【篇一】激勵(lì)人生的英語美文
Seven Secrets to a Great Life
非凡人生的七大秘訣
A great life doesn't happen by accident. A great life is the result of allocating your time, energy, thoughts, and hard work towards what you want your life to be.? Stop setting yourself up for stress and failure, and start setting up your life to support success and ease. A great life is the result of using the 24/7 you get in a creative and thoughtful way, instead of just what comes next. Customize these " secrets" to fit your own needs and style, and start creating your own great life today!
非凡的人生不是無根之木，無源之水。它需要合理分配自己的時(shí)間、精力、心思，為實(shí)現(xiàn)自 己的生活目標(biāo)而努力。走出憂慮和失敗，全身心地迎接成功和安逸。不要得過且過，創(chuàng)造性 地好好利用生命中的分分秒秒吧！讓我們從今天開始，根據(jù)下面的“秘訣”和自身情況，創(chuàng) 建屬于自己的非凡人生。
1. S—Simplify. A great life is the result of simplifying your life. People often misinterpret what simplify means. It's not a way to remove work from your life. When you focus on simplifying your life, you free up energy and time for the work that you enjoy and the purpose for which you are here. In order to create a great life, you will have to make room for it in yours first.
1、化繁為簡。非凡的人生源于簡單的生活。人們往往誤解了簡單的含義，即不參加工作。 當(dāng)生活真正簡化，你就會(huì)有時(shí)間和精力從事喜歡的工作，并為之奮斗。創(chuàng)建非凡的人生，首 先要有自己的空間。
2. E—Effort. A great life is the result of your best effort. Creating a great life requires that you make some adjustments. It may mean reevaluating how you spend your time, or choosing to spend your money in a different way. It may mean looking for new ways to spend your energy that coincide with your particular definition of a great life. Life will reward your best effort.
2、不懈努力。非凡的人生源于個(gè)人的苦心經(jīng)營。這可能需要重新分配時(shí)間，或調(diào)整理財(cái)方 式：用新的方式把精力投向能引領(lǐng)非凡人生的地方去。有付出就會(huì)有回報(bào)。
3. C—Create Priorities. A great life is the result of creating priorities. It's easy to spend your days just responding to the next thing that gets your attention, instead of intentionally using the time, energy and money you have in a way that's important to you. Focus on removing the obstacles that get in the way of you making sure you are honoring your priorities.
3、分清主次。非凡的人生源于分清主次。不要被瑣碎的事所吸引，而撇開重要之事，不然， 時(shí)間、精力和金錢便會(huì)浪費(fèi)。要想達(dá)到目的，就要善于梳理頭緒，掃清障礙，分清輕重緩急。
4. R—Reserves. A great life is the result of having reserves—reserves of things, time, space, energy, money. With reserves, you acquire far more than you need-not 6 months living expenses, but 5 years worth; not 15 minutes of free time, 1 day. Reserves are important because they reduce the fear of consequences, and that allows you to make decisions based on what you really want instead of what the fear decides for you.
4、有備無患。非凡的人生源于懂得儲存--儲存物品、時(shí)間、空間、精力和金錢。那樣，獲 得就會(huì)遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)多于所期望的--就會(huì)得到五年的生活費(fèi)，而不是六個(gè)月的；一整天的閑暇時(shí)間， 而不是 15 分鐘。儲存能減少顧慮，從而使決定不受限制，思想不會(huì)猶豫。
5. E—Eliminate distractions. A great life is the result of eliminating distractions. Up to 75% of your mental energy can be tied up in things that draining and distracting you. Eliminating distractions can be a difficult concept to many people, since they haven't really considered that there is another way to live. Look around at someone's life you admire. What do they do that you would like to incorporate into your own life ? Ask them how they did it. Find ways to free up mental energy for things that are more important to you.
5、專心致志。非凡的人生源于專注。做事三心二意，會(huì)耗費(fèi)一個(gè)人 75%以上的精力。很多 人不知道如何清除雜念，因?yàn)樗麄儚奈聪脒^換種方式生活。看看周圍那些令你羨慕的人的生 活吧！看自己能從他們身上學(xué)到些什么？向他們請教，尋求專注的方式，把精力集中到真正 重要的事情上。
6. T—Thoughts. A great life is the result of controlling your thoughts so that you accept and allow for the possibility that it actually can happen to you! belief in the outcome will directly dictate how successful you are. Motivated people have specific goals and look for ways to achieve them. Believing there is a solution to the same old problems you encounter year after year is vitally important creating a life that you love.
6、堅(jiān)定信念。非凡的人生源于信心十足。信心直接決定勝負(fù)成敗。有動(dòng)力的人目標(biāo)明確， 并會(huì)想盡一切辦法去實(shí)現(xiàn)。生活中會(huì)反復(fù)遇到很多問題，相信這些問題終會(huì)解決，是創(chuàng)造美 好生活的關(guān)鍵。
7. S—Start. A great life is the result of starting. There's the old saying everyone's familiar with “a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step” In order to even move from the couch to the refrigerator, you have to start. There’s no better time to start than today. Don't wait for a raise, or until the kids get older or the weather is better. Today, right now, is the right day to start to take a step in the direction of your heart's desires. It's what you do TODAY that will make a difference in your life tomorrow.
7、立刻行動(dòng)。非凡人生源于行動(dòng)。有句大家熟悉的古諺，“千里之行始于足下”。即使再小 的事情，諸如從沙發(fā)走到冰箱前，也需要親自行動(dòng)。從今天開始行動(dòng)吧，不要再找借口，說 等漲工資了，等孩子長大了，或者等天氣好了再說吧。從今天開始，去努力實(shí)現(xiàn)心中的夢想， 這是的時(shí)機(jī)。只有這樣，才能開創(chuàng)美好的明天。
【篇二】激勵(lì)人生的英語美文
A man and his girlfriend were married. It was a large celebration.
一個(gè)男人和他的女朋友結(jié)婚，舉行了一場盛大的結(jié)婚慶典。
All of their friends and family came to see the lovely ceremony and to partake of the festivities and celebrations. All had a wonderful time.
所有的朋友和家人都來到結(jié)婚典禮上參加歡宴和慶�；顒�(dòng)。大家都過得很開心。
The bride was gorgeous in her white wedding gown and the groom was very dashing in his blacktuxedo. Everyone could tell that the love they had for each other was true.
穿著白色婚紗的新娘漂亮迷人，穿著黑色禮服的新郎英俊瀟灑。每個(gè)人都能看出他們彼此的愛是真誠的。
A few months later, the wife came to the husband with a proposal,¨I read in a magazine,a while ago, about how we can strengthen our marriage," she offered. "Each of us will write a list of the things that we find a bit annoying with the other person. Then, we can talk about how we can fix them together and make our lives happier together."
凡個(gè)月后，妻子走近丈夫提議說：“我剛才在雜志上看到一篇文章，說的是怎樣鞏固婚姻�！彼f：“我們兩個(gè)人都各自把對方的小毛病列在一張紙上，然后我們商量一下怎樣解決，以便使我們的生活更幸福。”
The husband agreed. So each of them went to a separate room in the house and thought of the things that annoyed them about the other. They thought about this question for the rest of the day and wrote down what they came up with.
丈夫同意了。于是化們各自走向不同的房間去想對方的缺點(diǎn)。那一天余下的時(shí)間里，他們都在思考這個(gè)問題，并且把他們想到的都寫下來。
The next morning, at the breakfast table, they decided that they would go over their lists.
第二天早上，吃早飯的時(shí)候，他們決定談?wù)劚舜说娜秉c(diǎn)。
¨I'II start," offered the wife. She took out her list. It had many items on it,enough to fill 3 pages. In fact, as she started reading the list of the little annoyances, she noticed that tears were starting to appear in her husband's eyes.
“我先開始吧�！逼拮诱f。她拿出她的單子，上面列舉了很多條，事實(shí)上，足足寫滿了三頁。當(dāng)她開始念的時(shí)候，她注意到丈夫眼里含著淚花。
”What's wrong?" she asked. "Nothing," the husband replied, "keep reading your list."
“怎么啦？”她問�！皼]什么，“丈夫答道，“繼續(xù)念吧�！�
The wife continued to read until she had read all three pages to her husband. She neatly placed her list on the table and folded her hands over the top ofit.
妻子又接著念。整整三頁都念完之后她把單子整齊地放在桌上，兩手交叉放在上面。
¨Now, you read your list and then we'II talk about the things on both of our lists," she said happily.
“現(xiàn)在該你念了，然后我們談?wù)勊信e的缺點(diǎn)�！彼吲d地說。
Quietly the husband stated,¨I don't have anything on my list.I think that you are perfect the way that you are.I don't want you to change anything for me. You are lovely and wonderful and l wouldn't want to try and change anything about you."
丈夫平靜地說：“我什么也沒罵，我覺得像你這樣就很完美了，我不想讓你為我改變什么。你很可愛迷人，我不想讓你改變�！�
The wife, touched by his honesty and the depth of his love for her and his acceptance of her,tumed her head and wept.
妻子被丈夫的誠實(shí)和對她深深的愛和接納感動(dòng)了，她轉(zhuǎn)過頭去哭起來。
In life, there are enough times when we are disappointed, depressed and annoyed. We don't reallyhave to go looking for them. We have a wonderful world that is full of beauty, light and promise.
生命中我們有很多的失望、沮喪和煩惱，我們根本不需要尋找。我們美妙的世界充滿了美麗、光明、希望。
Why waste time in this world looking for the bad, disappointing or annoying when we can lookaround us, and see the wondrous things before us?
但是，當(dāng)我們放眼四周時(shí)，為什么浪費(fèi)時(shí)間尋找不快、失望和煩惱，而看不到我們面前的美好事物呢？
【篇三】激勵(lì)人生的英語美文
Don't work for money
不做有才華的窮人
The world is filled with smart, talented, educated and gifted people. We meet them every day.A few days ago, my car was not running well.I pulled it into a garage, and the young mechanic had it fixed in just a few minutes. He knew what was wrong by simply listening to the engine. I was amazed. The sad truth is,great talent is not enough.
地界上滿坑滿谷都是精明能干、才華橫溢、學(xué)富五車以及極具天賦之人，我們每天都會(huì)見到他們。幾天前，我的汽車運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)不靈了。我把它開進(jìn)維修廠，一位年輕的機(jī)械工只消幾分鐘就把它修好了。他僅憑傾聽發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)的聲音就能確定哪兒有毛病，這讓我驚奇不己。然而遺憾的是，光有非凡才華是不夠的。
I am constantly shocked at how little talented people earn.I heard the other day that less than 5 percent of Americans earn more than $100,000 a year.Abusiness consultant who specializes inl the medical trade was telling me how many doctors, dentists and chiropractors2 struggle financially.
找常常吃驚，為什么有才華的人卻只有微薄的收入。前幾天我聽人說，只有不到5%的美國人年收入在10萬美元以上。一位精通藥品貿(mào)易的商務(wù)顧問曾經(jīng)告訴我，有許多醫(yī)生、牙醫(yī)和按摩師生活拮據(jù)。
All this time,I thought that when they graduated, the dollars would pour in. It was this business consultant who gave me the phrase,¨They are one skill away from great wealth.”What this phrase means is that most people need only to learn and master one more skill and their income would jump exponentially3.
以前我總以為他們一畢業(yè)，財(cái)源便會(huì)滾滾而來。這位商務(wù)顧問告訴了我一句話：“離發(fā)大財(cái)，他們還差一項(xiàng)技能�！边@句話的意思是說，大部分人還需多學(xué)習(xí)并掌握一項(xiàng)技能，他們的收入才能呈指數(shù)倍增長。
I have mentioned before that financial intelligence is a synergy4 0f accounting, investing, marketing and law. Combine those four technical skills and making money with money is easier. When it comes to money, the only skill most people know is to work hard.
以前我提到過，財(cái)商是會(huì)計(jì)、投資、市場營銷和法律方面的能力綜合。將上述四種專業(yè)技能結(jié)合起來，以錢生錢就會(huì)更容易。說到錢，大部分人所知的技能就是拼命工作。
When I graduated from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in 1969, my educated dad was happy. Standard Oil of California had hired me for its oil-tanker fleet.I had a great career ahead of me, yet I resigned5 after six months with the company and joined the Marine Corps to learn how to fly. My educated dad was devastated. Rich dad congratulated me.
1969年，我從美國海運(yùn)學(xué)院畢業(yè)了。我那有學(xué)識的爸爸十分高興，因?yàn)榧又輼?biāo)準(zhǔn)石油公司錄用我為它的油輪隊(duì)工作。盡管我的未來前程遠(yuǎn)大，但我還是在6個(gè)月后辭職離開了這家公司，加入海軍陸戰(zhàn)隊(duì)去學(xué)習(xí)飛行。對此我那有學(xué)識的爸爸非常傷心，而富爸爸則祝賀我做出的決定。
Job security meant everything to my educated dad. Learning meant everything to my rich dad Educated dad thought l went to school to learn to be a ship's officer. Rich dad knew that l went to school to study international trade.
耐于有學(xué)識的爸爸來說，穩(wěn)定的工作就是一切。而對于富爸爸來說，學(xué)習(xí)才是一切。有學(xué)識的爸爸以為我上學(xué)是為了做一名船長，而富爸爸明白我上學(xué)是為了學(xué)習(xí)國際貿(mào)易。
So as a student,I made cargo runs, navigating6 large freighters7, oil tankers and passenger ships to the Far East and the South Pacific. While most of my classmates, including Mike, were partying at their fraternity8 houses,1 was studying trade, people and cultures in Japan, Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Korea and the Philippines.I also was partying, but it was not in any frat house.I grew up rapidly.
因此,在做學(xué)生時(shí)，我跑過貨運(yùn)、為前往遠(yuǎn)東及南太平洋的大型貨輪、油輪和客輪導(dǎo)航。當(dāng)我的大部分同班同學(xué)，包括邁克，在他們的聯(lián)誼會(huì)會(huì)堂舉辦晚會(huì)的時(shí)候，我正在日本、泰國、新加坡、中國香港、越南、韓國和菲律賓學(xué)習(xí)貿(mào)易、人際關(guān)系和文化。我也參加晚會(huì)，但不去任何聯(lián)誼會(huì)，我迅速地成熟起來了。
There is an old cliche that goes, "Job is an acronym9 for 'Just Over Broke."' And unfortunately,1 would say that the saying applies to millions of people. Because school does not think financial intelligence is intelligence, most workers "live within their means l0." They work and they pay the bills. Instead I recommend to young people to seek work for what they will learn,more than what they will earn.
常言道，“工作(job)就是‘比破產(chǎn)強(qiáng)一點(diǎn)(Just Over Broke)’的縮寫“。然而不幸的是，這句話確實(shí)適用于千百萬人，因?yàn)閷W(xué)校沒有把財(cái)商看作是一種才智，大部分工人都“量入為出”：干活掙錢，支付賬單。相反，我勸告年輕人在尋找工作時(shí)要看看能從中學(xué)到什么，而不是只看能掙到多少。
Look down the road at what skills they want to acquire before choosing a specific profession and before getting trapped in the "Rat Racell". Once people are trapped in the lifelong process of bill paying, they become like those little hamsters12 running around in those little metal wheels. Their little furry legs are spinning furiously, the wheel is turning furiously, but come tomorrow morning, they'II still be in the same cage: great job.
在選擇某種特定職業(yè)之前或是陷入“老鼠賽跑（激烈的競爭）”之前，要好好掂量自己到底需要獲得什么技能。一旦人們?yōu)橹Ц顿~單而整天疲于奔命，就和那些在小鐵輪里不停奔跑轉(zhuǎn)圈的小老鼠一樣了。老鼠的小毛腿跑得飛快，小鐵輪也轉(zhuǎn)得飛快，可到了第二天早上，他們發(fā)現(xiàn)自己依然困在同一個(gè)老鼠籠里，那就是：重要的工作。
When I ask the classes I teach, "How many of you can cook a better hamburger than McDonald's?"almost all the students raise their hands.I then ask, “So if most of you can cook a better hamburger, how come McDonald's makes more money than you?"
芻我在自己教授的班級上問到“你們當(dāng)中有多少人做的漢堡包能比麥當(dāng)勞更好”時(shí)，幾乎所有的學(xué)生都舉起了手。我接著問，“如果你們當(dāng)中大部分人都能做出比麥當(dāng)勞更好的漢堡包，那為什么麥當(dāng)勞比你們更能賺餞？”
The answer is obvious: McDonald's is excellent at business systems. The reason so many talented people are poor is because they focus on building a better hamburger and know little or nothing about business systems.
答案是顯而易見的：麥當(dāng)勞擁有一套出色的運(yùn)營體系。許多才華橫溢的人之所以貧窮的原因，就是因?yàn)樗麄冎皇菍Ｐ挠谧龈玫臐h堡包，而對運(yùn)營體系幾乎一無所知。
The world is filled with talented poor people. All too often, they're poor or struggle financially or earn less than they are capable of, not because of what they know but because of what they do not know. They focus on perfecting their skills at building a better hamburger rather than the skills of selling and delivering the hamburger.
世界上到處都是有才華的窮人。在很多情況下，他們之所以貧窮、生活拮據(jù)或者收入與其能力不相符，不是因?yàn)樗麄兗褐臇|西而是因?yàn)樗麄兾粗臇|西。他們只將注意力集中在提高和完善做漢堡包的技術(shù)上，卻不注意提高有關(guān)漢堡包的銷售和送貨技能。
