關(guān)于英語勵志故事五篇
“年輕人，為什么不親自嘗試一下如何制作鞋釘呢，哪怕只是為了消磨時間?”鐵匠說，“沒準，有一天它會對你有幫助?！币韵率切【幗o大家整理的關(guān)于英語勵志故事.希望可以幫到大家
關(guān)于英語勵志故事<一>
A boy found an eagle's egg and he put it in the nest of a prairie chicken. The eagle hatched and thought he was a chicken. He grew up doing what prairie chicken do-scratching at the dirt for food and flying short distances with a noisy fluttering of wings. It was a dreary life. Gradually the eagle grew older and bitter. One day he and his prairie chicken friend saw a beautiful bird soaring on the currents of air, high above the mountains.
"Oh, I wish I could fly like that!" said the eagle. The chicken replied, "Don't give it another thought. That's the mighty eagle, the king of all birds-you could never be like him!" And the eagle didn't give it another thought. He went on cackling and complaining about life. He died thinking he was a prairie chicken. My friends, you too were born an eagle. The Creator intended you to be an eagle, so don’t listen to the prairie chickens!
一個小男孩發(fā)現(xiàn)了一只老鷹下的蛋，把它放進了一只山雞的窩里。鷹被孵出來了，但他以為自己是一只山雞。漸漸的他長大了，卻做著山雞所做的事---從泥土里尋找食物，做短距離的飛翔，翅膀還啪啪作響。生活非常沉悶，漸漸地鷹長大了，也越來越苦惱。有一天，他和他的山雞朋友看見一只美麗的鳥在天空翱翔，飛的比山還高。
“哦，我要能飛的那么高該多好啊!”鷹說。山雞回答說，“不要想了，那是兇猛無比的鷹，鳥中之王---你不可能像他一樣!”于是鷹放棄了那個念頭。他繼續(xù)咯咯地叫，不停的抱怨生活。最后他死了，依然認為自己是一只山雞。朋友們，你們天生就是雄鷹。造物主有意把你造就成一只雄鷹，所以不要聽信山雞的話!
關(guān)于英語勵志故事<二>
When Henry ford decided to produce his famous v-8 motor, he chose to build an engine with the entire eight cylinders cast in one block, and instructed his engineers to produce a design in one for the engine. The design was placed on paper, but the engineers agreed, to a man, that it was simply impossible to cast an eight-cylinder engine-block in one piece.
Ford said, “Produce it anyway.”
“But,” they replied, “It’s impossible!”
“Go ahead.” Ford commanded, “And stay on the job until you succeed, no matter how much time is required.”
The engineers went ahead. There was nothing else for them to do, if they were to remain on the ford staff. Six months passed and nothing happened. Another six months passed, and still nothing happened. The engineers tried every conceivable plan to carry out the orders, but the thing seemed out of the question:“impossible!”
At the end of the year ford checked with his engineers, and again they informed him they had found no way to carry out his orders.
“go right head,” said ford, “I want it, and I’ll have it.”
They went ahead, and then, as if by a stroke of magic, the secret was discovered.
The ford determination had won once more!
This story may not be described with minute accuracy, but the sum and substance of it is correct. Deduce from it, you who wish to think and grow rich, the secret of the ford millions, if you can. You’ll not have to look very far.
Henry ford was successful, because he understood and applied the principles of success. One of these is desire: knowing out the lines in which the secret of his stupendous achievement have been described. If you can do this, if you can lay your finger on the particular group of principles which made Henry ford rich, you can equal his achievements in almost any calling for which you are suited.
亨利福特在要制造有名的v8汽缸引擎汽車時，曾指示他手下的工程師著手設計一種引擎，要把八個汽缸全放在一起。設計的紙上作業(yè)完成了，但是工程師們都異口同聲地跟福特說，“要把八個汽缸全放在一起，壓根是不可能?！?/p>
福特說：“無論如何都要做出來?！?/p>
他們又回答：“但是，那不可能啊!”
“動手做?！备Ｌ匾宦暳钕?， “不論花多少時間，做到交差為止!”
工程師只得著手去做。如果他們還想呆在福特的公司里討生活，就別無他途可行，值得去做。過了半年，沒有動靜。又過了半年，一樣沒有半點進展。工程師們試過了所有想得出來的計劃去執(zhí)行命令，結(jié)果仍然是：“不可能!”
過了一年，福特的工程師們都沒有進展，他們再次告訴他，他們想不出有什么辦法可以做到的指示。
“繼續(xù)做，”福特說。“我要八汽缸引擎，就一定要做到!”
他們繼續(xù)努力，然后仿佛如有神助似的，做法出籠了。
福特的決心又打贏了一仗。
這個故事也許說的不夠詳盡，但是故事的內(nèi)容卻都是“如假包換”的。要想致富的你，從這個故事可以推算出福特百萬家財?shù)拿孛芎卧凇枕毶峤筮h，就在眼前。
亨利福特了解成功的原則，也運用了這些原則，所以他成功了。這些原則中，有一項就是渴望：知道自己要做的是什么。閱讀這篇文章時，請牢記這則福特的故事，時時在字里行間尋找他了不起的原因。只要你能做到，能正確無誤地指認出福特所運用的原則，就幾乎可以在適合自己的任何行業(yè)里，和他一樣地出類拔萃。
關(guān)于英語勵志故事<三>
An old man in a high-speed trains， accidentally bought the new shoes out from a window， surrounded by people who feel sorry But the elderly immediately second shoe from the window go away. This move is even more surprised. Explained that the elderly： "This shoe， no matter how expensive， for me has been useless， if there is who can pick up a pair of shoes， maybe he can wear it!"
一個老人在高速行駛的火車上，不小心把剛買的新鞋從窗口掉了一只，周圍的人倍感惋惜，不料老人立即把第二只鞋也從窗口扔了下去。這舉動更讓人大吃一驚。老人解釋說：“這一只鞋無論多么昂貴，對我而言已經(jīng)沒有用了，如果有誰能撿到一雙鞋子，說不定他還能穿呢!”
Tip ： Successful at giving up， good to see from the loss of value.
秘訣：成功者善于放棄，善于從損失中看到價值。
關(guān)于英語勵志故事<四>
人生變幻，“富二代”成了鞋釘匠
如果故事里的“富二代”瓊斯，在自己家庭很富裕時，拒絕了自己感興趣但是很累很苦很低賤的“鐵匠”工作時，那么當家產(chǎn)在意外中失去時，他該拿什么來維持生計?一個很小的決定，就可能改變你的一生;一件很小的事，卻有很大的意義。
The hardworking blacksmith Jones used to work all day in his shop and so hard working was he that at times he would make the sparks fly from his hammer.
瓊斯是個非常勤勞的鐵匠，常常一整天都在店里工作。他工作非常努力，他的鐵錘下常常是火花飛舞。
The son of Mr. Smith, a rich neighbor, used to come to see the blacksmith everyday and for hours and hours he would enjoy himself watching how the tradesman worked.
鄰居史密斯先生很有錢，他的兒子常常來看瓊斯打鐵。他喜歡看這位工匠工作，常常一看就是幾個小時。
"Young man, why don't you try your hand to learn to make shoe tacks, even if it is only to pass the time?" said the blacksmith. "Who knows, one day, it may be of use to you."
“年輕人，為什么不親自嘗試一下如何制作鞋釘呢，哪怕只是為了消磨時間?”鐵匠說，“沒準，有一天它會對你有幫助?！?/p>
The lazy boy began to see what he could do. But after a little practice he found that he was becoming very skilled and soon he was making some of the finest tacks.
懶懶的孩子開始想看看自己到底能做什么。然而，僅僅經(jīng)過很短的練習，他便發(fā)現(xiàn)自己非常熟練起來，很快他就做出了最好的鞋釘。
Old Mr. Smith died and the son on account of the war lost all his goods. He had to leave home and was forced to take up residence in another country. It so happened that in this village there were numerous shoemakers who were spending a lot of money to buy tacks for their shoes and even at times when they paid high prices they were not always able to get what they wanted, because in that part of the country there was a high demand for soldiers' shoes.
老史密斯先生去世了，而他的兒子則因為戰(zhàn)爭的緣故失去了所有的財產(chǎn)。他不得不離開家園，在另外一個國家住了下來。巧的是，這個國家的這個地區(qū)，急需大量軍鞋，所以這個村子里有很多鞋匠，他們總是花費很多錢購買鞋釘。有時，即使付了很高的價錢，也買不到他們想要的鞋釘。
Our young Mr. Smith, who was finding it difficult to earn his daily bread, remembered that once upon a time he had learned the art of making tacks and had the sudden idea of making a bargain with the shoemakers. He told them that he would make the tacks if they would help to get him settled in his workshop. The shoemakers were only too glad of the offer. And after a while, Mr. Smith found that he was soon making the finest tacks in the village.
在這食不果腹的困難時刻，年輕的史密斯記起自己曾學過制鞋釘這門手藝，便突發(fā)奇想，想和這些鞋匠們做一個交易。他對他們說，如果他們可以幫助他成立一個店鋪，他就可以做鞋釘。鞋匠們對他的這一提議欣喜若狂。很快，史密斯發(fā)現(xiàn)他做的鞋釘是村里面最好的。
"How funny it seems," he used to say, "even making tacks can bring a fortune. My trade is more useful to me than were all my former riches."
“這真是有趣，”他常常會說，“即便是做鞋釘也會帶來財富。與我以前所有的財富相比，我現(xiàn)在做的事情對于我來說更有用?！?/p>
關(guān)于英語勵志故事<五>
A young man asked Socrates the secret to success. Socrates told the young man to meet him near the river the next morning. They met. Socrates asked the young man to walk with him toward the river. When the water got up to their neck, Socrates took the young man by surprise and ducked him into the water. The boy struggled to get out but Socrates was strong and kept him there until the boy started turning blue. Socrates pulled his head out of the water and the first thing the young man did was to gasp and take a deep breath of air. Socrates asked, “What did you want the most when you were there?” The boy replied, “Air.” Socrates said, “That is the secret to success. When you want success as badly as you wanted the air, then you will get it. There is no other secret.”
一個年輕人向蘇格拉底詢問成功的秘訣，蘇格拉底讓年輕人第二天早晨到河邊 見他。他們見面后，蘇格拉底叫年輕人和他一起走向河里，當河水淹至他們的 脖子時，蘇格拉底出其不意地抓住年輕人并把其壓入水中，那人想要掙出水面， 而強壯有力的蘇格拉底將他摁在水中直到他變得無力抗爭，臉色發(fā)青。蘇格拉 底將他的頭拖出水面，這個年輕人所做的第一件事就是大口喘息后，深吸一口 氣。蘇格拉底問： “當你悶在水里的時候你最想要的是什么?”年輕人回答說： “空氣。 ”蘇格拉底說： “那就是成功的秘訣。當你像渴望空氣一樣渴望成功， 你就能夠獲得它!沒有其他的秘密了。 ”