Stealing a Bell with One's Ears PluggedDuring the last days of State of Fan (Chu Dynasty), there was a thief who came upon a bell. He wanted to steal it, but it was too heavy to cart away. So he decided to break the bell into pieces. When he hit the bell with the hammer, the bell rang loudly. Not wanting others to hear the noises, he covered up his ears. By logic, not wanting others to hear the noises is understandable.To accomplish this by covering one's own ears, so one cannot hear himself, is absurd。
A boy found an eagle's egg and he put it in the nest of a prairie chicken. The eagle hatched and thought he was a chicken. He grew up doing what prairie chicken do-scratching at the dirt for food and flying short distances with a noisy fluttering of wings. It was a dreary life. Gradually the eagle grew older and bitter. One day he and his prairie chicken friend saw a beautiful bird soaring on the currents of air, high above the mountains."Oh, I wish I could fly like that!" said the eagle. The chicken replied, "Don't give it another thought. That's the mighty eagle, the king of all birds-you could never be like him!" And the eagle didn't give it another thought. He went on cackling and complaining about life. He died thinking he was a prairie chicken. My friends, you too were born an eagle. The Creator intended you to be an eagle, so don't listen to the prairie chickens! 一個(gè)小男孩發(fā)現了一只老鷹下的蛋,把它放進(jìn)了一只山雞的窩里。
鷹被孵出來(lái)了,但他以為自己是一只山雞。漸漸的他長(cháng)大了,卻做著(zhù)山雞所做的事---從泥土里尋找食物,做短距離的飛翔,翅膀還啪啪作響。
生活非常沉悶,漸漸地鷹長(cháng)大了,也越來(lái)越苦惱。有一天,他和他的山雞朋友看見(jiàn)一只美麗的鳥(niǎo)在天空翱翔,飛的比山還高。
“哦,我要能飛的那么高該多好啊!”鷹說(shuō)。山雞回答說(shuō),“不要想了,那是兇猛無(wú)比的鷹,鳥(niǎo)中之王---你不可能像他一樣!”于是鷹放棄了那個(gè)念頭。
他繼續咯咯地叫,不停的抱怨生活。最后他死了,依然認為自己是一只山雞。
朋友們,你們天生就是雄鷹。造物主有意把你造就成一只雄鷹,所以不要聽(tīng)信山雞的話(huà)! As fruit needs not only sunshine but cold nights and chilling showers to ripen it, so character needs not only joy but trial and difficulty to mellow it. (Hugh Black, American writer) 水果不僅需要陽(yáng)光,也需要涼夜。
寒冷的雨水能使其成熟。人的性格陶冶不僅需要歡樂(lè ),也需要考驗和困難。
(美國作家 布萊克 H) Everything can be taken from a man but one thing; the freedom to choose his attitude in any given set of circumstances. (Leonhard Frand , German novelist) 我可以拿走人的任何東西,但有一樣東西不行,這就是在特定環(huán)境下選擇自己的生活態(tài)度的自由。(德國小說(shuō)家 弗蘭克 L) Every tragedy makes heroes of common people. (Normna Stephens, American writer) 每場(chǎng)悲劇都會(huì )在平凡的人中造就出英雄來(lái)。
(美國作家 斯蒂芬斯 N) He who allows himself to be insulted, deserves to be. (F.C.Comford, British writer) 自己甘愿受辱的人,受污辱也活該。(英國作家 科福德 F C) I find life an exciting business and most exciting when it is lived for others. (Helen Keller,Ameican writer) 我發(fā)現生活是令人激動(dòng)的事情,尤其是為別人活著(zhù)時(shí)。
(美國作家 海倫·凱勒) I wept when I was born, and every day shows why.(Jack London, American novelist) 我一生下來(lái)就開(kāi)始哭泣,而每一天都表明我哭泣的原因。(美國小說(shuō)家 杰克·倫敦) If you want to live your whole life free from pain 如果你想一生擺脫苦難 You must become either a god or else a coupes 你就得是神或者是死尸 Consider other men''s troubles 想想他人的不幸 That will comfort yours 你就能坦然面對人生 Menander, Ancient Athenian playwriter 古雅典劇作家 米南德 In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it. (George Bernad Shaw, British dramastist) 對于害怕危險的人,這個(gè)世界上總是 危險的。
(英國劇作家 肖伯納 G) It is not true suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering, for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive. (William Somerset Maugham, British novelist) 說(shuō)苦難能使人格得到升華,這是不確切的;幸福有時(shí)倒能做到這一點(diǎn),而苦難常會(huì )使人心胸狹窄,產(chǎn)生復仇的心理。(英國小說(shuō)家 毛姆 W S) 近朱者赤,近墨者黑 He who stays near vermilion gets stained red,and he who stays near ink gets stained black 近朱者赤,近墨者黑 One who mixes with vermilion will turn red,one who touches pitch shall be defiled therewith 英語(yǔ)國家中也有一些相近的表達方式: One takes the behavior of one's company.(一個(gè)人的行為,往往受到朋友的影響。)
One takes on the attributes of one's associates. (attributes 復數時(shí)是指品質(zhì)、特性;associates 指朋友、同事) Watch the company you keep!(小心交朋友!) As one who lies with dogs will ride with fleas, how could your son learn anything good by mixing with those people? (就象和狗躺在一起的人身上會(huì )爬滿(mǎn)虱子,你兒子跟那些人混在一起,能學(xué)出個(gè)好樣來(lái)?)。
1. Use Setbacks As Fuel
2. “I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”
3. Michael Jordan was one to embrace setbacks and failure as motivation. Cut from his high school team as a sophomore, he used that as fuel and trained intensely. His work paid off. Next year he made the team and in his senior year, he made the All-American High School Team.
4. Michael Jordan broke a foot in the 1985-86 season, but that didn't stop him. His team made the playoffs without him and even set the record for most points in a playoff game (63) in a losing series against the Boston Celtics. He made a full recovery by the start of the 1986-87 season and became just the second player to score 3,000 points in a season!
5. Jordan developed an amazing work ethic and determination which let him thrive through every adversity he faced!
Use Setbacks As Fuel“I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”Michael Jordan was one to embrace setbacks and failure as motivation. Cut from his high school team as a sophomore, he used that as fuel and trained intensely. His work paid off. Next year he made the team and in his senior year, he made the All-American High School Team.Michael Jordan broke a foot in the 1985-86 season, but that didn't stop him. His team made the playoffs without him and even set the record for most points in a playoff game (63) in a losing series against the Boston Celtics. He made a full recovery by the start of the 1986-87 season and became just the second player to score 3,000 points in a season!Jordan developed an amazing work ethic and determination which let him thrive through every adversity he faced!Expect Greatness From Yourself“I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot… when you think about the consequences you always think of a negative result.”One of Michael's mantras is that for amazing things to happen you have to focus and prepare for amazing things to happen. This is extremely powerful; by focusing on potential positives instead of failures, you open yourself up to opportunities for success and achievement. This is exemplified in his quote, “You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.”Focusing on the right things is one of the keys to accelerating your success. Scanning for positives out of a situation makes us happier and productive, making us more likely to succeed. By focusing on the potential positives and expecting great things, this motivates our body and mind on doing the things that could make it happen. In the case of many successful athletes and businesspeople, strong self-belief is a key to their success.Don't Fear Failure, Embrace It“I've never been afraid to fail.”Along with processing setbacks and failure as fuel and motivation, Michael chose to embrace failure itself instead of fearing it. This is a great ethos: if failure happens, it happens. It's only terrible if you process it as terrible. Jordan describes fear as an 'illusion' that he overcome. Fearing failure itself limits your potential success.Michael said in an interview that he had no disappointments in his playing career. He said there were things that were negative, but he always took them as a positive because it's a great learning experience and without them, other great things wouldn't have happened.Stick To The Basics“The minute you get away from fundamentals – whether its proper technique, work ethic or mental preparation – the bottom can fall out of your game, your schoolwork, your job, whatever you're doing.”Michael said to stick to the fundamentals and don't get lost in the details. He always tried to find an edge at whatever he worked at and part of that was never losing sight of the basics.Another important Jordan quote says never to try and skip over anything basic: “If you try to shortcut the game, then the game will shortcut you.” The message is great: if you try to cut corners or think you're beyond doing something that seems basic then you will not be rewarded. To be successful everyone has to stick to certain fundamentals or they will stray from productive habits and focus too much on things that don't matter.太多了,我不確定你要不要中文翻譯,要的話(huà),可以追問(wèn),我可以翻譯的,請采納我吧。
Su stab. During the warring states period, luoyang city, a man named su to do for future study hard, he leading. Sometimes read too tired, avoid to doze. Hence, he got an idea: take a nap, awl stab to the thigh, pain, and awake to read on.4 and the sun jing, han without sun jing ", "Mr Shut close reading often alone. Sometimes really tired, in order to prevent nap, with a rope, a department, a knot in the beam with straight hair, let neck. So, if the nap, will pull hair, immediately wake pain. Hence, the posterity use "without stab" to describe the enquiry to read.蘇秦刺股。
戰國時(shí)期,洛陽(yáng)城有一個(gè)人名叫蘇秦,為了日后以做大官,他拼命讀書(shū)。有時(shí)讀得太疲倦了,免不了要打瞌睡。
于是,他想了個(gè)辦法:拿著(zhù)一把錐子,瞌睡來(lái)了,就刺一下大腿,痛了,也就睡不著(zhù)了,以便繼續讀下去。 4、孫敬懸梁漢朝的孫敬,人稱(chēng)“閉戶(hù)先生”,常常獨自關(guān)門(mén)讀書(shū)。
有時(shí)實(shí)在太累,為了防止打瞌睡,他用一根繩子,一頭系在梁上,一頭結著(zhù)頭發(fā),讓頭頸正直地吊住。這樣,如果打瞌睡,就會(huì )扯痛頭發(fā),立刻驚醒。
于是,后人用“懸梁刺股”來(lái)形容勤學(xué)好讀的精神。
quotation:
My Book and Heart
Must never part. Anonymous
We all know that books burn—yet we have the greater knowledge that books cannot be killed by fire. People die, but books never die. No man and no force can abolish memory。In this war, we know, books are weapons. Franklin D. Roosevelt
A cool of books
will sometimes lead the mind to libraries
of a hot afternoon, if books can be found
cool to the sense to lead the mind away. William Carlos Williams
A good book is the best of friends, the same today and for ever.
Martin Farquhar Tupper
A good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.
John Milton
找了幾個(gè)名言,例子舉反例吧,不讀書(shū)肯定不行。
Use Setbacks As Fuel“I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”Michael Jordan was one to embrace setbacks and failure as motivation. Cut from his high school team as a sophomore, he used that as fuel and trained intensely. His work paid off. Next year he made the team and in his senior year, he made the All-American High School Team.Michael Jordan broke a foot in the 1985-86 season, but that didn't stop him. His team made the playoffs without him and even set the record for most points in a playoff game (63) in a losing series against the Boston Celtics. He made a full recovery by the start of the 1986-87 season and became just the second player to score 3,000 points in a season!Jordan developed an amazing work ethic and determination which let him thrive through every adversity he faced!Expect Greatness From Yourself“I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot… when you think about the consequences you always think of a negative result.”One of Michael's mantras is that for amazing things to happen you have to focus and prepare for amazing things to happen. This is extremely powerful; by focusing on potential positives instead of failures, you open yourself up to opportunities for success and achievement. This is exemplified in his quote, “You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.”Focusing on the right things is one of the keys to accelerating your success. Scanning for positives out of a situation makes us happier and productive, making us more likely to succeed. By focusing on the potential positives and expecting great things, this motivates our body and mind on doing the things that could make it happen. In the case of many successful athletes and businesspeople, strong self-belief is a key to their success.Don't Fear Failure, Embrace It“I've never been afraid to fail.”Along with processing setbacks and failure as fuel and motivation, Michael chose to embrace failure itself instead of fearing it. This is a great ethos: if failure happens, it happens. It's only terrible if you process it as terrible. Jordan describes fear as an 'illusion' that he overcome. Fearing failure itself limits your potential success.Michael said in an interview that he had no disappointments in his playing career. He said there were things that were negative, but he always took them as a positive because it's a great learning experience and without them, other great things wouldn't have happened.Stick To The Basics“The minute you get away from fundamentals – whether its proper technique, work ethic or mental preparation – the bottom can fall out of your game, your schoolwork, your job, whatever you're doing.”Michael said to stick to the fundamentals and don't get lost in the details. He always tried to find an edge at whatever he worked at and part of that was never losing sight of the basics.Another important Jordan quote says never to try and skip over anything basic: “If you try to shortcut the game, then the game will shortcut you.” The message is great: if you try to cut corners or think you're beyond doing something that seems basic then you will not be rewarded. To be successful everyone has to stick to certain fundamentals or they will stray from productive habits and focus too much on things that don't matter.太多了,我不確定你要不要中文翻譯,要的話(huà),可以追問(wèn),我可以翻譯的,請采納我吧。
1.約會(huì ) When the young waitress in the café in Tom's building started waving hello everyday. Tom was flattered, for she was at least 15 years younger than he. One day she waved and beckoned to Tom again. When Tom strolled over, she asked, "Are you single?" "Why, yes," Tom replied, smiling at her broadly. "So is my mom," she said. "Would you like to meet her?" 約會(huì ) 在湯姆工作的大樓里有一個(gè)咖啡屋,那兒總有一位小姐每天都和他打招呼。
湯姆有些受寵若驚,因為這位小姐看上去至少比他年輕15歲。一天她又對湯姆招手并示意湯姆過(guò)去。
于是湯姆走了過(guò)去。她問(wèn)道,“您現在是單身嗎?” “對,是單身,”湯姆滿(mǎn)臉堆笑的說(shuō)。
“我母親也是,”她說(shuō),“您愿不愿意見(jiàn)見(jiàn)她?” A Soldier's Brilliant Idea Mr. Robinson had to travel somewhere on business, and as he was in a hurry, he decided to go by air. He liked sitting beside a window when he was flying, so when he got on to the plane, he looked for a window seat. He found all of them had already had been taken except for one. There was a soldier sitting in the seat beside this one, and Mr. Robinson was surprised that he had not taken the one by the window; but, anyhow, he at once went towards it. When he reached it, however, he saw that there was a notice on it. It was written in ink and said, "This seat is preserved for proper load balance, thank you." Mr Robinson had never seen such an unusual notice in a plane before, but he thought that the plane must be carrying something particularly heavy in it, so he walked on and found another empty seat, not beside a window, to sit in. Two or three people tried to sit in the window seat beside the soldier, but they too read the notice and went on, when the plane was nearly full, a very beautiful girl hurried into the plane. The soldier, who was watching the passengers coming in, quickly took the notice off the seat beside himself and in this way succeededin having the company of the girl during the whole trip. 英語(yǔ)幽默:士兵坐飛機有美女陪伴的高招 由于生意方面的事,羅賓遜先生得出趟門(mén)。因為有點(diǎn)緊急,他決定坐飛機。
乘機旅行時(shí),他喜歡靠窗坐,故而一登機,他就尋找一個(gè)靠窗的座位。他發(fā)現只有一個(gè)靠窗的座位還空著(zhù)。
在那空座位邊坐著(zhù)一名士兵。令羅賓遜先生納悶的是,這位士兵沒(méi)有坐靠窗的位置。
羅賓遜先生不管那些,他馬上徑直朝那個(gè)空座位走去。 然而,等到了那兒,他看見(jiàn)座位上有則啟事,是用鋼筆寫(xiě)的:“為保持裝載平衡,特預設該位置,謝謝合作。”
羅賓遜先生還從來(lái)沒(méi)有在飛機上見(jiàn)過(guò)如此不同尋常的啟事。不過(guò),他想飛機上一定裝了什么特別重的物品,于是他找了個(gè)不靠窗的位置。
又有兩三個(gè)乘客試圖坐在那個(gè)士兵旁的靠窗座位上,他們看到那則啟事就走開(kāi)了。當快滿(mǎn)座時(shí),一位非常美麗的姑娘匆匆走進(jìn)機艙。
一直在注意進(jìn)艙旅客的那個(gè)士兵趕緊拿掉他旁邊空座位上的啟事。士兵用這種辦法,成功地找到了一位姑娘一路作伴。
英文竟能說(shuō)得如此搞笑 a.小明上英文課時(shí)跟老師說(shuō):May I go to the toilet? 老師說(shuō):Go ahead. 小明就坐了下來(lái)。過(guò)了一會(huì )兒,小明又跟老師說(shuō):May I go to the toilet? 老師說(shuō):Go ahead. 小明又坐了下來(lái)。
他旁邊的同學(xué)于是忍不住問(wèn):你不是跟老師說(shuō)要上廁所嗎?怎么不去?小明說(shuō):你沒(méi)聽(tīng)老師說(shuō)“去你個(gè)頭”啊! b.一對熱戀中的男女。女生非常沒(méi)有安全感,于是對著(zhù)男友說(shuō):“SAY I LOVE YOU!! SAY IT! SAY IT! SAY IT!” 男的答道:“IT!” c.一位在美的留學(xué)生,想要考國際駕照。
在考試時(shí)因為過(guò)于緊張,看到地上標線(xiàn)是向左轉。 他不放心的問(wèn)道:turn left? 監考官回答:right。
于是他立刻向右轉…… d.某人刻苦學(xué)習英語(yǔ),終有小成。一日上街不慎與一老外相撞,忙說(shuō):I am sorry。
老外應道:I am sorry too。 某人聽(tīng)后又道:I am sorry three。
老外不解,問(wèn):What are you sorry for? 某人無(wú)奈,道:I am sorry five。 爆笑:昨天夜里我爸媽表演“混合雙打” Teacher of Physical Education: Have you ever seen mixed doubles,boys? 體育老師:孩子們,你們見(jiàn)過(guò)男女混合雙打嗎? Nick: Yes,sir. Quite of ten. I saw it even last night. 尼克:見(jiàn)過(guò),老師,經(jīng)常見(jiàn)。
就在昨天夜里我還見(jiàn)過(guò)呢! Teacher: Please tell us some thing about it. 老師:那你給大家講講當時(shí)的情形吧。 Nick: Oh,sorry,sir. My father always says, "Domestic shame should not be published.” 尼克:啊,對不起,老師。
我爸爸常說(shuō):“家丑不可外揚。” Camera On our way to a wedding in Vermont, my husband and I realized we had forgotten our camera. We stopped at a general store and, hoping to purchase a cheap, disposable model. Sal asked the owner, "Do you have any of those throwaway cameras?" "Look, fella," replied the owner, "I don't care what you do with it after you buy it. 照相機 在前往威蒙特參加一個(gè)婚禮的路上,我和丈夫意識到我們忘了帶照相機。
我們在一家百貨商店門(mén)前。
找了幾個(gè),您自己選擇吧,都是短小的。
A wolf had been badly wounded by dogs. He lay sick and maimed in his lair. He felt very hungry and thirsty. When a sheep passed by, he asked him to fetch some water from the stream. "If you bring me the water," he said, "I will find means to get some food." "Yes," said the sheep, "if I bring you the water, you would undoubtedly make me your food." 狼和羊 ●狼被狗所咬,傷勢很?chē)乐兀纯嗟靥稍诔惭ɡ铮荒芡獬鲆捠场?●他感到又餓又渴,這時(shí),他看見(jiàn)一只羊,便請求他到附近的小河里為他取一點(diǎn)水來(lái)。
●“你給我一點(diǎn)水解渴”,他說(shuō),“我就能自己去尋找食物了。” ●“是呀”,羊回答說(shuō),“如果我給你送水喝,那么我就會(huì )成為你的食物。”
寓意: 謊言是經(jīng)不起推敲的,它很容易被人們識破。 Fox is with the grape Hungry of the fox see the grape to up hang the radiant and extremely keen grape of a string, saliva direct current, and want to pick to eat, but again Can not take off.See in a short while, helplessly walked, and his side walk the side oneself to comfort to by oneself say:" this grape have noes familiar, affirmative Is sour." This is to say, and the some person's ability is small, and do to not accomplish anything, borrow to say the opportune moment immaturity. ________________________________________ Wolf and egret The wolf mistake swallowed a piece of bone, very suffered, running about, look for to visit the doctor everywhere.He met the egret, and talk to settle the service fees to invite him to take out the bone, egret to stretch in the wolf's throat the own head, and the 叼 outs bone, then toward to settle the good service fees wolfThe wolf answer says:" hello, friend, you can since the wolf 嘴 take back the head in the peace ground, and the difficult way return the dissatisfied foot, and how and still speak the guerdon?" This story elucidation, guerdon badly person act charitably, and is a bad person of cognition and does not speak the reputation's innate character. ________________________________________ Little boy and scorpion son There is a child in front of city wall to catch the grasshopper, and in a short while caught the lots of.Suddenly see a scorpion son, he to think is also grasshopper, Then two go to catch him.The scorpion son raises his poison to stab, say:" come, if you really dare to do like this, connect your grasshopper that catch to also would entirely lose." This story warns people, and want to distinguish the pure good man with the bad person, and distinct to treat them. ________________________________________ Drop at the fox in the well with the 公 goat An only the fox take a wrong stepped the well, in spite of how he struggle can not still climb up, and have to be foolish there.The 公 goat feels Thirsty pole, arrive at this well the side, and see the fox under the well, and then ask him the well water the how about it to drink?The fox feels the opportunity to come, heart inside The 暗 pleaseds, right away the town quiet down, make every effort the laudation well water good drink, say this water is a world the first spring, pure and sweet and good to eat, and advise the goat to hurry up Come down, and drink to heart's content with him.A the heart think only of to drink the water letter to think the true goat, then the without stopping to think ground jump downed to go to, and be his 咕咚咕 the 咚 painful After finishing drinking, have to with the fox together totally the company ascend the well's way.Fox early contain preparation, he to archly say:" I pour to have a Method.You pick with forepaw on the well wall, again Cape 豎直 , I behind carry on the back to jump up the well to go to from you, and pull you again to come up, we all Save." the 公 goat agreed his proposal, fox to trample the feet of his empress, and jump he carry top on his back, and then make an effort from the Cape a Jump, jump outed the mouth of a well.The fox go ups the hereafter, and the preparation alone escape.The 公 goat blames the fox and does not keep the 諾 speech.The fox returns overdo Say to 公 goat:" hello, friend, beard that you of brains if resemble you are so perfect, you not to the extent of at did not see the pure exit it Front blindly jump down to go to." This story elucidation, cleverness of the person should to in advance think it over the affair's result, then just go to do. ________________________________________ 譯文: 狐貍和葡萄 饑餓的狐貍看見(jiàn)葡萄架上掛著(zhù)一串串晶瑩剔透的葡萄,口水直流,想要摘下來(lái)吃,但又 摘不到。
看了一會(huì )兒,無(wú)可奈何地走了,他邊走邊自己安慰自己說(shuō):“這葡萄沒(méi)有熟,肯定 是酸的。” 這就是說(shuō),有些人能力小,做不成事,就借口說(shuō)時(shí)機未成熟。
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