精美英文欣赏:Extend the Miracle 发挥潜力，创造无
时间：2019-01-02 作者：英语课 分类：精美英文欣赏
Extend the Miracle
my skills, my mind, my heart, and my body will stagnate 1, rot, and die lest I put them to good use. I have unlimited 2 potential. Only a small portion of my brain do I employ; only a paltry 3 amount of my muscles do I flex 4. A hundredfold or more can I increase my accomplishments 5 of yesterday and this I will do, beginning today.
Nevermore will I be satisfied with yesterday's accomplishments nor will I indulge, anymore, in self-praise for deeds which in reality are too small to even acknowledge. I can accomplish far more than I have, and I will, for why should the miracle which produced me end with my birth? Why can I not extend that miracle to my deeds of today?
And I am not on this earth by chance. I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth will I apply all my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy.
I have been given eyes to see and a mind to think and now I know a great secret of life for I perceive, at last, that all my problems, discouragements, and heartaches are, in truth, great opportunities in disguise. I will no longer be fooled by the garments they wear for mine eyes are open. I will look beyond the cloth and I will not be deceived.
我的技艺，我的头脑，我的心灵，我的身体，若不善加利用，都将随着时间的流逝而迟钝，腐朽,甚至死亡．我的潜力无穷无尽，脑力、体能稍加开发，就能超过以往的任何成就。从今天开始。我就要开发潜力。
我不再因昨日的成绩沾沾自喜，不再为微不足道的成绩目吹自擂。我能做的比已经完成的更好。我的出生并非最后一样奇迹，为什么自己不能再创奇迹呢？
我不是随意来到这个世上的.我生来应为高山。而非草芥。从今往后，我要竭尽全力成为群峰之巅．将我的潜能发挥到最大限度.
我有双眼，可以观察；我有头脑，可以思考。现在我已洞悉了一个人生中伟大的奥秘．我发现，一切问题、沮丧、悲伤，都是乔装打扮的机遇之神．我不再被他们的外表所蒙骗，我已睁开双眼，看破了他们的伪装．
1.stagnate v. 淤塞, 停滞, 变萧条
例句：
I reiterate 6 that we sincerely hope Sino-U.S. relations will not stagnate, but will continue to develop.
我重复说，我们真诚地希望中美关系不但不要停滞，而且要发展。
2.paltry adj.没有价值的; 微不足道的; 渺小的
例句：
His influence on this matter is paltry.
他对这件事的影响是微不足道的。
3.disguise [dis'gaiz] v. 假装
例句：
She could not disguise her amusement at his mistake.
她对他的错误忍俊不禁.
- Where the masses are not roused,work will stagnate.哪里不发动群众，哪里的工作就死气沉沉。
- Taiwan's economy is likely to stagnate for a long time to come.台湾经济很可能会停滞很长一段时间。
- They flew over the unlimited reaches of the Arctic.他们飞过了茫茫无边的北极上空。
- There is no safety in unlimited technological hubris.在技术方面自以为是会很危险。
- The parents had little interest in paltry domestic concerns.那些家长对家里鸡毛蒜皮的小事没什么兴趣。
- I'm getting angry;and if you don't command that paltry spirit of yours.我要生气了，如果你不能振作你那点元气。
- We wound off a couple of yards of wire for a new lamp flex.我们解开几码电线作为新的电灯花线。
- He gave his biceps a flex to impress the ladies.他收缩他的肱二头肌以吸引那些女士们的目光。
- It was one of the President's greatest accomplishments. 那是总统最伟大的成就之一。
- Among her accomplishments were sewing,cooking,playing the piano and dancing. 她的才能包括缝纫、烹调、弹钢琴和跳舞。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》