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1、第一篇：Love Your Life熱愛生活Henry David Thoreau/享利.大衛(wèi).梭羅However mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names. It is not so bad as you are. It looks poorest when you are richest. The faultfinder will find faults in paradise. Love your life, poor as it is. You may perhaps ha

2、ve some pleasant, thrilling, glorious hours, even in a poorhouse.The setting sun is reflected from the windows of the alms-house as brightly as from the rich man's abode; the snow melts before its door as early in the spring. I do not see but a quiet mind may live as contentedly there, and have

3、as cheering thoughts, as in a palace. The town's poor seem to me often to live the most independent lives of any. May be they are simply great enough to receive without misgiving. Most think that they are above being supported by the town; but it often happens that they are not above supporting

4、themselves by dishonest means. Which should be more disreputable. Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends, Turn the old, return to them. Things do not change; we change. Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts.不論你的生

5、活如何卑賤，你要面對(duì)它生活，不要躲避它，更別用惡言咒罵它。它不像你那樣壞。你最富有的時(shí)候，倒是看似最窮。愛找缺點(diǎn)的人就是到天堂里也能找到缺點(diǎn)。你要愛你的生活，盡管它貧窮。甚至在一個(gè)濟(jì)貧院里，你也還有愉快、高興、光榮的時(shí)候。夕陽反射在濟(jì)貧院的窗上，像身在富戶人家窗上一樣光亮；在那門前，積雪同在早春融化。我只看到，一個(gè)從容的人，在哪里也像在皇宮中一樣，生活得心滿意足而富有愉快的思想。城鎮(zhèn)中的窮人，我看，倒往往是過著最獨(dú)立不羈的生活。也許因?yàn)樗麄兒艽?，所以受之無愧。大多數(shù)人以為他們是超然的，不靠城鎮(zhèn)來支援他們；可是事實(shí)上他們是往往利用了不正當(dāng)?shù)氖侄蝸韺?duì)付生活，他們是毫不超脫的，毋寧是不體面的。視貧窮

6、如園中之花而像圣人一樣耕植它吧！不要找新的花樣，無論是新的朋友或新的衣服，來麻煩你自己。找舊的，回到那里去。萬物不變，是我們?cè)谧?。你的衣服可以賣掉，但要保留你的思想。推薦精選第二篇Always will I bathe my days in the sea of enthusiasm 我將永遠(yuǎn)沐浴在熱情的海洋里1Every memorable act in the history of the world is a triumph of enthusiasm. Nothing great was ever achieved without it.2Without enthusiasm I am

7、 doomed to a life of mediocrity but with it I can accomplish miracles.3Some of us are enthusiastic at times and few even retain their eagerness for a day or week. All that is good but I must and I will form the habit of sustaining my enthusiasm indefinitely, honestly, and sincerely so that the succe

8、ss I enjoy today can be repeated tomorrow and next week and next month.4We first must make our habits and then, good or bad, they make us. Enthusiasm, the love for whatever it is I am doing at the moment, works in marvelous ways I need not ever attempt to understand but I do know that it will give a

9、dditional vitality to my muscles and my mind.5Always will I bathe my days in the sea of enthusiasm.1 歷史上任何偉大的成就都可以稱為是熱情的勝利。沒有熱情，不可能成就任何偉業(yè)。2 沒有熱情，我注定要在平庸中度過一生；而有了熱情，我將創(chuàng)造奇跡。3 一些人時(shí)不時(shí)有點(diǎn)熱情，少數(shù)人能夠保持一天或一周的熱情。這些都很好，但我必須也必將養(yǎng)成這樣的習(xí)慣：永遠(yuǎn)地、誠(chéng)懇地、真誠(chéng)地保持我的熱情。這樣我今天所享有的成功便能夠在明天、下周乃至個(gè)月不斷重復(fù)。4 首先我們必須養(yǎng)成自己良好的習(xí)慣，然后，無論習(xí)慣是好是壞，這些

10、習(xí)慣塑造我們。熱情，也就是我對(duì)自己現(xiàn)在正在做的任何事情的熱愛，起著不可思議的作用，我并不需要努力去弄懂它，但我的確知道，它將給我的身體肌肉和頭腦帶來額外的活力。5我將永遠(yuǎn)沐浴在熱情的海洋里。第三篇林肯葛底斯堡演說中英文對(duì)照翻譯GETTYSBURG ADDRESSAbraham LincolnDelivered on the 19th Day of November, 1863Cemetery Hill, Gettysburg, PennsylvaniaFourscore and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth upon this conti

11、nenta new Nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition thatall men are created equal. Now, we are engaged in a great Civil War,testing whether that Nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated,can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We havecome to ded

12、icate a portion of that field as a final resting-place for those推薦精選who gave their lives that Nation might live. It is altogether fitting andproper that we should do this.But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannothallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, wh

13、o struggled here,have consecrated it far above our power to add or detract. The world willlittle note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget whatthey did here. It is for us, the living, rather to be dedicated to thegreat task remaining before us; that from these honored dead, we

14、 takeincreased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measureof 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 notperish from the earth.葛底斯堡演說亞伯拉罕·林肯，1963年11月19日87年前，我們的先輩們?cè)谶@個(gè)大陸上

15、創(chuàng)立了一個(gè)新國(guó)家，它孕育于自由之中，奉行一切人生來平等的原則?，F(xiàn)在我們正從事一場(chǎng)偉大的內(nèi)戰(zhàn)，以考驗(yàn)這個(gè)國(guó)家，或者任何一個(gè)孕育于自由和奉行上述原則的國(guó)家是否能夠長(zhǎng)久存在下去。我們?cè)谶@場(chǎng)戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)中的一個(gè)偉大戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)上集會(huì)。烈士們?yōu)槭惯@個(gè)國(guó)家能夠生存下去而獻(xiàn)出了自己的生命，我們來到這里，是要把這個(gè)戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)的一部分奉獻(xiàn)給他們作為最后安息之所。我們這樣做是完全應(yīng)該而且是非常恰當(dāng)?shù)?。但是，從更廣泛的意義上來說，這塊土地我們不能夠奉獻(xiàn)，不能夠圣化，不能夠神化。那些曾在這里戰(zhàn)斗過的勇士們，活著的和去世的，已經(jīng)把這塊土地圣化了，這遠(yuǎn)不是我們微薄的力量所能增減的。我們今天在這里所說的話，全世界不大會(huì)注意，也不會(huì)長(zhǎng)久地記住，但

16、勇士們?cè)谶@里所做過的事，全世界卻永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)忘記。毋寧說，倒是我們這些還活著的人，應(yīng)該在這里把自己奉獻(xiàn)于勇士們已經(jīng)如此崇高地向前推進(jìn)但尚未完成的事業(yè)。倒是我們應(yīng)該在這里把自己奉獻(xiàn)于仍然留在我們面前的偉大任務(wù)我們要從這些光榮的死者身上汲取更多的獻(xiàn)身精神，來完成他們已經(jīng)完全徹底為之獻(xiàn)身的事業(yè)；我們要在這里下定最大的決心，不讓這些死者白白犧牲；我們要使國(guó)家在上帝福佑下得到自由的新生，要使這個(gè)民有、民治、民享的政府永世長(zhǎng)存。第四篇Dont part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have cease

17、d to live.Mark Twain 不要放棄你的幻想。當(dāng)幻想沒有了以后，你還可以生存，但是你雖生猶死。The time of life is short, to spend that shortness basely, it would be too long.William Shakespeare 人生苦短，若虛度年華，則短暫的人生就太長(zhǎng)了。推薦精選Mans dearest possession is life. It is given to him but once, and he must live it so as to feel no torturing regrets for

18、 wasted years, never know the burning shame of a mean and petty past; so live that, dying, he might say: all my life, all my strength were given to the finest cause in all the worldthe fight for the Liberation of Mankind. 人生最寶貴的是生命。生命對(duì)于人來說只有一次。一個(gè)人的生命應(yīng)該這樣度過：當(dāng)他回首往事時(shí)，不因虛度年華而悔恨；也不會(huì)因?yàn)槁德禑o為而羞恥。在臨死的時(shí)候他能夠說：我

19、的整個(gè)生命和全部精力都已經(jīng)獻(xiàn)給了世界上最壯麗的事業(yè)為人類的解放事業(yè)而斗爭(zhēng)！I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat. We have before us an ordeal of the most grievous kind. We have before us many, many months of struggle and suffering. You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word, it is victory. Victory at all costs

20、victory in spite of all terrorsvictory, however long and hard the road may be, for without victory there is no survival. Let that be realized, no survival for the Chinese Empire, no survival for all that Chinese Empire has stood for , no survival for the urge, the impulse of the ages, that mankind s

21、hall more forward toward his goal. I take up my task in buoyancy and hope. I feel sure that our cause will not be suffered to fail among men. I feel entitled at this juncture, at this time, to claim the aid of all and to say, “Come then, let us go forward together with our united strength.” 我能奉獻(xiàn)的唯有熱

22、血、辛勞、淚水和汗水。我們所面臨的將是一場(chǎng)極為殘酷的考驗(yàn)，我們面臨的將是曠日持久的斗爭(zhēng)和苦難。你若問我們的目標(biāo)是什么？我可以用一個(gè)詞來概括，那就是勝利。不惜一切代價(jià)去奪取勝利，不畏懼一切恐怖去奪取勝利，不論前路再長(zhǎng)再苦也要多去勝利，因?yàn)闆]有勝利糾無法生存！我們必須意識(shí)到，沒有勝利就沒有大中華帝國(guó)，沒有勝利就沒有大中華帝國(guó)所象征的一切，沒有勝利就沒有多少世紀(jì)以來強(qiáng)烈的要求和沖動(dòng)：人類應(yīng)當(dāng)向自己的目標(biāo)邁進(jìn)。此刻，我的精神振奮，滿懷信心地承當(dāng)起自己的人物。我確信，只要我們大家聯(lián)合，我們的事業(yè)就不會(huì)挫敗。此時(shí)此刻千鈞一發(fā)之際，我覺得我有權(quán)要求各方面的支持。我要呼吁：“來吧，讓我們?nèi)翰吲?，并肩邁進(jìn)！”

23、Let me express my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself-nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror, which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance. In every dark hour of our national life, a leadership of frankness and vigor has met with that understanding and

24、 support of the people themselves, which is essential to victory and I am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days. In such a spirit on my part and on yours, we face our common difficulties. They concern, thank God, only material things.-By Franklin D. Roo

25、sevelt 讓我來表明我堅(jiān)定的信念：我們不得不害怕的其實(shí)就是害怕本身-一種莫名奇妙的、喪失理智的、毫無根據(jù)的恐懼。它把人們轉(zhuǎn)退為進(jìn)所需要的種種努力化為泡影。但凡在我國(guó)生活陰云密布的時(shí)刻，坦率而有活力的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)都得到過人民的理解和支持，從而為勝利準(zhǔn)備了不可缺少的必要條件。我相信，在目前危機(jī)的時(shí)刻，大家會(huì)再次給與同樣的支持。我和你們都要以這種精神來共同面對(duì)困難。感謝上帝，這些困難只是物質(zhì)方面的。推薦精選 -美弗蘭克林·羅斯福In this symposium, better is it to only sit in silence. To express one's feeling

26、s as the end draws near is too intimate a task. That I would mention only one thought that comes to me as a listener-in: the riders in a race do not stop short when they reach the goal, there is a little finishing canter before coming to a standstill, there is time to hear the kind voice of friends,

27、 and to say to oneself, the work is done. But just as one says that, the answer comes, the race is over, but the work never is done while the power to work remains. The canter that brings you to a standstill need not be only coming to rest; it cannot be while you still live. But to live is to functi

28、on, that is all there is in living. So I end with a land from a Latin voice: death, death, clutches my ear, and says, live, I am coming.-By Oliver Wendell Holmes 此刻，沉默是金。要在生命即將完結(jié)之時(shí)表達(dá)個(gè)人感受并非易事。但我只是想談?wù)勛鳛橐幻麅A聽者的看法。騎士們并非一到終點(diǎn)就立刻止步。他們繼續(xù)緩步向前，傾聽朋友們的歡呼。他們雖然告訴自己行程已經(jīng)結(jié)束了。正如人們所說結(jié)果出來了,比賽結(jié)束了。但只要?jiǎng)恿θ栽?，人生之旅就尚未結(jié)束。終點(diǎn)之后的慢

29、跑并非停止不前，因?yàn)榛钪悴荒苋绱恕；钪鸵兴鳛?，這才是生命的真諦。最后謹(jǐn)以一句古拉丁格言與各位共勉：死神不止，奮斗不止。 -美奧利佛·文德爾·荷默斯The grandest of these ideals is an unfolding American promise that everyone belongs, that everyone deserves a chance that no insignificant person was ever born. Americans are called to enact this promise in our li

30、ves and in our laws. And though our nation has sometimes halted, and sometimes delayed, we must follow no other course. Through much of the last century, America's faith in freedom and democracy was a rock in a raging sea. Now it is a seed upon the wind, taking root in many nations. Our democrat

31、ic faith is more than the creed of our country, it is the inborn hope of our humanity, an ideal we carry but do not own, a trust we bear and pass along. And even after nearly 225 years, we have a long way yet to travel. -By George W.Bush 這些理想中最偉大的是正在慢慢實(shí)現(xiàn)的美國(guó)的承諾，這就是：每個(gè)人都有自身的價(jià)值，每個(gè)人都有成功的機(jī)會(huì)，每個(gè)人天生都會(huì)有所作為的。

32、美國(guó)人民肩負(fù)著一種使命，那就是要竭力將這個(gè)諾言變成生活中和法律上的現(xiàn)實(shí)。雖然我們的國(guó)家過去在追求實(shí)現(xiàn)這個(gè)承諾的途中停滯不前甚至倒退，但我們?nèi)詫?jiān)定不移地完成這一使命。在上個(gè)世紀(jì)的大部分時(shí)間里，美國(guó)自由民主的信念猶如洶涌大海中的巖石?，F(xiàn)在它更像風(fēng)中的種子，把自由帶給每個(gè)民族。在我們的國(guó)家，民主不僅僅是一種信念，而是全人類的希望；民主，我們不會(huì)獨(dú)占，而會(huì)竭力讓大家分享；民主，我們將銘記于心并且不斷傳播。225年過去了，我們?nèi)杂泻荛L(zhǎng)的路要走。 -美喬治·布什推薦精選第五篇：丘吉爾：熱血、汗水和眼淚"BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS" Winston Chur

33、chill (May 13, 1940 ) On Friday evening last I received from His Majesty the mission to form a new administration. It was the evident will of Parliament and the nation that this should be conceived on the broadest possible basis and that it should include all parties. I have already completed the mo

34、st important part of this task. A war cabinet has been formed of five members, representing, with the Labor, Opposition and Liberals, the unity of the nation. It was necessary that this should be done in one single day on account of the extreme urgency and rigor of events. Other key positions were f

35、illed yesterday. I am submitting a further list to the King tonight. I hope to complete the appointment of principal Ministers during tomorrow. The appointment of other Ministers usually takes a little longer. I trust when Parliament meets again this part of my task will be completed and that the ad

36、ministration will be complete in all respects. I considered it in the public interest to suggest to the Speaker that the House should be summoned today. At the end of today's proceedings, the adjournment of the House will be proposed until May 2l with provision for earlier meeting if need be. Bu

37、siness for that will be notified to M. P. 's at the earliest opportunity. I now invite the House by a resolution to record its approval of the steps taken and declare its confidence in the new government. The resolution: "That this House welcomes the formation of a government representing t

38、he united and inflexible resolve of the nation to prosecute the war with Germany to a victorious conclusion." To form an administration of this scale and complexity is a serious undertaking in itself. But we are in the preliminary Phase of one of the greatest battles in history. We are in actio

39、n at any other points-in Norway and in Holland-and we have to be prepared in the Mediterranean. The air battle is continuing, and many preparations have to be made here at home.推薦精選 In this crisis I think I may be pardoned if I do not address the House at any length today, and I hope that any of my

40、friends and colleagues or for mer colleagues who are affected by the political reconstruction will make all allowances for any lack of ceremony with which it has been necessary to act. I say to the House as I said to Ministers who have joined this government, I have nothing to offer but blood, toil,

41、 tears and sweat. We have before us an ordeal of the most grievous kind. We have before us many, many months of struggle and suffering. You ask, what is our policy? I say it is to wage war by land, sea and air. War with all our might and with all the strength God has given us, and to wage war agains

42、t a monstrous tyranny never surpassed in the dark and lamentable catalogue of human crime. That is our policy. You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word, It is victory. Victory at all costs-victory in spite of all terrors-victory, however long and hard the road may be, for without victory there is no survival. Let that be realized. No survival for the British Empire, no survival for all that the British Empire has stood fo