生而为赢·新东方英语背诵美文30篇

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2007年11月18日 星期日

生而为赢·新东方英语背诵美文30篇

第一篇：Youth 青春

Youth is not a time of life; it's a state of mind; it's not a matter of rosy

cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it's a matter of the will, a quality of the

imagination, a vigor of the emotions; it's the freshness of the deep springs of

life.

Youth means a tempera-mental predominance of courage over timidity, of the

appetite for the adventure over the love of ease. This often exists in a man of

60 more than of 20.Nobody grows old merely by a number of years. We grow old by

deserting our ideals.

Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry,

fear ,self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spring back to dust.

Whether 60 or 16 ,there is in every human being's heart the lure of wonder, the

unfailing childlike appetite of what's next and the joy of the game of living.

In the center of your heart and my heart, there is a wireless station: so long

as it receives message of beauty ,hope, cheer, courage and power from men and

from the infinite, so long are you young.

When the aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with snows of cyniciam and

the ice of pessimism, then you are grown old, even at 20,but as long as your

aerials are up, to catch waves of optimism, there is hope you may die young at

80.

第二篇： Three Days to See(Excerpts) 假如给我三天光明（节选）

All of us have read thrilling stories in which the hero had only a limited and

specified time to live. Sometimes it was as long as a year; sometimes as short

as twenty-four hours, but always we were interested in discovering just how the

doomed man chose to spend his last days or his last hours. I speak, of course,

of free men who have a choice, not condemned criminals whose sphere of

activities is strictly delimited.

Such stories set up thinking, wondering what we should do under similar

circumstances. What associations should we crowd into those last hours as mortal

beings? What happiness should we find in reviewing the past, what regrets?

Sometimes I have thought it would be an excellent rule to live each day as if we

should die tomorrow. Such an attitude would emphasize sharply the values of

life. We should live each day with a gentleness, a vigor, and a keenness of

appreciation which are often lost when time stretches before us in the constant

panorama of more days and months and years to come. There are those, of course,

who would adopt the epicurean motto of "Eat, drink, and be merry," most people

would be chastened by the certainty of impending death.

Most of us take life for granted. We know that one day we must die, but usually

we picture that day as far in the future, when we are in buoyant health, death

is all but unimaginable. We seldom think of it. The days

stretch out in an

endless vista. So we go about our petty task, hardly aware of our listless

attitude towards life.

The same lethargy, I am afraid, characterizes the use of our faculties and

senses. Only the deaf appreciate hearing, only the blind realize the manifold

blessings that lie in sight. Particularly does this observation apply to those

who have lost sight and hearing in adult life. But those who have never suffered

impairment of sight or hearing seldom make the fullest use of these blessed

faculties. Their eyes and ears take in all sights and sound hazily, without

concentration, and with little appreciation. It is the same old story of not

being grateful for what we conscious of health until we are ill.

I have often thought it would be a blessing if each human being were stricken

blind and deaf for a few days at some time during his early adult life. Darkness

would make him more appreciative of sight; silence would teach him the joys of

sound.

Now and then I have tested my seeing friends to discover what they see. Recently

I was visited by a very good friend who had just returned from a long walk in

the woods, and I asked her what she had observed. "Nothing in particular," she

replied. I might have been incredulous had I not been accustomed to such

responses, for long ago I became convinced that the seeing see little.

How was it possible, I asked myself, to walk for an hour through the woods and

see nothing worthy of note? I who cannot see find hundreds of things to interest

me through mere touch. I feel the delicate symmetry of a leaf. I pass my hands

lovingly about the smooth skin of a silver birch, or the rough shaggy bark of a

pine. In spring I touch the branches of trees hopefully in search of a bud, the

first sign of awakening Nature after her winter's sleep I feel the delightful,

velvety texture of a flower, and discover its remarkable convolutions; and

something of the miracle of Nature is revealed to me. Occasionally, if I am very

fortunate, I place my hand gently in a small tree and feel the happy quiver of a

bird in full song. I am delighted to have cool waters of a brook rush through my

open fingers. To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more

welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug. To me the pageant of seasons is a

thrilling and unending drama, the action of which streams through my finger

tips. At times my heart cries out with longing to see all these things. If I can

get so much pleasure from mere touch, how much more beauty must be revealed by

sight. Yet, those who have eyes apparently see little. The panorama of color and

action fill the world is taken for granted. It is human, perhaps, to appreciate

little that which we have and to long for that which we have not, but it is a

great pity that in the world of light and the gift of sight is used only as mere

convenience rather that as a means of adding fullness to life.

Oh, th

e things that I should see if I had the power of sight for three days!

第三篇：Companionship of Books 以书为伴（接选）

a man may usually be known by the books he reads as well as by the company he

keeps; for there is a companionship of books as well as of men; and one should

always live in the best company, whether it be of books or of men.

a good book may be among the best of friends. it is the same today that it

always was, and it will never change. it is the most patient and cheerful of

companions. it does not turn its back upon us in times of adversity or distress.

it always receives us with the same kindness, amusing and instructing us in

youth, and comforting and consoling us in age.

men often discover their affinity to each other by the love they have each for a

book. the book is a truer and higher bond of union. men can think, feel, and

sympathize with each other through their favorite author. they live in him

together and he, in them.

a good book is often the best urn of a life enshrining the best that life could

think out; for the world of a man's life is, for the most part, but the world of

his thoughts. thus the best books are treasuries of good words, the golden

thoughts, which, remembered and cherished, become our constant companions and

comforters.

books possess an essence of immortality. they are by far the most lasting

products of human effort. temples and statues decay, but books survive. time is

of no account with great thoughts, which are as fresh today as when they first

passed through their author's minds, ages ago. what was then said and thought

still speaks to us as vividly as ever from the printed page. the only effect of

time has been to sift out the bad products; for nothing in literature can long

survive but what is really good.

books introduce us into the best society, they bring us into the presence of the

greatest minds that have ever lived. we hear what they said and did; we see them

as if they were really alive; we sympathize with them, enjoy with them, grieve

with them; their experience becomes ours, and we feel as if we were in a measure

actors with them in the scenes which they describe.

第四篇：If I Rest,I Rust 如果我休息，我就会生锈

The significant inscription(题字，碑铭) found on an old key - "If I rest, I rust" -

would be an excellent motto for those who are afflicted with the slightest taint

of idleness. Even the industrious(勤奋的人) might adopt it with advantage to serve

as a reminder that, if one allows his faculties to rest, like the iron in the

unused key, they will soon show signs of rust, and ultimately, cannot do the

work required of them.

Those who would attain the heights reached and kept by great men must keep their

faculties polished by constant use, so that they may unlock the doors of

knowledge, the gates that guard the entrances to the professions, to science,

art, literature, agri

culture, -every department of human endeavor.

Industry keeps bright the key that opens the treasure of achievemenet. If Hugh

Miller, after toiling all day in a quarry, had devoted his evening s to rest and

recreation, he would never have become a famous geologist. The celebrated

mathematician, Edmund Stone, would never have published a mathematical

dictionary, never have found the key to science of mathematics, if he had given

his spare moments to idleness. Had the little Scotch lad, Ferguson, allowed the

busy brain to go to sleep while he tended sheep on the hillside, instead of

calculating the position of the stars by a string of beads, he would never have

become a famous astronomer.

Labor vanquished all, - not inconstant, spasmodic, or ill-directed labor; but

faithful, unremitting, daily effort toward a well-directed purpose. Just as

truly as eternal vigilance is the price of liberty, so is eternal industry the

price of noble and enduring success.

第五篇：Ambition 抱负

It is not difficult to imagine a world short of ambition. It would probably be a

kinder world: without demands, without abrasions, without disappointments.

People would have time for reflection. Such work as they did would not be for

themselves but for the collectivity. Competition would never enter in. Conflict

would be eliminated, tension become a thing of the past. The stress of creation

would be at an end. Art would no longer be troubling, but purely celebratory in

its functions. Longevity would be increased, for fewer people would die of heart

attack or stroke caused by tumultuous endeavor. Anxiety would be extinct. Time

would stretch on and on, with ambition long departed from the human heart.

Ah, how unrelievedly boring life would be!

There is a strong view that holds that success is a myth, and ambition therefore

a sham. Does this mean that success does not really exist? That achievement is

at bottom empty? That the efforts of men and women are of no significance

alongside the force of movements and events? Now not all success, obviously, is

worth esteeming, nor all ambition worth cultivating. Which are and which are not

is something one soon enough learns on one’s own. But even the most cynical

secretly admit that success exists; that achievement counts for a great deal;

and that the true myth is that the actions of men and women are useless. To

believe otherwise is to taken on a point of view that is likely to be deranging.

It is, in its implications, to remove all motives for competence, interest in

attainment, and regard for posterity.

We don’t choose to be born. We don’t choose our parents. We don’t choose our

historical epoch, the country of our birth, or the immediate circumstances of

our upbringing. We don’t, most of us, choose to die; nor do we choose the time

or conditions of our death. But within all this realm of choicelessness, we do

choose how we shall live: courageou

sly or in cowardice, honorably or

dishonorably, with purpose of in drift. We decide what is important and what is

trivial in life. We decide that what makes us significant is either what we do

or what we refuse to do. But no matter how indifferent the universe may be to

our choices and decisions, these choices and decisions are ours to make. We

decide. We choose. And as we decide and choose, so are our lives formed. In the

end, forming our own destiny is what ambition is about.

[annotation]:

Abrasion磨损；collectivity集体；tumultuous喧嚣的，纷乱的；Unrelievedly持续不变地，未缓和地；sham；at

bottom实际上；cynical愤世嫉俗的；derange打乱；posterity子孙，后裔；epoch时代，时期；cowardice胆怯；怯懦；

第六篇：What I have Lived for 我为何而生

Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the

longing for love, the search for knowledge, and the unbearable pity for the

suffering of mankind. These passions, like great winds, have blown me hither and

thither, in a wayward course, over a deep ocean of anguish, reaching to the very

verge of despair.

I have sought love, first, because it brings ecstasy -- ecstasy so great that I

would often have sacrificed all the rest of life for a few hours of this joy. I

have sought it, next, because it relieves loneliness -- that terrible loneliness

in which one shivering consciousness looks over the rim of the world into the

cold unfathomable lifeless abyss. I have sought it, finally, because in the

union of love I have seen, in a mystic miniature, the prefiguring vision of the

heaven that saints and poets have imagined. This is what I sought, and though it

might seem too good for human life, this is what -- at least -- I have found.

With equal passion I have sought knowledge. I have wished to understand the

hearts of men. I have wished to know why the stars shine. And I have tried to

apprehend the Pythagorean power by which number holds sway above the flux. A

little of this, but not much, I have achieved.

Love and knowledge, so far as they were possible, led upward toward the heavens.

But always pity brought me back to earth. Echoes of cries of pain reverberate in

my heart. Children in famine, victims tortured by oppressors, helpless old

people a hated burden to their sons, and the whole world of loneliness, poverty,

and pain make a mockery of what human life should be. I long to alleviate the

evil, but I can't, and I too suffer. This has been my life. I have found it

worth living, and would gladly live it again if the chance were offered me.

第七篇：When Love Beckons You 爱的召唤

hen love beckons to you, follow him, though his ways are hard and steep. And

when his wings enfold you, yield to him, though the sword hidden among his

pinions may wound you. And when he speaks to you, believe in him, though his

voice may shatter your dreams as the nort

h wind lays waste the garden.

For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your

growth so is he for your pruning. Even as he ascends to your height and caresses

your tenderest branches that quiver in the sun, so shall he descend to your

roots and shake them in their clinging to the earth .

But if, in your fear, you would seek only love’s peace and love’s

threshing-floor, into the seasonless world where you shall laugh, but not all of

your laughter, and weep, but not all of your tears. Love gives naught but itself

and takes naught but from itself. Love possesses not, nor would it be possessed,

for love is sufficient unto love.

Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself. But if you love and must have

desires, let these be your desires:

To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night.

To know the pain of too much tenderness.

To be wounded by your own understanding of love;And to bleed willingly and

joyfully.

To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving;

To rest at the noon hour and meditate love’s ecstasy.

To return home at eventide with gratitude;And then to sleep with a prayer for

the beloved in your heart and a song of praise upon your lips.

[annotation]

Beckon召唤；pinion羽翼；crucify折磨；pruning修剪；

第八篇：The Road to Success 成功之道

It is well that young men should begin at the beginning and occupy the most

subordinate positions. Many of the leading businessmen of Pittsburgh had a

serious responsibility thrust upon them at the very threshold of their career.

They were introduced to the broom, and spent the first hours of their business

lives sweeping out the office. I notice we have janitors and janitresses now in

offices, and our young men unfortunately miss that salutary branch of a business

education. But if by chance the professional sweeper is absent any morning, the

boy who has the genius of the future partner in him will not hesitate to try his

hand at the broom. It does not hurt the newest comer to sweep out the office if

necessary. I was one of those sweepers myself.

Assuming that you have all obtained employment and are fairly started, my advice

to you is "aim high." I would not give a fig for the young man who does not

already see himself the partner or the head of an important firm. Do not rest

content for a moment in your thoughts as head clerk, or foreman, or general

manager in any concern, no matter how extensive. Say to yourself, "My place is

at the top." Be king in your dreams.

And here is the prime condition of success, the great secret: concentrate your

energy, thought, and capital exclusively upon the business in which you are

engaged. The concerns which fail are those which have scattered their capital,

which means that they have scattered their brains also. They have investments in

this, or that, or the other, here, there, and everywhe

re. "Don't put all your

eggs in one basket" is all wrong. I tell you "put all your eggs in one basket,

and then watch that basket." It is easy to watch and carry the one basket. He

who carries three baskets must put one on his head, which is apt to tumble and

trip him up.

第九篇：On Meeting the Celebrated 论见名人

I have always wondered at the passion many people have to meet the celebrated.

The prestige you acquire by being able to tell your friends that you know famous

men proves only that you are yourself of small account. The celebrated develop a

technique to deal with the persons they come across. They show the world a mask,

often an impressive on, but take care to conceal their real selves. They play

the part that is expected from them, and with practice learn to play it very

well, but you are stupid if you think that this public performance of theirs

corresponds with the man within.

I have been attached, deeply attached, to a few people; but I have been

interested in men in general not for their own sakes, but for the sake of my

work. I have not, as Kant enjoined, regarded each man as an end in himself, but

as material that might be useful to me as a writer. I have been more concerned

with the obscure than with the famous. They are more often themselves. They have

had no need to create a figure to protect themselves from the world or to

impress it. Their idiosyncrasies have had more chance to develop in the limited

circle of their activity, and since they have never been in the public eye it

has never occurred to them that they have anything to conceal. They display

their oddities because it has never struck them that they are odd. And after all

it is with the common run of men that we writers have to deal; kings, dictators,

commercial magnates are from our point of view very unsatisfactory. To write

about them is a venture that has often tempted writers, but the failure that has

attended their efforts shows that such beings are too exceptional to form a

proper ground for a work of art. They cannot be made real. The ordinary is the

writer’s richer field. Its unexpectedness, its singularity, its infinite variety

afford unending material. The great man is too often all of a piece; it is the

little man that is a bundle of contradictory elements. He is inexhaustible. You

never come to the end of the surprises he has in store for you. For my part I

would much sooner spend a month on a desert island with a veterinary surgeon

than with a prime minister.

第十篇：The 50-Percent Theory of Life 生活理论半对半

I believe in the 50-percent theory. Half the time things are better than normal;

the other half, they are worse. I believe life is a pendulum swing. It takes

time and experience to understand what normal is, and that gives me the

perspective to deal with the surprises of the future.

我信奉对半理论。生活时而无比顺畅，时而倒霉

透顶，好坏参半。我觉得生活就像来回晃动的钟摆。读懂生活的常态需要时间和阅历，也正是这样才练就了我面对未来荣辱不惊的生活态度。

Let's benchmark the parameters: Yes, I will die. I've dealt with the deaths of

both parents, a best friend, a beloved boss and cherished pets. Some of these

deaths have been violent, before my eyes, or slow and agonizing. Bad stuff, and

it belongs at the bottom of the scale.

让我们掂量这些点点滴滴：是的，我注定会死去。我已经经历了双亲的仙逝，一位友人的亡故，一位敬爱的老板的离逝，还有心爱宠物的死亡。当中一些变故突如其来，直击眼前；有些却长期折磨，痛苦不堪。糟糕的事儿，它们驻留谷底。

Then there are those high points: romance and marriage to the right person;

having a child and doing those Dad things like coaching my son's baseball team,

paddling around the creek in the boat while he's swimming with the dogs,

discovering his compassion so deep it manifests even in his kindness to snails,

his imagination so vivid he builds a spaceship from a scattered pile of Legos.

当然生活也不乏熠熠光彩：坠入爱河缔结良缘；养育幼子身为人父，训练儿子的棒球队，当他和狗在水中嬉戏时，摇桨划船前瞻后顾，感受他如此强烈的同情心——即使对蜗牛也善待有加，发现他如此活跃的想像力——即使零散的积木也能堆出太空飞船。

But there is a vast meadow of life in the middle, where the bad and the good

flip-flop acrobatically. This is what convinces me to believe in the 50-percent

theory. 但在它们发生期间有一片宽广的草坪，在那儿上演的各种好事坏事像耍杂技一样地翻新。这就是让我信服对半理论的原因。 One spring I

planted corn too early in a bottomland so flood-prone that neighbors laughed. I

felt chagrined at the wasted effort. Summer turned brutal -- the worst heat wave

and drought in my lifetime. The air-conditioner died, the well went dry, the

marriage ended, the job lost, the money gone. I was living lyrics from a country

tune -- music I loathed. Only a surging Kansas City Royals team, bound for their

first World Series, buoyed my spirits.

有一年春天，我在一片容易被淹的低洼地过早地种下了玉米，邻居们都为此嘲笑我。一番心血付之东流让我懊恼不已。接着我生命中最难熬的酷暑来临了——热浪袭人，酿至旱灾。空调失灵，水井枯竭，婚姻破裂，惨遭失业，积蓄挥空。我正经历某个乡村调频描绘的情节，我讨厌这种音乐。只有一支人气攀升的堪萨斯皇家棒球队的小组因他们的第一次出征世界大赛团结起来使我精神振奋。

Looking back on that horrible summer, I soon understood that all succeeding good

things merely offset the bad. Worse than normal wouldn't last long. I am

owed

and savor the halcyon times. They reinvigorate me for the next nasty surprise

and offer assurance that I can thrive. The 50 percent theory even helps me see

hope beyond my Royals' recent slump, a field of struggling rookies sown so that

some year soon we can reap an October harvest.

回想那个可怕的夏天，我不久就明白了所有的好事坏事不过是正负抵消。不顺心的境遇不会延宕过久。太平时光是我应得的，我要尽情享受。它们给我新的活力以应对突如其来的险境，并确保我再度辉煌。对半理论甚至帮我在我喜爱的皇家棒球队最近的低潮中看到希望——这是一块艰难行进的新手们耕耘的土地，播种了，假以时日我们就可以收获十月的金秋。

Oh, yeah, the corn crop? For that one blistering summer, the ground moisture was

just right, planting early allowed pollination before heat withered the tops,

and the lack of rain spared the standing corn from floods. That winter my crib

overflowed with corn -- fat, healthy three-to-a-stalk ears filled with kernels

from heel to tip -- while my neighbors' fields yielded only brown, empty husks.

哦，对了，玉米收成？就那年炎热的夏天，庄稼地的湿度恰到好处，过早的种植使授粉避开酷热在顶梢干枯前完成，雨水稀少使地里长着的玉米免遭水灾。那年冬天，我的粮仓里堆满了玉米——饱满结实的玉米每株秆上结三个，每个玉米从底到顶端长满了玉米粒——而我的邻居们地里长出来的只是暗沉干瘪的壳。

Although plantings past may have fallen below the 50-percent expectation, and

they probably will again in the future, I am still sustained by the crop that

flourishes during the drought.

尽管过去播种的收获没有达到50％的期望，而且将来也可能是这样，我仍然要为经历旱季依然丰收的玉米而坚守阵地。

第十一篇：What is Your Recovery Rate? 你的恢复速率是多少？

What is your recovery rate? How long does it take you to recover from actions

and behaviours that upset you? Minutes? Hours? Days? Weeks? How long? The longer

it takes you to recover the more influence that incident has on your actions,

the less able you are to perform to your personal best. In a nutshell the longer

it takes you to recover the weaker you are and the poorer your performance.

Just ask yourself:

How many times have I got upset with my spouse or partner for something the

children did hours ago?

How many times have I missed an opportunity because I was still focused on an

upset and all I could say was ‘NO’ to everything?

How many times have I driven my car erratically because I was still thinking of

an incident that made me angry?

The point is: a poor recovery rate affects your health. A poor recovery rate

affects your well being. A poor recovery rate stops you from living to your

potential.

You are well aware that

you need to exercise to keep the body fit and, no doubt,

accept that a reasonable measure of health is the speed in which your heart and

respiratory system recovers after exercise. Likewise the faster you let go of an

issue that upsets you, the faster you return to an equilibrium the healthier you

will be. The best example of this behaviour is found with professional

sportspeople. They know that the faster they can forget an incident or missed

opportunity and get on with the game the better their performance. In fact, most

measure the time it takes them to overcome and forget an incident in a game and

most reckon a recovery rate of 30 seconds is too long!

How long does it take you to recover and overcome and forget an incident at work

or at home?

A method that I and many others use to help us reduce the recovery time is the

method of the FULL STOP.

Imagine yourself to be an actor in a play on the stage. Your aim is to play your

part to the best of your ability. You have been given a script and at the end of

each sentence is a full stop. Each time you get to the end of the sentence you

start a new one and although the next sentence is related to the last it is not

affected by it. Your job is to deliver each sentence to the best of your

ability.

Now think about your life. Imagine life is no more than a play, a drama and we

each have a role to play in that drama. Your job is to play your part to the

best of your ability and the better you play your part the more chance that you

will inspire others around you to improve their performance. Each incident you

face is a new sentence. Just put a full stop behind it and start again. Accept

that every time you meet someone or have a conversation with a person on the

telephone or even send an email it is a new incident. You have both moved on

since you last met, so remembering the last occasion only keeps you in the past

and stops you moving forward and stops you seeing new opportunities. The next

time you see the person that upset you, or you upset, is a new occasion. There

is nothing to be gained by continuing from where you left off. The incident has

finished. You are both in a different place now. It is a new sentence so start

again.

My grandmother used to call it destiny. “Accept what has happened as part of

your destiny and live with it”, was a favourite phrase of hers. You cannot

change what has happened. Sulking or brooding will not help. Analysing will only

give you a headache and keep it fresh in your mind. In the same way that you

cannot enter the same river twice, you will never face the exact same incident

again so why analyse that one? You can however notice whether you have a habit

or thought pattern that clicks in in certain circumstances and stops you

performing to your best. You can then look at the habit and decide how you can

change it.

The secret to a better life is be like the sportsperson, ask yourself:

Di

d I recover quicker today than I did yesterday?

Did I recover quicker this time than the last occasion I faced a similar

incident?

Did I allow myself to be average today?

Did I equal or improve on my personal best today?

Don’t live your life in the past! Learn to live in the present, to overcome the

past. Stop the past from influencing your daily life. Don’t allow thoughts of

the past to reduce your personal best. Stop the past from interfering with your

life. Learn to recover quickly.

What we are suggesting is not an easy path. To work on your recovery rate and

make changes in your thoughts, behaviour and attitudes requires a great deal of

effort. However, the rewards are also great. It is important that you don’t

force yourself to work on your recovery rate because you think you ought to or

must or because you feel it will ‘make you a better person’. There's no benefit

in that because you will not stick to the task. You will make a great deal of

effort at the beginning but when you are not achieving the results you want you

will stop or look for another technique. Only when you really feel you want to

change; when you realise life is not working for you at the moment using the

methods you are using, will you put in the effort to change your behaviour to

improve your recovery rate. You can only improve your recovery rate when you can

see that there is great benefit for the self.

Once you decide you wish to improve your recovery rate, you will start to check

and change your thoughts and behaviours and make efforts to perform to your

personal best. You can check your progress by measuring the speed in which you

are able to apply a full stop; the time it takes you to let go. The time it

takes before you are functioning at or near your personal best again.

Check yourself:

What was my recovery rate after the argument with my partner?

What was my recovery rate after I lost a sale?

What was my recovery rate after I received a ticket for speeding?

What was my recovery rate after I heard a friend was ill?

What was my recovery rate after I got frustrated with myself over………?

But remember; Rome wasn’t built in a day. Reflect on your recovery rate each

day. Every day before you go to bed, look at your progress. Don’t lie in bed

saying to yourself, ‘I did that wrong’, ‘I should have done better there’. No.

Look at your day and note when you made an effort to place a full stop after an

incident. This is a success. You are taking control of your life. Remember this

is a step by step process. This is not a make-over. You are undertaking real

change here.

Your aim: reduce the time spent in recovery.

The way forward? Live in the present. Not in the precedent.

第十二篇：Clear Your Mental Space 清理心灵的空间

Think about the last time you felt a negative emotion – like stress, anger, or

frustration.

What was going through your mind as you were going thr

ough that negativity? Was

your mind cluttered with thoughts? Or was it paralyzed, unable to think?

The next time you find yourself in the middle of a very stressful time, or you

feel angry or frustrated, stop. Yes, that’s right, stop. Whatever you’re doing,

stop and sit for one minute. While you’re sitting there, completely immerse

yourself in the negative emotion.

Allow that emotion to consume you. Allow yourself one minute to truly feel that

emotion. Don’t cheat yourself here. Take the entire minute – but only one minute

– to do nothing else but feel that emotion.

When the minute is over, ask yourself “am I willing to keep holding on to this

negative emotion as I go through the rest of the day?”

Once you’ve allowed yourself to be totally immersed in the emotion and really

feel it, you will be surprised to find that the emotion clears rather quickly.

If you feel you need to hold on to the emotion for a little longer, that is ok.

Allow yourself another minute to feel the emotion.

When you feel you’ve had enough of the emotion, ask yourself if you’re willing

to carry that negativity with you for the rest of the day. If not, take a deep

breath, as you exhale, release all that negativity with your breath.

This exercise seems simple – almost too simple. But, it is very effective. By

allowing that negative emotion the space to be truly felt, you are dealing with

the emotion rather than stuffing it down and trying not to feel it. You are

actually taking away the power of the emotion by giving it the space and

attention it needs. When you immerse yourself in the emotion, and realize that

it is only emotion, it loses its control. You can clear your head and proceed

with your task.

Try it. Next time you’re in the middle of a negative emotion, give yourself the

space to feel the emotion and see what happens. Keep a piece of paper with you

that says the following:

Stop Immerse for 1 Minute Do I want to keep this negativity? Breath deep,

exhale, release. Move on!

This will remind you of the steps to the process. Remember, take the time you

need to really immerse yourself in the emotion. Then, when you feel you’ve felt

it enough, release it – really let go of it. You will be surprised at how

quickly you can move on from a negative situation and get to what you really .

第十三篇：Be Happy 快乐

“The days that make us happy make us wise.”----John Masefield

when I first read this line by England’s Poet Laureate, it startled me. What did

Masefield mean? Without thinking about it much, I had always assumed that the

opposite was true. But his sober assurance was arresting. I could not forget it.

Finally, I seemed to grasp his meaning and realized that here was a profound

observation. The wisdom that happiness makes possible lies in clear perception,

not fogged by anxiety nor dimmed by despair and boredom, and without the blind

spots caused by fear.

Act

e happiness---not mere satisfaction or contentment ---often comes suddenly,

like an April shower or the unfolding of a bud. Then you discover what kind of

wisdom has accompanied it. The grass is greener; bird songs are sweeter; the

shortcomings of your friends are more understandable and more forgivable.

Happiness is like a pair of eyeglasses correcting your spiritual vision.

Nor are the insights of happiness limited to what is near around you. Unhappy,

with your thoughts turned in upon your emotional woes, your vision is cut short

as though by a wall. Happy, the wall crumbles.

The long vista is there for the seeing. The ground at your feet, the world about

you----people, thoughts, emotions, pressures---are now fitted into the larger

scene. Everything assumes a fairer proportion. And here is the beginning of

wisdom.

第十四篇：The Goodness of life 生命的美好

Though there is much to be concerned about, there is far, far more for which to

be thankful. Though life's goodness can at times be overshadowed, it is never

outweighed.

For every single act that is senselessly destructive, there are thousands more

small, quiet acts of love, kindness and compassion. For every person who seeks

to hurt, there are many, many more who devote their lives to helping and to

healing.

There is a goodness to life that cannot be denied. In the most magnificent

vistas and in the smallest details, look closely, for that goodness always comes

shining through.

There is no limit to the goodness of life. It grows more abundant with each new

encounter. The more you experience and appreciate the goodness of life, the more

there is to be lived.

Even when the cold winds blow and the world seems to be covered in foggy

shadows, the goodness of life lives on. Open your eyes, open your heart, and you

will see that goodness is everywhere.

Though the goodness of life seems at times to suffer setbacks, it always

endures. For in the darkest moment it becomes vividly clear that life is a

priceless treasure.

And so the goodness of life is made even stronger by the very things that would

oppose it.

Time and time again when you feared it was gone forever you found that the

goodness of life was really only a moment away. Around the next corner, inside

every moment, the goodness of life is there to surprise and delight you.

Take a moment to let the goodness of life touch your spirit and calm your

thoughts. Then, share your good fortune with another. For the goodness of life

grows more and more magnificent each time it is given away.

Though the problems constantly scream for attention and the conflicts appear to

rage ever stronger, the goodness of life grows stronger still, quietly,

peacefully, with more purpose and meaning than ever before.

第十五篇：Facing the Enemies Within 直面内在的敌人

We are not born with courage, but neither are we born with fear. Maybe some of

our fears are brought on by

by your own experiences, by what someone has told you,

by what you've read in the papers. Some fears are valid, like walking alone in a

bad part of town at two o'clock in the morning. But once you learn to avoid that

situation, you won't need to live in fear of it.

Fears, even the most basic ones, can totally destroy our ambitions. Fear can

destroy fortunes. Fear can destroy relationships. Fear, if left unchecked, can

destroy our lives. Fear is one of the many enemies lurking inside us.

Let me tell you about five of the other enemies we face from within. The first

enemy that you've got to destroy before it destroys you is indifference. What a

tragic disease this is. "Ho-hum, let it slide. I'll just drift along." Here's

one problem with drifting: you can't drift your way to the top of the mountain.

The second enemy we face is indecision. Indecision is the thief of opportunity

and enterprise. It will steal your chances for a better future. Take a sword to

this enemy.

The third enemy inside is doubt. Sure, there's room for healthy skepticism. You

can't believe everything. But you also can't let doubt take over. Many people

doubt the past, doubt the future, doubt each other, doubt the government, doubt

the possibilities and doubt the opportunities. Worse of all, they doubt

themselves. I'm telling you, doubt will destroy your life and your chances of

success. It will empty both your bank account and your heart. Doubt is an enemy.

Go after it. Get rid of it.

The fourth enemy within is worry. We've all got to worry some. Just don't let it

conquer you. Instead, let it alarm you. Worry can be useful. If you step off the

curb in New York City and a taxi is coming, you've got to worry. But you can't

let worry loose like a mad dog that drives you into a small corner. Here's what

you've got to do with your worries: drive them into a small corner. Whatever is

out to get you, you've got to get it. Whatever is pushing on you, you've got to

push back.

The fifth interior enemy is over-caution. It is the timid approach to life.

Timidity is not a virtue (unlike humility – they are different); in fact, it can

be an illness. If you let it go, it'll conquer you. Timid people don't get

promoted. They don't advance and grow and become powerful in the marketplace.

You've got to avoid over-caution.

Do battle with the enemy. Do battle with your fears. Build your courage to fight

what's holding you back, what's keeping you from your goals and dreams. Be

courageous in your life and in your pursuit of the things you want and the

person you want to become.

第十六篇：Abundance is a Life Style 富足的生活方式

Abundance is a life style, a way of living your life. Itisn't something you buy

now and then or pull down from thecupboard, dust off and use once or twice, and

then return tothe cupboard.

Abundance is a philosophy, it appears in your physiology,your value system, and

carries its own set

of beliefs. Youwalk with, sleep with it, bath with it, feel

with it, andneed to maintain and take care of it as well.

Its not walk existent with "S" for sap on your foreheadeither. It’s a knowing

that you're perfect in your presentmoment, that what you have right now was most

likely basedon choices you made yesterday and what you needed to learnin order

to be in the prefect moment now. Yet not seen asright or wrong but let go of

those judgments and embracewith a splendidness that you can symbol with just a

singlechoice right now.

Abundance doesn't inflexibly require money. Many people livewith all that money

can buy yet live empty inside.Abundance begins inside with some main

self-ingredients,like love, care, kindness, and gentleness, thoughtfulnessand

compassion. repleteness is a state of being. It radiatesoutward. It shines like

the sun midst the many moons I theworld. It’s subsistent the sun with

discernment and love for thegift of this being.

Being from the auspiciousness of dump doesn't assent thedarkness to spring or be

in the path unless a peerless toallow it to. The true state of tirade doesn't

have roomfor lies or games normally played. The space is too full ofabundance.

This may be a thwart in that we still need toshine for others to see.

Progressing into abundance, a transition, requires courage.It is driven by the

feeling of knowing of its possibilityand seeing the little spots and lenient

them to growbigger. Making them consistent choices and removing allelse, that

doesn't fuel that being.

Abundance is seeing people for their gifts and not what theylack or could be.

Seeing all things for their gifts and notwhat they lack.

Start by knowing what your abundances are, fill that spacewith you, and be fully

present from that state of being.Your profession of voice is telling you this

already.Examples: Coaches have an superfluity of knowing andpossibilities. That

is their gift. Consultants andcustomer service professionals have the flood

ofsuccess, practicality, in common. directing Assistantsand Virtual Assistants

have an productivity of coordination andtime management. oceans is all here and

there you, and allwithin. See what it is, love yourself for what it is, notwhat

you're missing, or what that can be better. But forwhat is, at this present

moment.

Be in a state of multiplicity of what you before all have. Iguarantee they are

there, it ever and anon is. concealed but there.Breathe them in as if they are

the air you trumpet becausethey are yours. Let go of that isn't effuse forthe

time being. Name the shoe boxes in your bank withyour gifts of abundance; pull

from them every morning ifneeded. Know they are there.

Learning to trust in your own exuberance is required. Whoelse can you more than

yourself? No one. When you commence tobe within your own space of superfluity

whatever you need willappear whenever you need it. That’s just the way the

higherpowers set

this universe up to work. Trust the universalenergy. The

knowing of it all will humble you to its poweryet let the promptness of you

shine everywhere it needs to.Just by stuff from a state of abundance, it is

inmost heart you.

第十七篇：Human Life a Poem 人生如诗

I think that from a biological standpoint, human life almost reads like a poem.

It hasits own rhythm and beat, its internal cycles of growth and decay. It

begins with innocent childhood, followed by awkward adolescence trying awkwardly

to adapt itself to mature society, with its young passions and follies, its

ideals and ambitions; then it reaches a manhood of intense activities, profiting

from experience and learning more about society and human nature; at middle age,

there is a slight easing of tension, a mellowing of character like the ripening

of fruit or the mellowing of good wine, and the gradual acquiring of a more

tolerant, more cynical and at the same time a kindlier view of life;then in the

sunset of our life, the endocrine glands decrease their activity, and if we have

a true philosophy of old age and have ordered our life pattern according to it,

it is for us the age of peace and security and leisure and contentment; finally,

life flickers out and one goes into eternal sleep, never to wake up again. One

should be able to sense the beauty of this rhythm of life, to appreciate, as we

do in grand symphonies,its main theme, its strains of conflict and the final

resolution. No one can say that a life with childhood, manhood and old age is

not a beautiful arrangement; the day has its morning, noon and sunset, and the

year has its seasons, and it is good that it is so. There is no good or bad in

life, except what is good according to its own seasoN. And if we take this

biological view of life and try to live according to the seasons, no one but a

conceited fool or an impossible idealist can deny that human life can be lived

like a poem.

人生就像一首诗

从生物学角度来看，我认为人生读起来就像一首诗。人生有着独特的韵律和节奏，有着内在的发展和衰退周期。人生始于天真无邪的童年时代，随之而来的是不知所措的少年时代，笨手笨脚地努力适应成熟的社会。在此期间，既有青春的激情和傻气，也有人生的理想和抱负。紧接着就到了紧张激烈的成年时期，人们从经验中受益，更多地了解社会和人性。人值中年，可以稍事放松，此时性格趋于成熟，如同成熟的果实和甘醇的美酒；人生态度逐渐变得更加宽容，更加冷峻，同时也更加仁慈。再往后，就到了人生的夕阳时期。此时，内分泌腺活动减弱。假如我们真正参透老年哲学，并据此安排我们的生活模式，晚年对我们来说就是平和、安定、闲适、满足的岁月。最后，生命之火熄灭，一个人永远睡去，不再醒来。我们应当能够感受

人生节奏之美，如同欣赏宏大的交响乐，我们能够欣赏它的主题，它的冲突旋律以及最后的和声。

没有人敢说，由童年、成年和晚年构成的人生不是一种绝妙的安排。一日之中有清晨、正午和日落，一年之中有四季。大自然如此安排自有其道理。人生并无好坏之分，只有看能否适应“季节”才可以品评优劣。假如我们能从这种生物学角度来看待人生，尽量顺时而生，适季而活，除了傲慢自大的傻瓜和无可救药的理想主义者，谁又能否认，人生可以活得像一首诗呢?

第十八篇：Solitude 独处

I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time. To be in company,

even with the best, is soon wearisome and dissipating. I love to be alone. I

never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for the

most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our

chambers. A man thinking or working is always alone, let him be where he will.

Solitude is not measured by the miles of space that intervene between a man and

his fellows. The really diligent student in one of the crowded hives of

Cambridge College is as solitary as a dervish in the desert. The farmer can work

alone in the field or the woods all day, hoeing or chopping, and not feel

lonesome, because he is employed; but when he comes home at night he cannot sit

down in a room alone, at the mercy of his thoughts, but must be where he can

:see the folks,:” and recreate, and, as he thinks, remunerate himself for his

day’s solitude; and hence he wonders how the student can sit alone in the house

all night and most of the day without ennui and :the blues:; but he does not

realize that the student, though in the house, is still at work in his field,

and chopping in his woods, as the farmer in his, and in turn seeks the same

recreation and society that the latter does, though it may be a more condensed

form of it.Society is commonly too cheap. We meet at very short intervals, not

having had time to acquire any new value for each other. We meet at meals three

times a day, and give each other a new taste of that old musty cheese that we

are. We have had to agree on a certain set of rules, called etiquette and

politeness, to make this frequent meeting tolerable and that we need not come to

open war. We meet at the post-office, and at the sociable, and about the

fireside every night; we live thick and are in each other’s way, and stumble

over one another, and I think that we thus lose some respect for one another.

Certainly less frequency would suffice for all important and hearty

communications. Consider the girls in a factory---never alone, hardly in their

dreams. It would be better if there were but one inhabitant to a square mile, as

where I live. The value of a man is not in his skin, that we should touch him.…I

have a great deal of company

in my house; especially in the morning, when nobody

calls. Let me suggest a few comparisons, that some one may convey an idea of my

situation. I am no more lonely than the loon in the pond that laughs so loud, or

than Walden Pond itself. What company has that lonely lake, I pray?And yet it

has not the blue devils, but the blue angels in it, in the azure tint of its

waters. The sun is alone, except in thick weather, when there sometimes appear

to be two, but one is a mock sun. god is alone---but the devil, he is far from

being alone; he sees a great deal of company; he is legion. I am no more lonely

than a single mullein or dandelion in a pasture, or a bean leaf, or sorrel, or a

horse-fly, or a bumblebee. I am no more lonely than the Millbrook, or a

weathercock, or the north star, or the south wind, or an April shower, or a

January thaw, or the first spider in a new house.

第十九篇：Giving Life Meaning 给生命以意义

Have you thought about what you want people to say about you after you’re gone?

Can you hear the voice saying, “He was a great man.” Or “She really will be

missed.” What else do they say?

One of the strangest phenomena of life is to engage in a work that will last

long after death. Isn’t that a lot like investing all your money so that future

generations can bare interest on it? Perhaps, yet if you look deep in your own

heart, you’ll find something drives you to make this kind of

contribution---something drives every human being to find a purpose that lives

on after death.

Do you hope to memorialize your name? Have a name that is whispered with

reverent awe? Do you hope to have your face carved upon 50 ft of granite rock?

Is the answer really that simple? Is the purpose of lifetime contribution an

ego-driven desire for a mortal being to have an immortal name or is it something

more?

A child alive today will die tomorrow. A baby that had the potential to be the

next Einstein will die from complication is at birth. The circumstances of life

are not set in stone. We are not all meant to live life through to old age.

We’ve grown to perceive life3 as a full cycle with a certain number of years in

between. If all of those years aren’t lived out, it’s a tragedy. A tragedy

because a human’s potential was never realized. A tragedy because a spark was

snuffed out before it ever became a flame.

By virtue of inhabiting a body we accept these risks. We expose our mortal flesh

to the laws of the physical environment around us. The trade off isn’t so bad

when you think about it. The problem comes when we construct mortal fantasies of

what life should be like. When life doesn’t conform to our fantasy we grow

upset, frustrated, or depressed.

We are alive; let us live. We have the ability to experience; let us experience.

We have the ability to learn; let us learn. The meaning of life can be grasped

in a moment. A moment so brief it often ev

es our perception.

What meaning stands behind the dramatic unfolding of life? What single truth can

we grasp and hang onto for dear life when all other truths around us seem to

fade with time?These moments are strung together in a series we call events.

These events are strung together in a series we call life. When we seize the

moment and bend it according to our will, a will driven by the spirit deep

inside us, then we have discovered the meaning of life, a meaning for us that

shall go on long after we depart this Earth.

第二十篇：Relish the Moment 品位现在

Tucked away in our subconscious is an idyllic vision. We see ourselves on a long

trip that spans the continent. We are traveling by train. Out the windows, we

drink in the passing scene of cars on nearby highways, of children waving at a

crossing, of cattle grazing on a distant hillside, of smoke pouring from a power

plant, of row upon row of corn and wheat, of flatlands and valleys, of mountains

and rolling hillsides, of city skylines and village halls.But uppermost in our

minds is the final destination. On a certain day at a certain hour, we will pull

into the station. Bands will be playing and flags waving. Once we get there, so

many wonderful dreams will come true and the pieces of our lives will fit

together like a completed jigsaw puzzle. How restlessly we pace the aisles,

damning the minutes for loitering --waiting, waiting, waiting for the

station."When we reach the station, that will be it! "we cry. "When I'm 18.

""When I buy a new 450SL Mercedes Benz! ""When I put the last kid through

college. ""When I have paid off the mortgage!""When I get a promotion.""When I

reach the age of retirement, I shall live happily ever after! "Sooner or later,

we must realize there is no station, no one place to arrive at once and for all.

The true joy of life is the trip. The station is only a dream. It constantly

outdistances us."Relish the moment "is a good motto, especially when coupled

with Psalm 118：24："This is the day which the Lord hath made；we will rejoice and

be glad in it. "It isn't the burdens of today that drive men mad. It is the

regrets over yesterday and the fear of tomorrow. Regret and fear are twin

thieves who rob us of today.So stop pacing the aisles and counting the miles. In

stead, climb more mountains, eat more ice cream, go barefoot more often, swim

more rivers, watch more sunsets, laugh more, cry less. Life must be lived as we

go along. The station will come soon enough.The Happy Door Mildred Cram

Happiness is like a pebble dropped into a pool to set in motion an Ever-widening

circle of ripples. Ad Stevenson has said, being happy is a duty. There is no

exact definition of the word happiness. Happy people are happy for all sorts of

reasons. The key is not wealth or physical well-being, since we find beggars,

invalids and so-called failures who are extremely happy. Being happy is a sort

of

of unexpected dividend. But staying happy is an accomplishment, a triumph of

soul and character. It is not selfish to strive for it. It is, indeed, a duty to

ourselves and others. Being unhappy is like an infectious disease; it causes

people to shrink away from the sufferer. He soon finds himself alone, miserable

and embittered. There is, however, a cure so simple as to seem, at first glance,

ridiculous: if you don't feel happy, pretend to be! It works. Before long you

will find that instead of repelling people, you attract them. You discover how

deeply rewarding it is to be the center of wide circles of good will. Then the

make-believe becomes a reality. You possess the secret of peace of mind, and can

forget yourself in being of service to others. Being happy, once it is realized

as a duty and established as a habit, opens doors into unimaginable gardens

thronged with grateful friends.

第二十一篇：The Love of Beauty 爱美

Natural beauty is an all-pervading presence. The universe is its temple. It

2)unfolds into the numberless flowers of spring. It waves in the branches of

trees and the green 3)blades of grass. It 4)haunts the depth of the earth and

the sea. It 5)gleams from the hues of the shell and the precious stone. And not

only these minute objects but the oceans, the mountains, the clouds, the stars,

the rising and the setting sun - all 6)overflow with beauty.

The power to appreciate beauty not only increases our sources of happiness - it

enlarges our moral nature. Beauty calms our 7)restlessness and 8)dispels our

cares. Go into the field or the woods, spend a summer day by the sea or the

mountains, and all your little 9)perplexities and anxieties will vanish. Listen

to sweet music, and your foolish fears and petty jealousies will pass away. The

beauty of the world helps us to seek and find the beauty of goodness.

爱美之心

自然之美随处可见。宇宙是它的殿堂。美绽放在春天的百花间，摇曳于树枝与片片绿草间，流连在陆地与海洋深处，辉映于贝壳和宝石的光泽中。不只是细微的事物，还有海洋、高山、云朵、星辰、日出与日落，这些无一不美。

欣赏美的能力不仅增加了我们快乐的源泉，也提高了我们的灵性。美安抚烦躁，驱除忧虑。走进原野与森林，夏季里到海边或山上呆上一天，所有的烦扰将全部涤荡一空。倾听悠扬的音乐，徒劳的恐惧与小小的妒嫉都将成为过去。世界之美引导我们寻找到真善美。

1) all-pervading a. 遍布的

2) unfold v. 展现

3) blade n. 草片，叶片

4) haunt v. 出没于，不断纠缠

5) gleam v. 发微光，闪烁

6) overflow v. 溢，满出

7) restlessness n. 浮躁，不安

8) dispel v. 驱散

9) perplexity v. 困惑

第二十二篇：The Happy Door 快乐之门

Happiness is like a pebble dropped into a pool to set in motion an ever-widening

circle of ripples. As Stev

enson hat said, being happy is a duty.

There is no exact definition of the word happiness. Happy people are happy for

all sorts of reasons. The key is not wealth or physical well-being, since we

find beggars, invalids and so-called failures who are extremely happy.

Being happy is a sort of unexpected dividend. But staying happy is an

accomplishment, a triumph of soul and character. It is not selfish to strive for

it. It is, indeed, a duty to ourselves and others.

Being unhappy is like an infectious disease; it causes people to shrink away

from the sufferer. He soon finds himself alone, miserable and embittered. There

is, however, a cure so simple as to seem, at first glance, ridiculous: If you

don’t feel happy, pretend to be!It works. Before long you will find that instead

of repelling people, you attract them. You attract them. You discover how deeply

rewarding it is to be the center of wider and wider circles of good will.

Then the make-believe becomes a reality. You possess the secret of peace of

mind, and can forget yourself in being of service to others.

Being happy, once it is realized as a duty and established as a habit, opens

doors into un imaginable gardens thronged with grateful friends.

第二十三篇：Born to Win 生而为赢

ou cannot teach a man anything． You can only help him discover it within

himself． -GalileoEach human being is born as something unique，something that

never existed before．Each person has the potential to win in his own way．A

normal person can see，hear，touch，taste，and think for himself．Each has his own

unique potentials- his capabilities and limitations．Each can be an

important，thinking，aware，and creatively productive person in his own right-a

winner． The words" winner" and "loser "have many meanings．When we refer to a

person as a winner，we do not mean one who defeats the other person by dominating

and making him lose． Instead a winner is one who responds genuinely by being

trustworthy and responsive both as an individual and as a member of society．A

loser is one who fails to respond genuinely． Few people are winners or losers

all the time．It's a matter of degree．However，once a person has the capacity to

be a winner，his chances are greater for becoming even more so． Achievement is

not the most important thing for winners；genuineness is．The genuine person

realizes his own uniqueness and appreciates the uniqueness of others．A winner is

not afraid to do his own thinking and to use his own knowledge． He can separate

facts from opinion and does not pretend to have all the answers．He listens

toothers，evaluates what they say，but comes to his own conclusions． A winner is

flexible．He does not respond in known，rigid ways．He can change his plans when

the situation calls for it．A winner has a love for life．He enjoys

work，play，food，other people，and the world of nature

．Without guilt he enjoys his

own accomplishments．Without envy he enjoys the accomplishments of others． A

winner cares about the world and its people．He is not separated from the general

problems of society．He tries to improve the quality of life．Even in the face of

national and international difficulty，he does not see himself as helpless．He

does what he can to make the world a better place． Although people are born to

win，they are also born totally dependent on their environment．Winners

successfully make the change from dependence to independence．Losers do

not．Somewhere along the line losers begin to avoid becoming independent．This

usually begins in childhood．Poor nutrition，cruelty，unhappy

relationships，disease，continuing disappointment，and inadequate physical care are

among the many experiences that contribute to making people losers． A loser is

held back by his low capacity to appropriately express himself through a full

range of possible behavior．He may be unware of other choices for his life if the

path he chooses goes nowhere．He is afraid to try new things．He repeats not only

his own mistakes and often repeats those of his family and culture．A loser has

difficulty giving and receiving love．He does not enter into close，honest，direct

relationships with others．Instead，he tries to manipulate them into living up to

his expectations and channels his energies into living up to their expectations．

第二十四篇：Work and Pleasure 工作和娱乐

To be really happy and really safe, one ought to have at least two or three

hobbies, and they must all be real. It is no use starting late in life to say:

“I will take an interest in this or that.” Such an attempt only aggravates the

strain of mental effort. A man may acquire great knowledge of topics unconnected

with his daily work, and yet hardly get any benefit or relief. It is no use

doing what you like; you have got to like what you do. Broadly speaking, human

beings may be divided into three classes: those who are toiled to death, those

who are worried to death, and those who are bored to death. It is no use

offering the manual labourer, tired out with a hard week’s sweat and effort, the

chance of paying a game of football or baseball on Saturday afternoon. It is no

use inviting the politician or the professional or business man, who has been

working or worrying about serious things for six days, to work or worry about

trifling things at the weekend.

It may also be said that rational, industrious, useful human beings are divided

into two classes: first, those whose work is work and whose pleasure is

pleasure; and secondly, those whose work and pleasure are one. Of these the

former are the majority. They have their compensations. The long hours in the

office or the factory bring with them as their reward, not only the means of

sustenance, but a knee appetite for

pleasure even in its simplest and most

modest forms. But Fortune’s favoured children belong to the second class. Their

life is a natural harmony. For them the working hours are never long enough.

Each day is a holiday, and ordinary holidays when they come are grudged as

enforced interruptions in an absorbing vacation. Yet to both classes the need of

an alternative outlook, of a change of atmosphere, of a diversion of effort, is

essential. Indeed, it may well be that those whose work is their pleasure are

those who most need the means of banishing it at intervals from their minds.

第二十五篇：Mirror,Mirror--What do I see 镜子，镜子，告诉我

Mirror, Mirror---What do I See?A loving person lives in a loving world. A

hostile person lives in a hostile world. Everyone you meet is your

mirror.Mirrors have a very particular function. They reflect the image in front

of them. Just as a physical mirror serves as the vehicle to reflection, so do

all of the people in our lives.When we see something beautiful such as a flower

garden, that garden serves as a reflection. In order to see the beauty in front

of us, we must be able to see the beauty inside of ourselves. When we love

someone, it’s a reflection of loving ourselves. When we love someone, it’s a

reflection of loving ourselves. We have often heard things like “I love how I am

when I’m with that person.” That simply translates into “I’m able to love me

when I love that other person.” Oftentimes, when we meet someone new, we feel as

though we “click”. Sometimes it’s as if we’ve known each other for a long time.

That feeling can come from sharing similarities.Just as the “mirror” or other

person can be a positive reflection, it is more likely that we’ll notice it when

it has a negative connotation. For example, it’s easy to remember times when we

have met someone we’re not particularly crazy about. We may have some criticism

in our mind about the person. This is especially true when we get to know

someone with whom we would rather spend less time.Frequently, when we dislike

qualities in other people, ironically, it’s usually the mirror that’s speaking

to us.I began questioning myself further each time I encountered someone that I

didn’t particularly like. Each time, I asked myself, “What is it about that

person that I don’t like?” and then “Is there something similar in me?” in every

instance, I could see a piece of that quality in me, and sometimes I had to

really get very introspective. So what did that mean?It means that just as I can

get annoyed or disturbed when I notice that aspect in someone else, I better

reexamine my qualities and consider making some changes. Even if I’m not willing

to make a drastic change, at least I consider how I might modify some of the

things that I’m doing.At times we meet someone new and feel distant,

disconnected, or disgusted. A

lthough we don’t want to believe it, and it’s not

easy or desirable to look further, it can be a great learning lesson to figure

out what part of the person is being reflected in you. It’s simply just another

way to create more self-awareness.

第二十六篇：On Motes and Beams 微尘与栋梁

It is curious that our own offenses should seem so much less heinous than the

offenses of others. I suppose the reason is that we know all the circumstances

that have occasioned them and so manage to excuse in ourselves what we cannot

excuse in others. We turn our attention away from our own defects, and when we

are forced by untoward events to consider them, find it easy to condone them.

For all I know we are right to do this; they are part of us and we must accept

the good and bad in ourselves together.But when we come to judge others, it is

not by ourselves as we really are that we judge them, but by an image that we

have formed of ourselves fro which we have left out everything that offends our

vanity or would discredit us in the eyes of the world. To take a trivial

instance: how scornful we are when we catch someone out telling a lie; but who

can say that he has never told not one, but a hundred?There is not much to

choose between men. They are all a hotchpotch of greatness and littleness, of

virtue and vice, of nobility and baseness. Some have more strength of character,

or more opportunity, and so in one direction or another give their instincts

freer play, but potentially they are the same. For my part, I do not think I am

any better or any worse than most people, but I know that if I set down every

action in my life and every thought that has crossed my mind, the world would

consider me a monster of depravity. The knowledge that these reveries are common

to all men should inspire one with tolerance to oneself as well as to others. It

is well also if they enable us to look upon our fellows, even the most eminent

and respectable, with humor, and if they lead us to take ourselves not too

seriously.

第二十七篇：An October Sunrise 十月的日出

I was up the next morning before the October sunrise, and away through the wild

and the woodland. The rising of the sun was noble in the cold and warmth of it;

peeping down the spread of light, he raised his shoulder heavily over the edge

of gray mountain and wavering length of upland. Beneath his gaze the dew-fogs

dipped and crept to the hollow

places, then stole away in line and column, holding skirts and clinging subtly

at the sheltering corners where rock hung over grass-land, while the brave lines

of the hills came forth, one beyond other gliding.

The woods arose in folds, like drapery of awakened mountains, stately with a

depth of awe, and memory of the tempests. Autumn's mellow hand was upon them, as

they owned already, touched with gold and red and olive, and their joy towards

the sun was less to a bridegroom tha

a father.

Yet before the floating impress of the woods could clear itself, suddenly the

gladsome light leaped over hill and valley, casting amber, blue, and purple, and

a tint of rich red rose, according to the scene they lit on, and the curtain

flung around; yet all alike dispelling fear and the cloven hoof of darkness, all

on the wings of hope advancing, and proclaiming, "God is here!" Then life and

joy sprang reassured from every crouching hollow; every flower and bud and bird

had a fluttering sense of them, and all the flashing of God's gaze merged into

soft beneficence.

So, perhaps, shall break upon us that eternal morning, when crag and chasm shall

be no more, neither hill and valley, nor great unvintaged ocean; when glory

shall not scare happiness, neither happiness envy glory; but all things shall

arise, and shine in the light of the Father's countenance, because itself is

risen.

Notes:1. in the cold and warmth of it: 表示十月的清晨乍寒还暖2. wavering:

原指波动，摇摆，此处指高地连绵起伏的状态3. dew-fogs:濛濛的雾气4. steal away:溜走，悄悄地走5. in line and column:

丝丝缕缕6. brave lines:刚毅的棱角和线条，此指（群山的）雄姿7. one beyond other gliding: 指雾气散后，山峦相继出现8.

arose in folds: 指（树木）层层叠叠的出现9. stately with a depth of awe, and memory of the

tempests:指（树木）威武庄严、能引起狂风暴雨的 回忆10. their joy towards the sun was less to a

bridegroom than a father:(树木）对朝阳所怀有的喜悦，象是奉献给一位新郎的，更象是奉献给一位父辈11. leap over: 跳过12.

rich red rose:华丽的红玫瑰13. cloven hoof:偶蹄, 撒旦或的象征14. a fluttering sense of them:

此处的them代指life and joy15. countenance:面容

第二十八篇：To Be or Not to Be 生存还是毁灭

“To be or not to be”. Outside the Bible, these six words are the most famous in

all the literature of the world. They were spoken by Hamlet when he was thinking

aloud, and they are the most famous words in Shakespeare because Hamlet was

speaking not only for himself but also for every thinking man and woman. To be

or not to be, to live or not to live, to live richly and abundantly and eagerly,

or to live dully and meanly and scarcely. A philosopher once wanted to know

whether he was alive or not, which is a good question for everyone to put to

himself occasionally. He answered it by saying: "I think, therefore am."

But the best definition of existence ever saw did another philosopher who said:

"To be is to be in relations." If this true, then the more relations a living

thing has, the more it is alive. To live abundantly means simply to increase the

range and intensity of our relations. Unfortunately we are so constituted that

we get to love our routine. But apart from our regular occupation how much are

we alive? If you are interest-ed only

ly in your regular occupation, you are alive

only to that extent. So far as other things are concerned--poetry and prose,

music, pictures, sports, unselfish friendships, politics, international

affairs--you are dead.

Contrariwise, it is true that every time you acquire a new interest--even more,

a new accomplishment--you increase your power of life. No one who is deeply

interested in a large variety of subjects can remain un-happy, the real

pessimist is the person who has lost interest.

Bacon said that a man dies as often as he loses a friend. But we gain new life

by contacts, new friends. What is supremely true of living objects is only less

true of ideas, which are also alive. Where your thoughts are, there will your

live be also. If your thoughts are confined only to your business, only to your

physical welfare, only to the narrow circle of the town in which you live, then

you live in a narrow cir-conscribed life. But if you are interested in what is

going on in China, then you are living in China~ if you’re interested in the

characters of a good novel, then you are living with those highly interesting

people, if you listen intently to fine music, you are away from your immediate

surroundings and living in a world of passion and imagination.

To be or not to be--to live intensely and richly, merely to exist, that depends

on ourselves. Let widen and intensify our relations. While we live, let live!

六字名言

威廉·里昂·费尔浦斯

“是活还是不活。”如果把《圣经》除外，这六个字便是整个世界文学中最有名的六个字了。这六个字是哈姆雷特一次喃喃自语时说的，而这六个字也就成了莎士比亚作品中最有名的几个字了，因为这里哈姆雷特不仅道出了他自己的心声，同时也代表了一切有思想的男男女女。是活还是不活——是要生活还是不要生活，是要生活得丰满充实，兴致勃勃，还是只是活得枯燥委琐，贫乏无味。一位哲人一次曾想弄清他自己是否是在活着，这个问题我们每个人也大可不时地问问我们自己。这位哲学家对此的答案是：

“我思故我在。”

但是关于生存我所见过的一条最好的定义却是另一位哲学家下的：“生活即是联系。”如果这话不假的话，那么一个有生命者的联系越多，它也就越有生气。所谓要活得丰富充实也即是要扩大和加强我们的各种联系。不幸的是，我们往往会因为天性不够丰厚而容易陷入自己的陈规旧套。试问除去我们的日常工作，我们的真正生活又有多少?如果你只是对你的日常工作才有兴趣，那你的生趣也就很有限了。至于在其它事物方面一比如诗歌、散文、音乐、美术、体育、无私的友谊、政治与国际事务，等等——你只是死人一个。

但反过来说，每当你获得一种新的兴趣——甚至一项新的造诣——你

就增长了你的生活本领。一个能对许许多多事物都深感兴趣的人是不可能总不愉快的，真正的悲观者只能是那些丧失兴趣的人。

培根曾讲过，一个人失去朋友即是死亡。但是凭着交往，凭着新朋，我们就能获得再生。这条对于活人可谓千真万确的道理在一定程度上也完全适用于人的思想，它们也都是活的。你的思想所在，你的生命便也在那里。如果你的思想不出你的业务范围，不出你的物质利益，不出你所在城镇的狭隘圈子，那么你的一生便也只是多方受着局限的狭隘的一生。但是如果你对当前中国那里所发生的种种感到兴趣，那么你便可说也活在中国；如果你对一本佳妙小说中的人物感到兴趣，你便是活在一批极有趣的人们中间；如果你能全神贯注地听点好的音乐，你就会超脱出你的周围环境而活在一个充满激情与想象的神奇世界之中。

是活还是不活——活得热烈活得丰富，还是只是简单存在，这就全在我们自己。但愿我们都能不断阔展和增强我们的各种联系。只要一天我们活着，就要一天是在活着。

第二十九篇：Gettysburg Address 葛底斯堡演说

Gettysburg Address Delivered on the 19th Day of November, 1863 Cemetery Hill,

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Fourscore and seven years ago, our fathers brought

forth upon this continent a new Nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to

theproposition that all men are created equal. Now, we are engaged in a great

Civil War, testing whether that Nation, or any nation soconceived and so

dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We

have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting-place for those

who gave their lives that Nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper

that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot

consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who

struggled here, have consecrated it far above our power to add or detract. The

world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never

forget what they did here. It is for us, the living, rather to be dedicated to

the great task remaining before us; that from these honored dead, we take

increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of

devotion; that this Nation, under GOD, shall have a new birth of freedom; and

that government of the People by the People and for the People shall not perish

from the earth."

在葛底斯堡的演说 亚伯拉罕·林肯 1963年11月19日

87年前，我们的先辈们在这个上创立了一个新国家，它孕育于自由之中，奉行一切人生来平等的原则。现在我们正从事一场伟大的内战，以考验这个国家，或者任何一个孕育于自由和奉行上述原则的国家是否能

够长久存在下去。我们在这场战争中的一个伟大战场上集会。烈士们为使这个国家能够生存下去而献出了自己的生命，我们来到这里，是要把这个战场的一部分奉献给他们作为最后安息之所。我们这样做是完全应该而且是非常恰当的。但是，从更广泛的意义上来说，这块土地我们不能够奉献，不能够圣化，不能够神化。那些曾在这里战斗过的勇士们，活着的和去世的，已经把这块土地圣化了，这远不是我们微薄的力量所能增减的。我们今天在这里所说的话，全世界不大会注意，也不会长久地记住，但勇士们在这里所做过的事，全世界却永远不会忘记。毋宁说，倒是我们这些还活着的人，应该在这里把自己奉献于勇士们已经如此崇高地向前推进但尚未完成的事业。倒是我们应该在这里把自己奉献于仍然留在我们面前的伟大任务——我们要从这些光荣的死者身上汲取更多的献身精神，来完成他们已经完全彻底为之献身的事业；我们要在这里下定最大的决心，不让这些死者白白牺牲；我们要使国家在上帝福佑下得到自由的新生，要使这个民有、民治、民享的永世长存。

第三十篇：First Inaugural Address(Excerpts) 就职演讲（节选）

We observe today not a victory of party but a celebration of freedom.

Symbolizing an end, as well as a beginning, signify- ing renewal, as well as

change. For I have sworn betbre you,and almighty God, the same solemn oath our

forbears prescribed nearly a century and three quarters ago.

The worried is very different now for man holds in his mortal hands the power to

abolish all forms of human poverty, and all forms of human life. And yet, the

same revolutionary beliefs for which our forbears fought are still at issue

around the globe. The belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity

of the state, but from the hand of God.

We dare not forget today that we are the heirs of that first, revolution. Let

the word go forth, from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the

torch has been passed to a newgeneration of Americans, born in this century

tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient

heritage and unwilling to witness, or permit, the slow undoing of those human

rights to which this nation has always been committed, and to which. we are

committed today at home and around the world.

Let every nation know whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any

price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe,

to assure the survival andsuccess of liberty

This much we pledge and more.

To those old allies, whose cultural and spiritual origins we share, we pledge

the loyalty of faithful friends. United there is little we cannot do, in a host

of cooperative ventures. Dividedthere is lit

tle we can do. For we dare not meet

a powerful challenge at odds and split us asunder.

To those new states whom we welcome to the ranks of the free, we pledge our

words that one form of colonial control shall not have passed away merely to be

replaced by a far more iron tyranny We sha1l not always expect to tind them

supporting our view, but we shall always hope to find them strongly supporting

their own freedom, and to remember that in the past, those who foolishly sought

power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside.

To those people in the huts and villages of half the globe, struggling to break

the bonds of mass misery, we pledge our best efforts to help them help

themselves, for whatever period is required, not because the Communists may be

doing it, not because we seek their votes, but because it is right. If a free

society cannot help the many who are poor, it 's cannot save the few who are

rich.

To our sister republics south of our border, we offer a special pledge, to

convert our good words into, good deeds, in a new alliance for progress to

assist, free men and free governments in casting off the chains of poverty But

this peaceful revolution of hope cannot become the prey of hostile power s. Let

al our neighbors know that we shall join with them to oppose aggression or

subversion anywhere ill the Americas. And let every other power know that this

hemisphere intends to remain the master of its own house.

To that world assembly of sovereign states, the United Nations, our last and

best hope in an age age where the instruments of war have far outpaced the

instruments of peace, we renew our pledge of support to prevent it from becoming

merely a form for invective, to strengthen its shield of the new and the weak,

and to enlarge the area in which it's written and run.

Finally to those nations who would make themselves our adversary we offer not a

pledge, but a request, that both sides begin a new quest for peace, before the

dark powers of destruction unleashed by science engulf all humanity in planned

or accidental self destruction.

We dare not tempt them with weakness, for only when our arms are sufficient

beyond doubt, can we be certain beyond doubt, that they will never be employed.

But neither can two great and powerful groups of nation take comfort from our

present course, both sides over-burdened by the cost of modern weapons, both

rightly alarmed by the steady spread of the deadly atom, and yet both racing to

alter that uncertain balance of terror that stays the hand of mankind's final

war.

So let us begin aneW remembering on both sides that stability is not a sign of

weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof Let us never negotiate out of

fear, but let us never fear to negotiate.

Let both sides explore what problems unite us, instead of belaboring those

problems which divide us.

Let both sides, for the first time, formulate serious and precise p

roposals, for

the inspection and control of arms, and bring the absolute power to destroy

other nations under the absolute control of all nations.

Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors.

Together, let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap

the ocean depths, and encouragethe arts and commerce.

Let both sides unite to heed, in all corners of the earth, the command of

Isaiah, to rsndo the herrny brrrdens rrnd let the oppressed go hee.

And, if a beachhead of cooperation may push back the jungle of suspicion, let

both sides join in creating a new endeavor not a new balance of powen but a new

world of law, whel-e thestrong are just, and the weak secured, and the peace

preserved. All this will not be finished in the first one hundrcd days, nor will

it be finished in the first one thousand days, nor in the life of this

administration, nor even perhaps in our lifietime on this planet. But let us

begin.

In your hands, my fellow citizens, more than mine, will rest the final success

or failure of our cause. Since this country was founded, each generation of

Americans has been summoned togive testimony to its national loyalty The graves

of young Americans, who answered the caI1 to service, surround the globe.

Now the trumpet summons us again, not as a cal1 to bear arms, though arms we

need, not as a call to battle, though in battle we are, but a call to bear the

burden of a long, twilightstruggle, year in and year out, rejoicing in hope,

patient in tribulation, a struggle against the common enemies of man: tyranny

poverty disease, and war itself

Can we forge against these enemies, a grand and global alliance, north and

south, east and west, that can assure a more fruitful life for all mankind? Will

you join in that historiceffort?

In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the

role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from

this responsibility Iwelcome it. I do not believe that any of us would exchange

places with any other people, or any other generation. The energy the faith, the

devotion, which we bring to this endeavor,will light our country and all who

serve it, and the glow from that fire can truly light the world.

And so my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what

you can do for your country My fellow citizens of the world, ask not what

America will do for you, but what together we can do lbr the iieedom of men.

Finally whether you are citizens of A1nerica, or citizens of the world, ask of

us here, the same high standards of strength and sacrifice which we ask of you.

Wth a good conscience ouronly sure reward, with history the final judge of our

deeds, let us go forth to lead the Iand we love, asking His blessing and His

help, but knowing that here on earth, God's work must truly be our own.

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