初中課堂專用的英語美文鑑賞，附翻譯
今天讓我們一起來看看英語美文《旅途》和《生命中的五個球》，我相信大家會喜歡的，正如小編喜歡的那樣，接下來就讓我們好好一起看一下吧。
一、《旅途》
One day you finally knew
what you had to do, and began,
though the voices around you
kept shouting
their bad advice--
有一天，你終於知道，
什麼是你必須得做，並開始去做，
雖然你周圍的聲音，
一直喊出，
其各種糟糕的建議——
though the whole house
began to tremble
and you felt the old tug
at your ankles.
“Mend my life!”
each voice cried.
But you didn’t stop.
You knew what you had to do,
雖然整個房子，
開始顫抖，
你亦感到那條舊繩索，
絆住了你的腳踝。
“修補我的人生!”
每個聲音都在哭喊。
但你並沒停止。
你知道什麼是你必須得做的，
though the wind pried
with its stiff fingers
at the very foundation
though their melancholy
was terrible.
It was already late
enough, and a wild night,
and the road full of fallen
branches and stones.
雖然風用它僵硬的手指，
直往根基，
撬搗，
雖然它們的憂鬱，
着實可怕。
天色，
已經很晚，這是個瘋狂的夜晚，
路上滿是倒下的，
斷枝和石頭。
But little by little,
as you left their voices behind,
the stars began to burn
through the sheets of cloud
and there was a new voice
which you slowly
recognized as your own,
that kept you company
as you strode deeper and deeper
into the world,
determined to do
the only thing you could do--
determined to save
the only life you could save.
但漸漸地，
當你將它們的聲音拋在身後，
星星開始穿透雲層，
散發光輝，
一個新的聲音出現了，
你慢慢，
意識到，那是你自己的聲音，
它伴隨着你，
伴你步步，
深入世途，
決心去做，
你唯一能做的事——
決定去拯救，
你唯一能拯救的生命。
二、《生命中的五個球》
Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling some five balls in the air.
想象生命是一場不停丟擲五個球於空中的遊戲。
You name them-work, family, health, friends and spirit and you're keeping all of these in the air.
這五個球分別是工作、家庭、健康、朋友和心靈，你很努力地擲着這五個球，不讓它們落地。
You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.
很快你就會了解工作是一個橡皮球，
If you drop it, it will bounce back.
如果你不幸失手落下它，它還會彈回來的。
But the other four balls-family, health, friends and spirit are made of glass.
但是家庭、健康、朋友和心靈這四個球是用玻璃做成的。
If you drop one of these,
一旦你失手落下，
they will be irrevocably scuffed,
它們將無法再像以前那樣。
marked, nicked, damaged or even shattered.
它們可能會少了一角，留下無法挽回的記號、刻痕、損壞甚至碎落一地。
They will never be the same.
它們將無法再像以前那樣。
You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.
你必須瞭解這個道理，並且爲了平衡你的生命而努力。
How? Don't undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others.
別拿自己和他人比較，這隻會降低你的價值。
It is because we are different that each of us is special.
因爲我們都是獨一無二的，因爲我們每一個人都很特別。
Don't set your goals by what other people deem important.
別人認爲重要的事不一定是你的目標。
Only you know what is best for you.
只有你自己知道什麼是最適合你的。
Don't take for granted the things that are closest to your heart.
不要將貼近你的心的人、事物視爲理所當然。
Cling to them as they would be your life,
你必須將他們視爲生命一般，
for without them, life is meaningless.
認真對待。因爲沒有他們，生命將失去意義。
Don't let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future.
別讓你的生命總是在依戀過去的種.種或是在未來的寄望中逝去。
By living your life one day at a time,
如果你活在每個當下，
you live ALL the days of your life.
那就活好你生命中的每一天。
Don't give up when you still have something to give.
當你還能給予的時候就別輕言放棄。
Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
只要你不放棄，就有無限延伸的可能。
Don't be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect.
別害怕承認你並不完美。
It is this fragile thread that binds us each together.
正因如此，我們才得以藉由這猶絲脆弱緊密地綁在一起。
Don't be afraid to encounter risks.
遇到危險時別害怕。
It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
正因如此，我們才得以藉由這些機會學習勇敢。
Don't shut love out of your life by saying it's impossible to find.
另以愛太難尋找作爲藉口而緊閉你的心扉。
The quickest way to receive love is to give it;
最迅速找到愛的方法就是給予你的愛;
the fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly;
最快速失去愛的方法就是緊緊地守着你的愛。
and the best way to keep love is to give it wings.
維持愛的最快好方式就是給愛一雙翅膀。
Don't run through life so fast that you forget not only where you've been,but also where you are going.
不要匆忙地度過你的一生，那匆忙讓你忘了曾經到過哪裏，也讓你忘了你要去哪裏。
Don't forget that a person's greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.
別忘記，人類情感上最大的需要是感恩。
Don't be afraid to learn.
不要害怕學習。
Knowledge is weightless,
知識沒有重量，
a treasure you can always carry easily.
它是可以隨身攜帶的珍寶。
Don't use time or words carelessly.
別漫不經心地蹉跎光陰或口無遮攔。
Neither can be retrieved.
時間與言詞兩者都是一放就收不回來的。
Life is not a race,
生命不是一場賽跑，
but a journey to be savored each step of the way.
而是一步一個腳印的旅程。
Yesterday is history.
昨天已成歷史。
Tomorrow is a mystery.
明天還是未知。
Today is a gift:
而今天則是上天的恩賜
That's why we call it The Present.
因此，我們才稱今天爲“現在”。
