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　　優(yōu)秀的英語(yǔ)美文：生命不是一場(chǎng)競(jìng)賽，全世界最感人的家信

　　生命不是一場(chǎng)競(jìng)賽

　　life isn't a competition

　　一位偉大而又平凡的父親，一封情真意切的信。父親的忠告，送給他三歲大的愛子，同時(shí)也啟示所有人：人生是一段美妙的旅程，雖然會(huì)有陰雨，重要的是學(xué)會(huì)愛，學(xué)會(huì)享受生活，從而快樂一生。

　　親愛的塞斯,

　　dear seth,

　　[1] 你現(xiàn)在僅僅3歲，此刻你還不識(shí)字，更不用說(shuō)讓你去理解我接下來(lái)想在這封信里對(duì)你所說(shuō)的話了。但關(guān)于你即將面臨的人生以及我至今的人生，我已經(jīng)思索良久，我反思我所學(xué)會(huì)的;思考一個(gè)父親的職責(zé)，力圖讓你為未來(lái)歲月中即將面臨的困難做好充分準(zhǔn)備。

　　[1] you’re only three years old, and at this point in your life you can't read, much less understand what i’m going to try to tell you in this letter. but i've been thinking a lot about the life that you have ahead of you, about my life so far as i reflect on what i've learned, and about my role as a dad in trying to prepare you for the trials that you will face in the coming years.

　　[2] 你今天并不能理解這封信的含義，但是某一天，當(dāng)時(shí)機(jī)成熟，我希望你能在我與你分享的內(nèi)容當(dāng)中找尋到些許的智慧和價(jià)值。

　　[2] you won't be able to understand this letter today, but someday, when you're ready, i hope you will find some wisdom and value in what i share with you.

　　[3] 你還很年輕，生命還尚未開始摧殘你，沒有在你的人生道路上布置失望、傷心、孤獨(dú)、掙扎和苦痛。你還沒有被漫長(zhǎng)的乏味工作、被日常生活的打擊搞得筋疲力盡。

　　[3] you are young, and life has yet to take its toll on you, to throw disappointments and heartaches and loneliness and struggles and pain into your path. you have not been worn down yet by long hours of thankless work, by the slings and arrows of everyday life.

　　[4] 因此，謝天謝地吧。你正處在人生一個(gè)美妙的階段。還有很多美妙的階段會(huì)來(lái)到你面前，但是都不是唾手可得的，你都得付出代價(jià)，經(jīng)歷風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。

　　[4] for this, be thankful. you are at a wonderful stage of life. you have many wonderful stages of life still to come, but they are not without their costs and perils.

　　[5] 我希望通過分享一些我所學(xué)到的最好的道理能幫助你走好人生路。至于任何建議，倒不必全盤接受，因?yàn)檫m合我的并不一定適用于你。

　　[5] i hope to help you along your path by sharing some of the best of what i've learned. as with any advice, take it with a grain of salt. what works for me might not work for you.

　　生活會(huì)很殘酷

　　life can be cruel

　　[6] 你的生活中一定會(huì)有并不友好的人。他們會(huì)嘲弄你，因?yàn)槟闩c眾不同，或根本不為任何原因。他們可能會(huì)欺負(fù)你或者傷害你。

　　[6] there will be people in your life who won't be very nice. they'll tease you because you're different, or for no good reason. they might try to bully you or hurt you.

　　[7] 對(duì)于這種人，你只能學(xué)會(huì)和他們打交道，同時(shí)你也要學(xué)會(huì)擇友，選擇那些對(duì)你友善的、那些真正關(guān)心你的、那些令你感覺良好的人做朋友。當(dāng)你尋找到像這樣的朋友，就一定要堅(jiān)守這份友誼，珍惜他們，花些時(shí)間和他們?cè)谝黄?，友善地?duì)待他們并愛他們。

　　[7] there's not much you can do about these people except to learn to deal with them, and learn to choose friends who are kind to you, who actually care about you, who make you feel good about yourself. when you find friends like this, hold on to them, treasure them, spend time with them, be kind to them, love them.

　　[8] 有時(shí)你會(huì)遭遇挫折而非成功。生活并不總會(huì)如你所愿。這是另一件你需要學(xué)會(huì)處理的事情。但你要挺住向前，而不是讓這些事讓你陷入低谷。接受挫敗并學(xué)會(huì)堅(jiān)持，不畏困難地追求你的夢(mèng)想。學(xué)會(huì)把消極轉(zhuǎn)化為積極，之后你就能做得好得多。

　　優(yōu)秀的英語(yǔ)美文：誠(chéng)實(shí)是最棒的禮物

　　i believe honesty is one of the greatest gifts there is. i know they call it a lot of fancy names these days, like integrity and forthrightness. but it doesn't make any difference what they call it; it's still what makes a man a good citizen. this is my code, and i try to live by.

　　我相信誠(chéng)實(shí)是一件最棒的禮物。我知道如今他們給它取了許多好聽的名字，像正直和直率。但是怎么稱呼并不重要，關(guān)鍵還在于怎樣才算一個(gè)好公民。這就是我的準(zhǔn)則，我努力按這一準(zhǔn)則生活。

　　i've been in the taxicab business for thirty-five years, and i know there is a lot about it that is not so good. taxicab drivers have to be rough and tumble fellows to be able to take it in new york. you've got to be tough to fight the new york traffic eight hours a day, these days. because taxi drivers are tough, people get the wrong impression that they are bad. taxi drivers are just like other people. most of them will shake down as honest fellows. you read in the papers almost every week where a taxi driver turns in money or jewels or bonds, stuff like that, people leave in their cabs. if they weren't honest, you wouldn't be reading those stories in the papers.

　　我入出租車這一行已經(jīng)三十五個(gè)年頭，知道這一行有很多不好的地方。的士司機(jī)得兇狠粗暴才能在紐約干這一行。這年頭你得有副好身板兒才頂?shù)米〖~約一天八小時(shí)的交通戰(zhàn)。由于態(tài)度粗暴，人們誤認(rèn)為出租司機(jī)不是好人，其實(shí)，他們和其他人就沒啥區(qū)別。他們大多誠(chéng)實(shí)，與人和睦相處。你幾乎每個(gè)星期都可以從報(bào)紙上知道某的士司機(jī)歸還了乘客掉在車?yán)锏腻X或珠寶或票據(jù)之類的東西。要不是他們誠(chéng)實(shí)，你沒法在報(bào)紙上讀到那些新聞。

　　one time in brooklyn, i found an emerald ring in my cab. i remembered helping a lady with a lot of bundles that day, so i went back to where i had dropped her off. it took me almost two days to trace her down in order to return her ring to her. i didn't get as much as “thank you.” still, i felt good because i had done what was right. i think i felt better than she did.

　　一次在布魯克林，我發(fā)現(xiàn)車?yán)镉幸幻蹲婺妇G鉆戒，我記得那天幫一位女士拉了很多捆行李，所以我開回到她下車的地方，幾乎花了兩天時(shí)間才找到她，把戒指還給了她。我連個(gè)謝字也沒得到，還是感到很高興，因?yàn)槲易隽思檬隆Ｎ蚁胛冶人吲d。

　　i was born and raised in ireland and lived there until i was nineteen years old. i came to this country in 1913 where i held several jobs to earn a few dollars before enlisting in world war number i. after being discharged, i bought my own cab and have owned one ever since. it hasn't been too easy at times, but my wife takes care of our money and we have a good bit put away for a rainy day.

　　我生長(zhǎng)在愛爾蘭，在那兒呆到十九歲。1913年來(lái)到這個(gè)國(guó)家，為了掙幾個(gè)錢干了不少工作，一戰(zhàn)時(shí)當(dāng)了兵，退伍之后自己買了輛出租，從此有了自己的車。有時(shí)日子不太容易，可我老婆精打細(xì)算，我們還存了些錢，以防有個(gè)什么難處。

　　when i first started driving a cab, park avenue was mostly a bunch of coal yards. hoofer's brewery was right next to where the waldorf-astoria is now. i did pretty well, even in those days.

　　剛開始開出租的時(shí)候，有錢人待的派克大街幾乎全是一片煤場(chǎng)，胡弗啤酒廠正靠近現(xiàn)在的沃爾多夫·阿斯托里亞。就是在那些年頭我干得也挺不錯(cuò)。

　　in all my years of driving a taxicab, i have never had any trouble with the public, not even with drunks. even if they get a little headstrong once in a while, i just agree with them and then they behave themselves.

　　開出租的這些年，我從沒和乘客有過糾紛，連給醉鬼開車也沒出過麻煩。就是他們偶爾有點(diǎn)轉(zhuǎn)不過彎，我也不和他們爭(zhēng)執(zhí)，他們接下來(lái)就規(guī)規(guī)矩矩了。

　　people ask me about tips. as far as i know, practically everyone will give you something. come to think of it, most americans are pretty generous. i always try to be nice to everyone, whether they tip or not. i believe in god and try to be a good member of my parish. i try to act toward others like i think god wants me to act. i have been trying this for a long time, and the longer i try, the easier it gets.