急！英语故事、名人名言

1.Sometimes we may think that happiness is so faraway a thing that we couldn't touch it. But with time passing by,I gradually understand the meaning of happiness. It turns out to be easy. You know what？You could take everything as a reason to be happy. When you come across an old friend,you can feel happiness from the bottom of your heart. When you see someone else smile to you in the morning ,you might be happy the whole day？ When you find a letter which is written by your teacher,you may feel satisfaction. And when you give a seat to a pregnant woman you must be proud of yourself and be happy.
Remember when you just smile to the world,you will receive double of that.Believe it or not.Happiness is with you all the time and the most important thing is that you catch it and cherish it！

2.At the airport bookstore, there are only about a dozen freestanding shelves of books. It's Darwinian selection at its most brutal: only the most popular authors, the newest novels, and the most recognizable classics survive. You won't find the lesser known works of Oscar Wilde or Voltaire or even Hemingway — there isn't space for them. Jane Austen makes only the briefest appearance, and Edgar Allen Poe shows his face only at Halloween. There are no collections of poetry beyond Dr. Seuss.

There is, however, a whole rack of self help books.

Americans are obsessed with making ourselves better. Smarter. Thinner. You can buy books to improve your vocabulary. You can devour a stack of books that will teach you to work more efficiently, more ruthlessly, and claw your way to the top — and then you can read books on how to stop and smell the roses and enjoy your life more fully. There are even books that will teach you how to organize your closets.

All of these things dance around the essential truth: we want to be happy. We want to be loved. We want to find meaning in our lives and feel that our contributions make a difference.

This, then, is the Rusty Brain Guide: How To Be Happy.

Eat more cookies. Abstaining from a single cookie isn't going to make you look svelte and toned. Go on, eat some cookies. I recommend the double chocolate ones with chocolate chips inside.

Sing. In your car. In elevators. At the mall, especially at Crate & Barrel and Pottery Barn. In hospital corridors. Before important client meetings. When people give you that patronizing look, wink at 'em.

Make Popsicles.

Stay home on the weekend and disconnect your phone.

Bring a plastic straw to a fancy restaurant. Make loud gurgling sounds when you get to the bottom as you attempt to drink every last molecule of diet Coke.

Order the stuff on the menu that you've never heard of — like Gkaeng Cheud Bplah Meuk Yad Sai (Stuffed Squid Soup with Napa Cabbage or Squash).

Talk to strangers.

Collect something weird that isn't expensive but is relatively hard-to-find.

Wear odd hats in public places.

Amass a jar of coins. Bury them in your back yard. Draw a treasure map and give it to a friend.

Walk to the park near your house. Do some somersaults. When was the last time you did a somersault, anyway?

Eat pickles out of the jar.

Build a Web site and write your own Rusty Brain column (Matt only).

Spend a day by yourself. Leave your cell phone at home. Wander the streets, muttering to yourself and occasionally disagreeing with what you've just muttered.

Buy a puppy. Name it Charo.

Get your teeth capped. Move to Hollywood. Become a star. (Isn't that what you've been dreaming about anyway?)

Wear thong panties under your habit (nuns only).

Throw a surprise birthday party for a friend. Invite lots of people. Make sure that your friend's actual birthday is nowhere near the date of the party.

Belch in public. Then sigh contently.

Suntan naked on a public beach. Adopt a European accent for the day to explain your complete lack of modesty.

Quit your worthless job and dedicate your life to the study of the Moroccan flute.

Fly a kite.

Stop wasting your life with the Moroccan flute and get a real job.

Volunteer at your library, or church, or your local soup kitchen, or Habitat for Humanity. Wear clothes so ratty that you are often mistaken for one of the "needy."

Use the word "Jonesing" as often as possible. As in, "Man, I'm Jonesin' for some homemade Popsicles." Studies have shown this will make you happy.

Join a bowling league. Buy a large red bowling ball. Name it "Gorbachev."

Drive to the nearest national forest. Hike a mile with a backpack full of cold fried chicken and biscuits. Find a clearing where you will not meet a single human and have a picnic.
Stare at the clouds for a full afternoon and dream.

Think about the things you love to do. Now go do those things more often.

Meet someone, fall in love, live happily ever after.

翻译： 机场书店里只有十来个独立书架。达尔文“适者生存”的无情法则在这里被演绎得淋漓尽致：能上架的只有那些最走红作家的、最新出炉的以及最被认可的经典作品。就连奥斯卡·王尔德、伏尔泰甚至海明威的那些不太有名的作品，也未能取得一席之地。简·奥斯丁的作品只有最最出名的几本，而埃德加·阿伦·坡的则只会在万圣节时才露上一面。至于诗集，除（狄奥多·）索伊斯博士的以外，其它的就更别提了。

但是，这里却有整整一架子"＊＊自助"之类的书。

人们总为那些诸如怎样怎样让自己更具魅力、更聪明、更苗条之类的书着迷。你可以买本书来提高自己的单词量，也可以一目十行地啃下一大堆教你如何如何提高工作效率、更残酷、更快地往上爬之类的书，也可以看那些教你如何停下来赏闻路边玫瑰、怎样更好地享受人生之类的书，甚至还有书教你如何安排自己的洗手间。

所有这些都围绕着这样一个基本的主题：我们都希望快乐，我们都希望被爱、希望发现生活的真谛，还希望体验到因自我奉献而对周围带来的改变。

这就是了。所以我们这个"方脑袋专栏"，就是要告诉你快乐的秘诀。

●多吃几块饼干。少吃一块饼干并不会让你看起来更苗条或者曲线更优美。所以，继续放心地吃饼干吧，我推荐那种双面巧克力，中间还有巧克力馅儿的那种。

●无论是在汽车里、电梯间、超市、特别在Crate & Barrel and Pottery Barn这样的商店里，都要哼哼歌。在医院的走廊上，在会见重要客户的会议上，也要哼歌。当人们注目你的时候，朝他们眨眨眼睛。

●自己做冰棍。

●周末呆在家里，并拔掉电话插座。

●带上一根塑料吸管，去一家有特色的餐馆吃饭。在你喝完杯中的最后一滴可乐之前，一定要发出咕噜咕噜的声音。

●只点菜单上你从来没听说过的东西--类似名叫Gkaeng Cheud Bplah Meuk Yad Sai (鱿鱼汤加纳帕甘蓝或南瓜) 之类的。

●去跟陌生人交谈。

●收集那些虽不算贵重，但是却很难找到的东西。

●在公共场合出现的时候戴一顶很古怪的帽子。

●存一大罐硬币并埋在你家后面的院子里。然后画一张藏宝图，交给你的一个朋友。 （让他找去吧！）

●去你家附近的公园散步。在公园里翻几个筋斗。再想想，你最后一次翻跟斗是什么时候了的事情了？

●直接吃从罐子里取出的淹菜。

●自己建立一个网站，写自己的"方脑袋专栏" （仅适用于马特） 。

●独自在家过一天。把手机丢在家里。到街上去闲逛，自己叽哩咕噜一番，偶尔也反驳自己一番。

●买条小狗。给他取名为沙罗。

●戴上洁白的牙套，然后搬到好莱坞去住。然后成为明星。（这不是你一直所梦想的吗？）

●在法衣下穿的是系皮带的衬裤 (仅适用于修女 ) 。

●给朋友举办一个很突然的生日派对，邀请很多人参加。但实际上，举行派对这天跟你朋友生日还差好几天呢。

●当众打嗝。然后心满意足地长舒一口气。

●在沙滩上裸体晒太阳。在这一天要用欧洲腔来解释为什么这么不端庄的原因。

●中止你手上毫无意义的工作，然后集中全力去学摩洛哥长笛。

●去放放风筝。

●不要再把生命浪费在学摩洛哥长笛上，去找一份实在的工作。

●在图书馆、教堂、本地的汤馆或是居住区去充当"义工"。衣服一定要穿得破烂到你经常会被认为是"贫困一族"的程度。

●加入某一个保龄球联盟。买一个大红色的保龄球，取名为"戈尔巴契夫。"

●开车到最近的国家森林公园去。背一大包油煎鸡块和饼干步行一英里。然后找个干净的，不会碰上其它单身人士的地方搞一次野餐。

●用整个下午的时间盯着天上的云发呆、做白日梦。

●考虑考虑自己喜欢做的事儿。现在可以多去做做。

●遇见某人, 堕入情网, 然后幸福地生活

3.Relax. Don’t take yourself too seriously. Happiness is largely a choice. Feel gratitude for all of the good in your life.

Smile. Once you have enough to pay for life’s basics think to yourself: “I’ve won.” Happiness is contagious: find someone who is happy and stand close to them.

Play. Create. Happiness is attainable. Slow down and enjoy the scenery. Be spontaneous. Happiness is perched on your windowsill, invite it in.

Success is not the key to happiness; happiness is the key to success. Surround yourself with positive, life-affirming people.

Make others happy. Have big dreams. Enjoy the journey. Grab every single morsel of happiness which comes your way. Be on the look out for moments of pleasure and wonder.

Take care of your body. Be happy right here, right now, while working towards a better tomorrow. Forget about the Joneses. Forgive. Do for others. Become absorbed in activities that cause you to enter the “flow” state: that state where you forget yourself, lose track of time, and stop worrying. Develop the habit of positive self-talk. Plant a beautiful garden.

Get sunlight and fresh air. Engage your mind in a puzzle: jigsaw puzzles, sudokus, or crossword puzzles. Listen to music. Make music. Quiet your mind chatter.

Meditate.Practice yoga, tai chi, or Qigong. Get a box of six Guatemalan worry dolls: before going to bed, tell one worry to each doll and put them under your pillow; while you sleep, the dolls will take your troubles away.

Make smart money choices. View difficulties as challenges to be overcome. Remember that it’s not a good story if there aren’t any dragons.

4.Get involved in a cause that’s important to you. Have a cat or a dog; pet them often. Perform random acts of kindness, anonymous or not.Surround yourself with pleasant smells: jasmine, lavender, sandalwood . . . Put things in perspective. Go for a brisk walk. Stretch. Go to a museum.

Find a hobby you love. Engage in pleasurable activities.
(”The Pursuit of Happiness”; courtesy of jonSpot)
Spend discretionary income on experiences, such as dining out and travel, instead of purchasing goods.

Count your blessings. Resolve to have a bad memory: release the past. Be yourself, however strange and weird that may be. Ask yourself: what can I do to become happier? Read a good book.

Climb on a tire swing. Be part of something bigger than yourself. Embrace change. Simplify. Think big in the long run, but think small in the short run. Remember the following line from the film “American Beauty”: “. . . it’s hard to stay mad when there’s so much beauty in the world.”Get rid of things that make you unhappy. Make happiness a priority in your life. Do something hedonistic: think afternoon at a spa or going out dancing.

Be curious. Engage in novel activities. Take on new skills. Learn new things. Think back to when you’ve been happiest: what were you doing? Create satisfying, meaningful connections with other people. Practice deep breathing. Savor small authentic moments that bring you contentment. Happiness is a state of mind. Have a small pleasure to look forward to every day: coffee out on the patio, going through a favorite magazine, visiting a beloved friend, baking cookies . . . Search for the sacred in the ordinary. Do a cartwheel when nobody’s looking. Take George Eliot’s declaration to heart: “It is never too late to be what you might have been.”

5.Laugh often. Ask for what you want. Hang a hammock; lie in it. Find work you love.Let go of fear.

Have courage. One of the greatest gifts you can give to your loved ones is to let them see you living a happy life. When you’re happy you give others permission to be happy as well.

Love. Entertain hope. Cope with difficult situations with ingenuity. Spend time contemplating nature. Accept that sometimes you’ll be sad, that’s just part of life. Make happiness the ultimate goal in your life. Fake it until you make it: act happy.

Create a serene environment. Resolve to be a little bit happier today than you were yesterday. Tilt your head back and let out a raucous peal of laughter . . .

翻译放松。把自己看得轻一点。快乐在很大程度上，是一种选择。为你生命中所拥有的美好，心怀感激吧。

微笑。一旦你能满足自己的基本生活需求了，就在心里对自己说：“我赢了。”快乐是可以传染的：所以找些快乐的人，然后向他们靠拢。

玩。创造。幸福是可以通过努力获得的。放慢脚步，去欣赏沿途的风景，要发自内心的去做。快乐就栖息在你的窗槛上，把它请进来吧。成功不是快乐的关键；而快乐却是成功的关键。争取让在你身边的人都是些积极而又有肯定生活态度的人。
让他人快乐。拥有远大的理想。享受你的旅途。抓住旅途中点滴的快乐，珍惜每个开心和奇迹的瞬间。

善待自己的身体。开心点，就在此时，此地，与此同时，也为了一个更美好的明天努力。安心过自己的生活，不做无谓的攀比。学会原谅，帮助他人。积极投入得去参加活动，它们会让你进入一种“流动”的状态：在这种状态里，你会忘了自己，忘了时间，也停止焦虑。养成积极的自我暗示的习惯。修一个漂亮的花园。
享受阳光和新鲜的空气。玩游戏：拼图游戏，数独游戏或填字游戏。听听音乐，玩玩音乐，让你的思绪安静下来。

沉思。
练习瑜伽，太极或者气功。在睡觉前准备一箱（6个）危地马拉忧心娃娃，告诉每个娃娃一个忧伤，然后把它们放在枕头下面，枕着它们入睡。这样，在你睡着的时候，它们就会将你的烦恼带走。

正确的对待金钱。把困难当成将要征服的挑战。要知道，好事多磨。

去做一些对你很来说重要的事情.养一只猫或狗，经常去宠爱他们。经常性的做善事，匿不匿名都可以。让你的周围充满可人的香味：茉莉花，薰衣草，檀香木。。。用长远的眼光看待事情。去轻轻松松的散步，舒展自身，去博物馆。

找一个自己喜欢的爱好. 参加一些娱乐性的活动。

把闲钱花在体验上，比如说去外面吃餐饭，旅游，而不是去购物。

珍惜你得到的恩泽.做一个“健忘”的人：释怀过去。不管别人觉得你有多怪多离奇，都要坚持自己的本色。问问自己：我要做些什么，才能让自己更快乐？读一本好书。

融入快乐，摆脱疲惫：.参与一些超越自己的事项。接受改变。尽量简单。目光要长远，但是也要有近期目标。记住《美国丽人》中的一句话：当世上有这么多美好事物的时候，想要保持疯狂也难。解决掉那些让你不快的事情，让快乐成为你生命中的头等大事。做一些享受的事情：想想下午去洗个温泉浴，或者去外面跳一支舞。

保持好奇心.

参与新奇的事物：学习新技能，接触新鲜事物。当你觉得自己是最快乐，最幸福的时候，回顾一下过去：回想你通常在做什么的时候 ，会感到快乐？与别人创建一种令人满足的，有意义的联系。练习深呼吸。尽情享受那些给你带来满足感的真实时刻。快乐是精神上的一种境界。每天都期待一点小幸福，去院子里喝喝咖啡，浏览一本自己喜欢的杂志，拜访自己喜欢的好友，享受自己喜欢的曲奇…..

在每天的平凡中寻找神圣。

趁别人不注意的时候来个侧身翻。把乔治艾略特的宣言牢记在心：“去成为你本应该成为的人，任何时候都不算晚。”

经常笑. 去索取你想要的。 挂上一个吊床，然后躺在里面。找一份你喜欢的工作，搁下恐惧。

鼓起勇气. 在所有礼物中，你能给你所爱的人最大的礼物就是让他们看到，你过着幸福的生活。如果你快乐，那就意味着你给了人家一个许诺：你，也一样能快乐。

爱. 拥抱希望。用智慧来解决难题。花点时间来观察自然。接受那些偶尔的伤心，那些只是生活的一部分。让快乐成为你生命的终极目标。在你得到快乐之前，要假装快乐。

创造宁静的环境。下决心让自己今天过得比昨天快乐。转过头，甩掉不快。笑声。

虽然只有2和5翻译但绝对OK！我急用分！给我吧

名人名言—— 励志篇
Persistence 励志

·All things in their being are good for something.
· 天生我才必有用。
· Difficult circumstances serve as a textbook of life for people.
· 困难坎坷是人们的生活教科书。
· Failure is the mother of success. - Thomas Paine
· 失败乃成功之母。
· For man is man and master of his fate.
· 人就是人，是自己命运的主人。
· The unexamined life is not worth living. -- Socrates
· 混混噩噩的生活不值得过。 -- 苏格拉底
· None is of freedom or of life deserving unless he daily conquers it anew. -Erasmus
· 只有每天再度战胜生活并夺取自由的人，才配享受生活的自由。
· Our destiny offers not the cup of despair, but the chalice of opportunity. So let us seize it, not in fear, but in gladness. -- R.M. Nixon
· 命运给予我们的不是失望之酒，而是机会之杯。
因此，让我们毫无畏惧，满心愉悦地把握命运 - 尼克松
· Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass. -- John Ruskin
· 生活没有目标，犹如航海没有罗盘。-- 罗斯金
· What makes life dreary is the want of motive. -- George Eliot
· 没有了目的，生活便郁闷无光。 -- 乔治 · 埃略特
· Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored.
-- Lincoln
· 卓越的天才不屑走旁人走过的路。他寻找迄今未开拓的地区。
· There is no such thing as a great talent without great will - power. -- Balzac
· 没有伟大的意志力，便没有雄才大略。 -- 巴尔扎克
· The good seaman is known in bad weather.
· 惊涛骇浪，方显英雄本色。
· Fear not that the life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning. --J.H. Newman
· 不要害怕你的生活将要结束，应该担心你的生活永远不会真正开始。 -- 纽曼
· Gods determine what you're going to be. -- Julius Erving
· 人生的奋斗目标决定你将成为怎样的人。 -- 欧文
· An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding. -- Robert Louis Stevenson
· 生活的目标，是唯一值得寻找的财富。-- 史蒂文森
· While there is life there is hope.
· 一息若存，希望不灭。 -- 英国谚语
· Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value. -- A. Einstein
· 不要为成功而努力，要为做一个有价值的人而努力。 -- 爱因斯坦
· You have to believe in yourself. That's the secret of success. -- Charles Chaplin
· 人必须有自信，这是成功的秘密。 -- 卓别林
· Pursue your object, be it what it will, steadily and indefatigably.
· 不管追求什么目标，都应坚持不懈。
· We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope. -- Mattin Luther King
· 我们必须接受失望，因为它是有限的，但千万不可失去希望，因为它是无穷的。 -- 马丁 · 路德 · 金
· Energy and persistence conquer all things. -- Benjamin Franklin
· 能量加毅力可以征服一切。 -- 富兰克林
· Nothing seek, nothing find.
· 无所求则无所获。
· Cease to struggle and you cease to live. -- Thomas Carlyle
· 生命不止，奋斗不息。 -- 卡莱尔
· A thousand-li journey is started by taking the first step.
· 千里之行，始于足下。
· Strength alone knows conflict, weakness is below even defeat, and is born vanquished. -- Swetchine
· 只有强者才懂得斗争；弱者甚至失败都不够资格，而是生来就是被征服的。 -- 斯威特切尼
· The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for circumstances they want, and if they cannot find them, make them. -- Bernara Shaw
· 在这个世界上取得成就的人，都努力去寻找他们想要的机会，如果找不到机会，他们便自己创造机会。 -- 萧伯纳
· A strong man will struggle with the storms of fate. -- Thomas Addison
· 强者能同命运的风暴抗争。 -- 爱迪生
· He who seize the right moment, is the right man. -- Goethe
· 谁把握机遇，谁就心想事成。 -- 歌德
· Victory won't come to me unless I go to it. -- M.Moore
· 胜利是不会向我们走来的，我必须自己走向胜利。 -- 穆尔
· Man struggles upwards; water flows downwards.
· 人往高处走，水往低处流。
· Man errs as long as he strives. -- Goethe
· 失误是进取的代价。 -- 歌德
· The failures and reverses which await men - and one after another sadden the brow of youth - add a dignity to the prospect of human life, which no Arcadian success would do. -- Henry David Thoreau
· 尽管失败和挫折等待着人们，一次次地夺走青春的容颜，但却给人生的前景增添了一份尊严，这是任何顺利的成功都不能做到的。 -- 梭罗
· A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else. -- J. Burroughs
· 一个人可以失败很多次，但是只要他没有开始责怪旁人，他还不是一个失败者。 -- 巴勒斯

There is a big difference between recognizing a situation may be out of your control and letting it drive you out of control.
- Grant M. Bright

To knock a thing down, especially if it is cocked at an arrogant angle, is a deep delight of the blood.
- George Santayana

Worrying is like a rocking chair...its gives you something to do, but you end up going nowhere.

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.
- Marie Curie

It takes 17 muscles to smile and 43 to frown.

A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
- Herm Albright

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
- Eleanor Roosevelt

Ask yourself whether you are happy and you cease to be so.
- John Stuart Mill

...I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!
- Howard Beale

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