高中課外閱讀--英語美文欣賞20(中英雙語)

1、高中課外閱讀-英語美文欣賞20 （中英雙語）英語美文欣賞19你唯一該抱怨的是不夠努力的自己Where you spend your time determines what kind of person you become.你把時(shí)間花在什么樣的地方，決定了你成為什么樣的人。Remember,it's not where you came from but how hard you try that decides what level you finally end up in.記住，決定你層次的，從來都不是你的出身，而是你的努力。If you spend your time in

2、working out, you'll end up in good shape.你把時(shí)間花在了運(yùn)動(dòng)上，你就會(huì)擁有勻稱的體型。If you spend your time in learning, you'll end up with skills which help you survive.你把時(shí)間花在了學(xué)習(xí)上，你就會(huì)擁有生存的技能。If you spend your time in idling, you'll end up achieving nothing.你把時(shí)間花在了頹廢上，你就會(huì)變得一事無成。If you spend your time queuing,

3、 you'll end up having neither time nor money.你把時(shí)間花在了排隊(duì)上，你就既失去了時(shí)間也失去了金錢。No one can decide how your life goes.沒有人可以左右你的人生。And no one can live your life for you.同樣，也沒有人可以幫你過自己的人生。If you find your life not perfect enough, the only thing you should complain about is that you didn't try hard enoug

4、h.如果你的生活不夠完美，你唯一該抱怨的是不夠努力的自己。Only the weak complain about others.只有弱者才會(huì)抱怨別人。The strong focus on how to become stronger.強(qiáng)者只會(huì)想著如何變強(qiáng)。Complaining is the ugliest trash in this world.抱怨，是世界上最難看的垃圾。Merits, on the other hand, is the fairest decoration one can wear.才氣，則是一個(gè)人最好的修飾。The world doesn't despise

5、 slow maturation. It despises lifelong mediocrity .這個(gè)世界從來不怕大器晚成，怕的是一生平庸。生活正在懲罰那些等待的人1 / 10高中課外閱讀-英語美文欣賞20 （中英雙語）Don't wait until you need others' love to realize you should love in the first place.不要等到想要得到愛的時(shí)候，才學(xué)會(huì)付出。Don't wait until you are alone to start to remember your friends.不要等到孤單的

6、時(shí)候，才想念起你的朋友。Don't wait until you want a promotion to start to work hard.不要等到想升職了，才去努力工作。Don't wait until you fail to realize you should have taken others' adivces.不要等到失敗的時(shí)候，才記起他人的忠告。Don't wait until you get sick to realize how fragile life is.不要等到生病的時(shí)候，才意識(shí)到生命的脆弱。Don't wait until

7、you break up to regret not cherishing the relationship.不要等到分離之后，才后悔沒有珍惜感情。Don't wait until some give you praise to start to believe in yourself.不要等到有人贊賞你的時(shí)候，才相信自己。Don't wait until someone point it out to realize that you are wrong.不要等到有人指出的時(shí)候，才知道自己錯(cuò)了。Don't wait until you are rich beyond

8、imagination to start to help the poor.不要等到腰纏萬貫，才準(zhǔn)備要幫助窮人。Don't wait until the day you die to find out that you should love your life.不要等到臨死的時(shí)候，才發(fā)現(xiàn)要熱愛生活。Life is constantly punishing those who do nothing but waiting.生活正在懲罰那些只會(huì)等待的人。如果你害怕，那說明你不傻Fear is a priceless treasure .恐懼是一種物價(jià)的寶藏。Because, usuall

9、y, only fear can remind you in critical occasions what is really important.因?yàn)椋芏鄷r(shí)候，只有恐懼才能夠強(qiáng)有力地提醒你什么才是最重要的。Fear is in fact our awe towards greater powers.恐懼，說到底是對(duì)更強(qiáng)大力量的敬畏。We fear what we don't know, because we know there might be something out of our control.我們對(duì)未知感到恐懼，因?yàn)槲覀冎烙行┦驴赡艹鑫覀兊目刂啤e fear t

10、he future, because we know there is great uncertainty in it.我們對(duì)未來感到恐懼，因?yàn)槲覀冎览锩嫣N(yùn)藏著很大的不確定性。We fear challenge, because we know that we may lack certain qualifications.2 / 10我們對(duì)挑戰(zhàn)感到恐懼，因?yàn)槲覀冎雷约嚎赡懿蛔?。Fear, in fact roots in our self-awareness.恐懼，正是來源于我們對(duì)自己的認(rèn)識(shí)。Someone who does not know himself at all won'

11、;t fear anything.一個(gè)完全沒有自知之明的人是不會(huì)恐懼的。If you're fearing something, it's a good sign.如果你正在害怕什么，那是好事。Because you already see your own incompetence.因?yàn)槟阋呀?jīng)看到了自己的不足。Now you should have known which direction to pursue.現(xiàn)在，你就知道應(yīng)該往哪個(gè)方向努力了。Fear is not something to be ashamed of.恐懼并不是應(yīng)該讓你羞恥的事情。It is your

12、strength.它是你的力量。生活的藝術(shù)The art of living is to know when to hold fast and when to let go. For life is a paradox: it enjoins us to cling to its many gifts even while it ordains their eventual relinquishment. The rabbis of old put it this way:"A man comes to this worlhis fist clenched, but when he

13、dies, his hand is open.”生活的藝術(shù)在于懂得什么時(shí)候追求，什么時(shí)候放棄。因?yàn)樯罹褪且粋€(gè)矛 盾體：它要我們緊緊抓住它賜予我們的生命之禮，然后最終又讓它們從我們手中跑掉。老先生們說：“人們緊握著拳頭來到這個(gè)世界上，離開這個(gè)世界時(shí)卻 攤開了雙手?！盨urely we ought to hold fast to life, for it is wondrous, and full of a beauty that breaks through every pore of God ' s own earth. We know that this is so, but al

14、l too often we recognize this truth only in our backward glance when we remember what was and then suddenly realize that it is no more.當(dāng)然我們應(yīng)該緊緊把握生活，因?yàn)樗烂畹貌豢伤甲h，充滿了從上帝的每 個(gè)毛孔里蹦出來的美。我們都清楚這一點(diǎn)，但我們常常只有在回首往事時(shí)才會(huì) 想去過去，才會(huì)突然意識(shí)到過去永遠(yuǎn)地消逝了，才會(huì)承認(rèn)這個(gè)道理。We remember a beauty that faded, a love that waned. But we remember

15、 with far greater pain that we did not see that beauty when it flowered, that we failed to respond with love when it was tendered.我們都記得美的褪去，愛的老去。但我們更痛苦地記得美正艷時(shí)，我們卻 沒有發(fā)現(xiàn)，愛正濃時(shí)，我們卻沒有回應(yīng)。Here then is the first pole of life paradoxica l demands on us: Never too busy3 / 10for the wonder and the awe of life.

16、 Be reverent before each dawning day. Embrace each hour. Seize each golden minute.這就是生活對(duì)我們自己自相矛盾要求的第一步： 永遠(yuǎn)不要因?yàn)槊β刀雎?了它的奇妙和莊嚴(yán)。對(duì)即將到來的每一天，我們都要心懷敬意，擁抱沒一小時(shí)， 抓住每一分鐘。Hold fast to life. but not so fast that you cannot let go. This is the second side of life ' s coin, the opposite pole of its paradox: we

17、 must accept our losses, and learn how to let go.抓住生活，但不要抓得太緊，以至你放不下手。這就是生活像硬幣一樣也 有另一面，也是生活矛盾的另一極：我們必須接受放棄，并且學(xué)會(huì)怎樣讓它過 去。This is not an easy lesson to learn, especially when we are young and think that the world is ours to command, that whatever we desire with the full force of our passionate being ca

18、n, nay, will, be ours. But then life moves along to confront us with realities, and slowly but surely this truth dawns upon us.學(xué)會(huì)這些并非易事。特別是年少輕狂的時(shí)候，我們自認(rèn)為是世界的主宰者， 認(rèn)為只要充滿激情地全力追求，就可以得到一切。然而，事實(shí)并非如此。只有 在面對(duì)種種現(xiàn)實(shí)時(shí)，我們才會(huì)漸漸沒明白這個(gè)道理。At every stage of life we sustain losses and grow in the process.We begin our ind

19、ependent lives only when we emerge from the womb and lose its protective shelter. We enter a progression of schools, then we leave our mothers and fathers and our childhood homes. We get married and have children and then have to let them go. We confront the death of our parents and our spouses. We

20、face the gradual or not so gradual waning of our strength. And ultimately, as the parable of the open and closed hand suggests, we must confront the inevitability of our own demise, losing ourselves as it were, all that we were or dreamed to be.在人生的各個(gè)階段，我們都會(huì)蒙受損失一一并且在這一過程中成長。只有 在脫離母體.失去庇護(hù)所時(shí)，我們才會(huì)開始獨(dú)立的

21、生活。我們不斷地升學(xué)，接 著又離開父母，離開兒時(shí)的故鄉(xiāng)。繼而，我們結(jié)婚生子，然后又放手讓自己的 子女出去闖蕩。隨著父母和配偶的相繼離世，我們也逐漸或者很快衰老。最終， 正如雙手張開與緊握這一寓言所說，我們必須面對(duì)自身的死亡，失去原來的自 我，失去我們擁有過或者憧憬過的一切。一把車鑰匙A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer's showroom, and knowing his fath

22、er could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted.從前，有位年輕人即將大學(xué)生畢業(yè)。數(shù)月來，他一直渴望得到某汽車商產(chǎn)4 / 10高中課外閱讀-英語美文欣賞20 （中英雙語）品陳列室中的一輛跑車。他知道，他那富有的父親肯定買得起這輛車，于是， 他便跟父親說他很想得到那輛漂亮的跑車。As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited signs that his father had purchased the car. Finally, on the morning of hi

23、s graduation, his father called him into his private study. His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful wrapped gift box. Curious, but somewhat disappointed, the young man opened the box and found a lovely, leather-b

24、ound Bible, with the young man's name embossed in gold. Angrily, he raised his voice to his father and said, "With all your money you give me a Bible?" He then stormed out of the house, leaving the Bible.在畢業(yè)典禮即將來臨的日子里，年輕人等待著父親買下跑車的消息。終于， 在畢業(yè)典禮那天上午，父親將他叫到自己的書房，并告訴他，有他這么出色的 兒子自己感到非常自豪而且非

25、常愛他這個(gè)兒子。接著，父親遞給兒子一個(gè)包裝精美的禮品盒。年輕人感到好奇，但帶著些許失望地打開禮品盒，卻發(fā)現(xiàn)里面 是一本精美的精裝本圣經(jīng)，上面以金子凸印著年輕人的名字?？戳T，年輕 人怒氣沖沖地向父親大喊道：“你有那么多錢，卻只給我一本圣經(jīng)？ ”說 完，便丟下圣經(jīng)，憤怒地沖出房子。Many years passed and the young man was very successful in business. He had a beautiful home and a wonderful family, but realizing his father was very old, he th

26、ought perhaps he should go to see him. He had not seen him since that graduation day. Before he could make the arrangements, he received a telegram telling him his father had passed away, and willed all of his possessions to his son. He needed to come home immediately and take care of things.多年以后，年輕

27、人已事業(yè)有成。他擁有一所漂亮的房子，一個(gè)溫馨的家庭。 但當(dāng)?shù)弥赣H年事已高，他想，或許應(yīng)該去看看他。自從畢業(yè)那天起他就一直 不見父親。就在起程時(shí)，他收到一封電報(bào)-父親已逝世，并已立下遺囑將其 所有財(cái)產(chǎn)轉(zhuǎn)給兒子。他要立即回父親家處理后事。When he arrived at his father's house, sudden sadness and regret filled his heart. He began to search through his father's important papers and saw the still new Bible, just

28、as he had left it years ago. With tears, he opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. As he was reading, a car key dropped from the back of the Bible. It had a tag with the dealer's name, the same dealer who had the sports car he had desired. On the tag was the date of his graduation, and th

29、e words. "PAID IN FULL".在父親的房子里，他突然內(nèi)心感到一陣悲傷與懊悔。他開始仔細(xì)搜尋父親 的重要文件，突然發(fā)現(xiàn)了那本圣經(jīng)-還跟幾年前一樣嶄新。他嗡著淚水 打開圣經(jīng)并一頁一頁地閱讀著。忽然，從書的背面掉出一把鑰匙。鑰匙上 掛著一個(gè)標(biāo)簽，上面寫著一個(gè)汽車經(jīng)銷商的名字-正是他曾渴望的那輛跑車 的經(jīng)銷商。標(biāo)簽上還有他的畢業(yè)日期及“款已付清”的字樣。How many times do we miss blessings because they are not packaged as we expected? Do not spoil what you hav

30、e by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.我們多少次地與祝福擦肩而過，僅僅因?yàn)樗麄儧]有按我們想象中的樣子包 裝好？不要在渴望得到?jīng)]有的東西時(shí)損壞你已經(jīng)擁有的東西，但要記住一點(diǎn)： 你現(xiàn)在所擁有的恰恰正是你曾經(jīng)一心渴望得到的。Sometimes we don't realize the good fortune we have or we could have because we expect "

31、;the packaging" to be different. What may appear as bad fortune may in fact be the door that is just waiting to be opened.有時(shí)，我們并沒有意識(shí)到我們已經(jīng)擁有或本該擁有的好運(yùn)，僅僅因?yàn)樗?外表與我們想象中的有所不同。其實(shí)，表面上看起來像是壞運(yùn)氣的東西或許正 是等待開啟的幸運(yùn)之門.希望總是多過盼望“There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept

32、responsibility for changing them.” Denis Waitley人生有兩大選擇：要么接受現(xiàn)實(shí)，要么接受改變現(xiàn)狀的責(zé)任。一一丹尼 斯魏特利Catch the star that holds your destiny the one that forever twinkles in your heart.追隨能夠改變你命運(yùn)的那顆星，那顆永遠(yuǎn)在你心中閃爍的明星Hope is always more expect, engrave a bone is a fat lot looked Clear can touch, just don t know where end

33、is. Can not find to come to the road of hour, just because of eying foot too very carefully.希望總是多過盼望，刻骨而又絡(luò)絡(luò)可見，清晰可觸，只是不知道終結(jié)在哪兒。找不到來時(shí)的路，只是因?yàn)樘⌒囊硪淼淖⒁暷_下。Then the wandering soul wild crane stands still the memory river Listen to whistle play tightly ring slowly, Water rises a ship to go medium long thing

34、s of the past. Wait for a ship ' s person Wait for one and other, But hesitate always should ascend which ship Missed Had to consign the hope to next time, Finally what to wait for until has no boats and ships to come and go, Sunset west .再孤魂野鶴的佇立記憶河頭， 聽著哨子的緊奏慢響， 水漲船行中的悠悠 往事。等船的人兒，等了一班又一班，卻始終猶豫著

35、該登哪一只。 錯(cuò)過的， 只好把希望寄托到了下一回， 終究等到的是沒有船只的過往， 日落西頭。All of us may suffer with depression and frustration, lose guidance and support, need aids physically, emotionally, or spiritually.我們所有人都會(huì)經(jīng)歷挫折和沮喪，失去指引和支持，無論物質(zhì)、情感還是 精神上都急切需要治愈。幸福好簡單，就在你手心上Happiness is so much simple, on your center of palm, a match a hand

36、 can grasp; Happiness is also very difficult, before your heel, A thousand mountains and rivers but blunder away because of Doing not turn a head幸福好簡單，就在你手心上，一合手就能握??；幸福又好難，就在你腳跟前，千山萬水卻因沒有轉(zhuǎn)頭而錯(cuò)失In others eyes, you are always “thefunny one" and became loud and overconfident to mask what I was actu

37、ally feeling, but few people know about the way you felt.在別人的眼中，你可能是一個(gè)“很有趣的人"。你用大聲喧囂和過度的自 信來掩蓋自己真正的想法，以致身邊的人都看不透你。I need to stop feeling so sorry for myself and actually want to change. I am an incredibly lucky person who have come from a family who love and support my whole life.不應(yīng)再自怨自艾，而要切切實(shí)實(shí)

38、地謀求改變。能有一個(gè)愛護(hù)和支持自己的 家庭，你已經(jīng)是世上非常幸運(yùn)的人了。The important thing to remember is that our problems aren' t what define us.What defines us is how we deal with what has happened to us; how we change the way we think about it.重要的是，你要記住，我們遇到的問題不能定義我們的本質(zhì)。能定義我們 的，是我們處理問題的方法，以及我們對(duì)待問題的態(tài)度轉(zhuǎn)變。The greatest gifts in l

39、ife are not purchased but acquired through hard work and determination.生命中最珍貴的禮物不是花錢買來的，而是通過努力和決心而獲取的。You are capable of making your brightest dreams come true.你能夠讓美好的夢(mèng)想變成現(xiàn)實(shí)。Give your hopes everything you ' ve got and you will catch the star that holds your destiny.滿懷希望并全力以赴，你就能摘下改變命運(yùn)的那顆星。自律，才能帶

40、來真正的自由Self-disciplined people are not all outstanding people. But nearly all outstanding people are self-disciplined people.自律的人不一定都優(yōu)秀，但優(yōu)秀的人基本都是自律的。Some of them keep reading everyday. Some of them never get late.他們之中，有的人堅(jiān)持每天看書，有的人堅(jiān)持從不遲到。The real difference between an elite and the ordinary people is

41、 that an elite can manage himself.一個(gè)真正的精英與普通人的不同，就是他能夠管住自己。And that's where their success comes from.而他們的成功就來源與此。What people call self-management is in fact self-discipline.自律，其實(shí)就是自我管理。If you want to get slim, you need to manage your appetite.想要減肥，就得把自己的嘴巴管住。If you want to succeed, you need to m

42、anage your heart.想要成功，就得把自己的心管住。So set your goal and write down your reasons for them.定個(gè)目標(biāo)，并寫下原因吧。Establish a list for your daily work and life, and excute them out without mercy.每天為自己的工作和生活列出一個(gè)清單，然后毫不留情地執(zhí)行它。This is not sacrificing your freedom. This is freedom.這并不是犧牲自由，這恰恰就是自由。Only in self-discipli

43、ne can you stop being a slave of all the trivial things in your life.只有在自律當(dāng)中，你才能不成為生活中瑣碎的奴隸。Only in self-discipline can you truly own your future.只有在自律中，你才擁有未來。有趣的人，永遠(yuǎn)視生活如初戀If you suddenly get old tomorrow, would you feel regret when you look back at your life?如果明天你就會(huì)突然變老，當(dāng)你回顧你這一生的時(shí)候，你會(huì)感到遺憾嗎？Or woul

44、d you feel that your life is worth it?還是說，你覺得這一生很值得？Or you have never thought about this kind of things?還是說，你其實(shí)從來沒有想過這些事？If you ask somebody what the meaning of life is,如果你問別人“生活的意義是什么？”a thousand different people will give you a thousand different answers.1000個(gè)人可能給你1000個(gè)不同的答案。But for me, the answer

45、 is happiness.而對(duì)于我來講，這個(gè)答案就是“快樂”。Doing what I like in places that I enjoy.在自己喜歡的地方，做著自己喜歡的事。These things are not only beneficial for myself. They are also making this society better.這些事不光對(duì)自己有益，還對(duì)社會(huì)有意義。Controlling my own pace like this may not have given me a wealthy life. But it has been giving me sa

46、tisfaction day by day.這種自己把握生活節(jié)奏的日子，雖然在物質(zhì)上并沒有多富足，但每天都讓 我很滿意。And I feel that life gets better everyday.而且，我覺得生活一天比一天好。And at the same time, I have become a person that people enjoy.同時(shí)，我也在這個(gè)過程中變成了有趣的人。And a person who people enjoy is a person who treats life as he treats his first true love.而有趣的人，就是一個(gè)總是以初戀的心態(tài)去生活的人。所謂會(huì)說話，就是心里裝著別人Being sociable can mean many things.說話的技巧有很多。But in some aspects, there is only one crit