英语作文能力和机会【一】
能力对命运说：“你的功绩哪里比得上我啊?”
命运说：“你有什么功绩要和我比试?”
能力说：“寿与夭、穷与达、贵与贱、贫与富，都是我能做到的。”
命运说：“可是，彭祖的智慧不在尧舜之上，却享有800岁高寿。颜渊的才能不在众人之下，却早夭。孔子的道德不在诸侯之下，却倍受困窘。殷纣王的德行不在箕子、微子、比干等贤臣之上，却位居王位。季札在吴国得不到爵位，田恒却占有了齐国。有气节的伯夷和叔齐饿死在首阳山，而无耻的季孙氏比坐怀不乱的柳下惠要富足得多。还有许多例子就不举了。假如这些都是你所能操纵的，那么为什么让此人长寿而让彼人短命，使圣人穷却让逆子发达，让贤人贱却让愚人显贵，使善人贫却让恶人暴富呢?”
能力回答说：“假如像你刚才所说，我本来对众人是无功的，所以众人才会这样;那么难道这些都是你所控制得了的吗?”
命运接着说：“既然说是命运，那么还需要谁来控制呢?我不过是顺其自然，直的就往前推，率的就听任它。实际上，人们都是自寿自夭、自穷自达、自贵自贱、自富自贫，我哪里能够知道那么多呢?我怎么能管得了那么多呢?”
能力和命运的这段对话说明：力是进取之力，命是自然之命;力与命紧密相联，命与力因果相关;有什么样的能力，就会有什么样的命运;而“命”的最终取向，除了自身努力外，还必须借助自然的力量。
英语作文能力和机会【二】
从前，吐谷浑国的.国王阿豺有20个儿子。他这20个儿子个个都很有本领，难分上下。可是他们自恃本领高强，都不把别人放在眼里，认为只有自己最有才能。平时20个儿子常常明争暗斗，见面就互相讥讽，在背后也总爱说对方的坏话。
阿豺见到儿子们这种互不相容的情况，很是担心，他明白敌人很容易利用这种不睦的局面来各个击破，那样一来国家的安危就悬于一线了。阿豺常常利用各种机会和场合来苦口婆心地教导儿子们停止互相攻击、倾轧，要相互团结友爱。可是儿子们对父亲的话都是左耳朵进、右耳朵出，表面上装作遵从教诲，实际上并没放在心上，还是依然我行我素。
阿豺的年纪一天天老了，他明白自己在位的日子不会很久了。可是自己死后，儿子们怎么办呢?再没有人能教诲他们、调解他们之间的矛盾了，那国家不是要四分五裂了吗?究竟用什么办法才能让他们懂得要团结起来呢?阿豺越来越忧心忡忡。
有一天，久病在床的阿豺预感到死神就要降临了，他也终于有了主意。他把儿子们召集到病榻跟前，吩咐他们说：“你们每个人都放一支箭在地上。”儿子们不知何故，但还是照办了。阿豺又叫过自己的弟弟慕利延说：“你随便拾一支箭折断它。”慕利延顺手捡起身边的一支箭，稍一用力，箭就断了。阿豺又说：“现在你把剩下的19支箭全都拾起来，把它们捆在一起，再试着折断。”慕利延抓住箭捆，使出了吃奶的力气，咬牙弯腰，脖子上青筋直冒，折腾得满头大汗，始终也没能将箭捆折断。
阿豺缓缓地转向儿子们，语重心长地开口说道：“你们也都看得很明白了，一支箭，轻轻一折就断了，可是合在一起的时候，就怎么也折不断。你们兄弟也是如此，如果互相斗气，单独行动，很容易遭到失败，只有20个人联合起来，齐心协力，才会产生无比巨大的力量，可以战胜一切，保障国家的安全。这就是团结的力量啊!”
儿子们终于领悟了父亲的良苦用心，想起自己以往的行为，都悔恨地流着泪说：“父亲，我们明白了，您就放心吧!”
阿豺见儿子们真的懂了，欣慰地点了下头，闭上眼睛安然去世了。
折箭的道理告诉我们：团结就是力量，只有团结起来，才会产生巨大的力量和智慧，去克服一切困难。
英语作文能力和机会【三】
??语伊索寓言故事：狮子和老鼠Lion was awakened from sleep by a Mouse running over his face. Rising up in anger, he caught him and was about to kill him, when the Mouse piteously entreated, saying: "If you would only spare my life, I would be sure to repay your kindness." The Lion laughed and let him go.
It happened shortly after this that the Lion was caught by some hunters, who bound him by strong ropes to the ground. The Mouse, recognizing his roar, came up, and gnawed the rope with his teeth, and setting him free, exclaimed: "You ridiculed the idea of my ever being able to help you, not expecting to receive from me any repayment of your favour; but now you know that it is possible for even a Mouse to confer benefits on a Lion."
一只老鼠从一只狮子面前跑过去，将它从梦中吵醒。狮子生气地跳起来，捉住老鼠，要弄死它。老鼠哀求说：「只要你肯饶恕我这条小生命，我将来一定会报答你的大恩。」狮子便笑着放了它。
后来狮子被几个猎人捉住，用粗绳捆绑倒在地上。老鼠听出是狮子的`吼声，走来用牙齿咬断绳索，释放了它，并大声说：「你当时嘲笑我想帮你的忙，而且也不指望我有什么机会报答。但是你现在知道了，就算是小老鼠，也能向狮子效劳的。」
英语作文能力和机会【四】
Country Garden and Me
On the way from Panyu City to Shunde City and approaching the conjunction point of both cities, a big advertisement board of the infamous Country Garden will catch your eyes. And on the board, a lovely girl gently holds a little white pigeon.
She looks at everybody with a sweet smile. Who is this girl? Let me tell you later. Country Garden is located at the Beijao town, Shunde City of Guangdong Province. Ten years ago when my Dad and Mom took me as a baby to Guangzhou, it was a wasteland here. But what does this piece of wasteland look like nowadays? Country Garden has been developed and enlarged rapidly on the ground of this land, and a great number of high-quality houses and apartments have been built up within the garden. Over the past decade, other nine country gardens with various unique designs have been erasing around the great city of Guangzhou. The construction and management of several gardens have engaged the devoted contributions from my Dad and Mom.
Country Garden has grown up together with me, and I am one of the witnesses of its growth and development.
英语作文能力和机会【五】
The fox, filled with arrogance, examined the cat from head to feet, and for a long time did not know whether he should give an answer. At last he said, "Oh, you poor beard-licker, you speckled fool, you hungry mouse hunter, what are you thinking? Have you the nerve to ask how I am doing? What do you know? How many tricks do you understand?"
"I understand but one," answered the cat, modestly.
"What kind of a trick is it?" asked the fox.
"When the dogs are chasing me, I can jump into a tree and save myself."
"Is that all?" said the fox. "I am master of a hundred tricks, and in addition to that I have a sackful of cunning. I feel sorry for you. Come with me, and I will teach you how one escapes from the dogs."
Just then a hunter came by with four dogs. The cat jumped nimbly up a tree, and sat down at its top, where the branches and foliage completely hid her.
"Untie your sack, Mr. Fox, untie your sack," the cat shouted to him, but the dogs had already seized him, and were holding him fast.
"Oh, Mr. Fox," shouted the cat. "You and your hundred tricks are left in the lurch. If you been able to climb like I can, you would not have lost your life."
一只猫在森林里遇到一只狐狸，心想：“他又聪明，又丰富，挺受人尊重的。”於是它很友好地和狐狸打招呼：“日安，尊敬的狐狸先生，您好吗?这些日子挺艰难的，您过得怎么样?”
狐狸傲慢地将猫从头到脚地打量了一番，半天拿不定主意是不是该和它说话。最后它说：“哦，你这个倒霉的长着鬍子、满身花纹的傻瓜、饥肠辘辘地追赶老鼠的.傢伙，你会啥?有甚么资格问我过得怎么样?你都学了点甚么本事?”
“我只有一种本领。”猫谦虚地说。
“甚么本领?”狐狸问。
“有人追我的时候，我会爬到树上去藏起来保护自己。”
“就这本事?”狐狸不屑地说，“我掌握了上百种本领，而且还有满口袋计谋。我真觉得你可怜，跟着我吧，我教你怎么从追捕中逃生。”
就在这时，猎人带着四条狗走近了。猫敏捷地窜到一棵树上，在树顶上蹲伏下来，茂密的树叶把它遮挡得严严实实。
“快打开你的计谋口袋，狐狸先生，快打开呀!”猫冲着狐狸喊道。可是猎狗已经将狐狸扑倒咬住了。“哎呀，狐狸先生，”猫喊道，“你的千百种本领就这么给扔掉了!假如你能像我一样爬树就不至於丢了性命了!”
