经典英文散文精选5篇

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　　1. 窗

　　Random Thoughts on the Window

　　钱钟书

　　By Qian Zhongshu

　　又是春天，窗子可以常开了。春天从窗外进来，人在屋子里坐不住，就从门里出去。

　　It is spring again and the window can be left open as often as one would like. As spring comes in through the windows, so people -- unable to bear staying inside any longer -- go outdoors.

　　不过屋子外的春天太贱了!到处是阳光，不像射破屋里阴深的那样明亮;到处是给太阳晒得懒洋洋的风，不像搅动屋里沉闷的那样有生气。

　　The spring outside, however, is much too cheap, for the sun shines on everything, and so does not seem as bright as that which shoots into the darkness of the house. Outside the sun-sloshed breeze blows everywhere, but it is not so lively as that which stirs the gloominess inside the house.

　　就是鸟语，也似乎琐碎而单薄，需要屋里的寂静来做衬托。我们因此明白，春天是该镶嵌在窗子里看的，好比画配了框子。

　　Even the chirping of the birds sounds so thin and broken that the quietness of the house is needed to set it off. It seems that spring was always meant to be put behind a windowpane for show, just like a picture in a frame.

　　同时，我们悟到，门和窗有不同的意义。当然，门是造了让人出进的。但是，窗子有时也可作为进出口用，譬如小偷或小说里私约的情人就喜欢爬窗子。

　　At the same time it also becomes clear that the door has a different significance from the window. Of course, doors were made for people to pass through; but a window can also sometimes serve as an entrance or as an exit, and is used as such by thieves and by lovers in novels.

　　所以窗子和门的根本分别，决不仅是有没有人进来出去。若据赏春一事来看，我们不妨这样说：有了门，我们可以出去;有了窗，我们可以不必出去。

　　In fact the fundamental difference between a door and a window has nothing to do with them being either entrances or exits. When it comes to the admiration of spring, it could be put this way: a door makes it possible for one to go out, whereas a window makes it possible for one not to have to.

　　窗子打通了大自然和人的隔膜，把风和太阳逗引进来，使屋子里也关着一部分春天，让我们安坐了享受，无需再到外面去找。

　　A window helps to pull down the partition between man and nature. It leads breezes and sunlight in, and keeps part of the spring in the house. It allows one to sit and enjoy the spring in peace, and makes it unnecessary to go looking for it outside.

　　2. 乐观与悲观

　　Optimism and Pessimistic

　　乐观者在每次危难中都看到了机会，而悲观的人在每个机会中都看到了危难。

　　The optimism all saw in each time the danger to the opportunity, but the pessimistic person all saw in each opportunity to the danger.

　　父亲欲对一对孪生兄弟作“性格改造”，因为其中一个过分乐观，而另一个则过分悲观。一天，他买了许多色泽鲜艳的新玩具给悲观孩子，又把乐观孩子送进了一间堆满马粪的车房里。

　　The father wants to pair of twin brothers to make "the disposition transformation", because of excessively optimistic, but another then is excessively pessimistic. One day, he has bought many lusters bright new toys for the pessimistic child, also feed-in the optimistic child between to pile up with the horse dung in the garage.

　　第二天清晨，父亲看到悲观孩子正泣不成声，便问：“为什么不玩那些玩具呢?”

　　The second day early morning, the father witnesses to the pessimistic child is choking with sobs, then asked: "Why doesn't play these toys?"

　　“玩了就会坏的。”孩子仍在哭泣。

　　"Played has been able bad." The child still was sobbing.

　　父亲叹了口气，走进车房，却发现那乐观孩子正兴高采烈地在马粪里掏着什么。

　　The father sighs, enters the garage, discovered actually that optimistic child jubilantly is pulling out any in the horse dung.

　　“告诉你，爸爸。”那孩子得意洋洋地向父亲宣称，“我想马粪堆里一定还藏着一匹小马呢!”

　　"Tells you, daddy." That child complacently declared to the father that, "I thought in the horse dunghill certainly also is hiding a pony!"

　　3.如果你可以选择

　　If You Could Choose

　　如果你可以选择在什么样的世界里生活,那么你将会选择怎样的世界呢?

　　If you could choose what kind of world to live in, what kind of world would you choose?

　　如果你可以决定明日之事,你将会怎样充实它呢?

　　If you could decide what would happen tomorrow, with what kinds of things would you fill it?

　　倘若你有力量决定自己的机遇,你会怎样选择呢?

　　If you had the power to decide what types of opportunities would come your way, what opportunities would you select?

　　倘若你知道你的经历会如你所愿,那么你会如何期待呢?

　　If you knew that your experiences would match your expectations, what would your expectations be?

　　事实上,你有能力选择你要走的路。

　　In fact, you do have the power to choose your own way.

　　是你自己决定你将要做的事、你将获得的经历、你将得到的机会和你将置身其中的环境。

　　You do have the ability to decide what kinds of events, experiences, opportunities and circumstances come your way.

　　你体验的这个世界和你的梦想、思维、期待甚至行为产生共鸣。

　　The world you experience is the world that your dreams, your thoughts, your expectations and your actions most closely resonate*.

　　你看到的世界和你时下生活的这个世界就是你真心期待见到的世界。

　　The world you see and live in is the world you most sincerely expect to see.

　　这个宇宙充满了无限的可能,这些可能每一分钟都在增加。

　　The universe is filled with endless possibilities, and those possibilities keep growing with every minute. The way you live determines which of those possibilities will come into your life.

　　你的生活方式决定了何种可能性会来到你的世界。

　　With your thoughts, your actions, your values, your dreams and expectations, you choose what kind of world you live in.

　　你所选择生活的世界取决于你的想法,你的作为,你秉持的价值理念,你的梦想还有对未来的期待。

　　The way you live is closely mirrored in the world you see.

　　你有什么样的世界观就会有什么样的生活方式。

　　4.再多一点点

　　A Little Bit More

　　今天就是你可以做改进的极好的一天。

　　Today is an excellent day for small improvements.

　　无论你在做什么,找一个方法去做一点点的改进。

　　Whatever is working for you, find a way to improve it just a little.

　　不用做太大的改变,只要一点点——你现在可以做到的一点点。

　　There’s no need to make a huge change, just a small one, something you can do right now.

　　如果你每天多给一个顾客打电话的话,一个月下来你会发现你又多认识了差不多二十个人。

　　If you called just one additional customer each day, over the course of the next month you would talk to about 20 new people.

　　如果每天多学会一个新词,过一年,你的词汇量将会增加300多个。

　　If you learned just one more new word each day, in the next year you would increase your vocabulary by more than 300 words.

　　小小的改进能够逐步积累成大的成就。

　　Small improvements can add up over time into big accomplishments.

　　观察你的周围。

　　Look around you.

　　思考你每天所做的工作。

　　Consider the work you do each day.

　　想一下你怎么能做得更好一点。

　　Think about how you could do it just a little bit better.

　　在马拉松比赛中,冠军的每一步都只比第一百名的选手的步伐大一点点、快一点点。但是在比赛过程中,那些小小的不同积累成了巨大的区别。

　　In a marathon race, each step the winner takes is just a little bit longer and a little bit faster than each stride taken by the 100th place finisher. Yet over the course of the race, that small difference adds up in a big way.

　　今天、明天、今后的每一天尽力做更多一点点。

　　Do just a little bit more today, and tomorrow too, and each day after that.

　　Anyone can make just a small improvement, and that can make a big, big difference.

　　任何人都能做一点小小的改进,但那小小的改进将会起到非常大、非常大的作用。

　　5. A Better Tomorrow

　　人们常常心存疑虑,为什么历史学家要费尽周折地保存数以万计的书籍、文献和记录。 People often wonder why historians go to so much trouble to preserve millions of books, documents and records.

　　我们为什么要有图书馆呢?这些文献和史书有何用处呢?

　　Why do we have libraries? What good are these documents and history books?

　　我们为什么要记载并保存人类的行为、政府官员的谈判和战争中的事件呢?

　　Why do we record and save the actions of men, the negotiations1 of government officials and the events during wars?

　　我们这么做的原因在于有时候经验之音能促使我们停步、观察和倾听。也因为有时候过去的记载经过正确地诠释,能帮助我们决定何事可为、何事不可为。We do it because, sometimes, the voice of experience can cause us to stop, look and listen. Sometimes, past records, when understood in the right way, can help us decide what to do and what not to do.

　　如果我们想要创造永久的和平,我们就必须从人类的经验以及人类历史的记载中去探索其渊源。

　　If we are ever to create lasting peace, we must seek its origins in human experience and in the records of human history.

　　从体现男性和女性勇敢和奉献精神的故事之中,我们获得了青春的启示。历史记载着人类的一切苦难、克己、忠诚和英勇的事迹。From the stories of courage and devotion of men and women, we create the inspirations of youth. History records the suffering, the self-denial2, the devotion, and the heroic deeds of people in the past.

　　这些记载在我们困惑和渴望和平时能对我们有所帮助。

　　These records can help us when we are confused and when we really need peace.

　　历史的主要目的是创造一个更加美好的世界。

　　The main purpose of history is to create a better world.

　　历史对那些力主战争的人给以警告,给予那些寻求和平的人以启示。

　　History gives a warning to those who promote war, and inspiration to those who seek peace.

　　简而言之,历史帮助我们学习。

　　In short, history helps us learn.

　　昨日的记载可以使我们避免重蹈覆辙。

　　Yesterday’s records can keep us from repeating yesterday’s mistakes.

　　这些历史学家们创作的像马赛克一样色彩缤纷的历史片断汇聚成了代表人类进步的伟大壁画。

　　And from the pieces of mosaic4 assembled5 by historians come the great murals6 which represent the progress of mankind.

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