英语散文：Think it Over...(好好想想……)
Today we have higher buildings and wider highways, but shorter temperaments and narrower points of view;
今天我们拥有了更高层的楼宇以及更宽阔的公路，但是我们的性情却更为急躁，眼光也更加狭隘；
We spend more, but enjoy less;
我们消耗的更多，享受到的却更少；
We have bigger houses, but smaller famillies;
我们的住房更大了，但我们的家庭却更小了；
We have more compromises, but less time;
我们妥协更多，时间更少；
We have more knowledge, but less judgment;
我们拥有了更多的知识，可判断力却更差了；
We have more medicines, but less health;
我们有了更多的药品，但健康状况却更不如意；
We have multiplied out possessions, but reduced out values;
我们拥有的财富倍增，但其价值却减少了；
We talk much, we love only a little, and we hate too much;
我们说的多了，爱的却少了，我们的仇恨也更多了；
We reached the Moon and came back, but we find it troublesome to cross our own street and meet our neighbors;
我们可以往返月球，但却难以迈出一步去亲近我们的左邻右舍；
We have conquered the uter space, but not our inner space;
我们可以征服外太空，却征服不了我们的内心；
We have highter income, but less morals;
我们的收入增加了，但我们的道德却少了；
These are times with more liberty, but less joy;
我们的时代更加自由了，但我们拥有的快乐时光却越来越少；
We have much more food, but less nutrition;
我们有了更多的食物，但所能得到的营养却越来越少了；
These are the days in which it takes two salaries for each home, but divorces increase;
现在每个家庭都可以有双份收入，但离婚的现象越来越多了；
These are times of finer houses, but more broken homes;
现在的住房越来越精致，但我们也有了更多破碎的家庭；
That's why I propose, that as of today;
这就是我为什么要说，让我们从今天开始；
You do not keep anything for a special occasion.because every day that you live is a SPECIAL OCCASION.
不要将你的东西为了某一个特别的时刻而预留着，因为你生活的每一天都是那么特别；
Search for knowledge, read more , sit on your porch and admire the view without paying attention to your needs;
寻找更我的知识，多读一些书，坐在你家的前廊里，以赞美的眼光去享受眼前的风景，不要带上任何功利的想法；
Spend more time with your family and friends, eat your favorite foods, visit the places you love;
花多点时间和朋友与家人在一起，吃你爱吃的食物，去你想去的地方；
Life is a chain of moments of enjoyment;not only about survival;
生活是一串串的快乐时光；我们不仅仅是为了生存而生存；
Use your crystal goblets.Do not save your best perfume, and use it every time you feel you want it.
举起你的水晶酒杯吧。不要吝啬洒上你最好的香水，你想用的时候就享用吧！
Remove from your vocabulary phrases like"one of these days"or "someday";
从你的词汇库中移去所谓的“有那么一天”或者“某一天”；
Let's write that letter we thought of writing "one of these days"!
曾打算“有那么一天”去写的信，就在今天吧！
Let's tell our families and friends how much we love them;
告诉家人和朋友，我们是多么地爱他们；
Do not delay anything that adds laughter and joy to your life;
不要延迟任何可以给你的生活带来欢笑与快乐的事情；
Every day, every hour, and every minute is special;
每一天、每一小时、每一分钟都是那么特别；
And you don't know if it will be your last.
你无从知道这是否最后刻。
DREAMS
We all want to think that we are capable of great feats,of reaching our fullest potential.We need dreams.They give us a vision of a better future.They nourish our spirit,they represent possibility even when we are dragged down by the reality.They keep us going.Most successful people are dreamers,ordinary people who are not afraid of thinking big and dare to be great.Dreamers are not content with being merely medicre,because no one ever dreams of going halfway.
When we were little kids in the playground we didn't dream of hitting singles in the first inning.We dreamed of that home run in the bottom of the nineth to win the World Series.We don't dream of a life of frustration and struggle.We dream of doing something big and splashy,something significant.We dream big.
We know that we have to put in our effort to reach our dreams,but the tough part is that most of us don't know where to start working.We might have every intention of becoming Vice President in five years or running across the finish line in a marathon or completing the novel we started years ago.But often we have no idea how to translate these dreams into actions.
In order to make real steps toward fulfilling our ultimate,big,splanshy dreams, we have to start with concrete objectives.These are our goals.
What is the difference?
Dreams are where we want to end up.Goals are how we get there.Dreams are our vision of where we are after our struggle,the prize at the end of the journey.Goals are the individual steps we take to ultimately deserve the prize.
Our dreams are our master plan.Goals are our day-by-day blueprint that provide achievable targets for incremental improvement.But dreams and goals are interrelated.
Goals provide our daily routine.They show us where to start and they establish our priorities.They make us orgnized and create discipline in our daily lives.Getting yourself to establish your goals is paramount/首要的/,one of the key building blocks in achieving success.
Let's say you are trying to climb the corporate ladder in a large company,and you are not optimistic about your chances because there seem to be so many people competing for too few jobs at the top.Your dream is that promotion.What you have to do is break down the dream into components you can work on individually and then make a list.After studying the "dream" position,you determine that what they are looking for is a hardworking,driven/忘我的/person who can manage a team well and improve productivity.
Perfecting each of these character istics/特性/then becomes goals you can shoot for.
The first thing you do is show your boss that you are eager to work hard,begin to seek out more long-term projects to show you can maintain a certain energy level over a period of time.Then you have to show your boss that you're a team player,that you take the time to pitch in/使劲于/for the group and that you're the kind of person who makes the people around you perform better.
The point is that you must establish specific goals and clearly define them.Goals are not merely fuzzy wishes,or hastily made New Year's resolutions.They are tangilble action items to be written down and followed.
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