英语晨读美文：创造机会

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英语晨读美文：创造机会

+ ?! M% M5 O' ?, P: r/ u　　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!
! }# H: {7 S  K　　机会!
　　Every life is full of them.
& N/ \. O$ j5 S( `7 z. i. c7 z  Y　　在每个人的生活当中，无处不在。
* d3 u% t0 U# B　　Every lesson in school or college is an opportunity.
$ i+ Z, K+ F' N! q/ F  G' M　　学校里的每一节课都是一次机会。
　　Every examination is a chance in life.
6 I  M7 Q9 k8 s2 r　　每一场考试都是人生的契机。
　　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.
, ?. f4 w8 ~( A* u$ w　　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。
0 F( ?- b7 W+ @9 }7 R$ P7 s　　Every proof of confidence in you is a great opportunity.
5 q5 Y9 z* V6 Q2 S1 e6 x. I　　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.
　　基于你的才干和声望而寄予你的每一份责任，都是无价的。
- B3 G6 O9 g/ M+ g　　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.
, ?  z8 o6 L% T( q. |6 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。
; M  J6 L) W4 c* L　　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?
　　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?
4 b6 P5 k3 a6 R# I3 [& r　　Has the earth ceased to yield its increase?
　　难道地球已不再繁衍生息?
　　Are the seats all taken?
　　难道所有的席位都已另有归属?
; r5 m/ \. W% i; F$ ?' [　　The positions all filled?
　　所有的职位都已人满为患?
& s) Y+ g- s4 R& }" j) }: f+ l　　The chances all gone?
　　所有的机会都一去不返?
　　Are the resources of your country fully developed?
　　难道你国内的资源都已开发殆尽?
# ]. T; l) B- a: r　　Are the secrets of nature all mastered?
　　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?
& t! {& }, k' b( x! j　　Don't wait for your opportunity.
　　切莫株守机会。
6 p3 a* u6 o. ^$ V　　Make it-make it as Napoleon made his in a hundred "impossible" situations.
0 T0 x0 H9 o0 C# m  z　　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。
# U" J8 e/ g; A4 t) D) f3 W　　Make it, as every man must, who would accomplish anything worth the effort.
$ l+ s% I/ Z) B. |  c$ D$ W6 F4 g, z& l　　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.
　　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!