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超经典英语美文5篇学习英语,阅读真的很重要,多阅读一些短篇英语文章也是提高英语阅读实力的一种。
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英语阅读篇一给年轻人的忠告Remember, my son, you have to work. Whether you handle a pick or a pen, a wheel-barrow or a set of books, digging ditches or editing a paper, ringing an auction bell or writing funny things, you must work. If you look around you will see the men who are the most able to live the rest of their days without work are the men who work the hardest. Dont be afraid of killing yourself with overwork. It is beyond your power to do that on the sunny side of thirty. They die sometimes, but it is because they quit work at six in the evening, and do not go home until two in the morning. It’s the interval that kills, my son. The work gives you an appetite for your meals; it lends solidity to your slumbers, it gives you a perfect and grateful appreciation of a holiday.谨记,我的年轻人,你们必需工作.不管你是使锄头还是用笔,也不管是推手推车还是编记账簿,也不管你是种地还是编辑报纸,是拍卖师亦或是作家,都必需有一份工作,并为之努力奋斗.假如细致视察四周的人,你就会发觉,那些工作最努力的人最有可能安享晚年而无须去工作.不要胆怯超负荷的工作会缩短你的寿命,缺乏三十岁的年龄,你的承受实力远不止如此.假如说真的有人过早送命,那完全是因为他们在晚上六点完毕工作,却要在外流连到凌晨两点才归家.我的年轻人,正是晚上六点到凌晨两点的这段时间的生活毁了他们自己.工作会增加你的食欲,工作会使你坦然入睡,工作将会使你心满足足地享受假日。
英语经典美文英语经典美文(精选40篇)在学英语的过程中,阅读非常重要,多读,多看,多背一些文章,对于语感的形成,内容的积累,都非常关键。
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英语经典美文篇1There are many apple trees in a garden. They’re good friends. One day an old tree is ill. There are many pests in the tree. Leaves of the tree turn yellow. The old tree feels very sad and unwell. Another tree sends for a doctor for him. At first, they send for a pigeon, but she has no idea about it. Then they send for an oriole, and she c an’t treat the old tree well. Then they send for a woodpecker. She is a good doctor. She pecks a hole in the tree and eats lots of pests. At last the old tree becomes better and better. Leaves turn green and green.英语经典美文篇2Today is Sunday! On Sundays, I usually play the flute.My father usually reads the newspaper. My motherusuallycleansthe house. Buttoday my mother is in bed. She is ill. My father has to do the housework. Now, he is cleaning the house. “Sam, can you help me?” “Yes, Dad!” Now, we’re washing the car. Where’s my sister, Amy? She is playing my flute. What a lucky girl!英语经典美文篇3One day a dog with a piece of meat in his mouth was crossing a plank over a stream. As he walked along,helookedintowater,andhesawhis reflection. He thought this was another dog carryinga piece of meat. And he felt he would like to have two pieces. So he snapped at the reflection in the water, and of course, as heopened his mouth, the piece of meat disappeared quickly.英语经典美文篇4Tony is seven years old. He is an honest and polite boy. One day, it was Sunday. Tony, his sister and his mother stayed at home. He was watching TV and his sister was reading books. His mother was washing clothes. Just then, his father came back with a bag of pears. Tony likes pears very much and he wantedto eat one. His mother gave him four and said, “Let’s sharethem.” “Whichpeardo youwant, Tony?” asked his mother. “The biggest one, mum.” “What?” said his mother, “You should be polite and want the smallest one.” “Should I tell a lie just to be polite, mum?”英语经典美文篇5Today is Susan’s birthday. She is nine years old. Her friends are in her home now. There is a birthday party in the evening. Look! Mary is listening to the music. And Tom is drinking orange juice. Jack and Sam are playing cards on the floor. Lily and Amy are watching TV. Someone is knocking at the door. It’s Henry. He brings a big teddy bear for Susan. The teddy bear is yellow. Susan is very happy. All the children are happy. They sing a birthday song for Susan.英语经典美文篇6It was a cold winter day.A farmer found a snake on the ground. It was nearly dead by cold. The Farmer was a kind man. Hepicked up thesnake carefully and put it under the coat. Soon the snake Began to move and it raised its mouth and bit the farmer. “Oh, My god!” said the farmer, “I save your life, but you thank me in that way. You must die.” Then he killed the snake with a stick. At last he died, too.英语经典美文篇7Two young trees are standing on the top of the hill. Their names are Tim and Alan.One day, it’s sunny and warm. Some birds are singing in the trees. The wind blows, and the trees are talking. “What do you want to be when you grow up?’’ asks Tim. “I’m not sure. I think I want to be a chair or a desk.” answers Alan, “Maybe I want to bea toy box or ab aseball bat. I like children.”“What do you want to be when you grow up?” asks Alan. “Me?” says Tim, “I just want to be a tree. I want to bea house for birds and spiders. I want to have many apples. And when it’s sunny and hot, people and animals can stand under me.”英语经典美文篇8Hong Kong is a nice place, especially in summer. JulyisahotmonthinHongKong.Butit’san excellent time for swimming. There is a beautiful beach at Repulse Bay (浅水湾). T o get there, you can take a bus from Central. Lots of people go to the beach on Sundays and Saturdays. But if you go on a weekday, it is will be not so crowded.Visitors to Hongkong need passports. But people from many countries do not need visas. Hongkong is a nice place for holiday. There are many shops.英语经典美文篇9Water is very important for living things. Without water, there must be no life on the earth. All the plants and animals need water to drink, to cook food and to clean ourselves. Water is needed in farms, factories, offices, schools, families and many other places.Water is found in seas, rivers and lakes. It can be found everywhere in the world, and it also can be found in the air.英语经典美文篇10This is the twins’ bedroom. It is a nice room. The two beds look the same. This bed is Lily’s and that one is Lucy’s. The twins have one desk and two chairs. Their clock, books and pencil-boxes are on the desk. Their schoolbags are behind the chairs. Some nice flowers are on the desk. Some nice pictures are on the wall. Is there a kite? Yes, it’s under Lily’s bed. The bedroom is very nice.英语经典美文篇11One of the animals that help people a lot is the dog. In some countries, dogs pull wagons. In the cold north, dogs pull sleds.There are other ways that dogs help us, too. Policemen use them to look for missing people. Soldiers use them to carry letters and medicine .On farms, dogs take care of sheep and keep them in the fields. At night, they take the sheep home. Dogs help the blind with work. Some dogs are good and kind. Some dogs are good at another skill.英语经典美文篇12Betty is a la zy girl. She doesn’t study hard, and she doesn’t help her mother with the housework, either. “What are you going to be when you grow up, Betty?” Mother asks. “You’re too lazy. No job will ever fit you.” “But I know one,” says the girl, “I’m going to be Father Christmas,” “You want to be Father Christmas?” Mother is surprised, “But why?” “Because he works only one day in a whole year.”英语经典美文篇13A little monkey picks up a pumpkin and wants to takeithome.Butthepumpkinistoobig.The monkey can’t take it home.Suddenly he sees a panda riding a bike towards him. Hewatches the bike. “l have a good idea. I can roll the pumpkin. It likes a wheel.”So he rolls the pumpkin to his home. When his mother sees the big pumpkin, she is surprised and says, “How can you carry it home?” The little monkey answers proudly, “l can’t lift it, but l can roll it.” His mother smiles and says, “ What a clever boy!”英语经典美文篇14Have you ever wondered about the stars? In some ways, stars are like people. They are born. They grow old. And they die. A star is born from dust and gas. Slowly the dust and gas make a ball. The ball gets very hot. Then it starts to give off light. The young star grows into a giant. Many years go by. The older star begins to get small again. At last its light goes out. The star’s life is over.英语经典美文篇15Radio and television are very popular in the world today. Millions of people watch TV. Perhaps more people listen to the radio.The TV is more useful than the radio. On TV we can see and hear what is happening in the world. However, radio isn’t lost. It is still with us. And listeners are becoming more. That’sbecause a transistor radio isn’t lost. It is still with us. It is very easy to carry. You can put one in your pocket and listen to it on the bus or your bike when you go to work.英语经典美文篇16It’stwoo’clockintheafternoon.Thesunis shinning and it’s very hot. Nancy has to meet her mother at the train station.Now she’s walking in the street. There are no trees and she’s fat. So she feels very hot. But she doesn’t f ind a boywalking just behind her. And she meets a friend and says “hello” to him. “Who’s the boy behind you?” asks the man . Now she sees the boy. She is angry and asks, “Why are you walking behind me, boy?” “There’snoshadeinthestreet, you know.” answers the boy. “It’s cool behind you, I think.”英语经典美文篇17My dad works from Monday to Friday in a bank. he uses the computer to count money. His job is very important in the bank.Dad is also busy at home. At weekends he cooks dinner. Usually he cooks Italian food. On Sundays he makesfive pieces of pizza. Sometimes hecooks chicken and makes Chinese food. My mum watches and helps him. I help my dad, too. I wash the dishes.Many people think it is strange for a man to cook. But my dad enjoys his hobby. Cooking relaxes him. He is a weekend cook. 英语经典美文篇18Jack is a good boy but he doesn’t like to use his head. He often says something withou thinking.It makes others unhappy.Mr. Black teaches math in a school. He’s old now and he likes children.On the Friday Mr. Bla ck doesn’t go to work, because he’s ill in a hospital. And Jack’s mother will see him after dinner. “I want to be there with you.” says Jack. “You’re a rude boy. I can’t take you there.’’ says his mother. “Don’t worry, mum. I won’t do that again. Please believe me. ” says Jack. In the hospital, Jack says nothing at first. When they’re leaving , he says to Mr. Black, “You look fine. The doctor says you’re going to die, but I don’t think so. ”英语经典美文篇19There are about fifty-two weeks in a year. And there are seven days in each week. The first day of a week is Sunday. The other days of a week between SundayandSaturdayare Monday,Tuesday, Wednesday Thursday and Friday. Monday is the second day, Tuesday is the third day, Wednesday is the fourth day, Thursday is the fifth day, and Friday is the sixth day. What’s the last day? Do you know?英语经典美文篇20I have a friend in the U.S. His name is Don Adams. I know him very well, but I have never met him. We write to each other all the time. My letters are very short. It is still hard for me to write in English. I received a letter from Don yesterday. It makes me very happy. He is coming to my country for a visit next summer. We are going to see each other for the first time.英语经典美文篇21My family lives on this street. In the morning, my father goes to work and all the children go to school. My mother takes us to school everyday. She does the housework. She always has her lunch at home, and sees her friends in the afternoon. In the evening all the children come home from school. They always get home early. My father goes home from work and he is often late. After supper my two brothers and I do our homework. We go to bed at ten.英语经典美文篇22What do know about the sea? Some people have seen it but others haven’t. The sea looks beautiful on a fine sunny day and it can be very tough when there is a strong wind. What other things do you know about it? Of course, the sea is very large. In the world there is more sea than land. If you have swum in the sea, you know that the sea is salty. Rivers carry salt from the land into the sea. Some places of the sea are saltier than the other places. Do you know the Dead Sea? It is so salty that you can’t sink when you are in the water! And fish cannot live in it!英语经典美文篇23Li Hua is a Yong Pioneer. He is going to the park. Now he is waiting for a bus. Suddenly he finds a watchon theground.He askssome people, “Whose watch is it?” But the watch isn’t theirs. So he gives the watch to a policeman.Now Li Hua gets on the bus. He is sitting near the window. An old woman gets on the bus. She has no seat. So he stands up and says, “Here is a seat for you, Granny. Please sit here”英语经典美文篇24There are all kinds of horses in the world. But one of them you can’t ride. It doesn’t live on land, but in the se a. It looks like the head of horse. So the people call it sea horse. In fact, the sea horse is a small fish. It likes to live in warm water. A sea horse stands up in the water when it swims.Father horse carries the eggs to keep them safe in its pouch. Whenthe eggsare hatched, the baby horses swim away.英语经典美文篇25There are three trees near the house. There is a big tree, and two small trees.In the big tree there is a bird. Can the bird sing? Yes, it can. What’s under the big tree? It’s a cat.“I want some food,” thinks the cat. “Bird, my good friend, Come here! It’s time to play games” says the cat.“No today, thank you!” says the bird, “You can’t catch me! Goodbye!” Look! The bird is flying!英语经典美文篇26A flying fox is not a fox at all. It is a bat. But this bat looks like a fox. A flying fox is very big. It likes to eat fruit. Sometimes the flying fox is called fruit bat.The flying fox flies into fruit trees. Then the bat eats all thefruit. So fruit farmers do not like the flying fox.英语经典美文篇27Birds do n’t fly high up in the sky. The air is too thin.It is hard for birds to breathe in thin air. Thin air doesn’t hold them up.Birds fly near the ground so that they can see where they are. The birds look for places they know. Then they do not get lost. Some birds fly so low over the ocean that the waves often hide them. Many birds fly a long distance in the spring and autumn. 英语经典美文篇28Air is all around us. It is around us as we walk and play. From the time we were born air is around us on every side. When we sit down, it is around us. When we go to bed, air is also around us. We live in air. We can live without food or water for a few days, but we cannot live for more than a few minutes without air. We take in air. When we are working or running we need more air. When we are asleep, we need less air. We live in air, but we cannot see it. We can only feel it when it is moving. Moving air is called wind. How can we make air move? Here is one way. Hold an open book in front of your face, close it quickly. What can you feel? What you feel is air.英语经典美文篇29There are many clocks in the Brown’s house. They are in different rooms.A big clock stands in a corner of the sitting room. It is a very, very old clock, but it still keeps good time. Mr. Brown winds it once a week.英语经典美文篇30Swimming is a good sport. It’s popular. People like swimming because the water makes people feel cool. But if they swim in a wrong place, it is very dangerous. These years, somepeople died when they were enjoying themselves in water and most of them were students. Summer holiday will be there again.I want to give you some advice. First, don’t get into the water when you are alone. Second, don’t get into the water if there is a No swimming sign. Third, you should be careful in the water. If you remember these, swimming will be safe and it’s good for your health.英语经典美文篇31I am a slow walker,but i never walk backward.When i thought I could not go on,i forced myself to keep going.though the future is scary,you can't just run to the past because it is familiar.always remember,a man is not old as long as he's seeking something.a man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.英语经典美文篇32Last week,we were go to the Laohutan marine park fall camp.We saws dolphins、seals、whale sharks and h ippocampus…Then we were go to the happy-theater.The host was very humor,the animals star was very lovely and very clever.Then we were go to a small garden,we were played very happy.Back home after I very excited.英语经典美文篇33Dragon boat racing is our the Chinese nation is a traditional activity.It is in the Dragon Boat Festival is to perform an activity.People play on the day.boat looks like a dragon.Dragon Boat Race made us very happy that we are fully felt the joy of traditional festivals.Everyone on this day to contest, display their skills, very lively. 英语经典美文篇34Do you love your mother? Do you know about her? Do youknow how your mother is hard?Mom love you the most in the world. Mother’s love is one of the greatest love in our live. It is like a bottle of wine, the longer it is kept, the sweeter it will be. When we are thirty, it will be our best choice.No matter what you are rich or poor, your mother will always love you. So let us return to the mother. Thanks to all the mothers in the world. Thanks your love!英语经典美文篇35I have a beautiful table lamp A year ago, my parents bought it for me. I use it when I’m doing my homework. I like it very much. It is black and red. The light from it is soft; it isn’t bad for my eyes. Every weekend I clean it, s o it’s very clean all the time.My brother also has a table lamp. But it is broken. Mine is very good because I take good care of it. My table lamp has a wonderful name. Its name is Hong Xin. It helps me a lot with my study. It’s my best friend.英语经典美文篇36Elephants are the biggest animals that live on land,Only some kinds of whale areebigger,but they live in the sea .The elephantis the second tallest animal in the world.Elephants are the only animas that have a long nose that is called a trunk.They can use the truck like a hand.With its trunk ,an elephant can pick up a 270kg tree,or pick up one peanut.Elephants have the biggest ears of all the animals.Their tucks are the biggest teech.英语经典美文篇37My favourite sport is basketball.I often play basketball,I wear a T-shirt,jeans and runnersto play basketball.I usually play basketball with my uncle and my brother.My uncle and brother hit basketball very well.But I sometimes hurtmy hands.I like playing basketball very much ,but I now my leg is hurt,I can’t pla y basketball.I feel sad.Basketball is my favourite sport.英语经典美文篇38One day, when it rained, I heard a ticking voice outside the window.I went out of my dream. I got up and ran down. I went outside to watch. I saw that everyone was in a hurry with an umbrella. Some went to work and some went home. I walk on the sidewalk, quietly walking, I have been walking, suddenly heard the da da da under the downpour. I ran home. As soon as I got home, my clothes were all wet.I listened to the call of autumn rain and fell asleep again.英语经典美文篇39You see Lift eye looks, Road lined with trees on both sides, Past skyscrapers. At night, Neighborhood, A column column fountain splash. Casino in people mountain people sea! What is? Is the news of the horn, To our home, Wear new clothes, The gorgeous makeup! Ah! Is he, All citizens in weinan, There are old people, youth, children... Let us hand in hand, Weinan create a beautiful tomorrow!英语经典美文篇40Summer holiday is from July to August .It s a long time for me to do all kinds of things . I like visiting some places of interest . And I like travelling by train . It takes me too much time , but it saves money .Sometimes I stay at home and do my homework , sometimes I help my parents do some house work. When my parents are free , we often go to the park or the zoo , and we have a goodtime there .I have a good summer holiday .。
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英语短篇美文阅读篇一:One's beliefs are revealed not so much in words or in formal creeds as in the assumptions on which one habitually acts and in the basic values by which all choices are tested.人类的信仰并非全是通过言辞或形式的教条,以及对一个人行为习惯的设想或其做出选择所依据的价值观所体现出来的。
The cornerstone of my own value system was laid in childhood with parents who believed that personal integrity came first. They never asked, ”What will people think?” The question was,“What will you think of yourself, if you do this or fail to do that?” Thus, living up to one’s own conception of one’s self became a basic value, and the question, “What will people think,” took a subordinate place.孩提时,父母的教诲正是我个人基本价值观的来源,他们相信人格是一切之首。
他们从不问:“人们会怎么想?”而是问:“如果你做这件事而不做那件,你会怎么想?”因此,按自己的意愿生活便成为了最基本的价值观,而“人们会怎么想?”这个问题则退居二线。
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英语经典美文阅读(5篇)英语经典美文阅读 1One day, the time management expert lectured to a group of business school students.He made a demonstration at the scene, which left a lasting impression on the students.Standing in front of students with high iqs, he said, let's take a quiz. Take out a one-gallon jar and set it on the table in front of him. Then he took out a bunch of fist-sized rocks and carefully placed them in a jar. When the jar was over the top of the jar and no more rocks could fit in, he asked, “is the jar full?" All students should say: "full!" . The time management expert replied, "really?" He reached under the table and pulled out a bucket of gravel. He poured some of the gravel in, and tapped the glass bottle wall to fill the gap between the stones. "Is the jar full now? "He asked the second time. But this time the students understood, "probably not," one student said. "Good! Experts say. He reached under the table and pulled out a bucket of sand. The sand is filled with all the gaps between the rock and the gravel. Once more he asked the question, "is this jar full?" "No! "Shouted the students. Onceagain he said, "good! Then he took a pitcher of water and poured it into the jar until it was flat. Looking up at the students, he asked, "what is the point of this illustration?" One eager student raised his hand and said, "no matter how tight your schedule is, if you work hard, you can do more!" "No!" The time management expert said, "that's not what it really means. This example tells us that if you didn't blow up the rock first, you couldn't put it in the bottle anymore. So, what are the big rocks in your life? Spend time with the people you love, your beliefs, education, dreams? Remember to deal with these big rocks first, otherwise, you can't do it all your life!So tonight, perhaps this morning, you are reading this essay, and you have tried to ask yourself this question: what is the "big rock" in my life? Then, please put them in the bottle of your life first. It is better to be busy with dreams than to lose your dreams by being busy!英语经典美文阅读 2You cannot change the laws of physics . but could physics actually enable us to travel through time?It might sound crazy, but according to Einstein‘s theories, there‘s no logical reason why time travel isn‘t possible.Time travel is clearly a trickier proposition than space travel,though. And prior to Einstein, it would have been deemed utterly impossible! That‘s because the old idea about time was that it was like a cosmic metronome keeping a regular and constant beat throughout the universe. And it was thought to move in one direction only .However, what physicists now know is that time is rather more flexible than the old “ Clockwork Universe” ideas they had it. And it was Albert Einstein who set the cat among the pigeons.Einstein‘s theories about time and space were revolutionary. He b ecame a celebrity__and not just in scientific circles. It‘s only since he published his theories that scientists have been able to demonstrate that space and time really behave the way he said they did.In 1971, after Einstein‘s death, two scientists w ere able to carry out a crucial experiment. They used two atomic clocks, synchronized them, and placed one on a plane, while the other stayed in the same location on Earth. The plane then flew around the world for 80 hours. According to Einstein‘s theory, the clock on the plane would be expected to have lost time, due to being in motion over 80 hours pared to the clock on the ground. Whenthey brought the clocks together and made a parison, the clock on the plane was indeed a few nanoseconds slower than the other clock. The experiment was replicated in 1996 with advanced technology, and it was proved again__with an even bigger time difference this time. Which proves that not only is time “ warp-able” , but Einstein was arguably the greatest thinker the world has ever seen.If it were possible, however, it would present some pretty knotty paradoxes... For example, what if someone or something traveled back in time and changed the ensuing future? And have you heard the one about the time traveller who dots back and forward in time and by means of various medical technologies is able to be his own father AND mother?! And besides, if time travel is possible, where are all the people from the future__surely they‘d want to e and meet us poor stranded 21st century beings?英语经典美文阅读 3"Can I see my baby?" the happy new mother asked.When the bundle was nestled in her arms and she moved the fold of cloth to look upon his tiny face, she gasped. The doctor turned quickly and looked out the tall hospital window. The baby had been born without ears.Time proved that the baby's hearing was perfect. It was only his appearance that was marred. When he rushed home from school one day and flung himself into his mother's arms, she sighed, knowing that his life was to be a succession of heartbreaks.He blurted out the tragedy. "A boy, a big boy...called me a freak."He grew up, handsome for his misfortune. A favorite with his fellow students, he might have been class president, but for that. He developed a gift, a talent for literature and music."But you might mingle with other young people," his mother reproved him, but felt a kindness in her heart.The boy's father had a session with the family physician... "Could nothing be done?""I believe I could graft on a pair of outer ears, if they could be procured," the doctor decided. Whereupon the search began for a person who would make such a sacrifice for a young man.Two years went by. One day, his father said to the son, "You're going to the hospital, son. Mother and I have someone who will donate the ears you need. But it's a secret."The operation was a brilliant success, and a new person emerged. His talents blossomed into genius, and school andcollege became a series of triumphs.Later he married and entered the diplomatic service. One day, he asked his father, "Who gave me the ears? Who gave me so much? I could never do enough for him or her.""I do not believe you could," said the father, "but the agreement was that you are not to know...not yet."The years kept their profound secret, but the day did e. One of the darkest days that ever pass through a son. He stood with his father over his mother's casket. Slowly, tenderly, the father stretched forth a hand and raised the thick, reddish brown hair to reveal the mother had no outer ears."Mother said she was glad she never let her hair be cut," his father whispered gently, "and nobody ever thought mother less beautiful, did they?"英语经典美文阅读 4To respect my work, my associates and myself. To be honest and fair with them as I expect them to be honest and fair with me. To be a man whose word carries weight. To be a booster, not a knocker; a pusher, not a kicker; a motor, not a clog.To base my expectations of reward on a solid foundation of service rendered; to be willing to pay the price of success inhonest effort. To look upon my work as opportunity, to be seized with joy and made the most of, and not as painful drudgery to be reluctantly endured.To remember that success lies within myself; in my own brain, my own ambition, my own courage and determination. To expect difficulties and force my way through them, to turn hard experiences into capital for future struggles.To interest my heart and soul in my work, and aspire to the highest efficiency in the achievement of results. To be patiently receptive of just criticism and profit from its teaching. To treat equals and superiors with respect, and subordinates with kindly encouragement.To make a study of my business duties; to know my work from the ground up. To mix brains with my efforts and use system and method in all I undertake. To find time to do everything needful by never letting time find me or my subordinates doing nothing. To hoard days as a miser does dollars, to make every hour bring me dividends in specific results plished. To steer clear of dissipation and guard my health of body and peace of mind as my most precious stock in trade.Finally, to take a good grip on the joy of life; to play the gamelike a gentleman; to fight against nothing so hard as my own weakness, and endeavor to grow in business capacity, and as a man, with the passage of every day of time.英语经典美文阅读 5It seems to me a very difficult thing to put into words the beliefs we hold and what they make you do in your life. I think I was fortunate because I grew up in a family where there was a very deep religious feeling. I don’t think it was spoken of a great deal. It was more or less taken for granted that everybody held certain beliefs and needed certain reinforcements of their own strength and that that came through your belief in God and your knowledge of prayer.But as I grew older I questioned a great many of the things that I knew very well my grandmother who had brought me up had taken for granted. And I think I might have been a quite difficult person to live with if it hadn’t been for the fact that my husband once said it didn’t do you any harm to learn those things, so why not let your children learn them? When they grow up they’ll think things out for themselves.And that gave me a feeling that perhaps that’s what we all must do-think out for ourselves what we could believe and howwe could live by it. And so I came to the conclusion that you had to use this life to develop the very best that you could develop.I don’t know whether I believe in a future life. I believe that all that you go through here must have some value, therefore there must be some reason. And there must be some “going on.” How exactl y that happens I’ve never been able to decide. There is a future-that I’m sure of. But how, that I don’t know. And I came to feel that it didn’t really matter very much because whatever the future held you’d have to face it when you came to it, just as whatever life holds you have to face it exactly the same way. And the important thing was that you never let down doing the best that you were able to do-it might be poor because you might not have very much within you to give, or to help other people with, or to live your life with. But as long as you did the very best that you were able to do, then that was what you were put here to do and that was what you were plishing by being here.And so I have tried to follow that out-and not to worry about the future or what was going to happen. I think I am pretty much of a fatalist. You have to accept whatever es and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give.。
Andy's HobbiesAndy is always watching animal programs on TV.When he was a child his favorite books were Gerald Durrel's animal books.He also wrote down something about animals when he heard them — especially the ones that were about loving animals.He has always had pets.His first animal friends were pigs.And then he tried his best to persuade his parents to get a dog.For some reasons they did not seem to believe Andy would walk the dog three times a day,no matter how Andy promised he'd do it.He did his best to persuade them:he was good at drawing and left drawings of dogs all over the place.He ran to the library,borrowed all the dog books he could find,and left them lying around as well.His parents were quite used to his books lying around everywhere.Then Andy's mother was told a friend's cat had kittens and they could go and get one.At first Andy was a little disappointed.As time went by,he learned to love the cat so much he has had cats ever since.Cats let us know when it is time to change the sofa.Either when the fabric starts to look like Einstein's hair that has been combed with cat paws,thanks to the generous donation of cat hair.安迪的爱好安迪总是看电视节目上的动物频道。
【导语】阅读经典美⽂可以丰富学⽣的知识,巩固学习成果;可以提⾼学⽣的阅读能⼒和写作能⼒;可以学⽣的审美能⼒和陶冶情操。
以下是由整理了精彩的英⽂美⽂阅读3篇,希望⼤家喜欢!【篇⼀】精彩的英⽂美⽂阅读:One World I have lived most of my life in the 20th century. You will live most of your lives in the 21st century. What does the future hold for your century? 45 years ago, an American political leader, Wendell Willkie, traveled around the world and then wrote a best-selling book entitled, “One World.” World War 2 followed. The world was brutally battered by that war but it survived. Today the choice is either one world or no world. As I look ahead to the 21st century—to your century—I see one world. But the one world I see is not a world without differences between nations or peoples. Rather, it is one in which we all recognize that we have profound differences and that we must learn to live with our differences rather than dying over them. I do not see a world without nuclear weapons. But I do see one where the awesome power of these weapons has made world war obsolete as an instrument of policy. For that reason, I do not believe there will be a Third World War. I see a world where the honor of being called great is bestowed not on the world’s warriors but in the world’s peacemakers. And I see one world, but not a world drab in its uniformity but one enriched by its diversity. I see an open world, a world of open cities, open skies, open minds and open hearts; a world where our enemies are not other peoples but the common enemies of all mankind: poverty, hunger, misery, and injustice wherever they may exist in the world. And I see a world in which there will continue to be conflict but where competition between great peoples will build rather than destory---where it will be a force for peace and progress rather than a force for war. Some will question my optimism. But of this one thing I am sure: without cooperation between the Chinese people and the American people, there is no chance that the 21st century in which you will live will be a century of peace and progress for all people. This is what I hope for China. This is what I hope for the world. This is what I hope for you., the new generation of China, whose task is to help to build and to meet those goals.【篇⼆】精彩的英⽂美⽂阅读:Look After Your Voice Often speakers at a meeting experience dry mouths and ask for a glass of water. You can solve the problem by activating the saliva in you mouth. First gently bite the edges of your tongue with your teeth. Or, press your entire tongue to the bottom of your mouth and hold it there until the saliva flow. Or you can imagine that you are slicing a big juicy lemon and sucking the juice. Before you begin your talk, be kind to your voice, Avoid milk or creamy drinks which coat your throat. Keen your throat wet by drinking a little sweetened warm tea or diluted fruit juice. If you sense that your are losing your voice, stop talking completely. Save your voice for your speech. You may feel foolish using paper to write notes, but the best thing you can do is to rest your voice. If you need to see a doctor, perhaps you can get some advice from a professional singer. In the meantime, do not even talk in a low voice. What about drinking alcohol to wet your throat? I advice you not to touch alcohol before speaking. The problem with alcohol is that one drink gives you a little confidence. The second drink gives you even more confidence. Finally you will feel all-powerful and you will feel you can do everything, but in fact your brain and your mouth do not work together properly. Save the alcohol until after you finish speaking. Perhaps you want to accept the advice, but you may wonder if you can ever change the habits of a lifetime. Of course you can. Goethe, who lived before indoor skating rinks or swimming pools, said, "We learn to skate in the summer and swim in the winter". Take this message to heart and give yourself time to develop your new habits. If you are wiling to change, you will soon be able to say that you will never forget these techniques because they became a part of your body.【篇三】精彩的英⽂美⽂阅读:Remember, a name is for life In Sao Paulo, a baby boy is chortling away, unaware that a court is deciding his fate. If it finds in his father's favour, he isin all kinds of trouble. There may be a law in Brazil against giving your child a name that might cause him to be mocked, but daddy wants to call his son Osama bin Laden. The same father, Osvaldo Oliveira Soares, has form for trying to use babies as political statements. Nine years ago, he was banned from naming a previous son Saddam Hussein. Unlike Brazil, there is no law in Britain that restricts a parent's right to name their child. "It's not for the registrar to say if someone has picked a name they don't think is suitable," says Alison Cathcart, superintendent registrar at Westminster register office. "But if someone is from a different culture and wants to register a name that sounds like a swear word in English then we do advise them of that." "Naming does matter," says Helen Petrie, a professor at the City University of London and a researchersintosthe psychology of naming. "We have stereotypes of what sort of people are behind certain names. There are studies of teachers in primary schools in the US that show they rate children with certain names as less able. "The name is the first thing we find out when we meet someone. If you call your child an unusual fluffy name like Fifi Trixibelle, as did Bob Geldof and Paula Yates, it can make life hard for you - especially if you want to be prime ministerial and are not in the least bit fluffy-headed." There's also the class factor. "Fifty years ago there was no cross-over of names between classes. Now everyone can buy Tatler and see the name Tarquin," says Petrie. "Until the 60s, Tracey was a posh Chelsea name. Now it has a terrible stereotype. I've interviewed some Traceys who find their name a huge burden. However high up they may be in their profession, people hear their name and think they're the cleaner." But no name is entirely safe. Your parents may not mean to mess you up but they can't know what the next mass murderer will be called. They can't necessarily protect you from other children who have a gift for making fun of any name. Sophies will tell you they were called Sofa in school; Theodores get nicknamed Odour. But, if your surname is Graves or Banks, you might reasonably expect your parents to have noticed that Robin had problems.。
《英文美文》十篇老师叮咛:李辉老师说,想要提高阅读理解,词汇量是关键!下面的十篇美文经过了全网首席高考英语名师李辉老师团队高度认真地整理校对,无错、可信!可供全国各省高中生打印、背诵!本系列的内容部分来源于网络,部分来源于书籍,部分来源于笔者本人。
本系列为英语学习者提供,适合英语初级学习者(本来主要是为了高中生,但也欢迎初中生,大学生和英语爱好者阅读),笔者还挑了一些可能对大家有帮助的单词做了注释(为了读者更易理解,为了更好的学习效果,注释仅限于本文的意思)。
第一篇:Stay humble, stay hungry永远谦卑,永远饥渴I just went through a very tough time of my life.tough 艰难的adj.我刚刚经历了人生中非常艰难的一段时期。
And the improbable unfolding of recent events has lead me to consider that no one thing is one thing only. improbable 不大可能的adj.unfold 打开,呈现v.这段时间里各种看似不可能的事情接连发生,它们让我不禁意识到:世上没有什么事情是单纯而片面的。
People keep defining what’s familiar with new, ever-evolving meanings.人们一直都在为熟悉的东西赋予新的、不断演化的含义。
define 下定义v.ever-evolving 不断发展的By doing so, we release ourselves from the expected, the familiar, into something unforeseen.release 释放v.unforeseen 未预见到的adj.通过这样做,我们将自己从那些司空见惯的东西中释放出来,并投身到那些未曾被预见的事物中。
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篇一:是你点燃了我的生命 You Light Up My LifeBe good to everyone who becomes attached to us; cherish every friend who is by our side;善待,每一个和我们结缘的人;珍惜,我们身边的每一个朋友;love everyone who walks into our life.爱,生命中,每一个和我们结缘的人。
It must be fate to get acquainted in a huge crowd of people…茫茫的人海中,相识,其实,就是缘分……I feel, the love that Osho talks about, maybe is a kind of pure love beyond the mundane world, which is full of divinity and caritas, and overflows with Buddhist allegorical words and gestures,感觉,奥修所说的,也许是一种纯净、超越世俗和男女,充满神性和佛性的博爱,弥发,一种禅性和机锋,but, it seems that I cannot see through its true meaning forever…而我,却好像永远,都,无法参透……Maybe, I do not just “absorb” your love; but because the love overpowers me and I am unable todispute and refuse it…也许,我并不只是”接受”;而是,因为那种爱,让我,情不自禁、无法抗拒、不能拒绝……Do you know? It’s you who light up my life! And I stubbornly believe that such love can only be experienced once in my life.知道吗?是你,点燃了我的生命!而我,固执的相信,这种情感,在我的生命中,只有一次。
英语美文阅读(最新9篇)英语阅读小文章篇一Chinchillas are, without a doubt, one the cutest animal species ever. With their bushy tails, tiny ears, long whiskers, and adorably fluffy fur, the little creatures can truly make you say awww。
In fact, it is said that their fur is the softest out of all land mammals!南美栗鼠(龙猫)无疑是最萌的动物之一。
毛茸茸的尾巴,小耳朵长胡须,蓬松的皮毛惹人爱。
这一小生灵真的可以让你“哇”一声惊叹。
事实上,据说其皮毛是所有陆地动物里最柔软的。
So, to celebrate the beauty of these little rodents, a list of cute baby chinchillas has been put together. Beware - it#39;s a cuteness overload waiting to happen!所以,为庆贺这小小啮齿动物之美,把一溜列可爱的栗鼠宝宝集中在了一起。
小心,眼前会超乎想象萌化你。
精美简短的英文散文篇二Time flies, a season of the horse, who entered the eyes, a thousand times, a glass of pure heart, only one person; Unable to read the old books, of time, is unbearable, mottled memories and sadness in the fingers, lonely heart wounds, scattered shoulders like autumn rain, cool is cool, I dont know the scarred heart, how to put to do; Pacing in the autumn, the autumn wind sweeping leaves, rustling, cool silent long moonlight, deserted long corridor of missing.The green onion, go to the unknown place, full of silence, the garden in the autumn, pale color cover the eyes; What kind of pen and ink can be a city of warm painting; With how tonal, can warm mountain warm water; How to fit the film; Perhaps the point is too desolate, how long time, is difficult to let go of this cold thought, like the fold on the autumn leaf, the open bone is difficult to enter the eye, is the desolation of the desolation, is the view of the lost heart.Once childhood sweethearts, now various places; Once flowers, now foam fireworks; At one time, in the evening, the mirror flower; Life can be turned upside down, like a pair of scissors, dissected the two words, and forget the horizon; In the wrong words, look for fragments that have not been forgotten, look for the breath of the years, imitate the inks of the years, and depict the scene of the year; Wishful thinking believe, did not leave, everything is not far away.Into the akisato, the arrival of the rain suddenly, without warning, cold wind to pass through, with his big raindrops, hall, as miss, wet feeling lukewarm, damp panoramas eyes, really want to the warm of big umbrella, once I cover you, the sun is rooted in my heart; Today autumn, frost and dew cool, all sorts of color, thin quietly retreat, once the scenery, gradually deserted, quiet lonely is full around, is a people come and go, made a silent spectator, in a hurry traveler.The years in the autumn wind, cool and cool, free of the eyes, deep shallow, withered, blooming, blooming, back and forth; Some of the pieces are already dusty, locked in the past, and even if you look for it, its a month in the water, an illusion, a chaotic scene. Once warm affection silk, one marigold, alone exquisitely condense into a piece of flower rhyme, break the thought into the palm of the palm, gently close together, pray, in the autumn, I can find you!Time is like a stream, the veins of the autumn, cold and cold, and all emotions, can not talk, perplexed. Very want to give a response, the remnant leaves dead branch, a ground bleak, the tangle that cannot clear, the wind rises white dew is frost, all in a cold air, whether a thought, a ground residue? The cold autumn water, with the thoughts to flow, perhaps the far mountains of autumn maple, in a safe posture, has been waiting for the four seasons, will read, wrote into the autumn!Imagine, coming from the words in the autumn, the heart is boiling ink, waiting for you to arrive; Not sad and not happy, in jiangnan rain lane, smoke and rain on the boat, holdingumbrellas between green mountains and green water; On top of the hill, in a piece of maple forest, comb the cold and warm self-knowledge of the time bun; Thought, read, the idea of the heart of the little like, a page of pages, embellishment color; In the memory of sitting, the relief of the missing, in the obvious texture, the static number strewn with the love silk.Read, write into the autumn, in the autumn wind autumn rain, followed by, the dance, the flood of missing; Write the wind, write the rain, write the missing, write the autumn maple language, wish each time is the idea of the heart, each time is not long; The wind with the rain, even the xiao xiao, will also in the foot of the rhyme, let the dying of the thought, waiting for the bud to blossom; Perhaps this seasons autumn is light, too deep, too indifferent, see full of maple red, waiting for a long time, is also a beautiful thing.Autumn is indifferent, quietly and come, the autumn leaves dancing hope, petal, fall into the dust; "Falling red is not a heartless thing, it is turned into spring mud." In the autumn, lift the love silk, fragrant still, let read from now on!英语阅读小文章篇三冬天里的晴朗日子Those Sunny Days In the WinterWhen winter comes, the days are always full of rain and there are less sunshine, so it is so rare to enjoy the sunshine, people will feel excited to see the sunny days. As for me, I will be very happy when the sun comes out in the winter. I will get some plans to spend my time in the warm day, sometimes I will call my friends out and have a picnic in the park, we can not only enjoy the sunshine, but also can have a nice talk, it will strengthen our communication. Sometimes our family will have the barbecue outside, we share our food and play games so happily. I love sunshine, when I feel frustrated, I will forget about all the worries once the sun is coming out. Those sunny days in the winter are so special to me.当冬天来临的时候,总是充满了雨水和少量的阳光,因此很难享受得到阳光,人们对晴天感到很兴奋。
必读的英文经典美文3篇书面表达是初中学英语教学的重点,也是一个难点。
如何使学生的书面表达化难为易?可以从英语中的经典美文入手:指导观察打好写好书面表达的基础,从中获得写好书面表达的兴趣,继而模仿操练,使书面表达规范优美。
下面是店铺带来的必读的英文经典美文,欢迎阅读!必读的英文经典美文篇一生命中的四位爱人In former days, there was a wealthy merchant, who owned billion acres of fertile land, a considerable sum of property, and multiple compounds (estates). He was the acknowledged leader at home and had four wives.从前,有一位富有的商人,家有良田万顷,大量财富和多处庄园。
在家里,他说一不二。
他有四位爱人。
He had the greatest affection on the fourth wife, who enjoyed the beautiful brows and face---a fairy in his eyes. To amuse her, the merchant gave her a life of luxury, bought her fashionable blouses and boots, and took her out to dine on delicious food. Each of their marriage anniversary, he would celebrate.他最钟爱他最小的妻子,她有着姣好的面容,在他眼里简直就是个仙女。
为了讨好她,商人给她最奢华的生活,给她买时髦的衣裳,吃美味的佳肴。
他们的每个结婚纪念日都要庆祝。
He was also fond of his third wife very much. She was amateur poet with great literacy and dignity. To approve of her, he gave her prevailing poetry as a present, visited the museum with her to see the antiques and went to the concert to enjoy the music of great musicians and pianists. He was very proud of her and introduced her and showed her to his friends. Nevertheless, he was always in great fear that she might go elsewhere withsome other guys.商人也很爱第三们妻子。
精彩的英文美文阅读(最新4篇)短篇英语美文篇一On Friday evening last I received from His Majesty the mission to form a new administration.It was the evident will of Parliament and the nation that this should be conceived on the broadest possible basis and that it should include all parties.I have already completed the most important part of this task. A war cabinet has been formed of five members, representing, with the Labor, Opposition and Liberals, the unity of the nation.It was necessary that this should be done in one single day on account of the extreme urgency and rigor of events. Other key positions were filled yesterday. I am submitting a further list to the King tonight. I hope to complete the appointment of principal Ministers during tomorrow.The appointment of other Ministers usually takes a little longer. I trust when Parliament meets again this part of my task will be completed and that the administration will be complete in all respects.I considered it in the public interest to suggest to the Speaker that the House should be summoned today. At the end of today#39;s proceedings, the adjournment of the House will be proposed until May 2l with provision for earlier meeting if need be. Business for that will be notified to M. P. #39;s at the earliest opportunity.I now invite the House by a resolution to record its approval of the steps taken and declare its confidence in the new government. The resolution:That this House welcomes the formation of a government representing the united and inflexible resolve of the nation to prosecute the war with Germany to a victorious conclusion.To form an administration of this scale and complexity is a serious undertaking in itself. But we are in the preliminary Phase of one of the greatest battles in history. We are in action at any other points-in Norway and in Holland-and we have to be prepared in the Mediterranean. The air battle is continuing, and many preparations have to be made here at home.In this crisis I think I may be pardoned if I do not address the House at any length today, and I hope that any of my friends and colleagues or for mer colleagues who are affected by the political reconstruction will make all allowances for any lack of ceremony with which it has been necessary to act.I say to the House as I said to Ministers who have joined this government, I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat. We have before us an ordeal of the most grievous kind. We have before us many, many months of struggle and suffering.You ask, what is our policy? I say it is to wage war by land, sea and air. War with all our might and with all the strength God has given us, and to wage war against a monstrous tyranny never surpassed in the dark and lamentable catalogue of human crime. That is our policy.You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word, It is victory. Victory at all costs-victory in spite of all terrors-victory, however long and hard the road may be, for without victory there is no survival.Let that be realized. No survival for the British Empire, no survival for all that the British Empire has stood for, no survival for the urge, the impulse of the ages, that mankind shall moveforward toward his goal.I take up my task in buoyancy and hope. I feel sure that our cause will not be suffered to fail among men.I feel entitled at this juncture, at this time, to claim the aid of all and to say, Come then, let us go forward together with our united strength.英文励志小短文篇二The love of beauty is an essential part of all healthy human nature. It is a moral quality. The absence of it is not an assured ground of condemnation, but the presence of it is an invariable sign of goodness of heart. In proportion to the degree in which it is felt will probably be the degree in which nobleness and beauty of character will be attained.Natural beauty is an all-pervading presence. The universe is its temple. It unfolds into the numberless flowers of spring. It waves in the branches of trees and the green blades of grass. It haunts the depths of the earth and the sea. It gleams from the hues of the shell and the precious stone. And not only these minute objects but the oceans, the mountains, the clouds, the stars, the rising and the setting sun---all overflow with beauty. This beauty is so precious, and so congenial to our tenderest and noblest feelings, that it is painful to think of the multitude of people living in the midst of it and yet remaining almost blind to it.All persons should seek to become acquainted with the beauty in nature. There is not a worm we tread upon, nor a leaf that dances merrily as it falls before the autumn winds, but calls for our study and admiration. The power to appreciated beauty not merely increases our sources of happiness---it enlarges our moral nature, too. Beauty calms our restlessness and dispels our cares. Go into the fields or the woods, spend a summer day by the sea or the mountains, and all your little perplexities and anxieties will vanish. Listen to sweet music, and your foolish fears and petty jealousies will pass away. The beauty of the world helps us to seek and find the beauty of goodness.爱美及是整个健全人性不可或缺之一部分。
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本文是关于经典英语美文短文,希望对大家有帮助!关于经典英语美文短文:Thoughts and ActionsSome people go through life standing at the excuse counter.They say they’d like to do this or that, but then they offer all the excuses in the world for why they can’t do whatever it is. No matter what the excuses are, the only thing that is usually limiting them is their own self-perception.If I’ve learned anything, I’ve learned that a person —any person —may do anything they set their mind on doing. The things you need are willingness to work for what you want, patience to learn what you need to know and, most important of all, belief in yourself. You only need a seed, and then your faith in yourself will grow with you as you move forward.If your self-perception is that you can’t accomplish something because you’re not smart enough, then take the time to learn what you need to know, and then your self-perception will change.If your self-perception is that you can’t accomplish something because you never finish anything you start, then go and finish something and change your self- perception.If your self-perception is that you’re too lazy, to o busy, too unworthy, too unfocused, too depressed, or too dependent on others to accomplish great things, then you’re right. You are that because you believe you are, but in fact, you can change that! Life is change, and the past doesn’t equal the future. Your reality today is the result of your past beliefs and actions. Change your beliefs andactions, and you will change your future. Whether you think you canor you can’t, you’re right. You are what you think.Think about that the next time you need an excuse.翻译:思想与行动有些人的一生都在借口中度过。
I think that, from a biological standpoint, human life almost readslike a poem.我以为,从生物学角度看,人的一生恰如诗歌。
It has its own rhythm and beat, its internal cycles of growth and decay.人生自有其韵律和节奏,自有内在的生成与衰亡。
No one can say that a life with childhood, manhood and old age is nota beautiful arrangement;人生有童年、少年和老年,谁也不能否认这是一种美好的安排,the day has its morning, noon and sunset, and the year has its seasons,and it is good一天要有清晨、正午和日落,一年要有四季之分,如此才好。
that it is so. There is no good or bad in life, except what is goodaccording to its own season.人生本无好坏之分,只是各个季节有各自的好处。
And if we take this biological view of life and try to live according to the seasons, no one but a conceited fool or an impossible idealist can deny that human life can be lived like a poem.如若我们持此种生物学的观点,并循着季节去生活,除了狂妄自大的傻瓜和无可救药的理想主义者,谁能说人生不能像诗一般度过呢。
Wherever you are, and whoever you maybe, there is one thing in which you and I are just alike at this moment, and in all the moments of our existence. We are not at rest; we are on a journey, our life is a movement, a tendency, a steady, ceaseless progress towards an unseen goal. We are gaining something, or losing something, everyday. Even when our position and our character seem to remain precisely the same, they are changing. For the mere advance of time is a change. It is not the same thing to have a bare field in January and in July, the season makes the difference. The limitations that are childlike in the child are childish in the man.无论你在何处,无论你是何人,此刻,而且在我们生命的每时每刻,你与我有一点是类似的。
在春天来的时候我还弹奏着你爱听的歌在春水流过去之后我却发觉失去你的痛觉生长于一切可惜你已经无法回头我更不能停留在过去的时光当中在这白色的梨花满树在这梦境折断的城市抱着吉他我走,我走我在琴弦上跳舞只为了无法忘怀的永恒的爱河流Love.. what is love? A lot of people shared their views to what Love really is, or at least what Love is in their eyes. Perhaps love is just an illusion. A strong illusion, especially for those who are searching for a purpose of life. Is love an answer? Love can be wonderful, special, complicated, a distress, a gift, a curse, a tragedy, and most of all, an experience.Love is a mysterious and a complicated force. What do a person mean when they say they love someone? Love is many different things. Each of us have our own understanding of Love is, and most of the time we base our definitions from feelings and experiences. The book defines love in many ways. "It is a strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties." It can be an affection and tenderness felt by lovers. Love is the object of attachment, devotion, or admiration.Just when we thought we finally grasp what love is, somebody asks:"Does anyone really know what "LOVE" mean? I believe I have a true love, but "True love" is always hurt, isn"t it?"I scratches my head with this thought and began to wonder. What is the answer to this? "This I have to know!" I said to myself. I looked in the mirror and asked "Is it a true love when you know you want to live with this special person for the rest of your life? Have we reached "true love" when we are ready to give everything away towards our subject? Or maybe when can go as far as to sacrifice ourselves for our love? What about love as an obsession? Is that possible?"But isn"t love suppose to be an obsession? If it is not, then you"d have to rationalize. If you rationalize then it"s not love, because there is always a better rationalization.""I think the "in love" phase is obsessive but according to Williamson (and backed up by mypaltry experience), love does not involve the ego, is selfless and the opposite of obsession."According to Marriane Williamson, the author of "A Return to Love," there is a "holy love" and a "special love." "The latter type is the obsessiveone; finding that one "special" person absorbs _ALL_ your attention."So who is right and who is wrong about love? There is no wrong answer. Love is many wonderful things. Love may not work out all the time but it leaves you a special sort of feeling, like nothing you have ever imagined. Is love a purpose of life? I think are life will be dull without it. But is it necessary? Important? It is a part of life, and forever it will be a part of us."Love is not thinking about your happiness but making others happy." -anonymous"Our hearts are created to Love." -E. Atienza"Love is like a roller coaster, it has ups and downs.""Love doesn"t make the world go around, Love makes the ride worth while." -unknown"Money will buy you sex but not Love." -Simon Vainrub"The more you cry for the person you really love, the more you can understand real love." -Tsuchida Tomomi。
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英语美文阅读篇一In life we are happiest when...生活中我们最华蜜A man and his girlfriend were married. It was a large celebration.一个男人和他的女挚友结婚,举办了一场盛大的结婚庆典。
All of their friends and family came to see the lovely ceremony and to partake of the festivities and celebrations. All had a wonderful time.全部的挚友和家人都来到结婚典礼上参与欢宴和庆祝活动。
大家都过得很快乐。
The bride was gorgeous in her white wedding gown and the groom was very dashing in his black tuxedo. Everyone could tell that the love they had for each other was true.穿着白色婚纱的新娘美丽迷人,穿着黑色礼服的新郎英俊潇洒。
每个人都能看出他们彼此的爱是真诚的。
A few months later, the wife came to the husband with a proposal, I read in a magazine, a while ago, about how we can strengthen our marriage, she offered. Each of us will write a list of the things that we find a bitannoying with the other person. Then, we can talk about how we can fix them together and make our lives happier together.几个月后,妻子走近丈夫提议说:“我刚刚在杂志上看到一篇文章,说的是怎样稳固婚姻。
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It is the master of all the virtues1, and has its root in self-respect. Let a man yield to his impulses and passions, and from that moment he gives up his moral freedom.它主宰着一切美德,并植根于自尊之中。
假若一个人屈服于冲动或是感情用事,那么,从那一刻起他便放弃了道德自由。
It is the self-discipline of a man that enables him to go after success. Many of the great characters in history have shown this valuable quality. In ordinary life the application is the same. He who would lead must first command himself. The time of test is when everybody is excited or angry, and then the well-balanced mind comes to the front.自律促使人们去追求成功。
有关于英语优秀的散文阅读英语散文一When love beckons to you, follow him, though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you, yield to him, though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you. And when he speaks to you, believe in him, though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the garden.当爱召唤你时,请追随他,尽管爱的道路艰难险峻。
当爱的羽翼拥抱你时,请顺从他,尽管隐藏在其羽翼之下的剑可能会伤到你。
当爱向你诉说时,请相信他,尽管她的声音可能打破你的梦想,就如同北风吹落花园里所有的花瓣。
For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning . Even as he ascends to your height and caresses your tenderest branches that quiver in the sun, so shall he descend to our roots and shake them in their clinging to the earth.爱会给你戴上桂冠,也会折磨你。
爱会助你成长,也会给你修枝。
爱会上升到枝头,抚爱你在阳光下颤动的嫩枝,也会下潜至根部,撼动你紧抓泥土的根基。
But if, in your fear, you would seek only loves peace and loves pleasure, then it is better for you that you cover yournakedness and pass out of loves threshing-floor, into the seasonless world where you shall laugh, but not all of your laughter, and weep, but not all of your tears. Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself. Love possesses not, nor would it be possessed, for love is sufficient unto love.但是,如果你在恐惧之中只想寻求爱的平和与快乐,那你就最好掩盖真实的自我,避开爱的考验,进入不分季节的世界,在那里你将欢笑,但并非开怀大笑,你将哭泣,但并非尽情地哭。
优秀经典英文美文阅读范本三份优秀经典英文美文阅读 1The Importance of Doing Things Badly(草草行事的重要性)I. A. Williams was born in England and educated at Cambridge. After World War I he served as a correspondent for the London Times. Williams wrote several books on eighteenth-century poetry and drama,published widely in journals and magazines,and published collections of his own poetry. The following article first appeared in London‘s The Outlook in 1923.Perhaps the greatest threat to productivity in both work and play is the fear of doing things badly or wrong. This article offers some fort. Williams points out that there are many things worth doing badly,and that our lives are enriched and our personalities enhanced by these activities. Two central examples,sports and music,are valuable to most people in proportion to how enthusiastically they do them,rather than how well.Charles Lamb wrote a series of essays upon popular fallacies. I do not,at the moment,carry them very clearly in my memory;but,unless that treacherous servant misleads me more even than she usually does,he did not write of one piece of proverbial so-called wisdom that hasalways seemed to me to be peculiarly pernicious. And this saw,this scrap of specious advice,this untruth masquerading as logic,is one that I remember to have had hurled at my head at frequent intervals from my earliest youth right up to my present advanced age. How many times have I not been told that“If a thing is worth doing at all,it is worth doing well”?Never was there a more untruthful word spoken in earnest. For the world is full of things that are worth doing,but certainly not worth doing well. Was it not so great a sage as Herbert Spencer who said to the young man who had just beaten him at billiards,“Moderate skill,sir,is the sign of a good eye and a steady hand,but skill such as yours argues a youth misspent”?Is any game worth playing supremely well,at the price of constant practice and application?Against the professional player I say nothing;he is a public entertainer,like any other,and by his skill in his particular sport he at least fulfill s the first social duty of man―that of supporting himself and his family by his own legitimate exertions. But what is to be said of the crack __?To me he seems one of the most contemptible of mankind. He earns no money,but devotes himself,for the mere selfish pleasure of the thing,to some game,which he plays day in day out;he breaks down the salutary distinction between the __ and the professional;eventually his skill deserts him,and he leaves behind him nothing that is of service to his fellow men―not a br ick laid,not an acre ploughed,not a line written,not even a family supported and educated by his labor.It is true that he has provided entertainment for a certain number of persons,but he has never had the pluck to submit himself to the test by which we demand that every entertainer should justify his choice of a calling―the demonstration of the fact that the public is willing to pay him for his entertainment . And,when his day is over,what is left,not even to the world,but to himself?Nothing but a name that is at once forgotten,or is remembered by stout gentlemen in clubs.The playing of games,certainly,is a thing which is not worth doing well.But that does not prove that it is not worth doing at all,as the proverb would,by implication,persuade us. There is nothing more agreeable and salutary than playing a game which one likes,and the circumstance of doing it badly interferes with the pleasure of no real devotee of any pastime. The man who minds whether or not he wins is no true sportsman―whic h observation is trite,but the rule it implies is seldom observed,and paratively few people really play games for the sheer enjoyment of the playing. Is this not proved by the prevalence and popularity of handicaps?Why should we expect to be given points unless it be that we wish to win by means other than our own skill?“Ah!but,”my reader may say,“the weaker player wants to receive points in order that he may give the stronger one a better game.”Really,Ido not believe that that is so. Possible,sometimes,a strong and vainglorious player may wish to give points,in order that his victory may be the more notable. But I do not think that even this is the true explanation. That,I suspect,was given to me the other day by the secretary of a lawn-tennis tournament,in which I played.“Why all this nonsense of handicaps?Why not let us be squarely beaten,and done with it?”I asked him.“Because,”He replied,“if we did not give handicaps,none of the less good players would enter.”Is that not a confession that the majority of us have both realized the true value doing a trivial thing badly,for its own sake,and must needs have our minds buoyed and cheated into a false sense of excellence?Moreover it is not only such intrinsically trivial things as games that are worth doing badly. This is a truth which,oddly enough,we accept freely of some things―but not of others―and as a thing which we are quite content to do ill let me instance acting. Acting,at its best,can be a great art,a thing worth doing supremely well,though its worth,like that of all interpretative arts,is lessened by its evanescence. For it works in the impermanent medium of human flesh and blood,and the thing that the actor create―for what we call an interpretative artist is really a creative artist working in a perishable medium―is an impression upon,an emotion or a thought aroused in,the minds of an audience,and is incapable of record.Acting,then,let me postulate―though I have only sketched ever so briefly the proof of my belief―can be a great art. But is anyone ever deterred from taking part in __ theatricals by the consideration that he cannot act well?Not a bit of it!And quite rightly not,for acting is one of the things about which I am writing this essay―the things that are worth doing badly.Another such thing is music;but here the proverbial fallacy again exerts its power,as it does not,for some obscure and unreasoning discrimination,in acting. Most people seem to think that if they cannot sing,or play the piano,fiddle,or sackbut,admirably well,they must not do any of these things at all. That they should not indiscriminately force their inferior performances upon the public,or even upon their acquaintances,I admit. But that there is no place“in the home”for inferior musical performances,is an untruth that I flatly deny.How many sons and daughters have not,with a very small talent,given their parents―and even the less fondly prejudiced ears of their friends―great pleasure with the singing of simple songs?Then one day there es to the singer the serpent of dissatisfaction;singing lessons are taken,and―if the pupil is of moderate talent and modestdisposition―limitations are discovered. And then,in nine cases out of ten,the singing is dropped,like a hot penny. How many fathers have not banished music from their homes by encouraging their daughters totake singing lessons?Yet a home may be the fresher for singing that would deserve brickbats at a parish concert.I may pause here to notice the curious exception that people who cannot on any account be persuaded to sing in the drawing-room,or even in the bath,will without hesitation uplift their tuneless voices at religious meetings or in church. There is a perfectly good and honorable explanation of this,I believe,but it belongs to the realm of metaphysics and is beyond my present scope.This cursed belief,that if a thing is worth doing at all,it is worth doing well,is the cause of a great impoverishment in our private life,and also,to some extent,of the lowering of standards in our public life. For this tenet of proverbial faith has two effects on small talents:it leads modest persons not to exercise them at all,and immodest persons to attempt to do so too much and to force themselves upon the public. It leads to the decay of letter――writing and of the keeping of diaries,and,as surely,it leads to the publication of memoirs and diaries that should remain locked in the writers‘desks.It leads Mr. Blank not to write verses at all―which he might very well do,for the sake of his own happiness,and for the amusement of his friends―and it leads Miss Dash to pester the overworked editors of various journals with her unsuccessful imitations of Mr. de la Mare,Mr. Yeats,and Dr. Bridges. The result is that our national artistic life nowsuffers from two great needs:A wider __ practice of the arts,and a higher,more exclusive,prfessional standard. Until these are achieved we shall not get the best out of our souls.The truth is,I conceive,that there is for most of us only one thing―beyond,of course,our duties of citizenship and our personal duties as sons,or husbands,or fathers,daughters,or wives,or mothers―that is worth doing well―that is to say,with all our energy. That one thing may be writing,or it may be making steam-engines,or laying bricks. Bt after that there are hundreds of things that are worth doing badly,with only part of our energy,for the sake of the relaxation they bring us,and for the contacts which they give us wth our minds. And the sooner England realizes this,as once she did,the happier,the more contented,the more gracious,will our land be.There are even,I maintain,things that are in themselves better done badly than well. Consider fishing,where one‘s whole pleasure is often spoiled by having to kill a fish. Now,if one could contrive always to try to catcha fish,and never to do so,one might―But that is aother story.I. A. Williams优秀经典英文美文阅读 2Feed Your Mind(充实你的思想)Since the pre-historic times,man has had an urge to satisfy his needs. Be it hunger,shelter or search for a mate,he has always manipulated the circumstances to the best of his advantages. Probably this might be the reason why we human are the most developed of all living species on the earth,and probably also in the universe. As we climbed the steps of evolution with giant leaps,we somehow left behind mon sense and logical thinking―we forgot that we have stopped thinking ahead of times.If you are hungry,what do you do?Grab a piece of your favorite meal and stay quiet after that?Just like your stomach,even your mind is hungry. But it never lets you know,because you keep it busy thinking about your dream lover,favorite star and many such absurd things. So it silently began to heed to your needs and never let itself grow. When mind looses its freedom to grow,creativity gets a full stop. This might be the reason why we all sometimes think“What happens next?”,“Why can‘t I think?”,“Why am I always given the difficult problems?”Well this is the aftermath of our own karma of using our brain for thinking of not-so-worthy things.Hunger of the mind can be actually satiated through extensive reading. Now why reading and not watching TV?Because reading has been the most educative tool used by us right from the childhood. Just like that to develop other aspects of our life,we have to take help of reading. Youhave innumerable number of books in this world which will answer all your“How to?”questions. Once you read a book,you just don‘t run your eyes through the lines,but even your mind decodes it and explains it to you. The interesting part of the book is stored in your mind as a seed. Now this seed is unknowingly used by you in your future to develop new ideas. The same seed if used many times,can help you link and relate a lot of things,of which you would have never thought of in your wildest dreams!This is nothing but creativity. More the number of books you read,your mind will open up like never before. Also this improves your oratory skills to a large extent and also makes a significant contribution to your vocabulary. Within no time you start speaking English or any language fluently with your friends or other people and you never seem to run out of the right words at the right time.Actually,I had a problem in speaking English fluently,but as I read,I could improve significantly. I am still on the path of improvement to quench my thirst for satisfaction. So guys do join me and give food for your thoughts by reading,reading and more reading. Now what are you waiting for?Go,grab a book,and let me know!Deepak Chandrasekaran优秀经典英文美文阅读 3Weakness or Strength (将弱项变为强项)Sometimes our biggest weakness can e your biggest strength. Take,for example,the story t of one 10-year-old boy who decided to study judo despite the fact that the had lost his left arm in a devastating car accident.The boy began lesson with an old Japanese judo master. The boy was dong well,so he couldn‘t understand why,after three months of training,the master had taught him only one move.“Mister,”the boy finally said,“shouldn‘t I be learning more moves?”“This is the only move you know,but this is the only move you‘ll ever need to know,”the master replied.Not quite understanding,but believing in his teacher,the boy kept training.Several months later,the master took the boy to his first tournament.To his surprise,,the boy easily won his first two matches. The third match proved to be more difficult,but after some time,his opponent became impatient and charged;the boy deftly used his one move to win the match. Still amazed by his success,the boy was now in the finals.This time,his opponent was bigger,stronger,and more experienced. For a while,the boy appeared to be overmatched.Concerned that the boy might get hurt,the referee called a time-out. He was about to stop the match when the masterintervened.“No,”his master insisted,“let him continue.”Soon after the match resumed,his opponent made a criticalmistake:he dropped his guard. Instantly,the boy used his move to pin him. The boy had won the match and the tournament. He was the champion.On the way home,the boy and his master reviewed every move in each and every match. Then the boy summoned the courage to ask what was really in his min.“Mister,how did I win the tournament with only one mo ve?”“You won for two reasons,”the master answered.“First,you‘ve almost mastered one of the most difficult throws in all of judo. Second,the only known defense for that move is for your opponent to grab your left arm.”The boy‘s biggest weakness ha d e his biggest strength.。
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篇一:别让这个时代越来越冷漠Don’t Make the era More and More Indifferent
The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings, but shorter tempers; wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints; we spend more, but have less; we buy more but enjoy less.
我们这个时代在历史上的说法就是我们拥有更高的建筑,但是有更暴的脾气;我们拥有更宽阔的高速公路,却有更狭隘的观点;我们花费得更多,拥有得
却更少;我们购买得更多却享受得更少。
We have bigger houses and smaller families; more conveniences,
but less time; we have more degrees, but less sense; more knowledge, but less judgment; more experts, but more problems; more medicine,
but less wellness.
我们的房子越来越大,家庭却越来越小;便利越来越多,时间却越来越少;
学位越来越多,感觉却越来越少;知识越来越多,观点却越来越少;专家越来越多,问题也越来越多;药物越来越多,健康却越来越少。
We drink too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry too quickly, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom.
我们喝得太多,花钱大手大脚,笑得太少,开车太快,易怒,熬夜,赖床,书读得越来越少,电视看得越来越多,却很少向上帝祈祷。
We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often. We’ve learned how to make a living, but not a life; we’ve added years to life, not life to years.
我们常常夸夸其谈,却很少付出爱心,且常常心中充满了仇恨。
我们学会
了如何谋生,而不知如何生活。
我们延长了生命的期限,而不是生活的期限。
We’ve been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbor. We’ve conquered outer space, but not inner space; we’ve done larger things, but not better things.
我们登上了月球,并成功返回,却不能穿过街道去拜访新邻居。
我们已经
征服了太空,却征服不了自己的内心;我们的事业越做越大,但质量却没有提高。
We’ve cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul; we’ve split
the atom, but not our prejudice. We write more, but learn less; we plan more, but accomplish less.
我们清洁了空气,却污染了灵魂;我们分离了原子,却无法驱除我们的偏见;我们写得更多,学到的却更少;我们的计划更多,完成的却更少。
We’ve learned to rush, but not to wait; we have higher incomes, but, lower morals.
我们学会了奔跑,却忘记了如何等待;我们的收入越来越高,道德水平却越来越低。
We build more computers to hold more information to produce more copies than ever, but have less communication; we’ve becom e long on quantity, but short on quality.
我们制造了更多的计算机来存储更多的信息,制造了最多的副本,却减少
了交流;我们开始渴望数量,但忽视了质量。
These are the days of two incomes, but more divorce; of fancier houses, but more broken homes.
这个时代有双收入,但也有了更高的离婚率;有更华丽的房屋,却有更多破碎的家庭。
These are the days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throw away morality, one night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill. Where are we heading...?
这个时代有了快速旅游,免洗尿布,却抛弃了道德、一夜情、超重的身体,以及可以从快乐中走向静止和自杀的药物。
我们将走向何方……?
If we die tomorrow, the company that we are working for could easily replace us in a matter of days. But the family we left behind will feel the loss for the rest of their lives.。