英语美文朗读: 想成功就别怕吃苦

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1. Timidity
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Every path to success begins with agreat idea. There's only one problem: Great ideas are a dime a dozen. What really matters when it comes to becoming a success is not having the idea but having the courage to transform that idea into reality. This usually means a risk of losing the security of a regular job and risking a steady paycheck. Only the brave ever overcome this first of the pitfalls.

每条成功之路都源于一个伟大的想法。唯一的问题是：伟大的想法遍地都是。对于成功而言，真正重要的并不是拥有这个想法，而是有勇气把这个想法变成现实。通常这意味着风险：失去稳定的工作，还有失去固定的工资。只有勇敢者才能越过这第一个绊脚石。

2. Laziness
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懒惰

Even with a great idea and the courage to pursue it, your efforts will be for naught unless you're willing to take massive action. Write down your goals and (more important) the action steps you'll take to pursue those goals. Post your vision and plan in your bedroom,bathroom, office. Share it with others, so they'll hold you accountable for delivering on your plan. Make yourself accountable and become the master of your destiny.

. K& E6 C4 i! o! f- d# f% o9 ~6 g即使有了伟大的想法，也有勇气去追求，但除非你愿意采取大量的行动，否则你的努力还是徒劳无功。写下你的目标，更重要的是写下你为实现目标所采取的行动步骤。把你的愿景和计划做成海报贴在你的卧室、卫生间和办公室里。与他人分享，这样他们将督促你实现你的计划。对自己负责，让自己成为命运的主人。

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1.   There's only one problem: Great ideas are a dime a dozen.
a dime a dozen多的是，不值钱， 不稀罕
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2. Don’t treat it as a something precious.  It’s just a dime a dozen.

, c5 w7 r1 Y# b: W, ]: ^) n8 @2.    Only the brave ever overcome this first of the pitfalls.
The brave 指的是“勇敢的人”
1 `3 a, A. o9 i2 ~" [8 \The+adj 表示“某一类人”The young 年轻人  The old 老人 The lazy 懒人
3 _( p0 d+ u1 z! ?pitfall 陷阱， 诱惑，圈套 (pit本身是凹陷，往凹陷里掉的不就是陷阱嘛)
* v6 {( S" e7 ^1 D2 ]1 c5 I4 a( o% B1 EDon’t fall into the pitfall of beauties.
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4 C% @6 l  c: p# S7 E- f3.    Even with a great idea and the courageto pursue it, your efforts will be for naught unless you're willing to take massive action.
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6 J* U- b) [# G, Qbe (all ) for naught  归零， 一事无成
Allmy efforts are (all) for naught.
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4.    Post your vision and plan in your bedroom, bathroom, office.

Post 张贴， 公布
Post this picture on the wall.

7 Y+ z9 X/ H' [6 L, M5.   Share it with others, so they'll holdyou accountable for delivering on your plan.
hold you accountable
# _9 m! a, w7 E3 x7 MHold it.
I can’t hold it.
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deliveron  履行， 兑现诺言， 实现期望
I hope all of us can deliver on our wish of being a master of English.
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英语美文朗读：年轻人， 谁没徘徊过呀


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Between the preparation and the work, the apprenticeship and the actual dealing with at ask or an art, there comes, in the experience of many young men, a period of uncertainty and wandering which is often misunderstood and counted as time wasted, when it is, in fact, a period rich in full and free development.

从准备到投身工作，从学徒到某一项技能或艺术的真正的实践过程之间，很多你年轻人都要经历一段充满疑惑徘徊的时期。这段时期经常遭到误解，被认为是浪费时间，事实上这段时间正是年轻人得到充分自由发展的时期。

It is as natural for ardent and courageous youth to wish to know what is in life, what it means, and what it holds for its children, as for a child to reach for and search the things that surround and attract it. Behind every real worker in the world is a real man, and a man has a right to know the conditions under which he must live, and the choices of knowledge, power, and activity which are offered him. In the education of many men and women, therefore, there comes the year of wandering; the experience of traveling from knowledge to knowledge and from occupation to occupation.

对于所有热情勇敢的年轻人他们自然想知道生活是什么，它意味着什么，他们的孩子在探索身边新奇事物的时候会遇到什么。每个工作者的背后都是个实实在在的个人，每个人都有权了解他得在什么样的条件下生存，他能接触到什么样的知识，他的权利范围有多大以及他能从事什么活动。因此，很多人都要面临这段犹豫徘徊的时期，从这个知识领域转到那个知识领域，从一个岗位跳到另一个岗位。

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The forces which go to the making of a powerful man can rarely be adjusted and blended without some disturbance of relations and conditions. This disturbance is sometimes injurious, because it affects the moral foundations upon which character rests; and for this reason the significance of the experience in its relation to development ought to be sympathetically studied. The birth of the imagination and of the passions, the perception of the richness of life, and the consciousness of the possession of the power to master and use that wealth,create a critical moment in the history of youth,—a moment richer in possibilities of all kinds than comes at any later period.

将一个人塑造成强者的各种力量，没有经过与他人和环境之间的摩擦，是很难整合在一起的。这种摩擦会影响人的道德信念，即个性形成的基础，所以有时候他可能造成某种伤害。鉴于此，这段经历对后期发展所造成的影响重要性应该得到高度的重视。想象力和激情的萌芽，对富足生活的感悟，以及对拥有掌握和利用这笔财富的能力的觉醒，都使这段时期成为整个青年时期最重要的一刻。这一时期拥有的种种机遇是此后任何时候都无法提供的。在这一青春烂漫的季节，精神上的焦虑骚动不可避免。生命中某些不太关键的时候，自我控制是正常表现，但有时焦虑也是正常的。

　　Agitation and ferment ofsoul are inevitable in that wonderful moment. There are times when agitation isas normal as is self-control at other and less critical times. The year of wandering is not a manifestation of aimlessness, but of aspiration,and that in its ferment and uncertainty youth is often guided to and finally prepared for its task.

徘徊时期不是胸无大志的表现，而恰恰是雄心壮志的表现。年轻人正是在这一时期的骚动不安中明确人生的方向并为人生使命的实现做好了最后的准备。

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英语美文朗读： 选择乐观



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Optimism doesn’t need to be naïve. We can be an optimist andstill recognize that the problems exist and that some of them are not dealt witheasily. But what a difference optimism makes in the attitude of theproblem solver? Optimism diverts our attention away from negativism andchannels it into positive, constructive thinking. When you are an optimist, you’re more concerned withproblem-solving than with useless carping about issues. In fact, withoutoptimism, issues as big and ongoing as poverty have no hopeof solution. It takes a dreamer--- some with hopelessly optimistic ideas,great persistence, and confidence – to tackle a problem that big. It’s yourchoice.
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乐观并不需要变得幼稚，我们可以在成为乐观者的同时，仍意识到有问题存在，有些甚至难以解决。但是，乐观使解决问题的态度有所不同！乐观会使我们把注意力从消极转向积极的、建设性的思考上。如果你是一个乐观者，会更关心问题的解决而不是毫无价值地怨天尤人。事实上，如果没有乐观主义精神，一些现存的巨大问题，如贫穷，就毫无希望解决它。它需要一个梦想家---一个拥有绝对乐观、矢志不移、坚定信念的人---来解决这个巨大的问题。乐观，或是悲观，在于你的选择。

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( m: |( g3 w9 K) I. Zissues 'ɪʃjʊ议题，问题；债券
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英语美文朗读：这一生为自己而活



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把译文去掉了哦，配合下面的单词注释， 看看你是否能听出来， 首先声明这篇文章不简单， 五遍以下没听懂大意别哭。
  P7 k9 V/ K" t# ~" XTruly happy and successful people get that way by becoming the best, most genuine version of themselves they can be. Not on the outside--on the inside. It's not about a brand, a reputation, a persona. It's about reality. Who you really are.


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& c" ]" r  b: M, b. ?( n  qSounds simple, I know. It is a simple concept. The problem is, it's very hard to do, it takes a lot of work, and it can take a lifetime to figure it out.

Nothing worth doing in life is ever easy. If you want to do great work, it's going to take a lot of hard work to do it. And you're going to have to break out of your comfort zone and take some chances that will scare the crap out of you.
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But you know, I can't think of a better way to spend your life. I mean, what's life for if not finding yourself and trying to become the best, most genuine version of you that you can be?
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: B1 V& H$ b- T7 M& sThat's what Steve Jobs meant when he said this at a Stanford University commencement speech:
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Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice.

7 H$ R5 `6 t4 _# lYou have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something--your gut, destiny,life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.

genuine ['dʒɛnjʊɪ adj. 真实的
version ['vɝʒn]n. 版本
. R! R: _3 S" Y: [ brand n. [brænd] 商标， 品牌
$ S1 c  s3 P$ b' p- e6 mreputation n. [,rɛpju'teʃə 名誉
persona n. [pɚ'sonə 复数（戏剧，小说中的人物角色）， (一些人装出的)伪装外表；人格面具
break out 逃脱， 爆发
comfort zone 舒服空间

crap  [kræp] 废话

That’s a load of crap 一推废话

commencement speech:毕业演讲
drown out 把（另一边）声音淹没， 压倒
karma ['kɑrmə] 因果报应，恶报， 善报
dot [dɑt] 小点


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英语美文朗读： 信心成就一切

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Nothing Succeeds Like Confidence

Confidence is compassionate and understanding. It is not arrogant. Arrogance is born out of fear and insecurity, while confidence comes from strength and integrity.

　　Confidence is not just believing you can do it. Confidence is knowing you can do it. Know that you are capable of accomplishing anything you want, and live your life with confidence.

Anything can be achieved through focused, determined effort and self-confidence. If your life is not what you want it to be, you have the power to change it, and you must make the changes on a moment by moment basis. Live your priorities. Live with your goals and your plan of action. Live each moment with your prioritiesin mind. Act with your own purpose, and you will have the life you want.

    信心是富有同情心和善解人意的。它一点都不傲慢自大。傲慢是由于害怕和缺乏安全感才产生的，而信心则出于坚强的决心和诚实正直。

    信心并不是仅仅认为你可能会成功，而是确信你一定能成功。确信你有能力实现自己的愿望，并充满信心的生活着。

    如果你足够专心、坚决和自信，那么任何事都能做成。如果生活不像你预想的那样，你有力量去改变它，并且你必须一步一步的去实现这些改变。铭记你生命中最重要的事情。有目标并且有计划的去生活。为你的目标而奋斗，你就会拥有自己想要的生活。

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单词注释：

strength[strɛŋθ] 力量

integrity[ɪn'tɛɡrəti] 正直

arrogant['ærəɡənt]  自大的，傲慢的

priority [praɪ'ɔrəti] 最重要的事