英語(yǔ)美文背誦課件

We’reJustBeginning“Wearereadingthefirstverseofthefirstchapterofabookwhosepagesareinfinite…”Idonotknowwhowrotethesewords,butIhavealwayslikedthemasareminderthatthefuturecanbeanythingwewanttomakeit.Wecantakethemysterious,hazyfutureandcarveoutofitanythingthatwecanimagine,justasasculptorcarvesastatuefromashapelessstone.Weareallinthepositionofthefarmer.Ifweplantagoodseed,wereapagoodharvest.Ifourseedispoorandfullofweeds,wereapauselesscrop.Ifweplantnothingatall,weharvestnothingatall.Iwantthefuturetobebetterthanthepast.Idon’twantitcontaminatedbythemistakesanderrorswithwhichhistoryisfilled.Weshouldallbeconcernedaboutthefuturebecausethatiswherewewillspendtheremainderofourlives.Thepastisgoneandstatic.Nothingwecandowillchangeit.Thefutureisbeforeusanddynamic.Everythingwedowillaffectit.Eachdaybringswithitnewfrontier,inourhomesandinourbusinesses,ifwewillonlyrecognizethem.Wearejustatthebeginningoftheprogressineveryfieldofhumanendeavor.We’reJustBeginning1LifeIsTooShorttoBeLittleWemenareimperfectbeings,soconflictsamongusareunavoidable.Inevitably,wesometimesfeelinjured,insulted,orslighted.Perhapsweputourfaithinanother,andweredisappointed;perhapswefeltwedeservedone’sgratitude,andweredenied;perhapswewishedtojoinoureffortstothoseofagroup,andwererejected.Suchexperiencesarepainfulindeed,butisitnotfoolishtoletthemoccupyourthoughtsandprecioustime?Forwhatdoesitprofitustodwellontrivialmatters?Thepricelessdaysmustbespentmeaningfully,joyfully.Howthoughtlesstowastetheirreplaceablehoursreviewinginsignificantincidents,bearingagrudgeorpityingoneself!Farbettertoembracewithgratitudethegiftofeachdaytomakethemostofeverymomentbyfillingitwithpurposeorappreciation.Considerthisthoughtwhennextyoufeeltemptedtonurseagrievance:thatlifeistooshorttobelittle!LifeIsTooShorttoBeLittle2人生苦短休計(jì)較我們?nèi)祟?lèi)皆是不完美的造物，所以彼此之間必然會(huì)起爭(zhēng)執(zhí)。無(wú)可避免地，我們有時(shí)會(huì)覺(jué)得受到傷害﹑侮辱或輕視。也許我們?cè)湃文橙藚s失望了，也許我們?cè)X(jué)得應(yīng)該被某人感激卻遭拒絕，也許我們?cè)Ｍ矠槟硤F(tuán)體打拼，卻被屏除在外。這樣的經(jīng)歷的確很痛苦，但任由它們占據(jù)我們的思想和寶貴的時(shí)間豈不太愚蠢了嗎？因?yàn)楝嵥樾∈露臒┯谖覀冇泻我嫣幠?？寶貴的時(shí)光必須過(guò)得有意義和快樂(lè)。把一去不復(fù)回的時(shí)間浪費(fèi)在回顧微不足道的事，懷恨或自憐之上，這樣的做法是多么欠思慮??！帶著感恩的心去擁抱上帝所賜的每一天—也就是要有目的或心存感激地充分利用每一分每一秒—這樣的做法才更好。下次你心生怨言時(shí)，想想這一點(diǎn)：“人生苦短休計(jì)較！”人生苦短休計(jì)較3AKeytoHappinessTohelpothers,youdon’thavetobeanefficientexpertintheart;themainthingistheintention.Youmaybecrudeandclumsy,wastefulandineffective,butifyousincerelytrytohelp,youattemptproducesnothingbutgood.Theoneyouaretryingtohelpknowsyourintentionandisstrengthenedandencouragedbythemagicofyoursharing.Innearlyeverycase,yoursimpledesiretohelp,convertedintoaction,producesthegoodsought.Butperhapsthegreatestgoodisthegoodthatyouyourselfgetoutoftheattempt.Servicetoothersdeliversmorejoytoyouthanthejoyyoudelivertothem.Indoinggood,youfreeyourselffromtheterribleburdenofself;youescapefromyourselfintoacleanworldofjoyandlight.Thegoodyousimplytrytodo,regardlessoftheoutcome,isalwaysasuccessinsideyourself.Unselfishgivingisyourmostefficientformulaforhappiness,foryouhaveembraced“Eternity”insteadof“Self”;youhavefelt“Life”,andyouarenowtheworldbiggerthanyouwerebeforeyoubegantheproject.AKeytoHappiness4快樂(lè)的鑰匙你若想助人，并不一定要在助人的藝術(shù)方面猛下功夫，重要的是你有沒(méi)有一顆助人的心。你或許粗里粗氣，笨手笨腳，徒勞又無(wú)成效，但若你真心想幫忙，你的努力只會(huì)帶來(lái)善果。你想要幫助的人得知你有心相助時(shí)，會(huì)因?yàn)槟愎矒?dān)苦難的魔力而變得堅(jiān)強(qiáng)而振作起來(lái)。你單純的助人之心每次付諸行動(dòng)時(shí)，幾乎都會(huì)產(chǎn)生預(yù)期的善果。但或許最大的善果卻是你從自己努力助人的企圖中所得到的善果。服務(wù)人群所帶給你的快樂(lè)要多過(guò)你帶給人群的快樂(lè)。行善時(shí)，你便擺脫了以自我為本位的可怕重?fù)?dān)，而進(jìn)入一個(gè)充滿(mǎn)喜悅及光明的清新世界。你一心想行的善，不論結(jié)果如何，在你心中始終就是一種成功。無(wú)私的施舍是獲得快樂(lè)最有效的法則，因?yàn)槟銚肀У氖恰坝篮恪倍恰白晕摇?；你感受到“生命”的存在，而你現(xiàn)在的世界也比你開(kāi)始行善前還要開(kāi)闊。快樂(lè)的鑰匙5Friendship

Noyoungmanstartinglifecouldhavebettercapitalthanplentyoffriends.Theywillstrengthenhiscredit,supporthimineverygreateffort,andmakehimwhat,unaided,hecouldneverbe.Friendsoftherightsortwillhelphimmore—tobehappyandsuccessful—thanmuchmoneyorgreatlearning.Friendshipisnoone-sidedaffair.Therecanbenofriendshipwithoutreciprocity.Onecannotreceiveallandgivenothing,orgiveallandreceivenothing,andexpecttoexperiencethejoyandfullnessoftruecompanionship.Thosewhowouldmakefriendsmustcultivatethequalitieswhichareadmiredandwhichattract.Ifyouaremean,stingyandselfish,nobodywilladmireyou.Youmustcultivategenerosityandlarge-heartedness;youmustbemagnanimousandtolerant;youmusthavepositivequalities,foranegative,shrinking,apologizing,roundaboutmanisdespised.Youmustbelieveinyourself.Ifyoudonot,otherswillnotbelieveinyou.Youmustlookupwardandbehelpful,cheery,andoptimistic.Noonewillbeattractedtoagloomypessimist.Friendship 6友誼年輕人人生起步最好的資本莫過(guò)于擁有眾多的朋友。朋友可以增加他的聲望，盡最大的努力支持他，并使他達(dá)到無(wú)朋友幫助時(shí)決不可能達(dá)到的成就。交對(duì)朋友將會(huì)比大筆的金錢(qián)或高深的學(xué)問(wèn)更能讓他快樂(lè)和成功。友誼不是單方面的事。沒(méi)有互惠就不能算是友誼。一個(gè)人不可能只是接受而不付出，或是只是付出而不回收，卻期望能夠享有真摯友誼的歡欣和滿(mǎn)足。想交朋友必須培養(yǎng)受人贊賞和吸引人的特質(zhì)。如果你小氣、吝嗇又自私，沒(méi)有人會(huì)欣賞你。你必須培養(yǎng)慷慨和寬宏大量的氣度；你必須有雅量并對(duì)人容忍；你必須要有積極的特質(zhì)，因?yàn)橄麡O、畏縮、愛(ài)賠不是和迂回不前的人總是讓人瞧不起。你必須信任你自己，否則就不會(huì)獲得別人的信任。你必須要向前看，充滿(mǎn)希望，愉快且樂(lè)觀。沒(méi)有人會(huì)理會(huì)一個(gè)抑郁的悲觀者。友誼7Whatisfriendship

Friendshipisanin-depth,relaxedrelationship!Friendsrelate.Itisanin-depthrelationshipcombiningtrust,support,communication,loyalty,understanding,empathy,andintimacy.Therearecertainlyaspectsoflifethatallofuscrave.Beingabletotrustandrelaxwithyourfriendisabigpartoffriendship.Rememberwhenyouwereyoungandwentwithafriendtohergrandma'sfortheweekend.Itwasfunbutwhenyougothome,homewaswonderful.Yourfeelingwas“I’mhome.Icanrelaxnow.”Thatiswhatafriendshipshouldbe.Yougooutintotheworldanddoyourbest.Youhaveyourupsanddowns,yourproblemsandtriumphs,yourfunandtribulations.Youcharmandyouperform.Thenyoucome“home”toafriend.Youcanrelax,aneputupyourfeet;youarerelieved.Ifyoustillhavetobecharmingandperforming,it'snotarelief.Friendshipisacomfortablesituationlikehome.Yougethome,kickoffyourshoes,relaxandsigh,"Ahh,home.“Butnoonecanformafriendshipuntilhe/sherealizesthatthebasisofbeingfriendsismeetingtheneedsoftheotherperson.Onemustbeafriendtohaveone.Neverforgetthatfriendsrelate.Relatingisthebasisoffriendship.WhatisfriendshipFriendship8友誼是什么?友誼是人心靈深處的輕松的關(guān)系朋友之間是相互關(guān)聯(lián)的它是人類(lèi)心靈深處的輕松的一種關(guān)系,總是和信任,支持,溝通,忠誠(chéng),理解,設(shè)身處地的為對(duì)方著想,親密無(wú)間聯(lián)系在一起.是我們所有人所渴求的生命的方方面面.友誼的最大的作用是能夠信任你的朋友而且在一起能真正的放松.還記的當(dāng)你年輕時(shí)和朋友一起去她外婆家度周末的快樂(lè)時(shí)光嗎?那是多么的有趣但是當(dāng)你回到家后,家又是多么的美妙.你的感覺(jué)就是:我現(xiàn)在到家了,我可以放松了.這就是友誼應(yīng)該給你的感覺(jué).你踏入社會(huì)而且盡自己最大努力來(lái)拼搏.事業(yè)有沉有浮,有困境也有凱旋,有樂(lè)趣也有變遷.你有偽伺也有表演.但是和朋友在一起就如到了家.你可以放松,你可以把自己的雙腳翹起來(lái).你可以很寬心的.但如果你仍然要偽飾或者表演,這就不是放松了.友誼是一種舒心的狀態(tài),猶如在家里.你到了家,把鞋子一脫,就會(huì)如俟重負(fù)的感嘆一聲:總于到家了.但沒(méi)人可能形成友誼直到他或她意識(shí)到友誼的基礎(chǔ)是適應(yīng)另一人的需要.你必須是別人需要的朋友.永遠(yuǎn)不要忘記朋友是相互聯(lián)系的.聯(lián)絡(luò)是友誼的根本.友誼是什么?友誼是人心靈深處的輕松的關(guān)系朋友之間是相互關(guān)9TheJoyofLaborWisemenofancienttimesandsuccessfulmenoftodayhavetoldusthatlaborissweet.Itsrewardisnotmaterialgainbutwhatonebecomesbyit.Workdoesmuchmoreforusthanjustgivingusaliving;itgivesusourlifeandthereasonforliving.Therealjoysoflifecomefromdoingsomethinganddoingitwell.Allofushopeforsuccess,butitisillusiveandhardtokeep.Itnearlyalwaysslipsawayfromonelikesandthroughthefingers,likewaterthroughaleakypail,unlessitisheldtightbyhardwork,daybyday,nightbynight,yearinyearout.Everyonewhofearsfailureshouldworkharderandharderwithafaithfulheartaslongashelasts.TheJoyofLabor10勞動(dòng)之樂(lè)古時(shí)的智者和今天的成功者都告訴我們勞動(dòng)是甜美的。勞動(dòng)的報(bào)酬不是物資上的獲得而是我們通過(guò)勞動(dòng)所達(dá)到的成就。工作所給予我們的不止是混口飯吃；它賦予我們生命以及活下去的理由。人生真正的樂(lè)趣就在于能把所做的事做好。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)一年地努力堅(jiān)守，否則它幾乎總會(huì)從你身邊溜走，就如沙粒從指間滑落，或象水從漏桶流失一樣。凡是害怕失敗的人應(yīng)該在有生之年，一心一意地努力，再努力。勞動(dòng)之樂(lè)11AGreatFriendAsIamnowaseniorhighschoolstudent,Ihaveagreatmanyfriends,butthereisonewhomIprizeoveralltherest.IfirstmadehisacquaintancewhenIbegantogotoschool.Hehasbeenmyconstantcompanioneversince.Thoughheisseriousinappearance,heneverfailstobeinteresting.Oftenheisclever,sometimesevenmerryandgay.Heisthemostknowledgeablefriendapersoncouldhave.Heknowsvirtuallyeverylanguageoftheworld,alltheeventsofhistory,andthewordsofallthegreatpoetsandphilosophers.Akindlybenefactor,heisadmiredandenjoyedbyeveryonewhomakeshisacquaintance.Tome,hehasbeenagreatteacheraswellasafriend.Hefirsttaughtmethesecretsofmyownlanguageandthenthoseofothers.Withthesekeysheshowedushowtounlockalltheartsandsciencesofman.Myfriendisendlesslypatient.DullthoughImaybe,Icanreturntohimagainandagain,andheisalwaysreadytoteachme.whenIambored,heentertainsme.WhenIamdispirited,heliftsmeup.WhenIamlonely,hekeepsmecompany.Heisafriendnotonlytomebuttomillionsaroundtheworld.ShallItellyouhisname?Hisnameis“Reading”.AGreatFriend12一位偉大的朋友由于我現(xiàn)在是高中生，因此有許多朋友，但我最看中其中一位。我一開(kāi)始求學(xué)就認(rèn)識(shí)他了。從此以后他就是我永遠(yuǎn)不變的朋友。雖然他外表嚴(yán)肅，但他總是令人感興趣。他經(jīng)常挺聰明的，有時(shí)甚至是一付歡喜愉悅的模樣。他是我們最有學(xué)問(wèn)的朋友。世界各國(guó)的語(yǔ)言，歷史上所有的大事，以及所有偉大的詩(shī)人與哲學(xué)家的話語(yǔ)，他幾乎無(wú)所不知。他是個(gè)樂(lè)善好施的大好人，認(rèn)識(shí)他的每個(gè)人都贊賞和喜愛(ài)他。對(duì)我而言，他一直是位偉大的老師也是朋友。他先教會(huì)我母語(yǔ)的奧秘，而后是其他語(yǔ)言。借著這些秘訣，他教我們?nèi)绾伍_(kāi)啟人類(lèi)所有的藝術(shù)和科學(xué)之門(mén)。我的朋友有無(wú)限的耐心。雖然我可能很遲鈍，但我可以一再的求助于他，而他也隨時(shí)準(zhǔn)備著教導(dǎo)我。當(dāng)我感到厭煩時(shí)，他會(huì)逗我開(kāi)心。當(dāng)我氣餒時(shí)，他會(huì)使我振作起來(lái)。當(dāng)我孤獨(dú)時(shí)，他會(huì)陪伴我。他不只是我的朋友，同時(shí)也是世界各地成千上萬(wàn)人的朋友。要我告訴你他的名字嗎？他的名字叫“閱讀”。一位偉大的朋友13AdvicetoaYoungManRemember,myson,youhavetowork.Whetheryouhandleapickorapen,awheel-barroworasetofbooks,youmustwork.Ifyoulookaround,youwillseethemenwhoarethemostabletolivetherestoftheirdayswithoutworkarethemenwhoworkthehardest.Don’tbeafraidofkillingyourselfwithoverwork.Itisbeyondyourpowertodothatonthesunnysideofthirty.Theydiesometimes,butitisbecausetheyquitworkatsixintheevening,anddonotgohomeuntiltwointhemorning.Itistheintervalthatkills,myson.Theworkgivesyouanappetiteforyourmeals;itlendssoliditytoyourslumbers;itgivesyouaperfectandgratefulappreciationofaholiday.Thereareyoungmenwhodonotwork,buttheworldisnotproudofthem.Itdoesnotknowtheirnames,even.Nobodylikesthem;thegreat,busyworlddoesnotknowthattheyarethere.Sofindoutwhatyouwanttobeanddo,andtakeoffyourcoatandmakeadustintheworld.Thebusieryouare,thelessharmyouwillbeapttogetinto,thesweeterwillbeyoursleep,thebrighterandhappieryourholidays,andthelettersatisfiedwilltheworldbewithyou.AdvicetoaYoungMan14給年輕人的建議小伙子，請(qǐng)你牢記，你必須工作。不管你握的是一把十字鎬或一支筆，一輛推車(chē)或一套書(shū)，你都必須工作。如果你環(huán)顧四周，你會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)不必工作就最有能力度過(guò)余生的人乃是工作最勤奮的人。別害怕會(huì)過(guò)勞死。不到30歲的人是不可能過(guò)勞而死的。這些人有時(shí)候會(huì)早死，但那是因?yàn)樗麄兺砩?點(diǎn)收工，直到翌日早上兩點(diǎn)才回家。小伙子，就是這些工作之余的時(shí)間使這些人喪命。工作會(huì)令你食欲大振，幫助你安然入睡；工作使你十分感謝你有假日。有些年輕人并不工作，但世界并不以他們?yōu)闃s，甚至不知道他們的名字。沒(méi)有人喜歡他們；廣大、忙碌的世界不會(huì)留意他們的存在。因此要先了解你想當(dāng)什么、做什么，然后脫下外衣，開(kāi)始干活吧！你愈忙碌，就愈不容易受到傷害，睡得更甜，假日也更燦爛、更快活，而世界對(duì)你的表現(xiàn)也更加滿(mǎn)意。給年輕人的建議15謝謝！謝謝！16We’reJustBeginning“Wearereadingthefirstverseofthefirstchapterofabookwhosepagesareinfinite…”Idonotknowwhowrotethesewords,butIhavealwayslikedthemasareminderthatthefuturecanbeanythingwewanttomakeit.Wecantakethemysterious,hazyfutureandcarveoutofitanythingthatwecanimagine,justasasculptorcarvesastatuefromashapelessstone.Weareallinthepositionofthefarmer.Ifweplantagoodseed,wereapagoodharvest.Ifourseedispoorandfullofweeds,wereapauselesscrop.Ifweplantnothingatall,weharvestnothingatall.Iwantthefuturetobebetterthanthepast.Idon’twantitcontaminatedbythemistakesanderrorswithwhichhistoryisfilled.Weshouldallbeconcernedaboutthefuturebecausethatiswherewewillspendtheremainderofourlives.Thepastisgoneandstatic.Nothingwecandowillchangeit.Thefutureisbeforeusanddynamic.Everythingwedowillaffectit.Eachdaybringswithitnewfrontier,inourhomesandinourbusinesses,ifwewillonlyrecognizethem.Wearejustatthebeginningoftheprogressineveryfieldofhumanendeavor.We’reJustBeginning17LifeIsTooShorttoBeLittleWemenareimperfectbeings,soconflictsamongusareunavoidable.Inevitably,wesometimesfeelinjured,insulted,orslighted.Perhapsweputourfaithinanother,andweredisappointed;perhapswefeltwedeservedone’sgratitude,andweredenied;perhapswewishedtojoinoureffortstothoseofagroup,andwererejected.Suchexperiencesarepainfulindeed,butisitnotfoolishtoletthemoccupyourthoughtsandprecioustime?Forwhatdoesitprofitustodwellontrivialmatters?Thepricelessdaysmustbespentmeaningfully,joyfully.Howthoughtlesstowastetheirreplaceablehoursreviewinginsignificantincidents,bearingagrudgeorpityingoneself!Farbettertoembracewithgratitudethegiftofeachdaytomakethemostofeverymomentbyfillingitwithpurposeorappreciation.Considerthisthoughtwhennextyoufeeltemptedtonurseagrievance:thatlifeistooshorttobelittle!LifeIsTooShorttoBeLittle18人生苦短休計(jì)較我們?nèi)祟?lèi)皆是不完美的造物，所以彼此之間必然會(huì)起爭(zhēng)執(zhí)。無(wú)可避免地，我們有時(shí)會(huì)覺(jué)得受到傷害﹑侮辱或輕視。也許我們?cè)湃文橙藚s失望了，也許我們?cè)X(jué)得應(yīng)該被某人感激卻遭拒絕，也許我們?cè)Ｍ矠槟硤F(tuán)體打拼，卻被屏除在外。這樣的經(jīng)歷的確很痛苦，但任由它們占據(jù)我們的思想和寶貴的時(shí)間豈不太愚蠢了嗎？因?yàn)楝嵥樾∈露臒┯谖覀冇泻我嫣幠?？寶貴的時(shí)光必須過(guò)得有意義和快樂(lè)。把一去不復(fù)回的時(shí)間浪費(fèi)在回顧微不足道的事，懷恨或自憐之上，這樣的做法是多么欠思慮??！帶著感恩的心去擁抱上帝所賜的每一天—也就是要有目的或心存感激地充分利用每一分每一秒—這樣的做法才更好。下次你心生怨言時(shí)，想想這一點(diǎn)：“人生苦短休計(jì)較！”人生苦短休計(jì)較19AKeytoHappinessTohelpothers,youdon’thavetobeanefficientexpertintheart;themainthingistheintention.Youmaybecrudeandclumsy,wastefulandineffective,butifyousincerelytrytohelp,youattemptproducesnothingbutgood.Theoneyouaretryingtohelpknowsyourintentionandisstrengthenedandencouragedbythemagicofyoursharing.Innearlyeverycase,yoursimpledesiretohelp,convertedintoaction,producesthegoodsought.Butperhapsthegreatestgoodisthegoodthatyouyourselfgetoutoftheattempt.Servicetoothersdeliversmorejoytoyouthanthejoyyoudelivertothem.Indoinggood,youfreeyourselffromtheterribleburdenofself;youescapefromyourselfintoacleanworldofjoyandlight.Thegoodyousimplytrytodo,regardlessoftheoutcome,isalwaysasuccessinsideyourself.Unselfishgivingisyourmostefficientformulaforhappiness,foryouhaveembraced“Eternity”insteadof“Self”;youhavefelt“Life”,andyouarenowtheworldbiggerthanyouwerebeforeyoubegantheproject.AKeytoHappiness20快樂(lè)的鑰匙你若想助人，并不一定要在助人的藝術(shù)方面猛下功夫，重要的是你有沒(méi)有一顆助人的心。你或許粗里粗氣，笨手笨腳，徒勞又無(wú)成效，但若你真心想幫忙，你的努力只會(huì)帶來(lái)善果。你想要幫助的人得知你有心相助時(shí)，會(huì)因?yàn)槟愎矒?dān)苦難的魔力而變得堅(jiān)強(qiáng)而振作起來(lái)。你單純的助人之心每次付諸行動(dòng)時(shí)，幾乎都會(huì)產(chǎn)生預(yù)期的善果。但或許最大的善果卻是你從自己努力助人的企圖中所得到的善果。服務(wù)人群所帶給你的快樂(lè)要多過(guò)你帶給人群的快樂(lè)。行善時(shí)，你便擺脫了以自我為本位的可怕重?fù)?dān)，而進(jìn)入一個(gè)充滿(mǎn)喜悅及光明的清新世界。你一心想行的善，不論結(jié)果如何，在你心中始終就是一種成功。無(wú)私的施舍是獲得快樂(lè)最有效的法則，因?yàn)槟銚肀У氖恰坝篮恪倍恰白晕摇保荒愀惺艿健吧钡拇嬖?，而你現(xiàn)在的世界也比你開(kāi)始行善前還要開(kāi)闊。快樂(lè)的鑰匙21Friendship

Noyoungmanstartinglifecouldhavebettercapitalthanplentyoffriends.Theywillstrengthenhiscredit,supporthimineverygreateffort,andmakehimwhat,unaided,hecouldneverbe.Friendsoftherightsortwillhelphimmore—tobehappyandsuccessful—thanmuchmoneyorgreatlearning.Friendshipisnoone-sidedaffair.Therecanbenofriendshipwithoutreciprocity.Onecannotreceiveallandgivenothing,orgiveallandreceivenothing,andexpecttoexperiencethejoyandfullnessoftruecompanionship.Thosewhowouldmakefriendsmustcultivatethequalitieswhichareadmiredandwhichattract.Ifyouaremean,stingyandselfish,nobodywilladmireyou.Youmustcultivategenerosityandlarge-heartedness;youmustbemagnanimousandtolerant;youmusthavepositivequalities,foranegative,shrinking,apologizing,roundaboutmanisdespised.Youmustbelieveinyourself.Ifyoudonot,otherswillnotbelieveinyou.Youmustlookupwardandbehelpful,cheery,andoptimistic.Noonewillbeattractedtoagloomypessimist.Friendship 22友誼年輕人人生起步最好的資本莫過(guò)于擁有眾多的朋友。朋友可以增加他的聲望，盡最大的努力支持他，并使他達(dá)到無(wú)朋友幫助時(shí)決不可能達(dá)到的成就。交對(duì)朋友將會(huì)比大筆的金錢(qián)或高深的學(xué)問(wèn)更能讓他快樂(lè)和成功。友誼不是單方面的事。沒(méi)有互惠就不能算是友誼。一個(gè)人不可能只是接受而不付出，或是只是付出而不回收，卻期望能夠享有真摯友誼的歡欣和滿(mǎn)足。想交朋友必須培養(yǎng)受人贊賞和吸引人的特質(zhì)。如果你小氣、吝嗇又自私，沒(méi)有人會(huì)欣賞你。你必須培養(yǎng)慷慨和寬宏大量的氣度；你必須有雅量并對(duì)人容忍；你必須要有積極的特質(zhì)，因?yàn)橄麡O、畏縮、愛(ài)賠不是和迂回不前的人總是讓人瞧不起。你必須信任你自己，否則就不會(huì)獲得別人的信任。你必須要向前看，充滿(mǎn)希望，愉快且樂(lè)觀。沒(méi)有人會(huì)理會(huì)一個(gè)抑郁的悲觀者。友誼23Whatisfriendship

Friendshipisanin-depth,relaxedrelationship!Friendsrelate.Itisanin-depthrelationshipcombiningtrust,support,communication,loyalty,understanding,empathy,andintimacy.Therearecertainlyaspectsoflifethatallofuscrave.Beingabletotrustandrelaxwithyourfriendisabigpartoffriendship.Rememberwhenyouwereyoungandwentwithafriendtohergrandma'sfortheweekend.Itwasfunbutwhenyougothome,homewaswonderful.Yourfeelingwas“I’mhome.Icanrelaxnow.”Thatiswhatafriendshipshouldbe.Yougooutintotheworldanddoyourbest.Youhaveyourupsanddowns,yourproblemsandtriumphs,yourfunandtribulations.Youcharmandyouperform.Thenyoucome“home”toafriend.Youcanrelax,aneputupyourfeet;youarerelieved.Ifyoustillhavetobecharmingandperforming,it'snotarelief.Friendshipisacomfortablesituationlikehome.Yougethome,kickoffyourshoes,relaxandsigh,"Ahh,home.“Butnoonecanformafriendshipuntilhe/sherealizesthatthebasisofbeingfriendsismeetingtheneedsoftheotherperson.Onemustbeafriendtohaveone.Neverforgetthatfriendsrelate.Relatingisthebasisoffriendship.WhatisfriendshipFriendship24友誼是什么?友誼是人心靈深處的輕松的關(guān)系朋友之間是相互關(guān)聯(lián)的它是人類(lèi)心靈深處的輕松的一種關(guān)系,總是和信任,支持,溝通,忠誠(chéng),理解,設(shè)身處地的為對(duì)方著想,親密無(wú)間聯(lián)系在一起.是我們所有人所渴求的生命的方方面面.友誼的最大的作用是能夠信任你的朋友而且在一起能真正的放松.還記的當(dāng)你年輕時(shí)和朋友一起去她外婆家度周末的快樂(lè)時(shí)光嗎?那是多么的有趣但是當(dāng)你回到家后,家又是多么的美妙.你的感覺(jué)就是:我現(xiàn)在到家了,我可以放松了.這就是友誼應(yīng)該給你的感覺(jué).你踏入社會(huì)而且盡自己最大努力來(lái)拼搏.事業(yè)有沉有浮,有困境也有凱旋,有樂(lè)趣也有變遷.你有偽伺也有表演.但是和朋友在一起就如到了家.你可以放松,你可以把自己的雙腳翹起來(lái).你可以很寬心的.但如果你仍然要偽飾或者表演,這就不是放松了.友誼是一種舒心的狀態(tài),猶如在家里.你到了家,把鞋子一脫,就會(huì)如俟重負(fù)的感嘆一聲:總于到家了.但沒(méi)人可能形成友誼直到他或她意識(shí)到友誼的基礎(chǔ)是適應(yīng)另一人的需要.你必須是別人需要的朋友.永遠(yuǎn)不要忘記朋友是相互聯(lián)系的.聯(lián)絡(luò)是友誼的根本.友誼是什么?友誼是人心靈深處的輕松的關(guān)系朋友之間是相互關(guān)25TheJoyofLaborWisemenofancienttimesandsuccessfulmenoftodayhavetoldusthatlaborissweet.Itsrewardisnotmaterialgainbutwhatonebecomesbyit.Workdoesmuchmoreforusthanjustgivingusaliving;itgivesusourlifeandthereasonforliving.Therealjoysoflifecomefromdoingsomethinganddoingitwell.Allofushopeforsuccess,butitisillusiveandhardtokeep.Itnearlyalwaysslipsawayfromonelikesandthroughthefingers,likewaterthroughaleakypail,unlessitisheldtightbyhardwork,daybyday,nightbynight,yearinyearout.Everyonewhofearsfailureshouldworkharderandharderwithafaithfulheartaslongashelasts.TheJoyofLabor26勞動(dòng)之樂(lè)古時(shí)的智者和今天的成功者都告訴我們勞動(dòng)是甜美的。勞動(dòng)的報(bào)酬不是物資上的獲得而是我們通過(guò)勞動(dòng)所達(dá)到的成就。工作所給予我們的不止是混口飯吃；它賦予我們生命以及活下去的理由。人生真正的樂(lè)趣就在于能把所做的事做好。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)一年地努力堅(jiān)守，否則它幾乎總會(huì)從你身邊溜走，就如沙粒從指間滑落，或象水從漏桶流失一樣。凡是害怕失敗的人應(yīng)該在有生之年，一心一意地努力，再努力。勞動(dòng)之樂(lè)27AGreatFriendAsIamnowaseniorhighschoolstudent,Ihaveagreatmanyfriends,butthereisonewhomIprizeoveralltherest.IfirstmadehisacquaintancewhenIbegantogotoschool.Hehasbeenmyconstantcompanioneversince.Thoughheisseriousinappearance,heneverfailstobeinteresting.Oftenheisclever,sometimesevenmerryandgay.Heisthemostknowledgeablefriendapersoncouldhave.Heknowsvirtuallyeverylanguageoftheworld,alltheeventsofhistory,andthewordsofallthegreatpoetsandphilosophers.Akindlybenefactor,heisadmiredandenjoyedbyeveryonewhomakeshisacquaintance.Tome,hehasbeenagreatteacheraswellasafriend.Hefirsttaughtmethesecretsofmyownlanguageandthenthoseofothers.Withthesekeysheshowedushowtounlockalltheartsandsciencesofman.Myfriendisendlesslypatient.DullthoughImaybe,Icanreturntohimagainand