英語教師應該以培養學生的素養為目標,抓住各種機會,充分利用課內外的點點滴滴,讓美文走進課堂,對學生進行道德教育,為學生的全面發展和終身發展奠定基礎。下面小編整理了人生哲理英語美文，希望大家喜歡!

　　人生哲理英語美文1

　　If the Dream Is Big Enough

　　志當存高遠

　　A school was across the street from our home and I would often watch the kids from my window as they played basketball. One day, among the children a girl attracted me. She seemed so small as she muscled her way through the crowd of boys. Running circles around the other kids, she managed to shoot jump shots just over their heads and into the net with on one to stop her. Sometimes, I saw her play alone. She would practice dribbling and shooting over and over again, until dark.

　　我的家與一所學校只有一街之隔，我經常透過窗戶看學校里孩子們打籃球。一天我注意到一個小姑娘。她在一群孩子中間，身材矮小，卻在費勁地從男孩子們中間擠過。她在別人旁邊兜來轉去，設法地跳起投籃，“嗖——”，球恰好越過那些孩子的頭頂飛入籃筐，竟無人能擋。有時候我看到她一個人在打球，一遍又一遍地練習運球和投籃，直到天黑。

　　One day I asked her why she practiced so much. Without hesitation, she said, "I want to go to college. The only way I can go is if I get a scholarship. If I were good enough, I would get a scholarship. I like basketball. My Daddy told me if the dream is big enough, the facts don't count." Then she smiled and ran towards the court to go on practice.

　　有一天我問她為什么這么刻苦地練球。她不假思索地說：“我想上大學。只有獲得獎學金我才能上大學。我想只要我打得好，我就能獲得獎學金。我喜歡打籃球。我爸爸告訴我說，只要主義真，鐵杵磨成針。”說完她笑了笑，跑向籃球場繼續練球。

　　I watched her through junior high and into high school. Every week, she led her varsity team to victory. One day in her senior year, I saw her sitting in the grass, head cradled in her arms. I went over there and sat down beside her. Quietly I asked her what was wrong. "Oh, nothing," She replied softly. "I am just too short." The coach told her that at 5'5"she would probably never get to play for a top ranked college team — much less be offered a scholarship — so she should stop dreaming about college.

　　我看著她這些年從初中升到高中。每個星期，她帶領的學校籃球代表隊都能夠獲勝。高中那會兒的某一天，我看見她坐在草地上，頭埋在臂彎里。我穿過街道，坐到她旁邊的清涼的草地上。我輕輕地問出什么事了。“哦，沒什么，”她輕聲回答，“只是我太矮了。”原來籃球教練告訴她，以五英尺五英寸的身材，她幾乎是沒有機會到一流的球隊去打球的——更不用說會獲得獎學金了——所以她應該放棄想上大學的夢想。

　　She was heartbroken and I felt my own throat tighten as I sensed her disappointment. I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet. She told me that her father said those coaches were wrong. They did not understand the power of a dream. He told her that if she really wanted to play for a good college, if she truly wanted a scholarship, that nothing could stop her except one thing — her own attitude. He told her again, "If the dream is big enough, the facts don't count."

　　她很傷心，我也覺得自己的喉嚨發緊，因為我感覺到了她的失望。我問她是否與她的爸爸談過這件事。她從臂彎里抬起頭，告訴我，她爸爸說那些教練錯了。他們根本不懂得夢想的力量。他告訴她，如果真的想到一個好的大學去打籃球，如果她真的想獲得獎學金，任何東西也不能阻止她，除非她自己不愿意。他又一次跟她說：“心中有目標，風雨不折腰。”第二年，當她和她的球隊去參加北加利福尼亞州冠軍賽時，她被一位大學的招生人員看中了。她真的獲得了獎學金，一個全面資助的獎學金，并且進入美國全國大學體育協會其中一隊女子甲組籃球隊。她將接受她曾夢想并為之奮斗多年的大學教育。

　　The next year, as she and her team went to the Northern California Championship game, she was seen by a college recruiter, and was offered a full scholarship, to a NCAA women's basketball team. She was going to college, which she had dreamed of and worked toward for all those years.

　　第二年，當她和她的球隊去參加北加利福尼亞州冠軍賽時，她被一位大學的招生人員看中，并獲得了全額獎學金，進入美國全國大學體育協會中的一個女子籃球隊。她要去上大學了，那是她多年來夢想的，為之奮斗的目標。

　　It's true: If the dream is big enough, the facts don't matter.

　　沒錯：只要主義真，鐵杵磨成針。