(實(shí)用)英語(yǔ)經(jīng)典美文15篇

　　在平時(shí)的學(xué)習(xí)、工作或生活中，大家都知道美文吧？什么是美文？就像一千個(gè)人心中就有一千個(gè)哈姆雷特一樣，每個(gè)人心目中都有自己衡量美文的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。相信很多人都覺得美文很難寫吧？以下是小編精心整理的英語(yǔ)經(jīng)典美文，歡迎閱讀，希望大家能夠喜歡。

英語(yǔ)經(jīng)典美文1

　　I am dancing with my father at my parents' fiftieth wedding anniversary. The band is playing an old-fashioned waltz as we move gracefully across the floor. His hand on my waist is as guiding as it always was, and he hums the tune to himself in a steady, youthful way. Around and around we go, laughing and nodding to the other dancers. We are the best dancers on the floor, they tell us. My father squeezes my hand and smiles at me.

　　As we continue to dip and sway, I remember a time when I was almost three, and my father came home from work, swooped me into his arms and began to dance me around the table. My mother laughed at us, told us dinner would get cold. But my father said, “She's just caught the rhythm of the dance! Dinner can wait!” And then he sang out “Roll out the barrel, let's have a barrel of fun,” and I sang back, “Let's get those blues on the run.” That night he taught me to polka, waltz and do the fox trot while dinner waited.

　　We danced through the years. When I was five, my father taught me to “shuffle off to Buffalo”. Later we won a dance contest at a Campfire Girls Round-Up. Then we learned to jitterbug at the USO place downtown. Once my father caught on to the steps, he danced with everyone in the hall — the women passing out doughnuts, even the GI's. We all laughed and clapped our hands for my father, the dancer.

　　One night when I was fifteen, lost in some painful, adolescent mood, my father put on a stack of records and teased me to dance with him. “C'mon,” he said, “l(fā)et's get those blues on the run.” I turned away from him and hugged my pain closer than before. My father put his hand on my shoulder, and I jumped out of the chair screaming, “Don't touch me! Don't touch me! I am sick and tired of dancing with you!” The hurt on his face did not escape me, but the words were out, and I could not call them back. I ran to my room sobbing hysterically.

　　We did not dance together after that night. I found other partners, and my father waited up for me after dances, sitting in his favorite chair, clad in his flannel pajamas. Sometimes he would be asleep when I came in, and I would wake him saying, “If you were so tired, you should have gone to bed.”

　　“No, no,” he'd say. “I was just waiting for you.”

　　Then we'd lock up the house and go to bed.

　　My father waited up for me all through my high school and college years while I danced my way out of his life.

　　One night, shortly after my first child was born, my mother called to tell me my father was ill. “A heart problem,” she said. “Now, don't come. Three hundred miles. It would upset your father. We will just have to wait. I'll let you know.”

　　My father's tests showed some stress, but a proper diet restored him to good health. Little things, then, for a while. A disc problem in the back, more heart trouble, a lens implant for cataracts. But the dancing did not stop. My mother wrote that they had joined a dance club. “You remember how your father loves to dance.”

　　Yes, I remember. My eyes filled up with remembering.

　　When my father retired, we mended our way back together again; hugs and kisses were common when we visited each other. But my father did not ask me to dance. He danced with the grandchildren; my daughters knew how to waltz before they could read.

　　“One, two, three and one, two, three,” my father would count out, “won't you come and waltz with me?” Sometimes my heart would ache to have him say those words to me. But I knew my father was waiting for an apology from me, and I could never find the right words.

　　As the time for my parents' fiftieth anniversary approached, my brothers and I met to plan the party. My older brother said, “Do you remember that night you wouldn't dance with him? Boy, was he mad! I couldn't believe he'd get so mad about a thing like that. I'll bet you haven't danced with him since.”

　　I did not tell him he was right.

　　My younger brother promised to get the band.

　　“Make sure they can play waltzes and polkas,” I told him.

　　“Dad can dance to anything,” he said. “Don't you want to get down, get funky?” I did not tell him that all I wanted to do was dance once more with my father.

　　When the band began to play after dinner, my parents took the floor. They glided around the room, inviting the others to join them. The guests rose to their feet, applauding the golden couple. My father danced with his granddaughters and then the band began to play the “Beer Barrel Polka.”

　　“Roll out the barrel,” I heard my father sing. Then I knew it was time. I knew the words I must say to my father before he would dance with me once more. I wound my way through a few couples and tapped my daughter on the shoulder.

　　“Excuse me,” I said, almost choking on my words, “but I believe this is my dance.”

　　My father stood rooted to the spot. Our eyes met and traveled back to that night when I was fifteen. In a trembling voice, I sang, “Let's get those blues on the run.”

　　My father bowed and said, “Oh, yes. I've been waiting for you.”

　　Then he started to laugh, and we moved into each other's arms, pausing for a moment so we could catch once more the rhythm of the dance.

英語(yǔ)經(jīng)典美文2

　　The sun fell down， the night became dark little by little， everything around me also became quiet …

　　太陽(yáng)下山了，夜幕徐徐合攏，四周漸漸平靜……

　　The tree says：“Dear land ，thank you for the things did for us。Even though how tall and strong we are in the future ，we also speak highly of you forever。”

　　樹苗：土地，謝謝你為我們所做的一切。不管我們將來多么高大，多么魁梧，我們永遠(yuǎn)贊美你，歌頌?zāi)恪?/p>

　　The land says：“But my dear kid ，I don’t think how wonderful I am 。Because also I give my love to the grasses ，the ocean ，the birds…�！�

　　土地：可是，孩子，我卻并不認(rèn)為自己有多偉大。因?yàn)�，我的愛，還給予了小草，給予了江海，給予了鳥雀……

　　The tree says：“Maybe it is so called universal love people say。Your universal love ，lets us have many friends ，the spring water that never stops ，the great singing sounds and so on。”

　　樹苗：這大概就是人類說的博愛吧。你的博愛，讓我們有了許多伙伴，有了不竭的甘泉，有了動(dòng)聽的歌聲……

　　The land says：“What’s more ，I will take the snow ，the difficulties ，and so many challenges to you。”

　　土地：而且，我會(huì)給你們帶來冰雪，帶來挫折，帶來許許多多的.磨難。

　　The tree says：“because of this， we just have steadfast determination ，the death—defying spint ，and the selfreliance power。”

　　樹苗：所以，我們才有了堅(jiān)定的意志，有了拼搏的精神，有了自強(qiáng)不息的力量。

　　The land says：“Sometimes ，I’m so bad ，I put a stone under your bottom ，let you not take root to grow easily ，make you have nowhere to live�！�

　　土地：有時(shí)候，我很壞，會(huì)在泥土下面給你們一塊巖石，讓你們不能輕易扎根生長(zhǎng)，讓你們沒有立足之地。

　　The tree says：“It’s taking much exercise ourselves。I know clearly that no trees can live without air all over the world。Although we live in the cliff ，there must be some earth under us that is unselfish�！�

　　樹苗：那是鍛煉我們的生存能力。我清楚地知道，世界上，沒有哪一棵樹能夠在真空中發(fā)芽，在真空中成長(zhǎng)。即使生長(zhǎng)在懸崖絕壁，樹的腳下，也一定有一抔無(wú)私奉獻(xiàn)的泥土。

英語(yǔ)經(jīng)典美文3

　　I had just graduated from veterinary school, and I was volunteering at the local shelter in Twin Falls, Idaho. As I looked down at the dog napping in her run, I knew I was going to have to wake her up to put her to sleep. What a cruel euphemism.

　　She was a Heinz-57 mixed-breed with no name, no home, no hope. She was horrifically malnourished, and her coat was a mass of mats and burrs.

　　In a way, she was lucky to be here. Found on the side of the road - like living garbage – she"d been left to die in a remote area of our county.

　　The kind rancher who found her brought her to the local shelter where she joined dozens of other cuties and uglies pressing against the front of the cages hoping to catch the eye of someone who had a heart and home big enough to give them another chance.

　　Problem was there were too many homeless pets and not enough homes. Day after day for a week the dog waited and waited, her still-wagging tail marking the time.

　　But on this day, her time was up. No one had adopted her; like many in the shelter, the animals were too big, too small, too hairy, too young, too old. Without enough cages to hold all that came through our doors, we were prepared to end her life quickly and without suffering. "Better than starving to death in the country," I said, finding little solace in the words.

　　I was inspired to enter this profession because of a deep love of animals. I had been highly trained and entrusted to save lives and prevent pain and suffering. Yet here I was about to end the life of this innocent creature. I hated this part of the job, but I had to do it. Choking back my emotions, I readied myself to perform the procedure for which I"d been trained.

　　I set her on the table, and she wiggled her gaunt frame with delight as I spoke some soothing words and patted her head. The tempo of her tail quickened as she looked up at my face. Looking into her eyes, I saw total trust, unconditional love and absolute loyalty. I felt the cruel irony of what was taking place. God"s precious creatures, embodying the kindest virtues on the planet, being killed for the crime of not being wanted. She held out her leg for me to inject and licked my hand. She was ready. I wasn"t.

　　I collapsed onto the dog and held her tight as I bathed her with tears. Never, ever would I do a convenience euthanasia again. I"d euthanize a pet if it was suffering terribly, or had an incurable disease, but never again because of an uncaring owner"s mere request.

　　I took the dog back to my veterinary practice and named her G. H. - short for Good Home. I"d observed over the years that people who raised litters of puppies or kittens always said, "I just want to find them a "good home.""

　　I soon entrusted G. H. to a loving client who had a heart and home big enough to welcome yet another four-legged family member.

　　Saving G. H. set me on a new path as a veterinarian. Although my hands still held the power of death, my heart didn"t. Now, whenever I look into the dancing liquid eyes of a pet, brimming with love, I realize that looks can save. They did me.

英語(yǔ)經(jīng)典美文4

　　30. The Enchantment of Creeks (2)

　　Above all, a creek offers the mind a chance to penetrate the alien universe of water, of tadpoles and trout. What drifts in creek water is the possibility of other worlds inside and above our own. Poet Robert Frost wrote: "It flows between us, over us, and with us. And it is time, strength, tone, light, life, and love.

　　Creeks lead one on, like perfume on the wind. A creek is something that disappears around a bend, into the ground, into the next dimension. To follow a creek is to seek new acquaintance with life.

　　I still find myself following creeks. In high mountain meadows I'll trace their course into the limegreen grass and deep glacial duff, marveling at the sparkle of quartz and mica. The pursuit liquefies my citified haste and lifts weight from my shoulders. Once, in the California desert, as hummingbirds darted from cactus blossoms, I heard the babble of rushing water. My ears led me over dusty hillsides and sown scabrous ravines to an unexpected ribbon of clear, cold water, leaping from rock to rock, filling little pools. The discovery seemed Biblical. It filled me with joy.

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　　by Peter Steinhart

英語(yǔ)經(jīng)典美文5

　　"Time" says the proverb "is money". This means that every moment well spent may put some money into our pockets. If our time is usefully employed, it will either turn out some useful and important piece of work which will fetch its price in the market, or it will add to our experience and increase our capacities so as to enable us to earn money when the proper opportunity comes. There can thus be no doubt that time is convertible into money. Let those who think nothing of wasting time, remember this; let them remember that an hour misspent is equivalent to the loss of a bank-note; an that an hour utilized is tantamount to so much silver or gold; and then they will probably think twice before they give their consent to the loss of any part of their time. Moreover, our life is nothing more than our time. To kill time is therefore a form of suicide. We are shocked when we think of death, and we spare no pains, no trouble, and no expense to preserve life. But we are too often indifferent to the loss of an hour or of a day, forgetting that our life is the . .

　　sum total of the days and of the hours we live. A day of an hour wasted is therefore so much life forfeited. Let us bear this in mind, and waste of time will appear to us in the light of a crime as culpable as suicide itself. (250 words)

英語(yǔ)經(jīng)典美文6

　　Failure is not good.

　　挫敗沒什么好的。

　　There is absolutely nothing good about failure. And there's nothing you can pretend to learn from failure.

　　挫敗絕對(duì)不是什么好事。你也不能假裝能從挫敗當(dāng)中學(xué)到什么東西。

　　You can't learn anything from failure because don't forget that every single moment in your past has added up to that one moment in your present - where you are lying on the floor moaning your painful and abysmal failure.

　　你從挫敗里根本學(xué)不到東西，因?yàn)槟銊e忘了，你躺在地上為你痛苦和糟糕的挫敗而抱怨，而正是過去的每個(gè)瞬間加和所造成的。

　　Here are better things to learn from. Failure has many cousins. Learn from one of the cousins:

　　這有更好的東西值得去學(xué)習(xí)。很多東西都與挫敗有關(guān)聯(lián)，你只要從其中一個(gè)那里學(xué)習(xí)：

　　Curiosity: When something happens and you don't understand why, then ask, "Why?"Keep asking questions. Clearly, something confusing happened. Ask and ask and ask.Guess what will happen: you will get answers.

　　好奇心：當(dāng)某些事發(fā)生了但你卻不知道緣由時(shí)，你就要問：“為什么？”保持問問題的習(xí)慣。很明顯，總會(huì)有讓你困惑的事情發(fā)生，問、問、問就好。

　　Persistence: I get asked: how do I market my book? Or my app? Answer: write another book. Write another app.

　　持之以恒：別人問：“我怎么推銷我的書呢？還有我的應(yīng)用怎么辦？”回答是：“再寫本書，再做個(gè)應(yīng)用�！�

　　The best way to get better, to get more known, to learn the subtleties of your art or your field or your sport, is to simply do it again.

　　想要變得更好、知道得更多、學(xué)習(xí)培養(yǎng)藝術(shù)的敏感度或者開發(fā)屬于你自己的領(lǐng)域或運(yùn)動(dòng)，最簡(jiǎn)單的就是重復(fù)做。

　　Forgiveness: I used to live in regret. One time I sold a business for $15 million. Within two years I had lost almost all of the money.

　　寬容：我生活中老愛后悔。有一次我做了一筆1500萬(wàn)美元的生意。兩年之內(nèi)，我?guī)缀跏�去了我所有的錢。

　　And it wasn't money on paper. It was money in "real life". If I tell you how I lost it you would hate me forever. That's ok. But it's not important for this answer.

　　并且那不是理論上的錢，而是真真實(shí)實(shí)的錢。如果我告訴你我是怎么弄丟的'，你會(huì)恨我一輩子的。那沒關(guān)系的，但是對(duì)這個(gè)回答并不重要。

　　"Failure" is a word used to label a past event. That's 100% up to you how you label a past event.

　　“挫敗”這個(gè)詞是用來標(biāo)記過去的。那100%是在于你怎么去定義過去的事情。

　　When you label a past event "failure" it prevents you from moving beyond the past. You get stuck there. You keep time traveling to the moment of failure under the excuse that there is something to learn there.

　　如果你把過去的事情標(biāo)記為“挫敗”的話，你就不能從自己的過去中走出來了。你會(huì)一直停留在那里。你以“可以從中學(xué)到東西”為由不停地回到過去，回到挫敗的那一刻。

　　The thing you learn first is forgiveness. Then you move back to the present. Get healthy. Be around people you love. Start being creative again.

　　你要學(xué)會(huì)的第一件事就是寬容。然后你才能回到當(dāng)下，變得健康，回到你愛的人身邊，重新開始去創(chuàng)造一切。

英語(yǔ)經(jīng)典美文7

　　We cannot travel every path． Success must be won along one line．We must make our business the one life purpose to which every other must be subordinate（服從）．

　　我們不可能把每條路都走一遍。必須執(zhí)著于一條道路才能獲得成功。我們必須有一個(gè)終生追求的目標(biāo)，其他的則從屬于這個(gè)目標(biāo)。

　　I hate a thing done by halves（不完全的）． If it be right, do it boldly．If it be wrong， leave it undone．

　　我痛恨做事半途而廢。如果這件事是對(duì)的，就大膽勇敢地去做；如果這件事不對(duì)，就不要去做。

　　The men of history were not perpetually（不斷地） looking into the mirror to make sure of their own size． Absorbed in their work they did it． They did it so well that the wondering world sees them to be great， and labeled them accordingly．

　　歷史長(zhǎng)河中的偉人并不是靠終日瞻觀鏡中的自己來衡量自身的形象的。他們的形象來自對(duì)事業(yè)全身心的投入與追求。他們是如此的卓越超凡，于是蕓蕓眾生覺得他們很偉大，并因此稱他們?yōu)閭ト恕?/p>

　　To live with a high ideal is a successful life． It is not what one does， but what one tries to do， that makes a man strong． “Eternal vigilance，” it has been said， “is the price of liberty．” With equal truth it may be said， “Unceasing effort is the price of success．” If we do not work with our might， others will； and they will outstrip（超過） us in the race， and pluck the prize from our grasp．

　　為崇高的理想而活著是一種成功的生活。使人變強(qiáng)大的，不是這個(gè)人做了什么，而是他努力嘗試去做什么。有人說過，“恒久的警惕是自由的代價(jià)”，那同樣也可以說，“不懈的努力是成功的代價(jià)�！碧热粑覀儾槐M全力工作，別人會(huì)盡全力，隨后他們將在競(jìng)爭(zhēng)中超越我們，從我們手中奪取勝利的果實(shí)。

　　Success grows less and less dependent on luck and chance．Self－distrust is the cause of most of our failures．

　　成功越來越不依賴于運(yùn)氣和巧合。喪失自信是我們失敗的主要原因。

　　The great and indispensable help to success is character． Character is a crystallized habit， the result of training and conviction． Every character is influenced by heredity， environment and education． But these apart， if every man were not to be a great extent the architect of his own character， he would be a fatalist， and irresponsible creature of circumstances．

　　性格是取得成功不可或缺的`重要助力。性格是一種固化成形的習(xí)慣，是不斷培養(yǎng)并堅(jiān)信于此的結(jié)果。每個(gè)人的性格都會(huì)受到遺傳因素、環(huán)境和教育的影響。但除此之外，如果人在很大程度上不能成為自己性格的構(gòu)筑者，那么他就會(huì)淪為宿命論者，從而成為環(huán)境的失敗造物。

　　Instead of saying that man is a creature of circumstance， it would be nearer the mark to say that man is the architect of circumstance． From the same materials one man builds palaces， another hovel． Bricks and mortar are mortar and bricks， until the architect can make them something else．

　　與其說人是環(huán)境的造物，不如說人是環(huán)境的建筑師更貼切些。同樣的材料，有人能用其建造出宮殿，而有人只能建成簡(jiǎn)陋的小屋。在建筑師將其變成他物之前，磚泥依然是磚泥。

　　The true way to gain much is never to desire to gain too much．

　　想得到的多就永遠(yuǎn)不要奢望太多。

　　Wise men don't care for what they can't have．

　　智者不會(huì)在意他們得不到的東西。

英語(yǔ)經(jīng)典美文8

　　In all one 8217;s lifetime it is oneself that one spends the most time being with or dealing with. But it is precisely oneself that one has the least understanding of. When you are going upwards in life you tend to overestimate yourself. When you are going downhill you tend to underestimate yourself. It 8217;s likely that you think it wise for yourself to know your place and stay aloof from worldly wearing a mask of cowardice, behind which the flow of sap in your life will be retarded.

　　To get a thorough understanding of oneself is to gain a correct view of oneself and be a sober realist — aware of both one 8217;s strength and shortage. You may look forward hopefully to the future but be sure not to expect too much, for ideals can never be fully realized. You may be courageous to meet challenges but it should be clear to you where to direct your efforts.

　　To get a thorough understanding of oneself needs self-appreciation. Whether you liken yourself to a towering tree or a blade of grass, whether you think you are a high mountain or a small stone, you represent a state of nature that has its own reason of existence. If you earnestly admire yourself you 8217;ll have a real sense of self-appreciation, which will give you confidence. As soon as you gain full confidence in yourself you 8217;ll be enabled to fight and overcome any adversity.

　　To get a thorough understanding of oneself also requires doing oneself a favor when it 8217;s needed. In time of anger, do yourself a favor by giving vent to it in a quiet place so that you won 8217;t be hurt by its flames; in time of sadness, do yourself a favor by sharing it with your friends so as to change a gloomy mood into a cheerful one; in time of tiredness, do yourself a favor by getting a good sleep or taking some tonic. Show yourself loving concern about your health and daily life. Unless you know perfectly well when and how to do yourself a favor, you won 8217;t be confident and ready enough to resist the attack of illness.

　　To get a thorough understanding of oneself is to get a full control of one 8217;s life. Then one will find one 8217;s life full of color and flavor.

英語(yǔ)經(jīng)典美文9

　　"I'm going to marry you one day." Beth said to her long time crush Jake. She wore her favorite blue teddy bear shirt. Her four-year-old blue eyes shined in the sun.

　　"No you're not, you're a girl." Jake said.

　　The California afternoon wind blew his light brown hair. Jumping off the monkey bars he laughed back to class.

　　Sitting alone and confused she didn't know what to do. Beth sat high on the monkey bars crying. How can her future husband just leave like that?

　　She was going to get him, but how? "I will not let him get away! I won't! I won't!"

　　15 years later:

　　"I love you, too, Jake." Hanging up the phone she caught her mom smiling. "What?"

　　"When is he coming in from France? He's been there for awhile." She sat down on her black leather couch. The house was made up of different Indian stuff. On the walls were different dream catchers. Her mother was a full blood Cherokee Indian. She passed away when Beth was eight.

　　"He has a lot of schooling to do right now. Maybe this Saturday."

　　Fixing her short overalls she thought of Jake. Who would have thought they were going to date when she turned five?

　　"Is he still living in Colorado?" Her mother Kay wore a white tank top with tan pants. And long blonde hair with pretty blue eyes. She was the most beautiful woman on Earth. And Beth is looking like her by the minute.

　　"Yeah, I hate having a long distance relationship." She plopped on a leather chair.

　　"It's ok baby, you know he loves you more than anything in this world. Love will keep you together."

　　Beth could not help but smile. Her mother is and will always be her best friend.

　　Jake sat in his hotel the school rented for him. School of law. He loved going overseas for everything. But he missed being with Beth. That hurt him the most.

　　Spending the lonely nights in the hotel made him think of how much it would hurt to spend the rest of his life without her in it.

　　Getting up off his bed he went into the bathroom. Watching his reflection in the mirror, all he could think about was Beth. He would leave Thursday, and get there Friday night.

　　Turning off the light he jumped into the cold bed. On a coffee table near his bed rested a frame with them in it. It was taken at a beach about two years ago. It was the best time of their lives.

　　It was Thursday morning and Beth waited for Jake's morning phone call. He would call at eight — it was ten.

　　Beth got out of bed and got her favorite blue tank top. She took off her shirt and screamed at the top of her lungs.

　　"What? What?" Her mother came rushing into her room. Staring at her naked daughter she saw the lump of her breast. "Does it hurt?"

　　Beth could only say "No." Looking at the lump, she cried in pain.

　　"Let's get you to the doctor."

　　"Ok, let me get dressed."

　　Shutting the door behind her, the room became silent. Shaking she put on her shirt, and ran out into the living room.

　　"Mom, where are my blue shorts?"

　　"In the dresser, second drawer."

　　Finishing getting dressed she hopped into her car. Her red mustang drove like a baby.

　　They waited for the doctor to come in. Beth could not begin to think she had cancer. As her mind drifted off her cell phone rang.

　　"Hello?" Her heart skipped a beat, hoping it was Jake.

　　"Hey, how are you?" He asked out of breath.

　　"Could be better. Why didn't you call me this morning?"

　　"Sorry, school got ahold of me today."

　　"Why are you out of breath?" Looking stunned she stared at her mother.

　　"I'm so sorry, he'll call back." Her mother gave Beth a hug.

　　The doctor came in, and greeted his self. "Hello. I'm Kevin Baker." He smiled while examining her breast.

英語(yǔ)經(jīng)典美文10

　　Gracious giving requires no special talent, nor large amounts of money. It is compounded of the heart and head acting together to achieve the perfect means of expressing our feelings. For, as Emerson explains, "The only gift is a portion of thyself."

　　一份貼心的禮物并不需要非常特別，也不需要花大價(jià)錢去買。一份禮物應(yīng)該包涵我們的心意，傳達(dá)我們的思念。愛默生曾說過：“最好的禮物就是你自己�！�

　　A little girl gave her mother several small boxes tied with bright ribbons. Inside each were slips of paper on which the child had printed messages such as, "Good for two flower-bed weedings," "Good for two floor-scrubbings." She had never read Emerson, but unconsciously she put a large part of her small self into her gift.

　　一個(gè)小女孩給了她媽媽幾個(gè)用漂亮緞帶打包好的小盒子，每個(gè)盒子里都裝著小女孩打印好的紙條，上面寫著比如“給花壇除草兩次”、“洗兩次地板”之類的字。她沒有讀過愛默生的那句話，但是她把自己的心意放進(jìn)禮物里送給了媽媽。

　　A young bride received a wedding present from an older woman. With it went a note, "Do not open until you and your husband have your first tiff."

　　一位年輕的新娘從一位老婦人那里收到一份結(jié)婚禮物，還有一張紙條：“在你和你丈夫第一次吵架時(shí)打開�！�

　　When there finally came a day of misunderstanding the bride remembered the package. In it she found a card box filled with her friend's favorite recipes--and a note, "You will catch more flies with honey than you will with vinegar." It was a wise woman indeed who gave of her experience with her gift.

　　后來有一天，他們發(fā)生了爭(zhēng)吵，這是新娘想起了這份包裹，于是她找到它，發(fā)現(xiàn)里面裝滿了老婦人最喜歡的食譜，還附著一張紙條：“蜂蜜比醋能招來更多蒼蠅（甜言蜜語(yǔ)比尖酸刻薄更得人心）�！边@位智慧的老婦人把自己的生活經(jīng)驗(yàn)當(dāng)做禮物送給了新娘。

　　Family gifts should be the most satisfying because we know each member's wish and whim. Yet how often we make the stereotyped offerings--ties, candy, or household utensils. One man I know is planning an unusual present for his wife. When I saw him coming out of a dancing studio, he explained: "I got tired of hearing my wife complain about my dancing. It's going to be a lasting birthday present for her--my dancing well."

　　來自家人的禮物應(yīng)該是最令人滿意的了，因?yàn)槲覀冎�道每位家庭成員的喜好和念想。但是我們卻經(jīng)常送一些千篇一律的禮物——領(lǐng)帶、糖果或是家用器皿。我曾見過一個(gè)男人為他的妻子準(zhǔn)備了一份不同尋常的`禮物，當(dāng)他走出舞蹈培訓(xùn)班的時(shí)候，他告訴我：“我受夠了我妻子對(duì)我舞技的抱怨，我精進(jìn)的舞技對(duì)她來說會(huì)是一份永恒的禮物�！�

　　An elderly lady on an Iowa farm wept with delight when her son in New York had a telephone installed in her house and followed it up with a weekly long-distance call.

　　一位住在愛荷華州的農(nóng)場(chǎng)的老婦人喜極而泣，因?yàn)樗�在紐約的兒子在她家里裝了部電話，而且在接下來每一周都打長(zhǎng)途電話回家。

　　All gifts that contain a portion of self signify that someone has been really thinking of us. One of the most useful and thoughtful travel presents a girl ever received was currency of the country to which she was going. A friend bought her some pesos from a bank so that she would have the correct money for tips and taxi fare when she first arrived in Mexico.

　　所有包含了自己的心意的禮物都表示著禮物主人對(duì)我們的思念。對(duì)一位要去旅行的姑娘來說，最實(shí)用、最貼心的禮物莫過于要去的那個(gè)國(guó)家的貨幣了。她的一位朋友從銀行兌換了一些比索給她，這樣她就可以在初到墨西哥的時(shí)候有錢付小費(fèi)和車費(fèi)了。

　　Chances for heroic giving are rare, yet every day there are opportunities to give a part of yourself to someone who needs it. It may be no more than a kind word or a letter written at the right time. The important thing about any gift is the amount of yourself you put into it.

　　我們很少有機(jī)會(huì)送出華麗的禮物，但是我們每天都有機(jī)會(huì)把自己的一部分送給需要的人，也許是一句貼心的話語(yǔ)，也許是一封來得正好的信，但不管送什么禮物，最重要包含自己的心意。

英語(yǔ)經(jīng)典美文11

　　She Asked Dad How He Met Mom. His Response Is The Best Thing You'll Read Today

　　女兒?jiǎn)柊职趾蛬寢屖侨绾握J(rèn)識(shí)的，爸爸的回答精彩絕倫

　　A high school senior named Sydney is writing an essay about her parents, so she asked Dad how he and Mom fell in love.

　　一位名叫Sydney的高中生要寫一篇關(guān)于她父母的文章，所以她問了她爸爸是如何與媽媽相愛的

　　Dad texted her the story, and now it's being shared all over the world.

　　Sydney的爸爸用短信敘述了他們的故事，如今這段故事已經(jīng)在全世界范圍內(nèi)被轉(zhuǎn)發(fā)分享。

　　This is why...

　　這就是為什么這段故事風(fēng)靡世界的原因...

　　Dad:

　　爸爸發(fā)來短信說：

　　Your mom basically asks me to marry her. We both thought it would be funny to tell our friends since no one would believe it. So at first our engagement was a joke.Two weeks later I was absolutely madly in love with your mother. She was more than a dream come true for me. You guys only see her as R2D2. I get to see her as my best friend, my hilarious wife, and my beautiful queen when we get the chance to be away from here and work.

　　你媽媽直接就跟我說讓我娶她。我們兩個(gè)人當(dāng)時(shí)都覺得把這件事告訴朋友會(huì)很有趣，因?yàn)闆]有人會(huì)相信。所以一開始我們的訂婚就是個(gè)笑話。不過，兩周后我就幾近瘋狂地愛上了你的媽媽。愛上她對(duì)于我來說，簡(jiǎn)直比夢(mèng)想成真還高興。你們可能只是把她看作是一個(gè)R2D2（一個(gè)典型的機(jī)智、勇敢、而又魯莽的宇航技工機(jī)器人）。但當(dāng)我們有機(jī)會(huì)遠(yuǎn)離生活雜事和工作的時(shí)候，我在她身上看到的是我最好的朋友、我逗逼的妻子和美麗的皇后。

　　You’ve probably seen the great side of mommy while alone with her at tourneys…idk?

　　你可能已經(jīng)在她獨(dú)自參加比賽的.時(shí)候見識(shí)過了你媽媽偉大的一面…其實(shí)我也不清楚？

　　Married a year later. Had Brytt, first child。 A daddy’s girl, made me cry. Had Q, my son and future and the future of the Willoughby name, plus someone I could teach to be a man. But … your mom wanted another and I didn’t at first.

　　婚后一年。有了Brytt，我們的第一個(gè)孩子。因這是爸爸的第一個(gè)女兒，這讓我激動(dòng)得哭了出來。之后有了Q，這是我的兒子和未來的兒子與威洛比的名字，也是以后我可以將他撫養(yǎng)成人的人的名字。不過……你媽媽想要另一個(gè)孩子，而我起初并不想要。

　　I’ll admit at that time l was working days and going to school at night and weekends. Mommy was working nights so we were sort of having a rough time. Not seeing enough of each other.

　　我承認(rèn)那段時(shí)間我一直忙于工作，晚上和周末的時(shí)候都要去上學(xué)。你媽媽那時(shí)候也要上晚班，導(dǎo)致那段時(shí)間我們過得非常辛苦。甚至沒有足夠的時(shí)間見面。

　　So you were the way to bring us back together. Didn’t know it at the time but you changed our lives. We chose to have mommy quit working. By doing so, l lost R2D2 and got back my truly perfect wife.

　　所以是你的出現(xiàn)把我們又拉攏在了一起。但當(dāng)時(shí)沒有意識(shí)到，后來才發(fā)現(xiàn)是你改變了我們的生活。我們達(dá)成了一致讓你媽媽辭職。做出這樣的決定后，R2D2機(jī)器人般的妻子消失了，而那個(gè)真實(shí)的完美的妻子又回到了我的身邊。

　　It allowed us to focus on each other and our finally complete family. l also had to go to school for three months. Being away from your mom and my kids ripped the heart out of me. l couldn’t live without R2D2 even though l love my funny queen so much more.

　　這讓我們又把生活重心放在彼此身上，我們完整的家庭也變得越來越有凝聚力。而我依然需要在那三個(gè)月里去學(xué)校工作。在離開你媽媽去工作的那段時(shí)間里，我的心始終緊緊地牽掛著你們。即使我更愛那個(gè)有趣的她，我卻無(wú)法離開像R2D2一般無(wú)所不能的妻子結(jié)果是。

　　Bottom line, we fell into each other’s lap under odd circumstances but it resulted in the coolest family ever. You three kids are our personalities all wrapped up. Our heart, soul, humor, kindness, respect, integrity and a million other neat stuff about us. We would not be the same without everyone we have.

　　我們都在奇怪的情況下，拜倒在了對(duì)方的石榴裙下，但這也成就了我們這樣一個(gè)最酷的家庭。你們?nèi)齻�(gè)孩子的性格完滿地包涵了我跟你們媽媽的性格。我們的心，靈魂，幽默，善良，尊重他人，正直和其他很多優(yōu)點(diǎn)。沒有彼此，我們就不會(huì)有如此多的共同點(diǎn)。

　　And it keeps growing. l’ve had the perfect life because of your mom. A perfect life. Give me 1 billion dollars. Make the Dallas Cowboys quarterback. Make me president. None of those would be worth of without her. She doesn’t just without her. She doesn’t just “complete me” she came into my life when l was young and immature, completed me and then made me so much better of a person. l dated and married an angel.

　　而且這種共同點(diǎn)在不斷變多。有了你媽媽的陪伴，我擁有了完美的生活。一個(gè)真正美好的生活。即使給我十億美元，即使讓我成為達(dá)拉斯牛仔隊(duì)的四分衛(wèi)，或是讓我成為總統(tǒng)，若是沒有她，這對(duì)我來說都毫無(wú)意義。沒有她我就什么都不是。她不只在我年輕還未成熟的時(shí)候走進(jìn)了我的生活“讓我的生活更完整”，也使我成為了一個(gè)更好的人。我與你媽媽約會(huì)，并最終娶到了這樣一位天使。

　　"Hearing this from my dad about my mom made me cry," Sydney wrote on Twitter. "27 years of marriage."

　　“聽到爸爸?jǐn)⑹龅年P(guān)于媽媽的故事后，我哭了”， Sydney在推上寫道�！斑@長(zhǎng)達(dá)27年的婚姻。”

　　Yeah, we're crying too.

　　是的，看到這里，我們也抑制不住眼淚了。

英語(yǔ)經(jīng)典美文12

　　1.Prose of its very nature is longer than verse,and the virtues peculiar to it manifest themselves gradually. If the cardinal virtue of poetry is love, the cardinal virtue of prose is justice; and, whereas love makes you act and speak on the spur of moment, justice needs inquiry, patience, and a control even of the noblest passions. By justice here I do not mean justice only to particular people or ideas, but a habit of justice in all the processes of thought, a style tranquillized and a form moulded by that habit.

　　本質(zhì)上，散文長(zhǎng)于韻文，散文獨(dú)有的品質(zhì)逐漸顯現(xiàn)。若詩(shī)歌的主要品質(zhì)是愛，那散文的主要品質(zhì)就是正義;而且，盡管愛會(huì)讓你一時(shí)心血來潮的去動(dòng)作和表達(dá)，但正義則需要質(zhì)詢，耐心和對(duì)強(qiáng)烈感情的控制。這里所說的正義，并非專對(duì)某些人或思想，正義是所有思想過程中的習(xí)慣，以及由此習(xí)慣鑄就的形態(tài)和沉靜的風(fēng)格。

　　2.The master of prose is not cold, but will not let any word or image inflame him with a heat irrelevant to his purpose. Unhasting, unresting, he pursues it, subduing all the riches of his mind to it, rejecting all beauties that are not germane to it; making his own beauty out of the very accomplishment of it, out of the whole work and its proportions, so that you must read to the end before you know that it is beautiful.

　　散文大家并不冷漠，但也不會(huì)因頭腦發(fā)熱，讓任意與其目的無(wú)關(guān)的詞匯或形象擾亂自己。從容不迫，堅(jiān)持不懈，他追尋著它，獻(xiàn)出自己畢生的'智慧，趕走所有與它無(wú)關(guān)的浮華。成就散文創(chuàng)造自己的美，美滲透于整體和部分，所以你只有把它讀完，才能發(fā)現(xiàn)它的美。

　　3.But he has his reward, for he is trusted and convinces, as those who are at the mercy of their own eloquence do not; and he gives a pleasure all the greater for being hardly noticed. In the best prose, whether narrative or argument, we are so led on as we read, that we do not stop to applaud the writer, nor do we stop to question him.

　　但他也有所回報(bào)，因?yàn)槿藗冃湃嗡�，他也使人們信服，這正是那些靠口才的人所不能得到的;他不露聲色而給人更大的愉悅。最好的散文，無(wú)論是敘述或辯論，都使我們著迷，已無(wú)心停下來為作者叫好，亦或質(zhì)詢什么。

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　　1、A strong will and enthusiasm are the wings of pioneering work; self-confidence and perseverance are the steps to success.壯志與熱情是創(chuàng)業(yè)的羽翼，自信和堅(jiān)忍是成功的階梯。

　　2、We are not afraid of being incompetent, but are fearful of being impersistent.不怕無(wú)能，就怕無(wú)恒。

　　3、People always say that it’s too late. However, in fact, now is the best appropriate time. For a man who really wants to seek for something, every period of life is younger and timely.有人總說已經(jīng)晚了。實(shí)際上，現(xiàn)在就是最好的時(shí)光。對(duì)于一個(gè)真正有所追求的人來說，生命的每個(gè)時(shí)期都是年輕和及時(shí)的。

　　4、Life is a comedy, written by a sadistic comedy writer though.生活是一出喜劇，只不過出自一位虐心的喜劇家之手。

　　5、Give up can findten thousand reasons, adhere to just a belief.放棄可以找到一萬(wàn)個(gè)理由，堅(jiān)持只需一個(gè)信念。

　　6、A little learning is a dangerous thing.學(xué)問淺薄，如履薄冰。（蒲柏）

　　7、Anything in life worth doing is worth overdoing.生命中任何一件事，都值得全力以赴。

　　8、The winner is not necessarily the one who runs the fastest but the one who holds on to the last.勝利者不一定是跑得最快的人，而是最有耐力的`人。 ?

　　9、I can accept failure, but I can’t accept not trying.我可以接受失敗，但我不能接受無(wú)動(dòng)于衷。

　　10、Science only bestows the grandest favour on those who concentrate on it.科學(xué)只把最高的恩典賜給專心致志獻(xiàn)身于它的人。

　　11、Do what makes you happy. Be with who makes you smile. Laugh as much as you breath. Love as long as you live.做讓你開心的事，和讓你歡笑的人在一起。笑聲要像呼吸一樣頻繁，愛要和生命一般長(zhǎng)久。

　　12、May there be enough clouds in your life to make a beautiful sunset.愿你的生命中有足夠的云翳，來編制一個(gè)美麗的黃昏。

　　13、It takes courage to grow up and turn out to be who you really are.長(zhǎng)大，成為你自己，是件需要很大勇氣的事情。

　　14、There is no right choices in this world at all. We just need to strive and work hard to make the original choice right.這個(gè)世界上根本沒有正確的選擇，我們只不過是要努力奮斗，使當(dāng)初的選擇變得正確。

　　15、There is nothing which human courage will not undertake, and little that human patience will not endure.人的勇氣能承擔(dān)一切重負(fù)，人的耐心能忍受大部分痛苦。 ?

　　16、It is up to you to give life a meaning.生命的意義由你自己來賦予。

　　17、The man who has made up his mind to win will never say “impossible”.凡是決心取得勝利的人是從來不說“不可能的”。

　　18、Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not.不要因渴望得不到的而錯(cuò)過已經(jīng)擁有的。

　　19、Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get.生活就像巧克力，你永遠(yuǎn)不知道下一個(gè)是什么。

　　20、We must repeat a thousand and one times; perseverance is the only road to success.我們必須重復(fù)一千零一次，堅(jiān)韌不拔是唯一的成功之路。 ?

　　21、When you"re sleeping, I"ll be working. When you"re working, I"ll be twice as hard.當(dāng)你在睡覺的時(shí)候，我一直在工作。當(dāng)你在工作的時(shí)候，我已經(jīng)付出了雙倍于你的努力。 ---何猷君?

　　22、Do not, for one repulse, forgo the purpose that you resolved to effort.不要只因一次挫敗，就放棄你原來決心想達(dá)到的目的。

　　23、No matter how you feel, get up, dress up, and show up.無(wú)論你感覺怎樣，你都要起床，打扮好自己，然后開始新的一天。

　　24、The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.對(duì)明天做好的準(zhǔn)備就是今天做到最好!

　　25、Pursue your object, be it what it will, steadily and indefatigably.不管追求什么目標(biāo)，都應(yīng)該堅(jiān)持不懈。

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　　Tears of Joy

　　To cry is uniquely human, to weep for joy even more so. I cry every day.

　　I cry for all the years I wanted and needed to cry and didn"t. I cry for the loneliness and pain I"ve felt. I cry for the sheer delight of being alive. I cry for the pleasure that moving my body brings, and for the ability to dance and stretch and sweat. I cry in gratitude for the life I have now.

　　I was a cute little girl. I loved laughing and playing with my friends. Then, when I was eight years old, I experienced the devastating trauma of incest. In order to cope with that physical, mental and emotional nightmare, I made two unconscious decisions: First, I wanted to be as ugly as possible; second, I didn"t want to think or feel. I knew if I let myself feel anything, it would be too much for me.

　　So I started eating. When the fear came, I ate; when the pain came, I ate. By the time I was 12, I weighed 200 pounds.

　　I spent most of my time by myself, doing things with my hands or watching TV. Even with my brothers and sisters, I felt alone. I was never asked out to a dance or to a movie or on a date. I was socially invisible.

　　By the time I was 25, I weighed 420 pounds. My doctor gave me six months to live. My body couldn"t support the fat I was carrying. I didn"t leave my house for two years. I literally couldn"t move. I had to lose the weight if I wanted to live. And I decided I would do whatever the doctor told me to do to lose it.

　　I lost my first 100 pounds and I felt so light I wanted to dance. But I started to gain it back, and I realized I had to go deeper and deal with the root of my problem - the unfelt pain. I began therapy, joined a Twelve-Step program and accepted the love and support of my family and friends. At 35, I cried for the first time since I was eight. Feeling my pain was the true secret of my weight loss.

　　Once I turned that corner, it was up to me to continue the work and to be conscious one day at a time. It was a process of growing self-knowledge and self-acceptance. I continued my therapy. I started to study nutrition, and I learned that for me, eating fat is a sedative. I watched my behavior and monitored what brought on my need to eat. When I found myself knee-deep in Haagen-Dazs, I stopped and asked myself how I got there.

　　Though there were times when I would backslide, it was my acceptance of myself in all my strengths and weaknesses that helped me get back up and keep going. My goal was to be better - not perfect.

　　When I see childhood obesity now, it breaks my heart. We wouldn"t dream of laughing at a child who has no arm or leg or who uses a wheelchair. But people will tease and ostracize a child who has an eating disorder and is obese. We still don"t understand that the weight such a child carries is the weight of that child"s own pain.

　　Healing my life wasn"t just about losing weight. I had to learn how to live life as an adult. I had never learned basic social skills - once, at work, a man talked to me at the water cooler and I giggled like a 14-year-old girl. I started the process of learning about relationships and growing up.

　　Now, at 46, I am an adult. I have become a person I truly love. My weight is in the average range, I exercise regularly and I have a career I love as a motivational speaker. I recognize the good things that came from my years of childhood pain and isolation: my love for classical music, my ability to sew and to do stained glass - to create beauty with my hands. Even my ability to speak well and engagingly can be traced to the many hours I spent watching such great entertainers as Lucille Ball and Milton Berle on TV.

　　I am grateful for the blessings in my life now, and I accept the events in my life as gifts of growth that create strength of character and strength of faith. Today I cry in gratitude for the life I have.

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　　Hungry for your love 真愛無(wú)限

　　我的心跳急劇加速，我徑直地看著拉瑪?shù)难劬�，問她，“那個(gè)男孩是不是有一天告訴你，‘明天不要給我送蘋果了，我要被送到另一個(gè)集中營(yíng)了’？”

　　“對(duì)呀，你怎么知道的�！崩�瑪?shù)穆曇粲悬c(diǎn)顫抖，“告訴我，赫爾曼，你到底是怎么知道的�。俊�

　　我抓住她的手說，“因?yàn)槲揖褪悄莻�(gè)男孩啊，拉瑪�！蓖高^時(shí)間的面紗，我們認(rèn)出了那藏在眼睛深處的'靈魂，那是我們永遠(yuǎn)也無(wú)法停止愛戀的親人。最后，我說：“拉瑪，我再也不想和你分開了。我想要永遠(yuǎn)和你在一起。親愛的，你能嫁給我嗎？”

　　It is cold, so bitter cold, on this dark, winter day in 1942. But it is no different from any other day in this Nazi concentration camp. I stand shivering in my thin rags, still in disbelief that this nightmare is happening. I am just a young boy. I should be playing with friends; I should be going to school; I should be looking forward to a future, to growing up and marrying, and having a family of my own. But those dreams are for the living, and I am no longer one of them. Instead, I am almost dead, surviving from day to day, from hour to hour, ever since I was taken from my home and brought here with tens of thousands other Jews. Will I still be alive tomorrow? Will I be taken to the gas chamber tonight?

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