《三篇超级优美的英语美文赏析，附翻译（24篇）》
有很多英语的优美文章是值得我们去学习和参考的。
英语美文欣赏 1
I believe in the 50-percent theory. Half the time things are better than normal; the other half, they are worse. I believe life is a pendulum swing. It takes time and experience to understand what normal is, and that gives me the perspective to deal with the surprises of the future. Let’s benchmark the parameters: Yes, I will die. I’ve dealt with the deaths of both parents, a best friend, a beloved boss and cherished pets. Some of these deaths have been violent, before my eyes, or slow and agonizing. Bad stuff, and it belongs at the bottom of the scale. Then there are those high points: romance and marriage to the right person; having a child and doing those Dad things like coaching my son’s baseball team, paddling around the creek in the boat while he’s swimming with the dogs; discovering his compassion so deep it manifests even in his kindness to snails, his imagination so vivid he builds a spaceship from a scattered pile of Legos. But there is a vast meadow of life in the middle, where the bad and the good flip-flop acrobatically. This is what convinces me to believe in the 50-percent theory. One spring I planted corn too early in a bottomland so flood-prone that neighbors laughed. I felt chagrined at the wasted effort. Summer turned brutal—the worst heat wave and drought in my lifetime. The air-conditioner died, the well went dry, the marriage ended, the job lost, the money gone. I was living lyrics from a country tune—music I loathed. Only a surging Kansas City Royals team, bound for their first World Series, buoyed my spirits. Looking back on that horrible summer, I soon understood that all succeeding good things merely offset the bad. Worse than normal wouldn’t last long. I am owed and savor the halcyon times. They reinvigorate me for the next nasty surprise and offer assurance that I can thrive. The 50-percent theory even helps me see hope beyond my Royals’ recent slump, a field of struggling rookies sown so that some year soon we can reap an October harvest.
英语美文美句摘抄 2
Many people start a career with a dream, and then get busy forgetting it.
很多人一开始为了梦想而忙，后来忙得忘了梦想。
A happy marriage is a long conversation that always seems too short.
幸福的婚姻，是一次让人意犹未尽的长谈。
Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful.
千万不要错过欣赏美的机会
The world makes way for the man who knows where he is going.
如果你明确自己的方向，世界也会为你让路
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.
永远面向阳光，这样你就看不见阴影了。
Good friends don’t let you do stupid things alone.
好朋友不会让你独自犯傻，他们会陪你一起二。
Well is it known that ambition can creep as well as soar.
众所周知，胸有大志者能屈能伸。
I only wish to face the sea, with spring flowers blossoming.
我只愿面朝大海，春暖花开。
Such kindness as young grass receives from the warm sun can’t be repaid.
谁言寸草心，报得三春晖？
You‘ve got a smile that could light up this whole city.
你的笑容，点亮了整座城市。
To a wise man one word is enough.
智者无须多言。
To err is human, to forgive, divine.
人孰无过？心存宽恕，就是圣洁。
Happiness takes no account of time. Cherish it!
幸福年华似流水。且行且珍惜！
Good temper is like a sunny day; it sheds its brightness everywhere.
好性情犹如艳阳天，到处散播光明。
Pain and pleasure, like light and darkness, succeed each other.
痛苦与欢乐犹如光明与黑暗，彼此交错而行。
We always have time enough, if we will but use it alright.
善用时间，何愁时间不够用？
Truth needs no colour; beauty, no pencil.---Shakespeare
真理不需色彩，美丽无需涂饰。——莎士比亚
You are beautiful, but that is not why I love you.
你如此美丽，但我并非因此而爱你。
A book is a gift you can open again and again.
书籍是一件可以一次又一次打开的礼物。
Love understands love; it needs no talk.
相爱时心有灵犀，无需多语。
Our eyes do not show a lack of beauty, but a lack of observation.
世上不是缺少美，而是缺少发现美的眼睛。
A ship in the harbor is safe, but that's not what ships are built for.
船泊港湾固然安全，但这不是造船的初衷。
Nothing happens unless first a dream.
一切始于梦想。
Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death like autumn leaves.
愿生如夏花之绚烂，死如秋叶之静美。
I came into this world to see the sunlight, the skyline’s sapphire glow.
我来到这个世界，为了看看阳光和蓝色地平线。
After all, tomorrow is another day.
不管怎样，明天又是全新的一天。
The proper function of man is to live, not to exist.
人应该生活，而不仅仅是生存。
The wise find pleasure in water; the virtuous find pleasure in hills.
智者乐水，仁者乐山。
Chance favors only the prepared mind.
机会只垂青于有准备的人。
No one can defeat us unless we first defeat ourselves.
没有人可以击倒我们除非我们先击倒自己。
Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.
风险来自于不知道你在做什么。
A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
千里之行，始于足下。
Happiness consists in contentment.
知足常乐。
He is truly happy who makes others happy.
真正幸福的是使他人幸福的人。
He that lies down with dogs must rise up with fleas.
近朱者赤，近墨者黑。
Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us.
我们面对生命的态度，决定生命面对我们的态度。
Govern your thoughts when alone, and your tongue when in company.
一人独处慎于思，与人相处慎于言。
Fortune smiles upon the brave and frowns upon the coward.
幸运喜欢勇敢的人，而不喜欢怯懦的人。
Faith will move mountains.
精诚所至，金石为开。
Every man is the master of his own fortune.
每个人都是他自己的命运的主宰。
Every cloud has a silver lining.
山穷水尽疑无路，柳暗花明又一村
Early start makes easy stages.
早开始是成功的保证。
Care and diligence bring luck.
谨慎和勤奋，带来好运气。
By falling we learn to go safely.
吃一堑，长一智。
Difficulties vanish when faced boldly.
大胆面对困难，困难就消失了。
Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.
始于所立，用你所有，做你所能。
Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.
弱者困于环境，智者利用环境。
Opportunities are not offered. They must be wrested and worked for. And this calls for perseverance and courage.
机会不能唾手可得，需经由争取及努力才可得到，而这需要毅力及勇气。
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
在一个时时想把你变为另一个人的世界里，做你自己是最大的成就。
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
有智慧的人创造的机会比遇到的多。
Fortune does favor the bold and you'll never know what you're capable of if you don't try. 运气的确是眷顾有勇气的人，你如果不尝试，你永远不知道你能完成什么
If you want more, you have to require more from yourself.
如果你想要更多，你得对自己要求更多。
Trying to get without first giving is as fruitless as trying to reap without having sown. 没有先付出就想要得到，犹如没有播种就想要收割般徒劳。
If you care about what others think of you, then you will always be their slave.
总在乎其他人怎么看你，那你会一直是他人的奴隶。
Confidence of success is almost success.
对成功抱有信心，就近乎成功。
In the world of love, no one is indebted to others, while many people don't know how to cherish others.
在爱的世界里，没有谁对不起谁，只有谁不懂得珍惜谁。
A true friend is known in the day of adversity.
疾风知劲草，患难知友情。
Everything is going on, but don't give up trying.
万事随缘，但不要放弃努力。
True Strength is being able to hold it together when everyone is expecting you to fall apart.
真正的坚强是当所有的人都希望你崩溃的时候，你还可以振作。
Don't judge my path, if you haven't walked my journey.
若你没有经历过我的旅程，就不要来批判我走的道路。
A silent tongue and true heart are the most admirable things on earth.
缄默的嘴，真诚的心，是世界上最令人赞美的东西。
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
未来属于那些相信他们梦想之美的人。
Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.
永远做一流的自己，而不做二流的别人。
An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity; a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity.
乐观的人在灾难中看到希望；悲观的人在希望中看到灾难。
The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning.
地球是圆的，而看似像终点的地方可能也只是起点。
Knowing yourself is the height of wisdom.
了解自己是大智慧。
英语美文欣赏 3
The White Envelope
It's just a small, white envelope stuck among the branches of our Christmas tree. No name, no identification, no inscription. It has peeked through the branches of our tree for the past 10 years or so.
It all began because my husband Mike hated Christmas — oh, not the true meaning of Christmas, but the commercial aspects of it — overspending... the frantic running around at the last minute to get a tie for Uncle Harry and the dusting powder for Grandma — the gifts given in desperation because you couldn't think of anything else.
Knowing he felt this way, I decided one year to bypass the usual shirts, sweaters, ties and so forth. I reached for something special just for Mike. The inspiration came in an unusual way.
Our son Kevin, who was 12 that year, was wrestling at the junior level at the school he attended; and shortly before Christmas, there was a non-league match against a team sponsored by an inner-city church. These youngsters, dressed in sneakers so ragged that shoestrings seemed to be the only thing holding them together, presented a sharp contrast to our boys in their spiffy blue and gold uniforms and sparkling new wrestling shoes.
As the match began, I was alarmed to see that the other team was wrestling without headgear, a kind of light helmet designed to protect a wrestler's ears. It was a luxury the ragtag team obviously could not afford. Well, we ended up walloping them. We took every weight class. And as each of their boys got up from the mat, he swaggered around in his tatters with false bravado, a kind of street pride that couldn't acknowledge defeat.
Mike, seated beside me, shook his head sadly, “I wish just one of them could have won,” he said. “They have a lot of potential, but losing like this could take the heart right out of them.”
Mike loved kids — all kids — and he knew them, having coached little league football, baseball and lacrosse. That's when the idea for his present came. That afternoon, I went to a local sporting goods store and bought an assortment of wrestling headgear and shoes and sent the anonymously to the inner-city church.
On Christmas Eve, I placed the envelope on the tree, the note inside telling Mike what I had done and that this was his gift from me. His smile was the brightest thing about Christmas that year and in succeeding years.
For each Christmas, I followed the tradition — one year sending a group of mentally handicapped youngsters to a hockey game, another year a check to a pair of elderly brothers whose home had burned to the ground the week before Christmas, and on and on.
The envelope became the highlight of our Christmas. It was always the last thing opened on Christmas morning and our children, ignoring their new toys, would stand with wide-eyed anticipation as their dad lifted the envelope from the tree to reveal its contents.
As the children grew, the toys gave way to more practical presents, but the envelope never lost its allure. The story doesn't end there. You see, we lost Mike last year due to dreaded cancer. When Christmas rolled around, I was still so wrapped in grief that I barely got the tree up. But Christmas Eve found me placing an envelope on the tree, and in the morning, it was joined by three more.
Each of our children, unbeknownst to the others, had placed an envelope on the tree for their dad. The tradition has grown and someday will expand even further with our grandchildren standing around the tree with wide-eyed anticipation watching as their fathers take down the envelope. Mike's spirit, like the Christmas spirit, will always be with us.
May we all remember the reason for the season, and the true Christmas spirit this year and always. God bless — pass this along to your friends and loved ones.
Happy Holidays！
December is one of my favorite months as it's the month of lights, and the month of giving, and thanking. I received this mail from my friend Debra this evening, and wanted to share it. I really think it touches all of us in many ways. As it is said you can never give or receive too many mizvot (in Jewish it's the act of giving) Maybe it could be your “WHITE ENVELOPE”。
成为一个积极向上的人 4
My tea is gone cold I’m wondering why i got out of bad at all. The morning rain clouds up my window and i can’t see at all. And even if I could it’ll all be gray, but your picture on my wall, it remains me that is not so bad.
我的茶越来越凉，我始终不知道为什么我的心情总是不好。清晨的雨遮住了我的窗，我什么也看不见了，看见的都是灰色，但在墙上有你的照片，它提醒我，这还不算坏。
I’m sure that there are many people in this world are very easily affected by weather or surrounding environments.This kind of people is every emotional, they maybe meet occasionally ineffable sadness, even cannot tell a reason.
我相信这个世界上有许多人是非常容易被天气或者周围的环境影响的。这类型的人非常情绪化，他们会常常感到莫名的伤感，甚至说不上原因。
I think of a few solutions to this problem. First of all, when you find out that you are not in the mood to do anything but feeling sad, the first thing you have to do is keep yourself busy.Listening a cheerful song would be helpful, at the same time, find something else to do, like cleaning the house, go out for a jogging. Just put yourself in a cheerful and bright environment, nurture some flowers in your room, or keep a pet, the vibrant plants or animal is always a key to open a happy door.
我想出了几个方法来解决这个问题。第一，当你发现你没心思做任何事，单单地感到悲伤，你该做的第一件事就是让自己忙起来。听一首欢快的歌很有帮助，同时找点事做，像打扫房间，或者出去慢跑。把自己处在一个欢快明亮的环境里，在房间种点植物或者养只宠物，生机勃勃的植物和动物是打开快乐大门的钥匙。
Second, think in a positive way. Many people are tending to think the problem in a bad way, but in fact, things are not always as bad as they think. It is been proved that if people think in the bad side, they are unlikely find the way to solute the problem and feel worse. We should see the bright side while we are in the bad situation, which make us ensure everything is possible, and everything will get better. Then our mood will not be effected by the predicament。
第二，积极向上地想问题。许多人倾向于想问题往坏的方面想，但事实上，事情常常都没他们想的糟糕。事实证明当人们老往坏的方面想时，他们更难找到解决问题的方法，而且会感觉更糟糕。我们应该在逆境中看到光明的一面，这让我们相信一切皆有可能，任何事都会变好的。那么我们的情绪就不会被困境影响了。
In a world, to be a positive person is not that difficult, since we can master our mind, we should choose a positive over passive. Then life will be better.
总而言之，做个积极向上的人并不是那么难，既然我们能够主宰我们的思维，我们应该选择积极向上而不是消极。那样我们的生活会更美好。
经典英语美文欣赏 5
Oregon Brewers FestivalJuly 28 - 30Hailed by many as the finest craft beer festival of America, the Oregon Brewers Festival celebrates the growth of North American microbrewing while showcasing some of the finest beers in the industry. Held each July, the Oregon Brewers Festival attracts 80,000 beer enthusiasts to Portlands Gov. Tom McCall Waterfront Park. Beer lovers from around the world visit Portland to sample some of the nearly 90 local and national craft brews.
Although admission to the event is free, there is a small charge for a souvenir mug and an additional fee for beer tokens, which are required for sampling brews. Festival-goers complement their thirst for beer with light meals and snacks available at the booths run by local restaurants.
The Oregon Brewers Festival is designed to promote the independent brewers of North America in a fun and educational fashion. In addition to beer-tasting, the event includes an educational tent where patrons can learn more about beer through industry exhibits by hop growers, maltsters, home brewers and national beer writers.
The first Oregon Brewers Festival in 1988 was a success despite a few glitches and challenges. The weather was unbearably hot, an unexpected 5,000 people showed up, and the main attraction - the beer - was foamy due to refrigeration problems. The dream of Art Larrance, co-founder of Portland Brewing Company, had been realized.
英语美文欣赏 6
In the United States,people go through kindergarten for two to three years,grade one to five in elementaryschool,six to eight in middle school,and nine to twelve in high school.Many people also go to college for four years.
在美国，人们上两年到三年的幼稚园，小学是从一到五年级，六到八年级是初中，九到十二年级是高中。很多也也会再用四年的时间去上大学（学院）。
For high school students who want to get into a good college,they must work hard on their grades and also do well on national aptitude test like the SAT or ACT,because that would improve the students' chances of getting accepted by the colleges.
对于想上好大学的高中生来说，为了拿到好的成绩，他们必须非常用功；而且要才好如SAT或ACT这种全国性的才能（能力倾向）测验，因为这些（好的SAT或ACT成绩）可以增加学生样被大学录取的机会。
Grades are usually determined by tests and are given a few times during a semester to give students an idea of what had been taught and what they should know.Final exams are given at the end ofa semester;they cover everything the students should have learned during the entire semester.
（课业）成绩通常是通过测验和考试来决定的。一个学期中会有几次测验，目的是为了让学生对于（老师）所教的是些什么和自己应该学到什么有个概念。学期的最后会有个期末考试，这考试包含了学生在整个学期中应该学到的所有内容。
倚窗看雪，淡淡梨花妆 7
Leaning against the window, watching the snow. 一群精灵在空中舞蹈。如梦中的蝶，素衣轻轻，在寻前世的相约。落在溪畔，落在梅枝，落在松肩，落在窗台。沉思的冬季，以春天的邀约，将碧宇苍穹装扮。 A group of ELF dance in the air. A dream of the butterfly, Su Yi gently, in search of the previous appointment. Fell in the brook, fall in the plum branches, fell on the loose shoulder, fell on the windowsill. The contemplation of the winter to spring, the sky will be invited, Bi Yu dress. 一袭素雅，洗尽残花泪，任昨日红粉染香，任过往绿云卷舒。梦尽处，催成清愁。帘卷春秋，墨晕日月，最喜这铺展的白，无论吟成的红笺小字，还是眼中的山水诗意，都在行云流水的写意中，瘦成一抹香，一枕梦，吟成一眉青黛，一夜阑珊。 An elegant, wash all the flowers of tears, let yesterday pink dye incense, either past green cloud comfortable. Dream to do, urging clear worry. Curtain roll spring and autumn, the sun and the Moon Halo ink, favorite this spreading white, regardless of Yin into red small print, or in the eyes of the landscape poetry in the freely flowing style of writing, the freehand brushwork in traditional Chinese painting, thin touch of fragrance, a pillow dream, Yin into a frown of indigo naturalis, night is dim. 雪落成诗，醉了梅，醉了清凉的月，醉了伊人的红妆。洇墨晕香，一如散落满地的梨花，疏烟恬静。又如别在发际上的那抹优雅，隔了窗，隔了岁月，依然摇曳在泛黄的书笺，摇醉成凝眸的诗意。 The poetry of snow, drunk plum, drunk the cool months, drunk her dowry. Yin ink the faint fragrance, like scattered pear, sparsely smoke quiet. And if not in the hair of Nama elegant, every window, across the years, still swaying in the yellow books, shake drunk into Ningmou poetry. 无雪的冬，寂寞，干涩，如暗黄的肌肤，缺水而粗糙。雪落，便如沐浴过的玉女，轻披罗衫，素蕊，素心，在挽风起舞中，划开小桥流水，拨弄等瘦了的弦，幽幽暗暗中，轻轻低唱，婉转着一阕新词的韵，也夹杂着一曲旧律的愁，无调自成调。 No snow in winter, lonely, dryness, such as dark and yellow skin, dry and rough. The snow fell, as bathed in the light maiden, pero sweater, Su Rui, Susan, dancing in the wind cut arm, bridges, fingering etc. thin strings, secluded dark secret, gently humming, tactfully a words rhyme, with a piece of old law sorrow, no transfer self adjusting. “淡极始知花更艳”，一个“淡”字，便宁静了心，如闲花照水，如清夜望月，如一溪碧云游，如一缕柔风散。雪落四野，万壑铺银，这份淡淡，凝聚成笔下的留白，临摹成岁月枝头的花间浅香，氤氲成梦里飞歌的余音袅袅。 "Light to spend more Yan", a "light" word, then quiet heart, such as idle as water, such as the moon above, as a river Pik Wan tour, such as the soft wind scattered. The snow fields, wind shop silver, the faint, condensed into pen blank, copying the years flower branches light incense, into the dream of the music of song poetries. 梅的高洁，素来赞者颇多，它不争不扰，自在逍遥。雪落，梅更艳，辉映成诗，成画，成梦里的一段传奇，成月下书间的一页繁花。梅的洁，雪的白，都是一种淡到极致的美，漫步其间，也便入了诗意，入了画境。枝前吻香，雪间浅卧，点数酣畅，慢摇日光，何其美哉！ Mei Gao Jie, who praised the many, it is the indisputable disturbance, freedom. The snow fell, Mei Gengyan, shine into poetry, painting, a legend into the dream of the moon, a page book among the flowers. Mei Jie, snow white, is a light to the extreme beauty, take a stroll in the meantime, also then enter into the poetic, picturesque scene. Branches before the kiss, the snow lying between the shallow, points earned, slow daylight, how beautiful! 雪落，无声，轻掩尘世一切喜愁。一声轻唤，便入了心。不必巧施粉黛，这六瓣的晶莹剔透，足以倾城。梨花素颜，淡若无妆，可依旧“回眸一笑百媚生”，醉了暖暖的梦。素雪拾洗，一溪碧水涟涟，洗了尘，洗了心。山河展笑，一心若羽，开启了明媚的春意。 The snow fell silent, earth, light mask all joy sorrow. A Qinghuan, then into the heart. Don't need to skillfully Zinfandel, crystal clear of the six valve, enough to allure. Pear makeup, light without makeup, can still "enchanting smiles", drunk warm dream. Su snow picked up a creek water wash, wash Lian Lian, dust, wash the heart. Mountains and rivers show smile, one feather, opened the bright spring. 烟雨苍茫，丁香姑娘伞下，那一袭彷徨的哀怨，总也描不出。但诗词里的风雅，送来素白的韵脚，散落成诗。一粒粒的莹润，饱满，朴素成行，恬淡，别致。 Amidst the vast, the lilac girl under the umbrella, that a loss of sorrow, always also draw out. But poetry elegant, sent white scattered into the poem rhyme. Each Yingrun, plump, simple lines, tranquil, chic. 翻阅泛黄的断章，我羽化成雪，摇碎千层蝶衣，淡淡梨花妆，在一树梅下，暗香盈袖，等一个人经过。 Yellowing fragments, I transform into a snow, shake broken Melaleuca Dieyi, subtle makeup in a pear, raspberry, fragrant surplus sleeve, such a person after.
英语美文欣赏 8
Written by: Babydoll
"I will take you out for dinner!" Said him.
Is it a date? To be honest, I don't really know. But, yes, I considered it as our first date, since we had a more than friend situation, having a dinner together would be in term of a Date.
Gals are always keen on what to wear. Me, too. I always spend long time on picking clothes and shoes, and doing my makeup and hair. That's what a mature woman do, my gay friend used to say that to me. None exception for this day, I spent more than a hour to prepare myself for going out.
Dress? Too formal for the bar where we might go after the dinner...
Skirt? I never really like to wear skirt, beside it is kind chill at night...
Jeans?? Isn't it too informal for that kind elegant restaurant??
... Hmm... never mind, I finally picked jeans and kind classical black top. I like to wear simple stuffs. Hey, simple doesnt mean cheap! Elegant is an expression, an elegant lady would look tiptop all the time even in some simple stuffs.
I pulled my hair back to send the hair bun and a wooden hairpin, simple and classical Asian style, one of my favorite hair styles. Asian women with the hairbun and hairpin are so sexy, my friends always say that. But hairpins are dangerous, it can be very sharp!
Makeup wouldn't be too hard for me, maybe I am very artistic, or maybe I am just plastic... I don't like to follow the fashion, but my own style. I like to wear different colors of eyeshadows and lipsticks in order to fit my clothes and my mood. Hmmm... this evening, I felt classical and sexy! Silver, gold, and rouge would be perfect. Makeups are women's magic! No wonder nowadays no matter how bleak the economy is, those stuffs have still been hot in the market! We women are the best consumers in this modern world!
英语美文欣赏 9
It is well that young men should begin at the beginning and occupy the most subordinate positions. Many of the leading businessmen of Pittsburgh had a serious responsibility thrust upon them at the very threshold of their career. They were introduced to the broom, and spent the first hours of their business lives sweeping out the office. I notice we have janitors and janitresses now in offices, and our young men unfortunately miss that salutary branch of business education. But if by chance the professional sweeper is absent any morning, the boy who has the genius of the future partner in him will not hesitate to try his hand at the broom. It does not hurt the newest comer to sweep out the office if necessary. I was one of those sweepers myself.
Assuming that you have all obtained employment and are fairly started, my advice to you is “aim high”。 I would not give a fig for the young man who does not already see himself the partner or the head of an important firm. Do not rest content for a moment in your thoughts as head clerk, or foreman, or general manager in any concern, no matter how extensive. Say to yourself, “My place is at the top.” Be king in your dreams.
And here is the prime condition of success, the great secret: concentrate your energy, thought, and capital exclusively upon the business in which you are engaged. Having begun in one line, resolve to fight it out on that line, to lead in it, adopt every improvement, have the best machinery, and know the most about it.
The concerns which fail are those which have scattered their capital, which means that they have scattered their brains also. They have investments in this, or that, or the other, here there, and everywhere. “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.” is all wrong. I tell you to “put all your eggs in one basket, and then watch that basket.” Look round you and take notice, men who do that not often fail. It is easy to watch and carry the one basket. It is trying to carry too many baskets that breaks most eggs in this country. He who carries three baskets must put one on his head, which is apt to tumble and trip him up. One fault of the American businessman is lack of concentration.
To summarize what I have said: aim for the highest; never enter a bar room; do not touch liquor, or if at all only at meals; never speculate; never indorse beyond your surplus cash fund; make the firm’s interest yours; break orders always to save owners; concentrate; put all your eggs in one basket, and watch that basket; expenditure always within revenue; lastly, be not impatient, for as Emerson says, “no one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourselves.”
译文：成功之道
年轻人创业之初，应该从最底层干起，这是件好事。匹兹保有很多商业巨头，在他们创业之初，都肩负过“重任”：他们以扫帚相伴，以打扫办公室的方式度过了他们商业生涯中最初的时光。我注意到我们现在办公室里都有工友，于是年轻人就不幸错过了商业教育中这个有益的环节。如果碰巧哪天上午专职扫地的工友没有来，某个具有未来合伙人气质的年轻人会毫不犹豫地试着拿起扫帚。在必要时新来的员工扫扫地也无妨，不 我自己就曾经扫过地。
假如你已经被录用，并且有了一个良好的开端，我对你的建议是：要志存高远。一个年轻人，如果不把自己想象成一家大公司未来的老板或者是合伙人，那我会对他不屑一顾。不论职位有多高，你的内心都不要满足于做一个总管，领班或者总经理。要对自己说：我要迈向顶尖！要做就做你梦想中的国王！
成功的首要条件和最大秘诀就是：把你的精力，思想和资本全都集中在你的事业上。一旦开始从事某种职业，就要下定决心在那一领域闯出一片天地来；做这一行的领导人物，采纳每一点改进之心，采用最优良的设备，对专业知识熟稔于心。
一些公司的失败就在于他们分散了资金，因为这就意味着分散了他们的精力。他们向这方面投资，又向那方面投资；在这里投资，在那里投资，到处都投资。“不要把所有的鸡蛋放在一个篮子里”的说法大错特错。我要对你说：“把所有的鸡蛋都放在一个篮子里，然后小心地看好那个篮子。”看看你周围，你会注意到：这么做的人其实很少失败。看管和携带一个篮子并不太难。人们总是试图提很多篮子，所以才打破这个国家的大部分鸡蛋。提三个篮子的人，必须把一个顶在头上，而这个篮子很可能倒下来，把他自己绊倒。美国商人的一个缺点就是不够专注。
把我的话归纳一下：要志存高远；不要出入酒吧；要滴酒不沾，或要喝也只在用餐时喝少许；不要做投机买卖；不要寅吃卯粮；要把公司的利益当作自己的利益；取消订货的目的永远是为了挽救货主；要专注；要把所有的鸡蛋放在一个篮子里，然后小心地看好它；要量入为出；最后，要有耐心，正如名人所言，“谁都无法阻止你最终成功，除非你自己承认自己失败。”
英语美文欣赏 10
Words from the Heart
Most people need to hear those "three little words" I love you. Once in a while, they hear them just in time.
I met Connie the day she was admitted to the hospice1 ward, where I worked as a volunteer. Her husband, Bill, stood nervously nearby as she was transferred from the gurney2 to the hospital bed. Although Connie was in the final stages of her fight against cancer, she was alert and cheerful. We got her settled in. I finished marking her name on all the hospital supplies she would be using, then asked if she needed anything.
"Oh, yes," she said, "would you please show me how to use the TV? I enjoy the soaps so much and I dont want to get behind on whats happening." Connie was a romantic. She loved soap operas, romance novels and movies with a good love story. As we became acquainted, she confided how frustrating it was to be married 32 years to a man who often called her "a silly woman."
"Oh, I know Bill loves me," she said, "but he has never been one to say he loves me, or send cards to me." She sighed and looked out the window at the trees in the courtyard. "Id give anything if hed say ‘I love you, but its just not in his nature."
Bill visited Connie every day. In the beginning, he sat next to the bed while she watched the soaps. Later, when she began sleeping more, he paced up and down the hallway outside her room. Soon, when she no longer watched television and had fewer waking moments, I began spending more of my volunteer time with Bill.
He talked about having worked as a carpenter and how he liked to go fishing. He and Connie had no children, but theyd been enjoying retirement by traveling, until Connie got sick. Bill could not express his feelings about the fact that his wife was dying.
One day, over coffee in the cafeteria, I got him on the subject of women and how we need romance in our lives; how we love to get sentimental1 cards and love letters.
"Do you tell Connie you love her?" I asked (knowing his answer)，and he looked at me as if I was crazy.
"I dont have to," he said. "She knows I do!"
"Im sure she knows," I said, reaching over and touching his hands rough, carpenters hands that were gripping the cup as if it were the only thing he had to hang onto "but she needs to hear it, Bill. She needs to hear what she has meant to you all these years. Please think about it."
We walked back to Connies room. Bill disappeared inside, and I left to visit another patient. Later, I saw Bill sitting by the bed. He was holding Connies hand as she slept. The date was February 12.
Two days later I walked down the hospice ward at noon. There stood Bill, leaning up against the wall in the hallway, staring at the floor. I already knew from the head nurse that Connie had died at 11 A.M.。
When Bill saw me, he allowed himself to come into my arms for a long time. His face was wet with tears and he was trembling. Finally, he leaned back against the wall and took a deep breath.
"I have to say something," he said. "I have to say how good I feel about telling her." He stopped to blow his nose. "I thought a lot about what you said, and this morning I told her how much I loved her.。. and loved being married to her. You shoulda2 seen her smile!"
I went into the room to say my own good?bye to Connie. There, on the bedside table, was a large Valentine card from Bill. You know, the sentimental kind that says, "To my wonderful wife.。. I love you."
旅行的英语美文欣赏 11
Traveling alone is the only way to travel. If you take someone with you, you take your home with you. When you travel alone, you meet new people, have new experiences, and learn more about yourself.
When I traveled with my friend, I spend all my time with that friend. We eat together and sightsee together. When I travel alone, I spend my time looking for new friends. It is easy to fine other people, either other tourists or locals, to eat with or have a coffee with. When you share meals with strangers, they become friends.
When I travel with a friend, my routine is predictable. We maintain the same schedule that we do at home. When I travel alone, I adopt the rhythm of the place I visit. I might take a nap in the afternoon and eat dinner at 11 pm. I might go to a disco and dance all night.
When I travel with a friend, we know how we will react to things. When I travel alone, each new experience requires a new reaction. If I don't try new things, I won't be able to decide if I like something or not. Shall I ride an ostrich or eat one?
I think it is always important to do things on your own. You can fine new friends, collect new memories, and adopt different ways of doing things. Isn't that the point of travel?
英语美文短文欣赏 12
Dear son.。.
孩子…。.
The day that you see me old and I am already not, have patience and try to understand me …
哪天你看到我日渐老去，身体也渐渐不行，请耐着性子试着了解我……
If I get dirty when eating… if I can not dress… have patience.
Remember the hours I spent teaching it to you.
如果我吃的脏兮兮，如果我不会穿衣服……
有耐性一点……
你记得我曾花多久时间教你这些事吗？
If, when I speak to you, I repeat the same things thousand and one
times… do not interrupt me… listen to me
如果，当我一再重复述说
同样的事情…不要打断我，听我说…。
When you were small, I had to read to you thousand and one times the same story until you get to sleep…
When I do not want to have a shower, neither shame me nor scold me…
你小时候，我必须一遍又一遍的读着同样的故事，直到你静静睡着……。.
当我不想洗澡，不要羞辱我也不要责骂我……
Remember when I had to chase you with thousand excuses I invented, in order that you wanted to bath…
When yousee my ignorance on new technologies… give me the necessary time and not look at me with your
mocking smile…
你记得小时后我曾编出多少理由，只为了哄你洗澡…。.
当你看到我对新科技的无知，给我一点时间，不要挂着嘲弄的微笑看着我
I taught you how to do so many things… to eat good, to dress well… to confront life…
我曾教了你多少事情啊…。如何好好的吃，好好的穿…
如何面对你的生命……
When at some moment I lose the memory or the thread of our
conversation… let me have the necessary time to remember… and if I cannot do it,
do not become nervous… as the most important thing is not my
conversation but surely to be with you and to have you listening to me…
如果交谈中我忽然失忆不知所云，给我一点时间回想…
如果我还是无能为力，
请不要紧张…。.
对我而言重要的不是对话，而是能跟你在一起，和你的倾听…。.
If ever I do not want to eat, do not force me. I know well when I need
to and when not.
当我不想吃东西时，不要勉强我。
我清楚知道该什么时候进食
When my tired legs do not allow me walk.。.
当我的腿不听使唤…。
… give me your hand… the same way I did when you gave your first steps.
扶我一把…。
如同我曾扶着你踏出你人生的第一步…。
And when someday I say to you that I do not want to live any more…
that I want to die… do not get angry… some day you will understand…
当哪天我告诉你不想再活下去了…。请不要生气…。
总有一天你会了解…
Try to understand that my age is not lived but survived.
试着了解我已是风烛残年，来日可数。
Some day you will discover that, despite my mistakes, I always wanted
the best thing for you and that I tried to prepare the way for you.。
有一天你会发现，
即使我有许多过错，我总是尽我所能要给你最好的…
当我靠近你时不要觉得感伤，生气或无奈
You must not feel sad, angry or impotent for seeing me near you. You
must be next to me, try to understand me and to help me as I did it when
you started living.
Help me to walk… help me to end my way with love and patience. I will
pay you by a smile and by the immense love I have had always for you.
你要紧挨着我，如同我当初帮着你展开人生一样的
了解我，帮我…。
扶我一把，用爱跟耐心帮我走完人生…
我将用微笑和我始终不变无边无际的爱来回报你
I love you son…
我爱你孩子
Your father
你的父亲
经典英语美文欣赏 13
Devote some of your leisure, I repeat, to cultivating a love of reading good books. Fortunate indeed are those who contrive to make themselves genuine book-lovers. For book lovers have some noteworthy advantages over other people. They need never know lonely hours so long as they have books around them, and the better the books the more delightful the company. From good books, moreover, they draw much besides entertainment. They gain mental food such as few companions can supply. Even while resting from their labors they are, through the books they read, equipping themselves to perform those labors more efficiently. This albeit they may not be deliberately reading to improve their mind. All unconsciously the ideas they derive from the printed paged are stored up, to be worked over by the imagination for future profit. .
英语美文美句摘抄 14
1· I am thankful to all those who said NO to me, it's because of them I did it myself.
感谢那些曾经对我说"不"的人，正因为他们的拒绝，我靠我自己做到了
2·No matter how we try to be mature.。We will always be a kid when we all get hurt and cry. 不管多努力去蜕变成熟。一旦内心受伤哭泣时，我们还是像小孩子一样。
3·The best things in life are unseen, that’s why we close our eyes when we kiss, cry and dream. 生命中最美好的都是看不见的，这就是为什么我们会在接吻，哭泣，许愿的时候闭上眼睛。
4.I figure life is a gift and I don’t intend on wasting it. You never know what hand you’re going to get dealt next. You learn to take life as it comes at you.
我觉得生命是一份礼物，我不想浪费它，你不会知道下一手牌会是什么，要学会接受生活。——《泰坦尼克号》
5.Dream is like the stars in the sky, maybe you can never touch, but if you follow them, they will lead you to find the way of life.梦想就像天上星星，也许你永远无法触碰，但如果你跟随它们，它们将引领你找到人生路。
6.To give so much time to improving yourself that you have no time to criticize others.用更多的时间充实自己，那样就没有多余的时间来抱怨了。
7.Life is like a cup of tea.It won't be bitter for a lifetime but for a short while anyway.人生如茶，不会苦一辈子，但总会苦一阵子。
8.Whenever anyone tells me I can't do something, I prove them wrong. 每次有人跟我说我做不到某件事时，我就要证明他们是错的。——《吸血鬼日记》
9.Do not have too many complaints, and that will only make you more tired heart.无须有过多的抱怨，那样只会使你自己的心更累。
10.The best thing in life is finding someone who knows all of your flaws, mistakes, and weaknesses, and still thinks you're completely amazing.
生命中最好的事情，就是找到那个知道你所有的缺点、错误和弱点，却依然认为你非常棒的人。
11.A man must do what he can to brace against the shit of a simple day. 人生在世，要及时行乐。
12、什么都不顺利的时候，就当是神赐给自己的假期，不用勉强自己往前跑、焦急或者努力。
13.The one thing I learned from my travels is that you can be miserable pretty much anywhere. And happy anywhere, too. It's about where you are inside.
我在旅行中明白了一件事，那就是在哪你都可能活得很悲惨，或者活得很开心，关键是你的心在哪。——《东区女巫》
14.Everyone has his inherent abilities eg. power or capacity which can easily be concealed by habits, blurred by time, and eroded by laziness.
每个人都有潜在的能量，只是很容易：被习惯所掩盖，被时间所迷离，被惰性所消磨。
15.If I said that this song is very nice, please listen to clear the lyrics, because that's what I want you'll see mood.如果我说这一首歌很好听，请你认真听清歌词，因为那是我想让你懂的心情。
16、 I would rather share one lifetime with you than face all the ages of this world alone. 我宁愿和你共度凡人短暂的一生，也不愿看尽这世界的沧海桑田。 —《指环王》
17.Age probably teaches us to be nice but not at the expense of our own happiness.岁月很可能会教会我们：可以待人友好，但不要以牺牲自己的幸福而作为代价。
18.Learning to ignore things is one of the great paths to inner peace.
学会忽略，是通向内在平静的一条大路 – Robert J. Sawyer
19.Making your own decisions and feeling confident in the decisions you make gives us fulfilment and joy from life. Going against your gut only breeds resentment and bitterness.
自己做决定才会对自己的决定有自信，感受生命中的成就和喜悦。违背直觉只能留给自己怨恨和痛苦。
20、 If you wait to do everything until you're sure it's right, you'll probably never do much of anything.
如果每件事你都等到确定是对的才去做，那你也许永远都成不了什么事。
think about what someone says about you, only think about what you think of yourself.
不要想别人是怎么想你的，想想你是怎么想你自己的。
英语美文欣赏 15
犬的礼赞A tribute to the dog
The best friend a man has in this world may turn against him and become his enemy. His son or daughter whom he has reared with loving care may prove ungrateful. Those who are nearest and dearest to us, those whom we trust with our happiness and our good name, may become traitors to their faith. The money that a man has he may lose. It flies away from him, perhaps when he needs it most. A man's reputation may be sacrificed in a moment of ill-considered action. The people who are prone to fall on their knees to do us honor when success is with us may be the first to throw the stone of malice when failure settles its cloud upon our heads.
在这个世界上，一个人的好友可能与他作对，变成敌人；他用慈爱培养长大的儿女可能变得不忠不孝；那些我们感觉最亲切和亲密的人，那些我们用全部幸福与名誉痴信的人，都可能会弃忠诚而叛逆。一个人所拥有的金钱可能会失去，可能在最需要它的时候它却插翅飞走；一个人的声誉也许会断送在考虑欠妥的一瞬间；那些会在我们成功时来屈膝奉承的人，很可能就是当失败的阴云笼罩在我们头上时第一个投掷阴毒之石的人。
The one absolute, unselfish friend a man may have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous, is his dog. A man's dog stands by him in prosperity and in poverty, in health and in sickness. He will sleep on the cold ground when the wintry winds blow and the snow drives fiercely, if only he can be near his master's side. He will kiss the hand that has no food to offer. He will lick the sores and wounds that come in the encounter with the roughness of the world. He guards the sleep of his pauper master as if he were a prince.
在这个自私的世界上，一个人唯一毫不自私的朋友、唯一不抛弃他的朋友、唯一不忘恩负义的朋友，就是他的狗。不问主人是贫穷或富贵、健康或病弱，爱犬都会守在主人的身旁；只要能靠近主人，即使地面冰冷坚硬、寒风凛冽、大雪纷飞，爱犬也会全然不顾地躺在主人身边；哪怕主人无食喂养，爱犬仍会舔着主人的手和主人手上因抵御这个冷酷的世界所受的创伤。纵然主人是乞丐，爱犬也会像守护王子一样地伴随左右。当主人所有的朋友都掉头离去，爱犬却义无反顾。当主人的财富消失、声誉扫地时，爱犬对主人的爱仍如天空运行不息的太阳一样，永恒不变。
If fortune drives the master forth, an outcast in the world, friendless and homeless, the faithful dog asks no higher privilege than that of accompanying him to guard him against danger, to fight against his enemies. And when the last scene of all comes and death takes its master in its embrace and the body is laid away in the cold ground, no matter if all other friends pursue their way, there, by his graveside will the noble dog be found, his head between his paws, his eyes sad but open in alert watchfulness.
假如因命运的捉弄，主人变成了一个无家可归的流浪者，这只忠诚的犬只求陪伴主人，有难同当，对抗敌人，此外毫无奢求。肖万物的结局来临，死神夺去了主人的生命、尸体埋葬在寒冷的地下时，即使所有的亲朋好友都已各奔前程，而这只高贵的犬却会独自守卫在墓旁，它仰首于两足之间，眼睛罩虽然充满悲伤，却仍然机警地护卫着墓地，忠贞不渝，直到死亡……
一生的收获 16
He was 11 years old and went fishing every chance he got from the dock at his family’s cabin on an island in the middle of a New Hampshire lake.
他11岁那时，只要一有机会，就会到他家在新汉普郡湖心岛上的小屋的码头上钓鱼。
On the day before the bass season opened, he and his father were fishing early in the evening, catching sunfish and perch with worms. Then he tied on a small silver lure and practiced casting. The lure struck the water and caused colored ripples in the sunset, then silver ripples as the moon rose over the lake.
鲈鱼季节开放的前一天晚上，他和父亲早早开始垂钓，用小虫作饵钓太阳鱼和鲈鱼。他系上鱼饵，练习如何抛线。鱼钩击在水面，在夕阳中漾起一片金色的涟漪，夜晚月亮升出湖面时，涟漪就成了银色。
When his fishing rod doubled over, he knew something huge was on the other end. His father watched with admiration as the boy skillfully worked the fish alongside the dock.
当鱼杆向下弯的时候，他知道线的另一端一定钓到了一条大鱼。父亲看着他技巧纯熟地在码头边沿和鱼周旋，眼神充满赞赏。
Finally, he very gingerly lifted the exhausted fish from the water. It was the largest one he had ever seen, but it was a bass.
最后他小心翼翼地将筋疲力尽的鱼提出水面。这是他所见过的最大的一条，还是一条鲈鱼。
The boy and his father looked at the handsome fish, gills playing back and forth in the moonlight. The father lit a match and looked at his watch. It was 10 P.M.-- two hours before the season opened. He looked at the fish, then at the boy.
男孩和他父亲看着这条漂亮的鱼，它的鱼鳃在月光下一张一翕。父亲点燃一根火柴，看了看表。十点了--离开禁还有两个小时。他看了看鱼，又看了看男孩。
“You’ll have to put it back, son,” he said.
"你得把它放回去，孩子，"他说道。
“Dad!” cried the boy.
"爸爸！"男孩叫道。
“There will be other fish,” said his father.
"还有其他的鱼嘛，"父亲说道。
“Not as big as this one,” cried the boy.
"但没这么大，"男孩叫道。
He looked around the lake. No other fishermen or boats were anywhere around in the moonlight. He looked again at his father. Even though no one had seen them, nor could anyone ever know what time he caught the fish, the boy could tell by the clarity of his father's voice that the decision was not negotiable. He slowly worked the hook out of the lip of the huge bass and lowered it into the black water.
他环视了一遍湖。月光下附近没有其他的渔民或船只。他又看了看他父亲。即使没有人看到他们，更无从得知他们何时钓到了鱼。从父亲不可动摇的语气中，他知道这个决定没有商量余地，他慢慢地将鱼钩从大鲈鱼的唇上取下，然后蹲下将鱼放回水中。
The creature swished its powerful body and disappeared. The boy suspected that he would never again see such a great fish.
鱼儿摆动着它强健的身躯，消失在水中。男孩想，他可能再也看不到这么大的鱼了。
That was 34 years ago. Today, the boy is a successful architect in New York City. His father’s cabin is still there on the island in the middle of the lake. He takes his own son and daughters fishing from the same dock.
那是34年前的事了。现在，男孩是纽约的一个成功的建筑师。他父亲的小屋依然在湖心岛上，他带着自己的儿女仍然在同一个码头上钓鱼。
经典英语美文欣赏 17
Suppose someone gave you a pen — a sealed, solid-colored pen.You couldn’t see how much ink it had.
假设有人给了你一枝笔，一枝密封的、纯色的`水笔，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.
很可能刚刚试写几字便用干耗尽；也可能足以完成一部或几部杰作，永存于世，使世事为之大变。
Under the rules of the game, you really never know.You have to take a chance!
而这一切你在动笔之前却是一无所知。根据游戏的规则，你确实永远也不会知道，只能冒一下险。
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.
而事实上，也没有规则说你就一定要做些什么。你大可以把笔搁在架子上、放在抽屉里，弃置不用，任墨水蒸发干净。
But if you do decide to use it, what would you do with it? How would you play the game?
然而，如果你真的决定使用，你会做什么？怎么来做这个游戏？
Would you plan and plan before you ever wrote a word?
你会左计划、右计划，然后才慢慢下笔吗？
Would your plans be so extensive that you never even got to the writing?
计划会不会太泛太多，根本就达不到写作这一步？
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?
会不会提笔在手，迫不及待地投入其中，任由手中的笔、笔下的字带着你在词海中上下翻腾、左突右冲？
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?
会不会下笔谨小慎微，似乎墨水随时都将干涸？会不会假装或相信、或假装相信笔中墨水永不会枯竭，任你挥洒？
And of what would you write: Of love? Hate? Fun? Misery? Life? Death? Nothing Everything?
你会写些什么？爱情？仇恨？乐趣？痛苦？生命？死亡？虚无空空抑或世事万种？
Would you write to please just yourself? Or others? Or yourself by writing for others?
是会用来自娱？还是取悦他人？还是为人写作而愉悦自身？
Would your strokes be tremblingly timid or brilliantly bold? Fancy with a flourish or plain?
你的一笔一划会颤抖怯懦还是亮丽大胆？花里胡哨还是朴实无华？
Would you even write? Once you have the pen, no rule says you have to write. Would you sketch? Scribble? Doodle or draw?
你确实会去写吗？你一旦有了这枝笔，却也没有规则说你一定就要去写。你会粗粗写来？潦潦草草？信手涂鸦？还是认真描画？
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?
你会写在线里还是写在线上，或者对纸上的线格根本就视而不见？真的有什么线格吗？此时此刻，有很多东西值得思考，不是吗？
Now, suppose someone gave you a life...
那么，假设有人给了你一次生命……
你的思想，才是世界的主宰 18
You're shut down and frightened, the world seems hostile; when you love what is, everything in the world becomes the beloved. Inside and outside always match -- they're reflections of each other. The world is the mirror image of your mind.
当你脑子停滞放空、被恐惧笼罩着，你就会觉得整个世界都不怀好意；当你爱上这个世界本身，你就会觉得世上的每样东西都值得你爱。心中所想和外物所现总是息息相关，它们互相映衬，外界就是你内心的镜像。
Not believing your own thoughts, you're free from the primal desire: the thought that reality should be different than it is. You realize the wordless, the unthinkable. You understand that any mystery is only what you yourself have created. In fact, there's no mystery. Everything is as clear as day. It's simple, because there really isn't anything. There's only the story appearing now. And not even that.
如果你不相信自己的想法，那么你就可以免受原始欲望的驱使：因为你所想的现实往往不是其真实的样子。你意识到默默无言的和无法置信的，你会明白一切的神秘只是你自己在故弄玄虚。事实上每件事都是一清二楚，很容易就可以明白，因为并没有发生什么事。现在只是发生了一件事，它甚至不算是事。
When you realize that you can only see the world as you believe it to be, you look from a newperspective. The world is an optical illusion. In the end, it's just you, crazed and miserable, or you, delighted and at peace. Everything happens for you, not to you.
当你意识到你只能看到你所相信的世界时，你便从新的角度看待这个世界了。世界是一种错觉，到最后，世界就是你，那个疯狂又痛苦的你或是愉快又平和的你，每件事都是为你发生，而不是发生于你。
I have questioned my thoughts, and I've seen that it's crazy to argue with what is. I don't ever want anything to happen except what's happening. For example, a man sticks a pistol into my stomach, pulls the hammer back, and says, "I'm going to kill you." I am shocked that he is taking his thoughts so seriously. To someone identified as an I, the thought of killing causes guilt that leads to a life of suffering, so I ask him, as kindly as I can, not to do it.
我曾经质疑过我的思想，然后我明白了与此纠缠是不切实际的。除了正在发生的事情以外，我从未想过有什么事要发生。举个例子，有人拿枪指着我的肚子，把扳机往下扣，说：“我要杀了你。”我很吃惊，因为他这么认真地执行了他的思想。对于任何一个将自己定义为“我”的人，杀人的想法会使之感到罪孽深重、一辈子饱受煎熬。于是我用尽可能善良的态度请求他不要杀人。
I don't tell him that it's his suffering I'm thinking of. He says that he has to do it, and I understand; I remember believing that I had to do things in my old life. I thank him for doing the best he can, and I notice that I'm fascinated. Is this how she dies? Is this how the story ends? And as joy continues to fill me, I find it miraculous that the story is still going on. You can never know the ending, even as it ends. I am very moved at the sight of sky, clouds, andmoonlit trees. I love that I don't miss one moment, one breath, of this amazing life. I wait. And wait. And in the end, he doesn't pull the trigger. He doesn't do that to himself.
我并没有告诉他，我所考虑的一切关乎他会受到的煎熬。他说他必须得这么做，我能理解，我想起我相信晚年要做的事。我要为他已经尽他所能而感谢他，我还注意到，我为此心驰神往。这就是她的死因吗？这就是故事的终结吗？当这种愉快的感觉不停地充斥着全身时，我发现神奇的是故事并未结束。你根本就猜不中结局，即使故事完结了，你也猜不中。我感动于视野所及的蓝天、白云、还有月色下的树林，我很高兴的是，我没有错过这美妙生命中的每时每刻、每次呼吸。我等啊、等啊，等到了最后，他没有按下扳机，他并没有对他自己做那件事。
What we call "bad" and what we call "good" both come from the same place. The Tao Te Ching says that the source of everything is called "darkness." What a beautiful name (if we must have a name)! Darkness is our source. In the end, it embraces everything. Its nature is love, and in our confusion we name it terror and ugliness, the unacceptable, the unbearable. All our stress results from what we imagine is in that darkness. We imagine darkness as separate from ourselves, and we project something terrible onto it. But in reality, the darkness is alwaysbenevolent.
我们称之为“好”和我们称之为“坏”的事物都来自同一个地方。《道德经》上说，事物的本源称之为“虚无”。这称呼多美(如果我们一定要给个称呼)!虚无是我们的本源，最后，虚� 我们的压力都是源于我们对虚无的想象，我们想象着把虚无从我们身上剥离出来，我们还把一些可怕的事物投影到虚无上面。但是实际上，虚无一直是亲切仁慈的。
Darkness is the mind that doesn't know a thing. This don't-know mind is the center of the universe -- it is the universe -- there's nothing outside it. And it's the gateway to all understanding. Once the darkness is understood, you're clear that nothing is separate from you. No name, no thought, can possibly be true in an ultimate sense. It's all provisional; it's all changing. The dark, the nameless, the unthinkable -- that is what you can absolutely trust. It doesn't change, and it's benevolent. When you realize this, you just have to laugh. There's nothing serious about life or death.
虚无只是一颗不谙世事的心。这颗“未知”的心是宇宙的中心，它就是宇宙，除它以外别无他物，它还是通往全知的必经之路。一旦你懂得虚无，你就会明白，没有什么可以从你身上剥离出来。没有什么名字或思想可 一切从未停止，一切一直在变。无知、无名、无思——这是你能完全相信的。这一点从未改变，非常亲切仁慈。当你意识到这点时，你只需一笑置之，是生是死，都不那么重要了。
永远的朋友 19
A friend walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
“别人都走开的时候，朋友仍与你在一起。”
Sometimes in life, you find a special friend;
有时候在生活中，你会找到一个特别的朋友；
Someone who changes your life just by being part of it.
他只是你生活中的一部分内容，却能改变你整个的生活。
Someone who makes you laugh until you can't stop;
他会把你逗得开怀大笑；
Someone who makes you believe that there really is good in the world.
他会让你相信人间有真情。
Someone who convinces you that there really is an unlocked door just waiting for you to open it.
他会让你确信，真的有一扇不加锁的门，在等待着你去开启。
This is Forever Friendship.
这就是永远的友谊。
When you're down, and the world seems dark and empty, your forever friend lifts you up in spirits and makes that dark and empty world suddenly seem bright and full.
当你失意，当世界变得黯淡与空虚，你真正的朋友会让你振作起来，原本黯淡、空虚的世界顿时变得明亮和充实。
Your forever friend gets you through the hard times, the sad times, and the confused times.
你真正的朋友会与你一同度过困难、伤心和烦恼的时刻。
If you turn and walk away, your forever friend follows.
你转身走开时，真正的朋友会紧紧相随。
If you lose your way, your forever friend guides you and cheers you on.
你迷失方向时，真正的朋友会引导你，鼓励你。
Your forever friend holds your hand and tells you that everything is going to be okay.
真正的朋友会握着你的手，告诉你一切都会好起来的。
And if you find such a friend, you feel happy and complete, because you need not worry.
如果你找到了这样的朋友，你会快乐，觉得人生完整，因为你无需要再忧虑。
You have a forever friend for life, and forever has no end.
你拥有了一个真正的朋友，永永远远，永无止境。
由你选择 20
I woke up early today, excited over all I get to do before the clock strikes midnight. I have responsibilities to fulfill today. I am important.
今日清晨，我早早醒来，想到午夜钟声敲响前将做的一切，激动不已。我有责任让今日过的充实，我很重要。
My job is to choose what kind of day I am going to have.
我的工作就是选择，选择将如何度过每一日。
Today I can complain because the weather is rainy or I can be thankful that the grass is getting watered for free.
今日阴雨连绵，我可以怨天尤人，我也可以大感快慰，因为草地得以免费浇灌。
Today I can feel sad that I don’t have more money or I can be glad that my finance encourage me to plan my purchases wisely and guide me away from waste.
今日囊中羞涩，我可以郁闷难过，我也可以高兴快�
Today I can grumble about my health or I can rejoice that I am alive.
今日健康不佳，我可以牢骚满腹，我也可以欢呼雀跃，因为我依然活在世上。
Today I can lament over all that my parents didn’t give me when I was growing up or I can feel grateful that they allowed me to be born.
今日想起成长岁月中父母给予太少，我可以悲叹不已，我也可以感激万分，因为他们赋予了生命。
Today I can cry because roses have thorns or I can celebrate that thorns have roses.
今日因玫瑰茎上有刺，我可以呜咽哭泣，我也可以欢心庆贺，因为有刺的茎上也有玫瑰花。
Today I can mourn my lack of friends or I can excitedly embark upon a quest to discover new relationships.
今日因缺朋少友，我可以哀伤悲痛，我也可以兴奋不已，因为我能去发掘新的感情关系。
Today I can whine because I have to go to work or I can shout for joy because I have a job to do.
今日不得不工作，我可以哭诉抱怨，我也可以高声欢呼，因为我起码还有工作可做。
Today I can murmur dejectedly because I have to do housework or I can feel honored because the Lord has provided shelter for my mind, body and soul.
今日不得不做家务，我可以唉声叹气，我也可以倍感荣幸，因为上帝赐予我这个避风港湾，让我休憩身体，慰藉心灵。
Today stretches ahead of me, waiting to be shaped. And here I am, the sculptor who gets to do the shaping.
今日在我面前展开，等我去塑造。而我正是它的雕刻师，来赋予它某种形状。
What today will be like is up to me. I get to choose what kind of day I will have.
今日如何，由我定夺。今日如何度过，由我来选择！
英语美文欣赏 21
Raising Oysters
In the past oysters were raised in much the same way as dirt farmers raised tomatoes - by transplanting them. First, farmers selected the oyster bed, cleared the bottom of old shells and other debris, then scattered clean shells about. Next, they planted fertilized oyster eggs, which within two or three weeks hatched into larvae. The larvae drifted until they attached themselves to the clean shells on the bottom. There they remained and in time grew into baby oysters called seed or spat. The spat grew larger by drawing in seawater from which they derived microscopic particles of food. Before long, farmers gathered the baby oysters, transplanted them in other waters to speed up their growth, then transplanted them once more into another body of water to fatten them up. Until recently the supply of wild oysters and those crudely farmed were more than enough to satisfy peoples needs. But today the delectable seafood is no longer available in abundance. The problem has become so serious that some oyster beds have vanished entirely. Fortunately, as far back as the early 1900s marine biologists realized that if new measures were not taken, oysters would become extinct or at best a luxury food. So they set up well-equipped hatcheries and went to work. But they did not have the proper equipment or the skill to handle the eggs. They did not know when, what, and how to feed the larvae. And they knew little about the predators that attack and eat baby oysters by the millions. They failed, but they doggedly kept at it. Finally, in the 1940s a significant breakthrough was made. The marine biologists discovered that by raising the temperature of the water, they could induce oysters to spawn not only in the summer but also in the fall, winter, and spring. Later they developed a technique for feeding the larvae and rearing them to spat. Going still further, they succeeded in breeding new strains that were resistant to diseases, grew faster and larger, and flourished in water of different salinities and temperatures. In addition, the cultivated oysters tasted better!
经典的英语优秀美文 22
Two Truths to Live by
人生的两条真理
The art of living is to know when to hold fast and when to let go. For life is paradox: it enjoins us to cling to its many gifts even while it ordains their eventual relinquishment. The rabbis of Old put it this way:" A man comes to this world with his fist clenched, but when he dies, his hand is open.
生活的艺术是要懂得何时紧紧抓住，何时学会放弃。因为人生就是一对矛盾，它促使我们牢牢抓住人生的很多赐予，但同时又注定了我们对这些给予最终的放弃。老一辈犹太学者是这样说的：人来到这个世界的时候拳头是紧握的，而当离开的时候，手却是松开的。
Surely we ought to hold fast to life, for it is wondrous, and full of a beauty that breaks through every pore of God’s own earth. We know that this is so, but all too often we recognize this truth only in our backward glance when we remember what it was and then suddenly realize that it is no more.
当然，我们应该仅仅抓住生� 我们都知道这点，但我们却常常在回首往事之时才明白这个道理，然后突然意识到逝去的时光已经一去不复返了。
We remember a beauty that faded, a love that waned. But we remember with far greater pain that we did not see that beauty when it flowered, that we failed to respond with love when it was tendered.
我们追忆逝去的美丽，残缺的爱情，但是更令人痛心的回忆是当繁花盛开之时错过了欣赏它的美丽；当爱情眷顾之时却未能做出回应。
This not an easy lesson to learn, especially when we are young and think that the world is ours to command, that whatever we desire with the full force of our passionate being can, nay, ill, be ours.
学会(珍爱美好的事物)是不容易做到的。尤其是我们年轻时，认为世界是由我们掌握的，只要我们自己满腔热情，全力以赴的去追求，我们想要的东西就能够——不，是一定能够得到。
But then life moves along to confront us with realities, and slowly but surely this second truth dawns upon us. At every stage of life we sustain losses—and grow in the process.And ultimately, as the parable of the open and closed hand suggests, we must confront the inevitability of our own demise, losing ourselves as it were, all that we were or dreamed to be.
随着我们的成长，生活使我们不得不面对现实，而第二种真理逐渐被我们所感知，所理解。 在人生的每一个阶段，我们都要承受损失，在这个过程中我们慢慢的长大。 最终，正如松手和握拳的比喻那样：我们自己也得走向不可抗拒的死亡，失去了原有的自我，失去了以往的或梦想过的一切。
The insight gleaned from that experience is really as commonplace as was the experience itself: life’s gifts are precious--but we are too heedless of them.
我们在阅历中所积累起来的洞察力就像我们的经历本身一样的平凡生活的赐予是可贵的，可是我们却常常忽视了它们的存在。
Here then is the first pile of life's paradoxical demands on us: Never too busy for the wonder and the awe of life. Be reverent before each dawning day. Embrace each hour. Seize each golden minute.
生命中有太多似非而是的矛盾，以下是第一种矛盾给我们的启迪：不要过于忙碌而忽略领悟生命的神奇，失掉对生命的敬畏。在破晓时分怀抱虔诚心情迎接每一天，拥抱每一个时辰，把握好黄金般的每一分钟。
Hold fast to life... but not so fast that you cannot let go. This is the second side of life's coin, the opposite pole of its paradox: we must accept our losses, and learn how to let go.
紧紧抓住生命但是不要过于执着而不懂得放手。这是生命之道的另一个层面，矛盾的另一极：我们必须接受失去，并且学会放弃。
英语美文欣赏 23
Most parents would probably be extremely grateful to be shown an easy way to inSffll into their children an appreciation of the value of money and a better understanding of how to make it,According to somecrities, they can find the answer by reading a new bestselling book by financial wizard Robert T. Kiyosaki.
如果有个简单的方法，该方法能帮助家长给孩子灌输重视钱的价值，以及更好地了解挣钱的办法，相信多数家长都会十分感激的。根据评论家的观点，父母可以在一本由财经奇才罗伯特。清崎所著的畅销书中找到答案。
Rich Dad, Poor Dad has the title of a novel rather than a how-to treatise, and indeed, much of the book is written in story form. Its central theme is summed up by the subtitle What the Rich Teach Their Kids about Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not. The author also strongly disparages the tendency ofmost people to work for money rather than letting money work for them .
《富爸爸，穷爸爸》有点像小说的书名，而不像是一部入门的专著。的`确，书的大部分内容是以故事的形式写成。书的副标题-《富人教给孩子有关金钱的观念和穷人与中产阶级所教的相左)》，归纳了该书的主题。作者也强烈蔑视大多数人为钱工作而不是 让钱为人工作 的倾向。
Kiyosaki illustrates his point in the first part ofthe book by narrating a story based on his childhood experiences, The title refers to the authors own highly educated father, the poor dad who always had to work hard to meet the familys and the rich dad , a neighbor who had dropped out of high school but those financial acumen turned him Into a multhnillionaire. whose financial acumen turned him.
经典英语美文欣赏 24
Blow-off vision of the rain, so that you are left with a brilliant rainbow. Shuttle time in my fingers, without any regrets, open stemmed bloom ripples. Blunt rolling thick liquid eternal, but you and I, were dispersed in which period of Acacia leaves.
吹断目光的雨，让虹的光辉带你离去。时光穿梭在我指间，无悔地绽放开朵朵涟漪。钝厚的流质绵延永恒，而你我，被冲散在其中，相思无绝期。
Inexplicable always feel like the time within the next few precious memories will be stripped from me, more than once dreamed that his standing in a dark empty space, only one track at the foot stretch into the distance, such as the long past your time and ultimately disappear In my field of vision at the end.
总是会莫名地感到时间在抽丝剥茧般的将宝贵的回忆从我身上剥离，不止一次梦见自己站在一片空旷黑暗的空间里，脚下只有一条铁轨伸向远方，冗长如过往的光阴，最终消失在我的视野尽头。
I am afraid to lose, I fear this time, and I love it but memories. I could not forget the sweat on the pitch with the sway of the brothers, forget accompany me cry close friend, and forget the bright Star of that every night, and those words have touched me deeply.
我害怕失去，我对时间如此的恐惧，而我却又那么的热爱回忆。我忘不了球场上一起挥洒汗水的兄弟，忘不了陪我一起哭泣的知己，忘不了那一夜夜璀璨的星空，和那些令我感动至今的话语。
Those people, those things, such as bursts of light rain in the lake left ring Watermark four dispersed to each other to melt each others impact; if the horizon is still experiencing Qianwanyinian quiet shining star, not very bright, but clearly made . - They do not know how much to spend with me during the day bright and silent night.
那些人，那些事，如细雨在湖面留下的阵阵环型水纹四散开来彼此消融，彼此撞击；如经历千万亿年仍在天边寂静闪光的星，不甚明亮，却又清晰无比。——它们陪我度过不知多少明媚的白天与沉默的夜。
In my memory, the third year is not gray, because I remember those blessings are not what love is bearing fruit, I still remember holding a lot of my friends and I hope to see sunrise and sunset, finally it is yellow everywhere.
在我的记忆中，高三不是灰色的，因为我记得那些不被祝福的爱情是怎样的开花结果，还记得我与朋友抱着一大堆的希望看日出日落，最后却是黄花遍地。
Youth is the eye lotus spring, third year is that this eye expansion of bubbling spring season. I, however, a strong smell in the bubble years of the Problem taste. I do not exclude these, but too much pressure to do away much fun. Unfortunately, after the college entrance examination, even the pressure would become the memories, be my third year living memory of the dead evidence. In the time before we are so powerless, the only left on just the eye springs, and we have no regrets of the oath, I hope day after day, year after year, when I re-turn to this page , people still.
青春是眼忘忧泉，高三是这眼泉水膨胀冒泡的。季节。而我却在泡泡里嗅到了浓厚的习题的味道。我并不是排斥这些，但过大的压力确实带走了不多的乐趣。只可惜，高考过后，连压力也 在时间面前我们是如此的无力，唯一能留下的，就只是那眼泉水和我们曾经无悔的誓言，但愿日复一日，年复一年，当我重新翻到这一页时，人心依旧。
I have seen one another chilling words: Some people say that once you start like the memories of those people will get old. I only admit mature, do not believe they have been growing old. My friends are growing up day by day, and was young and the mature, how can I not had time to grow on the outline of the first to hoary?
曾经看过一句另我毛骨悚然的话：有人说，一旦开始喜欢回忆，那人便老去了。我只承认自己的成熟，不相信自己已经老去。我的朋友们正在一天天地长大，成熟并且风华正茂着，我怎么可以没来得及成长就率先苍老了轮廓？
"Heaven Rain in green and so on, and I am waiting for you, the moonlight was recovered, the faint opened the outcome." Jay melancholy voice has been completely different from the business for the time Sentimental, Bard will be the years the pace of a camel inscribed into the blue and white porcelain in that respect.
“天青色等烟雨，而我在等你，月色被打捞起，晕开了结局。”杰伦忧郁的嗓音已经完全不同与刚出道时的青涩，吟游诗人般地将岁月的脚步镌刻进那一尊青花瓷器。
Our future? Friends ah, I will time the other end, waiting for you.我们的未来呢？朋友啊，我会在时间的另一头，等你。