經典英語美文名人勵志故事

　　不夠灑脫，但這就是人生。不夠豁達，但這就是人生。不夠勵志也不夠美好，但這就是人生啊。下面小編整理了英語美文名人勵志故事，希望大家喜歡!

　　經典英語美文名人勵志故事

　　A Straight Wall Is Hard to Build

　　人格的力量

　　by Lou R. Crandall

　　盧.R.克蘭德爾

　　As I try to outline my thoughts, the subject becomes more and more difficult. I have many basic beliefs but as I try to pick and choose it seems to me that they all can be summarized in the word "character." Obviously, what you believe is a fundamental thing. There can be no fanfare, no embellishments. It must be honest.

　　我努力清理思路時，主題變得越來越難講述。我有諸多信仰，但試圖挑選時，似乎都可用“人格”一詞概括。顯然，一個人的信仰是根本，無需炫耀，無需修飾，是什麼就是什麼。

　　An architect once told me that the most difficult structure to design was a simple monumental shaft. The proportions must perfect to be pleasing. The hardest thing to build is a plain straight wall. The dimensions must be absolute.

　　一位建築師告訴我，最難設計的建築是一尊簡單的紀念柱，比例必須完美無缺，賞心悅目;最難砌的是一堵簡樸筆直的牆，尺寸必須一絲不差。

　　In either case there is no ornamentation to hide irregularities, no moldings to cover hidden defects and no supports to strengthen concealed weaknesses.

　　在這兩種情況下，都無法用修飾掩蓋不平整，以造型遮蓋暗藏的缺陷，以支撐物來加固不牢的根基。

　　I am using this example to illustrate human character, which to me is the most important single power in the world today. The young people of toady are in reality foundations of structures yet to be built.

　　我以此例來說明人格，在我看來它是當今世界上最重要的唯一的力量。今天的年輕人實際上是世界待建結構的根基。

　　It is obvious that the design of these human structures is the combined efforts of many human architects. Boys and girls are influenced first by their parents, then by their friends and finally by business associates. During this period of construction, the human character is revised and changed until at maturity a fairly well-fixed form of character is found.

　　顯而易見，設計這些人格結構需要眾多人類建築師的共同努力。孩子們的成長，先後要受到父母、朋友和事業夥伴的影響。在這一成長過程中，人格一直在改變，直到在成熟期定型。

　　There are few human straight walls and fewer human monumental shafts. Such men and women are personalities of great beauty and are so rare that history records their being and holds them up as examples for the future.

　　人類中堪稱牆一般筆直挺立的人少有，像紀念柱一樣矗立的人更少，這樣的人是美的化身，世所罕見，歷史記錄他們的'存在，奉之為後世的楷模。

　　The Biblical characters are for me the closest examples of human perfection. They were unselfish, steadfast in their faith and unstinting in their help to others.

　　《聖經》中的人物在我心中是最接近完人的範例，他們無私，信仰堅定，幫助他人，不遺餘力。

　　Today in this world of turmoil and trouble we could use more of such people, but they do not just happen along. I believe that they are the result of concentrated effort on the part of parents and associates, and the more we build with character the better the world will become.

　　在今天這個混亂不安的世界，我們可以多用這樣的人，但他們並非從天而降。我相信他們是父母、同伴傾力鍛造的結果。我們越重視人格的建構，世界會越美好。

　　This may sound like a dreamer's hope and a theoretical goal which can never be reached. I do not think so.

　　這聽起來像痴人說夢，是永遠無法實現的理論目標，我卻不這麼想。

　　The world as a whole has progressed tremendously material-wise, and we are a fortunate nation in that we are leading the procession. It is, I believe, natural that nations not so fortunate should look upon us with envy. We would do the same if the positions were reserved, so we should not judge too harshly the efforts of others to equal our standard of living. In either case, the fortunate or the unfortunate character in the individual and collectively in a nation stands out.

　　全世界在物質生產上已取得巨大進步，美利堅榮幸地成為引導這一程序的國家。我相信，沒有這樣好運氣的國家可能會嫉妒我們，如果換個位置，我們也會如此，因此對於別人奮力向我們的生活標準看齊，我們不應該草率地評判。無論是哪種情況，個人或民族的幸運或不幸的品格都會凸顯出來。

　　I agree that it is easier to build character under ideal conditions but cannot forget that character is also required to give as well as receive.

　　我贊同在理想條件下更容易塑造人格的說法，但我認為不能忘記人格的塑造不僅需要外界條件的薰陶，也需要自身的努力。

　　It should be to the benefit of humanity if all individuals - and this includes myself - did a renovation or remodeling job on our own character. It may merely be a case of removing rough edges or tossing away molding to expose irregularities, in some cases to remove a prop and stand on one's own feet.

　　如果所有人——也包括我自己——都更新或重鑄自己的人格，這應該是有益於人類的。這也許僅僅是抹去粗糙的邊緣或丟棄固有的模式，從而顯露出不平整，有時則需要拿走支撐物，完全靠自己站立。

　　In any event if some of us set example, others will follow and the result should be good. This I believe.

　　不論何種情況，只要我們有人樹立榜樣，其他人就會效仿，結果就應該是好的。對此我深信不疑。