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1、精品文檔英語(yǔ)經(jīng)典勵(lì)志短片文章-WORD文檔，下載后可編輯修改-下面是小編收集整理的范本，歡迎您借鑒參考閱讀和下載，侵刪。 您的努力學(xué)習(xí)是為了更美好的未來(lái)！英語(yǔ)經(jīng)典勵(lì)志短片文章：知識(shí)與美德Knowledge is onething, virtue is another; good sense is not conscience, refinement is not humility, nor is largeness and justness of view faith. Philosophy, however enlightened, however profound, gives no co

2、mmancbver the passions, no influential motives, no vivifying principles.Liberal Education makesnot the Christian, not the Catholic, but the gentleman. It is well to be a gentleman, it is well to have a cultivated intellect, a delicate taste, a candid, equitable, dispassionate mind, a noble and court

3、eous bearing in the conduct of life-these are the connatural qualities of a large knowledge; they are the objects of a University; I am advocating, I shall illustrate and insist upon them; but still, I repeat, they are no guarantee for sanctity or even for conscientiousness, they may attach to the m

4、anof the world, to the profligate, to the heartless, pleasant, alas, and attractive as he shows when decked out in them. Taken byi精品文檔themselves, they do but seemto be what they are not; they look like virtue at a distance, but they are detected by close observers, and on the long run; and hence it

5、is that they are popularly accused of pretense and hypocrisy, not, I repeat, from their own fault, but because their professors and their admirers persist in taking them for what they are not, and are officious in arrogating for them a praise to which they have no claim. Quarry the granite rock with

6、 razors, or moor the vessel with a thread of silk, then may you hope with such keen and delicate instruments as human knowledge and human reason to contend against those giants, the passion and the pride of man.參考譯文知識(shí)是一回事，美德是另一回事。好意并非良心，優(yōu)雅并非謙讓， 廣博與公正的觀點(diǎn)也并非信仰。哲學(xué)，無(wú)論多么富有啟迪和深?yuàn)W莫測(cè)， 都無(wú)法駕馭情感，不具備有影響力的動(dòng)機(jī)，不具有導(dǎo)

7、致生動(dòng)活潑的原 理。文科教育并不造就基督教徒抑或天主教徒，而是造就了紳士。造就一個(gè)紳士誠(chéng)為美事。有教養(yǎng)的才智，優(yōu)雅的情趣，正直、公正而冷 靜的頭腦，高貴而彬彬有禮的舉止-這些是與淵博的學(xué)識(shí)生來(lái)固有的 品質(zhì)，它也是大學(xué)教育的目的。對(duì)此我提倡之，并將加以闡釋和堅(jiān)持。 然而我要說(shuō)的是，它們?nèi)匀徊荒艽_保圣潔，或甚至不能保證誠(chéng)實(shí)。它精品文檔們可以附庸于世故的俗人，附庸于玩世不恭的浪子。唉，當(dāng)他們用它 偽裝起來(lái)時(shí)，就更增加了他們外表上的冷靜、快活和魅力。就其本身 而言，它們似乎已遠(yuǎn)非其本來(lái)面目，它們似乎一遠(yuǎn)看的美德，經(jīng)久久 細(xì)察方可探知。因此它們受到廣泛的責(zé)難，指責(zé)其虛飾與偽善。我要 強(qiáng)調(diào)，這絕非是因?yàn)槠?/p>

8、自身有什么過(guò)錯(cuò)，而是因?yàn)榻淌趥兒唾澝勒邆?一味地把它們弄得面目全非，并且還要殷勤地獻(xiàn)上其本身并不希冀的 贊頌。如若用剃刀就可以開(kāi)采出花崗巖，用絲線即能系泊位船只，那 么，也許你才能希望用人的知識(shí)和理性這樣美妙而優(yōu)雅的東西去與人 類的情感與高傲那樣的龐然大物進(jìn)行抗?fàn)?。英語(yǔ)經(jīng)典勵(lì)志短片文章：重新振作的藝術(shù)The Art ofBouncing Back by Joyce GrenfellI think the center of my faith is an absolute certainty of good. Like everyone else, I get low and there are

9、 times whenI feel as if I have my fins backwards and am swimming upstreamin heavy boots. But even in these dark times, even though I feel cut off, perhaps, and alone, I am aware - even if distantly -that I am part of a whole and that the whole is true and real and good.I have never had any difficult

10、ly in believing in God. I dont believe in a personal God and I dont quite see how it is possible to believe in a God who knows both good and evil and yet to trust in Him. I believe in God, Good, in One Mind,精品文檔and I believe we are all subject to and part of this oneness.Its taken metime to understa

11、nd words like tolerance and understandind. I have given lip service to tolerance and to understanding for years but only now do I think I begin to understand a little what they mean. If we are all one of another, and this, though uncomfortably, is probably the case, then sooner or later we have got

12、to cometo terms with each other. I believe in the individuality of man, and it is only by individual experience that we can, any of us, make a contribution to understanding.Ive always been a bit confused about self and egotism because I instinctively felt both were barriers to understanding. And so

13、in a sense they are.I used to worry a lot about personality and that sort of egotism. I noticed that certain artists - musicians,forinstance - would allow their personalities to get between the music and the listener. But others, greater and therefore humbler, became clear channels through which the

14、 music was heard unimpeded. And it occurred to me, not very originally, that the good we know in man is from God so it is a good thing to try to keep oneself as clear as possible from the wrong sort of self. And its not very easy, particularly if you are on the精品文檔stage!I amone of those naturally ha

15、ppy people even when they get low soon bounce back. In minor things like housekeeping and keeping in sight of letters to be answered I ama Planny-Annie. That is to say I get through the chores in order to enjoy the space beyond. But I do find that, believing in the operation of good as I do, I canno

16、t make plans - important ones, I mean -but I must prepare the ground and then leave the way free as far as possible. This, of course, meansbeing fearless and isnt fatalistic, because you see I believe that when I am faithful enough to be still and to allow things to happen serenely, they do. And thi

17、s being still isnt a negative state but an awareness of ones true position.Friends are the most important things in my life - that and the wonder of being necessary to someone. But these things pass and in end one is alone with God. Im not nearly ready for that yet, but I do see it with my hearts ey

18、e.I dont understand it entirely, but I believe there is only now and our job is to recognize and rejoice in this now. Now. Not, of course, the man-measured now of Monday, Friday, or whenever, but the now of certain truth. That doesnt change. Surely everything has been done - is done. Our little prob

19、lem精品文檔is to reveal and enjoy.參考譯文重新振作的藝術(shù)喬伊絲.格倫費(fèi)爾我認(rèn)為，對(duì)人性本善的絕對(duì)信仰便是我信仰的核心。 同其他人一 樣，我也有遇到挫折、情緒低落的時(shí)候，那感覺(jué)就像是穿著沉重的靴 子向上游，卻被腳蹊拖著后腿一樣。然而，就算是在那些黑暗的日子 里，即使我有一種被孤立或者孤獨(dú)的感覺(jué)， 我依然會(huì)隱隱意識(shí)到自己 是真實(shí)、正確且善良的整體的一部分。我對(duì)上帝的信仰從未改變過(guò)。但我不相信肉身上帝，也難以明白 怎么有可能去信仰一個(gè)善惡共存的神。我信仰上帝、善良、還有一神 論，我也相信我們皆屬于這個(gè)唯一，是它的一部分。為了理解“容忍”及“理解”這樣的詞， 我花了好些時(shí)間。

20、幾年 來(lái)，我一直口頭信奉著“容忍”與“理解”，但我覺(jué)得，直到今天我 才開(kāi)始對(duì)他們的含義有了些許的了解。 如果我們都能夠成為對(duì)方，雖 然這很難但也許是有可能的，那么遲早我們都能學(xué)會(huì)互相謙讓。 我相 信每個(gè)人都有自己的個(gè)性，也只有親身經(jīng)歷，我們才會(huì)真正理解別人。對(duì)于自我及自負(fù)，我總是有些迷惑，因?yàn)槲抑庇X(jué)上認(rèn)為它們都會(huì) 妨礙理解。而且從某種意義上來(lái)說(shuō)，的確如此。我過(guò)去常為個(gè)性以及那種自負(fù)擔(dān)憂不已。我發(fā)現(xiàn)，某些藝術(shù)家， 比如音樂(lè)家，總會(huì)讓聽(tīng)眾從音樂(lè)中了解他的個(gè)性。而其他更偉大、也 因此更謙遜的音樂(lè)家，則成為了使人們輕松了解音樂(lè)全貌的暢通渠道。精品文檔我們知道人性的善良來(lái)源上帝，因此最明智的做法就是，努

21、力使自己 遠(yuǎn)離自身不道德因素的玷污。我并非第一個(gè)有此想法的人，這實(shí)為難 事，尤其是當(dāng)你身在舞臺(tái)上的時(shí)候。我是一個(gè)生性樂(lè)觀的人，就算情緒低落，也會(huì)很快振作起來(lái)。我 總會(huì)按計(jì)劃來(lái)做一些小事，例如操持家務(wù)、查看需回復(fù)的信件。這就 是說(shuō)我會(huì)做完這些事以便享受以后的空間。然而我發(fā)現(xiàn)，在對(duì)行善的信仰及實(shí)踐上，我卻無(wú)法做出任何計(jì)劃，我的意思是重要的計(jì)劃，但 我必須為之預(yù)留空間，并盡可能保持通道暢通無(wú)阻。這自然就是說(shuō)， 要無(wú)所畏懼而不是聽(tīng)天由命。因?yàn)槟忝靼?，我相信?dāng)我滿懷誠(chéng)意，靜 靜等待事情發(fā)生時(shí)，它們便會(huì)發(fā)生。這并不是一種消極的狀態(tài)，而是 對(duì)自己真正處境的了解。在我的生命中，朋友最為重要，為人所需時(shí)的驚奇也

22、同樣重要。 但是這一切都會(huì)消逝，最終只會(huì)留下你與上帝單獨(dú)在一起。對(duì)此，我 還沒(méi)有做好準(zhǔn)備，但我已在心中看到了那一幕。這一點(diǎn)我并沒(méi)有徹底明白，但我相信唯有的只是現(xiàn)在，我們必須 認(rèn)識(shí)并享受現(xiàn)在。此刻.當(dāng)然不是指人們規(guī)定的所謂的周一、周五或任何時(shí)候，而是確確實(shí)實(shí)的現(xiàn)在。這是不會(huì)改變的。所有的一切 的確都已完成。發(fā)現(xiàn)與享受便是我們需要解決的小問(wèn)題。英語(yǔ)經(jīng)典勵(lì)志短片文章：什么是你攀升的方向標(biāo)What isyour direction indicator of ascendedOne windy spring day, I observed young people having fun using th

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24、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 restri

25、ction of the string. Finally, one of the kites succeeded in breaking loos e. Free at last, “ it seemed to say. Free to fly with the wind. ”Yet freedom from restraint simply put it at the mercy ofan unsympathetic breeze. It fluttered ungracefully to the ground and landed in a tangled mass of weeds an

26、d 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. Someof us tug at the rules so hard精品文檔that we never soar to reach the heights we might have obtained. We keep part of t