關於誠信的著名英文美文

　　對個人來說,“人無信不立”,誠信是個人立足於社會的根本;對社會來說,誠信是社會進步的推動力。小編整理了，歡迎閱讀!

　　：沒了誠信我一天也不會快樂

　　In the busy city of New York, such an astonishing thing that ever happened.

　　On a Friday night, a poor young artist stood at the gate of the subway station, playing his violin. Though the music was great, people were quickly going home for the weekend. In this case, many of them slowed down their paces and put some money into the hat of the young man.

　　The next day, the young artist came to the gate of the subway station, and put his hat on the ground gracefully. Different than the day before, he took out a large piece of paper and laid it on the ground and put some stones on it. Then he adjusted the violin and began playing. It seemed more pleasant to listen to.

　　Before long, the young violinist was surrounded with people, who were all attracted by the words on that paper. It said, "Last night, a gentleman named George Sang put an important thing into my hat by mistaken. Please come to claim it soon."

　　Seeing this, it caused a great excitement and people wondered what it could be. After about half an hour, a middle-aged man ran there in a hurry and rushed through the crowd to the violinist and grabbed his shoulders and said, "Yes, it's you. You did come here. I knew that you're an honest man and would certainly come here."

　　The young violinist asked calmly, "Are you Mr. George Sang?"

　　The man nodded. The violinist asked, "Did you lose something?"

　　"Lottery. It's lottery," said the man.

　　The violinist took out a lottery ticket on which George Sang's name was seen. "Is it?" he asked.

　　George nodded promptly and seized the lottery ticket and kissed it, then he danced with the violinist.

　　The story turned out to be this: George Sang is an office clerk. He bought a lottery ticket issued by a bank a few days ago. The awards opened yesterday and he won a prize of $500,000. So he felt very happy after work and felt the music was so wonderful, that he took out 50 dollars and put in the hat. However the lottery ticket was also thrown in. The violinist was a student at an Arts College and had planned to attend advanced studies in Vienna. He had booked the ticket and would fly that morning. However when he was cleaning up he found the lottery ticket. Thinking that the owner would return to look for it, he cancelled the flight and came back to where he was given the lottery ticket.

　　Later someone asked the violinist: "At that time you were in needed to pay the tuition fee and you had to play the violin in the subway station every day to make the money. Then why didn't you take the lottery ticket for yourself?"

　　The violinist said, "Although I don't have much money, I live happily; but if I lose honesty I won't be happy forever."

　　Through our lives, we can gain a lot and lose so much. But being honest should always be with us. If we bear ourselves in a deceptive and dishonest way, we may succeed temporarily. However, from the long-term view, we will be a loser. Such kind of people are just like the water on the mountain. It stands high above the masses at the beginning, but gradually it comes down inch by inch and loses the chance of going up.

　　：HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY 誠為上策

　　There is an English proverb which says ***saying*** “Honesty is the best policy.” It signifies the importance of honesty.

　　What are the benefits of honesty? If you are honest to others, they will be honest to you in return. When you are sad, they will comfort you. When you are in trouble, they will help you.

　　There is no enumerating the evils of dishonesty here. In a word, a dishonest man will be looked down upon by others and ***be*** regarded as a public enemy.

　　英國有一句諺語說“誠為上策”。它說明了誠的重要性。

　　誠的益處是什麼?如果你對他人誠實，他們也會對你誠實作為報答。當你憂悉的時候，他們會安慰你。當你是處在困難中的時候，他們會幫助你。

　　無法在這裡數述不誠實的害處。一言以蔽之，一個不誠實的人會被人看輕的而且被看作為一個公敵。

　　：A Story about Honesty

　　一個誠實的故事

　　On February twelfth, a Friday night in New York in winter, a poor handsome young man called Jay stood near the railway station, playing a small concert on his violin. The music was so excellentthat many people slowed down, sometimes gave a cheer or praise, and put some money into his hat.

　　On Saturday, Jay came again. He took out a large piece of paper and laid it on the ground. Then he began playing with speed, lively and proud, in this public space. It seemed more pleasant to listen to, a perfect program of music. Before long, many people came, looking at the paper. Manypointed at it, wondering. It said, “Last night, a gentleman named George Sang put an important thing into my hat. Please come to claim it soon.” Jay knew the man was somewhere out there.

　　Seeing this, people wondered what it could be. After about half an hour, a middle-aged manrushed through the many people to the young man and said, “I’m George. I knew you’d come here!”

　　Then George explained the whole story. He bought a lottery ticket a few days ago. Yesterday he found that he won a prize of $500,000. He was very excited to be a winner. On his way home, he felt the music was so wonderful that he took out $100 and put it into the hat. However, the lottery ticket with his name on it was also mistakenly thrown in.

　　Jay was a student at an arts school in Paris. He had booked a flight on an airplane that would leave from the airport that morning to go across the Atlantic. However, when he happened to find the ticket holder had won the lottery, he cancelled the flight and came back to the railway station. He knew to whom the ticket belonged. George, the owner of the object said that Jay was his hero.

　　Later, after hearing the tale, someone asked Jay, “What a huge discovery! Why didn’t you take the lottery ticket for yourself?” He said, “Although I don’t have much money, I live happily in general; but if I lose honesty, I won’t be happy forever. I cannot afford to do that.”

　　2月12日星期五的傍晚，在紐約，一個英俊而又貧窮的年輕人站在地鐵站門口，他叫傑，正拉著他的小提琴開著屬於自己的演奏會。琴聲優美動聽，很多人情不自禁地放慢了腳步，時不時地發出讚美或歡呼聲，並在年輕人跟前的禮帽裡放一些錢。

　　星期六，傑又來了。他從包裡拿出一張大紙，鋪在地面上。然後他開始演奏，歡快、活潑並充滿豪情的樂曲迴盪在這塊公共場所內。樂聲似乎比以前更動聽更悠揚，像是一出完美的音樂節目。不久，來了很多人，大家都看著地面上的紙。很多人疑惑地指指點點。上面寫著：“昨天傍晚，有一位叫喬治•桑的先生錯將一份很重要的東西放在我的禮帽裡，請速來認領。”傑知道這個男士就在此地的某處。

　　見此情景，人們都想知道這是一份什麼樣的東西。過了半小時左右，一位中年男人急急忙忙跑到年輕人跟前說：“我就是喬治。我就知道您會來這兒的!”

　　然後，喬治解釋了整件事情。幾天前，他買了一張彩票。昨天，他發現他中了50萬美元的獎金。他非常興奮自己能中獎。回家的路上，他覺得音樂特別美妙，於是掏出100美元放在禮帽裡，可是不小心把寫著自己名字的獎票也扔了進去。

　　傑是巴黎一名藝術學院的學生。他已訂好機票，飛機應今早從機場起飛穿越大西洋。可是他整理東西時發現了這張彩票，於是就退掉了機票，又來到了地鐵口。他知道這張彩票屬於誰。彩票的得主喬治稱讚傑是他的英雄。

　　後來，在聽了這個故事後，有人問傑：“這是一個多麼大的發現啊，你怎麼不自己拿了呢?”傑回答說：“雖然我沒什麼錢，但我活得很快樂;假如我沒了誠信，我一天也不會快樂。這個代價我承受不起。”