雙語智慧美文精選

　　優美的文字於細微處傳達出美感，並浸潤著人們的心靈。通過英語美文,不僅能夠感受語言之美，領悟語言之用，還能產生學習語言的興趣。度過一段美好的時光，即感悟生活，觸動心靈。下面是小編為大家帶來，希望大家喜歡!

　　：深呼吸，讓自己變幸福

　　“Happiness, not in another place but this place…not for another hour, but this hour。”―Walt Whitman“幸福，不在別的地方而就在這裡....不在別的時候而就在此時。”— 美國詩人沃爾特·惠特曼

　　All around the world, the present moment is filled with beauty. If you are attentive, you will see it. If you are willing, you will help create it。當下這個瞬間，全世界都充滿著美麗。如果留心，你就會發現;如果願意，你也能創造這份美麗。

　　Let's take a moment to think about the beautiful things happening around us. Right now, at this exact moment…讓我們花費一些精力，去思考發生在我們身邊的這些美妙的事物。就在眼下，就在此刻.....

　　1. A newborn infant just took her first breath。

　　一個新生兒呼吸了第一口空氣。

　　2. Two teenage romantics just received their very first kiss, from each other。

　　兩個浪漫的年輕人剛剛獻出彼此的初吻。

　　3. Someone is driving their car with the windows down and singing to their favorite song at the top of their lungs。

　　有些人開著車並搖下窗戶，大聲地唱著他們最喜歡的歌曲。

　　4. Volunteers in different cities are actively assisting and standing up for the powerless, the homeless, and the neglected who need someone to speak up for them。

　　那些在不同的城市的志願者們，正積極地幫助和支援那些弱勢的人、無家可歸的人，和那些被忽視卻需要有人為他們說話的人。

　　5. Someone is in the middle of complimenting a stranger who desperately needed a reason to smile。

　　有個人正在稱讚一位陌生人，而這位陌生人正迫切需要一個理由微笑。

　　6. Two coworkers are cracking each other up and laughing so hard that they aren't even making any noise。

　　兩個同事互相逗笑對方，他們用盡力氣大笑，以至於他們都沒有造成太大聲響。

　　7. A high school guidance counselor is contributing her time, encouragement, and a listening ear to help a student realize his passion and ability

　　。一箇中學的輔導員正在奉獻她的精力，傾聽和鼓勵她的一個學生，幫他實現他的熱情和能力。

　　8. People near and far are holding hands with the person they love。

　　附近周圍的人們都牽著自己愛人的手。

　　9. A husband and wife who were drowning in debt ten years ago proudly hold a balance of zero on all their lines of credit。

　　一對十年前還負債累累的夫婦，現在自豪地擁有零負債的信貸額度。

　　10. Someone is going above and beyond and doing a little extra work to make someone else's life a little easier。

　　有些人會去做一些超出自己份內的事情額外工作，讓其他人的生活可以更加輕鬆。

　　11. People from all over the world are online at crowdfunding sites likeGoFundMe pledging online donations to help strangers in need。

　　來自世界各地的人們登入類似於GoFundMe這類集資網站，線上捐款幫助那些需要幫助的陌生人。

　　12. Responsible designated drivers are getting their friends home safely。

　　那些負責的指定司機，正安全地把他們的朋友們送回家。

　　小編注：designated driver：指定駕車者，指的是參加社會集會的夥伴中為安全駕車送其他人回家而自願戒酒者。

　　13. A student tutor is volunteering her time to help a fellow student learn。

　　一位導師正在利用自己的空餘時間，無償幫助一名學生學習。

　　14. Someone who has struggled with their weight for years is looking down at the scale, smiling。

　　一個減肥多年的人，正微笑著俯視著體重秤上的刻度。

　　15. A long-term alcoholic just celebrated exactly one full year of sobriety。

　　一位長期的嗜酒者正在慶祝自己戒酒滿一年。

　　16. Somewhere someone is admiring a breathtaking sunrise, and somewhere else a surreal sunset。

　　在某處，有人正在欣賞壯觀的日出;而另一處，有人正在欣賞美輪美奐到不真實的夕陽。

　　17. A friend is helping a friend rise above feelings of depression and suicide。

　　一個朋友正在幫助他的朋友從抑鬱和想自殺的情緒中擺脫出來。

　　18. Someone is holding the door open for the person behind them。

　　有人保持著門敞開，以便其後面的人進出。

　　19. A Good Samaritan is pulled over on the side of the road assisting a stranger who's having car trouble。

　　一個好心的樂於助人者將自己的車停在路邊上，下車幫助一個車壞了的陌生人。

　　20. Someone is celebrating the fact that they just broke their own personal best record。

　　有人正在慶祝他們剛剛打破了個人最好成績。

　　21. An active duty military member stationed overseas just received an email from a loved one。

　　現在海外服役於的軍人剛剛收到了來自愛人的信。

　　22. Hundreds of people are spending a few clicks of their time online at Free Rice.

　　數百人正在網上用一點時間來點選FreeRice網站。

　　小編注：FreeRice 是聯合國世界糧食計劃署旗下的一款公益性質的網頁遊戲。

　　23. Someone just accidentally overheard someone else say something nice about them。

　　有些人偶然地聽到別人正在誇獎自己。

　　24. An emergency room surgeon just saved her patient's life。

　　一個急診手術醫師剛剛救了她的病人的生命。

　　25. Two best friends are hugging each other after being apart for a while。

　　兩個最好的朋友在分別一段時間之後重聚，緊緊相擁在一起。

　　26. Honest people are working tirelessly at various government agencies to help protect the basic human rights and civil liberties of their fellow citizens。

　　正直的人們在不同的政府機構工作，正在不知疲倦地工作去保護公民的基本權益和人身自由。

　　27. Someone who suffered from a severe injury a while back is back on their feet。

　　有人在不久前受疾病之苦，現在終於恢復了。

　　28. Several of the world's next great inventors, artists and entrepreneurs are working diligently on perfecting their breakthrough ideas and crafts。

　　幾位世界上未來的偉大發明家、藝術家和企業家正在勤奮地工作，完善他們突破性的創意和工藝。

　　29. Someone is sitting quietly and smiling about the fact that there's nowhere else in the world they would rather be right now。

　　有人靜靜地坐著並微笑著，他們認為這個世界上不會有其它地方比現在更好了。

　　30. Somewhere on the Internet someone is writing an encouraging comment on a blog post that will make others smile。

　　在某個地方，有人正在網際網路上寫著一些鼓舞人心的部落格，來給其他人帶來快樂。

　　There truly is beauty to be seen in every imaginable direction if you are willing to see it and help create it.

　　如果你願意去發現和創造，在世界的任何一個可以想象的地方，確實都存在著美好的事物。

　　：不花錢就能買到的快樂

　　Our materialistic society has led us to believe that happiness cannot be obtained without having money.

　　在這個物質社會，我們深信沒有錢就沒有幸福感。

　　Rather than learning to be satisfied with what we have, we are taught to want more. We learn from advertising, and from the media, that we need to buy trinkets and toys in order to make ourselves happy, or to fulfill emotional needs, and that the purchases they are trying to talk us into will provide us with the psychological comfort we are looking for.

　　我們不斷的奢望得到更多而不是學著滿足我們現有的。通過廣告和媒體，我們瞭解到為了讓自己開心，為了滿足心理需求，我們需要買一些小玩意兒和玩具，彷彿買了這些東西我們就能找到一直想要的心理安慰。

　　Unfortunately, as a society we have bought into these misguided messages and have come to believe that spending money on certain items will bring us fame, fortune, happiness, beauty, or popularity. We end up using money as a crutch to provide us with something we ultimately must find within ourselves. As we become caught up in this charade, we trade precious hours of our lives trying to earn the money we have been taught to covet so much.

　　不幸的是我們還是會被這些資訊誤導並且開始相信花錢買一些東西會帶給我們帶來聲譽，運氣，快樂，美麗或者名氣。我們不斷拿金錢作為靠山，得到最終想要的東西。一次一次我們深陷其中，於是，為了買到我們垂涎已久的東西，我們用寶貴的時間辛苦賺錢。

　　We trade hours of our lives working, sacrificing time that could have been spent with our families, for the pursuit of the almighty dollar.

　　我們把生命中的每時每刻拿來工作，犧牲我們本該和家人在一起的時間，只為了追求萬能的美元。

　　In order to find true happiness, we first must learn to change our attitudes about money. We must learn that money, and the spending of it, provides only a temporary relief but does not present us with any real long lasting benefits. We end up owning something we either do not really want or do not really need, and the underlying emotional issues remain.

　　為了找到真正的快樂，我們必須首先改變對待金錢的態度。我們必須要知道花掉掙到的錢只是讓我們暫時舒坦，卻並不能帶來任何持久的利益。最後我們擁有一些實際上我們根本不想要或根本不需要的東西，而內在的情感問題依然沒有解決。

　　Rather than focus on the temporary satisfaction you may feel from spending money, try the following to bring you happiness without it.

　　與其通過花錢讓自己得到一時的滿足感，不如試試下面幾招讓你不用花錢買就感到快樂：

　　Imagine Having no Money

　　假想自己分文沒有

　　Imagine what you would do for happiness if you had no money at all. Think about how you would spend your time, and what you would do for enjoyment. Change your focus from material possessions to other things that bring you enjoyment, such as spending quality time with your family and friends. Rather than focusing on the accumulation of possessions, concentrate instead on playing with or reading to your children, or spending time out enjoying nature.

　　想象一下如果你一分錢沒有做什麼會感到快樂。想一下沒錢的你將如何打發時間，如何找樂子。把焦點從物質層面的東西轉移到能讓你快樂的其他事上，比如，陪家人朋友一起度過休閒時光。多和你的孩子玩耍或者給孩子朗讀或者出去親近大自然，而不是專注於積累財富。

　　Want What you Already Have

　　滿足你所擁有的

　　Society teaches us to want what others have. Instead, shift your thinking so that you are satisfied with, or want, what is already yours. What tends to happen is once we reach our goals in terms of owning personal possessions, we trade those old goals in for a set of new ones that involves bigger, better, and grander objects.

　　社會教會我們追逐潮流，別人有什麼，我們就追求什麼。然而，我們不應該真這麼做，而是對於我們已經擁有的東西感到知足。往往我們一旦達到目標就會制定一堆新的更大更好的目標。

　　Goals are good to have because they motivate us to work, and to continue to strive for self improvement. The key is to find a balance between having worthy goals and recognizing when we are allowing the desire for possessions to overwhelm the importance of other aspects of our lives. Rather than constantly striving for things we do not have, we need to shift our focus to being thankful for the things we already possess.

　　有目標是好的，因為目標讓我們的工作更有積極性，讓我們不斷改進。而關鍵是我們要找到一個平橫點，不僅能讓我們的目標有價值，還要讓我們不能因為對物質的慾望而忽視了生活其它方面的重要性。我們應該感謝那些我們已經擁有的，而不是不斷追求我們沒有的。

　　Volunteer Your Time

　　把你的時間貢獻出來

　　One way to appreciate what you have is to work with others who have nothing, or who have disabilities that no amount of money can overcome. Volunteering time to work in a food bank, or to work with underprivileged children, can really alter your perspective on where you are in life, and can create a deeper appreciation for the gifts you do have in your life.

　　有一個辦法讓你珍惜擁有，那就是和那些一無所有的人或者那些身患殘疾的人共事。做一名志願者在食物銀行***美國慈善機構***工作或者幫助貧困兒童，這樣真的會讓你有不同的生活感悟，讓你深深的感謝上天賜予你的一切。

　　Helping others can boost your spirits as well. There is a great deal of personal satisfaction to be gained from giving aid to those who are in need of it, leaving you with a sense of satisfaction that will carry over into your own life. Use the experiences of helping others to teach your children compassion and civic responsibility.

　　同時，幫助他人是很高尚的品質。幫助那些需要幫助的人會讓你有很大的滿足感，也讓你終生受益匪淺。這樣，你可以用幫助過別人的經驗去教育自己的孩子要有同情心和責任感。

　　There are a number of ways to enjoy life without the need for a great deal of money. Certainly, it is important to work and earn enough to provide for our basic needs and the needs of our families, but it is important to recognize when the desire for personal possessions becomes overly consuming. There needs to be a balance between a satisfying work life and a rich home life, and the best way to achieve such a balance is to ensure the drive for material possessions does not become all consuming.

　　不需要大筆的金錢，我們也可以盡情享受生活。當然，賺錢也很重要，因為我們要養家餬口。但是千萬不要讓自己的金錢慾望變成過度消費。我們既要追求令人滿意的工作生活又要追求富裕的家庭生活。最好的方式來實現這樣一個平衡是保證有足夠多的錢的時候要控制自己不能什麼都要買。