英語經典美文
在日常學習、工作和生活中，大家經常看到美文吧？一篇美文是建立在真摯情感的基礎上的。文字表達的是內心的感受，是真情實感的自然流露，那么問題來了，怎樣才能完成一篇優秀的美文呢？下面是小編整理的英語經典美文，僅供參考，希望能夠幫助到大家。
英語經典美文1
Wanna prensent you guys a touching story
The story name Christmas Day in the Morning, is written by Pearl Buck. It"s very famous, touching but easy to understand.
Christmas Day in the Morning
He woke suddenly, and completely. It was four o"clock, the hour at which his father had always called him to get up and help with the milking. Strange how the habits of his youth clung to him still! Fifty years ago, and his father had been dead for thirty years, and yet he awoke at four o"clock in the morning. He had trained himself to turn over and go to sleep, but this morning it was Christmas, he did not try to sleep.
Why did he feel so awake tonight? He slipped back in time, as he did so easily nowadays. He was fifteen years old and still on his father"s farm. He loved his father. He had not known it until one day a few days before Christmas when he had overheard what his father was saying to his mother.
"Mary, I hate to call Rob in the mornings. He"s growing so fast and he needs his sleep. If you could see how he sleeps when I go in to wake him up! I wish I could manage alone."
"Well, you can"t, Adam." His mother"s voice was brisk, "Besides, he isn"t a child anymore. It"s time he took his turn."
"Yes," his father said slowly. "But I sure do hate to wake him."
When he heard these words, something in him woke; his father loved him! He had never thought of it before, taking for granted the tie of their blood. Neither his father nor his mother talked about loving their children, they had no time for such things. There was always so much to do on the farm. Now that he knew his father loved him, there would be no more loitering in the mornings and having to be called again. He got up after that, stumbling blind with sleep, and pulled on his clothes, his eyes tight shut, but he got up.
And then on the night before Christmas, that year when he was fifteen, he lay for a few minutes thinking about the next day. They were poor and most of the excitement was in the turkey they had raised themselves and the mince pies his mother made. His sisters sewed presents and his mother and father always bought something he needed, not only a warm jacket, but maybe something more, such as a book. And he saved and bought them each something, too.
He wished, that Christmas he was fifteen, he had a better present for his father. As usual he had gone to the ten cent store and bought a tie. It had seemed nice enough until he lay thinking the night before Christmas. He looked out of his attic window, the stars were bright.
"Dad," he had once asked when he was a little boy, "What is a stable!"
"It"s just a barn." his father had replied, "like ours."
"Then Jesus had been born in a barn, and to a barn the shepherds had come..."
The thought struck him like a silver dagger. Why should he not give his father a special gift too, out there in the barn? He could get up early, earlier than four, and he could creep into the barn and get all the milking done. He"d do it alone, milk and clean up, and then when his father went to start the milking, he"d see it all done, and he would know who had done it. He laughed to himself as he gazed at the stars. It was what he would do, and he mustn"t sleep too sound.
He must have waked twenty times, scratching a match each time to look at his old watch, midnight, and half past one, and then two o"clock. At a quarter to three he got up and put on his clothes. He crept downstairs, careful of the creaky boards, and let himself out. The cows looked at him, sleepy and surprised. It was too early for them too.
He had never milked all alone before, but it seemed almost easy. He kept thinking about his father"s surprise. His father would come in and get him, saying he would get things started while Rob was getting dressed. He"d go to the barn, open the door, and then he"d go to get the two empty milk cans. But they wouldn"t be waiting or empty; they"d be standing in the milk house, filled.
"What the ...," he could hear his father exclaiming.
He smiled and milked steadily, two strong streams rushing into the pail, frothing and fragrant. The task went more easily than he had ever known it to go before. Milking for once was not a chore. It was something else, a gift to is father, who loved him. He finished, the two milk cans were full, and he covered them and closed the milk house door carefully. Back in his room he had only a minute to pull off his clothes in the darkness and jump into bed, for he heard his father up. He put the covers over his head to silence his quick breathing. The door opened.
"Rob!" his father called. "We have to get up, son, even if it is Christmas."
"Aw-right," he said sleepily.
The door closed and he lay still, laughing to himself. In just a few minutes his father would know. His dancing heart was ready to jump from his body. The minutes were endless, ten, fifteen, he did not know how many, and he heard his father"s footsteps again. The door opened and he lay still.
"Rob!"
"Yes, Dad"
His father was laughing, a queer, sobbing sort of laugh. "Thought you"d fool me, did you?" His father was standing beside his bed, feeling for him, pulling away the cover.
"It"s for Christmas, Dad!"
He found his father and clutched him in a great hug. He felt his father"s arms go around him. It was dark and they could not see each other"s faces.
"Rob, I thank you. Nobody ever did a nicer thing!"
"Oh, dad, I want you to know, I do want to be good!" The words broke from him of their own will. He did not know what to say. His heart was bursting with love.
He got up and pulled on his clothes again and they went down to the Christmas tree. Oh, what a Christmas, and how his heart had nearly burst again with shyness and pride as his father told his mother and made the three younger children listen about how, he Rob, had got up all by himself.
"The best Christmas gift I ever had, and I"ll remember it, son, every year on Christmas morning, so long as I live."
They had both remembered it; and now that his father was dead, he remembered it alone: that blessed Christmas dawn when, alone with the cows in the barn, he had made his first gift of true love.
英語經典美文2
People usually say father is quiet and strict, but my father is totally not. He is easygoing. I have a good relationship with my father and we are good friends to each other. We have many topics to talk about because we have much in common. For example, we like playing football. After dinner, we often go to the downstairs to play. I learn many football skills from him. Besides, we like playing video games or computer games. Sometimes, we compete to each other, while sometimes we make a team to compete to others. Of course, he puts study as my priority, so he cares much about my study as well. He once said that he hoped me to study happily. I am really grateful to have such a good father.
人們常說，父親是安靜嚴厲的，但是我的爸爸完全不是這樣，他很隨和。我和爸爸關系融洽，我們是彼此的`好朋友。因為我們有很多共同點，所以我們有很多話題來討論。比如說，我們都喜歡踢足球。晚飯過后我們經常到樓下踢足球，我從他那里學到了很多技巧。除此之外，我們還喜歡玩電游和網游。有時候，我們相互競爭；有時候，我們組成一個團隊去和別人競爭。當然，他把學習作為我的首要任務，因此他也非常關心我的學習。他曾經說過希望我開心地學習。我真的很感激有這樣一個好爸爸。
英語經典美文3
Many years ago, Norman Cousins was diagnosed as "terminally ill." He was given six months to live. His chance for recovery was one in 500.
He could see that the worry, depression and anger in his life contributed to, and perhaps helped cause, his disease. He wondered, "If illness can be caused by negativity, can wellness be created by positivity?"
He decided to make an experiment of himself. Laughter was one of the most positive activities he knew. He rented all the funny movies he could find - Keaton, Chaplin, Fields, the Marx Brothers. (This was before VCRs, so he had to rent the actual films.) He read funny stories. He asked his friends to call him whenever they said, heard or did something funny.
His pain was so great he could not sleep. Laughing for 10 solid minutes, he found, relieved the pain for several hours so he could sleep.
He fully recovered from his illness and lived another 20 happy, healthy and productive years. (His journey is detailed in his book, Anatomy of an Illness.) He credits visualization, the love of his family and friends, and laughter for his recovery.
Some people think laughter is a waste of time. It is a luxury, they say, a frivolity, something to indulge in only every so often.
Nothing could be further from the truth. Laughter is essential to our equilibrium, to our well-being, to our aliveness. If we"re not well, laughter helps us get well; if we are well, laughter helps us stay that way.
Since Cousins" ground-breaking subjective work, scientific studies have shown that laughter has a curative effect on the body, the mind and the emotions.
So, if you like laughter, consider it sound medical advice to indulge in it as often as you can. If you don"t like laughter, then take your medicine - laugh anyway.
Use whatever makes you laugh - movies, sitcoms, Monty Python, records, books, New Yorker cartoons, jokes, friends.
Give yourself permission to laugh - long and loud and out loud - whenever anything strikes you as funny. The people around you may think you"re strange, but sooner or later they"ll join in even if they don"t know what you"re laughing about.
Some diseases may be contagious, but none is as contagious as the cure...laughter.
英語經典美文4
The weather in winter is a set of all the phenomena in a given atmosphere at a given time.
It also includes interactions with the hydrosphere.The term usually refers to the activity of these phenomena over short periods (hours or days), as opposed to the term climate, which refers to the average atmospheric conditions over longer periods of time.
When used without qualification, weather" is understood to be the weather of Earth.
英語經典美文5
He was 11 and went fishing every chance he got from the dock at his family's cabin.
他11歲那年，只要一有機會，就會到他家小屋的碼頭上釣魚。
On the day before the bass season opened, he and his father were fishing early in the evening. Then he tied on a small silver lure and practiced casting. When his peapole doubled over, he knew something huge was on the other end. His father watched with admiration as the boy skillfully worked the fish alongside the dock.
鱸魚季節開放的前一天晚上，他和爸爸早早開始垂釣。他系上魚餌，練習如何拋線。當魚桿向下彎的時候，他知道線的另一端一定釣到了一條大魚。爸爸看著他技巧純熟地在碼頭邊沿和魚周旋，眼神充滿贊賞。
Finally, he lifted the exhausted fish from the water. It was the largest one he had ever seen, but is was a bass.
最后他將筋疲力盡的魚提出水面。這是他所見過的最大的一條，還是一條鱸魚。
The father lit a match and looked at his watch. It was 10 P.M.----two hours before the season opened. He looked at the fish, then at the boy.
爸爸檫著一根火柴，看了看表。十點了---離開禁還有兩個小時。他看了看魚，又看了看男孩。
"You'll have to put it back, son." he said.
“你得把它放回去，孩子。”爸爸說道。
"Dad!" cried the boy.
“爸爸！”男孩叫道。
"There will be other fish," said his father.
“還有其他的魚嘛。”爸爸說道。
"Not as big as this one," cried the boy.
“但沒這么大。”男孩叫道。
He looked around the lake. No others were anywhere around in the moonlight. He looked again at his father. Even though no one had seen them, nor could anyone ever know what time he caught the fish, the boy could tell by the clarity of his father's voice that the decision was not negotiable. He slowly worked the hook out of the lip of the huge bass and lowered it into the black water. The boy suspected that he would never again see such a great fish.
男孩環視了一遍湖。月光下附近沒有其他人。他又看了看他爸爸。從爸爸不可動搖的語氣中，他知道這個決定沒有商量余地，即使沒有人看到他們，更無從得知他們何時釣到了魚。他慢慢地將魚鉤從大鱸魚的唇上取下，然后蹲下將魚放回水中。男孩想，他可能再也看不到這么大的魚了。
That was 34 years ago. Today, the boy is a successful architect in New York City. He takes his own son and daughters fishing from the same dock.
那是34年前的事了。現在，男孩是紐約的一個成功的建筑師，他帶著自己的兒女仍然在同一個碼頭上釣魚。
And he was right. He has never again caught such a magnificent fish as the one he landed that night long ago. But he does see that same fish---again and again---every time he comes up against a question of ethics.
他猜得沒錯。自那次以后，他再也沒有釣上過那么大的魚了。但每次他面臨道德難題而舉棋不定的時候，他的眼前再三浮現出那條魚。
For, as his father taught him, ethics are simple matters of right and wrong. It is only the practice of ethics that is difficult. Do we do right when no one is looking? Do we refuse to cut corners to get the design in on time? Or refuse to trade stocks based on information that we know we aren't supposed to have?
他爸爸曾告訴他，道德即是簡單的對和錯的'問題，但要付諸行動卻很難。在沒人瞧見的時候，我們是否仍遵循道德準則？為了將圖紙按時完成，我們是不是也會走捷徑？或者在明知道不可以的情況下，仍將公司股份賣掉？
We would if we were taught to put the fish back when we were young. For we would have learned the truth. The decision to do right lives fresh and fragrant in our memory.
在我們還小的時候，如果有人教導我們把魚放回去，我們會這樣做，因為我們還在學習真理。正確的決定在我們的記憶里變得深刻而清晰。
It is a story we will proudly tell our friends and grandchildren. Not about how we had a chance to beat the system and took it， but about how we did the right thing and were forever strengthened.
這個故事我們可以驕傲地講給朋友和子孫們聽，不是關于如何攻擊和戰勝某種體制，而是如何做正確的決定，從而變得無比堅強。
英語經典美文6
Outside the Bible, these six words are the most famousin all the literature of the world. They were spokenby Hamlet when he was thinking aloud, and they are themost famous words in Shakespeare because Hamlet wasspeaking not only for himself but also for everythinking man and woman. To be or not to be, to live ornot to live, to live richly and abundantly andeagerly, or to live dully and meanly and scarcely. Aphilosopher once wanted to know whether he was aliveor not, which is a good question for everyone to putto himself occasionally. He answered it by saying: "I think, therefore am." But the best definition of existence ever saw did another philosopher who said: "To be is to bein relations." If this true, then the more relations a living thing has, the more it is alive. Tolive abundantly means simply to increase the range and intensity of our relations.Unfortunately we are so constituted that we get to love our routine. But apart from our regularoccupation how much are we alive? If you are interest-ed only in your regular occupation, youare alive only to that extent. So far as other things are concerned--poetry and prose, music,pictures, sports, unselfish friendships, politics, international affairs--you are dead.
Contrariwise, it is true that every time you acquire a new interest--even more, a newaccomplishment--you increase your power of life. No one who is deeply interested in a largevariety of subjects can remain unhappy; the real pessimist is the person who has lostinterest.
Bacon said that a man dies as often as he loses a friend. But we gain new life by contacts, newfriends. What is supremely true of living objects is only less true of ideas, which are alsoalive. Where your thoughts are, there will your live be also. If your thoughts are confined onlyto your business, only to your physical welfare, only to the narrow circle of the town in whichyou live, then you live in a narrow cir-conscribed life. But if you are interested in what isgoing on in China, then you are living in China~ if you’re interested in the characters of agood novel, then you are living with those highly interesting people, if you listen intently tofine music, you are away from your immediate surroundings and living in a world of passion andimagination.
To be or not to be--to live intensely and richly, merely to exist, that depends on ourselves.Let widen and intensify our relations. While we live, let live!
英語經典美文7
There is so much I have not been, so much I have not seen.
生命中，有那么多我未曾經歷過，有那么多我未曾見識過。
I have not thought and have not done or felt enough—the early sun, rain and the seasonal delight of flocks of ducks and geese in flight, the mysteries of late-at-night. I still need time to read a book, write poems, paint a picture, look at scenes and faces dear to me. There is something more to be of value—something I should find within myself—as peace of mind, patience, grace and being kind. I shall take and I shall give, while yet, there is so much to live for—rainbows, stars that gleam, the fields,the hills, the hope, the dream the truth that one must seek.
有很多事情，我未曾想夠、做夠或體會夠——朝陽、雨水、由成群飛翔的鴨鵝帶來的季節性喜悅以及那些午夜的神秘。我還需要時間讀書、寫詩、作畫、觀賞景色以及我所愛的臉龐。還有更多具有價 值的'東西——那些我應該在自己內心發現的東西——心靈的寧靜、耐心、優雅與仁慈。我要獲取，我也要施予，然而還有許多值得為之而活——彩虹、閃爍的星星、 田野、山丘、希望、夢想以及人必須追求的真理。
I’ll stay here—treasure every day and love the world in my own way!
我會在此——珍惜每一個時日并且用自己的方式惜愛這個世界！
英語經典美文8
Members of President Trump’s team have voiced their disapproval of a Grammy Awards sketch featuring a cameo by Hillary Clinton.
特朗普總統的團隊成員對希拉里·克林頓主演的格萊美獎視頻表示反對。
The video showed Clinton and several famous musicians, including Cher and Snoop Dogg, reading extracts from Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury.
視頻展示了希拉里和幾位著名的音樂人，包括Cher和Snoop Dogg在內，閱讀邁克爾·沃爾夫的《火與怒》的摘錄文字。
Grammy host James Corden explained they were hoping to win the award for best spoken word album.
格萊美主持人詹姆斯·科登解釋說，他們希望贏得最佳口語專輯獎。
But Donald Trump Jr mocked the sketch, calling Wolff’s book "fake news".
但是小唐納德·特朗普嘲笑了這個視頻，稱沃爾夫的書為“假新聞”。
The segment, which aired during the Grammys ceremony on Sunday night, saw Clinton reading a notorious passage about President Trump’s love of fast food.
周日晚上在格萊美典禮上播放的片段可以看希拉里閱讀特朗普如何喜愛快餐的一段文字描述。
"He had a longtime fear of being poisoned," she said.
她說：“他長期害怕中毒。
"One reason why he liked to eat at McDonalds. No one knew he was coming and the food was safely pre-made."
“他喜歡在麥當勞吃飯的原因之一，是沒有人知道他來了，而食物是提前做好的，很安全。”
Her appearance was cheered by the audience in Madison Square Garden but Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the United Nations, was less enthusiastic:"I have always loved the Grammys but to have artists read the Fire and Fury book killed it. Don’t ruin great music with trash. Some of us love music without the politics thrown in it."
麥迪遜廣場花園的觀眾為她的出現而歡呼雀躍，但是美國駐聯合國大使尼基·哈利卻不那么熱情：“我一直都愛格萊美，但是讓藝術家們閱讀《火與怒》??簡直就是毀了它。別用垃圾毀掉偉大的音樂，我們中的一些人喜歡沒有攪入政治的'音樂。”
Donald Trump Jr used the opportunity to take a shot at Clinton’s election loss.
小唐納德·特朗普則利用這個機會對希拉里選舉失敗進行了抨擊。
President Trump’s supporters will have found much to dislike during the three-hour Grammy ceremony.
在三個小時的格萊美儀式上，特朗普總統的支持者會發現很多他們不喜歡的內容。
英語經典美文9
The move comes within two months of the producers, Andy Vajna and Mario Kassar, settling a three-year-old lawsuit with actress Sharon Stone, who claimed they had promised to pay her at least $14 million even if the film was not made.
Stone is now set to reprise her role as Catherine Tramell, the manipulative, seductive novelist at the heart of a murder investigation in the original. That film, her last big hit, also starred Michael Douglas and was directed by Paul Verhoeven.
The sequel was originally due to go into production in 20xx, albeit without Douglas and Verhoeven, who reportedly had problems with each other the first time around. Several directors were attached, including John McTiernan, who pulled out after Stone reportedly vetoed Benjamin Bratt as her co-star.
Caton-Jones has most recently been working on "Shooting Dogs," which is based on the true story of a Catholic priest and an English teacher caught in the Rwandan genocide. Before that, he helmed "City by the Sea," toplining Robert De Niro and Frances McDormand. His other credits include "The Jackal," "Rob Roy" and "Memphis Belle."
英語經典美文10
The world is but a canvas to the imagination. ——Henry David Thoreau
世界對富有想象力的人來說只是一塊帆布。——亨利·大衛·梭羅
Creativity is not,as some would have us believed,something to be taken lightly.More than painting pictures or composing original music—creativity could rightly be considered a healing force for societies overwhelmed by the ongoing utilitarian struggles of humanity.Call it a cure for depression,an escape from working—class drudgery,catharsis for the stress and worry that accumulates within us all.Or just call it a fun and productive way to wile away an afternoon.
創造力并不像人們讓我們相信的那樣，是不以為然的東西。這不像繪畫或者原創音樂那樣，創造力可以看做是治愈被持續的社會功利斗爭所壓迫人性的力量.我們稱之為治療抑郁的良藥，逃避工薪階層的苦差事，積壓在我們內心所有壓力和憂慮的宣泄。或者只是一個消磨一個下午的有趣高效的方法。
But the spark of creativity is not always easily lit.As children,our creative zeal is generally encouraged and allowed to thrive,but as we move into adulthood that zeal tends to atrophy from neglect.Other things take over our lives,such as hectic career schedules and increased social pressure to achieve "status".According to Elisabeth Keating inPieces of Beauty,this is an unhealthy trend spawned from an overly materialistic culture.She gose on to detail the spiritual benefits of a more creative life.
但創造力的火花并不容易點燃。作為孩子，我們的創作熱情容易受到鼓勵和發展，但隨著我們進入成年期，熱情往往容易減退。其它事情占據了我們的生活，如簡單忙碌的職業計劃和為了獲得地位產生的社會壓力。根據伊麗莎白.基庭的《美麗碎片》，這是由過度的物質文化產生的一種不健康趨勢。她繼續深究更有創造性的`生活的精神上的益處。
Tongue in cheek,Melvin Durai exposes creativity from a more "everyday" and practical angle in his humorous piece,Let the Beer Come to You.Not only have great minds invented personal computers and cell phone technology,they might also bless us with beertossing refrigerators and couches that spit out lost remote controls.
Melvin Durai在用他的詼諧作品《讓啤酒來到你的身邊》開玩笑似的從日常和實踐的角度剖析創造性。
Clearly,the expression of artistic creativity throughout history has been just a instrumental in imprroving the human condition as any business venture or economic boom.Without it there would be no great works of art to enjoy and puzzle over,no songs to sing badly in the shower,no ho new fashion trends,no novels to read.I ask you,is that the sort of world you want to live in?
顯然，縱觀歷史，藝術創作的表達一直只是一個改善人類生存條件成為一切商業風險和經濟繁榮的工具。沒有創造力就不會有偉大的藝術作品供欣賞和思索，就沒有糟糕的洗澡歌，就沒有潮流趨勢，就沒有小說可以讀。我問你們，那是你們想要生活的那種世界嗎？
英語經典美文11
A friend’s grandfather came to America from Eastern Europe.After settling down at Ellis Island.he went into a cafeteria in lower Manhattan to get something to eat.He sat down at an empty table and waited for someone to take his order.
一個朋友的祖父從東歐到美國來。在埃利斯島安頓下來后。他去下曼哈頓的.一家自助餐廳吃飯。他在一張空桌子邊坐下，等待侍者拿來菜單。
Of course nobody did.Finally, a woman with a tray full of food sat down opposite him and informed him how a cafeteria worked.
沒有人來招呼他。最后，一位女士拿著滿滿一托盤食物走過來坐在他對面并告訴他自助餐廳怎樣進餐的。
"Start out at that end," she said. "Just go along the line and pick out what you want. At the other end they’ll tell you how much you have to pay."
她說：“出去排隊等，到你的時候點你想要的東西，餐廳服務生會告訴你該付多少錢。”
"I soon learned that's how everything works in America," the grandfather told a friend.
他對一個朋友說：“接著我很快了解到這就是美國人的工作方式”。
"Life's a cafeteria here.
生活就像自助餐。
You can get anything you want as long as you are willing to pay the price.You can even get success.
你可以去要你想要的任何東西,只要你能付得起他們的價格。你也可以想要成功。
But you'll never get it if you wait for someone to bring it to you.
但是如果你什么都不做等著別人能把它送到你身邊的話是永遠都不可能得到的。
You have to get up and get it yourself."
你必須主動出擊，自己去追求它。
英語經典美文12
#CASE 1
Getting married is like going to a restaurant with friends. You order what you want, then when you see what the other fellow has, you wish you had ordered that.
#CASE 2
At the cocktail party, one woman said to another, "Aren"t you wearing your wedding ring on the wrong finger?" The other replied, "Yes, I am. I married the wrong man."
#CASE 3
Before a man is married, he is incomplete. Then when he is married, he is finished.
#CASE 4
Marriage is an institution in which a man losses his bachelor"s degree and the woman gets her master"s status.
#CASE 5
A little boy asked his father, "Daddy, how much does it cost to get married??" And the father replied, "I don"t know son, I"m still paying for it."
#CASE 6
Young son : "Is it true, Dad, I heard that in some parts of Africa, a man doesn"t know his wife until he marries her?" Dad : "That happens in most countries son."
#CASE 7
Then there was a man who said, "I never knew what real happiness was until I got married, and then it was too late."
#CASE 8
A happy marriage is a matter of give and take; the husband gives and the wife takes.
#CASE 9
When a newly married man looks happy, we know why. But when a ten-year married man looks happy, we wonder why. Affair ?
#CASE 10
Married life is very frustrating. In the first year of marriage, the man speaks and the woman listens. In the second year, the woman speaks and the man listens. In the third year, they both speak and the neighbors listen.
#CASE 11
After a quarrel, a wife said to her husband, "You know, I was a fool when I married you." And the Husband replied, "Yes, dear, but I was in love and didn"t notice it."
#CASE 12
A man ed an "ad" in the classified : "Wife wanted". The next day, he received hundreds letters. They all said the same thing "You can have mine."
#CASE 13
When a man opens the door of his car for his wife, you can be sure of one thing : either the car is new or his wife is new.
#CASE 14
A woman was telling her friend : "It is I who made my husband a millionaire." "And what was he before you married him?" the friend asked. The woman replied, "A multimillionaire."
英語經典美文13
每天你都有機會和很多人擦肩而過，或者你對他們一無所知，不過某天他會變成你的朋友或知已。是的，人海茫茫，相識是緣，相知更是前世修，讓我們朋友越來越多，生活越來越好……
On the first day of the new term, I was new in the class and didn t know anyone. After school, I had something to deal with and left my bag on a desk. As soon as I returned, I saw a bag, which was exactly like mine on a desk. I took it away without examining it. When I got home, I was surprised to see that the bag I took home wasn t mine. It belonged to a student with the name Selena.
The next day, we returned our bags to each other. In this way, we became good friends. We soon found that we had a lot in common and got on well with each other. We always stayed together, so everyone said: "If you find Julia, you will also find Selena."
But there were also quarrels between us.
Once, I took a long time to make a model ship for an exhibition. I invited Selena to my home to see it. She liked it very much as soon as she saw it. I said to Selena "Oh, I forgot to buy a book. Stay here and enjoy yourself. I’ll be back." Then I went out. However, when I returned home, I found Selena holding my ship, which had been broken. I was shocked. I shouted at her: "What are you doing?"
"Julia, listen to me…" Selena replied.
"I don t want to listen to you," I cried.
She left without a word.
For a long time we did not talk to each other until one day my brother said to me, "Sorry. I didn t have the courage to tell you the truth. It was not Selena s fault. When you went out that day, I was so interested in the ship that I broke it accidentally. I was afraid that you would blame me, so I went home immediately. " My God! I had wronged Selena. I didn t know what to do. I felt very ashamed and said to her, "I’m very sorry. Please forgive me that I misunderstood you."
She smiled and said, "It doesn t matter."
"So we are still friends, aren’t we?" I asked.
"Nothing can separate us. We will be best friends forever."
Last November, I was going to take part in a speech contest, so I had to collect as much information as possible. I had prepared well, but I still needed a book which would help me a lot in the contest.
"I ll give you a hand to find it," said Selena.
"But it isn t easy to come by." "Don t worry. I ll get it."
Sure enough, she gave me the book in time. I was so successful that I won first prize in competition. My teacher and classmates congratulated me. But I could not find Selena among them.
英語經典美文14
As a teenager，I felt I was always letting people down. I was rebellious1 out－side，but I wanted to be liked inside.
Once I left home to hitch-hike2 to California with my friend Penelope. The trip wasn?t easy，and there were many times I didn?t feel safe. One situation in particular kept me grateful to still be alive. When I returned home，I was different，not so outwardly sure of myself.
I was happy to be home. But then I noticed that Penelope，who was staying with us，was wearing my clothes. And my family seemed to like her better than me. I wondered if I would be missed if I weren?t there. I told my mom，and she explained that though Penelope was a lovely girl，no one could replace me. I pointed out，“Ｓhe is more patient and is neater than I have ever been.” My mom said these were
wonderful qualities，but I was the only person who could fill my role. She made me realize that even with my faults—and there were many－I was a loved member of the family who couldn?t be replaced.
I became a searcher，wanting to find out who I was and what made me unique. My view of myself was changing. I wanted a solid base to start from. I started to resist3 pressure to act in ways that I didn?t like any more，and I was delighted by who I really was. I came to feel much more sure that no one can ever take my place.
Each of us holds a unique place in the world. You are special，no matter what others say or what you may think. So forget about being replaced. You can?t be.
英語經典美文15
The Strenuous Life
A life of slothful ease, a life of that peace which springs merely from lack either of desire or of power to strive after great things, is as little worthy of a nation as an individual.
We do not admire the man of timid peace. We admire the man who embodies victorious efforts, the man who never wrongs his neighbor, who is prompt to help a friend, but who has those virile qualities necessary to win in the stern strife of actual life. It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. In this life we get nothing save by effort. Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up in the past. A man can be freed from the necessity of work only by the fact that he or his fathers before him have worked to good purpose. If the freedom thus purchased is used aright, and the man still does actual work, though of a different kind, whether as a writer or a general, whether in the field of politics or in the field of exploration and adventure, he shows he deserves his good fortune.
But if he treats this period of freedom from the need of actual labor as a period, not of preparation, but of mere enjoyment, even though perhaps not of vicious enjoyment, he shows that he is simply a cumberer on the earth's surface; and he surely unfits himself to hold his own place with his fellows, if the need to do so should again arise. A mere life of ease is not in the end a very satisfactory life, and, above all, it is a life which ultimately unfits those who follow it for serious work in the world.
As it is with the individual, so it is with the nation. It is a base untruth to say that happy is the nation that has no history. Thrice happy is the nation that has a glorious history. Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.
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