優美英語美文
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人生如詩 Human life is a poem
I think that, from a biological standpoint, human life almost reads like a poem. It has its own rhythm and beat, its internal cycles of growth and decay. It begins with innocent childhood, followed by awkward adolescence trying awkwardly to adapt itself to mature society, with its young passions and follies, its ideals and ambitions; then it reaches a manhood of intense activities, profiting from experience and learning more about society and human nature; at middle age, there is a slight easing of tension, a mellowing of character like the ripening of fruit or the mellowing of good wine, and the gradual acquiring of a more tolerant, more cynical and at the same time a kindlier view of life; then in the sunset of our life, the endocrine glands decrease their activity, and if we have a true philosophy of old age and have ordered our life pattern according to it, it is for us the age of peace and security and leisure and contentment; finally, life flickers out and one goes into eternal sleep, never to wake up a gain.
我以爲，從生物學角度看，人的一生恰如詩歌。人生自有其韻律和節奏，自有內在的生成與衰亡。人生始於無邪的童年，經過少年的青澀，帶着激情與無知，理想與雄心，笨拙而努力地走向成熟;後來人到壯年，經歷漸廣，閱人漸多，涉世漸深，收益也漸大;及至中年，人生的緊張得以舒緩，人的性格日漸成熟，如芳馥之果實，如醇美之佳釀，更具容忍之心，處世雖更悲觀，但對人生的態度趨於和善;再後來就是人生遲暮，內分泌系統活動減少，若此時吾輩已經悟得老年真諦，並據此安排殘年，那生活將和平，寧靜，安詳而知足;終於，生命之燭搖曳而終熄滅，人開始永恆的長眠，不再醒來。
One should be able to sense the beauty of this rhythm of life, to appreciate, as we do in grand symphonies, its main theme, its strains of conflict and the final resolution. The movements of these cycles are very much the same in a normal life, but the music must be provided by the individual himself. In some Souls, the discordant note becomes harsher and harsher and finally overwhelms or submerges the main melody. Sometimes the discordant note gains so much power that the music can no longer go on, and the individual shoots himself with a pistol or jump into a river.
人們當學會感受生命韻律之美，像聽交響樂一樣，欣賞其主旋律、激昂的高潮和舒緩的尾聲。這些反覆的樂章對於我們的生命都大同小異，但個人的樂曲卻要自己去譜寫。在某些人心中，不和諧音會越來越刺耳，最終竟然能掩蓋主曲;有時不和諧音會積蓄巨大的能量，令樂曲不能繼續，這時人們或舉槍自殺或投河自盡。
But that is because his original leitmotif has been hopelessly over-shadowed through the lack of a good self-education. Otherwise the normal human life runs to its normal end in kind of dignified movement and procession. There are sometimes in many of us too many staccatos or impetuosos, and because the tempo is wrong, the music is not pleasing to the ear; we might have more of the grand rhythm and majestic tempo of the Ganges, flowing slowly and eternally into the sea.
這是他最初的主題被無望地遮蔽，只因他缺少自我教育。否則，常人將以體面的運動和進程走向既定的終點。在我們多數人胸中常常會有太多的斷奏或強音，那是因爲節奏錯了，生命的樂曲因此而不再悅耳。我們應該如恆河，學她氣勢恢弘而豪邁地緩緩流向大海。
No one can say that life with childhood, manhood and old age is not a beautiful arrangement; the day has its morning, noon and sunset, and the year has its seasons, and it is good that it is so. There is no good or bad in life, except what is good according to its own season. And if we take this biological view of life and try to live according to the seasons, no one but a conceited fool or an impossible idealist can deny that human life can be lived like a poem. Shakespeare has expressed this idea more graphically in his passage about the seven stages of life, and a good many Chinese writers have said about the same thing. It is curious that Shakespeare was never very religious, or very much concerned with religion. I think this was his greatness; he took human life largely as it was, and intruded himself as little upon the general scheme of things as he did upon the characters of his plays. Shakespeare was like Nature itself, and that is the greatest compliment we can pay to a writer or thinker. He merely lived, observed life and went away.
優美英語美文篇二十條阻礙你追夢的十大謊言
So they try to protect you by shielding you from the possibility of failure, which, in effect, also shields you from the possibility of making your dreams a reality. As our friend Steve Jobs says: “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma, which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice, heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” Here are 10 ill-advised tips (lies) people will likely tell you when you decide to pursue your dreams, and why they are dreadfully mistaken.
所以他們希望保護你，阻止你邁向可能出現的失敗，但這實際上也阻止了你的夢想的實現。 就像我們的朋友斯蒂芬.喬布斯所說的那樣： “你的生命是有限的，所以不要浪費自己的時間活出別人的人生：不要被教條所束縛，那是別人思考的結果。不要讓別人的想法淹沒掉你自己內心的聲音、想法和感覺。這些東西蘊含了你真正想要成爲的什麼樣的人。其他都是次要的。 以下是十條阻礙你追夢的十大誤區(謊言)和它們錯誤的原因。
1. You can follow your dreams someday, but right now you need to buckle down and be responsible. – Someday? When is ‘someday?’ Someday is not a day at all. It’s a foggy generalization of a time that will likely never come. Today is the only day guaranteed to you. Today is the only day you can begin to make a difference in your life. And pursuing your dreams is what life is all about. So don’t be irresponsible. Don’t wait until ‘someday.’ Make today the first day of the rest of your new life.
等以後有一天，你可以追求你的夢想，但現在你最好抑制下，要對自己負責。“有一天”， 哪一天是“有一天”?有一天根本不是一個具體的日期。它基本上就是一個永不出現的時間。今天才是你能使用的日子。今天是你可以將你生活變得不同的唯一一天。而追求你的夢想是你的生命意義所在。所以不要不負責任。不要等到那所謂的“有一天”。把今天就變成新生活的第一天。
2. You’re totally screwed if it doesn’t work out. – Wrong! This is a giant, lame load of BS. You’re not even close to being screwed. In fact, the worst case scenario is that things don’t work out and you have to go back to doing exactly what you are doing right now.
如果不成功，你就死定了。錯!這是一個錯誤的想法。你甚至不會因此接近被折磨的境地。實際上，最糟糕的無非是沒成功，你不得不重操舊業。
3. It’s safer to stay at your day job. – Sure, I suppose. But you know what’s even safer than that? Going home, locking yourself in your bedroom, and never, ever coming out. And just like that you will have flushed your entire life and your dreams down the toilet. Remember, safer doesn’t always mean better.
停留在你現在的工作上比較安全。沒錯，我同意。但你知道怎樣更安全嗎?回家，把自己鎖在臥室裏，從此閉門不出。像那樣的話，你就把你的整個生活和夢想都衝進了馬桶。記住，更安全不意味着更好。
4. That’s impossible! – It’s only impossible if you never do anything about it. The reason certain things seem impossible is simply because nobody has achieved them yet. But this doesn’t mean that with your help these things won’t become possible in the future. If you truly dedicate yourself to an end result, almost anything is possible. You just have to want it bad enough.
那是不可能的!如果你什麼都不做纔是不可能的呢。某件事情看上去不太可能的原因只是因爲現在還沒有人做到罷了。但是這不意味着將來你來做這件事也會不成功。如果你真的投身於某件事，幾乎任何事情都可能做到。要做成一件事，首先你需要非常強烈的意願。
5. Only a lucky few “make it.” – That’s because those lucky few got off their rear ends and did something about it! They had the drive, determination, and willpower that you have right now. You can be one of them. It’s up to you, and only you.
只有很少一部分人能成功。這是因爲這些幸運兒動手做了些什麼。他們有的就是你現在有的動力，決心和意志力。你能夠成爲他們中的一員。這取決於你，僅僅是你。
6. You might fail. And failing is bad. – Failures are simply stepping stones to success. No matter how it turns out, it always ends up just the way it should be. Either you succeed or you learn something. Win-Win. The biggest mistake you can make is doing nothing because you’re too scared to make a mistake. If you can’t handle failure, then you can’t handle success either.
你可能會失敗，而失敗是可怕的。失敗僅僅是成功的基石。無論結果是什麼，最後總會是應得的：或者你成功了，或者你學到了什麼。都是勝利。最大的錯誤時你因爲害怕犯錯誤而什麼都不做。如果你無法應對失敗，你就無法應對成功。
7. You don’t have access to the right resources. – It’s not about having the right resources; it’s about exploiting the resources you do have access to. Stevie Wonder couldn’t see, so he exploited his sense of hearing into a passion for music, and he now has 25 Grammy Awards to prove it. Get it?
你沒有足夠的資源。這不是有沒有足夠資源的問題，而是你如何得到你現有的資源。Stevie Wonder看不見，所以他發揮了他對音樂的激情，現在他已經贏得了25次格萊美獎。明白了?
8. You need more money saved before you can take the first step. – You don’t need more money. You need a plan. You need a budget. Eliminate ALL the nonessential costs in your life. If pursuing your dream requires you to leave your day job, figure out the absolute minimum amount of income that you require to realistically live. Studying those who have succeeded with similar ventures also helps. But above all, take baby steps. Don’t be foolish and assume that you must have a certain amount of money saved right now, or that you must quit your day job today in order to pursue your dreams. Instead, ask yourself, “What actions can I take right now with the money and resources I have right now that will bring me closer to desired goal?”
你在開始前，你得先存夠錢。你需要的不是更多錢，而是一個計劃。你需要做個預算，避免生活中所有不必要的開支。如果追求你的夢想要求你辭職，計算出維持現實生活的最少金額。學學哪些用最少資金成功的人的經驗也會有幫助。但首先，試一試。不要傻了，不要以爲你一定要現在就有一筆錢或者你必須今天就辭職去追求夢想。相反，問問自己“我現在有的資源和金錢可以用來做些什麼使得我離目標更近些”?
9. You don’t need any help. It’s smarter to go after it alone. – You are the sum of the people you spend the most time with. If you hang with the wrong people, they will negatively affect you. But if you hang with the right people, you will be far more capable and powerful than you ever could have been alone. Find your tribe and work together to make a difference in all of your lives.
你不需要任何幫助。最好是自己一個人做。你最瞭解自己。如果你結交了錯誤的夥伴，他們將帶來負面的影響。但如果你選對了人，就能比一個人的時候能力更強。所以找到你的夥伴，一起做出與衆不同的改變。
10. That sounds like a lot of hard work. – You’re darn right it does! But that doesn’t mean it’s not worth it. I think success in life hinges on one key point: Finding hard work you love doing. As long as you remain true to yourself and follow your own interests, values and dreams, you can find success through passion. Perhaps most importantly, you won’t wake up a few years from now working in a career field you despise, wondering “How the heck am I going to do this for the next 30 years?” So if you catch yourself working hard and loving every minute of it, don’t stop. You’re on to something big. Because hard work ain’t hard when you concentrate on your passions and dreams.
聽上去需要很多艱苦的工作。你說得對：實現夢想當然需要艱苦地工作!但這並不意味着你不值得這麼做。我認爲成功的生活有一個關鍵：找到你樂意爲之努力的工作。只要你保持本心，追隨你的興趣，價值觀和夢想，你的激情將引導你通向成功。也許最重要的是，你不會在堅持從事你不願意的行業幾年後驚醒，茫然想到“如果我再做這個30年會多痛苦啊?”，所以如果你努力自己的事業，喜歡從事它的每一分鐘，那麼不要停下來。你會成就大事業。當你聚焦在你的激情和夢想時，艱苦的工作就不會苦了。
Disregard these misguided bits of nonsense and you’ll be well on your way to fulfilling your dreams. Now get out there and make a splash!
拋棄這些錯誤觀點，你就會踏上追夢的道路。 那麼現在就出發，成就一番大事業吧。
優美英語美文篇三一步 One step
I personally experienced the wisdom of that understanding right after my first book was published. Like many authors, I envisioned hundreds of bookstore customers lining up for me to benevolently sign copies for them.
I'm afraid to say, it didn't quite happen like that.
I was living in Atlanta at the time and arranged my first signing at The Phoenix and Dragon, the largest inspirational bookstore in the city. The store was celebrating its 15th anniversary and had authors scheduled to appear throughout the three-day event. I was scheduled Sunday at 5pm, the last day and time slot of the celebration.
Brimming with anticipation, I was put into a private signing room in the beautiful store, and for the next hour and a half, had little more to do than to read my own book and wonder for what purpose in the world I had felt so driven to spend four years writing it.
Despite a nice sign placed outside the room exhibiting images of both me and my book, The 9 Insights of the Wealthy Soul, not a single customer entered the room. As each minute passed, I became increasingly anxious.
Do they not like the title? I wondered. Do they not like the book cover?
After 90 minutes of this torture, I was absolutely distraught.
For the four years writing the book, I had felt a sense of mission and purpose like never before in my life. Working a full 8 to 9 hour day in my clinic, I had lived on a strict regimen during the four years of getting into bed by 9:30pm, so I could quiet my mind and feel a sense of surrender before turning out the lights at 11. I would sleep with that silent potentiality, so I could wake up at 5:30 in the morning and have two pristine hours of writing before heading into my clinic.
Before I ever began each writing session, I would close my eyes for 10 minutes and end my meditation whispering, "Please grant me the words to touch just one person's life."
I truly was inspired, and despite my ascetic lifestyle, I knew that's what I had to do to maintain the grace in my words with which I wanted my readers to eventually be touched.
Now, sitting there alone at my first book signing, I wondered if my entire life wasn't just a big joke. I watched the minutes agonizingly tick by on a clock on the wall. At 6:25pm, just before the store's closing, defeated, I began to get myself ready to leave.
At that moment, just when I couldn't feel any worse, a middle-aged couple walked into the room. Trying to regain my composure, I managed to hide my emotions and introduced myself and my book:
"Well," I started hesitantly, "It's called The 9 Insights of the Wealthy Soul, and it's a story of a WWII pilot, my dad, and the lessons he was giving me in wealth accumulation while he was facing a terminal illness. And each lesson in the story becomes a much deeper lesson about life and death, and finding the greatest spiritual meaning anytime we are facing our greatest adversities."
"Both the man and the woman's eyes were now glued on me. There was something different about the way they were looking at me that I couldn't quite identify. But I didn't know what else to say. However, additional words were unnecessary.
The couple turned to each other, and the husband nodded solemnly to his wife. She then told me, "I think we'll get the book." My heart began to pound. But instinctively, despite the impulse to jump in the air and wring their hands to thank them for being my first readers, I realized the woman was trying to say something else.
"The reason we're buying it," she said hesitantly, "is because our son committed suicide two years ago." She took my hand. "Maybe your story will help us get over it."
I felt my eyes glisten. I was speechless.
In that moment, I knew if I never sold another copy of the book, my four years of writing it had served its purpose. My prayer of asking for the words to touch just one person’s life had already been answered.
Although I would have many more challenging years until my book caught on and saw substantial distribution, this couple’s story was all the motivation I needed at that point to keep me moving ahead.
Thanks to them, I would come to the realization that the greatest of lives are made all in the same way: One challenge... one hurdle... one step... and one small victory at a time.
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