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1、本文格式为Word版，下载可任意编辑英语短篇励志文章简单青春励志英语短文英语短篇励志文章英语短篇励志文章 英语短篇励志文章1 Give Children Their Room 给孩子一点空间 In this age of Internet chat, videogames and reality television, there is no shortage of mindless activities to keep a child occupied. Yet, despite the competition, my 8-year-old daughter Rebecca wants to
2、 spend her leisure time writing short stories. She wants to enter one of her stories into a writing contest, a competition she won last year. 在这个充塞着网络闲聊、电子嬉戏和真人秀的时代中，不乏各种无需 动脑的活动充塞着孩子们的头脑。尽管它们都在争抢孩子们的时间，我八岁的女 儿瑞贝卡却热爱把她的业余时间用来写短篇故事。她想拿她的故事加入一个写作 比赛，去年她曾在那个比赛中获胜。 As a writer I know about winning conte
3、sts, and about losing them. I know what it is like to work hard on a story only to receive a rejection slip from the publisher. I also know the pressures of trying to live up to a reputation created by previous victories. What if she doesnt win the contest again Thats the strange thing about being a
4、 parent. So many of our own past scars and dashed hopes can surface. 作为一个作家我很了解赢得比赛与输掉比赛的感受。我知道自己很努 力地写出一篇文章却遭到出版商退稿时的那种感觉。我也知道竭尽全力去维持过 去的辉煌为你带来的声誉方面的压力。假设她不能再次赢得比赛怎么办那就是作 为父母的很古怪的想法。我们自己过去的伤疤和破碎的梦想又再次浮现。 A revelation came last week when I asked her, “Dont you want to win again” “No,” she replied, “
5、I just want to tell the story of an angel going to first grade.” 直到上个星期，我得到了启示。我问她你想再赢一次吗” “不，”女儿 回复，“我只想报告大家一个天使上一年级的故事。” I had just spent weeks correcting her stories as she spontaneously told them. Telling myself that I was merely an experienced writer guiding the young writer across the hall, I
6、offered suggestions for characters, conflicts and endings for her tales. The story about a fearful angel starting first grade was quickly “guided” by me into the tale of a little girl with a wild imagination taking her first music lesson. I had turned her contest into my contest without even realizi
7、ng it.当女儿自发地讲起她的故事时，我花了几个星期的时间来给她修改。 一次一次地告诫自己只是一个有些阅历的作家在指导一个小作家成长而已，关于 她的故事的角色、冲突和结尾我都供给了一下建议。在我的指导下，这个原来要 上一年级的惴惴担心的小天使的故事，变成了一个有着宏伟理想的小女孩在上她 的第一堂音乐课的故事。在不知不觉中我竟把她的比赛变成了我的比赛。 Staying back and giving kids space to grow is not as easy as it looks. Because I know very little about farm animals who u
8、se tools or angels who go to first grade, I had to accept the fact that I was co-opting (借用)my daughters experience. 放手给孩子空间成长不像看起来那么轻易。由于我对能用工具的农场 动物，或者一年级的小天使一无所知，我不得不供认我借用了女儿的体验。 While stepping back was difficult for me, it was certainly a good first step that I will quickly follow with more step
9、s, putting myself far enough away to give her room but close enough to help if asked. All the while I will be reminding myself that children need room to experiment, grow and find their own voices. 虽然站在孩子的后面对我来说有些艰苦，但是我将在迈出这关键的第 一步之后持续努力，让自己站得足够远，以让她有足够的进展空间，同时又能在 她需要的时候离她足够近。我还会一向指点自己:孩子需要体验、成长和找到自
10、 己心声的空间。 英语短篇励志文章2 things work out 守得云开见月明 by edgar a. guest 钟健鸣/译 because it rains when we wish it wouldnt, 只因阴晴未必如我们所愿， because men do what they often shouldt, 只因人们未必都积德行善， because crops fail,and plans go wrong- 只因作物欠收，筹划流产 some of us grumble all day long.我们中的一些人就终日怨恨。 but sometimes,in spite of th
11、e care and doubt, 但即使体验忧虑与质疑， it seems at last that things work out. 事情貌似终会好转。 because we lose where we hoped to gain, 只因我们求胜之心落空， because we suffer a little pain, 只因我们受到少许痛楚， because we must work when wed like to play- 只因我们务必工作而未能玩乐 some of us whimper along lifes way. 我们中的一些人就一生嗟叹。 but somehow , as
12、 the day always follow the night 黑夜之后必是黎明， most of our troubles work out all right. 我们的困难大多能圆满解决。 because we cannot forever smile, 只因我们无法永远微笑， because we must trudge in the dust awhile, 只因我们要在泥尘中跋涉， some of us whimper that lifes all wrong. 我们中的一些人就哀诉生活多磨难。but somehow,we live and our sky grows bright
13、, 但我们挺过来了，守得云开见月明， and ererything seems to work out all right. 一切事都终得顺遂解决。 so bend to your trouble and meet your care, 所以，迎难而上，直面忧虑， for the clouds must break,and the sky grows fair. 由于乌云终将散去，天空必定晴朗。 let the rain come down,as it must and will, 让雨洒下，它务必如此，不成逆转。 but keep on working and hoping still. 但
14、请持续努力并始终希冀。 for in spite of the grumblers who stand about, 尽管四处都有发牢骚的人， somehow,it seems,all things work out. 但无论如何，一切事情总会好转。 英语短篇励志文章3 Sense success in dark times. Hear what your critics say about you. React positively to negative situations. Come back after defeat. Prioritize your possibilities. A
15、dventure into new territories.Trade off anxiety for peace. Face the future unafraid. Relax under pressure. Faith practises the art of creating positive alternatives to negative assumptions. Faith is NOT a contradiction of reality but the courage to face reality with hope. 译文 在黑暗之中感受告成。 凝听他人批评。 在消极处境下积极应对。 失败，再爬起。 优化应对各种可能展现的问题。 敢于尝试新的领域。 不要忧虑，保持平和。 无畏的面对未来。 在压力下放松。 信仰是一门艺术，不断操练，创造积极方法，应对消极思想。 信仰不是否决现实，而是怀揣梦想，面对现实的士气。 6
