英語經(jīng)典美文背誦People and opportunities人與機會

　　People and opportunities   人與機會

　　The lack of opportunity is ever the excuse of aweak, vacillating mind. Opportunities! Every life is fullof them. Every lesson in school or college is anopportunity. Every examination is a chance in life.Every businesstransaction is an opportunity-anopportunity to be polite, an opportunity to bemanly, an opprtunity to behonest, an opprtunity tomake friends. Every proof of confidence in you is agreat opportunity. Every responsibility thrust upon your strength and your honor is priceless.Existence is the privilege of effort,andwhen that privilege is met like a man, opportunities tosucceed along the line of your aptitude will come faster than you can use them.

　　意志脆弱優(yōu)柔寡斷的人,總是以缺乏機會為借口.機會!在每個人的生活當(dāng)中,無處不在.學(xué)校里的每一節(jié)課都是機會.每一場考試都是人生的契機.每一次商務(wù)往來都是一次機會---一次禮貌待人的機會.一次果敢行事的機會.一次誠實守信的機會,一次廣交朋友的機會.每一分對你的信任,對你都是一次莫大的機會.基于你的才干和聲望而寄予你的每一份責(zé)任,都是無價的.生存是奮斗賦予的特權(quán),而當(dāng)你如男子漢一般邂逅那份殊榮時,一個個發(fā)揮你聰明才智,助你獲取成功的機會便會接踵而至,令你迎接不暇.

　　Young men and women, why do you stand here all the day idle? Was the land all occupiedbefore you were born?Has the earth ceased to yield its increase? Are the seats all taken? Thepositions all filled? the chances all gone? are the resources of your country fully developed? Arethe secrets of nature all mastered? Isthere no way in which you can utilize these passingmoments to improve yourself or benefit another? Don't wait for your opportunity. Make it,make it as Napoleon made his in a hundred "impossible" situations. Make it, as all leaders ofmen , in war and in peace, have made their chaces of success. Make it, as every man must, whowould accomplish anything worth the effort. Glolden opportunities are nothing to laziness,butindustry makes the commmonest chances golden.

　　年輕人啊,為何你們整日裹足不前而虛擲光陰?難道在你們出生之前,每一寸土地都已被他人所占據(jù)?難道地球已不再繁衍生息?難道所有的席位都已另有歸屬?所有的職位都已人滿為患? 所有的機會都一去不返?難道你國內(nèi)的資源都已開發(fā)殆盡?難道大自然的奧秘都已了如指掌?難道你無法抓住轉(zhuǎn)瞬即逝的時機來改善自我或者造福他人?切末株守機會.去創(chuàng)造它,正如拿破侖在無數(shù)次"絕"境中創(chuàng)造自己逢生的機會一樣.去創(chuàng)造它,正如戰(zhàn)爭或和平年代的領(lǐng)袖們創(chuàng)造他們?nèi)〉脛倮�的機會那樣.去創(chuàng)造它,人人必須如此,任何人都能獲得應(yīng)有的回報.對于懶惰來講,天賜良機也會化為烏有;對于勤奮而言,即使是微不足道的機會,也會變得金光閃閃!