勵(lì)志美文 短篇_經(jīng)典英語(yǔ)美文名人勵(lì)志故事.doc

1、勵(lì)志美文 短篇_經(jīng)典英語(yǔ)美文名人勵(lì)志故事不夠?yàn)⒚?，但這就是人生。不夠豁達(dá)，但這就是人生。不夠勵(lì)志也不夠美妙，但這就是人生啊。下面WTT整理了英語(yǔ)美文名人勵(lì)志故事，!經(jīng)典英語(yǔ)美文名人勵(lì)志故事A Straight Wall Is Hard to Build人格的力量by Lou R.Crandall盧.R.克蘭德?tīng)朅s I try to outline my thoughts, the subject bees more and more difficult.I have many basic beliefs but as I try to pick and choose it seems to

2、me that they all can be summarized in the word “character.” Obviously, what you believe is a fundamental thing.There can be no fanfare, no embellishments.It must be honest.我努力清理思路時(shí)，主題變得越來(lái)越難講述。我有諸多信仰，但試圖挑選時(shí)，似乎都可用“人格”一詞概括。顯然，一個(gè)人的信仰是根本，無(wú)需夸耀，無(wú)需修飾，是什么就是什么。An architect once told me that the most difficult

3、 structure to design was a simple monumental shaft.The proportions must perfect to be pleasing.The hardest thing to build is a plain straight wall.The dimensions must be absolute.一位建筑師告訴我，最難設(shè)計(jì)的建筑是一尊簡(jiǎn)單的紀(jì)念柱，比例必須完美無(wú)缺，賞心悅目;最難砌的是一堵簡(jiǎn)樸筆直的墻，尺寸必須一絲不差。In either case there is no ornamentation to hide irregular

4、ities, no moldings to cover hidden defects and no supports to strengthen concealed weaknesses.在這兩種情況下，都無(wú)法用修飾掩蓋不平整，以造型遮蓋暗藏的缺陷，以支撐物來(lái)加固不牢的根基。I am using this e_le to illustrate human character, which to me is the most important single power in the world today.The young people of toady are in reality fou

5、ndations of structures yet to be built.我以此例來(lái)說(shuō)明人格，在我看來(lái)它是當(dāng)今世界上最重要的唯一的力量。今天的年輕人實(shí)際上是世界待建構(gòu)造的根基。It is obvious that the design of these human structures is the bined efforts of many human architects.Boys and girls are influenced first by their parents, then by their friends and finally by business associat

6、es.During this period of construction, the human character is revised and changed until at maturity a fairly well-fi_ed form of character is found.顯而易見(jiàn)，設(shè)計(jì)這些人格構(gòu)造需要眾多人類建筑師的共同努力。孩子們的成長(zhǎng)，先后要受到父母、朋友和事業(yè)伙伴的影響。在這一成長(zhǎng)過(guò)程中，人格一直在改變，直到在成熟期定型。There are few human straight walls and fewer human monumental shafts.Such

7、 men and women are personalities of great beauty and are so rare that history records their being and holds them up as e_les for the future.人類中堪稱墻一般筆直挺立的人少有，像紀(jì)念柱一樣矗立的人更少，這樣的人是美的化身，世所罕見(jiàn)，歷史記錄他們的存在，奉之為后世的楷模。The Biblical characters are for me the closest e_les of human perfection.They were unselfish, st

8、eadfast in their faith and unstinting in their help to others.圣經(jīng)中的人物在我心中是最接近完人的范例，他們無(wú)私，信仰堅(jiān)決，幫助別人，不遺余力。Today in this world of turmoil and trouble we could use more of such people, but they do not just happen along.I believe that they are the result of concentrated effort on the part of parents and as

9、sociates, and the more we build with character the better the world will bee.在今天這個(gè)混亂不安的世界，我們可以多用這樣的人，但他們并非從天而降。我相信他們是父母、同伴傾力鍛造的結(jié)果。我們?cè)街匾暼烁竦慕?gòu)，世界會(huì)越美妙。This may sound like a dreamer's hope and a theoretical goal which can never be reached.I do not think so.這聽(tīng)起來(lái)像癡人說(shuō)夢(mèng)，是永遠(yuǎn)無(wú)法實(shí)現(xiàn)的理論目的，我卻不這么想。The world as

10、a whole has progressed tremendously material-wise, and we are a fortunate nation in that we are leading the procession.It is, I believe, natural that nations not so fortunate should look upon us with envy.We would do the same if the positions were reserved, so we should not judge too harshly the eff

11、orts of others to equal our standard of living.In either case, the fortunate or the unfortunate character in the individual and collectively in a nation stands out.全世界在物質(zhì)消費(fèi)上已獲得宏大進(jìn)步，美利堅(jiān)榮幸地成為引導(dǎo)這一進(jìn)程的國(guó)家。我相信，沒(méi)有這樣好運(yùn)氣的國(guó)家可能會(huì)嫉妒我們，假如換個(gè)位置，我們也會(huì)如此，因此對(duì)于別人奮力向我們的生活標(biāo)準(zhǔn)看齊，我們不應(yīng)該草率地評(píng)判。無(wú)論是哪種情況，個(gè)人或民族的幸運(yùn)或不幸的品格都會(huì)凸顯出來(lái)。I agre

12、e that it is easier to build character under ideal conditions but cannot forget that character is also required to give as well as receive.我贊同在理想條件下更容易塑造人格的說(shuō)法，但我認(rèn)為不能忘記人格的塑造不僅需要外界條件的熏陶，也需要自身的努力。It should be to the benefit of humanity if all individuals - and this includes myself - did a renovation or remodeling job on our own character.It may merely be a case of removing rough edges or tossing away molding to e_pose irregularities, in some cases to remove a prop and stand on one's own feet.假如所有人也包括我自己都更新或重鑄自己的人格，這應(yīng)該是有益于人類的。這也許僅僅