長篇英語美文聽力原文
英語學習在我國已轟轟烈烈地開展了幾十年。英語學習書籍各種各樣。從小學,初中,高中到大學不斷貫徹英語教學,可以說英語學習已成為一個熱門話題。下面是小編帶來的，歡迎閱讀!
篇一
點不亮的蠟燭
A man had a little daughter—an only and much-loved child. He lived for her—she was his life. So when she became ill, he became like a man possessed, moving heaven and earth to bring about her restoration to health.
His best efforts, however, proved unavailing and the child died. The father became a bitter recluse, shutting himself away from his many friends and refusing every activity that might restore his poise and bring him back to his normal self. But one night he had a dream.
He was in heaven, witnessing a grand pageant of all the little child angels. They were marching in a line passing by the Great White Throne. Every white-robed angelic child carried a candle. He noticed that one child’s candle was not lighted. Then he saw that the child with the dark candle was his own little girl. Rushing to her, he seized her in his arms, caressed her tenderly, and then asked, “How is it, darling, that your candle alone is unlighted?” “Daddy, they often relight it, but your tears always put it out.”
Just then he awoke from his dream. The lesson was crystal clear, and its effects were immediate. From that hour on he was not a recluse, but mingled freely and cheerfully with his former friends and associates. No longer would his darling’s candle be extinguished by his useless tears.
一個男人有一個小女兒，那是唯一的孩子，他深深地愛著她，為她而活，她就是他的生命。所以，當女兒生病時，他像瘋了一般竭盡全力想讓她恢復健康。
然而，他所有的努力都無濟於事，女兒還是死了。父親變得痛苦遁世，避開了許多朋友，拒絕參加一切能使他恢復平靜，回到自我的活動。但有一天夜裡，他做了一個夢。
他到了天堂，看到所有的小天使都身穿白色天使衣，手裡拿著一根蠟燭。他注意到有一個小天使的蠟燭沒有點亮。隨後，他看到那個拿著沒有點亮的蠟燭的小天使是自己的女兒。他奔過去，一把將女兒抱在懷裡，親切地愛撫著她，然後問道：“寶貝兒，為什麼只有你的蠟燭沒有點亮呢?”“爸爸，他們經常重新點亮蠟燭，可是你的眼淚總是把它熄滅。”英美者 英語專業網 enmajor
就在這時，他從夢中醒來。夢給他上的一課像水晶般透明，而且立竿見影。從那個時刻起，他不再消極遁世，而是自由自在，興高采烈的回到從前的朋友和同事們中間。寶貝女兒的蠟燭再也沒有被他無用的眼淚熄滅過。
篇二
創造自己的生活
有時候發生在你身上的一些事情起初看起來很可怕、很痛苦、很不公平，但是深思熟慮之後你會發現，如果沒有克服過這些困難，你就永遠不會意識到自己的潛力、實力、毅力和勇氣。
Sometimes things happen to you that may seem horrible, painful, and unfair at first, but upon reflection you find that without overcoming those obstacles you would never have realized your potential, strength, willpower or heart.?
疾病、傷害、錯失真正偉大的時刻以及極度愚蠢的言行，所有這些事情的出現都是在考驗你靈魂的極限。無論它們是什麼，如果不經歷這些小的考驗，你的生活只是一條平坦之路，卻毫無目的。它也許是安全而舒適的，但也是枯燥和毫無意義的。
Illness, injury, lost moments of true greatness, and sheer stupidity all occur to test the limits of your soul. Without these small tests, whatever they may be, life would be like a smoothly paved road to nowhere. It would be safe and comfortable, but dull and utterly pointless.?
如果某些人傷害了你，背叛了你或者傷了你的心，請原諒他們，因為是他們幫助你明白了什麼是信任，幫助你懂得了要謹慎選擇你要交心的人。
If someone hurts you, betrays you, or breaks your heart, forgive them, for they have helped you learn about trust and the importance of being cautious to whom you open your heart.?
珍惜每一天。珍惜每一刻，並且帶走每一刻所能得到的東西，因為你可能再也不能重複這個過程了。?
Make every day count. Appreciate every moment and take from those moments everything that you possibly can for you may never be able to experience it again.?
跟那些你從來沒有說過話的人說話，並且傾聽他們的話語。你可以做任何你想做的事情。
Talk to people that you have never talked to before, and listen to what they have to say. You can make anything you wish of your life.
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創造自己的生活，然後走出去，去毫無遺憾地享受生活吧。
Create your own life and then go out and live it with absolutely no regrets.
篇三
成功源於積極的習慣
The single most important factor that contributes to success is what you do every single day. It is as simple as that. You habits will determine whether you are successful or not. If you have strong and healthy positives habits, it does not matter whether or not you fail today because you are guaranteed to succeed in the long run. Having positive habits does not mean that you will succeed every single time. However, in the long run, there is no doubt that you will achieve all you goals and be successful. On the other hand, if you have strong negative habits, you are guaranteed to fail in the long run. It does not matter whether you succeed today or not. If your habits are self-destructive, you will fail in the long run.
Why are Habits so Important?
Because you repeat the same actions and the same behaviors every single day. A single positive action will not change your life, but the same action repeated 1 000 times will have a significant impact on your life. For example, if you go to the gym one time, you won’t see a big difference in your life. However, if you go to the gym 1 000 times over a five year period, you will see a big difference in your body. The same principle applies to finance, health, relationships, work, career, and school. Simple positive actions repeated every single day will have a tremendous impact on your life in the long run.
Guaranteed Success
When you have strong positive habits, it does not matter whether you fail right now or not, because you are guaranteed to succeed in the long run. Do you know the law of sowing and reaping? The law of sowing and reaping states that you reap what you sow. If you are always sowing good positive actions, the only logical result will be success. A man who has a strong work ethic and who has a clear goal will succeed no matter what. This man has developed the habit of working hard. It does not matter whether he fails an exam or miss a sale. The man will keep working until he succeeds. I am not worried about this man. He will be successful.
Guaranteed Failure
When you have negative habits, failure is guaranteed for you until you take the conscious decision to change you habits forever. Negative habits include overeating, gambling, smoking, drinking and taking drugs. However, let’s not forget those other negative habits that are often the real cause of failure. These negative habits are character traits that will stop you from achieving success. I’m talking about mental habits such as procrastination, laziness, fear, shyness, lack of courage, etc. Procrastination is the worst negative habit. It is a dream killer. Instead of taking action and working hard to achieve his goal, the procrastinator decides to delay and to wait until tomorrow. However, when tomorrow becomes today, the procrastinator keeps delaying. The only solution to his problem is to start taking action right now.
How to Develop Positive Habits
There’s nothing easier than developing positive habits. You simply have to do every single day the action you want to make a habit. If you want to develop the habit of running, run almost every day. If you want to develop the habit of eating healthy, eat healthy every day. If you want to develop the habit of reading, read every day. Habits are created by repetition. The more you do an action, the easier it becomes in the long run.
How to Eliminate Negative Habits
The only way to destroy negative habits is to stop reinforcing them. If you are a smoker, stop smoking. If you are a drug user, stop using drugs. If you are a procrastinator, stop procrastinating and start taking action right now. Yes, it will be very difficult at the beginning. The first week will be very hard. After three weeks, you will feel a lot better. Eliminating negative habits is hard because you associated a lot of pleasure to these habits in the past.
How Psychology Can Help
If you want to be successful in changing your habits, you should think about changing your inner beliefs about your habits. For example, your old belief was: “I love cigarette because it makes me feel good and relaxed. I need cigarette to be happy and relaxed.” If you keep this belief, you won’t be able to keep your resolution to stop smoking for very long. Instead, you should adopt this new belief: “I love yoga because it makes me feel good and relaxed. Cigarette is toxic and destroys my body. Yoga makes me happy.” You should analyze your beliefs and make sure they won’t stop you from changing your habits. The same is true when you try to form positive habits. If you want to start eating healthy food, here are some positive beliefs you should start thinking about: “Healthy food is very good for my health. It gives me a lot of energy and I feel very good.”
Action Plan
It’s now time for you to develop positive habits in your life and eliminate your negative habits. Write down 3 positive habits that you would like to develop and 3 negative habits that you would like to eliminate. For each positive habit, write down exactly what actions you’re going to take every single day in order to develop the new habit. For each negative habit, write down exactly what actions you’re not going to take in the next weeks. Here are some positives habits that will lead to success: exercise, healthy food, reading, saving, studying, healthy relationships, hard work, etc. Here are some negative habits to eliminate: gambling, drug and alcohol abuse, overeating, procrastination, shyness, etc.
You Can Do It!
Everybody can change. All it takes is courage and commitment. Decide right now to improve your life by changing your habits. Take action right now! Don’t be afraid. Yes, you will probably make mistakes along the way. But never forget that success is guaranteed for you if you have positive habits in your life. If you refuse to quit, success will be yours.引導成功的唯一最重要的因素是你每一天所做的事情。就這麼簡單。你的習慣將會決定你成功與否。如果你有強大而且健康的積極的習慣，你現在是否失敗都無所謂，因為你將來註定會成功。保有積極地習慣並不意味著你每一次都會成功。然而，從長遠看來，毫無疑問你將會實現所有的目標，成為成功人士。相反，如果你有強大的消極的習慣，你將來註定會失敗。無論你現在成功與否.如果你的習慣是自我毀滅性的，你將來必定失敗。
為什麼習慣如此重要?
因為你每一天都在重複同樣的動作和同樣的行為。一次積極的行動不會改變你的人生，但是同樣的行動重複1000次，將會對你的人生產生巨大的影響。比如，如果你去做一次健身，你看不到有什麼大不同。然而，你5年裡去做了1000次健身，你就會發現你身體的大變化了。這對於理財、健康、人際關係、工作、職業和上學是同樣的道理。每一天都充分簡單的積極地行動，將會對你以後的人生產生巨大的影響。
必定的成功
如果你有強大的積極地習慣，你現在失敗與否都無所謂，因為你將來註定成功。你知道播種與收穫的道理嗎?這個道理是你將會收穫你播種的東西。如果你一直做良好的積極的事情，唯一符合邏輯的結果就是成功。一個有著良好的職業道德和明確的目標的人無論怎樣都會成功。這個人已經形成了努力工作的習慣。一次考試的失敗或是丟掉了一點銷售額都沒有關係。這個人會繼續努力知道成功。我不擔心這樣的人。他必定會成功。
必定的失敗
如果你有消極的習慣，你必定失敗，除非你主動採取措施永遠改掉這些習慣。消極的習慣包括暴飲暴食、賭博、吸菸、喝酒和吸毒。然而，我們不能忘記其他那些真正導致失敗的消極習慣。這些消極習慣是可能阻止你走向成功的性格特點。我指的是精神層面的習慣，例如浪費時間、懶惰、膽小、害羞、缺乏勇氣，等等。浪費時間是最壞的消極習慣。它是夢想的殺手。非但不採取行動為達到目標努力工作，取而代之的是拖延，明日復明日。然而，當明天變成了今天，仍舊在拖延。唯一的解決辦法就是立即行動起來。
怎樣形成積極的習慣
沒有什麼是比形成積極地習慣更簡單的了。你只需要每一天都做你希望能形成習慣的事情。如果你想養成跑步的習慣，那就幾乎每天都去跑步。如果你想養成健康飲食的習慣，那麼每天都吃健康食品。如果你想有閱讀的習慣，每天都閱讀。習慣是由重複養成的。你重複的越多，以後做起來就越容易。
怎樣摒棄消極的習慣
打破消極的習慣的唯一方式就是停止重複它們。如果你是個菸民，停止吸菸。如果你是個吸毒的人，停止吸毒。如果你是個磨蹭的人，停止拖沓並且現在就採取行動。當然，開始的時候將會很難。第一週將會很痛苦。三週以後，你就會感覺好一點了。摒棄掉消極的習慣是很難的，因為你在過去的許多樂趣都跟這些有關。
怎樣用心理學來幫助你
如果你想成功地改掉你的習慣，你應該改變你內心的關於這些習慣的想法。比如，你的舊觀念是：“我喜歡香菸，因為它使我感覺很好很輕鬆。我需要香菸來使我快樂和放鬆。”如果你保有這樣的想法，那麼你的戒菸行動將不會持續很久。想反，如果你採取這樣的觀念：“我喜歡瑜伽，因為這使我感覺舒適而且放鬆。香菸是有害的並且破壞了我的健康。瑜伽使我快樂。”你應該分析你的觀念，確保你不會停止改掉惡習。當你試圖形成良好的習慣的時候也是同樣的道理。當你想開始健康飲食的時候，你應該開始想這些積極的觀念：“健康的食物對我的健康是有益的。它給我許多能量，我感覺非常好。”
行動計劃
現在就是你形成生活中的積極地習慣改掉惡習的時候了。寫下3個你想形成的積極的習慣和3個你想改掉的消極的習慣。對於每一個積極的習慣，準確的寫下你將每一天採取什麼行動來形成新的習慣。對於每一個消極的習慣，準確的寫下你下週打算不做什麼。這些是將會引導你成功的積極的習慣：鍛鍊身體、健康飲食、閱讀、節儉、學習、健康的人際關係，努力工作，等等。這些是應該改掉的消極的習慣：賭博、吸毒、嗜酒、暴飲暴食、拖沓、害羞，等等。
你能行
每個人都可以改變。這所需要的就是勇氣和承諾。現在就下定決心通過改變習慣來改善你的生活。現在就行動起來。不要害怕。是的，你也許會在這條路上犯一些錯誤。但是永遠不要忘記如果你生活中有著積極的習慣，你必定會成功。如果你堅持到底，成功註定屬於你。