英语美文朗读
英语美文朗读
1The Happy Door
Happiness is like a pebble(n. 卵石)
2dropped into a pool to set in motion an ever-widening circle of ripples.涟漪；波纹
As 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 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. Y ou 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.
Y ou 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
3Abundance Is a Life Style
Abundance is a life style, a way of living your life.
It isn't something you buy now and then or pull down from the cupboard,
dust off抹去灰尘and use once or twice, and then return to the cupboard. Abundance is a philosophy(哲学；哲理；人生观);
it appears in your physiology(生理学；生理机能) ,your value system,
and carries its own set of beliefs.
You walk with it, sleep with it, bath with it,
feel with it, and need to maintain and take care of it as well.
Abundance doesn't always require money.
Many people live with all that money can buy yet live empty inside. Abundance begins inside with some main self-ingredients,
like love, care, kindness and gentleness, thoughtfulness and compassion. Abundance is a state of being.
It radiates outward.
It shines like the sun among the many moons in the world.
Being from the brightness of abundance doesn't allow the darkness to appear or being in the path unless a choice to allow it to.
The true state of abundance doesn't have room
for lies or games normally played.
The space is too full of abundance.
This may be a challenge
because we still need to shine for others to see.
Abundance is seeing people for their gifts
and not what they lack or could be.
Seeing all things for their gifts and not what they lack.
Start by knowing what your abundances are,
fill that space with you,
and be fully present from that state of being.
Your profession of choice is telling you this already.
Examples: coaches have an abundance of knowing and possibilities.
That is their gift.
Consultants and customer service professionals have the abundance of success, practicality, in common.
Administrative assistants and virtual assistants
have an abundance of coordination and time management.
Abundance is all around you, and all within.
See what it is; love yourself for what it is,
not what you're missing, or what that can be better.
But for what is, at this present moment.
Be in a state of abundance of what you already have.
I guarantee they are there; it always is buried but there.
Breathe them in as if they are the air you breathe
because they are yours.
Let go of anything that isn't abundant for the time being.
Name the shoe boxes in your closet with your gifts of abundance;
pull from them every morning if needed. Know they are there.
Learning to trust in your own abundance is required.
When you begin to be within your own space of abundance,
whatever you need will appear whenever you need it.
That's just the way the higher powers set this universe up to work.
Trust the universal energy.
The knowing of it all will humble you to its power
yet let the brightness of you shine everywhere it needs to.
Just by being from a state of abundance, it is being you.
3 Get a Thorough Understanding of Oneself
In all one's life time it is oneself that one spends the most time being with or dealing with. But it is precisely oneself that one has the least understanding of.
When you are going upwards in life you tend to overestimate yourself. It seems that everything you seek for is within your reach; luck and opportunities will come your way and you are overjoyed that they constitute part of your worth. When you are going downhill you tend to underestimate yourself, mistaking difficulties and adversities for your own incompetence. It's likely that you think it wise for yourself to know your place and stay aloof from worldly wearing a mask of cowardice, behind which the flow of sap in your life will be retarded. To get a thorough understanding of oneself is to gain a correct view of oneself and be a sober realist—aware of both one's strength and shortage.
You may look forward hopefully to the future but be sure not to expect too much, for ideals can never be fully realized.
You may be courageous to meet challenges but it should be clear to you where to direct your efforts. That's to say so long as you have a perfect knowledge of yourself there won't be difficulties you can't overcome, nor obstacles you can't surmount. To get a thorough understanding of oneself needs self-appreciation.
Whether you liken yourself to a towering tree or a blade of grass, whether you think you are a high mountain or a small stone, you represent a state of nature that has its own raison deter. If you earnestly admire yourself you'll have a real sense of
self-appreciation, which will give you confidence.
As soon as you gain full confidence in yourself you'll be enabled to fight and overcome any adversity. To get a thorough understanding of oneself also requires doing oneself a favor when it's needed. In time of anger, do yourself a favor by giving vent to it in a quiet place so that you won't be hurt by its flames; in time of sadness, do
yourself a favor by sharing it with your friends so as to change a gloomy mood into a cheerful one; in time of tiredness, do yourself a favor by getting a good sleep or taking some tonic. Show yourself loving concern about your health and daily life. As you are aware, what a person physically has is but a human body that's vulnerable when exposed to the elements.
So if you fall ill, it's up to you to take a good care of yourself. Unless you know perfectly well when and how to do yourself a favor, you won't be confident and ready enough to resist the attack of illness.
To get a thorough understanding of oneself is to get a full control of one's life. Then one will find one's life full of color and flavor
4 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.
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.
Although 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.
5 Growing Roots
When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor named Dr. Gao.
He didn't look like any doctor I'd ever known.
He never yelled at us for playing in his yard.
I remember him as someone
who was a lot nicer than circumstances warranted.
When Dr. Gao. wasn't saving lives, he was planting trees.
His house sat on ten acres,
and his life's goal was to make it a forest.
The good doctor had some interesting theories concerning plant husbandr He came from the "No pain, no gain" school of horticulture.
He never watered his new trees,
which flew in the face of conventional wisdom.
Once I asked why. He said that watering plants spoiled them,
and that if you water them,
each successive tree generation will grow weaker and weaker.
So you have to make things rough for them
and weed out the weenie trees early on.
He talked about how watering trees made for shallow roots,
and how trees that weren't watered had to grow deep roots in search of I took him to mean that deep roots were to be treasured.
I planted a couple of trees a few years back.
Carried water to them for a solid summer.
Sprayed them. Prayed over them.
The whole nine yards.
Two years of coddling has resulted in trees
that expect to be waited on hand and foot.
Whenever a cold wind blows in,
they tremble and chatter their branches. Sissy trees.
Funny things about those trees of Dr. Gao.
Adversity and deprivation seemed to benefit them
in ways comfort and ease never could.
Every night before I go to bed,
I check on my two sons.
I stand over them and watch their little bodies,
the rising and falling of life within.
I often pray for them.
Mostly I pray that their lives will be easy.
But lately I've been thinking that it's time to change my prayer.
This change has to do with the inevitability of cold winds
that hit us at the core.
I know my children are going to encounter hardship,
and I'm praying they won't be naive.
There's always a cold wind blowing somewhere.
So I'm changing my prayer.
Because life is tough, whether we want it to be or not.
Too many times we pray for ease,
but that's a prayer seldom met.
What we need to do is pray for roots that reach deep into the Eternal, so when the rains fall and the winds blow,
we won't be swept asunder.
6 Restraints to Soar
One windy spring day,
I observed young people having fun using the wind to fly their kites. Multicolored creations of varying shapes
and sizes filled the skies like beautiful birds darting and dancing.
As the strong winds gusted against the kites,
a string kept them in check.
Instead of blowing away with the wind,
they arose against it to achieve great heights.
They shook and pulled,
but the restraining string and the cumbersome tail kept them in tow, facing upward and against the wind.
As the kites struggled and trembled against the string,
they seemed to say:"Let me go! Let me go!
I want to be free!" They soared beautifully
even as they fought the restriction of the string.
Finally, one of the kites succeeded in breaking loose.
"Free at last." it seemed to say. "Free to fly with the wind."
Yet freedom from restraint
simply put it at the mercy of an unsympathetic breeze.
It fluttered ungracefully to the ground
and landed in a tangled mass of weeds and string against a dead bush. "Free at last" free to lie powerless in the dirt,
to be blown helplessly along the ground,
and to lodge lifeless against the first obstruction.
How much like kites we sometimes are.
The Heaven gives us adversity and restrictions,
rules to follow from which we can grow and gain strength. Restraint is a necessary counterpart to the winds of opposition. Some of us tug at the rules so hard that
we never soar to reach the heights we might have obtained.
Let us each rise to the great heights, recognizing that
some of the restraints that
we may chafe under are actually the steadying force
that helps us ascend and achieve.
7 On the Road, No Burden
To a large degree,
the measure of our peace of mind is determined by
how much we are able to live in 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 to 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 ourselves that "someday" will be 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's happening while we're busy making other plans."
When we're 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 were 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 our attention is in 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.
To combat fear,
the best strategy is to learn to bring your attention back to the present.
Mark Twain said:"I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.
" I don't think I can say it any better.
Practice keeping your attention on the here and now.
Your efforts will pay great dividends.
8 About Youth
No young man believes he will ever die.
It was a saying of my brother's, and a fine one.
There is a feeling of eternity in youth,
which makes us amend for everything.
To be young is to be as one of the immortal Gods.
One half of time indeed is flown—
the other half remains in store for us with all its countless treasures,
for there is no line drawn,
and we see no limit to our hopes and wishes.
We make the coming age our own—the vast,
the unbounded prospect lies before us.
Death, old age are words without a meaning
that pass by us like the idea air which we regard not.
Others may have undergone,
or may still be liable to them—we "bear a charmed life",
which laughs to scorn all such sickly fancies.
As in setting out on delightful journey,
we strain our eager gaze forward—bidding the lovely scenes at distance hail! And see no end to the landscape,
new objects presenting themselves as we advance.
So, in the commencement of life,
we set no bounds to our inclinations,
nor to the unrestricted opportunities of gratifying them.
We have as yet found no obstacle,
no disposition to flag; and it seems that we can go on so forever.
We look round in a new world, full of life, and motion,
and ceaseless progress;
and feel in ourselves all the vigor and spirit to keep pace with it,
and do not foresee from any present symptoms
how we shall be left behind in the natural course of things,
decline into old age, and drop into the grave.
It is the simplicity,
and as it were abstractedness of our feelings in youth,
that identifies us with nature,
and deludes us into a belief of being immortal like it.
Our short lives connexion with existence we fondly flatter ourselves
is an indissoluble and lasting union—
a honeymoon that knows neither coldness, jar, nor separation.
As infants smile and sleep,
we are rocked in the cradle of our wayward fancies,
and lulled into security by the roar of the universe around us
—we quaff the cup of life with eager haste without draining it, instead of which it only overflows the more objects press around us, filling the mind with their magnitude and
with the strong of desires that wait upon them,
so that we have no room for the thoughts of death.
9 When Love Beckons You
When 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 north 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 our 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 pleasure,
then it is better for you that you cover your nakedness
and pass out of 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.
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1 . English in the World Some people say that the English language no longer belongs to the English, and it belongs to the world. It is estimated that the number of people who use English exceeds 750 million. Among these, about 350 million are native speakers, while the rest use it as an official language. If we ad d to this number the people who have acquired the language to some extent, the total is close to one billion. English plays an increasingly important role in the world as a medium for conducting international business and diplomacy, as well as in science and medicine, the Internet, air and sea communications, international sports events, radio and TV programs, pop songs and movies. 世界上的英语 有人说英语已不再属于英国人了，它属于全世界。据估计，使用英语的人超过七亿五千万，其中大约有三亿五千万是以英语为母语的人，而其余的人将英语作为官方语言使用。如果我们再加上已经掌握英语到一定程度的人，这个总数将接近十亿。 英语，作为进行国际业务和外交的工具，在世界上起着越来越重要的作用。它还在科学、医药、互联网、空中及海洋通信、国际体育赛事、电台电视节目、流行歌曲及电影中发挥着越来越重要的作用。estimate 估计exceed 超过native 本族的，本国的 official 官方的acquire 掌握to some extent 达到某种程度billion 千万increasingly 越来越多地medium 工具，手段conduct 实行，执行international 国际的dipl omacy 外交 medicine 医药communication 通信event 事件 2.A Friend When you read an English book, you often come across new words. You might try to guess what the words mean from the words you know, but when you cannot guess the meanings of new words at all, what should you do? You have a good friend then. From him you can learn what a word means, how to pronounce a word, how to use a word, and so on. This friend can always be with you, and you can always ask him to help you. Do you know who this friend is? It is
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Grow Great by Dreams 因梦想而伟大 The question was once asked of a highly successful businessman, “How have you done so much in your lifetime?” 曾经有人问一个非常成功的商人：“你是怎样在有生之年取得这样的成就呢？” He replied, “I have dreamed. I have turned my mind loose to imagine what I wanted to do. Then I have gone to bed and thought about my dreams. In the night I dreamt about my dreams. And when I awoke in the morning, I saw the way to make my dreams real. While other people were saying, 'You can't do that, it is impossible,' I was well o n my way to achieving what I wanted.” As Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the U.S., said: “We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers.” 他回答：“我做梦。我放飞自己的思想，想象自己想要的东西。然后我就上床，沉思自己的梦想。那个晚上，我就可以梦到自己的梦想。当第二天早上醒来，我就看到了通向梦想的路。当别人对我说：…你做不到，这不可能?，而我总是坚持实现自己梦想的路。”正如美国第28届总统伍德鲁·威尔逊所说：“我们因为梦想而变得伟大。所有伟人都是梦想家。” They see things in the soft haze of a spring day, or in the red fire on a long winter's evening. Some of us let these dreams die, but others nourish and protect them; nourish them through bad days until they bring them to the sunshine and light which comes always to those who sincerely hope that their dreams will come true.
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谈一场恋爱就像读一本新书 Starting a new book is a risk, just like falling in love. You have to commit to it. You open the pages knowing a little bit about it maybe, from the back or from a blurb on the front. But who knows, right? Those bits and pieces aren’t always right. 读一本新书恰似坠入爱河，是场冒险。你得全身心投入进去。翻开书页之时，从序言简介直至封底你或许都知之甚少。但谁又不是呢？字里行间的只言片语亦不总是正确。 Sometimes people advertise themselves as one thing and then when you get deep into it you realize that they’re something completely different. Either there was some good marketing attached to a terrible book, or the story was only explained in a superficial way and once you reach the middle of the book, you realize there’s so much more to this book than anyone could have ever told you. 有时候你会发现，人们自我推销时是一种形象，等你再深入了解后，他们又完全是另一种模样了。有时拙作却配有出色的市场推销，故事的叙述却流于表面，阅读过半后，你方才发觉：这本书真是出乎意料地妙不可言，这种感受只要靠自己去感悟！ You start off slow. The story is beginning to unfold. You’re unsure. It’s a big commitment lugging this tome around. Maybe this book won’t be that great but you’ll feel guilty about putting it down. Maybe it’ll be so awful you’ll keep hate-reading or just set it down immediately and never pick it up again. Or maybe you’ll come back to it some night, drunk or lonely — needing something to fill the time, but it won’t be any better than it was when you first started reading it. 你慢慢翻页，故事开始缓慢展开，而你却依旧心存犹疑。阅读这样的巨著需要百分之百的投入。或许它并不是你想象中的伟大的作品，奈何半途弃读会使你觉得不安。又或许，故事真的很烂，你要么咬牙苦读下去，要么立刻放弃束之高阁。抑或某个酒醉或孤寂的夜晚，你又重新捡起这本书来——但只为打发时光。不管怎样，它并没有比你初次阅读时好多少。
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英语美文朗读 1.Where does afternoon always come before morning?___________________ 2.What has two legs but cann't walk? 3..From what number can you take half and leave nothing? 4..what two word have thousands of letters in them? 5.what kind of dog never bite? ,hotdog 6what is pronounced like one letter,written with three letters,and belongs to all animals? 7.what number gets bigger when you turn it upside down?
Little Red Riding Hood 小红帽 Once upon a time, there was a little girl. Her name was Little Red Riding Hood. One day, her grandma was ill. Little Red Riding Hood went to visit her. On the way, she met (遇见) a wolf. That's a good idea. Little Red Riding Hood, the flowers are so beautiful. Why not pick (采集) some? Help! Help!
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Sunshine(阳光) Sunshine is not only from the sun but also from our hearts. 阳光不止来自太阳，也来自我们的心。 Having sunshine in heart we can see the bright side of the world. 心里有阳光，我们可以看到世界美好的一面。 Having sunshine in heart we will treat each other heart to heart. 心里有阳光，我们将以诚相待。 The heart of sunshine, even in a sad day, will remain the warmth and enthusiasm. 心里有阳光，即使在悲伤的日子，也会保留温暖和热情。 Only with a heart of sunshine can we improve the quality of our lives. 只有心有阳光我们才能提升生命的品质。 Be self-confident, tolerant and grateful; let the heart of sunshine light every little things of life. 自信、宽容、感恩吧！让心里的阳光照亮生活中的点点滴滴！ The heart of sunshine makes the life of sunshine. 阳光的心造就阳光的人生！ sunshine ['s?n?a?n] 阳光 bright [bra?t] 美好的
enthusiasm. [?n'θju?z??z(?)m] 热情 quality['kw?l?t?] 质量 When You Are Old(当你老了) When you are old and grey and full of sleep, 当你老了，白发苍苍，睡意昏沉， And nodding by the fire, take down this book, 在炉火旁打盹，请取下这本部诗歌， And slowly read, and dream of the soft look, 慢慢读，回想你过去眼神的柔和 Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep; 回想它们曾经浓重的阴影； How many loved your moments of glad grace, 多少人曾爱你年轻欢畅的时候 And loved your beauty with love false or true, 出于假意或真心，爱慕你的美丽， But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you, 只有一个人爱你那虔诚的灵魂 And loved the sorrows of your changing face; 爱你苍老脸上的痛苦 And bending down beside the glowing bars, 俯身在火光闪耀的炉火旁 Murmur, a little sadly, how love fled, 凄然的低语，爱如何消逝 And paced upon the mountains overhead, 爱已踱步登上头顶的山峦 And hid his face amid a crowd of stars. 将他的脸盘隐没群星之中 shadow ['??d??] 阴影 murmur['m??m?]低语
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英语励志美文美段摘抄 【篇一：英语励志美文美段摘抄】 英语励志美文篇一 eagle in a storm 风雨中的雄鹰 did you know that an eagle know when a storm is approaching long before it breaks? 你知道吗?鹰在暴风雨爆发之前就可以预知它的来临。 the eagle will fly to some high spot and wait for the winds to come. when the storm hits. it sets its wings so that the wind will pick it up and lift it above the storm. while the storm rages below, the eagle is soaring about it. 鹰会飞到一个很高的地方，等待着风暴的来临。当暴风雨来临的时候，它会张开双翅，这样暴风就可以把它拖起，将它置于暴雨之上。当暴风雨肆虐的时候，鹰已经翱翔于狂风暴雨之上。 the eagle does not escape the storm. it simply uses the storm to lift it higher. it rises on the winds that bring the storm. 鹰没有逃避暴风雨，它只是利用暴风雨让它飞得更高，它翱翔于带 来暴风雨的飓风之上。 when the storms of life come upon us and all of us will experience them we can rise above them by setting our belief that we can make it. the storms do not have to overcome. we can allow our inner power to lift us above them. 当生活中的暴风雨降临的时候这是我们每个人都要经历的我们可以 坚定我们必胜的信念，这样我们就可以凌驾于风暴之上。暴风雨并 不一定会摧毁我们，我们内心的力量可以让我们超越暴风雨。
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第1 页共 5 页Words To Live By(生活的忠告) I’ll give you some advice about life. 给你生活的忠告Eat more roughage; 多吃些粗粮；Do more than others expect you to do and do it pains; 给别人比他们期望的更多，并用心去做；Remember what life tells you; 熟记生活告诉你的一切；Don’t take to heart every thing you hear. Don’t spend all that you have. Don’t sleep as long as you want; 不要轻信你听到的每件事，不要花光你的所有，不要想睡多久就睡多久；Whenever you say” I love you”, please say it honestly; 无论何时说“我爱你”，请真心实意；W henever you say” I’m sorry”, please look into the other person’s eyes; 无论何时说“对不起”，请看对方的眼睛; Fall in love at first sight; 相信一见钟情；Love deeply and ardently, even if there is pain, but this is the way to make your life complete; 深情热烈地爱，也许会受伤，但这是使人生完整的唯一方法；Speak slowly, but think quickly; 慢慢地说，但要迅速地想；When someone asks you a question you don’t want to answer, smile and say, “Why do you want to know?” 当别人问你不想回答的问题时，笑着说：“你为什么想知道？” Remember that the man who can shoulder the most risk will gain the deepest love and the supreme accomplishment; 记住：那些敢于承担最大风险的人才能得到最深的爱和最大的成就；If you fail, don’t forget to learn your lesson; 如果你失败了，千万别忘了汲取教训；第2 页共5 页Remember the three “ respects” .Respect yourself, respect others, stand on dignity and pay attention to your behavior; 记住三个“尊”：尊重你自己；尊重别人；保持尊严，对自己的行为负责；Whenever you find your wrongdoing, be quick with reparation! 无论何时你发现自己做错了，竭尽所能去弥补；动作要快！Whenever you make a phone call smile when you pick up the phone, because someone can feel it! 无论什么时候打电话，摘起话筒的时候请微笑，因为对方能感觉到！Find time for yourself. 找点时间，单独呆会儿；Remember that silence is golden; 记住：沉默是金；Read more books and watch less television; 多看点书，少看点电视；Live a noble and honest life. Reviving past times in your old age will help you to enjoy your life again; 过一种高尚而诚实的生活。当你年老时回想起过去，你就能再一次享受人生。Trust God, but don’t forget to lock the door; 相信上帝，但是别忘了锁门；The harmonizing atmosphere of a family is valuable; 家庭的融洽氛围是难能可贵的；Try your best to let family harmony flow smoothly; 尽你的能力让家平顺和谐；Figure out the meaning of someone’s words; 多注意言下之意；Share your knowledge to continue a timeless tradition; 和别人分享你的知识，那才是永恒之道；Treat our earth in a friendly way,don’t fool around with mother nature; 善待我们的地球，不要愚弄自然母亲；Do the thing you should do; 做自己该做的事；第 3 页共 5 页If you earn much money,the best way to spend it is on charitable deeds while you are alive; 如果你赚了很多钱，在活着的时候多行善事，这是你能得到的最好回报；Remember,not all the best harvest is luck; 记住有时候，不是最好的收获也是一种好运；a forever friend 永远的朋友a friend walk in when the rest of the world walks out. 别人都走开的时候，朋友仍与你在一起。sometimes in life, 有时候在生活中，you find a special friend; 你会找到一个特别的朋友; someone who changes your life just by being part of it. 他只是你生活中的一部分内容，却能改变你整个的生活。someone who makes you laugh until you can't stop; 他会把你逗得开怀大笑；someone who makes you believe that there really is good in the world. 他会让你相信人间有真情。someone who convinces you that there really is an unlocked door just waiting for you to open it. 他会让你确信，真的有一扇不加锁的门，在等待着你去开启。this is forever friendship. 这就是永远的友谊。when you're down, 当你失意，第4 页共5 页and the world seems dark and empty, 当世界变得黯淡与空虚，your forever friend lifts you up in spirits and makes that dark and empty world suddenly seem bright and full. 你真正的朋友会让你振作起来，原本黯淡、空虚的世界顿时变得明亮和充实。your forever friend gets you through the