英语晨读美文：创造机会

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英语晨读美文：创造机会

  W% V1 }: C4 F& A. ^3 a5 [' n; A( ?; w　　The lack of opportunity is ever the excuse of a weak, vacillating mind.
　　意志脆弱优柔寡断的人，总是以缺乏机会作为借口。 
0 n: Y3 W, y, Y　　Opportunities!
　　机会!
- [( f. D3 ]/ T2 d3 ]% L8 E1 W　　Every life is full of them.
　　在每个人的生活当中，无处不在。
' ]2 e$ r& p) `% m/ A　　Every lesson in school or college is an opportunity.
　　学校里的每一节课都是一次机会。
7 y& z( g* v( \0 ~4 y　　Every examination is a chance in life.
4 C$ [( g1 i6 S* h- t' ?　　每一场考试都是人生的契机。
　　Every business transaction is an opportunity, an opportunity to be polite, an opportunity to be manly, an opportunity to be honest, an opportunity to make friends.
　　每一次商务往来都是一次机会--一次礼貌待人的机会，一次果敢行事的机会，一次诚实守信的机会，一次广交朋友的机会。
　　Every proof of confidence in you is a great opportunity.
　　每一份对你的信任，对你都是一次莫大的机会。
2 d- F5 e) G5 B3 o) Q: U8 X5 n　　Every responsibility thrust upon your strength and your honor is priceless.
  M. T. o9 r. T4 x7 k　　基于你的才干和声望而寄予你的每一份责任，都是无价的。
　　Existence is the privilege of effort, and when that privilege is met like a man, opportunities to succeed along the line of your aptitude will come faster than you can use them.
　　生存是奋斗赋予的特权，而当你如男子汉一般邂逅那份殊荣时，一个个发挥你聪明才智、助你获取成功的机会便会接踵而至，令你应接不暇。
6 `) `4 p+ W8 a1 b　　Young men and women, why do you stand here all the day idle?
7 f5 }6 U! w* K8 R/ @　　年轻人啊，为何你们整日裹足不前而虚掷光阴?
　　Was the land all occupied before you were born?
5 L5 `; m* H$ U- |" \6 s　　难道在你们出生之前，每一寸土地都已被他人所占据?
　　Has the earth ceased to yield its increase?
　　难道地球已不再繁衍生息?
　　Are the seats all taken?
　　难道所有的席位都已另有归属?
　　The positions all filled?
8 Q/ _2 ?$ N! _6 p8 d! S* V4 j　　所有的职位都已人满为患?
　　The chances all gone?
' G; X% @, r. r3 j$ }! ?$ N　　所有的机会都一去不返?
7 |  O. Z; D4 l+ m　　Are the resources of your country fully developed?
" r" Y* Q6 E" U" X0 h0 W　　难道你国内的资源都已开发殆尽?
　　Are the secrets of nature all mastered?
" w9 l: ~- o) Q) R　　难道大自然的奥秘都已了如指掌?
　　Is there no way in which you can utilize these passing moments to improve yourself or benefit another?
) e  G) q9 k' y! g　　难道你无法抓住这些转瞬即逝的时机来改善自我或者造福他人?
　　Don't wait for your opportunity.
0 e+ S% F! |8 e( z. u5 @　　切莫株守机会。
& u/ z; M; v3 j) m9 |　　Make it-make it as Napoleon made his in a hundred "impossible" situations.
　　去创造它，正如拿破仑在无数次"绝"境中创造自己逢生的机会一样。
7 o9 ]! X2 l- Z9 [+ s　　Make it, as all leaders of men, in war and in peace have, made their chances of success.
　　去创造它，正如战争或者和平年代的领袖们创造他们取得胜利的机会那样。
. s8 M7 _, v7 x" |4 D! _1 g　　Make it, as every man must, who would accomplish anything worth the effort.
6 X- H8 k% U7 N" B) b8 j; T　　去创造它，人人必须如此，任何人都能获得应有的回报。
　　Golden opportunities are nothing to laziness, but industry makes the commonest chances golden.
; k# N6 F( q; b" L. s* m) d　　对于懒惰来讲，天赐良机也会化为乌有;对于勤奋而言，即使是微不足道的机会，也会变得金光闪闪!