Flora之声-英语美文晨读

朗读 | Flora Fang BGM | 《 グリーン・ウィロ》 You never really know how much the people around you are hurting.  你永远也不知道身边的人正在遭受怎样的痛苦。 You could be standing next to someone who is completely broken inside and you wouldn’t even know it. 你可能正站在他们身边，可是你甚至不知道他们的内心已经支离破碎。 So never deprive someone of hope; it might be all they have. 所以永远...

The only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small,  uninhabited island. He prayed feverishly for God to rescue him,  and every day he scanned the horizon for help,  but none seemed forthcoming. 在一场船难中，唯一的生存者随着潮水漂流到一座无人岛上。 他天天虔诚地祈祷神明，希望能够早日回到家乡。 他每天注视着海平线希望寻求帮助，但见到的却总是一片汪洋， 除此之外什么也没有。...

I see trees of green red roses too 我看到树木葱茏 春色满园 I see them bloom for me and you 见它们为你绽放 为我盛开 And I think to myself what a wonderful world. 于是我若有所思 世界灿烂 值得谱写风月 I see skies of blue and clouds of white 我看到晴空之下 云卷云舒 The bright blessed days the dark sacred nights 度过阳光明媚的白天 黑暗神圣的夜晚 And I think to myself what a wonderful world 于是我辗转反...

我们就像奶油。当奶油浮到顶部的时候，它会和牛奶分离。也许这种现象正像是新世纪运动的写照。 We find ourselves lonely at the top. Yes, it is. 我们发现自己飞得越高，就会越感孤独。是的，这就是现实。 It is no different with political enlightenment, spiritual enlightenment, or even becoming enlightened about relating to each other. 不论是政治或精神修养的造诣有多深，或者甚至是与他人之间有一种默契的关系，就...

For me the most interesting thing about a solitary life, and mine has been that for the last twenty years, is that it becomes increasingly rewarding. 对我而言,独身生活中最有趣的——也是我最近20年以来深有体会的——就是它使生活变得越来越有情调了。 When I can wake up and watch the sun rise over the ocean, as I do most days, and know that I have an entire day ahead, uninterrupted, in which to write a few...

The girl would turn her cell phone off and put it by her photo on the desk  every night before going to bed. This habit had been with her ever since she bought the phone. 女孩每天临睡前会先关掉手机，然后把它放在写字台自己的相框前，这个习惯从她买手机起就形成了。 The girl had a very close boyfriend. When they couldn't meet they would either call or send messages to each other. They both liked t...

宝贝们，冬至快乐呀～ 我是Flora. 最近嗓子有些沙哑，没有录音，这段以前读过的关于冬天的诗，放在今天非常应景，送给你们。要幸福哦！～ I’d like to live with you In a small town, where there are eternal twilights And eternal bells. 我想和你一起生活 在某个小镇， 共享无尽的黄昏 和绵绵不绝的钟声。 And in a small village inn— The faint chime of ancient clocks— like droplets of time. 在这个小镇的旅店里—— 古老...

You are not your age, nor the size of clothes you wear, 你不是你的年龄，也不是你穿衣的尺码 You are not a weight, or the color of your hair. 你不是体重秤上的一个数字，也不是你头发显示的颜色 You are not your name, or the dimples in your cheeks. 你不是你的名字，也不是你脸颊的酒窝 You are all the books you read, and all the words you speak. 你是你曾读过的书，以及你所有的谈吐 You are your croaky mornin...

第一雪降临了。 The first snow cam e.  真美啊！整日整夜，悄无声息地飘落，落在高山上，落在草地上，落在生者的房顶上，落在逝者的坟茔上！ How beautiful it was, falling so silently, all day long, all night long, on the mountains, on the meadows, on the roofs of the living, on the graves of the dead! 万物皆白，惟有河流蜿蜒成一条墨线穿过雪野，还有无叶的林木，衬映在铅灰色天空下，此刻更显得枝桠交错，仪...

大多数的人一生之中对目标只抱着“愿望”而己。这些愿望就像一阵风一样，没有办法成就任何事憾，抱着这种态度的人占了70%。 Most people go through life merely wishing for things. These wishes are as fleeting as the wind. They have no power to shape anything. The number of people  who stop here: 70 percent. 有很少数的人将他们的愿望转变成欲望，他们一再地 想得到相信的东西，但欲望也仅此而己，这样的人占了10...

Down the Years I Travelled 《漂泊的那些年》 Allan Taylor 艾伦·泰勒   Down the years I travelled all the roads I saw Life was changed forever from all   that   went   before 回顾这些年的旅程 见过的所有风景 生活的年轮始终在变化 它改变了熟悉的面貌 A young man on his journey I was one of the favoured few Driving into the distance coming into the new 一个年轻人走在路上 他是少...

You’re going to realize it one day 终有一天你会意识到 That happiness was never about your job 幸福与工作无关 or your degree 与学历无关 or being in a relationship 与恋爱无关 Happiness was never about following in the footsteps 幸福从来不是去追寻别人的脚步 of all of those who came before you 重复别人的人生 It was never about being like the others 活成别人的样子 One day, you’re going to see it 有一天...

Don't wait for a smile to be nice. 不要等到了一个笑容 才表现出友善 Don't wait to be loved to love. 不要等被爱之后才去爱 Don't wait to be lonely to recognize the value of a friend. 不要等到寂寞了 才明白朋友的价值 Don't wait for the best job to begin to&nbs...

I carry your heart with me I carry it in my heart I am never without it Anywhere I go you go, my dear And whatever is done by only me is your doing 我把你的心带着 把它放在我的心上 从不遗忘 你的足迹贴着我的 我做什么 你也做了 My darling I fear no fate for you are my fate, my sweet I want no world for beautiful you are my world, my true And it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant And whatever a...

If we could shrink the earth’s population to a village of precisely 100 people, with all the existing human ratios remaining the same, it would look something like the following: 如果我们把全世界的人口按照现有压缩为一个100人的村子，情况就会如同以下：   There would be: 这个村子里有：   57 Asians 57 人是亚洲人   21 Europeans 21 人是欧洲人   14 from the Western Hemisphere, both no...

Wherever we go we carry our character subconsciously with us. 不管我们走到哪里，我们身上都会潜意识地随时反映我们的品质。 A person is character personified only if he has enough credibility.  如果有足够的诚信，品质就会个性化。 To build up enough credibility we have to have a lot of following elements: 要建立足够的诚信，我们必须拥有以下的品质： Integrity:  in simple words it means standing...

1/  我认为人们并不懂得何谓高贵，何谓愚昧。尽管他们经常把这两样东西挂在嘴边。 I often think that men don't understand what is noble and what is ignorant, though they  alw ays talk about it. 2/  虚荣是对别人害处最少，而对自己最有害的热情。 Vanity is the least harmful to others, and the most harmful to oneself. 3/  重要的不是知识的数量，而是知识的质量，有些人知道很多，但却不知道最...

In a yellow pond  there are white ducks swimming. 黄水塘里游着白鸭， Only a little taller than people, sorghums are still green. 高粱梗油青的刚高过头， Where should I put in this pounding heart, 这跳动的心怎样安插， A narrow path in the field, this sadness in August. 田里一窄条路，八月里这忧愁？    Rain washed the sky clean last night, 天是昨夜雨洗过的，山岗 sun shines on hills and...

You're a tough kid. 你是个很倔的孩子。 And I ask you about war, you'd probably, uh, throw Shakespeare at me, right? "Once more unto the breach, dear friends…" But you've never been near one. You've never held your best friend's head in your lap…and watched him gasp his last breath, lookin' to you for help. 我问你战争，你会说莎士比亚的话，“共赴战场，亲爱的朋友”。但是你从没接近过战争。从没...

The main thing is just to try to be nice … 最重要的是和善待人… Just resolve to shine, constantly and steadily, like a warm lamp in the corner, and people will want to move towards you in order to feel happy, and to read things more clearly. 下定决心，持续地，稳定地发光，就像温暖的角落里的灯，为了获得愉悦，以及更加清晰的视野，人们会逐渐走向你。 You will be bright and constant in a world o...

It's four in the morning, the end of December 那是凌晨四点 正值十二月末 I'm writing you now just to see if you're better 我起来给你写信只关心你是否安好 New York is cold, but I like where I'm living 纽约很冷 但我喜欢我住的地方 There's music on Clinton Street all through the evening. 整夜都有音乐飘荡在克林顿街 I hear that you're building your little house deep in the desert 我听说你正在沙漠深处筑造...

I take myself on dates. 我跟自己去约会： I go to the movies alone. I wander museums alone. I eat meals alone (and yes, that means I resist all temptation to scroll through Instagram while waiting for my meal). 我独自看电影，独自在博物馆闲逛，独自吃饭 (是的，这意味着在等待饭菜上来时，我抵制住了所有刷Instagram的诱惑)。 I sit in coffee shops and journal alone. 我坐在咖啡馆里，独自写着日志。 I take th...

In a cold winter, a couple had to move out from the luxury villa because of bankruptcy. 一个寒冷的冬天，一对夫妇因为破产，不得不从豪宅里搬出。 The husband worked day a nd night to support the family but with no care of hi s wife. 丈夫日夜辛勤工作以维持家庭开支，但没有时间关心妻子。 So she thought, "He doesn't love me any more, he just cares his  business, not me". 于是，妻子暗自想道...