1.英語文章聽力 篇一
home
家
What makes a home? Love and sympathy and confidence. It is a place where kindly affections exist among all the members of the family. The parents take good care of their children, and the children are interested in the activities of their parents. Thus all of them are bound together by affection, and they find their home to be the cheeriest place in the world.
組成家庭的因素是什么?答案即愛、同情和信賴。家是一個所有家庭成員凝結(jié)情感的地方。父母親悉心照料孩子，而孩子們也對他們雙親的活動感興趣。他們?yōu)閻鬯?lián)結(jié)，因而發(fā)現(xiàn)家是世界上令人感到歡樂的地方。
A home without love is no more a home than a body without a soul is a man. Every civilized person is a social being. No one should live alone. A man may lead a successful and prosperous life, but prosperity alone can by no means insure happiness. Many great personages in the world history had deep affections for their homes.
一個沒有愛的家便不再稱其為家，如同沒有靈魂的軀體不再是人一樣。每一個有修養(yǎng)的人都是社會性的人。沒有人能夠脫離社會獨自生存。一個人也許過著成功而寬裕的生活，但是榮華富貴決不能保證幸�？鞓�。在世界歷，許多名人都對其家庭懷有深情厚意。
Your home may be poor and humble, but duty lies there. You should try to make it cheerful and comfortable. The greater the difficulties, the richer will be your reward.
你的家也許貧窮而簡陋，但那正是你的職責所在。你應(yīng)該努力使其愉快和舒適。你遭遇的困難越大，所得到的報償也就越多。
A home is more than a family dwelling. It is a school in which people are trained for citizenship. A man will not render good services to his country if he can do nothing good for his home; for in proportion as he loves his home, will he love his country. The home is the birthplace of true patriotism. It is the secret of social welfare and national greatness. It is the basis and origin of civilization.
家不僅僅是一個供家人居住的地方。它還是一個培養(yǎng)人們成為公民的場所。一個人假如無法對家庭做出有意義的事情，也就無法為國家提供優(yōu)良的服務(wù)，因為愛家和愛國是成正比的。家庭是愛國主義精神的真正發(fā)源地，是社會福利和國家昌盛的秘訣，是文明的基礎(chǔ)和起源。
2.英語文章聽力 篇二
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(guān)系將成為過往云煙。創(chuàng)造的重壓將得以終結(jié)。藝術(shù)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(fēng)所導(dǎo)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(xué)會。但即使是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(guān)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(shù)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(guān)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(guān)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。終構(gòu)筑我們命運的就是抱負之所在。
3.英語文章聽力 篇三
面試
Manager: I’ve just looked over your resume and I must admit I am quite impressed.
我已經(jīng)看過你的簡歷了，我得承認我對你的簡歷印象不錯。
Sales Rep: Thank you. I’ve worked pretty hard to be able to list those accomplishments.
謝謝。由于我自己努力才能換來這些成果。
Manager: You’ve got plenty of training and experience. I wonder if you could tell me something about your goals. Where do you see yourself ten years from now?
你接受的培訓(xùn)和工作經(jīng)驗都很豐富。能否告訴我你的目標？十年以后你準備在到什么目標？
Rep: To be honest, I don’t plan in that much detail. My goals tend to be general; I define success according to the job at hand. I see myself advancing as I succeed, but I don’t necessarily dwell on the timing of each step.
說實話，我的目標沒有那么具體要。我只有大致的目標，我認為是否成功取決于手頭上的工作。我看到自己在不斷前進，不斷成功，但我覺得沒有必要拘泥于每一步要花的時間。
Manager: interesting! And how do you feel about decision-making? Are you an independent thinker, or do you depend more on your superior for direction?
有意思! 你對“作決定”有什么看法？ 你是個獨立思考者，還是更多地依賴上級的指示？
Rep: That depends a bit on the problem at hand. There are certain situations in which a manager can give a general directive, and expect his employees to know how to take the initiative on the details. I am known for taking the initiative, but I believe I also have the discernment to wait for direction when the situation calls for that.
這就要看當時手頭上的工作是什么。有時經(jīng)理會給出大致的指示不，希望員工發(fā)揮在具體工作上的主動性。我很善于發(fā)揮主動性，但我覺得我也能運用自己的判斷，在某些情況下，等待經(jīng)理的指示。
Manager: Sounds good. Everyone is taking about teams these days. Can you describe your role as a member of a sales team?
很好。人們現(xiàn)在熱衷于談?wù)摗皥F隊”。你能描述一下你在銷售團隊里的角色嗎？
Rep: I see myself as an encourager. Of course, sales can be quite competitive and sometimes people in this field have a secret desire for others to fail. In my last job, each representative handled a different region. I developed a system for sharing sales gimmicks that worked. Soon the whole sales team started saving up stories, not just to brag, but to share.
我把自己看作一個鼓動者。當然，銷售這個領(lǐng)域的競爭很激烈，有些同行暗地里希望別人失敗。我在原來的公司工作時，每個銷售代表負責一個地區(qū)。我建立了一套制度，讓所有業(yè)務(wù)員共享行之有效的銷售策略。很快整個銷售團隊開始積累成功經(jīng)驗，不是為了吹牛，而是為了分享。
Manager: So, your experience is as impressive in practice as it is on paper.
你的實際經(jīng)歷和你所寫的一樣吸引人。
4.英語文章聽力 篇四
The Selfish Giant
自私的巨人
Every afternoon, as they were coming from school, the children used to go and play in the Giant's garden.
每天下午，孩子們放學(xué)回來，總會去巨人的花園里玩耍。
It was a large lovely garden, with soft green grass. Here and there over the grass stood beautiful flowers like stars, and there were twelve peach-trees that in the spring-time broke out into delicate blossoms of pink and pearl, and in the autumn bore rich fruit. The birds sat on the trees and sang so sweetly that the children used to stop their games in order to listen to them. "How happy we are here!" they cried to each other.
這是一個可愛的大花園，長滿了柔嫩的青草。草叢間到處盛開著美麗的鮮花，如繁星點點。花園里還有十二棵桃樹，每到春天，粉紅色和珍珠色的花朵姣美誘人，到了秋天樹上果實累累。鳥兒棲息在枝頭動聽地唱著，孩子們都禁不住停止游戲，細心聆聽�！拔覀冊谶@兒多么快樂!”他們互相歡叫。
One day the Giant came back. 1-1e had been to visit his friend the Cornish ogre, and had stayed with him for seven years. After the seven years were over he had said all that he had to say, for his conversation was limited, and he determined to return to his own castle.When he arrived he saw the children playing in the garden.
有一天巨人回來了。他去拜訪康沃爾的怪物朋友，和他一起住了七年。七年結(jié)束了，巨人說完了想說的話，因為他的話總有個盡頭，他決定回到自己的城堡。當他到家的時候，看見孩子們正在花園里玩耍。
"What are you doing here?" he cried in a very gruff voice, and the children ran away.
“你們在這兒做什么!”他非常粗暴地喊道，孩子們跑開了。
"My own garden is my own garden," said the Giant; "any one can understand that, and I will allow nobody to play in it but myself." So he built a high wall all round it, and put up a notice-board.
“我自己的花園就是我自己的，”巨人說道，“隨便什么人都明白。除了我以外，我不允許任何人在花園里玩�！庇谑撬诨▓@的四周砌起了高高的圍墻，支起一塊告示牌。
5.英語文章聽力 篇五
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(chǔ)。
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(zhì)，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(chǎn)，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。
