篇一：中英双语美文集锦
双语美文集锦
Passage 1 Learn to Live at the Present Moment
To a large degree, the measure of our peace of mind is
determined by how much we are able to live at the present
moment. Irrespective of what happened yesterday or last year,
and what may or may not happen tomorrow, the present
moment is where you are—always.
Without question, many of us have mastered the neurotic
art of spending much of our lives worrying about a variety of things—all at once. We allow past problems and future concerns dominate our present moments, so much so that we end up anxious, frustrated, depressed and hopeless. On the flip side, we also postpone our gratification, our stated priorities, and our happiness, often convincing that “someday” will be much better than today. Unfortunately, the same mental dynamics that tell us to look toward the future will only repeat themselves so that “someday” never actually arrives. John Lennon once said, “Life is what is happening while we are busy making other plans.” When we are busy making ?other plans?, our children are busy growing up, the people we love are moving away and dying, our bodies are getting out of shape, and our dreams are slipping away. In short, we miss out on life.
Many people live as if life is a dress rehearsal for some later date. It isn?t. In fact, no one has a guarantee that he or she will be here tomorrow. Now is the only time we have, and the only time that we have any control over. When we put our attention on
the present moment, we push fear from our minds. Fear is the concern over events
that might happen in the future—we won?t have enough money, our children will get into trouble, we will get old and die, whatever.
学会活在此刻
我们内心是否平和在很大程度上是由我们是否能生活在此刻所决定的。不管昨天或去年发生了什么，不管明天可能发生或不发生什么，现实才是你时时刻刻所在之处。
毫无疑问，我们很多人掌握了一种神经兮兮的艺术，即把生活中的大部分时间花在为种种事情担心忧虑上——而且常常是同时忧虑许多事情。我们听凭过去的麻烦和未来的担心控制我们此时此刻的生活，以致我们整日焦虑不安，萎靡不振，甚至沮丧绝望。而另一方面我们又推迟我们的满足感，推迟我们应优先考虑的事情，推迟我们的幸福感，常常说服自己“有朝一日”会比今天更好。不幸的是，如此告诫我们朝前看的大脑动力只能重复来重复去，以致“有朝一日”不会真的来临。约翰·列侬曾经说过：“生活就是当我们忙于制订别的计划时发生的事。” 当我们忙于制订种种 “别的计划” 时，我们的孩子在忙于长大，我们挚爱的人离去了甚至快去世了，我们的体型变样了，而我们的梦想也在消然溜走。一句话，我们错过了生活。
许多人的生活好像是某个未来日子的彩排。并非如此。事实上，没人能保证他或她明天肯定还活着。现在是我们所拥有的唯一时间，现在也是我们能控制的唯一的时间。当我们将注意力放在此时此刻时，我们就将恐惧置于脑后。恐惧就是我们担忧某些事情会在未来发生——我们不会有足够的钱，我们的孩子会惹上麻烦，我们会变老，会死去，诸如此类。
Passage 2 What will matter?
Ready or not, some day it will all come to an end. There
will be no more suises, no days, no hours or minutes. All the
things you collected, whether treasured or forgotten, will pass
to someone else.
Your wealth, fame and temporal power will shrivel to
irrelevance. It will not matter what you owned or what you were owed.
Your grudges, resentments, frustrations, and jealousies will finally disappear.
So, too, your hopes, ambitions, plans, and to-do lists will all expire. The wins and losses that once seemed so important will fade away.
It won?t matter where you came from, or on what side of the tracks you lived.
It won?t matter whether you were beautiful or brilliant. Your gender, skin color, ethnicity will be irrelevant.
So what will matter? How will the value of your days be measured?
What will matter is not what you bought, but what you built; not what you got, but what you gave.
What will matter is not your success, but your significance.
What will matter is not what you learned, but what you taught.
What will matter is every act of integrity, compassion, courage and sacrifice that eiched, empowered or encouraged others to emulate your example.
What will matter is not your competence, but your character.
What will matter is not how many people you knew, but how many will feel a lasting loss when you?re
gone.
What will matter is not your memories, but the memories of those who loved you. What will matter is how long you will be remembered, by whom and for what. Living a life that matters doesn? t happen by accident.
It?s not a matter of circumstance but of choice.
Choose to live a life that matters.
什么才重要？
无论你是否准备好，总有一天它都会走到尽头。 那里没有日出，没有白天，没有小时和分钟。 你收集的所有东西，不管你珍惜或已忘记，它们都将流入他人手中。
不管是你已得到的或是别人欠你的，你的财富、名誉和权势都会变成和你毫不相干的东西。
你的怨恨、愤慨、沮丧和妒忌最终也将消失。
同样，你的希望、抱负、计划以及行动日程表也将全部结束。当初看得比较重的成功和失败也会消失。
你来自何方，住在穷人区还是富人区也都不重要了。
你昔日的漂亮与辉煌也都不重要了，你的性别、肤色、种族地位也将变得无关紧要。
因此，什么重要呢？ 怎么衡量你有生之年的价值呢？
重要的不是你买了什么，而是你创造了什么；不是你得到了什么，而是你给予了什么。
重要的不是你成功了，而是你生命的意义。
重要的不是你学到了什么，而是你传授了什么。
重要的是每个行动之中都充满正直、怜悯、勇气以及奉献精神，并且鼓励他
人效仿榜样。
重要的不是你的能力，而是你的性格。
重要的不是你认识多少人，而是在你离开后，多少人会认为是个永远的损失。 重要的不是你想念谁，而是爱你的人想念你。
重要的是别人会记着你多长时间，谁记着你，为什么记着你。
过一种有意义的生活不是一件偶然的事情。
那不是环境的问题，而是选择的问题。
选择有意义的人生吧！
Passage 3 The expectation of grandfather
We made every effort to assure a better life for our kids but
our attempt proved to be an abortion. For my grandchildren,
would know better.
I hope you follow your priest?s suggestion to read the Bible in your spare time, though you have no religious belief.
I hope you consult with the veterans (stagers) frequently.
When you disagree others, you should not only dare to argue, but also be patient to hear your opponents? arguments and remember that weapon can?t be the terminal solution,
I hope you learn to drive a crane or mend the semiconductor radio. A craft will ensure that you won?t be starved forever.
I hope you know there is not only applause, medals and crowns , but also failure, defeat and dilemma in the world; there are not only peace, equality and cooperation
but also controversy collision and contradiction , or even traps , cruelty and deception
篇二：励志英语文章10篇
1.失败的意义
Failure doesn't mean you are a failure,失败并不代表你是个失败者 It does mean you haven't succeeded yet.它只表明你尚未成功
Failure doesn't mean you have accomplished nothing, 失败并不代表你一无所获 It does mean you have learned something.它只表明你吸取了一次教训 Failure doesn't mean you have been a fool, 失败并不代表你很愚蠢 It does mean you had a lot of faith.它只表明你信心百倍
Failure doesn't mean you've been disgraced, 失败并不代表你无脸见人 It does mean you were willing to try.它只表明你百折不回
Failure doesn't mean you don't have it, 失败并不代表白费功夫
It does mean you have to do something in a different way.它只表明你的方法仍待改进 Failure doesn't mean you are inferior, 失败并不代表你低人一等 It does mean you are not perfect.它只表明你也并非完人
Failure doesn't mean you've wasted your life, 失败并不代表你浪费了生命 It does mean you have a reason to start afresh.它只表明你有理由重新开始 Failure doesn't mean you should give up, 失败并不代表你应该放弃 It does mean you must try harder.它只表明你要加倍努力
Failure doesn't mean you'll never make it, 失败并不代表成功永远不属于你 It does mean it will take a little longer.它只表明你可能需要付出更多的时间 Failure doesn't mean God has abandoned you, 失败并不代表上帝已经将你抛弃 It does mean God has a better idea.它只表明上帝还有更好的主意
2.走自己的路
Don't listen to those who say,别听那些人的话 It's not done that way.这是不能那么做
Maybe it's not, but maybe you will.也许是不能那么做，可是也许你就会那么做
Don't listen to those who say, 别听那些人的话
You're taking too big a chance.你这个险冒得太大了
Michelangelo would have painted the Sistine Floor,米开朗其罗可能在西斯廷教堂里的地板上做过画
and it would surely be rubbed out by today.到今天肯定已经被抹掉了
Most importantly, don't listen ，When the little voice of fear
inside of you rear its ugly head and says, they’re all smarter than you out there. They’re more talented, They're taller, blonder, prettier, luckier and have connections…
最重要的是当你心中恐惧的声音抬起她丑陋的头说：那边那些人都比你聪明，他们更有才华，他们更高大，皮肤更白皙，他们更漂亮更幸运，而且认识各种各样的人。
I firmly believe that if you follow a path that interests you, not to the exclusion of love, sensitivity, and cooperation with others, But with the strength of conviction，That you can move others by your own efforts, 你千万别理会，我坚信，只要选择一条你感兴趣的路，不排除爱情，敏锐以及与别人的合作，而且坚定的认为通过你自身的努力就能感动他人
And do not make success or failure the criteria by which you live,不把成功或者失败作为你生活的标准
The chances are you'll be a person worthy of your own respect.那么你就可能成为值得自己敬佩的人
3.信念
Faith is the eternal elixir which gives life, power, and action to the impulse of thought?
Faith is the starting point of all accumulation of riches! Faith is the basis of all miracles,
And all mysteries which cannot be analyzed by the rules of science!
Faith is the only known antidote for failure! Faith is the element, the chemical which,
When mixed with prayer, gives one direct communication with Infinite Intelligence.
Faith is the element which transforms the ordinary vibration of thought, created by the finite mind of man, into the spiritual equivalent.
Faith is the only agency through which the cosmic force of Infinite
Intelligence can be harnessed and used by man.
Jump on the ride of life And live a new adventure With perseverance And an open mind.
4. 论变化
Change is the only absolute In the world,
The only thing that you can depend on . Nothing stays the same. Tomorrow will come, Bringing with it
New beginnings and sometimes Unexpected endings .
You can hold on to the past And get left in the dust; Or, you can choose to
5.硕果与玫瑰
The man who wants a garden fair,
Or small or very big,
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With flowers growing here and there,
Must bend his back and dig.
The things are mighty few on earth, That wishes can attain,
6.时间的价值
Whatever we want of any worth, We've got to work to gained
It matters not what goal you seek, Its secret here reposes:
You've got to dig from week to week, To get results or roses.
凯瑟琳.桑
To realize the value of one year:要想知道一年的价值
Ask a student who has failed a final exam.就去问期末考试不及格的同学
To realize the value of one month: 要想知道一个月的价值 Ask a mother who has given birth to a premature baby. 就去问生那早产儿的母亲
To realize the value of one week: 要想知道一周的价值 Ask an editor of a weekly newspaper. 就去问问周报的编辑 To realize the value of one hour: 要想知道一小时的价值 Ask the lovers who are waiting to meet. 就去问等待相会的恋人
To realize the value of one minute: 要想知道一分钟的价值
Ask a person who has missed the train, bus or plane. 那就去问问误了火车汽车或飞机的人
To realize the value of one second: 要想知道一秒的价值 Ask a person who has survived an accident. 就去问大难不死的人
To realize the value of one millisecond: 要想知道一毫秒的价值
Ask the person who has won a silver medal in the Olympics. 就去问问奥运会获得银牌的人 Time waits for no one.时间不等人
Treasure every moment you have.你拥有的每一分每一秒都要珍惜
7.今天是崭新的一天
Your tomorrows are as bright As you want to make them. There is no reason to carry The darkness of the past With you into today
Today is a wonderful new experience'a3'ac Full of every possibility to make
Your life exactly what you want it to be Today is the beginning of new happiness, New directions and new relationships
Today is the day to remind yourself That you posses the power And strength you need
To bring contentment, love and joy into your life Today is the day to understand you And to give yourself the love And the patience that you need Today is the day to move forward Towards your bright tomorrow
8.梦想
Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die
Life is a broken winged bird That cannot fly.
9.一条没有走过的路
Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow.
And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference. To leave the world a little better, Whether by a healthy child, A Garden patch,
Or a redeemed social condition; To have played and laughed With enthusiasm
And sung with exultation; To know even one life has Breathed easier
Because you have lived…… This is to have succeeded.
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same,
10.成功的内含
What is success?
To laugh often and love much;
To win the respect of Intelligent people
And the affection of children;
To earn the
Approbation of honest critics And endure the betrayal of false Friends;
To appreciate beauty; To find the best in others; To give one's Self;
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篇三：做自己的主人_掌握自己的命运-英语美文欣赏励志篇(双语)
做自己的主人，掌握自己的命运
I will know that only those with inferior ability can always be at their best ，and I am not inferior.There will be days when I must constantly struggle against forces which would tear me down，Those despair and sadness are simple to recognize but there are others which approach with a smile and the hand of friendship and they can also destroy me.Against them，too.I must never relinquish control. 我将明白只有低能者才会江郎才尽，我并非低能者。我必须不断对抗那些企图摧垮我得力量。失望与悲伤一眼就会被识破，而其他许多敌人是不易察觉的，它们往往面带微笑，伸出友谊之手，却随时有可能将我们摧垮。对它们，我们永远不能放松警惕。
And with this new knowledge I will also understand and recognize the moods of him on whom I call， I will make allowances for his anger and irritation of today for he knows not the secret of controlling his mind.I can withstand him arrows and insults for now I know that tomorrow he will change and be a joy to approach.
有了这项新本领，我也更能体察别人的情绪变化。我宽容怒气冲冲的人，因为他尚未懂得控制自己的情绪，我可以忍受他的指责和辱骂，因为我知道明天他会改变，重新变得随和。
No longer will I judge a man on one meeting；no longer will I fail to call again tomorrow on he who meets me with hate today.This day he will not buy gold chariots for a penny，yet tomorrow he would exchange his home for a tree.My knowledge of this secret will be my key to great wealth.
我不再只凭一面之交来判断一个人，也不再因他今日的可恶而明日不给他打电话。今天不肯花一分钱买金蓬马车的人，明天他也许会用全部家当换一颗树苗。知道了这个秘密，我可以获得极大的财富。
Henceforth I will recognize and identify the mystery of moods in all mankind，and in me.From this moment I am prepared to control whatever personality awakes in me each day.I will master my moods through positive action and when I master my moods I will control my destiny.
我从此领悟到人类和我自己情绪变化的奥秘。对于自己千变万化的个性，我不在听之任之，我将积极主动的控制情绪，从而掌握自己的命运。
I will become master of myself.
我将成为自己的主人。
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