6月9日英语故事：If I were a boy again 假如我又回到了童年 article, 英语故事, attention, care

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Have you ever thought you could be a boy or girl again who care less and are more happy ? Everyone has a special and unforgetable memory about childhood . Let's enjoy today's special topic "If I were a boy again ".
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    If I were a boy again, I would practice perseverance more often, and never give up a thing because it was  inconvenient. If we want light, we must conquer darkness. Perseverance can sometimes equal genius in its results. “There are only two creatures,” syas a proverb, “who can surmount the pyramids—the eagle and the snail.”
      If I were a boy again, I would school myself into a habit of attention; I would let nothing come between me and the subject in hand. I would remember that a good skater never tries to skate in two directions at once. The habit of attention becomes part of our life, if we begain early enough. I often hear grown up people say “ I could not fix my attention on the sermon（布道） or book, although I wished to do so” , and the reason is, the habit was not formed in youth. If I were to live my life over again, I would pay more attention to the cultivation（培养） of the memory. I would strengthen that faculty by every possible means, and on every possible occasion. It takes a little hard work at first to remember things accurately; but memory soon helps itself, and gives very little trouble. It only needs early cultivation to become a power.

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      If I were a boy again, I would cultivate courage. “Nothing is so mild and gentle as courage, nothing so cruel and pitiless as cowardice（懦弱）,” syas a wise author. We too often borrow trouble, and anticipate that may never appear.” The fear of ill exceeds the ill we fear.” Dangers will arise in any career, but presence of mind will often conquer the worst of them. Be prepared for any fate, and there is no harm to be feared.
     If I were a boy again, I would look on the cheerful side. Life is very much like a mirror: if you smile upon it, I smiles back upon you; but if you frown and look doubtful on it, you will get a similar look in return. Inner sunshine warms not only the heart of the owner, but of all that come in contact with it. “ who shuts love out ,in turn shall be shut out from love."
     If I were a boy again, I would school myself to say no more often. I might write pages on the importance of learning very early in life to gain that point where a young boy can stand erect（笔直的）, and decline doing an unworthy act because it is unworthy.
     If I were a boy again, I would demand of myself more courtesy（礼貌） towards my companions and friends, and indeed towards strangers as well. The smallest courtesies along the rough roads of life are like the little birds that sing to us all winter long, and make that season of ice and snow more endurable.      
     Finally, instead of trying hard to be happy, as if that were the sole purpose of life, I would , if I were a boy again, I would still try harder to make others happy.

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mei_charles

If I were a boy again, I would school myself into a habit of attention; I would let nothing come between me and the subject in hand.
假如我又回到童年，我会训练自己养成专注的习惯，我不会让任何事物插入我和我的目标
We too often borrow trouble, and anticipate that may never appear。
我们常常惹麻烦，并且期待麻烦以后再也不出现。
Inner sunshine warms not only the heart of the owner, but of all that come in contact with it
内在的光明不仅仅会照耀自己，还会照耀每一个与之接触的人
The smallest courtesies along the rough roads of life are like the little birds that sing to us all winter long, and make that season of ice and snow more endurable.      
在人生的挫折道路上哪怕是最小的帮助就像小鸟的歌声响彻整个寒冬，让这个冰与雪的季节不再如此寒冷。

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回复 2# mei_charles


    Good job. Your translation is very well . But I think there still exist some small inaccuracies. For example, maybe the "warm" translated to "温暖" can be better ?

xiaopengyou

school myself
这个用法第一次看到。

mei_charles

回复 3# xiaogua

yes, thx for your feedback, i am not doing this kind of translate too often.

i will improve myself step by step.

xiaogua

回复 5# mei_charles


    Come  on . You can make it by more practice.

xiaogua

回复 4# xiaopengyou


    是啊，这个用法比较少见，但是我觉得要猜出这个短语在句中的意思还是不难的。而且我觉得我们平时重点不应该放在语法上而应该多读多练培养语感。因为光记语法很枯燥的，还是结合句子在具体的情境下体会其特殊的用法和含义比较好。