英语名篇诵读 卓越的你

The Awesome¹ You

卓越的你

YOU. In all time before now and in all time to come, there has never been and will never be

anyone just like you. You are unique in the entire history and future of the universe. Wow !

Stop and think about that. You're better than one in a million, or a billion ...

You are the only one like you in a sea of infinity² !

You're amazing! You're awesome ! As amazing and awesome as you already are, you can

be even more so. Beautiful young people are  the whimsy³ of nature, but beautiful old people are

true works of art. But you don't become “beautiful” just by virtue⁴ of the aging process.

Real beauty comes from learning, growing, and loving in the ways of life. That is the Art of

Life. You can learn slowly, and sometimes painfully, by just waiting for life to happen to you. Or

you can choose to accelerate your growth and intentionally⁵ devour⁶ your life and all it offers.

You are the artist that paints your future with the brush of today.

Paint a Masterpiece .

God gives every bird its food, but he doesn't throw it into its nest. Wherever you want to go,

whatever you want to do, it's truly up to you.

你，空前绝后，独一无二。哇，停下来想想吧。你百万里挑一，抑或亿万里挑一……

在茫茫人海中，只有一个跟你一样的人！

你了不起！你卓越！你可以更了不起，更卓越。美丽的年轻人是大自然的奇迹，美丽

的老人乃艺术的杰作。但美丽并非自然而然随年龄渐长得来。

真正的美，源自学习、成长和对生活的热爱。那就是生活的艺术。你可能学得很慢，

有时候学得很痛苦，但就等着生活给你的馈赠吧。抑或，你能够选择加快成长，有意地尽

情享受生活和生活所给的一切。你就是手握今日之画笔描绘自己未来的艺术家。

画一幅杰作吧。

上帝为每一只鸟都提供了食物，但他不把食物扔到鸟巢中。不论你想去何处，不论你

意欲何为，一切都在于你。

1 awesome   

adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的

参考例句：

• The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.

2 infinity   

n.无限，无穷，大量

参考例句：

• It is impossible to count up to infinity.不可能数到无穷大。
• Theoretically,a line can extend into infinity.从理论上来说直线可以无限地延伸。

3 whimsy   

n.古怪，异想天开

参考例句：

• They are like oracular messages,but witty-jaunty at times-and sometimes trembling on the edge of whimsy.它们都像神谕，但很机智，有时极其轻快，有时又濒于怪诞。
• He had a whimsy about flying to the moon.他有个想飞上月球的怪念头。

4 virtue   

n.德行，美德；贞操；优点；功效，效力

参考例句：

• He was considered to be a paragon of virtue.他被认为是品德尽善尽美的典范。
• You need to decorate your mind with virtue.你应该用德行美化心灵。

5 intentionally   

ad.故意地，有意地

参考例句：

• I didn't say it intentionally. 我是无心说的。
• The local authority ruled that he had made himself intentionally homeless and was therefore not entitled to be rehoused. 当地政府裁定他是有意居无定所，因此没有资格再获得提供住房。

6 devour   

v.吞没；贪婪地注视或谛听，贪读；使着迷

参考例句：

• Larger fish devour the smaller ones.大鱼吃小鱼。
• Beauty is but a flower which wrinkle will devour.美只不过是一朵，终会被皱纹所吞噬。