实用英文美文佳句

I love choices.

我爱选择。

I love to walk around in bookstores-not because I can buy all the books,

我喜欢在书店里徜徉，不是因为我能买下所有的书，

but because I could buy one book, and I have so many to choose from.

而是因为我可以买一本书，我有这么多的选择。

I like buffets.

我还喜欢自助餐。

I rarely get to go to them, but when I do,

虽然我很少去，但是当我去的时候，

the first thing I do is walk around and see what the choice are.

我做的第一件事就是四处逛逛，看看有什么选择。

I also like the internet.

我还喜欢互联网。

It seems like cyberspace really doesn't have any limits.

看来网络真的没有任何限制。

There are so many things to discover--- like space.

有这么多的东西等待发——比如空间。

Sometimes, I think we don't appreciate the freedom that we have.

有时候，我觉得我们不喜欢我们拥有的自由。

We are free to make many different choice.

我们可以自由地做出许多不同的选择。

From the food we eat--- to the places we visit--- to the people we meet--- to the classes we take and on and on and on.

从我们所吃的食物到我们去的地方，我们见的人，我们所上的课程等等。

But freedom has dangers. If misused, it can be harmful.

但自由也有危险。如果滥用，将会带来危害。

I could pile a mountain of food on my plate and NOT to eat it.

我可以将山一样的食物堆在我的盘子里，而我则不去吃它。

It would be a waste. But that's a choice I have.

它会是一种浪费。但这是一个选择。

The Internet has dangers, too.

互联网也有危险。

If parents are not careful and don't supervise what their kids can see--- well kids can lose some of their innocence because of freedom.

如果父母对他们的孩子所看到的不留神也不监督，那么孩子们会因为自由而失去一些他们的无辜的。

There's a reason for legal age limits when it comes to driving, gambling, drinking,somking, andvoting.

当涉及驾车、赌博、酗酒、吸烟、和投票时法律会有年龄的限制。

Until we reach that age, we aren't free to do those things.

直到我们到了那个年岁，否则我们去做那些事将不会被赋予自由。

Graduation and moving on

毕业并继续前进

At least once a year, there are a lot of graduations.

至少每年一次,会有很多的毕业典礼。

It’s a time when a lot of people move on,

这是一个很多人继续前进的时刻，

from where they were, to another school or another class,

从那里的人们会到另一个学校或另一个班级，

or out into a real world.

或者到了一个真实的世界。

To graduate means to take a step forward, to move onward.

毕业意味着向前迈进一步，已经上路了。

I can remember my high school graduation,

我还记得我的高中毕业，

my graduation from university,

我大学毕业，

and even my graduation from graduated school.

甚至从我研究生院毕业。

Each of those graduations was nice.

其中每个毕业典礼都是非常好。

I took pictures, I got flowers, I hug my parents.

我拍照片,我得到了花,我拥抱我的父母。

I had the motions to moving on, I want to stay and have more fun.

我曾有想继续下去的动力，我希望留下并获得更多的乐趣。

But I also want to move on.

但我还想继续前进。

When we hear the word graduation, we naturally think of graduating from school. 当我们听到毕业那个词,我们很自然地会想到从学校毕业。

But I think it’s possible to graduate from different places, or stages in life. 但我认为这是有可能是从不同的地方或不同阶段的生活毕业。

I worked in a company in New York for about three years.

我在纽约一家公司工作三年了。In one point I felt I couldn’t learn anything else from the company,

[cn]在某种程度上,我觉得我无法从公司身上学到东西，

where the people I was working with.

从与我共同工作的人身上也一样。

Then I had hit a ceiling, I felt that was time to move on.

然后我已经达到了一种上限,我觉得是继续前行的时候了。