經典英語句子附翻譯

　　中學生經典閱讀，本是中學英語教學的重要部份。下面是小編帶來的，歡迎閱讀!

　　精選

　　1. When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.

　　1. 事事不順的時候你就要想，飛機逆風才能起飛，順風是飛不起來的。***亨利·福特***

　　2. If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him, an investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.

　　2. 傾己所有追求知識，沒有人能奪走它;向知識投資，收益最佳。***本傑明·富蘭克林***

　　3. Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself. Do that on your own time.

　　3. 生活不分學期。你並沒有暑假可以休息，也沒有幾位僱主樂於幫你發現自我。自己找時間做吧。***比爾·蓋茨***

　　4. Adaptability is a weapon to solve difficulties in life. It is more valuable than book knowledge.

　　4. 隨機應變的能力，是解決生活上困難的武器，要比書本上的知識有價值得多。***戴爾·卡耐基***

　　5. To take great steps we must not only act but also dream, we must not only plan but also believe.

　　5. 邁開大步之前，我們不僅要採取行動而且要敢夢想，我們不僅要有計劃而且要有信仰。***阿納托爾·法朗士***

　　6. Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.

　　6. 考慮時不要匆忙，但是一旦行動的時刻來到，就要毫不猶豫地投身行動。***約翰·安德魯***

　　7. My expectations were reduced to zero when I was 21. Everything since then has been a bonus.

　　7. 當我21歲的時候我的期望降低到零。從那以後每件事情對我來說都是意外的禮物。***史蒂芬·霍金***

　　8. The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking.

　　8. 成就偉大事業的唯一祕訣在於熱愛你的工作。如果你還沒能找到讓自己熱愛的事業，不要停下來，繼續尋找。***史蒂夫·喬布斯***

　　9. Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.

　　9. 即便是再微小不過的事情，你也要用心去做。這就是成功的祕密。***斯瓦米·希瓦難陀***

　　10. "What is our business?" is not determined by the producer but by the customer.

　　10. "我們經營什麼事業?"不是由生產者決定，而是由客戶決定的。***彼得·德魯克***

　　閱讀

　　1. Guy Laliberte, Cirque du Soleil Founder: Do What You Love, But Follow the Money

　　1.蓋·拉里伯特，太陽馬戲團創始人：做你喜歡做的事，但不能忘了逐利

　　Guy Laliberte was a high-school-educated circus clown from Quebec when he led a collective of performers to start Cirque du Soleil. Despite government subsidies, indulgent sponsors, and Laliberte's hard work, the circus barely survived for years while evolving its distinctive style. Laliberte's master stroke was to switch Cirque's status from non-profit to for-profit ***with himself as one-third owner***. Today he's worth $1.8 billion.

　　當蓋·拉里伯特召集了一幫子演員開始建立太陽馬戲團的時候，他還只是一個高中文化程度的馬戲團小丑。雖然有著政府的資助和贊助商的慷慨解囊以及拉里伯特勤奮的工作，但在最初形成其特立獨行的表演風格的那段時期，這家馬戲團也只能剛剛維持生計。拉里伯特的一著妙棋是將馬戲團的性質由非盈利性轉變為了盈利性***他自己作為1/3的所有者***。今天的他已經坐擁18億美元身家。

　　2. Suze Orman, Financial Advisor: Save Less, Earn More

　　2.蘇茲·奧爾曼，美國第一女性理財大師：開源強於節流

　　Suze Orman has made a fortune telling people to grow their wealth through frugality, despite having no personal experience in the matter. When Suze was in her mid-30s, she lived high, but was mired in debt. She didn't cut back on luxuries; instead she worked her way out. She did what she loved, followed financial opportunity, and today she is in a situation to spend $300,000 a year traveling the world on private jets. In the end, your time is much better spent seizing opportunities than pinching pennies.

　　蘇茲·奧爾曼通過告訴人們如何靠著節儉來積累財富而賺了一大筆錢，儘管她本人並沒有這樣的經歷。在她30多歲時，她過著相當奢華的生活，但卻深陷債務泥潭。她並沒有為此減少在奢侈品上的開銷，與此相反，她找到了自己的解決之道。她做了她喜歡的事，並且抓住了致富的機會。今天，她已經有能力每年花費30萬美元乘著私人飛機環遊世界。最終，你的時間花在抓住機遇上要遠遠好過花在省吃儉用上。

　　學習

　　1. Bill Gates, Microsoft Founder: Imitate, Don't Innovate

　　1.比爾·蓋茨，微軟創始人：模仿，不創新

　　Bill Gates built one of the world's largest fortunes--$67 billion, according to Forbes--by licensing operating system software to IBM. In actuality, that software was wholly adapted from someone else's code. Gates' Microsoft lacked the innovative capacity to write it from scratch, so it dressed up some code from another company's software, which Microsoft had bought for $25,000. When Gates delivered the second-hand software to IBM, it was on time, but it was so buggy that IBM engineers had to rewrite it completely. Thirty-three years later, no one remembers or cares. Innovation is seldom as important as timely execution of an adequate imitation.

　　比爾·蓋茨通過將作業系統授權給IBM創造了世界上最巨大的財富之一——據福布斯稱，達到了670億美元。事實上，這個軟體完全是改編自另一家公司的程式碼。當時，蓋茨的微軟公司並沒有足夠的創新能力將它從草稿變為成品，於是微軟以2萬5千美元從另一家公司購買了這些程式碼併為它做了一番包裝。當蓋茨把這個二手軟體交給IBM公司的時候，儘管來得非常及時，但還是存在著太多的漏洞。因此IBM的工程師不得不徹底地重新編寫了一次。33年後，沒有人記得也沒有人在意這些。好的模仿在關鍵時刻往往比創新更重要。

　　2. Warren Buffett, Investor: Know-How Is Good, Know-Who Is Better

　　2.沃倫·巴菲特，投資家：有知識好，有人脈更好

　　Warren Buffett arrived at his savvy investment philosophy when he was very young, but his know-how was nearly worthless because he personally lacked enough capital to make large market moves. Buffett didn't get rich until he overcame his shyness, recruited members for his investment partnerships, and led those partners in squeezing stock performance out of corporate managers. Case in point: No one gets rich alone.

　　沃倫·巴菲特很年輕的時候就悟出了他的投資哲學。但由於他缺少足夠的資金來推動整個龐大的市場，他那些對世事的洞察幾乎毫無用武之地。巴菲特成為了有錢人是因為他戰勝了自己膽小靦腆的毛病。他招募了一些投資夥伴，並且帶領著這些夥伴從公司管理者那兒榨取了股票業績。這個案例的重點是：沒有人能僅僅依靠自己獲得成功。