英语励志故事及翻译

2023年6月18日发(作者：eos唇膏)

英语励志故事及翻译

什么才是真正的礼物?

The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to

count our blessings.- Eric Hoffer

世界上最难的算术题是如何清点我们的祝福。

According to legend, a young man while roaming the desert

came across a spring of delicious crystal-clear water. The water

was so sweet, he filled his leather canteen so he could bring some

back to a tribal elder who had been his teacher。

据传说，一个年轻的男子在漫游沙漠途中看到一泉如水晶般清澈

而可口的水。水的味道非常甜美，于是他灌满了他的皮水壶，这样就

可以带一些回去，送给曾经是他老师的部落长老。

After a four-day journey he presented the water to the old

man who took a deep drink, smiled warmly and thanked his

student lavishly for the sweet water. The young man returned to

his village with a happy heart。

经过四天的旅程，他把水呈献给老人。老人深饮一口，和蔼地笑

了笑，并深切感激学生赠予他甜美的水。年轻人怀着愉快的心情回到

了村庄。

Later, the teacher let another student taste the water. He spat

it out, saying it was awful. It apparently had become stale

because of the old leather container。

后来，老师让他的另一个学生品尝水。学生吐了出来，说水太难

喝了。它显然已经因为陈旧的皮革容器而变得不再新鲜。

The student challenged his teacher: "Master, the water was

foul. Why did you pretend to like it?"

学生质疑他的老师：“师父，水是臭的，你为什么要假装喜欢它?”

The teacher replied, "You only tasted the water. I tasted the

gift. The water was simply the container for an act of loving-

kindness and nothing could be sweeter."

老师回答说，“你只品尝了水的味道，我却是在品尝礼物的味道。

水仅仅是装载善与爱之行为的容器，而没有什么东西比善与爱更甜美

了。”

I think we understand this lesson best when we receive

innocent gifts of love from young children. Whether it's a ceramic

tray or a macaroni bracelet, the natural and proper response is

appreciation and expressed thankfulness because we love the

idea within the gift。

我认为当我们从天真的孩子们那里收到爱的礼物时，能够最透彻

地明白这个道理。无论它是一个陶瓷托盘或通心粉手镯，我们自然而

恰当的反应是欣赏，并表示感激，因为我们喜欢礼物所包含的心意。

Gratitude doesn't always come naturally. Unfortunately, most

children and many adults value only the thing given rather than

the feeling embodied in it. We should remind ourselves and

teach our children about the beauty and purity of feelings and

expressions of gratitude. After all, gifts from the heart are really

gifts of the heart。

感恩并不总是自然而来的。不幸的是，大多数儿童和成人只看重

被赠予的东西本身，而不是它体现的情谊。我们应该提醒自己，并教

导我们的孩子，感情和对感激之情的表达是美丽而纯洁的。毕竟，发

自内心给与的礼物才是真正的礼物。

沃尔特▪迪士尼的成功故事

Walt Disney was a man of dreams. He dreamed big dreams.

And he made his dreams come true.

沃尔特▪迪士尼是一个有着很多梦想的人。他的梦想不尽都很伟大，

而且他也实现了自己的梦想。

Walt had talent, and developed a keen commercial sense of

what would appeal to the public. Disneyland, Walt Disney World,

and ultimately the other Disney theme parks around the world all

came about because Walt Disney insisted that he could build an

amusement park that was so much bigger and better than other

amusement parks that it shouldn’t even be called an

amusement park.

沃尔特很有才华，他发挥出自己对商业的敏锐洞察力，知道什么

会吸引公众。迪士尼乐园、沃尔特▪迪士尼世界以及世界上其他迪士尼

主题公园的出现都是因为迪士尼坚信他能够建造一个比现有的娱乐公

园更大更好的娱乐公园。在他看来，其他的娱乐公园甚至不应该被称

作娱乐公园。

In 1940 he revealed a plan to showcase Disney characters in

their fantasy surroundings at a park across the street from the

Disney studio in Burbank.

1940年，他提出一个计划，他想将迪士尼的各种卡通人物在公园

里梦幻般的场景中展现出来，从位于柏班克的迪士尼工作室一直通到

街道对面。

The vision of an amusement park grew in Walt’s mind as he

traveled through the US and Europe and visited attractions of all

kinds. Walt was convinced that an amusement park would be

successful in the United States if it offered a “good show” that

families could enjoy together, was clean, and had friendly

employees.

沃尔特游览了整个美国和欧洲的旅游景点后就萌生了建立娱乐公

园的念头。沃尔特深信只要提供让家庭成员一起娱乐的愉悦平台、干

净的环境以及亲切的工作人员，娱乐公园在美国一定会成功。

In 1948 he shared his concept with trusted friends, a modest

amusement park with a central village including a town hall, a

small park, railroad station movie theater, and small stores.

Outlying areas would include a carnival area and a western village.

Soon he added spaceship and submarine rides, a steamboat, and

exhibit halls.

1948年，他和几位自己信任的朋友分享了他的理念：一个中等的

娱乐公园，有一个中心村，包括城镇公所、小心公园、火车站、电影

院和一些小商店;边远地区将包括狂欢区和西部乡村。很快他又增加了

太空飞船、潜水艇、汽船和展览厅。

Four years later, in 1952, he decided on “Disneyland” for

the name and formed a company to develop the park,

Disneyland, Inc.

四年后，在1952年，他决定将“迪士尼公园”作为公园的名字，

并成立了一家公司来发展公司，即迪士尼乐园公司。

In 1953 he enlisted Stanford Research Institute to examine

the economic prospects of Disneyland and to find the ideal

location.

1953年，他聘请斯坦福研究所对迪士尼公园进行经济前景的测评。

并为它找到最理想的所在地。

They broke ground in July, 1954, and one year later, on July

17, 1955, Disneyland opened. Within 7 weeks, a million visitors

had visited Disneyland, making it one of the biggest tourist

attractions in the US.

1954年7月，他们开始破土动工，一年后，也就是1955年7月

17日，迪士尼乐园正式对外开放。七周内就有一百万游客参观迪士尼

乐园，并使它成为美国最大的旅游胜地。

Walt combined his talent and his sense of what the public

would want with lots of hard work. In 1960, after 37 years in

Hollywood, with a mixture of huge successes and frustrating

setbacks, Disney had created something that was successful

beyond Walt’s own dreams.

沃尔特的才华加上他付出的艰辛努力，在1960年，也就是在好莱

坞37年后，伴随着无数卓越的成就和令人沮丧的挫折，他已经创造出

比自己梦想更伟大的成就。

With Disneyland and its continuing stream of visitors, Walt

had finally achieved financial stability.

迪士尼乐园如潮水般的游客，使沃尔特最终实现了财政上的稳定。

林书豪成名的背后

He is a Harvard graduate playing in the National Basketball

Association. He is an Asian-American in a league devoid of them,

which makes him doubly anomalous. No team drafted Lin in 2010.

Two teams cut him in December, before the Knicks picked him up.

他是NBA赛场上少有的名校哈佛毕业生，他是联盟里少见的亚裔

美国人，这样双重特殊身份的林书豪，在2010年NBA新秀大会上落

选，2011年12月先后被金州勇士队和休斯敦火箭队裁掉，之后纽约

尼克斯队宣布签下他。

His contract, potentially worth nearly $800,000, was not even

guaranteed until Tuesday afternoon. So for the past six weeks,

Lin, 23, has been sleeping in his brother Josh’s living room,

waiting for clarity and career security.

尼克斯与他签下的合同价值约为80万美元，也许在这之前他持有

的是非保障合同，但到周二下午6点(球队裁员的截至日子)林书豪的的

合同自动转为了保障合同，他将安全的留在尼克斯队。事实上在过去

的6周里，23岁的林书豪因为不确定自己是否能够继续留在纽约，一

直寄居在哥哥家当沙发客，等待职业生涯中保障合同的出现。

On Saturday night, Lin came off the bench and powered the

Knicks to a 99-92 victory over the Nets at Madison Square

Garden, scoring a career-best 25 points with 7 assists. Two nights

later, he made his first N.B.A. start and produced 28 points and 8

assists in a 99-88 win over the Utah Jazz.

上周六的晚上，纽约尼克斯在麦迪逊广场花园主场迎战新泽西网

队，板凳席上的林书豪临危受命，拿下了职业生涯最高的25分7助攻，

帮助尼克斯99比92战胜网队。两天后，林书豪获得NBA的第一次首

发机会，在对阵犹他爵士队的比赛中砍下28分8助攻。

Knicks fans now serenade Lin with chants of “Je-re-my!”

and “M.V.P.!”. With every game, every precision pass and every

clever drive to the basket, Lin is raising expectations, altering the

Knicks’ fate and redefining the word “unlikely.” On Twitter,

fans and basketball pundits are using another term to describe

the phenomenon: “Linsanity.”

麦迪逊广场花园的球迷们齐声欢呼“Jeremy”和“MVP”。每一

场比赛，每一个精准的过人，每一次聪明的突破，林书豪给球迷们带

来希望，改变了尼克斯队的命运，也再次重新定义了“不可能”。在

推特上，球迷和篮球权威人士用Linsanity “为林疯狂” 这个标签来

描述这种林书豪热现象(Linsanity：Lin+insanity)。

Two weeks ago, the 6-foot-3 Lin was not even part of the

Knicks’ point-guard rotation, despite their lack of talent at the

position. He played sparingly in a few games, showing just

enough promise to keep getting another look— a few more

minutes, another quarter. But there was never any hint of what

was to come.

两周前，这个身高1米91的华裔小个子甚至根本不在尼克斯队的

控球后卫轮转名单中，尽管尼克斯目前在控卫的位置缺乏优秀的人才。

在此之前他只打过几场比赛，但他的表现足以让教练注意到他。慢慢

地，他的上场时间在增加：多了几分钟，再打一节。林书豪的传奇成

功不是无迹可寻的。

With 25 points Saturday, Lin set the N.B.A. scoring record for

a player from Harvard. For an encore, he became the first player

in more than 30 years to record at least 28 points and 8 assists in

his first N.B.A. start. The last to do so was Isiah Thomas, the

Detroit Pistons’ Hall of Fame point guard, in October 1981.

在周六砍下25分的一球成名战后，林书豪也创下了NBA赛场上

哈佛毕业生的得分记录。第二场比赛中，他再次创下记录，成为NBA

赛场30多年里首发首秀拿到28分8助攻的第一人。上次拿到这个得

分的是在1981年10月，底特律活塞队伊塞亚·托马斯(NBA名人堂球

员)。

“I don’t think anyone, including myself, saw this coming,”

Lin said after the game Monday.

林书豪在周一比赛后表示，“我相信任何人包括我自己在内，都

没有预想到这样的成绩”。