生活的原则

Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling five balls in the air. You name them: work, family, health, friends, and spirit, and you're keeping all of them in the air. You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. But the other four balls--family, health, friends, and spirit are made of glass. If you drop one of these, they will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged, or even shattered. They will never be the same. You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.

想象下,人生就好比是你在玩游戏时当空飘起的的五个球儿.它们依次叫做:工作、家庭、健康、友谊、心灵，你把它们都放飞在空中。很快地，你就会发现“工作”是个弹力球儿。就算你松开手不去管它，它还会是会再次跳起来。但是其他的那四个球儿——家庭、健康、友谊、和心灵是玻璃般制成的。如果你丢下它们中的任何一个，它注定就会划伤了、有擦痕了、被弄坏了，甚至裂成碎片了。不可能再完好如初了。因此，你必须了解这点，并为掌握它们之间的分配与平衡努力。

How?

怎样做到这一点呢？

Don t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others.Itis because we are different that each of us is special.

不要总拿自己与别人比从而贬低自身的价值。正因为我们彼此的差异不同，我们才会各有千秋。

Don t set your goals by what other people deem important. Onlyyouknow what is best for you.

别人认为重要，并不能作为你确定目标的根据。只有你自己知道，什么东西对你最好。

Don t take for granted the things closest to your heart. Clingtothem as you would cling to your life, for without them, lifeismeaningless.

与你内心最贴近的东西，切莫等闲视之。要像坚守生命一样坚守住它们，因为失去它们，生活就会毫无意义。

Don t let your life slip through your fingers by living inthepast or for the future. By living your life one day at a time,youlive ALL the days of your life.

不要耽于过去或未来，而让生命从指间悄悄溜走。一次只活一天，活在今日，你就充实地活过生命中的每一天。

Don t give up when you still have something to give. Nothingisreally over until the moment you stop trying.

如果你还可以付出，就不要轻言放弃。在你停止努力那一刻之前，什么都没有真正结束。

Don t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. Itisthis fragile thread that binds us each together.

别害怕承认自己不完美，正因为我们都不完美，我们才会彼此需要。.

Don t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chancesthatwe learn how to be brave.

别害怕遇到风险，那是我们学会勇敢的机会。

Don t shut love out of your life by saying it s impossibletofind. The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastestwayto lose love is to hold it too tightly; and the best way tokeeplove is to give it wings.

别说真爱难求，而将爱拒之门于生活之外。获得爱的捷径是给予爱，失去爱的捷径是扼住爱，而守住爱的捷径是给爱插上翅膀。

Don t run through life so fast that you forget not only whereyouve been, but also where you are going.

不要一生奔忙，匆匆而过，以至于忘了自己从何而来，往何而去。

Don't forget that a person's greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. Don't use time or words carelessly. Neither can be retrieved. Life is not a race, but a journey to be savored each step of the way.

不要忘了每个人最强的感情需求就是别人的认同和支持.与人交谈或者安排时间时要多多用心.因为“一言既出，驷马难追”.人生不是一场竞赛,而是一次旅途,好好享受你路上的每一处风景吧.

Yesterday is a history,tomorrow is a mystery,only today is a gift,that is why we call it present.

昨天属于历史。明天是未知的谜。而今天是赐予我们的礼物：所以我们把“今天”称之为present。

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第二篇：英语经典美文

The Importance of Keeping Optimistic

Honourable judges, ladies and gentlemen,

Good afternoon! Today I would like to talk about the importance of

keeping optimistic. When we encounter difficulties in life, we notice that

some of us choose to bury their heads in the sand. Unfortunately, however,

this attitude will do you no good, because if you will have no courage

even to face them, how can you conquer them? Thus, be optimistic, ladies

and gentlemen, as it can give you confidence and help you see yourself

through the hard times, just as Winston Churchill once said, “An optimist

sees an opportunity in every calamity; a pessimist sees a calamity in

every opportunity.”

Ladies and Gentlemen, keeping optimistic, you will be able to realize,

in spite of some hardship, there’s always hope waiting for you, which will

lead you to the ultimate success. Historically as well as currently, there

are too many optimists of this kind to enumerate. You see, Thomas Edison

is optimistic; if not, the light of hope in his heart could not illuminate

the whole world. Alfred Nobel is optimistic; if not, the explosives and

the prestigious Nobel Prize would not have come into being. And Lance

Armstrong is also optimistic; if not, the devil of cancer would have

devoured his life and the world would not see a 5-time winner of the Tour

De France.

A rose may be beautiful, or maybe not; that depends on your attitude

only, and so does success, so does life. Hindrances and difficulties do

exist, but if you are optimistic, then they are only episodes on your long

way to the throne of success; they are more bridges than obstacles! Now I

prefer to end my speech with the great British poet Shelley’s lines: “If

winter comes, can spring be far behind?” Thank you!

保持乐观的重要性

尊敬的评委、女士们、先生们：

下午好！今天我想谈一谈保持乐观的重要性。

我们注意到，当在生活中遇到困难时，我们中的有些人选择逃避它们。但令人遗憾的是，这样的态度对你没有任何好处，因为如果你连面对它们的勇气都没有的话，你怎么去征服它们呢？因此，乐观起来吧，女士们、先生们，因为它会带给你信心，帮助你渡过难关。正如温斯顿·丘吉尔所说，“乐观者在每次灾难中都看到机遇；悲观者在每次机遇中都看到灾难”。

女士们，先生们，困难是存在的，但如果你保持乐观，你就会意识到永远有希望在等着你，它会把你领向最终的成功。不管是历史上还是现实中，这样的乐观者总是不胜枚举。你看，托马斯·爱迪生是乐观的，如果不是的话，他心中那希望的明灯就不能照亮整个世界；阿尔弗雷德·诺贝尔是乐观的，如果不是的话，那炸药和享有很高声望的诺贝尔奖就不会诞生；兰斯·阿姆斯特朗也是乐观的，如果不是的话，那癌症的病魔早已吞噬了他的生命，这个世界就会少了一位五届环法自行车赛冠军得主.

玫瑰花可能很美，也可能不美，这，仅仅取决于你的态度；而成功也如此，人生也如此。困难和阻碍的确存在，但是如果你很乐观的话，那它们就仅仅是我们通向胜利之冠的漫长道

路上的小插曲；与其说它们是障碍，不如说它们是桥梁！此刻，我想以伟大的英国诗人雪莱的一句诗来作为我的结尾：“冬天来了，春天还会远吗?”谢谢！