今天的英语时间是十句最有影响力的美国历届总统名言,一起来看看吧。
1: Undertake not what you cannot perform, but be careful to keep your promise.
不要承你完成不了的事情,但一定要信守诺言。
---- George Washington乔治华盛顿 (美国第1任总统)
2: Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives.
我们对祖国的义务永远都不会终结,直至我们的生命尽头。
---- John Adams 约翰亚当斯 (美国第2任总统)
3: Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
没有人能阻挡有正确态度的人获得成功;也没有人能帮助有错误人生态度的人。
---- Thomas Jefferson 托马斯杰斐逊 (美国第3任总统)
4: Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.
考虑时不要匆忙,但是一旦行动的时刻来到,就要毫不犹豫地付诸行动。
---- Andrew Jackson 安德鲁杰克逊 (美国第7任总统)
5: Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.
永远铭记:你要成功的决心比任何东西都更重要。
---- Abraham Lincoln 阿拉伯罕林肯 (美国第16任总统)
6: When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all.
玩耍的时候,尽情玩耍;工作的时候,不要儿戏。
---- Theodore Roosevelt 西奥多罗斯福 (美国第26任总统)
7: The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong and active faith.
今天的怀疑是对明日成就的唯一限制,让我们怀着坚定而主动的信念前进吧。
---- Franklin D.Roosevelt 富兰克林D罗斯福 (美国第32任总统)
8: Every new day begins with possibilities. It's up to us to fill it with the things that move us toward progress and peace.
每一天的开始都带来各种新的可能。能否在每一天都做些让我们走向进步与和平的事情,这都由我们决定。
---- Ronald Regan 罗纳德里根 (美国第40任总统)
9: If you live long enough, you'll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you'll be a better person. It's how you handle adversity, not how it affects you .The main thing is never quit, never quit, never quit.
只要你活得够久,你就会犯错误。但是如果你能从中吸取教训,你就会变得更加优秀。关键在于你如何面对困境,而不是让困境影响你。最重要的事情就是永不放弃,永不放弃,永不放弃。
---- Bill Clinton 比尔克林顿 (美国第42任总统)
10: Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.
如果我们总是等着别人或是其他时机,改变永远不会到来。我们自己就是我们一直等待的人,我们自己就是我们所寻求的改变。
---- Barack Obama 巴拉克奥巴马 (美国第44任总统)
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