英语励志美文精华 46
时间：2018-11-30 作者：英语课 分类：英语励志美文精华
Life Grows in the Soil of Time
by Thomas Mann
What I believe, what I value most, is transitoriness.
But is not transitoriness - the perishableness of life - something very sad? No! It is the very soul of existence. It imparts value, dignity, interest to life. Transitoriness creates time - and "time is the essence." Potentially at least, time is the supreme 1, most useful gift.
Time is related to - yes, identical with - everything creative and active, every process toward a higher goal.
Without transitoriness, without beginning or end, birth or death, there is no time, either. Timelessness - in the sense of time never ending, never beginning - is a stagnant 2 nothing. It is absolutely uninteresting.
Life is possessed 3 by tremendous tenacity 4. Even so its presence remains 5 conditional 6, and as it had a beginning, so it will have an end. I believe that life, just for this reason, is exceedingly enhanced in value, in charm.
One of the most important characteristics distinguishing man from all other forms of nature is his knowledge of transitoriness, of beginning and end, and therefore of the gift of time.
In man transitory life attains 7 its peak of animation 8, of soul power, so to speak. This does not mean alone would have a soul. Soul quality pervades 9 all beings. But man's soul is most awake in his knowledge of the interchangeability of the term "existence" and "transitoriness".
To man time is given like a piece of land, as it were, entrusted 10 to him for faithful tilling; a space in which to strive incessantly 11, achieve self-realization, more onward 12 and upward. Yes, with the aid of time, man becomes capable of wresting 13 the immortal 14 from the mortal.
Deep down, I believe - and deem such belief natural to every human soul - that in the university prime significance must be attributed to this earth of ours. Deep down I believe that creation of the universe out of nothingness and of life out of inorganic 15 state ultimately aimed at the creation of man. I believe that man is meant as a great experiment whose possible failure of man's own guilt 16 would be paramount 17 to the failure of creation itself.
Whether this belief be true or not, man would be well advised if he behaved as though it were.
- It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
- He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
- Due to low investment,industrial output has remained stagnant.由于投资少，工业生产一直停滞不前。
- Their national economy is stagnant.他们的国家经济停滞不前。
- He flew out of the room like a man possessed.他像着了魔似地猛然冲出房门。
- He behaved like someone possessed.他行为举止像是魔怔了。
- Tenacity is the bridge to success.坚韧是通向成功的桥。
- The athletes displayed great tenacity throughout the contest.运动员在比赛中表现出坚韧的斗志。
- He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
- The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
- My agreement is conditional on your help.你肯帮助我才同意。
- There are two forms of most-favored-nation treatment:conditional and unconditional.最惠国待遇有两种形式:有条件的和无条件的。
- This is the period at which the body attains maturity. 这是身体发育成熟的时期。
- The temperature a star attains is determined by its mass. 恒星所达到的温度取决于它的质量。
- They are full of animation as they talked about their childhood.当他们谈及童年的往事时都非常兴奋。
- The animation of China made a great progress.中国的卡通片制作取得很大发展。
- An unpleasant smell pervades the house. 一种难闻的气味弥漫了全屋。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- An atmosphere of pessimism pervades the economy. 悲观的气氛笼罩着整个经济。 来自辞典例句
- He entrusted the task to his nephew. 他把这任务托付给了他的侄儿。
- She was entrusted with the direction of the project. 她受委托负责这项计划。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The machines roar incessantly during the hours of daylight. 机器在白天隆隆地响个不停。
- It rained incessantly for the whole two weeks. 雨不间断地下了整整两个星期。
- The Yellow River surges onward like ten thousand horses galloping.黄河以万马奔腾之势滚滚向前。
- He followed in the steps of forerunners and marched onward.他跟随着先辈的足迹前进。
- The amphitheater was a sealed off round structure. Swordplay, wresting, gladiatoral and other contests were held there. 该竞技场为四周封闭式结构，可以举行斗剑、格斗、斗兽及其他竞赛项目。
- This paper introduces mechanism and control system of instrument for wresting training. 本文详细介绍了摔跤训练器的机械机构与控制方法。
- The wild cocoa tree is effectively immortal.野生可可树实际上是不会死的。
- The heroes of the people are immortal!人民英雄永垂不朽！
- The fundamentals of inorganic chemistry are very important.无机化学的基础很重要。
- This chemical plant recently bought a large quantity of inorganic salt.这家化工厂又买进了大量的无机盐。