英語晨讀材料2

1、A son and his father were walking on the mountains.Sunddenly his son falls,hurts himself and screams, "AAAAAAA",To his surprise, he hears a voice repeating,  somewhe

2、re in the mountain "AAAAAAAAA!" Curious, he yells, "who are you ?"He receives the answer, "who are you ?"Angered at the response, he screams, "Co

3、ward!"He receives the answer, "Coward!"He looks to his father ans askes,"what's going on?"The father smiles and says, " my son, pay attentain. "And

4、0;then he screams to the mountain "I admire you!"The voice answers ," I admire you !"Again the man screams,"You are a champion"The voice answers, &quo

5、t; You are a champion!"The boy is surprised, but does not understand. Then the father explains,"People call this ECHO, really this is LIFE .It gives you back

6、60;everything you say or do,our life is simply a reflection of our actions.If you want more love in the world, create more love in your heart. If you want 

7、more competence in your team, improve your competence.This relationship applies to everything ,in all aspects of life;Life will give you back everything you have given to 

8、;it." YOU LIFE IS NOT A COINCIDENGCE,IT'S A REFLECTION OF YOU! 都說看不懂，呵呵，所以我大概翻譯下吧！ 父子兩人在山谷里旅行。突然，兒子不小心摔倒并碰傷了自己，他尖叫起來："啊-"他吃驚地聽到山谷里也傳來尖叫聲："啊-"他好奇地大聲問："你是誰？"同樣的聲音傳來："你是誰？"他生氣地吼道："膽小鬼！"

9、;山谷回應(yīng)："膽小鬼！"他回頭問父親："那是誰？"父親微笑著回答："孩子，注意聽我說。"然后他對(duì)山谷喊："你真棒！"山谷回應(yīng)："你真棒！"，他又叫道：“你是第一流的”山谷回應(yīng):“你是第一流的”。兒子很吃驚，但并不明白為什么。父親解釋說："這就是傳說中的回聲，但它其實(shí)也如同人生，無論你說什么或做什么，它都回報(bào)給你同樣的東西。人生是我們行動(dòng)的反映。如果你想得到更多的愛，你內(nèi)心里就要有更多的愛；如果你希望自己的團(tuán)隊(duì)更有實(shí)力，就要增強(qiáng)自己團(tuán)隊(duì)的實(shí)力。這個(gè)道理適用于任何事，任何人生的階段。你付出

10、多少，生活就回報(bào)你多少。"生活不是巧合，它是你行動(dòng)的反應(yīng)！The Meaning of Life J.B. Priestley 來源： 施謝暉的日志 Life is never just being. It is a becoming, a relentless flowing on. Our parents live on through us, and we will live on through our children. The institutions we build endure, and we will endure through them. The beauty

11、 we fashion cannot be dimmed by death. Our flesh may perish, our hands will wither, but that, which they create in beauty and goodness and truth lives on for all time to come.   Dont spend and waste your lives accumulating objects that will only turn to dust and ashes. Pursue not so much the ma

12、terial as the ideal, for ideals alone invest life with meaning and are of enduring worth. Add love to a house and you have a home. Add righteousness to a city and you have a community. Add truth to a pile of red brick and you have a school. Add religion to the humblest of edifices and you have a san

13、ctuary. Add justice to the far-flung round of human endeavor and you have civilization. Put them all together, exalt them above their present imperfections, add to them the vision of humankind redeemed, forever free of need and strife and you have a future lighted with the radiant colors of hope. Lo

14、ve Your Life       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 ar

15、e.     It looks poorest when you are richest.The fault-finder will find faults    in paradise.     Love your  life,poor as it is.You may perhaps have 

16、some pleasant,    thrilling,glorious hourss,even in a poor-house.     The setting sun is reflected from the  windows of the alms-house    as brightly as from th

17、e rich mans abode; the snow melts before    itsdoor as early in the spring.     I do not see but a quiet mind may live as contentedly there,and  

18、   have as cheering  thoughts,as in a palace.The towns poor seem    to me  often to live the  most independent lives of any.     May be they 

19、;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 a

20、re not above supporting  themselves    by dishonest means.which should be more disreputable     Cultivate poverty like a garden herb,like sage.Do not trouble yourself

21、0;     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 

22、keep your      thoughts.      不論你的生活如何卑賤，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 

23、   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)樗麄兒軅ゴ?，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

24、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。     我突然感覺這段朗誦在我腦海里的第一聯(lián)想是威爾史密斯和他兒子演的  當(dāng)幸福來 敲門里克瑞斯加

25、納和他寶貝孩子在廁所邊講故事，哄兒子睡覺的   畫面，雖然生活很艱難，但充滿感動(dòng)。The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings butshorter tempers, wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less; we buy more, but enjoy less. 歷史長河中，矛盾充斥在我們的周遭：樓房變高了，人的性情卻急躁了；道路變寬了，人的思想?yún)s狹隘了。我們花費(fèi)的多了，擁有的卻少了

26、；我們購買的多了，享受的卻少了。We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time.We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness.我們擁有的房子更大了，家庭卻小了；條件更便利了，時(shí)間卻少了。學(xué)銜多了，卻缺少見識(shí)；知識(shí)增了，卻缺乏判斷力。專家多了，問題卻沒有少；良藥多了

27、，健康狀況也沒好轉(zhuǎn)。We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom. We have multiplied our possessions,but reduced our values. 我們酗酒，瘋狂的吸煙，不顧一切的揮霍金錢。很少開懷大笑，開車一路

28、狂飆，常發(fā)無名怒火。熬夜直到很晚，起身滿是疲倦，很少讀書看報(bào)，看起電視沒完，極少禱告祈愿。我們使自己的財(cái)產(chǎn)倍增，價(jià)值卻遞減。We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often. We've learned how to make a living, but not a life. We've added years to life not life to years. We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the

29、 streetto meet a new neighbour. 我們大侃特侃，很少仁愛友善，常懷仇恨積怨。我們學(xué)會(huì)了如何謀生，但不知如何生活；我們延長了生命的期限，卻不是生活的期限；我們能夠往返于地球與月球之間卻不能夠穿過街道拜訪新鄰居。We conquered outer space but not inner space. We've done larger things, but not better things. We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul. We've conqueredthe atom,

30、but not our prejudice. 我們征服了太空，卻征服不了自己的內(nèi)心世界；我們的事業(yè)越做越大，但質(zhì)量卻沒有提高。我們清潔了空氣，卻污染了靈魂；我們可以分離原子，卻無法驅(qū)逐思想上的偏見.We write more, but learn less. We plan more, but accomplish less. We've learned to rush, but not to wait. We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but we

31、communicate less and less.我們寫得更多，學(xué)到的卻更少；我們的計(jì)劃更多，完成的卻更少。我們學(xué)會(huì)了追趕時(shí)間，卻沒學(xué)會(huì)耐心等待；我們生產(chǎn)更多的電腦用于存儲(chǔ)更多的信息和制造更多的拷貝，而彼此間的溝通交流卻少之甚少。These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier

32、houses, but broken homes. 這是一個(gè)快餐食品和消化遲緩相伴的時(shí)代；一個(gè)體格高大和性格病態(tài)并存的時(shí)代；一個(gè)追名逐利和人情冷漠相生的時(shí)代。這個(gè)時(shí)代有雙收入，但也有更高的離婚率；有裝修華美的房屋，但也有更多殘缺破碎的家庭。These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill. 這個(gè)時(shí)代有了快速旅游，一

33、次性尿布，有了任欲橫飛的道德，一夜情，有了超重的身體，以及使人從興奮走向靜止，再走向自殺的藥物。It is a time when there is much in the showroom window and nothing in the stockroom.A time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to share this insight, or to just hit delete.這是個(gè)陳列室的櫥窗滿滿，而貯藏室空空的時(shí)代-一個(gè)虛實(shí)并生的時(shí)代；

34、這是個(gè)科技傳遞信息，你可以與大家分享其中見解，也可以隨手刪除的時(shí)代-一個(gè)我行我素的時(shí)代。My advice to you is:我給你的忠告是：Remember, spend some time with your loved ones,because they are not going to be around forever.記住，花些時(shí)間與你愛的人們?cè)谝黄鸢?，因?yàn)樗麄儾荒苡肋h(yuǎn)陪在你身旁。Remember, say a kind word to someone who looks up toyou in awe, because that little person soon willg

35、row up and leave your side.記住，說些善意的話語對(duì)那些心存敬畏，對(duì)你尊敬有加的人吧，因?yàn)楹⑼K將長大成人，不能留在你身邊。Remember, to give a warm hug to the one next to you,because that is the only treasure you can give withyour heart and it doesn't cost a cent.記住，給緊挨著你的人來一個(gè)熱情的擁抱吧，因?yàn)檫@是你發(fā)自內(nèi)心的給予他人的唯一財(cái)富，并且你不花一文。Remember, to say, "I love yo

36、u" to your loved ones, but most of all mean it. A kiss and a hug will mend hurtwhen it comes from deep inside of you.記住，對(duì)你愛的人說“我愛你”，但最重要的是這是你的肺腑之言。要知道，發(fā)自內(nèi)心的一吻與一個(gè)擁抱可以修復(fù)心靈之創(chuàng)傷。Remember to hold hands and cherish the moment forsomeday that person will not be there again.Give time to love, give time

37、to speak, and give timeto share the precious thoughts in your mind.記住，握著他的手，珍惜著這一刻吧，因?yàn)榻K有一天他將了結(jié)塵緣，離你而去。拿出些時(shí)間去愛，去表達(dá)，拿出些時(shí)間與他人分享你心靈中的寶貴思想火花吧！AND ALWAYS REMEMBER:永遠(yuǎn)要記?。篖ife is not measured by the number of breaths wetake, but by the moments that take our breath away衡量生命的不是你呼吸的次數(shù),而是你屏止呼吸的時(shí)刻。How to Grow Ha

38、ppiness 種植幸福的三個(gè)步驟         Step one:Plant yourself deep in a bed of faith, and pack it down solid and tight. Drench daily with positive thinking, and keep saturated just right. Mulch often with forgivenss, for this will help you grow. Quickly remove any seeds o

39、f worry, for they will soon germinate, and keep out the weeds of despair. Nourish disappointments with hope whenever it is neeeded, and always stay cool and shaded when you feel irritated or heated. Trim away guilt or depression, for they create decay, and cultivate with happy memories as often as e

40、very day.                    步驟一：把自己緊緊牢牢地埋在“信念”的土壤里。每天澆灌以“積極”的思想，并始終保持濕潤。經(jīng)常以“寬容”來護(hù)根，這樣有利于幸福的幼苗成長。一旦發(fā)現(xiàn)憂慮的種子，及時(shí)除掉，否則它們很快就生根發(fā)芽，同時(shí)也將絕望消滅在萌芽狀態(tài)。在必要時(shí)，用希望來滋養(yǎng)失望；煩躁不安的時(shí)候，保持冷靜。修剪枝葉，修剪去愧疚和沮喪，否則很快出現(xiàn)衰枝敗葉。每天用“幸福回憶”細(xì)心照料幼苗。Step two:

41、Harvest the lessons of the past; just dig, pick, and hoe. And nurture the roots of the present, for now is when you flourish and grow. Start planting for the future; set your goals in a row. Spade the bed well for all your dreams to grow.           

42、        步驟二：挖掘、收割、篩選，從“過往”收獲經(jīng)驗(yàn)。精心照料“此時(shí)此刻”的根莖，因?yàn)檫@正是旺盛生長的時(shí)期。有所計(jì)劃與目標(biāo)，著手種植“明天”。翻掘一下泥土，為孕育明天的夢(mèng)想做好準(zhǔn)備。Step three:Remember that grief is a natural predator, so learn to tolerate some damage. Protect your garden with daily prayers, for this will help you manage. Bury the cr

43、iticism and complaining, for they are injurious pests. Sow the seed of love wherever you may go-for joy, love, and laughter are surely bound to grow. Although the thorns of life may be here to stay, just sprout a smile along the way.and be thankful for what you have today!    

44、60;            步驟三：        記住，“不幸”是天生的肉食動(dòng)物，明白它們帶來的傷害在所難免，你就會(huì)對(duì)不完美多一份理解和寬容。每天“祈禱”，保護(hù)你的花園，這有利于掌控。將“批評(píng)”與“埋怨”這些害蟲掩埋起來。將“愛”的種子播散到你足跡所至的每個(gè)角落，“歡樂”、“愛”和“微笑”就會(huì)生機(jī)無限地發(fā)育成長。哪怕生命“荊棘”滿途，也要在一旁種上微笑的芽苗不管一切如何，為今天你所擁有的全部心存感激吧！

45、 Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight, is in privateness and retiring; for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment, and disposition of business For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one; but the ge

46、neral counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs, come best, from those that are learnd To spend too much time in studies is sloth; to use them too much for ornament, is affectation; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humor of a scholar. They perfect nature, and are perfected by

47、experience: for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves, de give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experienc Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them; for they teach not their own us

48、e; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation. Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; t

49、hat is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them bothers; but that would be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books, else distilled books are like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an