近年来,无论是网上书店,还是实体书店,励志图书都占据畅销书榜前几位, 励志阅读已成为当前大众阅读的主流。下面是小编带来的英语短篇励志文章，欢迎阅读!

英语短篇励志文章1

Give Children Their Room

给孩子一点空间

In this age of Internet chat, videogames and reality television, there is no shortage of mindless activities to keep a child occupied. Yet, despite the competition, my 8-year-old daughter Rebecca wants to spend her leisure time writing short stories. She wants to enter one of her stories into a writing contest, a competition she won last year.

在这个充斥着网络聊天、电子游戏和真人秀的时代中，不乏各种无需动脑的活动充斥着孩子们的头脑。尽管它们都在争抢孩子们的时间，我八岁的女儿瑞贝卡却喜欢把她的业余时间用来写短篇故事。她想拿她的故事参加一个写作比赛，去年她曾在那个比赛中获胜。

As a writer I know about winning contests, and about losing them. I know what it is like to work hard on a story only to receive a rejection slip from the publisher. I also know the pressures of trying to live up to a reputation created by previous victories. What if she doesn’t win the contest again? That’s the strange thing about being a parent. So many of our own past scars and dashed hopes can surface.

作为一个作家我很了解赢得比赛与输掉比赛的感受。我知道自己很努力地写出一篇文章却遭到出版商退稿时的那种感觉。我也知道竭尽全力去维持过去的辉煌为你带来的声誉方面的压力。如果她不能再次赢得比赛怎么办?那就是作为父母的很奇怪的想法。我们自己过去的伤疤和破碎的希望又再次浮现。

A revelation came last week when I asked her, “Don’t you want to win again?” “No,” she replied, “I just want to tell the story of an angel going to first grade.”

直到上个星期，我得到了启示。我问她你想再赢一次吗?” “不，”女儿回答，“我只想告诉大家一个天使上一年级的故事。”

I had just spent weeks correcting her stories as she spontaneously told them. Telling myself that I was merely an experienced writer guiding the young writer across the hall, I offered suggestions for characters, conflicts and endings for her tales. The story about a fearful angel starting first grade was quickly “guided” by me into the tale of a little girl with a wild imagination taking her first music lesson. I had turned her contest into my contest without even realizing it.

当女儿自发地讲起她的故事时，我花了几个星期的时间来给她修改。一次一次地告诫自己只是一个有些经验的作家在指导一个小作家成长而已，关于她的故事的角色、冲突和结尾我都提供了一下建议。在我的指导下，这个原来要上一年级的惴惴不安的小天使的故事，变成了一个有着伟大梦想的小女孩在上她的第一堂音乐课的故事。在不知不觉中我竟把她的比赛变成了我的比赛。

Staying back and giving kids space to grow is not as easy as it looks. Because I know very little about farm animals who use tools or angels who go to first grade, I had to accept the fact that I was co-opting (借用)my daughter’s experience.

放手给孩子空间成长不像看起来那么容易。因为我对能用工具的农场动物，或者一年级的小天使一无所知，我不得不承认我借用了女儿的经历。

While stepping back was difficult for me, it was certainly a good first step that I will quickly follow with more steps, putting myself far enough away to give her room but close enough to help if asked. All the while I will be reminding myself that children need room to experiment, grow and find their own voices.

虽然站在孩子的后面对我来说有些艰难，但是我将在迈出这关键的第一步之后继续努力，让自己站得足够远，以让她有足够的发展空间，同时又能在她需要的时候离她足够近。我还会一直提醒自己:孩子需要经历、成长和找到自己心声的空间。

英语短篇励志文章2

things work out 守得云开见月明 by edgar a. guest 钟健鸣/译

because it rains when we wish it wouldn't,

只因阴晴未必如我们所愿，

because men do what they often should't,

只因人们未必都积德行善，

because crops fail,and plans go wrong-

只因作物欠收，计划流产——

some of us grumble all day long.

我们中的一些人就终日抱怨。

but sometimes,in spite of the care and doubt,

但即使经历忧虑与质疑，

it seems at last that things work out.

事情似乎终会好转。

because we lose where we hoped to gain,

只因我们求胜之心落空，

because we suffer a little pain,

只因我们受到少许痛楚，

because we must work when we'd like to play-

只因我们必须工作而未能玩乐——

some of us whimper along life's way.

我们中的一些人就一生嗟叹。

but somehow , as the day always follow the night

黑夜之后必是黎明，

most of our troubles work out all right.

我们的困难大多能圆满解决。

because we cannot forever smile,

只因我们无法永远微笑，

because we must trudge in the dust awhile,

只因我们要在泥尘中跋涉，

some of us whimper that life's all wrong.

我们中的一些人就哀诉生活多磨难。

but somehow,we live and our sky grows bright,

但我们挺过来了，守得云开见月明，

and ererything seems to work out all right.

一切事都终得顺利解决。

so bend to your trouble and meet your care,

所以，迎难而上，直面忧虑，

for the clouds must break,and the sky grows fair.

因为乌云终将散去，天空必定晴朗。

let the rain come down,as it must and will,

让雨洒下，它必须如此，不可逆转。

but keep on working and hoping still.

但请继续努力并始终希冀。

for in spite of the grumblers who stand about,

尽管到处都有发牢骚的人，

somehow,it seems,all things work out.

但无论如何，一切事情总会好转。

英语短篇励志文章3

Sense success in dark times.

Hear what your critics say about you.

React positively to negative situations.

Come back after defeat.

Prioritize your possibilities.

Adventure into new territories.

Trade off anxiety for peace.

Face the future unafraid.

Relax under pressure.

Faith practises the art of creating positive alternatives to negative assumptions.

Faith is NOT a contradiction of reality but the courage to face reality with hope.

译文

在黑暗之中感受成功。

聆听他人批评。

在消极情况下积极应对。

失败，再爬起。

优化应对各种可能出现的问题。

敢于尝试新的领域。

不要忧虑，保持平和。

无畏的面对未来。

在压力下放松。

信心是一门艺术，不断操练，创造积极方法，应对消极思想。

信心不是否定现实，而是怀揣希望，面对现实的勇气。