【正文】 wardice, 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. 譯文： 抱負(fù) 一個(gè)缺乏抱負(fù)的世界將會(huì)怎樣，這不難想象。人的壽命將會(huì)更長(zhǎng)，因?yàn)橛杉ち移礌?zhēng)引起的心臟病和中風(fēng)所導(dǎo)致的死亡將越來(lái)越少。這種觀點(diǎn)的本意是一筆勾銷(xiāo)所有提高能力的動(dòng)機(jī)，求取業(yè)績(jī)的興趣和對(duì)子孫后代的關(guān)注。而當(dāng)我們決定和選擇時(shí)，我們的生活便得以形成。這就是我所尋找的，雖然對(duì)人的一生而言似乎有些遙不可及，但至少是我用盡一生所領(lǐng)悟到的。饑餓的孩子，受壓迫的難民，貧窮和痛苦的世界，都是對(duì)人類(lèi)所憧憬的美好生活的無(wú)情嘲弄。 生而為贏 —— 慧普教育 英語(yǔ)背誦美文 30 篇 文本 ~ 9 ~ To rest at the noon hour and meditate love‘s ecstasy。 但是，如果你在恐懼之中只想尋求愛(ài)的平和與快樂(lè)，那你就最好掩蓋真實(shí)的自我，避開(kāi)愛(ài)的考驗(yàn)，進(jìn)入不分季節(jié)的世界，在那里你 將歡笑，但并非開(kāi)懷大笑，你將哭泣，但并非盡情地哭。 concentrate。我自己就曾經(jīng)掃過(guò)地。 ―不要把所有的雞蛋放在一個(gè)籃子里 ‖的說(shuō)法大錯(cuò)特錯(cuò)。 ‖ 生而為贏 —— 慧普教育 英語(yǔ)背誦美文 30 篇 文本 ~ 11 ~ 他們扮演的是大家期待的角色，演得多了，最后都能演得惟妙惟肖。因?yàn)樗麄儚膩?lái)沒(méi)有引起公眾的關(guān)注，也就從來(lái)沒(méi)有想到過(guò)要隱瞞什么。 the job lost。大人物經(jīng)常是千人一面，小人物身上才有一組組矛盾元素，是取之不盡的創(chuàng)作源泉，讓你驚喜不斷。他們常常顯得較為自然真實(shí)，他們無(wú)須再創(chuàng)造另一個(gè)人物形象，用他來(lái)保護(hù)自己不受世人干擾，或者用他來(lái)感動(dòng)世人。名人個(gè)個(gè)練就了一套處世高招，無(wú)論遇上誰(shuí)，都能應(yīng)付自如。美國(guó)商人的一個(gè)缺點(diǎn)就是不夠?qū)Ｗⅰ? 一些公司的失敗就在于他們分散了資金，因?yàn)檫@就意味著分散 了他們的精力。如果碰巧哪天上午專(zhuān)職掃地的工友沒(méi)有來(lái)，某個(gè)具有未來(lái)合伙人氣質(zhì)的年輕人會(huì)毫不猶豫地試著拿起掃帚。 make the firm‘s interest yours。 被自己對(duì)愛(ài)的理解所傷害； 并情愿快樂(lè)地悲傷。愛(ài)會(huì)助你成長(zhǎng)，也會(huì)給你修枝。第七篇： When Love Beckons You 愛(ài)的召喚 When Love Beckons You When love beckons to you, follow him, though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you, yield to him, though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you. And when he speaks to you, believe in him, though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the garden. For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning. Even as he ascends to your height and caresses your tenderest branches that quiver in the sun, so shall he descend to our roots and shake them in their clinging to the earth. But if, in your fear, you would seek only love‘s peace and love‘s pleasure, then it is better for you that you cover your nakedness and pass out of love‘s threshingfloor, into the seasonless world where you shall laugh, but not all of your laughter, and weep, but not all of your tears. Love gives naught but it self and takes naught but from itself. Love possesses not, nor would it be possessed, for love is sufficient unto love. Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself. But if you love and must have desires, let these be your desires: To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night. To know the pain of too much tenderness. To be wounded by your own understanding of love。但是同情卻總把人又拽回到塵世中來(lái)。我尋求愛(ài)，還因?yàn)樗芫徑馕倚睦砩系墓陋?dú)中，我感覺(jué)心靈的戰(zhàn)栗，仿如站在世界的邊緣而面前是冰冷，無(wú)底的死亡深淵。但是不論世界對(duì)我們所做的選擇和決定有多么漠不關(guān)心，這些選擇和決定終究是我們自己做出的。但即使是最為憤世嫉俗的人暗地里也承認(rèn)，成功確實(shí)存在，成就的意義舉足輕重，而把世上男男女女的所作所為說(shuō)成是徒勞無(wú)功才是真正的無(wú)稽之談。創(chuàng)造的重壓將得以終結(jié)。 that achievement counts for a great deal。著名數(shù)學(xué)家愛(ài)德蒙 第四篇： If I Rest,I Rust 如果我休息，我就會(huì)生銹 If I Rest, I Rust The significant inscription found on an old key―If I rest, I rust‖would be an excellent motto for those who are afflicted with the slightest bit of idleness. Even the most industrious person might adopt it with advantage to serve as a reminder that, if one allows his faculties to rest, like the iron in the unused key, they will soon show signs of rust and, ultimately, cannot do the work required of them. Those who would attain the heights reached and kept by great men must keep their faculties polished by constant use, so that they may unlock the doors of knowledge, the gate that guard the entrances to the professions, to science, art, literature, agricultureevery department of human endeavor. Industry keeps bright the key that opens the treasury of achievement. If Hugh Miller, after toiling all day in a quarry, had devoted his evenings to rest and recreation, he would never have bee a famous geologist. The celebrated mathematician, Edmund Stone, would never have published a mathematical dictionary, never have found the key to science of mathematics, if he had given his spare moments to idleness, had the little Scotch lad, Ferguson, allowed the busy brain to go to sleep while he tended sheep on the hillside instead of calculating the position of the stars by a string of beads, he would never have bee a famous astronomer. Labor vanquishes allnot inconstant, spasmodic, or illdirected labor。多年前初次閃現(xiàn)于作者腦海的偉大思想今日依然清新如故。 ‖其實(shí) ―愛(ài)我及書(shū) ‖這句話蘊(yùn)涵更多的哲理。無(wú)論是書(shū)友還是朋友，我們都應(yīng)該以最好的為伴。 and one should always live in the best pany, whether it be of books or of men. A good book may be among the best of friends. It is the same today that it always was, and it will never change. It is the most patient and cheerful of panions. It does not turn its back upon us in times of adversity or distress. It always receives us with the same kindness。只有聾子才理解聽(tīng)力的重要，只有盲人才明白視覺(jué)的可貴，這尤其適用于那些成年后才失去視力或聽(tīng)力之苦的人很少充分利用這些寶貴的能力。 在故事中，將死的主人公通常都在最后一刻因突降的幸運(yùn)而獲救，但他的價(jià)值觀通常都會(huì)改變，他變得更加理解生命的意義及其永恒的精神價(jià)值。 silence would teach him the joys of sound. 譯文： 假如給我三天光明（節(jié)選） 我們都讀過(guò)震撼人心的故事，故事中的主人公只能再活一段很有限的時(shí)光，有時(shí)長(zhǎng)達(dá)一年，有時(shí)卻短至一日。年歲有加，并非垂老，理想丟棄，方墮暮年。 it is a state of mind。第二十四篇： Work and Pleasure 工作和娛樂(lè) 第十六篇： Abundance is a Life Style 富足的生活方式 第八篇： The Road to Success 成功之道 生而為贏 —— 慧普教育 英語(yǔ)背誦美文 30 篇 文本 ~ 1 ~ 生而為贏 —— 新東方英語(yǔ)背誦美文 30篇 目錄： 第七篇： When Love Beckons You 愛(ài)的召喚 第十五篇： Facing the Enemies Within 直面內(nèi)在的敵人 第二十三篇： Born to Win 生而為贏 第一篇： Youth 青春 生而為贏 —— 慧普教育 英語(yǔ)背誦美文 30 篇 文本 ~ 2 ~ Youth Youth is not a time of life。如此銳氣，二十后生而有之，六旬男子則更多見(jiàn)。第二篇： Three Days to See(Excerpts)假如給我三天光明（節(jié)選） Three Days to See All of us have read thrilling stories in which the hero had only a limited and specified time to live. Sometimes