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第一篇
我们正在起跑点
We’re Just Beginning
Charles F Kettering
“We are reading the first verse of the first chapter of a book whose pages are infinite…”
I do not know who wrote these words, but I have always liked them as a reminder that the
future can be anything we want to make it. We can take the
mysterious
, hazy future and
carve
out
of it anything that we can imagine, just as a
sculptor
carves a
statue
from a shapeless stone.
We are all in the position of the farmer. If we plant a good seed, we reap a good harvest. If
our seed is poor and full of weeds, we reap a useless crop. If we plant nothing at all, we harvest
nothing at all.
I want the future to be better than the past. I don’t want it
contaminate
d by the mistakes and
error
s with which history is filled. We should all be concerned about the future because that is
where we will spend the
remainder
of out lives.
The past is gone and
static
. Nothing we can do will change it. The future is before us and
dynamic
. Everything we do will affect it. Each day brings with it new
frontier
s, in our homes and
in our businesses, if we will only recognize them. We are just at the beginning of the progress in
every field of human
endeavor
.
“我们正在阅读一本页数无限的书的第一章的第一节„„。”
我不知道这段文字是谁 写的,我一直很喜欢这段文字并用它们来提醒自己,那就是未
来操之在我。
我们可以掌握神秘而 不可知的未来,
从中创出我们所能想象的任何东西,
一如
雕刻家可以将未成型的石头刻 出雕像一样。
我们每个人都是农夫。我们若种下好种子,就会有丰收。倘若种子长的不良且长 满杂
草,我们就会徒劳无获。如果我们什么也不种,就根本不会有什么收获。
我希望 未来会比过去更好。我不希望未来会被那些充斥在历史中的错误所污染。我们
应关心未来,因为往后的余 生都要在未来中度过。
往昔已一去不复返而且是静止的。任凭我们怎么努力都不能改变过去。 未来就在我们
眼前而且是动态的。
我们的所作所为都会影响未来。
只要我们体会的出来 ,
每天都可以发现
新的知识领域伴随而生,
可能是在家里,
也可能是在我们的 事业中。
我们正处在人类所努力
钻研的每个领域中进步的起点。
mysterious
[mi'sti
ə
ri
ə
s]
adj.
神秘的;难解的
carve
[k
ɑ:v]
vt.
雕刻;切开
sculptor
[sk
ʌ
lpt
ə
]
n.
雕刻家
statue
['stæ
tju:]
n.
雕像,塑像
contaminate
[k
ə
n'tæ
mi,neit]
vt.
污染,弄脏
error
['er
ə
]
n.
误差;错误
remainder
[ri'meind
ə
]
n.
残余
,
剩余物
static
['stæ
tik]
adj.
静态的;静电的
dynamic
[dai'næ
mik]
adj.
动态的;有活力的
frontier
['fr
ʌ
ntj
ə
]
n.
前沿;边界;国境
endeavor
[in'dev
ə
]
n.
努力;尽力
第二篇
快乐的钥匙
A Key to Happiness
To
help
others,
you
don’t
have
to
be
an
efficient
expert
in
the
art;
the
main
thing
is
the
intention.
You may be
crude
and
clumsy
, wasteful and
ineffective
, but if
you
sincere
ly try to
help,
your
attempt
produces
nothing
but
good.
The
one
you
are
trying
to
help
knows
your
intention and is
strengthen
ed and encouraged by the magic of your sharing. In nearly every case,
your
simple
desire
to
help,
convert
ed
into
action,
produce
the
good
sought
.
But
perhaps
the
greatest good is the good that you yourself get out of the attempt. Service to others delivers more
joy
to
you
than
the
joy
you
deliver
to
them.
In
doing
good,
you
free
yourself
from
the
terrible
burden of self; you escape from yourself into a clean world of joy and light. The good you simply
try to do, regardless of the outcome, is always a success inside yourself.
Unselfish
giving
is
your
most
efficient
formula
for
happiness,
for
you
have
embrace
d
eternity
instead of self; you have felt life, and you are now the world bigger than you were before
you began the project.
想去帮助旁人,你不必是这值种艺术的能干的专家,主要的是你有没有一颗助人的心 。
你也许是粗陋而笨拙的,
徒劳又没有成就,
但是如果你真诚地想帮助旁人,
你的尝试必然产
生善果。
你所打算帮助的人晓得了你的意向,
会因你公担困苦的魔力而 坚强振作起来。
差不
多每一次,
你的单纯的助人愿望,
在化为行动之后,都会产生所寻的善果。
但是最大的善果,
也许还是你自己从这项尝试中所获得的益处。在帮助旁人的时候,
你本身所获得的快乐要比
你带给那些人的快乐为多。
在行善之 中,
你便摆脱了以自我为本位的可怕重担,
而进入一个
快乐和光明的清新世界。
只要你去试行为善,
不论其结果如何,
再你的心中都永远会是一项
成功。
无私的给与是获得快乐的最有效率的方法。
因为如果能够做到这一点,
你所拥抱的已经
不是自我,
而是永恒;
你已经感觉到生命的存在,
而现在的妳的世界也比你开 始行善之前还
要开阔。
efficient
[i'fi
ʃ
ə
nt] adj.
有效率的;有能力的
intention
[in'ten
ʃ
ə
n] n.
意向;目的;打算
crude
[kru:d] adj.
粗糙的;天然的,未加工的;粗鲁的
clumsy
['kl
ʌ
mzi] adj.
笨拙的
ineffective
[,ini'fektiv]
adj.
无效的,不起作用的
sincere
[sin'si
ə
]
adj.
真诚的;诚挚的
attempt
[
ə
'tempt]
n/ vt..
企图,试图
strengthen
['streŋθən, 'streŋkθə
n]
vt.
加强;巩固
desire
[di'zai
ə
]
n.
欲望;要求
/ vt.
想要
convert
[k
ə
n'v
ə
:t]
vt/vi..
使转变;转换
…
sought
[s
ɔ
:t]
v.
寻找(
seek
的过去式和过去分词)
formula
['f
ɔ
:mjul
ə
]
n. [
数
]
公式,准则;配方
embrace
[im'breis]
vt.
拥抱;信奉,皈依;包含
eternity
[i't
ə
:n
ə
ti]
n.
来世;不朽
第三篇
劳动之乐
The Joy of Labor
Wise men of ancient times and successful men of today have told us that
labor
is sweet. Its
reward is not material gain but what one becomes by it. Work does much more for us than just
giving us a living; it gives us our life and the reason for living. The real joys of life come from
doing something and doing it well.
All
of us
hope
for
success, but
it
is
illusive
and
hard
to
keep.
It
nearly
always
slip
s
away
from one like sand through the fingers, like water through a
leaky
pail
, unless it is held tight by
hard work, day by day, night by night, year in year out. Everyone who fears failure should work
harder and harder with a faithful heart as long as he lasts.
古时的贤达和今天的成 功者都告诉我们劳动是甜美的。
劳动的报酬不是物质的获得而是
人们籍由劳动所达到的成就。< br>工作所给与我们的岂止是混口饭吃;
它赋予我们生命以及活下
去的理由。人生真正的乐趣 就是把所做的事做好。
我们都希望成功,
但成功却是虚幻且难以维持的。
除非你能日日夜夜、
年复一年地
努力紧守成功,否则它几乎总会从你身边溜走,
就如沙粒从指尖滑落,
或像水从漏桶流失一
样。凡 事害怕失败的人应该在有生之年,一心一意地更加努力奋发才是。
labor
['leib
ə
]
n.
劳动;工作
the Labour's Day/ Labor Day/ May Day
劳动节
illusive
[i'lju:siv]
adj.
错觉的;幻影的;迷惑人的
slip
[slip]
vi.
滑动;滑倒
;
闪开
leaky
['li:ki]
adj.
漏的;有漏洞的
pail
[peil]
n.
桶,水桶
第四篇:青春
Youth
Youth is not just a stage of life; it is a state of mind. It is not a matter of
rosy
cheeks
, red
lip
s
and s
upple knees
; it is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination,
vigor
of the emotions, it
is the freshness of the deep spring of life.
Youth means the
predominance
of courage over
timidity
, of adventure over the love of
ease
.
This often exists in a man of sixty more than in a boy of twenty.
Nobody grows old merely by
living a number of years. We grow old by
desert
ing our ideals.
Years
may
wrinkle
the
skin,
but
to
give
up
enthusiasm
wrinkles
the
soul.
Worry,
doubt,
self-distrust, fear and
despair
—
these
bow
the head and turn the growing spirit back to dust.
Whether sixty or sixteen,
there is in every human being’s heart the love of
wonder
, the sweet
amazement of the stars and the star-like things, the
undaunted
challenge of events, the
unfailing
childlike
appetite
for what-next and the joy of the game of living.
You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt, as young as your self-confidence, as old
as your fear, as young as your hope, as old as your
despair
.
青春不只是人生的一个阶段;
它是 是一种心境。
它不是指红润的脸颊,
红色的嘴唇和柔
软弯曲的膝盖;而是指意志力、丰 富的想象力、充沛的感情。它是生命深泉之清新。
青春意味着勇气胜过胆怯,冒险犯难胜过贪 图安逸。
60
岁的人往往要比
20
岁的小伙子
更持有这种精神。没有 人只因活了若干年而变老。我们变老是因我们抛弃了自己的理想。
岁月可使皮肤产生皱纹,但 是放弃了热诚则会消蚀灵魂。忧虑、怀疑、缺乏自信、恐惧
和绝望
-----
这些都会 让我们垂头丧气而且使成长的精神化为乌有。
每个人不管是
60
还是
16
,心中都有一股好奇心,对星星及星状的东西会产生一种惊喜
之情,
不畏惧任何 挑战,
对未知的事物有着孩子般用不冷却的热望,
以及游戏人生的喜悦之
情。
你有信心,自信和希望时,就是年轻;而你若怀疑、恐
rosy
['r
ə
uzi]
adj.
蔷薇色的,玫瑰红色的
cheek
[t
ʃ
i:k]
n.
面颊,脸颊
lip
[lip]
n.
嘴唇
supple
['s
ʌ
pl]
adj.
柔软的;灵活的
knee
[ni:]
n.
膝盖,膝
vigor
['vi
ɡə]
n. [
生物
]
活力,精力
predominance
[pri'd
ɔ
min
ə
ns]
n.
优势;卓越
timidity
[/ti'mid
ə
ti/]
n.
胆怯,羞怯
ease
[i:z]
vt.
减轻,缓和
/ n.
轻松,舒适
desert
['dez
ə
t]
vt.
遗弃;放弃
/n.
沙漠
wrinkle
['riŋkl]
n.
皱纹
/ vi.
起皱
enthusiasm
[in'θju:ziæzə
m]
n.
热心,热情
despair
[di'spεə
]
n.
绝望;令人绝望的人或事
bow
[b
ə
u]
n/ vi..
弓;鞠躬;
wonder
['w
ʌ
nd
ə
]
n.
惊奇;奇迹
/ vi.
怀疑;想知道
undaunted
[,
ʌ
n'd
ɔ
:ntid]
adj.
勇敢的,无畏的
unfailing
[,
ʌn'feiliŋ]
adj.
经久不衰的;无穷尽的
appetite
['æ
pitait]
n.
食欲;嗜好