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1、-第一篇我们正在起跑点Were Just BeginningCharles F Kettering“We are reading the first verse of the first chapter of a book whose pages are infiniteI do not know who wrote these words, but I have always liked them as a reminder that the future can be anything we want to make it. We can take the mysterious, hazy

2、 future and carve out of it anything that we can imagine, just as a sculptor carves a statue from a shapeless stone.We are all in the position of the farmer. If we plant a good seed, we reap a good harvest. If our seed is poor and full of weeds, we reap a useless crop. If we plant nothing at all, we

3、 harvest nothing at all.I want the future to be better than the past. I dont want itcontaminated by the mistakes and errors with which history is filled. We should all be concerned about the future because that is where we will spend the remainder of out lives.The past is gone and static. Nothing we

4、 can do will change it. The future is before us and dynamic. Everything we do will affect it. Each day brings with it new frontiers, in our homes and in our businesses, if we will only recognize them. We are just at the beginning of the progress in every field of human endeavor .“我们正在阅读一本页数无限的书的第一章的

5、第一节。我不知道这段文字是谁写的，我一直很喜欢这段文字并用它们来提醒自己，那就是未来操之在我。我们可以掌握神秘而不可知的未来，从中创出我们所能想象的任何东西，一如雕刻家可以将未成型的石头刻出雕像一样。我们每个人都是农夫。我们假设种下好种子，就会有丰收。倘假设种子长的不良且长满杂草，我们就会徒劳无获。如果我们什么也不种，就根本不会有什么收获。我希望未来会比过去更好。我不希望未来会被那些充满在历史中的错误所污染。我们应关心未来，因为往后的余生都要在未来中度过。往昔已一去不复返而且是静止的。任凭我们怎么努力都不能改变过去。未来就在我们眼前而且是动态的。我们的所作所为都会影响未来。只要我们体会的出来，

6、每天都可以发现新的知识领域伴随而生，可能是在家里，也可能是在我们的事业中。我们正处在人类所努力钻研的每个领域中进步的起点。mysterious mistirisadj. 神秘的；难解的 adj. 神秘的；不可思议的；难解的magic , fantasticcarve k:vvt. 雕刻；切开sculptor sklptn. 雕刻家statue sttju:n. 雕像，塑像contaminate kntmi,neitvt. 污染，弄脏error ern. 误差；错误remainder rimeindn.剩余,剩余物static sttikadj. 静态的；静电的dynamic dainmik a

7、dj. 动态的；有活力的frontier frntjn. 前沿；边界；国境endeavor indevn. 努力；尽力第二篇 快乐的钥匙A Key to HappinessTo help others, you dont have to be an efficient e*pert in the art; the main thing is the intention.You may be crudeand clumsy, wasteful andineffective, but if you sincerely try to help, yourattempt produces nothin

8、g but good. The one you are trying to help knows your intention and isstrengthened and encouraged by the magic of your sharing. In nearly every case, your simple desireto help, converted into action, produce the good sought. But perhaps the greatest good is the good that you yourself get out of the

9、attempt. Service to others delivers more joy to you than the joy you deliver to them. In doing good, you free yourself from the terrible burden of self; you escape from yourself into a clean world of joy and light. The good you simply try to do, regardless of the oute, is always a success inside you

10、rself.Unselfish giving is your most efficient formula for happiness, for you have embracedeternity instead of self; you have felt life, and you are now the world bigger than you were before you began the project.想去帮助旁人，你不必是这值种艺术的能干的专家，主要的是你有没有一颗助人的心。你也许是粗陋而笨拙的，徒劳又没有成就，但是如果你真诚地想帮助旁人，你的尝试必然产生善果。你所打算帮助

11、的人晓得了你的意向，会因你公担困苦的魔力而坚强振作起来。差不多每一次，你的单纯的助人愿望，在化为行动之后，都会产生所寻的善果。但是最大的善果，也许还是你自己从这项尝试中所获得的益处。在帮助旁人的时候，你本身所获得的快乐要比你带给那些人的快乐为多。在行善之中，你便摆脱了以自我为本位的可怕重担，而进入一个快乐和光明的清新世界。只要你去试行为善，不管其结果如何，再你的心中都永远会是一项成功。无私的给与是获得快乐的最有效率的方法。因为如果能够做到这一点，你所拥抱的已经不是自我，而是永恒；你已经感觉到生命的存在，而现在的妳的世界也比你开场行善之前还要开阔。efficient ifintadj. 有效率的

12、；有能力的intention intennn.意向；目的；打算crude kru:dadj. 粗糙的；天然的，未加工的；粗鲁的clumsy klmziadj. 笨拙的ineffective ,inifektivadj. 无效的，不起作用的sincere sinsiadj. 真诚的；诚挚的attempt temptn/ vt. 企图，试图strengthen stren, streknvt. 加强；稳固desire dizain. 欲望；要求/ vt. 想要convert knv:tvt/vi. 使转变；转换sought s:tv. 寻找seek的过去式和过去分词formula f:mjuln.

13、 数 公式，准则；配方embrace imbreisvt. 拥抱；信奉，皈依；包含eternity it:ntin. 来世；不朽第三篇 劳动之乐The Joy of LaborWise men of ancient times and successful men of today have told us that labor is sweet. Its reward is not material gain but what one bees by it. Work does much more for us than just giving us a living; it gives u

14、s our life and the reason for living. The real joys of life e from doing something and doing it well.All of us hope for success, but it is illusive and hard to keep. It nearly always slips away from one like sand through the fingers, like water through a leakypail, unless it is held tight by hard wo

15、rk, day by day, night by night, year in year out. Everyone who fears failure should work harder and harder with a faithful heart as long as he lasts.古时的贤达和今天的成功者都告诉我们劳动是甜美的。劳动的报酬不是物质的获得而是人们籍由劳动所到达的成就。工作所给与我们的岂止是混口饭吃；它赋予我们生命以及活下去的理由。人生真正的乐趣就是把所做的事做好。我们都希望成功，但成功却是虚幻且难以维持的。除非你能日日夜夜、年复一年地努力紧守成功，否则它几乎总会从

16、你身边溜走，就如沙粒从指尖滑落，或像水从漏桶流失一样。凡事害怕失败的人应该在有生之年，一心一意地更加努力发奋才是。labor leibn. 劳动；工作the Labours Day/ Labor Day/ May Day劳动节illusive ilju:sivadj. 错觉的；幻影的；迷惑人的slip slipvi. 滑动；滑倒; 闪开leaky li:kiadj. 漏的；有漏洞的pail peiln. 桶，水桶第四篇：青春YouthYouth is not just a stage of life; it is a state of mind. It is not a matter ofro

17、sycheeks, red lips and suppleknees; it is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, vigor of the emotions, it is the freshness of the deep spring of life.Youth means the predominance of courage overtimidity, of adventure over the love of ease. This often e*ists in a man of si*ty more than

18、in a boy of twenty. Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals.Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, doubt, self-distrust, fear and despairthese bow the head and turn the growing spirit back to dust.Whether si*ty

19、 or si*teen, there is in every human beings heart the love of wonder, the sweet amazement of the stars and the star-like things, the undauntedchallenge of events, the unfailingchildlike appetite for what-ne*t and the joy of the game of living.You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt, as

20、young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear, as young as your hope, as old asyour despair.青春不只是人生的一个阶段；它是是一种心境。它不是指红润的脸颊，红色的嘴唇和柔软弯曲的膝盖；而是指意志力、丰富的想象力、充分的感情。它是生命深泉之清新。青春意味着勇气胜过害怕，冒险犯难胜过贪图安逸。60岁的人往往要比20岁的小伙子更持有这种精神。没有人只因活了假设干年而变老。我们变老是因我们抛弃了自己的理想。岁月可使皮肤产生皱纹，但是放弃了热诚则会消蚀灵魂。忧虑、疑心、缺乏自信、恐惧和绝望-这些都会让我们

21、垂头丧气而且使成长的精神化为乌有。每个人不管是60还是16，心中都有一股好奇心，对星星及星状的东西会产生一种惊喜之情，不畏惧任何挑战，对未知的事物有着孩子般用不冷却的热望，以及游戏人生的喜悦之情。你有信心，自信和希望时，就是年轻；而你假设疑心、恐rosy ruziadj. 蔷薇色的，玫瑰红色的cheek ti:kn. 面颊，脸颊lip lipn. 嘴唇supple spladj. 柔软的；灵活的knee ni:n. 膝盖，膝vigor vin. 生物 活力，精力predominance pridminnsn. 优势；卓越timidity /timidti/n. 害怕，羞怯ease i:zvt.

22、 减轻，缓和/ n. 轻松，舒适n. 害怕，胆小；羞怯cowardliness , timorousness n. 优势；卓越desert deztvt. 遗弃；放弃/n. 沙漠superiority , advantage , edge , dominancewrinkle rikln. 皱纹/vi. 起皱enthusiasm inju:zizmn. 热心，热情despair dispn. 绝望；令人绝望的人或事bow bun/ vi. 弓；鞠躬；wonder wndn. 惊奇；奇迹/ vi. 疑心；想知道undaunted ,nd:ntidadj. 勇敢的，无畏的unfailing ,nf

23、eiliadj. 经久不衰的；无穷尽的appetite pitaitn. 食欲；嗜好第五篇 为别人而活For the sake of other menStrange is our situation here upon earth. Each of us es for a short visit, not knowing why,yet sometimes seeming to divinea purpose.From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know: that man is here

24、for the sake of other menabove all for those upon whose smile and well-being our own happiness depends, and also for the countless unknown souls with whose fate we are connected by a bond of sympathy. Many times a day I realize how much my own outer and inner life is built upon the labors of my fell

25、ow men, both living and dead, and how earnestly I must e*ert myself in order to give in return as much as I have received. My peace of mind is often troubled by thedepressingsense that I have borrowed too heavily from the work of other men.To ponderinterminably over the reason for ones own e*istence

26、 or the meaning of life in general seems to me, from an objective point of view, to be sheerfolly. And yet everyone holds certain ideals by which he guides hisaspiration and his judgment. Theideals which have always shone before me and filled me with the joy of living are goodness, beauty, and truth

27、. To make a goal of fort and happiness has never appealed to me; a system of ethics built on this basis would besufficient only for aherdof cattle.我们在这个世界上的处境是奇妙的。每个人都是来做一次短暂的，不知道是为了什么，不过有时似乎也会觉察到有*种目的。 但是从平日的生活来看，有一件事情我们是很清楚的：我们是为别人而活-尤其是为了那些我们的快乐与否取决于他们的微笑及幸福的人而活。同时，我们也为无数不知名的人而活，他们的命运借由同胞之情的维系与我们

28、结合在一起。每天，很屡次，我都会意识到我的肉体生活和精神生活很大程度上是建立在那些活着的和死去的人们的工作之上的，意识到我必须诚挚地、竭尽全力地努力去回报我所得到的东西。我经常心绪不宁，感觉自己从别人的工作里承袭了太多，这种感觉让我惴惴不安。 总体上在我看来，从客观的角度，没完没了地思考自己为什么会存在，或者是生命有什么意义，是非常愚蠢的行为。不过，每个人都有一些理想，来指引着自己的抱负和区分是非。始终在我面前闪耀着光芒，并且让我充满生活乐趣的理想是善、美和真理。对我来说，以舒适和享乐为目标的生活从来没有吸引力。以这些目标为根底建立起来的一套伦理观点只能满足一群牲畜的需要。divine div

29、ainadj. 神圣的；非凡的countless kauntlisadj. 无数的；数不尽的soul suln. 灵魂；心灵appeal pi:lvi. 有吸引力,呼吁，上诉bond bndn. 债券；结合/ vi. 结合，团结ethics eiksn. 伦理学；道德标准sympathy simpin. 同情；慰问sufficient sfintadj. 足够的；充分的earnest :nistadj. 认真的，热心的herd h:dn. 兽群，畜群depressing dipresiadj. 压抑的；使人沮丧的ponder pndvt. 仔细考虑；衡量ideal aidiladj. 理想的；

30、完美的/ n. 理想；典interminably int:minbliadv. 无限地；漫无止境地e*istence izistnsn. 存在，存在物；生存objective bdektiv adj. 客观的；目标的/ n. 目的；目标sheer iadj. 绝对的shone un, nvi. 发光shine的过去式及过去分词aspiration ,spreinn. 渴望；抱负sufficient condition 充分条件sufficient for oneself 不靠他人，不受他人影响 necessary and sufficient condition 充要条件；必要且充分的条件su

31、fficient for 足够的；充分的sufficient and necessary condition 充要条件；充分必要条件sufficient quantity 足够的数量；适宜量more than sufficient 绰绰有余sufficient cause 充分理由；充足原因self sufficient 自给自足的；极为自负的第六篇 相信别人Have Faith in OthersBelief is a happier state of mind than doubt and suspicion. By this I live, for if I dont have fait

32、h in others, who will believe in me? I would rather believe in a thousand people, friends and strangers, and have 999 fail me than not believe. If many fail me, I remember how many I failed.This is not to say that the blind belief of sentimentality, the so-called “tolerance of the dishonest and vici

33、ous, is sensible or rewarding.There are some dark corners which do not react to sweetness and light. Belief in people should be acplished with open eyes and clarity of judgment. But when your judgment proves bad rather than good, its no reason to walk thereafter with suspicion as a panion.None knows

34、 anothers heart, his grief, his struggle, his despair and motivation. Not all our geese beeswans, but one swan atones for many flocks of geese. All men share pain and mortality; some bear these better than others, and multitudes have perished spiritually for the lack of anothers belief in them.So, I

35、 would rather be disappointed than afraid of disappointment. 相信乃是一种比疑心与猜忌更快乐的心态。我就是本着这个信念做人处事，因为我假设不信任他人，谁又会信任我呢.我宁可信任一千个人，不管是朋友还是陌生人，且我宁可有999个人辜负我，我也不愿对人不信任。如果众人辜负我，我会记得自己曾辜负了多少人。这并非是说，感情用事的盲目相信是理性而又值得做的，这种感情用事的盲目相信就是对不老实及邪恶的人所谓的“容忍。总有一些黑暗的角落，在这里任凭你怎么和蔼讲理都是不起作用的。相信别人应该要擦亮双眼并有明确的判断力。但你的判断假设证明是错的而非对的

36、，那也没有理由就此便一直心存疑心。别人有什么样的心地、所悲为何、为什么奋斗、为何绝望、有什么动机，这些都是我们无法了解的。我们周围的芸芸众生并非个个都能成大器，但这些芸芸众生中只要有一个成大器就够了。所有的人都会遭遇痛苦与死亡，只不过有些人更善于承受罢了。而许多人因为无法获得别人的信任而在精神上形同死亡。因此，我宁可因他人负我而失望也不愿害怕失望而不信任他人。suspicion sspinn. 疑心；嫌疑/ vt. 疑心sentimentality ,sentimentlitin. 多愁善感tolerance tlrnsn.宽容；容忍vicious visadj.恶意的；堕落的；rewardi

37、ng riw:diadj. 有益的，值得的；有报酬的acplish kmplivt. 完成；实现clarity klrtin. 清楚，明晰panion kmpnjnn. 同伴；朋友motivation ,mutiveinn. 动机；积极性geese i:sn. 鹅goose复数swan swn, sw:nn. 天鹅flock flkn. 群 (多用于禽类)mortality m:tltin. 死亡数，死亡率multitude mlti,tju:dn. 群众；多数perish perivi. 死亡；消灭spiritually spirituliadv. 在精神上地第七篇人生之旅We Are on

38、 a JourneyWherever you are and whoever you may be, there is one thing in which you and I are just alike at this moment, and in all the moments of our e*istence; we are notat rest;we are on a journey.Our life is a movement, a tendency, a steady, ceaseless progress, towards an unseen goal. We are gain

39、ing something or losing something every day. Even when our position and our character seem to remain precisely the same, they are changing, for the mere advance of time is a change. It is not the same thing to have abare field in January and in July; the season makes the difference. The limitations

40、that are childlike in the child are childish in the man. Every thing that we do is a step in one direction or another. Even the failure to do something isin itselfa deed. It sets us forward or backward. The action of the negativepull of a magnetieedle is just as real as the action of the positive pu

41、ll. To decline is to accept the other alternative. Are you nearer to your port today than you were yesterday? Yes, you must be a little nearer to some port or other, for since your ship was launched upon the sea of life you have never been still for a single moment-The sea is too deep. You could not

42、 find an anchorage if you would;there can be no pause until you e into port.无论你身在何处，也无论你是何人，此时此刻，有一件事于你我而言都是一样的，而且只要我们活着，这个共同点就存在。那就是,我们并非停留不前，而是人在旅途。我们的生命是一种运动，一种趋势，是向一个看不见的目标无休止地奋进。每天，我们都有所得，也有所失。即便我们的位置和角色看似与原来无异，但实际上也是时时变化的。因为时间的推移本身就是一种变化。对于同一片荒地来说，在一月和七月是截然不同的，季节造成了这种差异。能力的局限在孩子身上被视为天真烂漫，而在大人身

43、上则是幼稚的的表现。我们所做的每件事情都是朝着*个方向迈进了一步。即使是失败本身，也是有所得的，失败可以催人奋进，也可以让人一蹶不振。磁针负极的作用与正极的作用都是一样真实的。拒绝也是一种承受，只不过是另一种选择罢了。你今天比昨天更接近你的港口了么.是的，你肯定离*个港口更近了。因为自从你的航船从生命的海洋上启航的那一刻开场，你没有哪一刻是静止的。大海如此深邃，即便你想停泊，也找不到地方；只有当你驶入自己的港口，你才能停顿下来。e*istence izistnsn. 存在，生存，存在物port p:t, putn. 港口，口岸tendency tendnsin. 倾向，趋势launch l:n

44、t, l:ntvt. 使下水;发射；发起ceaseless si:slisadj. 不断的；不停的anchorage kridn. 锚地；下锚mere miadj. 仅仅的；只不过的pause p:zn. 暂停；间歇bare badj. 空的；赤裸的，无遮蔽的limitation ,limiteinn. 限制；限度；极限direction direkn n. 方向；指导backward bkwdadv. 向后地；相反地negative netivadj. 数 负的；消极的；否认的pull pulvt. 拉；拔；拖/ n. 拉；拉力magnetic mnetikadj. 地磁的；有磁性的decl

45、ine diklainvi. 下降；衰落；绝alternative :lt:ntivn. 二中择一；供替代的选择/ adj. 供选择的；选择性的第八篇 肯尼迪总统就职演说摘录An E*cerpt of John Kennedys Inaugural AddressLet every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure

46、the survival and success of liberty. To those old allies whose cultural and spiritualorigins we share, we pledge the loyalty of faithful friends. United, there is little we cannot do in a host of cooperativeventures. Divided, there is little we can do, for we dare not meet a powerful challenge at od

47、ds and splitasunder. To those new states whom we wele to the ranks of the free, we pledge our word that one form of colonial control shall not have passed away merely to be replaced by a far more irontyranny. We shall not always e*pect to find them supporting our view. But we shall always hope to fi

48、nd them strongly supporting their own freedomand to remember that, in the past, those who foolishly sought to find power by riding the back of the tiger ended upinside. To those peoples in the huts and villagesacross the globe struggling to break the bonds of massmisery, we pledge our best efforts t

49、o help them help themselves, for whatever period is required. 告知诸国，不管是盼我们好或盼我们坏，我们将不惜付出任何代价，忍受任何重负，不辞艰辛的支持朋友，反对敌人，以确保自由的存续与成功。 对于那些和我们拥有共同文化和精神传统的旧盟邦，我们保证以挚友之诚相待。只要团结，则在许多合作事业中几乎没有什么是办不到的。倘假设分裂，我们则无可作为，因为我们在意见分歧、各行其是的情况下，是不敢应付强大挑战的。 对于那些新兴国家，我们欢迎其参加自由国家的行列。我们要提出保证，殖民统治完毕后不会有更残酷的暴政来取代。我们不能期望这些新兴国家会永远

50、支持我们的观点，但我们却一直希望他们能坚决维护他们自身的自由-而且也希望我们自己能永远记得在过去愚昧地试图骑在虎背上仗势求权的人结果反入虎腹。对于那些住在茅舍和乡村中，正奋力挣脱集体悲惨命运的另一半地球民族，只要他们呢需要，不管到何年何月，我们保证尽最大努力助其自救。本文为肯尼迪总统演讲原文摘录，生词可能较多，希望大家多花点时间研究文章的遣词造句。e*cerpt eks:ptn. 摘录，引用venture ventvi. 冒险；投机/n. 企业；冒险inaugural in:jurladj.就任的，就职的dare dvt/ vi 敢冒；不惧foe fun. 敌人；反对者odds dzn. 几率

51、； at odds 争执 ; 不一致assure uvt. 保证；担保split splitvt/ vi. 别离；使别离survival svaivln. 幸存，残存；幸存者asunder sndadv. 化为碎片地；别离地liberty libtin. 自由colonial klunjladj. 殖民地的，殖民的allies laizn. 第二次世界大战时的同盟国cultural kltrladj. 文化的；教养的rank rkn. 排；等级；军衔spiritual spiritjuladj. 精神的，心灵的iron ainadj. 铁的；残酷的/ n. 熨斗；烙铁/ vt. 熨origin ridinn. 起源；原点tyranny tirnin. 暴政；专横pledge pledn. 保证，誓言/ vt. 保证，许诺bond bndn. 债券；结合；约定loyalty liltin. 忠诚；忠心hut htn. 小屋；临时营房faithful feifuladj. 忠实的，忠诚的cooperative kuprtivadj. 合作的host hustn. 主人；主持人；许多misery mizrin. 痛苦，悲惨；不幸hut htn. 小屋；临时营房mass msn. 块，团；群众，民众/ adj. 群众的，民众的. z