新東方英文勵志文章

　　勵志與各種媒介的聯姻,正成為我們這個時代顯著的文化現象。下面是小編帶來的，歡迎閱讀!

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　　卓越僅僅是個習慣

　　Our character, basically, is a composite of our habits. “Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny,” the maxim goes.

　　人的品德基本上是又習慣組成的。 俗語說;思想決定行動，行動決定習慣，習慣決定品德，品德決定命運。

　　Habits are powerful factors in our lives. Because they are consistent, often unconscious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character and produce our effectiveness or ineffectiveness.

　　習慣對我們的生活有絕大的影響，因為他是一貫的。 在不知不覺中， 經年累月影響著我們的品德，暴露出我們的本性，左右著我們的成敗。

　　As Horace Mann, the great educator, once said, “Habits are like a cable. We weave a strand of it everyday and soon it cannot be broken.” I personally do not agree with the last part of his expression. I know habits can be learned and unlearned. But I also know it isn't a quick fix. It involves a process and a tremendous commitment.

　　美國著名教育家曼恩曾說：“習慣就彷彿是一條纜繩，我們每天為他纏上一股新索，不要多久就會變得牢不可破。”這句話的後半段我不敢苟同，我相信習慣可以養成，也可以打破，但絕不是一蹴而就，而是需要長期的努力和無比的毅力。

　　Those of us who watched the lunar voyage of Apollo 11 were transfixed as we saw the first men walk on the moon and return to earth. But to get there, those astronauts literally had to break out of the tremendous gravity pull of the earth. More energy was spent in the first few minutes of lift-off, in the first few miles of travel, than was used over the next several days to travel half a million miles.

　　宇航員搭乘阿波羅11號太空船，首次登陸月球的剎那，的確令人歎為觀止。但宇航員得先擺脫地球強大的引力，才能飛往月球。由此在剛發射的幾分鐘，也就是整個任務一開始的幾英里之內，是最艱難的時刻，所耗的力量往往超越往後的幾十萬英里。

　　Habits, too, have tremendous gravity pull- more than most people realize or would admit. Breaking deeply imbedded habitual tendencies such as procrastination, impatience, criticalness, or selfishness that violate basic principles of human effectiveness involves more than a little willpower and a few minor changes in our lives. “Lift off” takes a tremendous effort, but once we break out of the gravity pull, our freedom takes on a whole new dimension.

　　習慣也是一樣，它具有極大的引力，只是許多人不加註意或不肯承認了。想要革除因循苟且，缺乏耐心，吹毛求疵或自私自利等不良習性，若是缺乏意志力，不能大刀闊斧的改革，便難以實現目標。“起飛”需要極大的努力，然而一旦脫離重力的牽絆，我們便可享受前所未有的自由。

　　Like any natural force, gravity pull can work with us or against us. The gravity pull of some of our habits may currently be keeping us from going where we want to go. But it is also gravity pull that keeps our world together, that keeps the planets in their orbits and our universe in order. It is a powerful force, and if we use it effectively, we can use the gravity pull of habit to create the cohesiveness and order necessary to establish effectiveness in our lives.

　　習慣的引力就如同自然界所有的力量一般，可以為我們所用，也可能危害我們，關鍵看我們如何運用。不過，習慣或許一時有礙於達到目標，但也有積極的一面。宇宙萬物各循軌道執行，彼此保持一定的秩序，畢竟也都有賴於引力的作用。所以只要我們善於運用習慣的龐大引力，就能使生活有重心，有秩序，有效率。

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　　If you're one in a million in China, there are 1300 people just like you.

　　在中國，如果你是百萬取一的精英，那麼仍有1300個和你勢均力敵的競爭者。

　　China will soon become the Number One English-speaking country in the world.

　　中國將很快成為世界上說英語人數最多的國家。 ***新東方小編：中國年輕人可別太沾沾自喜，咱人口基數大……***

　　The 25% of India's population with the highest IQ's is greater than the total population of the United States.

　　在印度，智商前25%的人比美國的總人口還多。 ***新東方小編：不知道中國的情況是怎樣。***

　　There are over 200 million registered users on MySpace. If MySpace were are country, it would be the 5th largest in the world.

　　社交網站MySpace有超過2億註冊使用者。如果MySpace是一個國家的話，它將是世界第五大國。

　　There are about 540,000 words in the English languae, about 5 times as many as during Shakespeare's time.

　　現今的英文單詞約有54萬個之巨，為莎士比亞時代的五倍。***新東方小編：這個中國的年輕人看到可別嚇得腿軟呀***

　　The amount of new technical information is doubling every 2 years, for students starting a 4 year technical degree this means that half of what they learn in their first year of study will be outdated by their third year of study.

　　新科技的資訊量每2年就增長一倍，這對於4年制理工學生的意義是，一年級時學的知識有一半到了三年級就過時了。***新東方小編：對大家同樣具有警示意義。***

　　Predictions are that by 2049, a $1000 computer will exceed the computational capabilities of the entire human species.

　　預測到2049年，一部1千美元的電腦將超越全球人腦的運算能力總和。

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　　喚醒心靈的生活哲理

　　What has life taught you? Think about all the things you would love to tell yourself if you could travel back in time to give your younger self some advice about life.

　　生活教會了你什麼呢?如果可以回到過去，想想你會告訴過去的自己什麼樣的生活哲理。

　　1.In life, you usually get what you ask for, but it rarelycomes in the packageyou think it’s supposed to come in.

　　生活中，你往往能得償所願，但是你想要的東西並會以你認為的方式擺在你面前，而是經過了一層特殊的包裝。

　　2.Never let one bad day make you feel like you have a bad life.

　　絕對不要讓糟糕的一天變成倒黴的一生。

　　3.Just because today is a terribleday doesn’t mean tomorrow won’t be the best day of your life.

　　今天的不順心並不意味著明天不能成為生活中最美好的一天。

　　4.A mistake is an accident. Cheatingand lying are not mistakes. They are intentionalchoices.

　　犯錯是意外;欺騙和撒謊不是犯錯，而是有意為之。

　　5.Surround yourself with positivepeople who are going to push you toward greatness. Eliminatethose who are trying to keep you from it.

　　與那些能助你走向成功的樂觀積極的人在一起，遠離那些會阻礙你成功的人。

　　6.Don’t let something that doesn’t matter cause you to lose something that does.

　　別讓那些不重要的事來影響你，從而讓你失去那些真正重要的東西。

　　7.Sometimes people aren’t who they seem to be, and sometimes people are so much more than you originallythought.

　　有時候，人們並不是外表看上去的那樣，而是比你以為得要複雜得多。

　　8.Loving someone isn’t just about saying it every day, it’s showing it every day in every way.

　　愛一個人並不是每天說說就可以的，而是要體現在每天的每一個動作之中。

　　9.Of all the things that can be stolen from you – your possessions, your youth, your health, your words, your rights – what no one can ever take from you is your freedom to choose what you will believe in, and who and what your heart will love.

　　財富、青春、健康、話語、權力，即使這些東西都能從你身邊被偷走，有一樣東西是誰也偷不走的，那就是你選擇相信什麼和真愛什麼的自由。

　　10.Age wrinklesthe body. Quittingon your dreams wrinkles the soul.

　　歲月使身體長出了皺紋，而放棄夢想則會使靈魂生出皺紋。