迪斯尼乐园最喜爱的三篇英语文章

2021年1月15日发(作者：包玉山)
我最喜爱的三篇英语文章：

What you make of your life is up to you
Every person creates his or her own reality. Authorship of your life is one of
your absolute rights; yet so often people deny that they have the ability to script
the life they desire. They look past the fundamental truth that it is not you external
resources that determine our success or failure, but rather our own belief in
ourselves and you willingness to create a life according to our highest aspirations.
Clearly, the challenge here is to create and own your own reality. When you
begin to live your life understanding that you make of it is up to you, you are able
to design it according to your authentic choice and desires. You will learn lessons
here, such as responsibility and limitlessness, which will lead you to the life you
were meant to live. These lessons provide you with the essential tools you need in
order to take command of your life.

Responsibility
To take responsibility means you admit your accountability and acknowledge
your influence and role in the circumstances in which you find yourself. It means
you are answerable for your behavior and you fully accept any consequences created
by your actions.
To take responsibility will propel you forward and onward to your greater
goal. I know of a woman named Mary whose story of personal responsibility has always
inspired me. Mary was born in Cuba and moved to Miami with her family when she was
two years old. They lived in terrible poverty in a dangerous part of the city, where
crime and drugs were part of everyday life. Mary was determined, however, even at
the young age of eight, to make something of her life other than follow the expected
route of becoming a maid, or a cashier at the local supermarket. So she got herself
to school each and every day, sometimes having to step over drunks passed out in
the doorway, just so she could get education and give herself a better life.
Mary eventually left Miami, obtained a good education, and fostered her
natural music ability. Mary could have given in to the life she was born into, or
remained mired in blaming her parents and culture for her circumstances. She could
have refused to take responsibility for the situation. Instead, however, Mary took
responsibility for herself and created a life of which she can be proud.
Responsibility is a major lesson of adulthood. If you still haven't learned
the lesson of responsibility, it's not too late. Remember, life will provide you
with plenty of opportunities to get it right.

Limitlessness


Limitlessness is the sense that there are no boundaries to what you can become
or do. You learn it when you know that your evolution is never-ending and your
potential for growth reaches to infinity.
You were born knowing your limitlessness. As you grew and became socialized
in this world, however, you might have come to believe that there are boundaries
that prevent you from reaching the highest levels of spiritual, motional, or mental
evolution. However, boundaries exist only in your mind. When you are able to
transcend them, you learn the lesson of limitlessness.
When I was young, I had a teacher who understood the importance of this lesson.
She reminded us every day that we could do anything we set our minds to, no matter
how impossible it might seem or how strong the opposition is. It is my world, so
that our children can know the wonder and power they have within themselves and will
strive to access it.
In this world, we have countless people who have proven that a person can
do whatever he or she strives to do.


自己决定人生
每个人都创造着自己的生命。拥有生命是你的绝对权利，然而人们经常否认他们有能力
去描绘他们所期望的人生。他们忽视了一个基本的事实，那就是：决定着我们成败的不是外
部环境，而是 我们对于自身的信念，和追求我们最想得到的生活的意愿。
显然，这里的挑战就是创造和拥有 你自己的生命。当你开始过着自己的生活，认识到怎
么过这种生活取决于你自己时，你就能根据自己对信 念的选择和追求来描绘生活。你将会在
这里学到一些东西，比如责任和无限，他们将会指引你到达你应该 得到的生活。这洗东西给
你提供了一些重要的也是你必须的工具，你可以用他们来掌握你的生活。
责任
承担责任意味着承担义务，承担你对环境的影响和你在环境中的角色，你在这种 环境中
能找到自己。它意味着要对自己的行为负责，并充分承担自己的行为引起的后果。
承担责任将会推动你向前在向前直到实现你的更大目标。我认识一位叫做玛丽的女士，
她对自己承担责任 的故事一直鼓舞着我。玛丽出生在古巴，两岁的时候和全家一起搬到迈阿
密。他们住在迈阿密的危险地带 ，生活在贫穷之中，那里每天都充斥着犯罪和吸毒。然而，
年仅八岁的玛丽就决定要活得不平凡，不走当 女仆和超市收银员的老路。于是她每天去上学，
甚至有时不得不跨过门口的醉汉，因为，只有这样她才能 接受教育，让自己过得更好。

玛丽终于离开迈阿密，接受了很好的教育，并开发了 自身在音乐方面的潜力。她可以想
她生来就注定的命运屈服，或者继续埋怨她的父母和她所处的环境；她 也可以拒绝对当前形
势承担责任。然而，她却对自己承担起责任，创造了一种她可以引以为自豪的生活。
责任是成年人的必修课。如果你还没有学这门课，现在学还不算晚。记住，你将有充分
的 机会来让自己生活得更好。

无限
无限意味着没有什么可以阻止你去做你 能做到的事。当你意识到你的发展是无止境的，
你的成长潜力是无限的，你就知道了什么叫无限。
当你生下来的时候，你知道你的潜能是无限的。随着你的成长和进入社会，你可能会认
为有许多东西阻止你达到精神、情感和智力的最高境界。然而，界限只存在于你的心里。当
你超越它们时 ，你就知道了什么叫无限。
我孩提时代的一位老师深谙无限的重要性。她每天都提醒我们，无 论多么艰难，只要用
心，我们就可以做成任何事。我衷心希望全世界的每个学校都有一位像卡波恩夫人这 样的老
师，这样，我们的孩子就能了解到自身的潜力，并努力去发掘它。
世界上，很多人都证明了这个道理：只要努力，一个人可以成就任何事！

Karl Malone: Hard Work Pays Off卡尔.马龙:天道酬勤
As a young boy, I grew up with my eight sibilings in a tin-roofed shack in
Summerfield, Louisiana. I didn’t see my circumstance as an obstacle, even though
we didin’t even have a real toilet in the house. I saw my life more as a card that
had been dealt to me and I tried to make the most of it.
在我是个小男孩时,我和我的八个兄弟姐妹在路易斯安娜萨默菲尔德的一个铁 皮棚屋中长大.
即使我们的屋里没有一个真正的厕所,我也没有把这种环境视为一个障碍.我更多地将我 的
生活看作是发给我的一张牌,努力充分发挥它的作用.
I was the youngest of five boys and also had four sisters who had to pull together
and take care of each other. Dad wasn’t around, so I never knew him well. He committed
suicide when I was three years old, leaving Mom with the job of raising and providing
for nine kids. She worked at a sawmill running a foklift for fifty dollars a week
and had another job at a poultry plant. She was a very hard worker, and in order
to make ends meet, she hardly ever rested.
我是五个男孩中最小的一 个,还有四个姐妹.家境迫使我们团结一致,相互照顾.爸爸已经不
在人世,所以我根本不怎么了解他. 我三岁时他自尽了,把抚养九个孩子的责任留给了妈妈.
她在一家锯木常开叉车,周薪50美元,还在一 个家禽厂干着另一份活.她工作非常努力.为了
养家糊口,维持生计,她几乎没有休息过.
My mom believed in doing all she could do to take care of her responsibilities, so
no matter what , she never asked for a handout. You can imagine; we kids didn’t
get what we wanted, but we always got the things we needed. With my mom as my example,
I learned that hard work is the best way to get what you want.
我妈妈 相信,只要竭尽全力,就能尽好她的责任,因而无论如何,她从不乞求施舍.你可以想象,
我们这些孩子 得不到我们想要的,可我们总能得到我们的基本所需.有了我妈妈的榜样,我懂
得了辛勤工作时获得想要 的东西的最佳途径.
While growing up, I was surrounded with temptations to do negative things like drugs,
alcohol and all that. I chose not to go there. Even as a little boy, I knew I was
going to be successful. Some people take that to be cocky or conceited, but I wasn’
t going to let anybody tell me that I couldn’t do whatever I set out to do.
在成长过程中,我的周围常常有做坏事的种种诱惑,如毒品,烈性酒等等.我选择不和这类事< br>情沾边.甚至在我还是个小男孩时,我就知道我会成功.有些人认为这是自以为是或者骄傲自
大, 可我不让任何人对我说我不能做我决意要做的任何事.
Of course, I dreamed about what I wanted to be when I grew up. At first, I would
be a state trooper, then I wanted to be in the Special Forces. After a while, I decided
that I wanted to drive eighteen- wheelers. There was even a period of time that I
wanted to be in construction. I wanted to play football in high school; in fact,
I still do. But regardless of what I chose, I wanted to make my brothers, sisters
and mom proud of me---not only by being successful in what I chose to do , but also
a person who could be looked up to for the night reasons.
当然,我又长大后想干什么的梦想.我先是想当个州 警察,后来想参加特种部队.过了一阵子,
我决定要去驾驶18轮大卡车.甚至有一段时间我想进建筑业 .中学时我想打橄榄球;事实上,
现在我还是这么想.但不管我的选择如何,我都要让我的兄弟姐妹和妈 妈为我感到骄傲——
不仅在我选择的领域中获得成功，而且因正当理由受人钦佩。
Suprising as it might seem, basketball wasn’t in my plans. One day, my mom cut a
rim off an old water barrel and then held it up for me to throw an old rubber ball
through. By junior high, I started playing basketball on a team. I loved to compete.
There was a positive high I got by going out and playing against other people and
working hard to win. For me, it paid off. I just let my success in basketball take
its course, but I always put the effort in, every day.
可能显得出乎意料，篮球并非我计划之事。一天，我妈妈从一个旧水桶上割下一个圆框，挂
了起 来，让我往里扔一个旧像皮球。到上初中时，我开始在一个篮球队里打球。我喜欢竞争。
走进球场对抗他 人并努力争取胜利给我带来积极向上的快感。对我来说，这样做终于有了回
报。我只是让我在篮球方面的 成功自然发展，但我总是不懈努力，天天如此。
No matter what I’ve done, some people wait for my downfall, saying,”Karl Malone
can’t do it.” Instead of letting people like that get to me, thay are actually
my motivation and I continue to prove them wrong every single day. I try to do the
best job I can in a positive way on and off the court. I realize that no matter what
I’m dealing with, there’s somebody else out there who has it a little worse off.
I’ve been there. And I know that without continued hard work, I could be there again.
无论我做什么，总有人等着我失败，说：“卡尔马龙成 功不了。”我非但没让那种人挫伤我，
反而让他们成了我的动力，继续每天以实际行动证明他们错了。我 在篮球场上和篮球场外以
积极进取的态度努力做到最好。我明白不论我应对的是什么，总有人生活尚不如 我。我曾是
他们中的一员。我也知道如果我不坚持努力，就可能回到原来的处境。
I am graceful for the life I’ve enjoyed as a basketball star. But when I see those
shirts that say”Basketball is life,” I think Yeah, right! It is not life. It can
be exciting. But the important thing about basketball is that gives me a way to do
good things for others as I mmove through this jourey called life.
我感激我作为篮球明星所享受 的生活。可当我看到那些T恤上写着“篮球就是生活”时，我
想是啊，没错！可篮球又不等于生活。篮球 可以激动人心。但篮球最重要的一面是，我在名
为生活的旅途上行进时，它提供给我为他人做好事的途径 。
Success is really about choosing right from wrong, making a positive contribution
to the world around you and valuing the things that are really important---like
family and friends. 成功实际上是在正确与错误中抉择，为你周围的世界作积极的贡献和珍视那些真正重要的东
西，如家 人和朋友。
While everyone was looking to popular athletes, actors and musicians as positive
role models, my mom was my inspiration, and she contiues to be all these year later.