1.精选简单英语文章听力 篇一
Courage
勇气
The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less amagnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy. A man does what he must in spite ofpersonal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures and thatis the basis of all human morality.
生活之中的勇气,通常不会像千钧一发时的勇气那样充满戏剧性;但他人不失为是一个胜利与悲剧的壮观组合。一个人将个人得失,障碍、危险还有压力抛在脑后,只是做他必须做的,而这便是人类一切道德的基础。
To be courageous…requires no exceptional qualifications, no magic formula, no special combination of time, place andcircumstance. It is an opportunity that sooner or later is presented to us all.Politics merely furnishes one arena which imposes special tests of courage. In whatever arena of life, one may meet the challenge of courage, whatever may bethe sacrifices he faces if he follows his conscience, the loss of his friends,his fortune, his contentment, even the esteem of his fellow men, each man must decidefor himself the course he will follow. The stories of past courage can definethat ingredient, they can teach, they can offer hope, they can provideinspiration. But they cannot supply courage itself. For this each man must lookinto his own soul.
勇敢,不需要突出的品质,不需要秘诀,不需要天时地利,每个人或早或晚都有机会。政治不过是对勇气进行特别考验的一个竞技场而已,在人生的每一个竞技场上勇气都会前来挑战。如果你跟随你的良心,那么任何东西都可能被牺牲:朋友,财产,满足,甚至是别人对你的尊重。走哪条路只能由自己来决定。前人的故事可以告诉你什么叫勇敢。他们能够教你,能够给你希望和灵感,但不能给你真正的勇气,要得到它你必须要发掘自己的灵魂。
2.精选简单英语文章听力 篇二
有能力帮助别人是一种幸福
The hummingbird was lost in the supermarket, exhausted, starving, and near death as it spiraled towards the ground on helpless wings.
一只蜂鸟在超市里迷路了,它疲惫不堪且饥饿难耐,由于无力挥动双翼,小蜂鸟飞得越来越低,眼看就要奄奄一息。
I snatched her away from the crushing carts, cupped her in my hands, and rushed for the exit.
我一把将它抓住,让它免于遭受被推车碾压的命运。我小心翼翼地托着蜂鸟,向出口跑去,感到它小而柔软的身体躺在我的掌心。
She was tiny and soft against my palms. I ran out towards the flowers. She was too weak to perch; I cupped her in my palm and held her up to each flower to drink.
我跑向花丛,然而这只蜂鸟太虚弱了,站都站不起来。于是我举着它,让它挨个吸食每朵花的花蜜。
Slowly, she perked up and her claws tightened on my finger. Then she spread her wings and flew on her own: a tiny, sweet miracle.
渐渐地蜂鸟有了精神,它的爪子抓紧了我的手指,之后它挥动着翅膀飞了起来——这小小的,甜蜜的奇迹。
3.精选简单英语文章听力 篇三
点不亮的蜡烛
A man had a little daughter—an only and much-loved child. He lived for her—she was his life. So when she became ill, he became like a man possessed, moving heaven and earth to bring about her restoration to health.
His best efforts, however, proved unavailing and the child died. The father became a bitter recluse, shutting himself away from his many friends and refusing every activity that might restore his poise and bring him back to his normal self. But one night he had a dream.
He was in heaven, witnessing a grand pageant of all the little child angels. They were marching in a line passing by the Great White Throne. Every white-robed angelic child carried a candle. He noticed that one child’s candle was not lighted. Then he saw that the child with the dark candle was his own little girl. Rushing to her, he seized her in his arms, caressed her tenderly, and then asked, “How is it, darling, that your candle alone is unlighted?” “Daddy, they often relight it, but your tears always put it out.”
Just then he awoke from his dream. The lesson was crystal clear, and its effects were immediate. From that hour on he was not a recluse, but mingled freely and cheerfully with his former friends and associates. No longer would his darling’s candle be extinguished by his useless tears.
一个男人有一个小女儿,那是的孩子,他深深地爱着她,为她而活,她就是他的生命。所以,当女儿生病时,他像疯了一般竭尽全力想让她恢复健康。
然而,他所有的努力都无济于事,女儿还是死了。父亲变得痛苦遁世,避开了许多朋友,拒绝参加一切能使他恢复平静,回到自我的活动。但有一天夜里,他做了一个梦。
他到了天堂,看到所有的小天使都身穿白色天使衣,手里拿着一根蜡烛。他注意到有一个小天使的蜡烛没有点亮。随后,他看到那个拿着没有点亮的蜡烛的小天使是自己的女儿。他奔过去,一把将女儿抱在怀里,亲切地爱抚着她,然后问道:“宝贝儿,为什么只有你的蜡烛没有点亮呢?”“爸爸,他们经常重新点亮蜡烛,可是你的眼泪总是把它熄灭。”
就在这时,他从梦中醒来。梦给他上的一课像水晶般透明,而且立竿见影。从那个时刻起,他不再消极遁世,而是自由自在,兴高采烈的回到从前的朋友和同事们中间。宝贝女儿的蜡烛再也没有被他无用的眼泪熄灭过。
4.精选简单英语文章听力 篇四
An Identity of One's Own
In the eternal universe, every human being has a one-off chance to live---his existence is unique and irretrievable, for the mold with which he was made, as Rousseau said, was broken by God immediately afterwards.
Fame, wealth and knowledge are merely worldly possessions that are within the reach of anybody striving for them. But your experience of and feelings about life are your own and not to be shared. No one can live your life over again after your death. A full awareness of this will point out to you that the most important thing in your existence is your distinctive individuality or something special of yours. What really counts is not your worldly success but your peculiar insight into the meaning of life and your commitment to it, which add luster to your personality.
It is not easy to be what one really is. There is many a person in the world who can be identified as anything ---either his job, his status or his social role---that shows no trace about his individuality. It does do him justice to say that he has no identity of his own, if he doesn't know his own mind and all his things are either arranged by others or done on others' suggestions; if his life, always occupied by external things, is completely void of an inner world. You won't be able to find anything whatever, from head to heart, that truly belongs to him. He is, indeed, no more than a shadow cast by somebody else or a machine capable of doing business.
活出个性
在茫茫宇宙间,每个人都只有一次生存的机会,都是一个独一无二、不可重复的存在。正像卢梭所说的,上帝把你造出来后,就把那个属于你的特定的模子打碎了。
名声、财产、知识等等是身外之物,人人都可求而得之,但没有人能够代替你感受人生。你死之后,没有人能够代替你再活一次。如果你真正意识到了这一点,你就会明白,活在世上,最重要的事就是活出你自己的特色和滋味来。你的人生是否有意义,衡量的标准不是外在的成功,而是你对人生意义的独特领悟和坚守,从而使你的自我闪放出个性的光华。
真正成为自己不是一件容易的事。世上有许多人,你说他是什么都行,例如是一种职业,一个身份,一个角色,惟独不是他自己。如果一个人总是按别人的意见生活,没有自己的独立思索,总是为外在事务忙碌,没有自己的内心生活,那么,说他不是他自己就一点儿也没有冤枉他。因为确确实实,从他的头脑到他的心灵,你在其中已经找不到丝毫真正属于他自己的东西了,他只是别人的一个影子和事务的一架机器罢了。
5.精选简单英语文章听力 篇五
老员工更受欢迎
英语听力原文:
Older staff are more productive than their younger colleagues, say researchers. More mature members of staff may be weaker and less agile than their junior counterparts, but they more than compensate with their greater experience, ability to work in teams, and success at coping when things go wrong. The researchers say: While older workers make more errors, perhaps due to declining physical attributes, they hardly make any severe errors, perhaps due to more experience. It is experience that prevents severe errors.
有专家经过研究发现:公司的老员工比年轻一辈,特别是新一代的大学生更有竞争力。虽然他们相对年轻的同业者来说,可能身体不够强健,思维不够敏捷,但是他们经验更丰富,团队合作能力更强,处理危机的能力也更强。专家总结:因为年龄的原因,年纪越大,生理功能下降,老员工有可能会犯很多小错误;但是另一方面,由于老员工拥有更多的经验,他们不会犯许多大的、严重的错误。
The scientists who studied production lines at a Mercedes-Benz truck factory in southern Germany also found that younger, more highly educated workers were less productive than those who had fewer qualifications — perhaps because the educated workers got bored more easily. The researchers, from the University of Mannheim, said their findings debunked the idea that older workers should be made redundant to boost productivity.
在德国 南部梅赛德斯·奔驰工厂生产线的科学家发现,年轻、教育水平更高的工作比那些证书拿得少的员工(老员工)生产效率要低很多。科学家分析,教育程度高的年轻人在工作中容易感觉无聊,不懂得沉下心去研究工作。来自Mannheim大学的研究员称,这项研究彻底*了——老员工才对工作产生懈怠感觉的理论。
英语单词词汇整理:
1. productive adj. 有成效的
eg: Science and technology are part of the productive forces.
科学技术是生产力。
短语:
productive investment 生产性投资;生产投资
productive time 生产时间
productive capacity 生产率;处理能力
2. agile adj. 敏捷的,灵活的
eg: An acrobat has to be agile.
杂技演员必须身手敏捷。
短语:
agile missile 灵巧导弹
Agile Buddy 跳板游戏;地狱三百层
3. cope vi. 应付,对抗,妥善处理
eg: He had a lot of work, but he was able to cope.
他的活虽多,但还能应付得来。
短语:
cope with 处理;应付
coping style 应对方式
coping strategy 应对策略
coping stone 墩台石
4. debunk vt. 揭穿真相,暴露
eg: Don't let me debunk you.
不要让我揭穿你。
短语:
debunk it 揭穿它
debunk myths 破除误区
the truth by debunk 真相被揭穿
5. redundant adj. 多余的,累赘的,解雇的
eg: There are too many redundant words in this book.
这本书里多余的词太多。
短语:
redundancy payment 失业金
redundant code 冗余码
redundant information 冗余信息
佳句采摘:
More mature members of staff may be weaker and less agile than their junior counterparts, but they more than compensate with their greater experience, ability to work in teams, and success at coping when things go wrong.
虽然他们相对年轻的同业者来说,可能身体不够强健,思维不够敏捷,但是他们经验更丰富,团队合作能力更强,处理危机的能力也更强。
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