英語優(yōu)秀的雙語美文欣賞

1、 英語優(yōu)秀的雙語美文欣賞愛和時間Once upon a time, there was an island where all the feelings lived: Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all of the others, including Love. One day it was announced to the feelings that the island would sink, so all constructed boats and left. Except for Love.從前有一個島，所有的情感都住在那里：幸福、悲傷、知識

2、和所有其它的，愛也不例外。一天，所有的情感聽說小島即將沉沒，因此建造小船，紛紛離開，除了愛。Love was the only one who stayed. Love wanted to hold out until the last possible moment.愛是唯一留下來的，因?yàn)樗Ｍ軋猿值阶詈笠豢?。When the island had almost sunk, Love decided to ask for help.小島即將沉沒了，愛決定請求幫助。Richness was passing by Love in a grand boat. Love said,富有駕著一艘大船

3、從愛身邊經(jīng)過，愛說，Richness, can you take me with you富有，你能帶上我么Richness answered, No, I cant. There is a lot of gold and silver in my boat. There is no place here for you.富有回答說：不行，我的船上載滿金銀財寶，沒有你的地方。Love decided to ask Vanity who was also passing by in a beautiful vessel. Vanity, please help me!虛榮坐在漂亮的小船中從愛身邊駛

4、過，愛問：虛榮，你能幫助我么I cant help you, Love. You are all wet and might damage my boat, Vanity answered.虛榮說：不行，你全身濕透，會弄臟我的船。Sadness was close by so Love asked, Sadness, let me go with you.悲傷的船靠近了，愛問：悲傷，請帶我走吧。Oh . . . Love, I am so sad that I need to be by myself!哦. 愛，我太難過了，想一個人呆著。Happiness passed by Love, to

5、o, but she was so happy that she did not even hear when Love called her.幸福經(jīng)過愛的身邊，它太開心了，根本沒聽見愛在呼喚。Suddenly, there was a voice, Come, Love, I will take you. It was an elder. So blessed and overjoyed, Love even forgot to ask the elder where they were going. When they arrived at dry land, the elder went

6、 her own way. Realizing how much was owed the elder,突然，一個聲音喊道：來，愛，我?guī)阕摺?聲音來自年老。愛太高興了，甚至忘了問他們即將去何方。當(dāng)他們來到岸上，年老自己離開了。愛突然意識到年老給了它多大的幫助。Love asked Knowledge, another elder, Who Helped me于是，愛問另一位老者-知識：誰幫助了我It was Time, Knowledge answered.知識說：是時間。Time asked Love. But why did Time help me時間愛問：但是時間為什么幫助我Know

7、ledge smiled with deep wisdom and answered, Because only Time is capable of understanding how valuable Love is.知識睿智地微笑道：因?yàn)橹挥袝r間了解愛的價值。打開心門擁抱生活 Embrace LifeOurselves off when traumatic events happen in our lives; instead of letting the world soften us, we let it drive us deeper into ourselves. We try

8、to deflect the hurt and pain by pretending it doesnt exist, but although we can try this all we want, in the end, we cant hide from ourselves. We need to learn to open our hearts to the potentials of life and let the world soften us.生活發(fā)生不幸時，我們常常會關(guān)上心門;世界不僅沒能慰藉我們，反倒使我們更加消沉。我們假裝一切仿佛都不曾發(fā)生，以此試圖忘卻傷痛，可就算隱藏

9、得再好，最終也還是騙不了自己。既然如此，何不嘗試打開心門，擁抱生活中的各種可能，讓世界感化我們呢Whenever we start to let our fears and seriousness get the best of us, we should take a step back and re-evaluate our behavior. The items listed below are six ways you can open your heart more fully and completely.當(dāng)恐懼與焦慮來襲時，我們應(yīng)該退后一步，重新反思自己的言行。下面六個方法有助于

10、你更完滿透徹地敞開心扉。1. Breathe into pain直面痛苦Whenever a painful situation arises in your life, try to embrace it instead of running away or trying to mask the hurt. When the sadness strikes, take a deep breath and lean into it. When we run away from sadness thats unfolding in our lives, it gets stronger and

11、more real. We take an emotion thats fleeting and make it a solid event, instead of something that passes through us.當(dāng)生活中出現(xiàn)痛苦的事情時，別再逃跑或隱藏痛苦，試著擁抱它吧;當(dāng)悲傷來襲時，試著深呼吸，然后直面它。如果我們一味逃避生活中的悲傷，悲傷只會變得更強(qiáng)烈更真實(shí)悲傷原本只是稍縱即逝的情緒，我們卻固執(zhí)地耿耿于懷。By utilizing our breath we soften our experiences. If we dam them up, our lives wil

12、l stagnate, but when we keep them flowing, we allow more newness and greater experiences to blossom.深呼吸能減緩我們的感受。屏住呼吸，生活停滯;呼出呼吸，更多新奇與經(jīng)歷又將拉開序幕。2. Embrace the uncomfortable擁抱不安We all know what that twinge of anxiety feels like. We know how fear feels in our bodies: the tension in our necks, the tightne

13、ss in our stomachs, etc. We can practice leaning into these feelings of discomfort and let them show us where we need to go.我們都經(jīng)歷過焦灼的煎熬感，也都感受過恐懼造成的生理反應(yīng)：脖子僵硬、胃酸翻騰。其實(shí)，我們有能力面對這些痛苦的感受，從中領(lǐng)悟到出路。The initial impulse is to run away to try and suppress these feelings by not acknowledging them. When we do this

14、, we close ourselves off to the parts of our lives that we need to experience most. The next time you have this feeling of being truly uncomfortable, do yourself a favor and lean into the feeling. Act in spite of the fear.我們的第一反應(yīng)總是逃避以為否認(rèn)不安情緒的存在就能萬事大吉，可這也恰好妨礙了我們經(jīng)歷最需要的生活體驗(yàn)。下次感到不安時，不管有多害怕，也請試著勇敢面對吧。3.

15、Ask your heart what it wants傾聽內(nèi)心Were often confused at the next step to take, making pros and cons lists until our eyes bleed and our brains are sore. Instead of always taking this approach, what if we engaged a new part of ourselves that isnt usually involved in the decision making process我們常對未來猶疑不

16、定，反復(fù)考慮利弊直到身心俱疲。與其一味顧慮重重，不如從局外人的角度看待決策之事。I know weve all felt decisions or actions that we had to take simply due to our gut impulses: when asked, we cant explain the reasons behind doing so just a deep knowing that it had to get done. This instinct is the part of ourselves were approaching for answe

17、rs.其實(shí)很多決定或行動都是我們一念之間的結(jié)果：要是追問原因的話，恐怕我們自己也道不清說不明，只是感到直覺如此罷了。而這種直覺恰好是我們探索結(jié)果的潛在自我。To start this process, take few deep breaths then ask, Heart, what decision should I make here What action feels the most right開始前先做幾次深呼吸，問自己：內(nèi)心認(rèn)為該做什么樣的決定呢覺得采取哪個方案最恰當(dāng)See what comes up, then engage and evaluate the outcome.

18、看看自己的內(nèi)心反應(yīng)如何，然后全力以赴、靜待結(jié)果吧。雪萊致伊麗莎白西琴克Your letter of the lst hath this moment reached me. I answer it according to our agreement, which shall be inviolable. Truly did you say that, at our arising in the monung, nature assumes a different aspect.我剛才收到您1號的來信，并按我們之間的約定給您復(fù)信，這一約定是不可違背的。你確實(shí)說過，在我們早起的時候，大自然總是有

19、著不同的面貌。Who could have conjectured the circumstances of my last letterFriend of my soul, this is temble, dismaying: it makes ones heart sink, it withers vital energy.誰能猜想到我上次寫信的境況呢我心靈的知己，這太可怕，太令人沮喪了。我的心為之一沉，渾身的銳氣消磨殆盡.Dear being, I am thine again; the happiness shall again predominate over this tleehn

20、g tribute to self-interest. Yet who would not feel now Ohtwere as reckless a task to endeavor to annihilate perception while sense existed, as to blunt the sixth sense to such impressions as these! .親愛的心肝兒，我又是您的了，這幸福又將壓倒我這短暫的孤芳自賞。然而在這種時候，誰又不會有相同的感受呢啊，如果一息尚存而欲對其不聞不問豈非與使第六感覺對這樣一些印象變得遲鈍同樣的不顧后果。Forgive

21、me, dearest friend I pour out my whole soul to you. I write by fleeting intervals: my pen runs away with my senses. The impassionateness of my sensations grows upon me. Your letter, too, has much affected me,最親愛的朋友，能寬恕我嗎我把整個心都掏給您了。幾度舉筆，筆不從心。但我理智的情感終于又涌現(xiàn)上我的心頭，您的信也深深地影響著我。Never, with my consent, shall

22、 that intercourse cease which has been the day dawn of my existence, the sun which has shed warmth on the cold drear length of the anticipated prospect of life. Prejudice might demand the sacriftce, but she is an idol to whom we bow not.我從不認(rèn)為我們之間的交往會永遠(yuǎn)終止，您與我的交往給我?guī)砹松氖锕猓菫⒃谖冶鶝龆L的人生旅途上的期待的溫暖陽光。偏見可能

23、要求人們以犧牲為代價，它只不過是個幽靈，您我都不會向這個幽靈屈服。The world might demand it; its opinion might require; but the cloud which flees over yon mountain were as important to our happiness, to our usefulness. This must never be, never whilst this existence continues; and when time has enrolled us in the list of the depart

24、ed, surely this friendship will survive to bear our identity to heaven.世俗可能要我們作出犧牲，輿論也會提出要求，但遙望飄過遠(yuǎn)方山嶺的云彩，不是也樂在其中，有益于我們的身心嗎這決不可能，只要一息尚存，決不屈服，決不低頭;即使時光把我們列入告別的名單中，毫無疑問，我們這般友情在天國中也會一同相聚。What is love, or friendship Is it something material . a ball, an apple, a plaything. which must be taken from one to

25、 be given to another Is it capable of no extension, no communication Lord Kaimes defines love to be a particularization of the general passion.何謂愛情何謂友情它們是一些實(shí)實(shí)在在的東西嗎是球、蘋果、玩偶等可以信手拈來、隨意給人的實(shí)物嗎是不能深化、不能交流的嗎凱姆斯勛爵給愛情下的定義是，愛情是一般激情的特殊體現(xiàn)。But this is the love of sensation, of sentiment. the absurdest of absurd

26、vanities: it is the love of pleasure,not the love of happiness. The one is a love which is self-centered, self-interested: It desires its own interest, it is the parent ofjealousy. Its object is the plaything which it desires to monopolize.但這是肉欲之愛、情欲之愛是荒謬絕倫的逢場作戲，是尋歡作樂的愛，不是幸福的愛。這是一種自私自利的愛，它只求利已，它是嫉妒之源，其目的在于壟斷所追求的玩物.Selfishness, monopoly, is its very soul, and to communicate to others part ofthis love were to desrroy its essence, to annihilate this chain ofstraw.其本質(zhì)是私心、壟斷。這種愛的表現(xiàn)也是對愛的褻瀆，使脆如纖草的愛泯滅殆盡。But love, the love which we worship, .virtue, heaven, disinteres