a poet leads me to a branch road: on one side, there are lots of sweet apples, lovely and charming; on the other, there is a patch of thorn, what hides behind the success of struggling against the thorn is a splendid palace. i deeply know that if i choose the apples, i will give up a precious opportunity of becoming a queen; while if i choose to challenge, i have to say farewell to the apples. which one should i choose?
just like the branch road, we have to make a lot of choices during our lifetime. it is usually considered that we are choosing what to gain, to own, but in my opinion, we are just choosing to give up.
choosing to be a teacher means giving up the life as rich as a business man;
choosing to be a top student means giving up much leisure time in front of the tv.
sure, it's a torture, but we must judge carefully what is more important, then give up the others. don't think of them any more, just focus all your spirit on what you are doing.
i myself, who is standing here, have already chosen to challenge in such a great competition, so i have to give up ten days of normal classes in school and relaxation without pressure. but i am still pleased, because giving up properly makes me stick to my choice.
let's return to our branch road, which one will your choose? i choose to challenge here!
In the State of Zheng. There was a man who wanted to go into town to buy a pair of new shoes.
鄭國(guó)，有個(gè)人想去城里買一雙新鞋子。
Before leaving home, he measured his foot with a piece of straw for size. After he arrived at the town and entered a shoe shop, he put his hand into his pocket only to find that in his haste he had left the measurement at home. Thereupon, he turned round and started for home. But when he rushed back to the shoeshop with the measurement, the shop had closed. As a result, he had suanwenw busied himself for nothing.
他離家前先用一根稻草量了自己的腳，把他當(dāng)作尺碼。他到了城里，走進(jìn)鞋店，伸手摸口袋，從發(fā)現(xiàn)因?yàn)榧敝s路，把尺碼忘在家里了。于是，他轉(zhuǎn)身就往家里跑?？墒堑人弥叽a趕回鞋店的時(shí)候，店已經(jīng)關(guān)門了。結(jié)果，他白忙了一陣子，還是沒有買到鞋子。
Later, someone asked him:” Were you buying shoes for yourself or for others? ”
后來(lái)，有人問他：“你是給自己買鞋，還是給別人買鞋?”
He answered:” For myself.”
他回答說(shuō)：“是給我自己。
Someone else asked him:” Don’t you have your feet on yourself? You need only to Try on shoes with your feet to get the right size. Why did you go back home to fetch the measurement? “
別人又問他：“腳不是長(zhǎng)在你自己身上嗎?英語(yǔ)小短文只要用你的腳去試試鞋子的大小，不就可以了嗎?為什么還要回家去拿尺碼呢?“
The man of Zheng insisted:” I would rather trust the measurement than my own feet.”
那個(gè)鄭國(guó)人堅(jiān)持說(shuō)：“我寧愿相信尺碼，也不相信自己的腳。“
Self-confidence, as is approved by research and practice, has an amazingly powerful influence on the output of people’s activities. Patients who believe that they’ll recover soon generally cures faster than those who think they won’t. Students with optimistic characters usually provide better performance, even if they work the same hard as others. Although someone may regard such conclusion as superstitious, it does take place everyday and everywhere. Neural scientists have discovered that, when a man feels confident, his brain will secrete some kinds of hormone that boost brain activity and improve the efficiency of his immune system. In contrast, a melancholic brain is suppressed by other chemicals and cannot fully exhibit its potential.
To help building up self-confidence, you can take the following two steps. First, identify your merits and value them. If you constantly compare your weakness to others’ advantages, you’d only gain frustration rather than confidence. Second, track every little progress you’ve made and review them frequently. You may not possibly become perfectly successful in one day, but if only you can see yourself growing gradually, surely you’re on the right way. There’re also other methods making you more confident that depend on yourself to find out, and they’re all necessary elements to make you more competitive in your area.
everyone has his ownunderstanding of young,it is a period of time of beauty and wonders,only after you have
experienced the sour ,sweet ,bitter and salty can you really become a person of significance.thre time of young is limitted,it may paby without your attention,and when you discover what has happened ,it is always too late.grasping the young well means a better time is waiting for you in the near future,or the situation may be opposite .
having a view on these great men in the history of hunmanbeing,they all made full use of their youth time ,to do things that are useful to society,to the whole mankind,and as a cosquencyanjianggao/e ,they are remembered by later
generations,admired by everyone.so do something in the time of young,although you may not get achievements as these greatmen did ,though not for the whole word,just for youeself,for those around!
the young is just like blooming flowers,they are so beautiful when blooming,they make people feel happy,but with time passing by,after they withers ,moet people think they are ugly.and so it is the same with young,we are enthusiastic when we are young,then we may lose our passion when getting older and older.so we must treasure it ,don't let the limitted time paby ,leaving nothing of significance.
as you slowly open your eyes, look around, notice where the light comes into your room; listen carefully, see if there are new sounds you can recognize; feel with your body and spirit, and see if you can sense the freshnein the air.
yes, yes, yes, it’s a new day, it’s a different day, and it’s a bright day! and most importantly, it’s a new beginning for your life, a beginning where you are going to make new decisions, take new actions, make new friends, and take your life to a totally unprecedented(空前的) level.
in your mind’s eye, you can see clearly the things you want to have, the paces you intend to go, the relationships you desire to develop, and the positions you aspire(勵(lì)志) to reach.
you can hear your laughters of joy and happineon the day when everything happens as you dream. you can see the smiles on the people around you when the magic moment strikes. you can feel your face is getting red, your heart is beating fast, and your blood is rushing all over your body, to every single corner of your being!
you know all this is real as long as you are confident, passionate and committed!(效忠的) and you are confident, you are passionate, you are committed!
you will no longer fear ma-ki-ng new sounds, showing new facial expressions, using your body in new ways, approaching new people, and asking new questions.
you will live every single day of your life with absolute passion, and you will show your passion through the words you speak and the actions you take.
you will focus all your time and effort on the most important goals of your life. you will never succumb(屈服,屈從) to challenges of hardships.
you will never waver(動(dòng)搖) in your pursuit of excellence. after all, you are the best, and you deserve the best!
as your coach and friend, i can assure you the door to all the best things in the world will open to you, but the key to that door is in your hand. you must do your part. you must faithfully follow the plans you make and take the actions you plan; you must never quit and you must never fear. i know you must do it, you can do it, you will do it, and you will succeed! now stand firm and tall, make a fist, get excited, and yell it out:
i must do it! i can do it! i will do it! i will succeed!
i must do it! i can do it! i will do it! i will succeed!
i must do it! i can do it! i will do it! i will succeed!
To us it seems so natural to put up an umbrella to keep the water off When it rains. But actually the umbrella wasn't invented as protection against rain. Its first use was a shade against the sun!
在我們看來(lái),下雨打傘是很自然的事。 但事實(shí)上傘在發(fā)明的時(shí)候并不是用來(lái)防雨的,而是用來(lái)遮陽(yáng)的 。
Nobody knows who first invented it, hut the umbrella was used in very ancient times. Probably the first to use it were the Chinese, way back in the eleventh century BC.
沒有人知道是誰(shuí)發(fā)明了傘,但是傘在很早很早的古代就開始使用了 。可能首先使用傘的人是中國(guó)人,這要追溯到公元前11世紀(jì)。
We know the umbrella was used in ancient Egypt and Babylon as a sunshade. And there was duanwenw a strange thing connected with its use: it became a symbol of honor and authority. In the Far East in ancient times, the umbrella was allowed to be used only by royalty or by those in high office.
我們知道,在古埃及和古巴比倫傘是用來(lái)遮陽(yáng)的 。關(guān)于這一用途有一點(diǎn)很奇怪:傘成了尊嚴(yán)與權(quán)力的象征 。在古代的遠(yuǎn)東地區(qū),只有皇室和高官才能使用傘 。
In Europe, the Greeks were the first to use the umbrella as a sunshade. And the umbrella was in common use in ancient Greece. But it is believed that the first persons in Europe to use the umbrella as protection against Romans.
在歐洲,希臘人是首先把傘用于遮陽(yáng)的人。 傘的使用在古希臘很普遍.但是據(jù)信在歐洲首先使用傘的人是為了防范羅馬人 。
During the middle ages, the use of umbrella practically disappeared Then it appeared again in Italy in the late sixteenth century. And again it was duanwenw considered a symbol of power and authority. Byl680, the umbrella appeared in France, and later in England.
中世紀(jì)的時(shí)候傘幾乎消失, 16世紀(jì)后期又在意大利出現(xiàn),并再一 次成為權(quán)力和威嚴(yán)的象征。 到1680年,傘開始在法國(guó)出現(xiàn),之后又出現(xiàn)在英國(guó) 。
By the eighteen century, the umbrella was used against rain throughout most of Europe. Umbrellas have not changed much in style during all this time, though they have become much lighter in weight. It wasn't until the twentieth century that women's umbrellas began to he made, in a whole.
到18世紀(jì),傘在整個(gè)歐洲幾乎都用來(lái)遮雨了 。 在這期間,傘的樣式一直沒有發(fā)生太大變化,只是重量上輕了許多 。 直到20世紀(jì)才出現(xiàn)了各種顏色的女士用傘。
Don’t allow your troubles to get the best of you. Instead, allow those troubles to make the best of you.
Don’t tire yourself out fighting against the challenges. Instead, find new energy by embracing1 those challenges and working through them to create real value.
Always remind yourself that discour-agement is nothing more than a response you’ve chosen. When you find that you’ve chosen to let it be, you can just as surely choose to let it go.
Replace discouragement with determin-ation. It is your life’s energy, and you can point it in whatever direction you choose. Your most powerful response is not based only on what has already happened. Your most powerful response also takes into account what you wish to make happen next.
Look forward, and envision in great detail the future you desire. Then gather all your energy, and step forward to make it be.
不要被煩惱擊敗,相反,要讓這些煩惱磨練出更優(yōu)秀的你。
不要因與挑戰(zhàn)作斗爭(zhēng)而身心疲憊,相反,要在接受挑戰(zhàn)、戰(zhàn)勝挑戰(zhàn)的過程中找到活力去創(chuàng)造真正的價(jià)值。
時(shí)常提醒自己,氣餒只不過是你自己的選擇。當(dāng)你發(fā)現(xiàn)是你選擇了氣餒,你當(dāng)然也可以選擇不這樣。
用決心消除氣餒,這就是你生命的活力,是放之四海而皆準(zhǔn)的。你最有力的反應(yīng)不僅僅受所發(fā)生的事情的影響,而且與你期待發(fā)生的事情有一定關(guān)聯(lián)。
向前看,詳盡地展望你所期盼的未來(lái)。然后集中你所有的精力,努力前進(jìn),讓夢(mèng)想成真。
Life hard。 We should not give up hope。 By the time we have given up， we are finhed。 Chances are always there。 We have to grab every single opportunity。。。to help， to love and to serve。 To live our life happier， full of joy， we have to set our goal and even dream big。
生活總是充滿挑戰(zhàn)。我們不應(yīng)當(dāng)放下期望。我們放下了，我們被完成。機(jī)會(huì)永遠(yuǎn)都在那里。我們必須抓住每一個(gè)機(jī)會(huì)，去幫忙他們，去愛和服務(wù)。來(lái)過我們的生活更歡樂，充滿了歡樂，我們得把我們的目標(biāo)，甚至更大的夢(mèng)想。
If we choose the shortest path in life， we will never learn。 To be or not to be， we have to be SOMEBODY。 The fastest way to gain love to love others first!Do not hide your talent， your knowledge and your beautiful heart。 Go for your dream and live for it。
如果我們選擇最短路徑在生活中，我們學(xué)不會(huì)的。做還是不做，我們要出人頭地。最快捷的方式獲得的愛在于無(wú)條件地愛別人不要隱藏你的才華，你的知識(shí)和你的美麗的心。去找你的夢(mèng)想并為它而生活。
eagle acquired in a strong wind and rain in the wings, the plum blossom in full bloom in the cold weather assail the nostrils of the fragrance. in today's competitive times, we will not be timid, looking over, we will learn to survive in the competition, in the face of adversity in life to write music. as a philosopher said: the above on the fate of the people, confidence is the key to the fate! thorns in front of any problems, we will hold it constant. xue-hai vast, we have to do down the brave sailors, wind and the waves, the future together, the ancient saying goes: the trials and tribulations, as in ru yu. "youth in the footsteps of firms such as flow goes, the prime years of fighting can not afford to waste points. fellow students, let us seize the good life every day, towards the other side of the gold before. pro-yuan xian fish, it is better still active and networks. we use the wisdom and courage raised the ideal of sailing, with our youth and life played a strong tone of the times! when we abandoned the confusion, take the course; ground when we blinded, tireleyaojiang, the fate of the gates will be open to us, tempting time will come! the future is not a dream today, in our hands!
if i were a boy again, i would practice perseverance(毅力)more often, and never give up a thing because it was hard or inconvenient. if we want light, we must conquer darkness. perseverance can sometimes equal genius in its results. “there are only two creatures,” says a proverb, “who can surmount the pyramids—the eagle and the snail.”
if i were a boy again, i would school myself into a habit of attention; i would let nothing come between me and the subject in hand. i would remember that a good skater never tries to skate in two directions at once. the habit of attention becomes part of our life, if we begin early enough. i often hear grown-up people say “i could not fix my attention on the lecture or book, although i wished to do so” , and the reason is, the habit was not formed in youth.
if i were to live my life over again, i would pay more attention to the cultivation of the memory. i would strengthen that faculty by every possible means, and on every possible occasion. it takes a little hard work at first to remember things accurately; but memory soon helps itself, and gives very little trouble. it only needs early cultivation to become a power.
if i were a boy again, i would look on the cheerful side. life is very much like a mirror: if you smile upon it, i smile back upon you; but if you frown and look doubtful on it, you will get a similar look in return.
inner sunshine warms not only the heart of the owner, but of all that come in contact with it. “who shuts love out ,in turn shall be shut out from love.”
finally, instead of trying hard to be happy, as if that were the sole purpose of life, i would, if i were a boy again, i would still try harder to make others happy.
Compared with the forty year old shabby dormitory I am living in now, the one I lived in for three years in high school was heaven: three students shared one brand new suite with air conditioners and a bathroom.
In three years time we changed it thoroughly:the color of the floor turned from bright pink into muddy gray, and the closet a hive of insects proliferating among piles of rotten fruit.And our masterpiece was the bathroom, a never drying swamp which served as the habitat of various kinds of mold, and even rodents, rats would occasionally take the trouble to pay us a visit, and.., all three of us felt like sobbing when we at last had to say good bye to our lovely filthy dormitory. Maybe it is because that the dormitory had changed us as well as we'd changed it.
The first lesson our dormitory taught us was to look after ourselves. Frankly speaking, we were not good students at all. I still remember the underwear that was soaked in soapy water for one and a half years before it was finally thrown away. Almost each of the boys' dormitories had gradually developed its own unique "fragrance" usually a mixture of rotten fruit, unwashed socks, stunk towels and some junk food. We could tell one dormitory from another by sniffing instead of looking. Our tolerance towards untidiness was amazing.
However, in spite of all this, we really did make some progress. Bit by bit, we started to wash dirty clothes before they stunk, cleaned the garbage bin when it could hold no more trash, we even used brushes in a not-sc-successful attempt to refurbish the floor. The point was that we were not obeying any order, we did every bit of the cleaning for ourselves, because we wanted to live in a better place. Though nothing we did could be called an achievement, it was the first time we fully bore the consequences of our behavior, and took the responsibility.
Thus it was not surprising that I often found myself the only one to clean up my university dormitory which looked no better than a garbage bin when my roommates felt normal of it.
When talking about our dormitory life, and probably all the dormitory life, we should never leave out one thing. This was what we called "bed talks". Though it was considered "illegal,"there was nothing to stop us from deliberately starting a heated discussion right after lights were out. It was our favorite and the only way of ending our day, and we were as punctual for it as our parents are for work. What was the most common topic?Girls, of course! What other topics were there for three energetic adolescent males lying comfortably in bed? We judged them,ranked them, argued over them night after night without feeling the slightest sense of boredom for three whole years. Were we
maniacs? Who is not a maniac at eighteen?
The future can be anything we want to make
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 like 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 reminder 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 effect it.
Each day will brings with it new frontiers, in our homes and in our businesses, if we will only recognize them. We are just at the beginning of the progress in every field of human endeavor.
我不知道這段文字是誰(shuí)寫的，我一直很喜歡并用它們來(lái)提醒自己，那就是未來(lái)操之在我。
我們可以掌握神秘而不可知的未來(lái)，從中創(chuàng)出我們所能想象的任何東西，一如雕刻家可以將未成型的石頭刻出雕像一樣。
我們每個(gè)人都是農(nóng)夫。我們?nèi)舴N下好種子，就會(huì)有豐收。倘若種子長(zhǎng)得不良且長(zhǎng)滿雜草，我們就會(huì)徒勞無(wú)獲。如果我們什么也不種，就根本不會(huì)有什么收獲。
我希望未來(lái)會(huì)比過去更好。我不希望未來(lái)會(huì)被那些充斥在歷史中的錯(cuò)誤所污染。我們應(yīng)關(guān)心未來(lái)，因?yàn)橥蟮挠嗌家谖磥?lái)中度過。
往昔已一去不復(fù)返而且是靜止的。任憑我們?cè)趺磁Χ疾荒芨淖冞^去。未來(lái)就在我們眼前而且是動(dòng)態(tài)的。我們的所作所為都會(huì)影響未來(lái)。
只要我們體會(huì)的出來(lái)，每天都可以發(fā)現(xiàn)新的知識(shí)領(lǐng)域伴隨而生，可能是在家里，也可能是在我們的事業(yè)中。我們正處在人類所努力鉆研的每個(gè)領(lǐng)域中進(jìn)步的起點(diǎn)。
you will live every single day of your life with absolute passion, and you will show your passion through the words you speak and the actions you take.
you will focus all your time and effort on the most important goals of your life. you will never succumb to challenges of hardships.
you will never waver in your pursuit of excellence. after all,you are the best, and you deserve the best! as your coach and friend, i can assure you the door to all the best things in the world will open to you, but the key to that door is in your hand. you must do your part, you must faithfully follow the plans you make and take the actions you plan, you must never quit, you must never fear. i know you must do it, you can do it, you will do it, and you will succeed!
now stand firm and tall, make a fist, get excited, and yell it out:
i must do it! i can do it! i will do it! i will succeed!
Life is not about just getting by. Life is about reaching ever higher, building one achievement on top of another, and creating real, meaningful value in each moment.
A common stone on the ground does a great job of just getting by. You, on the other hand, are destined1 for much more spectacular things. Yes, indeed, you will certainly meet a number of challenges when you make the effort to raise your world even a little bit higher. The good thing is, you are superbly equipped to thrive on those challenges.
If life seems unsuccessful, it’s not because of the challenges or limitations that stand in your way. It’s because you refuse to see the exceptional opportunities that those challenges represent.
This is your precious and unique life, and it is absolutely worth all the trouble and effort you must go through to make it great. Within you at this moment are beautiful dreams, and you can begin to live in the direction of those dreams whenever you choose.
Let go of the false security of just getting by, and get yourself into focus on a purpose that will bring your life gloriously to life. Your very own pathway to success is just one quick step away.
生活并不是過得去就行,而是需要我們每時(shí)每刻都有所超越,不斷取得成就,并且創(chuàng)造真正的、有意義的價(jià)值。
地上的一塊普通的石子只是躺在那里就做得很好了。然而,你注定是要做大事的。是的,當(dāng)你努力提升自己時(shí),你的確會(huì)遇到許多困難,哪怕只是提升一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)。幸運(yùn)的是,你有能力戰(zhàn)勝那些挑戰(zhàn)。
如果生活看起來(lái)并不是一帆風(fēng)順的,那并不是因?yàn)槟闱胺降牡缆飞嫌刑魬?zhàn)或阻礙,而是因?yàn)槟銢]有看到那些挑戰(zhàn)中蘊(yùn)藏的良機(jī)。
這是你所珍愛的、獨(dú)一無(wú)二的生活。為了讓它變得更美好,經(jīng)歷困難、付出努力都是值得的。此刻,你的內(nèi)心充滿著美好的夢(mèng)想,只要你選擇,你就可以朝著夢(mèng)想的方向生活。
摒棄生活只要過得去就行這樣的錯(cuò)誤觀點(diǎn),全心投入一個(gè)目標(biāo)——讓你的生活更加精彩。成功之路離你僅一步之遙。