英语晨读美文：创造机会

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英语晨读美文：创造机会
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　　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。 
　　Opportunities!
0 f# A9 y* \7 k* P　　机会!
　　Every life is full of them.
　　在每个人的生活当中，无处不在。
　　Every lesson in school or college is an opportunity.
9 R$ u& \' j' h5 [% i' P& ^. H　　学校里的每一节课都是一次机会。
* B, r* m1 E3 |　　Every examination is a chance in life.
3 U  H2 B/ A- B: F( T" q　　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.
5 I+ ^8 E8 p5 X7 g* @+ o4 R) y　　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。
# [5 F% O) _7 K$ m　　Every proof of confidence in you is a great opportunity.
, Z* I. o/ O  X) i- F. k; z% v5 d* H　　每一份对你的信任，对你都是一次莫大的机会。
　　Every responsibility thrust upon your strength and your honor is priceless.
4 @& G' J5 K% U/ R3 N2 Y7 Q　　基于你的才干和声望而寄予你的每一份责任，都是无价的。
* i- B( c" j# Y4 x7 K6 {　　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。
& o4 s: {8 V& N7 E8 n# w! s  d- G. b　　Young men and women, why do you stand here all the day idle?
　　年轻人啊，为何你们整日裹足不前而虚掷光阴?
8 p/ r( X' c$ T' Q+ ]/ N+ r　　Was the land all occupied before you were born?
　　难道在你们出生之前，每一寸土地都已被他人所占据?
( |4 A. G' l; k0 E# |　　Has the earth ceased to yield its increase?
: h, Z4 q: Q7 ~9 L) H6 n+ a　　难道地球已不再繁衍生息?
  d& k9 J$ t5 p$ y　　Are the seats all taken?
　　难道所有的席位都已另有归属?
9 Y3 e8 A; Y4 \) j) P# U　　The positions all filled?
. @  j; y. [! z" u　　所有的职位都已人满为患?
　　The chances all gone?
2 e6 E  n6 H" w0 }  x4 ^- V0 l% Q　　所有的机会都一去不返?
4 T/ ?% x7 }8 U+ q　　Are the resources of your country fully developed?
　　难道你国内的资源都已开发殆尽?
　　Are the secrets of nature all mastered?
+ J5 s  ]$ _, b2 G　　难道大自然的奥秘都已了如指掌?
; f1 z5 t0 e* H) ~& ?　　Is there no way in which you can utilize these passing moments to improve yourself or benefit another?
0 Y. u) T$ F4 E6 y/ a" k. J4 q; p　　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?
- k( e0 i4 ?( p9 U0 A4 `　　Don't wait for your opportunity.
: h+ d4 N- ?& z, |　　切莫株守机会。
& t3 f' P' N* ]  Y- k9 \　　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。
　　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。
/ ]9 m7 t& w9 r" @1 A* z; n　　Make it, as every man must, who would accomplish anything worth the effort.
　　去创造它，人人必须如此，任何人都能获得应有的回报。
3 s: Q$ ]  a8 u  Q1 \  I" `2 ^0 Z　　Golden opportunities are nothing to laziness, but industry makes the commonest chances golden.
5 ?0 @; W. ?" d, B0 C　　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!
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