新視野大學(xué)英語三 原文及翻譯

1、1AsayoungboyBritainsgreatPrimeMinisterSirWinstonChurchillattendedapublicschoolcalledHarrow.Hewasnotagoodstudenthadhenotbeenfromafamousfamilyheprobablywouldhavebeenremovedfromtheschoolfdeviatingfromtherules.Thankfullyhedi

2、dfinishatHarrowhiserrstheredidnotprecludehimfromgoingontotheuniversity.Heeventuallyhadapremierarmycareerwherebyhewaslaterelectedprimeminister.Heachievedfamefhiswitwisdomcivicdutyabundantcourageinhisrefusaltosurrenderduri

3、ngthemiserabledarkdaysofWldWarII.Hisamazingdeterminationhelpedmotivatehisentirenationwasaninspirationwldwide.英國的偉大首相溫斯頓丘吉爾爵士，小時(shí)候在哈羅公學(xué)上學(xué)。當(dāng)時(shí)他可不是個(gè)好學(xué)生，要不是出身名門，他可能早就因?yàn)檫`反紀(jì)律被開除了。謝天謝地，他總算從哈羅畢業(yè)了，在那里犯下的錯(cuò)誤并沒影響到他上大學(xué)。后來，他憑著軍旅生涯中的杰出表現(xiàn)

4、當(dāng)選為英國首相。他的才思、智慧、公民責(zé)任感以及在二戰(zhàn)痛苦而黑暗的時(shí)期拒絕投降的無畏勇氣，為他贏得了美名。他非凡的決心，不僅激勵(lì)了整個(gè)民族，還鼓舞了全世界。2TowardtheendofhisperiodasprimeministerhewasinvitedtoaddressthepatrioticyoungboysathisoldschoolHarrow.Theheadmastersaid“Younggentlementhegreate

5、stspeakerofourtimewillbehereinafewdaystoaddressyouyoushouldobeywhateversoundadvicehemaygiveyou.“Thegreatdayarrived.SirWinstonstoodupallfivefeetfiveinches107kilosofhimgavethisshtclearcutspeech:“Youngmennevergiveup.Nevergi

6、veup!Nevergiveup!Nevernevernevernever!“在他首相任期即將結(jié)束時(shí)，他應(yīng)邀前往母校哈羅公學(xué)，為滿懷報(bào)國之志的同學(xué)們作演講。校長說：“年輕的先生們，當(dāng)代最偉大的演說家過幾天就會(huì)來為你們演講，他提出的任何中肯的建議，你們都要聽從?！蹦莻€(gè)激動(dòng)人心的日子終于到了。溫斯頓爵士站了起來——他只有5英尺5英寸高，體重卻有107公斤。他作了言簡(jiǎn)意賅的講話：“年輕人，要永不放棄。永不放棄！永不放棄！永不，永不，永不，永不

7、！”3Personalhistyeducationalopptunityindividualdilemmas—noneofthesecaninhibitastrongspiritcommittedtosuccess.Notaskistoohard.Noamountofpreparationistoolongtoodifficult.Taketheexampleoftwoofthemostscholarlyscientistsofoura

8、geAlbertEinsteinThomasEdison.Bothfacedimmenseobstaclesextremecriticism.Bothwerecalled“slowtolearn“writtenoffasidiotsbytheirteachers.ThomasEdisonranawayfromschoolbecausehisteacherwhippedhimrepeatedlyfaskingtoomanyquestion

9、s.Einsteindidntspeakfluentlyuntilhewasalmostnineyearsoldwassuchapostudentthatsomethoughthewasunabletolearn.Yetbothboysparentsbelievedinthem.Theywkedintenselyeachdaywiththeirsonstheboyslearnedtoneverbypassthelonghoursofha

10、rdwkthattheyneededtosucceed.IntheendbothEinsteinEdisonovercametheirchildhoodpersecutionwentontoachievemagnificentdiscoveriesthatbenefittheentirewldtoday.個(gè)人經(jīng)歷、教育機(jī)會(huì)、個(gè)人困境，這些都不能阻擋一個(gè)全力以赴追求成功的、有著堅(jiān)強(qiáng)意志的人。任務(wù)再苦，準(zhǔn)備再長，難度再大，都不能讓他放棄自己

11、的追求。就以本時(shí)代最有學(xué)問的兩位科學(xué)家——阿爾伯特愛因斯坦和托馬斯愛迪生為例，他們都曾面臨巨大的障礙和極端的批評(píng)，都曾被說成“不開竅”，被老師當(dāng)成笨蛋而放棄。托馬斯愛迪生還曾逃學(xué)，因?yàn)槔蠋熛铀麊柕膯栴}太多而經(jīng)常鞭打他。愛因斯坦一直到將近9歲才能流利地說話，學(xué)習(xí)成績太差，有些人認(rèn)為他都已經(jīng)學(xué)不好了。然而，這兩個(gè)男孩的父母都相信他們。他們堅(jiān)持不懈地每天和兒子一起努力，孩子們也了解到，要想成功，就絕不要怕付出長期而艱辛的努力。最終，愛因斯坦和

12、愛迪生都擺脫了童年的困擾，進(jìn)而作出了造福當(dāng)今全世界的偉大發(fā)現(xiàn)。4ConsideralsotheheroicexampleofAbrahamLincolnwhofacedsubstantialhardshipsfailures—thatfuelsthedeterminationtoacttokeeppreparingtokeepgoingevenwhenwearetiredfail.Asawisesayinggoes:“Itsnothow

13、manytimesyoufalldownthatmatters.Itshowmanytimesyougetbackupthatmakessuccess!“很多人只是嘴上說他們想要什么東西，但并不真正地付出大量努力去實(shí)現(xiàn)。很多人因?yàn)楹ε率《桓胰膰L試。而成功的秘訣在于內(nèi)心燃燒的欲望——一種堅(jiān)定不移的意志和專注力——從而激發(fā)行動(dòng)的決心，即使疲憊，即使失敗，也會(huì)繼續(xù)準(zhǔn)備，繼續(xù)前進(jìn)。正如一句箴言所說：“你摔倒了多少次并不要緊；你能多少次重新

14、站起來對(duì)成功才至關(guān)重要！”8Focusonbecomingmeknowledgeable.Focusongradualconsistentprogress.Maintainthestrongwilltokeepgoing—evenwhenyouaretiredwanttoslacktheoddsseemtoolarge.“Keepyoureyesontheprize!““Wheretheresawilltheresaway!“Withh

15、ardwkdeterminationdedicationpreparationyoucantranscendanyhicapaccomplishanyfeatachievesuccess!專注于汲取更多的知識(shí)，爭(zhēng)取持之以恒地漸進(jìn)，保持永不言退的堅(jiān)強(qiáng)意志——即使在你疲憊想要松懈的時(shí)候，或者困難重重之時(shí)?！皥?zhí)著地追求成功！”“有志者，事竟成！”只要刻苦努力，意志堅(jiān)決，專心投入，準(zhǔn)備充分，你就能跨越一切障礙，完成所有壯舉，取得成功！Swimm

16、ingthroughfear游越恐懼1IwasonatourofFrancewithmyfriendswhenourcarpulledtoastopatthebeachwesawtheMediterraneanSea.Massivewavessurgedagainstlargerocksthatfmedawaterproofjetty.Peoplesaidthisbeachwasknownfitsnotiousripcurrents.I

17、shiveredwithfear.Nothingscaredmeasmuchaswater.當(dāng)時(shí)我和朋友正在法國旅行，我們把汽車停在海灘，眼前就是地中海。巨浪翻滾擊打著構(gòu)筑起防波堤的偌大巖石。人們說這里的海灘以其可怕的裂流而著稱?？謶肿屛也缓酢]有什么比水讓我更害怕了。2Justthesightoftheseamademesicktomystomach.只是看到了海就已經(jīng)讓我覺得反胃。3Idalwayslovedwaterbeena

18、goodswimmeruntillastsummerwhenIddecidedtoclimbuptothehighestdivingboardatthepool.Idhoppedfromthatheighthitthewaterwithanincredibleimpact.TheairwasoustedfrommylungsIblackedout.ThenextthingIknewmybrotherwaspullingmyfeebleb

19、odyoutofthepool.FromthenonmyfearwouldntrecedeIwasabsolutelyterrifiedofwater.我曾經(jīng)一直都是喜歡水的，并且直到去年夏天我都還是一名游泳好手。那時(shí)，我決定爬上游泳池邊上最高的跳板來跳水。我從那么高的地方跳下，重重地撞擊到水面上。我肺里的空氣一下子全被擠出去了，馬上不省人事。醒來時(shí)發(fā)現(xiàn)哥哥正把我虛弱的身體從游泳池里拖出來。從那時(shí)起，我對(duì)水的恐懼就沒有消退過，我怕極了水

20、。4“Jasonareyoucoming“myfriendMattcalled.“賈森，你要過來嗎？”我的朋友馬特朝我喊道。5“Yeah“Isaid.“Justenjoyingtheview“fromdrylIaddedsilentlywriedtheymightdeemmyfearpatheticiftheyknew.我說：“好，就是欣賞一下景色”，又在心里默默加了一句——在岸上欣賞。擔(dān)心如果他們知道我害怕水而可憐我。6Suddenl