文献翻译成功需要的品质的英语美文

2021年1月21日发(作者：sprayer)
成功需要的品质的英语美文


【篇一：成功需要的品质的英语美文】

we cannot travel every path. success must be won along one
line. we must make our business the one life purpose to which
every other must be subordinate(
服从
).
我们不可能把每条路都走
一遍。必须执 着于一条道路才能获得成功。我们必须有一个终生追
求的目标，其他的则从属于这个目标。

i hate a thing done by halves(
不完全的
). if it be right, do it
boldly. if it be wrong, leave it undone.
我痛恨做事半途而废。如
果这件事是对的，就大胆勇敢地 去做
;
如果这件事不对，就不要去做。

the men of history were not perpetually(
不断地
) looking into the
mirror to make sure of their own size. absorbed in their work
they did it. they did it so well that the wondering world sees
them to be great, and labeled them accordingly.
历史长河中的伟
人并不是靠终日瞻观镜中的自己来衡量自身的形象 的。他们的形象
来自对事业全身心的投入与追求。他们是如此的卓越超凡，于是芸
芸众生觉得他 们很伟大，并因此称他们为伟人。

to live with a high ideal is a successful life. it is not what one
does, but what one tries to do, that makes a man strong.
“eternal vigilance,” it has been said, “is the price of liberty.”
with equal truth it may be said, “unceasing effort is the price of
success.” if we do not work with our might, ot
hers will; and
they will outstrip(
超过
) us in the race, and pluck the prize from
our
grasp.
为崇高的理想而活着是一种成功的生 活。使人变强大的，
不是这个人做了什么，而是他努力尝试去做什么。有人说过，
“
恒 久
的警惕是自由的代价
”
，那同样也可以说，
“
不懈的努力是成功的 代
价。
”
倘若我们不尽全力工作，别人会尽全力，随后他们将在竞争中
超越我 们，从我们手中夺取胜利的果实。

success grows less and less dependent on luck and chance.
self- distrust is the cause of most of our failures.
成功越来越不
依赖于运气和巧合。丧失自信是我们失败的主要原因。

the great and indispensable help to success is character.
character is a crystallized habit, the result of training and
conviction. every character is influenced by heredity,
environment and education. but these apart, if every man were
not to be a great extent the architect of his own character, he
would be a fatalist, and irresponsible creature of
circumstances.
性格是取得成功不可或缺的重要助力。性格是一种
固 化成形的习惯，是不断培养并坚信于此的结果。每个人的性格都
会受到遗传因素、环境和教育的影响。但 除此之外，如果人在很大
程度上不能成为自己性格的构筑者，那么他就会沦为宿命论者，从
而成 为环境的失败造物。

instead of saying that man is a creature of circumstance, it
would be nearer the mark to say that man is the architect of
circumstance. from the same materials one man builds palaces,
another hovel. bricks and mortar are mortar and bricks, until
the architect can make them something else.
与其说人是环 境的
造物，不如说人是环境的建筑师更贴切些。同样的材料，有人能用
其建造出宫殿，而有人只 能建成简陋的小屋。在建筑师将其变成他
物之前，砖泥依然是砖泥。

the true way to gain much is never to desire to gain too much.
想得到的多就永远不要奢望太多。

wise men don’t care for what they can’t have.
智者不会在意他们
得不到的东西。

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散文最重要的品质 》：这篇文章本身就是作者
所推崇的优美散文的范例，沉稳的文风，不允许那些满含激情，但
又 与他的初衷毫不相干的词语或形象来激发他的感情，从作品的整
体和各部分之间的和谐关系里，去创造自 己的美。简介与鉴赏

选文是一篇关于散文的短论，全文只有一段，以简短的二百四十几
个词论述散文的品质
--
合理，这样一个大题目。全文共七句话，分别
从散文本身、 作者、读者三个角度谈散文的品质：前三句讲散文本
身，中间三句讲作者，最后一句讲读者。复杂长句的 使用和句子之
间完美的衔接显示了作者运用文字的简练和写作手法的老练。这篇
文章本身就是作 者所推崇的优美散文的范例，

沉稳的文风

，

不允许
那些满含激情，但又与他的初衷毫不相干的词语或形象来激发他的
感情

，

从作品的整体和各部分之间的和谐关系里，去创造自己的美

。

需要指出，克拉顿
-
布罗克的观点适用于古典散文，现代散文早 已打
破了这些条条框框，但这篇散文依然意义重大，因为它很好地说明
了如何欣赏古典散文之美 。

01
散文最重要的品质
the cardinal virtue of prose

英文正文

prose of its very nature1is longer than verse, and the
virtues2peculiar to it manifest3themselves gradually. if the
cardinal4virtue of poetry is love, the cardinal virtue of prose is
justice; and, whereas love makes you act and speak on the
spur5of the moment, justice needs inquiry6, patience, patience,
and a control even of the noblest passions7. by justice here i
do not mean justice only to particular people or ideas, but a
habit of justice in all the processes of thought, a style
tranquillized8and a form moulded9by that habit. the master of
prose is not cold, but he will not let any word or i mage
inflame10him with a heat irrelevant11to his purpose.
unhasting12, unresting, he pursues13it, subduing14all the
riches of his mind to it, rejecting15all beauties that are not
germane16to it; making his own beauty out of the very
accomplishment17of it, out of the whole work and its
proportions18, so that you must read to the end before you
know that it is beautiful. but he has his reward19, for he is
trusted and convinces, as those who are at the mercy of their
own eloquence20do not; and he gives a pleasure all the
greater for being hardly noticed. in the best prose, whether
narrative21or argument22, we are so led on as we read, thatwe
do not stop to applaud23the writer, nor do we stop to question
him.

经典语句

if the cardinal virtue of poetry is love, the cardinal virtue of
prose is justice; and, whereas love makes you act and speak
on the spur of the moment, justice needs inquiry, patience, and
a control even of the noblest passions.

单词速记

1nature6n.
本性，性质

2virtue6n.
美德，优点

3manifest6v.
表明

4cardinal8adj.
主要的，基本的

5spur6n.
刺激物

6inquiry6n.
询问，调查

7passion6n.
激情，热情

8tranquillize8v.
使平静，使安静

9mould6v.
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