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英语美文欣赏
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英语美文欣赏
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梦想还是要有的
Many of
you fail to seek your purpose in life and you
should. You dream and
then follow it up
with a list of all the reasons why the dream is
unachievable. You
fill
your
life
with
excuses
and
can't.
Many
great
companies
were
conceived
from a dream, nurtured in a garage or
basement and grew to be traded on the New
York Stock Exchange.
Why not
you? Why not
your dream? The
only
true limits
you
experience
in
life
are
those
you
create
or
those
you
allow
others
to
impose
upon you. If you can dream it, you can
do it!
你们许多人在一生中或许会有找不到人生目标的时候，这很正常。你追求
自己的梦，
跟着出现一大堆告诉你这梦不可能实现的理由。
你开始为自己的人
生找各种借口，告诉自己“我不行。
”
很多大公司都是由一个梦演变而来，从
车库或地下室里发展成为纽约交易所的上市公司。
为什么不是你？为什么
不是
你的梦？你在人生路上所遇到的那些障碍都是你自己设置的，
要么就是你让他
人施加在你身上的。梦想还是要有的，万一实现了呢！
Dreaming
is
the
easy
part.
Acting
on
the
dream
is
harder.
Recognize
that
a
dream is a journey. On the simplest
level, it takes commitment, time, desire, and
courage. But rarely is something great
easily realized. Dreaming is recognizing and
embracing the potential for greatness
and seeking it in all areas of your life. Believe
in your dreams and your ability to
accomplish them. Keep your dreams in front of
you. I'm here to challenge you to reach
for your dream. Do not be afraid to dream.
Never forget, if you can dream it, you
can do it!
做梦很容易，
为梦而行才难。
要知道，
一个梦就是一段旅程。
最简单地说，<
/p>
这梦需要你做出承诺，付出时间，坚定渴望，以及拥有勇气。道理很简单，却
很少有人懂。梦就是要你意识到并拥抱生活中所有可能的美好。相信你的梦，
相信自己能实现它。
让它带领你。
不要忘记，
< br>梦想还是要有的，
万一实现了呢！
选择善良，你便是最美的风景
It
was a beautiful, sunny, Spring day. I had just
finished driving my daughter to
the
airport to catch an early morning flight.
这是一个阳光明媚的美好春日。我刚刚开车送女儿去机场赶早
班飞机。
My sons and I then went
to a fast food place for breakfast before heading
back
home.
在回家之前，我和儿子们去一家快餐店吃了早饭。
After eating we all got into the car
and pulled out of the parking lot.
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进餐后，我们回到车里，并将车驶出停车场。
The restaurant was at the very top of a
hill. At the bottom of the hill was a stop
sign so we found ourselves at the end
of a long line of traffic waiting while the cars
at the bottom turned onto the main road
one at a time.
餐馆在山顶，在山底有个禁止通行的标志，我们排在等
待通行一条长队的
最后面，而位于山底的车子每次只有一辆能开上主路。
As
I
looked
down
to
the
bottom
of
the
hill
my
eyes
saw
an
elderly
man
standing by the stop
sign.
就在我向山下张望的时候，注意到一位长者就站
在禁止通行标志的旁边。
His clothes were
old and worn. He held a cardboard sign with the
words: Need
Help Please! written on it.
他衣衫褴褛，手举着写有“请帮帮我”的牌子。
My heart went out to him and I imagined
myself in his situation.
我的心不由得被他牵动，想象着
如果我是他面对这这样的处境会怎样。
As car
after car turned onto the road without stopping
for him, I reached for
my wallet to
look for whatever cash was left in it.
驶入主路的车辆并没有因为这位老人而停留，我寻摸着钱包，然后打开看
看里面还有多少现金。
As I was
pulling it out of my pocket, though, I saw a young
woman walk up to
him along the side of
the road.
就在我把钱包从口袋里拿出来的时候，
我看到一位姑娘朝着老人走去。
She was
carrying a bag full of take out food from the
restaurant I was just at. I
watched as
the old man thanked the young girl and smiled as
she reached in to give
him a hug.
她手上提着一袋食物，就是从我刚刚吃早餐的店里买的。姑娘走到老人跟
前
给了他一个拥抱，老人微笑着向姑娘道谢，这一切我都看在眼里。
Suddenly a loud HONK! from the car
behind me made me realize that I hadn't
been moving forward, because this
simple choice for kindness had so captured my
attention and my heart.
突然我听
到一声从后面车子传来的鸣笛声。
刚才姑娘举手之劳的善意深深
打动了我，我光顾着看了，忘了把车子往前开。
By the
time I reached the bottom of the hill both the man
and lady who had
helped him were gone.
Yet, as I drove home the sun seemed to shine even
brighter
and Heaven felt a bit closer
to Earth.
当我的车子开到山下那位帮助老人的姑娘已经走了。当我开车回家
的时
候，太阳光变得更加一样了，天堂仿佛也离地面更近了。
A choice is such a powerful thing. It
can touch a heart and change a life. It can
bring us closer to God and make Heaven
smile. Each day we are given a thousand
choices. May you make all of yours for
kindness. May you make your whole life a
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choice for love, joy, and God. <
/p>
原来选择也是这么有力量的一件事情，它会直击内心，改变生活。让我们
< br>离上帝更近，
让天堂微笑。
每天我们要做上千个选择。<
/p>
愿你的每个选择都带着
慈悲。愿你一生的选择都带着爱、愉悦和上
帝的名义。
对，要的就是这种时刻
I have a Rewards Card for Showcase
Cinema that allows me to earn rewards
points with each purchase that I make
at the theatre and periodically provides me
with
a
free
popcorn,
soda
or
movie
ticket
coupon.
I
had
recently
accumulated
enough rewards points to obtain a
coupon for a free popcorn.
我有一张
< br>Shwocase
电影院的积分卡，每次消费都会积点，然后定期给我
提供免费的爆米花，
汽水，
和电影优惠券，
最近我的积分可以换免费的爆米花
了。
Standing in the movie theatre ticket
line on Saturday,
I noticed just ahead
of
me, a father with his 2 small boys
also waiting to buy their tickets for the Matinee
Movie.
Knowing
that
movies
can
be
quite
expensive
for
families
nowadays,
I
tapped the Dad on the
shoulder and asked, ‘I have a coupon for free
popcorn and
don’t plan to use it, would
you like it for one of your boys?’ He said, ‘Yeah,
sure
.
That’s great! Thanks!’
and took the coupon.
周六，我正在排
队买电影票，注意到有一个父亲带着两个孩子就排在我的
前面，
准备看日场电影，
如今在电影上的花销对于一个家庭来说也是有点小贵。
于是我拍了下那位父亲的肩膀，问道：
“我正好有一张爆米花的免费优惠券，<
/p>
我不打算用了，要不你给其中一个小朋友来一份吧。
”父亲答道，
“好的，太棒
了，谢谢你！
”说着手下
了优惠券。
A
few
minutes
later,
after
they
had
purchased
their
tickets,
one
of
his
small
sons
who appeared to be about 9 or 10 years old, walked
up to me and silently held
out
a
shiny
penny
to
show
me.
I
took
it
and
said,
‘Wow
that’s
cool!
It’s
really
shiny!’ He quietly
replied, ‘It’s a 2011’. As I handed it back to
him. H
e pushed the
penny
towards
me
once
again
and
quietly
said,
‘You
can
keep
it’.
Showing
my
gratitude,
I
replied,
‘Wow
that’s
awesome,
thank
you
very
much”
and
asked,
‘Where did you get it!’ and he said
quite softly, ‘I found it in my Dad’s car’. I
said,
‘Oh that’s cool, thanks! He
smiled, quietly turned and walked back to his Dad
who
returned my smile with a knowing
smile of his own. It’s the small special moments
like that that can make an ordinary
day, special.
几分钟以后，他们都买好了票，其中的一个小男孩，看起
来大概
9
到
10
岁的样子，
向我走来，
然后默默地拿出一美分给我看。
我拿过来看着说道：
“这
个好酷，而且它看起
来很闪。
”
“它是
2011
年生产的”小男孩答道，接着我就
把硬币还给了他。
他又把硬币递过来说：
“你可以收下它”
。
< br>为了表示我的感激
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我说道：
“这枚硬币太
棒了，非常感谢！你是从哪里找到的？”
“是从我爸爸的
车里”
他轻声说道。
“很不错呢，谢谢”他笑了，然后转身朝着他爸爸走去，
< br>只见他爸爸也报以微笑，
好似他知道事情的始末。
这个美
好特别的一刻，
让平
凡无奇的一天变得有意义。
来自陌生人的温暖
I
was on vacation in Hawaii with my family. We were
at the beach all day and
at
some
point
I
took
off
my
ring
I
got
as
a
gift
from
my
mom
for
graduation
(beautiful, gold, inscribed, full of
sentimental value) and placed it in the cup holder
of a foldable chair. Beach day
continues, and we pack up and go home. Once home,
I realize what I've done. I realize my
ring isn't on my finger. Panic ensues.
我正和家人在夏威夷度假，我们一整天都待在沙滩上。有那么一会儿我把
戒指摘了下来，
这枚戒指是妈妈送我的毕业礼物
（很漂亮的带有花纹的金戒指，
其中蕴含了很多情感价值）
，我把它放在了折叠椅的杯架上。沙
滩上还未日落
时我们收拾好东西回家了。
一到家我就想起来了，
我发现戒指不在手上就慌了。
We
race back to the beach with only 20 minutes to
spare before sunset. Get to
the beach
and locate the general area we were laying out
earlier.
还有
20
分钟就日
落了，我们奔回海滩。到了海滩，我们找到了白天休息
的大概位置。
About 15 strangers in the area got
down on their hands and knees to help my
sobbing mess self search for my ring.
And they helped me to the end. Eventually in
a
stroke
of
luck,
I
find
the
ring.
I
stand
up
and
exclaim
to
the
group
of
kind
strangers
though
they
had
stake
in
this
game.
My
tears
of
loss
turn
into
tears
of
joy
and
thankfulness for the
amazing effort put forth by this group of people.
在那儿有大约
15
个陌生人，他们都趴
在地上帮助哭成泪人的我找戒指。
他们一直帮我找到最后。
最终
机缘巧合我找到了戒指。
我站起来朝那群善良的
陌生人喊：
“我找到了。
”
他们都很开心地围到我身边
大声庆贺，
好像他们赌赢
了这场比赛。
我之前因为丢东西而哭，
现在变成了因为高兴和感激这群人所付
出的努力而哭。
一个家，几句存了
1
7
年的话
If
you have a small child in
your life,
a
wonderful
new tradition you can start
for your family that will last for many
generations.
如果你家的孩子现在还很小，那么不妨试试一个名叫“天堂
的来信”的新
创意，而且还能代代相传。
Susie
shared
the
idea
on
her
Facebook
page,
including
two
videos
of
her
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18-year-old daughter, Abby,
opening the time capsule for the first time.
Susie
在她的脸书上分享了这个创意，并且附有两段视频，内容是她<
/p>
18
岁
的女儿第一次打开时间胶囊。
write her a letter
to be put in a time capsule that would be opened
17 years later. It
is the most precious
gift we could have ever given to her. Among the 25
letters are
7
letters
from
people
who
have
passed
on.
These
include
letters
from
her
Grandfather Doug, her uncle John
Aldershof, great grandparents and more.
“这个星期
Abby
就要
18
岁了，
从她一岁开始我们就请所有的亲友给她写
一封信，然后放在时间胶囊里面，等到
17
年以后再打开，这是
我们能给她的
最珍贵的礼物了，
在
25
封信中有
7
封信的写信人已经离世，<
/p>
包括她的祖父
Doug,
她的叔叔
John,
她的曾祖父母等等”
everyone.
The
time
capsule
was
full
of
great
things
for
her.
If
you
have
a
small
child in
your life, please share this idea. It was incredib
le.
“整晚我们又哭又笑，在她的生日上收到了每个人的祝福，这个时间胶囊
承载的满满的幸福，
如果你有小宝宝，
不放可以
采纳，
它将会带来意想不到的
美好。
”
命中注定是家人
We found him a few weeks ago, walking
along the road in a rural area. He was
jumping on cars, and we thought maybe
his family was camping somewhere nearby,
so we passed him by. A few hours later,
on our return trip, he was still in the same
place, again, trying to get folks to
stop for him. When he saw us, he laid down in
the middle of the road, so we were
unable to get around him.
我们是在几周前发现他的，当
时它正走在一条乡间的小路上。它试图跳上
我们的车子，
我们想
它的家人大概在附近露营，
所以也没有多想，
就把车子开
走了。
几个小时后，
在回程的路上它又出现在
相同的地方，
试图让经过的人停
下。当它看到我们的时候，就立
马躺在路中间，让我们没有办法摆脱它。
We
stopped the car and looked around for a few
minutes, trying to figure out if
anyone
was around from whom he was separated. It didn't
appear so. Then we took
a good look at
the dog. He had no collar and he was really thin.
We decided he was
abandoned.
我们停车在附近张望了几分钟，想要看看丢失它的主人是否就在附近，结
果没有主人出
现。
这时我们又好好观察了这只小狗，
它没有带项圈，
而且十分
消瘦，它应该是被遗弃了。
My husband said,
the car,
then we have a new dog.
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