英文短文背誦篇一：新概念優(yōu)美英文背誦短文50篇

Unit1:The Language of Music

A painter hangs his or her finished pictures on a wall, and everyone can see it. A composer writes a work, but no one can hear it until it is performed. Professional singers and players have great responsibilities, for the composer is utterly dependent on them. A student of music needs as long and as arduous a training to become a performer as a medical student needs to become a doctor. Most training is concerned with technique, for musicians have to have the muscular proficiency of an athlete or a ballet dancer. Singers practice breathing every day, as their vocal chords would be inadequate without controlled muscular support. String players practice moving the fingers of the left hand up and down, while drawing the bow to and fro with the right arm—two entirely different movements.

Singers and instruments have to be able to get every note perfectly in tune. Pianists are spared this particular anxiety, for the notes are already there, waiting for them, and it is the piano tuner’s responsibility to tune the instrument for them. But they have their own difficulties; the hammers that hit the string have to be coaxed not to sound like percussion, and each overlapping tone has to sound clear.

This problem of getting clear texture is one that confronts student conductors: they have to learn to know every note of the music and how it should sound, and they have to aim at controlling these sound with fanatical but selfless authority.

Technique is of no use unless it is combined with musical knowledge and understanding. Great artists are those who are so thoroughly at home in the language of music that they can enjoy performing works written in any century.

Unit2:Schooling and Education

It is commonly believed in United States that school is where people go to get an education. Nevertheless, it has been said that today children interrupt their education to go to school. The distinction between schooling and education implied by this remark is important.

Education is much more open-ended and all-inclusive than schooling. Education knows no bounds. It can take place anywhere, whether in the shower or in the job, whether in a kitchen or on a tractor. It includes both the formal learning that takes place in schools and the whole universe of informal learning. The agents of education can range from a revered grandparent to the people debating politics on the radio, from a child to a distinguished scientist. Whereas schooling has a certain predictability, education quite often produces surprises. A chance conversation with a stranger may lead a person to discover how little is known of other religions. People are engaged in education from infancy on. Education, then, is a very broad, inclusive term. It is a lifelong process, a process that starts long before the start of school, and one that should be an integral part of one’s entire life.

Schooling, on the other hand, is a specific, formalized process, whose general pattern varies little from one setting to the next. Throughout a country, children arrive at school at approximately the same time, take assigned seats, are taught by an adult, use similar textbooks, do homework, take exams, and so on. The slices of reality that are to be learned, whether they are the alphabet or an understanding of the working of government, have usually been limited by the boundaries of the subject being taught. For example, high school students know that there not likely to find out in their classes the truth about political problems in their communities or what the newest filmmakers are experimenting with. There are definite conditions surrounding the formalized process of schooling.

Unit3:The Defini tion of Price

Prices determine how resources are to be used. They are also the means by which products and services that are in limited supply are rationed among buyers. The price system of the United States is a complex network composed of the prices of all the products bought and sold in the economy as well as those of a myriad of services, including labor, professional, transportation, and public-utility services. The interrelationships of all these prices make up the ―system‖ of prices. The price of any particular product or service is linked to a broad, complicated system of prices in which everything seems to depend more or less upon everything else.

If one were to ask a group of randomly selected individuals to define ―price‖, many would reply that price is an amount of money paid by the buyer to the seller of a product or service or, in other words that price is the money values of a product or service as agreed upon in a market transaction. This definition is, of course, valid as far as it goes. For a complete understanding of a price in any particular transaction, much more than the amount of money involved must be known. Both the buyer and the seller should be familiar with not only the money amount, but with the amount and quality of the product or service to be exchanged, the time and place at which the exchange will take place and payment will be made, the form of money to be used, the credit terms and discounts that apply to the transaction, guarantees on the product or service, delivery terms, return privileges, and other factors. In other words, both buyer and seller should be fully aware of all the factors that comprise the total ―package‖ being exchanged for the asked-for amount of money in order that they may evaluate a given price.

Unit4:Electricity

The modern age is an age of electricity. People are so used to electric lights, radio, televisions, and telephones that it is hard to imagine what life would be like without them. When there is a power failure, people grope about in flickering candlelight, cars hesitate in the streets because there are no traffic lights to guide them, and food spoils in silent refrigerators.

Yet, people began to understand how electricity works only a little more than two centuries ago. Nature has apparently been experimenting in this field for million of years. Scientists are discovering more and more that the living world may hold many interesting secrets of electricity that could benefit humanity.

All living cell send out tiny pulses of electricity. As the heart beats, it sends out pulses of record; they form an electrocardiogram, which a doctor can study to determine how well the heart is working. The brain, too, sends out brain waves of electricity, which can be recorded in an electroencephalogram. The electric currents generated by most living cells are extremely small – often so small that sensitive instruments are needed to record them. But in some animals, certain muscle cells have become so specialized as electrical generators that they do not work as muscle cells at all. When large numbers of these cell are linked together, the effects can be astonishing.

The electric eel is an amazing storage battery. It can seed a jolt of as much as eight hundred volts of electricity through the water in which it live. ( An electric house current is only one hundred twenty volts.) As many as four-fifths of all the cells in the electric eel’s body are specialized for generating electricity, and the strength of the shock it can deliver corresponds roughly to length of its body.

Unit5:The Beginning of Drama

There are many theories about the beginning of drama in ancient Greece. The on most widely accepted today is based on the assumption that drama evolved from ritual. The argument for this view goes as follows. In the beginning, human beings viewed the natural forces of the world-even the seasonal changes-as unpredictable, and they sought through various means to control these unknown and feared powers. Those measures which appeared to bring the desired results were then retained and repeated until they hardened into fixed rituals. Eventually stories arose which explained or veiled the mysteries of the rites. As time passed some rituals were abandoned, but the stories, later called myths, persisted and provided material for art and drama.

Those who believe that drama evolved out of ritual also argue that those rites contained the seed of theater because music, dance, masks, and costumes were almost always used, Furthermore, a suitable site had to be provided for performances and when the entire community did not participate, a clear division was usually made between the "acting area" and the "auditorium." In addition, there were performers, and, since considerable importance was attached to avoiding mistakes in the enactment of rites, religious leaders usually assumed that task. Wearing masks and costumes, they often impersonated other people, animals, or supernatural beings, and mimed the desired effect-success in hunt or battle, the coming rain, the revival of the Sun-as an actor might. Eventually such dramatic representations were separated from religious activities.

Another theory traces the theater's origin from the human interest in storytelling. According to this vies tales (about the hunt, war, or other feats) are gradually elaborated, at first through the use of impersonation, action, and dialogue by a narrator and then through the assumption of each of the roles by a different person. A closely related theory traces theater to those dances that are primarily rhythmical and gymnastic or that are imitations of animal movements and sounds.

英文短文背誦篇二：優(yōu)秀英語短文背誦系列

優(yōu)秀英語短文背誦系列

1. THE NEWSPAPER 報 紙

Nowadays the newspaper possesses considerable value Everybody should read it. It supplies us with a variety of news every day. It tells us the political situation of the world. If we form the habit of reading the newspaper, we shall (will) get enough knowledge to cope with our circumstances. 現(xiàn)今報紙擁有極大的價值，人人都應該看它。它每天提供我們各種類類的消息。它告訴我們世界政治局勢。如果我們養(yǎng)成看報的習慣，我們就能得到足夠的知識來因應我們的環(huán)境。 學生雖然每天須做功課，但他們至少應該勻出一兩個小時來看報。哪些，他們不但能增加知識而且也能趕上時代�？偠�言之，看報對學生很有益處。

2. MY DAILY LIFE 我的日常生活

Though my daily life is extremely monotonous(單調 I get up at six o’clock every day. After I wash my face and brush my teeth, I begin to review my lessons. I go to school at seven o’clock. After school is over, I return home. We usually have supper at seven o’clock. Then I begin to do my homework. I want to finish it before I go to bed.

3. A MODEL STUDENT 模范學生

Do you mind being called a bad student? Of course not. So far as I know, everybody intends to be (become) a model student. However, to be a model student is by no means an easy thing. First, he must do his best to obtain knowledge. A man without sufficient knowledge will not succeed. Secondly, he must remember to improve his health. Only a strong man can do great tasks. Thirdly, he should receive moral education. If his conduct is not good, no one will consider making friends with him.

你價意被稱為壞學生嗎？當然不。就我所知，每個人都打算做模范學生。然而，做模范學生卻不容易。第一，他必須盡力獲得知識（求知）。一個沒有足夠知識的人是不會成功的。第二，他必須記住促進健康。只有強壯的人才能做大事。第三，他應該接受道德教育。如果他品行不好，沒有人會考慮和他交朋友的。

4. HOW TO GET HAPPINESS 如何獲得快樂 following two points. First, health is the secret of happiness (the key to happiness). Only a strong man can enjoy the pleasure of life. Secondly, happiness consists in contentment. A man who is dissatisfied with his present condition is always in distress.

無疑的快樂是世界上最寶貴的東西。沒有它，人生將是空虛的而且毫無意義的。如果你希望知道如何獲得快樂，你須注意下面兩點。 健康是快樂的要訣。唯有身體強壯的人才能享受人生的樂趣。 快樂在于知足。一個不滿于現(xiàn)狀的人終是處在痛苦之中。

5. BOOKS 書籍 our good teachers and wise friends. This is the reason why our parents always encourage us to than good.

如眾所周知，書籍教我們學習人生，真理，科學以及其它許多有用的東西。它們增加我們的知識，擴大我們的心胸并加強我們的品格。換句話說，它們是我們的良師益友。這是為什么我們的父母終是鼓勵我們要多讀書的理由。

讀書是一好事，但我們必須多加注意書的選擇。不錯，我們能從好書中獲得益處。然而，壞書卻對我們有害無益。

6. A TRIP TO THE COUNTRY 鄉(xiāng)村游記

One Sunday my mother (Mother) had (made) me take my little young brother to the a trip to the country. She had me take good care of him. While we were walking along the road, the sun was shining brightly and the breeze was blowing gently. We saw the beautiful flowers smile (smiling) at us and heard the birds sing (singing) their sweet songs on the trees. The scenery was indeed very pretty (beautiful). When we felt tired, we returned home. We saw Mother (our mother) wait (waiting) for us at the door.

有一個星期日，我母親叫我?guī)�小弟弟去鄉(xiāng)村游歷。她吩咐我要好好照料他。 當我們沿著道路行走的時候，太陽燦爛地照耀著，微風輕輕地吹著。我們看見美麗的花兒對我們微笑著，并聽見鳥兒在樹上唱著悅耳的歌曲，風景實十分美麗。 當我們感覺到疲倦的時候，我們就回家了。我們看見母樣正在門口等候我們。

7. BE PATRIOTIC 要愛國 strong is the duty of every citizen.). In order to accomplish this object one must be patriotic (love his country). I consider this an unchangeable truth. How can a student be patriotic? I find my answer very simple and clear. He must study hard and store up knowledge so as to serve his

country in the future. If every student can do according to what I said, the country will certainly be rich and powerful.

要使國家富強是每個公民的責任。為了達到此目的，必須愛國。我認為這是一條不易的定理。

一個學生如何才能愛國呢？我發(fā)覺答復很簡單明了。他必須用功讀書并積儲知識以便將來服務國家。如果每個學生能按照我所說的去做，國家一定會富強。

8. THE VALUE OF TIME 愛惜時光

An English proverb says that time is money. I consider it (this) wrong. Why? Because we all

know that we can earn money by work but can not in any way get back time (in anyway). For this reason, we may (can) say that time is more valuable than money. Many people do not know the value of time. It (this) is indeed a great pity. We must bear (keep) in mind that wasting time is equal to wasting your life.

英國有句諺語說，時間就是金錢。我認為這是不對的。為什么？因為我們大家都知道我們能夠用工作賺錢，但無論如何卻無法把時間爭取回來�；�于此種理由，我們可以說時間比錢錢更寶貴。 許多人不知愛惜時光。這確實是可惜的。我們必須記住浪費時間等于浪費生命。

9. WHY SHOULD WE STUDY ENGLISH 為什么我們要學英文

If you want to ask me why we should study English, my answer will be simple and clear. Now let me enumerate the reasons one by one in the following. In the first place, English has become an international language. If you know English, you can make a trip round the world without being misunderstood. In the second place, most valuable books, newspapers and magazines are written in English. If you wish (hope) to get knowledge, you must learn English.

10． MY BIRTHDAY 我的生日

Yesterday was my birthday, so some of my classmates sent me presents. Mother prepared a tea party for me. I invited all of them to come and take part in it. The tea party began at half past six. There were cold drinks and refreshments. We ate, talked and laughed. We felt that we were the happiest men in the world. Time passed quickly. In a twinkling, the clock on the wall struck nine. We could not but say “Good-bye” to one another.

11.A LETTER TO A FRIEND 一封給友人的信

Dear X:

We have not seen each other for a long time. I miss (think of) you very much. I wish I had wings and could fly to your home. However, this is impossible!

Father has gone abroad of late. If I had had time then, I would have accompanied him. Only Mother and I are at home at present. We are leading a quiet and happy life. We look as if we were fairies. I hope that I can hear from you very often.

Sincerely yours,

XXX

親愛的××：

我們彼此有好久沒有見面了。我十分想你。我希望我有雙翅膀而且能夠飛到你家去。然而，這是不可能的！

我父親最近出國了。我那時如果有時間的話，我就會陪著他去。現(xiàn)在家里只有我母親和我。我們過著一個很寧靜而快樂的生活。我們看起來好像神仙似的。希望我能常常接到你的信。

祝你好

××× 敬上

英語模范短文背誦（2）

A MODEL STUDENT 模范學生

Would you like to be called a bad student? Of course not. So far as I know, everybody intends to be (become) a model student.

However, to be a model student is by no means an easy thing. First, he must do his best to obtain knowledge. A man without sufficient knowledge will not succeed. Secondly, he must remember to improve his health. Only a strong man can do great tasks. Thirdly, he should receive moral education. If his conduct is not good, no one will consider making friends with him.

你愿意被稱為壞學生嗎？當然不。就我所知，每個人都打算做模范學生。

然而，做模范學生卻不容易。第一，他必須盡力獲得知識（求知）。一個沒有足夠知識的人是不會成功的。第二，他必須記住促進健康。只有強壯的人才能做大事。第三，他應該接受道德教育。如果他品行不好，沒有人會考慮和他交朋友的。

英語模范短文背誦（3）

BOOKS 書籍

As is well known, books teach us to learn life, truth, science and many other useful things. They increase our knowledge, broaden our minds and strengthen our character. In other words, they are our good teachers and wise friends. This is the reason why our parents always encourage us to read more books.

Reading is a good thing, but we must pay great attention to the choice of books. It is true that we can derive benefits from good books. However, bad books will do us more harm than good.

如眾所周知，書籍教我們學習人生，真理，科學以及其它許多有用的東西。它們增加我們的知識，擴大我們的心胸并加強我們的品格。換句話說，它們是我們的良師益友。這是為什么我們的父母終是鼓勵我們要多讀書的理由。

讀書是一好事，但我們必須多加注意書的選擇。不錯，我們能從好書中獲得益處。然而，壞書卻對我們有害無益。

英語模范短文背誦（4）

DUTIES OF A STUDENT 學生的責任

Education is the very thing that we want to receive. Our parents send us to school so as to enable us to get (obtain) knowledge and achieve great things in the future. The following are the duties of a student (which) we should keep in mind. In the first place, we should be filial to our parents and respectful to our teachers.

In the second place, we have to (must )study as hard as we can.

Last of all, we must not tell lies.

To sum up, the above-mentioned rules are the very duties of a student. 教育就是我們要接受的東西。我們父母送我們上學以便能使人們獲得知識與將來成大事。下面是我們應該記住的學生的責任。

我們應對父母要孝順，對老師要尊敬。

我們要盡可能的用功讀書。

最后，我們切不可說謊。

總而言之，上面所說的規(guī)則就是我們應盡的責任

英語模范短文背誦（5）

BE PATRIOTIC 要愛國

It is the duty of every citizen to make the country rich and powerful . In order to accomplish this object one must be patriotic . I consider this an unchangeable truth.

How can a student love his country ? I find my answer very simple and clear. He must study hard and store up knowledge so as to serve his country in the future. If every student can do according to what I said, the country will certainly be rich

英文短文背誦篇三：英語背誦美文30篇(翻譯)

生而為贏（中文翻譯）

——新東方英語背誦美文30篇

目錄：

·第一篇：Youth 青春

·第二篇：Three Days to See(Excerpts)假如給我三天光明（節(jié)選）·第三篇：Companionship of Books 以書為伴（節(jié)選）

·第四篇：If I Rest, I Rust 如果我休息，我就會生銹

·第五篇：Ambition 抱負

·第六篇：What I have Lived for 我為何而生

·第七篇：When Love Beckons You 愛的召喚

·第八篇：The Road to Success 成功之道

·第九篇：On Meeting the Celebrated 論見名人

·第十篇：The 50-Percent Theory of Life 生活理論半對半

·第十一篇 What is Your Recovery Rate? 你的恢復速率是多少？ ·第十二篇：Clear Your Mental Space 清理心靈的空間

·第十三篇：Be Happy 快樂

·第十四篇：The Goodness of life 生命的美好

·第十五篇：Facing the Enemies Within 直面內在的敵人

·第十六篇：Abundance is a Life Style 富足的生活方式

·第十七篇：Human Life a Poem 人生如詩

·第十八篇：Solitude 獨處

·第十九篇：Giving Life Meaning 給生命以意義

·第二十篇：Relish the Moment 品位現(xiàn)在

·第二十一篇：The Love of Beauty 愛美

·第二十二篇：The Happy Door 快樂之門

·第二十三篇：Born to Win 生而為贏

·第二十四篇：Work and Pleasure 工作和娛樂

·第二十五篇：Mirror, Mirror--What do I see鏡子,鏡子,告訴我 ·第二十六篇：On Motes and Beams 微塵與棟梁

·第二十七篇：An October Suise 十月的日出

·第二十八篇：To Be or Not to Be 生存還是毀滅

·第二十九篇：Gettysburg Address 葛底斯堡演說

·第三 十 篇：First Inaugural Address(Excerpts) 就職演講（節(jié)選）

1．青春-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 青春不是人生的一個階段，而是一種心境；青春不是指粉紅的面頰、鮮艷的嘴唇、富有彈性的膝蓋，而是指堅定的意志、豐富的想象、充沛的情感；青春，它是清新的生命之泉。 青春是一種氣質，勇敢勝過怯弱，渴求冒險而不貪圖安逸。這樣的氣息60老者常常有，20青年恰恰無。年歲增添，未必使人垂老；理想不再，終于步入暮年。

歲月悠悠，衰微只及肌膚；熱忱拋卻，頹廢必致靈魂。憂煩、惶恐、自卑，使人心靈扭曲，心灰意冷。

無論60還是16歲，人人心中都懷著對新奇事物的向往，象孩童般對未來充滿憧憬，此情永不消退，在生活的游戲中汲取快樂。在你我的內心深處都有一座無線電臺，只要它接收到人間和上帝發(fā)出的美好、希望、歡樂、勇氣和力量的信號，你就會青春永駐。

一旦你收攏天線，心靈即被憤世嫉俗和自暴自棄的冰霜覆蓋，即使年方二十，已經(jīng)步入垂暮之年；然而只要你豎起天線，接收積極樂觀的信號，你就有望在八十高齡過世時依然年輕。（黃亞萍）

2．假如給我三天光明(節(jié)選)-------------------------------------------------------- 我們都讀過震撼人心的故事，故事中的主人公只能再活一段很有限的時光，有時長達一年，有時卻短至一日。 但我們總是想要知道，注定將要離世的人會選擇如何度過自己最后的時光。當然，我說的是那些有選擇權利的自由人，而不是那些活動范圍受到嚴格限定的死囚。 這樣的故事讓我們思考，在類似的處境下，我們該做些什么？作為終有一死的人，在臨終前的幾個小時內我們應該做什么事、經(jīng)歷些什么或做哪些聯(lián)想? 回憶往昔，什么使我們開心快樂? 什么又使我們悔恨不已?

有時我想，把每天都當作生命中的最后一天來過，也不失為一個極好的生活法則。這種態(tài)度會使人格外重視生命的價值。我們每天都應該以優(yōu)雅的姿態(tài)、充沛的精力、抱著感恩之心來生活。但當時間以無休止的日、月和年在我們面前流逝時，我們卻常常沒有了這種感覺。 當然，也有人奉行犬儒主義的“吃喝玩樂”信條，但絕大多數(shù)人還是會感受到即將到來的死亡的壓力。

在故事中，將死的主人公通常都在最后一刻因突降的幸運而獲救，但他的價值觀通常都會改變，他變得更加理解生命的意義及其永恒的精神價值。我們常常注意到，那些生活在或曾經(jīng)生活在死亡陰影下的人無論做什么都會感到幸福。

然而，我們中的大多數(shù)人都把生命看成是理所當然的。我們知道有一天我們必將面對死亡，但總認為那一天還在遙遠的將來。當我們身強體健之時，死亡簡直不可想象，我們很少考慮到它。日子多得好象沒有盡頭。因此我們一味忙于瑣事，幾乎意識不到我們對待生活的麻木態(tài)度。

我擔心同樣的冷漠也存在于我們對自己官能和意識的運用上。只有聾子才理解聽力的重要，只有盲人才明白視覺的可貴，這尤其適用于那些成年后才失去視力和聽力的人，但是那些從未受過喪失視力或聽力之苦的人很少充分利用這些寶貴的能力。他們的眼睛和耳朵模糊地感受著周圍的景物與聲音，心不在焉，也無所感激。這正如我們只有在失去后才懂得珍惜一樣，我們只有在生病后才意識到健康的可貴。

我經(jīng)常想，如果每個人在年輕的時候都有幾天失明失聰，也不失為一件幸事。黑暗將使他更加感激光明，寂靜將告訴他聲音的美妙。（李漢莉）

3．以書為伴 (節(jié)選)---------------------------------------------------------------

通�？匆粋�人讀些什么書就可知道他的為人，就像看他同什么人交往就可知道他的為人一樣，因為有人以人為伴，也有人以書為伴。無論是書友還是朋友，我們都應該以最好的為伴。

好書就像是你最要好的朋友。它始終不渝，過去如此，現(xiàn)在如此，將來也永遠不變。它是最有耐心、最令人愉悅的伴侶。在我們窮愁潦倒、臨危遭難時，它也不會拋棄我們，對我們總是一如既往地親切。在我們年輕時，好書陶冶我們的性情，增長我們的知識；到我們年老時，它又給我們以慰藉和勉勵。

人們常常因為喜歡同一本書而結為知己，就像有時兩個人因為敬慕同一個人而成為朋友一樣。有句古諺說道：“愛屋及烏�！逼鋵崱皭畚壹皶�”這句話蘊涵著更多的哲理。書是更為真誠而高尚的情誼紐帶。人們可以通過共同喜愛的作家溝通思想、交流感情，彼此息息相通，并與自己喜歡的作家思想相通、情感相融。

好書常如最精美的寶器，珍藏著人生思想的精華，因為人生的境界主要就在于其思想的境界。因此，最好的書是金玉良言和崇高思想的寶庫，這些良言和思想若銘記于心并多加珍視，就會成為我們忠實的伴侶和永恒的慰藉。

書籍具有不朽的本質，是人類努力創(chuàng)造的最為持久的成果。寺廟會倒坍，神像會朽爛，而書卻經(jīng)久長存。對于偉大的思想來說，時間是無關緊要的。多年前初次閃現(xiàn)于作者腦海的

偉大思想今日依然清晰如故。他們當時的言論和思想刊于書頁，現(xiàn)在依然生動如初。時間惟一的作用是淘汰不好的作品，因為只有真正的佳作才能經(jīng)世長存。

書籍介紹我們與最優(yōu)秀的人為伍，使我們置身于歷代偉人巨匠之間，如聞其聲、如觀其行、如見其人，同他們情感交融、悲喜與共、感同身受。我們覺得自己仿佛在作者所描繪的舞臺上和他們一起粉墨登場。

即使在人世間，偉大杰出的人物也永生不滅。他們的精神被載入書冊，傳于四海。書是人們至今仍在聆聽的智慧之聲，永遠充滿著活力。（傅琳娜）

4．如果我休息，我就會生銹---------------------------------------------------------

在一把舊鑰匙上發(fā)現(xiàn)了一則意義深遠的銘文——如果我休息，我就會生銹。對于那些為懶散而苦惱的人來說，這將是至理名言。甚至是最為勤勉的人也可以此為警示：如果一個人有才而不用，就像廢棄鑰匙上的鐵一樣，這些才能很快就會生銹，并最終無法完成安排給自己的工作。

有些人想取得偉人所獲得并保持的成就，他們就必須通過不斷運用自身才能，以便開啟知識的大門，即那些通往人類努力探求的各個領域的大門，這些領域包括各種職業(yè)：科學、藝術、文學、農業(yè)等。

勤奮使開啟成功寶庫的鑰匙保持光亮。休?米勒如果在采石場勞作一天后，晚上的時光用來休息消遣的話，他就不會成為名垂青史的地質學家。著名數(shù)學家愛德蒙?斯通如果閑暇時無所事事，就不會出版數(shù)學詞典，也不會發(fā)現(xiàn)開啟數(shù)學之門的鑰匙。如果蘇格蘭青年弗格森在山坡上放羊時，讓自己那思維活躍的大腦處于休息狀態(tài)，而不是借助一串珠子計算星星的位置，他就不會成為著名的天文學家。

勞動征服一切。這里所指的勞動不是斷斷續(xù)續(xù)的、間歇性的或方向偏差的勞動，而是堅定的、不懈的、方向正確的每日勞動。正如要想擁有自由就必須時刻警惕一樣，要想取得偉大的、持久的成功，就必須堅持不懈地努力。（杜朝玉）

5．抱負--------------------------------------------------------------------------

一個缺乏抱負的世界將會怎樣，這不難想象。或許，這將是一個更為友善的世界：沒有渴望，沒有摩擦，沒有失望。人們將有時間進行反思。他們所從事的工作將不是為了他們自身，而是為了整個集體。競爭永遠不會介入；沖突將被消除。人們的緊張關系將成為過往云煙。創(chuàng)造的重壓將得以終結。藝術將不再惹人費神，其功能將純粹為了慶典。人的壽命將會更長，因為由激烈拼爭引起的心臟病和中風所導致的死亡將越來越少。焦慮將會消失。時光流逝，抱負卻早已遠離人心。

啊，長此以往人生將變的多么乏味無聊！

有一種盛行的觀點認為，成功是一種神話，因此抱負亦屬虛幻。這是不是說實際上并不存在成功？成就本身就是一場空？與諸多運動和事件的力量相比，男男女女的努力顯得微不足道？顯然，并非所有的成功都值得景仰，也并非所有的抱負都值得追求。對值得和不值得的選擇，一個人自然而然很快就能學會。但即使是最為憤世嫉俗的人暗地里也承認成功確實存在，成就的意義舉足輕重，而把世上男男女女的所作所為說成是徒勞無功才是真正的無稽之談。認為成功不存在的觀點很可能造成混亂。這種觀點的本意是一筆勾銷所有提高能力的動機、求取業(yè)績的興趣和對子孫后代的關注。

我們無法選擇出生，無法選擇父母，無法選擇出生的歷史時期與國家，或是成長的周遭環(huán)境。我們大多數(shù)人都無法選擇死亡，無法選擇死亡的時間或條件。但是在這些無法選擇之中，我們的確可以選擇自己的生活方式：是勇敢無畏還是膽小怯懦，是光明磊落還是厚顏無恥，是目標堅定還是隨波逐流。我

們決定生活中哪些至關重要，哪些微不足道。我們決定，用以顯示我們自身重要性的，不是我們做了些什么，就是我們拒絕做些什么。但是不論世界對我們所做的選擇和決定有多么漠不關心，這些選擇和決定終究是我們自己做出來的。我們決定，我們選擇。而當我們決定和選擇時，我們的生活便得以形成。最終構筑我們命運的就是抱負之所在。（葉雅珍）

6．為何而生----------------------------------------------------------------------

我的一生被三種簡單卻又無比強烈的激情所控制：對愛的渴望，對知識的探索和對人類苦難難以抑制的同情。這些激情像狂風，把我恣情吹向四方，掠過苦難的大海，迫使我瀕臨絕望的邊緣。

我尋求愛，首先因為它使我心為之著迷，這種難以名狀的美妙迷醉使我愿意用所有的余生去換取哪怕幾個小時這樣的幸福。我尋求愛，還因為它能緩解我心理上的孤獨，在這種可怕的孤獨中，我感覺心靈的戰(zhàn)栗，仿如站在世界的邊緣而面前是冰冷、無底的死亡深淵。我尋求愛，因為在我所目睹的愛的結合中，我仿佛看到了圣賢和詩人們所向往的天堂之景。這就是我所尋找的，雖然對人的一生而言似乎有些遙不可及，但至少是我用盡一生所領悟到的。 我用同樣的激情去尋求知識。我希望能夠理解人類的心靈，希望能夠知道群星閃爍的緣由。我試圖領悟畢達哥拉斯所景仰的“數(shù)即萬物”思想。我已經(jīng)悟出了其中的一點點道理，盡管并不是很多。

愛和知識，用它們的力量把人引向天堂。但是同情卻總把人又拽回到塵世中來。痛苦的呼喊聲回蕩在我的內心。饑餓中的孩子、受壓迫的難民、被兒女們當作負擔的無助的老人，還有這整個充滿了孤獨、貧窮和痛苦的世界，都是對人類所憧憬的美好生活無情的無情嘲弄。我渴望能夠減少邪惡，但是我無能為力，我也難逃其折磨。

這就是我的一生。我已經(jīng)找到了它的價值。而且如果有機會，我很愿意能再活它一次。 （陳敏芬）

7．愛的召喚----------------------------------------------------------------------

當愛召喚你時，請追隨她，盡管愛的道路艱難險峻。當愛的羽翼擁抱你時，請順從她，盡管隱藏在其羽翼之下的劍可能會傷到你。當愛向你訴說時，請相信她，盡管她的聲音可能會打破你的夢想，就如同北風吹落花園里所有的花瓣。

愛會給你戴上桂冠，也會折磨你。愛會助你成長，也會給你修枝。愛會上升到枝頭，撫愛你在陽光下顫動的嫩枝，也會下潛至根部，撼動你緊抓泥土的根基。

但是，如果你在恐懼之中只想尋求愛的平和與快樂，那你就最好掩蓋住真實的自我，避開愛的考驗，進入不分季節(jié)的世界，在那里你將歡笑，但并非開懷大笑，你將哭泣，但并非盡情地哭。愛只將自己付出，也只得到自己。愛一無所有，也不會為誰所有，因為愛本身就已自足。

愛除了實現(xiàn)自我別無他求。但是如果你愛而又不得不有所求，那就請期望：

將自己融化并像奔流的溪水一般向夜晚吟唱自己優(yōu)美的曲調。

明了過多的溫柔所帶來的苦痛。

被自己對愛的理解所傷害；

并情愿快樂地悲傷。

在黎明帶著輕快的心醒來并感謝又一個有愛的日子；

在中午休息并品味愛的喜悅；

在黃昏懷著感恩之心回家；

然后為內心所愛之人祈禱，吟唱贊美之歌，并帶著禱告和歌聲入眠。（張亞芳）

8．成功之道----------------------------------------------------------------------

年輕人創(chuàng)業(yè)之初，應該從最底層干起，這是件好事。匹茲堡有很多商業(yè)巨頭，在他們創(chuàng)業(yè)之初，都肩負過“重任”：他們與掃帚相伴，以打掃辦公室的方式度過了他們商業(yè)生涯中最初的時光。我注意到我們現(xiàn)在辦公室里都有工友，于是年輕人就不幸錯過了商業(yè)教育中這個有益的環(huán)節(jié)。如果碰巧哪天上午，專職掃地的工友沒有來，某個具有未來合伙人氣質的年輕人會毫不猶豫地試著拿起掃帚。在必要時新來的員工掃掃地也無妨，不會因此而有什么損失。我自己就曾經(jīng)掃過地。

假如你已經(jīng)被錄用，并且有了一個良好的開端，我對你的建議是：要志存高遠。一個年輕人，如果不把自己想象成一家大公司未來的老板或是合伙人，那我會對他不屑一顧。不論

職位有多高，你的內心都不要滿足于做一個總管、領班或者總經(jīng)理。要對自己說：我要邁向頂尖！要做就做你夢想中的國王！

成功的首要條件和最大秘訣就是：把你的精力、思想、資金集中投入到你所從事的行業(yè)里去，無論從事哪個職業(yè)，就要下定決心在那一領域闖出一片天地來；做這一行的領導人物，采納每一點改進之處，采用最優(yōu)良的設備，對專業(yè)知識熟稔于心。

一些公司的失敗就在于他們分散了資金，因為這就意味著分散了他們的精力。他們向這方面投資，又向那方面投資；在這里投資，在那里投資，到處都投資�！安灰�把所有的雞蛋都放在一個籃子里”的說法大錯特錯。我要對你說：“把所有的雞蛋都放在一個籃子里，然后小心地看好那個籃子�！笨纯茨阒車�，你會注意到：這么做的人其實很少失敗�？垂芎蛿y帶一個籃子并不太難。人們總是試圖提很多籃子，所以才打破這個國家的大部分雞蛋。提三個籃子的人，必須把一個頂在頭上，而這個藍子很可能倒下來，把他自己絆倒。美國商人的一個缺點就是不夠專注。

把我的話歸納一下：要志存高遠；不要出入酒吧；要滴酒不沾，或要喝也只在用餐時喝少許；不要做投機買賣；不要寅吃卯糧；要把公司的利益當作你自己的利益；取消訂貨的目的永遠是為了挽救貨主；要專注；把所有的雞蛋放在一個籃子里，然后小心地看好它；要量入為出；最后，要有耐心，正如愛默生所言，“誰都無法阻止你最終成功，除非你承認自己失敗�！保ㄖx繼華）

9．論見名人----------------------------------------------------------------------

許多人熱衷于見名人，我始終不得其解。在朋友面前吹噓自己認識某某名人，由此而來的聲望只能證明自己的微不足道。名人個個練就了一套處世高招，無論遇上誰，都能應付自如。他們給世人展現(xiàn)的是一副面具，常常是美好難忘的面具，但他們會小心翼翼地掩蓋自己的真相。他們扮演的是大家期待的角色，演得多了，最后都能演得惟妙惟肖。如果你以為他們在公眾面前的表演就是他們的真實自我，那你就傻了。

我自己就喜歡一些人，非常喜歡他們。但我對人感興趣一般不是因為他們自身的緣故，而是出于我工作的需求。正如康德勸告的那樣，我從來沒有把認識某人作為目的，而是將其當作對一個作家有用的創(chuàng)作素材。比之名流顯土，我更加關注無名小卒。他們常常顯得較為自然真實，他們無須再創(chuàng)造另一個人物形象，用他來保護自己不受世人干擾，或者用他去感動世人。他們的社交圈子有限，自己的種種癖性也就越有可能得到滋長。因為他們從來沒有引起公眾的關注，也就從來沒有想到過要隱瞞什么。他們會表露他們古怪的一面，因為他們從來就沒有覺得有何古怪。總之，作家要寫的是普通人。在我們看來，國王，獨裁者和商界大亨等都是不符合條件的。去撰寫這些人物經(jīng)常是作家們難以抗拒的冒險之舉，可為此付出的努力不免以失敗告終，這說明這些人物都過于特殊，無法成為一件藝術作品的創(chuàng)作根基，作家也不可能把他們寫得真真切切。老百姓才是作家的創(chuàng)作沃土，他們或變幻無常，或難覓其二，各式人物應有盡有，這些都給作家提供了無限的創(chuàng)作素材。大人物經(jīng)常是千人一面，小人物身上才有一組組矛盾元素，是取之不盡的創(chuàng)作源泉，讓你驚喜不斷。就我而言，如要在孤島上度過一個月，我寧愿和一名獸醫(yī)相守，也不愿同一位首相做伴。（楊婷婷）

10．生活理論半對半---------------------------------------------------------------

我信奉對半理論。生活時而無比順暢，時而倒霉透頂。我覺得生活就像來回擺動的鐘擺。讀懂生活的常態(tài)需要時間和閱歷，而讀懂它也練就了我面對未來的生活態(tài)度。

讓我們來確定一下好壞的基準：是的，我注定會死去。我已經(jīng)經(jīng)歷了雙親、一位好友、一位敬愛的老板和心愛寵物的死亡。有些突如其來，近在眼前，有些卻緩慢痛苦。這些都是糟糕的事情，它們屬于最壞的部分。

生活中也不乏高潮：墜入愛河締結良緣；身為人父養(yǎng)育幼子，諸如訓練指導兒子的棒球隊，當他和狗在小河中嬉戲時搖槳劃船，感受他如此強烈的同情心——即使對蝸牛也善待有加，發(fā)現(xiàn)他如此豐富的想象力——即使用零散的樂高玩具積木也能堆出太空飛船。

但在生活最好與最壞部分之間有一片巨大的中間地帶，其間各種好事壞事像耍雜技一樣

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