英語小文章帶翻譯

　　閱讀是人生的一件大事,它可以讓學生增長知識,開拓眼界,為學生提高語言能力打下堅實的基礎。下面是小編帶來的，歡迎閱讀!

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　　The only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small, uninhabited island.

　　在一場船難中，唯一的生存者隨著潮水，漂流到一座無人島上。

　　He prayed feverishly for God to rescue him,

　　他天天激動地祈禱神救他能夠早日離開此處，回到家鄉。

　　and every day he scanned the horizon for help, but none seemed forthcoming.

　　他還每天注視著海上有否可搭救他的人，但卻是除了汪洋一片，什麼也沒有。

　　Exhausted, he eventually managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to protect him from the elements, and to store his few possessions.

　　後來，他決定用那片帶他到小島的木頭造一個簡陋的小木屋，以保護他在這險惡的環境中生存，並且儲存他所有剩下的東西。

　　But then one day, after scavenging for food, he arrived home to find his little hut in flames, the smoke rolling up to the sky.

　　但有一天，在他捕完食物後，準備回小屋時，突然發現他的小屋竟然陷在熊熊烈火之中， 大火引起的濃煙不斷向天上竄。

　　The worst had happened; everything was lost.

　　最悲慘的是：他所有的一切東西，在這一瞬間通通化為烏有了。

　　He was stunned with grief and anger. “God how could you do this to me!” he cried.

　　悲痛的他，氣憤的對天吶喊著：神啊!你怎麼可以這樣對待我!頓時，眼淚從他的眼角中流出。

　　Early the next day, however, he was awakened by the sound of a ship that was approaching the island.

　　第二天一早，他被一艘正靠近小島的船隻的鳴笛聲所吵醒。

　　It had come to rescue him.

　　是的，有人來救他了。

　　“How did you know I was here?” asked the weary man of his rescuers. “We saw your smoke signal,” they replied.

　　到了船上時，他問那些船員說：「你怎麼知道我在這裡?」

　　It is easy to get discouraged when things are going bad.

　　「因為我們看到了訊號般的濃煙。」他們回答說。 人在碰到困難時，很容易會沮喪。

　　But we shouldn't lose heart, because God is at work in our lives, even in the midst of pain and suffering.

　　不過無論受到折磨或者痛苦，都不用因此失去信心，因為上帝一直在我們心裡面做著奇妙的工作。

　　Remember, next time your little hut is burning to the ground it just may be a smoke signal that summons the grace of God.

　　記住：當下一次你的小木屋著火時，那可能只是上帝美妙恩典的表徵而已。

　　For all the negative things we have to say to ourselves,God has a positive answer for it.

　　在所有我們所認為負面的事情，上帝都是有正面答案的。

　　3

　　林書豪成名背後的勵志故事：厚積薄發，永不言棄

　　He is a Harvard graduate playing in the National Basketball Association. He is an Asian-American in a league devoid of them, which makes him doubly anomalous. No team drafted Lin in 2010. Two teams cut him in December, before the Knicks picked him up.

　　他是NBA賽場上少有的名校哈佛畢業生，他是聯盟裡少見的亞裔美國人，這樣雙重特殊身份的林書豪，在2010年NBA新秀大會上落選，2011年12月先後被金州勇士隊和休斯敦火箭隊裁掉，之後紐約尼克斯隊宣佈簽下他。

　　His contract, potentially worth nearly $800,000, was not even guaranteed until Tuesday afternoon. So for the past six weeks, Lin, 23, has been sleeping in his brother Josh’s living room, waiting for clarity and career security.

　　尼克斯與他簽下的合同價值約為80萬美元，也許在這之前他持有的是非保障合同，但到週二下午6點球隊裁員的截至日子林書豪的的合同自動轉為了保障合同，他將安全的留在尼克斯隊。事實上在過去的6周裡，23歲的林書豪因為不確定自己是否能夠繼續留在紐約，一直寄居在哥哥家當沙發客，等待職業生涯中保障合同的出現。

　　On Saturday night, Lin came off the bench and powered the Knicks to a 99-92 victory over the Nets at Madison Square Garden, scoring a career-best 25 points with 7 assists. Two nights later, he made his first N.B.A. start and produced 28 points and 8 assists in a 99-88 win over the Utah Jazz.

　　上週六的晚上，紐約尼克斯在麥迪遜廣場花園主場迎戰新澤西網隊，板凳席上的林書豪臨危受命，拿下了職業生涯最高的25分7助攻，幫助尼克斯99比92戰勝網隊。兩天後，林書豪獲得NBA的第一次首發機會，在對陣猶他爵士隊的比賽中砍下28分8助攻。

　　Knicks fans now serenade Lin with chants of “Je-re-my!” and “M.V.P.!”. With every game, every precision pass and every clever drive to the basket, Lin is raising expectations, altering the Knicks’ fate and redefining the word “unlikely.” On Twitter, fans and basketball pundits are using another term to describe the phenomenon: “Linsanity.”

　　麥迪遜廣場花園的球迷們齊聲歡呼“Jeremy”和“MVP”。每一場比賽，每一個精準的過人，每一次聰明的突破，林書豪給球迷們帶來希望，改變了尼克斯隊的命運，也再次重新定義了“不可能”。在推特上，球迷和籃球權威人士用Linsanity “為林瘋狂” 這個標籤來描述這種林書豪熱現象Linsanity：Lin+insanity。

　　Two weeks ago, the 6-foot-3 Lin was not even part of the Knicks’ point-guard rotation, despite their lack of talent at the position. He played sparingly in a few games, showing just enough promise to keep getting another look— a few more minutes, another quarter. But there was never any hint of what was to come.

　　兩週前，這個身高1米91的華裔小個子甚至根本不在尼克斯隊的控球后衛輪轉名單中，儘管尼克斯目前在控衛的位置缺乏優秀的人才。在此之前他只打過幾場比賽，但他的表現足以讓教練注意到他。慢慢地，他的上場時間在增加：多了幾分鐘，再打一節。林書豪的傳奇成功不是無跡可尋的。

　　With 25 points Saturday, Lin set the N.B.A. scoring record for a player from Harvard. For an encore, he became the first player in more than 30 years to record at least 28 points and 8 assists in his first N.B.A. start. The last to do so was Isiah Thomas, the Detroit Pistons’ Hall of Fame point guard, in October 1981.

　　在週六砍下25分的一球成名戰後，林書豪也創下了NBA賽場上哈佛畢業生的得分記錄。第二場比賽中，他再次創下記錄，成為NBA賽場30多年裡首發首秀拿到28分8助攻的第一人。上次拿到這個得分的是在1981年10月，底特律活塞隊伊塞亞·托馬斯NBA名人堂球員。

　　“I don’t think anyone, including myself, saw this coming,” Lin said after the game Monday.

　　林書豪在週一比賽後表示，“我相信任何人包括我自己在內，都沒有預想到這樣的成績”。

　　2

　　人的潛力無限：勵志英語故事中英對照

　　Our tolerating ability is indeed way beyond our imagination. But not until the very critical moment will we realize our potential tolerating ability.

　　人的承受能力，其實遠遠超過我們的想象，就像不到關鍵時刻，我們很少能認識到自己的潛力有多大。

　　There was a woman in the countryside who got married at the age of 18 and had to escape with her two daughters and a son wherever she could at the age of 26 due to the Japanese army’s invasion. Many people in the village at that time could not bear the suffering of being a fugitive and wanted to commit suicide. After she knew about it, she would come to those people and soothed them by saying, “Don’t do that silly thing. There are no such setbacks that we could not overcome. The Japanese armies are bound to be foiled one day!”

　　有這樣一位農村婦女，她18歲的時候結婚，26歲趕上日本人侵略中國，在農村進行大掃蕩，她不得不經常帶著兩個女兒一個兒子東躲西藏。村裡很多人受不了這種暗無天日的折磨，想到了自盡，她得知後就會去勸：“別這樣啊，沒有過不去的坎，日本鬼子不會總這麼猖狂的。”

　　Finally she insisted until the day when all the Japanese armies were kicked out of China. Nonetheless, her son died of disease without sufficient medicine and nutrition in those days of hardships. Her husband, after knowing the death of his son, lay in bed for two days without eating and drinking anything. She teared to her husband and said, “We have a tough destiny, but however tough our lives will be, we should also persist. Though our son has passed away, we can have another. There are no such setbacks that we could not overcome.”

　　她終於熬到了把鬼子趕出中國的那一天，可是她的兒子卻在那炮火連天的歲月裡，由於缺醫少藥，又極度缺乏營養，因病夭折了。丈夫不吃不喝在床上躺了兩天兩夜，她流著淚對丈夫說：“咱們的命苦啊，不過再苦咱也得過啊，兒子沒了，咱再生一個，人生沒有過不去的坎。”

　　After giving birth to the second son, her husband died of edema, which almost blew her away. But eventually, she recovered and cuddled the three young children, saying, “My sweet hearts, don’t feel scared. You still have me, your dear mum!”

　　剛剛生了兒子，丈夫因患水腫病離開了人世。在這個打擊下，她很長時間都沒回過神來，但最後還是挺過來了，她把三個未成年的孩子攬到自己懷裡，說：“娘還在呢，有娘在，你們就別怕。”

　　It took her painstaking efforts to raise her children up and the life of her family was getting better and better. Two daughters were married and so was his son finally. She said to everyone she met, “Look! What I said is absolutely right. There are no such setbacks that we could not overcome! My life is so happy now!” She was aging gradually and could not do the farm work any more. So she stayed at home and did some stitching work.

　　她含辛茹苦地把孩子一個個拉扯大了，生活也慢慢好轉起來。兩個女兒嫁了人，兒子也結了婚。她逢人便樂呵呵地說：“我說吧，沒有過不去的坎，現在生活多好啊。”她年紀大了，不能下地幹活，就在家納鞋底，做衣服，縫縫補補。

　　Nevertheless, the Heaven seemed to show no affection to her who had undergone a rough life. She got her leg broken accidentally when she was nursing her grandson. Due to her old age that posed a great risk to her operation, she did not receive operation and had to lie in bed all day long. Her children all cried heavily, while she merely said, “Why do you cry? I am still living.”

　　可是，上蒼似乎並不眷顧這位一生坎坷的婦女，她在照看孫子時不小心摔斷了腿，由於年紀太大做手術危險，就一直沒有做手術，她每天只能躺在床上。兒女們都哭了，她卻說：“哭什麼，我還活著呢。”

　　Even though she could not rise from bed, she did not complain about anything and anybody. Instead, she sat on the bed and did some stitching work. She had learnt scarves-weaving, broidery, crafts-making, etc. All her neighbors spoke highly of her skills and came to learn from her.

　　即便下不了床，她也沒有怨天尤人，而是坐在床上做針線活。她會織圍巾，會繡花，會編手工藝品，左鄰右舍的人都誇她手藝好，還來跟她學藝。

　　She lived until 86. Before she went to Heaven, she said to her children, “You all should live to your best. There are no such setbacks that we could not overcome!”

　　她活到86歲，臨終前，她對自己兒女們說：“都要好好過啊，沒有過不去的坎。”

　　We will only get to realize our own iron will and strong tolerating ability after getting stricken heavily. Therefore, no matter what you are suffering from now, do not merely complain about the unfairness of our destiny and maintain low-spirited all the time. There are no such setbacks that we could not overcome. Only those who have no confidence and courage to overcome setbacks will be defeated at last!

　　人總是在遭遇一次重創之後，才會幡然醒悟，重新認識自己的堅強和堅忍。所以，無論你正在遭遇什麼磨難，都不要一味抱怨上蒼不公平，甚至從此一蹶不振。人生沒有過不去的坎，只有過不去的人。