適合練習口語的英語短文

1、v1.0可編輯可修改 Yesterday.Today.AND Tomorrow 昨天，今天，還有明天There are two days in every week that we should not worry about, two days that should be kept free from fear and apprehension.One is Yesterday, with its mistakes and cares, its faults andblunders, its aches and pains.Yesterday has passed, forever bey

2、ond our control.All the money in the world cannot bring back Yesterday.We cannot undo a single act we performed.Nor can we erase a single word we said - Yesterday is gone!The other day we shouldnt worry about is Tomorrow with itsimpossible adversities, its burdens, its large promise and poorperforma

3、nce. Tomorrow is beyond our immediate control.Tomorrows sun will rise, either in splendor or behind a mask ofclouds - but it will rise. Until it does, we have no stake in Tomorrow, for it isyet unborn.This leaves only one day - Today. Any man can fight the battlesof just one day; it is only when you

4、 or I add the burdens of those two awful eternities-Yesterday and Tomorrow- that we break down.It is not the experience of Today that drives man mad -It is remorse or bitterness for something which happened Yesterday, and the dreadof what Tomorrow may bring.Let us, therefore, live One Day at a Time!

5、每個禮拜有兩天我們不用去擔心，沒有恐懼，沒有憂愁。其中一天是昨天，有過錯誤和憂慮、過失和失誤、辛酸和痛苦。昨天已經(jīng)過去，不再受我們控制。世界上所有的錢都不能把昨天帶回來。我們不能為過去的事反悔，我們不能擦去我們說過的每一個字，因為，昨天已經(jīng)過去了。另一天我們不用擔心的是明天，明天可能有逆境、負擔，即有著很大的希望，又有糟糕的表現(xiàn)。明天同樣不為我們所控制。明天的太陽會升起，不管它是光芒四射還是籠罩著云彩，它一定會升起來。直到它出現(xiàn)之前，我們對于明天沒有任何把握，因為它還沒有發(fā)生。只剩下一天一一今天。任何人都只能生活在“今天”；當你我背負起永遠存在的“昨天”和“明天”帶來的壓力，我們就會被壓垮。使

6、一個人發(fā)瘋的不是今天的遭遇，而是昨天的悲傷或痛苦和對明天的恐懼。因此，讓我們過好生活中的每一天。ConfidenceEvery day is a new day in our life.There is much to do today.The early morning sun inspires us to start things freshly and put back our past.Only a handful of us make use of this fresh bunch of energy.In various wills of life this affects the

7、 way we behave and our confidence level.Confidence is a key to survive in this world.It is the only key tool to win the rat race in every walk of life.Confidence in ones owns capabilities combined with sincere efforts help one to achieve unthinkable heights.But many times we see that this basic elem

8、ent of confidence is missing in us.As a result of lack of confidence we perform well below our caliber.Be it in a public speech, proposing your beloved, visas for your college or in an interview or say even on the eve before your exams.This can be due to fear of being rejected or any other reason.If

9、 we look into our hearts and think, we will come to know that fear inside us I going to get us nowhere.The confidence inside us is going to take us places.This is because with confidence we can put our thoughts into words in a better and pleasing way.So we have to get out of that shell where we thin

10、k whether people will accept us as we areInstead of living in these unending moments of fear and thoughtless analysis, itofis better if we project ourselves with the skills we have with the gloss confidence.With confidence we can portray the finer points of our personality in such a way that the pla

11、ces where we do lack are never highlighted.Confidence should glow in us only till thepoint where our personality is boosted.Above this it leads to over-confidence that is harmful.Over-confidence results in unsatisfied performance levels as the seed of ego grows into a plant into our mind.We then ima

12、gine and make big talks just to maintain our ego.So guys don t let the seed of ego to germinate in your mind, as this seed should be used only for you to live up to your expectations.Confidence is all about being cool, calm and composed.So guys do you have it in youIf you think you dont, boost up yo

13、urselves as your mind is your greatest mentor.You are your greatest helper.MistakesMistakes and errors are the disciplined true which we advance in life. Mistakes aregreat teachers. Success comes to those who are willing to risk making mistakes inthe pursuit of their goals and aspirations, and who a

14、re able to learn from thosemistakes. And in order to learn from mistakes you must be willing to pay for them.Mistakes can be enormously valuable, but when you try to get others to pay for your mistakes, then you deprive yourself of the opportunity to learn from them. When something goes wrong, its u

15、sually very easy to find someone else to blame, but what does that really accomplishMuch of the value of mistakes comes from the fact that they demand a cost that must be paid. The person who learns the most from a mistake is the person who pays the price for that mistake.Whenyou make a mistake, the

16、 last thing you want to do is run away from it. You need to accept it because you can learn a lot from it. The mistake has been made, so make the most of it. Pay the price, learn the lesson, and grow that much stronger.When you make a mistake, dont look back at it long. Remember the reason for it,an

17、d then look forward. Mistakes arelessons of wisdom.The past cannot be changed.The present is still in your power. Take full advantage of your mistakes to achieve your goals and aspirations.過失和錯誤讓我們辨別是非，幫助我們前進。錯誤是偉大的老師。成功總是眷顧那些敢于冒著犯錯的危險去追求他們的目標和理想，并善于從錯誤中吸取教訓的人。為了從過失中吸取教訓，你必須愿意為之付出代價。錯誤可能具有巨大的價值，但是如果

18、你想讓別人來為你的錯誤付出代價，那你就喪失了從錯誤中學習的機會。當出了差錯時 ，去責備他人總是很容易的。但是那又有什么用呢錯誤的價值在很大程度上體現(xiàn)為人們必須為所犯的錯誤付出代價。從錯誤中學到最多的那個人就是為之付出代價的人。當你犯錯時，你最不應該做的事情就是逃避錯誤。你需要接受這個事實，因為你可以從中吸取很多教訓。既然已經(jīng)犯了錯誤 ，就最大限度地利用它。付出代價、得到教訓并成長得更加堅強。當你犯錯時，不要總放在心上。 記住犯錯的原因，然后向前看。犯錯是智慧的課程。 過去無法改變?，F(xiàn)在仍在你的手中。利用好你的錯誤，來實現(xiàn)你的目標和理想。Feed Your Mind 充實你的思想Since th

19、e pre-historic times, man has had an urge to satisfy his needs. Be it hunger, shelter or search for a mate, he has always manipulated the circumstances to the best of his advantages. Probably this might be the reason why we human are the most developed of all living species on the earth, and probabl

20、y also in the universe.As we climbed the steps of evolution with giant leaps, we somehowleft behind common sense and logical thinking - we forgot that we have stopped thinking ahead of times.If you are hungry, what do you do Grab a piece of your favorite meal and stay quiet after that Just like your

21、 stomach, even your mind is hungry. But it never lets you know, because you keep it busy thinking about your dream lover, favorite star and many such absurd things. So it silently began to heed to your needs and never let itself grow. Whenmind looses its freedom to grow, creativity gets a full stop.

22、 This might be the reason why we all sometimes think What happens next, Why cant I think, Why am I always given the difficult problems Well this is the aftermath of our own karma of using our brain for thinking of not-so-worthy things.Hunger of the mind can be actually satiated through extensive rea

23、ding. Now why reading and not watching TV Because reading has been the most educative tool used by us right from the childhood. Just like that to develop other aspects of our life, we have to take help of reading. You have innumerable number of books in this world which will answer all your “Howto q

24、uestions. Once you read a book, you just dont run your eyes through the lines, but even your mind decodes it and explains it to you. The interesting part of the book is stored in your mind as a seed. Now this seed is unknowingly used by you in your future to develop new ideas. The same seedif used m

25、any times, can help you link and relate a lot of things, of which you would have never thought of in your wildest dreams! This is nothing but creativity. More the number of books you read, your mind will open up like never before. Also this improves your oratory skills to a large extent and also mak

26、es a significant contribution to your vocabulary. Within no time you start speaking English or any language fluently with your friends or other people and you never seem to run out of the right words at the right time.Actually, I had a problem in speaking English fluently, but as I read, I could imp

27、rove significantly. I am still on the path of improvement to quench my thirst for satisfaction. So guys do join me and give food for your thoughts by reading, reading and more reading. Now what are you waiting for Go, grab a book, and let me know!自史前時代起，人類就已有滿足自己需求的強烈欲望。無論是饑餓、避難或?qū)ひ捙渑迹祟惪偸遣倏v著環(huán)境使其達到最利

28、于自己的狀態(tài)。這或許解答了為什么人類是地球上甚至是宇宙中最高級的現(xiàn)存物種。然而在進化的階梯上取得巨大飛躍之時，我們卻不知何故將一些常識和邏輯思維拋諸腦后了一一我們忘記了自己已經(jīng)停止了超前思維。如果你餓了，你會怎么做抓起你最喜愛的美食飽餐一頓，然后靜靜地呆在那里而你的大腦也像你的胃，是會感到饑餓的，但它卻從不讓你知道，因為你讓它一直想著你的夢中情人、你 最喜愛的明星和許多諸如此類的荒唐事。因此它只是默默地留意著你的需要卻從不讓自己成長。當思維恣意成長時，創(chuàng)造力就嘎然而止。這也許就是為什么我們有時會想“下一步該如何、“為什么我想不到、“為什么我總是碰到難題”的原因吧。這也是我們的大腦總在考慮那些毫

29、無價值的事情產(chǎn)生的后果。事實上，思維的饑荒可以通過廣泛的閱讀來滿足。為什么是閱讀而不是選擇看電視呢因為自孩提時代起，讀書就已經(jīng)是最具教育性的工具了。正如人生發(fā)展的其他方面一樣，我們不得不求助于閱讀。世界上有無數(shù)書籍可以回答你“如何做”的問題。讀書時不僅要用眼睛瀏覽文字，還要用腦去解讀、 詮釋。書中有趣的部分就會像種子一樣貯存在你的腦海里。將來你會不自覺地運用這粒種子引發(fā)新的想法。多次運用這粒種子將有助于你把許多事情聯(lián)系起來，即使你做夢都想不到這些！這不是別的，就是創(chuàng)造力！你讀的書越多，你的心智就會前所未有地開闊。而且這還會大幅度地提高你的演講能力、豐富你的詞匯量。你很快就能用流利的英語或別的語

30、言與你的朋友或別人交談，而且你再也不會在適合的場合缺少適合的詞語。實際上，我的英語還是不夠流利，但只要我閱讀，我就會取得顯著進步?，F(xiàn)在我仍在“自我提高”、為頭腦“解渴”的長路上跋涉。請加入到我的行列吧！通過閱讀、閱讀、再閱讀來為你的思想“喂食”。你還在等什么現(xiàn)在就拿起一本書讓我瞧瞧！Different Strokes of Our Duties（ 不同的義務）Life teaches us to live. To live, you have to exist. To exist , you should havea passport to this living world. Thanks

31、to your parents , who brought you into this world.Parents have taken care of us and satisfied all our needs. They helped whenever we were hungry , afraid or iii. They were always there by you, whenever you needed them. You almost assented that they would always be there for you and never thought of

32、how your life would be if without them. But as you grow up, age also catchesup with your parents and they need your help and support.Man is a child first , after which he attains his youth. After youth he again goes through the second phase of childhood , also called as old age. This is the phase wh

33、ere everyone needs a corn fort of a sense of belonging and being taken care of.we all expect the Same of security when we grow old Even our parents are expecting us to be their caretaker , as they grow old. But they never make that obvious to us. They do their further duty by taking care of their gr

34、andchildren , paying e-bills , giving the clothes for laundry etc.Isnt it unfair on our part that we arent giving them what they need the most It is our prime duty to take the very best care of them. Its our pay back time. Lets give the same sense of emotional security, care and love to our parents

35、intheir old age.生活教我們?nèi)绾紊睢Ｒ?，你首先必須存在。要存在，你應該有一張通往這個世界的護照。感謝你的父母，是他們把你帶到了這個世界。父母照顧著我們，滿足我們所有的需要。無論何時我們餓了、害怕了或病了，他們都會幫助我們。無論何時你需要他們，他們總是在你身邊。你幾乎認為，他們總會在那里；從沒 有想過，沒有他們你的生活會怎樣。但是，當你長大時，你的父母也在變老，他們需要你的 幫助和支持。人開始時是個小孩，然后他長成一個年輕人。青年期過后，他又經(jīng)歷第二個兒童期，即老年期。這個時期，每個人都需要一種歸屬感，需要照顧。我們變老時，不也會期盼同樣的 安全感嗎我們的父母也希望他們年老時

36、我們會照顧他們。但他們從不向我們明確地說出來。他們會盡更多的義務，照顧利，子孫女，付電子賬單的費用，把衣服拿去洗衣店，等等。我們沒有給他們最需要的東西，這是不是不公平盡量照顧好他們是我們的首要義務。該我們回報的時候了。讓我們在父母年老時給他們同樣的情感安全感、關(guān)心和愛。Communication SkillsCommunication has been the major ingredient for the up gradation of the apes into human beings. Before language and the science of semantics were

37、 developed, facial expressions and body movements were the most sought after means for communication. Slowly the language started shaping up and now we have countless thousand dialects.Language is a medium that binds all human beings. It is the unique form, which has been exploited and used to the m

38、aximum by us. But somewhere down the line, we used it only for the purpose of communication and not for enriching our knowledge and to increase our market value.You would be thinking what I am getting at In the following few lines, I will clear all the question marks in your head. Tell me the number

39、 of times you have been engrossed in a talk or lecture given by someone Maybe it is once or twice. Now the point to ponder is what was the distinguishing feature of that cogent speaker that didnt make your eyelids heavy with sleep He would have had the knack to maneuver all your thinking, listening

40、and visual channels towards him.Closer observation would reveal that change of tone at the appropriate time, fluency in language, and proper translation of thoughts into words make his speech all the more appealing. He is able to give you what you want to hear and what he wanted to give the audience

41、 in terms of knowledge. And when this success ratio is unity, you never skip a word from the speaker. Communication skills are an important forte and they add a very important dimension to your personality.Whenyou communicate clearly and openly, you always make your wants, needs and doubts obvious.

42、This clarity is essential to market yourself and synchronizes yourself with other two-legged intellectuals like you. You may not be that well qualified, but with good communication skills you can crack your interview and you can sell yourself convincingly. You then dont try to fill in a vacancy in a

43、 company but make a place for yourself.Some of the essential tips for communication include:Be clear, concise and straightforward.Keep your sentences short. This will avoid grammatical mistakes.Look into the eyes of the person you are speaking to. This gives a glimpse of your sincerity and dedicatio

44、n to the other person.Even if you slip up somewhere, maintain your calm, apologize and continue. Dont try to reanalyze such slip ups, because we wish to promote ourselves and not demote.So from now on communicate clearly, properlyand openly, as after all the worlddoesnt know what you need. Does itCA

45、PTURE YOUR SOU-FIVE MINUTES TO SPARENo matter how busy you are ,you could spend five minutes:To answer the telephoneTo read the morning paperTo talk with a neighborTo dispute with the laundryman about a mistakeTo watch new furniture being unloaded next doorTo chat with a salesmanTo read a trivial le

46、tterOr to write oneIt takes only five minutes:To say a prayer for the suffering friendTo stop and think of Gods daily gift of mercyTo remember the crossTo make an act of faith, hope, and loveTo whisper an our Father or Hail Mary for someone in needTo say a decade of the Rosary for the pour soulsTo v

47、isit the little statue or picture on the mantle place and tell the Savior how much you love himTo make a spiritual communionWhich is the better way to spend five minutesKeep Your CoolEveryone would have heard the famous phrase Anger is one short of danger .It is an age-old adage, but it is tested an

48、d still holds true. Thing said or done during anger have created havoc with a lot of people and things. the tightly packed bag of mental frustration erupts into a volcano of anger.But basically lets try to analyses why one gets angry When one is not satisfied with the way things have gone, when some

49、one has been taken in for a ride, when one blames life for treating him badly, and many such trivial things are the various reasons. All the frustrations get collected on one part of our mind and when we can bear it no longer, our feelings are vented in the form of a volcano of emotional tantrums. A

50、nger is one of the major hindrances in self-development, because it narrows our outlook. The mind looses its sense of logic and fairness, when it is accelerated by the arrogant mood of anger.Getting angry can get your things done somewhere, but not everywhere. This is because as you grow, you yourse

51、lf are responsible to clean your recycle bin of emotions and frustrations. No one has the foresight or capacity to judge what has bought you to that violent moodor what hardships you have faced. Angry people hardly go places. The closer one comes to this piece of reality, the better he will get.The

52、best way to counterattack anger is to imbibe patience in ourselves.A personwith infinite patience has matured mentally, and is the bravest war-horse over the path of anger. He controlled himself every time and got away from trying circumstances using the best lifeline available. Such people are alwa

53、ys in peace with themselves and always enjoying life.Anger is never good and it increases anxiety levels of the individual. Whenone is angry, the heart pumps a lot more blood than the normal capacity and hence it leads to high blood pressure. This may also cause a heart attack. So always be like the

54、 hard working duck, which is calm and composed by its expressions, but padding like the hell at the bottom. For human beings this means that, we have to keep moving in life by hard work. Never let disappointment and frustrations rule you. You make your own future and destiny, by following the right

55、attitude.After all, its all in a state of mind. Everyone has two opinions. One is angerand the other is maintaining your composure through patience. I choose the latterone. What have you chosenListen to your heartYesterday ,someone asked me what is the greatest skill for successful salesperson to po

56、ssess.I answered, “the ability to listen. He agreed with me. But the abilityto listen is not only important in selling .It is also important when buying ,managing ,talking with our mates or friends .In fact .communication is next to impossible if we don t listen .listening is also important when pra

57、ying andmeditating .Then heart of a servant requires listening .And if discovering ourpurpose is the process of discovering how we can most impact the world throughoffering service (the act of servant-hood) then listening must truly be an assetto discovering our purpose as well.Many psychiatrists explain the way to communicate better