初中英语美文背诵

　(1) Just for today

　Just for today I will try to live through this day only and not tackle my whole life problem at once. I can do something for twelve hours that would appall me if I had to keep it up for a lifetime.

　Just for today I will be happy. This assumes to be true what Abraham Lincoln said, that “Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.”

　　Just for today I will adjust myself to what is, and not try to adjust everything to my own desires. I will take my “luck” as it comes.

　　Just for today I will try to strengthen my mind. I will study. I will learn something useful. I will not be a mental loafer. I will read something that requires effort, thought and concentration.

　就为了今天，我将尽力只度过今天而不立刻去解决终身的问题。对一件令我沮丧而又 必须坚持一辈子的事，我只能坚持十二个小时。

　就为了今天，我会很快乐。

　 亚 伯 拉 罕? 林 肯说过，“大多数人都是决定想怎么高兴就怎 么高兴。”这已经被认为是 真 理。

　就为了今天，我会做自我调整适应事物本来的面目，而不是想方设法使每一件事满足 自己的欲望。

　 当 机会来临的时候我会抓住它。

　就为了今天，我会尽力心强志坚。我会学习，学一些有用的东西。我不会做一个精神 上的 流 浪 汉。我会读一些需要努力、思考和 注 意 力 集 中的东西。

　Just for today I will exercise my soul in three ways. I will do somebody a good turn and not get found out: If anybody knows of it, it will not count. I will do at least two things I don’t want to do—just for exercise. I will not show anyone that my feelings are hurt: they may be hurt, but today I will not show it.

　　Just for today I will be agreeable. I will look as well as I can, dress becomingly, talk low, act courteously, criticize not one bit, and try not to improve or regulate anybody but myself.

　　Just for today I will have a program, I may not follow it exactly, but I will have it. I will save myself from two pests: hurry and indecision.

　　Just for today I will have a quiet half hour all by myself and relax. During this half hour, sometime, I will try to get a better perspective of my life.

　Just for today I will be unafraid. Especially I will not be afraid to enjoy what is beautiful, and to believe that as I give to the world, so the world will give to me.

　就为了今天，我会用三种方法来磨炼我的灵魂。我会做对某人有利的事但不能被发现， 若有人发现了就不算数。我将会做至少两件我不愿做的事情——只为了磨练。我不会让任 何人感到我的感情受到了伤害：它们可能受到了伤害，但今天我不想表现出来。

　就为了今天，我会过得很 惬 意。看起来我达到了最佳状态，穿着得体、讲话 谦 虚、行 为礼貌、一点不吹毛求疵，尽量改进和调节自己而不是别人。

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　就为了今天，我会制定一个计划，我也许不会严格地遵守它，但我一定要有计划。我 会避免两种错误：仓促行事和 优 柔寡断。

　就为了今天，我将会独自静静地呆上半小时放松。在这半小时里，某个时刻，我会日 后对我的生活有个更好的看法。

　就为了今天，我将不再害怕。尤其我不会再害怕 享 受 美 丽的事物，并且相信我给予世 界的，世界也会给予我。

　(2) The Poor

　The poor are very wonderful people. One evening we went out and we picked up four people from the street. And one of them was in a most terrible condition，and I told the sisters: You take care of the other three. I take care of this one who looked worse. So I did for her all that my love can do. I put her in bed, and there was such a beautiful smile on her face. She took hold of my hand as she said just the words "thank you" and she died. I could not help but examine my conscience[良心]before her and I asked what would I say if I was in her place. And my answer was very simple. I would have tried to draw a little attention to myself. I would have said I am hungry, that I am dying, I am cold, I am in pain, or something, but she gave me much more-she gave me her grateful love. And she died with a smile on her face. As did that man whom we picked up from the drain[阴沟、下水道], half eaten with worms, and we brought him to the home. "I have lived like an animal in the street, but I am going to die like an angel, loved and cared for." And it was so wonderful to see the greatness of that man who could speak like that, who could die like that without blaming anybody, without cursing anybody, without comparing anything. Like an angel-this is the greatness of our people. And that is why we believe what Jesus had said: I was hungry, I was naked, I was homeless, I was unwanted, unloved, uncared for, and you did it to me.

　穷人是非常了不起的人。一天晚上，我们外出，从街上带回了四个人，其中一个生命 岌岌可危。于是我告诉修女们说：“你们照料其他三个，这个濒危的人就由我来照顾了。” 就这样，我为她做了我的爱所能做的一切。我将她放在床上，看到她的脸上绽露出如此美 丽的微笑。她握着我的手，只说了句“谢谢您”就死了。我情不自禁地在她面前审视起自己 的良知来。我问自己，如果我是她的话，会说些什么呢？答案很简单，我会尽量引起旁人 对我的关注，我会说我饥饿难忍，冷得发抖，奄奄一息，痛苦不堪，诸如此类的话。但是 她给我的却更多更多――她给了我她的感激之情。她死时脸上却带着微笑。我们从排水道 带回的那个男子也是如此。当时，他几乎全身都快被虫子吃掉了，我们把他带回了家。“在 街上，我一直像个动物一样地活着，但我将像个天使一样地死去，有人爱，有人关心。”真 是太好了，我看到了他的伟大之处，他竟能说出那样的话。他那样地死去，不责怪任何人， 不诅咒任何人，无欲无求。像天使一样――这便是我们的人民的伟大之所在。因此我们相 信耶稣所说的话――我饥肠辘辘――我衣不蔽体――我无家可归――我不为人所要，不为 人所爱，也不为人所关心――然而，你却为我做了这一切。

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