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希拉里最爱的11本书 它们塑造了我的思想
1. "The Brothers Karamasov" by Dostoevsky
陀思妥耶夫斯基著《卡拉马佐夫兄弟》
During her tour in New Hampshire, Clinton named Fyodor Dostoyevsky's "The Brothers Karamazov" as her favorite book.
克林顿在访问新罕布什尔州期间，说弗奥多•陀思妥耶夫斯基的《卡拉马佐夫兄弟》是她最喜欢的书。
Also recommended by Albert Einstein, Vladimir Putin, mentioned in 5 Good Books To Read According To Haruki Murakami. This is of the best allegorical novels to explain the fractured nature of 19th century Russia. Throughout are themes of love, law, and duty, which makes this one of the best Dostoyesky books to read besides Crime and Punishment.
这本书也备受阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦和弗拉基米尔·普京的推崇，并被列为“村上春树推荐阅读的5本好书”之一。这是一本最优秀的讽喻小说，阐释了19世纪俄国没落的本质。爱、法律和责任的主题贯穿全书，是陀思妥耶夫斯基的书中除《罪与罚》之外最值得阅读的一本。
2. "The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance" by Edmund de Waal
埃德蒙·德瓦尔著《琥珀眼睛的兔子：隐秘的遗产》
Q：What was the last truly great book you read?
提问：你最近读过哪本真正的好书?
Hillary: I can't stop thinking about "The Hare With Amber Eyes," by Edmund de Waal; "The Signature of All Things," by Elizabeth Gilbert; "Citizens of London," by Lynne Olson; and "A suitable Boy," by Vikram Seth.- from interview to The New York Times
希拉里：关于这个问题，我不禁想到埃德蒙·德瓦尔的《琥珀眼睛的兔子》、伊丽莎白·吉尔伯特的《万物的签名》、琳内·奥尔森的《伦敦公民》和维克拉姆·赛斯的《合适郎君》。——摘自《纽约时报》采访
In the 1800's, the family of Ephrussis bankers lit up the Parisienne and Venetian world in similar fashion to the Vanderbilts and Morgans of the Roaring '20s. History students who enjoy a mixture of royal and peasant life stories will want to read this multiple award-winning account.
19世纪，从事银行业的伊弗鲁西家族在巴黎和维也纳煊赫一时，就像“咆哮的二十年代”时期的范德贝尔特家族和摩根家族那样。皇家贵族的生活和穷苦农民的日子交织在一起，喜欢这类主题的历史学生会想读一读这本优秀的史实记录作品。
3. "The Signature of All Things" by Elizabeth Gilbert
伊丽莎白·吉尔伯特著《万物的签名》
Gilbert took over a decade to write an award-winning novel of love, science, and the lure of knowledge. A winter-born ugly duckling child named Alma is born in Philadelphia to a wealthy titan who made his fortune on exotic plants. As Alma becomes dissatisfied with unfulfilling social life and fascinated with her own internal contradictions, she begins a tour of exotic locations to discover that the plant world can speak to the world of humans.
吉尔伯特花费十余年时间写就了这部优秀的小说，其主题关乎爱、科学及知识的魅力。冬季出生于费城的小孩阿尔玛相貌丑陋、平庸无奇，她的父亲是靠珍稀植物发家的大富豪。渐渐地，阿尔玛对不愉快的社交生活感到失望，而沉迷于自己内心的矛盾。这时，她开始了探访奇异地域之旅，发现植物世界和人类世界是相通的。
4. "Citizens of London" by Lynne Olson
琳内·奥尔森著《伦敦公民》
If you've ever wondered about Winston Churchill's inner circle, this 2010 Amazon Best Book of the Month will reveal the bold souls who forged an Anglo-American alliance before the public came on board.
如果你想了解温斯顿·丘吉尔周围的核心人物，这本2010年亚马逊月度最佳图书将向你展现一个个无畏的灵魂，就是他们在大众参战之前就铸造了坚强的英美同盟。
5. "A Suitable Boy" by Vikram Seth
维克拉姆·赛斯著《合适郎君》
In 1950's India, it is most important that a lovely Indian girl have an arranged marriage with an impressive groom. This novel of magical realism weaves together the lives of four families, and has been described as a Dickensian work meant for 20th Century readers.
在20世纪50年代的印度，对一位可爱的印度女孩来说，人生最重要之事莫过于通过包办婚姻嫁给一位优秀的郎君。这部魔幻现实主义小说将四个家庭的生活交织在一起，被评为20世纪的狄更斯式作品。
6. "Our Divided Political Heart" by E. J. Dionne
E·J·迪翁著《我们分裂的政治之心》
Q：What are the best books about Washington, D.C.? Is there one book you'd recommend to someone planning to move to or work in the capital?
提问：有关华盛顿市的最好的书是什么?有没有一本书你想推荐给打算移居首都或者来此工作的人?- from interview to The New York Times
Hillary:"Our Divided Political Heart," by E.J. Dionne, shows how most everybody has some conservative and liberal impulses, but just as individuals have to reconcile them within ourselves, so does our political system if we expect to function productively.
希拉里：E·J·迪翁的《我们分裂的政治之心》，这本书展现了大多数人是怎样同时怀有保守的想法和自由的冲动的。但是正如个体不得不在内心对二者进行平衡，如果我们期望政治系统高效运行，也需要一样的平衡。——摘自《纽约时报》采访
What is truly the soul of America – a rugged individualism or a balance of individual and communalstrengths? From former President Bill Clinton to Hendrik Hertzberg and Rachel Maddow, Dionne has stolen our divided American hearts.
什么才是真正的美国之魂——坚定的个人主义，还是个人与集体力量的平衡?从前总统比尔·克林顿，到享德里克·赫兹伯格，再到瑞秋·麦道，迪翁已经偷走了我们分裂的美国之心。
7. "After the Music Stopped" by Alan S. Blinder
艾伦·S·布林德著《当音乐停止之后》
"After the Music Stopped," Alan Blinder's account of the financial crisis, is clear in its analysis and recommendations."- from interview to The New York Times
“艾伦·布林德在《当音乐停止之后》一书中记录了金融危机，无论是逻辑分析还是建议策略都写得清晰明了。”——摘自《纽约时报》采访
The positive aftermath of the 2007 financial crisis, or credit crunch, was to show the fragility andinterconnected threads binding global governments and businesses together. This book explains complex and world-affecting financial trends such as Quantitative Easing without requiring its readers to become professors of economics or history.
2007年金融危机后的巨大余波，或者“信贷紧缩”，展现了将全球政府与商业捆绑在一起的丝线是何等脆弱而又错综复杂。这本书解释了很多像“量化宽松”这样复杂且能影响全世界的金融趋势，却不要求读者变成经济或历史方面的教授。
8. "The Color Purple" By Alice Walker
艾丽斯·沃克著《紫颜色》
"Alice Walker tackles some of society's most vexing issues—race, gender and violence—through amemorable protagonist named Celie. The story of her growing up as a victim of abuse, and her ongoing journey of self-discovery, is a brutally honest assessment of human nature at its best and worst."- Hillary Clinton for The Oprah Magazine
“艾丽斯·沃克触及到了一些社会上最恼人的问题——种族、性别和暴力，而这一切是通过令人难忘的主角茜莉的视角写出来的。作为一位受虐者，她的成长 故事 以及不断进行的自我探索之旅，赤裸裸地展现了人性最好的一面和最恶的一面。”——摘自《奥普拉杂志》中希拉里·克林顿的话
For a book titled after a royal color, there seems to be no hint of greatness or glamor about Celie's life. Celie and Nettie’s struggle to live as worthwhile human beings in a world that tries to reject them, andforge a future, is inspirational.
虽然该书以一种尊贵的颜色命名，书中茜莉的生活却没有一丝伟大或荣耀之处。茜莉和南蒂在一个企图拒绝她们的世界中奋力挣扎，努力活成有价值的人，并开创美好的未来，这是非常鼓舞人心的。
9. "Little Women" By Louisa May Alcott
路易莎·梅·奥尔科特著《小妇人》
"Like many women of my generation who read this novel growing up, I felt like I lived in Jo's family. This book was one of the first literary explorations of how women balance the demands of their daily lives, from raising families to pursuing outside goals. The book was written more than a century ago, but its message resonates today."- Hillary Clinton for The Oprah Magazine
“正如我们这一代许多读着这本小说长大的女孩一样，我感觉自己就像生活在乔的家中。这也是最早用文学解释女人该如何平衡日常生活各种工作的一本书，从养家糊口到追求外在目标。这本书写于100多年前，但书中传达的信息依然在今天回响。”——摘自《奥普拉杂志》中希拉里·克林顿的话
The adventures of Meg, Amy, and Beth were inspired by Alcott's real-life sisters; one married a fellow play-actor, one died of scarlet fever, and one showed her paintings at the Paris Salon. The result of their literary sister’s efforts has been made into countless plays and films, and even a ballet.
麦格、艾米和贝思的故事灵感来自奥尔科特姐妹的真实生活;一位嫁给了戏剧演员同伴，一位死于猩红热，一位在巴黎沙龙开画展。这群文学姐妹的努力生活已被改编成数不清的戏剧、电影，甚至还有一部芭蕾剧。
10. "The Clan of the Cave Bear" By Jean M. Auel
琼·M·奥尔著《洞熊家族》
"This novel about life in prehistoric times is a rich blend of imagination and information about everything from plants that were used for medicine to the rituals and taboos of Neanderthal man. It is also about Ayla, a little girl who is orphaned when her parents are killed in an earthquake. Maybebecause I'm a mother, I was very moved by the story of her survival and growing up."- Hillary Clinton for The Oprah Magazine
“这部描写史前生活的小说既蕴含了丰富的想象，又提供了各种信息，从药用植物到尼安德特人的仪式和禁忌。主人公小女孩艾拉是一位在地震中失去双亲的孤儿，也许因为我是母亲的缘故，艾拉的生存和成长故事深深地打动了我。”——摘自《奥普拉杂志》中希拉里·克林顿的话
This novel could be termed 'Ayla and the Ice Age', since these are the primary protagonists of the story of disaster and survival. This is the first novel in a five-part Earth Children series.
这部小说也可以被称为“艾拉与冰河时代”，因为它讲述的是原始人与灾难抗争以求得生存的故事。这是“地球之子五部曲”中的第一部小说。
11. "West with the Night" By Beryl Markham
柏瑞尔 ·马卡姆著《夜航西飞》
"I can't get over the amount of daring, courage, self-confidence and determination it took to accomplish what Beryl Markham did in 1936, when she became the first person to fly solo, east to west across the Atlantic Ocean. This is a beautifully written life story of one of the greatest woman adventurers of all time, from her growing up in sub-Saharan Africa to her exploits as a pilot."- Hillary Clinton for The Oprah Magazine
“我深深地沉迷于柏瑞尔·马卡姆身上表现出的大胆、勇气、自信与决心，1936年，她凭借这些成为独自自东向西飞跃大西洋的第一人。这是一本文笔优美的书，主人公是有史以来最伟大的女探险家之一，从她在黑非洲的成长经历一直写到她成为飞行员后取得的成绩。”——摘自《奥普拉杂志》中希拉里·克林顿的话
First written in 1942, the 2010 reprint has captured the timeless appeal of man versus nature…only in this case, the plane-flying daredevil is female. Though Markham eventually spent her years as a horse trainer in Kenya, in her younger years, she became famous as the first female to fly nonstop across the Atlantic. Her courage would do credit to Ernest Hemingway's determination to face internal fears; she met him on safari.
这本书最早作于1942年， 2010年重印版本中捕捉到了不会因时间流逝而褪色的人与自然对抗的无穷魅力……只是这一回，无畏的飞行员是一位女性。尽管马卡姆最终在肯尼亚作了数年驯马师，但在她年轻的时候，她还是因成为第一位不间断飞越大西洋的女性而闻名于世。她的勇气要归功于厄内斯特·海明威面对内心恐惧的决心;她曾在非洲游猎中遇到他。
大学英语文章阅读2
4种 方法 让迷失彷徨的你找到方向
We all get confused at times, but prolonged periods of confusion can cause us to feel that we are stuck in a never-ending, foggy web of uncertainty.
人人都有迷失之时，但过久地陷于其中只能让我们觉得被困在迷茫无尽的不确定中。
To those who are currently caught up in the web of confusion, this may not make sense just yet, but stick with me.
对于正陷于困惑中的人，这些建议可能暂时不奏效，不过请坚持下去。
Here is what you can do to overcome your confusion and find the joy:
以下就是攻克迷茫、找到快乐的方法：
1. Accept where you are.
1、接受自己
Accept the fog, accept the confusion and accept the feelings of "stuckness." This is usually a sign that more information needs to be delivered before you can move forward.
接受迷茫、困惑，接受这种陷于其中的状态。这通常是一个信号，说明你需要获得更多的信息来走出去。
2. Take a deep breath.
2、深呼吸
Center yourself, and firmly state, "I don't know what to do, and that is okay." When you firmly state your uncertainty, you move out of the fog. The more you focus on your certainty, the more at peace you will feel with where you are at.
集中精神，坚定地说：“我知道该怎么做，这是对的。”当你坚定地讲出你的不确定，便能走出迷茫。你越是关注你所确信的东西，也就对自己的处境感到越平和。
3. Focus on what you know.
3、关注你所了解的
When you are confused it can be easy to get stuck in a web of consistent, repetitive thoughts that appear to have no end and no beginning. To clear this, start focusing on what you know and what you feel sure about. When you do this, it will automatically help to weaken the cloud of confusion over your life.
当你困惑时，很容易陷入持续反复、没头没尾的想法中去。要清除这些想法，就要专注于你所了解的、确信的东西。这有助于逐渐消散你生活中的困惑。
4. Be patient.
4、要有耐心
Being confused is a sign of change and you may need to let the journey unfold a little bit more before you make a decision. Be at peace with that, and be at peace with the fact that you don’t have all the answers. Just accept the way things are and trust that inspiration will reach you when the time comes to make a decision.
困惑也是一种改变信号，也许你需要把眼前的道路看得更清楚一些，才能作出决定。用平常心看待它，也要接受你无法拥有所有的答案。接受万物本来的样子，相信当你做决定时，灵感自然会浮现。
The beauty about being stuck and confused in life is that there really is no wrong turn or wrong path.
人生陷于困惑的美妙之处，就在于没有对错。
Every road traveled is a blessing in some way, so take the stress out of life's decisions and trust that all roads really do lead home.
你走的任何一条路都是一种恩赐，所以不要对人生抉择有过多压力，请相信任何一条路都能带你走向心之所属。
励志学，不仅仅是要激活一个人的'财富欲望，更要激活一个人的生命能量，唤醒一个民族的创造热情。以下是我整理的关于大学生英语励志文章，欢迎阅读参考。
The significant inscription found on an old key - "If I rest, I rust." - would be an excellent motto for those who are afflicted with slightest bit of idleness. Even the most industrious person might adopt it with advantage to serve as a reminder that, if one allows his faculties to rest, like the iron in the unused key, they will soon show signs of rust and, ultimately, cannot do the work required of them.
Those who would attain the heights reached and kept by great men must keep their faculties polished by constant use, so that they may unlock the doors of knowledge, the gates that guard entrances to the professions, to science, art, literature, agriculture-every department of human endeavor.
Industry keeps bright the key that opens the treasury of achievement. If Hugh Miller, after toiling all day in quarry had devoted his evenings to rest and recreation, he would never have become a famous geologist. The celebrated mathematician, Edmund Stone would never have published a mathematical dictionary, never have found the key to science of mathematics, if he had given his " moments to idleness. Had the little Scotch lad, Ferguson, had allowed the busy brain to go to sleep while he tended sheep on the hillside, instead of calculating the position of the stars by a string of beads, he would never become a famous,astronomer.
Labor vanquish all-not inconstant, spasmodic or ill-directed labor; but faithful, unremitting daily effort toward a well-directed purpose. Just as truly as eternal vigilance is the price of liberty, So is eternal industry the price of noble and enduring success.
We are a symbol of too much, and too much. But I believe that my image is not "the gentlest hands, skin, such as Diorskin" Lin Daiyu, nor is the modern "unkempt and shabby", "Su Qier". We are a symbol of hope and vitality. So we show in front of others should be ed without pleats, face without scale, modest and polite gestures exudes a stream of heroic spirit, the image of the vigor and vitality of the modern new youth, a into the embodiment of the spirit of nature.
Someone once said, life is a kind of hardness, integrity and dignity of life is propped up the hardness of bone. "Better life" and "the Kui back in the day, and not ashamed on the ground", which is always the traditional virtue of the China. Li Bai's "the eyebrow nengcui Zheyaoshan powerful thing, so that I may not be happy Yan" this awe inspiring atmosphere of the verse and whether it will make those no self-esteem people to shame? Loss of self-esteem is a worthless person, and we as the vanguard of the times, if drown in the darkness forever, or to do a dauntless hero, a flower in the wind and rain sonorous rose. The answer is self-evident.
Desert desolate also has the monument stands, Castle Peak again proud, but also have the great wall around, the river again quiet, also there is a dragon in the recumbent. But the time can be changed, our image, our glory remains the same. Because we pride, because we are confident, because we have a fresh life. And because of this, it is a vast desert riparian long, Qingshan was evergreen, the hardness of life is forever.
The ancients cloud: "where there is a will, there is a way." The so-called, is refers to & mda sh; Individual for themselves to establish "ambition", establish the goal of life. Goal in life, is the guide and light of life, the source of power, if lost it, would have lost the way forward. Determine the goal in life, can choose the road of life, and was able to grasp and control their own life.
Had a target, life becomes full of meaning, - cut seem clear, clear in front of you. What to do, be what is should to do, why to do, for who, all of the elements are less obvious and clear. So life will add more vitality and passion. So that we fully burst their hidden potential, in order to realize high quality life to lay a solid foundation.
Reminiscing about history, any age, any country, the social structure are close - kind of pyramid. A lot of people at the bottom of the pyramid, only - a small number of people at the top of the pyramid. At the bottom of the people can only do ordinary work, there are ordinary income, not achieve their ideal and baggage, and at the top of the tower is a thriving, enjoy substantial wealth, development prospects. But people often ignores, these people who are in the top of the tower, ever also at the bottom, is an obscure, ordinary people, steps - - to climb to the top of the pyramid.
Under careful observation - the vast majority of people in society - born in mediocrity, although they also in hard work, a lifelong struggle, but only minor minor role, its basic reason lies in their lack of real power. Social demands, the restriction of others, that they treat life, work is responsible, but seldom to think how to let oneself have a sea change in life. In other words, most people in the bottom of the pyramid and at the top of the pyramid, compared to a few people the height of the gap lies in the eye, is the goal of life.
What kind of goal, there will be what kind of life. Maybe you think you now is how humble, or engaged in the work is so insignificant, but as long as you strongly desire to climb the peak of success, will himself in the great world of the whole society, the life earnestly positioning, clear goals, and is willing to pay the arduous efforts, so there you'll get it - day, to be successful.
Hope our every personal goal for life from now on, start from the intravenous drip, implement the goal in life. Drop the repeating yourself a mediocre life, try to explore their inner potential, inspire their sparkle, believe that the gold no matter where is the light of truth sooner or later, no matter what difficulties and obstacles encountered, will eventually succeed. New life is start from the date of target.
导语：青春不是一段生命流程，而是一种精神状态，下面是大学生青春励志英语文章，欢迎欣赏。
Whether sixty or sixteen, there is in every human being’s heart the lure of wonders, the unfailing childlike appetite of what’s next and the joy of the game of living. In the center of your heart and my heart there is a wireless station: so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, courage and power from men and from the infinite, so long are you young.
无论是60岁还是16岁，你需要保持永不衰竭的好奇心、永不熄灭的孩提般求知的渴望和追求事业成功的欢乐与热情。在你我的心底，有一座无线电台，它能在多长时间里接收到人间万物传递来的美好、希望、欢乐、鼓舞和力量的信息，你就会年轻多长时间。
An individual human existence should be like a river—small at first, narrowly contained within its banks, and rushing passionately past boulders and over waterfalls. Gradually the river grows wider, the banks recede, the waters flow more quietly, and in the end, without any visible break, they become merged in the sea, and painlessly lose their individual being.
人的生命应当像河流，开始是涓涓细流，受两岸的限制而十分狭窄，尔后奔腾咆哮，翻过危岩，飞越瀑布，河面渐渐开阔，河岸也随之向两边隐去，最后水流平缓，森森无际，汇入大海之中，个人就这样毫无痛苦地消失了。
Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease. This often exists in a man of sixty more than a boy of twenty. Nobody grows old merely by a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals.
青春意味着战胜懦弱的那股大丈夫气概和摈弃安逸的那种冒险精神。往往一个60岁的老者比一个20岁的青年更多一点这种劲头。人老不仅仅是岁月流逝所致，更主要的是不思进取的结果。
Years may wrinkle the skin,but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust.
光阴可以在颜面上留下印记，而热情之火的熄灭则在心灵上刻下皱纹。烦恼、恐惧、缺乏自信会扭曲人的灵魂，并将青春化为灰烬!
Youth is not a time of life, it is a state of mind, it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees, it is a matter of will ,a quality of imagination, a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep spring of life.
青春不是一段生命流程，而是一种精神状态;不是红润的脸庞、嫣红的双唇和柔韧的膝盖，而是不拔的意志、超凡的想象和澎湃的激情。青春，是从生命之泉深处洋溢出来的鲜活与清凉。
Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease. This often exits in a man of 60 more than a boy of 20. No body grows old merely by a number of years, We grow old by deserting our ideas.
青春意味着战胜怯懦的豪迈气概和摒弃安逸、崇尚冒险的大无畏精神。(所以)一个60岁的老者往往也可能比一个20岁的小伙儿更富有青春。人们渐长渐老不仅因为岁月的流失，更多的是因为我们对自己理想的背弃。
Years may wrinkle the skin but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust.
岁月可以在皮肤上留下痕迹，而激情之火的熄灭则在心灵上刻下烙印。担忧、恐惧、缺乏自信等扭曲了人的心灵，也将青春化为灰烬。 Whether 60 or 16, there is in every human being’s heart, the lure of wonders, the unfailing childlike appetite of what’s next and the job of the game of living. In the center of your heart and my heart there is a wireless station: So long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, courage and power from men and from the infinite, so long as you are young.
无论是60岁还是16岁，每个人都要保有强烈的好奇心、永不褪色的孩童般的求知欲和用人生赌明天的冒险精神。在你我的心底，都有一座无线电台：只要它能接收人类和万物传递来的美好、希望、欢乐、鼓舞和力量的.信息，你就会青春永驻。
When the aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism, then you are grown old, even at 20; but as long as your aerials are up, to catch waves of optimism, there’s hope you may die young at 80.
当这根天线倒毁时，你的灵魂就会被玩世不恭和悲观厌世的冰雪覆盖——这时即使你只有20岁，也会未老先衰;而只要你的天线巍然矗立，鼓起自信乐观的风帆，你就可以在80岁去世时依旧青春不逝
“We are reading the first verse of the first chapter of a book whose pages are infinite...”
I do not know who wrote those words, but I have always liked them as a reminder that the future can be anything we want to make it. We can take the mysterious, hazy future and carve out of it anything that we can imagine, just as a sculptor carves a statue from a shapeless stone.
We are all in the position of the farmer. If we plant a good seed, we reap a good harvest. If our seed is poor and full of weeds, we reap a useless crop. If we plant nothing at all, we harvest nothing at all.
I want the future to be better than the past. I don’t want it contaminated by the mistakes and errors with which history is filled. We should all be concerned about the future because that is where we will spend the remainder of our lives.
The past is gone and static. Nothing we can do will change it. The future is before us and dynamic. Everything we do will affect it. Each day brings with it new frontiers, in our homes and in our business, if we only recognize them. We are just at the beginning of the progress in every field of human endeavor.
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“我们正在读一本书的第一章第一行，这本书的页数是无限的……”
我不知道是谁写的，可我很喜欢这句话，它提醒我们未来是由自己创造的。我们可以把神秘、不可知的未来塑造成我们想象中的任何模样，犹如雕刻家将未成形的石头刻成雕像。
我们每个人都像是农夫。洒下良种将有丰收，播下劣种或生满野草便将毁去收成。没有耕耘则会一无所获。
我希望未来比过去更加美好，希望未来不会沾染历史的错误与过失。我们都应举目向前，因我们的余生要用未来书写。
往昔已逝，静如止水;我们无法再作改变。而前方的未来正生机勃勃;我们所做的每一件事都将会影响着它。只要我们认识到这些，无论是在家中还是在工作上，每天我们的面前都会展现出新的天地。
在人类致力开拓的每一片领域上，我们正站在进步的起跑点。
Story of Regret(悲情罗曼史）
There was this guy who believed very much in true love and decided to take his time to wait for his right girl to appear.He believed that here would definitely be someone special out there for him,but none came.
Every year at Christmas,his ex-girlfriend would return from Vancouver to look him up.He was aware that she still held some hope of rekindling[1] the past romance with him.He did not wish to mislead her in any way.So he would always get one of his girl friends to pose as his steady whenever she came back.
That went on for several years and each year,the guy would get a different girl to pose as his romantic interest.So whenever the ex-girlfriend came to visit him,she would be led into believing that it was all over between her and the guy.
The girl took all those rather well,often trying to casually tease[2] him about his different girl friends,or so,as it seemed!In fact,the girl often wept in secret whenever she saw him with another girl,but she was too pround to admit it.Still,every Christmas,she returned,hoping to rekindle some form of romance.But each time,she returned to Vancouver feeling disappointed.
Finally she decided that she could not play that game any longer.Therefore,she confronted him and professed[3] that after all those years,he was still the only man that she has ever loved.Although the guy knew of her feelings for him,he was still taken aback and had never expected her to react that way.He always thought that she would slowly forget about him over time and come to terms that it was all over between them.Although he was touched by her undying love for him and wanted so much to accept her again,he remembered why he rejected her in the first place---she was not the one he wanted.So he hardened his heart and turned her down cruelly.Since then,three years had passed and the girl never returned anymore.They never even wrote to each other.The guy went on with his life... still searching for the one but somehow deep inside him he missed the girl.
On the Christmas of 1995,he went to his friend's party alone."Hey,how come all alone this year?Where are all your girl friends?What happened to that Vancouver babe who joins you every Christmas?"asked one of his friends.He felt warm and comforted by his friend's queries[4] about her,still he just surged[5] on.
Then,he came upon one of his many girl friends whom he once requested to pose as his steady.He wanted so much to ignore her...not that he was impolite,but because at that moment,he just didn't feel comfortable with those girl friends anymore.It was alomst like he was being judged by them.The girl saw him and shouted across the floor for him.Unable to avoid her,he went up to acknowledge her.
"Hi...how are you?Enjoying the party?" the girl asked.
"Sure...yeah!" he replied.
She was slightly tipsy[6]... must be from the whiskey on her hand.She continued,"why...?Don't you need someone to pose as your girlfriend this year?" Then he answered,"No,there is no need for that anymore..."
Before he could continue,he was interrupted,"oh yes!Must have found a girlfriend!You haven't been searching for one for the past years,right?" The man looked up,as if he has struck gold,his face beamed and looked directly at the drunken girl.He replied,"Yes...you are right!I haven't been looking for anyone for the past years."
With that,the man darted[7] across the floor and out the door,leaving the lady in much bewilderment[8].He finally realized that he had already found his dream girl,and she was...the Vancouver girl all along!The drunken lady has said something that awoken him.
All along he had found his girl.That was why he did not bother to look further when he realized she was not coming back.It was not any special girl he was seeking！It was perfection that he wanted,and yes...perfection!
Realizing that he had let away someone so important in his life,he decided to call her immediately.His whole mind was flooded with fear.He was afraid that she might have found someone new or no longer had the same feelings anymore...For once,he felt the fear of losing someone.
As it was Christmas eve,the line was quite hard to get through,especially an overseas call.He tried again and again,never giving up.Finally,he got through...precisely at 12:00 midnight.He confessed his love for her and the girl was moved to tears.It seemed that she never got over him!Even after so long,she was still waiting for him,never giving up.
He was so excited to meet her and to begin his new chapter of their lives.He decided to fly to Vancouver to join her.It was the happiest time of their lives!But their happy time was short-lived.Two days before he was supposed to fly to Vancouver,he received a call from her father.She had a head-on[9] car collision[10] with a drunk driver.She passed away after 6 hours in a coma[11].
The guy was devastated[12],as it was a complete loss.Why did fate play such cruel games with him?He curses the heaven for taking her away from him,denying even one last look at her!How cruel he cursed!How he hated himself...for taking so long to realize his mistake!!That was in 1996.
[1]、rekindle V. 重新点燃
[2]、tease V.取笑，欺负
[3]、profess V.表示
[4]、queries n.查询
[5]、surge V.汹涌，澎湃
[6]、tipsy adj.喝醉的
[7]、dart V.飞奔
[8]、bewilderment n.困惑，慌张
[9]、head-on adj.正面的
[10]、collision n.碰撞，冲突
[11]、coma n.昏迷
[12]、devastate V.毁坏
你的要求好复杂哦~~这个是我在《英语广场》-《魅力英文》上找的一篇文章，字数差不多700多吧。
每个字都是我辛辛苦苦打的。。~~~生词也都加了标注，只是我不知道音标怎么弄，所以没有标注。
希望能帮上忙~~
现在很多大学生空闲时都会看一些英语励志小短文，那么大学英语励志小短文都有哪些呢?一起来看看吧。
The question was once asked of a highly successful businessman, "How have you done so much in your lifetime?"
He replied, "I have dreamed. I have turned my mind loose to imagine what I wanted to do. Then I have gone to bed and thought about my dreams. In the night I dreamt about my dreams. And when I awoke in the morning, I saw the way to make my dreams real. While other people were saying, 'You can't do that, it is impossible,' I was well on my way to achieving what I wanted." As Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the U.S., said: "We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers."
They see things in the soft haze of a spring day, or in the red fire on a long winter's evening. Some of us let these dreams die, but others nourish and protect them; nourish them through bad days until they bring them to the sunshine and light which comes always to those who sincerely hope that their dreams will come true.
So please, don not let anyone steal your dreams, or try to tell you they are too impossible.
"Sing your songs, and dream your dreams, hope your hope and pray your prayer."
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曾经有人问一个非常成功的商人：“你是怎样在有生之年取得这样的成就呢?”
他回答：“我做梦。我放飞自己的思想，想象自己想要的东西。然后我就上床，沉思自己的梦想。那个晚上，我就可以梦到自己的梦想。当第二天早上醒来，我就看到了通向梦想的路。当别人对我说：‘你做不到，这不可能’，而我总是坚持实现自己梦想的路。”正如美国第28届总统伍德鲁?威尔逊所说：“我们因为梦想而变得伟大。所有伟人都是梦想家。”
他们在春天的薄雾或冬夜的篝火里辨清事物。我们有些人让梦想消失，但有些人却培养、保护它们;在生命低潮时仍然培养它们直到看到太阳和光明，而这些只属于那些真诚希望实现梦想的人们。
所以，请不要让别人偷走你的梦想，或者让他们对你说梦想太遥不可及。
“唱你的歌，做你的梦，给你的希望以希望，给你的祈祷以祈祷。”
With age comes experience and with experience comes knowledge and understanding. No one individual is ever completed with his or her growth. For the wisest of all men has death to face. And with death imminent for all, one will still have to face fear till the very end of one's existence. So to take what one learns through life and to press on towards the goals set will one begin to face new, challenging, and sometimes even exciting new fears. Life will never complete itself until one has completed the life he is given. Therefore it is incredibly irresponsible to merely accept death as the imminent future, settle into a comfort zone naught of challenge, and to merely exist. Could a better definition of waste be drawn?
It is each and everyone's responsibility to konw who he is. And it is, therefore, each and everyone's responsibility to take what he has as genetic tools to better his life and to better the lives of others. For if all accepted individuality and accepted the individuality of others, then all would have the sympathy for one another.
This is harmony; the ideal nature of life by which life is then lived. To live in harmony with one another is but a simple step forward in one's thinking.
Once one has recognized one's individuality, accepted one's fears, and chosen to set goals and move foward with the important aid of hope, will one have truly conquered living life.
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经验伴随着年龄增长，知识与宽容伴随着经验增长。人的增长空间是无限的，因为最聪明的人也要面对死亡。死亡对每个人来说都不远。只要人活着，就会有未知的事物去面对。
所以，一个人终生学习，向目标奋进，就会迎来新的挑战，有时甚至是新的恐惧。生活从不会自己终结，除非你终结生命。因此，垂手等待死亡，期待一个毫无挑战的安乐乡，只是为了活下去，这是对自己的不负责任。还有比被喻为垃圾更好的定义吗?
每个人都应当知道自己是谁，而且他应该用自己天生的能力改变自己的生活，以及别人的生活。因为如果每个人都认同个体的存在及其他个体的存在，那么他就会对其他人有同情之心。
这就是和谐——生活的最高境界。与他人和谐共处其实是只要人这么想就能办到的。只要一个人认同了他的个体性、接受他的恐惧、选择了目标、怀着希望奋勇前进，那么他就真正地战胜生活了。
And I make a solemn oath to myself that nothing will retard my new life's growth. I will lose not a day from these readings for that day cannot be retrieved nor can I substitute another for it. I must not , I will not, break this habit of daily reading from these scrolls and, in truth, the few moments spent each day on this new habit are but a small price to pay for the happiness and success that will be mine.
As I read and re-read the words in the scrolls to follow, never will I allow the brevity of each scroll nor the simplicity of its words to cause me to treat the scroll's message lightly. Thousands of grapes are pressed to fill one jar with wine, and the grapeskin and pulp are tossed to the birds. So it is with these grapes of wisdom from the ages. Much has been filtered and tossed to the wind.Only the pure truth lies distilled in the words to come. I will drink as instructed and spill not a drop. And the seed of success I will swallow.
Today my old skin has become as dust. I will walk tall among men and they will know me not , for today I am a new man, with a new life.
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今天，我开始新的生活
我郑重地发誓，绝不让任何事情妨碍我新生命的成长。在阅读这些读物的时候，我绝不浪费一天的时间，因为时光一去不返，失去的日子是无法弥补的。我也绝不打破每天阅读的习惯。事实上，每天在这些新习惯上花费少许时间，相对于可能获得的愉乐与成功而言，只是微不足道的代价。
当我阅读书卷中的字句时，绝不能因为文字的精炼而忽视内容的深沉。一瓶葡萄美酒需要千百颗果子酿制而成，果皮和渣子抛给小鸟。葡萄的智慧代代相传，有些被过滤，有些被淘汰，随风飘逝。只有纯正的真理才是永恒的。它们就精炼在我要阅读的文字中。我要依照指示，绝不浪费，饮下成功的种子。
