第1篇：The 50-Percent Theory of Life
I believe in the 50-percent theory. Half the time thing are better than normal; the other half, they are wore. I believe life i a pendulum wing. It take time and experience to undertand what normal i, and that give me the perpective to deal with the urprie of the future.
Let’ benchmark the parameter: Ye, I will die. I’ve dealt with the death of both parent, a bet friend, a beloved bo and cherihed pet. Some of thee death have been violent, before my eye, or low and agonizing. Bad tuff, and it belong at the bottom of the cale. Then there are thoe high point: romance and marriage to the right peron; having a child and doing thoe Dad thing like coaching my on’ baeball team, paddling around the creek in the boat while he’ wimming with the dog, dicovering hi compaion o deep it manifet even in hi kindne to nail, hi imagination o vivid he build a pacehip from a cattered pile of Lego.
But there i a vat meadow of life in the middle, where the bad and the good flip-flop acrobatically. Thi i what convince me to believe in the50-percent theory.One pring I planted corn too early in a bottomland o flood-prone that neighbor laughed. I felt chagrined at the wated effort. Summer turned brutal—the wort heat wave and drought in my lifetime. The air-conditioner died, the well went dry, the marriage ended, the job lot, the money gone. I wa living lyric from a country tune—muic I diliked. Only a urging Kana City Royal team, bound for their firt World Serie, buoyed my pirit.Looking back on that horrible ummer, I oon undertood that all ucceeding good thing merely offet the bad. Wore than normal wouldn’t lat long. I am owed and avor the peaceful and happy time. They reinvigorate me for the next naty urprie and offer aurance that I can thrive.WWw.hAOzuowEn.com
The 50 percent theory even help me ee hope beyond my Royal’ recent lump, a field of truggling rookie own o that ome year oon we can reap an October harvet. Oh, yeah, the corn crop? For that one blitering ummer, the ground moiture wa jut right, planting early allowed pollination before heat withered the top, and the lack of rain pared the tanding corn from flood. That winter my crib overflowed with corn—fat, healthy three-to-a-talk ear filled with kernel from heel to tip—while my neighbor’ field yielded only brown, empty huk.
Although planting pat may have fallen below the 50-percent expectation, and they probably will again in the future, I am till utained by the crop that flourihe during the drought.
第2篇：
Andrew Carnegie
It i well that young men hould begin at the beginning and occupy the mot ubordinate poition. Many of the leading buinemen of Pittburgh had a eriou reponibility thrut upon them at the very threhold of their career. They were introduced to the broom, and pent the firt hour of their buine live weeping out the office. I notice we have janitor and jamtree now in office, and our young men unfortunately mi that alutary branch of a buine education. But if by chance the profeional weeper i abent any morning, the boy who ha the geniu of the future partner in him will not heitate to try hi hand at the broom. The other day a fond fahionable mother in Michigan aked a young man whether he had even een a young lady weep in a room o grandly a her Pricilla. He aid o, he never had, and the mother wa gratified beyond meaure, but then aid he, after a paue, "What I hould like to ee her do i weep out a room." It doe not hurt the newet comer to weep out the office if neceary. I wa one of thoe weeper myelf.
Auming that you have all obtained employment and are fairly tarted, my advice to you i "aim high". I would not give a fig for the young man who ha not already een himelf the partner or the head of an important firm. Do not ret content for a moment in your thought a head clerk, or foreman, or general manager in any concern, no matter how extenive. Say to yourelf, "My place i at the top." Be king in your dream.
And here i the prime condition of ucce, the great ecret: concentrate your energy, thought, and capital excluively upon the buine in which your are engaged. Having begun in one line, reolve to fight it out on that line, to lead in it, adopt every improvement, have the bet machinery, and know the mot about it.
The concern which fail are thoe which have cattered their capital, which mean that they have cattered their brain alo. They have invetment in thi, or that, or the other, here, there, and everywhere. "Don't put all your egg in one baket" i all wrong. I tell you "put all your egg in one baket, and then watch that baket". Look round you and take notice; men who do that do not often fail. It i eay to watch and carry the one baket. It i trying to carry too many baket, that break mot egg in thi country. He who carrie three baket mut put one on hi head, which i apt to tumble and trip him up. One fault of the American buineman i lack of concentration.
To ummarize what I have aid: Aim for the highet, never enter a bar room; do not touch liquor, or if at all only at meal; never peculate; never indore beyond your urplu cah fund; make the firm' interet your; break order alway to ave owner; concentrate; put all your egg in one baket, and watch that baket; expenditure alway within revenue; latly be not impatient, for, a Emeron ay, "no one can cheat you out of ultimate ucce but yourelve." ）
第3篇：
Equipment
Figure it out for yourelf, my lad. You have got all that the great have had: two arm, two leg, two hand, two eye, and a brain to ue if you'd be wie. With thi equipment they all began, o tart for the top and ay" I can".
Look them over the wie and the great. They take their food from a common plate. With imilar knive and fork they ue; with imilar lace they tie their hoe. The world conider them brave and mart, but you know--- you have got all they had when they made their tart.
You can triumph and come to kill; you can be great if you only will. You are well equipped for the fight you chooe you have arm and leg and brain to ue. And people who have rien, great deed to do tarted their live with no more than you.
You are the handicap you mut face. You are the one who mut chooe your place. You mut ay where you want to go, and how much you will tudy the truth to know. God ha equipped you for life, but he let you decide what you want to be.
The courage mut come from the oul within; you mut furnih the will to win. So figure it out for yourelf, my lad; you were born with all the great have had; with your equipment they all began. Get hold of yourelf and ay" I can".
你会发现，自己已经具备了所有伟人所拥有的：两条胳膊，两条腿，两只手，两只眼睛以及为你带来智慧的大脑。这些伟大的人在奋斗之处也只拥有这些。因此，开始为了梦想奋斗吧，告诉你自己：“我行！”。
看看那些伟大睿智的人，他们吃饭用寻常的盘子和刀叉；甚至用类似的方法系鞋带－－世人皆认为他们兼具勇敢与智慧。但你要知道，此刻你已拥有他们拼搏向前的一切。
如果你愿意，你同样可以取胜，同样可以伟大。在奋斗的路途上你已拥有最精良的装备，不断向前成就伟业的人在奋斗之初并不比你多多少。
你必须面对的是你自己，仅有你自己可以决定自己的处境。说出自己想要达到目标,讲出自己掌握的真相。上帝已为你提供了装备，但方向只能由你自己来决定。
勇气来自内心深处，下定决心取得胜利。所以，自己想想吧，伟人的资本与生俱来。把握好自己，告诉自己：“我行！”。
第4篇：
Dream
When we were young, we had dream and expectation. We imagine thing; we keep thinking about what we want to be, what we want to do, what make u proud and happy and what will we become.
We grew up, and thing eemed like having their own way. We accept our ucce or failure and we move on. The rapid change, the need to do the urgent thing, the work, the preure and the failure, all kill part of our viion.
Thing have changed, but they cannot really take away the dream. We till have to dream on, to viualize our deire, our want, our viion of our future, even when we are conidered too old for uch thing.
Cornell Sander tarted hi buine when he wa ixty, and tarted the whole ucceful KFC buine. The main thing i not the age whether being too old, or too young, but it i the deire to dream on, and the courage to realize it.
The ability to dream on i one of the fine qualitie of human race that other pecie do not poe. So dream on, and put a deadline: make it a giant dream, a tiny one, an old everlating one, a new-found one, a hobby-related one, a change of life one, a religiou one, a tupid one, a troke of geniu one, or jut whatever... jut continue to dream on... Then, Jut Go and Do It!
第5篇：We Were Dear to Each Other
Stray bird of ummer come to my window to ing and fly away.
And yellow leave of autumn,which have no ong,flutter and fall there with a ign.
O Troupe of little vagrant of the world,leave your footprint in my word.
The world put off it mak of vatne to it lover.
It become mall a one ong,a one ki of the eternal.
It i the tear of the earth that keep her mile in bloom.
The mighty deert i burning for the love of a blade of gra who hake her head and laugh and flie away.
If you hed tear when you mi the un,you alo mi the tar.
The and in your way beg for your ong and your movement,dancing water,Will you carry the burden of their lamele?
Her wihful face haunt my dream like the rain at night.
Once we dreamt that we were tranger.
We wake up to find that we were dear to each other.
夏天的飞鸟,飞到我的窗前唱歌,又飞去了。
秋天的黄叶,它们没有什么可唱,只叹息了一声,飞落在那里。
世界上的一小队小小的漂泊者呀,请留下你们的脚印在我的文字里。
世界对着它的爱人,把它浩瀚的面具揭了下来。
它变小了,小如一首歌,小如一回永恒的吻。
是大地的泪点,使她的微笑保持着青春不谢。
无垠的沙漠热烈地追求一叶绿草的爱,她摇摇头笑着飞开了。
如果你因失去了太阳而流泪,那么你也将将失去群星了。
跳着舞的流水呀,在你途中的泥沙,要求你的歌声,你的欢跳.你肯挟痂足的泥沙而俱下么?
她的热切的脸,如夜雨似的,搅扰着我的梦魂。
有一次,我们梦见大家都是不认识的。
我们醒了,却知道我们是相亲相爱的。
第6篇：
Prometheu
Prometheu wa a Titan ．In the war between Zeu the giant he had tood on the ide of the new Olympian god．Out of the clay he made the firt man，to whom Athena gave oul and holy breath．Prometheu pent a lot of time and energy in creating the gift of fire．The fire raied man above all animal ．Later，there held a joint meeting of god and men．The meeting wa to decide what part of burnt animal hould be given to god and what to men．Prometheu cut up an ox and divided it into two part：under the kin he placed the freh，and under the fat he put the bone，for he knew the elfih Zeu loved fat． Zeu aw through the trick and felt dipleaed at the Prometheu' favor toward men．So in a materful way he took away the gift of fire from mankind．However，Prometheu managed to teal fire from heaven and ecretly brought it down to men．Flying into an anger at thi unjutified act of rebellion，Zeu let the other god chain Prometheu to a rock on Mountain Caucau，where a hungry eagle ever tore at hi liver which ever grew again．Hi period of pain wa to be thirty-thouand year．Prometheu faced hi bitter fate firmly and never lot courage before Zeu．At lat Heracle made Prometheu and Zeu retore to friend hip，when Heracle came over in earch of the golden apple and killed the eagle and et the friend of mankind free．
普罗米修斯是泰坦巨人之一。在宙斯与巨人的战争中，他站在新的奥林波斯山神一边。他用粘土造出了第一个男人。雅典娜赋予了这个男人灵魂和神圣的生命。普罗米修斯还花费了很多时间和精力创造了火，并将之赠予人类。火使人成为万物之灵。在这之后，举行了第一次神与人的联席会议。这个会议将决定烧烤过的动物的哪一部分该分给神，哪一部分该给人类。普罗米修斯切开一头牛，把它分成两部分：他把肉放在皮下，将骨头放在肥肉下。因为他知道自私的宙斯爱吃肥肉。宙斯看穿了他的把戏。普罗米修斯偏袒人类，这使宙斯感到不快。因此，他专横地把火从人类手中夺走。然而，普罗米修斯设法窃走了天火，偷偷地把它带给人类。宙斯对他这种肆无忌惮的违抗行为大发雷霆。他令其他的山神把普罗米修斯用锁链缚在高加索山脉的一块岩石上。一只饥饿的老鹰天天来啄食他的肝脏，而他的肝脏又总是重新长出来。他的痛苦要持续三万年。而他坚定地面对苦难，从来不在宙斯面前丧失勇气。最后，海格立斯使普罗米修斯与宙斯恢复了他们的友谊，找到了金苹果，杀死了老鹰，因而解救了人类的老朋友。