勵志美文 短篇_經(jīng)典英語美文名人勵志故事.doc

1、勵志美文 短篇_經(jīng)典英語美文名人勵志故事不夠灑脫，但這就是人生。不夠豁達，但這就是人生。不夠勵志也不夠美妙，但這就是人生啊。下面WTT整理了英語美文名人勵志故事，!經(jīng)典英語美文名人勵志故事A Straight Wall Is Hard to Build人格的力量by Lou R.Crandall盧.R.克蘭德爾As I try to outline my thoughts, the subject bees more and more difficult.I have many basic beliefs but as I try to pick and choose it seems to

2、me that they all can be summarized in the word “character.” Obviously, what you believe is a fundamental thing.There can be no fanfare, no embellishments.It must be honest.我努力清理思路時，主題變得越來越難講述。我有諸多信仰，但試圖挑選時，似乎都可用“人格”一詞概括。顯然，一個人的信仰是根本，無需夸耀，無需修飾，是什么就是什么。An architect once told me that the most difficult

3、 structure to design was a simple monumental shaft.The proportions must perfect to be pleasing.The hardest thing to build is a plain straight wall.The dimensions must be absolute.一位建筑師告訴我，最難設計的建筑是一尊簡單的紀念柱，比例必須完美無缺，賞心悅目;最難砌的是一堵簡樸筆直的墻，尺寸必須一絲不差。In either case there is no ornamentation to hide irregular

4、ities, no moldings to cover hidden defects and no supports to strengthen concealed weaknesses.在這兩種情況下，都無法用修飾掩蓋不平整，以造型遮蓋暗藏的缺陷，以支撐物來加固不牢的根基。I am using this e_le to illustrate human character, which to me is the most important single power in the world today.The young people of toady are in reality fou

5、ndations of structures yet to be built.我以此例來說明人格，在我看來它是當今世界上最重要的唯一的力量。今天的年輕人實際上是世界待建構(gòu)造的根基。It is obvious that the design of these human structures is the bined efforts of many human architects.Boys and girls are influenced first by their parents, then by their friends and finally by business associat

6、es.During this period of construction, the human character is revised and changed until at maturity a fairly well-fi_ed form of character is found.顯而易見，設計這些人格構(gòu)造需要眾多人類建筑師的共同努力。孩子們的成長，先后要受到父母、朋友和事業(yè)伙伴的影響。在這一成長過程中，人格一直在改變，直到在成熟期定型。There are few human straight walls and fewer human monumental shafts.Such

7、 men and women are personalities of great beauty and are so rare that history records their being and holds them up as e_les for the future.人類中堪稱墻一般筆直挺立的人少有，像紀念柱一樣矗立的人更少，這樣的人是美的化身，世所罕見，歷史記錄他們的存在，奉之為后世的楷模。The Biblical characters are for me the closest e_les of human perfection.They were unselfish, st

8、eadfast in their faith and unstinting in their help to others.圣經(jīng)中的人物在我心中是最接近完人的范例，他們無私，信仰堅決，幫助別人，不遺余力。Today in this world of turmoil and trouble we could use more of such people, but they do not just happen along.I believe that they are the result of concentrated effort on the part of parents and as

9、sociates, and the more we build with character the better the world will bee.在今天這個混亂不安的世界，我們可以多用這樣的人，但他們并非從天而降。我相信他們是父母、同伴傾力鍛造的結(jié)果。我們越重視人格的建構(gòu)，世界會越美妙。This may sound like a dreamer's hope and a theoretical goal which can never be reached.I do not think so.這聽起來像癡人說夢，是永遠無法實現(xiàn)的理論目的，我卻不這么想。The world as

10、a whole has progressed tremendously material-wise, and we are a fortunate nation in that we are leading the procession.It is, I believe, natural that nations not so fortunate should look upon us with envy.We would do the same if the positions were reserved, so we should not judge too harshly the eff

11、orts of others to equal our standard of living.In either case, the fortunate or the unfortunate character in the individual and collectively in a nation stands out.全世界在物質(zhì)消費上已獲得宏大進步，美利堅榮幸地成為引導這一進程的國家。我相信，沒有這樣好運氣的國家可能會嫉妒我們，假如換個位置，我們也會如此，因此對于別人奮力向我們的生活標準看齊，我們不應該草率地評判。無論是哪種情況，個人或民族的幸運或不幸的品格都會凸顯出來。I agre

12、e that it is easier to build character under ideal conditions but cannot forget that character is also required to give as well as receive.我贊同在理想條件下更容易塑造人格的說法，但我認為不能忘記人格的塑造不僅需要外界條件的熏陶，也需要自身的努力。It should be to the benefit of humanity if all individuals - and this includes myself - did a renovation or remodeling job on our own character.It may merely be a case of removing rough edges or tossing away molding to e_pose irregularities, in some cases to remove a prop and stand on one's own feet.假如所有人也包括我自己都更新或重鑄自己的人格，這應該是有益于人類的。這也許僅僅