著名英語(yǔ)美文摘抄閱讀
著名英語(yǔ)美文摘抄閱讀
讓他們沐浴在古詩(shī)文的陽(yáng)光雨露中，努力去吸取經(jīng)典美文的瓊漿玉液，讓一切美妙的修養(yǎng)和哲學(xué)毫無(wú)痕跡地從他們的口中滲入血液，滲入生命感受的深處，成為孩子們生命的一部分。經(jīng)典美文可以陶冶情操，豐富想象，還可以培養(yǎng)學(xué)生對(duì)語(yǔ)言文字的興趣，有益于培養(yǎng)他們的文學(xué)素養(yǎng)。本文是著名英語(yǔ)美文，希望對(duì)大家有幫助!
著名英語(yǔ)美文：你為什么要做手頭上的事呢?
It’s a serious question and one you’re likely not askedall that often.
這是一個(gè)很嚴(yán)肅的問(wèn)題，但也是一個(gè)你不會(huì)經(jīng)常問(wèn)自己的問(wèn)題。
Take a look at what you do each day and ask yourself “why am I doing this?”
看一下你每天都在做些什么然后問(wèn)問(wèn)自己：“我做這些是為了什么?”
On a typical day I’m up with my kids, playing with them,tending to them, teaching them. Why do I do it? Because I love them, I want them to have our values, I want to teach them and I want to experience what it’s like to be a mom. I could choose to go back to a job outside of the home and earn a fairly good income, but I choose to stay home because it just feels like the right thing to do … for me.I realize that this isn’t a luxury a lot of people have despite wanting it and believe me when I say I am grateful for being able to stay at home with my kids.
有一天，我抱起我的小孩，和他們一塊玩耍，照顧著他們，教育他們。我不禁想：我為什么做這些事情呢?因?yàn)槲覑?ài)他們，我想他們能夠擁有我們的價(jià)值觀，我想教導(dǎo)他們并且通過(guò)這些去感受作為媽媽的經(jīng)歷。我可以選擇回去工作，而且會(huì)有一份相當(dāng)好的收入，但是我選擇留在家里因?yàn)槲腋杏X(jué)這就是我要做的。我也意識(shí)到這并不是一件奢侈的東西，很多人都有，盡管很多人口里都喊著想要這樣的生活，相信我，我很感激能夠呆在家里和我的小孩在一起。
I write. Why? Because it allows me to get in touch with my creative side, something I didn’t get to do too often when I was heavily embedded in the sciences. Writing helps me gather and focus my thoughts. It allows me to.
我寫作。為什么?因?yàn)閷懽骷て鹆宋业膭?chuàng)造靈感，這些靈感不是我堅(jiān)信自然科學(xué)就能夠獲得的。寫作讓我收集靈感、專注于我的思維上，它給了我這樣的契機(jī)。
I coach/consult people. Why? Because it allows me to work in a way that I’m passionate about, I am able to contribute financially to my family, and it’s helping me get closer to my goal of personally funding 2 children’s wishes for the Children’s Wish Foundation. Since one of my son’s is a wish kid this is near and dear to me and at K a wish I have a VERY long way to go. But I don’t doubt I’ll get there in my lifetime.
我是顧問(wèn)。為什么?因?yàn)檫@份工作是我的激情所在。通過(guò)這份工作，我不但可以支持家庭，我也朝我的目標(biāo)更近了一步：為兒童愿望基金會(huì)資助兩名兒童，幫他們實(shí)現(xiàn)愿望。我最親愛(ài)的兒子也是個(gè)愛(ài)許愿的孩子，所以雖然幫每個(gè)兒童實(shí)現(xiàn)愿望需要2萬(wàn)美金，我得花很久才能實(shí)現(xiàn)，但是我堅(jiān)信在我的有生之年我肯定能實(shí)現(xiàn)。
These are just a few examples of what I do and why I do them. They may not sit well with everyone but I do what I do in these respects with purpose and reason.
這只是我所做的和為什么我要做這些的幾個(gè)例子。它們不可能適合所有的人，但我知道做我手頭上這些事情的目的和意義。
I could also mention that I watch TV from time to time. If you asked me why I do it, I wouldn’t have a very good answer – to curb boredom, to relax and just sit at the end of the day. There are a lot of better things I could be doing with my time but occasionally TV is okay.
在這里我還想提到一點(diǎn)，即我時(shí)常也看電視。如果你問(wèn)我為什么會(huì)看電視?我可能沒(méi)有一個(gè)很好的答案，或許只是無(wú)聊，只是想放松一下，或許只想在一天結(jié)束的時(shí)候坐著休息一下。我的一生還有許多許多更美好的事情等著我去做，但偶爾看看電視也很好。
I think doing things without purpose, a plan or the bigger picture in mind can be fun but it may be wasting your time, effort, energy, talents and skills.
我認(rèn)為做事情沒(méi)有目標(biāo)，沒(méi)有計(jì)劃或是在腦海中沒(méi)有一幅藍(lán)圖，會(huì)很有趣，但這樣子確實(shí)浪費(fèi)時(shí)間、精力、才能和你的技能。
So what are you doing and why are you doing it?
所以說(shuō)：你在做些什么?你為什么要做?
Take inventory of what you’re doing in major life areas and try to understand why you’re doing them.
列下在你重要的人生領(lǐng)域里，你所做事情的清單，找到做這些事情的原因。
Does what you do play to your strengths? Do you get great joy out of doing it? Is it helping you get closer to a goalor a dream you have?
你所做的有助于發(fā)揮你的實(shí)力嗎?你快樂(lè)嗎?做這些事情能幫你朝既定的目標(biāo)或者夢(mèng)想邁進(jìn)一些嗎?
If you spend too much of your time focusing on things that don’t really matter, that don’t really excite you and you don’t have a reason for doing what you’re doing you could be missing out on a lot of great things.
如果你把過(guò)多的時(shí)間花在這樣一些事情上：無(wú)關(guān)緊要，不會(huì)讓你興奮，你也沒(méi)有很好的理由來(lái)解釋為什么要做現(xiàn)在正在做的事情，那么你將會(huì)失去很多美好的事情。
Think of all the opportunities you could be missing out on if you’re tied up in activities that don’t matter to you. Wouldn’t you hate to realize one day that what you wanted all along passed you by because you were too busy doing other things. Menial things.
想一下：如果你在一些無(wú)關(guān)緊要的事情上面忙忙碌碌，你將失去多少機(jī)會(huì)?你會(huì)不會(huì)有一天突然意識(shí)到：因?yàn)槟忝χ鲆恍┢渌阏J(rèn)為重要的事情，而你真正想要的東西卻通通都已溜走。
So my question remains: What are you doing and why do you do it?
所以我的問(wèn)題依然是：你在做什么，你為什么做?
著名英語(yǔ)美文：大石塊
One day an expert in time management was speaking to a group of business students and, to drive home a point, used an illustration those students will never forget. As he stood in front of the group of high-powered over-achievers he said, "Okay, time for a quiz.” Then he pulled out a one-gallon, wide-mouthed Mason jar and set it on the table in front of him. He then produced about a dozen fist-sized rocks and carefully placed them, one at a time, into the jar. When the jar was filled to the top and no more rocks would fit inside, he asked, "Is the jar full?" Everyone in the class said, "Yes."
一天，一名時(shí)間管理專家在對(duì)一群學(xué)習(xí)商業(yè)的學(xué)生講話時(shí)，為了論證一個(gè)論點(diǎn)，他用了一個(gè)令學(xué)生們永遠(yuǎn)難忘的 表述方式。站在這群出類拔萃的學(xué)生面前，他說(shuō)：“來(lái)，做個(gè)小測(cè)試。”他拿出一個(gè)一加侖的廣口玻璃瓶，放在他們面前的桌上。接著他拿出一小堆拳頭大小的石塊，小心翼翼、一塊一塊地放進(jìn)瓶子里。等石塊裝滿到瓶子，再也塞不下時(shí)，他問(wèn)：“瓶子滿了嗎?”大家都說(shuō)：“滿了。”
He replied, "Really?"
他問(wèn)：“真的滿了嗎?”
He reached under the table and pulled out a bucket of gravel, then dumped some gravel in and shook the jar causing pieces of gravel to work themselves down into the space between the big rocks.
他伸手到桌下提出一桶碎石，將碎石倒進(jìn)瓶子里，搖晃瓶子讓碎石漏進(jìn)石塊的間隙里去。
He asked the group once more, "Is the jar full?"
他又問(wèn)學(xué)生：“瓶子裝滿了嗎?”
By this time the class was on to him. "Probably not," one of them answered.
這時(shí)學(xué)生們領(lǐng)悟過(guò)來(lái)了。“可能還沒(méi)滿吧!”一個(gè)學(xué)生回答說(shuō)。
"Good!" he replied.
“好!”他說(shuō)道。
He reached under the table and brought out a bucket of sand. He started dumping the sand in the jar and it went into all the spaces left between the rocks and the gravel. Once more he asked the question,"Is the jar full?"
他伸手從桌底下拎出了一桶沙，把沙往瓶子里倒，沙子塞滿了石塊與碎石的縫隙，他又一次問(wèn)：“滿了嗎?”
"No!" the class shouted.
“沒(méi)滿!”全班學(xué)生大聲回答。
Once again he said, "Good!"
再一次，他說(shuō)道：“好!”
Then he grabbed a pitcher of water and began to pour it in until the jar was filled to the brim. Then he looked at the class and asked, "What is the point of this illustration?" One eager student raised her hand and said, "The point is, no matter how full your schedule is, if you try really hard you can always fit some more things in!"
然后他又拿出一大罐水往瓶子里倒，一直倒到水升到瓶口高。他看著學(xué)生們問(wèn)“這個(gè)演示說(shuō)明了什么?”一個(gè)學(xué)生急忙舉手說(shuō)：“說(shuō) 明了：不管時(shí)間安排得多緊，只要你想辦法，總是可以見(jiàn)縫插針地做更多的事情。”
"Good answer, but no," the speaker replied, "that’s not my point. The truth this illustration teaches us is: If you don’t put the big rocks in first, you’ll never get them in at all. What are the’big rocks" in your life? In my life they are my children... my wife... my loved ones... my education... my dreams... charities and worthy causes... teaching or mentoring others... doing things that I love... time for myself... my health... Remember to put these BIG ROCKS in first or you’ll never get them in at all."
“回答得好，不過(guò)，”專家說(shuō)：“這不是我想說(shuō)的。這個(gè)例子告訴我們一個(gè)事實(shí)：如果你不是先放大石塊，以后 它們就永遠(yuǎn)擺不進(jìn)去。你生活中的‘大石塊’是什么呢?在我的生活中，那就是我的孩子、妻子、所愛(ài)的人、學(xué)習(xí)、夢(mèng)想、善行和有價(jià)值的事業(yè)、教導(dǎo)他人、做我喜歡做的事、留給自己的時(shí)間、健康，等等。要記住，必須先放“大石塊”，否則它們永遠(yuǎn)放不進(jìn)去。”
If you sweat the little stuff then you’ll fill your life with little things to worry about that don’t really matter, and you’ll never have the real quality time you need to spend on the big,important stuff：the big rocks.
如果你奔忙于瑣事，那么這些無(wú)關(guān)緊要的小事就會(huì)充斥你的生活，讓你成天操心，你就永遠(yuǎn)沒(méi)辦法騰出有質(zhì)量的時(shí)間來(lái)處理你的大事和要事(大石塊)。
著名英語(yǔ)美文：錯(cuò)過(guò)的祝福
A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer's showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted.
從前，有位年輕人即將大學(xué)生畢業(yè)。數(shù)月來(lái)，他一直渴望得到某汽車商產(chǎn)品陳列室中的一輛跑車。他知道，他那富有的父親肯定買得起這輛車，于是，他便跟父親說(shuō)他很想得到那輛漂亮的跑車。
As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited signs that his father had purchased the car. Finally, on the morning of his graduation, his father called him into his private study. His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful wrapped gift box. Curious, but somewhat disappointed, the young man opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound Bible, with the young man's name embossed in gold. Angrily, he raised his voice to his father and said, "With all your money you give me a Bible?" He then stormed out of the house, leaving the Bible.
在畢業(yè)典禮即將來(lái)臨的日子里，年輕人等待著父親買下跑車的消息。終于，在畢業(yè)典禮那天上午，父親將他叫到自己的書房，并告訴他，有他這么出色的兒子自己感到非常自豪而且非常愛(ài)他這個(gè)兒子。接著，父親遞給兒子一個(gè)包裝精美的禮品盒。年輕人感到好奇，但帶著些許失望地打開(kāi)禮品盒，卻發(fā)現(xiàn)里面是一本精美的精裝本《圣經(jīng)》，上面以金子凸印著年輕人的名字?？戳T，年輕人怒氣沖沖地向父親大喊道：“你有那么多錢，卻只給我一本《圣經(jīng)》?”說(shuō)完，便丟下《圣經(jīng)》，憤怒地沖出房子。
Many years passed and the young man was very successful in business. He had a beautiful home and a wonderful family, but realizing his father was very old, he thought perhaps he should go to see him. He had not seen him since that graduation day. Before he could make the arrangements, he received a telegram telling him his father had passed away, and willed all of his possessions to his son. He needed to come home immediately and take care of things.
多年以后，年輕人已事業(yè)有成。他擁有一所漂亮的房子，一個(gè)溫馨的家庭。但當(dāng)?shù)弥赣H年事已高，他想，或許應(yīng)該去看看他。自從畢業(yè)那天起他就一直不見(jiàn)父親。就在起程時(shí)，他收到一封電報(bào)——父親已逝世，并已立下遺囑將其所有財(cái)產(chǎn)轉(zhuǎn)給兒子。他要立即回父親家處理后事。
When he arrived at his father's house, sudden sadness and regret filled his heart. He began to search through his father's important papers and saw the still new Bible, just as he had left it years ago. With tears, he opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. As he was reading, a car key dropped from the back of the Bible. It had a tag with the dealer's name, the same dealer who had the sports car he had desired. On the tag was the date of his graduation, and the words... "PAID IN FULL".
在父親的房子里，他突然內(nèi)心感到一陣悲傷與懊悔。他開(kāi)始仔細(xì)搜尋父親的重要文件，突然發(fā)現(xiàn)了那本《圣經(jīng)》——還跟幾年前一樣嶄新。他噙著淚水打開(kāi)《圣經(jīng)》并一頁(yè)一頁(yè)地閱讀著。忽然，從書的背面掉出一把鑰匙。鑰匙上掛著一個(gè)標(biāo)簽，上面寫著一個(gè)汽車經(jīng)銷商的名字——正是他曾渴望的那輛跑車的經(jīng)銷商。標(biāo)簽上還有他的畢業(yè)日期及“款已付清”的字樣。
How many times do we miss blessings because they are not packaged as we expected? Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.
我們多少次地與祝福擦肩而過(guò)，僅僅因?yàn)樗麄儧](méi)有按我們想象中的樣子包裝好?不要在渴望得到?jīng)]有的東西時(shí)損壞你已經(jīng)擁有的東西，但要記住一點(diǎn)：你現(xiàn)在所擁有的恰恰正是你曾經(jīng)一心渴望得到的。
Sometimes we don't realize the good fortune we have or we could have because we expect "the packaging" to be different. What may appear as bad fortune may in fact be the door that is just waiting to be opened.
有時(shí)，我們并沒(méi)有意識(shí)到我們已經(jīng)擁有或本該擁有的好運(yùn)，僅僅因?yàn)樗耐獗砼c我們想象中的有所不同。其實(shí)，表面上看起來(lái)像是壞運(yùn)氣的東西或許正是等待開(kāi)啟的幸運(yùn)之門。
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