中英美文欣赏1
1、我们往往待人如物。我们甚至说孩子“属于”父母。但是谁也不“属于”谁。人都属于自己和上帝。孩子是托付给父母的，如果父母不善待他们，州政府就有权取消父母对他们的托管身份。
2、Not only that, but what Jobs was talking about, what I'm talking about, requires focus and discipline, two things that are very hard to come by these days、Why? Because, focus and discipline are hard、It's so much easier to give in to distraction and instant gratification、Easy and addictive.
3、45岁时，丈夫悲伤地说：“我错过了见至亲最后一面的机会。”
4、The husband was full of tears、He always thought that they could be together forever、He was always busy with work and trifles、So much so he had never been thoughtful to his wife、The husband hugged the wife tightly and said: 'Over 50 years, how I had allowed myself to miss your deep love for me.'
5、Ask your heart what it wants
6、在生活中，你错过了什么？
7、但是爱情并不是商品；真情实意不可能买到，卖掉，交换，或者偷走。爱情是志愿的行动，是感情的转向，是个性发挥上的变化。
8、But the rejected lover or mate cannot afford to believe that his beloved has freely turned away from him--- and so he ascribes sinister or magical properties to the interloper、He calls him a hypnotist or a thief or a home-breaker、In the vast majority of cases, however, when a home is broken, the breaking has begun long before any third party has appeared on the scene.
9、正如史蒂夫-乔布斯在斯坦福大学的毕业典礼上所言：
10、其实很多决定或行动都是我们一念之间的结果：要是追问原因的话，恐怕我们自己也道不清说不明，只是感到直觉如此罢了。而这种直觉恰好是我们探索结果的潜在自我。
11、Besides, you really won't achieve anything significant in life until you know the real you、Not your brand, your LinkedIn profile, how you come across, or what anyone thinks of you、The genuine you、There's one simple reason why you shouldn't try to be something you're not, and it's that you can't、The real you will come out anyway、So forget your personal brand and start spending time on figuring out who you really are and trying to become the best version of that you can be.
12、At 55, the husband said disappointingly: 'I missed a good chance to retire.'
13、The wife asked the husband when she was 25、Despondently, the husband replied: 'I missed a new job opportunity.'
14、没有人知道一年后会发生什么事情。
15、The only way to do great work is to love what you do、If you haven't found it yet, keep looking、Don't settle.
16、Life is not permanent, so always live in the now、Express your gratitude to your loved ones in words、Show your care with actions、Treat everyday as the last episode of life、In this way, when you are gone, you loved ones would have nothing to feel sorry about.
17、Sounds simple, I know、It is a simple concept、The problem is, it's very hard to do, it takes a lot of work, and it can take a lifetime to figure it out.
18、In this life, what did you miss?
19、55岁时，丈夫失望地说：“我错过了一个退休的好机会。”
20、Nobody knows what is going to happen one year from now.
21、你会感到快乐。了解自己后会让你更愉悦地接受自己，减轻你的压力和焦虑，使你成为更好的伴侣、父母、朋友，让你成为一个更美好的人。这些益处难道不够说服你为之努力吗？
22、We tend to treat persons like goods、We even speak of the children belonging to their parents、But nobody belongs to anyone else、Each person belongs to himself, and to God、Children are entrusted to their parents, and if their parents do not treat them properly, the state has a right to remove them from their parents' trusteeship.
23、当丈夫或妻子被另一个人“偷走”时，那个丈夫或妻子就已经具备了被偷走的条件，事先已经准备接受新的伴侣了。这位“爱匪”不过是取走等人取走、盼人取走的东西。
24、不仅如此，乔布斯的讲话和我要说的话都需要集中和自制——这两个品质在当今社会非常难能可贵。何以见得？因为集中和自制都不容易做到。人们很容易分散注意力、寻求即时快感——舒服且容易上瘾。
25、真正快乐成功的人会长成最好最真实的自己——从内心而非外表上。重要的不是品牌、名誉或者外表形象，而是真实的自我。
26、But you know, I can't think of a better way to spend your life、I mean, what's life for if not finding yourself and trying to become the best, most genuine version of you that you can be?
27、美文赏析:生活中你错过了什么？
28、65岁时，丈夫匆匆地回答：“我错过了和牙医的预约。”
29、现在我们来实际一点：建议或许很深刻，但听完却让人无从着手，难以运用到当今的快节奏文化中。现如今，如果一个建议讲不清具体做什么、该怎么做的话，那么说了也等于白说。
中英美文欣赏2
1、但是，遭离弃的情人或配偶无法相信她的心上人是自由地背离他的——因而他归咎于插足者心术不正或迷人有招。他把他叫做催眠师、窃贼或破坏家庭的人。然而，从大多数事例看，一个家的破裂，是早在什么“第三者”出现之前就开始了的。
2、That's what Steve Jobs meant when he said this at a Stanford University commencement speech:
3、妻子25岁的时候这样问丈夫。丈夫沮丧地回答：“我错过了一个新的工作机会。”
4、丈夫满眼泪水，他总是认为可以和妻子白头到老，于是总是忙于工作和琐事，从没在意过妻子。他紧紧地抱住妻子说：“这50多年来，我怎么能允许自己错过了你对我的爱呢。”
5、这是许多人心目中普遍存在的一种错误观念——爱情, 像商品一样, 可以 “偷走”。实际上，许多州都颁布法令，允许索取“情感转让”赔偿金。
6、爱情不是商品
7、你要相信，生活中的偶然冥冥中也能指引未来。你要心怀信念——相信你的直觉、命运、生活抑或因缘。这个方法一直给我力量，促使我过得卓然不同。
8、At 65, the husband hurriedly replied: 'I missed a dental appointment.'
9、It will make you happy、Getting to know yourself will make you feel more comfortable in your own skin、It will reduce your stress and anxiety、It will make you a better spouse, a better parent, a better friend、It will make you a better person、Those are all pretty good reasons, if you ask me.
10、在繁忙的城市生活中，有人总是忙于工作。他们整天围着工作转，甚至为了达到社会的标准，牺牲了自己的健康。他们不愿花时间来关注自己的健康，在孩子成长的过程中错失了与之共享天伦之乐的机会。他们忽视了那些关心他们的人，以及他们的健康。
11、To give you a little incentive to take on the challenge, to embark on the road to self-discovery, here are three huge benefits from working to become the best, most genuine version of yourself.
12、To start this process, take few deep breaths then ask, “Heart, what decision should I make here? What action feels the most right?”
13、Now, let's for a moment be realistic about this、Insightful as that advice may be, it sounds a little too amorphous and challenging to resonate with today's quick-fix culture、These days, if you can't tell people exactly what to do and how to do it, it falls on deaf ears.
14、美文赏析:爱情不是商品
15、When she was 35, the husband angrily told her that he had just missed the bus.
16、开始前先做几次深呼吸，问自己：“内心认为该做什么样的决定呢？觉得采取哪个方案最恰当？”
17、75岁，妻子不再问丈夫同样的问题，丈夫跪在病重的妻子面前，想起以前妻子常常问起的那个问题，这次他也问了妻子同样的问题，妻子笑了笑，一脸平静地说：“我这一生，没有错过你！”
18、我们多数人年轻时都有过恋人被某个更有诱惑力、更有吸引力的人夺去的经历。在当时，我们兴许怨恨这位不速之客---但是后来长大了，也就认识到了心上人本来就不属于我们。并不是不速之客“导致了”决裂，而是缺乏真实的关系。
19、因失恋而痛苦，因别人“插足”于自己与心上人之间而图报复，是最没有出息、最自作自受的乐。这种事总是歪曲了事实真相，因为谁都不是给别人当俘虏或牺牲品——人都是自由行事的，不论命运是好是坏，都由自己来作主。
20、美文赏析:去经历去体验 做最好最真实的自己
21、而且，只有了解真实的自己方能成就大事。你需要了解那个真实的你，而不是你的品牌、名誉、LinkedlIn资料、你的过去抑或他人对你的看法。为什么你不应该过他人的生活？很简单，因为首先你不是“其他人”，你的本性总有一天会现形。所以，请放开你的品牌形象，努力发掘真实自我、努力把自己经营成最好的自己吧。
22、况且，人这一辈子，若到头来都认不清自己、未能长成最好最真实的自己，还有什么意义呢？
23、But love is not a commodity; the real thing cannot be bought, sold, traded or stolen、It is an act of the will, a turning of the emotions, a change in the climate of the personality.
24、Most of us, when young, had the experience of a sweetheart being taken from us by somebody more attractive and more appealing、At the time, we may have resented this intruder---but as we grew older, we recognized that the sweetheart had never been ours to begin with、It was not the intruder that caused the break, but the lack of a real relationship.
25、I know we’ve all felt decisions or actions that we had to take simply due to our “gut” impulses: when asked, we can’t explain the reasons behind doing so — just a deep knowing that it had to get done、This instinct is the part of ourselves we’re approaching for answers.
26、成大事的唯一途径就是做自己喜欢的事情。若你还没找到，那就继续追寻吧，不要停下来。
27、生命不是永恒的，所以活在当下吧。把你对爱人的感谢说出来，用行动证明你关心他们。把每一天当作人生的最后一个篇章，只有这样，当你离开时，你爱的人们才会没有遗憾。
28、See what comes up, then engage and evaluate the outcome.
29、道理很简单，讲出来也很容易。但问题是，做起来就不简单了：这需要付诸很多努力，甚或一辈子才能实现。
中英美文欣赏3
1、倾听内心
2、On the surface, many marriages seem to break up because of a third party、This is, however, a psychological illusion、The other woman or the other man merely serves as a pretext for dissolving a marriage that had already lost its essential integrity.
3、At 75, the wife did not ask the husband anymore, the husband was kneeling in front of the very sick wife、Remembering the question the wife used to ask him, this time he asked the wife the same question、The wife, with a smile and peaceful look, replied: 'In this life, I did not miss having you!'
4、A reader in Florida, apparently bruised by some personal experience, writes in to complain, If I steal a nickel's worth of merchandise, I am a thief and punished; but if I steal the love of another's wife, I am free.
5、Nothing is more futile and more self-defeating than the bitterness of spurned love, the vengeful feeling that someone else has come between oneself and a beloved、This is always a distortion of reality, for people are not the captives or victims of others---they are free agents, working out their own destinies for good or for ill.
6、You have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future、You have to trust in something--your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever、This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.
7、看看自己的内心反应如何，然后全力以赴、静待结果吧。
8、我们常对未来犹疑不定，反复考虑利弊直到身心俱疲。与其一味顾虑重重，不如从局外人的角度看待决策之事。
9、This is a prevalent misconception in many people's minds---that love, like merchandise, can be stolen、Numerous states, in fact, have enacted laws allowing damages for alienation of affections.
10、35岁时，丈夫生气地说他错过了公交车。
11、Truly happy and successful people get that way by becoming the best, most genuine version of themselves they can be、Not on the outside--on the inside、It's not about a brand, a reputation, a persona、It's about reality、Who you really are.
12、时间宝贵，不要虚掷光阴过着他人的生活。不要让周遭的聒噪言论蒙蔽你内心的声音。
13、Love Is Not Like Merchandise
14、Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life、Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice.
15、从表面上看，许多婚姻似乎是因为有了“第三者”才破裂的。然而这是一种心理上的幻觉。另外那个女人，或者另外那个男人，无非是作为借口，用来解除早就不是完好无损的婚姻罢了。
16、In the busy city life, there are many people who are always busy with work、These people revolve their lives around their jobs, these people sacrifice all their times and health to meet the social expectations、They are unwilling to spend times on health care、They miss the opportunity to be with their children in their growing up、They neglect the loved ones who care for them, and also their health.
17、为激励你迎接挑战、踏上寻求自我的旅途，我列出了成为最好最真实自己后的三大益处：
18、需要穷尽毕生精力的事情必定不容易。成大事者必先苦其心志。因此，你必须走出舒适区，去经历、去体验那些会让你害怕的机会。
19、We’re often confused at the next step to take, making pros and cons lists until our eyes bleed and our brains are sore、Instead of always taking this approach, what if we engaged a new part of ourselves that isn’t usually involved in the decision making process?
20、At 45, the husband sadly said: 'I missed the oppotunity seeing my closed relative before his last breath.'
21、佛罗里达州的一位读者显然是在个人经历上受过创伤, 他写信来抱怨道: “如果我偷走了五分钱的商品, 我就是个贼, 要受到惩罚, 但是如果我偷走了他人妻子的爱情, 我没事儿。”
22、When a husband or wife is stolen by another person, that husband or wife was already ripe for the stealing, was already predisposed toward a new partner、The love bandit was only taking what was waiting to be taken, what wanted to be taken.
23、Nothing worth doing in life is ever easy、If you want to do great work, it's going to take a lot of hard work to do it、And you're going to have to break out of your comfort zone and take some chances that will scare the crap out of you.