英语朗诵材料B

6 What is Life About What is life about We push very hard everyday to make more money to gain power and recognition We neglect our health time with our family and to appreciate the surrounding beauty and the hobbies we love to do One day when we look back we will realize that we don t really need that much but then we cannot turn back time for what we have missed Life is not about making money acquiring power or recognition Life is definitely not about work Work is only necessary to keep us living so as to enjoy the beauty and pleasures of life Life is a balance of work and play family and personal time You have to decide how you want to balance your life Define your priorities realize what you are able to compromise but always let some of your decisions be based on your instincts Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life the whole aim of human existence So take it easy do what you want to do and appreciate nature Life is fragile Life is short Do not take life for granted Live a balanced lifestyle and enjoy life 7 Important Things in Life Sometimes things happen to you that may seem horrible painful and unfair at first but upon reflection you find that without overcoming those obstacles you never would have realized your potential strength willpower or heart Illness injury lost moments of true greatness and sheer stupidity all occur to test the limits of your soul Without these small tests whatever they may be life would be like a smoothly paved road to nowhere It would be safe and com fortable but dull and utterly pointless If someone hurts you betrays you or breaks your heart forgive them for they have helped you learn about trust and the importance of being cautious to whom you open your heart Make every day count Appreciate every moment and take from those moments everything that you possibly can for you may never be able to experience it again Talk to people that you have never talked to before and listen to what they have to say You can make anything you wish of your life Create your own life and then go out and live it with absolutely no regrets 8 Different Strokes of Our Duties 不同的义务 Life teaches us to live To live you have to exist To exist you should have a passport to this living world Thanks to your parents who brought you into this world Parents have taken care of us and satisfied all our needs They helped whenever we were hungry afraid or iii They were always there by you whenever you needed them You almost assumed that they would always be there for you and never thought of how your life would be without them But as you grow up age also catches up with your parents and they need your help and support Man is a child first after which he attains his youth After youth he again goes through the second phase of childhood also called as old age This is the phase where everyone needs a cornfort of a sense of belonging and being taken care of Woulch t we all expect the Same of security when we grow old Even our parents are expecting us to be their caretaker as they grow old But they never make that obvious to us They do their further duty by taking care of their grandchildren paying e bills giving the clothes for laundry etc Isn t it unfair on our part that we aren t giving them what they need the most It is our prime duty to take the very best care of them It s our pay back time Let s give the same sense of emotional security care and love to our parents in their old age 9 Autumn Sunset 秋天的落日 We had a remarkable sunset one day last November I was walking in a meadow the source of a small brook when the sun at last just before setting after a cold gray day reached a clear stratum in the horizon and the softest brightest morning sunlight fell on the dry grass and on the stems of the trees in the opposite horizon and on the leaves of the shrub oaks on the hill side while our shadows stretched long over the meadow eastward as if we were the only motes in its beams It was such a light as we could not have imagined a moment before and the air also was so warm and serene that nothing wanted to make a paradise of that meadow The sun sets on some retired meadow where no house is visible with all the glory and splendor that it lavishes on cities and perchance as it has never set before where there is but a solitary marsh hawk to have his wings gilded by it or only a masques lookout from his cabin and there is some little black veined brook in the midst of the marsh just beginning to meander winding slowly round a decaying stump We walked in so pure and bright a light gilding the withered grass and leaves so softly and serenely bright I thought I had never bathed in such a golden flood without a ripple or a murmur to it 10 Love Your Life However mean your life is meet it and live it do not shun it and call it hard names It is not so bad as you are It looks poorest when you are richest The fault finder will find faults in paradise Love your life poor as it is You may perhaps have some pleasant thrilling glorious hours even in a poor house The setting sun is reflected from the windows of the alms house as brightly as from the rich man s abode the snow melts before its door as early in the spring I do not see but a quiet mind may live as contentedly there and have as cheering thoughts as in a palace The town s poor seem to me often to live the most independent lives of any Maybe they are simply great enough to receive without misgiving Most think that they are above being supported by the town but it often happens that they are not above supporting themselves by dishonest means which should be more disreputable Cultivate poverty like a garden herb like sage Do not trouble yourself much to get new things whether clothes or friends Turn the old return to them Things do not change we change Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts 11 LIFE IS A DO IT YOURSELF PROJECT 生活是一个自己动手的项目 An elderly carpenter was ready to retire he told his employer contractor of his plans to leave the house building business and live a more leisurely life with his wife enjoying his extended family He would miss the paycheck but he needed to retire They could get by The contractor was sorry to see his good worker go and asked if he could build just one more house as a personal favor The carpenter said yes but in time it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work He resorted to shooddy workmanship and used inferior materials It was an unfortunate way to end his