英語美文8篇帶翻譯

1、-第一篇我們正在起跑點(diǎn)Were Just BeginningCharles F Kettering“We are reading the first verse of the first chapter of a book whose pages are infiniteI do not know who wrote these words, but I have always liked them as a reminder that the future can be anything we want to make it. We can take the mysterious, hazy

2、 future and carve out of it anything that we can imagine, just as a sculptor carves a statue from a shapeless stone.We are all in the position of the farmer. If we plant a good seed, we reap a good harvest. If our seed is poor and full of weeds, we reap a useless crop. If we plant nothing at all, we

3、 harvest nothing at all.I want the future to be better than the past. I dont want itcontaminated by the mistakes and errors with which history is filled. We should all be concerned about the future because that is where we will spend the remainder of out lives.The past is gone and static. Nothing we

4、 can do will change it. The future is before us and dynamic. Everything we do will affect it. Each day brings with it new frontiers, in our homes and in our businesses, if we will only recognize them. We are just at the beginning of the progress in every field of human endeavor .“我們正在閱讀一本頁數(shù)無限的書的第一章的

5、第一節(jié)。我不知道這段文字是誰寫的，我一直很喜歡這段文字并用它們來提醒自己，那就是未來操之在我。我們可以掌握神秘而不可知的未來，從中創(chuàng)出我們所能想象的任何東西，一如雕刻家可以將未成型的石頭刻出雕像一樣。我們每個人都是農(nóng)夫。我們假設(shè)種下好種子，就會有豐收。倘假設(shè)種子長的不良且長滿雜草，我們就會徒勞無獲。如果我們什么也不種，就根本不會有什么收獲。我希望未來會比過去更好。我不希望未來會被那些充滿在歷史中的錯誤所污染。我們應(yīng)關(guān)心未來，因?yàn)橥蟮挠嗌家谖磥碇卸冗^。往昔已一去不復(fù)返而且是靜止的。任憑我們怎么努力都不能改變過去。未來就在我們眼前而且是動態(tài)的。我們的所作所為都會影響未來。只要我們體會的出來，

6、每天都可以發(fā)現(xiàn)新的知識領(lǐng)域伴隨而生，可能是在家里，也可能是在我們的事業(yè)中。我們正處在人類所努力鉆研的每個領(lǐng)域中進(jìn)步的起點(diǎn)。mysterious mi'stirisadj. 神秘的；難解的· adj. 神秘的；不可思議的；難解的magic , fantasticcarve k:vvt. 雕刻；切開sculptor sklptn. 雕刻家statue 'stætju:n. 雕像，塑像contaminate kn'tæmi,neitvt. 污染，弄臟error 'ern. 誤差；錯誤remainder ri'meindn.剩余,剩

7、余物static 'stætikadj. 靜態(tài)的；靜電的dynamic dai'næmik adj. 動態(tài)的；有活力的frontier 'frntjn. 前沿；邊界；國境endeavor in'devn. 努力；盡力第二篇 快樂的鑰匙A Key to HappinessTo help others, you dont have to be an efficient e*pert in the art; the main thing is the intention.You may be crudeand clumsy, wasteful an

8、dineffective, but if you sincerely try to help, yourattempt produces nothing but good. The one you are trying to help knows your intention and isstrengthened and encouraged by the magic of your sharing. In nearly every case, your simple desireto help, converted into action, produce the good sought.

9、But perhaps the greatest good is the good that you yourself get out of the attempt. Service to others delivers more joy to you than the joy you deliver to them. In doing good, you free yourself from the terrible burden of self; you escape from yourself into a clean world of joy and light. The good y

10、ou simply try to do, regardless of the oute, is always a success inside yourself.Unselfish giving is your most efficient formula for happiness, for you have embracedeternity instead of self; you have felt life, and you are now the world bigger than you were before you began the project.想去幫助旁人，你不必是這值

11、種藝術(shù)的能干的專家，主要的是你有沒有一顆助人的心。你也許是粗陋而笨拙的，徒勞又沒有成就，但是如果你真誠地想幫助旁人，你的嘗試必然產(chǎn)生善果。你所打算幫助的人曉得了你的意向，會因你公擔(dān)困苦的魔力而堅(jiān)強(qiáng)振作起來。差不多每一次，你的單純的助人愿望，在化為行動之后，都會產(chǎn)生所尋的善果。但是最大的善果，也許還是你自己從這項(xiàng)嘗試中所獲得的益處。在幫助旁人的時候，你本身所獲得的快樂要比你帶給那些人的快樂為多。在行善之中，你便擺脫了以自我為本位的可怕重?fù)?dān)，而進(jìn)入一個快樂和光明的清新世界。只要你去試行為善，不管其結(jié)果如何，再你的心中都永遠(yuǎn)會是一項(xiàng)成功。無私的給與是獲得快樂的最有效率的方法。因?yàn)槿绻軌蜃龅竭@一點(diǎn)，

12、你所擁抱的已經(jīng)不是自我，而是永恒；你已經(jīng)感覺到生命的存在，而現(xiàn)在的妳的世界也比你開場行善之前還要開闊。efficient i'fintadj. 有效率的；有能力的intention in'tennn.意向；目的；打算crude kru:dadj. 粗糙的；天然的，未加工的；粗魯?shù)腸lumsy 'klmziadj. 笨拙的ineffective ,ini'fektivadj. 無效的，不起作用的sincere sin'siadj. 真誠的；誠摯的attempt 'temptn/ vt. 企圖，試圖strengthen 'stren, 

13、9;streknvt. 加強(qiáng)；穩(wěn)固desire di'zain. 欲望；要求/ vt. 想要convert kn'v:tvt/vi. 使轉(zhuǎn)變；轉(zhuǎn)換sought s:tv. 尋找seek的過去式和過去分詞formula 'f:mjuln. 數(shù) 公式，準(zhǔn)則；配方embrace im'breisvt. 擁抱；信奉，皈依；包含eternity i't:ntin. 來世；不朽第三篇 勞動之樂The Joy of LaborWise men of ancient times and successful men of today have told us that

14、labor is sweet. Its reward is not material gain but what one bees by it. Work does much more for us than just giving us a living; it gives us our life and the reason for living. The real joys of life e from doing something and doing it well.All of us hope for success, but it is illusive and hard to

15、keep. It nearly always slips away from one like sand through the fingers, like water through a leakypail, unless it is held tight by hard work, day by day, night by night, year in year out. Everyone who fears failure should work harder and harder with a faithful heart as long as he lasts.古時的賢達(dá)和今天的成功

16、者都告訴我們勞動是甜美的。勞動的報(bào)酬不是物質(zhì)的獲得而是人們籍由勞動所到達(dá)的成就。工作所給與我們的豈止是混口飯吃；它賦予我們生命以及活下去的理由。人生真正的樂趣就是把所做的事做好。    我們都希望成功，但成功卻是虛幻且難以維持的。除非你能日日夜夜、年復(fù)一年地努力緊守成功，否則它幾乎總會從你身邊溜走，就如沙粒從指尖滑落，或像水從漏桶流失一樣。凡事害怕失敗的人應(yīng)該在有生之年，一心一意地更加努力發(fā)奮才是。labor 'leibn. 勞動；工作the Labour's Day/ Labor Day/ May Day勞動節(jié)illusive i

17、9;lju:sivadj. 錯覺的；幻影的；迷惑人的slip slipvi. 滑動；滑倒; 閃開leaky 'li:kiadj. 漏的；有漏洞的pail peiln. 桶，水桶第四篇：青春YouthYouth is not just a stage of life; it is a state of mind. It is not a matter ofrosycheeks, red lips and suppleknees; it is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, vigor of the emotions,

18、 it is the freshness of the deep spring of life.Youth means the predominance of courage overtimidity, of adventure over the love of ease. This often e*ists in a man of si*ty more than in a boy of twenty. Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals.Years m

19、ay wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, doubt, self-distrust, fear and despairthese bow the head and turn the growing spirit back to dust.Whether si*ty or si*teen, there is in every human beings heart the love of wonder, the sweet amazement of the stars and the star-

20、like things, the undauntedchallenge of events, the unfailingchildlike appetite for what-ne*t and the joy of the game of living.You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt, as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear, as young as your hope, as old asyour despair.青春不只是人生的一個階段；它是是一種心

21、境。它不是指紅潤的臉頰，紅色的嘴唇和柔軟彎曲的膝蓋；而是指意志力、豐富的想象力、充分的感情。它是生命深泉之清新。青春意味著勇氣勝過害怕，冒險(xiǎn)犯難勝過貪圖安逸。60歲的人往往要比20歲的小伙子更持有這種精神。沒有人只因活了假設(shè)干年而變老。我們變老是因我們拋棄了自己的理想。歲月可使皮膚產(chǎn)生皺紋，但是放棄了熱誠則會消蝕靈魂。憂慮、疑心、缺乏自信、恐懼和絕望-這些都會讓我們垂頭喪氣而且使成長的精神化為烏有。每個人不管是60還是16，心中都有一股好奇心，對星星及星狀的東西會產(chǎn)生一種驚喜之情，不畏懼任何挑戰(zhàn)，對未知的事物有著孩子般用不冷卻的熱望，以及游戲人生的喜悅之情。你有信心，自信和希望時，就是年輕；而

22、你假設(shè)疑心、恐rosy 'ruziadj. 薔薇色的，玫瑰紅色的cheek ti:kn. 面頰，臉頰lip lipn. 嘴唇supple 'spladj. 柔軟的；靈活的knee ni:n. 膝蓋，膝vigor 'vin. 生物 活力，精力predominance pri'dminnsn. 優(yōu)勢；卓越timidity /ti'midti/n. 害怕，羞怯ease i:zvt. 減輕，緩和/ n. 輕松，舒適n. 害怕，膽??；羞怯cowardliness , timorousness n. 優(yōu)勢；卓越desert 'deztvt. 遺棄；放棄/n.

23、 沙漠superiority , advantage , edge , dominancewrinkle 'rikln. 皺紋/vi. 起皺enthusiasm in'ju:ziæzmn. 熱心，熱情despair di'spn. 絕望；令人絕望的人或事bow bun/ vi. 弓；鞠躬；wonder 'wndn. 驚奇；奇跡/ vi. 疑心；想知道undaunted ,n'd:ntidadj. 勇敢的，無畏的unfailing ,n'feiliadj. 經(jīng)久不衰的；無窮盡的appetite 'æpitaitn. 食欲

24、；嗜好第五篇 為別人而活For the sake of other menStrange is our situation here upon earth. Each of us es for a short visit, not knowing why,yet sometimes seeming to divinea purpose.From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know: that man is here for the sake of other menabove all for

25、those upon whose smile and well-being our own happiness depends, and also for the countless unknown souls with whose fate we are connected by a bond of sympathy. Many times a day I realize how much my own outer and inner life is built upon the labors of my fellow men, both living and dead, and how e

26、arnestly I must e*ert myself in order to give in return as much as I have received. My peace of mind is often troubled by thedepressingsense that I have borrowed too heavily from the work of other men.To ponderinterminably over the reason for ones own e*istence or the meaning of life in general seem

27、s to me, from an objective point of view, to be sheerfolly. And yet everyone holds certain ideals by which he guides hisaspiration and his judgment. Theideals which have always shone before me and filled me with the joy of living are goodness, beauty, and truth. To make a goal of fort and happiness

28、has never appealed to me; a system of ethics built on this basis would besufficient only for aherdof cattle.我們在這個世界上的處境是奇妙的。每個人都是來做一次短暫的，不知道是為了什么，不過有時似乎也會覺察到有*種目的。 但是從平日的生活來看，有一件事情我們是很清楚的：我們是為別人而活-尤其是為了那些我們的快樂與否取決于他們的微笑及幸福的人而活。同時，我們也為無數(shù)不知名的人而活，他們的命運(yùn)借由同胞之情的維系與我們結(jié)合在一起。每天，很屢次，我都會意識到我的肉體生活和精神生活很大程度上是建立在

29、那些活著的和死去的人們的工作之上的，意識到我必須誠摯地、竭盡全力地努力去回報(bào)我所得到的東西。我經(jīng)常心緒不寧，感覺自己從別人的工作里承襲了太多，這種感覺讓我惴惴不安。 總體上在我看來，從客觀的角度，沒完沒了地思考自己為什么會存在，或者是生命有什么意義，是非常愚蠢的行為。不過，每個人都有一些理想，來指引著自己的抱負(fù)和區(qū)分是非。始終在我面前閃耀著光芒，并且讓我充滿生活樂趣的理想是善、美和真理。對我來說，以舒適和享樂為目標(biāo)的生活從來沒有吸引力。以這些目標(biāo)為根底建立起來的一套倫理觀點(diǎn)只能滿足一群牲畜的需要。divine di'vainadj. 神圣的；非凡的countless 'kaun

30、tlisadj. 無數(shù)的；數(shù)不盡的soul suln. 靈魂；心靈appeal 'pi:lvi. 有吸引力,呼吁，上訴bond bndn. 債券；結(jié)合/ vi. 結(jié)合，團(tuán)結(jié)ethics 'eiksn. 倫理學(xué)；道德標(biāo)準(zhǔn)sympathy 'simpin. 同情；慰問sufficient s'fintadj. 足夠的；充分的earnest ':nistadj. 認(rèn)真的，熱心的herd h:dn. 獸群，畜群depressing di'presiadj. 壓抑的；使人沮喪的ponder 'pndvt. 仔細(xì)考慮；衡量ideal ai'd

31、iladj. 理想的；完美的/ n. 理想；典interminably in't:minbliadv. 無限地；漫無止境地e*istence i'zistnsn. 存在，存在物；生存objective b'dektiv adj. 客觀的；目標(biāo)的/ n. 目的；目標(biāo)sheer iadj. 絕對的shone un, nvi. 發(fā)光shine的過去式及過去分詞aspiration ,æsp'reinn. 渴望；抱負(fù)sufficient condition 充分條件sufficient for oneself 不靠他人，不受他人影響 necessary and

32、 sufficient condition 充要條件；必要且充分的條件sufficient for 足夠的；充分的sufficient and necessary condition 充要條件；充分必要條件sufficient quantity 足夠的數(shù)量；適宜量more than sufficient 綽綽有余sufficient cause 充分理由；充足原因self sufficient 自給自足的；極為自負(fù)的第六篇 相信別人Have Faith in OthersBelief is a happier state of mind than doubt and suspicion. By

33、 this I live, for if I dont have faith in others, who will believe in me? I would rather believe in a thousand people, friends and strangers, and have 999 fail me than not believe. If many fail me, I remember how many I failed.This is not to say that the blind belief of sentimentality, the so-called

34、 “tolerance of the dishonest and vicious, is sensible or rewarding.There are some dark corners which do not react to sweetness and light. Belief in people should be acplished with open eyes and clarity of judgment. But when your judgment proves bad rather than good, its no reason to walk thereafter

35、with suspicion as a panion.None knows anothers heart, his grief, his struggle, his despair and motivation. Not all our geese beeswans, but one swan atones for many flocks of geese. All men share pain and mortality; some bear these better than others, and multitudes have perished spiritually for the

36、lack of anothers belief in them.So, I would rather be disappointed than afraid of disappointment. 相信乃是一種比疑心與猜忌更快樂的心態(tài)。我就是本著這個信念做人處事，因?yàn)槲壹僭O(shè)不信任他人，誰又會信任我呢.我寧可信任一千個人，不管是朋友還是陌生人，且我寧可有999個人辜負(fù)我，我也不愿對人不信任。如果眾人辜負(fù)我，我會記得自己曾辜負(fù)了多少人。這并非是說，感情用事的盲目相信是理性而又值得做的，這種感情用事的盲目相信就是對不老實(shí)及邪惡的人所謂的“容忍?？傆幸恍┖诎档慕锹?，在這里任憑你怎么和藹講理都是不起作用的

37、。相信別人應(yīng)該要擦亮雙眼并有明確的判斷力。但你的判斷假設(shè)證明是錯的而非對的，那也沒有理由就此便一直心存疑心。別人有什么樣的心地、所悲為何、為什么奮斗、為何絕望、有什么動機(jī)，這些都是我們無法了解的。我們周圍的蕓蕓眾生并非個個都能成大器，但這些蕓蕓眾生中只要有一個成大器就夠了。所有的人都會遭遇痛苦與死亡，只不過有些人更善于承受罷了。而許多人因?yàn)闊o法獲得別人的信任而在精神上形同死亡。因此，我寧可因他人負(fù)我而失望也不愿害怕失望而不信任他人。suspicion s'spinn. 疑心；嫌疑/ vt. 疑心sentimentality ,sentimen'tælitin. 多愁善

38、感tolerance 'tlrnsn.寬容；容忍vicious 'visadj.惡意的；墮落的；rewarding ri'w:diadj. 有益的，值得的；有報(bào)酬的acplish 'kmplivt. 完成；實(shí)現(xiàn)clarity 'klærtin. 清楚，明晰panion km'pænjnn. 同伴；朋友motivation ,muti'veinn. 動機(jī)；積極性geese i:sn. 鵝goose復(fù)數(shù)swan swn, sw:nn. 天鵝flock flkn. 群 (多用于禽類)mortality m:'t

39、30;ltin. 死亡數(shù)，死亡率multitude 'mlti,tju:dn. 群眾；多數(shù)perish 'perivi. 死亡；消滅spiritually 'spirituliadv. 在精神上地第七篇人生之旅We Are on a JourneyWherever you are and whoever you may be, there is one thing in which you and I are just alike at this moment, and in all the moments of our e*istence; we are notat

40、rest;we are on a journey.Our life is a movement, a tendency, a steady, ceaseless progress, towards an unseen goal. We are gaining something or losing something every day. Even when our position and our character seem to remain precisely the same, they are changing, for the mere advance of time is a

41、change. It is not the same thing to have abare field in January and in July; the season makes the difference. The limitations that are childlike in the child are childish in the man. Every thing that we do is a step in one direction or another. Even the failure to do something isin itselfa deed. It

42、sets us forward or backward. The action of the negativepull of a magnetieedle is just as real as the action of the positive pull. To decline is to accept the other alternative. Are you nearer to your port today than you were yesterday? Yes, you must be a little nearer to some port or other, for sinc

43、e your ship was launched upon the sea of life you have never been still for a single moment-The sea is too deep. You could not find an anchorage if you would;there can be no pause until you e into port.無論你身在何處，也無論你是何人，此時此刻，有一件事于你我而言都是一樣的，而且只要我們活著，這個共同點(diǎn)就存在。那就是,我們并非停留不前，而是人在旅途。我們的生命是一種運(yùn)動，一種趨勢，是向一個看不見的

44、目標(biāo)無休止地奮進(jìn)。每天，我們都有所得，也有所失。即便我們的位置和角色看似與原來無異，但實(shí)際上也是時時變化的。因?yàn)闀r間的推移本身就是一種變化。對于同一片荒地來說，在一月和七月是截然不同的，季節(jié)造成了這種差異。能力的局限在孩子身上被視為天真爛漫，而在大人身上則是幼稚的的表現(xiàn)。我們所做的每件事情都是朝著*個方向邁進(jìn)了一步。即使是失敗本身，也是有所得的，失敗可以催人奮進(jìn)，也可以讓人一蹶不振。磁針負(fù)極的作用與正極的作用都是一樣真實(shí)的。拒絕也是一種承受，只不過是另一種選擇罷了。你今天比昨天更接近你的港口了么.是的，你肯定離*個港口更近了。因?yàn)樽詮哪愕暮酱瑥纳暮Ｑ笊蠁⒑降哪且豢涕_場，你沒有哪一刻是靜止的

45、。大海如此深邃，即便你想停泊，也找不到地方；只有當(dāng)你駛?cè)胱约旱母劭?，你才能停頓下來。e*istence i'zistnsn. 存在，生存，存在物port p:t, putn. 港口，口岸tendency 'tendnsin. 傾向，趨勢launch l:nt, l:ntvt. 使下水;發(fā)射；發(fā)起ceaseless 'si:slisadj. 不斷的；不停的anchorage 'ækridn. 錨地；下錨mere miadj. 僅僅的；只不過的pause p:zn. 暫停；間歇bare badj. 空的；赤裸的，無遮蔽的limitation ,limi&#

46、39;teinn. 限制；限度；極限direction di'rekn n. 方向；指導(dǎo)backward 'bækwdadv. 向后地；相反地negative 'netivadj. 數(shù) 負(fù)的；消極的；否認(rèn)的pull pulvt. 拉；拔；拖/ n. 拉；拉力magnetic mæ'netikadj. 地磁的；有磁性的decline di'klainvi. 下降；衰落；絕alternative :l't:ntivn. 二中擇一；供替代的選擇/ adj. 供選擇的；選擇性的第八篇 肯尼迪總統(tǒng)就職演說摘錄An E*cerpt of

47、John Kennedys Inaugural AddressLet 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 and success of liberty. To those old allies whose cultural and spiritualorigins we share

48、, we pledge the loyalty of faithful friends. United, there is little we cannot do in a host of cooperativeventures. Divided, there is little we can do, for we dare not meet a powerful challenge at odds and splitasunder. To those new states whom we wele to the ranks of the free, we pledge our word that one form of colonial control shall not have passed away merely to be replaced by a far more irontyranny. We shall not always e*pect to find them supporting our vi