讀一些英語勵志故事也是非常有趣的事情，下面小編為大家分享英語勵志故事吧！

　(一)做雄鷹還是山雞，都在一念之間

　　A boy found an eagle's egg and he put it in the nest of a prairie chicken. the eagle hatched and thought he was a chicken. he grew up doing what prairie chicken do-scratching at the dirt for food and flying short distances with a noisy fluttering of wings. it was a dreary life. gradually the eagle grew older and bitter. one day he and his prairie chicken friend saw a beautiful bird soaring on the currents of air, high above the mountains.

　　"oh, i wish i could fly like that!" said the eagle. the chicken replied, "don't give it another thought. that's the mighty eagle, the king of all birds-you could never be like him!" and the eagle didn't give it another thought. he went on cackling and complaining about life. he died thinking he was a prairie chicken. my friends, you too were born an eagle. the creator intended you to be an eagle, so don’t listen to the prairie chickens!

　　一個小男孩發現了一只老鷹下的蛋，把它放進了一只山雞的窩里。鷹被孵出來了，但他以為自己是一只山雞。漸漸的他長大了，卻做著山雞所做的事---從泥土里尋找食物，做短距離的飛翔，翅膀還啪啪作響。生活非常沉悶，漸漸地鷹長大了，也越來越苦惱。有一天，他和他的山雞朋友看見一只美麗的鳥在天空翱翔，飛的比山還高。

　　“哦，我要能飛的那么高該多好啊!”鷹說。山雞回答說，“不要想了，那是兇猛無比的鷹，鳥中之王---你不可能像他一樣!”于是鷹放棄了那個念頭。他繼續咯咯地叫，不停的抱怨生活。最后他死了，依然認為自己是一只山雞。朋友們，你們天生就是雄鷹。造物主有意把你造就成一只雄鷹，所以不要聽信山雞的話!

　　(二)獅子和羚羊

　　In Africa, when the antelope wakes up every morning, the first thing that comes to his mind is“, I must be able to run faster than the fastest lion, or I will be killed by a lion.” And at just the same time, the lion wakes out of his dream, and the first thing flashing into his mind is, “I must be able to catch up with the slowest antelope; otherwise I will starve to death.” So,almost at the same moment both the antelope and the lion jump to their feet, and start running toward the rising sun.

　　Such is life — whether you are an antelope or a lion, you ought to dash forward without hesitation when the sun rises.

　　[注釋]：

　　antelope: 羚羊

　　flash: to cause (light) to appear suddenly or in intermittent bursts 閃現，閃光

　　hesitation: a pause or faltering in speech 猶豫，躊躇

　　在非洲，當羚羊每天早上醒來，第一件事是“，我必須能夠跑得比最快的獅子，否則我會被獅子殺死。”和在同一時間，獅子醒了他的夢想，第一件事閃爍到他的頭腦是，“我必須能夠趕上最慢的羚羊，否則我將餓死”。

　　人生就是這樣，無論你是羚羊還是獅子，當太陽升起的時候，你應該毫不猶豫地向前沖。

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