“英语美文阅读与欣赏”
高中英语读写校本课程----“英语美文阅读与欣赏”汕头市下蓬中学余蓓蓓高中英语读写校本教材----“英语美文阅读与欣赏”课程纲要一、课程基本概况1、课程名称：英语美文阅读与欣赏2、课程类型：校本课程（选修）3、教学材料：选编、改编4、授课时间：高二上学期5、授课对象：高二学生6、开发教师：余蓓蓓二、课程内容：1、课程背景：1）现在学生用的课本有着丰富而鲜活的语言素材，是一套很理想的教材，但英语文化丰富且博大精深，从莎士比亚英语到如今网络英语，英语语言随着人们生活的变化、时代的进步而不断发展，如果不能充分地利用这种时代英语资源，充分开发学生潜力，既是浪费资源，也是错失教育良机。
2）新课程改革提倡国家、地方、学校三级课程，鼓励教师进行校本教研，提高使用教材和开发教材的能力。
2、课程目标：“英语美文阅读与欣赏”课程是国家课程的校本化，旨在根据学生英语学习水平的实际情况补充适量、相当的阅读素材，弥补教材的不足，扩大学生的阅读量和阅读视野，丰富学生的词汇，使得学生更广泛地了解英语国家的文化，在语言学习的同时，陶冶情操，提高文学素养和人文素养。
3、课程内容与任务课程内容主要涉及六个方面，即文学作品中的神话、童话及传说，名人故事或生平介绍，不同国家、地区的社会习俗、风土人情，对于人生的看法、态度及理想，国家、地区历史及文化差异，科学与经济发展。
主要任务是通过篇章阅读,获取信息，了解相关知识，增强文化意识；掌握不同题材文章的阅读技巧,形成相应的阅读策略;掌握关键词、短语和句型，扩大词汇量，重点发展学生阅读和写作能力。
4、科目安排：18课时，每个话题（六个话题）各3课时（1）神话传说1 Apollo / 2 The Little Match Girl /3 The Pied Piper of Hamelin（2）人物故事1 Pop Star and Songwriter: Han Hong/2 Special Fund in Honor of Hong Zhanhui/3 Louis Armstrong（3）社会风情1 The Origin of Kiss/2 International Left-hander’s Day/3 Make Sports a Kind of Culture（4）人生态度与理想1You Are the World/2 Facing Life Positively/3 Honesty（5）历史文化1 Studying difference/2 Spring Festival’s Symbols/3 Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt（6）科学与经济1 Greenhouse Effect Occurred 5,000 Years Ago/2 China’s New “Four Great Inventions”/3 China’s launching plans for Shenzhou 7三、课程形式：课堂教学1、教学方法：任务交际法2、教具：多媒体、音像资料等四、教学评价：教师评价与学生评价相结合附1)阅读自我评价表：（每节课下前学生自我评价）附2）写作自我评价表（课后）注: 优秀（A）良好（B）合格（C）待改进（D）Part I Myths and Tales神话传说Lesson 1 Apollo 阿波罗Among the crowd of Olympian gods the one most widely admired was Apollo. He was the son of Zeus and Leto. According to Greek mythology, Leto was driven by Hera from land to land at last Poseidon took pity on her and brought the island of Delos out of water for her to live on. There she gave birth to the twins, Apollo and Artemis.Apollo was the sun-god. He wore a purple robe(长袍). He usually sat in his bright eastern palace early in the morning and made ready to start his daily journey across the sky. During the day he drove his carriage of gold and ivory (象牙), and brought light, life and love to the great world below. Late in the afternoon he came to the end of his journey in the far western sea and got on his golden boat to return to his eastern home.Apollo was the god of music and poetry. He could stir up all feelings. These feelings are expressed in lofty songs. With his lyre (古希腊的竖琴) of gold and the sweet accents of his godlike voice he led the choir of the Muses at Olympus. The pleasant music from his lyre was so exciting that stones marched into their places in rhythmic time and of their own will when he helped Poseidon build up the walls of Troy (特洛伊城). On one occasion, invited to a contest by the human musician Marsyas, he won and then flayed him to death for his pride. On another occasion, he lost out to Pan at a musical contest and turned the ears of the judge, King Midas, into those of an ass(驴).His son, Orpheus, took over such skill from the father that his lyre moved man and animals alike.Apollo stood for youthful and manly beauty. His golden hair, stately manner and air all combined to make him the admiration of the world. A beautiful girl, by the name of Clytle, was so fond of his beauty and glory that from dawn to dusk she knelt on the ground, her handsoutstretched towards the sun god, and her eyes looked at his golden wheeled carriage racing across the blue sky. Though her love was not returned, she had never changed her mind about Apollo. The gods were moved at the sad sight, and changed her into a sunflower.I Aims and Demands（教学目的和要求）To learn a passage about Apollo, one of the gods in Greek myths and let the students get some information about Apollo and Greek myths.ⅡKey Points and Special Difficulties（重点和难点）Key points（重点）:1) to describe Apollo2) to grasp some useful expressions:according to, take pity on, give birth to, on one occasion, lose to, take over, stand for, by the name ofSpecial difficulties(难点): different names of Gods in Greek mythsⅢTeaching Aids and Approaches（教具及教学方法）Multi-media, Task-based approach and the integrated approachⅣBrief Teaching Procedures(教学过程)Step1 Background information(背景知识)Do you know about Apollo? Can you tell me something about it?(Apollo is the god of the sun, and he is one of the gods in Greek myths…)Step2 Fast reading（快速阅读）Read fast and answer the following questions（快速阅读并回答下列问题）:1) How many gods are mentioned in the passage? Who are they?2) What was Apollo’s carriage?3) How did Apollo help build up the walls of Troy?Keys（参考答案）:1) Five. Apollo, Zeus, Leto, Hera and Poseidon.2) It was the sun.3) Moved by the pleasant music from his lyre, stones marched into their places.Step3 Careful reading（细读）1. Pick up some nouns or adjectives from the passage to modify Apollo.(the son of Zeus and Leto, sun-god, god of music and poetry, pride, beauty, stately manner…)2. Key language points（语言点）1) take pity on= show pity for 同情，怜悯2) give birth to=bear/ deliver 生，生育3) On one occasion, invited to a contest by the human musician Marsyas, he won and then flayed him to death for his pride.Once he competed against Marsyas. After defeating Marsyas, Apollo killed him because of his pride.4) On another occasion, he lost out to Pan at a musical contest …lose out to…= be defeated by/ be beaten by…输给……5) stand for = mean/ represent 代表，象征Step4 Classroom activities（课堂活动）Work in groups of four and discuss:1) What was Apollo like?2) What was Zeus like? What about Poseidon?Step5 Homework（作业）Tell your neighbor about one or two gods in Greek myths.Step6 Assessment（评价）Words and Expressions（词和短语）1. admire vt.崇拜，钦佩2. lofty adj. 崇高的，高尚的3. march v.行军，前进4. rhythmic a dj. 韵律的，有节奏的5. stately a dj. 庄严的，威严的6. outstretch v. 伸出，伸展7. according to 根据8. take pity on 同情，怜悯9. give birth to生，生育10. lose to 输给……11. take over接管12. stand for代表Lesson 2 The Little Match Girl卖火柴的小女孩Once upon a time, a little girl tried to make a living by selling matches in the street.It was New Year’s Eve and the snow clad streets were dese rted. From brightly lit windows came the tinkle (发出清脆的声响)of laughter and the sound of singing. People were getting ready to bring in the New Year. But the poor little match seller sat sadly beside the fountain. Her ragged dress and worn scarf did not keep out the cold and she tried to keep her bare feet from touching the frozen ground. She hadn’t sold one box of matches all day and she was frightened to go home, for her father would certainly be angry. It wouldn’t be much warmer anyway, in the draughty attic (阁楼) that was her home. The little girl’s fingers were frozen with cold. If only she could light a match! But what would her father say at such a waste! Falteringly (迟疑地)she took out a match and lit it. What a nice warm flame! The little match seller cupped her hand over it, and as she did so, she magically saw in its light a big brightly burning stove.She held out her hands to the heat, but just then the match went out and the vision faded. The night seemed blacker than before and it was getting colder. A shiver (寒噤) ran through the little girl’s thin body. After hesitating for a long time, she struck another match on the wall, and this time, the glimmer turned the wall into a great sheet of crystal. Beyond that stood a fine table laden with food and lit by a candlestick. Holding out her arms towards the plates, the little match seller seemed to pass through the glass, but then the match went out and the magic faded. Poor thing: in just a few seconds she had caught a glimpse of everything that life had denied her: warmth and good things to eat. Her eyes were filled with tears and she lifted her gaze to the lit windows, praying that she too might know a little of such happiness.She lit the third match and an even more wonderful thing happened. There stood a Christmastree hung with hundreds of candles, glittering (闪烁) with tinsel (金属箔) and colored balls. “Oh. How lovely!” shouted the little match seller, holding up the match. Then, the match burned her finger and went out. The light from the Christmas candles rose higher and higher, then one of the lights fell, leaving a trail behind it. “Someone is dying,” murmured the little girl, as she remembered her beloved Granny who used to say: “When a star falls, a heart stops beating!”Scarcely aware of what she was doing, the little match seller lit another match. This time, she saw her grandmother.“Granny, stay with me!” she pleaded, as she lit one match after the other, so that her grandmother could not disappear like all the other visions. However, Granny did not disappear but gazed smilingly at her. Then she opened her arms and the little girl hugged her crying: “Granny, take me away with you!”A cold day dawned and a pale sun shone on the fountain and the icy road. Close by lay the lifeless body of a little girl surrounded by spent matches.“Poor little thing!” exclaimed the passers-by. “She was trying to keep warm!”But by that time, the little match seller was far away where there is neither cold, hunger nor pain.I Aims and Demands（教学目的和要求）To learn a story about the little match girl written by Anderson.ⅡKey Points and Special Difficulties（重点和难点）Key points: to grasp some useful words and expressionsdeserted, fade, strike, hesitate, deny, exclaim, glimpse, aware, be frozen with, go out, strike a match, catch a glimpse ofSpecial difficulties:1) to learn Inversion.2) to learn v-ed phrases used as modifiersⅢTeaching Aids and Approaches（教具及教学方法）Multi-media, Task-based approach and the integrated approachⅣBrief Teaching Procedures（教学过程）Step1 Background information（背景知识）Do you know about the great tale writer Anderson?Can you list some of his masterpieces?Step2 Fast reading（快速阅读）Read the passage quickly and answer（快速阅读并回答下列问题）:1) Why didn’t the little girl strike a match to keep herself warm?2) What did the little girl see when the last vision appeared?Keys（参考答案）:1) She was afraid that her father would be angry.2) She saw her beloved grandmother who had died.Step3 Careful reading（细读）1. What visions did the little match seller see? What did they mean to her?(a big brightly burning stove→warmth; a fine table laden with food→good things to eat; a Christmas tree hung with candles→joy and happiness; her grandmother→love and care)2. Translate the following sentences and pay attention to the underlined parts.1) From brightly lit windows came the tinkle of laughter and the sound of singing.2) Her ragged dress and worn scarf did not keep out the cold and she tried to keep her bare feetfrom touching the frozen ground.3) Beyond that stood a fine table laden with food and lit by a candlestick.4) Her eyes were filled with tears and she lifted her gaze to the lit windows, praying that she too might know a little of such happiness.5) There stood a Christmas tree hung with hundreds of candles, glittering with tinsel and colored balls.6) Close by lay the lifeless body of a little girl surrounded by spent matches.7) If only she could light a match!8) A cold day dawned and a pale sun shone on the fountain and the icy road.9) But by that time, the little match seller was far away where there is neither cold, hunger nor pain.What characteristics do the underlined parts have? What function?(They are all v-ed phrases, which are used as modifiers.)Step4 Key patterns(主要句型)Analyze the sentence below:From brightly lit windows came the tinkle of laughter and the sound of singing.This is an inverted sentence. The subject of the sentence is “the tinkle of laughter and the sound of singing”, and “came” functions as the predicate.Find out more similar sentence structures in the passage.(Beyond that stood a fine table laden with food and lit by a candlestick.There stood a Christmas tree hung with hundreds of candles…Close by lay the lifeless body of a little girl surrounded by spent matches.)Step5 Homework（作业）Rewrite the story. (With about 200 words.)Step6 Assessment（评价）Words and expressions（词和短语）1. deserted adj.冷清清的2. draughty adj. 漏风的3. vision n.景象4. fade v .消逝，消失5. strike vt. 擦（火柴）；击打6. hesitate v. 迟疑，犹豫7. glimpse n .v. 一瞥8. deny v.否定，否认9. pray v. n. 祈祷10. aware adj.意识到，觉察11. exclaim v.呼喊，惊叫Lesson 3 The Pied Piper of Hamelin哈米伦的吹笛人Once upon a time, on the banks of a great river in the north of Germany lay a town called Hamelin. The citizens of Hamelin were honest people who lived contentedly in their grey stone houses. The years went by, and the town grew very rich. Then one day, an extraordinary thing happened to disturb the peace. Hamelin had always had rats, and a lot too. But they had never been a danger, for the cats had always solved the rat problem in the usual way—by killing them. All at once, however, the rats began to multiply.In the end, a black sea of rats swarmed over the whole town. First, they attacked the barns and storehouses then, for lack of anything better, they gnawed（啃）the wood, cloth or anything at all.The one thing they didn’t eat was metal. The terrified citizens flocked to plead with the town councilors（委员会）to free them from the plague of rats（鼠疫）. But the council had, for a long time, been sitting in the Mayor’s room, trying to think of a plan.“What we need is an army of cats!”But all the cats were dead.“We’ll put down poisoned food then…”But most of the food was already gone and no poison stopped the rats.“It just can’t be done without help!” said the Mayor sadly.Just then, while the citizens milled around outside, there was a loud knock at the door. “Who can that be?”the city fathers wondered uneasily, mindful of the angry crowds. They gingerly opened the door. And to their surprise, there stood a tall thin man dressed in brightly colored clothes, with a long feather in his hat, and waving a gold pipe at them.“I’ve freed other towns of beetles and bats,”the stranger announced, “and for a thousand florins, I’ll rid you of your rats.”“A thousand florins!” exclaimed the Mayor. “We’ll give you fifty thousand if you succeed!” At once the stranger hurried away, saying, “It’s late now, but at dawn tomorrow, there won’t be a rat left in Hamelin!”The sun was still below the horizon, when the sound of a pipe wafted through the streets of Hamelin. The pied piper slowly made his way through the houses and behind him flocked the rats. Out they scampered from doors, windows and gutters (沟), rats of every size, all after the piper. And as he played, the stranger marched down to the river and straight into the water, up to his middle. Behind him swarmed the rats and every one was drowned and swept away by the current.By the time the sun was high in the sky, there was not a single rat in the town. There was even greater delight at the town hall, until the piper tried to claim his payment. “Fifty thousand florins?”exclaimed the councilors, “Never…”“A thousand florins at least!” cried the pied piper angrily. But the Mayor broke in. “The rats are all dead now and they can never come back. So be grateful for fifty florins, or you’ll not get even that…”His eyes flashing with anger, the pied piper pointed a threatening finger at the Mayor.“You’ll bitterly regret ever breaking your promise,” he said, and disappeared.A shiver of fear ran through the councilors, but the Mayor shrugged and said excitedly, “We’ve saved fifty thousand florins!”That night, freed from the nightmare of the rats, the citizens of Hamelin slept more soundly than ever. And when the strange sound of piping wafted through the streets at dawn, only the children heard it. Drawn as by magic, they hurried out of their homes. Again, the pied piper paced through the town, this time, it was children of all sizes that flocked at his heels to the sound of his strange piping. The long procession soon left the town and made its way through the wood and across the forest till it reached the foot of a huge mountain. When the piper came to the dark rock, he played his pipe even louder still and a great door creaked open. Beyond lay a cave. In trooped the children behind the pied piper, and when the last child had gone into the darkness, the door creaked shut. A great landslide（山崩）came down the mountain blocking the entrance to the cave forever. Only one little lame boy escaped this fate. It was he who told the anxious citizens, searching for their children, what had happened. And no matter what people did, the mountain never gave up its victims. Many years were to pass before the merry voices of other childrenwould ring through the streets of Hamelin but the memory of the harsh lesson lingered in everyone’s heart and was passed down from father to son through the centuries.I Aims and Demands（教学目的和要求）To learn a tale--The Pied Piper of Hamelin and get the students to know the importance of honesty. ⅡKey Points and Special Difficulties（重点和难点）Key points: to grasp some useful expressionsall at once, free sb. from…, rid…of…, make one’s way, break inSpecial difficulties: to understand Inversion.ⅢTeaching Aids and Approaches（教具及教学方法）Multi-media, Task-based approach and the integrated approachⅣBrief Teaching Procedures（教学过程）Step1 Fast reading（快速阅读）Read the passage quickly and answer some questions（快速阅读并回答下列问题）:1) What trouble did the citizens of Hamelin have?2) What was the result of their breaking the promise?Keys（参考答案）:1) There were too many rats in the town for them to live a normal life.2) All the children but one were drawn into the cave and killed.Step2 Careful reading（细读）1. What words did the author use to indicate that the plague of rats was too terrible?(a black sea, swarmed the whole town, gnawed everything except metal, need an army of cats…)2. Find out inverted sentences in the passage.(…, on the banks of a great river in the north of Germany lay a town called Hamelin.…, there stood a tall thin man dressed in brightly colored clothes…Behind him swarmed the rats….The pied piper slowly made his way through the houses and behind him flocked the rats. Beyond lay a cave.In trooped the children behind the pied piper.)3. Key expressions (要点表达)1) all at once = all of a sudden/ suddenly 突然2）And to their surprise, there stood a tall thin man dressed in brightly colored clothes, with a long feather in his hat, and waving a gold pipe at them.“dressed in brightly colored clothes, with a long feather in his hat, and waving a gold pipe at them” is used to modify the subject “a tall thin man”.3）There was even greater delight at the town hall, until the piper tried to claim his payment. “claim” in the sentence means “ask for”.4) His eyes flashing with anger, the pied piper pointed a threatening finger at the Mayor.“His eyes flashing with anger”是独立主格结构，在句中用作状语。
超经典英语美文5篇
超经典英语美文5篇学习英语，阅读真的很重要，多阅读一些短篇英语文章也是提高英语阅读实力的一种。
下面我就和大家共享英语美文阅读，盼望能够协助到大家，来观赏一下吧。
英语阅读篇一给年轻人的忠告Remember, my son, you have to work. Whether you handle a pick or a pen, a wheel-barrow or a set of books, digging ditches or editing a paper, ringing an auction bell or writing funny things, you must work. If you look around you will see the men who are the most able to live the rest of their days without work are the men who work the hardest. Dont be afraid of killing yourself with overwork. It is beyond your power to do that on the sunny side of thirty. They die sometimes, but it is because they quit work at six in the evening, and do not go home until two in the morning. It’s the interval that kills, my son. The work gives you an appetite for your meals; it lends solidity to your slumbers, it gives you a perfect and grateful appreciation of a holiday.谨记，我的年轻人，你们必需工作.不管你是使锄头还是用笔，也不管是推手推车还是编记账簿，也不管你是种地还是编辑报纸，是拍卖师亦或是作家，都必需有一份工作，并为之努力奋斗.假如细致视察四周的人，你就会发觉，那些工作最努力的人最有可能安享晚年而无须去工作.不要胆怯超负荷的工作会缩短你的寿命，缺乏三十岁的年龄，你的承受实力远不止如此.假如说真的有人过早送命，那完全是因为他们在晚上六点完毕工作，却要在外流连到凌晨两点才归家.我的年轻人，正是晚上六点到凌晨两点的这段时间的生活毁了他们自己.工作会增加你的食欲，工作会使你坦然入睡，工作将会使你心满足足地享受假日。
英语美文阅读精选5篇
英语美文阅读精选5篇英语是世界上最流行的语言，也是全部语言中使用最广泛的语言，学好英语有利于我们对外沟通。
下面我就和大家共享英语美文阅读，盼望能够关心到大家，来观赏一下吧。
英语美文阅读篇一A Reason, Season, or Lifetime你生活中的人们People come into your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime.When you figure out which one it is, you will know what to do for each person.人们走进你的生活，或者是为了一个缘由，或者他们只停留一段时期，或者他们永久与你相随。
一旦明晓其中毕竟，你就知道该如何面对他们了。
When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally, or spiritually. They are there for the reason you need them to be. Then, without any wrongdoing on your part, or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end. Sometimes they walk away. Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand. Sometimes they die. What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is done. Your need has been answered, and now it is time to move on.有的人消失在你的生活中是有缘由的，通常他们填补了你流露出来的需要：帮你渡过难关，教导和支持你，切实地在情感上、精神上关心你。
英文美文赏析3篇
英文美文赏析英文美文赏析3篇美文赏析(1)： Love of Life 热爱生命杰克·伦敦的《热爱生命》讲述的是这样一个故事：一个美国西部的淘金者在返回的途中被朋友抛弃了，独自跋涉在广袤的荒原上。
冬天逼近了，寒风夹着雪花向他袭来……That day he decreased the distance between him and the ship by three miles; the next day by two－for he was crawling now as Bill had crawled; and the end of the day found the ship still seven mailes away and him unable to make even a mile a day. Still the indian summer held on, and he continued to crawl and faint ,turn and turn about; and ever the sick wolf coughed and wheezed at his heels. His knees had become raw meat like his feet, and though he paddled them with the shirt from his back it was a red track he left behind him on the moss and stones. Once , glancing back, he saw the wolf licking hungrily his bleeding trail, and he saw sharply what his own end might be－unless－unless he could get the wolf. Then began as grim a tragedy of existence as was ever played－a sick man that crawled, a sick wolf that limped, two creatures dragging their dying carcasses across the desolation and hunting each other’s lives.这一天，他和那条船之间的距离又缩短了三英里，到了第二天，他又继续缩短了两英里－因为他现在就和比尔先生先前一样在地上匍匐前进，到了第五天晚上的时候，他发现那条船依然离他还有七英里的距离，而他每天的进程还不到一英里。
英语的优美段落阅读和欣赏
英语的优美段落阅读和赏识英语优美段落一to be, or not to be- that is the question:whether tis nobler in the mind to sufferthe slings and arrows of outrageous fortuneor to take arms against a sea of troubles,and by opposing end them. to die- to sleep-no more; and by a sleep to say we endthe heartache, and the thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to. tis a consummationdevoutly to be wishd. to die- to sleep.to sleep- perchance to dream: ay, theres the rub! for in that sleep of death what dreams may come when we have shuffled off this mortal coil, must give us pause. theres the respect that makes calamity of so long life.for who would bear the whips and scorns of time,th oppressors wrong, the proud mans contumely, the pangs of despisd love, the laws delay, the insolence of office, and the spurnsthat patient merit of th unworthy takes,when he himself might his quietus makewith a bare bodkin who would these fardels bear,to grunt and sweat under a weary life,but that the dread of something afterdeath-the undiscoverd country, from whosebourn no traveller returns- puzzles the will,and makes us rather bear those ills wehave than fly to others that we know not ofthus conscience does make cowards of us all,and thus the native hue of resolutionis sicklied oer with the pale cast of thought,and enterprises of great pith and momentwith this regard their currents turn awryand lose the name of action.生计仍是毁坏这是个问题。
英语经典美文阅读(5篇)
英语经典美文阅读(5篇)英语经典美文阅读 1One day, the time management expert lectured to a group of business school students.He made a demonstration at the scene, which left a lasting impression on the students.Standing in front of students with high iqs, he said, let's take a quiz. Take out a one-gallon jar and set it on the table in front of him. Then he took out a bunch of fist-sized rocks and carefully placed them in a jar. When the jar was over the top of the jar and no more rocks could fit in, he asked, “is the jar full?" All students should say: "full!" . The time management expert replied, "really?" He reached under the table and pulled out a bucket of gravel. He poured some of the gravel in, and tapped the glass bottle wall to fill the gap between the stones. "Is the jar full now? "He asked the second time. But this time the students understood, "probably not," one student said. "Good! Experts say. He reached under the table and pulled out a bucket of sand. The sand is filled with all the gaps between the rock and the gravel. Once more he asked the question, "is this jar full?" "No! "Shouted the students. Onceagain he said, "good! Then he took a pitcher of water and poured it into the jar until it was flat. Looking up at the students, he asked, "what is the point of this illustration?" One eager student raised his hand and said, "no matter how tight your schedule is, if you work hard, you can do more!" "No!" The time management expert said, "that's not what it really means. This example tells us that if you didn't blow up the rock first, you couldn't put it in the bottle anymore. So, what are the big rocks in your life? Spend time with the people you love, your beliefs, education, dreams? Remember to deal with these big rocks first, otherwise, you can't do it all your life!So tonight, perhaps this morning, you are reading this essay, and you have tried to ask yourself this question: what is the "big rock" in my life? Then, please put them in the bottle of your life first. It is better to be busy with dreams than to lose your dreams by being busy!英语经典美文阅读 2You cannot change the laws of physics . but could physics actually enable us to travel through time?It might sound crazy, but according to Einstein‘s theories, there‘s no logical reason why time travel isn‘t possible.Time travel is clearly a trickier proposition than space travel,though. And prior to Einstein, it would have been deemed utterly impossible! That‘s because the old idea about time was that it was like a cosmic metronome keeping a regular and constant beat throughout the universe. And it was thought to move in one direction only .However, what physicists now know is that time is rather more flexible than the old “ Clockwork Universe” ideas they had it. And it was Albert Einstein who set the cat among the pigeons.Einstein‘s theories about time and space were revolutionary. He b ecame a celebrity__and not just in scientific circles. It‘s only since he published his theories that scientists have been able to demonstrate that space and time really behave the way he said they did.In 1971, after Einstein‘s death, two scientists w ere able to carry out a crucial experiment. They used two atomic clocks, synchronized them, and placed one on a plane, while the other stayed in the same location on Earth. The plane then flew around the world for 80 hours. According to Einstein‘s theory, the clock on the plane would be expected to have lost time, due to being in motion over 80 hours pared to the clock on the ground. Whenthey brought the clocks together and made a parison, the clock on the plane was indeed a few nanoseconds slower than the other clock. The experiment was replicated in 1996 with advanced technology, and it was proved again__with an even bigger time difference this time. Which proves that not only is time “ warp-able” , but Einstein was arguably the greatest thinker the world has ever seen.If it were possible, however, it would present some pretty knotty paradoxes... For example, what if someone or something traveled back in time and changed the ensuing future? And have you heard the one about the time traveller who dots back and forward in time and by means of various medical technologies is able to be his own father AND mother?! And besides, if time travel is possible, where are all the people from the future__surely they‘d want to e and meet us poor stranded 21st century beings?英语经典美文阅读 3"Can I see my baby?" the happy new mother asked.When the bundle was nestled in her arms and she moved the fold of cloth to look upon his tiny face, she gasped. The doctor turned quickly and looked out the tall hospital window. The baby had been born without ears.Time proved that the baby's hearing was perfect. It was only his appearance that was marred. When he rushed home from school one day and flung himself into his mother's arms, she sighed, knowing that his life was to be a succession of heartbreaks.He blurted out the tragedy. "A boy, a big boy...called me a freak."He grew up, handsome for his misfortune. A favorite with his fellow students, he might have been class president, but for that. He developed a gift, a talent for literature and music."But you might mingle with other young people," his mother reproved him, but felt a kindness in her heart.The boy's father had a session with the family physician... "Could nothing be done?""I believe I could graft on a pair of outer ears, if they could be procured," the doctor decided. Whereupon the search began for a person who would make such a sacrifice for a young man.Two years went by. One day, his father said to the son, "You're going to the hospital, son. Mother and I have someone who will donate the ears you need. But it's a secret."The operation was a brilliant success, and a new person emerged. His talents blossomed into genius, and school andcollege became a series of triumphs.Later he married and entered the diplomatic service. One day, he asked his father, "Who gave me the ears? Who gave me so much? I could never do enough for him or her.""I do not believe you could," said the father, "but the agreement was that you are not to know...not yet."The years kept their profound secret, but the day did e. One of the darkest days that ever pass through a son. He stood with his father over his mother's casket. Slowly, tenderly, the father stretched forth a hand and raised the thick, reddish brown hair to reveal the mother had no outer ears."Mother said she was glad she never let her hair be cut," his father whispered gently, "and nobody ever thought mother less beautiful, did they?"英语经典美文阅读 4To respect my work, my associates and myself. To be honest and fair with them as I expect them to be honest and fair with me. To be a man whose word carries weight. To be a booster, not a knocker; a pusher, not a kicker; a motor, not a clog.To base my expectations of reward on a solid foundation of service rendered; to be willing to pay the price of success inhonest effort. To look upon my work as opportunity, to be seized with joy and made the most of, and not as painful drudgery to be reluctantly endured.To remember that success lies within myself; in my own brain, my own ambition, my own courage and determination. To expect difficulties and force my way through them, to turn hard experiences into capital for future struggles.To interest my heart and soul in my work, and aspire to the highest efficiency in the achievement of results. To be patiently receptive of just criticism and profit from its teaching. To treat equals and superiors with respect, and subordinates with kindly encouragement.To make a study of my business duties; to know my work from the ground up. To mix brains with my efforts and use system and method in all I undertake. To find time to do everything needful by never letting time find me or my subordinates doing nothing. To hoard days as a miser does dollars, to make every hour bring me dividends in specific results plished. To steer clear of dissipation and guard my health of body and peace of mind as my most precious stock in trade.Finally, to take a good grip on the joy of life; to play the gamelike a gentleman; to fight against nothing so hard as my own weakness, and endeavor to grow in business capacity, and as a man, with the passage of every day of time.英语经典美文阅读 5It seems to me a very difficult thing to put into words the beliefs we hold and what they make you do in your life. I think I was fortunate because I grew up in a family where there was a very deep religious feeling. I don’t think it was spoken of a great deal. It was more or less taken for granted that everybody held certain beliefs and needed certain reinforcements of their own strength and that that came through your belief in God and your knowledge of prayer.But as I grew older I questioned a great many of the things that I knew very well my grandmother who had brought me up had taken for granted. And I think I might have been a quite difficult person to live with if it hadn’t been for the fact that my husband once said it didn’t do you any harm to learn those things, so why not let your children learn them? When they grow up they’ll think things out for themselves.And that gave me a feeling that perhaps that’s what we all must do-think out for ourselves what we could believe and howwe could live by it. And so I came to the conclusion that you had to use this life to develop the very best that you could develop.I don’t know whether I believe in a future life. I believe that all that you go through here must have some value, therefore there must be some reason. And there must be some “going on.” How exactl y that happens I’ve never been able to decide. There is a future-that I’m sure of. But how, that I don’t know. And I came to feel that it didn’t really matter very much because whatever the future held you’d have to face it when you came to it, just as whatever life holds you have to face it exactly the same way. And the important thing was that you never let down doing the best that you were able to do-it might be poor because you might not have very much within you to give, or to help other people with, or to live your life with. But as long as you did the very best that you were able to do, then that was what you were put here to do and that was what you were plishing by being here.And so I have tried to follow that out-and not to worry about the future or what was going to happen. I think I am pretty much of a fatalist. You have to accept whatever es and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give.。
2022英语美文阅读5篇
2022英语美文阅读5篇想必有许多小伙伴会常常找一些英语相关的文章来看以加强英语的提升，下面我就和大家共享英语美文阅读，盼望能够关心到大家，来观赏一下吧。
英语美文阅读篇一In life we are happiest when...生活中我们最幸福A man and his girlfriend were married. It was a large celebration.一个男人和他的女伴侣结婚，进行了一场盛大的结婚庆典。
All of their friends and family came to see the lovely ceremony and to partake of the festivities and celebrations. All had a wonderful time.全部的伴侣和家人都来到结婚典礼上参与欢宴和庆祝活动。
大家都过得很快乐。
The bride was gorgeous in her white wedding gown and the groom was very dashing in his black tuxedo. Everyone could tell that the love they had for each other was true.穿着白色婚纱的新娘美丽迷人，穿着黑色礼服的新郎英俊潇洒。
每个人都能看出他们彼此的爱是真诚的。
A few months later, the wife came to the husband with a proposal, I read in a magazine, a while ago, about how we can strengthen our marriage, she offered. Each of us will write a list of the things that we find a bit annoying with the other person. Then, we can talk about howwe can fix them together and make our lives happier together.几个月后，妻子走近丈夫提议说：“我刚才在杂志上看到一篇文章，说的是怎样巩固婚姻。
超级优美的英语美文赏析,附翻译
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优秀英语美文带译文赏析
优秀英语美文带译文赏析下面是带来的优秀英语美文带译文赏析，欢迎阅读!优秀英语美文带译文赏析篇一坚持不懈,直至成功I Will Persist Until I SucceedThe prizes of life are at the end of each journey, not at the beginning .生活的嘉奖远在旅途的终点而非起点。
Life will not tell me how many steps are necessary to reach my goal, and I may still encounter failure at the thousandth step, but success hides behind the next bend on the road.生活不会告诉我要跋涉多远才能达到目标。
踏上第一千步的时候,我仍然可能遭遇失败,但成功可能就隐藏在下一个路口转角处。
只有绕过转角,我才可能知道目标近在咫尺。
I will never know how close it lies unless I turn the corner. I am like a rain drop that helps wear away the mountain; as tart hat helps bright en the earth; as lave who helps build a pyramid. I will build my castle one brick at a time because small repeated attempts will complete any accomplish ment. I will from my vocabulary such words as quit, impossible, hopeless and failure. I will avoid despair. But if I’m infected with this disease of the mind, then I will work on in despair.我就像冲刷高山的雨滴、照亮大地的星辰、建造金字塔的奴仆. 我要一砖一瓦地建造起自己的城堡,因为我深知水滴石穿的道理,只要持之以恒,什么都可以做到。
英语美文阅读与欣赏
英语美文阅读与欣赏英语美文阅读与欣赏（通用5篇）有些人的爱情始于外表相悦，而有些人的爱情则始于心灵相悦。
以下店铺为大家介绍英语美文阅读与欣赏文章，希望大家阅读后会喜欢。
英语美文阅读与欣赏篇1爱是什么？一个精灵坐在碧绿的枝叶间沉思。
风儿若有若无。
一只鸟儿飞过来，停在枝上，望着远处将要成熟的稻田。
精灵取出一束黄澄澄的稻谷问道：“你爱这稻谷吗？”“爱。
”“为什么？”“它驱赶我的饥饿。
”鸟儿啄完稻谷，轻轻梳理着光润的羽毛。
“现在你爱这稻谷吗？”精灵又取出一束黄澄澄的稻谷。
鸟儿抬头望着远处的一湾泉水回答：“现在我爱那一湾泉水，我有点渴了。
”精灵摘下一片树叶，里面盛了一汪泉水。
鸟儿喝完泉水，准备振翅飞去。
“请再回答我一个问题，”精灵伸出指尖，鸟儿停在上面。
“你要去做什么更重要的事吗？我这里又稻谷也有泉水。
”“我要去那片开着风信子的山谷，去看那朵风信子。
”“为什么？它能驱赶你的饥饿？”“不能。
”“它能滋润你的干渴？”“不能。
”“那你为什么要去看它呢？”“我需要它啊。
”“为什么需要？”“我爱它啊。
”“为什么爱它？”“我日日夜夜都在思念它。
”“为什么思念它？”“我爱它。
”精灵沉默了片刻，又提出一个问题：“你为什么只爱那一朵风信子呢？山谷里有无数朵风信子。
”“因为它是唯一的一朵啊。
”“为什么？它和其他所有的风信子有什么不同的地方吗？”“有的。
”“哪里不同呢？”“只有它才是我爱的那一朵啊。
”精灵忽然轻轻笑了起来，鸟儿振翅而去。
What is love?An elf sits between the green branches and leaves.The wind not much, if any.A bird flew over and stopped on the branch, looking at the rice field that was going to mature in the distance.Asked the spirit took out a bunch of glistening rice: "do you love this rice?""Love.""Why?""It drives me out of hunger."The bird pecked the rice, gently comb its feathers."Do you love this rice now?" The elves took out a bunch of glistening rice.The bird looked up at a fountain in the distance and answered, "now I love the Bay spring, and I'm a little thirsty."The elves took off a leaf, and there was a fountain of water init.The bird finished the spring and was ready to fly away."Please answer me one more question," the elves put out their fingertips, and the birds stopped on it."What more important things are you going to do?" I also have spring in the rice. ""I'm going to the valleys with the hyacinth to see the hyacinth.""Why?" Can it drive away your hunger? ""No,""Can it moisturize your thirst?""No,""Then why are you going to see it?""I need it.""Why do you need it?""I love it.""Why do you love it?""I miss it all day and night.""Why do you miss it?""I love it."The elves have been silent for a moment and put forward a question."Why do you only love that one of the hyacinth? There are numerous hyacinth in the valley. ""Because it's the only one.""Why?" Is it different from all the other hyacinth? ""Yes.""Where is the difference?""Only it is the one I love."The elves suddenly laughed and the birds fluttered away.英语美文阅读与欣赏篇2在美国西雅图的一所著名教堂里，有一位德高望重的牧师――戴尔·泰勒。
优秀的英语美文阅读欣赏
优秀的英语美文阅读欣赏英语阅读是初中学生在英语学习中不可缺少的一部分,在英语教学中占重要地位。
下面是店铺带来的优秀的英语美文阅读欣赏，欢迎阅读!优秀的英语美文阅读欣赏篇一哀互生Mourning for Husheng朱自清Zhu Ziqing三月里刘熏宇君来信，说互生病了，而且是没有希望的病，医生说只好等日子了。
四月底在《时事新报》上见到立达学会的通告，想不到这么快互生就殁了!后来听说他病中的光景，那实在太惨;为他想，早点去，少吃些苦头，也未尝不好的。
但丢下立达这个学校，这班朋友，这班学生，他一定不甘心，不瞑目!In March I heard from Mr. Liu Xunyu that Husheng was sick and hopelessly sick at that. The doctor said there was nothing he could do but to trait for the day to arrive. Toward the end of April, I came across an obituary issued by Lida Association in the newspaper Current Affairs. How quickly the day had arrived! Later, when I learned how he had suffered during his illness, I thought it was too miserable. From his point of view, however, his passing away was not a bad thing after all, because he suffered less by going earlier. But it must have been very hard for him to close his eyes and resign himself to the fact that he was leaving his Lida School, his friends and his students behind.互生最叫我们纪念的是他做人的态度。