世界上最美丽的英文I：16 If I were a Boy Again 假如我又回到了童年（MP3+双语字幕）

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[00:03.23]16 If I were a Boy Again	假如我又回到了童年
[00:05.59]If I were a boy again, I would practice perseverance more often,	假如我又回到了童年，我做事要更有毅力，
[00:14.43]and never give up a thing because it was or inconvenient.	决不因为事情艰难或者麻烦而撒手不干，
[00:18.40]If we want light, we must conquer darkness.	我们要光明，就得征服黑暗。
[00:21.64]Perseverance can sometimes equal genius in its results.	毅力在效果上有时能同天才相比。
[00:26.74]"There are only two creatures," syas a proverb, "who can surmount the pyramids--the eagle and the snail."	俗话说：“能登上金字塔的生物，只有两种――鹰和蜗牛。”
[00:35.17]If I were a boy again, I would school myself into a habit of attention;	假如我又回到了童年，我就要养成专心致志的习惯；
[00:43.21]I would let nothing come between me and the subject in hand.	有事在手，就决不让任何东西让我分心。
[00:47.98]I would remember that a good skater never tries to skate in two directions at once.	我要牢记：优秀的滑冰手从不试图同时滑向两个不同的方向。
[00:54.71]The habit of attention becomes part of our life, if we begain early enough.	如果及早养成这种专心致志的习惯，它将成为我们生命的一部分。
[01:00.63]I often hear grown up people say " I could not fix my attention on the sermon or book, although I wished to do so" ,	我常听成年人说：“虽然我希望能集中注意听牧师讲道或读书，但往往做不到。”
[01:09.62]and the reason is, the habit was not formed in youth.	而原因就是年轻时没有养成这种习惯。
[01:13.32]If I were to live my life over again, I would pay more attention to the cultivation of the memory.	假如我现在能重新开始我的生命，我就要更注意记忆力的培养。
[01:23.99]I would strengthen that faculty by every possible means, and on every possible occasion.	我要采取一切可能的办法，并且在一切可能的场合，增强记忆力。
[01:30.97]It takes a little hard work at first to remember things accurately;	要正确无误地记住一些东西，在开始阶段的确要作出一番小小的努力；
[01:35.77]but memory soon helps itself, and gives very little trouble.	但要不了多久，记忆力本身就会起作用，使记忆成为轻而易举的事，
[01:41.12]It only needs early cultivation to become a power.	只需及早培养，记忆自会成为一种才能。
[01:45.46]If I were a boy again, I would cultivate courage.	假如我又回到了童年，我就要培养勇气。
[01:55.33]"Nothing is so mild and gentle as courage, nothing so cruel and pitiless as cowardice," syas a wise author.	一位明智的作家曾说过：“世上没有东西比勇气更温文尔雅，也没有东西比懦怯更残酷无情。”
[02:04.44]We too often borrow trouble, and anticipate that may never appear.	我们常常过多地自寻烦恼，杞人忧天。
[02:09.86]" The fear of ill exceeds the ill we fear."	“怕祸害比祸害本身更可怕。”
[02:12.76]Dangers will arise in any career, but presence of mind will often conquer the worst of them.	凡事都有危险，但镇定沉着往往能克服最严重的危险。
[02:20.74]Be prepared for any fate, and there is no harm to be freared.	对一切祸福做好准备，那么就没有什么灾难可以害怕的了。
[02:25.54]If I were a boy again, I would look on the cheerful side.	假如我又回到了童年，我就要事事乐观。
[02:34.52]Life is very much like a mirror:	生活犹如一面镜子：
[02:37.62]if you smile upon it, it smiles back upon you;	你朝它笑，它也朝你笑；
[02:41.68]but if you frown and look doubtful on it, you will get a similar look in return.	如果你双眉紧锁，向它投以怀疑的目光，它也将还以你同样的目光。
[02:47.68]Inner sunshine warms not only the heart of the owner,	内心的欢乐不仅温暖了欢乐者自己的心，
[02:51.61]but of all that come in contact with it.	也温暖了所有与之接触者的心。
[02:55.04]?" who shuts love out ,in turn shall be shut out from love."	“谁拒爱于门外，也必将被爱拒诸门外。”
[02:59.28]If I were a boy again, I would school myself to say no more often.	假如我又回到了童年，我就要养成经常说“不”字的习惯。
[03:09.93]I might write pages on the importance of learning very early in life to gain that point where a young boy can stand erect, and decline doing an unworthy act because it is unworthy.	一个少年要能挺得起腰，拒绝做不应该做的事，就因为这事不值得做。我可以写上好几页谈谈早年培养这一点的重要性。
[03:24.41]If I were a boy again, I would demand of myself more courtesy towards my companions and friends, and indeed towards strangers as well.	假如我又回到了童年，我就要要求自己对伙伴和朋友更加礼貌，而且对陌生人也应如此。
[03:35.33]The smallest courtesies along the rough roads of life are like the little birds that sing to us all winter long,	在坎坷的生活道路上，最细小的礼貌犹如在漫长的冬天为我们歌唱的小鸟，
[03:44.86]and make that season of ice and snow more endurable.	那歌声使冰天雪地的寒冬变得较易忍受。
[03:48.42]Finally, instead of trying hard to be happy, as if that were the sole purpose of life,	最后，假如我又回到了童年，我不会力图为自己谋幸福，好像这就是人生唯一的目的；
[04:03.39]I would , if I were a boy again, I would still try harder to make others happy.	与之相反，我要更努力为他人谋幸福。

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世界上最美丽的英文I：16 If I were a Boy Again 假如我又回到了童年（MP3+双语字幕）