下面是小编收集整理的初中生专用的英语美文鉴赏，附带翻译哦(共含8篇），供大家参考借鉴，欢迎大家分享。同时，但愿您也能像本文投稿人“伏至扬”一样，积极向本站投稿分享好文章。
一、《行如其人》
It was a sunny Saturday afternoon in Oklahoma City. My friend and proud father Bobby Lewis was taking his two little boys to play miniature golf. He walked up to the fellow at the ticket counter and said, “How much is it to get in?”
这是奥克拉荷马城的一个晴朗的星期六下午。我的朋友巴比·路易斯，一位令人敬佩的父亲，带着他的两个小儿子去玩迷你高尔夫。他走向售票处，向售票员问道：“进去需要花多少钱?”
The young man replied, “$3.00 for you and $3.00 for any kid who is older than six. We let them in free if they are six or younger. How old are they?”
那个年轻人回答道：“你，3美元;6岁以上的儿童，3美元。6岁以下的儿童免费。他们多大了?”
Bobby replied, “The lawyer's three and the doctor is seven, so I guess I owe you $6.00.”
巴比回答：“律师，3岁;医生，7岁。所以我想我应该付给你6美元。”
The man at the ticket counter said, “Hey, Mister, did you just win the lottery or something? You could have saved yourself three bucks. You could have told me that the older one was six; I wouldn't have known the difference.” Bobby replied, “Yes, that may be true, but the kids would have known the difference.”
那个售票的说：“嘿，先生，你是刚赢了彩票还是怎么了?你本可以省下3美元的。你可以告诉我，最大的6岁。我根本看不出来。”巴比回答：“对，那可能行得通，但是这些孩子会知道这其中的差别。”
As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying.” In challenging times when ethics are more important than ever before, make sure you set a good example for everyone you work and live with.
就像拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生说的那样：“你本身要比你所说的话重要。”在这个道德比以往任何时候都重要的年代里，你最好给和你一起你生活和工作的人树立一个良好的榜样。
二、《抬头就是希望》
If you put a buzzard in a pen six to eight feet square and entirely open at the top, the bird, in spite of its ability to fly, will be an absolute prisoner. The reason is that a buzzard always begins a flight from the ground with a run of ten to twelve feet. Without space to run, as is its habit, it will not even attempt to fly, but remain a prisoner for life in a small jail with no top. 如果把一只秃鹫放在一个6～8平方英尺的无顶围栏里，这只大鸟尽管会飞，也绝对会成为 这栏中之囚。原因是秃鹫从地面起飞前总要先助跑10～12英尺的距离。这是它的习惯，如 果没有了足够的助跑空间，它甚至不会尝试去飞，只会终身困囿于一个无顶的小囚笼中。
The ordinary bat that flies around at night, who is a remarkable nimblecreature in the air, cannot take off from a level place. If it is placed on the floor or flat ground, all it can do is to shuffle about helplessly and, no doubt, painfully, until it reaches some slight elevation from which it can throw itself into the air. Then, at once, it takes off like a flash.
晚上飞来飞去的普通的蝙蝠，本是一种在空中极其敏捷的动物，但却无法在平地上起飞。 如果被放在地板或平坦的地面上，它就只会无助地挪动，毫无疑问这样很痛苦。除非它到 了稍高的位置，有了落差，才可以立刻闪电般地起飞。
A bumblebee if dropped into an open tumbler will be there until it dies, unless it is taken out. It never sees the means of escape at the top, but persists in trying to find some way out through the sides near the bottom. It will seek a way where none exists, until it completely destroys itself.
一只大黄蜂如果掉进了一个敞口平底玻璃杯里，除非有人把它拿出来，否则它就会一直呆 在里边直到死去。它永远不知道可以从杯口逃出，只坚持试图从杯底的四壁寻找出路。它 会在根本不存在出口的地方寻找出路，直到彻底毁了自己。
In many ways, there are lots of people like the buzzard, the bat and the bumblebee. They are struggling about with all their problems and frustrations, not realizing that the answer is right there above them.
其实在很多方面，很多人也像秃鹫、蝙蝠和大黄蜂一样，使尽浑身解数试图解决问题、克 服挫折，却没有意识到解决之道就在正上方。
三、《我们正在起跑点》
“We are reading the first verse of the first chapter of a book whose pages are infinite…”
I do not know who wrote those words, but I have always liked them as a reminder that the future can be anything we want to make it. We can take the mysterious, hazy future and carve out of it anything that we can imagine, just like a sculptor carves a statue from a shapeless stone.
We are all in the position of the farmer. If we plant a good seed, we reap a good harvest. If our seed is poor and full of weeds, we reap a useless crop. If we plant nothing at all, we harvest nothing at all.
I want the future to be better than the past. I don’t want it contaminated by the mistakes and errors with which history is filled. We should all be concerned about the future because that is where we will spend the reminder of our lives.
The past is gone and static. Nothing we can do will change it. The future is before us and dynamic. Everything we do will effect it. Each day will brings with it new frontiers, in our homes and in our businesses, if we will only recognize them. We are just at the beginning of the progress in every field of human endeavor.
“我们正在阅读一本页数无限的书的第一章的第一节……。”
我不知道这段文字是谁写的，我一直很喜欢并用它们来提醒自己，那就是未来操之在我。我们可以掌握神秘而不可知的未来，从中创出我们所能想象的任何东西，一如雕刻家可以将未成型的石头刻出雕像一样。
我们每个人都是农夫。我们若种下好种子，就会有丰收。倘若种子长的不良且长满杂草，我们就会徒劳无获。如果我们什么也不种，就根本不会有什么收获。
我希望未来会比过去更好。我不希望未来会被那些充斥在历史中的错误所污染。我们应关心未来，因为往后的余生都要在未来中度过。
往昔已一去不复返而且是静止的。任凭我们怎么努力都不能改变过去。未来就在我们眼前而且是动态的。
我们的所作所为都会影响未来。只要我们体会的出来，每天都可以发现新的知识领域伴随而生，可能是在家里，也可能是在我们的事业中。我们正处在人类所努力钻研的每个领域中进步的起点。
今天想和大家分享的是三篇幼儿园小朋友专用的英语小故事，希望老师家长们可以好好利用，接下来就让我们来看一下吧。
一、狮子头上的老鼠
The ray of the warm sunlight told us that it was spring. A lion was sleeping peacefully in the forest.
While the lion was fast asleep, a mouse went on top of the lion. The bold mouse played happily on top of the lion. “Yuppie! This is really fun.” The mouse ran around thumping and stomping here and there.
The lion was not able to sleep with all the racket. The lion knew that there was someone on top of him. So, the lion made a surprise attack and rolled on the ground.
And the mouse fell over. When the lion saw the mouse he was relieved and said, “Whew! It was only a mouse.”
However, far away a fox had seen the scene. The fox laughed mockingly to the lion and said, “You're as big as a mountain and you're afraid of the mouse. You're a coward!” The fox kept making fun of the Lion.
Finally the lion spoke, “I wasn't afraid of the mouse. I was only shocked to find a bold enough animal not afraid to run around on top of a lion.” When the fox heard this he quietly left.
词汇学习：
sunlight [ˈsʌnlaɪt] 阳光
sleeping peacefully安眠
fast asleep 酣睡，熟睡
on top of在…之上;另外
thumping [ˈθʌmpɪŋ]巨大的,惊人的,天大的
二、猴子和渔民
Once upon a time, there lived a monkey in the woods. The monkey climbed up the tree and looked down at the river everyday.
One day, the monkey saw fishermen throw a net over the river. He watched how the fishermen caught fish.
Sometime after, the fishermen left the net and went to have lunch. Then, the monkey climbed down from the tree and went to the riverside. The monkey was planning to throw the net like the fishermen did.
The monkey was confident since he was good at imitating. Yet, the net wound around the monkey when he touched it. Tied up in the net, the monkey fell into the water.
The monkey regretted his behavior, but it was too late. “I should have learned how to use the net before touching it. After believing my prowess and showing off, I am in a bad fix.” The monkey who did not behave carefully drowned in the water.
词汇学习：
climbed up 爬上
fishermen['fiʃəmen]渔夫,钓鱼者
climbed down爬下;让步
riverside[ˈrɪvəˌsaɪd]河畔的，河边
confident[ˈkɒnfɪdənt]确信的;自信的
imitating[ˈɪmɪˌteɪt]模仿;仿造
三、朋友与熊
Once upon a time, two young men were walking along the mountain trail. They were very close friends.
But, all of a sudden, a bear showed up. Shocked, the young men were looking for a place to hide. One fellow hid himself by climbing up a tree, but the other one was unable to run away.
When the bear pounced upon him, the fellow who could not run away threw himself flat down upon the ground and pretended to be dead. The young man on the ground held his breath and stayed still. The bear, coming up to him, put his muzzle close to the man, and sniffed. “He's dead. I don't eat dead meat.”
The bear left the young man along and went away. After the bear was gone, the friend in the tree came down. Wiping away his cold sweat, the friend asked, “What did the bear say to you?”
“Oh, the bear told me”, said the other, “Not to hang out with a friend who runs away when a risky situation occurs.”
After hearing him, the young man who climbed up the tree alone felt sorry for his behavior. Friends mean being there for each other even when danger comes.
词汇学习：
mountain [ˈmaʊntən] 山;山脉;大量
unable [ʌnˈeɪbəl] 不能的;无能力的
pounced [paʊns] 猛扑，突袭
muzzle [ˈmʌzəl] 鼻口部;口套;
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，你终于知道，
什么是你必须得做，并开始去做，
虽然你周围的声音，
一直喊出，
其各种糟糕的建议——
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,
虽然整个房子，
开始颤抖，
你亦感到那条旧绳索，
绊住了你的脚踝。
“修补我的人生!”
每个声音都在哭喊。
但你并没停止。
你知道什么是你必须得做的，
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.
虽然风用它僵硬的手指，
直往根基，
撬捣，
虽然它们的忧郁，
着实可怕。
天色，
已经很晚，这是个疯狂的夜晚，
路上满是倒下的，
断枝和石头。
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.
但渐渐地，
当你将它们的声音抛在身后，
星星开始穿透云层，
散发光辉，
一个新的声音出现了，
你慢慢，
意识到，那是你自己的声音，
它伴随着你，
伴你步步，
深入世途，
决心去做，
你唯一能做的事——
决定去拯救，
你唯一能拯救的生命。
二、《生命中的五个球》
Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling some five balls in the air.
想象生命是一场不停丢掷五个球于空中的游戏。
You name them-work, family, health, friends and spirit and you're keeping all of these in the air.
这五个球分别是工作、家庭、健康、朋友和心灵，你很努力地掷着这五个球，不让它们落地。
You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.
很快你就会了解工作是一个橡皮球，
If you drop it, it will bounce back.
如果你不幸失手落下它，它还会弹回来的。
But the other four balls-family, health, friends and spirit are made of glass.
但是家庭、健康、朋友和心灵这四个球是用玻璃做成的。
If you drop one of these,
一旦你失手落下，
they will be irrevocably scuffed,
它们将无法再像以前那样。
marked, nicked, damaged or even shattered.
它们可能会少了一角，留下无法挽回的记号、刻痕、损坏甚至碎落一地。
They will never be the same.
它们将无法再像以前那样。
You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.
你必须了解这个道理，并且为了平衡你的生命而努力。
How? Don't undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others.
别拿自己和他人比较，这只会降低你的价值。
It is because we are different that each of us is special.
因为我们都是独一无二的，因为我们每一个人都很特别。
Don't set your goals by what other people deem important.
别人认为重要的事不一定是你的目标。
Only you know what is best for you.
只有你自己知道什么是最适合你的。
Don't take for granted the things that are closest to your heart.
不要将贴近你的心的人、事物视为理所当然。
Cling to them as they would be your life,
你必须将他们视为生命一般，
for without them, life is meaningless.
认真对待。因为没有他们，生命将失去意义。
Don't let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future.
别让你的生命总是在依恋过去的种.种或是在未来的寄望中逝去。
By living your life one day at a time,
如果你活在每个当下，
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.
当你还能给予的时候就别轻言放弃。
Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
只要你不放弃，就有无限延伸的可能。
Don't be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect.
别害怕承认你并不完美。
It is this fragile thread that binds us each together.
正因如此，我们才得以藉由这犹丝脆弱紧密地绑在一起。
Don't be afraid to encounter risks.
遇到危险时别害怕。
It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
正因如此，我们才得以藉由这些机会学习勇敢。
Don't shut love out of your life by saying it's impossible to find.
另以爱太难寻找作为借口而紧闭你的心扉。
The quickest way to receive love is to give it;
最迅速找到爱的方法就是给予你的爱;
the fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly;
最快速失去爱的方法就是紧紧地守着你的爱。
and the best way to keep love is to give it wings.
维持爱的最快好方式就是给爱一双翅膀。
Don't run through life so fast that you forget not only where you've been,but also where you are going.
不要匆忙地度过你的一生，那匆忙让你忘了曾经到过哪里，也让你忘了你要去哪里。
Don't forget that a person's greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.
别忘记，人类情感上最大的需要是感恩。
Don't be afraid to learn.
不要害怕学习。
Knowledge is weightless,
知识没有重量，
a treasure you can always carry easily.
它是可以随身携带的珍宝。
Don't use time or words carelessly.
别漫不经心地蹉跎光阴或口无遮拦。
Neither can be retrieved.
时间与言词两者都是一放就收不回来的。
Life is not a race,
生命不是一场赛跑，
but a journey to be savored each step of the way.
而是一步一个脚印的旅程。
Yesterday is history.
昨天已成历史。
Tomorrow is a mystery.
明天还是未知。
Today is a gift:
而今天则是上天的恩赐
That's why we call it The Present.
因此，我们才称今天为“现在”。
1、Not pretend to be silent but have no strength to complain. 不是假装沉默，只是无力诉说.
2、Is there a way never, never, ever change. 有没有那样一种永远，永远永远不改变。
3、My young frivolous, is you give pain. 我的年少轻狂，是你给予的伤。
4、My world only you then you have my shadow. 我的世界只有你，那么你的世界有我的影子吗。
5、Eternity is not a distance but a decision. 永远不是一种距离,而是一种决定。
6、There is grave There is grave. 心里有座坟 葬着未亡人。
7、Love has you only then to be perfect. 爱要有你才完美。
8、I pretended to be indifferent to it. 我假装无所谓才看不到心被拧碎。
9、I will always be, even if love pale. 我会一直在,纵使爱变苍白。
10、I have a stubborn will be siring. 我有多倔强就有多坚强。
11、even now there is still hope left. 甚至到现在我还仍存希望。
12、My world is not open to anyone any more. 我的世界不再允许任何人的出现。
13、Time is the fault of fatalistic testimony people. 时光的宿命就是见证人们的过错。
14、You find your sunshine, I was left alone sad. 你找到了你的阳光，我却仍在独自忧伤。
15、Fading is true while flowering is past. 凋谢是真实的 盛开只是一种过去 。
16、Ever of lover, now the passers-by . 曾经的恋人，如今的路人。
17、One word then,one smile,is enough. 彼时，一个字，一个微笑，已经足够。
18、To you unexpected persistence. 对你出乎意料的执着。
19、I am not greed but I envy。 我没有贪婪但我羡慕海枯石烂。
20、If through time, through love 倘若看透时光看透爱
21、Time cures all things 时间是医治一切创伤的良药
22、Time always save the best for last. 时间总是把最好的人留到最后
23、You and I separatend is inevilable 你我的走散是必然的
24、proud like a king. 骄傲的像个王.
25、I love you a whole had 我爱你整整一个曾经
26、Cause you are my everything 因为你是我的全部
27、I have a stubborn will be siring 我有多倔强就有多坚强
28、You are your own hero。 你是你自己的英雄。
29、Just like the sunflower proud alive . 像向日葵一样骄傲地活着
30、The last love is letting go 。 最后?疼爱是手放开。
31、Loser are always in the wrong. 胜者为王，败者为寇。
32、Love you， don’t need a reason; don’t like you， anything can be a reason. 爱你，不需要理由;不喜欢你，什么都可以成为理由。
33、No true heart，no broken heart. 没有掏心掏肺，就不会撕心裂肺。
34、If I love you，what business is it of yours. 我爱你，与你无关。
35、Remember my name and I bring you the story. 记住我的名字和我带给你的故事。
36、you have no faults except to love me. 你除了不爱我，没有缺点。
37、Not what I miss, but I can not go back the past. 我怀念的不是哪个人，而是我那回不去的曾经。
38、You can cry，But you can not lose. 你可以哭，但你不能输。
39、The sandflass remembers the time we lost。 沙漏记得，我们遗忘的时光。
40、Just because they hurt you doesn’t mean that I will. 他们伤害过你不代表我也会伤害你。
41、I want someone who's afraid of losing me. 我希望找到一个担心失去我的人
42、When you have no one to love you, love yourself on your own. 没有人心疼的时候 ，就自己心疼自己 。
43、Well, not that emotional, but I move the heart 说好了不动情，我却动了心
44、Love is you love me, I love him, he loved her. 爱情就是你爱我，我爱他，他爱她。
45、In this bizarre world, the Buddha it becomes magic. 在这光怪陆离的世界里，不成佛便成魔。
46、I just put my mind ghost town guest a widow. 我只是将你放进我心中的空城 ,客串个未亡人.
47、We are so in love, but love to separate. 我们那么爱，却爱到了分开。
48、Always remember too little, too much forgotten. 总是这样，记得的太少，忘记得太多。
49、Years to draw a circle we call years. 岁月画个圈我们叫它年。
50、He misses her，but he missed her——错过只在一瞬，思念却是一世。
51、Wish my smile clear off the sky of all days——希望我的笑可以晴朗所有的天
52、I just do my own, I do not care about other people——我只做我自己, 其他人我不在乎。
53、Treasure this day and treasure yourself because neither will ever happen again——珍惜时光，珍惜你自己。
54、Whatever is worth doing is worth doing well——任何值得做的事就值得把它做好
55、Brief is life, but love is long——命虽短，爱却绵长。
56、I am on my way to future, where you are there——我要去有你的未来
57、I always in the deepest despair, meet the most beautiful surprise——我总在最深的绝望里遇见最美丽的惊喜
58、Waiting for your concern, until I closed the heart——等待你的关心，等到我关上了心。
59、I just want to be free in my world——我只想在我的世界里，自由自在。
60、You are my most adventure youth dream——你是我年少时最冒险的梦
61、The stream of time, we always grow up——时光的洪流中，我们总会长大。
62、Uneven chest how flat the world——不平胸何以平天下
63、Without you I can also live well every day. 没你我也可以过好每一天。
64、Memories can be painful. To forget may be a blessing. 记忆是痛苦的根源，忘记也是一种福气
65、People who are able to hurt me are all my beloved. 能伤害我的,都是我爱的。
66、Not sad, not happy, just a little cold. . 不难过，不快乐，只是心有点冷而已。
今天为大家带来的是英语美文欣赏：人生如旅程，不仅是有翻译，下面还有精心笔记等着大家来学习哦，接下来就让我们一起来学习吧。
一、原文阅读
Life is a journey
Life comes in a package. This package includes happiness and sorrow, failure and success, hope and despair. Life is a learning process. Experiences in life teach us new lessons and make us a better person. With each passing day we learn to handle various situations.
人生好似一个包裹,这个包裹里藏着快乐与悲伤、成功与失败,希望与绝望。人生也是一个学习的过程。那些经历给我们上了全新的课,让我们变得更好。随着每一天的过去,我们学会了处理各种各样的问题。
Love
Love plays a pivotal role in our life. Love makes you feel wanted. Without love a person could go haywire and also become cruel and ferocious. In the early stage of our life, our parents are the ones who showed us with unconditional love and care, they teach us about what is right and wrong, good and bad. But we always tend to take this for granted.It is only after marriage and having kids that a person understands and becomes sensitive to others feelings. Kids make a person responsible and mature and help us to understand life better.
爱在生活之外扮演了一个关键的角色。爱使你想要得到些什么。没有爱,一个人将走向不归路,变得凶暴、残忍。在我们最初的人生道路上,我们的父母给予了我们无条件的关爱,他们教会我们判断正确与错误、好与坏。然而我们常常把这想当然了,只有等到我们结了婚并且有了孩子之后,一个人才会懂得并注意别人的感受。 孩子让我们变得富有责任心、变得成熟稳重,并且更好的理解人生。
Happiness and Sorrow
Materialistic happiness is short-lived, but happiness achieved by bringing a smile on others face gives a certain level of fulfillment. Peace of mind is the main link to happiness. No mind is happy without peace. We realize the true worth of happiness when we are in sorrow. Sorrow is basically due to death of a loved one, failure and despair. But these things are temporary and pass away.
物质上的快乐往往是短暂的,然而,当你给予他人一个微笑的时候,那种满足却是无与伦比的。心灵的平静往往是快乐的源泉。没有平和的心态就没有快乐的心情。 在伤心的时候,我们往往能够体会到快乐的真谛。悲伤基本都来自于一个爱人的去世、失败还有绝望,但是这样的事情都是暂时的,总会过去的。
Failure and Success
Failure is the path to success.It helps us to touch the sky, teaches us to survive and shows us a specific way. Success brings in money, fame, pride and self-respect. Here it becomes very important to keep our head on our shoulder. The only way to show our gratitude to God for bestowing success on us is by being humble, modest, courteous and respectful to the less fortunate ones.
失败是成功之母。它让我们触及蓝天,它教会我们如何生存,它给予我们一条特殊的路。成功给予我们金钱、名誉、骄傲和自尊。这里,保持头脑清醒便显得尤为重要。唯一能让我们感激上帝给予的成功便是始终卑微、谦虚、礼貌并且尊重没有我们幸运的人们。
Hope and Despair
Hope is what keeps life going. Parents always hope their children will do well. Hope makes us dream. Hope builds in patience. Life teaches us not to despair even in the darkest hour, because after every night there is a day. Nothing remains the same we have only one choice - keep moving on in life and be hopeful.
Life teaches us not to regret over yesterday, for it has passed and is beyond our control. Tomorrow is unknown, for it could either be bright or dull. So the only alternative is work hard today, so that we will enjoy a better tomorrow.
希望是人生动力之源。父母总是希望自己的孩子能够做得很好。希望使我们有梦想。希望使我们变得有耐心。人生教会我们即使是在最困难的时候都不要绝望,因为黑暗之后终将是黎明。没有什么事一成不变的,我们惟有充满希望地继续生活。
人生教会我们不要对过去的事感到后悔,因为过去的终究是过去了并且我们已无法控制。没人知道明天会是怎样,因为它可以是光明的同样也可以是无趣的。所以,唯一的选择便是在今天努力工作,这样才能让我们去享受更美好的明天。
二、精读笔记
Love plays a pivotal role in our life. Love makes you feel wanted. Without love a person could go haywire and also become cruel and ferocious. In the early stage of our life, our parents are the ones who showed us with unconditional love and care, they teach us about what is right and wrong, good and bad. But we always tend to take this for granted.It is only after marriage and having kids that a person understands and becomes sensitive to others feelings. Kids make a person responsible and mature and help us to understand life better.
●pivotal['pɪvətl]adj. 关键的;中枢的;枢轴的n. 关键事物;中心事物being of crucial importanceThe elections may prove to be pivotal in Colombia's political history.这些选举也许会证明其在哥伦比亚政治史上是至关重要的。
●haywire['heɪwaɪə]n. [电] 临时电线;捆干草用的铁丝adj. 乱糟糟的，乱七八糟的;疯狂的out of control.In my first company, things were going haywire in the project. 在我的第一家公司，事情会在项目失控。
●ferocious[fə'rəʊʃəs]adj. 残忍的;惊人的marked by extreme and violent energyHe said that no one feels this “ferocious and inexcusable ” bombing is just. 他说，没人认为这起“凶恶和不可饶恕的”轰炸是正义的。
●take for granted认为…理所当然Assume that something is true without questioning itThey often examine beliefs that most of us take for granted most of the time. 他们经常细究一些我们大多数人在大多数时候视为当然的信念。
Failure is the path to success. It helps us to touch the sky, teaches us to survive and shows us a specific way. Success brings in money, fame, pride and self-respect. Here it becomes very important to keep our head on our shoulder. The only way to show our gratitude to God for bestowing success on us is by being humble, modest, courteous and respectful to the less fortunate ones.
●bestow on[bɪ'stəʊ]赠与;授予I shall bear witness to the wonder they bring into our lives, and to the beauty they bestow on our souls. 我证明他们为我们的生活带来的一切美妙，以及给予我们灵魂的美好。
● humble['hʌmbl]adj. 谦逊的;简陋的;(级别或地位)低下的;不大的vt. 使谦恭;轻松打败(尤指强大的对手);低声下气not arrogant or pridefulHe gave a great performance, but he was very humble.他的表演很精彩，但他却很谦逊。
一、《优秀仅仅是种习惯》
Excellence is not an act, but a habit
Our character, basically, is a composite of our habits. “Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny,” the maxim goes.
人的品德基本上是由习惯组成的。 俗语说;思想决定行动，行动决定习惯，习惯决定品德，品德决定命运。
Habits are powerful factors in our lives. Because they are consistent, often unconscious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character and produce our effectiveness or ineffectiveness.
习惯对我们的生活有绝大的影响，因为它们是一贯的。 在不知不觉中， 经年累月影响着我们的品德，暴露出我们的本性，左右着我们的成败。
As Horace Mann, the great educator, once said, “habits are like a cable. We weave a strand of it every day and soon it cannot be broken.” I personally do not agree with the last part of his expression. I know habits can be learned and unlearned. But is also know it isn’t a quick fix. It involves a process and a tremendous commitment.
美国著名教育家曼恩曾说：“习惯就仿佛是一条缆绳，我们每天为他缠上一股新索，不要多久就会变得牢不可破。”这句话的后半段我不敢苟同，我相信习惯可以养成，也可以打破，但绝不是一蹴而就，而是需要长期的努力和无比的毅力。
Those of us who watched the lunar voyage of Apollo 11 were transfixed as we saw the first men walk on the moon and return to earth. But to get there, those astronauts literally had to break out of the tremendous gravity pull of the earth. More energy was spent in the first few minutes of lift-off, in the first few miles of travel, than was used over the next several days to travel half a million miles.
宇航员搭乘阿波罗11号太空船，首次登陆月球的刹那，的确令人叹为观止。但宇航员得先摆脱地球强大的引力，才能飞往月球。由此在刚发射的几分钟，也就是整个任务一开始的几英里之内，是最艰难的时刻，所耗的力量往往超越往后的几十万英里。
Habits, too, have tremendous gravity pull- more than most people realize or would admit. Breaking deeply imbedded habitual tendencies such as procrastination, impatience, criticalness, or selfishness that violate basic principles of human effectiveness involves more than a little willpower and a few minor changes in our lives. “Lift off” takes a tremendous effort, but once we break out of the gravity pull, our freedom takes on a whole new dimension.
习惯也是一样，它具有极大的引力，只是许多人不加注意或不肯承认了。想要革除因循苟且，缺乏耐心，吹毛求疵或自私自利等不良习性，若是缺乏意志力，不能大刀阔斧的改革，便难以实现目标。“起飞”需要极大的努力，然而一旦脱离重力的牵绊，我们便可享受前所未有的自由。
二、一棵开花的树
May Buddha let us meet
in my most beautiful hours,
I have prayed for it
for five hundred years.
如何让你遇见我在我最美丽的时刻
为这我已在佛前求了五百年
求佛让我们结下一段尘缘
Buddha made me a tree
By the path you may take.
于是佛把我化做一棵树
长在你必经的路旁
In full blossoms
I'm waiting in the sun
Every flower
carrying my previous hope.
阳光下慎重地开满了花
朵朵都是我前世的盼望
As you are near,
Listen carefully
The quivering leaves
are my waiting zeal,
当你走近
请你细听
那颤抖的叶是我等待的热情
As you pass by the tree
without noticing me.
My friend,
Upon the ground behind you
Is not the fallen petals
But my withered heart.
而当你终于无视地走过
在你身后落了一地的
朋友啊
那不是花瓣
那是我凋零的心
《咏水仙》
Drinking Alone with the Moon
作者：William Wordsworth
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host,of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake,beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
我孤独的漫游，像一朵云
在山丘和谷地上飘荡
忽然见我看见一群
金色的水仙花迎春开放
在树荫下，在湖水边
迎着微风起舞翩翩
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the Milky Way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance
Tossing their heads
in sprightly dance.
连绵不绝，如繁星灿烂
在银河里闪闪发光
它们沿着湖湾的边缘
延伸成无穷无尽的一行
我一眼看见了一万朵
在欢舞之中起伏颠簸
The waves beside them
danced, but they
Out-did the sparking waves in glee:
A Poet could not but be gay
In such a jocund company:
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:
粼粼波光也跳着舞，
水仙的欢欣却胜过水波;
与这样快活的伴侣为伍，
诗人怎能不满心快乐!
我久久凝望，却想象不到
这奇景赋予我多少财宝。
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
每当我躺在床上不眠，
或心神空茫，或默默沉思，
它们常在心灵中闪现，
那是孤独之中的福;
于是我的心便涨满幸福，
和水仙一同翩翩起舞。
拓展：
咏水仙
作者：华兹华斯，1770-1850，是英国浪漫派诗人，与Samuel Coleridge,Robert Soother同称“湖畔派”诗人。
他出生于律师家庭，曾就读于剑桥大学圣约翰学院，毕业后到欧洲旅行，在法国亲身领略大革命的风暴。
咏水仙为作者对自然地喜爱的一首诗歌。
一、来自你身体的一封信
Hi! It's your body here!
Allow me to reintroduce myself.
嗨，我是你的身体!
允许我再自我介绍一下。
I'm the home that you've always lived in.
Surely you remember.
We grew up together!
我是你一直住着的“家”。
你肯定记得我，
我们一起长大的。
And I'm writing in this letter cause,
I feel neglected in this relationship,
very disappointed in what I've been seeing.
我写这封信是因为，
我感觉我在这段关系里被忽视了。
我对我所看到的很失望。
With your ambition to make money
you sacrificed my well being,
which makes no sense in the least
because when I get sick
you sacrificed that same money
to recuperate ME.
你有想挣钱的雄心，
却为此牺牲我的健康。
这完全不合理，
因为如果我病了，
你赚的那些钱都要用来给我治病!
And what's even more ironic
is with all your interest in profit
you can't even see the truth
that I'm worth over A BILLION DOLLARS.
更讽刺的是，
你利欲熏心，
甚至看不清这个事实：
我才是最宝贵的啊!
Don't believe me?
Okay I'll prove it.
你不相信?
好吧，我证明给你看。
If someone came to you
with a check for One Million
and said “Here.
All I want in return is your eyesight.”
如果有人拿着100万的支票来找你，
他说：“给你，作为交换，
我想要你的视觉。”
You will never be able to see another sunset
for the rest of your natural life.
Would you take that deal?
你将在余生里再也看不到夕阳，
这样的交易你愿意吗?
Ok, let's up the bid.
好吧，让我们把赌注加大
Suppose he had a check for Ten Million instead,
And if you accepted
you would no longer have use of your arms or legs.
Would you take THAT deal?
假设他有一张千万的支票，
如果你接受了，
你将再也无法使用四肢。
你要交换吗?
I can answer that for you.
NO.
我可以替你回答。NO。
Those are silly options because you know that
as your body I am worth over a BILLION DOLLARS.
这都是一些很愚蠢的选择，
因为我的价值远不止于此。
And don't get me started with the heart.
If I was a company, right?
This Heart wouldn't get Employee of the Month.
It would get the Employee of the LIFE!
别让我提心脏了。
如果我是一间公司，
心脏不会得到“月度最佳员工”称号。
它要得到的是“终身最佳员工”。
Because throughout your entire existence as a person,
your heart never stops working!
因为在你的一生里，
你的心脏从未停止工作!
Even when you're sleeping
it doesn't stop beating,
that's EVERY SECOND
EVERY MINUTE
EVERY DAY
and come to think of it
I can't recall you ever saying Thanks.
即使在你睡觉时，
它也没有停止跳动，
每秒每分每天都在工作，
现在想想，
我不曾听你说过谢谢。
Anyway I don't want this to come off as rude.
Just asking for a little attention here dude.
无论如何，
我不想冒犯你，
只是想要你对我多点关心。
I know you try to make me look perfect
when you're Instagramming.
But we both know you been taking me for granted.
我知道你发朋友圈时想让我尽量看起来完美。
但是我们都知道，
你并不重视我。
Consider this an opportunity.
After this video ends
don't click to the next one like you do usually.
借此机会，
看完这个视频，
别忙着像往常一样点下一个。
Take some time by yourself.
Just, you and me.
Place your hand on your chest
and say “Thank You” to your heartbeat.
给你和我一点独处的时间。
把你的手放在胸口，对心脏说“谢谢”。
To your EYES, LEGS, ARMS.
To your hands that your use for climbing.
To your lungs that bring you breathe
without you even trying.
对你的眼睛、双腿、胳膊，
对你用来攀爬的手，
对让你呼吸的肺部说“谢谢”。
I do it all for you, cause you come first.
Cause you're my homie!
We go way back, don't we?
Like, birth?
我为你做这一切，
是因为你永远是我的第一位，
因为你是我的好朋友，
我们认识很久了，对吧?
大概，从出生开始?
I just think it's time
you start treating me what I'm worth.
我想，
是时候你该给我应有的对待了。
二、The Snow Man 雪人
One must have a mind of winter
人必须去怀有冬日的心境
To regard the frost
and the boughs
才能去看霜
看那松树上
Of the pine-trees
crusted with snow
挂满雪冰的树枝
And have been cold a long time
人必须长期饱受寒冷
To behold the junipers
shagged with ice
才能欣赏披着冰雪般发丝的杜松
The spruces rough
in the distant glitter
才能领悟远处粗硬的云杉
Of the January sun;
and not to think
在一月阳光下的闪烁;
他才能不去想
Of any misery
in the sound of the wind
那蕴含于风的呼啸声
In the sound of a few leaves
和树叶的飘零中的那份凄凉
Which is the sound of the land
那是大地的声音
Full of the same wind
大地刮起同样的风
That is blowing
in the same bare place
在同一个荒野上吹拂
For the listener,
who listens in the snow
那风为雪中的聆听者所刮
And, nothing himself, beholds
他自身虚无，
看不见
Nothing that is not there
and the nothing that is
那些不存在的
却看见存在的虚无
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