英语美文欣赏

第一篇：英语美文欣赏

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 you're 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 don't 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 dosn't buy class.金钱买不到风度。

That it's 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 everyone's hard shell is someone who wants to be appreciated and loved.人人都渴求欣赏和关爱。

That the Lord didn't 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 one’s 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 you’re 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？

Don’t 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。

Don’t 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。

Don’t 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。

Don’t 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。

Don’t 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。

Don’t 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。Don’t 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。

Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s 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。

Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve 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。Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.莫忘记，人类情感上最大的需要是感恩。

Don’t 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。

Don’t 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: that’s 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 cliché 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.相较于我们目前的状况,那些在我们之前或之后发生的状况真是小巫见大巫了。（Ralph Waldo Emerson)

2.永不放弃：

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.当世界上最重要的事情根本没有希望的时候，不断尝试的人却完成了。(Dale Carnegie)

3.克服失败：

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.我们最大的荣耀不在于永不跌倒，而在于每次跌倒后都能重新爬起来。(Confucius)

4.自身力量：

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.对一个人的终极衡量，不在于他所曾拥有的片刻安逸，而在于他处于挑战与争议的时代。(Martin Luther King, Jr.)

5.当然是勇气：

Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.答应我你会永远记住：你要比你认为的更勇敢，比你看上去更强大，比你想的更聪明。Christopher Robin to Pooh – A.A.Milne)

下次你处于困境时，你比你想象的自己要好很多 — 用单词给你力量。

第二篇：英语美文欣赏

True Nobility真正的高贵

In a calm sea every man is a pilot.在风平浪静的大海上,每个人都是领航员。

But all sunshine without shade, all pleasure without pain, is not life at all.Take the lot of the happiest-it is a tangled yarn.Bereavements and blessings,one following another, make us sad and blessed by turns.Even death itself makes life more loving.Men come closest to their true selves in the sober moments of life, under the shadows of sorrow and loss.但只有阳光没有阴影,只有快乐没有痛苦,根本不是真正的生活.就拿最幸福的人来说,他的生活也是一团缠结在一起的乱麻。痛苦与幸福交替出现,使得我们一会悲伤一会高兴。甚至死亡本身都使得生命更加可爱。在人生清醒的时刻,在悲伤与失落的阴影之下,人们与真实的自我最为接近。

In the affairs of life or of business, it is not intellect that tells so much as character, not brains so much as heart, not genius so much as self-control, patience, and discipline, regulated by judgment.在生活和事业的种种事务之中，性格比才智更能指导我们，心灵比头脑更能引导我们，而由判断获得的克制、耐心和教养比天分更能让我们受益。

I have always believed that the man who has begun to live more seriously within begins to live more simply without.In an age of extravagance and waste, I wish I could show to the world how few the real wants of humanity are.我一向认为，内心生活开始更为严谨的人，他的外在生活也会变得更为简朴。在物欲横流的年代，但愿我能向世人表明：人类的真正需求少得多么可怜。

To regret one's errors to the point of not repeating them is true repentance.There is nothing noble in being superior to some other man.The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.反思自己的过错不至于重蹈覆辙才是真正的悔悟。高人一等并没有什么值得夸耀的。真正的高贵是优于过去的自已。

Write Your Own Life.书写你的生命

Suppose someone gave you a pen — a sealed, solid-colored pen.You couldn’t seehow 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 achance!

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？

Wouldyou 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……

cherish now no longer missed 珍惜现在不再错过

John, a famous musician, took his priceless antique zither and played it in the crowded subway station.The music emanating from the zither was delicately streaming throughout the whole station.However, during the one-hour play, only six or seven people were truly appreciating the charming music.A three-year-old kid was so fascinated by the music that he forgot everything around.John only got 52 U.S.dollar for his work that day.音乐家约翰带着一把价值不菲的古董名琴，悄悄来到人潮不断的地铁站演奏。弦音曼妙，在空旷处流淌。将近一小时的演奏中，真正驻足聆听者只有六七人。最捧场的是一位三岁小童，听得入神。约翰当天得到52美元赏金。

However, in normal days, when John is about to hold a concert, one ticket can be sold at more than 100 dollars and it is extremely hard to buy a ticket even at such a high price.Therefore, later, many passers-by in the station that day felt deeply regretful for not recognizing the famous musician and missing such a valuable but cheap music feast.平日，约翰的演奏会举行时，一张票超过100美元，且一票难求。后来，不少当时就在地铁站的观众扼腕自己眼拙，错过了一场免费或者廉价的音乐盛宴。

I have a very busy friend who had totally changed after knowing that hiswife came down with acute illness.He cooked by himself for the family and took a walk with his wife every day.Nonetheless, his wife still did not manage to conquer the illness and passed away after three

months.After that, he often sighed miserably that due to his past busy life, he had missed a lot of beautiful time with his wife.But now, it is impossible to make up for it.有位忙碌的朋友得知老婆罹患重症，彻头彻尾变了一个人：亲自下厨，陪太太散步……可是妻子敌不过病魔摧残，三个月后就撒手人寰。他很伤感地说，太忙了，错过与妻子营造最美好的人生时光，想弥补却弥补不回来。

A doctor’s son jumped from the 19th floor of a building and left a posthumous letter which expressed his strong desire for staying more with his father, going to see a movie with his father, etc.Not until his son committed suicide had the doctor realized that the most precious thing is not career achievement, but the tight and intact family bonds.医生的儿子从19楼一跃而下，留下一封遗书，信中留言：最想爸爸陪他，最想看电影，最希望快快乐乐……儿子自杀之后，爸爸才明白，人生中最珍贵的不是成就，而是亲情。

It is no use crying over spilt milk.We have missed a lot of precious things in our life without knowing to cherish them.可惜千金难买早知道，很多美好的事，往往简简单单就被轻易错过了。

Actually, I also missed something precious before.The reason why we would have missed those precious things is less than simple: we had thought that we could still own them tomorrow.事实上，我也错过一些事。错过的理由很简单：以为还有明天。

Nevertheless, tomorrow is actually by no means reliable.There was a famous Buddhist monk saying that in many people’s lives, they have only done two things: waiting and regretting.The result is that they were always too late to cherish what they had before they lost it.We would often claim to do something when we grow up, or when we have money or when we become old, etc.However, when we reach the condition we have expected, we could no longer do realize our wish any more, because we have lost it by then.事实上，明天是不可靠的。要不，日休禅师怎么会说，很多人的一生中，只做了“等待”与“后悔”两件事，合起来就叫“来不及”。我们老爱说：长大再说，有钱再说，老了再说……可是到了那时候，却什么都不必说了。

Love Is Just a Thread.爱只是一根线

Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents.Every day they are very busy trying to earn money in order to pay the high tuition for my brother and me.They don’t act in the romantic ways that I read in books or I see on TV.In their opinion, ―I love you‖ is too luxurious for them to say.Sending flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day is even more out of the question.Finally my father has a bad temper.When he’s very tired from the hard work, it is easy for him to lose his temper.有时候，我真的怀疑父母之间是否有真爱。他们天天忙于赚钱，为我和弟弟支付学费

。他们从未像我在书中读到，或在电视中看到的那样互诉衷肠。他们认为”我爱你”太奢

侈，很难说出口。更不用说在情人节送花这样的事了。我父亲的脾气非常坏。经过一天的劳累之后，他经常会发脾气。

One day, my mother was sewing a quilt.I silently sat down beside her and looked at her.一天，母亲正在缝被子，我静静地坐在她旁边看着她。

“Mom, I have a question to ask you,‖ I said after a while.过了一会，我说：”妈妈，我想问你一个问题。”

“What?‖ she replied, still doing her work.“什么问题?”她一边继续缝着，一边回答道。

“Is there love between you and Dad?‖ I asked her in a very low voice.我低声地问道：”你和爸爸之间有没有爱情啊?”

My mother stopped her work and raised her head with surprise in her eyes.She didn’t answer immediately.Then she bowed her head and continued to sew the quilt.母亲突然停下了手中的活，满眼诧异地抬起头。她没有立即作答。然后低下头，继续缝被子。

I was very worried because I thought I had hurt her.I was in a great embarrassment and I didn’t know what I should do.But at last I heard my mother say the following words:

我担心伤害了她。我非常尴尬，不知道该怎么办。不过，后来我听见母亲说：

“Susan,‖ she said thoughtfully, ―Look at this thread.Sometimes it appears, but most of it

disappears in the quilt.The thread really makes the quilt strong and durable.If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread.It can hardly be seen anywhere or anytime, but it’s really there.Love is inside.‖

“苏珊，看看这些线。有时候，你能看得见，但是大多数都隐藏在被子里。这些线使被子 坚固耐用。如果生活就像一床被子，那么爱就是其中的线。你不可能随时随地看到它，但 是它却实实在在地存在着。爱是内在的。

I listened carefully but I couldn’t understand her until the next spring.At that time, my father suddenly got sick seriously.My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month.When they returned from the hospital, they both looked very pale.It seemed both of them had had a serious illness.我仔细地听着，却无法明白她的话，直到来年的春天。那时候，我父亲得了重病。母亲在医院里待了一个月。当他们从医院回来的时候，都显得非常苍白。就像他们都得了一场重病一样。After they were back, every day in the morning and dusk, my mother helped my father walk slowly on the country road.My father had never been so gentle.It seemed they were the most harmonious couple.Along the country road, there were many beautiful flowers, green grass and trees.The sun gently glistened through the leaves.All of these made up the most beautiful picture in the world.他们回来之后，每天的清晨或黄昏，母亲都会搀扶着父亲在乡村的小路上漫步。父亲从未 如此温和过。他们就像是天作之合。在小路旁边，有许多美丽的野花、绿草和树木。阳光 穿过树叶的缝隙，温柔地照射在地面上。这一切形成了一幅世间最美好的画面。

The doctor had said my father would recover in two months.But after two months he still couldn’t walk by himself.All of us were worried about him.医生说父亲将在两个月后康复。但是两个月之后，他仍然无法独立行走。我们都很为他担心 “Dad, how are you feeling now?‖ I asked him one day.有一天，我问他：“爸爸，你感觉怎么样?”

“Susan, don’t worry about me.‖ he said gently.―To tell you the truth, I just like walking with your mom.I like this kind of life.‖ Reading his eyes, I know he loves my mother deeply.他温和地说：“苏珊，不用为我担心。跟你说吧，我喜欢与你妈妈一块散步的感觉。我喜 欢这种生活。”从他的眼神里，我看得出他对母亲的爱之深刻。

Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and sweet kisses.But from this experience, I understand that love is just a thread in the quilt of our life.Love is inside, making life strong and warm..我曾经认为爱情就是鲜花、礼物和甜蜜的亲吻。但是从那一刻起，我明白了，爱情就像是 生活中被子里的一根线。爱情就在里面，使生活变得坚固而温暖。

海子诗歌欣赏《面朝大海春暖花开》

从明天起，做一个幸福的人

From tomorrow on, I will be a happy person;

喂马，劈柴，周游世界

Grooming, chopping, and traveling all over the world.从明天起，关心粮食和蔬菜

From tomorrow on, I will care foodstuff and vegetables,我有一所房子，面朝大海，春暖花开

I have a house,towards the sea, with spring flowers blossoming.从明天起，和每一个亲人通信

From tomorrow on, I will write to each of my dear ones,告诉他们我的幸福

Telling them of my happiness,那幸福的闪电告诉我的What the lightening of blessedness has told me,我将告诉每一个人

I will spread it to each of them.给每一条河每一座山取一个温暖的名字

And give a warm name for every river and every mountain.陌生人，我也为你祝福

Strangers, I will also give you my well-wishing.愿你有一个灿烂的前程

May you have a brilliant future!

愿你有情人终成眷属

May you lovers eventually become spouse!

愿你在尘世获得幸福

May you enjoy happiness in this earthly world!

我也愿面朝大海，春暖花开

I only wish to face the sea, with spring flowers blossoming.The Subtle Feeling淡淡的感觉

I like the subtle fresh green budding from the branches of the tree–the herald of spring, ushering in the dawn...我喜欢这种淡淡的感觉我喜欢看树枝上那淡淡的嫩绿,它是春天的使者,它是一天清晨的开始……I like the subtle flow of cloud that makes the sky seem even more vast, azure and immense...我喜欢天空中那淡淡的云，它将天空衬的更高更蓝更宽……

I like the subtle wind.In spring, it steals a kiss on my cheek;in autumn, it caresses my face;in summer, it brings in cool sweet smell;in winter, it carries a crisp chilliness...我喜欢淡淡的风。春风轻吻脸颊，秋风抚面温柔，夏天的风送来凉爽，冬天的风带来清凉……

I like the subtle taste of tea that last long after a sip.The subtle bitter is what it is meant to be...我喜欢喝淡淡的茶,淡淡之中才品出它余味的清香,淡淡的苦才是它原来的味道……

I like the subtle friendship that does not hold people together.In stead, an occasional greeting spreads our longings far beyond..我喜欢追求淡淡的友谊。彼此之间不需要天天在一起，偶尔一句：你好吗？思念就像发芽一样蔓延开来……

I like the subtle longing for a friend, when I sink deeply in a couch, mind wandering in memories of the past...我喜欢淡淡地思念一个人,静静地将自己包围在沙发之中，任思绪在回忆里飘荡……

Love should also be subtle, without enslaving the ones fallen into her arms.Not a bit less nor a bit more...爱也要淡淡的。爱，不要成为囚，少是愁多也是忧……

Subtle friendship is true;subtle greetings are enough;subtle love is tender;subtle longing is deep;subtle wishes come from the bottom of your heart...淡淡的一点友谊很真，淡淡的一点问候很醇，淡淡的一点依恋很清，淡淡的一点孤独很美，淡淡的一点思念很深，淡淡的一点祝福最真……

第三篇：英语美文欣赏

双语美文：夕阳

I believe in leaving work at five o’clock.In a nation that operates on a staunch Protestant work ethic, this belief could be considered radical.Working only 40 hours a week? I just don’t know many people who punch out at five o’clock anymore.It seems downright quaint, like pocket watches and shoe shines.My father tried to teach me the importance of hard work, long hours and dedication to a career.But then there are the things he taught me unintentionally, like when he arrived home from work for the last time and crawled up the stairs.My father, a self-employed sales trainer, was that sick, that tired.His body was wracked with liver cancer, and he suffered the effects of a diabetic ulcer.Still, he insisted on traveling to honor his commitment to give a seminar.He probably earned a lot of money that day, and he paid the price: He returned to the hospital soon after and was dead within three months, at age 58.我的信念是在五点结束每天的工作。在这个奉行新教徒那套“工作至上”理念的国度,我的这一信念可算是激进。每周只工作40小时?我认识的人中很少是下午五点打卡下班的。那看起来就跟怀表、鞋油这类东西一样,简直是过时而怪异。我父亲尽力教导我勤奋工作、超时工作以及献身事业这几点的重要性。但后来,他也无意中教了我一些东西,比如那次当他最后一次下班回家爬上楼梯的时候。我父亲是一名自雇的销售培训师。那天,他已经病得很厉害,疲惫不堪。肝癌拖垮了他的身体,他还饱受糖尿病溃疡的折磨。然而,他为履行承诺仍坚持到外地主持一个研讨会。他那天可能赚了不少钱,但他也付出了代价——不久之后又住进了医院,而且三个月后就去世了,终年58岁。

It’s been 10 years since I saw my father come home that night and since then, I’ve thought a lot about work.I’ve decided something: I will never crawl up the stairs.As much as I love my job as a newspaper reporter, I will never work myself into the ground, literally or figuratively.The idea of leaving work at work didn’t come easily to me.After all, I am my father’s daughter.In college, I wasn’t going to keg parties in a frat basement;I was the girl who lingered on the library steps each morning, waiting for the doors to open.I even dreamt about schoolwork.那晚看到父亲回家已是十年前的事了,自那以后,我对工作作了多番思考。我决定:我决不要爬着楼梯回家。作为一名报社记者,尽管我非常热爱我的工作,但我决不会因为拼命工作而把自己送进“坟墓”里,无论是字面义还是比喻义。只在工作时间内工作的想法于我并非易事,毕竟,有其父必有其女。读大学时,我不去大学生联谊会在地下室里举办的啤酒狂欢派对,而是每天一早就在图书馆的阶梯上徘徊,等着图书馆开门。我甚至做梦都会梦到功课作业。

My dad once told me he was unable to just gaze at a sunset;he had to be doing something as he looked at it—writing, reading, playing chess.You could say he was a success: He was a published author, an accomplished musician, fluent in German and the American Sign Language.That’s an impressive list, but here’s the thing: I want to gaze at sunsets.I don’t want to meet a deadline during them or be writing a column at the same time, or glance at them over the top of a book.This

raises the question: If I leave work at five o’ clock to watch the sunset, what are the consequences? Do I risk not reaching the top of my profession? Maybe, because honestly, knocking off after eight hours probably won’t earn me the corner office or the lucrative promotion.But hey, leaving work at five o’ clock means I eat dinner with my family.I get to hop on my bike and pedal through the streets of my hometown as the shadows lengthen and the traffic thins.And I get to take in a lot of sunsets.That’s got to be worth something.我父亲曾经告诉我,他就是没法凝视夕阳。看着夕阳的同时他还得做些别的事——写作、阅读、下象棋。你可以称他是成功人士:他是一名发表过作品的作家,一位有造诣的音乐家,能说流利的德语,能熟练运用美国手语。这一连串成就看起来挺厉害的。但问题是:我想凝视夕阳。我不想边看夕阳边赶在最后期限前完成工作,也不想边看边给专栏赶稿,又或者是看着书,偶尔才朝那一抹夕阳瞥上一眼。这引发了一个问题:如果我五点就下班去看夕阳,会有什么后果?我是否就无法爬到职场最高位?也许是,因为说实话,工作八小时就下班,想搬进角落的高层办公室或升职加薪是不太可能的。不过,嘿,五点就下班意味着我能和家人共进晚餐。我跳上单车,穿梭在家乡的大小街道上,一切在夕阳的余晖中被拉长了影子,路上车少人稀。从此,我看了不少夕阳美景。这肯定有其价值所在。

第四篇：英语美文欣赏

英语美文

人生短短几十年，不要给自己留下了什么遗憾，想笑就笑，想哭就哭，该爱的时候就去爱，无谓压抑自己。

Be sure that you have never had any regrets in your life which only lasts for a few decades.Laugh or cry as you like, and it is meaningless to oppress yourself.记住该记住的，忘记该忘记的。改变能改变的，接受不能改变的.Remember what should be remembered, and forget what should be forgotten.Alter what is changeable, and accept what is mutable.我不去想是否能够成功,既然选择了远方,便只顾风雨兼程；我不去想,身后会不会袭来寒风冷雨,既然目标是地平线,留给世界的只能是背影。

I wouldn‘t care success or failure, for I will only struggle ahead as long as I have been destined to the distance.I wouldn‘t care the difficulties around, for what I can leave on the earth is only their view of my back since I have been marching toward the horizontal.生命中，不断地有人离开或进入。于是，看见的，看不见了；记住的，遗忘了。生命中，不断地有得到和失落。于是，看不见的，看见了；遗忘的，记住了。然而，看不见的，是不是就等于不存在？记住的，是不是永远不会消失？

There is someone that is coming or passing away in your life around the clock, so you may lose sight of those seen, and forget those remembered.There is gain and loss in your life, so you may catch sight of those unseen, and remember those forgotten.Nevertheless, doesn‘t the unseen exist for sure? Will the remembered remain forever?

Don't take to heart every thing you hear.Don't spend all that you have.Don't sleep as long as you want;不要轻信你听到的每件事，不要花光你的所有，不要想睡多久就睡多久；

Love deeply and ardently, even if there is pain, but this is the way to make your life complete;深情热烈地爱，也许会受伤，但这是使人生完整的唯一方法；

Never regret.If it's good, it's wonderful.If it's bad, it's experience.永远别后悔，因为如果过去是好的，完美，如果过去是不好的，那也是经验和智慧 – Victoria Holt It's better to try hard to love yourself more than to wait someone to love u.if today u don't like yourself more than yesterday, so what's the meaning of tomorrow? 与其等别人来爱你，不如自己学着努力多爱自己一些，如果今天的你没有比昨天更喜欢自己，那明天对你来说又有什么意义呢？ In life we all have an unspeakable secret, an irreversible regret, an unreachable dream and an unforgettable love.------人的一生，都有一些说不出的秘密，挽不回的遗憾，触不到的梦想，忘不了的爱。

Find someone who thinks you`re impossible to be with, but stays anyway.如果你遇到一个觉得你不可相处，却还留在你身边的人，那就是他了。It's better to try hard to love yourself more than to wait someone to love u.if today u don't like yourself more than yesterday, so what's the meaning of tomorrow? 与其等别人来爱你，不如自己学着努力多爱自己一些，如果今天的你没有比昨天更喜欢自己，那明天对你来说又有什么意义呢？ If you're brave enough to say GOODBYE, life will reward you with a new HELLO.只要你勇敢地说出再见，生活一定会赐予你一个新的开始。

The more you know who you are, and what you want, the less you let things upset you.你越了解你自己，知道自己想要什么，就越不会被那些事情阻碍到。Today I shed my old skin, which has too long suffered the bruises of failure

and the wounds of mediocrity.Today I begin a new life.—— 今天，我爬出满是失败创伤的老茧。今天，我要开始新的生活。

Meeting you was fate, becoming your friend was a choice,but falling in love with you was beyond my control遇见你是命运的安排，成为了朋友是我的选择，而爱上你是我无法控制的意外

Life is short, live it.Love is rare, grab it.Anger is bad, dump it.Fear is awful, face it.Memories are sweet, cherish it.人生苦短，用心生活。真爱不多，好好把握。生气无益，及早抛弃。恐惧很糟，勇敢面对。甜蜜记忆，好好珍惜。

Don't make promise when you're in joy.Don't reply when you're sad.Don'take decisions when you're angry.Think twice,act wise.别在喜悦时许诺，别在忧伤时回答，别在愤怒时做决定。三思而后行。

You can hurt with your words but sometimes you can hurt more with your silence.生活中，你说的话可能会伤到别人，但有时候，你的沉默会让人伤得更深。

If you love a girl, it's better to fight for her happiness than to abandon her for the sake of her happiness爱一个女孩子与其为了她的幸福而放弃她不如留住她，为她幸福而努力。

Don’t complain that life is too unfair to you just because life simply does not know who you are.------不要抱怨生活对你不公平，因为生活根本就不知道你是谁。

In life we all have an unspeakable secret, an irreversible regret, an unreachable dream and an unforgettable love.------人的一生，都有一些说不出的秘密，挽不回的遗憾，触不到的梦想，忘不了的爱。

Enjoy the little things in life ,for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.有时候你不得不笑，表现得好像一切OK，然后，忍着眼泪走开。

Miss you so much, Miss your hug, like toothbrush squeeze the toothpaste, so tightly but sweet.真的好想你，想你的拥抱，就像牙刷紧紧地拥抱着牙膏，如此甜蜜。

Did you know that everytime she thinks of you she smiles。有没有那么一个人，你一想到他（她），就会甜甜地微笑。。

Warmness is luxury, which is reflected by deep cold and hurt.温暖是奢侈的东西，奢侈到需要用很深的寒冷和疼痛才能体现。

I'm not perfect,I make mistakes,I hurt people,but when I say sorry,I mean it!我知道我并不完美，我犯了一些错，伤害了一些人，但是当我说“对不起”的时候，我是认真的！

We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone.Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.我们出生时是孤单的，也孤单的活着，最后孤单的离开人士，只有爱和友谊能创造不再孤单的幻想。-Orson Welles It's better to try hard to love yourself more than to wait someone to love u.if today u don't like yourself more than yesterday, so what's the meaning of tomorrow? 与其等别人来爱你，不如自己学着努力多爱自己一些，如果今天的你没有比昨天更喜欢自己，那明天对你来说又有什么意义呢？ A true friend is some one who reaches your hands and touches your heart.一个真正的朋友是向你伸出手，触动你心灵的人.So we meet and get to know each other well;we travel in company and write poems with life.所以我们相遇而知，我们结伴同行，用生命写下诗章

【生活感悟】When you forgive, you set a prisoner free.And then you discover that the prisoner was you——当你宽恕的时候，等于释放了一个囚徒，然后你会发现，那个囚徒就是你自己。

Sometimes you need to step outside, clear your head, and remind yourself of who you are and where you wanna be.有时候你需要退开一点，清醒一下，然后提醒自己，我是谁，要去哪里。

Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.❤ 繁荣只是值得被利用的一种环境和工具，并非值得崇拜的神迹 – Calvin Coolidge

Life is like a multiple choice question.Sometimes, the choices confuse you, not the question itself——人生就像是一道多项选择题，困扰你的，往往是众多的选择项，而不是题目本身。

I sit at my window this morning where the world like a passer-by stops for a moment, nods to me and goes.—— 我今晨坐在窗前，世界如一个路人似的，停留了一会，向我点点头又走了过去。

When the world says,“Give Up!” Hope whispers,“Try it one more time”.当你仍想继续，永远不要说再见；当你还能承受，永远不要说放弃；当你舍不得一个人，永远永远不要说你不再爱他（她）。

That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.谁的快乐最廉价，谁就是最富有的人 – Henry David Thoreau People laugh and people cry;Some give up, Some always try;Some say hi while some say bye;Others may forgets u but never will I.有人欢喜有人忧；有人放弃，也会有人执着；有人走进你的世界，同时也会有人离开；或许会有人将你遗忘，但那绝对不会是我。

If you hate me, I don't really care.I don't live to please you!如果你讨厌我，我一点也不介意，我活着不是为了取悦你。

Here’s my love.Take it.Here’s my heart, don’t break it.Here’s my hand, hold it.And together we will make it forever.这是我的爱，收下吧。这是我的心，别打碎了。这是我的手，握好了。我们一起，永远永远。Only few people know that life is beautiful for lacking something.The so-called turning-around is that u not only miss the sun in day time but also the stars at night.—只有很少的人才懂得，人生是因为缺憾而美丽，而所谓的回头，只不过是丢掉了白天的太阳之后，又错过了夜晚的星星。No way, because everyone else is pretending to serious, I had to pretend to be serious.没办法，因为别人都在假装正经，我只好假装不正经。

The rain falls because the sky can no longer handle its weight.Just like the tears fall because the heart can no longer handle the pain.雨水落下来是因为天空无法承受它的重量，眼泪掉下来是因为心再也无法承受那样的伤痛。

We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone.Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.我们出生时是孤单的，也孤单的活着，最后孤单的离开人士，只有爱和友谊能创造不再孤单的幻想。-Orson Welles It takes being away from someone for a while, to realize how much you really need them in your life.有的时候，你需要离开某人一段时间，才会发现自己有多需要他。

Dream what you want to dream；go where you want to go；be what you want to be，because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do.-做你想做的梦吧，去你想去的地方吧，成为你想成为的人吧，因为你只有一次生命，一个机会去做你所有想做的事。

Our greatest glory consists not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.—— 我们最值得自豪的不在于从不跌倒，而在于每次跌倒之后都爬起来。

It has only taken us from the past to the present.It has also obscured my memories, but never ever taken them away.We seem to have lost something that is yet not so important.时间让我们从过去到现在 冲淡的是回忆 带不走的也是回忆 好像身边少了一些什么 但也不那么重要了.You know my loneliness is only kept for you, my sweet songs are only sung for you.—— 你可知我百年的孤寂只为你一人守侯，千夜的恋歌只为你一人而唱

Sometimes the right person for you was there all along.You just didn't see it because the wrong one was blocking the sight.有时候，那个人就在你身边。只是你不知道他的存在，因为错误的人挡住了你的视线。

Only few people know that life is beautiful for lacking something.The so-called turning-around is that u not only miss the sun in day time but also the stars at night——只有很少的人才懂得，人生是因为缺憾而美丽，而所谓的回头，只不过是丢掉了白天的太阳之后，又错过了夜晚的星星。

The best way to get over someone, is to get under someone else.忘记某个人最好的方法，就是喜欢上其他人。《 Gossip Girl》

Never regret.If it's good, it's wonderful.If it's bad, it's experience.❤ 永远别后悔，因为如果过去是好的，完美，如果过去是不好的，那也是经验和智慧 – Victoria Holt ❤Everyone is a king of pain by regret,just take it,count as freckles,or canine tooth.❤生命中总有无法承受的遗憾之痛，就当它是个雀斑，是颗虎牙，接受它在那就好了。

Dream what you want to dream；go where you want to go；be what you want to be，because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do.-做你想做的梦吧，去你想去的地方吧，成为你想成为的人吧，因为你只有一次生命，一个机会去做你所有想做的事

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第五篇：英语美文欣赏

[美文欣赏]

“We are reading the first verse of the first chapter of a book whose pages are infinite...”

I do not know who wrote those 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 contaminated by the mistakes and errors with which history is filled.We should all be concerned about the future because that is where we will spend the remainder of our 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 frontiers, in our homes and in our business, if we only recognize them.We are just at the beginning of the progress in every field of human endeavor.[参考译文]

“我们正在读一本书的第一章第一行，这本书的页数是无限的„„”

我不知道是谁写的，可我很喜欢这句话，它提醒我们未来是由自己创造的。我们可以把神秘、不可知的未来塑造成我们想象中的任何模样，犹如雕刻家将未成形的石头刻成雕像。

我们每个人都像是农夫。洒下良种将有丰收，播下劣种或生满野草便将毁去收成。没有耕耘则会一无所获。

我希望未来比过去更加美好，希望未来不会沾染历史的错误与过失。我们都应举目向前，因我们的余生要用未来书写。

往昔已逝，静如止水；我们无法再作改变。而前方的未来正生机勃勃；我们所做的每一件事都将会影响着它。只要我们认识到这些，无论是在家中还是在工作上，每天我们的面前都会展现出新的天地。

在人类致力开拓的每一片领域上，我们正站在进步的起跑点。

[美文欣赏]

To a large degree, the measure of our peace of mind is determined by how much we are able to live on the present moment.Irrespective of what happened yesterday or last year, and what may or may not happen tomorrow, the present moment is where you are--always!

Without question, many of us have mastered the neurotic art of spending much of our lives worrying about variety of things--all at once.We allow past problems and future concerns to dominate your present moments, so much so that we end up anxious, frustrated, depressed, and hopeless.On the flip side, we also postpone our gratification, our stated priorities, and our happiness, often convincing ourselves that “someday” will be much better than today.Unfortunately, the same mental dynamics that tell us to look toward the future will only repeat themselves so that 'someday' never actually arrives.John Lennone once said, “Life is what is happening while we are busy making other plans.” When we are busy making 'other plans', our children are busy growing up, the people we love are moving away and dying, our bodies are getting out of shape, and our dreams are slipping away.In short, we miss out on life.Many people lives as if life is a dress rehearsal for some later date.It isn't.In fact, no one has a guarantee that he or she will be here tomorrow.Now is the only time we have, and the only time that we have any control over.When our attention is in the present moment, we push fear from our minds.Fear is the concern over events that might happen in the future--we won't have enoughh money, our children will get into trouble, we will get old and die, whatever.To combat fear, the best stradegy is to learn to bring your attention back to the present.Mark Twain said,“I have been through some terrible things in life, some of which actually happened.” I don't think I can say it any better.Practice keeping your attention on the here and now.Your effort will pay great dividends.[参考译文]

我们内心是否平和在很大程度上是由我们是否能生活在现实之中所决定的．不管昨天或去年发生了什么，不管明天可能发生或不发生什么，现实才是你时时刻刻所在之处。

毫无疑问，我们很多人掌握了一种神经兮兮的艺术，即把生活中的大部分时间花在为种种事情担心忧虑上－－而且常常是同时忧虑许多事情．

我们听凭过去的麻烦和未来的担心控制我们此时此刻的生活，以至我们整日焦虑不安，委靡不振，甚至沮丧绝望．而另一方面我们又推迟我们的满足感，推迟我们应优先考虑的事情，推迟我们的幸福感，常常说服自己“有朝一日”会比今天更好．不幸的是，如此告戒我们朝前看的大脑动力只能重复来重复去，以至“有朝一日”不会真的来临．约翰．列侬曾经说过：“生活就是当我们忙于制定别的计划时发生的事．”当我们忙于指定种种＂别的计划＂时，我们的孩子在忙于长大，我们挚爱的人离去了甚至快去世了，我们的体型变样了，而我们的梦想也在消然溜走了．一句话，我们错过了生活。

许多人的生活好象是某个未来日子的彩排，并非如此。事实上，没人能保证他或她肯定还活着。现在是我们所拥有的唯一时间，现在也是我们能控制的唯一的时间。当我们将注意力放在此时此刻时，我们就将恐惧置于脑后。恐惧就是我们担忧某些事情会在未来发生－－我们不讳有足够的钱，我们的孩子会惹上麻烦，我们会变老，会死去，诸如此类。

若要克服恐惧心理，最佳策略是学会将你的注意力拉回此时此刻。马克．吐温说过：“我经历过生活中一些可怕的事情，有些的确发生过。”我想我说不出比这更具内涵的话。经常将注意力集中于此情此景，此时此刻，你的努力终会有丰厚的报偿。

[美文欣赏]

Everybody has blue days.These are miserable days when you feel lousy, grumpy, lonely, and utterly exhausted.Days when you feel small and insignificant, when everything seems just out of reach.You can’t rise to the occasion.Just getting started seems impossible.On blue days you can become paranoid that everyone is out to get you.This is not always such a bad thing.You feel frustrated and anxious, which can induce a nail-biting frenzy that can escalate into a triple-chocolate-mud-cake-eating frenzy in a blink of an eye!On blue days you feel like you’re floating in an ocean of sadness.You’re about to burst into tears at any moment and you don’t even know why.Ultimately, you feel like you’re wandering through life without purpose.You’re not sure how much longer you can hang on, and you feel like shouting,“Will someone please shoot me!”It doesn’t take much to bring on a blue day.You might just wake up not feeling or looking your best,find some new wrinkles, put on a little weight, or get a huge pimple on your nose.You could forget your date’s name or have an embarrassing photograph published.You might get dumped,divorced, or fired, make a fool of yourself in public, be afflicted with a demeaning nickname,or just have a plain old bad-hair day.Maybe work is a pain in the butt.You’re under major pressure to fill someone else’s shoes,your boss is picking on you, and everyone in the office is driving you crazy.You might have a splitting headache,or a slipped dish, bad breath, a toothache,chronic gas, dry lips, or a nasty ingrown toenail.Whatever the reason, you’re convinced that someone up there doesn’t like you.Oh what to do, what to do?

[参考译文]

每个人都有忧郁的时候。

那些日子真是惨透了，你觉得心里乱糟糟的、怨气丛生、寂寞、整个人彻底的精疲力竭。那些日子总会让你感到自己的渺小和微不足道，每件事情似乎都够不着边。你根本无法振作起来。

根本没有力气重新开始。在忧郁的日子里，你可能变成偏执狂，觉得每个人都想要吃定你。其实情况并不总是那么糟。你感到灰心、焦虑，可能开始神经质地拼命咬指甲，然后不可救药地陷入一眨眼吃掉三大块巧克力蛋糕的疯狂！在忧郁的日子里，你会觉得自己在悲伤的海里沉沉浮浮。不论在什么时候，你总有种想哭的冲动，却不知道为了什么。最后，你觉得自己犹如行尸走肉，失去生活目标。

你不知道自己还可以撑多久，然后你想大喊一声：“谁来一枪把我打死吧！” 其实一点小事就让你一天都郁闷难当。也许只是一觉醒来，没有感觉到或者看到自己最棒的一面，发现自己又多了几条皱纹，又重了几斤，或是鼻子上冒出了一个大包。你可能忘记了约会对象的名字，或是有张可笑的照片被登出来。你或许被人抛弃、离了婚，或是被开除，当众出丑，被刻薄的绰号弄得心乱如麻，或许只因为你得整天顶着一个其丑无比的发型。也许工作让你痛苦得如坐针毡。你在强大的压力下顶替他人的位置，你的老板对你百般挑剔，办公室里的每一个人都让你发疯。你可能会头疼欲裂，或重心不稳跌个正着，口臭、牙痛、不停放屁、口干舌燥，或是指甲长到肉里头了。不管什么原因，你确定上面有人不喜欢你。唉，该怎么办，到底该怎么办呢？

[美文欣赏]

“We are reading the first verse of the first chapter of a book whose pages are infinite...”

I do not know who wrote those 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 contaminated by the mistakes and errors with which history is filled.We should all be concerned about the future because that is where we will spend the remainder of our 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 frontiers, in our homes and in our business, if we only recognize them.We are just at the beginning of the progress in every field of human endeavor.[参考译文]

“我们正在读一本书的第一章第一行，这本书的页数是无限的……”

我不知道是谁写的，可我很喜欢这句话，它提醒我们未来是由自己创造的。我们可以把神秘、不可知的未来塑造成我们想象中的任何模样，犹如雕刻家将未成形的石头刻成雕像。

我们每个人都像是农夫。洒下良种将有丰收，播下劣种或生满野草便将毁去收成。没有耕耘则会一无所获。

我希望未来比过去更加美好，希望未来不会沾染历史的错误与过失。我们都应举目向前，因我们的余生要用未来书写。

往昔已逝，静如止水；我们无法再作改变。而前方的未来正生机勃勃；我们所做的每一件事都将会影响着它。只要我们认识到这些，无论是在家中还是在工作上，每天我们的面前都会展现出新的天地。

在人类致力开拓的每一片领域上，我们正站在进步的起跑点。

[美文欣赏]

Today I begin a new life.And I make a solemn oath to myself that nothing will retard my new life's growth.I will lose not a day from these readings for that day cannot be retrieved nor can I substitute another for it.I must not , I will not, break this habit of daily reading from these scrolls and, in truth, the few moments spent each day on this new habit are but a small price to pay for the happiness and success that will be mine.As I read and re-read the words in the scrolls to follow, never will I allow the brevity of each scroll nor the simplicity of its words to cause me to treat the scroll's message lightly.Thousands of grapes are pressed to fill one jar with wine, and the grapeskin and pulp are tossed to the birds.So it is with these grapes of wisdom from the ages.Much has been filtered and tossed to the wind.Only the pure truth lies distilled in the words to come.I will drink as instructed and spill not a drop.And the seed of success I will swallow.Today my old skin has become as dust.I will walk tall among men and they will know me not , for today I am a new man, with a new life.[参考译文]

今天，我开始新的生活

我郑重地发誓，绝不让任何事情妨碍我新生命的成长。在阅读这些读物的时候，我绝不浪费一天的时间，因为时光一去不返，失去的日子是无法弥补的。我也绝不打破每天阅读的习惯。事实上，每天在这些新习惯上花费少许时间，相对于可能获得的愉乐与成功而言，只是微不足道的代价。

当我阅读书卷中的字句时，绝不能因为文字的精炼而忽视内容的深沉。一瓶葡萄美酒需要千百颗果子酿制而成，果皮和渣子抛给小鸟。葡萄的智慧代代相传，有些被过滤，有些被淘汰，随风飘逝。只有纯正的真理才是永恒的。它们就精炼在我要阅读的文字中。我要依照指示，绝不浪费，饮下成功的种子。

今天，我的老茧化为尘埃。我在人群中昂首阔步，不会有人认出我来，因为我不再是过去的自己、我已拥有新的生命。