❶ 初二英語故事200單詞以上
第一個：
One day,a little monkey is playing by the well.
一天，有隻小猴子在井邊玩兒。
He looks in the well and shouts :
它往井裡一瞧，高喊道：
「Oh!My god!The moon has fallen into the well!」
「噢！我的天！月亮掉到井裡頭啦！」
An older monkeys runs over, takes a look,and says,
一隻大猴子跑來一看，說，
「Goodness me!The moon is really in the water!」
「糟啦！月亮掉在井裡頭啦！」
And olderly monkey comes over.
老猴子也跑過來。
He is very surprised as well and cries out:
他也非常驚奇，喊道：
「The moon is in the well.」
「糟了，月亮掉在井裡頭了！」
A group of monkeys run over to the well .
一群猴子跑到井邊來，
They look at the moon in the well and shout:
他們看到井裡的月亮，喊道：
「The moon did fall into the well!Come on!Let』get it out!」
「月亮掉在井裡頭啦！快來！讓我們把它撈起來！」
Then,the oldest monkey hangs on the tree up side down ,with his feet on the branch .
然後，老猴子倒掛在大樹上，
And he pulls the next monkey』s feet with his hands.
拉住大猴子的腳，
All the other monkeys follow his suit,
其他的猴子一個個跟著，
And they join each other one by one down to the moon in the well.
它們一隻連著一隻直到井裡。
Just before they reach the moon,the oldest monkey raises his head and happens to see the moon in the sky,
正好他們摸到月亮的時候，老猴子抬頭發現月亮掛在天上呢
He yells excitedly 「Don』t be so foolish!The moon is still in the sky!」
它興奮地大叫：「別蠢了！月亮還好好地掛在天上呢！」
第二個：
An Equally Important Son
When president Trueman got elected, all media came to his home to interview his mother. One newspaper reporter said to his mom " congratulations, madam, you must be very proud of your son!" " Thank you, I am surely proud of him. But I am equally proud of another son of mine," answered his mother. " Where is he and what is he doing," the reporter asked impatiently hoping to find some incredible stories about the president's young brother. " He is in the field digging potatoes, said the mom plainly and confidently.
❷ 美式英語200 詞的故事英文版簡單的單詞
Dear Diary,
Today Buzzy and I went to the pond together. We alwaysgo there when we want to play together. There were water and shades, and alsosome flowers. On the way there, bee wanted to know how many times my wings flapin one second, and she said if the number is less than hers, I need to collecthoney with her.
『I just simply want to know that,』 she said, 『this isour homework. And we also need to collect some honey, so if your number islower than mine, you can come with me. It will be boring if I do it by myself.』
『Fine, but I don』t know how to collect honey.』 I said.
『You can just stay there and look. That will be interesting.』
I only flap my wings 30 times in a second, so the rateis lower than bee』s. Her rate is about 300 times per second! She lead me to theflowerbed near the forest. There were many different kinds of flowers, andlooks pretty beautiful. The flowers all have bright colors, and stands out fromthe light green grass. The sky was blue, and the sun shone bright. I spent therest of the day with bee in the flowerbed, doing nothing but wondering aroundand day dreaming, because I don』t know how to collect honey.
其實這是一個故事的一部分而已 不知道行不行
備註：這是從一個蜻蜓的視角寫的
❸ 請來3篇有趣的英語故事 200單詞左右 謝謝 非常急
The Loyal Geckoes
Once a Japanese family decided to tear down an old wood house to make room for a new one. While a worker was removing a wood wall, he found a gecko was nailed on the inner wall behind the wood one. Out of curiosity, he asked the home owner when he put that nail on to hang a picture frame. The owner said that must have been 6-7 year ago. " Then, how could this house lizard survive so many years since it could not move?" " Good question," said the owner, " let me find it out, just keep the miserable there for one more night." During the night, the owner kept staring at the nailed gecko without a blink. Here comes the touching moment.
Suddenly he saw another gecko run qucikly towards the nailed one and give it a mouth-to-mouth feeding. " That is why..." the owner said to himself with tears in his eyes. We do not know the relationship between the two geckoes. But, that is not important. What is important is that 7 years of giving and not giving up is a testimony to the fact that love does not belong to human alone!
An Equally Important Son
When president Trueman got elected, all media came to his home to interview his mother. One newspaper reporter said to his mom " congratulations, madam, you must be very proud of your son!" " Thank you, I am surely proud of him. But I am equally proud of another son of mine," answered his mother. " Where is he and what is he doing," the reporter asked impatiently hoping to find some incredible stories about the president's young brother. " He is in the field digging potatoes, said the mom plainly and confidently.
❹ 求英語故事200-300單詞，要好的！最好有翻譯，快！
1.Drunk
One day, a father and his little son were going home. At this age, the boy was interested in all kinds of things and was always asking questions. Now, he asked, "What's the meaning of the word 'Drunk', dad?" "Well, my son," his father replied, "look, there are standing two policemen. If I regard the two policemen as four then I am drunk."
"But, dad," the boy said, " there's only ONE policeman!"
醉酒
一天，父親與小兒子一道回家。這個孩子正處於那種對什麼事都很感興趣的年齡，老是有提不完的問題。他向父親發問道：「爸爸，『醉』字是什麼意思？」 「唔，孩子，」父親回答說，「你瞧那兒站著兩個警察。如果我把他們看成了四個，那麼我就算醉了。」 「可是，爸爸， 」孩子說，「那兒只有一個警察呀！
The Old Cat An old woman had a cat. The cat was very old; she could not run quickly, and she could not bite, because she was so old. One day the old cat saw a mouse; she jumped and caught the mouse. But she could not bite it; so the mouse got out of her mouth and ran away, because the cat could not bite it. Then the old woman became very angry because the cat had not killed the mouse. She began to hit the cat. The cat said, "Do not hit your old servant. I have worked for you for many years, and I would work for you still, but I am too old. Do not be unkind to the old, but remember what good work the old did when they were young."
老貓一位老婦有一隻貓。
這只貓很老,它不能跑很快,也咬不了東西,因為它年紀太大了。
有一天,老貓發現一隻老鼠,它跳過去抓老鼠。
但是她不能咬它,所以滑鼠走出她的嘴,跑了,因為貓不能咬它。
於是,老婦很生氣,因為老貓沒有把老鼠咬死。
她開始打這只貓。
貓說:「不要打你的老僕人。
我已經為你工作多年,我仍然會為你工作,但是我太老了。
不要刻薄的老,但要記住什麼好工作的老的時候他們年輕。」
❺ 150-200個單詞的英語小故事，五年級上學期能看懂的。
Story 4 Look for a Friend
Sam is a little fish. He lives in the sea. He is very lonely. He wants to have a friend. The friend looks like him. Sam sees an ink fish. The ink fish has eight legs. He doesn』t look like Sam. So Sam goes away. Sam meets a shark. He wants to say hello to the shark. The shark opens his big mouth. Sam runs away quickly. Sam is tired and hungry. He wants to have a rest. Then he sees a round fish. She says to him. 「Hello! Would you like to be my friend?」 Sam answers: 「Of course! But you are sound. I am flat.」 The round fish days: 「But we are both fishes.」
Sam thinks and says, 「You are right. Let』s be friends.」 They become good friends.
故事四： 找朋友
塞姆是一條小魚，他在海里。他生在海里。他很孤獨，想要找一個朋友，那個朋友看起來要想他。 塞姆看見一條墨魚。墨魚有8條腿，看上去不像塞姆。因此塞姆遊走了。塞姆遇見一條鯊魚。他想跟鯊魚問好。鯊魚張開大嘴，塞姆有迅速地逃走了。
塞姆又累又餓，他要休息一會兒。這時他看見一條圓魚，圓魚對他說：「你好！你願意做我的朋友嗎？」
塞姆回答：「好哇！可你是圓形的，我是扁的。」圓魚說：「但是我們倆都是魚啊！」
塞姆思考後說：「你講得對，讓我們做朋友吧。」他們就成為好朋友了。
❻ 200個單詞左右的英語小故事(加漢語）
Wishing to encourage her young son』s progress on the piano, a mother took her boy to a Paderewski concert. After they were seated, the mother spotted a friend in the 「 and walked down the aisle to greet her.
Seizing the opportunity to explore the wonders of the concert hall, the little boy rose and eventually explored his way through a door marked「NO ADMITTANCE.」 When the house lights dimmed and the concert was about to begin, the mother returned to her seat and discovered that the child was missing.
Suddenly, the curtains parted and spotlights focused on the impressive Steinway on stage. In horror, the mother saw her little boy sitting at the keyboard, innocently picking out 「Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.」
At that moment , the great piano master made his entrance, quickly moved to the piano, and whispered in the boy』s ear, 「Don』t quit. Keep playing,」
Then leaning over, Paderewski reached down with his left hand and began filling a bass (低音) part. Soon his right arm reached around to the other side of the child and he added a running obbligato (伴奏). Together, the o1d master and the young novice changed a frightening situation into a wonderfully creative experience. The audience was attracted completely.
What we can achieve on our own is hardly noteworthy (引入注意的). We try our best, but the results aren』 t exactly graceful flowing music. But with the hand of the Master, our life』s work truly can be beautiful. Next time you set out to complete great things, listen carefully. You can hear the voice of the Master, whispering in your ear, 「Don』t quit. Keep playing. 「
一位母親想使她兒子的琴藝得到提高，就帶他去聽著名鋼琴家帕德魯斯基的音樂會。在落座後，這位母親發現觀眾席里坐著她的一位朋友，就站起來穿過過道去和朋友聊天。
小男孩趁她母親不在身邊的機會，抑制不住好奇心在音樂大廳里轉了起來。漸漸地，他推開一扇掛著「閑人勿進」牌子的門，走了進去。當大廳的燈光慢慢暗下來，音樂會就要開始的時候，男孩的母親回到座位上發現她找不到自己的兒子了。
突然，舞台的幕布漸漸的拉開，聚光燈全部聚焦在舞台上那台令人矚目的斯坦威鋼琴上。這時，這位母親驚恐的發現她的小兒子正坐在鋼琴前，彈著那首幼稚的兒歌「一閃一閃亮晶晶，滿天都是小星星。」
此時，那位偉大的鋼琴大師走上舞台，快速來到男孩身邊，輕聲對男孩說：「不要停，繼續彈下去。」
帕德魯斯基彎下腰，伸出左手，為他伴奏低音部分。一會兒，又伸出右手繞到男孩的另一側，又添加了一串連貫的伴奏。於是，這位年邁的大師和年幼的新手把這危險的境地變成一段美好而令人難忘的經驗。聽眾都被深深的吸引住了。
我們靠自己的努力得來的一切也許並不引人注意。我們拼盡全力，卻彈不出最和諧的音符。但是，大師用他的雙手使我們生命的作品變得更加生動完美。下次，當你准備要完成一項偉大的作品時，仔細聆聽，你會聽到大師輕輕在你耳邊說：「不要停，繼續彈下去。」
The Old Cat
An old woman had a cat. The cat was very old; she could not run quickly, and she could not bite, because she was so old. One day the old cat saw a mouse; she jumped and caught the mouse. But she could not bite it; so the mouse got out of her mouth and ran away, because the cat could not bite it.
Then the old woman became very angry because the cat had not killed the mouse. She began to hit the cat. The cat said, "Do not hit your old servant. I have worked for you for many years, and I would work for you still, but I am too old. Do not be unkind to the old, but remember what good work the old did when they were young."
【譯文】
老貓
一位老婦有隻貓，這只貓很老，它跑不快了，也咬不了東西，因為它年紀太大了。一天，老貓發現一隻老鼠，它跳過去抓這只老鼠，然而，它咬不住這只老鼠。因此，老鼠從它的嘴邊溜掉了，因為老貓咬不了它。
於是，老婦很生氣，因為老貓沒有把老鼠咬死。她開始打這只貓，貓說：「不要打你的老僕人，我已經為你服務了很多年，而且還願意為你效勞，但是，我實在太老了，對年紀大的不要這么無情，要記住老年人在年青時所做過的有益的事情。」
A man was going to the house of some rich person. As he went along the road, he saw a box of good apples at the side of the road. He said, "I do not want to eat those apples; for the rich man will give me much food; he will give me very nice food to eat." Then he took the apples and threw them away into the st.
He went on and came to a river. The river had become very big; so he could not go over it. He waited for some time; then he said, "I cannot go to the rich man's house today, for I cannot get over the river."
He began to go home. He had eaten no food that day. He began to want food. He came to the apples, and he was glad to take them out of the st and eat them.
Do not throw good things away; you may be glad to have them at some other time.
【譯文】
一個人正朝著一個富人的房子走去，當他沿著路走時，在路的一邊他發現一箱好蘋果，他說：「我不打算吃那些蘋果，因為富人會給我更多的食物，他會給我很好吃的東西。」然後他拿起蘋果，一把扔到土裡去。
他繼續走，來到河邊，河漲水了，因此，他到不了河對岸，他等了一會兒，然後他說：「今天我去不了富人家了，因為我不能渡過河。」
他開始回家，那天他沒有吃東西。他就開始去找吃的，他找到蘋果，很高興地把它們從塵土中翻出來吃了。
不要把好東西扔掉，換個時候你會覺得它們大有用處。
The City Mouse and the Country Mouse
Once there were two mice. They were friends. One mouse lived in the country; the other mouse lived in the city. After many years the Country mouse saw the City mouse; he said, "Do come and see me at my house in the country." So the City mouse went. The City mouse said, "This food is not good, and your house is not good. Why do you live in a hole in the field? You should come and live in the city. You would live in a nice house made of stone. You would have nice food to eat. You must come and see me at my house in the city."
The Country mouse went to the house of the City mouse. It was a very good house. Nice food was set ready for them to eat. But just as they began to eat they heard a great noise. The City mouse cried, " Run! Run! The cat is coming!" They ran away quickly and hid.
After some time they came out. When they came out, the Country mouse said, "I do not like living in the city. I like living in my hole in the field. For it is nicer to be poor and happy, than to be rich and afraid."
【譯文】
城裡老鼠和鄉下老鼠
從前，有兩只老鼠，它們是好朋友。一隻老鼠居住在鄉村，另一隻住在城裡。很多年以後，鄉下老鼠碰到城裡老鼠，它說：「你一定要來我鄉下的家看看。」於是，城裡老鼠就去了。鄉下老鼠領著它到了一塊田地上它自己的家裡。它把所有最精美食物都找出來給城裡老鼠。城裡老鼠說：「這東西不好吃，你的家也不好，你為什麼住在田野的地洞里呢？你應該搬到城裡去住，你能住上用石頭造的漂亮房子，還會吃上美味佳餚，你應該到我城裡的家看看。」
鄉下老鼠就到城裡老鼠的家去。房子十分漂亮，好吃的東西也為他們擺好了。可是正當他們要開始吃的時候，聽見很大的一陣響聲，城裡的老鼠叫喊起來：「快跑！快跑！貓來了！」他們飛快地跑開躲藏起來。
過了一會兒，他們出來了。當他們出來時，鄉下老鼠說：「我不喜歡住在城裡，我喜歡住在田野我的洞里。因為這樣雖然貧窮但是快樂自在，比起雖然富有卻要過著提心吊膽的生活來說，要好些。」
「 Yes, here it is, young man. 」
The young man took the clock happily and thanked the old man. But when he looked at it carefully, there appeared to be something wrong with it.
「 Does it ring on time? 」 he asked the old man.
「 Sure! Just shake it when it's time to get up, and it'll ring. 」
一隻鬧鍾
一個年輕人到一個山村去度假。那天夜裡，他住宿在火車站附近的一個旅館里。
上床睡之前，他對旅館老闆——一個老頭兒說：「對不起，先生，請問您能在五點差一刻叫醒我嗎？我明天早晨要乘五點的火車。」
「哦，很抱歉」，旅館老闆說，「恐怕不行，我不可能起那麼早。」
年輕人正想回到FANG間去，又停住了問：「那你有鬧鍾嗎？或許它能幫助我。」
「我有，給你，年輕人。」
年輕人很高興地拿了鬧鍾，謝了老頭兒。但當他仔細查看了鬧鍾後，發現似乎有毛病。
「它能准時鬧嗎？」他問老頭兒。
「那當然！時間一到，你搖一搖，他就會響的。」
1Last week, Mrs Black went to London. She didn』t know London very well, and she lost her way. Suddenly she saw a man near a bus stop. She went up to the man and said, 「Excuse me! Can you tell me the way to the hospital, please?」 The man smiled. He didn』t know English! He came from Germany. But then he put his hand into his pocket, and took out an English dictionary. He looked up some words. Then he said slowly, 「I』m sorry I can』t understand you.」
上周，布萊克夫人去了一趟倫敦。她不太熟悉倫敦，結果她迷路了。突然她在一個公共汽車站附近看見一位男子。她急忙向這位男子走去，說道：「勞駕您一下！請您告訴我去醫院的路，好嗎？」這位男子笑了。他聽不懂英語。他來自德國。但是他將手伸進了自己的衣袋裡，從裡面掏出了一本英語詞典。他查找到了一些單詞。然後他一字一句地說：「我很抱歉我聽不懂你說的話。」
2.Speeding
A speeding motorist was waved down by a police patrol car. 「I'm going to give you a ticket for speeding,」 said the policeman, writing his note. 「You've been driving over 60 miles per hour.」
「Would you mind making it 100, officer?」 was the reply. 「You see, I'm going to sell the car.」
超速行駛
一名超速行駛的駕駛員被巡邏警車攔住後，警察一邊做記錄，一邊說：「我要給你開一張超速罰單，因為你剛才的車速已經超過了60英里。」
「警官，請你把時速寫為100英里好嗎？你知道，我正要打算賣這輛車。」
❼ 英語小故事 （120個單詞左右）
1.父親和他的兒子 THE FATHER AND HIS SONS
Father had a family of sons who were perpetually quarrelling among themselves. When he failed to heal their disputes by his exhortations, he determined to give them a practical illustration of the evils of disunion; and for this purpose he one day told them to bring him a bundle of sticks. When they had done so, he placed the faggot into the hands of each of them in succession, and ordered them to break it in pieces. They each tried with all their strength, and were not able to do it.
He next unclosed the faggot, and took the sticks separately, one by one, and again put them into their hands, on which they broke them easily. He then addressed them in these words： 「My sons, if you are of one mind, and unite to assist each other, you will be as this faggot, uninjured by all the attempts of your enemies； but if you are divided among yourselves, you will be broken as easily as these sticks.」
一位父親有幾個孩子，這些孩子時常發生口角。他絲毫沒有辦法來勸阻他們，只好讓他們看看不合群所帶來害處的例子。為了達到這個目的，有一天他叫他們替他拿一捆細柴來。當他們把柴帶來時，他便先後地將那捆柴放在每一個孩子的手中，吩咐他們弄斷這捆柴。他們一個個盡力去試，總是不能成功。
然後他解開那捆柴，一根根地放在他們手裡，如此一來，他們便毫不費力地折斷了。於是他就告訴他們說：「孩子們！如果你們大家團結一致，互相幫助，你們就像這捆柴一樣，不能被你們的敵人折斷；但如果你們自行分裂，你們就將和這些散柴一般，不堪一折了。」
2.獅子和老鼠 THE LION AND THE MOUSE
Lion was awakened from sleep by a Mouse running over his face. Rising up in anger, he caught him and was about to kill him, when the Mouse piteously entreated, saying： 「If you would only spare my life, I would be sure to repay your kindness.」 The Lion laughed and let him go.
It happened shortly after this that the Lion was caught by some hunters, who bound him by strong ropes to the ground. The Mouse, recognizing his roar, came up, and gnawed the rope with his teeth, and setting him free, exclaimed: 「You ridiculed the idea of my ever being able to help you, not expecting to receive from me any repayment of your favor； but now you know that it is possible for even a Mouse to confer benefits on a Lion.」
一隻老鼠從一隻獅子面前跑過去，將它從夢中吵醒。獅子生氣地跳起來，捉住老鼠，要弄死它。老鼠哀求說：「只要你肯饒恕我這條小生命，我將來一定會報答你的大恩。」獅子便笑著放了它。
後來獅子被幾個獵人捉住，用粗繩捆綁倒在地上。老鼠聽出是獅子的吼聲，走來用牙齒咬斷繩索，釋放了他，並大聲說：「你當時嘲笑我想幫你的忙，而且也不指望我有什麼機會報答。但是你現在知道了，就算是小老鼠，也能向獅子效勞的。」
❽ 求編一個兩百個單詞的英語故事
Story 1 Three Good Friends
One day, a monkey rides his bike near the river. This time he sees a lion under a tree. The lion runs at him. He is afraid and falls into the river. He can』t swim. He shouts. The rabbit hears him. He jumps into the river. The rabbit swims to the monkey, but he can』t help him. Luckily, an elephant comes along. He is very strong. He helps the rabbit and monkey. Three friends are very happy. They go to the elephant』s home. Then, three of them become good friends.
故事一 三個好朋友
一天， 一隻猴子在河邊騎車。這時他看見樹下有一隻獅子，獅子向他跑來。他非常的害怕，掉進河裡。他不會游泳，大叫起來。兔子聽見了，跳進水裡，但他卻沒有辦法救猴子。幸運的是，一隻大象過來了。大象非常強壯，救出了兔子和猴子。他們來到大象的家，在那裡吃了一頓大餐。從此他們成了好朋友。
Story 2 The Old Man and the Old Cat
An old man has a cat. The cat is very old, too. He runs very quickly. And his teeth are bad. One evening, the old cat sees a little mouse. He catches it, but he can』t eat it because his teeth are not strong enough. The mouse runs away.
The old man is very angry. He beats his cat. He says: 「You are a fool cat. I will punish you!」 the cat is very sad. He thinks：「When I was young, I worked hard for you. Now you don』t like me because I』m too old to work. You should know you are old, too.」
故事二 老人和老貓
一個年邁的老人養一隻貓。這只貓也非常老了。她跑得很快，但是牙齒很糟糕。一天王還是那個，這只老貓看見一隻小老鼠。它抓住了小老鼠，但是它卻吃不了它，因為它的牙齒不夠鋒利了。這只小老鼠逃跑了。
老人很生氣，他打了小貓，並且對它說：「你這只蠢貓！我要懲罰你！」貓非常傷心，它想：「在我還年輕的時候，我為你努力工作。現在你卻因為我太老了不能工作而不喜歡我。你應該知道你也老了。」
Story 3 Spring in the Green Season
Spring is coming. Spring is the first season of the year. In China, spring comes in February. It is still cold, but it is getting warmer and warmer. The days get longer and longer. The leaves on the trees begin to turn green. Then they come up green leaves in the spring wind on the ground. Spring is also sowing time season.
故事三
春天來了，春天是每年的第一個季節。在中國，春天二月來臨，那時候還是很冷，但是會運來月暖和，白晝悅來越長。樹上的葉子開始變綠，沐浴著大地春風長出了嫩芽。
春天也播種的季節。
Story 4 Look for a Friend
Sam is a little fish. He lives in the sea. He is very lonely. He wants to have a friend. The friend looks like him. Sam sees an ink fish. The ink fish has eight legs. He doesn』t look like Sam. So Sam goes away. Sam meets a shark. He wants to say hello to the shark. The shark opens his big mouth. Sam runs away quickly. Sam is tired and hungry. He wants to have a rest. Then he sees a round fish. She says to him. 「Hello! Would you like to be my friend?」 Sam answers: 「Of course! But you are sound. I am flat.」 The round fish days: 「But we are both fishes.」
Sam thinks and says, 「You are right. Let』s be friends.」 They become good friends.
故事四： 找朋友
塞姆是一條小魚，他在海里。他生在海里。他很孤獨，想要找一個朋友，那個朋友看起來要想他。 塞姆看見一條墨魚。墨魚有8條腿，看上去不像塞姆。因此塞姆遊走了。塞姆遇見一條鯊魚。他想跟鯊魚問好。鯊魚張開大嘴，塞姆有迅速地逃走了。
塞姆又累又餓，他要休息一會兒。這時他看見一條圓魚，圓魚對他說：「你好！你願意做我的朋友嗎？」
塞姆回答：「好哇！可你是圓形的，我是扁的。」圓魚說：「但是我們倆都是魚啊！」
塞姆思考後說：「你講得對，讓我們做朋友吧。」他們就成為好朋友了。
記得好評哈
❾ 要三個英語故事，200個單詞以上，要翻譯和音標，要簡單一點的，
What I Have Lived For
Bertrand Russell
Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. These passions, like great winds, have blown me hither and thither, in a wayward course, over a deep ocean of anguish, reaching to the verge of despair.
I have sought love, first, because it brings ecstasy --- ecstasy so great that I would have sacrificed all the rest of life for a few hours of this joy. I have sought it, next, because it relieves loneliness --- that terrible loneliness in which one shivering consciousness looks over the rim of the world into cold unfathomable lifeless abyss. I have sought it, finally, because in the union of love I have seen, in a mystic miniature, the prefiguring vision of the heaven that saints and poets have imagined. This is what I sought, and though it might seem too good for human life, this is what --- at last --- I have found.
With equal passion I have sought knowledge. I have wished to understand the hearts of men, I have wished to know why the stars shine. And I have tried to apprehend the Pythagorean power by which number holds away above the flux. A little of this, but not much, I have achieved.
Love and knowledge, so far as they were possible, led upward toward the heavens. But always pity brought me back to earth. Echoes of cries of pain reverberated in my heart. Children in famine, victims tortured by oppressors, helpless old people a hated burden to their sons, and the whole world of loneliness, poverty, and pain make a mockery of what human life should be. I long to alleviate the evil, but I cannot, and I too suffer.
This has been my life. I have found it worth living, and I would gladly live it again if the chance were offered to me.
我為何而活
伯蘭特.羅素
三種簡單卻極其強烈的情感主宰著我的生活：對愛的渴望、對知識的追求、對人類痛苦的難以承受的憐憫之心。這三種情感，像一陣陣颶風一樣，任意地將我吹的飄來盪去，越過痛苦的海洋，抵達絕望的彼岸。
我尋找愛，首先，因為它令人心醉神迷，這種沉醉是如此美妙，以至於我願意用餘生來換取那幾個小時的快樂。我尋找愛，其次是因為它會減輕孤獨，置身於那種可怕的孤獨中，顫抖的靈魂在世界的邊緣，看到冰冷的、死寂的、無底深淵。我尋找愛，還因為在愛水乳交融時，在一個神秘的縮影中，我見到了先賢和詩人們所想像的、預覽的天堂。 這就是我所追求的，盡管對於凡人來說，這好像是一種奢望。但這是我最終找到的。
我曾以同樣的熱情來追求知識。我希望能理解人類的心靈，希望能知道為什麼星星會發光。我也曾經努力理解畢達哥拉斯學派的理論，他們認為數字主載著萬物的此消彼長。我了解了一點知識，但是不多。
愛和知識，可以最大可能地，將人帶入天堂。可是，憐憫總是將我帶回地面。人們因痛苦而發出的哭聲在我心中久久回響，那些飢荒中的孩子們，被壓迫者摧殘的受害者們，被子女視為可憎負擔的、無助的老人們，以及那無處不在的孤單、貧窮和無助都在諷刺著人類所本應該有的生活。我渴望能夠消除人世間的邪惡，可是力不從心，我自己也同樣遭受著它們的折磨。
這就是我的生活。我覺得活一場是值得的。如果給我機會的話，我願意開心地，再活一次。
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伯蘭特.羅素（1872-1970）,英國著名哲學家、數學家和文學家。他在多個領域都取得了巨大成就。他所著的《西方的智慧》、《西方哲學史》對中國讀者影響很大。
Man Is Here For The Sake of Other Men
Albert Einstein
Strange is our situation here upon earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to divine a purpose.
From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know that man is here for the sake of other men --- above all for those upon whose smile and well-being our own happiness depends, and also for the countless unknown souls with whose fate we are connected by a bond of sympathy. Many times a day I realize how much my own outer and inner life is built upon the labors of my fellow men, both living and dead, and how earnestly I must exert myself in order to give in return as much as I have received. My peace of mind is often troubled by the depressing sense that I have borrowed too heavily from the work of other men.
To ponder interminably over the reason for one』s own existence or the meaning of life in general seems to me, from an objective point of view, to be sheer folly. And yet everyone holds certain ideals by which he guides his aspiration and his judgment. The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with the joy of living are goodness, beauty, and truth. To make a goal of comfort and happiness has never appealed to me; a system of ethics built on this basis would be sufficient only for a herd of cattle.
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人是為了別人而活
阿爾伯特.愛因斯坦
我們在這個世界上的處境是奇怪的：每個人，都是來做一次短暫的訪問，不知道是為了什麼。不過有時似乎也會覺察到有某種目的。
但是從平日的生活來看，有一件事情我們是很清楚的：我們是為別人而活，最重要的是為了這些人活：他們的笑容和幸福構成了我們快樂的源泉。同時，我們活著還為了另外無數個不相識的生命，憐憫之心，將我們同他們的命運聯系起來。每天，很多次，我都會意識到我的肉體生活和精神生活很大程度上是建立在那些活著的，和死去的人們的工作之上的，意識到我必須誠摯地、竭盡全力地努力去回報我所得到的東西。我經常心緒不寧，感覺自己從別人的工作里承襲了太多，這種感覺讓我惴惴不安。
總體上在我看來，從客觀的角度，沒完沒了地思考自己為什麼會存在，或者是生命有什麼意義，是非常愚蠢的行為。不過，每個人都有一些理想，來指引著自己的抱負和辨別是非。始終在我面前閃耀著光芒，並且讓我充滿活著的喜悅的理想，是善、美和真理。對我來說，以舒適和享樂為目標的生活從來沒有吸引力。 以這些目標為基礎建立起來的一套倫理觀點只能滿足一群牲畜的需要
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阿爾伯特.愛因斯坦（1879-1955）,美國籍猶太人，20世紀最偉大的科學家。1921年獲諾貝爾物理學獎。他一生崇尚科學與民主，追求真理和光明，畢生致力於國際和平事業。
Work and Pleasure
Winston Churchill
To be really happy and really safe, one ought to have at least two or three hobbies, and they must all be real. It is no use starting late in life to say: 「I will take an interest in this or that.」 Such an attempt only aggravates the strain of mental effort. A man may acquire great knowledge of topics unconnected with his daily work, and yet hardly get any benefit or relief. It is no use doing what you like; you have got to like what you do. Broadly speaking, human beings may be divided into three classes: those who are toiled to death, those who are worried to death, and those who are bored to death. It is no use offering the manual labourer, tired out with a hard week』s sweat and effort, the chance of playing a game of football or baseball on Saturday afternoon. It is no use inviting the politician or the professional or business man, who has been working or worrying about serious things for six days, to work or worry about trifling things at the weekend.
It may also be said that rational, instrious useful human beings are divided into two classes: first, those whose work is work and whose pleasure is pleasure; and secondly, those whose work and pleasure are one. Of these the former are the majority. They have their compensations. The long hours in the office or the factory bring with them as their reward, not only the means of sustenance, but a keen appetite for pleasure even in its simplest and most modest forms. But Fortune』s favoured children belong to the second class. Their life is a natural harmony. For them the working hours are never long enough. Each day is a holiday, and ordinary holidays when they come are grudged as enforced interruptions in an absorbing vocation. Yet to both classes the need of an alternative outlook, of a change of atmosphere, of a diversion of effort, is essential. Indeed, it may well be that those whose work is their pleasure are those who most need the means of banishing it at intervals from their minds.
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工作和娛樂
溫斯頓.丘吉爾
要想獲得真正的快樂與安寧，一個人應該有至少兩三種愛好，而且必須是真正的愛好。到晚年才說「我對什麼什麼有興趣」是沒用的，這只會徒然增添精神負擔。一個人可以在自己工作之外的領域獲得淵博的知識，不過他可能幾乎得不到什麼好處或是消遣。做你喜歡的事是沒用的，你必須喜歡你所做的事。總的來說，人可以分為三種：勞累而死的、憂慮而死的、和煩惱而死的。對於那些體力勞動者來說，經歷了一周精疲力竭的體力勞作，周六下午讓他們去踢足球或者打棒球是沒有意義的。而對那些政治家、專業人士或者商人來說，他們已經為嚴肅的事情操勞或煩惱六天了，周末再讓他們為瑣事勞神也是沒有意義的。
也可以說，那些理性的、勤勉的、有價值的人們可分為兩類，一類，他們的工作就是工作，娛樂就是娛樂；而另一類，他們的工作即娛樂。大多數人屬於前者，他們得到了相應的補償。長時間在辦公室或工廠里的工作，回報給他們的不僅是維持了生計，還有一種強烈的對娛樂的需求，哪怕是最簡單的、最朴實的娛樂。不過，命運的寵兒則屬於後者。他們的生活很自然和諧。對他們來說，工作時間永遠不嫌長。每天都是假日，而當正常的假日來臨時，他們總是埋怨自己所全身心投入的休假被強行中斷了。不過，有些事情對兩類人是同樣至關重要的，那就是轉換一下視角、改變一下氛圍、將精力轉移到別的事情上。確實，對那些工作即是娛樂的人來說，最需要隔一段時間就用某種方式把工作從腦子裡面趕出去。
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溫斯頓.丘吉爾（1874-1965）, 英國政治家、作家。二戰中曾兩任英國首相，為二戰勝利立下汗馬功勞。他在文學上也有很深的造詣，1953年獲諾貝爾文學獎
An Illusion
William S. Maugham
It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost it; but the young know they are wretched, for they are full of the truthless ideals which have been instilled into them, and each time they come in contact with the real they are bruised and wounded. It looks as if they were victims of a conspiracy; for the books they read, ideal by the necessity of selection, and the conversation of their elders, who look back upon the past through a rosy haze of forgetfulness, prepare them for an unreal life.
They must discover for themselves that all they have read and all they have been told are lies, lies, lies; and each discovery is another nail drivens into the body on the cross of life. The strange thing is that each one who has gone through that bitter disillusionment add to it in his turn,, unconsciously, by the power within him which is stronger than himself
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一種錯覺
威廉. S. 毛姆
認為青春是快樂的，這是一種錯覺，是那些失去了青春的人的一種錯覺。年輕人知道，自己是不幸的，他們腦子里充斥了被灌輸的不切實際的想法，每次與現實接觸時，都會碰的頭破血流。似乎，他們是某種陰謀的犧牲者：那些他們所讀過的精挑細選的書，那些長輩們談起的因遺忘而蒙上玫瑰色薄霧的往事，都為年輕人提供了一種不真實的生活。
他們必須自己發現，所有他們讀到的、聽到的東西，都是謊言、謊言、謊言。每一次的這樣的發現，都像是另一根釘子釘入他們的身體，那被束縛在生活的十字架上的身體。可是奇怪的是，每個曾經被這種錯覺折磨過的人，輪到他們時，有一種不可控制的力量，讓他們不自覺地為別人增添這種錯覺。
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威廉. S. 毛姆（1874-1965）,英國著名小說家、劇作家、散文家。原先攻讀醫學，後轉而致力寫作。他的文章常常在譏諷中潛藏著對人性的憐憫與同情。
The Wholeness of Life
Anonymous
Once a circle missed a wedge. The circle wanted to be whole, so it went around looking for its missing piece. But because it was incomplete and therefore could roll only very slowly, it admired the flowers along the way. It chatted with worms. It enjoyed the sunshine. It found lots of different pieces, but none of them fit. So it left them all by the side of the road and kept on searching. Then one day the circle found a piece that fit perfectly. It was so happy. Now it could be whole, with nothing missing. It incorporated the missing piece into itself and began to roll. Now that it was a perfect circle, it could roll very fast, too fast to notice flowers or talk to the worms. When it realized how different the world seemed when it rolled so quickly, it stopped, left its found piece by the side of the road and rolled slowly away.
The lesson of the story, I suggested, was that in some strange sense we are more whole when we are missing something. The man who has everything is in some ways a poor man. He will never know what it feels like to yearn, to hope, to nourish his soul with the dream of something better. He will never know the experience of having someone who loves him give him something he has always wanted or never had.
There is a wholeness about the person who has come to terms with his limitations, who has been brave enough to let go of his unrealistic dreams and not feel like a failure for doing so. There is a wholeness about the man or woman who has learned that he or she is strong enough to go through a tragedy and survive, she can lose someone and still feel like a complete person.
Life is not a trap set for us by God so that he can condemn us for failing. Life is not a spelling bee, where no matter how many words you』ve gotten right, you』re disqualified if you make one mistake. Life is more like a baseball season, where even the best team loses one third of its games and even the worst team has its days of brilliance. Our goal is to win more games than we lose. When we accept that imperfection is part of being human, and when we can continue rolling through life and appreciate it, we will have achieved a wholeness that others can only aspire to. That, I believe, is what God asks of us --- not 「Be perfect」, not 「Don』t even make a mistake」, but 「Be whole」.
If we are brave enough to love, strong enough to forgive, generous enough to rejoice in another』s happiness, and wise enough to know there is enough love to go around for us all, then we can achieve a fulfillment that no other living creature will ever know.
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人生的完整
佚名
從前有個圓圈，它丟失了一小段。它想變得完整，於是它到處尋找它所丟失的那部分。由於不完整，它只能滾的非常慢。在路上，它羨慕過花兒，它與蟲子聊過天，它享受了陽光的照耀。它遇到過很多不同的小段，可是沒有一個適合它。所以它把它們丟在路邊，繼續尋找。有一天，圓圈找到了可以與它完美結合的一小段，它非常高興。它現在終於完整了，不缺任何東西了。它把丟失的那段裝到自己身上，然後滾了起來。它現在是個完整的圓圈了，它可以滾的很快，，快到忽視了花兒，快到沒有時間和蟲子們說話。當它意識到由於它滾的太快，世界變得如此的不同時，它便停了下來，把找到的那段卸下丟在路邊，慢慢地滾走了。
我想這個故事告訴我們，從某種奇怪的意義上說，當我們缺少什麼東西時，我們反而是更完整的。一個擁有一切的人在某些方面也是個窮人，他永遠不會知道什麼是渴望、什麼是期待；永遠不知道用渴求更美好的東西來充實他的靈魂。他永遠不會知道一個愛他人送給他一樣他所夢寐以求的東西時是怎樣的一種感覺。
人生的完整性，在於接受自己的缺陷，勇敢地丟棄不切實際的幻想，並且不覺得這樣做是失敗的；人生的完整性，在於知道自己足夠強大，可以承受人生的苦難，可以在失去一個人時仍然覺得自己是完整的。
生活並不是上帝為了譴責我們的缺陷而設下的陷阱。人生也不是一場拼字比賽，無論你拼出了多少單詞，只要拼錯了一個你就前功盡棄了。人生更像一個棒球賽季，最好的球隊也會丟掉三分之一的比賽，而最差的球隊也有輝煌的勝利。我們的目標是讓打贏的比賽比輸掉的比賽多。當我們接受了「不完整性」是人生的一部分時，當我們在人生之路上不斷前進並且欣賞生命之美時，我們就獲得了別人只能渴望的完整的人生。我相信這就是上帝對我們的期望：不求「完美」，也不求「從來不犯錯誤」，而是追求人生的「完整」。
如果我們有足夠的勇氣去愛，足夠強大的力量去原諒別人，足夠的寬容因別人的快樂而快樂，並有足夠的智慧去認識到我們身邊充滿著愛，我們就會得到其它生命所得不到的一種滿足感。