第一篇：英语美文
1、Never frown, even when you are sad, because you never know who is falling in love with your smile.纵然伤心，也不要愁眉不展，因为你不知是谁会爱上你的笑容。
2、If we can only encounter each other rather than stay with each other,then I wish we had never encountered.谁捡走了我的玻璃鞋，寻找遗失的玻璃鞋。
3、No man or woman is worth your tears, and the one who is, won't make you cry.没有人值得你流泪，值得让你这么做的人不会让你哭泣。
4、I would like weeping with the smile rather than repenting with the cry,when my heart is broken ,is it needed to fix?
人活着总是要得罪一些人的 就要看那些人是否值得得罪。
5、To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.对于世界而言，你是一个人；但是对于某个人，你是他的整个世界。爱情…在指缝间承诺 指缝…在爱情下交缠。
6、I am looking for the missing glass-shoes who has picked it up.天空没有翅膀的痕迹，而鸟儿已飞过。
7、If you weeped for the missing sunset,you would miss all the shining stars.茹只遇见，能停，茹遇见。
8、When alive ,we may probably offend some people.However, we must think about whether they are deserved offended.如果你为着错过夕阳而哭泣，那么你就要错群星了。
9、You will have it if it belongs to you,whereas you don't kveth for it if it doesn't appear in your life.宁愿笑着流泪，不哭着说后悔 心碎了，还需再补吗？
10、to feel the flame of dreaming and to feel the moment of dancing,when all the romance is far away,the eternity is always there.命里有时终需有，命里无时莫强求。
11、Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one, so that when we finally meet the person, we will know how to be grateful.在遇到梦中人之前，上天也许会安排我们先遇到别的人；在我们终于遇见心仪的人时，便应当心存感激。
12、There are no trails of the wings in the sky, while the birds has flied away.为什么幸福总是擦肩而过，偶尔想你的时候…就让…回忆来陪我。
13、Promises are often like the butterfly, which disappear after beautiful hover.凋谢是真实的 盛开只是一种过去。
14、Love ,promised between the fingers Finger rift,twisted in the love.承诺常常很像蝴蝶，美丽的飞盘旋然后不见。
15、The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can't have them.失去某人，最糟糕的莫过于，他近在身旁，却犹如远在天边。
16、All things are difficult before they are easy.有全心全意地爱你。
17、Why I have never catched the happiness? Whenever I want you ,I will be accompanyed by the memory of…
与你保持着一种暖昧的关系，怕自己会爱上你，怕你离开后，我会流泪。
18、Fading is true while flowering is past.感受梦的火焰，感觉飞舞瞬间，当一切浪漫遥远，永恒依然。
1、Your weak away in my heart, but let me for you and
你的脆弱藏在心里，却让我因你而难过。
2、A friend who betray you in the end, is never your friend from the beginning。
最终背叛你的朋友，其实一开始就不是你的朋友。
3、We are all “were”, blurred our closest happiness.我们都是“远视眼”，模糊了离我们最近的幸福。
4、We always want to forget the past, but in the past, but did not forg.我们总想着遗忘过去，但过去却并未遗忘我们。
5、the tongue is boneless but it breaks bones.舌无骨却能折断骨。
6、The way of the time is the single car, never sell FanChengPiao.时间的路是单程车，从来不卖返程票。
7、Think of had to meet, like very dizzy, when the mind change, such as.想起当初相见，似天旋地转，当意念改变，如过往云烟。
8、To travel, will have a place, there is no memory, not you.去旅行吧，一定会有一个地方，那里没有回忆，没有你。
9、truth never fears investigation.实从来不怕调查。
10、A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.知足是人生在世最大的幸事。
11、the shortest answer is doing.最简单的回答就是干。
12、The pain was too silent for fear of said it will get sympathy...太痛了就保持沉默，因为害怕说出来会换来同情…
13、A man who truly loves you will never let you go, no matter how hard the situation is.如果一个男人真爱你，永远不会丢下你，不管情形有多难。
14、A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.每个女孩都该做到两点：有品位并光芒四射。
15、A girl needs to wear two things to look great : Confidence and Smile!
随身带着这两样东西的女生看起来都会很棒：自信和微笑.16、Those who let a person to sink in things, is a good start.那些让人陷进去的东西，开始总是美好的。
17、Thought always spent in cigarettes, total love in alcohol broken.思念总在香烟里度过，爱情总在酒精里破碎。
18、To give you a lot of freedom, may I let you have more waiting reason.给了你很多自由，可能我的守候让你更有离开的理由。
19、A I'm sorry, let our love lost time, lost to the distance.一句对不起，让我们的爱败给了时间，输给了距离。
20、A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor's book.医生手册写道：开怀大笑，睡个好觉，此乃灵丹妙药。
21、The life most of the time, commitments equals to constrain, reluctan.人生的大部份时间里，承诺同义词是束缚，奈何我们向往束缚。
22、Tears flow is down and out, because you never know what I choose!
泪流的很落魄，是因为你从不懂我的选择!
23、Please allow me to small proud, because like you depend on.请容许我小小的骄傲，因为有你这样的依靠。
24、Only opposed every day, will live the strong than you imagine.每天只有逞强着，才会活得比你们想象中的坚强。
25、It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.决定我们一生的，不是我们的能力，而是我们的选择。
26、If you remember me, then I don't care if everyone else forgets.只要你记得我，我不介意整个世界都把我遗忘了。
27、I want someone who's afraid of losing me.我希望找到一个担心失去我的人。
28、I have been thinking I'm not good enough.I'm not perfect,but I'm complete.一直以来，我都觉得自己不够好。我不完美，但我是完整的自己。
29、Don't be a woman that needs a man.Be a woman a man needs.不做需要男人的女人, 而做男人需要的女人.30、A smile is the most charming part of a person forever.微笑永远是一个人身上最好看的东西。
31、It'd be better to light up the candle than curse the darkness.No one can give you brightness expect yourself.与其诅咒黑暗，不如燃起蜡烛。没有人能给你光明，除了你自己。
32、It's amazing how someone can break your heart, but you still love them with all the little pieces.不可思议的是，即使他令你心碎，你却依然用破碎的心爱着他。
33、knowing something of everything and everything of something.通百艺而专一长。
34、Life is not waiting for the storm in the past, but learning to dance.生活不是等着暴风雨过去，而是学会在风雨中跳舞。
35、lifeless, faultless.只有死人才不犯错误。
36、Memory is heel, lonesome is dent, I a person coexistence.回忆是脚跟，寂寞是凹痕，我一个人共存。
37、My world, you don't care;Your world, I was cast out.我的世界，你不在乎;你的世界，我被驱逐。
38、It is not easy to meet each other in such a big world.世界这么大，能遇见，不容易。
39、It all comes to the end about the past and you.For the future,about me,to be continued...关于过去，关于你，告一段落。关于未来，关于我，敬请期待。
40、Indifferent attitude, made light of expression.Comfort.无所谓的态度，满不在乎的表情，是自己给自己的安慰
41、in doing we learn.实践长才干。
42、Important people, less and less people left more and more important.重要的人越来越少，留下来的人越来越重要。
43、I'm just a sunflower, waiting for belong to me only sunshine.我只是一朵向日葵，等待属于我的唯一的阳光。
44、If you want a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.如果你想过得快乐，把生活跟目标联系在一起，而不是跟某个人或某些事。
45、Not give each other a happy man, is life does not need good-bye.给不了彼此幸福的人，是终身不需要再见的人。
46、Often TouLu you every bit of life, can you the same for me.每每偷录你生活的点滴，你可否一样对于我。
47、one today is worth two tomorrows.一个今天胜似两个明天。
48、Only love influence, and can realize born inspirati
只有爱情的熏陶，才能体会到与生俱来的灵感。
49、I want to be his favorite hello and his hardest goodbye.我要成为他最心动的相遇，最不舍的离别。
50、I wish I knew how to make this feeling stop.我真希望自己知道怎么样让这种感觉停止。
1、Do one thing at a time, and do well.一次只做一件事，做到最好！
2、Never forget to say “thanks”.永远不要忘了说“谢谢”!
3、Keep on going never give up.勇往直前，决不放弃！
4、Whatever is worth doing is worth doing well.任何值得做的事就值得把它做好！
5、Believe in yourself.相信你自己！
6、I can because i think i can.我行，因为我相信我行！
7、Action speak louder than words.行动胜于言语！
8、Never say die.永不气馁！
9、Never put off what you can do today until tomorrow.今日事今日毕！
10、The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.对明天做好的准备就是今天做到最好！
11、You cannot improve your past, but you can improve your future.Once time is wasted, life is wasted.你不能改变你的过去，但你可以让你的未来变得更美好。一旦时间浪费了，生命就浪费了。
12、Knowlegde can change your fate and English can accomplish your future.知识改变命运，英语成就未来。
13、Don't aim for success if you want it;just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally.如果你想要成功，不要去追求成功；尽管做你自己热爱的事情并且相信它，成功自然到来。
14、Jack of all trades and master of none.门门精通，样样稀松。
15、Judge not from appearances.人不可貌相，海不可斗量。
16、Justice has long arms.天网恢恢，疏而不漏。
17、Keep good men company and you shall be of the number.近朱者赤，近墨者黑。
18、Kill two birds with one stone.一箭双雕。
19、Kings go mad, and the people suffer for it.君王发狂，百姓遭殃。
20、Kings have long arms.普天之下，莫非王土。
21、Knowledge is power.知识就是力量。
21、Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud.博学使人谦逊，无知使人骄傲。
22、Learn and live.活着，为了学习。
23、Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse.好人越学越好，坏人越学越坏。
24、Learn not and know not.不学无术。
25、Learn to walk before you run.先学走，再学跑。
26、Let bygones be bygones.过去的就让它过去吧。
27、Let sleeping dogs lie.别惹麻烦。
28、Let the cat out of the bag.泄漏天机。
29、Lies can never changes fact.谎言终究是谎言。
30、Lies have short legs.谎言站不长。
31、Life is but a span.人生苦短。
32、Life is half spent before we know what it is.人过半生，方知天命。
33、Life is not all roses.人生并不是康庄大道。
34、Life without a friend is death.没有朋友，虽生犹死。
35、Like a rat in a hole.瓮中之鳖。
36、Like author, like book.文如其人。
37、Like father, like son.有其父必有其子。
38、Like for like.一报还一报。
39、Like knows like.惺惺相惜。
40、Like mother, like daughter.有其母必有其女。
41、Like teacher, like pupil.什么样的老师教什么样的学生。
42、Like tree, like fruit.羊毛出在羊身上。
1、True mastery of any skill takes a lifetime.对任何技能的掌握都需要一生的刻苦操练。
2、Sweat is the lubricant of success.汗水是成功的润滑剂。
3、If you are doing your best,you will not have to worry about failure.如果你竭尽全力，你就不用担心失败。
4、Energy and persistence conquer all things.能量和坚持可以征服一切事情。
5、Bravery never goes out of fashion.勇敢永远不过时！
6、Those who turn back never reach the summit.回头的人永远到不了最高峰！
7、Proper preparation solves 80 percent of life's problems.适当的准备能解决生活中80%的问题。
8、Winners do what losers don't want to do.胜利者做失败者不愿意做的事！
9、Every noble work is at first impossible.每一个伟大的工程最初看起来都是不可能做到的！
10、We improve ourselves by victories over ourselves.There must be contests, and we must win.我们通过战胜自己来改进自我。那里一定有竞赛，我们一定要赢！
11、Giving is a reward in itself.给予本身就是一个奖赏。（励志 www.feisuxs）
12、Never underestimate your power to change yourself!
永远不要低估你改变自我的能力！
13、A man is not old as long as he is seeking something.A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.(J.Barrymore)
只要一个人还有追求，他就没有老。直到后悔取代了梦想，一个人才算老。（巴里摩尔）
14、You have to believe in yourself.That's the secret of success.(Charles Chaplin , American actor)
人必须相信自己，这是成功的秘诀。(美国演员 卓别林.C.)
15、One's real value first lies in to what degree and what sense he set himself.(Einstein Germany)
一个人的真正价值首先决定于他在什么程度上和在什么意义上从自我解放出来。（爱因斯坦德国）
16、Don't try so hard, the best things come when you least expect them to.不要着急，最好的总会在最不经意的时候出现。
17、Man struggles upwards;water flows downwards.人往高处走，水往低处流。
18、One needs 3 things to be truly happy living in the world: some thing to do, some one to love, some thing to hope for.在这个世界我们只需拥有三件事便可真正快乐:有自己喜欢的事业;有所爱之人;充满希望。
第二篇：英语美文
英语演讲稿:colours and life 多彩的生活'
Life is full of colors and different colors reflect different attitudes towards life.What is your favourite color? Are you in favour of those warm colours, such as yellow, orange, or red? If you do, you are likely to be an optimist, a leader, and an active person who enjoys life, work and excitement.Do you prefer those cold colors such as grey and blue? Then you may tend to be a pessimistic, quiet, and shy person, you would rather follow than lead.Is this true? Maybe.At least, this is what psychologists have told us, and they should know, since they have been seriously studying the meaning of color preference, as well as the effect that colors have on human beings’ lives.They tell us that we do choose our favourite colors as we grew up, and we were born with our love for special colors.If you happen to love a special color, you were made to do this the moment you opened your eyes, or at least the moment you could recognize different colors.There is no doubt that colors do have an impact on our moods.A yellow room can make most people feel cheerful and relaxed while a dark green one makes you feel cold and afraid.And a red dress brings warmth and pleasure to the saddest winter day.Of course, the color black will probably make you feel depressed.It is reported that a black bridge over the Thames River used to be the scene of more suicides than any other bridge in the area until one day it was repainted green, the number of suicide attempts immediately fell sharply;perhaps it would have fallen even more if the bridge had been done in pink or baby blue.Light bright colors make people not only happier but more active in their work.It is an established fact that students work better, harder and will make fewer mistakes when their notebooks and study tools are of these colors rather than black or grey.So now do you know what kind of person you are belonging to? Just find your life color, and enjoy your life!
白日梦：
To have everything done by my robot, I sit in the garden of my villa and watch the pink snow flowing in the sky with all kinds of delicious food circling around me.I reach out for the goodies.Ling-ling-ling!Suddenly the telephone rings.Oh, it’s only a daydream.With the mixture of romance and imagination, the girl who likes daydreaming appears to be here.Martin Luther King had his big dream that is to liberate his Negro brothers, and I have my small daydreams.But we share something in common which is that we all desire for a bright future.With my love for delicious food, I always daydreamed of many goodies being severed to me.Although I awoke every time without having a taste at those goodies, these interesting experience have relaxed my brain, and the hope for a bright future has encouraged me to be more diligent to realize my daydreams.The necessary element romance has helped me to have more fun in my daily life and get closer to the beautiful nature.The element imagination has helped me to be more creative in my study and daily life.But daydreams need a limit.I only allows myself to daydream at the right time and for certain times for fear that I would get too far from the real life or will be too lazy to work hard lost in those remote daydreams.Maybe I will find a job that will realize my daydreams and offers me more time for daydreaming, but who knows? Another daydream will probably change my idea.Days and days, dreams and dreams, and that are daydream.Young girls, enough imagination, and that are my daydreams.Who is the girl that is standing there? Lovely dress, beautiful shoes, and a prince who is holding her hands, dancing at the ball.Oh!A daydream once again.Thank you for listening!
第三篇：英语美文
;It is not difficult to imagine a world short of ambition.It would probably be a kinder world: without demands, without abrasions, without disappointments.People would have time for reflection(磨损).Such work as they did would not be for themselves but for the collectivity.Competition would never enter in, conflict would be eliminated, tension become a thing of the past.The stress of creation would be at an end.Art would no longer be troubling, but purely celebratory in its functions.Longevity would be increased, for fewer people would die of heart attack or stroke caused by tumultuous endeavor.Anxiety would be extinct.Time would stretch on and on, with ambition long departed from the human heart.Ah, how unrelieved boring life would be!
There is a strong view that holds that success is a myth, and ambition therefore a sham(骗子).Does this mean that success does not really exist? That achievement is at bottom empty? That the efforts of men and women are of no significance alongside the force of movements and events? Now not all success, obviously, is worth esteeming, nor all ambition worth cultivating.Which are and which are not is something one soon enough learns on one's own.But even the most cynical secretly admit that success exists;that achievement counts for a great deal;and that the true myth is that the actions of men and women are useless.To believe otherwise is to take on a point of view that is likely to be deranging.It is, in its implications, to remove all motives for competence, interest in attainment, and regard for posterity.We do not choose to be born.We do not choose our parents.We do not choose our historical epoch, the country of our birth, or the immediate circumstances of our upbringing.We do not, most of us, choose to die;nor do we choose the time or conditions of our death.But within all this realm of choicelessness, we do choose how we shall live: courageously or in cowardice, honorably or dishonorably, with purpose or in drift.We decide what is important and what is trivial in life.We decide that what makes us significant is either what we do or what we refuse to do.But no matter how indifferent the universe may be to our choices and decisions, these choices and decisions are ours to make.We decide.We choose.And as we decide and choose, so are our lives formed.In the end, forming our own destiny is what ambition is about.
第四篇：短篇英语美文[定稿]
1Life is a Chess-board
The chess-board is the world: the pieces are the phenomena of the universe;the rules of the game are what we call the laws of nature.The player on the otherside is hidden from us.We know that his play is always fair, just and patient.But also we know, to our cost, that he never overlooks a mistake, or makes the smallest allowance for ignorance.By Thomas Henry Huxley
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棋盘宛如世界：一个个棋子仿佛世间的种种现象：游戏规则就是我们所称的自然法则。竞争对手藏于暗处，不为我们所见。我们知晓，这位对手向来处事公平，正义凛然，极富耐心。然而，我们也明白，这位对手从不忽视任何错误，或者因为我们的无知而做出一丝让步，所以我们也必须为此付出代价。It was the best of times, it was the worst of times;it was the age of wisdom,it was the age of foolishness;it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch ofincredulity;it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness;it was thespring of hope, it was the winter of despair;we had everything before us, we had nothing before us;we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going directthe other way.Excerpt from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
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这是一个最好的时代，也是一个最坏的时代；这是明智的年代，这是愚昧的年代；这是信任的纪元，这是怀疑的纪元；这是光明的季节，这是黑暗的季节；这是希望的春日，这是失望的冬日；我们面前应有尽有，我们面前一无所有；我们都将直下地狱……Equality and Greatness
Between persons of equal income there is no social distinction except the distinction of merit.Money is nothing;character, conduct, and capacity are everything.Instead of all the workers being leveled down to low wage standards and all the rich leveled up to fashionable income standards, everybody under a system of equal incomes would find his or her own natural level.There would be great people and ordinary people and little people, but the great would always be those who had done great things, and never the idiot whose mother had spoiled them and whose father had left a horned thousand a year;and the little
would be persons of small minds and mean characters, and not poor persons who had never had a chance.That is why idiots are always in favour of inequality ofincome(their only chance of eminence),and the really great in favour of equality.收入相当的人除了品性迥异以外没有社会差别。金钱不能说明什么；性格，行为，能力才代表一切。在收入平等制度下，每个人将会找到他或她正常的地位，而不是所有的工人被划到应拿低工资阶层，所有的富人被划到应得高收入的阶层。人有卓著伟人，平庸之辈和碌碌小人之别，然伟人总是那些有所建树之人，而非从小深受母亲溺爱，父亲每年留下一大笔钱之人；碌碌小人总是那些心胸狭窄，品德卑劣之人，而不是那些从未获取机会的穷人。愚蠢之众总是赞成收入不平等（他们职能凭借这种机会才能为人所知），而真正伟大之人则主张平等相待，原因就在于此。
4Great Expectations
As the night was fast falling, and as the moon, being past the full, would not rise early, we held a little council: a short one, for clearly our course was to lie by atthe first lonely tavern we could find.So ,they plied their oars once more, and I looked out for anything like a house.Thus we held on, speaking little, for four or five dull miles.It was very cold, and, a collier coming by us, with her gallery-fire smoking and flaring, looked like a comfortable home.The night was as dark by thistime as it would be until morning;and what light we had, seemed to come morefrom the river than the sky, as the oars in their dipping stuck at a few reflectedstars.天黑得很快，偏巧这天又是下弦月，月亮不会很早升起。我们就稍稍商量了一下，可是也用不着多讨论，因为情况是明摆着的，再划下去我们一遇到冷落的酒店就得投宿。于是他们又使劲打起浆来，我则用心寻找岸上是否隐隐约约有什么房屋的模样。这样又赶了四五英里路，一路上好不气闷，大家简直不说一句话。天气非常冷，一艘煤船从我们近旁驶过，船上厨房里生着火，炊烟缕缕，火光荧荧，在我们看来简直就是个安乐家了。这时夜已透黑，看来就要这样一直黑到天明，我们仅有的一点光亮似乎不是来自天空，而是来自河上，一浆又一浆的，搅动着那寥寥几颗倒映在水里的寒星。The doer of Deeds
It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, the doer of deeds could have done them better.The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the are ‘ns, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood;who strives valiantly;who errs, and comes short again and again;because there is not effort without error and shortcoming;but who does actually strive to do the deeds;who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions;who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumphs of high
achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.真正令人尊敬的并非那些评论家和那些指出强者是如何跌倒，实干家本该做得更好的人。
荣誉属于那些亲临竞技场，满脸污泥，汗水和鲜血的人。他们不懈努力，他们曾犯过过错，并一再失败。因为付出即意味着犯错和失败。他们满怀激情地努力做事，执着不懈，将生命奉献于崇高的事业。他们为经过艰辛努力最终取得的伟大成就而自豪，如果失败，他们夜败的荣耀。因而，这样的人永远不应与那些不知道胜利，也从未失败过的冷淡而胆怯的灵魂相提并论。
第五篇：英语美文
Jaguar is an endangered animal.It is said that there are less than 20 jaguars in the world currently, one of which is now living in the national zoo of Peru.In order to protect this jaguar, Peruvians singled out a pitch of land in the zoo for it, where there are herds of cattle, sheep and deer for the jaguar to eat.Anyone who has visited the zoo praised it to be the “Heaven of Tiger”.However, strange enough, no one has ever seen the jaguar prey on the cattle and sheep.What we could see is its lying in its house eating and sleeping.美洲虎是一种濒临灭绝的动物,据说,现在世界上尚存不足20只,其中有一只生活在秘鲁的国家动物园里。为了保护这只美洲虎,秘鲁人在动物园里单独圈出一块地,让它自由生存,圈地中有成群的牛、羊、鹿供老虎享用。参观过虎园的人都说这是“虎的天堂”。然而奇怪的是,没人看见这只老虎去捕捉牛羊,唯一见到的情景就是它躺在空洞的虎房里吃了睡、睡了吃。
Some people thought that the jaguar felt too lonely, so they collected money and rented a female tiger to accompany it.Nonetheless, it did not make too much sense.The jaguar just sometimes went out of its house with its “girlfriend”and stayed in the sun for a while before it came back to its house again.“It is normal for the jaguar to be lazy in this environment.Tiger is the king of forest but you simply put some small animals around him.That is why the jaguar shows no interest in going out.Why don’t you put two wolves or at least a jackal around him?”A visitor proposed.Others all agreed with him and put five panthers into the jaguar’s territory.Since then, the jaguar did not go back to its house any more.It either stands on top of the hill roaring or goes down from the hill strolling without sleeping all day long.It did not eat the meat provided by the zoo staff and has totally got back to its nature.一些市民认为它太孤独了,就集资从国外租雌虎来陪它生活。然而此举并未带来多大改观,那只老虎最多陪伴外来的“女友”走出虎房,到阳光下站一站,不久就又回到它的“卧室”。“它怎能不懒洋洋呢?虎是林中之王,你们放一群吃草的小动物,能提起它的兴趣吗?这么大的一个老虎保护区,你们不放两只狼,至少也得放一只豺狗吧?”一位来此参观的市民建议道。人们觉得他说得有理,就把5只美洲豹投进了虎园。结果,自从豹子进园后,美洲虎就再没回过虎房,它不是站在山顶长啸,就是从山上下来,在草地上游荡,不再长时间睡觉,不再吃管理员送来的肉,基本恢复了本性。
Actually, this principle does not only apply to animals, but also apply to human beings.Here is another story.There was a rich man who was selecting a husband for his only child among a multitude of pursuers.The man led all the pursuers to a river and pointed to the crocodiles, saying, “Anyone who can swim across the river safe and sound will marry my daughter.” Those pursuers looked at each other and no one dare take the initiative.At that moment, a man plunged into the river bravely and swam at a staggering speed to the other side.All the people applauded for his courage with great sense of admiration.Nevertheless, the man, after landing on the bank, shouted angrily, “Who pushed me into the river just now?”
不仅是动物,人也如此。有则故事说,一个富人为独生女儿选婿,求婚者众多。于是这个富人将求婚的男子们带到一条河边,指着河中的鳄鱼说:“如果有人能够安全地游到对岸,我就把女儿嫁给他。”这些男子你看我我看你,谁也不敢跳进河里。正在互相观望之际,突然有一个男子“扑通”一声跳了下去,然后以超乎寻常的速度游到对岸。大家对这个勇敢的男子充满钦佩和羡慕, 报以热烈的掌声。没想到这个男子上岸后,生气地大声问:“刚才是谁把我推下河去的?”
Maybe the man, after thinking of the whole process and the good consequence he is going to obtain, will feel obliged to the one who pushed him into the river.It is fairly common that disadvantages will turn into advantages and misfortunes into fortunes!But many of us cannot manage to realize the significance of our “rivals” to our success.Generally speaking, many people will see the one who “pushes him into the river” as an opponent.However, if you think in a deeper sense, you will realize that it is also a blessing and opportunity to have someone like that!It is the one who “pushes you into the river”who makes you feel the sense of crisis and stimulates your ambition and desire to strive!You will resolve to eliminate all difficulties and progress to another stage of your life!
也许那位男子回过神来想一想,他应该感谢那个把他推下去的人。不利变为有利,坏事变成好事,现实生活中比比皆是,但许多人往往认识不到造成这个结果的那个“对手”的作用。一般来讲,许多人都会把推他“下河” 的人视为敌人,但只要仔细想一想,便会发现有一个强劲的推自己“下河”的人存在,未尝不是一种福分,一种机遇。因为这个推你“下河”的人,会让你产生危机感,会激发你更加旺盛的精神和斗志,会让你下定决心排除一切艰难险阻,在超越中实现矛盾的转化。
In our world, one creature without any rivals is a lifeless creature.If a man lives without rivals, he is bound to be satisfied with the present and will not strive for the better.He would hold back before all difficulties and decline in inaction and laziness.Adverse environment tends to cultivate successful people.Therefore, your rivals are not your opponents or those you grudge.Instead, they are your good friends!In our lives, we need some rivals to “push us into the river”, leaving us striving ahead in all difficulties and competitions.In our work, we need some rivals to be picky about us and supervise our work with rigorous requirements and standards.Due to our rivals, we can bring out our potential to the best;Due to our rivals, we will continuously promote our capabilities when competing with them!一种没有对手的生物,一定是死气沉沉的生物;一个人假如没有了对手,同样难免会变得安于现状,不思进取,知难而退,在怠惰和没落中消沉。逆境往往造就成功。所以,对手既不是敌人也不是冤家,而是诤友、挚友。人生中,我们需要一个对手推自己“下河”,让自己在阻力中前进,在竞争中发展;工作中,我们需要一个对手,对自己横挑鼻子竖挑眼,督促你发现不足,严要求,高标准。有了对手,我们就会把自己的潜能发挥到极致;有了对手,我们就会在与对手的比拼中提高素质,不断进步。
机遇就存在于生活的细节中。同样的一件事，一个成功的人会看得更多更远„„
John and Bobby joined a wholesale company togther just after graduation from college the same year.Both worked very hard.After several years, however, the boss promoted Bobby to the posotion of manager but John remained an ordinary employee.John could not take it anymore, tendered his resignation to the boss and complained the boss did not know how to delegate and did not value hard working staff, but only promoted those who flattered him。
约翰和博比同年大学毕业后，被同一家批发公司录用。他们二人工作都很努力。然而，几年后，老板提拔博比为部门经理，而约翰还是一名普通员工。约翰再也无法忍受，冲动之下写了一封辞职信，并抱怨老板不会用人，不重用那些敬业的员工，只提升那些奉承他的人。
The boss knew that John worked very hard for the years.He thought for a moment and said, “Thank you for your criticism, but I have a request.I hope you will do one more thing for our company before you leave.Perhaps you will change your mind and take back your resignation.”
老板知道这几年约翰工作确实很努力。他想了一会儿说：“谢谢你对我的批评。但是我只有一个请求，我希望在你离开之前再为公司做一件事情。或许到时你会改变决定，收回辞呈。”
John agreed.The boss asked him to go and find out anyone selling watermelon in the market.John went and returned soon.He said he had found out a man selling watermelon.The boss asked how much per kg? John shook his head and went back to the market to ask and returned to inform the boss $1.2 per kg。
约翰答应了。老板让他去市场找到一个卖西瓜的人。约翰去了并很快回来。他说他找到了一个卖西瓜的人。老板问他每公斤多少钱？约翰摇摇头，回到市场去问，然后又回来告诉老板每公斤1.2美元。
Boss told John to wait a second, and he called Bobby to come to his office.He asked Bobby to go and find anyone seling watermelon in the market.Bobby went, returned and said, boss, only one person selling watermelon.$1.2 per kg, $10 for 10kg, he has inventory of 340 melons.On the table 58 melons, every melon weights about 2 kg, bought from the South two days ago, they are fresh and red, good quality。
老板让约翰等一会儿，这时他把博比叫到办公室。他让博比去市场找到一个卖西瓜的人。博比去了，回来之后说：“老板，只有一个卖西瓜的人，每公斤 1.2美元，每10公斤卖10美元。这个人一共有340个西瓜，其中58个放在货架上，每个西瓜重约2公斤，都是两天前从南方运来的，新鲜，红瓤，质量好。”
John was very impressed and realized the difference between himself and Bobby.He decided not to resign but to learn from Bobby。
约翰受到很大的触动，他意识到自己与博比之间的差距。他决定收回辞呈并向博比学习。
My dear friends, a more successful person is more observant, thinks more and explores in depth.Chances exists in the daily details.For the same matter, a more successful person sees more and farther so that he can find out an opportunity and catch it to realize his aim.If a person sees one year ahead, while another sees only tomorrow.The difference between a year and a day is 365 times, how could you win?
亲爱的朋友们，成功的人更善于观察，勤于思考和孜孜探求。机遇就存在于生活的细节中。同样的一件事，一个成功的人会看得更多更远。有人看到一年后的情景，而你只看到明天。一年与一天的差距是365倍，你怎么能赢呢？
Slow Down
As the old saying goes,“What is learned in the cradle carried to the grave.” How often I wish I could read a story leisurely and patiently, word by word as I did when I was eight years old or even younger.As a little girl with fervent desire to seek knowledge, my motto had been,“Soon ripe, soon rotten.Soon learn, soon forgotten.” So I preferred spending lots of time on repeatedly reading a lovely story through and through.At that time, maybe some other children about my age thought of me as a deranged person.However, I just let myself do what I liked, saying nothing.But, then, the quick fix lifestyle today is getting more and more popular.One can not put back the clock.Efficiency means life or death.Therefore, I can not avoid changing my reading habits.Usually, I do not have enough time and energy to read a lovely story word by word.I have no other alternative but to enjoy a pre-digest instead, especially when I am too busy.As a result, I am forced to lose a chance to linger over every word of classic novels or the latest best sellers.Do not get me wrong.I am not saying every work is worth reading word by word.Sometimes, perhaps reading in this way is just a waste of time and energy.But I am saying that it will be really a big pity when I run into a wonderful work I have no time and energy to enjoy it, that is to say, I can only read it superficially.In addition, some works are easy to understand and not worth spending too much time reading thoroughly.For those works, we might discard the dross and select the essence as well.Sometimes, it is the truth that “You may know by a handful the whole sack.”
Why not slow down and enjoy a lovely story like an innocent child?
放慢速度
俗话说：“在摇篮里学的东西会带进坟墓。”我多么希望自己能够像8岁甚至更年幼的时候那样，悠闲、有耐心、逐字逐句地进行阅读。作为一个有着强烈求知欲的小女孩，我的座右铭曾是：“学得快，忘得快。”所以我喜欢花大量的时间去反复地阅读一个可爱的故事。或许那个时候，一些同龄的孩子会把我当作神经病。不过，我坚持我喜欢做的事，没理会他们。
但是，话说回来，现在快节奏生活方式越来越普遍了。时光不会倒流，效率就意味着生命。因而我不得不改变我的阅读习惯。现在的我通常没有足够的时间和精力去逐字逐句地阅读一个可爱的故事。所以我别无选择，只能享受浓缩版，尤其是太忙的时候。无奈，我失去了推敲经典小说或最新畅销书中每一个字的机会。
不要误解我的意思。我不是说每一部作品都值得逐字逐句去阅读。有时候，这样的阅读方式反而是浪费时间和精力。我是说当我邂逅一部伟大的作品时，却没有时间和精力去细细品味，或者说，我只能大致地浏览一番，对我来说实在是个大遗憾。而有些作品比较易懂，也不值得花太多时间去深究。对于这样的作品，我们不妨取其精华，去其糟粕。“见微知著”或许是对的。
因此，何不放慢速度，做一个天真的孩子，去享受一个可爱的故事呢？
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