勵(lì)志成功英文故事1
A boy found an eagle's egg and he put it in the nest of a prairie chicken. The eagle hatched and thought he was a chicken. He grew up doing what prairie chicken do-scratching at the dirt for food and flying short distances with a noisy fluttering of wings. It was a dreary life. Gradually the eagle grew older and bitter. One day he and his prairie chicken friend saw a beautiful bird soaring on the currents of air, high above the mountains. "Oh, I wish I could fly like that!" said the eagle. The chicken replied, "Don't give it another thought. That's the mighty eagle, the king of all birds-you could never be like him!" And the eagle didn't give it another thought. He went on cackling and complaining about life. He died thinking he was a prairie chicken. My friends, you too were born an eagle. The Creator intended you to be an eagle, so don’t listen to the prairie chickens!
譯：一位小男孩發(fā)現(xiàn)了一只老鷹下的蛋，把它放進(jìn)了一只山雞的窩里。鷹被孵出來(lái)了，但他以為自己是一只山雞。漸漸的他長(zhǎng)大了，卻做著山雞所做的事---從泥土里尋找食物，做短距離的飛翔，翅膀還啪啪作響。生活非常沉悶，漸漸地鷹長(zhǎng)大了，也越來(lái)越苦惱。有一天，他和他的山雞朋友看見(jiàn)一只美麗的鳥(niǎo)在天空翱翔，飛的比山還高。 “哦，我要能飛的那么高該多好啊!”鷹說(shuō)。山雞回答說(shuō)，“不要想了，那是兇猛無(wú)比的鷹，鳥(niǎo)中之王---你不可能像他一樣!”于是鷹放棄了那個(gè)念頭。他繼續(xù)咯咯地叫，不停的抱怨生活。最后他死了，依然認(rèn)為自己是一只山雞。朋友們，你們天生就是雄鷹。造物主有意把你造就成一只雄鷹，所以不要聽(tīng)信山雞的話!
勵(lì)志成功英文故事2
A young man asked Socrates the secret to success. Socrates told the young man to meet him near the river the next morning. They met. Socrates asked the young man to walk with him toward the river. When the water got up to their neck, Socrates took the young man by surprise and ducked him into the water. The boy struggled to get out but Socrates was strong and kept him there until the boy started turning blue. Socrates pulled his head out of the water and the first thing the young man did was to gasp and take a deep breath of air. Socrates asked, “What did you want the most when you were there?” The boy replied, “Air.” Socrates said, “That is the secret to success. When you want success as badly as you wanted the air, then you will get it. There is no other secret.”
譯：一個(gè)年輕人向蘇格拉底詢(xún)問(wèn)成功的秘訣，蘇格拉底讓年輕人第二天早晨到河邊見(jiàn)他。他們見(jiàn)面后，蘇格拉底叫年輕人和他一起走向河里，當(dāng)河水淹至他們的脖子時(shí)，蘇格拉底出其不意地抓住年輕人并把其壓入水中，那人想要掙出水面，而強(qiáng)壯有力的蘇格拉底將他摁在水中直到他變得無(wú)力抗?fàn)帲樕l(fā)青。蘇格拉底將他的頭拖出水面，這個(gè)年輕人所做的第一件事就是大口喘息后，深吸一口氣。蘇格拉底問(wèn)：“當(dāng)你悶在水里的時(shí)候你最想要的是什么?”年輕人回答說(shuō)：“空氣。 ”蘇格拉底說(shuō)：“那就是成功的秘訣。當(dāng)你像渴望空氣一樣渴望成功，你就能夠獲得它!沒(méi)有其他的秘密了。 ”
勵(lì)志成功英文故事3
My son Joey was born with club feet. The doctors assured us that with treatment he would be able to walk normally — but would never run very well. The first three years of his life were spent in surgery, casts and braces. By the time he was eight, you wouldn't know he had a problem when you saw him walk .
The children in our neighborhood ran around as most children do during play, and Joey would jump right in and run and play, too. We never told him that he probably wouldn't be able to run as well as the other children. So he didn't know.
In seventh grade he decided to go out for the cross—country team. Every day he trained with the team. He worked harder and ran more than any of the others — perhaps he sensed that the abilities that seemed to come naturally to so many others did not come naturally to him. Although the entire team runs, only the top seven runners have the potential to score points for the school. We didn't tell him he probably would never make the team, so he didn't know.
He continued to run four to five miles a day, every day — even the day he had a 103—degree fever. I was worried, so I went to look for him after school. I found him running all alone. I asked him how he felt. "Okay," he said. He had two more miles to go. The sweat ran down his face and his eyes were glassy from his fever. Yet he looked straight ahead and kept running. We never told him he couldn't run four miles with a 103—degree fever. So he didn't know.
Two weeks later, the names of the team runners were called. Joey was number six on the list. Joey had made the team. He was in seventh grade — the other six team members were all eighth—graders. We never told him he shouldn't expect to make the team. We never told him he couldn't do it. We never told him he couldn't do it...so he didn't know. He just did it.
譯：我的兒子瓊尼降生時(shí)，他的雙腳向上彎彎著，醫(yī)生向我們保證說(shuō)經(jīng)過(guò)治療，小瓊尼可以像常人一樣走路，但像常人一樣跑步的可能性則微乎其微。瓊尼3歲之前一直在接受治療，和支架、石膏模子打交道。七八歲的時(shí)候，他走路的樣子已讓人看不出他的腿有過(guò)毛病。
鄰居的小孩子們做游戲的時(shí)候總是跑過(guò)來(lái)跑過(guò)去。毫無(wú)疑問(wèn)小瓊尼看到他們玩就會(huì)馬上加進(jìn)去跑啊鬧的。我們從不告訴他不能像別的.孩子那樣跑，我們從不說(shuō)他和別的孩子不一樣。因?yàn)槲覀儾粚?duì)他說(shuō)，所以他不知道。
七年級(jí)的時(shí)候，瓊尼決定參加跑步橫穿全美的比賽。每天他和大伙一塊訓(xùn)練。也許是意識(shí)到自己先天不如別人，他訓(xùn)練得比任何人都刻苦。訓(xùn)練隊(duì)的前7名選手可以參加最后比賽，為學(xué)校拿分。我們沒(méi)有告訴瓊尼;也許會(huì)落空，所以他不知道。
他堅(jiān)持每天跑4~5英里。我永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)忘記有一次，他發(fā)著高燒，但仍堅(jiān)持訓(xùn)練。我為他擔(dān)心，于是去學(xué)校看他，發(fā)現(xiàn)他正在一個(gè)人沿著長(zhǎng)長(zhǎng)的林蔭道跑步呢。我問(wèn)他感覺(jué)怎么樣，"很好。"他說(shuō)。還剩下最后兩英里。他滿(mǎn)臉是汗，眼睛因?yàn)榘l(fā)燒失去了光彩。然而他目不斜視，堅(jiān)持著跑下來(lái)。我們從沒(méi)有告訴他不能發(fā)著高燒去跑4英里的路，我們從沒(méi)有這樣對(duì)他說(shuō)，所以他不知道。
兩個(gè)星期后，在決賽前的3天，長(zhǎng)跑隊(duì)的名次被確定下來(lái)。瓊尼是第六名，他成功了。他才是個(gè)七年級(jí)生，而其余的人都是八年級(jí)生。我們從沒(méi)有告訴他不要去期望入選，我們從沒(méi)有對(duì)他說(shuō)他不會(huì)成功。是的，從沒(méi)說(shuō)起過(guò)……所以他不知道，但他卻做到了!
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