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  每天一篇英語文章篇一

  A very long time ago in the village of Shufinne, a young orphan girl lived with her aunt.

  The aunt spoilt her own children but was very mean to the little girl. She made her work from sunrise to sunset gathering wood, working in the fields, patching the mud walls of their house and looking after the turkeys.

  Each morning the girl would let the turkeys out of their cages and take them into the canyons to let them search for food.

  Each night she would go up into the canyons and call the turkeys to come home. They would gather round her and follow her back to their cages. Everyone in the village, including her cousins, called her Turkey Girl.

  She was often sent off with the turkeys without any breakfast, and many times she went to bed hungry at night.

  Turkey Girl worked hard for years. No one showed her any kindness. But she was very kind and caring to the turkeys. They loved her in return and came immediately she called them at night to lead them back to their cages.

  Gradually Turkey Girl grew into a young woman. But she always looked dirty and tired from all the hard work she did. Her hair was a tangled, untidy mess and her clothes were patched and tattered hand downs from her cousins.

  One day it was announced there would be a big dance in the village in four days time. Everyone was excited. Turkey Girl’s cousins began sewing new mantas or dresses for the dance. They laughed as they sewed, and talked about how wonderful they would look at the dance.

  Turkey Girl knew she was not invited and even if she was, she had nothing to wear. Everyone would laugh at her dirty and patched clothes.

  For the next three days as Turkey Girl walked with her turkeys into the canyons, she sighed and talked to the birds about the dance.

  “It would be so cool to go to that dance.” she sighed.

  The turkeys kept walking.

  “But it’s never going to happen. And even if I could go I don’t have a nice dress to wear. Everyone would laugh at me,” she said to the turkeys.

  The turkeys kept walking.

  On the fourth day as Turkey Girl talked and thought about the dance she didn’t notice that the turkeys had led her further into the canyons than she had ever been before.

  The turkeys stopped and circled her.

  The oldest turkey flapped his wings, strutted up to her and said “We can help you go to the dance.”

  Turkey Girl stared at the old turkey with her mouth wide open, unable to speak

  Finally she screamed, “You spoke to me, you really spoke to me! Wow! My turkeys can talk!”

  “Yes we can talk when we want to,” said the old turkey. “Now get over it!”

  “Ok, talking turkeys! I’m cool with that,” said Turkey Girl. “Now what were you saying about the dance?”

  The old turkey said, “If you trust us and do what we say, we can help you go to the dance.”

  “But I’ve got nothing to wear except these old clothes, and I’m dirty,” cried the girl.

  The turkeys stared at her without saying a word.

  “Ok, I trust you,” said Turkey Girl. “You've been my only friends all these years.”

  The old turkey told her to take off her dress and put it on the ground. He then strutted back and forth on it, picking at it with his beak and beating it with his wings.

  The other turkeys circled around Turkey Girl, brushing her with their wings and combing her hair with their beaks until her skin was clean and smooth and her long black hair was shining and wavy.

  When the turkeys stepped away from her, the old turkey stood there, holding a beautifully embroidered white dress in his beak. Turkey Girl put it on.

  A large turkey lifted his wing and out fell a pair of the finest white moccasins.

  Another turkey coughed and out came a sparkling shell necklace.

  Dressed in her new clothes and with her glowing face, Turkey Girl looked truly beautiful.

  She thanked the turkeys and turned to leave the canyon to go to the dance.

  “Before you go” said the old turkey “You must promise not to forget us here in the canyon and come back before it is dark, to take us back to our cages.”

  “I promise!” shouted Turkey Girl, as she turned and ran towards the village. “You can trust me.”

  When Turkey Girl reached the village no one recognised her in her gorgeous new clothes.

  All the young men looked at her admiringly, wondering who this beautiful young woman was. All the young women greeted her warmly.

  At first Turkey Girl was a bit shy and found it hard to talk but gradually she joined in the dancing.

  The more she relaxed, the more she enjoyed herself and danced and danced, forgetting about the turkeys.

  It wasn’t until she noticed the long shadows cast by the sun as it sank behind the mountains, that she remembered the turkeys.

  Turkey Girl ran from the village, ignoring all her new friends who called after her.

  When she reached the canyon where she had left the turkeys it was dark and all the turkeys had gone.

  Turkey Girl ran through the canyons and mountains calling out to the turkeys. She called and called but the turkeys would not answer her.

  The faster she chased them the faster the turkeys ran away from her.

  Brush and thorns ripped her new clothes and they became covered in dust and dirt. The beautiful necklace broke and the shells were lost in the dark.

  Finally Turkey Girl stopped chasing the turkeys and walked back to the village, sobbing and dirty. She knew life would be much harder now without her good friends the turkeys.

  That is why to this day wild turkeys are scattered throughout the canyons and mountains.

  And because of Turkey Girl’s broken promise turkeys no longer trust humans and run away whenever we come near.

  The End

  每天一篇英語文章篇二

  視野放寬,才能活得快樂自得

  One day a professor entered the classroom and told the students about a surprise test. After hearing that all students were seated and waited for the test to begin. Now, the professor gave the test papers to all students with text facing down at the desk. Once he was done with handing out the test to all students, he asked them to turn the test pages and begin.

  一天一位教授走進教室,跟學生說要進行一次突擊測試。聽到這個訊息,所有學生都坐好等待測試開始,然後教授把試卷發給所有學生,有字的一面朝下放。所有試卷都發完後,教授讓學生把試卷翻過來,開始測試。

  Student’s were confused to see that there was not a question but just a black dot in the center of the page. The professor noticed the students' face expression and told them, “I want you to write about what you see there.”

  學生看到捲上沒有問題,在紙中央只有一個黑點,都很困惑。教授注意到了學生臉上的表情,說:“我想讓你們把看到的都寫下來。”

  The students were still confused but got started with the test. At the end of the class, the professor took all answer sheets and started reading each answer from each sheet in front of all students. All of them described about the black dot and tried to explain its position etc.. After the professor finished reading the whole class was silent.

  學生們依舊疑惑,但都開始了測試。快下課時教授把所有試卷都收上來,開始在全班面前讀每張試卷上的答案。所有學生都描述了那個黑點,並努力說明它的位置。教授讀完以後全班都沉默了。

  Now, professor began to explain, “Don’t worry, I am not going to give you grades for this but I just want you to think about something. Here everyone focused on the black dot wrote about it but no one wrote about the white paper, the same is with our lives. The white paper represents our whole life and the black spot represents problems in our life.

  現在教授開始解釋:“不用擔心,這個測試我不會給你們打分,我只是想讓你們思考一件事。這裡的每個人關注的都是黑點,寫的都是這個黑點,卻沒人描述這張白紙,我們的生活也是如此。白紙代表我們的一生,黑點代表我們生活中的問題。

  Our life is a gift given to us by God, with love and care, and we always have reasons to celebrate –our friends around us, the job that provides us our livelihood, the miracles we see everyday.

  我們的生命是上帝賜予我們的禮物,其中充滿愛和關心,我們總是有快樂的理由——身邊的朋友、為我們提供生計的工作,還有我們每天看到的不可思議的事。

  Still we just focus on day to day problems like health issues, lack of money, problems in relationships etc. but we never see that these problems are very small compared to everything we have in our lives.”

  我們仍然只是日復一日地關注著問題,比如健康問題、缺錢、人際關係的問題等,我們卻從未看到和我們生活中所擁有的一切相比,這些問題簡直微不足道。”

  Moral Lesson: We should try to take eyes off our problems and Enjoy each one of our blessings, Each moment that life gives us. Be happy and Live Life Positively.

  道理:我們應該努力把注意力從問題上移開,享受你所擁有的一切和生命裡的每一刻。要幸福快樂,積極面對生活。

  每天一篇英語文章篇三

  尋找迷失的自我

  “Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.” ——Henry David Thoreau

  迷失自我,才能開始認識自我。——亨利·大衛·梭羅

  Everything about my future was ambiguously assumed. I would get into debt by going to college, then I would be forced to get a job to pay off that debt, while still getting into more and more debt by buying a house and a car. It seemed like a never-ending cycle that had no place for the possibility of a dream.

  我們未來的一切似乎都模糊地設定好了,利用貸款上大學,然後為了還債被迫去找一份工作,還要為了買房買車揹負更多的債務……這彷彿是一個無休止的迴圈,讓我們的夢想沒有實現的機會。

  I want more—but not necessarily in the material sense of personal wealth and success. I want more out of life. I want a passion, a conceptual dream that wouldn’t let me sleep out of pure excitement. I want to spring out of bed in the morning, rain or shine, and have that zest for life that seemed so intrinsic in early childhood.

  我們想要的更多——並不是對於個人財富和成功等物質性需求,我們對於生活,想要更多。我想要熱忱、有概念的夢想,讓我不會空懷純粹的興奮入睡。我希望能在早晨一躍起床,無論是陽光普照還是颳風下雨,也能對生活充滿熱情,就像我們的童年時固有的一樣。

  We all have a dream. It might be explicitly defined or just a vague idea, but most of us are so stuck in the muck of insecurity and self-doubt that we just dismiss it as unrealistic or too difficult to pursue.

  我們都有夢想,無論它是明確的目標還是模糊的主意,但我們大多數人都受困於不安全和自我懷疑的泥濘裡,我們把夢想看做是不現實的、難以追求的,最後放棄了。

  We become so comfortable with the life that has been planned out for us by our parents, teachers, traditions, and societal norms that we feel that it’s stupid and unsafe to risk losing it for the small hope of achieving something that is more fulfilling.

  我們變得滿足於父母、老師、傳統及社會規條為我們營造的安逸生活。為了那一點點能夠為生活變得更充實的希望去冒險,我們會認為這是愚蠢和危險的。

  “The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.” ~Jawaharlal Nehru

  過於謹慎才是最大的危險——賈瓦哈拉爾·尼赫魯***印度開國總理***

  Taking a risk is still a risk. We can, and will, fail. Possibly many, many, many times. But that is what makes it exciting for me. That uncertainty can be viewed negatively, or it can empower us。

  冒險始終還是有風險。我們,也有可能失敗,還有可能是失敗很多很多次。但這會讓我們更加興奮。不確定因素看起來有不利,但同時也能激勵我們。

  Failing is what makes us grow, it makes us stronger and more resilient to the aspects of life we have no control over. The fear of failure, although, is what makes us stagnant and sad. So even though I couldn’t see the future as clearly as before, I took the plunge in hopes that in the depths of fear and failure, I would come out feeling more alive than ever before.

  失敗能讓我們成長,讓我們更強大,讓我們更能適應生活中難以控制的各個方面。對於失敗的恐懼,讓我們停滯不前,悲傷不已。儘管不能清晰地看見未來,在恐懼和失敗的深淵裡,我們也要保持希望,那麼我們將活得更有生命力。

  If you feel lost, just take a deep breath and realize that being lost can be turning point of finding out who you truly are, and what you truly want to do.

  如果你迷失了自我,請深呼吸,迷失或許能成為你人生的轉折點,讓你發現真正的自己,並讓你知道自己想真正成為怎樣的人。