長篇英文文章閱讀與欣賞
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A Goodbye Kiss-爸爸的道別之吻
The Board Meeting had come to an end. Bob starred to stand up and jostled the table, spilling his coffee over his notes. "How embarrassing. I am getting so clumsy in my old age."
Everyone had a good laugh, and soon we were all telling stories of our most embarrassing moments. It came around to Frank who sat quietly listening to the others. Someone said," Come on, Frank. Tell us your most embarrassing moment."
Frank began," I grew up in San Pedro. My Dad was a fisherman, and he loved the sea. He had his own boat, but it was hard making a living on the sea. He work.d hard and would stay out until he caught enough to feed he family. Not just enough for our family, but also for his Mom and Dad and the other kids that were still and home." He looked at us and said," I wish you could have met my Dad. He was a big man, and he was strong from pulling the nets and fighting the seas for his catch. When you got close to him, he smelled the ocean."
Frank's voice dropped a bit." When the weather was bad he would drive me to school. He would pull right up in front, and it seemed like everybody would be standing around and watching. Then he would lean over and give me a big kiss on the cheek and tell me to be a good boy. It was so embarrassing for me. Here I was twelve years old, and my Dad would lean over and kiss me good-bye!"
He paused and then went on," I remember the day I thought I was too old for a good-bye kiss. When we got the school and came to a stop, he had his usual big smile. He started to lean toward me, but I put my hand up and said,' No, Dad.' It was the first time I had ever talked to him that way, and he had this surprised looked on his face.
I said,' Dad, I'm too old for a good-bye kiss. I'm too old for any kind of kiss.' My Dad looked at me for the longest tine, and his eyes started to tear up. I had never seen him cry. He turned and looked our the windshield.' You're right,' he said.' You are a big boy…… a man. I won't kiss you anymore.'"
For the moment, Frank got a funny look on his face, and the tears began to well up in his eyes. "It wasn't long after that when my Dad went to sea and never came back."
I looked at Frank and saw that tears were running down his cheeks. Frank spoke again." Guys, you don't know what I woud give to have my Dad give me just one more kiss on the cheek…… to feel his rough old face…… to smell the ocean on him…… to feel his arm around my neck. I wish I had been a man then. If I had been a man, I would been a man, I would never have told my Dad I was too old for a good-bye kiss."
董事會議結束了，鮑勃站起身時不小心撞到了桌子，把咖啡灑到了筆記本上。“真丟臉啊，這把年級了還毛毛糙糙的。”他不好意思地說。
所有人都哈哈大笑起來，然後我們都開始講述自己經歷的最尷尬的時刻。一圈過來，輪到一直默默坐在那兒聽別人講的弗蘭克了。有人說：“來吧，弗蘭克，給大家講講你最難爲情的時刻。”
弗蘭克開始了他的講述。“我是在桑派德羅長大的。我爸爸是一位漁夫，他非常熱愛大海。他有自己的小船，但是靠在海上捕魚爲生太艱難了。他辛勤的勞動着，一直待在海上直到捕到足以養活全家的魚爲止。他不僅要養活我們的小家，還要養活爺爺奶奶以及還未成年的弟弟妹妹，”弗蘭克看着我們，繼續說，“我真希望你們見過我的爸爸，他是一個身材高大的男人。因長期拉網捕魚，與大海搏鬥的緣故，他十分強壯。走進他時，你能夠聞到他身上散發出來的大海的氣息。”
弗蘭克的聲音低了一點：“天氣不好的時候，爸爸會開車送我們去學校。他會把車停在學校正門口，好像每個人都能站在一旁觀看。然後，他彎下身子在我臉上重重的親了一口，告訴我要做一個好孩子。這讓我覺得很難爲情。那時我已經12歲，而爸爸還俯身給我一個道別的親吻。”
弗蘭克停頓了一下，又繼續說道：“我還記得那天。我認爲自己已經長大到不再適合一個道別親吻了。當我們到了學校停下來的時候，像往常一樣爸爸露出了燦爛的笑容，他開始向我俯下身來，然後我擡手擋住了他，‘不，爸爸。’那是我第一次那樣對他說話，他十分吃驚。”
“我說道：‘爸爸，我已經長大了，大到不再適合接受一個道別親吻了。也不再適合任何的親吻了。’爸爸盯着我看了好長時間，潸然淚下。我從來未見過他哭泣。他轉過身子，透過擋風玻璃向外望去：“沒錯，你已經是一個大男孩兒……一個男子漢了。我以後再也不這樣親吻你了。”
講到這兒，弗蘭克臉上露出了古怪的表情，淚水還是在眼眶裏打轉。“從那之後沒多久，爸爸出海後就再也沒回來了。”
我看着弗蘭克，眼淚正順着他的臉頰流下來。弗蘭克又開口了：“夥計們，你們不知道，如果我爸爸能在我臉上親一下……讓我感覺一下他那粗糙了臉……聞一聞他身上海洋的氣息……享受他摟着我脖子的感覺，那麼我付出什麼都願意。我真希望那時候我是一個真正的男子漢。如果我是，我絕不會告訴爸爸我已經長大到不再適合一個道別的親吻了。”
長篇英文文章閱讀與欣賞篇二The day that you see me old-當我日漸老去的時候
Dear son……
孩子…
The day that you see me old and I am already not, have patience and try to understand me …
哪天你看到我日漸老去,身體也漸漸不行,請耐着性子試着瞭解我……
If I get dirty when eating… if I cannot dress… have patience.
如果我吃的髒兮兮,如果我不會穿衣服……有耐性一點……
Remember the hours I spent teaching it to you.
你記得我曾花多久時間教你這些事嗎?
If, when I speak to you, I repeat the same things thousand and one
times… do not interrupt me… listen to me
如果,當我一再重複述說同樣的事情…不要打斷我,聽我說….
When you were small, I had to read to you thousand and one times the same story until you get to sleep… When I do not want to have a shower, neither shame me nor scold me…
你小時候,我必須一遍又一遍的讀着同樣的故事,直到你靜靜睡着…….
當我不想洗澡,不要羞辱我也不要責罵我……
Remember when I had to chase you with thousand excuses I invented, in order that you wanted to bath…When you see my on new technologies… give me the necessary time and not look at me with your mocking smile…
你記得小時後我曾編出多少理由,只爲了哄你洗澡….當你看到我對新科技的無知,給我一點時間,不要掛着嘲弄的微笑看着我
I taught you how to do so many things… to eat well, to dress well… to confront life…
我曾教了你多少事情啊….如何好好的吃,好好的穿…如何面對你的生命……
When at some moment I lose the memory or the thread of our conversation… let me have the necessary time to remember… and if I cannot do it;do not become nervous… as the most important thing is not my conversation but surely to be with you and to have you listening to me…
如果交談中我忽然失憶不知所云,給我一點時間回想…如果我還是無能爲力,請不要緊張….對我而言重要的不是對話,而是能跟你在一起，有你的傾聽….
If ever I do not want to eat, do not force me. I know well when I need to and when not.
當我不想吃東西時,不要勉強我.我清楚知道該什麼時候進食
When my tired legs do not allow me walk… give me your hand… the same way I did when you gave your first steps.
當我的腿不聽使喚….扶我一把….如同我曾扶着你踏出你人生的第一步….
And when someday I say to you that I do not want to live any more…
that I want to die… do not get angry… some day you will understand…
當哪天我告訴你不想再活下去了….請不要生氣….總有一天你會了解…
Try to understand that my age is not lived but survived.
試着瞭解我已是風燭殘年,來日可數.
Some day you will discover that, despite my mistakes, I always wanted
the best thing for you and that I tried to prepare the way for you.
有一天你會發現,即使我有許多過錯,我總是盡我所能要給你最好的…當我靠近你時不要覺得感傷,生氣或無奈
You must not feel sad, angry or impotent for seeing me near you. You must be next to me, try to understand me and to help me as I did it when you started living. Help me to walk… help me to end my way with love and patience. I will
pay you by a smile and by the immense love I have had always for you.
你要緊挨着我,如同我當初幫着你展開人生一樣的瞭解我,幫我….扶我一把,用愛跟耐心幫我走完人生…我將用微笑和我始終不變無邊無際的愛來回報你
I love you son…
我愛你孩子
Your father
你的父親
長篇英文文章閱讀與欣賞篇三堅持不懈，直到成功-I will persist. I will win.
I will persist until I succeed. 堅持不懈。直到成功。
In the Orient young bulls are tested for the fight arena in a certain manner. Each is brought to the ring and allowed to attack a picador who pricks them with a lance. The bravery of each bull is then rated with care according to the number of times he demonstrates his willingness to charge in spite of the sting of the blade. Henceforth will I recognize that each day I am tested by life in like manner. If I persist, if I continue to try, if I continue to charge forward, I will succeed.
在古老的東方，挑選小公牛列競技場格鬥有一定的程序、它們被帶進場地，向手持長矛的鬥牛士攻擊，裁判以它受激後再向鬥牛士進攻的次數多寡來評定這隻公牛的勇敢程度。從今往後。我須承認，我的生命每天都在接受類似的考驗。如果我堅韌不拔，勇往直前，迎接挑戰。那麼我一定會成功。
I will persist until I succeed. 堅持不懈。直到成功。
I was not delivered unto this world in defeat, nor does failure course in my veins. I am not a sheep waiting to be prodded by my shepherd. I am a lion and I refuse to talk, to walk, to sleep with the sheep. I will hear not those who weep and complain, for their disease is contagious. Let them join the sheep. The slaughterhouse of failure is not my destiny.
我不是爲了失敗纔來到這個世界上的，我的血管裏也沒有失敗的血液在流動。我不是任人鞭打的羔羊，我是猛獅，不與羊羣爲伍。我不想聽失意者的哭泣，抱怨者的牢騷，這是羊羣中的瘟疫，我不能被它傳染。失敗者的屠宰場不是我命運的歸宿。
I will persist until I succeed. 堅持不懈，直到成功。
The prizes of life are at the end of each journey, not near the beginning; and it is not given to me to know how many steps are necessary in order to reach my goal. Failure I may still encounter at the thousandth step, yet success hides behind the next bend in the road. Never will I know how close it lies unless I turn the corner.
生命的獎賞遠在旅途終點，而非起點附近。我不知道要走多少步才能達到目標。踏上第一千步的時候，仍然可能遭到失敗。但成功就藏在拐角後面，除非拐了彎，我永遠不知道還有多遠。
Always will I take another step. If that is of no avail I will take another, and yet another. In truth, one step at a time is not too difficult.
再前進一步，如果沒有用，就再向前一步。事實上，每次進步一點點並不太難。
I will persist until I succeed. 堅持不懈，直到成功。
Henceforth, I will consider each day's effort as but one blow of my blade against a mighty oak. The first blow may cause not a tremor in the wood, nor the second, nor the third. Each blow, of itself, may be trifling, and seem of no consequence. Yet from childish swipes the oak will eventually tumble. So it will be with my efforts of today.
從今往後，我承認每天的奮鬥就像對參天大樹的一次砍擊，頭幾刀可能了無痕跡。每一擊者似微不足道，然而，累積起來，巨樹終會倒下。這恰如我今天的努力。
I will be liken to the raindrop which washes away the mountain; the ant who devours a tiger; the star which brightens the earth; the slave who builds a pyramid. I will build my castle one brick at a time for I know that small attempts, repeated, will complete any undertaking.
就像沖洗高山的雨滴，吞噬猛虎的螞蟻，照亮大地的星辰，建起金字塔的奴隸，我也要一磚一瓦地建造起自己的城堡，因爲我深知水滴石穿的道理，只要持之以恆，什麼都可以做到。
I will persist until I succeed. 堅持不懈，直到成功。
I will never consider defeat and I will remove from my vocabulary such words and phrases as quit, cannot, unable, impossible, out of the question, improbable, failure, unworkable, hopeless, and retreat; for they are the words of fools. I will avoid despair but if this disease of the mind should infect me then I will work on in despair. I will toil and I will endure. I will ignore the obstacles at my feet and keep mine eyes on the goals above my head, for I know that where dry desert ends, green grass grows.
我絕不考慮失敗，我的字典裏不再有放棄，不可能、辦不到、沒法子、成問題、失敗，行不通、沒希望、退縮…這類愚蠢的字眼。我要儘量避免絕望，一旦受到它的威脅，立即想方設法向它挑戰。我要辛勤耕耘，忍受苦楚。我放眼未來，勇往直前，不再理會腳下的障礙。我堅信，沙漠盡頭必是綠洲。
I will persist until I succeed. 堅持不懈，直到成功。
I will remember the ancient law of averages and I will bend it to my good. I will persist with knowledge that each failure to sell will increase my chance for success at the next attempt. Each nay I hear will bring me closer to the sound of yea. Each frown I meet only prepares me for the smile to come. Each misfortune I encounter will carry in it the seed of tomorrow's good luck. I must have the night to appreciate the day. I must fail often to succeed only once.
我要牢牢記住古老的平衡法則，鼓勵自己堅持下去，因爲每一次的失敗都會增加下一次成功的機會。這一次的拒絕就是下一次的贊同，這一次皺起的眉頭就是下一次舒展的笑容。今天的不幸，往往預示着明天的好運。夜幕降臨。回想一天的遭遇。我總是心存感激。我深知，只有失敗多次，才能成功。
I will persist until I succeed. 堅持不懈，直到成功。
I will try, and try, and try again. Each obstacle I will consider as a mere detour to my goal and a challenge to my profession. I will persist and develop my skills as the mariner develops his, by learning to ride out the wrath of each storm.
我要嘗試，嘗試，再嘗試。障礙是我成功路上的彎路，我迎接這項挑戰。我要像水手一樣，乘風破浪。
I will persist until I succeed. 堅持不懈，直到成功。
Henceforth, I will learn and apply another secret of those who excel in my work. When each day is ended, not regarding whether it has been a success or a failure, I will attempt to achieve one more sale. When my thoughts beckon my tired body homeward I will resist the temptation to depart. I will try again. I will make one more attempt to close with victory, and if that fails I will make another. Never will I allow any day to end with a failure. Thus will I plant the seed of tomorrow's success and gain an insurmountable advantage over those who cease their labor at a prescribed time. When others cease their struggle, the mine will begin, and my harvest will be full.
從今往後，我要借鑑別人成功的祕訣。過去的是非成敗，我全不計較，只抱定信念，明天會更好。當我精疲力歇時，我要抵制回家的誘惑，再試一次。我一試再試。爭取每一天的成功，避免以失敗收場。我要爲明天的成功播種，超過那些按部就班的人。在別人停滯不前時，我繼續拼搏，終有一天我會豐收。“
I will persist until I succeed. 堅持不懈，直到成功。
Nor will I allow yesterday's success to lull me into today's complacency, for this is the great foundation of failure. I will forget the happenings of the day that is gone, whether they were good or bad, and greet the new sun with confidence that this will be the best day of my life.
我不因昨日的成功而滿足，因爲這是失敗的先兆。我要忘卻昨日的一切，是好是壞，都讓它隨風而去。我信心百倍，迎接新的太陽，相信“今天是此生最好的一天”。
So long as there is breath in me, that long will I persist. For now I know one of the greatest principles of success; if I persist long enough I will win.
只要我一息尚存，就要堅持到底，因爲我已深知成功的祕訣。
I will persist. I will win.
堅持不懈，終會成功。
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