英語美文欣賞[通用]

　　在平凡的學(xué)習(xí)、工作、生活中，大家都看過一些經(jīng)典的美文吧？美文重感性，長于抒情；雜文重知性，長于達(dá)意。那么問題來了，怎樣才能完成一篇優(yōu)秀的美文呢？以下是小編精心整理的英語美文欣賞，歡迎大家借鑒與參考，希望對大家有所幫助。

英語美文欣賞1

　　It was a sunny Sunday when I was alone at home chatting with my friends on line. My room was a mess cause I seldom cleaned it up since my wife left me. I had nothing eatable or drinkable at home, so I decided to go out to buy some stuff for myself! God was not with me, cause I had only 50 Yuan in my pocket!

　　It so happened that the girl I was talking to on line lives just next to a Carrefour store in Tiexi District, and she said she could help me if I had no sufficient money. I did not take her words seriously but I thought it was not bad to have a girl accompany me while shopping. I needed someone to talk with anyway!

　　So I drove all the way from Dadong District to the store. She asked me to wait for her in front of an optic shop. I was so curious to see what this girl looked like until I saw a girl coming to me. She was all in black, with a pair of sunglasses on her forehead. She has big eyes and pretty long eyelashes! And she is quite a tall girl!

　　It was like a blind date, though we had been talking to each other on line for moths. We talked about anything we were interested in while shopping. I told her I wanted to buy a bottle a shampoo, so she recommended one brand called Liushen to me. Frankly, I never like the smell of it! It smells so awful that it still lies in my bathroom now!

　　When talked about love and marriage, she said she would never let her man suffer from anything. I looked at her, as if I had never seen her before. The confidence she had was different from the others’. This girl is special, I thought when I was on my way home!

　　I was a heart-broken man, so I did not dare to get myself involved into any mess related to love for the moment. That sunny girl should deserve someone must better than me. I know I would be her helpful big brother, giving her all kinds of help I can.

　　I, hereby, wanna give all my best wishes to her!

英語美文欣賞2

　　A folk culture is a small isolated, cohesive, conservative, nearly self-sufficient group that is homogeneous in custom and race with a strong family or clan structure and highly developed rituals.

　　Order is maintained through sanctions based in the religion or family and interpersonal relationships are strong.Tradition is paramount, and change comes infrequently and slowly. There is relatively little division of labor into specialized duties. Rather, each person is expected to perform a great variety of tasks, though duties may differ between the sexes. Most goods are handmade and subsistenceeconomy prevails.

　　Individualism is weakly developed in folk cultures as are social classes. Unaltered folk cultures no longer exist in industrialized countries such as the United States and Canada. Perhaps the nearest modern equivalent in Anglo America is the Amish, a German American farming sect that largely renounces the products and labor saving devices of the industrial age. In Amish areas, horse drawn buggies still serve as a local transportation device and the faithful are not permitted to own automobiles. The Amish's central religious concept of Demut "humility", clearly reflects the weakness of individualism and social class so typical of folk cultures and there is a corresponding strength of Amish group identity. Rarely do the Amish marry outside their sect. The religion, a variety of the Mennonite faith, provides the principal mechanism for maintaining orders.

　　By contrast a popular culture is a large heterogeneous group often highly individualistic and constantly changing. Relationships tend to be impersonal and a pronounced division of labor exists, leading to the establishment of many specialized professions. Secular institutions of control such as the police and army take the place of religion and family in maintaining order, and a money-based economy prevails. Because of these contrasts, "popular" may be viewed as clearly different from "folk". The popular is replacing the folk in industrialized countries and in many developing nations. Folk-made objects give way to their popular equivalent, usually because the popular item is more quickly or cheaply produced, is easier or time saving to use or leads more prestige to the owner.

英語美文欣賞3

　　All of us have read thrilling stories in which the hero had only a limited and specified time to live. Sometimes it was as long as a year, sometimes as short as 24 hours. But always we were interested in discovering just how the doomed hero chose to spend his last days or his last hours. I speak, of course, of free men who have a choice, not condemned criminals whose sphere of activities is strictly delimited. Such stories set us thinking, wondering what we should do under similar circumstances. What events, what experiences, what associations should we crowd into those last hours as mortal beings, what regrets?

　　Sometimes I have thought it would be an excellent rule to live each day as if we should die tomorrow. Such an attitude would emphasize sharply the values of life. We should live each day with gentleness, vigor and a keenness of appreciation which are often lost when time stretches before us in the constant panorama of more days and months and years to come. There are those, of course, who would adopt the Epicurean motto of Eat, drink, and be merry. But most people would be chastened by the certainty of impending death.

　　In stories the doomed hero is usually saved at the last minute by some stroke of fortune, but almost always his sense of values is changed. He becomes more appreciative of the meaning of life and its permanent spiritual values. It has often been noted that those who live, or have lived, in the shadow of death bring a mellow sweetness to everything they do.

　　Most of us, however, take life for granted. We know that one day we must die, but usually we picture that day as far in the future. When we are in buoyant health, death is all but unimaginable. We seldom think of it. The days stretch out in an endless vista. So we go about our petty tasks, hardly aware of our listless attitude toward life.

　　The same lethargy, I am afraid, characterizes the use of all our faculties and senses. Only the deaf appreciate hearing, only the blind realize the manifold blessings that lie in sight. Particularly does this observation apply to those who have lost sight and hearing in adult life. But those who have never suffered impairment of sight or hearing seldom make the fullest use of these blessed faculties. Their eyes and ears take in all sights and sounds hazily, without concentration and with little appreciation. It is the same old story of not being grateful for what we have until we lose it, of not being conscious of health until we are ill.

　　I have often thought it would be a blessing if each human being were stricken blind and deaf for a few days at some time during his early adult life. Darkness would make him more appreciative of sight; silence would teach him the joys of sound.

英語美文欣賞4

　　To respect my work, my associates and myself. To be honest and fair with them as I expect them to be honest and fair with me. To be a man whose word carries weight. To be a 1) booster, not a 2) knocker; a pusher, not a kicker; a motor, not a 3) clog.

　　To base my expectations of reward on a solid foundation of service rendered; to be willing to pay the price of success in honest effort. To look upon my work as opportunity, to be seized with joy and made the most of, and not as painful 4) drudgery to be reluctantly endured.

　　To remember that success lies within myself; in my own brain, my own ambition, my own courage and determination. To expect difficulties and force my way through them, to turn hard experiences into capital for future struggles.

　　To interest my heart and soul in my work, and aspire to the highest efficiency in the achievement of results. To be patiently receptive of just criticism and profit from its teaching. To treat equals and superiors with respect, and 5) subordinates with kindly encouragement.

　　To make a study of my business duties; to know my work from the ground up. To mix brains with my efforts and use system and method in all I undertake. To find time to do everything needful by never letting time find me or my subordinates doing nothing. To 6) hoard days as a 7) miser does dollars, to make every hour bring me 8) dividends in specific results accomplished. To 9) steer clear of 10) dissipation and guard my health of body and peace of mind as my most precious 11) stock in trade.

　　Finally, to take a good 12) grip on the joy of life; to play the game like a gentleman; to fight against nothing so hard as my own weakness, and endeavor to grow in business capacity, and as a man, with the passage of every day of time.

英語美文欣賞5

　　I remember quite clearly now when the story happened. The autumn leaves were floating in 1）measure down to the ground, recovering the lake, where we used to swim like children, under the sun was there to shine. That time we used to be happy. Well, I thought we were. But the truth was that you had been 2）longing to leave me, not daring to tell me. On that precious night, watching the lake, vaguely 3）conscious, you said: “Our story is ending.”

　　The rain was killing the last days of summer. You had been killing my last breath of love, since a long time ago. I still don’t think I’m gonna make it through another love story. You took it all away from me. And there I stand, I knew I was going to be the one left behind. But still I’m watching the lake, vaguely conscious, and I know my life is ending.

　　我仍清晰地記得故事發(fā)生時。秋葉翻飛，飄落一地。我們曾經(jīng)孩子般戲水暢游過的小湖蓋滿落葉，在太陽下閃著光。那時我們幸福過。哦，我是這樣認(rèn)為的�？墒聦�(shí)上你早就想離開我，只是不敢告訴我罷了。在那美麗的.夜晚，眼望湖水，恍惚中聽見你說：我們的故事已到盡頭。

　　雨水扼殺著所剩無幾的夏日，而你很久以來也在扼殺我奄奄一息的愛。我仍不認(rèn)為自己會再去經(jīng)歷另一段愛情故事。你把一切都帶走了。我只有悄然佇立，早已明白自己將會是那個被遺棄的人。而我依然凝望著湖水，恍惚中，生命正離我而去。

英語美文欣賞6

　　Angel 天使

　　Once upon a time there was a child ready to be born.

　　One day the child asked God: "They tell me you are going to send me to earth tomorrow but how am I going to live there being so small and helpless?"

　　God replied: "Among the many angels, I have chosen one for you. She will be waiting for you and will take care of you."

　　"But, " said the child: "tell me here in Heaven I don‘t anything else but sing and smile.

　　That‘s what I need to be happy!"

　　God said: "Your angel will sing for you and will also smile for you every day. And you will feel your angel‘s love and be happy."

　　"And," said the child: "how am I going to be able to understand when people talk to me, If I don‘t know the language that men talk?"

　　"That‘s easy", said God: "Your angel will tell you the most beautiful and sweet words you will ever hear, and with much patience and care, your angel will teach you how to speak."

　　The child looked up at God saying: "And what am I going to do when I want to talk to you?"

　　God smiled at the child saying: "Your angel will Place your hands together and will teach you how to pray."

　　The child said: "I‘ve heard on earth there are bad men. Who will Protect me?"

　　God put his arm around the child, saying: "Your angel will defend you - even if it means risking life!"

　　The child looked sad, saying: "But I will always be sad because I will not see you anymore."

　　God hugged the child: "Your angel will always talk to you about me and will teach you the way to come back to me, even though I will always be next to you."

　　At that moment there was much peace in Heaven, but voices from earth could already be heard.

　　The child, in a hurry, asked softly: "Oh God, if I am about to leave now Please tell my Angel’s name!"

　　God replied: "Your angel‘s name is of no importance...you will simply call her MOMMY!"

　　有一個嬰兒即將出生。

　　一天，這個小孩問上帝，“他們告訴我明天你將要把我送到地球，不過為什么我在那兒會那么小和無助呢?”

　　上帝說，“在所有的天使之中，我已經(jīng)選中了一個給你。她將會等待你和照顧你。”

　　“不過”，小孩問了，“請告訴我--在天堂我除了歌唱和微笑之外什么都不做。這些是我快樂所需要的!”

　　上帝說，“你的天使每天將會為你歌唱和微笑。你將會感受到你的天使的愛，你會感到快樂�！�

　　“還有”，小孩又問了，“如果我不懂他們說的語言，當(dāng)人們對我說話的`時候我怎樣才會理解呢?”

　　“這很簡單，”上帝說，“你的天使將教會你語言中最美麗和最甜蜜的詞語，帶著最大的耐心和關(guān)懷，你的天使將教會你怎樣說話。

　　小孩抬頭看著上帝說，“我想和你說話的時候我該怎么做呢?”

　　上帝微笑著對小孩說，“你的天使會把你的雙手放在一起然后教會你怎樣祈禱�！�

　　小孩說，“我聽說地球上有壞人，誰將會保護(hù)我呢?”

　　上帝把手放在小孩身上，說，“你的天使將會保護(hù)你，甚至?xí)�冒生命的危險!”

　　小孩看起來有些悲傷，他說，“我將會一直感到悲傷因?yàn)槲以僖部床坏侥懔��！?/p>

　　上帝擁抱著小孩。“你的天使以后會一直跟你說有關(guān)我的事情，還會教你回到我身邊的方法，雖說我一直與你同在。”

　　在這一刻小孩在天堂感到了無比的安詳，不過已經(jīng)可以聽到從地球傳來的聲音。。。。

　　小孩有點(diǎn)急促，溫柔的問“上帝啊，如果我現(xiàn)在將要離開，請告訴我我的天使的名字!”

　　上帝回答說，你的天使的名字并不那么重要，你可以簡單的叫她—— “媽媽”。

英語美文欣賞7

　　Outside the Bible, these six words are the most famous in all the literature of the world. They were spoken by Hamlet when he was thinking aloud, and they are the most famous words in Shakespeare because Hamlet was speaking not only for himself but also for every thinking man and woman. To be or not to be, to live or not to live, to live richly and abundantly and eagerly, or to live dully and meanly and scarcely. A philosopher once wanted to know whether he was alive or not, which is a good question for everyone to put to himself occasionally. He answered it by saying: "I think, therefore am."

　　But the best definition of existence ever saw did another philosopher who said: "To be is to be in relations." If this true, then the more relations a living thing has, the more it is alive. To live abundantly means simply to increase the range and intensity of our relations. Unfortunately we are so constituted that we get to love our routine. But apart from our regular occupation how much are we alive? If you are interest-ed only in your regular occupation, you are alive only to that extent. So far as other things are concerned--poetry and prose, music, pictures, sports, unselfish friendships, politics, international affairs--you are dead.

　　Contrariwise, it is true that every time you acquire a new interest--even more, a new accomplishment--you increase your power of life. No one who is deeply interested in a large variety of subjects can remain unhappy; the real pessimist is the person who has lost interest.

　　Bacon said that a man dies as often as he loses a friend. But we gain new life by contacts, new friends. What is supremely true of living objects is only less true of ideas, which are also alive. Where your thoughts are, there will your live be also. If your thoughts are confined only to your business, only to your physical welfare, only to the narrow circle of the town in which you live, then you live in a narrow cir-conscribed life. But if you are interested in what is going on in China, then you are living in China~ if you’re interested in the characters of a good novel, then you are living with those highly interesting people, if you listen intently to fine music, you are away from your immediate surroundings and living in a world of passion and imagination.

　　To be or not to be--to live intensely and richly, merely to exist, that depends on ourselves. Let widen and intensify our relations. While we live, let live!

英語美文欣賞8

　　Suppose someone gave you a pen - a sealed, solid-colored pen.

　　假如有人送你一支筆，一支不可拆卸的單色鋼筆。

　　You couldn't see how much ink it had. It might run dry after the first few tentative words or last just long enough to create a masterpiece(or several) that would last forever and make a difference in the scheme of things. You don't know before you begin. Under the rules of the game, you really never know. You have to take a chance!

　　看不出里面究竟有多少墨水。或許在你試探性地寫上幾個字后它就會枯干，或許足夠用來創(chuàng)作一部影響深遠(yuǎn)的不朽巨著(或是幾部)。而這些，在動筆前，都是無法得知的。 在這個游戲規(guī)則下，你真的永遠(yuǎn)不會預(yù)知結(jié)果。你只能去碰運(yùn)氣！

　　Actually, no rule of the game states you must do anything. Instead of picking up and using the pen, you could leave it on a shelf or in a drawer where it will dry up, unused. But if you do decide to use it, what would you do with it? How would you play the game? Would you plan and plan before you ever wrote a word? Would your plans be so extensive that you never even got to the writing? Or would you take the pen in hand, plunge right in and just do it, struggling to keep up with the twists and turns of the torrents of words that take you where they take you? Would you write cautiously and carefully, as if the pen might run dry the next moment, or would you pretend or believe (or pretend to believe) that the pen will write forever and proceed accordingly?

　　事實(shí)上，這個游戲里沒有規(guī)則指定你必須要做什么。相反，你甚至可以根本不去動用這支筆，把它扔在書架上或是抽屜里讓它的墨水干枯。 但是，如果你決定要用它的.話，那么你會用它來做什幺呢？你將怎幺來進(jìn)行這個游戲呢？你會不寫一個字，老是計劃來計劃去嗎？你會不會由于計劃過于宏大而來不及動筆呢？或者你只是手里拿著筆，一頭扎進(jìn)去寫，不停地寫，艱難地隨著文字洶涌的浪濤而隨波逐流？ 你會小心謹(jǐn)慎的寫字，好象這支筆在下一個時刻就可能會干枯；還是裝做或相信這支筆能夠永遠(yuǎn)寫下去而信手寫來呢？

　　And of what would you write: Of love? Hate? Fun? Misery? Life? Death? Nothing? Everything? Would you write to please just yourself? Or others? Or yourself by writing for others? Would your strokes be tremblinglytimid or brilliantly bold? Fancy with a flourish or plain? Would you even write? Once you have the pen, no rule says you have to write. Would you sketch? Scribble? Doodle or draw? Would you stay in or on the lines, or see no lines at all, even if they were there? Or are they?

　　你又會用筆寫下些什么呢：愛？恨？喜？悲？生？死？虛無？萬物？你寫作只是為了愉己？還是為了悅?cè)�？抑或是借替人書寫而愉己？你的落筆會是顫抖膽怯的，還是鮮明果敢的？你的想象會是豐富的還是貧乏的？甚或你根本沒有落筆？這是因?yàn)�，你拿到筆以后，沒有哪條規(guī)則說你必須寫作。也許你要畫素描，亂寫一氣？信筆涂鴉？畫畫？你會保持寫在線內(nèi)還是線上，還是根本看不到線，即使有線在那里？嗯，真的有線嗎？

　　There's a lot to think about here, isn't there?

　　這里面有許多東西值得考慮，不是嗎？

　　Now, suppose someone gave you a life...

　　現(xiàn)在，假如有人給予你一支生命的筆……

英語美文欣賞9

　　Lillian was a young French Canadian girl who grew up in the farming community of River Canard, Ontario. At the age of 16, her father thought "Lill has had enough schooling,"and she was forced to drop out of school to contribute to the family income. In 1922, with English as her second language and limited education and skills, the future didn't look bright for Lill.

　　Her father, Eugene Bezaire, was a stern man who rarely took no for an answer and never accepted excuses. He demanded that Lill find a job. But her limitations left her with little confidence and low self-esteem, and she didn't know what work she could do.

　　With small hope of gaining employment, she would still ride the bus daily into the "big cities"of Windsor or Detroit. But she couldn't muster the courage to respond to a Help Wanted ad; she couldn't even bring herself to knock on a door. Each day she would just ride to the city, walk aimlessly about and at dusk return home. Her father would ask, "Any luck today, Lill?" "No ... no luck today, Dad,"she would respond meekly.

　　As the days passed, Lill continued to ride and her father continued to ask about her job-hunting. The questions became more demanding, and Lill knew she would soon have to knock on a door.

　　On one of her trips, Lill saw a sign at the Carhartt Overall Company in downtown Detroit. "Help Wanted,"the sign said, "Secretarial. Apply Within."She walked up the long flight of stairs to the Carhartt Company offices. Cautiously, Lill knocked on her very first door. She was met by the office manager, Margaret Costello. In her broken English, Lill told her she was interested in the secretarial position, falsely stating that she was 19. Margaret knew something wasn't right, but decided to give the girl a chance. She guided Lill through the old business office of the Carhartt Company. With rows and rows of people seated at rows and rows of typewriters and adding machines, Lill felt as if a hundred pairs of eyes were staring at her. With her chin on her chest and her eyes staring down, the reluctant farm girl followed Margaret to the back of the somber room.

　　Margaret sat her down at a typewriter and said, "Lill, let's see how good you really are."She directed Lill to type a single letter, and then left. Lill looked at the clock and saw that it was 11:40 a.m. Everyone would be leaving for lunch at noon. She figured that she could slip away in the crowd then. But she knew she should at least attempt the letter.

　　On her first try, she got through one line.It had five words, and she made four mistakes. She pulled the paper out and threw it away. The clock now read 11:45. "At noon,"she said to herself, "I'll move out with the crowd, and they will never see me again."

　　On her second attempt, Lill got through a full paragraph, but still made many mistakes. Again she pulled out the paper, threw it out and started over. This time she completed the letter, but her work was still strewn with errors. She looked at the clock: 11:55 — five minutes to freedom.

　　Just then, the door at one end of the office opened and Margaret walked in. She came directly over to Lill, putting one hand on the desk and the other on the girl's shoulder. She read the letter and paused. Then she said, "Lill, you're doing good work!"

　　Lill was stunned. She looked at the letter, then up at Margaret. With those simple words of encouragement, her desire to escape vanished and her confidence began to grow. She thought, "Well, if she thinks it's good, then it must be good. I think I'll stay!"

　　Lill did stay at Carhartt Overall Company...for 51 years, through two world wars and a Depression, through presidents and six prime ministers — all because someone had the insight to give a shy and uncertain young girl the gift of self-esteem when she knocked on the door.

英語美文欣賞10

　　Hold Fast Your dreams

　　Louise Driscoll

　　Hold fast your dreams!

　　Within your heart

　　Keep one still, secret spot

　　Where dreams may go,

　　And, sheltered so,

　　May thrive and grow

　　Where doubt and fear are not.

　　O keep a place apart,

　　Within your heart,

　　For little dreams to go!

　　Think still of lovely things that are not true.

　　Let wish and magic work at will in you.

　　Be sometimes blind to sorrow. Make believe!

　　Forget the calm that lies

　　In disillusioned eyes.

　　Though we all know that we must die,

　　Yet you and I

　　May walk like gods and be

　　Even now at home in immortality.

　　We see so many ugly things –

　　Deceits and wrongs and quarrelings

　　We know, alas! We know

　　How quickly fade

　　The color in the west,

　　The bloom upon the flower,

　　The bloom upon the breast

　　And youth’s blind hour.

　　Yet keep within your heart

　　A place apart Where little dreams may go,

　　May thrive and grow.

　　Hold fast – hold fast your dreams!

　　緊緊抓住夢想

　　緊緊抓住夢想!

　　悄悄將它

　　揣入心房

　　那夢想萌芽、掩蔽的地方，

　　在那里繁茂、生長

　　懷疑與恐懼被遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)阻擋。

　　哦，心中劈出一小塊地方，

　　任小小夢想自由自在生長!

　　悄悄想望無以成真的.甜蜜。

　　愿望與神奇在心中伸展。

　　學(xué)會熟視無睹，對于悲傷。

　　有時我們需要喬裝!

　　忘卻清醒者眼中的鎮(zhèn)定，

　　雖然深知我們都將西去，

　　你和我依然能

　　如神一般前行

　　正獲得現(xiàn)世中的永生。

　　見過太多丑惡，

　　欺騙、錯失與荒唐

　　哦，我們深諳，

　　太陽很快西下，

　　花兒轉(zhuǎn)瞬凋零，

　　歲月難駐，

　　青春易逝。

　　然心中仍凜然留有一塊地方，

　　小小夢想在那萌芽，

　　在那繁茂、在那生長。

　　抓住——緊緊抓住自己的夢想!

英語美文欣賞11

　　The Power of Your Actions

　　Graduation day arrived — I saw Kyle and he looked great. He was one of those guys that really found himself during high school. He filled out and actually looked good in glasses. He had more dates than me and all the girls loved him!

　　Boy, sometimes I was jealous. Today was one of those days. I could see that he was nervous about his speech. So, I smacked him on the back and said, "Hey, big guy, you'll be great!"

　　He looked at me with one of those looks (the really grateful one) and smiled. "Thanks," he said. As he started his speech, he cleared his throat, and began. "Graduation is a time to thank those who helped you make it through those tough years. Your parents, your teachers, your siblings, maybe a coach... but mostly your friends. I am here to tell all of you that being a friend to someone is the best gift you can give them. I am going to tell you a story."

　　I stared at my friend in disbelief as he told the story of the first day we met. He had planned to kill himself over the weekend. He talked of how he had cleaned out his locker so his Mom wouldn't have to do it later and was carrying his stuff home. He looked hard at me and gave me a little smile. "Thankfully, I was saved. My friend saved me from doing the unspeakable."

　　I heard the gasp go through the crowd as this handsome, popular boy told us all about his weakest moment. I saw his Mom and dad looking at me and smiling that same grateful smile. Not until that moment did I realize its depth.

　　Never underestimate the power of your actions. With one small gesture you can change a person's life. For better or for worse. God puts us all in each other's lives to impact one another in some way. Look for God in others.

　　"Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly."

　　There is no beginning or end ... Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is mystery. Today is a gift.

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　　What shall we do first

　　Now most of us are the only children in our families. Our parents love us very much and they try their best to do everything for us, but some of us become selfish. As students, I think first we should respect our parents and teachers and get on well with our classmates. We should also help people when they are in trouble and think more of others. I think it’s very important to communicate with others. Finally, I hope we have a good relationship with everyone around us.

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　　Recently, I was running a race and thought it was over. The finish line was within sight, so I started my final sprint. As I cornered the last bend in the road, the finish line was not where I believed it to be. In fact, it was still a good half mile down the road. Since I had misjudged the end of the race, I had expended all of my energy and could only coast the remaining distance to the finish line.

　　最近，我參加了一次賽跑，參加完我就以為是結(jié)束了。終點(diǎn)線就在眼前，我開始了最后的沖刺。然而當(dāng)我轉(zhuǎn)過最后一個彎，我堅信一定會在那里的終點(diǎn)線卻不在。事實(shí)上，它還在半英里之外。由于我對賽跑終點(diǎn)的錯誤判斷，我耗盡了全部的體力而且只能慢慢跑完剩余的路程。

　　This analogy holds truth for many things in life. Don’t misjudge the finish line in your race.

　　生活中其他事情也是類似的。不要在賽跑中錯誤估計終點(diǎn)線。

　　The Race Is Longer Than You Think

　　路程比你想象的長

　　Success takes perseverance. And there are no shortcuts to hard work, dedication, and honing of your skills.

　　成功需要毅力。在工作時沒有捷徑，必須要奉獻(xiàn)，而且磨練你的技能。

　　“The race is always longer than you think.” There is no such thing as overnight success. Yes, there are flashes in the pan, but they are gone as quickly as they sparkle. Make sure that you are ready to run the long race to completion. Here are 5 Ways to Ensure You Are Prepared to Go the Distance:

　　“賽跑的路程通常比你想象的要長�！� 羅馬不是一夜建成的。是的，也許有曇花一現(xiàn)，但是它閃光之后很快就會消逝。確保你做好了長距離賽跑的準(zhǔn)備。下面有五個方法來確保你已經(jīng)做好了準(zhǔn)備：

　　1. Plan for the Long Race

　　長跑前制定計劃

　　Plan for a long race. Winning is not done in short sprints, but rather long endurance challenges.

　　制定一個長跑計劃。勝利不是一蹴而就的，而是一個長期的耐力挑戰(zhàn)。

　　2. Know the Finish Line

　　知道終點(diǎn)線在哪里

　　If the race you are running doesn’t have a finish line you will not know when you are done. Ensure that your goals have deadlines, and thus finish lines (or at least checkpoints along the way.)

　　如果你在進(jìn)行的比賽沒有終點(diǎn)線，那你就不知道什么時候結(jié)束。確信你的目標(biāo)有最后期限，正如那條終點(diǎn)線（或者至少在路上有關(guān)卡）。

　　3. Always Have a Reserve

　　做好儲備

　　One of my early mentors said, “a true leader always has a reserve.” When everyone else is exhausted and spent, it is the leader who still has some left in their tank to persevere.

　　我先前的一個導(dǎo)師說，“一個真正的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)通常都有所儲備�！� 當(dāng)其他人筋疲力盡，有所儲備的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)才能堅持下來。

　　4. Train for the Distance

　　賽跑訓(xùn)練

　　Make sure you have trained for the distance you are running. Don’t go out to run a half marathon, if you have never completed more than a short jog. By train, I mean practice, learn, and prepare for the project you are undertaking.

　　確信你已經(jīng)為了賽跑的長度有所訓(xùn)練。如果你沒慢跑過，不要去跑一個半程馬拉松。訓(xùn)練，我指的是練習(xí)、學(xué)習(xí)，并為你要經(jīng)歷的事做準(zhǔn)備。

　　5. Never Go Empty

　　不要走空

　　I am always amazed by those that run “to empty” and are then stuck on the side of road. Running to empty doesn’t accomplish anything other than setting you back in the big picture.

　　我通常對那些走空了站在路邊的`人十分不解。走空只能把你放在背景里，什么也不能幫你完成。

　　6. Be Ready to Go the Distance

　　準(zhǔn)備完成這段距離

　　The race is never short. Those who think that life is a sprint are incorrect. Yes, there are periods of fast change and rapid movement. However, life is a long distance run with many hills, turns, and obstacles.

　　賽跑從來都不短。認(rèn)為生活就是短跑是不對的。是的，會有快速變化、運(yùn)動的時期。然而生活是一次充滿山峰、轉(zhuǎn)角和障礙的長跑。

　　So, don’t misjudge where your finish line is. And always be ready to go the distance.

　　因此，不要錯誤判斷你的終點(diǎn)線。隨時準(zhǔn)備好去遠(yuǎn)方。

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　　I remember being so over enjoyed, when a year later, you gently held my hand to your waist and whispered in my ear that we were going to be a family.

　　一年后，你輕輕地把我的手放到你的腹前，對著我的耳朵悄悄透露這個讓我欣喜若狂的好消息：我們就快有寶寶啦。

　　I know both our children love you dearly; they are outside the door now, waiting.

　　我知道我們的孩子都深深地愛你，他們現(xiàn)在就在門外等候。

　　Do you remember how I panicked like a mad man when Jonathon was born? I can still picture you laughing and smiling at me now, as I clumsily held him for the very first time in my arms. I watched as your laughter faded into tears, as I stared at him and cried my own tears of joy.

　　你還記得喬納森出生的時候我那手足無措的慌張樣子嗎？當(dāng)我笨拙地把他抱在懷里，我還記得你笑話我的樣子，我看著他，我們都情不自禁地迸出了開心的淚花。

　　Sarah and Tom arrived this morning with little Tessie. Can you remember how we both hugged each other tightly when we saw our tiny granddaughter for the first time? I can’t believe she will be eight next month. I am trying not to cry, my love, as I tell you how beautiful she looks today in her pretty dress and red shiny shoes, she reminds me so much of you that first day we met. She has her hair cut short now, just like yours was all those years ago. When I met her at the door her smile wrapped around me like a warm glove, just like yours used to do, my darling.

　　今天早晨撒拉和湯姆帶著小緹西也趕到了。你還記得嗎？第一次看到這個可愛的小孫女，我倆高興地緊緊擁抱。真讓人難以相信，她下個月就八歲了。親愛的，我不得不忍住眼淚告訴你，小家伙今天穿著漂亮的裙子，閃亮的紅色小鞋，讓我立刻想起當(dāng)年相遇時的你，連她的短發(fā)也像極了年輕的你。當(dāng)我在門口看到她的時候，她的笑容暖人心脾，這竟然也和你一模一樣。

　　I know you are tired, my dear, and I must let you go. But I love you so much and it hurts to do so.

　　我明白，親愛的，你累了，我應(yīng)該讓你離開�？墒菒廴思词�，孤侶何傷！

　　As we grew old together, I would tease you that you had not changed since we first met. But it is true, my darling. I do not see the wrinkles and grey hair that other people see. When I look at you now, I only see your sweet tender lips and youthful sparkling eyes as we sat and had out first picnic next to that small stream, and chased each other around that big old oak tree. I remember wishing those first few days together would last forever. Do you remember how exciting and wonderful those days were?

　　這些年我們相濡以沫，白首到老，我總是逗你說你的容顏依然如昔�？蛇@是真的，親愛的，我真的見不到他人眼里的`皺紋和白發(fā)。現(xiàn)在我望著你，也還是只能看到你嬌嫩溫柔的紅唇和秋水流盼的眼眸，仿佛我們第一次在那條小溪邊野餐，在那棵巨大的老橡樹旁追逐嬉戲。那時候我們剛剛在一起，總是盼望那樣的日子生生世世，你還記得嗎？那些日子是多么激情蕩漾，讓人不忍回首……

　　I must go now, my darling. Our children are waiting outside. They want to say goodbye to you.

　　親愛的，我應(yīng)該走了。孩子們都等在外面，他們要和你道別。

　　I wipe the tears away from my eyes and bend my frail old legs down to the floor, so that I can kneel beside you. I lean close to you and take hold of your hand and kiss your tender lips for the very last time.

　　我擦去了眼角的淚，跪在你的身邊，輕輕靠近你，握住你的雙手，最后一次吻你。

　　Sleep peacefully my dear.

　　親愛的，安心地睡吧。

　　I am sad that you had to leave me, but please don’t worry. I am content, knowing I will be with you soon. I am too old and too empty now to live much longer without you.

　　這分離扯碎了我的心。別擔(dān)心，我很快就會來陪伴你。生死茫茫，塵世間沒有你，這滿腔的衷腸憑誰傾訴？這只影的寂寥復(fù)有何歡？

　　I know it won’t be long before we meet again in that small cafe in Hanover Square.

　　很快，我們就能在漢諾威廣場的那間小咖啡館里再相逢。

　　Goodbye, my darling wife.

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　　The lives of most men are determined by their enviroment.They accept the circumstances amid which fate has thrown them not only resignation but even with good will.They are like streetcars running contendedly on their rails and they despise the sprightly flitter that dashes in and out of the traffic and speeds so jauntily across the open country .I respct them; they are good citizens,good husbands,and good fathers ,and of course somebody has to pay the taxes; but I do not find them exciting. I am fasinated by the men, few enough in all conscience , who take life in their own hands and seem to mould it in to their own liking. It may be that we have no such thing as free will, but at all events, we have the illusion of it. At a cross-road it does seem to us that we might go either to the right or to the left and ,the choice once made, it is difficult to see that the whole course of the world's history obliged us to take the turning we did.

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　　大多數(shù)人的生活被他們身處的環(huán)境所決定。他們不僅接受既定的命運(yùn)，而且順從命運(yùn)的安排。他們就像街上的電車一樣，在他們既定的軌道上行駛，而對于那些不時出沒于車水馬龍間和歡快地奔馳在曠野上的廉價小汽車卻不屑一顧。我尊重他們，他們是好公民、好丈夫和好父親。當(dāng)然，總得有些人來支付稅收，但是，他們并沒有令人激動的地方。另外有一些人，他把生活掌握在自己的手里，可以按照自己的喜好去創(chuàng)造生活，盡管這樣的人少之又少，但我卻被他們深深的`吸引著。可能世界上并沒有諸如自由意志這樣的事情，但是無論怎樣，我們總有關(guān)于自由意志的的幻想。當(dāng)我們處在一個十字路口時，我們似乎可以決定向左走還是向右走，可是一旦做出選擇，我們卻很難意識到，實(shí)際上是世界歷史的全部進(jìn)程強(qiáng)迫我們做出了那樣的選擇。

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