草泥马叔叔
英语成为中国政治、经济和文化全面走向国际化的不可或缺的战略性工具,成为国家和人才核心竞争力的所在。我精心收集了300字英语美文摘抄，供大家欣赏学习!
One day a professor entered the classroom and told the students about a surprise test. After hearing that all students were seated and waited for the test to begin. Now, the professor gave the test papers to all students with text facing down at the desk. Once he was done with handing out the test to all students, he asked them to turn the test pages and begin.
一天一位教授走进教室，跟学生说要进行一次突击测试。听到这个消息，所有学生都坐好等待测试开始，然后教授把试卷发给所有学生，有字的一面朝下放。所有试卷都发完后，教授让学生把试卷翻过来，开始测试。
Student’s were confused to see that there was not a question but just a black dot in the center of the page. The professor noticed the students' face expression and told them, “I want you to write about what you see there.”
学生看到卷上没有问题，在纸中央只有一个黑点，都很困惑。教授注意到了学生脸上的表情，说：“我想让你们把看到的都写下来。”
The students were still confused but got started with the test. At the end of the class, the professor took all answer sheets and started reading each answer from each sheet in front of all students. All of them described about the black dot and tried to explain its position etc.. After the professor finished reading the whole class was silent.
学生们依旧疑惑，但都开始了测试。快下课时教授把所有试卷都收上来，开始在全班面前读每张试卷上的答案。所有学生都描述了那个黑点，并努力说明它的位置。教授读完以后全班都沉默了。
Now, professor began to explain, “Don’t worry, I am not going to give you grades for this but I just want you to think about something. Here everyone focused on the black dot wrote about it but no one wrote about the white paper, the same is with our lives. The white paper represents our whole life and the black spot represents problems in our life.
现在教授开始解释：“不用担心，这个测试我不会给你们打分，我只是想让你们思考一件事。这里的每个人关注的都是黑点，写的都是这个黑点，却没人描述这张白纸，我们的生活也是如此。白纸代表我们的一生，黑点代表我们生活中的问题。
Our life is a gift given to us by God, with love and care, and we always have reasons to celebrate –our friends around us, the job that provides us our livelihood, the miracles we see everyday.
我们的生命是上帝赐予我们的礼物，其中充满爱和关心，我们总是有快乐的理由——身边的朋友、为我们提供生计的工作，还有我们每天看到的不可思议的事。
Still we just focus on day to day problems like health issues, lack of money, problems in relationships etc. but we never see that these problems are very small compared to everything we have in our lives.”
我们仍然只是日复一日地关注着问题，比如健康问题、缺钱、人际关系的问题等，我们却从未看到和我们生活中所拥有的一切相比，这些问题简直微不足道。”
Moral Lesson: We should try to take eyes off our problems and Enjoy each one of our blessings, Each moment that life gives us. Be happy and Live Life Positively.
道理：我们应该努力把注意力从问题上移开，享受你所拥有的一切和生命里的每一刻。要幸福快乐，积极面对生活。
In old times it was customary for Monks who is traveling and seeking for lodge to stay was to engage himself in dharma combat with head monk at Zen monastery. If he won battle then he could stay else he would have to seek quarters elsewhere.
古时候，游历的或想要借宿的和尚习惯于和寺院的住持辩论佛法。如果赢了，就能留下，否则就要另寻他处。
Once a traveling monk stop at a monastery. Master at monastery assigned his attendant to engage in silent debate combat with traveling monk. By chance attendant who was to combat with wayfarer had only one eye.
一次有一位游历僧人到了一家寺院，住持安排一个手下僧人和这个游历僧人进行一场沉默的佛法辩论。碰巧游历僧人的对手只有一只眼睛。
They both were sent for combat. Soon the wayfarer returned to master saying, “Your man is too good. I must journey on.”
这两个人都出去辩论了，很快游历僧人回来找到住持说：“你的人太厉害了，我得继续找住处了。”
Wayfarer then told master about the combat. He said , “I held up one finger to symbolize Buddha but he held up two fingers for Buddha and Dharma. So I held up three fingers for Buddha Dharma and Sang-ha but then he made a fist to indicate that they were all one. So I ran to indicate that I am no match for him.”
然后游历僧人跟住持讲述了辩论经过。他说：“我举起一根手指代表佛陀，他却举起两根手指代表佛陀和达摩。所以我举起三根手指代表佛陀、达摩和僧伽，但他却握拳表示他们都是一体，所以我就跑了，意思是我比不上他。”
After saying this wayfarer left. When the traveler left, master’s attendant arrived. He was angry and out of breath. He demanded to his master, “Where is that rascal??”
说完这番话，游历僧人就离开了，他走之后，住持的手下回来了，他很生气，上气不接下气地问住持：“那个混蛋跑哪儿去了?”
He continued, “Master, first he insulted me by holding up one finger to indicate I had only one eye. Still being polite I held up two fingers to indicate that he was blessed with two eyes but still that traveler kept going on and held up three fingers to indicate that together there were only three eyes among them. So I wanted to hit him hard and made a fist but he ran off. Where is he hiding??”
他继续说：“住持，首先他举起一根手指羞辱我，意思是我只有一只眼睛。我仍然很有礼貌地举起两根手指，意思是他很幸运有两只眼睛。但那个游历僧人变本加厉，举起三根手指表示加在一起还是三只眼睛，所以我就想揍他攥起拳头，但他跑了，他藏哪儿了?”
Moral: Never be too quick to judge others.
道理：永远不要急于对别人做出评价。
Once there was a great Sufi saint. In his last days, someone asked him about his master. Saint said, “Since you asked I will certainly tell you about three masters.”
曾经有一位伟大的苏菲派(伊斯兰神秘主义派别的总称)圣人。在他生命快结束时，有人让他说说他的老师。圣人说：“既然你问了，我就给你讲讲我的三位老师。”
# Among three of them one master was a thief.
这三个人中有一个是小偷。
Once while wandering around in a desert I got lost and till I found a way and reached the village it was too late. Everything was closed and there was no one outside. At last I found a man who was trying to make hole in a wall. I asked him if I could find a place to stay. He replied that it will be difficult to find a place to stay at this time of night but you can stay with me, if it’s ok with you to stay with a thief. I stayed with him for a month.
曾经有一次我在沙漠中迷路了，后来我找到一条路，走到村子时已经很晚了。所有店门都关了，外面一个人都没有。最后我发现有一个人正在墙上挖洞，我问他我能否找到一个歇脚的地方，他说这么晚了很难找到待的地方，但如果我愿意和小偷待在一起的话我可以和他一起。然后我和他一起待了一个月。
Each night he would say to me that, “I am going to work. You can rest and pray.” When he came back I would ask him, “Did you get anything today?” He would reply, “No not tonight but tomorrow I will try again. God Willing.” Even after daily disappointment he never lost hope and he was always happy.
每天晚上他都跟我说：“我要去工作了，你可以休息祈祷。”他回来时我会问他：“你今天有收获吗?”他回答说：“今晚没有收获，但明天我会再试试，上天保佑。”甚至在每天都很失望的时候，他也从未失去希望，总是很开心。
When I was meditating for years and still nothing changed, many moments came when I would get so desperate and hopeless that I thought of leaving all this and then suddenly I would remember words of that thief that, “God willing, Tomorrow it is going to happen. ”
我冥想好多年仍没进展时，有好多次我都很绝望，看不到一丝希望，我想过要放弃所有，但我会突然想起那个小偷的话：“上天保佑，明天梦想就能实现。”
# Second master was a dog
第二位老师是一只狗
Once I was going along side of a river, there I saw a dog who was very thirsty. I saw that as dog looked into river to drink water, it saw his own image and got afraid. Seeing his own reflection dog barked and ran away. But because dog was too thirsty he would come back. This happened many time but finally despite his fear, dog jumped into water.
有一次我沿着河边走，看见一只狗很渴。每次这只狗看向水里想要喝水时，它都会看见自己的倒影，很害怕。看着自己的倒影狗就叫着跑开。但它实在太渴了，还得回来。这样重复了好多次，但最终虽然仍然恐惧，但它跳进了河里。
Seeing this I knew that it was a message from God. It means that one has to go forward despite all of his fears.
看到这些，我知道了这是上帝的暗示，意思是一个人要战胜所有恐惧勇往直前。
# Third master was a little boy
第三位老师是一个小男孩
As I entered a town I saw a little kid carrying a lit candle in his hands. I asked him, “Have you lit this candle yourself? ” He replied, “Yes sir.” I said, “There was time when candle was not lit and when it was lit but can you show me the source from which light came?” Boy laughed and blew out the candle and said ,”You have seen light go? Can you tell me where it had gone?? ”
我走进一个小镇时看到一个小孩儿手里拿着一支点燃的蜡烛。我问他：“这支蜡烛是你自己点的吗?”他说：“是的，先生。”我说：“有时蜡烛不亮，有时却亮，你能告诉我光亮是从哪里来的吗?”小男孩笑着把蜡烛吹灭了，说：“你看见光亮消失了吧?你能告诉我它去哪儿了吗?”
Boy continued, “Ok, I will tell you it had returned to the source.” This shattered my ego and at that moment I felt how stupid I was. And since then I just dropped all my Knowledge-ability.
小男孩继续说道：“好吧，我告诉你它回到了来的地方。”我的自负荡然无存，那时我想自己多愚蠢啊。从那时起，我放下了自己所有的小聪明。
I had no master but this doesn’t means that I was not a disciple. I accepted this whole universe, whole existence as my master.
我没有老师，但这不代表我没有在学习。我把整个宇宙、所有存在都视为自己的老师。
Moral: In this world there are millions of source and you can Learn from Every Possible Source. With a Master you start Learning to learn.
道理：在这个世界上，有很多东西值得学习，你可以从很多事情上学到东西。你要找到自己的老师，学会如何去学习。
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英语作为学习生涯中必不可少的课程，想学好真的不容易。我在此献上英语美文，希望大家喜欢。
英语经典美文欣赏
控制你的情绪 Control Your Emotion
You must control and direct your emotions not abolish them. Besides, abolition would be antimissile task. Emotions are like a river. Their power can be dammed up and released under control and direction, but is cannot be held forever in check. Sooner or later the dam will burst, unleashing catastrophic destruction.
你必须控制并导引你的情绪而非摧毁它，况且摧毁情绪是一件不可能的事情。情绪就像河流一样，你可以筑一道堤 防把它挡起来，并在控制和导引之下排放它，但却不能永远抑制它，否则那道堤防迟早会崩溃，并造成大灾难。
Your negative emotions can also be controlled and directed. PMA and self-discipline can remove their harmful effects and make them serve constructive purposes. Sometimes fear and anger will inspire intense action. But you must always submit your negative emotions--and you positive ones--to the examination of your reason before releasing them. Emotion without reason is a dreadful enemy.
你的消极心态同样也可被控制和导引，积极心态和自律 可去除其中有害的部分，而使这些消极心态能为目标贡献力 量。有的时候恐惧和生气会激发出更彻底的行动，但是在你释放消极情绪(以及积极情绪)之前务必要让你的理性为它们做一番检验，缺乏理性的情绪必然是一位可怕的敌人。
What faculty provides the crucial balance between emotions and reason? It is your willpower, or ego, a subject which will be explored in more detail below. Self-discipline will teach you to throw your willpower behind either reason or emotion and amplify the intensity of their expression.
是什么力量使得情绪和理性之间能够达到平衡呢?是意志力或自尊心(我将在以下做更详细的说明)。自律会教导你的意志力作为理性和情绪的后盾，并强化二者的表现强度。
Both your heart and your mind need a master, and they can find the master in your ego. However, your ego will fill their role only if you use self-discipline. In the absence of self-discipline, your mind and heart will fight their battles as they please. In this situation the person within whose mind the fight is carried out often gets badly hurt.
你的感情和理智都需要一位主宰，而在你的自尊心里就可发现这个主宰，然而只有你在发挥你的自律精神时，自尊心才会扮演好这个角色，如果没有了自律，你的理智和感情便会随心所欲地进行战争，战争结果当然是你会受到严重的伤害。
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一万小时天才理论 The Talent Code
The 10,000-Hour Rule says that you need approximately 10,000 hours of practice to become a world-class expert in a field. There is no other way: if you want to be a world-class expert in your field, you must do your 10,000 hours of practice.
一万小时天才理论说的是：要想成为这一领域的世界级专家，你就需要花大约一万个小时来练习。没有其他的法子，如果你想成功，那就必须得花一万个小时。
Then, where should you invest my 10,000 hours of practice?
那么，你应该把这一万个小时花在哪里呢?
This question is important because 10,000 hours is a lot of time. If you consistently practice 4 hours a day for 6 days a week, you will still need 8 years to get 10,000 hours. So answering this question is essential. If you need to invest such a huge amount of time, you’d better do it right. You’d better find your niche.
这个问题很重要，因为一万个小时是很长的一段时间。如果你每天练习4小时，每周练习6天，那么你需要8年的时间才能达到一万个小时的练习量。所以回答“要把一万个小时花在哪”的这个问题就变得非常有必要了。你要付出这么多的时间，你就必须选好方向，选择最合适的方向。
To find your niche, I find the three questions below helpful. Answer them and you will have an idea of where you should go. Here they are:
为了能找到最合适的方向，我提出了下面的三个问题，如果能回答出来这些问题，你就能找到你的方向了。问题如下：
1. Where have you invested your time?
你过去都把时间花在了哪里?
One way to know where to invest your time is simply to look at where you have invested your time. For example, in the last few years you might have learned how to play music for one or two hours a day. Or you might have blogged about a certain topic. Or you might have spent a lot of time on gardening.
要想知道该在哪个方面花时间的最简单的办法就是回头看看自己已经在哪个领域花了时间。比如说，在过去的几年里，你每天都会花一两个小时来演奏音乐，或者在某个问题上持续地发表文章，又或者在园艺上花费了大量的时间。
Those are good signs of where you should invest your 10,000 hours. You already invest part of that 10,000 hours so you only need to invest the rest. The difference is now you do it consciously and deliberately. You will be more effective that way.
这些都能很好地说明你应该在哪些方面来利用这一万个小时的时间。你已经花了一部分时间了，那么你只需要把一万个小时中剩下的那部分时间花上去就可以了。区别在于现在你是有意识地、特意地把时间用在某个领域上，而收效也会更好。
2. What are your passions?
你最感兴趣的是什么?
In fact, that’s one reason why 10,000 hours is a magic number to become a world-class expert: almost everyone else fails before reaching that point. Only a few people can reach the 10,000 hours mark and that’s why they become world class.
事实上，兴趣就是一万个小时天才理论的奥妙之处，因为很多人都在达到这个数量级之前就放弃了。只有一小部分人可以坚持一万个小时，而他们就成了世界级的高手。
To help you reach the 10,000 hours mark, doing something you love is really helpful. It will help you go through difficult times. It will help you overcome boredom. Without it, the 10,000 hours will feel like a painful journey. It’s highly unlikely that you will ever reach the 10,000 hours mark that way。
为了让自己能坚持一万个小时，做自己感兴趣的事是非常重要的。它可以帮助你渡过难关，战胜无聊。如果是自己不感兴趣的东西的话，那么要坚持一万个小时简直就是一段痛苦不堪的长途跋涉啊，很有可能你在到达终点前就已经放弃了。
3. What opportunities does the age give you?
你所处的时代赋予了你什么?
Ask yourself: what opportunities does your birth date give you? What opportunities does the history give you at this point in time?
问问自己：你出生的那个时代给你带来了什么机会?现在的社会环境又给你创造了什么机遇?
Answering these questions is not easy because it’s difficult to see whether or not something will be hot. When Bill Gates did his 10,000 hours of practice to learn programming, he might not know that it would eventually put him in a perfect position to be a software mogul. You need to have faith in something and believe that the dots will eventually connect.
要回答这个问题并不容易因为没有人可以预见未来，知道什么东西会在将来火起来。当比尔-盖茨把他的一万个小时用于学习编程的时候，他可能也不知道最终自己会因此而成为软件业巨头。你需要对自己选择的方向有信心，要相信最终这些小的点都会连成线。
英语经典美文欣赏
身体最重要的部分 The Most Important Body Part
My mother used to ask me what is the most important part of the body. Through the years I would guess at what I thought was the correct answer.
从前我母亲经常问我，身体最重要的部位是什么。许多年来，我一直以为自己所想的是正确答案。
When I was younger, I thought sound was very important to us as humans, so I said, "My ears, Mommy."
当我很小的时候，我认为对人类而言，声音很重要，因此回答：“妈咪，是耳朵。”
She said, "No. Many people are deaf. But you keep thinking about it and I will ask you again soon."
她说：“不对，有许多人是聋人。但是你继续想，不久我会再问你。”
Several years passed before she asked me again. Since making my first attempt, I had contemplated the correct answer. So this time I told her, "Mommy, sight is very important to everybody, so it must be our eyes."
当她再度问我时，已经是好几年后了。自从第一次回答之后，我就一直仔细的思考正确答案。所以这次我对她说：“妈咪，视觉对每个人都很重要，所以应该是我们的眼睛。”
She looked at me and told me, "You are learning fast, but the answer is not correct because there are many people who are blind."
她看着我，对我说：“你学的很快，但还是不对，因为有许多人是盲人。”
Over the years, Mother asked me a couple more times and always her answer was, "No, but
you are getting smarter every year, my child."
往后的年日里她又问了我几次，但她总是回答：“不对，可是孩子啊，你每年都有进步喔。”
Then last year, my Grandpa died. Everybody was hurt. Everybody was crying. My Mom looked at me when it was our turn to say our final good-bye to Grandpa. She asked me, "Do you know the most important body part yet, my dear?"
去年我祖父去世，每个人都很伤心，大家都哭了。轮到我们向爷爷做最后的告别时，妈妈看着我，问我：“宝贝，你知道身体最重要的部位了吗?”
I was shocked when she asked me this now. I always thought this was a game between her and me. She saw the confusion on my face and told me, "This question is very important. It shows that you have really lived your life." I saw her eyes well up with tears. She said, "My dear, the most important body part is your shoulder."
她在这时候问我这个问题，令我吓了一大跳。我一直以为这只是我和她之间的游戏。她看我一脸迷惑的样子，对我说：“这问题很重要，它是你真正理解生活的标志。”我看她眼睛里充盈着泪水，她说：“宝贝，最重要的部位是你的肩膀。”
I asked, "Is it because it holds up your head?"
我问：“是因为它能支撑脑袋吗?”
She replied, "No, it is because it can hold the head of a friend or loved one when they cry. Everybody needs a shoulder to cry on sometime in life, my dear. I only hope that you have enough love and friends that you will have a shoulder to cry on when you need it."
她回答说：“不，是因为让我们的朋友、我们所爱的人哭泣的时候，它可以给予依靠。宝贝，每个人在一生中都会有需要一个可以靠着哭泣的肩膀的时候。我只是希望当你需要时，会有足够的爱人和朋友，给你一个可倚靠哭泣的肩膀。”
Then and there I knew the most important body part is not a selfish one. It is sympathetic to the pain of others.
从那时起，我知道身体最重要的部位不是利己的部位，而是对别人的痛苦能感同身受的部位。
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