世界旅行日-优秀英语旅行美文欣赏,助你英语作文拿高分
世界旅行日-优秀英语旅行美文欣赏,助你英语作文拿高分
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世界旅行日-优秀英语旅行美文欣赏，助你英语作文拿高分
作者：天学网
发表时间：18-09-2617:40
知识小卡片：
今天（9月27日）是“世界旅游日(World Tourism Day)”。它是由世界旅游组织确定的旅游工作者和旅游者的节日。1970年9月27日，国际官方旅游联盟在墨西哥城举行的特别代表大会上通过了世界旅游组织章程。为纪念这个日子，1979年9月世界旅游组织第三次代表大会正式把9月27日定为世界旅游日。
我们总说要么读书要么旅行，身体和灵魂必须有一个在路上。是呀！世界那么大，好想到处去看看，可是我们的钱包又那么小，哪也去不了，毕竟我们只是一群还在上学的宝宝。既然现在无法旅行，那就读书学习吧，来一场精神之旅，充实自己的心灵。今天是世界旅游日，小天为大家带来了一些关于旅游的名言，快来一起看看吧~
1.旅游，是去放松心情。而旅行，是去邂逅心灵。
Tourism is to relax.And travel is to meet the heart.
2.世界是一本书，而不旅行的人们只读了其中的一页。
The world is a book,and people who are not traveling read only one of them.
3.人生终要有一场触及灵魂的旅行。
Life will eventually have a touch the soul of travel.
4.旅行虽颇费钱财，却使你懂得社会。
Although travel is costly,it makes you understand the society.
5.旅游不在乎终点，而是在意途中的人和事还有那些美好的记忆和景色。
Tourism doesn't care about the end, but the people and things on the way and the beautiful memories and scenery.
6.人生是跋涉，也是旅行；是等待，也是重逢；是探险，也是寻宝；是眼泪，也是歌。
Life is a trek, it is also a journey; it is a wait, it is a reunion; it is an adventure, it is also a treasure hunt; it is a tear, it is also a song.
7.保持年轻，就要背起行囊。无论是爱情还是青春，其实都在旅行的路上。不旅行，就会老。
To stay young, you have to carry your bags. Whether it is love or youth, it is actually on the way to travel. If you don't travel, you will be old.
8.在路上，不为旅行，不因某人，只为在未知的途中遇见未知的自己。
On the road, not for travel,not for someone, only to meet the unknown yourself on the unknown.
9.一个背包，几本书，所有喜欢的歌，一张单程车票，一颗潇洒的心。
A backpack,a few books,all the favorite songs,a single ticket,a chic heart.
10.每个人都可以从长长的旅途中悟出自己生命的意义。
Everyone can realize the meaning of his life from the long journey.
11.对青年人来说，旅行是教育的一部分；对老年人来说，旅行是阅历的一部分。
Travel is a part of education for young people,travel is a part of the experience for the elderly.
12.生活没有目标就像航海没有罗盘。
Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.
13.因为有梦，所以勇敢出发，选择出发，便只顾风雨兼程。
Because of the dream,so brave of choice,they only trials and hardships.
14.生命不是一场赛跑，而是一次旅行。比赛在乎终点，而旅行在乎沿途风景。
Life is not a race, but a journey. Race to the end, and travel care about the scenery along the way.
15.旅行的意义不在其它，而在自己的身体和心灵，必须有一个在旅行的路上。
Travel is not the meaning of the other,and in their own body and mind,there must be a way to travel.
16.读万卷书，行万里路。
Read ten thousand books, travel ten thousand miles.
17.没有旅行的生活，只能称之为生存。一生中至少要有两次冲动，一次为奋不顾身的爱情，一次为说走就走的旅行。
Life without travel can be called life. Life at least two impulses,a time for a love regardless of personal danger,go to travel.
18.生命在于奔跑，但不是为了结果的辉煌，就像旅游，是为了过程的精彩。
Life is running, but not for the result of glory, like travel, is for the process.
19.人出门旅行并不是为了到达某地，而是为了旅游。
People go out and travel not to reach a place,but to travel.
20.条条大路通罗马。
All roads lead to Rome.
21.旅游开阔眼界。
Travel broadens the mind.
22.每个人心中，都会有一个古镇情怀，流水江南，烟笼人家。
In everyone's heart,there will be an ancient town feelings,jiangnan river,smoke cage people.
23.人生最好的旅行，就是你在一个陌生的地方，发现一种久违的感动。
The best travel, life is you're in a strange place,found a long-lost touched.
24.出去旅行，不是去看风景，而是去寻回最本真的自己。
Go on a trip, not to see the scenery, but to find their most authentic selves.
25.读书是静止的旅游。旅游是移动的阅读。
Reading is the stillness of the tourism. Tourism is the mobile reading.
这些旅游名言你都掌握了吗，记得要学以致用哦~
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英语美文：你是我一生最爱的女人
作者：佳人在哈佛
发表时间：18-11-0622:01优质原创作者
今日笔者与大家分享美文：你是我一生最爱的女人You Are the Woman I Love Best of All in My LifeHe, a gentleman, was regarded to be the most handsome man in the world, wonderfully urbaneextremely agreeable. His pure eyes and charmingsmile always quivered a network of ripples in thehearts of his fans. He was the charming prince in the dreams of tens of thousands of women and adoredcrazily by them in the last half of the century. His name was Gregory Peck.他，一个绅士，被认为是世界上最时髦的人，非常温文尔雅,非常令人愉快的。他那纯真的眼睛和迷人的微笑，总是在粉丝们的心里荡起层层涟漪.。他是上个世纪的后半叶万千女子梦想中的白马王子而且深受他们疯狂地爱戴。他的名字叫格利高里·派克。
She, an angel of blue-blood birth, could speak in five languages. Refined and elegant, noble and goodnatured. Her enchanting smiles and communicative eyes kept countless admirers spellbound at her feetHer elegance and style will always be remembered in film history. She was an angel that fell onto the earth with her unique nobility and grace. Her name was Audrey Hepburn.
她是出身贵族的天使，会说五种语言。精致优雅，高贵善良本性。她迷人的微笑和善于交流的眼神使无数的爱慕者着迷地拜倒在她脚下。她的优雅和风格将永远被电影史铭记。她是一个带着她独特的高贵和优雅降临人间的天使。她的名字是奥黛丽·赫本。
When angel met gentleman in that romantic Rome Holiday, the purest and most beautiful love inthe world. He liked to see into her D8 and liquid eyes, which were full of the tender affectionthat melted him away.Her heart lost a beat with a different feeling rising within her every time she met his gaze, like the beach sand kissed by the sea wave, soft and moist.
当天使在那个浪漫的罗马假日遇到绅士时，最纯洁最美丽的爱情就在这里他的整个世界。他喜欢观察她那双水汪汪的眼睛，那双充满柔情的眼睛这把他融化了。每当她遇到他的目光时，她的心就失去了跳动的感觉，一种不同的感觉在她心中升起。沙滩上的沙子被海浪亲吻，柔软湿润。
He was in secret love with her. However, he had been in marriage and was the father of three kids. He,who was not good at putting his feelings across, had his love buried deep in the heart.In that summer, her love, melt in his smile, bloomed in despair over and over again. She dared notdeclare her love because the education she received and the shadow of her broken family since youngprevented her from getting close to the husband of another lady.他暗恋着她。然而，他已经结婚了，是三个孩子的父亲。他,不善于表达自己的感情，就把自己的爱深深埋在心底。在那个夏天，她的爱在他的微笑中融化，在绝望中一遍又一遍地开花。她不敢宣布她的爱，因为她接受的教育和她破碎的家庭的阴影从小阻止她接近另一位女士的丈夫。
Soon after that unforgettable summer, she got her love and got married with Mel Ferrer, a famous director, actor and writer in Hollywood. 在那个难忘的夏天之后不久，她得到了她的爱情，并与著名的好莱坞的导演、演员和作家梅尔·费勒结了婚。（未完，待续）
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美到灵魂深处的十段英语美文中英翻译
作者：美文鸡汤不加葱花
发表时间：18-07-2221:34
今天作者以拿破仑的名言作为今天的开场白，送给还在默默奋斗的你：The man who has made up his mind to win will never say “impossible ”.（凡是决心取得胜利的人是从来不说“不可能的） ——Bonaparte Napoleon 拿破仑
就像拿破仑所说，世上强者只有一个借口：我要成功；而弱者却有无数种理由去逃避。每天的努力都能让你离成功更进一步。
开始今天的内容吧：
1、I would rather share one lifetime with you than face all the ages of this world alone.
翻译：我宁愿和你共度凡人短暂的一生，也不愿一个人看尽这世界的沧海桑田。
出自：《魔戒》
2、You have bewitched me, body and soul.
翻译：你让我着了魔，从肉体到灵魂。
出自：《傲慢与偏见》
3、I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of the life to start as soon as possible.
翻译：我今晚来这里是因为，当你意识到自己想要与一个人共度余生的时候，你会希望你的余生尽快开始。
出自：《当哈利遇到莎莉》
4、If the evening when the moon rises, the moon shine my doorstep, I hope to meet La Luna me a wish, I'd like a pair of human hands. I would like to put my hands of my lover tightly over at Wye Medium, even if only once.
翻译：如果晚上月亮升起的时候，月光照到我的门口，我希望月光女神能满足我一个愿望，我想要一双人类的手。我想用我的双手把我的爱人紧紧地拥在怀中，哪怕只有一次。
出自：《剪刀手爱德华》
5、Lift up your head princess, if not, the crown falls.
翻译：请抬起你的头， 我的公主，不然皇冠会掉下来。
出自：《罗马假日》
6、That with devotions visage and pious action. we do sugar o'er the devil himself.
翻译：人们往往用至诚的外表和虔敬的行动，掩饰一颗魔鬼般的心。
出自：《V字仇杀队》
7、One is always on a strange road, watching strange scenery and listening to strange music. Then one day, you will find that the things you try hard to forget are already gone.
翻译：一个人总要走陌生的路，看陌生的风景，听陌生的歌，然后在某个不经意的瞬间，你会发现，原本是费尽心机想要忘记的事情真的就那么忘记了。
出自：《蓝莓之夜》
8、See,nothing can stop love,Leon.
你看，没有任何事物挡得住爱情，里昂。
出自：《这个杀手不太冷》
9、Tell me that you love me first because I'm afraid that if I tell you first you'll think that I'mplaying the game.
翻译：你先告诉我你爱我，因为我会担心要是我先告诉你的话，你会认为我是在玩游戏.
出自：《两小无猜》
10、None of us can vow to be perfect. In the end all we can do is promise to love each other with everything we've got. Because love's the best thing we do.
翻译：没有人可以发誓做到完美，最后我们能保证的只有深爱彼此，倾尽所有。因为爱是最美好的事。
出自：《老爸老妈罗曼史》
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美到灵魂深处的十段英语美文中英翻译
作者：美文鸡汤不加葱花
发表时间：18-07-2221:34
今天作者以拿破仑的名言作为今天的开场白，送给还在默默奋斗的你：The man who has made up his mind to win will never say “impossible ”.（凡是决心取得胜利的人是从来不说“不可能的） ——Bonaparte Napoleon 拿破仑
就像拿破仑所说，世上强者只有一个借口：我要成功；而弱者却有无数种理由去逃避。每天的努力都能让你离成功更进一步。
开始今天的内容吧：
1、I would rather share one lifetime with you than face all the ages of this world alone.
翻译：我宁愿和你共度凡人短暂的一生，也不愿一个人看尽这世界的沧海桑田。
出自：《魔戒》
2、You have bewitched me, body and soul.
翻译：你让我着了魔，从肉体到灵魂。
出自：《傲慢与偏见》
3、I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of the life to start as soon as possible.
翻译：我今晚来这里是因为，当你意识到自己想要与一个人共度余生的时候，你会希望你的余生尽快开始。
出自：《当哈利遇到莎莉》
4、If the evening when the moon rises, the moon shine my doorstep, I hope to meet La Luna me a wish, I'd like a pair of human hands. I would like to put my hands of my lover tightly over at Wye Medium, even if only once.
翻译：如果晚上月亮升起的时候，月光照到我的门口，我希望月光女神能满足我一个愿望，我想要一双人类的手。我想用我的双手把我的爱人紧紧地拥在怀中，哪怕只有一次。
出自：《剪刀手爱德华》
5、Lift up your head princess, if not, the crown falls.
翻译：请抬起你的头， 我的公主，不然皇冠会掉下来。
出自：《罗马假日》
6、That with devotions visage and pious action. we do sugar o'er the devil himself.
翻译：人们往往用至诚的外表和虔敬的行动，掩饰一颗魔鬼般的心。
出自：《V字仇杀队》
7、One is always on a strange road, watching strange scenery and listening to strange music. Then one day, you will find that the things you try hard to forget are already gone.
翻译：一个人总要走陌生的路，看陌生的风景，听陌生的歌，然后在某个不经意的瞬间，你会发现，原本是费尽心机想要忘记的事情真的就那么忘记了。
出自：《蓝莓之夜》
8、See,nothing can stop love,Leon.
你看，没有任何事物挡得住爱情，里昂。
出自：《这个杀手不太冷》
9、Tell me that you love me first because I'm afraid that if I tell you first you'll think that I'mplaying the game.
翻译：你先告诉我你爱我，因为我会担心要是我先告诉你的话，你会认为我是在玩游戏.
出自：《两小无猜》
10、None of us can vow to be perfect. In the end all we can do is promise to love each other with everything we've got. Because love's the best thing we do.
翻译：没有人可以发誓做到完美，最后我们能保证的只有深爱彼此，倾尽所有。因为爱是最美好的事。
出自：《老爸老妈罗曼史》
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十段英文原创翻译美文欣赏——爱情篇
作者：MH英文小屋
发表时间：03-2323:38
Hello大家好，欢迎来到Max＆Holiz的英文小屋！
看一部爱情电影可能会让你从感触到沮丧，但阅读一些爱情美文会使多愁善感的你热泪盈眶。
小屋从上世纪国外文学与现代作家的作品中挑选出来以下这些优美浪漫的美文：
（原创翻译）
1、I looked and looked at her, and I knew, as clearly as I know that I will die, that I loved her more than anything I had ever seen or imagined on earth.
—Vladimir Nabokov
我不停地望向她，我深知自己终究会死去，但我是如此的爱她，胜过我在这个世界上所遇到的任何事物。
—弗拉基米尔·纳博科夫
2、Love is like the rain. It comes in a drizzle sometimes. Then it starts pouring and if you're not careful it will drown you.
—Edwidge Danticat
爱情好比下雨，有时是细雨冥冥，有时又会是骤雨倾泻，若你不当心，便会被雨水淹没。
—伊迪韦吉·丹蒂凯特
3、Love was love, one could find it with anyone, one could find it anywhere. It was just that you could never keep it. Not unless you were ready to die for it.
—Norman Mailer
爱情会现身于任何地方、任何人都能寻觅到它。却永远不能留住它，前提是你已做好为其而亡的准备。
—诺曼·梅勒
4、I am like a falling star who has finally found her place next to another in a lovely constellation, where we will sparkle in the heavens forever.
—Amy Tan
我就像一颗找到了归属星座的繁星，我们会在这片璀璨银河中永生闪耀。
—谭恩美（华裔）
5、I did not need to know if he could love me. I needed to know if he could need me.
—Jonathan Safran Foer
我不必清楚他是否爱我，我仅渴望明白他是否需要我。
—乔纳森·萨弗·福尔
6、I wish that I could love someone so much that I would die from it.
—Jamaica Kincaid
我希望能爱上一个能让我为之牺牲的人。
—牙买加·琴凯德
7、Love blurs your vision, but after it recedes, you can see more clearly than ever.
—Margaret Atwood
爱情模糊了你的视线，但是当它渐渐褪去，你会比以往更清楚地看清它。
—玛格丽特·阿特伍德
8、Anyone who falls in love is searching for the missing pieces of themselves.
—Haruki Murakami
任何坠入爱河的人都只是在寻找自己曾丢失的碎片而已。
—村上春树
9、How mysterious it is, to be in love. For you can be in Love with one who knows nothing of you. Perhaps our greatest happinesses spring frome such longings.
—Joyce Carol Oates
恋爱多么神秘啊！因为你能爱上一个对你一无所知的人。也许我们最大的幸福正是源于这种对爱情的渴望。
—乔伊斯·卡罗尔·欧茨
10、If there is no love in the world, we will make a new world, and we will give it walls, and we will furnish it with soft, red interiors, from the inside out, and give it a knocker that resonates like a diamond falling to a jeweller's felt so that we should never hear it.
—Jonathan Safran Foer
如果世界上没有爱情，我们将会创造一个新世界。我们将赋予它墙壁；从内到外地装饰上红色的柔软内饰；打造一个产生共鸣的门环，就像钻石坠落到珠宝店的那种声音。这样我们永远都不会听说到爱情的存在。
—乔纳森·萨弗·福尔
有时候，一句爱情美文就能传输予你一些信息，而不是一封情书或者一本爱情小说。
你有没有一句走进你心灵的爱情美句，请在评论区和大家分享！
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（以上原创翻译，转载请注明作者）
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5段英语，5段美的让人心醉的美文
作者：美文鸡汤不加葱花
发表时间：18-08-2205:32
又在今天美文节目与大家见面啦~
欢迎大家转发、点赞、评论哟
1、All good things must come to an end.
翻译：美好的事物总是稍纵即逝。
这句话出自《吸血鬼日记》。作者对于这句话十分有感触。在一生当中很多人都在执着的追求看似幸福、美好的事物，总以为前方会有更美的景色，却忽略了身边的盎然春意。等到回过神来，周围早已是无尽的荒芜。
2、Don't make promises you can't keep.
翻译：守不住的承诺就别说。
第二句话出自吸血鬼日记的衍生剧《初代吸血鬼》当中。对于这句话，我想很多女生应该很想送给自己的男朋友或者是老公，在两个人生活当中，不少人都许下了很多的空头支票。“周末我会好好陪你的”而最后却因各种原因放了鸽子，虽然这种情况在所难免，但是最好还是应该尽量避免，毕竟每次在做出承诺的时候，她可是满心欢喜哟。
3、Why think separately of this life than the next, when one is born from the last? Time is always too short for those who need it, but for those who love, it lasts forever.
翻译：当我们能够再续前缘， 又为何认定来世并非今生？如果你需要时间，时间永远都不够；但只要你心中有爱，就是天长地久。
这句话来自电影《德古拉元年》。时间，每个人都拥有，确实每个人又难以拥有的珍贵宝物，不要再去寻找前方缥缈的幸福，停下车，仔细欣赏沿途的风景，你会发现不一样的自己。
4、I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.
翻译：我自私、没有耐心、缺乏安全感。我会做错事、发脾气、有时还很难缠，但如果你不能包容我最差的一面，那么你也不配拥有我最好的一面。
此句出自玛丽莲梦露之口。玛丽莲梦露，美国传奇女星，有着绝对的美貌，但是在其短暂的一生当中却没有寻得一份属于自己的爱情。
5、Sometimes the world tries to knock it out of you, but I believe in music the way that some people believe in fairy tales.
翻译:世人会不时地践踏你的梦想，但我相信那旋律真实存在，就像有些人相信童话是真的一样。
每个人都会有梦想，而这梦想有大有小，别人可能回去嘲笑你的梦想有多么愚蠢，但是，请记住，只有那些疯狂到想去改变世界的人才能真正改变世界。Ps:英文出自《八月迷情》
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英语美文阅读：真正的慷慨
作者：佳人在哈佛
发表时间：18-11-0521:00优质原创作者
今日笔者跟大家分享一篇关于真正的慷慨仁爱方面的故事，读后很是感动一位母亲对孩子仁爱方面的教育。通过三岁小女孩的仁爱善举更加深入理解了仁爱慷慨的真正灵魂是什么。如果您想知道慷慨的灵魂是什么，得到一份感动和激励，就请跟着笔者一起读吧。我们分两步走哦，第一步-逐句逐段双语读；第二步：独立自主英文读.那我们就起来读吧:) 愿人与人之间多一份纯真，多一份关爱！
第一步：逐句逐段双语读
When a tornado touched down in a small town nearby, many families were left completely destroyed. Afterward all the local newspapers carried many human-interest stories featuring some of the families who suffered the hardest.一场龙卷风袭击了我们家附近的一座小镇之后，许多家庭都损失惨重。所有的当地报纸刊登了许多关于ー些受灾最严重家庭的感人故事。
One Sunday, a particular picture especially touched me. A young woman stood in front of an entirely shattered mobile home, a depressed expression twisting her features. A young boy, seven or eight yearsold, stood at her side, eyes downcast. Clutching (紧握) at her skirt was a tiny girl who stared into thecamera, eyes wide with confusion and fear. 周日那天，一张特别的照片深深地触动了我。照片上，在一座完全被毁坏的移动房前，站着一个少妇，痛苦的表情扭曲了她的面容。在她身旁，站着一个七八岁的小男孩，低垂着双眼。还有一个很小的女孩，拽着少妇的衣裙，用她那充满了慌乱和恐惧的大眼晴直町着相机镜头。
The article that went with the picture gave the clothing sizes of each family member. With growinginterest, I noticed that their sizes closely matched ours. This would be a good opportunity to teach mychildren to help those less fortunate than themselves. I taped the picture of the young family to ourrefrigerator, explaining their difficulty to my seven-year-old twins, Brad and Brett, and to three- year-old Meghan.
在与照片相关的报道中，给出了这个家庭每位成员的衣服尺寸。我注意到他们衣服的尺す与我家的尺寸很接近。这是一个教育我的孩子们的好机会，可以通过这件事让他们学会去帮助那些比自己不幸的人们。我把那个年轻家庭的照片贴在冰箱上，向我那对七岁的双胞胎儿子布兰德和布雷特，以及三岁的小女儿梅格安解释了他们的困境。
" We have so much. And these poor people now have nothing," I said."We'll share what we have withthem." I brought three large boxes down from the room upstairs and placed them on the living room floor. Meghan watched seriously, as the boys and I filled one of the boxes with canned goods and foods. While I sorted through our clothes, I encouraged the boys to go through their toys and donate some of their less favorite things. Meghan watched quietly as the boys piled up discarded toys and games. "I'll help you find something for the little girl when I'm done with this," I said.
“我们拥有这么多东西，而这些可怜的人此刻却一无所有，”我说，“我们应该把自己的东西和他们一起分享。”我从阁楼上拿下来三个大箱子，把它们放在客厅的地板上。当两个儿子和我一起把一些罐装食品，肥皂和其他洗漱用品装进其中一个大箱子时，梅格安脸严肃地望着我们。在我整理衣服的时候，我鼓励儿子们也去整理一下他们的玩具，然后把不太喜欢的捐出来。男孩子们把不要的玩具和游戏堆成一堆，而梅格安只是在一旁静静地看着。“等把这些整理好之后，我来帮你给那个小女孩挑选一些东西。”我对梅格安说。
The boys placed the toys they had chosen to donate into one of the boxes while I filled the third boxwith clothes. Meghan walked up with Lucy, her worn, faded, much-loved rag doll hugged tightly to her chest. She paused in front of the box that held the toys, pressed her round little face into Lucy's flat, painted-on-face, gave her a final kiss, then laid her gently on top of the other toys.
男孩子们把准备捐赠的玩具放进另一个箱子里，最后一个箱子里放我挑出的衣服。这时，梅格安怀里紧紧抱着露西一一那个破旧的、褪色的、她最喜欢的布娃娃一走了过来。在装玩具的那个箱子前停下，把她圆圆的小脸紧紧贴在露西扁扁的娃娃脸上，给了它最后一个亲吻，然后，将它轻轻地放在其他玩具的最上面。
"Oh, Honey," I said."You don't have to give Lucy. You love her so much." Meghan nodded seriously, eyes glistening with held-back tears. '"Lucy makes me happy, Mommy. Maybe she'll make that other little girl happy, too．"“噢，甜心，我说，“你不必把露西捐出来，你是那么喜欢它。梅格安眼里闪着泪光，认真地点了点头，“妈妈，露西让我快乐，也许，她也会给那个小女孩带来快乐的”。
Swallowing hard, I stared at Meghan for a long moment, wondering how I could teach the boys thelesson she had just taught me. For I suddenly realized that anyone can give their cast-offs away. Truegenerosity is giving that which you value most.我长久地注视着梅格空。吃力地咽了口唾液。不知该如何把梅格安对我的教化传递给男孩子们。我突然意识到，任何人都可以把他们弃之不要的东西捐赠给别人，而真正的慷慨却是把你最珍爱的东西给予别人。
Honest benevolence (善行) is a three-year-old offering a valuable, though shabby, doll to a little girlshe doesn't know with the hope that it will bring this child as much pleasure as it brought her. I, who had wanted to teach, had been taught.一个三岁的孩子把她最珍爱的布娃娃，尽管它又破又旧，送给一个陌生的小女孩，希望能给她带去同样的快乐，这才是真正的仁爱。而我，本来想教育孩子们，结果却从梅格安那儿受到了教育。
The boys had watched, open-mouthed, as their baby sister placed her favorite doll in the box. Without a word, Brad rose and went to his room. He came back carrying one of his favorite action figures. He hesitated briefly, clutching the toy, then looked over at Meghan and placed it in the box next to Lucy. 看着小妹妹把她最喜欢的洋娃娃放进箱子里，男孩子们惊讶地张大了嘴巴。布兰德什么也没说，起身走进他的房间，拿出他最喜欢的动作人偶。他紧紧地抓着玩具，稍稍犹豫了一下，然后看了看梅格安，把它放在箱子里，放在露西的旁边。
A slow smile spread across Brett's face. Then he jumped up, eyes twinkling as he ran to fetch someof his prized Matchbox cars.Astonished, I realized that the boys had also recognized what little Meghan's gesture meant. Swallowing back tears, I pulled all three of them into my arms.布雷特的脸上慢慢露出了笑容，他跳起来，眼晴闪闪发光，跑回房间拿来了几个他曾得过奖的宝贝火柴盒汽车。我惊讶地意识到，儿子们也领悟到了小梅格安举动的意义。我强忍着泪水，我把他们三个搂入怀中。
Taking the cue from my little one, I removed my old jacket from the box of clothes. I replaced it with the new hunter green jacket that I had found on sale last week. I hoped the young woman in the picture would love it as much as I did.在小女儿的影响下，我把我那件袖口已经磨损的旧棕褐色夹克从衣服箱子里取出来，然后把我上星期刚买的那件绿色夹克放了进去。我希望照片上的那个少妇会像我一样喜欢它。
It's easy to give that which we don't want any more, but harder to let go of things we cherish, isn't it? However, the true spirit of giving is to give with your heart.把你不再想要的东东捐出去很容易，但如果是你珍惜的东东捐出去的话就难得多。然而，发自内心的捐赠才是捐款的灵魂（即：真正的慷慨仁爱来自内心）。
第二步：独立自主英文读
When a tornado touched down in a small town nearby, many families were left completely destroyed. Afterward all the local newspapers carried many human-interest stories featuring some of the families who suffered the hardest. One Sunday, a particular picture especially touched me. A young woman stood in front of an entirely shattered mobile home, a depressed expression twisting her features. A young boy, seven or eight yearsold, stood at her side, eyes downcast. Clutching (紧握) at her skirt was a tiny girl who stared into thecamera, eyes wide with confusion and fear. The article that went with the picture gave the clothing sizes of each family member. With growinginterest, I noticed that their sizes closely matched ours. This would be a good opportunity to teach mychildren to help those less fortunate than themselves. I taped the picture of the young family to ourrefrigerator, explaining their difficulty to my seven-year-old twins, Brad and Brett, and to three- year-old Meghan. " We have so much. And these poor people now have nothing," I said."We'll share what we have withthem."
I brought three large boxes down from the room upstairs and placed them on the living room floor. Meghan watched seriously, as the boys and I filled one of the boxes with canned goods and foods. While I sorted through our clothes, I encouraged the boys to go through their toys and donate some of their less favorite things. Meghan watched quietly as the boys piled up discarded toys and games."I'll help you find something for the little girl when I'm done with this," I said.
The boys placed the toys they had chosen to donate into one of the boxes while I filled the third boxwith clothes. Meghan walked up with Lucy, her worn, faded, much-loved rag doll hugged tightly to her chest. She paused in front of the box that held the toys, pressed her round little face into Lucy's flat, painted-on-face, gave her a final kiss, then laid her gently on top of the other toys.
"Oh, Honey," I said."You don't have to give Lucy. You love her so much."Meghan nodded seriously, eyes glistening with held-back tears. '"Lucy makes me happy, Mommy. Maybe she'll make that other little girl happy, too．"
Swallowing hard, I stared at Meghan for a long moment, wondering how I could teach the boys thelesson she had just taught me. For I suddenly realized that anyone can give their cast-offs away. Truegenerosity is giving that which you value most.Honest benevolence (善行) is a three-year-old offering a valuable, though shabby, doll to a little girlshe doesn't know with the hope that it will bring this child as much pleasure as it brought her. I, who had wanted to teach, had been taught. The boys had watched, open-mouthed, as their baby sister placed her favorite doll in the box. Without a word, Brad rose and went to his room. He came back carrying one of his favorite action figures. He hesitated briefly, clutching the toy, then looked over at Meghan and placed it in the box next to Lucy. A slow smile spread across Brett's face. Then he jumped up, eyes twinkling as he ran to fetch someof his prized Matchbox cars. Astonished, I realized that the boys had also recognized what little Meghan's gesture meant. Swallowing back tears, I pulled all three of them into my arms.Taking the cue from my little one, I removed my old jacket from the box of clothes. I replaced it with the new hunter green jacket that I had found on sale last week. I hoped the young woman in the picture would love it as much as I did.It's easy to give that which we don't want any more, but harder to let go of things we cherish, isn't it? However, the true spirit of giving is to give with your heart.（from每天读点英文-青闰）
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「英语美文」有些事你不需要解释
作者：英语美文
发表时间：18-05-1400:19
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15 Things You Dont Owe Anyone At All
15件你不需要解释的事情
译者：LisaChen
翻译来源：译言
原文来源：lifehack.org
Many choices we make in life — ranging from what we do, to how we conduct ourselves, and who we interact with — are subject to prying questions and commentary from those around us. Family members, friends, and even total strangers, it often seems like everyone has an opinion on the things we do, no matter how small or insignificant those things might seem to us.
生活中我们会做出很多选择：从我们做什么，怎么做，到和谁交往等等都会引起旁人的好奇和谈论。家人、朋友甚至完全陌生的人，对我们的每一件事情，就算是很小很微不足道的事情都有自己的看法。
Sometimes people go so far as to ask you to explain yourself for the decisions or choices you make in your own life. You might feel obliged to respond, but some things are really no one else’s business and you don’t owe anyone an explanation at all for the following 15 things — though you think you do.
有时候，他们会一个劲地要求你对自己生活中做出的决定进行解释。可能你觉得应该回答，但是有些事情真的跟他们没有任何关系，以下15点你不需要向他们做任何解释（就算你觉得你应该解释）：
1. YOU DON’T OWE ANYONE AN EXPLANATION FOR YOUR LIVING SITUATION.
1. 不需要解释自己的生活状态
Whether you are cohabiting with your ex-boyfriend or ex-girlfriend, crashing in different motel rooms across the country, or living with your parents for a while when you are past your twenties, you don’t have to explain yourself to anyone for who you live with and why if you don’t want to. If you are fully aware of your living situation, then it means you have your own reasons for being in that situation that are nobody else’s business.
不管你是不是跟前任住在一起，有没有去不同的宾馆开过房，还是你二十几岁了还跟父母住在一起，如果你不想你就不用告诉任何人你跟谁住，为什么。你充分了解自己的生活状况，并且有足够的理由那么做，这就不关别人的事。
2. YOU DON’T OWE ANYONE AN EXPLANATION FOR YOUR LIFE PRIORITIES.
2. 不需要解释你的生活重心
You have your own ideas about the things that would make you and your loved ones truly comfortable and happy, which is your main priority. Since we are all unique individuals with different values, dreams and aspirations, your core priorities will be different from the next person’s. You don’t owe anyone an explanation for what you determine is your core priority in life. That is your personal business not other people’s business.
你自己知道什么事情能使你和你爱的人开心舒服，这就是重要的事情。因为我们是独立的个体，有不同的价值观，不同的梦想，所以我们的重心也是不一样的。因此不需要告诉别人你的核心目标是什么，这是我们个人的事情跟别人无关。
3. YOU DON’T OWE ANYONE AN APOLOGY IF YOU ARE NOT SORRY.
3.如果你没有错，就不需要道歉
If you don’t regret your actions, still think someone is wrong about something or don’t care much for their forgiveness, you don’t have to apologize. Many people are too quick to offer apologies and try to mend wounds that are not yet ready to be mended, which only serves to aggravate the wound and bring more problems. You really don’t have to apologize if you are not sorry or your side of the story hasn’t been heard.
如果你认为某件事情是他人的错，不是自己的错，或者说你不乞求他人的原谅，那么就不用道歉。许多人总是早早地说处对不起，试图来弥补尚未准备好的伤害，这样只会加深伤害并带来更多的问题。如果你并不感到抱歉，或者他们还没听你的说法，那么就不用道歉。
4. YOU DON’T OWE ANYONE AN EXPLANATION FOR REQUIRING ALONE TIME.
4.不需要解释为什么你想要独处
You might worry that you will come across as “rude,” “anti-social” or “aloof” when you cancel plans or other obligations because you need some time alone to reboot, unwind or just enjoy a good book by yourself. However, spending time alone is a completely normal, natural and necessary practice that more people should adopt. Take your alone time confidently because you don’t owe anybody an explanation for it.
当你取消计划，停下手中的事情，想要一些时间去休息放松或只是想看一本书的时候，也许会担心被别人理解为无礼的、反社会的或是离群的。但是，一个人独处完全是一个正常的、自然的并且是必要的行为，应该得到更多人的接受。坦然地去度过自己的时光，因为你不需要向别人解释。
5. YOU DON’T OWE ANYONE YOUR AGREEMENT ON THEIR PERSONAL BELIEFS.
5.不必赞同别人的个人观念
Just because someone shares their personal beliefs passionately doesn’t mean you have to sit there and nod in approval to everything they say. If you don’t share in their beliefs, it is unfair to yourself and to the other person to suppress your own thoughts and feelings and pretend you agree with them. It’s okay and better to disagree with them gracefully instead of bottling up your disapproval and frustrations.
别人激情地分享自己的观点，这不是意味着你必须坐在那里赞同他们所说的每一件事。如果你不能够分享他们的信念，却压制住自己的想法而假装赞同他们，这对你和对他们都是不公平的。与其表露自己的不满和沮丧，不如恰当地说出自己不赞同他们。
6. YOU DON’T OWE ANYONE A YES TO EVERYTHING THEY SAY.
6.别人说的每一件事，你不必都说“好”
You have a right to say no whenever there is no compelling reason to say yes. In fact, the most successful people in the world are those who have mastered the art of saying no to everything that is not a priority. Acknowledge other people’s kindness and be grateful for it, but don’t be afraid to politely decline anything that takes your focus away from your core goals and priorities. That’s how to get ahead.
无论什么时候你都有权利说“不”，而不是一定要说“好的”。事实上，世界上最成功的人往往都是那些学会了对每一件事情说“不”的人。感激感谢别人的友善，但对于把你的注意力从你的核心目标和重点带走的事情，不要害怕礼貌地谢绝。这才能使你走向未来。
7. YOU DON’T OWE ANYONE AN EXPLANATION FOR YOUR PHYSICAL APPEARANCE.
7.别在意别人如何看待你的外貌
You might be slender, plump, tall, short, pretty, plain or whatever, but you don’t have to explain yourself to anyone for why you look how you do. Your physical appearance is your own business and you are obligated only to yourself. Physical appearance shouldn’t determine your self-worth.
不管你是瘦的还是胖的，高个子还是矮个子，漂亮还是相貌平平，都不需要解释你为什么会变成这样。外貌是你自己的事情，你只需要对自己负责。况且外貌不能决定你的自我价值。
8. YOU DON’T OWE ANYONE AN EXPLANATION FOR YOUR FOOD PREFERENCES.
8.不需要解释你的食物偏好
There are certain foods that you just don’t like at all for different reasons, including taste preference and health issues. You don’t have to explain to anyone at all why you prefer certain foods. Your food preference is a matter that is best left to you. If anyone pesters you about why you are eating (or not eating) certain foods, shrug it off and just say you feel better eating (or not eating) those foods.
总有一些食物包括味道不错的或是对健康有好处的，你就是不喜欢吃。你不需要解释为什么喜欢某些食物和不喜欢哪些食物，这已经是能留给你自己选择的最好的事情了。如果有人纠缠于你为什么喜欢（不喜欢）某些食物，只需要耸耸肩说就是感觉喜欢（不喜欢）吃那些东西挺好的。
9. YOU DON’T OWE ANYONE AN EXPLANATION FOR YOUR SEX LIFE.
9.不需要透露自己的性生活
As long as it happens with another consenting adult, you don’t owe anyone an explanation for where, when and how you conduct your sex life. You can wait for marriage, try one-night stands or experiment with same sex encounters to your heart’s pleasure and still not have to explain your sexual preferences to anybody.
只要是和另一个成人，在双方同意的情况下发生的性行为，你就不需要跟别人说是在哪里，什么时候，怎么发生的。只要自己喜欢，你可以等到结婚有性生活，也可以产生一夜情或是婚前试爱，你也不需要跟别人说你的性取向。
10. YOU DON’T OWE ANYONE AN EXPLANATION FOR YOUR CAREER OR PERSONAL LIFE CHOICES.
10.不必解释自己选择事业还是家庭生活
Sometimes circumstances force us to choose between work and “having a life.” The decision is not always easy and you might end up choosing work, not because you don’t care about your family or social life, but because you are working on something that will give you security in the future. Either way, you don’t owe others an explanation for choosing a career over your personal life (or vice versa) as long as you are confident about what you are doing and why you are doing it.
有时候环境会驱使我们在事业和“组织家庭”中做出一个选择。其实做出决定并不难，你也许会选择工作，不是因为你不关心家庭，只是你工作是为了给自己的将来一个保障。只要你对自己所做的决定有充分的信心和理由，你都不必向他人解释你为什么不选择家庭而选择工作或是刚好相反。
11. YOU DON’T OWE ANYONE AN EXPLANATION FOR YOUR RELIGIOUS OR POLITICAL VIEWS.
11.不需要解释自己的宗教或政治信仰
Whether you are a Democrat, Republican, Catholic, Protestant or Muslim, that is your own personal choice. You don’t owe anyone an explanation for why you are what you are and believe what you believe. If someone can’t accept you for who you are, that is their personal dogma — not yours.
不管你是哪个党派，不管你是天主教还是新教教徒或是穆斯林，这都是你个人的选择。你不需要跟别人解释为什么你是什么，或是你为什么信仰你信仰的。如果有人不接受你的身份，那是他们的教条，不是你的。
12. YOU DON’T OWE ANYONE AN EXPLANATION FOR BEING SINGLE.
12. 不必解释为什么保持单身
Whether you are single by design or by default that is nobody’s business. Being single is not a personality disorder. You are free to be in a relationship or not. Besides, you are far more than your relationship status and singlehood is just one of those social labels no one should really care about.
不管是不是刻意保持单身，这跟别人没关系。保持单身不是病态人格，你可以自由选择单身还是恋爱。况且，单身的状态远比谈恋爱时的状态好很多，单身只是社会标签的一种，根本不需要在意。
13. YOU DON’T OWE ANYONE A DATE JUST BECAUSE THEY ASKED.
13. 你不一定需要赴约
Someone might be nice, good looking and you may even be a little interested, but you don’t owe them a date just because they ask. If you feel deep down you don’t want to go on that date, then don’t. You may offer a reason for declining, but keep it brief and stick to your decision.
有些人很友好，长得好看，你也有些兴趣，但不是他们要求了你就一定要去赴约。如果那天你很沮丧不想去，那就别去。你可以告知不去的理由，但是一定要简短并坚持自己的决定。
14. YOU DON’T OWE ANYONE AN EXPLANATION FOR YOUR DECISION ABOUT MARRIAGE.
14. 不需要向他人解释自己对婚姻的决定
Whether or not you choose to get married and have kids or stay unmarried and be childfree, that is your own personal decision. Even your mom who is dying for grandchildren should understand that marriage is a personal decision and not suited for everyone. She should respect your decision about it no matter how hard it is to swallow.
不管你是选择结婚生子还是选择不婚不生孩子，这都是你自己的决定。就算你的母亲很想要（外）孙子孙女，也应该理解结婚是个人的决定但不适合每一个人。不管多么难以接受，她也应该尊重你的决定。
15. YOU DON’T OWE ANYONE AN EXPLANATION FOR YOUR RELATIONSHIP CHOICES.
15. 不需要解释自己的关系选择
Sometimes people make inappropriate commentary about your romantic relationship(s), which is really none of their business. You might overhear comments like you are not the “perfect couple” or you should find someone else. However, you are not answerable to anyone but yourself for your relationship choices. Live your life and never, ever leave or stay in a relationship just because someone else says you have to. Make your own mistakes if you must, but learn from them always.
有时候人们会对你们的爱情关系作出不恰当的评论，而你们的关系完全不关他们的事。也许你无意间会听到这样的议论，比如你们不合适，你应该另外找一个人等等。但是，你的恋爱选择只需要对自己负责而不是对别人负责。过你自己的生活，绝不因为别人的看法而放弃或维持某段关系。有必要的话，你可以犯错但总能从错误中学到东西。
简介：译者：LisaChen，翻译来源：译言（http://dwz.cn/4035OW），原文来源：lifehack.org/articles/communication/15-things-you-dont-owe-anyone-all-though-you-think-you.html
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每日一篇经典 带你诵读积累经典英语美文
作者：小Q英语每日读
发表时间：02-2209:50
幸福不是一种简单的定义，却是人们永恒的追求，希望我们都能收获幸福，享受生活。
Happiness 幸福
The great end of all human industry is the attainmentof happiness.
人类所有努力所追求的最大目的，就是获得幸福。
For this were arts invented,sciences cultivated,laws ordained,and societies modelled,by the most profound wisdom of patriotsand legislators.
为达到这个目标，爱国志士和立法者们运用无比渊博的智慧，创造出了艺术，促进了科学，制定了法律，推出了模范的社会。
Even the lonely savage,who lies exposed to the inclemencyof the elements and the fury of wild beasts,forgets not,for a moment,this grand object of his being.
即使是孤立无援的野蛮人，在经受着恶劣天气的风吹雨打和野兽的狂暴攻击时，也没有一刻哪怕忘记他自身的这个宏伟目标。
----------David Hume（大卫·休姆）
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英语美文-不要让你的生活被这5件事控制
作者：东瞧瞧西看看
发表时间：18-09-2809:55
不要让你的生活被这5件事控制
Don’t allow yourself to be controlled by these 5 things.
你的生活是否被太多事情牵绊？会不会每次想干点事情就变得畏畏缩缩、瞻前顾后，最后又变成不了了之？很多人的工作节奏太快，精神压力太大，走着走着，就渐迷失了最初的自己。这是因为我们太容易受到周围环境，受到他人的观念的影响。
今天分享的这篇美文，从五个方面向我们展示了我们生活中牵绊的来源。它们分别是：无法放下过去，无法做真正的自己，无法释放自己的潜力，无法真正得到快乐，过于追求金钱。
这是一篇很务实，又很深刻的美文，读完之后，就像喝完一杯清茶，呼吸到新鲜的空气一样让人从内心感到释放和一种平静的喜悦。准备好你的耳朵和眼睛，我们要开始咯。
No.1 Your past
【忘掉过去，展望将来】
Do not allow your past to control your present or your future life. Whatever happened, you must let it go. Leave the pain of your past behind, so it cannot ruin your future. Leave the darkness of your past behind, so it cannot block the light of your bright future. Your past is gone. Whatever happened, whether unjust, cruel, harsh, whatever the case, reliving the events will never do you any good. Just focus on building the future!
不要让过去控制你的现在和你的未来！无论过去发生过什么，你都必须从容放下。把过去的痛苦抛之脑后，不要让它影响你的未来。把过去的迷惘抛之脑后，不要让它阻挡你光明的道路。过去已逝，无论经历了多么不公平、痛苦、困难的事情，忘掉、放下，沉迷对你没有任何益处，专注于创造你的未来！
NO.2 Other people's opinions and judgements
【做你自己，不要过度关注别人的流言蜚语】
You cannot let a fear of failure, or a fear of comparison, or a fear of judgement stop you from doing what’s going to make you great. Don't allow other people’s opinions and judgements to control the direction of your life! Before you do anything, ask yourself: Am I doing this because I want to do it or because of my fear of judgement from other's if I don't. You were born unique for a reason. You were born to stand out to be appreciated and loved for WHO YOU ARE. Don't dim your light so you fit into the dull background of other people's lives.
不要因害怕失败，害怕对比、害怕他人的指指点点放弃做让你成为一个更好的人的事情。不要让他人的观点和言论左右自己生活的方向。做任何事情前，扪心自问：我这样做是因为我自己想做还是害怕别人的议论而做的？你是独一无二的，你应该因自己本来的样子得到赞美和爱！千万不要为了适应别人生活的环境而熄灭心中的明灯。
NO.3 Limited beliefs
【生活是无限的，要勇于去尝试和挑战】
Don't allow your life to be controlled by your own limited beliefs. They may be unconscious limitations that have been conditioned in you from a young age and throughout your entire life by listening to those around you who never reached for their own dream. When you change your belief from limited to unlimited, your potential is unlimited. Imagine what you could achieve, if you lived your life as though ANYTHING is possible. As the saying goes: When there is no enemy within, the enemy outside can do you no harm.
不要让你现在有限的认识左右人生的方向。这些无意识的限制可能源自你从小生活的环境，也可能受周围那些从来没有实现过自己理想的人的影响充斥于整个生活中。当你改变认知，把有限的思维跳到无限可能中，潜力就会发挥最大作用。如果把“万事皆有可能”当作人生信条，你就能预见自己的成就。正如：内心没有敌人，外界的敌人就不会构成伤害。
NO.4 Relationships
【不要太多受感情影响，要学会独自生活的乐趣】
There is no force on this earth greater that LOVE and connection. It means to develop enough mental strength that you get to the point where you don't need others to make you happy. You are just as happy being alone as you are in a relationship.
世界上没有比爱和沟通更有力量的了。它是指：必须形成足够坚强的意志力，让你不需要依靠别人就能感到幸福，自己一个人的时候也能和谈恋爱一样感到快乐。
NO.5 Money
【在做决定时，不要过多考虑金钱的因素】
This is what controls the majority of humans on this planet. If you are choosing something only on the factor of how much money is involved, you've just made the wrong decision. What you will find, is that when you follow your heart, and you follow your intuition and truly give your soul, then the money will come, and it will come in far greater amounts than if you simply chase money.
世界上大多数人受金钱支配。如果你做决定时，只考虑金钱因素，那这个决定通常是错的。你会发现：当你遵从内心意志，跟随内心直觉并付诸真心去做事情时，钱自然就进口袋了，并且会比你只追求金钱做事的时候来得多的多。
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「英语美文在线」第一期 ｜ Keep Your Goals in Sight！
作者：珠海闻达英语
发表时间：18-04-2611:46
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keepgoalinsight02:19来自珠海闻达英语
《英语美文在线》第一期
Keep Your Goals in Sight / 莫让目标太遥远
When she looked ahead, Florence Chadwick sawnothing but a solid wall of fog. Her body was numb.She had been swimming for nearly sixteen hours.
佛罗伦斯·查德威克向前方望去，除了绵延无尽的大雾，她什么也看不到。她一直在游泳，已经游了几乎16个小时，身体都麻木了。
Already she was the first woman to swim the English Channel in both directions. Now, at age 34, her goal was to become the first woman to swim from Catalina Island to the Californiacoast.
在那之前，她已经是第一位从两个方向游过英吉利海峡的女子。现在，她已34岁，她的目标是要成为第一个从卡达琳纳岛游到加利福尼亚海岸的女子。
On that Fourth of July morning in 1952, the sea was like an ice bath and the fog was so denseshe could hardly see her support boats. Sharks cruised toward her lone figure, only to bedriven away by rifle shots. Against the frigid grip of the sea, she struggled on—hour after hour— while millions watched on national television.
1952年7月4日的那个早晨，大海就像一个冰浴盆，雾是那么浓，她甚至连救援她的船只都看不到。鲨鱼游向她孤单的身躯，只能靠来复枪来击退。她迎向冰冷的海水，努力向前游，就这样一小时一小时过去了；无数观众则坐在电视机前观看这一情景。
Alongside Florence in one of the boats, her mother and her trainer offered encouragement. They told her it wasn’t much farther. But all she could see was fog. They urged her not to quit. She never had...until then. With only a half mile to go, she asked to be pulled out.
在佛罗伦斯旁边的一艘船里，她母亲和她的教练不断地鼓励她。他们告诉她离海岸已经不远了，然而除雾以外，她却什么也看不到。他们激励她不要放弃，事实上，她一直在坚持，然而在距离目的地只有半英里的时候，她却要求，将她拖出水面。
Still thawing her chilled body several hours later, she told a reporter,"Look, I’m not excusing myself, but if I could have seen land I might have made it." It was not fatigue or even the coldwater that defeated her. It was the fog. She was unable to see her goal.
几个小时后，她一边暖着身体，一边对着记者说：“怎么说呢，我不是为自己找借口，但如果我能看见陆地的话，我会成功的。”瞧，在这次游泳中，击败她的不是劳累和冰冷的海水，而是雾。因为有雾，她根本看不到自己的目标。
Two months later, she tried again. This time, despite the same dense fog, she swam with herfaith intact and her goal clearly pictured in her mind. She knew that somewhere behind thatfog was land and this time she made it! Florence Chadwick became the first woman to swim theCatalina Channel, eclipsing the men’s record by two hours!
两个月后，她又试着游了一次。这一次，尽管雾还是那样浓，但她始终带着必胜的信念，头脑中始终有一个清楚的目标，她知道雾后面的某个地方就是陆地，这一次她成功了！佛罗伦斯·查德威克最终成为第一个游过卡达琳纳海峡的女子，并且以快两个小时的速度打破了男子游过该海峡的记录，这让男子记录黯然失色。
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