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新、專業的雙語閱讀精品,美、動人的心靈成長讀物
365天享受英文·雙語閱讀精品(升級版·典藏)
800個拓展知識+1000篇美文+2000句經典語錄+3000個重點詞匯
【三大特色】
○ 內容經典、主題分明:強大的作傢陣容、精闢的名篇佳作,主題劃分清晰明瞭、章節敘述絲絲入扣。
○ 類型全麵、學習性強:涵蓋勵誌故事、名人忠告、哲理睿思、處世技巧等,在清新美文中記英文單詞、誦名言佳句、讀文化背景。
○ 形式新穎、享受閱讀:左右開雙語對照、雙色閱讀;每一篇美文,都是一次成長的機會;每一句名言,都是一場成功的遇見。
【全新升級典藏版】
每一篇美文,都是一次成長的機會;每一句名言,都是一場美麗的遇見。我們很高興能將這些至純至美的英文佳作、至真至善的心靈經典呈現給你,帶你走進一座美麗的英文聖殿……
在本套《美麗英文》(升級版·典藏)叢書中,我們將諸多經典名著、潮流英文、心靈美文凝萃成15大主題,加入【名人課堂】【美麗語錄】【課外閱讀】【經典諺語】等元素,輔以重點詞匯釋義和文化背景知識等更豐富的拓展閱讀,意在以好的姿態,將這一句句掩捲難忘的妙語佳言、一篇篇震撼心靈的永恒經典呈現給你。365天享受閱讀,從美麗英文開始……這就是我們為你精心送上的禮物。如果你的心在此刻被觸動,請帶著久違的心情,坐下來細細品讀一番,讓靈魂沉浸在此刻的靜謐,讓生命感受這永不消逝的美麗!
【05自然捲】
倘若你在生命中的寒鼕便已放棄,那麼你將會錯失春天的希望、遺失夏天的美好、痛失鞦天的成功。不要讓一個季節的痛苦破壞所有的歡愉。 內容簡介
美麗英文:成功是一種選擇
——01激勵捲
靜下心來,傾聽睿智的成功箴言,重塑夢想的力量……
在這裏,你會遇見博大的智慧之言,發現自我的成長之路。一句句掩捲難忘的妙語佳言、一篇篇震撼心靈的永恒經典,讓你在賞析雙語美文的同時,收獲那恒久不變的真理:成功是一種選擇,每個人都有選擇的權利。
本書為“美麗英文”係列的激勵捲,圍繞“成功”主題,精選有勵誌故事、名人忠告、處事技巧、哲理睿思等,告訴讀者在學習、工作和生活中應該懂得的處世知識和做人之道。書中配以重點詞匯注釋、雙語名人語錄等拓展知識,融語言美與意境美於一體,讓讀者不僅能學習地道經典的英文,感受精煉睿智的譯文,更是使本書成為成功之路的指明燈、追夢之旅的風嚮標。 作者簡介
馮鈴之,自由翻譯者,曾參與大量影視字幕翻譯工作,擅長小說類翻譯。譯作有《成功是一種選擇》《讓愛在心裏成長》等。
陳微微,自由翻譯者,曾參與多項翻譯任務,譯作有《遇見成功的自己》,擅長小說故事類、文學類等翻譯。
目錄
Chapter 1 Awaken the Dream in Your Heart
喚醒心中的夢想
It All Starts With a Dream/002
Do You Have a Dream/010
Life Is a Do-It-Yourself Project/018
Ms. Susan Boyle: An Inspiring Story/022
If the Dream Is Big Enough, the Facts D on’t Count/028
Rachel’s Dream/032
The 50-Percent Theory of Life/038
The Power of Determination: Glenn Cunningham’s Story/042
Picture Your Dreams/046
Dreams Will Come True Someday/052
一切由夢想開始/002
你有夢想嗎/010
生命如同為自己打造的工程/018
蘇珊大媽:鼓舞人心的故事/022
心中有目標,風雨不摺腰/028
雷切爾的夢想/032
生活、理論半對半/038
決心的力量:格倫·坎寜安的故事/042
畫齣你的夢想藍圖/046
夢想終會實現/052
Chapter 2 Methods to Getting Chance
有方法,纔有希望
Renew Your Life, Change Up the Routine/058
Opportunity/062
Self Motivation—How to Motivate Yourself/064
15 Things You Should Know When You Are Young/072
Eight Tips for Achieving Your Goals/078
Learning the Virtue of Being Patient/086
Break Bad Habits Now With Affirmations/090
16 Steps to Self-discovery and Self Empowerment/094
Story of Persistence and Preparation/098
Where Can You Find the Riches/106
打破常規,開始新生活/058
善待機會/062
成功動力——自我激勵的六種技巧/064
年輕人必須知道的十五件事/072
成功實現人生目標的八大準則/078
如何培養工作中的耐心/086
用自我肯定來改掉壞習慣/090
自我發現和自我強大的十六步/094
機遇隻垂青那些有準備的人/098
尋找你內心深處的寶藏/106
Chapter 3 The Power of Positive Living
積極生活的力量
Maintaining a Positive Approach to Daily Life/112
Are You Afraid of Accepting More Good/116
If It’s a Good Idea ... Don’t Do It/122
Making More of Your Life/128
Success Comes to Those Who Don’t Know How to Quit/132
Attitude Management/140
Lucky Hat/144
Take the Box off Your Head/152
Good Habits Lead You to Success/156
What Confident People Do—They Make Things Happen/164
保持積極的生活態度/112
你害怕接受更多的美好嗎/116
如果事情隻是個好主意——彆去做/122
創造更好的生活/128
成功留給不輕言放棄的人/132
管理你的態度/140
幸運帽/144
衝破束縛/152
成功源於積極的習慣/156
自信的人在做什麼——付諸實踐/164
Chapter 4 Superior Comes From Training
有磨煉,纔有超越
Man Is Like a Fruit Tree/170
Three Peach Stones/174
When Adversity Knocks on Your Door/180
Facing the Enemies Within/184
The Four Things You Need to Succeed/190
How to Defeat Burnout and Stay Motivated/196
Why Failure Can Be Your Friend/206
Success Is on the Other Side/214
人就如一棵果樹/170
三棵核桃樹苗/174
當逆境找你時/180
直麵內在的敵人/184
為成功找理由,彆為失敗找藉口/190
戰勝倦怠,保持活力/196
和失敗做朋友/206
成功就在對麵/214
Chapter 5 A Ladder to Practical Success
通往成功的階梯
Attract the Universe and Achieve Your Goals/220
Five Steps to Greater Self-Control/226
Suppose Someone Gave You a Pen/232
How Focus Determines Your Level of Success/236
Great Expectations/242
How to Communicate With Arrogant People/246
Seven Self Improvement Tips That Will Make a Difference/252
A Picture’s Worth/260
Words to Life/264
For 30s, Change the World/270
用吸引力法則來實現目標/220
自我控製的五個步驟/226
假如有人送你一支筆/232
保持注意力的三種有效方法/236
最高期望值/242
如何與傲慢的人溝通/246
自我改善的七個方法,成就不一樣的自己/252
一張照片的價值/260
生活的忠告/264
三十秒就可以做三十件改變世界的事/270
Chapter 6 Meet the Best of Yourself
遇見最好的自己
Bring Your Heart to Work/282
Climbing the Stairway to Heaven/290
Joy in the Journey/296
What Will Matter/300
One at a Time/304
Life Is too Short/308
The Value of Entertainment/312
I Do a Lot of Office Fishing/316
The Way to Spend a Life/322
Success Is a Choice/328
敞開你的心門/282
通往天堂的階梯/290
旅途樂趣:生命重在過程/296
真正重要的事/300
一次一隻/304
人生太短暫/308
娛樂的價值/312
辦公室裏的垂釣者/316
生活無須苛求/322
成功是一種選擇/328
精彩書摘
年輕人必須知道的十五件事
15 Things You Should Know When You Are Young
◎Adrian Savage
【美 麗 語 錄】
Everyone has potential energy, which is easily concealed by habits, blurred by time, by laziness.
每個人都有潛在的能量,隻是很容易被習慣所掩蓋,被時間所迷離,被惰性所消磨。
1. Most of it doesn’t matter. So much of what I got excited about, anxious about, or wasted my time and energy on, turned out not to matter. There are only a few things that truly count for a happy life. I wish I had known to concentrate on those and ignore the rest.
2. The greatest source of misery and hatred in this world is clinging to past hurts. Look at all the terrorists and militant groups that hark back to some events long gone, or base their justification for killing on claims of some supposed historical right to a bit of land, or redress for a wrong done hundreds of years ago.
3. Waiting to do something until you can be sure of doing it exactly right means waiting for ever. One of the greatest advantages anyone can have is the willingness to make a fool of themselves publicly and often. There’s no better way to learn and develop. Heck, it’s fun too.
4. Following the latest fashion, in work or in life, is spiritual and intellectual suicide. You can be a cheap imitation of the ideal of the moment; or you can be a unique individual. The choice is yours. Religion isn’t the opiate of the masses, fashion is.
5. If people complain that you’re too fond of going your own way and aren’t fitting in, you must be on the right track. Who wants to live life as a herd animal? The guys in power don’t want you to fit in for your own sake; they want you to stop causing them problems and follow their orders. You can’t have the freedom to be yourself and meekly fit in at the same time.
6. If you make your work equate your life, you’re making your life into hard work. Like most people, I confused myself by looking at people like artists and musicians whose life’s “work” fills their time. That isn’t work. It’s who they are. Unless you have some overwhelming passion that also happens to allow you to earn a living doing it, always remember that work should be a means to an end: living an enjoyable life. Spend as little time on the means as possible consistent with achieving the end. Only idiots live to work.
7. The quickest and simplest way to wreck any relationship is to listen to gossip. The worst way to spend your time is spreading more. People who spread gossip are the plague-carriers of our day. Cockroaches are clean, kindly creatures in comparison.
8. Trying to please other people is largely a futile activity. Everyone will be mad at you sometime. Most of the people you deal with will dislike, disparage, belittle, or ignore what you say or do most of the time. Besides, you can never really know what others do want, so a good deal of whatever you do in that regard will go to waste. Be comforted. Those who love you will probably love you regardless, and they are the ones whose opinions are worth caring about. The rest aren’t worth five minutes of thought between them.
9. Every winner is destined to be a loser in due course. It’s great to be up on the winner’s podium. Just don’t imagine you can stay there for ever. Worst of all is being determined to do so, by any means available.
10. You can rarely, if ever, please, placate, change, or mollify an asshole. The best thing you can do is stay away from every one you encounter. Being an asshole is a contagious disease. The more time you spend around one, the more likely you are to catch it and become one too.
11. Everything takes twice as long as you plan for and produces results about half as good as you hoped. There’s no reason to be downhearted about this. Just allow for it and move on.
12. People are oddly consistent. Liars usually tell lies. Cheaters cheat whenever it suits them. A person who confides in you has usually confided in several others first—but not got the response he wanted. A loyal friend will stay loyal under enormous amounts of thoughtless abuse.
13. However hard you try, you can’t avoid being yourself. Who else could you be? You can act and pretend, but the person acting and pretending is still you. And if you won’t accept yourself—and do the best you can with what you have, who then has any obligation to accept you?
14. When it comes to blatant lies, there are none more egregious than budget figures. Time spent agonizing over them is time wasted. Even if (miracle of miracles!) yours are honest and accurate, no one else will have been so foolish.
15. The loudest noise in the world is the sound of people whining. Don’t add to it.
1.擁有一顆平常心。太多的事情曾經讓我為之興奮、為之焦慮,浪費我的時間和精力,最後卻被證明是無關緊要的。它們隻是幸福生活裏極其微小的一部分。我多麼希望早點知道這些,以便能把精力都投入到這些關乎幸福的事,而不是其他。
2.這個世界上痛苦與仇恨最大的源泉是對過去的執迷。看看那些恐怖組織和激進分子,他們總是抓住過去的事情不放,或把一小片土地的曆史歸屬問題作為他們進行殺戮的理由,甚至為瞭糾正幾百年前的所謂的“曆史錯誤”而去犯錯。
3.等待有把握時再去做一件事,往往意味著永遠的等待。一個人能做的最大的冒險,就是樂意在公共場閤經常暴露自己的愚昧。沒有什麼能比這樣學得更快。哎呀,這也是一種樂趣。
4.盲目追趕潮流是對精神和智力的扼殺。你可以成為一個低級廉價的時尚木偶,也可以成為個性獨特的你,這些都在於你自己的選擇。信仰不是群眾的鴉片,流行纔是。
5.如果有人抱怨你太特立獨行,恭喜你,你正走在正確的路上。誰願意像動物一樣活著?那些強有力的傢夥不希望你按照自己的意願去做,他們希望你停止給他們製造麻煩,並聽從他們的命令。但你得知道,你無法做到在卑躬屈膝的同時又能活齣自我、擁有自由。
6.如果你將工作等同於生活,那麼你將為工作而生活。像大多數人一樣,當看到那些藝術傢和音樂傢的工作幾乎是全部的生活,我感到很睏惑。其實那不是工作,那是他們的自我。除非你有無法抵擋的激情,恰巧也能讓你從中得以謀生,否則請永遠記住,工作隻是一種手段,而不是目的,我們的最終目的是享受生活。在實現目的的同時,盡可能地少花時間在手段上。隻有白癡纔為工作而活著。
7.破壞關係最快捷、最簡單的方法就是聽信謠言。浪費時間最糟糕的方式就是傳播這些謠言。傳播流言的人好比瘟疫的攜帶者,相比之下,蟑螂都比他們乾淨和善良。
8.試圖取悅彆人是徒勞無益的做法。總有些人會在某個事件上對你發飆。很多你接觸的人,在很多時候也會不喜歡、衊視、忽略或輕視你。另外,你永遠也無法知道彆人真正的需要,因此你為此所做的所有努力都會付諸東流。放鬆些吧,愛你的人終究會包容你的過失,不管怎樣,他們纔是值得我們在乎的人。其他那些人,他們甚至都不值得花5分鍾去考慮。
9.沒有永久的勝利者。登上冠軍寶座是件好事情,但不要夢想著可以永久占據這個位置。最糟糕的是,你正堅定地要為瞭達到此目的而不擇手段。
10.你很難(幾乎不可能)取悅、安撫、改變或平息一個混蛋。你能做的最好方式,是對他敬而遠之。混蛋是有傳染性的疾病,你和他們待的時間越長,你也越有可能染上混蛋的習氣,或者成為其中一員。
11.努力加倍,期望減半。一切都是花掉你計劃的兩倍時間,最後卻隻換來你一半的期望結果。沒什麼理由要為此沮喪的,讓它去吧,隻是你要繼續前行。
12.人是奇怪的偏執狂。撒謊者總是撒謊,無論你怎麼斥責他們,騙子總要行騙。一個人對你傾訴的時候,通常已在其他人麵前傾訴過,隻是可能沒有得到他想要的答復。一位忠誠的朋友,無論遭受多大的冤屈,依舊保持忠誠。
13.接納自己。不管你怎麼努力,你都無法逃避做你自己。除瞭自己,你還能成為誰呢?你可以扮演和假裝,但演戲和假裝的人還是你自己。如果你都無法接納自己,沒有努力挖掘自己已有的東西,誰還有義務接納你呢?
14.談到公眾謊言,沒有比預算數字更令人震驚的瞭。把時間摺騰在這上麵,是浪費時間。即使(奇跡中的奇跡!)你是實事求是並且準確的,其他人也不會那麼愚蠢。
15.世界上最大的噪聲是人們的抱怨。不要再增加瞭。 前言/序言
成為你夢想的成功者
Be the Successful Person You Always Dreamed of
◎Amy Twain
Goals determine what you are going to be.~Julius Erving
So what does it take to succeed to become a successful person? Success is accomplishing a desired end result or objective. If I asked you if you want to be a successful person, of course you’ll say yes. The first thing to consider is—what is it really you’re trying to be successful at? You have to make that decision—what do you want to achieve in your life? Are you striving to be more organized? To be healthier by losing weight? Or are you trying to pay off those debts? Or how about trying to enjoy your retirement years? Whatever your goals and dreams are, bear in mind that they don’t materialize by wishing on a wishing well or catching a falling star.
You have to make the necessary steps in order to attain your goals and be a successful person. Firstly, you have to be specific—because if you don’t, you may not discern if you’ve already triumphed. To summarize, first decide what you want, and create a plan of action to get there.
Of course, with success comes happiness. If you enjoy what you’re doing, then you’ll be a successful person. Happiness is a decision—so decide to be happy now. And don’t ever condition your thoughts that you’ll only be really happy if you acquire certain stuff or you’ll only be truly fulfilled if you reached a certain point in your life.
Just tell yourself to enjoy the trip and you’re certainly on your way to be a successful person you always aspired to be. Your delight would be the drive that you got to do what you have to do in order to become a successful person. Okay, I admit that it won’t always be a walk in the park, but you feel good anyway, knowing that whatever you’re experiencing right now is just a process and a journey to your success.
And when the right time comes, your goal would come to its fulfillment and realization. Remember that almost every individual has tasted the bitter sting of failure before they reached the pinnacle of success. Therefore, don’t be afraid to fail, because if you never failed in your life, then you never tried anything at all.
Don’t be petrified of taking that huge leap of faith now—so what if you failed? At least now you know than forever wondering, “what if” or “what might have been”. Setbacks and obstacles are just temporary challenges to test us, but don’t let them make you wave the white flag and surrender.
The successful person is not a quitter and it doesn’t matter how many times you fall, but how you endured the hardships that come your way. Finally, strive not to judge yourself based on what you are now, and especially based on the mistakes you’ve done on the past. Just move on forward and start over with a clean state; do whatever you could within your power to get closer to your dreams and try to celebrate even the smallest triumphs you have.
目標決定你將成為什麼樣的人。——尤裏烏斯·歐文
是什麼造就瞭一個人的成功?成功是指達到瞭期望的最終結果或目的。如果我問你是否想成為成功人士,你當然會說想。但你要考慮的第一件事是,你真正想要在什麼方麵成功。你必須做齣決定——你想在你的人生中實現什麼?你是想努力變得更有條理,還是努力減肥變得更健康?你是想努力還清債務,還是享受你的退休時光?無論你的目標和夢想是什麼,請記住,隻是對許願池或流星許願是不會成功的。
為瞭實現你的目標,成為成功的人,你必須采取必要的行動。首先,明確目標。因為如果你的目標不明確,你可能就無法分辨齣自己是否已經成功。簡言之,你首先得自己決定你想要的,並且製訂達到成功的計劃。
當然,成功會帶來快樂。如果你享受你正在做的事,那麼你就會成為成功人士。快樂是一種決定,所以現在就決定快樂吧。不要用思維定式睏擾你的想法,認為你隻有獲得某樣東西纔會真正幸福快樂,或隻有你達到人生的某一點纔會真正地感到滿足。
請告訴自己,享受過程吧。你確實在通往你所一直渴求的成功的道路上。你的快樂會是個內驅力,為瞭讓你成為成功的人,它會推動你去做你必須要做的事。是的,我承認這不像在公園散步那樣輕鬆容易,但是請明白,無論你現在正經曆什麼,這都隻是通嚮成功的過程。
當恰當的時機來臨時,你的目標就會實現。請記住,幾乎每個人在登上成功之巔以前都品嘗過失敗的苦澀。因此,不要害怕失敗,如果你在人生中從未經曆過失敗,那麼你也不會嘗試任何其他的事。
不要對我們現在一百八十度轉彎的態度錶示驚詫——如果你失敗瞭怎麼辦?但比起永遠的迷茫,至少現在你是清楚的,你知道假使失敗瞭“會怎樣”或者“該怎麼辦”。挫摺和障礙隻是測試我們的暫時的挑戰,但是,不要因它們而舉起白旗投降。
你失敗瞭多少次不重要,成功人士並不輕易放棄,然而,在這個過程中你是如何對付睏難的,這纔是真正重要之事。最後,不要根據你現在是什麼樣就評判自己,尤其不要根據你以前犯過的錯誤來評判自己。你要做的隻是不斷前行,以全新的狀態重新開始。在你的能力範圍內,做任何你能做的事,靠近你的夢想,甚至即使隻是獲得瞭小小的勝利,也要試著為此慶祝。