英语美文背诵 友谊

Friendship

No young man starting life could have better capital than plenty of friends.

年轻人人生起步最好的资本莫过于拥有众多的朋友。

They will strengthen his credit support him in every great effort, and make him what，unaided, he could never be.

朋友可以增加他的声望，尽最大的努力支持他，并使他达到无朋友帮助时绝不可能达到的成就。

Friends of the right sort will help him more to be happy and successful than much money or great learning.

交对朋友将会比大笔的金钱或高深的学问更能让他快乐和成功。

Friendship is no one-sided affair.

友谊不是单方面的事。

There can be no friendship without reciprocity.

没有互惠就不能算是友谊。

One cannot receive all and give nothing，or give all and receive nothing，and expect to experience the joy and fullness of true companionship.

一个人不可能只是接受而不付出，只是付出而不回收，却期望能够享有真挚友谊的欢欣和满足。

Those who would make friends must cultivate the qualities which are admired and which attract.

想交朋友必须培养受人赞赏和吸引人的特质。

If you are mean stingy and selfish，nobody will admire you.

如果你小气、吝啬又自私，没有人会欣赏你。

You must cultivate generosity¹ and large-heartedness; you must be magnanimous and tolerant;

你必须培养慷慨和宽宏大量的气度;你必须有雅量并对人容忍;

you must have positive qualities, for a negative, shrinking, apologizing，roundabout man is despised.

你必须要有积极的特质，因为消极、畏缩、爱赔不是和迁回不前的人总是让人瞧不起。

You must believe in yourself. If you do not, others will not believe in you.

你必须信任你自己，否则就不会获得别人的信任。

You must look upward and be hopeful，cheery, and optimistic.

你必须要向前看，充满希望，愉快且乐观。

No one will be attracted to a gloomy pessimist².

没有人会理会一个忧郁的悲观者。

1 generosity   

n.大度，慷慨，慷慨的行为

参考例句：

• We should match their generosity with our own.我们应该像他们一样慷慨大方。
• We adore them for their generosity.我们钦佩他们的慷慨。

2 pessimist   

n.悲观者；悲观主义者；厌世

参考例句：

• An optimist laughs to forget.A pessimist forgets to laugh.乐观者笑着忘却，悲观者忘记怎样笑。
• The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity.The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.悲观者在每个机会中都看到困难，乐观者在每个困难中都看到机会。