英语美文欣赏.doc

That the best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person. 世界上最好的课堂在老人的脚下。 That when youre in love.it shows. 当你坠入爱河时，就会表露无遗。That having a child fall asleep in your arms is one of the most peaceful feeling in the world. 让一个孩子在你的臂弯入睡，你会体会到世间最安宁的感觉。That being kind is more important than being right. 善良比真理更重要。That you should never say no to a gift from a child. 永远不要拒绝孩子送给你的礼物。That i can always pray for someone when i dont have the strength to help him in some other way. 当无力给予他人帮助时，将永远为他祈祷。That no matter how serious your life requires you to be,everyone needs a friend to act goofy with. 不论生活要求你要多严肃，每个人都需要一个能够一起嬉戏的朋友。That sometimes all a person needs is a hand to hold and a heart to understand. 有时候，一个人想要的只是一只可握的手和一颗感知的心。That money dosnt buy class. 金钱买不到风度。That its those small daily happenings that make life so spectacular. 每天的小小惊奇，让我们的生活如此多姿。That under everyones hard shell is someone who wants to be appreciated and loved. 人人都渴求欣赏和关爱。That the Lord didnt do it all in one day. what makes me think i can? 上帝并非一天完成所有的事，我又怎么么可能呢？That when you plan to get even with someone, you are only letting that person continue to hurt you. 如果你想报复某人，只会继续受到此人对你的伤害。That love ,not time,heals all wounds. 治愈一切创伤的并非时间，而是爱。That the easiest way to grow as a person is to surround myself with people smarter than i am. 促进自己成长的最简单方法是与自己更优秀的人为伴。That no one is perfect until you fall in love with them. 只有深爱一个人时才会认为他是完美的。That a smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks. 微笑是改善容貌的一种并不昂贵的方式。In a university commencement address several years ago, Brian Dyson, CEO of Coca Cola Enterprises, spoke of the relation of work to ones othercommitments:几年前，在一所大学的开幕典礼中,可口可乐的首席执行官布赖恩戴森讲到工作与其他义务的关系：Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling some five balls in the air. You name them work, family, health, friends and spirit and youre keeping all of these in the air. You will soon understand that work is arubberball. If you drop it, it willbounceback.想象生命是一场不停丢掷五个球于空中的游戏。这五个球分别为工作、家庭、健康、朋友和心灵，而且你很努力地掷着这五个球，不让它们落地。很快地你会了解工作是一个橡皮球。如果你不幸失手落下它，它还是会弹回来。But the other four balls family, health, friends and spirit are made of glass. If you drop one of these, they will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged or even shattered. They will never be the same. You must understand that and strive for balance in your life. How?但是家庭、健康、朋友和心灵这四个球是用玻璃做成的。一旦你失手落下，它们可能会少了一角，留下无法挽回的记号、刻痕、损坏甚至碎落一地。它们将永远不会跟以前一样。你必须了解这个道理，并且为平衡你的生命而努力。但要怎么才做得到呢？Dont undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. It is because we are different that each of us is special.别拿自己和他人比较，这只会降低了你原有的价值。因为我们都是独一无二的，因为我们每一个人都很特别。Dont set your goals by what other people deem important. Only you know what is best for you.别人认为重要的事不一定是你的目标。只有你才知道什么最适合你。Dont take for granted the things closest to your heart. Cling to them as they would be your life, for without them, life is meaningless.不要将贴近你的心的人、事物视为理所当然的存在。你必须将他们视为你的生命一般好好地抓牢他们。没有他们，生命将失去意义。Dont let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. By living your life one day at a time, you live ALL the days of your life.别让你的生命总在依恋过去种种或是寄望未来中逝去。如果你活在每个当下，你就活出了生命中的每一天。Dont give up when you still have something to give. Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.当你还能给予的时候别轻言放弃。只要你不放弃，就有无限延伸的可能。Dont be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is thisfragilethread that binds us to each together.别害怕承认你并非完美。正因如此，我们才得以藉由这脆弱的细丝紧密地串绑在一起。Dont be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.别害怕遇到危险。正因如此，我们才得以藉由这些机会学习勇敢。Dont shut love out of your life by saying its impossible to find. The quickest way to receive love is to give it; the fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly; and the best way to keep love is to give it wings.别以爱太难找到作为借口而紧闭你的心扉。最迅速找到爱的方法就是给予你的爱；最快速失去爱的方法就是紧紧地守着你的爱不放；维持爱的最好方式就是给爱一双翅膀。Dont run through life so fast that you forget not only where youve been, but also where you are going.莫要匆忙地度过你的一生，那匆忙让你忘了曾经到过哪里，也让你忘了你要去哪里。Dont forget, a persons greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.莫忘记，人类情感上最大的需要是感恩。Dont be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless, a treasure you can always carry easily.莫害怕学习。知识没有重量，它是可以随意携带的珍宝。Dont use time or words carelessly. Neither can be retrieved.莫漫不经心地蹉跎光阴或口无遮拦。时间与言词两者都是一放便收不回来。Life is not a race, but a journey to besavoredeach step of the way.生命不是一场赛跑, 而是一步一个脚印的旅程。Yesterday is history, Tomorrow is a mystery and Today is a gift: thats why we call it The Present.过去已成历史，未来充满未知。今天是份礼物：那就是我们称之为“现在”的原因。There is no bigger clich in business psychology than the idea that high self-confidence is key to career success. It is time to debunk this myth. In fact, low self-confidence is more likely to make you successful. Sure, extremely low confidence is not helpful: it inhibits performance by inducing fear, worry, and stress, which may drive people to give up sooner or later. But just-low-enough confidence can help you recalibrate your goals so they are more realistic and attainable.在商业心理学中，高度的自信是事业成功的关键，这是老生常谈的问题了。是时候打破这个神话了。事实上，缺乏自信似乎更容易让你取得成功。当然，极度缺乏自信也是不行的：因为恐惧、担忧和压力会限制你的表现，最终，驱使人们放弃。但是，适当的缺乏自信会帮助你重新确定自己的目标，使其更加现实，更容易完成。If your confidence is low, rather than extremely low, you stand a better chance of succeeding than if you have high self-confidence. There are three main reasons for this:如果你缺乏自信，而不是极度缺乏自信，那么，比起那些自信满满的人，你将拥有更多取得成功的机会。下面就是支持这一论点的三个主要的原因：1.Lower self-confidence makes you pay attention to negative feedback and be self-critical:Most people get trapped in their optimistic biases, so they tend to listen to positive feedback and ignore negative feedback. Although this may help them come across as confidence to others, in any area of competence (e.g., education, business, sports or performing arts) achievement is 10% performance and 90% preparation. Thus, the more aware you are of your soft spots and weaknesses, the better prepared you will be. Indeed, success is the best medicine for your insecurities.1.缺乏自信会让你注意到负面的反馈，进行自我批评。大多数人深陷自我积极态度的偏见之中，因此，他们更愿意听到积极的反馈从而忽略了负面的回应。虽然在所有的竞争领域，例如，教育、商业、运动或者表演行业，相较他人，高度的自信会帮助他们取得成功，但是成功是10%的表现加上90%的准备。因此，更好地了解自己的弱点和不足，准备也会越充分。没错，成功是治愈安全感匮乏的一剂良药。2.Lower self-confidence can motivate you to work harder and prepare more:If you are serious about your goals, you will have more incentive to work hard when you lack confidence in your abilities. In fact, low confidence is only demotivating when you are not serious about your goals. If you really want what you say you want, then, your low confidence will only make you work harder to achieve it because it will indicate a discrepancy between your desired goal and your current state.2.缺乏自信会督促你更加努力地工作，做更多的准备。如果你对自己的目标很认真，在你对自己能力缺乏自信的情况下，你往往会更有动力去努力工作。事实上，只有你对自己的目标不认真的时候，缺乏自信才会产生消极的作用。如果真的想得到你说你想得到的东西，那么，你的不自信反而会让你更加努力地工作去得到它因为不自信会让你意识到你渴望的目标和你现在的状态之间的差距。3.Lower self-confidence reduces the chances of coming across as arrogant or being deluded: Indeed, people with low self-confidence are more likely to admit their mistakes instead of blaming others and rarely take credit for others accomplishments. This is the most important benefit of low self-confidence because it points to the fact that low self-confidence can bring success, not just to individuals but also to organizations and society.3.缺乏自信降低了自大和失望的可能性。确实，缺乏自信的人更容易承认错误，而不是抱怨他人，而且他们很少把别人的赞扬太当回事儿。这是缺乏自信最大的好处了，因为它告诉了我们一个事实：缺乏自信会带来成功，不仅仅是对个人而言，对于公司和社会也同样适用。In brief, if you are serious about your goals, low self-confidence can be your biggest ally to accomplish them.总之一句话，如果你对自己的目标很认真，缺乏自信会成为你实现目标的最有力的盟友1. 保持态度：What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters to what lies within us.