勵志經典美文閱讀

　　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。下面小編為大家帶來，希望大家喜歡!

　　：雨中奔跑

　　She had been shopping with her Mom in Wal-Mart. She must have been 6 years old, this beautiful brown haired, freckle-faced image of innocence. It was pouring outside. The kind of rain that gushes over the top of rain gutters, so much in a hurry to hit the Earth,it has no time to flow down the spout.

　　她和媽媽剛在沃爾瑪結束購物。這個天真的小女孩應該6歲大了，頭髮是美麗的棕色，臉上有雀斑。外面下著傾盆大雨。雨水溢滿了簷槽，來不及排走，就迫不及待地湧漲上地面。

　　We all stood there under the awning and just inside the door of the Wal-Mart. We all waited, some patiently, others irritated, because nature messed up their hurried day. I am always mesmerized by rainfall. I get lost in the sound and sight of the heavens washing away the dirt and dust of the world. Memories of running, splashing so carefree as a child come pouring in as a welcome reprieve from the worries of my day.

　　我們都站在沃爾瑪門口的遮篷下。大家都在等待，有人很耐心，有人很煩躁，因為老天在給他們本已忙碌的一天添亂。雨天總引起我的遐思。我出神地聽著、看著老天沖刷洗滌這世界的汙垢和塵埃，孩時無憂無慮地在雨中奔跑玩水的記憶洶湧而至，暫時緩解了我一天的焦慮。

　　Her voice was so sweet as it broke the hypnotic trance we were all caught in,"Mom, let's run through the rain." she said.

　　小女孩甜美的聲音打破了這令人昏昏欲睡的氣氛，“媽媽，我們在雨裡跑吧。”她說。

　　"What?" Mom asked.

　　“什麼?”母親問。

　　"Let's run through the rain!" She repeated.

　　“我們在雨裡跑吧，”她重複。

　　"No, honey. We'll wait until it slows down a bit." Mom replied.

　　“不，親愛的，我們等雨小一點再走。”母親回答說。

　　This young child waited about another minute and repeated: "Mom, let's run through the rain."

　　過了一會小女孩又說：“媽媽，我們跑出去吧。”

　　"We'll get soaked if we do." Mom said. “這樣的話我們會溼透的。”母親說。

　　"No, we won't, Mom. That's not what you said this morning," the young girl said as she tugged at her Mom's arm."

　　“不會的，媽媽。你今天早上不是這樣說的。”小女孩一邊說一邊拉著母親的手。

　　"This morning? When did I say we could run through the rain and not get wet?"

　　“今天早上?我什麼時候說過我們淋雨不會溼啊?”

　　"Don't you remember? When you were talking to Daddy about his cancer, you said, If God can get us through this, he can get us through anything!"

　　“你不記得了嗎?你和爸爸談他的癌症時，你不是說‘如果上帝讓我們闖過這一關，那我們就沒有什麼過不去。’”

　　The entire crowd stopped dead silent. I swear you couldn't hear anything but the rain. We all stood silently. No one came or left in the next few minutes.Mom paused and thought for a moment about what she would say.

　　人群一片寂靜。我發誓，除了雨聲，你什麼都聽不到。我們都靜靜地站著。接下來的幾分鐘沒有一個人走動。母親停了一下，想著應該說些什麼。

　　Now some would laugh it off and scold her for being silly. Some might even ignore what was said. But this was a moment of affirmation in a young child's life. Time when innocent trust can be nurtured so that it will bloom into faith. "Honey, you are absolutely right. Let's run through the rain. If get wet, well maybe we just needed washing." Mom said. Then off they ran.

　　有人也許會對此一笑了之，或者責備這孩子的不懂事，有人甚至不把她的話放在心上。但這卻是一個小孩子一生中需要被肯定的時候。若受到鼓舞，此時孩子單純的信任就會發展成為堅定的信念。“親愛的，你說得對，我們跑過去吧。如果淋溼了，那也許是因為我們的確需要衝洗一下了。”母親說。然後她們就衝出去了。

　　We all stood watching, smiling and laughing as they darted past the cars and. They held their shopping bags over their heads just in case. They got soaked.But they were followed by a few who screamed and laughed like children all the way to their cars. And yes, I did. I ran. I got wet. I needed washing.

　　Circumstances or people can take away your material possessions, they can take away your money, and they can take away your health. But no one can ever take away your precious memories. So, don't forget to make time and take the opportunities to make memories every day!

　　我們站在那裡，笑著看她們飛快地跑過停著的汽車。她們把購物袋高舉過頭想擋擋雨，但還是溼透了。好幾個人像孩子般尖叫著，大笑著，也跟著衝了出去，奔向自己的車子。當然，我也這樣做了，跑了出去，淋溼了。我也需要接受洗禮。環境或其他人可以奪去你的物質財富，搶走你的金錢，帶走你的健康，但沒有人可以帶走你珍貴的回憶。因此，記得要抓緊時間，抓住機會每天都給自己留下一些回憶吧!

　　To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under heaven. I hope you still take the time to run through the rain.

　　世間萬物皆有自己的季節，做任何事情也有一個恰當的時機。希望你有機會在雨中狂奔一回。

　　：重新站起來的勇氣!你有嗎?

　　A father was worried about his son, who was sixteen years old but had no　courage at all. So the father decided to call on a Buddhist monk to train his　boy.

　　一位父親為兒子擔心。兒子16歲了，卻沒有一點勇氣。於是，父親決定去拜訪一位禪師，請他訓練兒子。

　　The Buddhist monk said to the boy’s father, “You should leave your son alone　here. I’ll make him into a real man within three months. However, you can’t　come to see him during this period. ”

　　禪師對男孩的父親說：“你應該讓他單獨留在這裡。不出3個月，我要讓他成為一個真正的男子漢。不過，在這段時間，你不能來見他。”

　　Three months later, the boy’s father returned. The Buddhist monk arranged a　boxing match between the boy and an experienced boxer. Each time the fighter　struck the boy, he fell down, but at once the boy stood up; and each time a　punch knocked him down, the boy stood up again. Several times later, the　Buddhist monk asked, “What do you think of your child?”

　　3個月後，男孩的父親又來見禪師。禪師安排這個男孩和一位經驗豐富的拳師進行拳擊比賽。拳師每次一出手，男孩就倒在地上，但男孩又馬上站起來;每次將他擊倒，他就又站起來。幾個回合後，禪師問道：“你認為自己的孩子怎麼樣?”

　　“What a shame!” the boy’s father said. “I never thought he would be so　easily knocked down. I needn’t have him left here any longer.”

　　“真丟人!”男孩的父親說，“我絕沒想到他這樣不堪一擊。我不需要他再留在這裡了。”

　　“I’m sorry that that’s all you see. Don’t you see that each time he falls　down; he stands up again instead of crying? That’s the kind of courage you　wanted him to have.”

　　“很遺憾，你只看到了這一點。難道你沒看到他每次倒下後並沒有哭泣，而是重新站起來了嗎?這才是你想要他擁有的那種勇氣。”