人生哲理英語美文摘抄

人生哲理英語美文摘抄

If the Dream Is Big Enough

志當存高遠

A school was across the street from our home and I would often watch the kids from my window as they played basketball. One day, among the children a girl attracted me. She seemed so small as she muscled her way through the crowd of boys. Running circles around the other kids, she managed to shoot jump shots just over their heads and into the net with on one to stop her. Sometimes, I saw her play alone. She would practice dribbling and shooting over and over again, until dark.

我的家與一所學校只有一街之隔，我經常透過窗戶看學校里孩子們打籃球。一天我注意到一個小姑娘。她在一群孩子中間，身材矮小，卻在費勁地從男孩子們中間擠過。她在別人旁邊兜來轉去，設法地跳起投籃，“嗖——”，球恰好越過那些孩子的頭頂飛入籃筐，竟無人能擋。有時候我看到她一個人在打球，一遍又一遍地練習運球和投籃，直到天黑。

One day I asked her why she practiced so much. Without hesitation, she said, "I want to go to college. The only way I can go is if I get a scholarship. If I were good enough, I would get a scholarship. I like basketball. My Daddy told me if the dream is big enough, the facts don't count." Then she smiled and ran towards the court to go on practice.

有一天我問她為什么這么刻苦地練球。她不假思索地說：“我想上大學。只有獲得獎學金我才能上大學。我想只要我打得好，我就能獲得獎學金。我喜歡打籃球。我爸爸告訴我說，只要主義真，鐵杵磨成針。”說完她笑了笑，跑向籃球場繼續練球。

I watched her through junior high and into high school. Every week, she led her varsity team to victory. One day in her senior year, I saw her sitting in the grass, head cradled in her arms. I went over there and sat down beside her. Quietly I asked her what was wrong. "Oh, nothing," She replied softly. "I am just too short." The coach told her that at 5'5"she would probably never get to play for a top ranked college team — much less be offered a scholarship — so she should stop dreaming about college.

我看著她這些年從初中升到高中。每個星期，她帶領的學校籃球代表隊都能夠獲勝。高中那會兒的某一天，我看見她坐在草地上，頭埋在臂彎里。我穿過街道，坐到她旁邊的清涼的草地上。我輕輕地問出什么事了。“哦，沒什么，”她輕聲回答，“只是我太矮了。”原來籃球教練告訴她，以五英尺五英寸的身材，她幾乎是沒有機會到一流的球隊去打球的——更不用說會獲得獎學金了——所以她應該放棄想上大學的夢想。

She was heartbroken and I felt my own throat tighten as I sensed her disappointment. I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet. She told me that her father said those coaches were wrong. They did not understand the power of a dream. He told her that if she really wanted to play for a good college, if she truly wanted a scholarship, that nothing could stop her except one thing — her own attitude. He told her again, "If the dream is big enough, the facts don't count."

她很傷心，我也覺得自己的喉嚨發緊，因為我感覺到了她的失望。我問她是否與她的爸爸談過這件事。她從臂彎里抬起頭，告訴我，她爸爸說那些教練錯了。他們根本不懂得夢想的力量。他告訴她，如果真的想到一個好的大學去打籃球，如果她真的想獲得獎學金，任何東西也不能阻止她，除非她自己不愿意。他又一次跟她說：“心中有目標，風雨不折腰。”第二年，當她和她的球隊去參加北加利福尼亞州冠軍賽時，她被一位大學的招生人員看中了。她真的獲得了獎學金，一個全面資助的獎學金，并且進入美國全國大學體育協會其中一隊女子甲組籃球隊。她將接受她曾夢想并為之奮斗多年的大學教育。

The next year, as she and her team went to the Northern California Championship game, she was seen by a college recruiter, and was offered a full scholarship, to a NCAA women's basketball team. She was going to college, which she had dreamed of and worked toward for all those years.

第二年，當她和她的球隊去參加北加利福尼亞州冠軍賽時，她被一位大學的招生人員看中，并獲得了全額獎學金，進入美國全國大學體育協會中的一個女子籃球隊。她要去上大學了，那是她多年來夢想的，為之奮斗的目標。

It's true: If the dream is big enough, the facts don't matter.

沒錯：只要主義真，鐵杵磨成針。

人生哲理英語美文鑒賞

Permission to Fail

孰能無過

Each of us fails from time to time. If we are wise, we accept these failures as a necessary part of the learning process. But all too often as parents and teachers we deny this same right to our children. We tell them that failure is something to be ashamed of, that nothing but top performance will meet with our approval.

我們每個人都會不時出錯。聰明人承認自己的錯誤，并將其視為學習過程中的必不可少的一部分。但是我們作為老師和家長，卻又常常不能接受孩子們和我們一樣有犯錯的權利。我們告訴他們犯錯是件丟人的事，只有最好的表現才能得到我們的贊賞。

When I see a child subject to this kind of pressure, I think of Donnie, my youngest third-grader，he was a shy, nervous perfectionist. His fear of failure kept him from classroom games that other children played with joyous abandon. He seldom answered questions — he might be wrong. Written assignments, especially math, reduced him to nail-biting frustration. He seldom finished his work because he repeatedly checked with me to be sure he hadn't made a mistake.

我一看見有孩子遭受這種壓力，就會想起唐尼。他是我三年級班里年齡最小的學生，他靦腆，惴惴不安，事事求全。他害怕出錯，從不參加班里的游戲，可別人都玩得不亦樂乎。他從不回答自己沒有把握的問題。寫作業，尤其是數學作業急得他抓頭搔耳，手足無措。他為了作業不出錯反反復復和我校對答案，所以他經常不能完成作業。

I tried my best to build his self-confidence. But nothing changed until midterm, when Mary Anne, a student teacher, was assigned to our classroom. She was young and pretty, and she loved children. My pupils, Donnie included, adored her. But even enthusiastic, loving Mary was baffled by this little boy who feared of making mistake.

我想盡辦法讓他建立自信，都無濟于事。直到期中，有一個實習教師分配到了我們班。這位年輕又漂亮的老師叫瑪麗安妮。她愛孩子，我的學生們包括唐尼也都非常喜歡她。可是就連這位熱情，充滿愛心的瑪麗老師也覺得這個小家伙害怕出錯的行為難以理解。

Then one morning we were working math problems at the blackboard. Donnie had copied the problems with painstaking neatness and filled in answers for the first row. Pleased with his progress, I left the children with Mary Anne and went for art materials. When I returned, Donnie was in tears. He'd missed the third problem.

后來有一天早晨，我們在黑板上做數學題。唐尼煞費苦心工工整整地在黑板上抄寫題目，并且把第一行的答案填了出來。看到他的進步我很高興，放心地把孩子們留給瑪麗照顧，我去拿了一趟美術用品。回來發現唐尼正在哭哭啼啼，原來他把第三題落了沒抄。

Mary looked at me in despair. Suddenly her face brightened. From the desk we shared, she got a canister of pencils.

瑪麗失望地看著我。這時她眼前突然一亮，從講臺的抽屜里拿出一筒鉛筆。

"Look, Donnie," she said, kneeling beside him and gently lifting the tear-stained face from his arms. She placed the pencils on his desk.

“唐尼，你看，”瑪麗老師說。一面蹲下身子靠近唐尼，一面輕輕地把他沾滿淚水的小臉從他胳膊上抬起來。瑪麗老師把一支支的鉛筆擺在了唐尼的課桌上。

"See these pencils, Donnie?" she continued. "They belong to Mrs. Lindstrom and me. See how the erasers are worn? That's because we make mistakes too, lots of them. But we erase the mistakes and try again. That' what you must learn to do, too."

瑪麗老師說道：“看到這些鉛筆了嗎?唐尼，這是我和林老師的鉛筆。你知道為什么上面的橡皮磨下去許多嗎?那是因為我們也犯錯，也會犯很多錯誤。但是我們把錯誤擦掉再寫一次。這也正是你要學會的啊。”

She kissed him and stood up. "Here," she said, "I'll leave one pencil to you so you'll remember that everybody makes mistakes, even teachers." Donnie looked up with love in his eyes and just a glimmer of a smile.

瑪麗老師親了一下小家伙站了起來。她說：“瞧，我給你留一支鉛筆，這樣你就會記住每個人都會犯錯了，就連老師也一樣。”唐尼抬頭微微笑了笑，眼中帶著感激，看了看老師。

The pencil became Donnie's prize. That, together with Mary Anne's frequent encouragement and unfailing praise for even Donnie's small successes, gradually persuaded him that it's all right to make mistakes — s long as you erase them and try again.

鉛筆成了唐尼的獎賞。那支鉛筆和瑪麗老師不斷的鼓勵，再加上無論多小的成績都能得到持久的表揚，漸漸地唐尼明白了犯錯很正常，只要知錯能改就是好孩子。

人生哲理英語美文賞析

Full sail in spring wind

春風滿帆

The youth have a wonderful time, brand--new life and promising future.

青年人擁有青春的美好時光、嶄新的生活和美好的未來。

Try to face life positively, believe in yourself, be yourself and control yourself. Face the reality courageously and fight the difficulties. Strive to improve all-around qualities and build healthy and perfect personalities.

積極地面對人生，相信自己，堅持自己，把握自己；勇于面對現實，克服困難；努力提高個人的全面素質，塑造見去那完美的人格品質；

Have the courage to pursue your dreams, inspire yourself with great ideals, and motivate yourself with high spirits. Let’s look forward to having a brilliant future!

敢于追逐夢想，用崇高的理想激勵自己，用昂揚的斗志鼓舞自己。讓我們一起憧憬錦繡前程吧！