英语晨读美文：创造机会

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英语晨读美文：创造机会

( y2 p) e+ s1 r( S　　The lack of opportunity is ever the excuse of a weak, vacillating mind.
( K( s9 @2 G& H+ {7 R# z; h" }8 ]　　意志脆弱优柔寡断的人，总是以缺乏机会作为借口。 
$ q7 B( K( _- Z  `4 t- T: o& ]% P　　Opportunities!
$ ^! V, m$ \1 D% D8 Z. G# a　　机会!
2 u5 b7 f6 v* L& ]7 q　　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.
2 e8 _& o9 A1 e  _5 `  ~　　学校里的每一节课都是一次机会。
2 n' S% H4 _# S' c+ \　　Every examination is a chance in life.
　　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.
7 V/ b0 v* `, f* \( P0 W　　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。
　　Every responsibility thrust upon your strength and your honor is priceless.
0 }/ \3 {  [0 p% V6 ]8 p　　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。
+ x: G, O; j8 D% g　　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?
& [7 }: x0 R8 ~8 u( h+ v" s　　Was the land all occupied before you were born?
( B* Y' r: A& ~( F$ r" z: v+ v& G　　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?
8 y- j) j: t# [4 J" A　　难道地球已不再繁衍生息?
& d& z- e2 z5 g0 P0 l　　Are the seats all taken?
8 V% [! t( L) r　　难道所有的席位都已另有归属?
　　The positions all filled?
. a- A$ Z  r! Z6 f  R4 R　　所有的职位都已人满为患?
　　The chances all gone?
, {- |" I0 `& L% u) P; |! q5 m　　所有的机会都一去不返?
　　Are the resources of your country fully developed?
# N% C7 Y+ v2 |3 E' v　　难道你国内的资源都已开发殆尽?
: m, E) D3 ]/ c2 v, p, l　　Are the secrets of nature all mastered?
; ?+ t5 f: z+ h) v) Y8 E9 L　　难道大自然的奥秘都已了如指掌?
) i$ H. p0 y) V2 n2 Y* w4 X　　Is there no way in which you can utilize these passing moments to improve yourself or benefit another?
, ~2 P) c4 P) S5 o　　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?
+ E1 g: ^8 m8 [; l( G; A( ]  G　　Don't wait for your opportunity.
8 C; K' u% }4 z% ~　　切莫株守机会。
　　Make it-make it as Napoleon made his in a hundred "impossible" situations.
- ^/ n: w0 h  y$ Y7 T/ u　　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。
/ T& F1 M% B" w; p# B" k5 P0 M4 D　　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。
( O4 n/ T6 N! u5 R3 a, x　　Make it, as every man must, who would accomplish anything worth the effort.
8 Z+ d. K! c- J" g, L+ r5 C" V　　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.
　　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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