1.甄选英语听力文章合集
自信是成功的决定原因
Nothing succeeds like confidence. When you are truly confident, it radiates1 from you like sunlight, and attracts success to you like a magnet.
信心收获所有。当你真正自信时,它就像灿烂的阳光一样从你身上散发出来,就像磁铁一样将成功吸引到你身上。
It’s very important to believe in yourself. Believe that you can do it under any circumstances, because if you believe you can, then you really will. The belief keeps you searching for answers, which means that pretty soon you will get them.
相信自己尤为重要。要相信自己在任何状况下都会成功,由于假如你相信你能做到,那样你就真的会做到。这种信念促进你不断地去探寻答案,而不断地探索就意味着你非常快就会找到答案。
Confidence is more than an attitude. It comes from knowing exactly where you are going and exactly how you are going to get there. It comes from acting with integrity3 and confidence. It comes from a strong sense of purpose. It comes from a strong commitment to take responsibility, rather than just letting life happen.
信心不仅仅是一种态度。它源自你确切地了解自己要去做什么并且确切地了解如何去干。它源自正直和自信地去行动。它源自坚强的决心。它源自强烈地勇于承担责任的许诺,而不是放纵生命的流逝。
One way to develop self|confidence is to do the thing you fear and to get a record of successful experiences behind you.
培养自信的一种办法是去做你害怕做的事情,并将它做成功。
Confidence is compassionate4 and understanding. It is not arrogant. Arrogance is born out of fear and insecurity, while confidence comes from strength and integrity.
信心是富有同情心和善解人意的。它一点都不傲慢自大。傲慢是因为害怕和缺少安全感才产生,而信心则出于坚强决心和诚实正直。
Confidence is not just believing you can do it. Confidence is knowing you can do it. Know that you are capable of accomplishing anything you want, and live your life with confidence.
信心并非仅仅觉得你或许会成功,信心是确信你肯定能成功。确信你有能力达成你的愿望,并充满信心地生活着。
Anything can be achieved through focused, determined effort and self|confidence. If your life is not what you want it to be, you have the power to change it, and you must make the changes on a moment by moment basis. Live your priorities. Live with your goals and your plan of action. Live each moment with your priorities in mind. Act with your own purpose, and you will have the life you want.
假如你足够专心、坚决和自信,任何事都能做成。假如生活不像你预想的那样,你有力量去改变它,并且你需要一步一步地达成这类改变。铭记你生命中关键的事。有目的并且有计划地去生活。时刻铭记你生命中关键的事。为你的目的而奋斗,你就会拥有自己想要的生活。
2.甄选英语听力文章合集
People give all kinds of reasons for why they started smoking, but none of them are good — not even supposedly altruistic ones.
While some claim that you’re actually saving our overburdened healthcare system money in the long run by smoking because it reduces life expectancy, it’s nowhere near a watertight argument.
First of all, you’re certainly not doing your family and friends a favor by deliberately lowering your life expectancy. In fact, your family will have to absorb the losses incurred when you miss work due to smoking|related illnesses. Second, there is a lot of debate over the best way to measure the economic cosplayts of smoking.
Every study is based on different assumptions, and uses different data and methods. For example, should you measure the cosplayt of smoking by looking at the cosplayt of treating major illnesses like lung cancer and heart disease, or should you also measure the cosplayt of less serious illnesses? Should you take into account the fact that people who live longer also pay more taxes and insurance premiums? Should you look at the overall cosplayt to the healthcare system, or at the cosplayt per individual?
Anyway, regardless of how you calculate them, the economic cosplayts of smoking are inconsequential when compared to smoking’s real price: the misery caused by the deaths of over 400,000 people each year and the illnesses of several million.
大家一直为开始吸烟找各种理由，但没一种是好的，没所谓的利他理由。
有如此一种声音，从长远利益来讲你吸烟是在拯救大家不堪重负的医疗系统资金，降低预期寿命，但严密的论证大家尚未学会。
第一，刻意减少你的预期寿命，并非在助你家人和朋友的忙。事实上，当你患上了吸烟的有关成人两性疾病，你的家人便不能不承受导致的损失。其二，通过的方法去衡量吸烟的经济本钱还存在不少争议。
各项研究都基于不一样的假设，而且用了不一样的数据和办法。比如，通过察看治疗如肺癌，心脏病等重大疾病的本钱，你估量到吸烟的本钱了吗?你同时估量到不紧急疾病的本钱了吗?你考虑到活得愈加长久人同时需要付更多的税费和保险的事实了吗?你考虑过医疗系统的总本钱吗?或者是每一个人的本钱吗?
总之，不管你如何计算，与吸烟实质代价相比，它的经济本钱便微不足道了，吸烟酿成了每年40万人的死亡与数百万人患病的悲剧。
3.甄选英语听力文章合集
有能力帮助其他人是一种幸福
The hummingbird was lost in the supermarket, exhausted, starving, and near death as it spiraled towards the ground on helpless wings.
一只蜂鸟在超市里迷失方向了，它疲惫不堪且饥饿难耐，因为无力挥动双翼，小蜂鸟飞得愈加低，眼看就要奄奄一息。
I snatched her away from the crushing carts, cupped her in my hands, and rushed for the exit.
我一把将它抓住，让它免于遭受被推车碾压的命。我小心翼翼地托着蜂鸟，向出口跑去，感到它小而柔软的身体躺在我的掌心。
She was tiny and soft against my palms. I ran out towards the flowers. She was too weak to perch; I cupped her in my palm and held her up to each flower to drink.
我跑向花丛，然而这只蜂鸟太虚弱了，站都站不起来。于是我举着它，让它挨个吸食每朵花的花蜜。
Slowly, she perked up and her claws tightened on my finger. Then she spread her wings and flew on her own: a tiny, sweet miracle.
日渐地蜂鸟有了精神，它的爪子抓紧了我的手指，之后它挥动着翅膀飞了起来——这小小的，甜蜜的奇迹。
4.甄选英语听力文章合集
面试
Manager: I’ve just looked over your resume and I must admit I am quite impressed.
我已经看过你的简历了，我得承认我对你的简历印象很好。
Sales Rep: Thank you. I’ve worked pretty hard to be able to list those accomplishments.
谢谢。因为我一个人努力才能换来这类成就。
Manager: You’ve got plenty of training and experience. I wonder if you could tell me something about your goals. Where do you see yourself ten years from now?
你同意的培训和工作经验都非常丰富。能否告诉我你的目的？十年将来你筹备在到什么目的？
Rep: To be honest, I don’t plan in that much detail. My goals tend to be general; I define success according to the job at hand. I see myself advancing as I succeed, but I don’t necessarily dwell on the timing of each step.
说实话，我的目的没那样具体要。我只有大致的目的，我觉得是不是成功取决于手头上的工作。我看到自己在不断前进，不断成功，但我感觉没必要拘泥于每一步要花的时间。
Manager: interesting! And how do you feel about decision|making? Are you an independent thinker, or do you depend more on your superior for direction?
有意思！ 你对“作决定”有哪些怎么看？ 你是个独立考虑者，还是更多地依靠上级的指示？
Rep: That depends a bit on the problem at hand. There are certain situations in which a manager can give a general directive, and expect his employees to know how to take the initiative on the details. I am known for taking the initiative, but I believe I also have the discernment to wait for direction when the situation calls for that.
这就要看当时手头上的工作是什么。有时经理会给出大致的指示不，期望职员发挥在具体工作上的主动性。我非常擅长发挥主动性，但我感觉我也能运用我们的判断，在某些状况下，等待经理的指示。
Manager: Sounds good. Everyone is taking about teams these days. Can you describe your role as a member of a sales team?
非常不错。大家目前沉迷谈论“团队”。你能描述一下你在销售团队里的角色吗？
Rep: I see myself as an encourager. Of course, sales can be quite competitive and sometimes people in this field have a secret desire for others to fail. In my last job, each representative handled a different region. I developed a system for sharing sales gimmicks that worked. Soon the whole sales team started saving up stories, not just to brag, but to share.
我把自己看作一个鼓动者。当然，销售这个范围的角逐非常激烈，有的同行暗地里期望其他人失败。我在原来的公司工作时，每一个销售代表负责一个区域。我打造了一套规范，让所有业务员共享行之有效的销售方案。非常快整个销售团队开始积累成功经验，不是为了吹牛，而是为了推荐。
Manager: So, your experience is as impressive in practice as it is on paper.
你的实质历程和你所写的一样吸引人。
