英语美文摘抄

英语美文摘抄及翻译

　　Father had a family of sons who were perpetually quarrelling among themselves. When he failed to heal their disputes by his exhortations, he determined to give them a practical illustration of the evils of disunion; and for this purpose he one day told them to bring him a bundle of sticks. When they had done so, he placed the faggot into the hands of each of them in succession, and ordered them to break it in pieces. They each tried with all their strength, and were not able to do it.

　　He next unclosed the faggot, and took the sticks separately, one by one, and again put them into their hands, on which they broke them easily. He then addressed them in these words: "My sons, if you are of one mind, and unite to assist each other, you will be as this faggot, uninjured by all the attempts of your enemies; but if you are divided among yourselves, you will be broken as easily as these sticks."

　　一位父亲有几个孩子，这些孩子时常发生口角。他丝毫没有办法来劝阻他们，只好让他们看看不合群所带来害处的例子。为了达到这个目的，有一天他叫他们替他拿一捆细柴来。当他们把柴带来时，他便先后地将那捆柴放在每一个孩子的手中，吩咐他们弄断这捆柴。他们一个个尽力去试，总是不能成功。

　　然后他解开那捆柴，一根根地放在他们手里，如此一来，他们便毫不费力地折断了。于是他就告诉他们说："孩子们！如果你们大家团结一致，互相帮助，你们就像这捆柴一样，不能被你们的敌人折断；但如果你们自行分裂，你们就将和这些散柴一般，不堪一折了。"

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英语美文摘抄整理5篇

　　Some people like the blooming spring, some people like the summer of enthusiasm, some people like the fruits of autumn, while I like the snow and flying winter.

　　Autumn sister finished her mission, happily walked away, the winter brother also happily came to the world.

　　Winter came, in the field covered up with a thick layer of the quilt, spend a warm winter, let they sister saw this scene, I not only think of the proverb "winter wheat cover three layer is, pillow steamed bread sleep next year." It must be a good harvest year.

　　When winter came to the street, people put on their beautiful down jackets like colorful little mushrooms and moved about like a cable car that was suspended by a rope. On both sides of the street, the huge pine trees are like a soldier guarding everyone. Let people not be hurt a little bit.

　　Winter, what a busy name, brings joy to people, brings a harvest, brings boundless joy, I love winter.

　　The playground of the army was full of the powerful voice of the instructor, seven days, I kept telling myself, only seven days to persist. People have always felt that the military is a particularly handsome profession, and people have the right to do it, but they also have a responsibility on their shoulders.

　　We've been living here for seven days, but the troops have taught us a lot of things. Watching TV before the strong-arm reaction, always saying: inside for the games, at that time I feel like yun-long li so wild soldier how there may be, but his character is very worth people appreciate. Our instructor was supposed to be li yunlong in the real world. His character was wild and unceremoniously, but he treated us and his soldiers very badly and demanded strict requirements. He always said that there are many ways of doing things, and he must learn to change his mind. He taught us to insist that he was like the swordsman li yunlong said. He met the enemy, and he knew he was not enemies, but he also wanted to show his sword, although he died.

　　The light sword is a soldier's spirit, the soldier's spirit, is a kind of faith in our life.

　　"Smile, more than anything, the world is wonderful... "With this song, my mind banged out the smile that washed my heart.

　　When the first warm weather of spring, the last cold wind in the winter, the change of the spring. When spring comes, it means returning to the south. The wet weather depressed and irritated me. The wet clothes, worn on the body, smelled a strange smell, and my heart was more depressed.

　　Walking down the street, the noisy sound was never interrupted, the smoke in the back of the car filled the street, the engine behind the car was deafening. I was in the crowd to push right into the place where the food was sold. The first step into it was the sight of the dishes, with their faces in their faces, lounging in their chairs, as opposed to the usual bustling market. I was also affected by the weather, and I went to a shop where I bought soy products. I look at the bean products in the shop. Suddenly, a man of less than a meter and six, with wrinkles on his face and a man with a Fanny on his waist, walked up to me: "what would you like, please?" I didn't care what he said, nor did I look back. He looked at me with a blank look on my face. Walk to the table next, take a dish, hold a few pieces of dried bean curd, walk to my side again: "this bean curd good flavor, you look!" I just looked up. He had a plate in his hands and a sunny smile on his face. He smiled and washed my heart.

　　In a moment the fidgety was gone, and the annoying car was gone, and the crowd was gone. How long have I not seen such a genuine smile? How long has it been touched by this smile?

　　A sunlight beautiful smile in my memory, is a virtue that smile, let me remember, remember that smile like the sunshine, to wash my heart smile, virtue, in this embodiment.

　　Consideration is love, care is love, courtesy is love, but often "cheating" is also a kind of love.

　　Lens a:

　　Mother cooked a dish of mince steak. During the meal, my mother and I talked about the fun, and our chopsticks moved back and forth between our plates and our mouths. When there was only meat on the plate, my mother's chopsticks and I stopped in the air for four seconds, and almost said, "I want to lose weight." On the spot, my mother and I laughed.

　　Lens two:

　　My mother bought a big durian from the outside, but she asked me to eat it. I tasted it with relish, and suddenly remembered my mother, who was also very fond of durian. So I asked, "mom, did you eat?" "I... I ate it." "She stammered with a reluctant smile. I saw through her lie, and she came to her heart. I deliberately frowning, hands over the mouth to say loudly: "alas, this durian is a little bitter." The mother listens, hurriedly receives the durian, puzzled ground tasted a few mouthfuls, also said to me from time to time: "there is there, how can I not eat?" I saw that I couldn't help laughing, but my mother immediately understood, smiled and said to me, "you are such a mischievous egg!"

　　You 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 became 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 were 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 compared to the clock on the ground. When they brought the clocks together and made a comparison, 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 come and meet us poor stranded 21st century beings?

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英语美文摘抄10篇

　　Researchers have found that migrating animals use a variety of inner compasses to help themnavigate. Some steer by the position of the Sun. Others navigate by the stars. Some use theSun as their guide during the day and then switch to star navigation by night. One studyshows that the homing pigeon uses the Earth's magnetic fields as a guide in finding its wayhome and there are indications that various other animals from insects to mollusks, can al*ke use of magnetic compasses. It is of course very useful for a migrating bird to be able toswitch to a magnetic compass when clouds cover the Sun; otherwise it would just have toland and wait for the Sun to come out again.

　　Even with the Sun or stars to steer by, the problems of navigation are more complicatedthan they might seem at first. For example, a worker honeybee that has found a rich source ofnectar and pollen flies rapidly home to the hive to report. A naturalist has discovered that thebee scout delivers her report through a complicated dance in the hive, in which she tells theother workers not only how far away the food is, but also what direction to fly in relation to theSun. But the Sun does not stay in one place all day. As the workers start out to gather thefood, the Sun may already have changed its position in the sky somewhat. In later trips duringthe day, the Sun will seem to move farther and farther toward the west. Yet the worker beesseem to have no trouble at all in finding the food source. Their inner clocks tell them just wherethe Sun will be and they change their course correspondingly.

　　动物的罗盘

　　研究人员已经发现迁徙性动物可以借助各种各样的体内罗盘来校正方向。有些动物借助太阳的位置辨别方向，有些则依靠星星。还有的白天利用太阳，晚上利用星星。有研究发现信鸽以地磁场为向导来找到回家的路。还有迹象表明许许多多其它生物，从昆虫到软体动物，也能利用这种磁场罗盘。具有这种磁场罗盘，对候鸟来说当然非常有用，因为如果乌云遮日，它可以以磁场为向导继续飞行，否则它就只好着陆，等待太阳重新出现。即使是借助太阳或星星导航，其中的学问也比它表面看起来的要复杂得多。例如，一只工蜂找到了花圃蜜园，急忙飞回蜂房报信。博物学家发现这只蜂探在蜂房里跳了一段极为复杂的舞，通过这段舞她不但告诉其它工蜂食物有多远，而且报告了以太阳为参照的飞行路线。但太阳不会呆在天上不动。当蜂群出发采食时，太阳可能已经多少改变了它在天空中的位置。出发得越迟，太阳就越偏西，可这似乎没给寻找食物源的工蜂们带来任何不便。它们体内的时钟告诉他们太阳应在的位置，据此它们相应地改变前进的方向。

　　When Love Beckons You

　　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.

　　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.

　　But if, in your fear, you would seek only love’s peace and love’s pleasure, then it is better for you that you cover your nakedness and pass out of love’s 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 it self and takes naught but from itself.

　　Love possesses not, nor would it be possessed, for love is sufficient unto love.

　　Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself. But if you love and must have desires, let these be your desires:

　　To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night.

　　To know the pain of too much tenderness.

　　To be wounded by your own understanding of love;

　　And to bleed willingly and joyfully.

　　To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving;

　　To rest at the noon hour and meditate love’s ecstasy;

　　To return home at eventide with gratitude;

　　And then to sleep with a payer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise upon your lips.

　　爱的召唤

　　当爱召唤你时，请追随她，尽管爱的道路艰难险峻。当爱的羽翼拥抱你时，请顺从她，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，请相信她，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。

　　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力的嫩枝，也会下潜至根部，撼动力你紧抓泥土的根基。

　　但是，如果你在恐惧之中只想寻求爱的*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。爱只将自己付出，也只得到自己。爱一无所有，也不会为谁所有，因为爱本身就已自足。

　　爱除了实现自我别无他求。但是如果你爱而又不得不有所求，那就请期望：

　　将自己融化并像奔流的溪水一般向夜晚吟唱自己优美的曲调。

　　明了过多的温柔所带来的苦痛。

　　被自己对爱的理解所伤害；

　　并情愿快乐地悲伤。

　　在黎明带着轻快的心醒来并感谢又一个有家的日子；

　　在黄昏怀着感恩之心回家；

　　然后为内心所爱之人祈祷，吟唱赞美之歌，并带着祷告和歌声入眠。

　　Virtue 美德

　　Sweet day,so cool,so calm,so bright! 甜美的白昼，如此凉爽、安宁、明媚！

　　The bridal of the earth and sky- 天地间完美的匹配-----

　　The dew shall weep thy fall to-night; 今宵的露珠儿将为你的消逝而落泪；

　　For thou must die. 因为你必须离去。

　　Sweet rose,whose hue angry and brave, 美丽的玫瑰，色泽红润艳丽，

　　Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, 令匆匆而过的人拭目而视，

　　Thy root is ever in its grave, 你的根永远扎在坟墓里，

　　And thou must die. 而你必须消逝。

　　Sweet spring,full of sweet days and roses, 美妙的春天，充满了美好的日子和芳香的玫瑰，

　　A box where sweets compacted lie, 如一支芬芳满溢的盒子，

　　My music shows ye have your closes, 我的音乐表明你们也有终止，

　　And all must die, 万物都得消逝。

　　Only a sweet and virtuous soul, 唯有美好而正直的心灵，

　　Like season‘d timber,never gives; 犹如干燥备用的木料，永不走样；

　　But though the whole world turn to coal, 纵然整个世界变为灰烬，

　　Then chiefly lives. 它依然流光溢彩。

　　Do you fear the wind?

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大学英语美文摘抄3篇

　　i am nature's greatest miracle.

　　我是自然界最伟大的奇迹。

　　since the beginning of time never has there been another with my mind, my heart, my eyes, my ears, my hands, my hair, my mouth. none that came before, none that live today, and none that come tomorrow can walk and talk and move and think exactly like me. all men are my brothers yet i am different from each. i am a unique creature.

　　自从上帝创造了天地万物以来，没有一个人和我一样，我的头脑、心灵、眼睛、耳朵、双手、头发、嘴唇都是与众不同的。言谈举止和我完全一样的人以前没有，现在没有，以后也不会有。虽然四海之内皆兄弟，然而人人各异。我是独一无二的造化。

　　i am nature's greatest miracle.

　　我是自然界最伟大的奇迹。

　　persistence is important to achieve success, but giving up is also important. why is it essential? why is it necessary to give up? because it allows you to focus your energy on the few things that are truly important. by giving up, you:

　　坚持是成功的重要条件，但是放弃也是成功的重要因素。为什么放弃这么重要?为什么我们需要放弃?因为放弃能让精力集中于少数真 正重要的事情上。放弃之后，你可以：

　　stop unfruitful effort。

　　停止无所谓的努力

　　what’s the point of spending your time and energy on something that doesn’t work? the more you spend your time and energy there, the more you waste your resources。

　　把时间和精力花在没用的事情上有什么意义?在这些事情上时间和精力花得越多，资源也就浪费得越多。

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英语简短美文摘抄3篇

　　Then the wandering soul wild crane stands still the memory river Lten to whtle play tightly ring slowly, Water res a ship to go medium long things of the past. Wait for a ship’s person Wait for one and other, But hesitate always should ascend which ship Msed Had to consign the hope to next time, Finally what to wait for until has no boats and ships to come and go, Sunset west .

　　再孤魂野鹤的伫立记忆河头， 听着哨子的紧奏慢响， 水涨船行中的悠悠往事。 等船的人儿， 等一班又一班， 却始终犹豫着该登哪一只。 错过的， 只好把希望寄托到下一回， 终究等到的是没有船只的过往， 日落西头 。

　　Six words really talk to solveeach round to return to bitterness. Heart of lotus opens, body side of genial breezes walks. Constantly, only one pond water. Ripple but have no language, guarded happiness of th pond. Th from cradle to the grave one a life time

　　六字真言解每一个轮回苦。 心头荷花开，身畔暖风走。 不变的，只有那一池水。 荡漾而无语，守住这一池的幸福。 这就是一生一世

　　Man's youth is a wonderful thing： it is so full of anguish and of magic and he never comes to know it as it is， until it has gone from him forever. It is the thing he cannot bear to lose， it is the thing whose passing he watches with infinite sorrow and regret， it is the thing whose loss with a sad and secret joy， the thing he would never willingly relive again， could it be restored to him by any magic.

　　青春奇妙无穷，充满魅力，充满痛楚。青春年少的时候根本不知青春为何物，直到青春一去不复返了才对青春有了真正的认识。谁都想让青春永驻，不忍青春离去； 眼睁睁地看着青春流逝，心中会涌起无穷的忧伤和惋惜；青春的失去是人们永远感到悲哀的事；青春的失去是人们真正觉得悲喜交集的事；即便奇迹出现青春复苏， 谁都不会心甘情愿重度青春的岁月。

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优美的英语美文摘抄3篇

　　Quiet summer night, alone in the city quiet corner. A cup of tea, a wisp of fragrance. Taste the mood in the fragrant tea. Taste life. Music is in the air, the mood is as quiet as the stream. Incentive article

　　The light month dyeing west window, I in the clear soft moonlight in the independence, in the quiet of the water, the taste of meaningful. Life is like a cup of tea, although it is very light, but always has the fragrance. When leisurely, brew a pot of tea, quiet taste of the past, if the environment is like water. Tea tastes like life. Tea needs to be savored, and so is life!

　　Very fond of a paragraph of three MAO: tea, the first bitter if life, the second sweet as feeling, the third light as breeze. The short paragraph says the profound philosophy of tea life. The poem is fragrant, like the wind, like a dream.

　　In my memory, I still tasted the jasmine tea, staring at the falling jasmine petals floating in the water, changing with all kinds of unique attitude, slowly falling into the bottom of the cup. Because of a pot of boiling water, jasmine tea has bloomed with the freshness and elegance. The jasmine flowers after the infiltration are more crystal clear. I seem to understand the quiet life, can have more profound connotation! I can't help but think of one of my favorite songs, ">>," and the "blue dress". The wind is infinite. And the softest of the month. Love the elegant, the separation, not willing to worry. Immerse water, love to make, cup bottom fragrance flow." Classic American appreciation.

　　Alone in the midnight, in the fresh tea, savoring the subtle bitterness of life and endless return. Life is in a hurry, the eyes of time. Cherish this moment, look forward to the future, I will burst into the most beautiful posture of my self, condensing the morning dew, gathering sunshine. Let yourself grow! I will know better the freshness and lingering of spring rain. Summer sun's fiery and bold, autumn wind of the bleak and mellow, winter snow cold and crystal. In different seasons taste different mood!

　　I was born in a corner of the south of the Yangtze river. The story of the changes in the world around the south of the Yangtze river has changed, and the stories told in the hubbub or the whisper cannot be told one by one, and my love for the south of the Yangtze river is still a thousand years old!

　　Standing at the southern edge of the land, looking up to the sky, the wind and smoke are clean, clear and clear as water. In the long period of time, the qingxiu of jiangnan river, the quiet of the ancient town of jiangnan, the deep of jiangnan rain lane, the spirit of jiangnan wenjie...

　　Small bridge, running water, people, overflow in the water and ink in the south of the river, see unclear, can not distinguish exactly; The flow of water, moistens the heart of many literati. Read jiangnan, lingbo water rhyme, calligraphy.

　　Jiangnan rain show, jiangnan rainy, especially jiang days of misty rain, like the soft suchou dialect words, showing the characteristic of the region of moist, jiangnan water sensitivity, the rain is in jiangnan, full of romantic breath, rain rain called snuff rain before and after the Lantern Festival, snuff rain tends to be the first game of the spring rain, the spring rain falling is candid, apr, a congested water, sipping willows breeze dike, verdant, the carpet of flowers cliffside spring splash, the Vatican sound of ancient temple worked down between the stones, overflow the scent of pure and fresh the air after the rain. Then it is the apricot rain, pear rain, after the spring, the continuous yellow plum rain in the south. The rain in the night, the morning fragrance of the flowers, clear and deep intoxication, elegant let the people not to leave. The flying drizzle moistened the skirt of a skirt, moistened the hearts of the women in jiangnan. The flowers of the two sleeves, dance out the unique charm of jiangnan.

　　Calm summer night long wind qing, always can give me a kind of quiet and demure feeling. Clear and clear as the soft water of the moonlight pour, clear and clear flow, the meaning of the melting. The moon is soft and transparent, light and elegant.

　　I like to borrow moonlight to precipitate mood, like water moonlight, can drink. Open the window, let moonlight silently flow on the skin, light and elegant rhyme, fresh implication of the emotional nature flow in the heart. The moon is like practice, the mood changes in the moonlight clear and soft, suddenly life of all kinds of moving and beautiful spiritual floating.

　　In the past, I nestled in my grandma's arms and counted the stars. I enjoyed the clear and tranquil moonlight in the countryside.

　　In the past, on the elite campus and the students in the qinglong moonlight to talk, feeling the beauty and sadness of the time.

　　Before, in the water moonlight I with you in the boat taihu lake, in the oar light shadow, in the moonlight and the lake to enjoy the beauty of the world. The water of the lake, the ethereal sound of the music, let me in the jiangnan of the warm feelings of intoxication.

　　Brush against the wall, suspicion is the jade. Zhang sheng, the yingying, in the west of the moon, the guqin legend, under the moon. A classic beauty. Light month dye west window, light thought also diffuse.

　　Like the moonlight, can drink. It's like a year.

　　Stand still in the garden path, listen to the silence...

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美文散文摘抄赏析

　　我最喜爱晚霞

　　我最喜爱晚霞，虽然我可以每天看见它的美，但是雨后的晚霞和阴天后的晚霞是多么的美，你们知道吗？也许你们不太注意，它们没有晴天的晚霞那么耀眼，但也是很美丽的。

　　晴天的晚霞是一副光彩夺目的景色。当太阳西落到地*线时，那红通通的太阳像一位已羞红了脸的小姑娘。那又大又圆，金灿灿的太阳把光射上云霄时，天空上的朵朵白云被染成了各种颜色，美丽极了，像穿上了一件新丝绸，五光十色的。如果有几只鸟飞过，那就更美了，就像是给那件新丝绸装上了几颗宝石，被太阳的光射上去，还一闪一闪的呢。

　　雨后的晚霞是一副清凉如仙画的景色。当下了一天的雨后，天空变得更蓝，小草变得更翠绿，河水变得更清新，闻一下，就会顿时感到有一股清爽的感觉，空气中没有任何的“杂物”，只有清新的感觉。当你抬起头看蓝天，慢慢地换方向，有时会看到一长排五颜六色的彩虹，那彩虹的颜色也被刚下了一天的雨水洗了一番，现在主人把它晾出来晒晒，显得比以往的更娇嫩、清澈，而且也显得水灵灵的，慢慢地慢慢地，彩虹被晾干了，主人把它给收起来了。

　　阴天后的晚霞虽然没什么可欣赏的，但是它像从一位名师手里画出来的景色，只要细细地慢慢地品味它，也会觉得阴天后的晚霞是很美的。

　　我喜爱每天的晚霞，喜爱慢慢地品味它，更喜爱晚霞的'色彩。

　　赏析：文章开篇点题“我最喜爱晚霞”，接着描绘了美丽的“晴天的晚霞”，“雨后的晚霞”图。结尾照应开头，首尾呼应。作者善于抓住景物特征，运用生动形象的语言描写加以细，入微的描绘，突出表现晚霞的美。情景交融，寓情于景，不愧是一篇很好的*作。

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青春励志英语美文摘抄 (菁选2篇)

　　Never Give Up Hope 永不放弃希望

　　Life doesn't always give us the joys we want. We don't always get our hopes and dreams, and we don't always get our own way. But don't give up hope, because you can make a difference one situation and one person at a time.

　　生活并非总是如你所愿。希望有时会落空，梦想有时会破灭，我们不能一切随心所愿。但别放弃希望，因为凡事并非一成不变;不同时间，不同场合，你会呈现不同的面貌。

　　Look for the beauty around you-in nature, in others, in yourself-and believe in the love of friends, family, and humankind. You can find love in a smile or a helping hand,in a thoughtful gesture or a kind word. It is all around, if you just look for it.

　　处处留心你身边的美丽:自然中的美，他人的美，自己的美。请相信，美来自朋友、家庭乃至全人类的融融爱意。一个微笑，一双援助之手，一个关心的举动，一句友善的话语，无不传达着爱。如果你有心去寻找，爱会无处不在。

　　Give love, for in giving it you will find the power in life along with the joy, happiness, patience and understanding.Believe in the goodness of others and remember that anger and depression can be countered by love and hope.

　　奉献爱心吧，从中你会发现生活的力量，感受生活带来的幸福快乐，学会忍耐和理解。相信人性本善。记住，爱心和希望能化解一切愤怒和沮丧。

　　Even when you feel as though there isn't a lot you can do to change unhappiness or problems, you can always do a little-and a little at a time eventually makes a big difference.

　　哪怕生活中挥之不去的不快和困难将你重重包围，让你力不从心，但你仍可以尽力而为。累积点滴努力，最终你将扭转乾坤。

　　Hope is always available to us. When we feel defeated,we need only take a deep breath and say, "Yes," and hope will reappear.

　　希望一直就在我们身边。当我们遇到挫折时，请深呼一口气并对自己说:“我可以做到!”希望就在前方。

　　时间的价值 The value of time

　　"Time," says the proverb, "is money". This means that every moment well-spent may put some money into our pockets.

　　谚语说：“时间就是金钱。”这句话的意思是，一时片刻只要用得有效，都会让我们的口袋增添一些钱。

　　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. Let those, who think nothing of wasting time, remember this.

　　如果我们的时间使用得当，就能生产出有用的和重要的产品，在市场上卖得一定的价钱;或者充实我们的经验，增长我们的才干，待到适当时机我们就能挣得金钱。那些对浪费时间毫不在意的人该记住这一点。

　　Our life is nothing more than our time. To kill time is therefore a form of *. We are shocked when we think of death, and we spare no pains, no trouble, and no expense to preserve life.

　　再说，我们的生命无非就是我们的时间，因此浪费时间也就是一种自杀。我们想到死便惊恐不已，因而不惜一切努力、麻烦和费用来保全我们的生命。

　　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 or an hour wasted is therefore so much life forfeited. Our life is a brief span measuring some seventy or eighty years in all.

　　可是我们对于损失一个小时或一天的`时间无动于衷，忘记了我们的生命原本就是我们生活的每一天、每一小时的总和。因此浪费一天或一个小时就是丧失一天或一个小时的生命。人生短暂，总共不过七八十年。

　　But nearly one third of this has to be spent in sleep; some years have to be spent over our meals; some in making journeys on land and voyages by sea; some in merry-making; some in watching over the sick-beds of our nearest and dearest relatives.

　　可是将*三分之一的时间必须用睡眠;吃饭也得花去好几年;陆路海上旅游又是几年;再加上娱乐活动的几年，在病床边照看至亲至爱的几年。

　　Now if all these years were to be deducted from the term over which our life extends, we shall find about twenty or thirty years at our disposal for active work. Whoever remembers this can never willingly wastea single moment of his life.

　　现在如果从我们的寿命中扣除所有这些岁月，我们将会发现。能受我们支配的有效的工作时间大约仅二三十年而已。谁能记住这一点，谁就不会心甘情愿地浪费他生命的分分秒秒。

　　All time is precious; but the time of our childhood and of our youth is more precious than any other portion of our existence. For those are the periods when alone we can acquire knowledge and develop our capacities.

　　所有的时间都是宝贵的，而我们的童年和青年时期的光阴比一生中其他阶段更为宝贵。因为只有在这两个阶段我们才能获取知识，增长才干。

　　If we allow these morning hours of life to slip away, we shall never be able to recoup the loss. Just as money laid out at interest doubles and trebles itself in time, so the precious hours of childhood and youth, if properly used, will yield us incalculable advantages.

　　如果我们让这些生命的早晨时光悄悄溜走，这损失永远也无法弥补。储蓄金钱，产生利息，到时候会翻两三倍;同样，童年和青年时期的宝贵时光，如果使用得当，必将带来不可估量的利益。

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英语美文摘抄100- (菁选2篇)

Occasionally, life can be undeniably, impossibly difficult. We are faced with challenges and events that can seem overwhelming, life-destroying to the point where it may be hard to decide whether to keep going. But you always have a choice. Jessica Heslop shares her powerful, inspiring journey from the worst times in her life to the new life she has created for herself:

生活有时候困难得难以置信，但又不容置疑。我们面临的挑战与困境似乎无法抵御，试图毁灭我们生活，甚至使你犹疑是否继续走下去。但是你总有选择的余地。从人生低谷走向新生活的杰西卡·赫斯乐普，在这里与我们分享她启迪心灵、充满震撼力的生活之旅。

In 2012 I had the worst year of my life.

2012年是我生活中最艰难的一年。

I worked in a finance job that I hated and I lived in a concrete jungle city with little greenery. I occupied my time with meaningless relationships and spent copious quantities of money on superficialities. I was searching for happiness and had no idea where to find it.

我做着讨厌的财务工作，住在难寻绿色的高楼林立的城市。我忙于无意义的交往，在一些肤浅表面的东西上大笔开销。我寻找快乐，却又不知道它在哪里。

Then I fell ill with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and became virtually bed bound. I had to quit my job and subsequently was left with no income. I lived with my boyfriend of then only 3 months who financially supported me and our relationship was put under great pressure. I eventually regained my physical health, but not long after that I got a call from my family at home to say that my father’s cancer had fiercely progressed and that he had been admitted to a hospice.

然后我患上了慢性疲劳综合症，几乎到了卧床不起的地步。我不得不辞掉工作，同时也就断了财源。我和那时仅相处了3个月的男友住在一起，经济上完全依赖于他，我们的关系承受着巨大压力。终于我恢复健康，但不久，我接到家里的电话，父亲的癌症急剧恶化，已经住进了临终关怀中心。

I left the city and I went home to be with him.

我离开了城市，回家陪父亲。

He died 6 months later.

6个月之后，他去世了。

My father was a complete inspiration to me. He was always so strong that, for a minute after he drew his last breath, I honestly thought he would come back to life. I couldn’t believe I would never again cuddle into his big warm chest and feel safe no matter what.

父亲的事让我彻底清醒。他一直很强壮，在他咽气之后一分钟里，我真的认为，他会活过来。我不能相信，我再也不能依偎在他温暖的怀抱里，享受他宽大的胸怀带给我的安全感。

The grief that followed was intense for all of us 5 children and our mother, but we had each other.

母亲和我们5个兄弟姐妹极为难过，但至少我们还拥有彼此。

But my oldest sister at that time complained of a bad back. It got so bad after 2 months that she too was admitted to hospital.

但是，那时我大姐开始抱怨着背痛，2个月后，因疼痛加剧也住进了医院。

They discovered that she had highly advanced cancer in her bones and that there was nothing that they could do.

医生们检查发现，她已是骨癌晚期，对此他们已无能为力。

She died 1 month later.

1个月之后，她也走了。

I could never put into words the loss of my sister in my life.

大姐的逝去让我陷入难以形容的痛苦之中。

She was a walking, talking angel and my favourite person in the whole world. If someone could have asked me the worst thing that could ever happen, it would have been losing her.

在这个世界上，她是一个能走路、会说话的天使，我最喜欢的人。如果有人问我，世界上发生的最坏的事情是什么，那就是失去她。

We always convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, have a baby, than another. Then we are frustrated that the kids aren't old enough and we'll be more content when they are. After that we're frustrated that we have teenagers to deal with. We will certainly be happy when they are out of that stage.

我们总是说服自己，认为当我们结婚、生子后日子会过的更加舒心些。然后我们又被那些小鬼的不懂事搞得不顺心，当他们大了些后，情况会好些吧。当孩子到了青春期的时候，(有时)对于如何跟他们好好交流又会使我们很无措。我们都深信当他们过了那个年龄段后，事情就会有些转机。

We always tell ourselves that our life will be complete when our spouse gets his or her act together. When we get a nice car, and are able to go on a nice vocation when we retire. The truth is, there's no better time than right now. If not now, when? Our life will always be filled with challenges. It's best to admit this to ourselves and decide to be happy anyway.

我们总是对自己说，当另一半有条理的过活时，(我们的)人生就会很圆满。当我们买了一台漂亮的车子后，我们认为可以在年老退休后开去度假。可事实上，再也没有比当下更好的时间段了，要不是现在这时，那么还能是什么时候呢?我们的人生满是各种神奇的未知数。不管怎么说，对你我而言，最好是承认活在当下里的意义然后及时“自己给自己找乐”。

One of my favorite quotes comes from Alfred Souza. He said, "for a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin - real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, someting to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life."

我最看中一段尔弗雷德·苏泽说过的话。他说“一直以来，我感觉的是真正的生活就要来了。但是在前面总有些东西拦在那里，一些问题必须先被搞定后才能进行下一项，比如未完成的工作，(做事时)等着轮到自己的`那段时间、等待着交钱的帐单。当这些事解决后你才能开始自己的一天。后来我才觉悟到解决这些生活琐事的时候就是我的人生。”

英文美文:幸福是个过程 不是终点

This perspective has helped me to see that there is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way. So treasure every moment that you have.

这样的想法使我认识到，幸福是没有方式去追求寻找的。因为寻找幸福的过程本身就是幸福。所以珍惜你所拥有的点点滴滴。

And remember that time waits for no one. So stop waiting until you finish school, until you go back to school; until you get married, until you get divorced; until you have kids; until you retire; until you get a new car or home; until spring; until you are born again to decide that there is no better time than right now to be happy…

而且还要牢记时光不会等待垂青你我。于事莫等到你毕业之后、重返校园之时再去等待(幸福);莫身陷围城之中，来来往往，进进出出后才去等待(幸福);莫等到你膝下饶子、莫等到你老来归园、莫等到你了自己的新车、莫等到你乔迁新居、莫等到早春迟来、莫等到你重获新生后才认识到人生本是‘莫待来日，及时行乐 ’……

Happiness is a journey, not a destination. So, work like you don't need money, love like you've never been hurt, and dance like no one's watching.

寻找幸福的过程本身就是幸福，这条路上没有终点站。那么，你就要像不愁薪水那般去工作;敞开心扉那般去欢爱;旁若无人那般去歌舞。

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高中英语美文摘抄5篇

　　Jerry was the kind of guy you love to hate. He was always in a good mood and always had something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would re*, "If I were any better, I would be twins!"

　　He was a unique manager because he had several waiters who had followed him around from restaurant to restaurant. The reason the waiters followed Jerry was because of his attitude. He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a bad day, Jerry was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.

　　Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up to Jerry and asked him, "I don't get it! You can't be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?"

　　Jerry replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself, "Jerry, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or you can choose to be in a bad mood." I choose to be in a good mood. Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it. Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life."

　　"Yeah, right, it's not that easy," I protested."Yes, it is," Jerry said. "Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people will affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It's your choice how you live life."

　　I reflected on(仔细考虑) what Jerry said. Soon thereafter, I left the restaurant industry to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it.

　　Several years later, I heard that Jerry did something you are never supposed to do in a restaurant business: he left the back door open one morning and was held up at gunpoint by three armed robbers. While trying to open the safe his hand, shaking from nervousness, slipped off the combination. The robbers panicked and shot him.

　　Luckily, Jerry was found relatively quickly and rushed to the local trauma(创伤) center. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, Jerry was released from the hospital with fragments of the bullets still in his body.

　　I saw Jerry about six months after the accident. When I asked him how he was, he replied, "If I were any better, I"d be twins. Wanna see my scars?" I declined to see his wounds, but did ask him what had gone through his mind as the robbery took place.

　　"The first thing that went through my mind was that I should have locked the back door," Jerry replied. "Then, as I lay on the floor, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live, or I could choose to die. I chose to live."

　　"Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness(知觉) ?" I asked.Jerry continued, "The paramedics(护理人员) were great. They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the emergency room and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read, "He's a dead man." "I knew I needed to take action."

　　"What did you do?" I asked."Well, there was a big, burly nurse shouting questions at me," said Jerry."She asked if I was allergic to anything. "Yes," I replied. The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my re*. I took a deep breath and yelled, "Bullets!"

　　Over their laughter, I told them. "I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead."Jerry lived thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude. I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully.Attitude, after all, is everything.

　　Jerry was the kind of guy you love to hate. He was always in a good mood and always had something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would re*, "If I were any better, I would be twins!"

　　He was a unique manager because he had several waiters who had followed him around from restaurant to restaurant. The reason the waiters followed Jerry was because of his attitude. He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a bad day, Jerry was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.

　　Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up to Jerry and asked him, "I don't get it! You can't be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?"

　　Jerry replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself, "Jerry, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or you can choose to be in a bad mood." I choose to be in a good mood. Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it. Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life."

　　"Yeah, right, it's not that easy," I protested."Yes, it is," Jerry said. "Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people will affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It's your choice how you live life."

　　I reflected on(仔细考虑) what Jerry said. Soon thereafter, I left the restaurant industry to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it.

　　Several years later, I heard that Jerry did something you are never supposed to do in a restaurant business: he left the back door open one morning and was held up at gunpoint by three armed robbers. While trying to open the safe his hand, shaking from nervousness, slipped off the combination. The robbers panicked and shot him.

　　Luckily, Jerry was found relatively quickly and rushed to the local trauma(创伤) center. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, Jerry was released from the hospital with fragments of the bullets still in his body.

　　I saw Jerry about six months after the accident. When I asked him how he was, he replied, "If I were any better, I"d be twins. Wanna see my scars?" I declined to see his wounds, but did ask him what had gone through his mind as the robbery took place.

　　"The first thing that went through my mind was that I should have locked the back door," Jerry replied. "Then, as I lay on the floor, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live, or I could choose to die. I chose to live."

　　"Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness(知觉) ?" I asked.Jerry continued, "The paramedics(护理人员) were great. They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the emergency room and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read, "He's a dead man." "I knew I needed to take action."

　　"What did you do?" I asked."Well, there was a big, burly nurse shouting questions at me," said Jerry."She asked if I was allergic to anything. "Yes," I replied. The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my re*. I took a deep breath and yelled, "Bullets!"

　　Over their laughter, I told them. "I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead."Jerry lived thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude. I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully.Attitude, after all, is everything.

　　Hello, my name is Dimas Ramirez, I'm messaging you regarding my daughter Blanca Ramirez. She's 14 years old right now, but at age 11, she began to do long distance running, she knew she could do more then just run, so she decided to run a charity.

　　你们好，我叫迪马斯·拉米雷斯，我的女儿叫布兰卡·拉米雷斯。她现在14岁了，从她11岁起她开始长跑了，而她一直觉得自己除了跑步还能做一些其他的事情，于是决定开始操办一项慈善事业。

　　She ran for Operation Smile, Operation Smile is a none profit organization that helps children worldwide suffering from cleft lip or cleft palate at no charge.

　　她为一家叫Operation Smile的非盈利性组织跑步，这个组织旨在无偿帮助全球范围内的唇腭裂儿童。

　　My daughter believe that no child should be without a smile, so to help even more, she took her running even further, she went on a journey on becoming the youngest female in the world to run 7 marathons on 7 continents in the name of Operation Smile, she raised money & awareness to this organization.

　　女儿觉得每个孩子都应该可以微笑，于是，为了帮到更多人，她把她的长跑事业推向了新高度，她决定成为史上最年轻的在7大洲完成7次马拉松的女性，并通过这样为该非盈利机构筹集了资金、赢得了关注。

　　She completed her journey by age 12 on February 19, 2015.

　　在2015年2月19日她完成了所有比赛，当时她12岁。

　　But she's not done, she now continues to help inspire others by running.One person she inspired so much, is her little brother Jordan, he is 7 years old, & has runned to this day, 105x 5k's , 11x 10k's , & 4x half marathons. He will be running all 7 continents too along with Blanca, starting in November 2017 in Australia.

　　她的长跑还没有结束，现在她通过跑步来激励其他人。受她影响最深的莫过于她的小弟弟乔丹，他今年才7岁，迄今为止，跑过105次5千米，11次10千米，还有4次半马，而且他要陪伴她姐姐布兰卡完成在2017年11月份在澳大利亚举办的'横跨7大洲的长跑。

　　They both plan to continue helping others, & maybe one day getting an Olympic medal... Thank you for your time...

　　他们都想要帮助他人，也许有天能够获得奥林匹克奖牌。感谢阅读。

　　A doctor entered the hospital in hurry after being called in for an urgent surgery. He answered the call asap, changed his clothes & went directly to the surgery block. He found the boy's father pacing in thehall waiting for the doctor. On seeing him, the dad yelled:

　　在接到一通紧急手术的电话以后，一名医生急匆匆地走进医院。他一听到电话马上就接了，换了衣服，径直走到手术区域。他看见患者的父亲在走廊焦急地来回踱步等待着医生，一看见医生便咆哮道：

　　"Why did you take all this time to come? Don't you know that my son's life is in danger? Don't you have any sense of responsibility?"

　　你怎么这么久才来？知不知道我的儿子危在旦夕？你还有没有点责任心？

　　The doctor smiled & said:

　　医生面带微笑说道：

　　"I am sorry, I wasn't in the hospital & I came as fast as I could after receiving the call...... And now, I wish you'd calm down so that I can do my work"

　　“我很抱歉当时我不在医院，接到电话以后我也尽可能快的赶来了，现在你需要冷静，我要开始我的工作了。

　　"Calm down?! What if your son was in this room right now, would you calm down? If your own son dies now what will you do??" said the father angrily

　　冷静？！如果现在手术室里面的是你的儿子，你会冷静么？如果你自己的儿子要死了，你会怎么做呢？这位父亲生气的说道。

　　The doctor smiled again & replied: "I will say what Job said in the Holy Book "From dust we came & to dust we return, blessed be the name of God". Doctors cannot prolong lives.

　　医生依然面带微笑回答道：我会说，约伯在《圣经》里曾说，承蒙上天关爱，我们源于尘土也终将归于尘土。

　　The surgery took some hours after which the doctor went out happy,"Thank goodness!, your son is saved!" And without waiting for the father's re* he carried on his way running. "If you have any question, ask the nurse!!"

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