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　　《每天读点好英文：世界因你不同 》分为此刻是最美的时光；生活因选择而不同；散落在生活中的智慧之光三部分，主要内容包括：为什么等到明天？重生的领悟等。 

　　为什么等到明天？
　　The Time Is Short
　　佚名 / Anonymous
　　You who are letting miserable misunderstandings run on from year to year， meaning to clear them up some day； you who are keeping wretched quarrels alive because you cannot quite make up your mind that now is the day to sacrifice your pride and kill them； you who are passing men sullenly upon the street， not speaking to them out of some silly spite， and yet knowing that it would fill you with shame and remorse if you heard that one of those men were dead tomorrow morning； you who are letting your friend’s heart ache for a word of appreciation or sympathy if only you could know and see and feel， all of a sudden， that “the time is short” how it would break the spell！ How you would go instantly and do the thing which you might never have another chance to do！
　　你们有些人听任一些不幸的误会年复一年地存在着，打算将来有一天再去澄清；你们有些人听任一些可怜的争执继续为害，因为你们不能下定决心牺牲自己的自尊，消除那些争执；你们有些人在大街上遇见某些人的时候，由于某种愚蠢的怨恨，故意不同他们讲话，但是你们心里也知道，如果在明天早晨听说其中的某个人离开了人世，心中一定会充满羞愧和悔恨之情；你们有些人吝惜一句感激或同情的话，致使朋友在痛苦中等待——只要你们突然间知道、看到或感觉到“人生苦短”，那你们的心胸就会豁然开朗，不再沉迷于那些无谓的计较，你会马上去做那些如果现在不做以后也许永远没有机会去做的事情！
　　心灵小语
　　宝石即使落在泥潭里，仍是一样可贵；尘土纵然扬到天上，还是没有价值。——贾比尔
　　未知的钢笔
　　Write Your Own Life
　　佚名 / Anonymous
　　Suppose someone gave you a pen—a sealed， solid-colored pen. You couldn’t see how much ink it had. It might run dry after the first few tentative words or last just long enough to create a masterpiece （or several）that would last forever and make a difference in the scheme of things. You don’t know before you begin.
　　Under the rules of the game， you really never know. You have to take a chance！
　　Actually， no rule of the game states you must do anything. Instead of picking up and using the pen， you could leave it on a shelf or in a drawer where it will dry up， unused.
　　But if you do decide to use it， what would you do with it· How would you play the game·
　　Would you plan and plan before you ever wrote a word· Would your plans be so extensive that you never even got to the writing·
　　Or would you take the pen in hand， plunge right in and just do it， struggling to keep up with the twists and turns of the torrents of words that take you where they take you·
　　Would you write cautiously and carefully， as if the pen might run dry the next moment， or would you pretend or believe（or pretend to believe）that the pen will write forever and proceed accordingly·
　　And of what would you write： Of love· Hate· Fun· Misery· Life· Death· Nothing· Everything·
　　Would you write to please just yourself· Or others· Or yourself by writing for others·
　　Would your strokes be tremblingly timid or brilliantly bold· Fancy with a flourish or plain·
　　Would you even write· Once you have the pen， no rule says you have to write. Would you sketch· Scribble· Doodle draw·
　　Would you stay in or on the lines， or see no lines at all， even if they were there· Or are they·
　　There’s a lot to think about here， isn’t there·
　　Now， suppose someone gave you a life...
　　设想，如果有人给了你一支单色的不可拆装的钢笔。你根本看不到里面究竟有多少墨水。也许你试着写几个字后它就没水了，也许里面的墨水足够完成一部（也可能是几部）意义深远的传世之作。但这一切在动笔前，都不得而知。
　　这样的游戏规则，其结果你的确很难预料。只能赌一把！
　　实际上，游戏规则并未规定你一定要做点什么，反之，你甚至完全可以把它放到书架上或抽屉里，不去动它，任其墨水自然干枯。
　　可是，倘若你打算用它，你会将其派上什么用场呢？你将如何开展这一游戏呢？
　　你会在写一个字之前，不断犹豫，反复计划吗？你会因为计划过于周详而没时间动笔吗？
　　或许你只是手握钢笔，埋头苦写，笔耕不辍，顺着泉涌的文思被动前行呢？
　　你写字时会很小心，似乎这支笔的墨水下一刻就会枯竭一样吗？或是你会假装相信这支笔永无枯竭之时呢？
　　那么你会写些什么呢：情爱？憎恶？喜悦？痛苦？生命？死亡？虚无？抑或是一切？
　　你的写作目的是充实自己？还是愉悦他人呢？或是两者兼而有之？
　　你落笔胆怯审慎，还是铿锵有力？你的想象丰富还是匮乏？
　　也许你根本没有落笔？因为没有规则要求你拿到笔后必须要去写作。或许你会去素描？乱画一通？信笔涂鸦？
　　你会写在线内还是线上，或许你根本看不到线，即使有又在哪里呢？那些是吗？
　　就此有许多该考虑的问题，难道不是吗？
　　此刻，如果有人给你一支谱写生命乐章的笔……
　　……

此刻是最美的时光
Shining Time
·为什么等到明天？ 佚名
The Time Is Short 　Anonymous
·重生的领悟　拉尔夫·里士满
A New Look from Borrowed Time　Ralph Richmond
·我所经历过的 佚名
Experience Life　Anonymous
·死亡教会了我们永生　卡罗尔·宾德
About Secrets and Falling Tiles　Carroll Binder
·生活本身是自相矛盾的　亚历山大·M·辛德勒
Two Truths to Live By　Alexander M. Schindler
·未知的钢笔 佚名
Write Your Own Life 　Anonymous
·父母是财富 佚名
Different Strokes of Our Duties 　Anonymous
·反射的游戏 佚名
The Mirror 　Anonymous
·美是永恒　卡里·纪伯伦
On Beauty Kahlil Gibran
·不要烦恼 佚名
The Blue Day 　Anonymous
·自然之美 佚名
The Love of Beauty 　Anonymous
·艺术的真谛　约翰·罗斯金
A Definition of Greatness in Art　 John Ruskin
·与书为伴　约翰·卢伯克
The Delights of Books　John Lubbock
·双色生活 　温斯顿·伦纳德·斯宾塞·丘吉尔
Work and Pleasure 　Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
·短暂是时间的真谛　托马斯·曼
Life Grows in the Soil of Time　Thomas Mann
·永恒的美德　达里尔·F. 柴纳克
Walk Clean around the Hill　Darryl F. Zanuck
·走过低谷，成功在望 佚名
Every Living Person Has Problems 　Anonymous
·七步创建非凡人生 佚名
Seven Secrets to a Great Life 　Anonymous
·生命信条 佚名
I Believe 　Anonymous
·人类的潜能　玛格丽特·米德
A New Control of Destiny　Margaret Mead
·信念的来源 佚名
Beliefs 　Anonymous
生活因选择而不同
The Choice Leads Different Life
·树立自己的人生哲学 佚名
Give Part of Yourself Away 　Anonymous
·抱负决定你怎样活着　约瑟夫·爱泼斯坦
Ambition　Jaseph Epstein
·人人都喜欢真实的你 佚名
Do Things for Himself 　Anonymous
·成功者语录 佚名
On Achieving Success 　Anonymous
·思考成就人生 佚名
For Success in Life 　Anonymous
·守候萌芽 佚名
Sow the Seed—See the Harvest 　Anonymous
·生命的本色 佚名
Life isn' t a Dress Rehearsal 　Anonymous
·未丢失的瓦 佚名
Make Efforts 　Anonymous
·这只是摔倒 佚名
A Lesson about Courage 　Anonymous
·居中的美好 佚名
Under the Weather 　Anonymous
·美梦成真　洛伦·赛伯尔德
The Terribly， Tragically Sad Man　 Loren Seibold
·工作是爱　卡里·纪伯伦
On Work　Kahlil Gibran
·为什么追求声誉？ 佚名
Fame 　Anonymous
·真实地认识自己　阿诺德·贝内特
Expressing One' s Individuality　Arnold Bennet
·向恐惧开战 佚名
Facing the Enemies Within 　Anonymous
·成熟是唯一的途径　利昂·J. 索尔博士
Suffering Is Self-Manufactured　Dr. Leon J. Saul
·在时间的沙滩上留下足迹　威廉·佐拉奇
The Thread of Permanence　William Zorach
·信仰的力量 埃莉诺·罗斯福夫人
Growth that Starts from Thinking 　Mrs. Eleaner Roosevelt
·灵魂的探索　安妮·菲普斯
Growing in the Middle Ground　Anne Phipps
·生存还是毁灭 佚名
Six Famous Words 　Anonymous
·财富使人更悲哀？ 佚名
Sorrows of the Millionaire 　Anonymous
散落在生活中的智慧之光
Sunshine of Knowledge
·反面的牌子 佚名
The Blind Boy 　Anonymous
·生活的智慧 佚名
Food for Thought 　Anonymous
·乞丐的启示 佚名
Life 　Anonymous
·全日制学校的启示 佚名
A Full-time School Called Life 　Anonymous
·美德是另外一回事　约翰·亨利·纽曼
Knowledge and Virtue　 John Henry Newman
·风格暴露了我们自己　瓦尔特·罗利
Style　Walter Raleigh
·朝暮之年　弗朗西斯·培根
Of Youth and Age　Francis Bacon
·罪与罚　卡里·纪伯伦
On Crime and Punishment　Kahil Gibran
·无腿时代 佚名
The Only Way to Travel Is on Foot 　Anonymous
·成功不只是努力工作 佚名
Don’t Work for Money 　Anonymous
·站在真理的前哨　诺曼·卡曾斯
A Game of Cards　Norman Cousins
·羞辱的回应 佚名
You Have Green Hair 　Anonymous
·试金石 佚名
The Touchstone 　Anonymous
·神圣的真理　罗宾德拉纳德·泰戈尔
Truth Is for Everyone　Rabindranath Tagore
·善良的力量 佚名
Causes Are People 　Anonymous
·午夜一课 佚名
A Lesson Learned at Midnight 　Anonymous
·小教堂里的晨祷　海伦·海斯
A Morning Prayer in a Little Church　Helen Hayes
·“指挥棒”的启示　乔治·扬
Philosophy from a Tugboat　George Young
·无知是人与人之间最大的障碍　刘易斯·B. 赫尔希将军
We Can' t Just Play with Spools　General Lewis B. Hershey
·一场与死亡的搏斗　弗吉尼亚·伍尔芙
The Death of the Moth　Virginia Woolf
·我的三原则 大卫·达拉斯·琼斯博士
Fixing Up the Run-Down Places 　Dr. David Dallas Jones
·蝴蝶的翅膀 佚名
Butterfly's Wings Anonymous