新概念一生必读的英语经典美文第38篇：如果再回到童年（双语）

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[00:08.29]38 If were a boy again 如果再回到童年 
[00:09.40]If I were a boy again,I would practise perseverance more often,假如我再回到童年,我会更多地培养自己的毅力
[00:17.70]and never give up a thing because it was hard or inconvenient.决不因为事情艰难或麻烦而放弃不干
[00:24.20]If we want light,we must conquer darkness.如果我们需要光明,我们就得征服黑暗.
[00:27.33]Perseverance can sometimes equal genius in its results.在产生的结果方面,毅力往往可以与天才相媲美。
[00:32.46]"There are only two creatures,"says a proverb;"who can surmount the pyramids-the eagle and the snail."谚语说：“能登上金字塔的生物只有两种――雄鹰与蜗牛。”
[00:42.40]If I were a boy again,I would school myself into a habit of attention 假如我再回到童年，我会培养自己专心致志的习惯；
[00:49.73]I would let nothing come between me and the subject in hand.一旦手头有事，决不让任何东西使我分心。
[00:54.90]I would remember that a good skater never tries to skate in two directions at once.我会牢记：一位优秀的溜冰手从不试图同时滑向两个不同的方向。
[01:00.55]The habit of attention becomes part of our life,if we begin early enough.如果及早养成专心致志的习惯，它就会成为我们生命的一个部分。
[01:08.39]I often hear grown-up people say,我常常听到成年认说：
[01:13.42]"I could not fix my attention on the lecture or book,“尽管我希望集中注意力听讲课或读书，
[01:18.65]although I wished to do so,"但往往做不到。”
[01:21.42]and the reason is,the habit was not formed in youth.其愿意就在于年轻时没有养成这种习惯。
[01:26.20]If I were to live my life over again,假如我能重新活过，
[01:30.35]I would pay more attention to the cultivation of the memory.我会更加注意培养自己的记忆力。
[01:35.10]I would strengthen that faculty by every possible means,我要采取一切可能的办法，
[01:40.56]and on every possible occasion.在一切可能的场合,增强记忆力。
[01:45.12]It takes a little hard work at first to remember things accurately;要精确地记住一切事物，起初的确要作出一番小小的努力；
[01:49.72]but memory soon helps itself,and gives very little trouble.但用不了多久，记忆力本身就会起作用，
[01:53.80]It only needs early cultivation to become a power.使记忆成为轻而易举的事。只需及早培养，记忆自会成为一种才能。
[01:58.52]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。
[02:05.43]"Nothing is so mild and gentle as courage, "世上没有东西比勇气更温文尔雅，
[02:09.90]nothing so cruel and pitiless as cowardice," says a wise author. 也没有东西比懦怯更残酷无情。"一位明智的作家曾说过
[02:15.89]We too often borrow trouble,我们常常过多地自寻烦恼，
[02:19.11]and anticipate that may never appear."杞人忧天。
[02:22.11]The fear of ill exceeds the ill we fear." 怕祸害比祸害本身更可怕
[02:26.40]Dangers will arise in any career, 凡事都有危险，
[02:30.70]but presence of mind will often conquer the worst of them.但镇定沉着往往能克服最严重的危险。
[02:35.66]Be prepared for any fate, 对一切祸福做好准备，
[02:39.54]and there is no harm to be feared.那么就没有什么灾难可以害怕的了。
[02:41.97]If I were a boy again,I would look on the cheerful side.假如我能再回到童年，我会凡事都看光明的一面。
[02:46.97]Life is very much like a mirror:生活就像一面镜子：
[02:49.93]if you smile upon it,it smiles back upon you;你朝它微笑，它也会朝你微笑：
[02:53.85]but if you frown and look doubtful on it,但如果你朝它皱眉头，
[02:57.55]you will get a similar look in return.它也会朝你皱眉头；
[03:00.57]Inner sunshine warms not only the heart of the owner,内心的阳光不仅温暖了自己的心，
[03:05.82]but of all that come in contact with it.同时也温暖了所有跟他接触的人的心。
[03:08.87]Who shuts love out,in turn shall be shut from love.“谁将爱拒之门外，谁就会被爱拒之门外。”
[03:15.84]importance of learning very early in life to gain that point  我可以写上好几页，谈谈早期培养这一点的重要性
[03:21.30]where a young boy can stand erectand and decline 一个少年要能挺得起腰杆
[03:23.92]If I were 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
[03:31.30]I might write pages on the doing and an unworthy act because it is unworthy.拒绝做不值得做得事--就因为它不值得做。
[03:38.86]If I were a boy again,假如我再回到童年，
[03:40.73]I would demand of myself more courtesy towards my companions and friends,我会要求自己对待同伴和朋友更礼貌，
[03:47.69]and indeed towards strangers as well.而且对陌生人也同样如此。
[03:50.89]The smallest courtesies along the rough roads of life 再坎坷得人生道路上，最细小的礼貌
[03:55.31]are like the little birds that sing to us all winter long,犹如在漫长的冬季为我们唱歌的小鸟，
[03:59.27]and make that season of ice and snow more endurable.使得冰天雪地的严冬变得较易忍受。
[04:04.36]Finally,instead of trying hard to be happy,最后，假如我再回到童年，
[04:09.35]as if that were the sole purpose of life,I would,我不会竭力为自己谋幸福――仿佛那是人生的唯一目标；
[04:15.14]if I were a boy again,try still harder to make others happy.与之相反，我会更加努力――让他人幸福。

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新概念一生必读的英语经典美文第38篇：如果再回到童年（双语）