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成功人士的励志英语故事

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The hardworking blacksmith Jones used to work all day in

his shop and so hard working was he that at times he would

make the sparks fly from his hammer.

琼斯是个非常勤劳的铁匠，

常常一整天都在店里工作。

他工作 非

常努力，他的铁锤下常常是火花飞舞。

The son of Mr. Smith, a rich neighbor, used to come to see

the

blacksmith

everyday

and

for

hours

and

hours

he

would

enjoy himself watching how the tradesman worked.

邻居史密 斯先生很有钱，

他的儿子常常来看琼斯打铁。

他喜欢看

这 位工匠工作，常常一看就是几个小时。

"Young man, why don't you try your hand to

learn

to

make

shoe

tacks,

even

if

it

is

only

to

pass

the

time?" said the blacksmith. "Who knows, one day,

it may be of use to you."

< br>“年轻人，

为什么不亲自尝试一下如何制作鞋钉呢，

哪怕只是为

?

”铁匠说，

“没准，有一天它会对你有 帮助。

”

The lazy boy began to see what he could do. But after a

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little practice he found that he was becoming very skilled and

soon he was making some of the finest tacks.

懒懒的孩子开始想看看自己到底能做什么。

然而，

仅仅经过很短

的练习，他便发现自己非常熟练起来，很快他就做出了最好的鞋钉 。

Old Mr. Smith died and the son on account of the war lost

all his goods. He had to leave home and was forced to take up

residence

in

another

country.

It

so

happened

that

in

this

village there were numerous shoemakers who were spending

a lot of money to buy tacks for their shoes and even at times

when they paid high prices they were not always able to get

what they wanted, because in that part of the country there

was a high demand for soldiers' shoes.

老史密斯先生去世了，

而他的儿子则因为战争的缘故失去 了所有

的财产。他不得不离开家园，在另外一个国家住了下来。巧的是，这

个国家的这个地区，急需大量军鞋，所以这个村子里有很多鞋匠，他

们总是花 费很多钱购买鞋钉。有时，即使付了很高的价钱，也买不到

他们想要的鞋钉。

Our young Mr. Smith, who was finding it difficult to earn

his

daily

bread,

remembered

that

once

upon

a

time

he

had

learned the art of making tacks and had the sudden idea of

making a bargain with the shoemakers. He told them that he

would make the tacks if they would help to get him settled in

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his workshop. The shoemakers were only too glad of the offer.

And after a while, Mr. Smith found that he was soon making

the finest tacks in the village.

在这食不果腹的困难时刻，

年轻的史密斯记 起自己曾学过制鞋钉

这门手艺，便突发奇想，想和这些鞋匠们做一个交易。他对他们说，

如果他们可以帮助他成立一个店铺，

他就可以做鞋钉。

鞋 匠们对他的

这一提议欣喜若狂。很快，史密斯发现他做的鞋钉是村里面最好的。

"How

funny

it

seems,"

he

used

to

say,

"even

making

tacks

can

bring

a

fortune.

My

trade

is

more useful to me than were all my former riches."

“这真是有趣，

”他常常会说，

“即便是做鞋钉也会带来财富。与

我以前所有的财 富相比，我现在做的事情对于我来说更有用。

”

成功人 士的励志英语故事：玛格丽特

•

撒切尔

Margare t

Thatcher

Margaret

Thatcher,

Britain’s

longest-serving

and

only woman prime minister, has died aged 87 after suffering a

stroke, prompting a flood of tributes from across the globe.

玛格丽特

?

撒切尔

(Margaret Thatcher)

因中风去世，

享年

87

岁，< /p>

在世界各地引发了一阵哀悼浪潮。

撒切尔是英国任职最长的首相，

也

是唯一的女首相。

Leaders lined up to pay their respects to the former prime

minister,

who

revolutionised

the

UK

economy

during

an

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11-year tenure, as she rolled back the state and put in place

some

of

the

country’s

most

radical

and

controversial

reforms.

各国领导人纷纷向这位英国前首相表达敬意 。在其长达

11

年的

任期中，撒切尔领导了英国经济的革 命，缩减了政府职能，并实施了

该国最为激进、最有争议的一些改革。

David Cameron, UK prime minister, described the former

Conservative prime minister as the

“

greatest peacetime prime

minister

”

.

英国现首相戴维

?

卡梅伦

(David

Cameron)

把这位前保守党首相

称为“英国和平时 期最伟大的首相”

。

“

[She]

took

a

country

that

was

on

its

knees

and

made

Britain

stand

tall

again.

We

can’t

deny

that

Lady

Thatcher divided opinion. For many of us, she was and is an

inspiration. For others she was a force to be defined against.

卡梅伦表示：

“

(

她

)

临危受命，让英国重新站起来，再度屹立。

不可否认，人们对她的评价各异。在我们许多人看来，她过去和现在

都是一位鼓舞人心的人物。

在其他人看来，

她是一种特色鲜明的力量。

“

But

if

there

is

one

thing

that

cuts

through

all

of

this

–

one

thing

that

runs

through

everything

she

did

– it was her lion- hearted love for this country,

”

he said.

“但如果说有一个中心贯穿着她的一生

;;

在她所做的每一件事中

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都体现出来，那就是她对这个国家的无比热爱。

”

President Barack Obama said:

“

The world has lost one of

the great champions of freedom and liberty, and America has

lost a true friend.

”

美国总统巴拉克

?

奥巴马

(Barack Obama)

表示：

“世界失去了一

位积极倡导自由的领 袖，美国失去了一位真正的朋友。

”

The

prime

minister’s

office

announced

that

parliament

would

be

recalled

for

a

special

session

on

Wednesday to pay tribute to Thatcher. Her funeral will be held

at the end of next week at St Paul’s Cathedral.

英国首相办公室宣布，

周三议会将召开一次特别会议，

向撒切尔

致哀。她的葬礼将于下周末在伦敦圣保罗大教堂

(St

Paul's

Cathedral)

举行。

She

will

have

a

“

full

ceremonial

funeral

”

with

military

honours as was afforded to the Queen Mother and Lady Diana.

The

British

flag

flew

at

half

mast

over

Parliament

to

honour

Thatcher as all UK political parties suspended campaigning for

the local elections on May 2.

撒切尔将享有带有军事礼仪的“礼仪葬礼”

，礼遇同王太后和戴

安娜一样。英国国会降半旗向撒切尔致哀，各政党暂 停针对

5

月

2

日地方选举的竞选活动。< /p>

Thatcher,

who

transformed

Britain

with

her

free-market

5

revolution,

had

been

in

poor

health

since

suffering

minor

strokes in 2002.

自从

20 02

年患上中风以来，撒切尔的健康状况一直很差。她曾

以自己的自由市 场革命改变了英国的面貌。

Statesmen past and present shared their memories of the

woman

dubbed

the

“

Iron

Lady

”

.

Tony

Blair,

the

second

longest-serving

postwar

prime

minister,

called

her

“

a

towering political figure

”

.

“

Very few leaders get to change not

only the political landscape of their country but of the world.

Margaret was such a leader. Her global impact was vast.

”

已卸任和在任的政治家们共同悼念有“铁 娘子”绰号的撒切尔。

英国战后任期第二长的首相托尼

?

布莱尔

(Tony Blair)

称撒切尔为“一

位伟大 的政治人物。

”

“不但改变本国政治版图、

还改变世界政治版图< /p>

的领袖人物非常少，

撒切尔就是其中的一位。

她在全球播下 了深远的

影响。

”

George W. Bush, former US president, described her as a

“

great ally

”

who

“

strengthened the special relationship

”

.

美国前总统小布什

(George

W.

Bush)

称撒切尔为一位“强化了

美英特殊关系的伟大盟友”

。

Thatcher had a particularly close relationship with Ronald

Reagan, the former US president.

撒切尔与美国前总统罗纳德

?

里根

(Ronald

Reagan)

之间保持了

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