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经典的英语美文：热情成就未来

Years ago, when I started looking for my first job, wise advisers urged, "Barbara, be enthusiastic! Enthusiasm will take you further than any amount of experience."

乡年前， 当我第一次找工作时,不少明智之士强烈向我建议：“巴巴拉，要有热情!热情比任何经验都更有益。”

How right they were. Enthusiastic people can tum a boring drive into an adventure, extra work into opportunity and strangers into friends.

这话多么正确，热情的人可以把沉闷的车程变成探险，把加班变成机会， 把生人变成朋友。

"Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm," wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson. It is the paste that helps you hang in there when the going gets tough. It is the inner voice that whispers,¨I can do it!" when others shout, "No, you can't."

“没有热情就不会有任何伟大的成就，”拉尔夫?沃尔多.爱默生写道当事情进展不顺时，热情是帮助你坚持下去的粘合剂当别人叫喊“你不行”时， 热情是你内心发出的声音：“我能行”。

It took years and years for the early work of Barbara McClintock,a geneticist who won the 1983 Nobel Prize in medicine, to be generally accepted. Yet she didn't let up on her experiments. Work was such a deep pleasure for her that she never thought of stopping.

1983隼诺贝尔医学奖的获得者遗传学家巴巴拉?麦克林托克早年的工作直到很多年后才被公众所承认，但她并没有放弃实验工作，对她来说是一种如此巨大的快乐， 她从未想过要停止它。

We are all born with wide-eyed, enthusiastic wonder as anyone knows who has ever seen an infant's delight at the jingle of keys o'r the scurrying of a beetle. It is this childlike wonder that gives enthusiastic people such a youthful air, whatever their age.

我们都生来好奇，呼大眼睛，满怀热情一一每一个看到过婴儿听到钥匙声或看见乱爬的甲虫就兴奋不己的人都会明白这一点。

At 90, cellist Pablo Casals would start his day by playing Bach. As the music flowed through his fingers, his stooped shoulders would straighten and joy would reappear in his eyes.

正是这种孩子气的好奇给了热情的人们(不论年龄大小)一种青春的气息大提琴家帕布罗?卡萨尔斯在90岁时还坚持以拉巴赫开始他的每一天音乐从他的指间流出，他弯着的背挺直起来，欢乐再度溢满

Music, for Casals, was an elixir that made life a never ending adventure. As author and poet Samuel Ullman once wrote, "Years wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul."

他的眼眸音乐对卡萨尔斯来说，是使人生变成无止境的探索之旅的灵丹妙药就像作家兼诗人塞缪尔?厄尔曼曾写过的：“岁月使皮肤起了皱纹，但如果失去热情，便会使灵魂起皱纹”。

How do you rediscover the enthusiasm of your childhood? The answer,I believe, lies in the worditself. "Enthusiasm" comes from the Greek and means "God within." And what is God within is but an abiding sense oflove - proper love of self (self-acceptance) and, from that, love of others.

恁样才能找回孩提时代的热情呢?我相信答案就在“热情”这个词本身“热情”一词源于希腊语， 原意是“内在的上帝”这里所说的“内在的上帝”不是别的，而是一种持久不变的爱一一恰当的自爱(自我接受)， 并推而及于他人。

Enthusiastic people also love what they do, regardless of money o'r title o'r power. If we cannot do what we love as afull-time career, we can as a part-time avocation, like the head of state who paints, the nun who runs marathons, the executive who handcrafts furniture.

热情的人们同样热爱他们所做的事，而不是考虑钱位权如果我们不能把热爱的事作为正式职业，我们也可把它当作业余消遣：比如有国家元首喜欢画画的，有修女参加马拉松长跑的，有行政官员手工制作家具的。

Elizabeth Layton of Wellsville, Kan, was 68 before she began to draw. This activity ended bouts of depression that had plagued her for at least 30 years, and the quality of her work led one critic to say,”I am tempted to call Layton a genius." Elizabeth has rediscovered her enthusiasm.

堪萨斯州韦尔斯维尔市的伊丽莎白?莱顿到68岁才开始画画这一爱好消除了曾纠缠她至少达30年之久的忧郁症而她的作品水准之高使得一个评论家说：“我忍不住要称莱顿为天才”

伊丽莎白又找回了她的热情。

We can't afford to waste tears on "might-have-been." We need to turn the tears into sweat as we goafter "what-can-be."

我们不应该把眼泪浪费在“早该”之类的后悔上我们需要把眼泪化为汗水，去追求“可能”之物。

We need to live each moment wholeheartedly, with all our senses - finding pleasure in the fragrance of a back-yard garden, the crayoned picture of a six-year-old, the enchanting beauty of a rainbow.

找们需要以全副身心去度过生命中的每一分钟一一在后花园的芬芳中在6岁小孩的蜡笔画中在彩虹醉人的美中找到快乐正是这种对生活的热爱.

It is such enthusiastic love of life that puts a sparkle in our eyes,a lilt in our steps and smooth the wrinkles from our souls.

让我们双目有神，让我们步履矫健，让我们灵魂的皱纹展平。

经典的英语美文：矛盾幸福感

What is the definition of”happiness?¨Is it material wealth filled with fancy cars,a dreamhouse,exteravagant furs and jewelry? Or is happiness simply having a roof over your head?

“幸福”是什么?幸福是拥有豪华的汽车、梦想的居室、名贵的裘皮和珠宝等物质上的富足嘛?或者，幸福其实很简单一一有遮风避雨的住所

Food inthefridge?Having a child? A pet?A swimming pooI?A designer Gucci bag? Parents?Grandchildren? Love? Money? The perfct job?Winning the Lottery?

冰箱里有食物，有孩子、宠物、游泳池、Gucci的包，有父母、子孙、有爱情、金钱和理想的工作，彩票中奖了呢?

According to the American Heritage Dictionary,”happiness”is derived from the Middle Englishword hap-meaning¨Luck.¨

在《美国传统字典》中，幸福是从中古英语“Hap”一词演变而来，“Hap”意为“好运”。

But does happiness really have anything to do with”luck?¨Based on this description,one couldassume that if you avoide*水a:stal traffic accident but got fired by coming late to work,youwould be fdled with¨happiness?¨

幸福真的与“好运”有关联吗?基于此，想想看，如果你在一场必死无疑的交通事故中幸免于难，却因此迟到，导致被老板炒鱿鱼。对此，我们应该感到“幸福”吗?这是好运吗?还是要看个人如何看待这个问题呢?

Is it luck or what you make of it?Maybe,”happiness”is exactly defined by its indirectalias:happiness-perhaps,happiness is in fact defined by the fortune thatwe permit to happen.

或许确切地说，幸福的定义应当直接从它的词源来看一一事实上，幸祖或许就是命中注定要发生的事情。

Do you recall a time-let's say when you were about 5 years old-what defined happiness backthen? Was it getting a puppy for Christmas?

依能回忆起你5岁时对幸福的理解吗?那时，幸福是从圣诞树上摘下的一只小狗吗?

Or maybe,you were a child of divorce;and all you wanted was for Mom and Dad to get backtogether again?Then as you got older,you were hoping that someone would ask you to theprom that would've made your day,maybe your life for the moment.

或者爸爸妈妈离婚了，你唯一的愿望就是他们能和好如初，重新生活在一起?当你渐渐长大，你希望有人会邀请你参加舞会，希望所有的日子都凝固在那一天，那一刻。

During college,good grades made you happy,but it was short-lived.Becaust in the real world,youhad to look for a job,and competition was stark.lt's an employer's world you thought.Butthen, you got the perfect job-now you could be happy-or could you?

上大学期间，考试得了高分让你无比开心，但这种幸福感毕竟是短暂的。因为在现实中，你得找一份工作，而社会竞争也相当激烈。于是，你就会想，这是一个雇主的世界。随后，你找到了一份理想的工作一一现在的你很开心，是吗?

Life requires more than just what we want. Inevitably,one must understand to trulyfind¨happiness,¨he must make his own happiness ¨happen¨.

坐活向我们索要的远比我们想要的多。一个人必须明白，要想真正找到幸福，他就必须让自己幸福.

Sounds a bit redundant,but truthfully,there is no set guidelines that will bring onehappiness.There is no¨magic wand¨we can wave to bring joy into our lives.Human naturethrives on the thrill of the chase.We dream and we hope for the next big brea-it is the grandadventure of licing.

可能听起来有些多余，但确是如此一一生活中，没有能代来幸福的现成的指南，也没有挥一挥就能带来欢乐的魔棒。人性在追求幸福的刺激中不断升级、完善。我们梦想着，期望着下一个大的转变一一这就是生活中的大冒险了。

We are hopeless creatures of comfort.We like having and accumulating things.Whether oneadmits to it or not,to a certain degree,we all try to keep up with¨the Jones¨.

我们是无助的享乐者，喜欢拥有和积攒东西。不论人们承认与否，一定程度上，我们都在相互攀比。

We work so we can pay our rents,mortgages, credit card debts,school loans,car payments_thelist goes on and on.And at some point,we realize,that aside from having most of what wewant,we still arem't happy.

我们之所以工作，是因为要付房租，偿还抵押贷款，还清信用卡透支费用，偿付助学贷款，买车，等等。此类费用接连而至，让我们应接不暇。于是，我们会突然意识到，尽管拥有了想要的一切，我们仍然不幸福。

Now since we've learned to adapt to new standards which we've created for ourselves,we findthat we have less time,less patience,less sleep,which equates to more stress,more worry andmore aggravation.So,is happiness honestly juest comprised of"things"?

自从适应了自己定下的新生活标准，我们的时间短了，耐性没了，睡眠少了，但压力大了，焦虑多了，脾气也暴躁了。鉴于此，幸福真的是由“物质”组成的吗?

Sometimes,we virtually reade our lives for not only basic necessities,but for excesslve items andservlces as well.

事实上，有时，我们不仅用生命交换生活必需品，还用生命交换多余的物质享受和服务。

We become so obsessed with finding happiness,that we lose sight of the fact that happiness iswithin-always.

我们这般沉迷于追求幸福，却忽略了一个事实一一幸福一直就在我们心中。

Certainly you've heard of individuals trying to find themselves,or rediscover themselves.

当然，你一定听过这样的事，即有些人一直都在苦苦“找寻自我”或“重新发现自我”。

The reason they are attempting these innovantive approaches is because they are seeking innerhappiness.But the point has been missed:Happiness is already there.

他们创新尝试的理由只不过是想找寻心灵深处的幸福。但他们忽略了一点，即幸福从头至尾到在心中。

Disappointments and reagedies in life will come and go,but happiness never leaves you.

矢望和悲伤在生命中交替轮回，但幸福从不会舍你而去。

The human's capacity to be resilient to reials is unfathomable.We can lose our jobs,but begrateful for our spouses.We can lose our homes to nature,but be thankful to alive.

人类对困难的适应能力无可限量。我们可以失去工作，但会为拥有爱人而感恩不己;我们可以流离失所，但会为活着而心存感激。

Happiness is a perception of each indivduaI.We are instincively compelled to find fault in ourlives.

幸福是个人的一种感知。我们本能地受限于外界，找寻着生活的瑕疵

By human nature,we begin our "fault-find-ing"mission the moment we're capable of free-thinking.lt is then,that we lose sense of self-worth and the bigger picture of vitality altogether.

出于人的天性，我们从有能力自由思考的那刻起，就开始对生活吹毛求疵。也就在那时，我们失去了对自我价值的认知.

Stuck in the patterns of the happiness paradox,we simply cannot find where our happiness hasgone.

也失去了生命的活力，陷于幸福的矛盾中，找不到幸福的方向。

It's not a matter of bargaining,it's not an issue of money or fame-instead,happiness is whatyou resolve to accept.

幸福是你决定去接受的东西，没有任何商量的余地，它于金钱或名誉毫无瓜葛。

lf we live through optimis-tic hope;if we dare to dream;if we empower ourselves to fullylive;then we have regained our sense of happiness,There is no in berween.There is no otherreplacement.We only have one physical life to live-we have no choice but to make the mostofit，

只要我们活在乐观希望之中，敢于大胆梦想，活得简单纯粹，那么，我们就会重新拥有幸福的感觉。那种感觉并非悬于幸于不幸之间的真空地带，也无任何替代品。我们只能活一次一一除了好好活着，我们别无选择。

经典的英语美文：生命中的五个球

In a university commencement address several years ago, Brian Dyson, CEO of Coca ColaEnterprises, spoke of the relation of work to one's other commitments:

几年前，在一所大学的开幕典礼中,可口可乐的首席执行官布赖恩?戴森讲到工作与其他义务的关系：

Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling some five balls in the air. You name them work,family, health, friends and spirit and you're keeping all of these in the air. You will soonunderstand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back.

想象生命是一场不停丢掷五个球于空中的游戏。这五个球分别为工作、家庭、健康、朋友和心灵，而且你很努力地掷着这五个球，不让它们落地。很快地你会了解工作是一个橡皮球。如果你不幸失手落下它，它还是会弹回来。

But the other four balls family, health, friends and spirit are made of glass. If you drop one ofthese, they will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged or even shattered. They willnever be the same. You must understand that and strive for balance in your life. How?

但是家庭、健康、朋友和心灵这四个球是用玻璃做成的。一旦你失手落下，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。它们将永远不会跟以前一样。你必须了解这个道理，并且为平衡你的生命而努力。但要怎么才做得到呢?

Don't undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. It is because we are differentthat each of us is special.

别拿自己和他人比较，这只会降低了你原有的价值。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. Only you know what is best foryou.

别人认为重要的事不一定是你的目标。只有你才知道什么最适合你。

Don't take for granted the things closest to your heart. Cling to them as they would be yourlife, for without them, life is meaningless.

不要将贴近你的心的人、事物视为理所当然的存在。你必须将他们视为你的生命一般好好地抓牢他们。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. By living yourlife one day at a time, you live ALL the days of your life.

别让你的生命总在依恋过去种种或是寄望未来中逝去。如果你活在每个当下，你就活出了生命中的每一天。

Don't give up when you still have something to give. Nothing is really over until the moment youstop trying.

当你还能给予的时候别轻言放弃。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. It is this fragile thread that binds us toeach together.

别害怕承认你并非完美。正因如此，我们才得以藉由这脆弱的细丝紧密地串绑在一起。

Don't be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.

别害怕遇到危险。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. The quickest way to receivelove is to give it; the fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly; and the best way to keeplove is to give it wings.

别以爱太难找到作为借口而紧闭你的心扉。最迅速找到爱的方法就是给予你的爱;最快速失去爱的方法就是紧紧地守着你的爱不放;维持爱的最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 youare going.

莫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, a person's greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.

莫忘记，人类情感上最大的需要是感恩。

Don't be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless, a treasure you can always carry easily.

莫害怕学习。知识没有重量，它是可以随意携带的珍宝。

Don't use time or words carelessly. Neither can be retrieved.

莫漫不经心地蹉跎光阴或口无遮拦。时间与言词两者都是一放便收不回来。

Life is not a race, but a journey to be savored each step of the way.

生命不是一场赛跑, 而是一步一个脚印的旅程。

Yesterday is history, Tomorrow is a mystery and Today is a gift: that's why we call it ‘ThePresent'.

过去已成历史，未来充满未知。今天是份礼物：那就是我们称之为“现在”的原因。