美麗英文：那些永恆的人物和故事（激勵卷）（套裝共6冊）

2021年3月31日 星期三 祝福早安 天氣晴朗 氣溫14℃🦋 《美麗英文：那些永恆的人物和故事》🦋 🍃The Road Not Taken🍃弗羅斯特 Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; 黃色的樹林裏分出兩條路 可惜我不能同時去涉足 我在那路口久久佇立 我向着一條路極目望去 直到它消失在叢林深處 Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, 但我卻選擇了另外一條路 它荒草萎萎，十分幽寂 顯得更誘人，更美麗 雖然在這兩條小路上 都很少留下旅人的足跡 And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. 雖然那天清晨落葉滿地 兩條路都未經腳印污染 啊，留下一條路等改日再見 但我知道路徑延綿無盡頭 恐怕我難以再回返 I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I - I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. 也許多少年後在某一個地方 我將輕聲嘆息把往事回顧 一片森林裏分出兩條路 而我卻選擇了人跡更少的一條 從此決定了我一生的道路 和自己談場戀愛，寂寞也美 Fall in Love With Youself I desire to radiate health, cheerfulness, calm courage and good will. Leave the excess baggage of yesterday's mistakes and dare to enter into all the tomorrow. 我渴望發出健康之光、愉悅之光、沉靜的勇氣之光、美好的願望之光。放下昨日錯誤的重負，勇敢融入明日的生活。 愛自己是一場畢生浪漫的開始 To Love Oneself Is the Beginning ◎Oscar Wilde To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance. Love yourself. Love the things that make you you. Your values and talents and memories. Your clothes, your nose, your woes（woes[wəuz]n. 悲痛，災難，不幸；困境（woe的名詞複數）） . If you love yourself, you can jump into your life from a springboard of self-confidence. If you love yourself, you can say what you want to say, go where you want to go. The world can be a tough place, and some of the billions of people out there will try to knock you down. Don't join them. Do things that make you proud, then take pride in what you do. And in who you are. Who are you anyway? What makes you you? How are you like your siblings（siblings['sibliŋz]n. 兄弟姐妹（sibling的名詞複數）） and neighbors and friends? How are you different? If you were your own secret admirer, what would you most admire? "My great mistake, the fault for which I can't forgive myself," Oscar Wilde wrote, "is that one day I ceased my obstinate（obstinate['ɔbstinit]a. 固執的，頑固的，頑強的） pursuit of my own individuality." Keep pursuing your individuality. Keep being yourself. Becoming yourself. It can be comforting to dress and act like everyone else. But it is grander to be different, to be unique, to be you. I'm the only me in the whole wide world. 美麗語錄 Best case scenario: I love myself; I enjoy living; I smile because I'm happy not because I have to. 最好的情景便是：愛自己；享受生活；發自內心地微笑。 愛自己是一場畢生浪漫的開始。 愛自己。熱愛一切讓你成爲你自己的事物。你的價值，你的才能，你的回憶。你的衣服，你的鼻子，你的悲傷。如果你愛自己，你就能在自信的跳板上躍入生活。如果你愛自己，你就能暢所欲言，所向披靡。這個世界是冷酷無情的，成千上億的人等着將你打倒。不要和他們同流合污。 做能讓你自豪的事，然後爲你所做的事自豪，爲自己自豪。 那麼，你究竟是誰呢？是什麼讓你成爲你自己呢？你和你的兄弟姐妹、鄰居好友又有什麼相同點？你有什麼與衆不同的地方？如果你是自己的祕密崇拜者，那麼你最崇拜自己的又是哪一點呢？ “我犯了一個大錯，因此我無法原諒我自己，”奧斯卡·王爾德寫道，“就是有一天我停止追求自己的個性，”繼續追求你的個性，繼續做你自己。成爲你自己。穿衣和舉止與別人一樣是件容易的事情。但是，更值得驕傲的事是：讓自己與衆不同，讓自己特別，讓自己成爲你自己。世界之大，唯我是我。 There is always one true inner voice. Trust it. ~ Gloria Steinem 傾聽內心的聲音，發現幸福 Listen to Your Inner Voice The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. 明白事理的人使自己適應世界；不明事理的人想使世界適應自己。 ■清晨許願 A Morning Wish ◎W.R. Hunt The sun is just rising in the morning of another day. What can I wish that this day may bring me? Nothing that shall make the world or others poorer, nothing at the expense of other men; but just those few things which in their coming do not stop me but touch me rather, as they pass and gather strength. I wish that this day could bring me a mind unafraid to travel, even though the trail be not blazed, and I wish that this day could bring me an understanding heart. I wish that this day could bring me a sight of the eternal hills, and the blue sea stretching to the horizon, and of something beautiful which the hands of men have made. I wish that this day could bring me a sense of humor, and the power to laugh, a little leisure with nothing to do. And I crave for a few moments of quiet, silent meditation in the morning of this day. 名人語庫 Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning. ~J. H. Newman 不要害怕你的生活將要結束，應該擔心你的生活永遠不曾真正開始。 —— J.H.紐曼 朝陽照常在又一個清晨緩緩升起。我該期望這一天帶給我什麼呢？我希望它所帶給我的不會讓世界或他人更貧窮，不會犧牲他人；而是那些微小的、能觸動我的東西，在它們經過時、聚集力量時，不會妨礙我。 我期望這一天能夠帶給我一顆無畏的遠行的心，即使旅途沒有光亮的照耀；我期望這一天能夠帶給我一顆善解人意的心。 我期望這一天能夠讓我看到永恆的山脈，一望無際的海洋，看到人類親手創造的美好事物。 我期望這一天能夠帶給我幽默感，帶給我大笑的力量，以及一點點無所事事的閒暇時光。 在這一天的清晨，我渴望得到片刻的寧靜和沉思。 ■窗外的風景 The Trees Outside My Window ◎Bonnie From the window of my room, I could see a tall cotton-rose hibiscus. In spring, when green foliage（foliage['fəʊliɪdʒ]n. 植物的葉子（總稱），葉子及梗和枝；樹葉） was half hidden by mist, the tree looked very enchanting dotted with red blossom. This inspiring neighbor of mine often set my mind working. I gradually regarded it as my best friend. Nevertheless, when I opened the window one morning, to my amazement, the tree was almost bare beyond recognition as a result of the storm ravages the night before. Struck by the plight（plight[plait]n. 境況，困境） , I was seized with a sadness at the thought "all the blossom is doomed to fall". I could not help sighing with emotion: the course of life never runs smooth, for there are so many ups and downs, twists and turns. The vicissitudes（vicissitudes[vi'sisitju:dz]n. 變遷，世事變化；變遷興衰（vicissitude的名詞複數）；盛衰興廢） of my life saw my beloved friends parting one after another. Isn't it similar to the tree shedding its flowers in the wind? This event faded from my memory as time went by. One day after I came home from the countryside, I found the room stuffy and casually opened the window. Something outside caught my eye and dazzled me. It was a plum tree all scarlet with blossom set off beautifully by the sunset. The surprise discovery overwhelmed me with pleasure. I wondered why I had no idea of some unyielding（unyielding[ʌn'ji:ldiŋ]a. 堅硬的；不能彎曲的；不屈的） life sprouting over the fallen petals when I was grieving for the hibiscus. 跫音迴響·心曲哲思 A certain amount of care or pain or trouble is necessary for every man at all times. A ship without ballast is unstable and will not go straight. 每個人都免不了隨時要伴有一定的憂慮、痛苦或煩惱，就像一艘船離了壓艙物便很難行得穩走得正。 No One Will Ever Know 無人知曉 Janet Seever Karen, Judy and I were the last ones back in the school room after lunch. We put our metal lunch boxes on the shelf above the coat hooks, which were mostly empty. All of the other sixth graders were already outside, playing marbles① or hop scotch② or jumping rope, since it was a pleasant spring day. "Look what I found this morning in the storage cupboard when I was getting out some art supplies for Mrs. Eiffler." With a conspiratorial③ grin on her face, Karen held up a wooden box filled with short pieces of chalk in every color of the rainbow. "Wow! What fun it would be to write on the chalkboard while everyone is outside." Judy's eyes twinkled with anticipation. "But Mrs. Eiffler doesn't want us writing on the chalkboard," I responded, already feeling guilty, although we had not yet done a thing. "Don't be such a 'fraidy cat', Janet. No one will ever know," said Karen, reaching into the box and drawing out a piece of chalk. "Right. Everyone is outside, so we're safe. No one will tell on us." Judy was already drawing a house with sure strokes. I reluctantly④ joined my friends in the artwork, wanting to be part of what was going on, but afraid of being caught. I knew well that we were breaking not one, but two class rules. The second rule was that no one was allowed to stay inside at noon without a written excuse from home if the weather was nice. Trying various colors, we drew houses, trees and three-dimensional boxes. It was fun! All the time we were watching the clock……

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