学无止境，开此帖，将喜欢的一些英语美文收藏于此，以此鞭策自己。

I was not looking for my dreams to interpret my life, but rather for my life to interpret my dreams.
我不想用梦想来注解人生，我要用人生来诠释我的梦想。（美国作家，苏珊·桑塔格）

A man is not old as long as he is seeking something. A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.
只要一个人还有追求，他就没有老。直到后悔取代了梦想，一个人才算老。（美国演员，约翰·巴里莫尔）

But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.
但人不是为失败而生的。一个人可以被毁灭，但不能被打败。 --海明威《老人与海》

I was struggling to keep up some of the time and the scenery was going past way too fast and close at times.
我努力跟上时间的脚步，因为眼前的风景有时逝去得太快。（约翰·邦德）

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.
如果我们总是等待，改变永远不会到来。自己才是我们在等的那个人，才是我们在等的那个改变。（奥巴马）

Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.
益友、良书和一颗宁静的心，这就是理想的生活。（马克·吐温）

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I was struggling to keep up some of the time and the scenery was going past way too fast and close at times.
我努力跟上时间的脚步，因为眼前的风景有时逝去得太快。（约翰·邦德）

Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.
你把幸福捧在手里，看似微不足道，一旦放手，你便立刻感觉到它的重要与珍贵。（玛克西姆·高尔基）

英语文章欣赏：当风吹起的时候
　 Years ago a farmer owned land along the Atlantic seacoast. He constantly advertised for hired hands. Most people were reluctant to work on farms along the Atlantic. They dreaded the awful storms that raged across the Atlantic, wreaking havoc on the buildings and crops. As the farmer interviewed applicants for the job, he received a steady stream of refusals.
　　Finally, a short, thin man, well past middle age, approached the farmer. "Are you a good farmhand?" the farmer asked him.
　　"Well, I can sleep when the wind blows," answered the little man.
　　Although puzzled by this answer, the farmer, desperate for help, hired him. The little man worked well around the farm, busy from dawn to dusk, and the farmer felt satisfied with the man's work.
　　Then one night the wind howled loudly in from offshore. Jumping out of bed, the farmer grabbed a lantern and rushed next door to the hired hand's sleeping quarters. He shook the little man and yelled, "Get up! A storm is coming! Tie things down before they blow away!"
　　The little man rolled over in bed and said firmly, "No sir. I told you, I can sleep when the wind blows."
　　Enraged by the response, the farmer was tempted to fire him on the spot. Instead, he hurried outside to prepare for the storm. To his amazement, he discovered that all of the haystacks had been covered with tarpaulins. The cows were in the barn, the chickens were in the coops, and the doors were barred. The shutters were tightly secured. Everything was tied down. Nothing could blow away.
　　The farmer then understood what his hired hand meant, so he returned to his bed to also sleep while the wind blew.
　　MORAL: When you're prepared, spiritually, mentally, and physically, you have nothing to fear.
　　Can you sleep when the wind blows through your life? The hired hand in the story was able to sleep because he had secured the farm against the storm.