1.英語文章聽力精選 篇一
Courage
勇氣
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．
生活之中的勇氣，通常不會像千鈞一發(fā)時的勇氣那樣充滿戲劇性；但他人不失為是一個勝利與悲劇的壯觀組合。一個人將個人得失，障礙、危險還有壓力拋在腦后，只是做他必須做的，而這便是人類一切道德的基礎。
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，不需要突出的品質，不需要秘訣，不需要天時地利，每個人或早或晚都有機會。政治不過是對勇氣進行特別考驗的一個競技場而已，在人生的每一個競技場上勇氣都會前來挑戰(zhàn)。如果你跟隨你的良心，那么任何東西都可能被犧牲：朋友，財產，滿足，甚至是別人對你的尊重。走哪條路只能由自己來決定。前人的故事可以告訴你什么叫勇敢。他們能夠教你，能夠給你希望和靈感，但不能給你真正的勇氣，要得到它你必須要發(fā)掘自己的靈魂。
2.英語文章聽力精選 篇二
The Gift Of Love
愛的天賦
If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give away all my possessions, and if I hand over my body so that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.
就算我能說萬人的方言和天使的話語，但如果沒有愛，我不過就如鳴鑼一般；就算我有預知未來的能力，就算我精通各種知識和奧秘，就算我有堅定的信念，但如果沒有愛，我就什么都算不上；就算我拿所有的財物周濟窮人，就算我能做出舍己為人的壯舉，但如果沒有愛，我仍將一無所有。
Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrong doing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
愛是一種忍耐，愛是一種友善；愛不是嫉妒，不是自大，不是魯莽，不是固執(zhí)己見，不是輕易發(fā)怒。愛意味著憎惡不義，贊賞真理；愛意味著包容一切，相信一切，對生活充滿希望，并能忍受生活中的一切。
Love never ends. But as for prophecies, they will come to an end; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will come to an end. For we know only in part, and we prophesy only in part; but when the complete comes, the partial will come to an end. When I was a child, I thought like a child; when I became an adult, I put an end to childish ways. For now we see in mirror, dimly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known. And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love.
愛是永無止境的，但又是有盡頭的；就像知識一樣，必將歸于烏有。我們現(xiàn)在搜掌握的知識很有限，當我們掌握了完整的知識時，有限的知識必將歸于烏有。當我還是一個孩子的時候，我像孩子一樣說話，像孩子一樣思考問題，像孩子一樣推理；但我一旦成年，就不再像孩子一樣了�，F(xiàn)階段，我們很多時候好像是從鏡子里觀看事物，對很多事物都看不清，但有朝一日我們會直面這些事物。現(xiàn)階段，我知道的東西很有限，但有朝一日我會懂得一切。如今，常存在人們心中的東西有三樣：信念、希望和愛，而其中愛是最重要的！
3.英語文章聽力精選 篇三
Ambition
抱負
It is not difficult to imagine a world short of ambition. It would probably be a kinder world: without demands, without abrasions, without disappointments. People would have time for reflection. Such work as they did would not be for themselves but for the collectivity. Competition would never enter in, conflict would be eliminated, tension become a thing of the past. The stress of creation would be at an end. Art would no longer be troubling, but purely celebratory in its functions. The family would become super fluous as social unit, with all its former power for bringing about neurosis drained away, Longevity would be increased, for fewer people would die of heart attack or stroke caused by tumultuous endeavor. Anxiety would be extinct. Time would stretch on and on, with ambition long departed from the human heart.
一個缺乏抱負的世界將會怎樣，這不難想象�；蛟S，這將是一個更為友善的世界：沒有渴求，沒有磨擦，沒有失望。人們將有時間進行反思。他們所從事的工作將不是為了他們自身，而是為了整個集體。競爭永遠不會介入；沖突將被消除。人們的緊張關系將成為過往云煙。創(chuàng)造的重壓將得以終結。藝術將不再惹人費神，其功能將純粹為了慶典。作為社會單位的家庭及其所帶來精神傷痛也將蕩然無存，人的壽命將會更長，因為由激烈拼爭引起的心臟病和中風所導致的死亡將越來越少。焦慮將會消失。時光流逝，抱負卻早已遠離人心。
Ah, how unrelieved boring life would be!
啊，長此以往人生將變得多么乏味無聊！
There is a strong view that holds that success is a myth, and ambition therefore a sham. Does this mean that success does not really exist? That achievement is at bottom empty? That the efforts of men and women are of no significance alongside the force of movements and events now not all success, obviously, is worth esteeming, nor all ambition worth cultivating. Which are and which are not is something one soon enough learns on one’s own. But even the most cynical secretly admit that success exists; that achievement counts for a great deal; and that the true myth is that the actions of men and women are useless. To believe otherwise is to take on a point of view that is likely to be deranging. It is, in its implications, to remove allmotives for competence, interest in attainment, and regard for posterity.
有一種盛行的觀點認為，成功是一種神話，因此抱負亦屬虛幻。這是不是說實際上并不豐在成功？成就本身就是一場空？與諸多運動和事件的力量相比，男男女 女的努力顯得微不足？顯然，并非所有的成功都值得景仰，也并非所有的抱負都值得追求。對值得和不值得的選擇，一個人自然而然很快就能學會。但即使是最為憤世嫉俗的人暗地里也承認，成功確實存在，成就的意義舉足輕重，而把世上男男女 女的所作所為說成是徒勞無功才是真正的無稽之談。認為成功不存在的觀點很可能造成混亂。這種觀點的本意是一筆勾銷所有提高能力的動機，求取業(yè)績的興趣和對子孫后代的關注。
We do not choose to be born. We do not choose our parents. We do not choose our historicalepoch, the country of our birth, or the immediate circumstances of our upbringing. We do not, most of us, choose to die; nor do we choose the time or conditions of our death. But within all this realm of choicelessness, we do choose how we shall live: courageously or in cowardice, honorably or dishonorably, with purpose or in drift. We decide what is important and what istrivial in life. We decide that what makes us significant is either what we do or what we refuse to do. But no matter how indifferent the universe may be to our choices and decisions, these choices and decisions are ours to make. We decide. We choose. And as we decide and choose, so are our lives formed. In the end, forming our own destiny is what ambition is about.
我們無法選擇出生，無法選擇父母，無法選擇出生的歷史時期與國家，或是成長的周遭環(huán)境。我們大多數人都無法選擇死亡，無法選擇死亡的時間或條件。但是在這些無法選擇之中，我們的確可以選擇自己的生活方式：是勇敢無畏還是膽小怯懦，是光明磊落還是厚顏無恥，是目標堅定還是隨波逐流。我們決定生活中哪些至關重要，哪些微不足道。我們決定，用以顯示我們自身重要性的，不是我們做了什么，就是我們拒絕做些什么。但是不論世界對我們所做的選擇和決定有多么漠不關心，這些選擇和決定終究是我們自己做出的。我們決定，我們選擇。而當我們決定和選擇時，我們的生活便得以形成。最終構筑我們命運的就是抱負之所在。
4.英語文章聽力精選 篇四
BOOKS 書籍
As is well known, books teach us to learn life, truth, science and many other useful things.They increase our knowledge, broaden our minds and strengthen our character.In other words, they are our good teachers and wise friends.This is the reason why our parents always encourage us to read more books.Reading is a good thing, but we must pay great attention to the choice of books.It is true that we can derive benefits from good books.However, bad books will do us more harm than good.
如眾所周知，書籍教我們學習人生，真理，科學以及其它許多有用的東西。它們增加我們的知識，擴大我們的心胸并加強我們的品格。換句話說，它們是我們的良師益友。這是為什么我們的父母終是鼓勵我們要多讀書的理由。
讀書是一好事，但我們必須多加注意書的選擇。不錯，我們能從好書中獲得益處。然而，壞書卻對我們有害無益。
5.英語文章聽力精選 篇五
Learn to Live in the Present
學會活在當下
To a large degree, the measure of our peaceof mind is determined by how much we are able to live in the present moment.Irrespective of what happened yesterday or last year, and what may or may nothappen tomorrow, the present moment is where you are -- always!
在很大程度上，我們內心的平和取決于我們在多大程度上享受眼前的生活。不管昨天或去年發(fā)生了什么，也不管明天將會發(fā)生什么或不會發(fā)生什么，現(xiàn)實才是你所在之處——生活就是這樣。
Without question, many of us have masteredthe neurotic art of spending much our lives worrying about a variety of things-- all at once. We allow past problems and future concerns to dominate ourpresent moments, so much that we end up anxious, frustrated, depressed, andhopeless. On the flip side, we also postpone our gratification, our statedpriorities, and our happiness, often convincing ourselves future will be betterthan today. Unfortunately, the same mental dynamics that tell us to look towardthe future will only repeat themselves so that "someday" neveractually arrives. John Lennon once said, "Life is what’s happening whilewe’re busy making other plans." When we’re busy making "otherplans", our children are busy growing up, the people we love are movingaway and dying, our bodies are getting out of shape, and our dreams areslipping away. In short, we miss out on life.
毫無疑問，在我們的生活中，許多人總是這樣的神經兮兮，他們擔心各種各樣的事情，而且會突然之間擔心許多事情。我們讓過去與未來的問題支配我們現(xiàn)有的時間，以致于整日焦躁不安、委靡不振、精神沮喪甚至感到絕望。另一方面，我們又永遠不讓自己滿足、享有優(yōu)先權和幸福感，而且還經常說服自己將來會比今天好。不幸的是是，同樣的告訴我們去展望未來的精神動力，它只是不斷重復自己，以致于“某一天”永遠不能到來。約翰·列儂曾說：“生活就是我們忙于制訂其他計劃時所發(fā)生的事�！碑斘覀兠τ谥朴啞捌渌媱潯睍r，我們的孩子忙于成長，我們所愛之人遠離、并撒手塵寰，我們體型走樣了，我們的夢想消失了�？傊�，我們錯過了人生的大好光陰。
Many people live as if life were a dressrehearsal for some later date. It isn’t. In fact, no one has a guarantee thathe or she will be here tomorrow. Now is the only time we have, and the onlytime that we have any control over. When our attention is in the presentmoment, we push fear from our minds. Fear is the concern over events that mighthappen in the future -- we won’t have enough money, our children will get intotrouble, we will get old and die, whatever.
許多人活著，他們的生活就像未來日子的一次時裝彩排。然而，并非如此。事實上，沒有人能確保他或她明天還在�，F(xiàn)在是我們擁有的惟一時間，是惟一能夠把握的時間。當我們的注意力集中于現(xiàn)在時，我們便能消除恐懼�？謶质俏覀儗ξ磥硎虑榈膿�，比如我們沒有足夠的錢，我們的孩子會惹上麻煩，我們會變老，會離開人世，如此等等，不勝枚舉。
