地方也是存在着相似的**礼。
When someone looks into your eyes they should see something alive within you. Having a dream is lik搜索e owning a lighthouse1 which directs you on your journey.
At every turn we come across its mystery. At each new level we become more of the person we were meant to become. In lonely times, when we pass through a storm of disappointment, we find our faith is unshaken, our strength still strong.
Believe in your faith. Set the vision before your eyes. Write down your most sincere dreams and when the opportunity comes, step into your dream. It may take one season or more, but the result is the same. Make big dreams and then go out and make them realities. The highest hopes of the dreamer are revealed with every step taken in their journey to the impossible. For a season we must protect the dream so that it can grow quietly on the inside. But if we tenderly care for our deepest expectations, slowly but surely the dream will become new life.
Dreaming is an act of faith. The light of your expectations will cast off the shadows of a disbelieving world. God has given us the dreamer as a gift to light an unbelieving world.
Find your treasure within and cherish2 it. Tomorrow is waiting for you to take the first step.
A mouse once took a bite out of a bull's tail as he lay dozing1. The bull jumped up in a rage and, with his head low to the ground, chased the mouse right across the yard. The mouse was too quick for him, however, and slipped easily into a hole in the wall.
The bull charged the wall furiously again and again, but although he bruised2 his head and chipped his horns, the mouse stayed safely inside his hole. After a time the bull gave up and sank down to rest again.
As soon as the bull was asleep, the little mouse crept to the mouth of the hole, pattered across the yard, bit the bull again -- this time on the nose -- and rushed back to safety. As the bull roared helplessly the mouse squeaked3:
"It's not always the big people who come off best. Sometimes the small ones win, you know."
I remember the first time I was three years old sick fluids intravenously, my in the mind very afraid, I tried break out of the hands of a nurse desperately cry, just don't want an injection, the mother comfort I said: "you are sick, an injection will good fast!"
But I still don't listen to, continue to cry, suddenly a few drops of tears in my head, I looked up and saw mom were tears on her face, I stopped crying, cry for the first time I saw mother, I don't want to let my mother sad, now think of mom is worried sad cry. I made an amazing move and I rolled up my sleeves and said to the nurse, "give me a needle!" You see! I'm acting like a man!
我记得我三岁那年生病，第一次要打吊针，我心里非常害怕，我使劲挣脱护士的手，拼命地哭喊，就是不想打针，妈妈安慰我说：“你生病了，打针就好的快了！”
可我还是不听，继续哭闹，突然几滴泪滴在我头上，我抬头看见妈妈脸上都是泪花，我反而不哭了，因为我第一次见妈妈哭，我不想让妈妈伤心，现在想起来妈妈是着急难过的哭了。我当时做出了一个惊人的举动，我挽起袖子对护士说：“给我扎针吧！”你看！我的行动像不像个小男子汉！
The first snow came. How beautiful it was, falling so silently all day long, all night long, on the mountains, on the meadows, on the roofs of the living, on the graves of the dead! All white save the river, that marked its course by a winding black line across the landscape; and the leafless trees, duanwenw.com that against the leaden sky now revealed more fully the wonderful beauty and intricacies of their branches. What silence, too, came with the snow, and what seclusion! Every sound was muffled, every noise changed to something soft and musical. No more tramping hoofs, no more rattling wheels! Only the chiming of the sleigh-bells, beating as swift and merrily as the hearts of children.
By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 作者：亨利.沃兹沃思.朗费罗
翻译：
初雪降临，多么美啊！它整日整夜那么静静地飘着，落在山岭上，落在草地上，落在世人的屋顶上，落在逝者的坟墓上。在一片白茫茫之中，只有河流在美丽的画面上划出一道弯弯曲曲的黑线；还有那叶儿落净的树木，映衬着铅灰色的天空，更显得枝丫交错，姿态万千。初雪飘落时，是何等的.宁谧，何等的幽静！一切声响都趋沉寂，一切噪音都化作柔和的音乐。再也听不见马蹄得得，再也听不见车轮辚辚！唯有雪橇的铃铛，奏出和谐的乐声，那明快欢乐的节拍犹如孩子们心房的搏动。
——励志英语演讲小短文 (菁华5篇)
Good morning teachers y I’m very happy to make a speech here name is Lenglinxuan I’m 12. I come from Class 1 Grade 6 of Henglu Primary School. Now I’ll start my speech my dream. Everyone has his own dream. Some want to be doctors. Others hope to be writes. But my dream is to become a teacher. Because I admire teachers hers can not teach us many things at school，but they do their best to teach us how to learn. Thanks to them，we learn knowledge. And at the same time，we learn how to live a happy life. They spend most time on their students. They are great in my heart. I know it is not easy to make my dream come true. Zhang haidi aunt once said：
"everyone's life is a boat，and ideal is the boat sails." If，say，ideal is a boat to successful，so，I'll take good rudder. From now on I decide to study harder. I’m sure my dream will come true. My speech is over k you for listening.
English is a useful language all over the world. Why are we began to learn English when we were little children? Beacause it is very important for us to learn it.In the world, if you cannot speak English you will lose half a chance to success. I began to learn English when I was 8 years old.At that moment,I do not like English.I connot remember all the words which I have learnt.I think it is very difficult for me to learn it well.So I cannot read English loudly and I never answer the questions in the English classes.
Even if my English is very bad, my teacher stll encourages me to learn English hard and he gives me some ways to learn English. He tells me to read passages loudly and listen to the English tapes everyday morning.In order to progress my writing he also asks me to write some articles at times. I like listen to the English songs,he suggests me to sing the English songs.As a result of his ways my English becomes well.
Now, I like English very well and I still use the ways he tells me.I know I must learn English even hard.
As everyone knows，English is very important today.It has been used everywhere in the world.It has become the most common language on Internet and for
international trade. If we can speak English well，we will have more chance to succeed.Because more and more people have taken notice of it，the number of the people who go to learn English has increased at a high speed.
But for myself，I learn English not only because of its importance and its usefulness，but also because of my love for it.When I learn English， I can feel a different way of thinking which gives me more room to touch the world.When I read English novels，I can feel the pleasure from the book which is different from reading the translation.When I speak English， I can feel the confident from my words.When I write English，I can see the beauty which is not the same as our Chinese...
I love English，it gives me a colorful dream.I hope I can travel around the world one day. With my good English， I can make friends with many people from different contries.I can see many places of great intrests.I dream that I can go to London，because it is the birth place of English.
I also want to use my good English to introduce our great places to the English spoken people，I hope that they can love our country like us.
I know， Rome was not built in a day. I believe that after continuous hard study， one day I can speak English very well.
If you want to be loved， you should learn to love and be lovable. So I believe as I love English everyday ， it will love me too.
I am sure that I will realize my dream one day!
Efforts toward the success of the process, at first glance, like a black tunnel, sight of the head, such as Middle School graduating class of students, there are endless day of work, on the go, feel not enough sleep, many people every day, "the first cantilever cone piercing, to burn the midnight oil", a day in the "two line" between the hard work ... ... every day life is like a copier in print, everything is repeated.
Do not forget, the sun is new!
New, is a beautiful state of mind!
The new sun, Is this not a hope?
Every day see it, is like night and see the light of the black population, is it not a happiness?
Yes, the weight of our heavy burden almost collapsed, too high expectations, we are firmly nailed to the ground, but perhaps the greatest burden is also a symbol of life enriched.
Nietzsche said that people do not suffer the power of pessimism, so we do not have to smile toward victory, but the face of temporary difficulties, we have to smile, but also to heart smile.
ladies and gentlemen , good afternoon! i’m very glad to stand here and give you a short speech. today my topic is “youth”。 i hope you will like it , and found the importance in your youth so that more cherish it.
first i want to ask you some questions:
1、do you know what is youth?
2、how do you master your youth?
youth
youth is not a time of life, it is a state of mind ; it is not rosy cheeks , red lips and supple knees, it is a matter of the emotions : it is the freshness ; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life .
youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity of the appetite , for adventure over the love of ease. this often exists in a man of 60 more than a boy of 20 . ( grows old merely by a number of years . we grow old by deserting our ideals.
years wrinkle the skin , but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul . worry , fear , self –distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust .
whether 60 of 16 , there is in every human being ‘s heart the lure of wonders, the unfailing childlike appetite of what’s next and the joy of the game of living . in the center of your heart and my heart there’s a wireless station : so long as it receives messages of beauty , hope ,cheer, courage and power from men and from the infinite, so long as you are young .
when the aerials are down , and your spirit is covered with snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism, then you are grown old ,even at 20 , but as long as your aerials are up ,to catch waves of optimism , there is hope you may die young at 80.
thank you!
——端午节英语作文加翻译 (菁华3篇)
The Dragon Boat Festival is coming. Do you know the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival? Let me introduce you.
The Dragon Boat Festival is the oldest traditional festival that started in the spring and autumn period and the warring states period in China, this day indispensable activity gradually evolved into: eating zongzi, dragon boat racing, hanging calamus and moxa leaf, smoked rhizoma atractylodis, radix angelicae, drink realgar wine. It is said that eating zongzi and racing dragon boat are to commemorate qu yuan, so after liberation, the Dragon Boat Festival was named "poets day" to commemorate qu yuan. As for hanging calamus, mugwort, smoky, angelica, drinking realgar wine, it is said to be to crush evil spirits. Although the Dragon Boat Festival is over every year, the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival is not very clear.
Wish Dragon Boat Festival to come quickly, can eat fragrant rice dumplings!
端午节要到了，你知道端午节的由来吗？让我来为大家介绍一下吧。
端午节是古老的传统节日，始于*的春秋战国时期，这一天必不可少的活动逐渐演变为：吃粽子，赛龙舟，挂菖蒲、艾叶，熏苍术、白芷，喝雄黄酒。据说，吃粽子和赛龙舟，是为了纪念屈原，所以**后曾把端午节定名为“诗人节”，以纪念屈原。至于挂菖蒲、艾叶，熏苍术、白芷，喝雄黄酒，则据说是为了压邪。尽管端午节年年过，端午节的来历，却不甚清楚，归纳起来，大致有以上诸说。
真希望端午节快点来到，就可以吃到香喷喷的粽子了！
The Dragon Boat Festival， also called the Duanwu Festival， is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese calendar. This festival is to commemorate the death of QU Yuan， an upright and honest poet and statesman who is said to have committed * by drowning himself in a river.
The most important activity of this festival is the Dragon Boat races. It symbolizes people‘s attempts to rescue Qu Yuan. In the current period， these races also demonstrate the virtues of cooperation and teamwork.
Besides， the festival has also been marked by eating zong zi (glutinous rice)。 Zong zi is made of glutinous rice stuffed with different fillings and wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves. People who mourned the death of Qu threw Zong zi into the river to feed his ghost every year.
With the changes of the times， the memorial turns to be a time for protection from evil and disease for the rest of year. People will hang healthy herbs on the front door to clear the bad luck of the house. Although the significance of the festival might be different with the past， it still gives the observer an opportunity to glimpse a part of the rich Chinese cultural heritage.
端午节，又称端阳节，是庆祝第五个月的第五天的农历。这个节日是为了纪念屈原之死，一位正直的诗人和政治家，是说已投江自杀了。
本节最重要的活动是龙舟比赛。它象征着人们试图营救屈原。在当前时期，这些比赛也证明了团队合作的优点。
此外，本节还着在这天吃粽子（糯米饭）。粽子是由糯米饭塞满不同的馅料包在竹叶或芦苇叶。人们哀悼屈原将粽子扔到河里喂他的鬼魂每年。
随着时代的变迁，纪念变成了邪恶和疾病的保护对今年剩下的时间。人们会健康草药在前门摆脱房子的坏运气。虽然这个节日的意义可能与过去不同，但仍然给观察者一个机会，看到了丰富的*文化遗产的一部分。
Dragon Boat Festival is one the very classic traditional festivals, which has been celebrated since the old China. Firstly, it is to in honor of the great poet Qu Yuan, who jumped into the water and ended his life for loving the country. Nowadays, different places have different ways to celebrate.
端午节是一个非常经典的传统节日，自古以来就一直被人们所庆祝。首先，是为了纪念伟大的诗人屈原，屈原跳入水自杀，以此来表达了对这个国家的爱。如今，不同的地方有不同的庆祝方式。
In my hometown, there will be a traditional competition, that is the dragon boat race. People make up the team and fight for the honor. Every boat looks like the dragon and it is the most obvious feature. A lot of people will come to visit or watch the match. Then the game begins. The audience will cheer for the teams and the compe*s try their best to make the boat go fast. It is very lively.
在我的家乡，会有一场传统的龙舟比赛。人们组成不同的团队，为荣誉而战。每条船看起来都像是一条龙，这是最明显的特征。许多人会来参观或观看比赛。然后比赛开始厚，观众就会为队伍加油，选手们尽最大努力让船快点开。气氛非常热闹。
Besides the competition, eating the traditional food zongzi is favored by everyone. For me, it is very delicious. My grandma makes the best zongzi. She has the special recipe and it fits my stomach. So every time I go back hometown, my grandma will make it for me.
除了比赛之外，吃粽子的传统也深受大家喜爱。对我来说，粽子非常美味。我奶奶做的粽子是最好吃的，她有特别的制作方法，非常符合我的胃口。所以每次我回到家乡，奶奶都会给我做粽子。
In other places, drinking the special wine and hanging the leaf are also the tradition. The preserve of the traditional festival makes our culture profound.
在其他地方，喝特殊的酒和挂艾叶也是传统。传统节日的保留使我们的文化博大精深。
——自我介绍英语小短文菁选
自我介绍英语小短文
当到达一个陌生的环境后，我们总归要向他人介绍自己，自我介绍是让陌生人彼此认识的好方法。写起自我介绍来就毫无头绪？以下是小编整理的自我介绍英语小短文，希望对大家有所帮助。
Good morning. I am glad to be here for this interview. First let me introduce myself. My name is xxx， 24. I come from xxxxxx，the capital of xxxxxxxProvince. I graduated from the xxxxxxx department of xxxxxUniversity in July ，20xx.
In the past two years I have been preparing for the postgraduate examination while I have been teaching xxxxxin NO.xxxxmiddle School and I was a head-teacher of a class in junior grade all my hard work has got a result since I have a chance to be interview by you .
I am open-minded ，quick in thought and very fond of history.In my spare time,I have broad interests like many other youngsters.I like reading books, especially those about xxxxxxx.Frequently I exchange with other people by making comments in the forum on line.In addition ，during my college years,I was once a Net-bar technician.
So, I have a comparatively good command of network application.I am able to operate the computer well.I am skillful in searching for information in Internet.I am a football fan for years.Italian team is my favorite.Anyway,I feel great pity for our country’s team.
I always believe that one will easily lag behind unless he keeps on learning .Of course, if I am given a chance to study xxxxxx in this famous University,I will stare no effort to master a good command of advance.
My name is xxx. There are 4 people in my family. My father is a Chemistryteacher. He teaches chemistry in senior high school. My mother is an English teacher. She teaches English in the university. I have a younger brother, he is a junior high school student and is preparing for the entrance exam.
I like to read English story books in my free time. Sometimes I surf the Internet and download the E- books to read. Reading E- books is fun. In addition, it also enlarges my vocabulary words because of the advanced technology and the vivid animations.
I hope to study both English and computer technology because I am interested in both of the subjects. Maybe one day I could combine both of them and ap*** to my research in the future.、
I am . I was born in . I graduate from senior high school and major in English. I started learning English since I was 12 years old. My parents have a lot of American friends. That’s why I have no problem communicating with Americans or others by speaking English.
My name is xxx. Im 9 years old. Im from xx class.My hobby is painting， playing basketball and swimming.My handwriting is not bad.If you want to learn， I can call you.I hope to learn and progress with you.thank you.
My name is LiLi.I am thirty years old .I graduated from the college of fuxin.I work in fuxin county government.In my family ，there are two people，my wife and me. My wife works in a primary school. She is very lovely and beautiful。I'm a bit shy but I love to make friends。
I am very tall. I have two big eyes and a long nose.I like meat、 vegetables and fruits.I like reading books . They are about sports and literature.
In my spare time, I like to play computer games.I have got a new computer.I like soccer、basketball and baseball. But basketball is my favourite. I usually play basketball at the weekend.
Hi， boys and girls, good morning, it is my pleasure to take this change to introduce myself, my name is ***, i am 10 years old. About my family, there are 4 people in my family, father, mother, brother and me, my father and mother are all very kind, welcome you to visit my family if you have time!
I am a very outgoing girl(boy), I like reading、playing games and listening to music, of course, I also like to make friends with all the people in the school, I hope I will be your best friends in the school life.
i expect to graduate in july from the department of industrial engineering of jiangxi university of science and technology, majoring in industrial engineering.
during my college years, i have worked very hard at my major courses, so as to lay a solid foundation of theoretical knowledge. as a result, i have passed all the examinations and achieved excellent academic results in major courses such as statistics, operation researches, system engineering, business management, logistics, statistics and probability theory ，professional english,
outside classroom, i was very active and took part in different social activities. in my junior year, i served as monitor of my class, and received advanced person of jiangxi university of science and technology. since september 20xx, i worked as a part-time business controller at angel of ganzhou, and raised our products’ share by 48.28 percent by 20xx. in addition, i worked rather actively and successfully in certain student’s societies. all those experiences contributed much to the development and promotion of my organizing and social abilities.
After completing my military service, I have been looking for a challenging goal for me to achieve. And I found that the Intermediate of General English Proficiency Test fits my new achievement properly. I graduated from Taipei Commercial Junior College, majored in business administration. Instead of spending much time in playing, I devoted myself to my studies and paid attention to all meaningful things happened in daily life. By the way, I learned a lot from Mr. Wang, the professor of my business class. He is my good friend till now an often gives some appropriate suggestions toward my problem confusion.
My father is, in the same way, a good consultant to me. As he said: I am in poor education, little for you; to clarify, what he have given is far beyond his words, I do think so. I was born in a country of Ping Tung Country, farming is our career of generations. There are four people in my family, Mother is housewife and my brother is a student of an Agriculture College.
I am optimistic and active, and I am confident that I can pass the test. Thank you.
Hello everyone nice to meet you all， my name is Lin Zi Han. Im thriteen years old ,and im currently studying at Ju Xi school ,in class three ,i have a slim face, also im very friendly and especially good with English and personality is that im a strong person nothing can get in my way. my favorite sport is Basketball and i love playing Ping pong,because this is me.
Hello,every one!
My name is xxx .Im a 15 years old boy.
I live in the beautiful city of Rizhao.Im an active ，lovely and clever boy.In the school ， my favourite subject is maths .Perhaps someone thinks its difficult to study well .But I like it.I belive that if you try your best, everything can be done well.I also like sports very much.Such as,running,volleyball and so on. Im kind-hearted.
If you need help ，please come to me .I hope we can be good friends!
OK.This is me .A sunny boy.
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A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer's showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted.
As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited signs that his father had purchased the car. Finally, on the morning of his graduation, his father called him into his private study. His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful wrapped gift box. Curious, but somewhat disappointed, the young man opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound Bible, with the young man's name embossed in gold.
Angrily, he raised his voice to his father and said, "With all your money you give me a Bible?" He then stormed out of the house, leaving the Bible.
Many years passed and the young man was very successful in business. He had a beautiful home and a wonderful family, but realizing his father was very old, he thought perhaps he should go to see him. He had not seen him since that graduation day. Before he could make the arrangements, he received a telegram telling him his father had passed away, and willed all of his possessions to his son. He needed to come home immediately and take care of things.
When he arrived at his father's house, sudden sadness and regret filled his heart. He began to search through his father's important papers and saw the still new Bible, just as he had left it years ago.
With tears, he opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. As he was reading, a car key dropped from the back of the Bible. It had a tag with the dealer's name, the same dealer who had the sports car he had desired. On the tag was the date of his graduation, and the words… "PAID IN FULL".
How many times do we miss blessings because they are not packaged as we expected? I trust you enjoyed this. Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for. Sometimes we don't realize the good fortune we have or we could have because we expect "the packaging" to be different. What may appear as bad fortune may in fact be the door that is just waiting to be opened.
Once upon a time, a man punished his 5-year-old daughter for using up the family's only roll of expensive gold wrapping paper. Money was tight, and he became even more upset when on Christmas Eve, he saw that the child had pasted the gold paper so as to decorate a shoebox to put under the Christmas tree.
Nevertheless, the next morning the little girl, filled with excitement, brought the gift box to her father and said, "This is for you, Daddy!"
As he opened the box, the father was embarrassed by his earlier overreaction.
But when he opened it, he found it was empty and again his anger flared. "Don't you know, young lady, " he said harshly, "when you give someone a present there's supposed to be something inside the package!"
The little girl looked up at him with tears rolling from her eyes and said: "Daddy, it's not empty. I blew kisses into it until it was all full."
The father was crushed. He fell on his knees and put his arms around his precious little girl. He begged her to forgive him for his unnecessary anger.
An accident took the life of the child only a short time later. It is told that the father kept that little gold box by his bed for all the years of his life. Whenever he was discouraged or faced difficult problems he would open the box, take out an imaginary kiss, and remember the love of this beautiful child who had put it there.
In a very real sense, each of us as human beings have been given an invisible golden box filled with unconditional love and kisses from our children, family, friends and God.
There is no more precious possession anyone could hold.
There are moments in life when you miss someone so much that you just want to pick them from your dreams and hug them for real! 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.
May you have enough happiness to make you sweet,enough trials to make you strong,enough sorrow to keep you human,enough hope to make you happy? Always put yourself in others’shoes.If you feel that it hurts you,it probably hurts the other person, too.
The happiest of people don’t necessarily have the best of everything;they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.Happiness lies for those who cry,those who hurt, those who have searched,and those who have tried,for only they can appreciate the importance of people
who have touched their lives.Love begins with a smile,grows with a kiss and ends with a tear.The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past, you can’t go on well in lifeuntil you let go of your past failures and heartaches.
When you were born,you were crying and everyone around you was smiling.Live your life so that when you die,you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.
Please send this message to those people who mean something to you,to those who have touched your life in one way or another,to those who make you smile when you really need it,to those that make you see the brighter side of things when you are really down,to those who you want to let them know that you appreciate their friendship.And if you don’t, don’t worry,nothing bad will happen to you,you will just miss out on the opportunity to brighten someone’s day with this message.
面朝南方Facing South
An old friend used to say to me, "When you are thinking of buying a new house, go and see it on a cloudy day. If you like it then, you need not doubt about liking it in better weather."
一个老朋友曾经告诉我:"当你考虑买一套新房时,就趁阴天的时候过去看房吧。因为如果那时你喜欢它的话,那么在天气晴朗的日子里你一定也会喜欢它。
We all enjoy the sun. The sun is the source of heat and life to the earth. Yet people are still to be found who deliberately shut out the sun from their rooms, and are unmindful of the Italian saying that where the sun does not go the doctor does. In this country, especially, we know the value of "facing south".
"我们都喜欢阳光。太阳是地球上热量与生命的来源。然而,我们仍然发现有些人总是故意关上门,将阳光挡在门外,他们忽略了一句意大利谚语"日光不上门,医生便上门"。在这个国家里,我们都知道"面朝南方"的重要性。
Are we not like houses? We have eyes instead of windows, but we face south, north, east, or west. Who does not know the men and the women facing north? Hard and cold, never letting a ray of sun-shine into their souls. They stand away from all the cheers and warmth of our poor humanity. They are the people who pour cold water on all our enthusiasms, have no faith in human nature, no sympathy with human sufferings.
我们不就像是房子吗?只不过我们没有窗户,但是我们拥有眼睛,我们可以选择面朝各个方向。我们都知道那些面朝北方的人们是怎样的。他们顽固而冷酷,从不让一丝阳光照进他们的心灵。他们总是躲在角落里,拒绝人性的欢乐与温暖。他们总是浇灭旁人热情的火焰,不相信人性,冷眼看待他人的痛苦。
You must know such people. They are not rich people, perfectly healthy, or people without sorrows. On the contrary, they have had a full measure of misfortune. But they have never changed their outlooks4 on life, in their faith in all things working together for good, in their belief that they are in this world to help where help is needed. What a consolation5 such people are! We go to them in entire confidence. We leave them the better and the brighter, with a firmer step, and the determination to win through the difficulties. They are "facing south".
你必定也认识这样一种人:他们不是有钱人,不是身体特别健全的人,也不是无忧无虑的人。相反,他们的生活中充满了不幸。但他们从不改变对生活的态度,在他们看来,所有的事情都在朝着好的方向发展,他们坚持帮助那些需要帮助的人。他们能给人带来极大的安慰!我们满怀信心地靠*他们,离开他们的时候变得更加乐观和开朗,我们的`脚步会变得更为坚定,战胜困难的决心也会更大。他们就是"面朝南方"的人。
自制Self-Control
Self-control is essential to happiness and success.
自制对幸福与成功来说是不可缺少的。
It is the master of all the virtues1, and has its root in self-respect. Let a man yield to his impulses and passions, and from that moment he gives up his moral freedom.
它主宰着一切美德,并植根于自尊之中。假若一个人屈服于冲动或是感情用事,那么,从那一刻起他便放弃了道德自由。
It is the self-discipline of a man that enables him to go after success. Many of the great characters in history have shown this valuable quality. In ordinary life the application is the same. He who would lead must first command himself. The time of test is when everybody is excited or angry, duanwenw.com and then the well-balanced mind comes to the front.
自律促使人们去追求成功。历史上的许多伟人都表现出了这种可贵品质。自律同样适用于日常生活。一个人要想成为领导,他首先必须能掌控自我。当一个人激动或是生气的时候,考验的时刻便到了,这时首先应想到保持心气*和。
There is a very special demand for the cultivation of this quality at the present time. Young men who rush into business without education or training will do poor work. Endurance is a much better test of character than the act of heroism.
当前,这种特质的培养显得尤为必要。没有受过良好教育或训练的年轻人匆匆步入商界将会一事无成。忍耐比逞英雄更能考验一个人的品质。
A fair amount of self-examination is good. Self-knowledge is the key to self-control. Too much self-examination leads to morbidness; too little can lead to careless action. There are two things that will surely strengthen our self-control. One is attention to conscience5; the other is a spirit of good will. duanwenw.com The man who would succeed in any great undertaking must hold all his capabilities under perfect control; he must be disciplined to achieve greatness.
适度的自我检讨是可取的。自知之明对自制而言极为关键。过度的自我检讨会导致病态;而检讨不足则会导致行事草率。不过,有两样东西肯定能增强我们的自制力。其一是注重良知,其二是心怀善意。一个人如果要想取得重大成功,他就必须妥善掌控自己的种植拍,他必须靠不断约束自我来走向成功。
