英语翻译英文故事要长一点,

英语翻译英文故事要长一点,
英语翻译
英文故事要长一点,

英语翻译英文故事要长一点,
1.Hercules and the Wagoner大力神和车夫
A CARTER was driving a wagon along a country lane,when the wheels sank down deep into a rut.The rustic driver,stupefied and aghast,stood looking at the wagon,and did nothing but utter loud cries to Hercules to come and help him.Hercules,it is said,appeared and thus addressed him:"Put your shoulders to the wheels,my man.Goad on your bullocks,and never more pray to me for help,until you have done your best to help yourself,or depend upon it you will henceforth pray in vain."
Self-help is the best help.一名车夫赶着货车沿着乡间小路行进.途中车轮陷入了很深的车辙中,再也无法前进.这时,愚蠢的车夫吓得茫然失措,一筹莫展,痴呆呆地站在那里,凝视着货车,不断地高声 喊叫,求大力神来助他一把.大力神来到后,对他说：“朋友,用你的肩膀扛起车轮,再抽 打拉车的马.你自己不自力更生,尽力解决,仅靠祈求我,怎么行呢?”
这是说自力更生,自助自立是克服困难的最好办法.
2.The Ants and the Grasshopper蚂蚁与蚱蜢
THE ANTS were spending a fine winter's day drying grain collected in the summertime.A Grasshopper,perishing with famine,passed by and earnestly begged for a little food.The Ants inquired of him,"Why did you not treasure up food during the summer?' He replied,"I had not leisure enough.I passed the days in singing." They then said in derision:"If you were foolish enough to sing all the summer,you must dance supperless to bed in the winter."
冬季,蚂蚁正忙着把潮湿的谷子晒干.饥饿的蚱蜢跑来,向他们乞讨食物.蚂蚁问他：“你为什么在夏天不去收集食物呢?” 蚱蜢回答说：“那时没有时间,我忙于唱美妙动听的 歌.”蚂蚁嘲笑说：“你夏季如要唱歌,那么冬季就去跳舞吧.”这故事说明,要不失时机 地工作、劳动,才能丰衣足食；如果一味玩乐,只能挨饿.
3.The Hare and the Tortoise乌龟与兔
A HARE one day ridiculed the short feet and slow pace of the Tortoise,who replied,laughing:"Though you be swift as the wind,I will beat you in a race." The Hare,believing her assertion to be simply impossible,assented to the proposal; and they agreed that the Fox should choose the course and fix the goal.On the day appointed for the race the two started together.The Tortoise never for a moment stopped,but went on with a slow but steady pace straight to the end of the course.The Hare,lying down by the wayside,fell fast asleep.At last waking up,and moving as fast as he could,he saw the Tortoise had reached the goal,and was comfortably dozing after her fatigue.Slow but steady wins the race.
乌龟与兔为他们俩谁跑得快而争论不休.于是,他们定好了比赛的时间和地点.比赛一开始,兔觉得自己是天生的飞毛腿,跑得快,对比赛掉以轻心,躺在路旁睡着了.乌龟深知自己走得慢,毫不气馁,不停地朝前奔跑.结果,乌龟超过了睡熟了的兔子,夺得了胜利的 奖品.
这故事说明,奋发图强的弱者也能战胜骄傲自满的强者.

给你两篇，自己选。
FOUR FOOLPROOF WAYS TO IMPROVE OUR LIVES, TODAY
当今改善我们生活的四种途径
So, my life is perfect. (Yeah.I wish!) Well, it isn't too bad. But can it be better? I've been asking myself this...

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FOUR FOOLPROOF WAYS TO IMPROVE OUR LIVES, TODAY
当今改善我们生活的四种途径
So, my life is perfect. (Yeah.I wish!) Well, it isn't too bad. But can it be better? I've been asking myself this question for several years. The answer is simple:Yes, it can!
这样看来，我的生活是完美的，（是的，我也希望如此！）其实我的生活也不差，但是可以更好吗？ 这几年来我我一直在问自己这个问题．答案和简单：是的，它可以！
I don't care what we are doing or how we're doing it, there is always a way to improve upon our lifetyle.
我不介意我们在做什么和怎么做，总有改善我们生活方式的方法．
How can it be better? Well, I can share some things I've done that helped me. And, hopefully, if you're dealing with the same chalenges or situations in life, these ideas might help you.
怎样使我的生活变得更好呢？我可以和你们分享我的方法．如果你们在生活中也面对同样的情况或挑战的话，希望这些想法可以给你们一些帮助．
Here are four rules I've come to live by:
以下是我生活的四条生活法则
First, do what I love
首先，做自己喜欢的事情．
If I don't enjoy something, I get rid of it or don't do it. Sounds crazy, right? I worked for three years to build up a one-man band act with my saxophone, a keyboard, and my flute. Then, one day, after doing the gig for a corporate Christmas party, I decided that the one-man band act might pay enough, and might be fun, but it would not be the musical outlet I was truly seeking: that of interacting with other musicians and touring around the country (or world). So I stopped doing it. I sold most of my gear, including my P.A. system, flute, and keyboard, for pennies on the dollar. Then, I focused on talking to people about my aspiration to play in a band, to front a band, and make great things happen musically. Two years later,I met Dino, and we started a band called The Olive Club. We;re playing music we enjoy and the band is growing into the type of band I had envisioned.
如果我不喜欢一些事，我就摆脱它或不做它．这听起来很荒唐，是吧？我花了三年的时间组织一个由萨克管、电子琴和长笛组成的一人乐队。然而，有一天，在为一个公司的圣诞晚会做了表演之后，我认为这个一人乐队虽然收入颇丰且充满乐趣，但是我真正在寻找的是音乐上的出路：我应该在全国（或是全世界）做巡回演出并和其他音乐家合作。于是我停止表演。我廉价出售了我的乐器，包括我的P.A.系统、长笛和电子琴。然后，我把重点放在告诉众人我想在乐队表演，想担任一支乐队的领奏，想让伟大的事情像音乐一样发生。两年后，我遇见了笛努并和他开创了一支叫橄榄俱乐部的乐队。我们演奏我们喜欢的音乐，乐队朝着我们心目中的样子成长。
However, achieving this vision might have been possible even if I had continued doing the one-man-band act.Some roads, after all, do lead to the same destination-they just take longer to arrive there. My position on our decisions is to just make them and don't look back. Why have regrets? Regret doesn't help us with where we are today. Nor does it help us with where we are going. What does help is to make a decision, and move on, and be satisfied that is was right, no matter what we did.
然而，也许一个人的乐队也能够达到这个目标。毕竟有些道路是殊途同归的－－只是它要花更长的时间到达目的地而已。在作决定的时候，我的立场是一旦做出决定就绝不后悔。为什么要有遗憾呢？遗憾不能够对我们今天的境况有任何帮助，也不能在我们前进的道路上有任何帮助。能够帮助我们的就是决定，继续前进，无论做什么都坚持它是正确的并为此感到满意。
Second, do the hardest things first.
第二、先做最难的事情。
I know that when I do the hard things first that my life seems so easy I wonder how it counld have been any other way. Just doing the easy things caused our life to become cluttered. We might as well face our challenges head-on and then cruise through the easy part.
我知道当我把难的事情做完了后，我的生活就变得简单，我就可以想想改变生活的方法。知识做简单的事情会使我们的生活变得混乱。我们也许得先面对生活的挑战，才能够悠闲地穿过简单的部分。
Third, allow myself to feel emotions.
第三，容许自己感受各种感情
When I'm happy, I like being happy and laughing. If I get angry, I gave myself permission to scream or break something. Go ahead, really,it is okay to feel! I once heard Kevin Ryerson say, " I believe we were supposed to have emotions. Such as joy, anger, happiness,sorrow. As the Old Testament said, "I am a loving God, I am a jealous God, I am an angry God, etc."--if it is good enough for God, it is good enough for me! When we allow ourselves to feel, yet remain "aware" of what we are doing or saying, we enable ourselves to become fully human.
当我高兴的时候，我喜欢表现出高兴的神情和开怀大笑。如果我生气另外，我会大叫或摔东西。真的，去尽量感受吧，很不错！我曾经听凯文说：“我相信我们本该有的感情的，例如喜悦、愤怒、高兴、悲伤。”正如《旧约》上说的：“我是个充满爱心的神，我是个爱妒忌的神、我是个爱发怒的神等等－－如果神也觉得好的话，对我也是好的！”当我们允许自己去感受，但是仍然“意识到”在做什么或说什么的时候，我们才成为一个完整的人。
Fourth, be positive and have faith in myself, and in my ability to manifest.
第四、乐观、自信，善于表达自己
I like to look up at the blue sky, see the birds chirping, and smile. And find something to laugh about. If we aren't laughing, we aren't living,. With once ounce of joy we replace a thousand sorrows. Through faith in our self, we enable the world around us to give back to us. Through our belief in our self, we create our world, our life, our potential.
我喜欢抬头看蓝天，听小鸟喳喳叫，然后会心一笑。我找一些令自己发笑的事情。如果缺少笑声，生活将暗淡无光。所谓一笑解千愁。对自己充满信心，周围的人也会对你持同样的信心。相信自己，我们创造了世界，我们的生活和潜力。
Taking a look at how we live our lives can be be refreshing. By leaving the things that aren't working((after seriously trying), doing the hard things first, allow our emotions to be real, and smile and laugh along the way, the journey can be better for all of us.
看看我们是怎样生活的将令你精神一振。事情行不通就暂时放在一边（当然要经过努力的尝试），先把难的事情做完，让自己真情流露，一路走来笑声朗朗，人生旅途将变得更美好。
We welcome your comments and success stories about living an elegant simplicity life and making your life more fun and abundant feedback.
我们欢迎大家各抒己见，也欢迎大家跟我们分享你们的成功故事，讲讲你们是这样开创简单而优雅的生活的。这样，你们的生活会有更多的乐趣，同时也会有更多的回报。
Life Is Only a Test
One of my favorite posters says, “ Life is a test. It is only a test. Had this been a real life you would have been instructed where to go and what to do.” Whenever I think of this humorous bit of wisdom, it reminds me to not take my life so seriously.
When you look at life and its many challenges as a test, or series of tests, you begin to see each issue you face as an opportunity to grow, a chance to discover more about life. Whether you're being bombarded with problems, responsibilities, even insurmountable hurdles, when looked at as a test, you always have a chance to succeed, in the sense of rising above that which is challenging you. If, on the other hand, you see each new issue you face as a serious battle that must be won in order to survive, you're probably in for a very rocky journey. The only time you're likely to be happy is when everything is working out just right. And we all know how often that happens.
As an experiment, see if you can apply this idea to something you are forced to deal with. Perhaps you have much pressure from your parents or you have a demanding boss. See if you can redefine the issue you face from being a “ problem” to being a test. Rather than struggling with your issue, see if there is something you can learn from it. Ask yourself, “ Why is this an issue in my life? What would it mean and what would be involved to rise above it? Could I possibly look at this issue any differently? Can I see it as a test of some kind?”
If you give this strategy a try you may be surprised at your changed responses. For example, I used to struggle a great deal over the issue of my perception of not having enough time. I would rush around trying to get everything done. I blamed my schedule, my family, my circumstances, and anything else I could think of for my plight. Then it dawned on me. If I wanted to be happy, my goal didn't necessarily have to be to organize my life perfectly so that I had more time, but rather to see whether I could get to the point where I felt it was okay that I couldn't get everything done that I felt I must. In other words, my real challenge was to see my struggle as a test. Seeing this issue as a test ultimately helped me to cope with one of my biggest personal frustrations. I still struggle now and then about my perceived lack of time, but less than I used to. It has become far more acceptable to me to accept things as they are.
我喜欢的一幅招贴画上面写有，“生活是个测验。仅仅是个测验。你要是真能直面人生，你便早会被告知何去何从。”每当我想起这颇有点幽默的人生哲理，它便提醒我不要把我的生活看得那么严肃。
当你把生活及其中的诸多挑战看成一个测验，或一系列测验，你便会将你面对的每一问题看作一次成长的机会，看作一次更深刻地发现生活的机会。不管你是否深陷种种问题、责任，甚至是不可逾越的障碍的围攻而不能自拔，当你将这一切视之为测验，你总有机会获胜——就是说你能超越挑战。但另一方面，如果你视你面临的每一新问题为一场严肃的、为了生存你必需赢得的战斗，那你恐怕就踏上了一个十分艰辛的旅程。你惟一的快乐时光便是一切都顺顺当当尽如人意。但我们都知道一切尽如人意的概率是多么得低。
作为试验，看看你能否把这一概念应用到你必须应付的某件事情中。也许你感觉有来自父母的很大压力，或者你有一位要求甚高的老板。看看你能否将你面临的“问题”重新定义为“测验”。与其和你的问题搏斗，不如看看你能从中学到点什么。问问自己，“为什么这成了我生活中的一个问题?它意味着什么，超越它我需要做些什么?我能否换个角度看看这问题?我能否视之为某种测验?”
如果你试着用一用这一策略，你会惊奇地发现你对它的反应全变了。比如说，以前我总是感到时间不够用。我风风火火地干这干那，要把一切事情做完。我抱怨我的日程表、我的家庭、我的处境和一切可能抱怨的，认为是它们让我陷入困境。后来我突然明白，如果我想要过得开心，我的目标不一定非得是把我的生活安排得井井有条以便我能有更多的时间，而是看我能否做得到不做完一切我认为我必须做的事情依然能够心安理得。换句话说，我的真正挑战是将我的战斗视为测验。将这一问题视为一个测验最终帮助我克服了我最大的一个困扰。现在我仍然偶尔会感到时间不够用，但比起以前频率少多了。我已渐渐学会按照事情的本来面目接受它们。

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