英语短文欣赏：永远别放弃梦想
来源：唯美英语
　　The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn't already know.I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder.I turned around to find a wrinkled，little old lady beaming up at me with a smile that lit up her entire being.She said，“Hi handsome.My name is Rose.I' m eighty-seven years old.Can I give you a hug?”I laughed and enthusiastically responded，“Of course you may.”and she gave me a giant squeeze.
　　开学的第一天教授做了自我介绍，他还要求我们去结识某位我们还不认识的人。就在我站起来四处张望时，一只手轻轻地搭在了我的肩上。我转过身一看，一位满脸皱纹个子矮小的老太太正冲着我微笑。这微笑使她浑身光彩照人。她说：“嘿，帅小伙儿，我叫罗斯，今年87岁。我可以拥抱你吗?”我笑了起来，热情地答道：“当然可以啦。”她紧紧地拥抱了我。
　　“Why are you in college at such a young，innocent age?”I asked. She jokingly replied，“I'm here to meet a rich husband，get married，have a couple of children，and then retire and travel.”“No，seriously?”I asked.I was curious what may have motivated her to be taking on this challenge at her age.
　　“你为什么在这么年轻而天真的年龄上大学?”我问。她开玩笑地回答说：“我要在此遇到一个有钱的丈夫，结婚，生几个孩子，然后退休，去旅游。”“真的吗?不对吧?”我问她。我很想知道，她这么大年纪，是什么促使她接受这样的挑战呢。
　　“I always dreamed of having a college education and now I'm getting one.”she told me.After class we walked to the student union building and shared a chocolate milk shake We became instant friends.Every day for the next three months we would leave class together and talk nonstop.I was always mesmerized listening to this“time machine”as she shared her wisdom and experience with me.
　　“我一直梦想接受大学教育。而现在我如愿以偿了。”她告诉我说。课后我们一同到学生活动楼，共饮了一杯巧克力泡沫牛奶。我们一下子就成了朋友。在此后的三个月中，我们每天都一起离开课堂，聊起来没完没了。在她向我传授她的智慧和经验时，我总是着了迷似地倾听这个“时间机器”。
　　Over the course of the year，Rose became a campus icon and she easily made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she reveled in the attention bestowed up her from the other students.She was living it up. At the end of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet. I'll never forget what she taught us. She was introduced and stepped up to the podium. As she began to deliver her prepared speech，she dropped her three by five cards on the floor. Frustrated and a little embarrassed she leaned into the microphone and simply said，“I'm sorry I'm so jittery.I gave up beer for Lent(一种威士忌的牌子) and this whisky is killing me. I'll never get my speech back in order so let me just t ell you what I know.” As we laughed she cleared her throat and began：“We do not stop playinwe grow old because we stop playing.There are only four secrets to staying young，being happy，and achieving success.”
　　在这一年里，罗斯成了校园里的偶像。不管到哪里，她很容易地就交上了朋友。她喜欢精心打扮，陶醉于其他学生对她的注意。她尽情地享受这一切。到学期末，我们请罗斯在我们的足球宴会上讲话。我永远也不会忘记她给我们的教诲。介绍完毕后她就登上讲台。正当她要开始已准备好的演讲时，她的5寸长3寸宽的卡片掉在了地上。她有些不知所措，还有点尴尬，于是就靠近话筒干脆说了起来：“很抱歉我这么紧张。我为大斋节戒了啤酒，而这威士忌可是毁了我。按原先准备好了的讲是不可能了，还是把我所知道的说给你们听吧。”我们都笑了，她则清了清嗓子开始说：“我们并不因为自己老了而不娱乐;我们因为停止了娱乐而变老。要想保持年轻，过得幸福并取得成功只有4条秘诀。”
　　“You have to laugh and find humor every day.”
　　“每天都要笑，每天都要找到幽默。”
　　“You've got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams，you die. We have so many people walking around who are dead an d don't even know it.”
　　“一定要有梦想。失去了梦想，人就死了。在我们周围有那么多行尸走肉般的人，他们却不自知。”
　　“There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up. If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don't do one productive thing，you will turn twenty years old. If I am eighty-seven years old and stay in bed for a year and never do anything I will turn eighty-eight. Anybody can grow older. That doesn't take any talent or ability. The idea is to grow up by always finding the opportunity in change.”
　　“变老和成熟是有巨大区别的。如果你19岁，在床上躺一整年，而不做一件有成效的事情，你会到20岁。如果我87岁，在床上待一年什么也不做，我也会到88岁。谁都会老，那不需要天才或能力。我的意思是要通过在变化中不断地寻找机会而达到成熟。”
　　“Have no regrets.The elderly usually don't have regrets for what we did，but rather for things we did not do. The only people who fear death are those with regrets.”
　　“不要后悔。年长的人一般不会为我们所做的事而后悔，而会为我们所没有做的事后悔。只有充满遗憾的人才惧怕死亡。”
　　She concluded her speech by courageously singing“The Rose.”She challenged each of us to study the lyrics and live them out in our daily lives.
　　她勇敢地唱了一首《玫瑰之歌》作为结束，还要求我们每个人学习歌词并在日常生活中将词意付诸行动。
　　At the year's end Rose finished the college degree she had begun all those years a go. One week after graduation Rose died peacefully in her sleep.
　　年末，罗斯结束了她多年前就开始的大学生涯，取得了学位。毕业一周之后，罗斯在睡梦中平静地去世。
　　Over two thousand college students attended her funeral in tribute to the wonderful woman who taught by example that it's never too late to be all you can possibly be.
　　两千多名大学生出席了她的葬礼，对这位了不起的女士表示敬意。她以自身范例教育我们：发挥自己的潜能永不为晚。
　　Remember，growing older is mandatory，growing up is optional.
　　记住，衰老是无法抗拒的，而成熟却是可以选择的。
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1、A smile is the most charming part of a person forever.微笑永远是一个人身上最好看的东西。2、You go out of my sight, but always go out my missing for you.你走的出我的视线，却永远走不出我对你的思念。3、Sometimes people are beautiful. Not in looks. Not in what they say. Just in what they are.有时候，有的人是那么美好。不在于长相，不在于说了什么，就是他们原原本本的样子。4、We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.我们都是茫茫大千世界的旅人，旅途中最美的事儿莫过于觅得一位挚友。5、The greatest grief in life is insistently loving someone who doesn&t love you.人生最大的悲哀就是偏执地爱着一个不爱自己的人。6、Life is never easier, we just get stronger.生活从未变得容易，只不过是我们变得更加坚强。7、Spend the rest of your life with the one who makes you happy rather than the one you strive to please.选择让你快乐的那个人来共度余生，而不是你必须努力取悦的那一个。8、You are the reason why I became stronger. But you are my weakness.因为你，我懂得了成长，可你，依旧是我的伤。9、Nobody is able to beat you but yourself.没有人可以打倒你，能打倒你的只有你自己。10、I wish I could be strong enough to protect those I care for.我希望我强大起来，可以保护那些我在乎的人。11、A woman has got to love a bad man once or twice in her life to be thankful for a good one!个女人一辈子总得喜欢上一两个坏男人，才能学会对疼爱自己的男人心存感激。12、If they throw stones at you, don&t throw back, use them to build your own foundation instead.如果别人朝你扔石头，就不要扔回去了，留着作你建高楼的基石。13、Falling in love three times is perfect in life-Once ignorant,once impressive，once for lifetime.一生只谈三次恋爱最好：一次懵懂，一次刻骨，一次一生。14、You got a dream, you gotta protect it. People can&t do something themselves, they wanna tell you you can&t do it. If you want something, go get it.有梦想，就要捍卫它。那些一事无成的人想告诉你，你也成不了大器。可如果你想要什么，就该努力去争取。15、The road ahead never looks that long when you look back and see how far you&ve come.回头看看自己走过的路，便会感觉前路不再漫长。16、Your best won&t be good enough for some people,
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坚持住：别放弃梦想的7个理由
编辑点评：你还记得自己梦想长大时做什么吗？现在你真的在做吗？你是在朝着这个方向努力吗？还是你在生活的压力下已放弃了自己的梦想？别放弃你的梦想！
Do you remember what you wanted to be when you grew up? Maybe a fireman? A baker? A ? You probably have some sort of idea what you ultimately want to do with your life. BUT are you actually doing it? Are you working towards it? Or have you given up all hope on your dreams with the burdens of daily life pulling you down?你还记得自己梦想长大时做什么吗？消防员？烘焙师？芭蕾舞演员？你都可能对自己最终想做点儿什么还有些想法。但你真的在做吗？你是在朝着这个方向努力吗？还是你在生活的压力下已放弃了自己的梦想？
Pursuing your dreams comes along with many benefits! Here are some reasons why you should not give up on your dreams:追随你的梦想可以带来很多益处！下面是你为什么不应该放弃梦想的几个理由：
1. Failure.失败
This word seems counter- in reasons not to give up your dreams, but failure is more beneficial than you might think. Most people don&t pursue their dreams for fear of failure. Little do they know, this is one of the biggest ways we learn and grow!把这个词当做不要放弃梦想的理由似乎有悖直觉，但是失败比你想象的要有用。大部分人都因为害怕失败而放弃追求梦想。殊不知，这是我们学习和成长的最好的一个途径！
Many famous and successful Americans had to fail over and over again to achieve what they hoped to in life. Abraham Lincoln failed at war, as a businessman, as a lawyer and even at politics at first. He pushed on through and became president of the United States. Thomas Edison&s teachers called him &stupid& and he was fired multiple times before &failing& 1000 times attempting to invent the lightbulb. Michael Jordan was once cut from his high school basketball team. He later said,美国有很多著名的成功人士在追求他们想要的生活时都经历了一次又一次的失败。亚伯拉罕&林肯打战失败过，做商人时失败过，做律师时失败过，就连做政客时刚开始也失败过。他继续努力才成为美国总统。托马斯&爱迪生的老师曾说爱迪生&愚蠢&，他在发明电灯泡前失败了1000多次，在此之前，还被解雇了很多次。迈克尔&乔丹曾一度被高中篮球队除名。后来他说，
&I&ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career.
I&ve lost almost 300 games
26 times I&ve been trusted to take the game winning shot & and missed.
I&ve failed over and over and over again in my life. That is why I succeed.&&在我的职业生涯中，我有9000多个投球没有投中。我输的比赛几乎有300场。有26次，大家相信我能投入致胜的一球&..但是我没能。在我的生活中，我一次又一次地失败。这就是为什么我现在成功了。&
If we can learn anything from these successful men, it would be to never give up on our dreams simply because of fear of failure.如果说我们能从这些成功人士身上学到些什么的话，那就是不要因为害怕失败而放弃梦想。
2. Persistence.毅力
With that failure comes persistence. Persistence is something that can only be learned through hardships. If you never fall down, you can&t learn how to get back up. Each time we pick ourselves back up and forge through, we get a little bit stronger and more capable of achieving our ultimate goals.失败会带来毅力。只有历尽艰辛，才会拥有毅力。如果你从未失败，你不会学会如何重新爬起来。每当我们重新振作前进时，我们都会更加坚强，更有能力去实现我们最终的目标。
3. It&s better to try and fail than to wonder what might have been.尝试和失败比去猜想会发生什么要好的多
Have you ever regretted trying something in your life? Perhaps it was trying out for the school play. Or asking that special someone out on a date. That feeling of wondering what could have been might still eat at you even years down the road.在你的生活中，你有没有后悔去尝试什么东西？也许是去尝试学校的演出。也许是邀请那个特别的人出去约会。如果不去尝试，那几年之后，那种去猜想会发生什么事的感觉可能仍然在折磨着你。
How do you avoid that feeling of regret? By trying. You don&t have to do something huge, but sitting down and making a plan with small steps on how you will achieve your dreams will start you off in the right direction. Little by little you will forge a path towards your goals.如何能避免那种遗憾的感觉？尝试。你不必去做大事，但是坐下来，为如何实现梦想而制定一步一步的计划会让给你从正确的方向开始。渐渐地，你会找到通往目标的道路。
4. Successes along the way.前进道路上的成功
If your dreams are big enough, you will have stepping stones of success along the way. Small achievements can be celebrated. These small victories can help push you through to the next goal and soon enough, your dreams will be realized.如果你的梦想足够大，那么在前进的路上，你会拥有成功的垫脚石。小的成就值得庆祝。这些小的胜利能把你推向下一个目标，不久你的梦想就会实现。
5. The pursuit.追求
Many valuable experiences are found in the pursuit.Memories, friendships, skills, life lessons, love. Basically, life is what happens when we make our way towards a goal. Applying for that college which seems out of reach, we might meet our soul mate. In seeking for that promotion, we might meet a best friend or mentor. Signing up for that team, we might get to travel the world. In order to value the pursuit, we need to follow our dreams!在追求的过程中，会有很多宝贵的经验。回忆、友谊、技能、生活经验和爱这些都是。基本上，生活就是我们朝着目标前进的路上所发生的事情。去申请对我们来说有点儿遥不可及的大学，我们可能会遇到自己的灵魂伴侣。在寻求提升时，我们可能遇到最好的朋友或导师。和那支球队签约，我们可能会周游世界。要想让追求超值，我们需要追随自己的梦想！
6. Success is often just around the corner.成功往往就在眼前
If only you knew how close you were! If only you knew what an impact would be for one more phone call, one more interview, and just one more late night working on your passions. Often we give up far too soon. We can&t see what the future holds for us, but we sure can keep striving towards our dreams.只要你知道离得有多近！只要你知道凭着激情再打一个电话、再进行一次面试、再多熬一次夜会带来什么样的影响。我们常常过早放弃。我们看不到未来是什么样子，但是我们能朝着梦想继续努力。
7. Setting an example.树立榜样
Finally, if you have children (or might have them some day), you will be setting a good example. Do we want our children to tell stories about how comfortable we were sitting on our couch watching sitcoms, or do we want to be remembered for the passion we had for life? Hopefully we can show the future generations what it means to chase after our dreams. Most importantly, in the words of Winston Churchill,最后，如果你有孩子（或将来会有），你会为他们树立一个好榜样。我们想让孩子讲起我们时，说我们惬意地坐在沙发上看情景喜剧吗？还是我们因对生活的激情而被别人记住？希望我们可以告诉后代什么是追随梦想。最重要的是，用温斯顿&丘吉尔的话来说，
&Never Never Never give up.&&永远永远永远都不要放弃。&您现在的位置:
英文签名带翻译_别放弃，为你所爱的而奋斗。
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Just because you&re breathing, doesn&t mean you&re alive.
你只是呼吸着，不代表你还鲜明地活着。
I'm sick of saying sorry when I'm not.
我厌倦了总是说对不起，即使我什么也没有做错。
Don't let the past and useless details ruin your existence.
别让过去和那些无用的细节毁了你的现在。
Don't give up. Fight for what you love.
别放弃，为你所爱的而奋斗。
If you know who I was, maybe you would forgive who I am.
你如果认识从前的我，也许你会原谅现在的我。
I just want to be different in your heart.
我想成为你心中的特别。
There is always someone who loves you, even if you don&t notice.
总有人爱着你，就算你自己没注意到。
Please don&t give up trying to do what you really want to do.
请不要放弃尝试你真正想做的事。
-And what if I lose everything? &You&ll still have me.
-要是我一无所有了呢？-那你还有我。
Don&t cry over someone who would not cry over you.
不会为你哭的人，不值得你为之掉眼泪。
A badly hurt heart needs no sympathy but understanding.
一颗伤透的心，需要的不是同情，而是理解。
If you like her, tell her, because she won&t wait forever.
如果你喜欢她，就告诉她，因为她不会永远等你。
Don&t worry. Someday, someone will notice you.
不要担心，总有一天，会有人注意到你。
You have to believe in yourself. That&s the secret of success.
人必须相信自己，这是成功的秘诀。
When think about our past, I lose my mind.
一想到我们的过去，我就无法自持。
Some people care too much. I think it&s called love.
有些人太过在乎，我觉得那应该叫爱。
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