双语美文集锦

双语美文集锦

If you had an email?

A jobless man applied for the position of office boy at Microsoft. The HR manager interviewed him then watched him cleaning the floor as a test.

“You are employed”, he said, “Give me your email address

and I’ll send you the application to fill in, as well as date when you may start.”

The man replied, “But I don’t have a computer, neither an email. ”

“I’m sorry”, said the HR manager, “If you don’t have an email, that means you do not exist. And who doesn’t exist cannot have the job.”

The man left with no hope at all. He didn’t know what to do, with only 10 dollars in his pocket. He then decided to go to the supermarket and buy 10 kg tomatoes. He then sold the tomatoes in a door to door round. In less than two hours, he succeeded to double his capital. He repeated the operation three times, and returned home with 60 dollars.

The man realized that he can survive by this way, and started to go everyday earlier, and returned late. Thus, his money doubled or tripled everyday. Shortly, he bought a cart, then a truck, and then he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles. Five years later, the man is one of the biggest food retailers in the US.

He started to plan his family’s future, and decided to have a life insurance. He called an insurance broker, and chose a protection plan. When the conversation was concluded the broker asked him his email. The man replied, “I don’t have an email.”

The broker answered curiously, “You don’t have an email, and yet have

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succeeded to build an empire. Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an email?!!” The man thought for a while and replied, “Yes, I’d be an office boy at Microsoft!”

如果你有邮箱那将会怎样？

一个失业的人去微软申请办公室文员的职位，人事经理面试了他，并且看着他打扫地板，作为测试。

“你被录用了”，人事经理说，“给我你的邮箱地址，我会把申请表发给你填，发给你的同时也意味着告诉你开始上班的日期。” 这个人回答说：“但是我没有电脑，更没有邮箱。”

“我很抱歉，”人事经理说，“如果你没有邮箱，那就意味着你不能生存。一个不能生存的人当然不能拥有这份工作。”

这个人不抱任何希望地离开了。他不知道要做什么，带着口袋里仅有的10美元。然后他决定去超市买10千克西红柿。接着他在附近挨家挨户地卖西红柿。不到两小时，他成功地将他的资金翻了一倍。他又做了3次，到回家时身上已经有60美元了。

这个人意识到他可以用这种方式生存，以后他每天早出晚归。因此，他的钱每天都翻两三倍。很短的时间里，他买了个手推车，然后卡车，接着他有了自己的运输车队。5年以后，他成了美国最大的食品零售商之一。

他开始计划他家庭的未来，并且决定买人身保险。他打电话给一个保险经济人，然后选择了一个保险项目。当谈话结束后保险经济人问他的邮箱地址，他说：“我没有邮箱。”

保险经济人很吃惊地说：“你没有邮箱都可以成功地建立一个帝国。你能

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想像如果你有邮箱的话会怎样吗？！！”这个人想了一下然后回答：“是的，我会成为微软的办公室文员！”

Catch the shinning star that holds your destiny

Catch the star that holds your destiny, the one that forever twinkles within your heart. Take advantage of precious opportunities while they still sparkle before you. Always believe that your ultimate goal is attainable as long

as you commit yourself to it.

Though barriers may sometimes stand in the way of your dreams, remember that your destiny is hiding behind them. Accept the fact that not everyone is going to approve of the choices you’ve made. Have faith in your judgment. Catch the star that twinkles in your heart and it will lead you to your destiny’s path. Follow that pathway and uncover the sweet sunrises that await you.

Take pride in your accomplishments, as they are stepping stones to your dreams. Understand that you may make mistakes, but don’t let them discourage you. Value your capabilities and talents for they are what make you truly unique. The greatest gifts in life are not purchased, but acquired through hard work and determination. Find the star that twinkles in your heart—for you alone are capable of making your brightest dreams come true. Give your hopes everything you’ve got and you will catch the star that holds your destiny.

抓住最闪亮的星，抓住最美的梦想

当生命中的那颗星在你内心闪耀的时候，要学会把握它。当珍贵的机会仍

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在闪耀的时候，学会利用。永远相信只要自己持之以恒，就一定能够实现自己心中的梦想。

尽管通往梦想的道路上总有坎坷，你需要记住的是，你的命运就隐藏在那坎坷背后。学会接受这样的事实：不是每一个人都赞同你的选择。相信自己的判断。捕捉住那颗在你内心闪耀的星吧，它将引领你抵达自己的命运之路。沿那条路走下去，你就会发现那属于自己的美丽日出。

为自己的成绩自豪，因为它们是你通往梦想的阶梯。要知道你自己也会犯错误，但是可别因此而气馁。正确评价自己的能力与天分，是它们令你与众不同。生活里最丰厚的礼物不是买来的，而是通过艰苦的努力和决心获得的。找到在你内心闪耀的那颗星吧——虽然你独自一人，但也有能力实现你最辉煌的梦想。对既得的抱有希望并抓住那颗掌控你命运的星吧。

Are you ready to pay the price of your success?

Have you ever thought why there are very few great people? I think there is probably only one great person out of 10,000 at best, and most probably much less than that. But why? Most people want to be great, right? Why are there only very few of them? Here is the reason:

Most people do not pay the price of greatness.

I think this one is quite obvious. Now, the next question is: Why not? If there are so many people who want to be great, why only very few of them actually pay the price? The answer to the question explains the difference between the almost 100% people who want to be great and the much less than 0.01% who actually be so.

The reason why very few people actually pay the price is this: The road to

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greatness is continuously painful for long time.

Greatness requires sacrifices and there is no sacrifice without pain. The kind of sacrifices required for greatness is the ones that make the process continuously painful for long time. If you want to be good it will be painful only every now and then, and many people can still handle it. But being great is a totally different level. The pain is much deeper and it is continuous. Very few people can endure this kind of pain and that’s why there are very few great people. Most people naturally choose things that bring pleasures to them. It’s unnatural to choose pain over pleasure, let alone doing it continuously for long time.

But that’s what I believe is the secret to greatness: The secret to greatness is choosing pain over pleasures continuously for long time.

渴望成功的你可曾准备好代价

你可曾想过为什么成功的人那么少？我想，大概在一万个人里最多有一个人能获得成功，很可能更少。但是为什么会这样呢？大多数人都渴望成功，不是吗？那为什么成功的人还是屈指可数呢？原因如下：

大多数人没有为成功付出代价。

这个答案显而易见。现在，就引出了下一个问题：为什么呢？为什么有那么多人想要成功，而只有很少数的人愿意为成功付出代价呢？这个问题的答案就能把几乎是100%想要获得成功的人和不足0.01%真正获得成功的人和给区分开来。

极少数人愿意为成功付出代价的真正原因在于：成功之路须要长期痛苦的坚持。

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成功需要牺牲，而所有的牺牲都伴随着痛苦。获得成功所需要的牺牲是长期的、痛苦的。如果你的目标是优秀，那可能只是“短痛”而已，很多人还是可以承受得住的。但是，想要成功，所需要承受的就是“长痛”了。很少有人能承受这种痛苦，这是为什么只有少数人能成功。大多数人会选择能给自己带来快乐的事物，这是自然的选择。很少有人会抛开快乐去选择痛苦，更不用说是长期的痛苦了。

但是正是上述原因让我相信，成功的秘密就在于：成功的秘密在于选择痛苦而不是快乐，并能够长期坚持承受痛苦。

Remember today

The new day is here, and so are you! Now that we’ve started this new day, I hope that you’re ready to give your best to it, and to enjoy it for all that it’s worth!

Remember today that you are alive.

Sometimes we tend to forget that you have a purpose that is all your own, no one else is you.

You have dreams and hopes and desires. Listen to your heart for a while.

Remember today all the blessings you have: There’s beauty in every direction you look, enjoy the abundance that is already yours, the world is a wonderful place and you’re here.

Remember today that you get what you give: Your world is a mirror of your inner self, love will be yours when you give it away.

Remember today that life is creation: As long as you live you can always contribute your own special voice.

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Remember today is a special time; make the best of it while you can.

拥有今天

新的一天开始了，你也要开始一天的忙碌了。既然我们已经开始新的一天，希望你已经准备好全力以赴，充实而快乐地生活在今天！

记住今天你拥有生命。

有时我们似乎会忘记我们自己独有的生活目标，我们会忘记自我。 每个人都有梦想，希望和愿望。暂时去倾听一下你内心的召唤。

记住今天你拥有的所有的祝福：美存在于你所注视过的每个角落，享受你内心已有的充实，这是一个美丽的世界，你生活在这里。

记住今天你因奉献而有所得：你的世界是你内心的一面镜子，当你给予爱时，你才拥有爱。

记住今天生活就是去创造：只要你拥有生命，你可以永远奉献你那一份力量。

记住今天是一个特殊的日子；尽你所能努力去创造吧。

Time bank

Everyone has a bank. Its name is TIME. Every morning, it credits you with 86,400 seconds. Every night it writes off, as lost, whatever of this you have failed to invest to good purpose. It carries over no balance. It allows no overdraft.

Each day it opens a new account for you. Each night it burns the records of the day. If you fail to use the day’s deposits, the loss is yours.

There is no going back. There is no drawing against the “tomorrow”. You must

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live in the present on today’s deposits. Invest it so as to get from it the utmost in health, happiness and success! The clock is running. Make the most of today: “Seize the day!”

So, you see, time is important, make the most of it. After all, life is either a daring adventure or nothing!

Treasure every moment that you have! And treasure it more because you shared it with someone special, special enough to have your time. And remember time waits for none.

时间银行

每个人都有一个银行，它的名字叫“时间”。每天早晨，它在你的帐户里存入86,400秒钟。不管你是否很好地利用了这笔时间，每天晚上它都会照例把这笔时间作为遗失注销。它没有设置余额。也不允许透支。

每天它会为你开一个新账户。每晚它会把该天的记录全部删除。如果你没有好好地利用当天的这笔时间，那么损失由你自己承担。

没有回头路。也不能向“明天”借时间。你必须以今天的时间“存款”为基础生活在现在。有效地投资这笔时间以便从中获取有关健康、快乐及成功最大的收益！时钟正在旋转。最大程度地利用今天：“抓住每一天！”

你看，时间挺重要的吧，一定要好好利用它。毕竟，生活要么是大胆的尝试，要么就什么都没有！

珍惜你所拥有的每一个时刻！你要更加珍惜它，因为你与某个特殊的人在一起分享它，这个人特殊到拥有你的时间。记住：时间不等人。

往事如烟

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Do you condemn yourself for things which you did—or

failed to do—in the past? Everyone does this at some point. However, if you want to lead a successful and productive life, it is imperative that you release the past and not blame

yourself for events which have already transpired and which cannot be changed.

The successful person takes this approach: Learn from past mistakes and make adjustments in future behavior. The strategy of berating yourself for past conduct solves nothing and only serves to lower your self-esteem. You create a vicious cycle where negative experiences and negative feelings are reinforced, which leads to more negative outcomes and more negative feelings.

If you insist on dwelling in the past, I suggest that you focus on your past successes. Visualizing and thinking about past successes is an excellent way to build confidence and self-esteem. What you think about is what you become. Therefore, when you concentrate on your successes, you help to create future successes.

When you find yourself starting to dwell on past negative experiences, immediately halt and remind yourself: “There is nothing I can do now which will change what happened. I learned a valuable lesson and will act in a more constructive manner next time.”

Regardless of what you have done—or failed to do—the only sane approach is to accept it and move forward energetically.

你是否为你曾经做过的事，或失败的事而对自己耿耿于怀？每个人都会在某种程度上有过这种经历。然而，如果你想要一种成功而有效率的生活，学会

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释怀过去，不要为已经发生且无法改变的过去而责备自己，这一点是非常必要的。

大凡成功的人都会采取这种做法：从过去的错误中吸取经验教训，并为将来的行为作调整。为过去的行为而责备自己的这种策略并不能解决任何问题，只能挫败你的自尊心。你因此而制造了一个恶性循环，消极的经历和感受再次被强化，同时导致了更多的恶性结果和消极的情感。

如果你坚持沉湎于过去，我建议你多想想你过去的成功。回忆过去的成功是重建信心和自尊的很好方式。你所想像的也就是你会最终成为的。因此，当你集中精力思考成功时，你正在帮助创造将来的成功。

当你发现自己开始沉湎于过去的消极经历时，立即停止，并提醒自己：“我现在这么做并不能改变已经发生了的过去。我学会了宝贵的一堂课，并且下次会采取更有建设性的措施。”

不管你曾做过什么，有过何失败，唯一理智的方式是接受你的过去，并积极前进。

Free to fly

One windy spring day, I observed young people having fun using the wind to fly their kites. Multicolored creations of varying shapes and sizes filled the skies like beautiful birds darting and dancing. As the strong winds gusted against the kites, a string kept them in check.

Instead of blowing away with the wind, they arose against it to achieve great heights. They shook and pulled, but the restraining string and the cumbersome tail kept them in tow, facing upward and against the wind. As the kites struggled and

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trembled against the string, they seemed to say, “Let me go! Let me go! I want to be free!” They soared beautifully even as they fought the restriction of the string. Finally, one of the kites succeeded in breaking loose. “Free at last,” it seemed to say, “Free to fly with the wind.”

Yet freedom from restraint simply put it at the mercy of an unsympathetic breeze. It fluttered ungracefully to the ground and landed in a tangled mass of weeds and string against a dead bush. “Free at last” made it free to lie powerless in the dirt, to be blown helplessly along the ground, and to lodge lifeless against the first obstruction.

How much like kites we sometimes are. The Heaven gives us adversity and restrictions, rules to follow from which we can grow and gain strength. Restraint is a necessary counterpart to the winds of opposition. Some of us tug at the rules so hard that we never soar to reach the heights we might have obtained. We keep part of the commandment and never rise high enough to get our tails off the ground.

Let us each rise to the great heights, recognizing that some of the restraints that we may chafe under are actually the steadying force that helps us ascend and achieve.

自由飞翔

在一个有风的春日，我看到一群年轻人正在迎风放风筝玩乐。各种颜色、各种形状和大小的风筝就好像美丽的鸟儿在空中飞舞。当强风把风筝吹起时，牵引线就能够控制它们。

风筝迎风飘向更高的地方，而不是随风而去。它们摇摆着、拉扯着，但牵引线以及笨重的尾巴使它们处于控制之中，并且迎风而上。它们挣扎着、抖动着想要挣脱线的束缚，仿佛在说：“放开我！放开我！我想要自由！”即使与牵引

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线奋争着，它们依然在美丽地飞翔。终于，一只风筝成功挣脱了。“终于自由了，”它好像在说，“终于可以随风自由飞翔了。”

然而，脱离束缚的自由使它完全处于无情微风的摆布下。它毫无风度地震颤着向地面坠落，落在一堆乱草之中，线缠绕在一颗死灌木上。“终于自由”使它自由到无力地躺在尘土中，无助地任风沿着地面被吹走，碰到第一个障碍物便毫无生命地滞留在那里了。

有时我们真像这风筝啊。上苍赋予我们困境和约束，赋予我们成长和增强实力所要遵从的规则。约束是逆风的必要匹配物。我们中有些人是如此强硬地抵制规则，以至我们从来无法飞到本来能够达到的高度。我们只遵从部分戒律，因此永远不会飞得足够高，使尾巴远离地面。

让我们每个人都飞到高处吧，并且认识到这一点：有些可能会令我们生气的约束，实际上是帮助我们攀升和实现愿望的平衡力。

渐行渐远的童年天堂

I remember, I remember the house where I was born, the little window where the sun came peeping in at morn; he never came a wink too soon nor brought too long a day; but now, I often wish the night had borne my breath away.

I remember, I remember the rose red and white, the violet and the lily-cups—those flowers made of light! The

lilacs where the robin built, and where my brother set the laburnum on his birthday, — the tree is living yet!

I remember, I remember where I used to swing, and thought the air must rush as fresh to swallows on the wing; my spirit flew in feathers then that is so heavy now,

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and summer pools could hardly cool the fever on my brow.

I remember, I remember the fir trees dark and high; I used to think their slender tops were close against the sky: it was a childish ignorance, but now this little joy to know I’m farther off from heaven than when I was a boy.

我记得，我记得，我出生的那间屋子，早晨，阳光从小窗悄悄往里张望；他从不早来片刻， 也不多留半晌；但现在，我常愿黑夜带走我的呼吸。

我记得，我记得，玫瑰花红白相映， 还有紫罗兰和百合—— 全是由光织成的花朵！ 有知更鸟筑巢的紫丁香， 还有哥哥在他生日那天种植的金链花，—— 它依然生机勃勃！

我记得，我记得，我从前常在那儿荡秋千， 想着拂面的风是如此清爽，风中的飞燕肯定也感觉一样； 昔日我那自在翱翔的心灵， 如今变得如此沉重， 即使夏日的池塘也无法冷却我额头的热狂。

我记得，我记得，苍郁高耸的冷杉； 我从前常以为它们细长的树梢已经逼近天空：虽然那只是孩子的幼稚无知， 但是现在却少有那般快乐，我知道儿时离我那么近的天堂，如今已经越来越远了。

施以爱心，不图回报

One day, a poor boy who was trying to pay his way through school by selling goods door to door found that he only had one dime left. He was hungry so he decided to beg for a meal at the next house.

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However, he lost his nerve when a lovely young woman opened the door. Instead of a meal he asked for a drink of water. She thought he looked hungry so she brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it slowly,

and then asked, “How much do I owe you?”

“You don’t owe me anything,” she replied, “Mother has taught me never to accept pay for a kindness.” He said, “Then I thank you from the bottom of my heart.” As Howard Kelly left that house, he not only felt stronger physically, but it also increased his faith in God and the human race. He was about to give up and quit before this point.

Years later the young woman became critically ill. The local doctors were baffled. They finally sent her to the big city, where specialists could be called in to study her rare disease. Dr. Howard Kelly, now famous was called in for the consultation. When he heard the name of the town she came from, a strange light filled his brain. Immediately, he rose and went down through the hospital hall into her room.

Dressed in his doctor’s gown he went in to see her. He recognized her at once. He went back to the consultation room and determined to do his best to save her life. From that day on, he gave special attention to her case.

After a long struggle, the battle was won. Dr. Kelly requested the business office to pass the final bill to him for approval. He looked at it and then wrote something on the side. The bill was sent to her room, she was afraid to open it because she was positive that it would take the rest of her life to pay it off. Finally, she looked, and the

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note on the side of the bill caught her attention. She read these words,

“Paid in full with a glass of milk.” (Signed) Dr. Howard Kelly

Tears of joy flooded her eyes as she prayed silently: “Thank you, God. Your love has spread through human’s hearts and hands.”

一天，一个贫穷的男孩为了攒够学费正挨家挨户地推销商品，饥寒交迫的他摸遍全身，却只有一角钱。于是他决定向下一户人家讨口饭吃。

然而，当一位美丽的年轻女子打开房门的时候，这个男孩却有点不知所措了。他没有要饭，只乞求给他一口水喝。这位女子看到他饥饿的样子，就倒了一大杯牛奶给他。男孩慢慢地喝完牛奶，问道：“我应该付多少钱？”

“一分钱也不用付,”年轻女子微笑着回答,“我妈妈教导我，施以爱心，不图回报。”男孩说：“那么，就请接受我由衷的感谢吧！”说完，霍华德·凯利就离开了这户人家。此时的他不仅自己浑身是劲儿，而且更加相信上帝和整个人类。本来，在此之前他都打算放弃了。

数年之后，那位年轻女子得了一种罕见的重病。当地医生对此束手无策。最后，她被转到大城市，由专家会诊治疗这种罕见的疾病。大名鼎鼎的霍华德·凯利医生也参加了这个医疗方案的制订。当他听到她来自的那个城镇的名字时，一个奇怪的念头霎时间闪过他的脑际。他马上起身直奔她的病房。

身穿手术服的凯利医生来到病房。一眼就认出了恩人。回到会诊室后，他决心一定要竭尽所能来治好她的病。从那天起，他就特别关照她的情况。

经过艰苦的努力，手术成功了。凯利医生要求把医药费通知单送到他那里。他看了一下，便在通知单的旁边写了一些字。当医药费通知单送到她的病房时，

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她不敢看，因为她确信，治病的费用将会花费她整个余生来偿还。最后，她还是鼓起勇气，翻开了医药费通知单，旁边的那行字引起了她的注意。她读了出来：

“医药费已付：一杯牛奶。” (签名)霍华德·凯利医生

她眼里饱含喜悦的泪水，她默默地祈祷着：“谢谢你，上帝。你的爱已通过人类的心灵和双手传播了。”

成长的孤独 不需要害怕

We’re like the cream. When the cream rises to the top, it separates itself from the milk. Perhaps that is what the New Age Movement is really all about. We find ourselves lonely at the top. Yes, it is.

It is no different with political enlightenment, spiritual enlightenment, or even becoming enlightened about relating to each other. The more mentally healthy you become, the more spiritual, the more balanced, the wealthier, the more global you become... the more alone you may feel.

Often, we find ourselves unable to find those other rare individuals who are choosing the same path as ours. The path of sloppy and lazy is full of other people to meet and talk to. The path of whiners is full. The path of being safe, generic, and boring is so crowded you almost cannot even move forward. Isn’t that why you left that path? You had a need to move forward, a need for some elbowroom, a need to spread your arms wide, a need to be seen as special, unique, different. The masses may admire you, but they are not going to be able to really relate to you. You will be

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alone much of the time.

Do not be afraid of the loneliness of enlightenment. Do not force others to agree with you. Simply give your heart and know that you are growing and that they are free to grow or not. It is the nature of the game. We are all free to choose our paths.

我们就像奶油。当奶油浮到顶部的时候，它会和牛奶分离。也许这种现象正像是新世纪运动的写照。我们发现自己飞得越高，就会越感孤独。是的，这就是现实。

不论是政治或精神修养的造诣有多深，或者甚至是与他人之间有一种默契的关系，就孤独这一点而言，是没有区别的。你越是拥有健康有理智，精神修养的造诣越深，生活越平衡，越富有，或你的名气传播得越广„„你就会感觉越孤独。

经常，我们很难找到那些选择和我们同路的少数的个体。那条潮湿、慵懒的道路挤满了其他可以相遇并聊天的人。那条满是牢骚者的道路上也拥挤不堪。那条所谓安全、普通以及枯燥的道路是如此拥挤以至于你无法向前挪步。难道那不正是你离开那条道路的原因吗？你需要向前挪步，需要自由活动的空间，需要展开你的双臂，需要被认知为特别，有个性，与众不同。万千大众仰慕你，但他们却不可能真正地融入你。大部分的时间里，你将是孤独的。

不要害怕因造诣深而产生的孤独感。不必要勉强别人同意你。做你自己，坚定着你自己的成长，别人是否愿意成长就由他们自己去决定吧。这就是自然界的规则。我们都有选择自己道路的自由。

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