英语晨读美文：创造机会

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英语晨读美文：创造机会

: n: V! e  i/ D  e, t6 P' `* I　　The lack of opportunity is ever the excuse of a weak, vacillating mind.
7 z/ k4 G4 W. Q　　意志脆弱优柔寡断的人，总是以缺乏机会作为借口。 
　　Opportunities!
& i; x# F2 O. {8 G$ V　　机会!
　　Every life is full of them.
　　在每个人的生活当中，无处不在。
1 x+ e% c' i4 U　　Every lesson in school or college is an opportunity.
　　学校里的每一节课都是一次机会。
4 @: ]7 ]) I  n% B　　Every examination is a chance in life.
5 G: y7 p" u0 {/ v( t1 L　　每一场考试都是人生的契机。
, [8 \( A$ @1 t$ n　　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.
+ b% J9 z# [& R) w# Q　　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.
+ z- `# Q& K. @! X3 P+ _1 F( e& o　　基于你的才干和声望而寄予你的每一份责任，都是无价的。
; e" v+ s3 |" v& l' V　　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.
' W2 j- K- j  H3 ^: C2 M6 r4 y　　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。
　　Young men and women, why do you stand here all the day idle?
, }6 l. M- T0 R% Z8 W　　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?
8 k% }5 e- B2 W7 \! H! k　　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?
& G% C) o: t& b3 ~0 A　　难道地球已不再繁衍生息?
. g# I1 [! D9 M4 {1 }; Q9 R  J　　Are the seats all taken?
　　难道所有的席位都已另有归属?
　　The positions all filled?
　　所有的职位都已人满为患?
, h( c% C+ r+ S% ^: X8 W　　The chances all gone?
　　所有的机会都一去不返?
" n* e/ [' h1 P$ v0 ~　　Are the resources of your country fully developed?
: R% {% f) \' Q' M* q9 w" ]8 a　　难道你国内的资源都已开发殆尽?
0 Z8 B+ h9 Q7 \　　Are the secrets of nature all mastered?
  _: g; I0 Q4 G5 I　　难道大自然的奥秘都已了如指掌?
' \$ S, y" R/ ~8 D5 L8 S　　Is there no way in which you can utilize these passing moments to improve yourself or benefit another?
; N4 v* d7 C) B  \1 \/ f* @　　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?
" h$ I* z" H- \+ U$ m　　Don't wait for your opportunity.
　　切莫株守机会。
& X  R* U  `4 J( J% s) H' Y　　Make it-make it as Napoleon made his in a hundred "impossible" situations.
& ~. Z3 i5 I( @8 p1 `5 h5 O: T　　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。
$ l  b* D- P, E; R6 Y　　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。
( y. R' C6 d4 @2 S5 v0 d　　Golden opportunities are nothing to laziness, but industry makes the commonest chances golden.
5 e6 R: N5 m: a' L* B- z　　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!