托福双语阅读素材积累

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　　"These aren't even that good. I think I could do better." That's one of the reasons I started writing. Because I was reading other articles and that thought came to mind. I've even thought that about books. Famous books. Brilliant books.

　　“这些都不够好，我觉着自己能做得更好。”这就是我开始写作的原因之一，因为我读别人的文章时就有了那样的想法。我甚至对书也有过那样的想法，包括名著和经典著作。

　　Who the fuck am I to think that?

　　我是谁呀?怎么有资格那么想?

　　That's my ego.

　　这就是我的自我价值感。

　　And I'm grateful for it.

　　而且我很感激这种自我价值感。

　　Because I never would've started writing without it. I never would've found something I love to do without it. I never would've been able to quit my 9-5 without it.

　　因为要不是自我价值感，我绝不会开始写作，绝不会发现自己喜爱的事，绝不会放弃朝九晚五的生活。

　　But...

　　但是……

　　Sometimes I get too caught up in it. I'll let other people's accomplishments get inside me and make me feel bad. I become jealous. I become resentful.

　　有时我太过于深陷其中，心里会一直想着别人的成就从而产生对自己的不满，我开始嫉妒、开始愤恨。

　　I let myself be tricked into think I'm not good enough, or doing enough, or being enough. That's when my ego becomes unhelpful.

　　我开始这样想：我不够好，或做得不够，或有很多不足。就在那时我的自我价值感开始变得全无益处。

　　I don't think having an ego is good or bad.

　　我觉着自我价值感既不是好事也不是坏事。

　　I think it's good and bad.

　　我认为它其实好坏兼备。

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　　Hillary Clinton upstaged President Barack Obama with a surprise appearance at the end of his Democratic National Convention speech.

　　在美国民主党代表大会上，希拉里·克林顿在美国总统巴拉克·奥巴马的演讲接近尾声之际突然现身，抢尽了风头。

　　The president and his one-time rival turned friend shared a long hug and paraded around the stage at the end of the night while Obama's 2008 campaign song, 'Signed, Sealed, Delivered,' blared over a loudspeaker.

　　奥巴马和他这位曾经的对手现在已成为好友，在(当晚)大会结束之际互相拥抱并环场一周，此时奥巴马08年的竞选歌曲《签署、密封、交付》在扬声器中高声响起。

　　以下为奥巴马此次演讲精选：

　　'America, you have vindicated that hope these past eight years. And now I’m ready to pass the baton and do my part as a private citizen,' he said. This year, in this election, I’m asking you to join me – to reject cynicism, reject fear, to summon what’s best in us; to elect Hillary Clinton as the next President of the United States, and show the world we still believe in the promise of this great nation.'

　　“美国，这八年来你维护了人们的希望。现在，我要将接力棒传递下去，并做好一个美国公民应有的本分。”他如此说道，“今年，此次竞选中，我请求你们能够与我一起反对犬儒主义、抵制恐惧，去召唤我们中最出色的那个人，去选择希拉里·克林顿作为美国的下一任总统，并告诉全世界：我们仍旧相信我们伟大祖国的承诺。”

　　'Hillary knows we can insist on a lawful and orderly immigration system while still seeing striving students and their toiling parents as loving families, not criminals or rapists.'.

　　“希拉里明白，我们能够在坚持合法有序的移民制度的同时、见证勤奋刻苦的学子和辛勤耕耘的父母组成美满家庭——没有不法之徒，也没有骇人色魔。”

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