课外必看双语美文—励志人生的10大关键词

在课外，很多同学们都很喜欢阅读一些小故事，或者阅读一些名著，但是很少有学生在课下阅读英语的美文。为了让同学们阅读更多的英语美文，也为了提高同学们的阅读兴趣，小编特备为同学们推荐了课外必看双语美文—励志人生的10大关键词。

1. Positivity

积极

The things you think about, focus on, and surround yourself with ultimately shape who you become. Choose to live with gratitude for the love that fills your heart, the peace that rests deep within your spirit, and the voice of hope that whispers, “All things are possible.” Right now, pause for a moment and repeat after me: “What I think about and thank about, I will bring about in my life.”

你所思考的、投入的，以及你周围的一切，最终决定你成为什么样的人。选择做一个因为充满爱心、心境安宁、相信希望的感恩之人，“一切皆有可能。” 现在，暂停手中的事情跟我重复：“我将把我所思考的和感激的所有，实践到我的生活中去。”

2. Patience

耐心

Using time, pressure and patience, the universe gradually changes caterpillars into butterflies, sand into pearls, and coal into diamonds. You’re being worked on too, so hang in there. Just because something isn’t happening for you right now, doesn’t mean it will never happen.

运用时间、压力和耐心。整个宇宙都是毛毛虫蜕变成蝴蝶、沙土凝聚成珍珠、煤炭提炼出钻石的过程。你也会遵循这样的规律，所以一定要坚持。不要因为你从来没有成功，就认为你永远不会成功。

3. Courage

勇气

It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you aren’t really living at all – you’re merely existing. You cannot always wait for the perfect time; sometimes you must dare to jump. Sometimes all you need is twenty seconds of insane courage – just literally twenty seconds of uncomfortable bravery – and I promise you, something great will come of it.

生活中想要没有失败基本不可能，除非你生活得过于谨慎，就像你从未真正生活过，你只是存在于此。你不可能坐等时机降临，有时候你需要主动搏一把。有时候你需要的只是刹那疯狂的勇气，我敢说，也许就是那刹那令人不安的勇气，随之而来的就是美妙的经历。

4. Love

爱

When love is your guiding light, you can break through barriers to be of loving service to the world. Gaining the courage and confidence to stand up for what you believe in is not always easy, but it’s fully within your reach. Focus on things that make you the most YOU – that bring out the best of you, that make you better than you were yesterday, and that allow you to shine your light into the space around you.

当爱成为你的指明灯，你可以冲破任何艰难险阻为世界上的爱作出贡献。积累勇气和信心来支持你的信念，这并不容易，但这完全在你能力范围之内。关注那些能展现出真正的你、最好的你的东西，这些东西能使你比昨天做得更好，让你散发出感染他人的光芒。

5. Truth

事实

Tell the truth, or eventually someone will tell it for you. Living a life of honesty creates peace of mind, and peace of mind is priceless. Don’t be dishonest and don’t put up with people who are.

说真话，或者即使你不说，最终他人也会告诉你事实。诚实的生活态度培养出平和的心境，而这是无价之宝。拒绝虚伪，也不要容忍那些虚伪的人。

6. Confession

认错

Don’t criticize others for their flaws if you are not willing to confess your own. Whatever we refuse to confess about ourselves has a way of rearing its head and making itself known when we least expect it.

如果你不愿意承认自己的缺点，那么就不要批判他人的过错。如果我们拒绝向他人承认的关于自己的一切，最终会在我们最不希望发生的时候冒出头被他人知道。

7. Appreciation

感恩

Sometimes we end up cheating on others and ourselves simply because we pay more attention to what we’re missing, rather than what we have. Instead of thinking about what you’re missing, think about what you have that everyone else is missing.

有时候我们会欺骗他人甚至是我们自己，这仅仅因为我们太过于看重我们失去了什么，而不是我们正拥有着什么。仔细想想别人失去而你正拥有的东西吧!

8. Responsibility

责任

In every situation you have ever been in, positive or negative, the one common thread is you. Responsibility means recognizing that regardless of what has happened up to this point in your life, you are capable of making choices to change your situation, or to change the way you think about it.

我们处于的每一种状态，无论积极或是消极，贯穿始终的主线是你自己。责任意味着，你要去意识到，无论是什么导致目前的状况，你都有能力去选择改变现状，或者改变你看待它的方式。

9. Growth

成长

You can choose to let your past define you and confine you, or you can choose to learn, grow, and leave it behind you. Just like the seasons, you have the ability to change. In many ways, you already have.

你可以选择用过去来诠释你和限制你，或者选择去学习成长，甩开过去的一切。你有能力去改变。从各种方面来说，你已经有了改变的能力。

10. Persistence

坚持

All things are difficult before they are easy. It’s not about falling, it’s about getting back up. Success is not a skill, it is a persistent attitude.

凡事先难后易。重点不是失败，而是要在困难中站起来。成功不是一种技巧，而是一种持之以恒的心态。

小编在上面的文章中为同学们推荐的课外必看双语美文—励志人生的10大关键词，不仅是需要同学们能够喜欢并且认真阅读，也希望同学们能够喜欢这一类的文章，在课下多进行阅读。