英语晨读美文：创造机会

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英语晨读美文：创造机会

5 D) s% F! K+ [* w　　The lack of opportunity is ever the excuse of a weak, vacillating mind.
　　意志脆弱优柔寡断的人，总是以缺乏机会作为借口。 
　　Opportunities!
/ o9 N( {. v+ }3 Y4 w* f7 c! ?　　机会!
' D% U5 J$ E1 r# Z1 ]0 S% e　　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.
) I: V: r% F- y+ I　　学校里的每一节课都是一次机会。
　　Every examination is a chance in life.
& e: {8 a: n. u7 w　　每一场考试都是人生的契机。
# u, y/ D% R/ x1 k  |7 t  c2 r　　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.
1 k5 ^5 K$ P3 U+ M2 j. b' Q% t　　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。
; S% u; O6 Q' z. W% A8 e* Z6 S( G9 F　　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。
7 j! _" V+ P: H: e6 b( t　　Every responsibility thrust upon your strength and your honor is priceless.
　　基于你的才干和声望而寄予你的每一份责任，都是无价的。
/ V% e8 o" L# q　　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.
* e" L' d6 e" S. |　　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?
　　年轻人啊，为何你们整日裹足不前而虚掷光阴?
1 v1 M% S2 L/ L1 M+ @5 o　　Was the land all occupied before you were born?
　　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?
　　难道地球已不再繁衍生息?
/ l) A4 O4 T& }　　Are the seats all taken?
- m) ?: N) P9 L. p5 b8 k　　难道所有的席位都已另有归属?
$ }; N$ X3 `5 O* j6 {# a" c2 u: Q　　The positions all filled?
　　所有的职位都已人满为患?
/ m( n6 [5 x! n　　The chances all gone?
3 N% U1 O! F6 v2 ~  f　　所有的机会都一去不返?
$ j9 d/ t7 x$ G7 q3 O* N/ C) D( [　　Are the resources of your country fully developed?
# g0 N) h3 s% ?8 {, K4 s0 O/ a　　难道你国内的资源都已开发殆尽?
; i7 S5 T% ?! p8 p6 ]3 a& V　　Are the secrets of nature all mastered?
$ N, n8 M9 ]* ?4 H, @- B　　难道大自然的奥秘都已了如指掌?
　　Is there no way in which you can utilize these passing moments to improve yourself or benefit another?
　　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?
) \  v1 y/ V9 z9 o& d) Y) t+ I　　Don't wait for your opportunity.
1 k: Q1 e% E1 l% `2 m9 V* B) A　　切莫株守机会。
  U8 _# m7 q$ y! n　　Make it-make it as Napoleon made his in a hundred "impossible" situations.
- k/ k( n3 c) d% o3 B1 F　　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.
9 A5 V5 x6 ]  t0 ^: i- C2 L　　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。
　　Make it, as every man must, who would accomplish anything worth the effort.
5 d; i/ R' _, G) s9 W* N. M7 t　　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.
3 i7 P& A4 x! ^; X5 A$ O　　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!