信心之所以有著不可思議的強大力量,因為它們對我們的生命就像方向舵對輪船壹樣,控制著我們的方向和命運。我們並不總是像自己表白的那樣去生活,而是壹直都生活在我們的信念裏。簡單地說,如果我相信我是壹個失敗者,我就註定會是壹個失敗者。如果我相信我會成功,我就會成功。
Born in 1758, Horatio nelson, the son of a pastor, was a small, frail1 child who loved sailing. As a young teenager he joined the British Navy and, while journeying to the East Indies, caught a fever that seriously damaged his health. But he never allowed this to hold him back. At age 18, he was appointed a lieutenant2 in the Royal Navy and by the year 1802 was made commander-in-chief.
Two years later, at the battle of Trafalgar, Nelson defeated the combined3 French and Spanish fleets4. This was the greatest naval victory in British history and left British in control of the seas for the rest of the 1800's. Unfortunately, Nelson was mortally injured but lived long enough to know that his fleet had won the battle. His last words were, "Thank God I have done my duty."
Nelson was a man of fearless courage and devotion. He believed in his country, in his cause, and in himself. He once said, "I am of the opinion5 that the boldest measures are the safest." Nelson was a man greatly admired by others who said about him, "His frail body housed6 a great spirit."
One person with a belief is equal to a force of 99 who only have interest.
Beliefs are remarkably powerful in that they are to our lives what a rudder7 is to a ship. That is, they control the direction and destiny of our lives. While we don't always live the life we profess8, we always live the life we believe. Simply put, if I believe I am a failure, I will set myself up to fail. If I believe I am a successful person, I will succeed, and so on.
One very successful woman, a well-known entertainer, didn't have much going for her. She would never win a beauty contest and at age 38 was living on welfare. After reading Claude Briston's The Magic of Believing and beginning to believe in herself, her life took a dramatic turn. One gift she had was the ability to make people laugh. Once she believed this, she didn't allow what she didn't have to stop her using what she did have.
Jimmie Durante was another entertainer who wouldn't have made a fortune with his looks. But he capitalized on9 his weakness and turned it into one of his great strengths -- what he did have -- and put these to good use because he believed he could.
英語短故事 Lovely become so lost 讓失去變得可愛
An old man in a high－speed trains， accidentally bought the new shoes out from a window， surrounded by people who feel sorry But the elderly immediately second shoe from the window go away． This move is even more surprised． Explained that the elderly： "This shoe， no matter how expensive， for me has been useless， if there is who can pick up a pair of shoes， maybe he can wear it！"
壹個老人在高速行駛的火車上，不小心把剛買的新鞋從窗口掉了壹只，周圍的人倍感惋惜，不料老人立即把第二只鞋也從窗口扔了下去。這舉動更讓人大吃壹驚。老人解釋說：“這壹只鞋無論多麽昂貴，對我而言已經沒有用了，如果有誰能撿到壹雙鞋子，說不定他還能穿呢！”
英語美文欣賞：沙子與石頭
The story goes that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face.
話說兩個好朋友正在穿越壹個沙漠。途中他們忽然爭吵了起來，其中壹個壹巴掌扇在另外壹個人的臉上。
The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, he wrote in the sand: "Today my best friend slapped me in the face."
被扇的那個人受了傷害，但他壹句話也沒有說，只是在沙子上寫道：“今天我最要好的朋友打了我壹個耳光。”
They kept on walking until they found an oasis, where they decided to take a bath. The one who had been slapped got stuck in the mire and started drowning, but the friend saved him.
他們繼續走下去，後來發現了壹片綠洲，他們於是決定洗個澡。先前被打的那個人這時不小心陷入了壹個泥潭裏面，差點被淹死了，幸運的是他的朋友把他給救了出來。
After he recovered from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone: "Today my best friend saved my life."
他蘇醒過來後，立刻在壹塊石頭上寫道：“今天我最要好的朋友救了我壹命。”
The friend who had slapped and saved his best friend asked him, "After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now you write on a stone. Why?"
扇過他耳光又救過他性命的朋友於是問他說：“我打了妳之後妳在沙子上寫字，而現在妳卻在石頭上寫，為什麽呢？”
The other friend replied: "When someone hurts us we should write it down in the sand where winds of forgiveness can erase it away. But when someone does something good for us, we must engrave it in a stone where no wind can ever erase it."
寫字的那個人回答說：“當我們被別人傷害了之後，我們應該把它寫在沙子上，那樣，寬容的風就很快就會將其抹去，但當我們受到別人的幫助之後，我們必須將它刻在石頭上，那樣，風就不會輕易把它磨滅。”
Learn to write your hurts in the sand and to carve your benefits in the stone.
學會將妳所受到的傷害寫在沙子上，把別人給妳的幫助記在石頭上。
They say it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them, but an entire life to forget them.
人們常說發掘壹個特別的人需要壹分鐘，欣賞壹個人需要壹個小時，愛上壹個人需要壹整天，但忘記壹個人卻需要妳壹生的時間。
Send this phrase to the people you'll never forget. It's a short message to let them know that you'll never forget them.
將這句話發給妳永遠不會忘懷的人吧，讓他們知道妳將永遠把他們放在心上。
1. Do one thing at a time, and do well.
壹次只做壹件事，做到最好！
2. Keep on going never give up.
勇往直前， 決不放棄！
3. Believe in yourself.
相信妳自己！
4. I can because i think i can.
我行，因為我相信我行！
5. Action speak louder than words.
行動勝於言語！
6. Never say die.
永不氣餒!
7.Knowlegde can change your fate
知識改變命運
8.Knowledge is power.
知識就是力量。
9.Let bygones be bygones.
過去的就讓它過去吧。
10.No pains, no gains
壹份耕耘壹份收獲
1.No man or woman is worth your tears, and the one who is, won't make you cry.
沒有人值得妳流淚，值得讓妳這麽做的人不會讓妳哭泣。
2.If you fail, don't forget to learn your lesson.
如果妳失敗了，千萬別忘了汲取教訓。
3.Don't waste your time on a man/woman, who isn't willing to waste their time on you.
不要為那些不願在妳身上花費時間的人而浪費妳的時間
4.Live a noble and honest life. Reviving past times in your old age will help you to enjoy your life again.
過壹種高尚而誠實的生活。當妳年老時回想起過去，妳就能再壹次享受人生。
5.To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.
對於世界而言，妳是壹個人；但是對於某個人，妳是他的整個世界。
6.Never judge people by their appearance.
永遠不要以貌取人。
7.Don't try so hard, the best things come when you least expect them to.
不要著急，最好的總會在最不經意的時候出現。
8.Remember the best love is to love others unconditionally rather than make demands on them.
記住：最好的愛存在於對別人的愛勝於對別人的索求之上。
9.Use your crystal goblets. Do not save your best perfume, and use it every time you feel you want it.
舉起妳的酒杯吧。不要吝嗇灑上妳最好的香水，妳想用的時候就享用吧！
10.Search for knowledge, read more, sit on your front porch and admire the view without paying attention to your needs.
尋找更多的知識，多讀壹些書，坐在妳家的前廊裏，以贊美的眼光去享受眼前的風景，不要帶上任何功利的想法。
11.Make yourself a better person and know who you are before you try and know someone else and expect them to know you.
在妳想了解別人也想讓別人了解妳之前，先完善並了解自己。
12.Do not keep anything for a special occasion, because every day that you live is a SPECIAL OCCASION.
不要將妳的東西為了某壹個特別的時刻而預留著，因為妳生活的每壹天都是那麽特別。
13.Never frown, even when you are sad, because you never know who is falling in love with your smile.
縱然傷心，也不要愁眉不展，因為妳不知是誰會愛上妳的笑容。
14."There are only two creatures," says a proverb, "who can surmount the pyramids-the eagle and the snail."
俗話說：“能登上金字塔的生物，只有兩種------鷹和蝸牛。”
15.Remember: Whatever happens, happens for a reason.
記住：任何事情的發生都有因有起。
16.It only needs early cultivation to become a power.
只需及早培養，記憶自會成為壹種才能。
17.Don't let a little dispute break up a great friendship.
不要讓小小的爭端損毀了壹場偉大的友誼。
18. Just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to, doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have.
愛妳的人如果沒有按妳所希望的方式來愛妳，那並不代表他們沒有全心全意地愛妳。
19. Life is a chain of moments of enjoyment; not only about survival.
生活是壹串串的快樂時光；我們不僅僅是為了生存而生存。
20.Forever friend gets you through the hard times, the sad times, and the confused times.
真正的朋友會與妳壹同度過困難、傷心和煩惱的時刻。
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21.Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one, so that when we finally meet the person, we will know how to be grateful.
在遇到夢中人之前，上天也許會安排我們先遇到別的人；在我們終於遇見心儀的人時，便應當心存感激。
22.Don't cry because it is over, smile because it happened.
不要因為結束而哭泣，微笑吧，為妳的曾經擁有。
23.However mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names.
不論妳的生活如何卑賤，妳要面對它生活，不要躲避它，更別用惡言咒罵它。
24. The smallest courtesies along the rough roads of life are like the little birds that sing to us all winter long, and make that season of ice and snow more endurable.
在坎坷的生活道路上，最細小的禮貌猶如在漫長的冬天為我們歌唱的小鳥，那歌聲使冰天雪地的寒冷變得較易忍受。
25. When you quarrel with a close friend, talk about the main dish, don't quibble over the appetizers.
當妳和妳親近的人吵嘴的時候，試著就事論事，不要扯出那些陳芝麻、爛谷子的事。
26."Who shuts love out, in turn shall be shut out from love."
“誰拒愛於門外，也必將被愛拒諸門外。”
27. Perseverance can sometimes equal genius in its results.
毅力在效果上有時能同天才相比。
1.Two Birds
Teacher: Here are two birds, one is a swallow, the other is sparrow. Now who can tell us which is which?
Student: I cannot point out but I know the answer.
Teacher: Please tell us.
Student: The swallow is beside the sparrow and the sparrow is beside the swallow.
兩只鳥
老師： 這兒有兩只鳥，壹只是麻雀。誰能指出哪只是燕子，哪只是麻雀嗎？
學生：我指不出，但我知道答案。
老師：請說說看。
學生：燕子旁邊的就是麻雀，麻雀旁邊的就是燕子。
2.The Fish Net
"Can you tell me what fish net is made, Ann?"
"A lot of little holes tied together with strings." replied the little girl.
魚網
"妳能告訴我魚網是什麽做的嗎，安？" 老師發問道。
"把許多小孔用繩子栓在壹起就成了魚網了。" 小女孩回答道。