英语短篇美文
A Key to Happiness (1) by James T. Mangan “ It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.” J. Pearson Webster
To help others, you don’t have to be an efficient expert in the art, the main thing is the intention. You may be crude and clumsy, wasteful and ineffective, but if you sincerely try to help, your attempt produces nothing but good. The one you are trying to help knows your intention and is strengthened and encouraged by the magic of your sharing. In nearly every case, your simple desire to help, converted into action, produces the good sought. But perhaps the greatest good is the good that you yourself get out of the attempt. Service to others delivers more joy to you than the joy you deliver to them. In doing good, you free yourself into a clean world of joy and light. The good you simply try to do, regardless of the outcome, is always a success inside yourself.
What is An Educated Man ?(2) By George A. Coe An Educated Man is one who is trained to use the tools of human intercourse with readiness, precision accuracy, especially language and the rudiments of numbers. An Educated Man must be able to study to think without guidance from others. He must be-to some extent—a thinker, not an imitator. An Educated Man must have sufficient knowledge of nature to understand the main processes upon which human life happiness depend. An Educated Man knows enough history to enable him to understand the main achievements of man. An Educated Man is acquainted with the major resources for intellectual and esthetic enjoyment. He knows nature, literature, music, and the other arts sufficiently to choose superior to inferior enjoyments.
快乐之钥 “任何一个人，如果真诚地试行帮助旁人，必然也同时帮助了自己，这乃是人生当中最优美的补偿之。”——韦布斯特
想去帮助旁人，你不必是这值种艺术的能干的专家，主要的条件是意向。你也许是粗陋而笨拙的，浪费而低能的，但是如果你真诚地试行帮助旁人，你的尝试必然产生善。你所打算帮助的人晓得了你的意向，并且被你的分担负荷的神秘力量所增强和鼓励。差不多在每一个事例之中，你的单纯的助人愿望，在化为行动之后，都会产生所寻的善。但是最大的善，也许还是你自己从这项尝试中所获得的益处。在帮助旁人的时候，你本身所获得的快乐要比你带给那些人的快乐为多。在行善之中，你把本身从自我的可怕的附和之中解放出来，你脱离了自我，而进 入一个快乐和光明的清纯世界。只要你去试行为善，不论其结果如何，再你的内心理面都永远会是一项成功。
怎樣才算是一個受過教育的人？ 一個受過教育的人，要能夠很敏捷而正確地運用人類溝通思想的工具，尤其是語言和基本數學。
一個受過教育的人，要能夠獨自研究和思想，而不受旁人的指導。他必須是一個相當有思想的人，而不是模倣者。
一個受過教育的人，對於自然必須具有充份的知識，能夠瞭解為人類生活和幸福之所繫的一些主要程序。
一個受過教育的人，要有充份的歷史知識，能夠瞭解人類的主要成就。
一個受過教育的人，熟知各種智力樂趣和唯美樂趣的主要源泉。他通曉自然、文學、音樂、和其他藝術，能夠選擇高雅的享樂。 General MacArthur’s Prayer For His Son(3)
by Douglas MacArthur Build me a son , O Lord , who will be strong enough to know when he is weak ; and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid ; one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat , and humble and gentle in victory . Build me a son whose wishes will not take the place of deeds ; a son who will know Thee — and that to know himself is the foundation stone of knowledge . Lead him , I pray , not in the path of ease and comfort , but under the stress and spur of difficulties and challenge .Here let him learn to stand up in the storm ; here let him learn compassion for those who fail . Build me a son whose heart will be clean , whose goal will be high, a son who will master himself before he seeks to master other men ; one who will reach into the future , yet never forget the past .
Companionship of Books(4) by Samuel Smiles A good book may be among the best of friends. It is the same today that it always was, and it will never change. It is the most patient and cheerful of companions. It does not turn its back upon us in times of adversity or distress. It always receives us with the same kindness; amusing and instructing us in youth, and comforting and consoling us in age. Books introduce us into the best society; they bring us into the presence of the greatest minds that have ever lived. We hear what they said and did; we see them as if they were really alive; we sympathize with them, enjoy with them, grieve with them; their experience becomes ours, and we feel as if we were in a measure actors with them in the scenes which they describe.
麥师為子祈禱文 主啊，请陶冶我的儿子，使他成为一个坚强的人，能够知道自己什么时候是软弱的；使他成为一个勇敢的人，能够在畏惧的时候认清自己，谋求补救；使他在诚实的失败之中，能够自豪而不屈，在获得成功之际，能够谦逊而温和。
请陶冶我的儿子，使他不要以愿望代替实际作为；使它能够认识主——并且晓得自知乃是知识的基石。
我祈求你，不要引导他走上安逸舒适的道路，而要让他遭受困难与挑战的磨练和策励。让他藉此学习在风暴之中挺立起来，让他藉此学习对失败的人加以同情。
以书为伴 好书就像是你最好的朋友。它始终不渝，过去如此，现在如此，将来也永远不变。它是最有耐心，最令人愉悦的伴侣。在我们穷愁潦倒，临危遭难时，它也不会抛弃我们，对我们总是一如既往地亲切。在我们年轻时，好书陶冶我们的性情，增长我们的知识；到我们年老时，它又给我们以慰藉和勉励。
书籍介绍我们与最优秀的人为伍，使我们置身于历代伟人巨匠之间，如闻其声，如观其行，如见其人，同他们情感交融，悲喜与共，感同身受。我们觉得自己仿佛在作者所描绘的舞台上和他们一起粉墨登场。
有关500字英语美文摘抄欣赏英语美文短篇摘抄
有关500字英语美文摘抄欣赏:英语美文短篇摘抄Happiness is a journey幸福是个过程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 frustratedthat 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 spousegets 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'sbest 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。
英语短篇美文
英语短篇美文英语短篇美文（通用21篇）随着网络文化的发展，美文的概念已经不限定于某种文体，或某类内容。
网络文化是一种开放、自由的文化，给美文的概念也赋予了更多的开放自由的元素，以下是店铺帮大家整理的英语短篇美文，欢迎大家分享。
英语短篇美文篇1The thermometer had dropped to 18 degrees below zero, but still chose to sleep in the porch as usual. In the evening, the most familiar sight to me would be stars in the sky. Though they were a mere sprinkle of twinkling dots, yet I had become so accustomed to them that their occasional absence would bring me loneliness and ennui.It had been snowing all night, not a single star in sight. My roommate and I, each wrapped in a quilt, were seated far apart in a different corner of the porch, facing each other and chatting away.She exclaimed pointing to something afa r, “Look, Venus in rising!” I looked up and saw nothing but a lamp round the bend in a mountain path. I beamed and said pointing to a tiny lamplight on the opposite mountain, “It’s Jupiter over there!”More and more lights came into sight as we kept pointing here and there. Lights from hurricane lamps flickering about in the pine forest created the scene of a star-studded sky. With the distinction between sky and forest obscured by snowflakes, the numerous lamp-lights now easily passed for as many stars.Completely lost in a make-believe world, I seemed to see all the lamplights drifting from the ground. With the illusory stars hanging still overhead, I was spared the effort of tracing theirpositions when I woke up from my dreams in the dead of night.Thus I found consolation even on a lonely snowy night !英语短篇美文篇2You must study to be frank with the world:frankness is the child of honesty and courage. Say just what you mean to do, on every occasion. If a friend asks a favor, you should grant it, if it is reasonable; if not, tell him plainly why you cannot. You would wrong him and wrong yourself by equivocation of any kind.Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or keep one. The man who requires you to do so is dearly purchased at a sacrifice. Deal kindly but firmly with all your classmates. You will find it the policy which wears best. Above all, do not appear to others what you are not.If you have any fault to find with any one, tell him, not others, of what you complain. There is no more dangerous experiment than that of undertaking to do one thing before a man's face and another behind his back. We should say and do nothing to the injury of any one. It is not only a matter of principle, but also the path of peace and hornor.By Robert E. Lee英语短篇美文篇3The fortunate people in the world—the only reallyfortunate people in the world, in my mind, are those whose work is also their pleasure. The class is not a large one, not nearly so large as it is often represented to be; and authors are perhaps one of the most important elements in its composition.They enjoy in this respect at least a real harmony of life.To my mind, to be able to make your work your pleasure is the one class distinction in the world worth striving for; and I do not wonder that others are inclined to envy those happy humanbeings who find their livelihood in the gay effusions of their fancy, to whom every hour of labour is an hour of enjoyment, to whom repose—however necessary—is a tiresome interlude. And even a holiday is almost deprivation.Whether a man writes well or ill, has much to say or little, if he cares aboutwriting at all, he will appreciate the pleasures of composition. To sit at one's table on a sunny morning, with four clear hours of uninterruptible security, plenty of nice white paper, and a Squeezer pen—that is true happiness.The complete absorption of the mind upon an agreeable occupation—what more is there than that to desire? What does it matter what happens outside？The House of Commons may do what it likes, and so may the House of Lords. The heathen may rage furiously in every part of the globe.The bottom may be knocked clean out of the American market. Consols may fall and suffragettes may rise. Nevermind, for four hours, at any rate, we will withdraw ourselves from a common, ill-governed, and disorderly world, and with the key of fancy unlock that cupboard where all the good things of the infinite are put away.英语短篇美文篇4John and Bobby joined a wholesale company togther just after graduation from college the same year. Both worked very hard. After several years, however, the boss promoted Bobby to theposotion of manager but John remained an ordinary employee. John could not take it anymore, tendered his resignation to the boss and complained the boss did not know how to delegate and did not value hard working staff, but only promoted those who flattered him.The boss knew that John worked very hard for the years. Hethought a moment and said, "Thank you for your criticism, but I have a request. I hope you will do one more thing for our company before you leave. Perhaps you will change your decision and take back your resignation."John agreed. The boss asked him to go and find out anyone selling watermelon in the market. John went and returned soon. He said he had found out a man selling watermelon. The boss asked how much per kg? John shook his head and went back to the market to ask and returned to inform the boss $1.2 per kg.Boss told John to wait a second, and he called Bobby to come to his office. He asked Bobby to go and find anyone seling watermelon in the market. Bobby went, returned and said, boss, only one person selling watermelon. $1.2 per kg, $10 for 10kg, he has inventory of 340 melons. On the table 58 melons, every melon weights about 2 kg, bought from the South two days ago, they are fresh and red, good quality.John was very impresed and realized the difference between himself and Bobby. He decided not to resign but to learn from Bobby.My dear friends, a more successful person is more observant, thinks more and explores in depth. Chances exists in the daily details. For the same matter, a more successful person sees more and farther so that he can find out an opportunity and catch it to realize his aim. If a person sees one year ahead, while another sees only tomorrow. The difference between a year and a day is 365times, how could you win?英语短篇美文篇5Outside the Bible, these six words are the most famousin all the literature of the world. They were spokenby Hamlet when he was thinking aloud, and they are themost famous words inShakespeare because Hamlet wasspeaking not only for himself but also for everythinking man and woman. To be or not to be, to live ornot to live, to live richly and abundantly andeagerly, or to live dully and meanly and scarcely. Aphilosopher once wanted to know whether he was aliveor not, which is a good question for everyone to putto himself occasionally. He answered it by saying: "I think, therefore am." But the best definition of existence ever saw did another philosopher who said: "To be is to bein relations." If this true, then the more relations a living thing has, the more it is alive. Tolive abundantly means simply to increase the range and intensity of our relations.Unfortunately we are so constituted that we get to love our routine. But apart from our regularoccupation how much are we alive? If you are interest-ed only in your regular occupation, youare alive only to that extent. So far as other things are concerned--poetry and prose, music,pictures, sports, unselfish friendships, politics, international affairs--you are dead.Contrariwise, it is true that every time you acquire a new interest--even more, a newaccomplishment--you increase your power of life. No one who is deeply interested in a largevariety of subjects can remain unhappy; the real pessimist is the person who has lostinterest.Bacon said that a man dies as often as he loses a friend. But we gain new life by contacts, newfriends. What is supremely true of living objects is only less true of ideas, which are alsoalive. Where your thoughts are, there will your live be also. If your thoughts are confined onlyto your business, only to your physical welfare, only to the narrow circle of the town in whichyou live, then you live in a narrow cir-conscribed life. But if you are interested in what isgoing on in China, then you are living inChina~ if you’re interested in the characters of agood novel, then you are living with those highly interesting people, if you listen intently tofine music, you are away from your immediate surroundings and living in a world of passion andimagination.To be or not to be--to live intensely and richly, merely to exist, that depends on ourselves.Let widen and intensify our relations. While we live, let live!英语短篇美文篇6You 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 revolutiona ry. 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 scientis ts were able to carry out a crucial experiment. They used two atomic clocks, synchronized them, and placed one on a plane, while the otherstayed in the same location on Earth. The plane then flew around the world for 80 hours. According to Einstein‘s theo ry, 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?英语短篇美文篇7Then is over; this is now. The less time and effort you put into looking at the past, the more you will have for living and experiencing this day. You will also find that letting go of the past will give you a deeper sense of strength. Instead of allowing past mistakes and worries to drain your energies, you will have a renewed energy to live your life to the fullest and enjoy it more.Being content with yourself and optimistic about your future is not difficult. Whatever is in the past is over; learn from it and move on. When you are self-motivated enough to do this, youwill see that moving ahead is the best definition of living life.With that said, what can you do now? Sure it is easy for me to tell you to forget the past, yet it is a whole different practice to actually do it. Life is a complex set of events much of which of course is real, yet a large amount is just your view of what really happened.英语短篇美文篇8That must be the story of innumerable couples，and the pattern of life it offers has a homely grace.It reminds you of a placid rivulet，meandering smoothly through green pastures and shaded by pleasant trees， till at last it falls into the vast sea; but the sea is so calm， so silent， so indifferent，that you are troubled suddenlyby a vague uneasiness.Perhaps it is only by a kink in my nature， strong in me even in those days， that i felt in such an existence， the share of the great majority， something amiss. I recognized its social value. I saw its ordered happiness， but a fever in my blood asked for a wilder course.There seemed to me something alarming in such easy delights. In my heart was desire to live more dangerously.I was not unprepared for jagged rocks and treacherous shoals if I could only have change and the excitement of unforeseen.英语短篇美文篇9The north wind whizzing in the ear, now it is winter, the memory of a snow-white winter.It was so fast in winter, in a trance, the shadow of the sunny summer was still shaking, and the golden yellow of the autumn had not yet gone.It is coming, the footsteps are so light and light that they can't hear the sound.It was white in the air and white; the flakes of snowflakes falling in the sky were white; it was white in the air. In winter, it looks like a white spirit, circling in the sky.The south is no snow, I remember last year, there was snow, snow drifting profusely and disorderly fall, we run wild in the snow snowball fight together, in the snow in front, we like a naughty child, showing their innocence.It was early in the morning, heavy fog, wind, sun signs are ready, and the warm lights cast little light, hands in his pockets, memories of the past, enjoy the warmth of the winter.英语短篇美文篇10Your negative emotions can also be controlled and directed. PMA and self-discipline can remove their harmful effects and make them serve constructive purposes. Sometimes fear and anger will inspire intense action. But you must always submit your negative emotions--and you positive ones--to the examination of your reason before releasing them. Emotion without reason is a dreadful enemy.你的消极心态同样也可被控制和导引，积极心态和自律可去除其中有害的部分，而使这些消极心态能为目标贡献力量。
短篇英文诗_简短英语诗歌阅读_英语美文欣赏
短篇英文诗_简短英语诗歌阅读_英语美文欣赏导读：我根据大家的需要整理了一份关于《短篇英文诗_简短英语诗歌阅读_英语美文欣赏》的内容，具体内容：英语诗歌是形美、声美、意美的和谐统一:形美以悦目,声美以悦耳,意美以悦心。
下面是我带来的简短英语诗歌阅读，欢迎阅读!简短英语诗歌阅读篇一Fog (雾)by ...英语诗歌是形美、声美、意美的和谐统一:形美以悦目,声美以悦耳,意美以悦心。
下面是我带来的简短英语诗歌阅读，欢迎阅读!简短英语诗歌阅读篇一Fog (雾)by (USA) Carl SandburgThe fog comeson little cat feet.It sits looking over harbor and cityon silent haunchesand then, moves on.简短英语诗歌阅读篇二The Eagle (苍鹰)by (UK) Alfred TennysonHe claps the drag with crooked hands;Close to the sun in lonely lands,Ringed with the azure world, he stands, The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;He watches from his mountain walls,And like a thunderbolt he falls.简短英语诗歌阅读篇三The Road Not Taken (未走过的路)by (USA) Robert FrostTwo roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I coul not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth.Then too the other, as just as fair,And having perhaps the better claim,Because it was grassy and wanted wear, Though as for that, the passing there Had worn them really about the same.And both that morning equally lay,In leaves no step had trodded black.Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way,I doubted if I should ever come back.I shall be telling this with a sigh,Somewhere ages and ages hence:Two roads diverged i a woo, and I ----I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference.简短英语诗歌阅读篇四InvitationMidge GoldbergYou know the sort -- the postcard that gets stuck between the ads for siding and the pleafor missing children, that you usuallytoss out, another scrap1 for the garbage truck. But, to your own surprise, one day you pluckthe yellow flyer out and go, and heand you first meet, which just as easilymight not have happened, a simple case of luck: enough to send you screaming to the skiesabout the crazy vagaries2 of it all,everything resting on a thing so small,the million chances you dont recognize,much less take, and then, the one you took --the random3 blessedness of that one look.简短英语诗歌阅读篇五The UnexpectedThomas McCarthyEarly April suddenly ablaze1 and unexpected pear blossomAs rampant2 as de Chardins sudden forms of life, asDelicate as the lacquer-work left over from a raidOf winter that scattered3 so many things since autumn -You could hardly fathom4 what April brought in on the breeze, What organic matter-of-fact things, what an impolite cascade5 Of broken crockery in pink and green. Its like that electionHeard in the distance, beyond the fat privet hedge,An election that has set the traffic lights on edgeAnd caused this collision of ideas. From our quiet sectionI can hear anxieties rolling in. But are these not the same as lastTime? Is she not the same? And he, is he not like a gardenerGone berserk, flat cap askew6, trying to make regularWhat swarms7; life itself, that is, now swarming8 on the grass?。
英语美文短篇摘抄 适合高中生的英语美文摘抄
英语美文短篇摘抄适合高中生的英语美文摘抄作为老师,应根据学生的知识水平与理解能力,把教育的话题与隐含着教育内容的美文相互整合,把教育内容融合在相关美文中,引导学生在感悟美文之余受到思想的感染、熏陶与启迪。
小编分享适合高中生的英语美文，希望可以帮助大家!适合高中生的英语美文：永远不会后悔-母爱的真谛Time is running out for my friend. While we are sitting at lunch she casually mentions she and her husband are thinking of starting a family. “We're taking a survey,” she says, half-joking. “Do you think I should have a baby?””It will change your life,” I say, carefully keeping my tone neutral. “I know,” she says, “no more sleeping in on weekends, no more spontaneous holidays...”But that's not what I mean at all. I look at my friend, trying to decide what to tell her. I want her to know what she will never learn in childbirth classes. I want to tell her that the physical wounds of child bearing will heal, but becoming a mother will leave her with an emotional wound so raw that she will be vulnerable forever.I consider warning her that she will never again read a newspaper without thinking: “What if that had been MY child?” That every plane crash, every house fire will haunt her. That when she sees pictures of starving children, she will wonder if anything could be worse than watching your child die. I look at her carefully manicured nails and stylish suit and think that no matter how sophisticated she is, becoming a mother will reduce her to the primitive level of a bear protecting her cub.I feel I should warn her that no matter how many years she has invested in her career, she will be professionally derailed by motherhood. She might arrange for child care, but one day she will be going into an important business meeting, and she will think her baby's sweet smell. She will have to use every ounce of discipline to keep from running home, just to make sure her child is all right.I want my friend to know that every decision will no longer be routine. That a five-year-old boy's desire to go to the men's room rather than the women's at a restaurant will become a major dilemma. The issues of independence and gender identity will be weighed against the prospect that a child molester may be lurking in the lavatory. However decisive she may be at the office, she will second-guess herself constantly as a mother.Looking at my attractive friend, I want to assure her that eventually she will shed the added weight of pregnancy, but she will never feel the same about herself. That her own life, now so important, will be of less value to her once she has a child. She would give it up in a moment to save her offspring, but will also begin to hope for more yearsnot to accomplish her own dreamsbut to watch her children accomplish theirs.I want to describe to my friend the exhilaration of seeing your child learn to hita ball. I want to capture for her the belly laugh of a baby who is touching the soft fur of a dog for the first time. I want her to taste the joy that is so real it hurts.My friend's look makes me realize that tears have formed in my eyes. “You'll never regret it,” I say finally. Then, squeezing my friend's hand, I offer a prayer for her and me and all of the mere mortal women who stumble their way into this holiest of callings.中文：时光任苒，朋友已经老大不小了。
短篇英语美文
短篇英语美文短篇英语美文（精选8篇）很多我们以为一辈子都不会忘记的事情,就在我们念念不忘的日子里,被我们遗忘了。
以下是店铺为大家整理的短篇英语美文，仅供参考，希望能够帮助到大家。
短篇英语美文篇1As food is to the body, so is learning to the mind. Our bodies grow and muscles develop with the intake of adequate nutritious food. Likewise, we should keep learning day by day to maintain our keen mental power and expand our intellectual capacity. Constant learning supplies us with inexhaustible fuel for driving us to sharpen our power of reasoning, analysis, and judgment. Learning incessantly is the surest way to keep pace with the times in the information age, and an infallible warrant of success in times of uncertainty.Once learning stops, vegetation sets in. It is a common fallacy to regard school as the only workshop for the acquisition of knowledge. On the contrary, learning should be a never-ending process, from the cradle to the grave. With the world ever changing so fast, the cease from learning for just a few days will make a person lag behind. What's worse, the animalistic instinct dormant deep in our subconsciousness will come to life, weakening our will to pursue our noble ideal, sapping our determination to sweep away obstacles to our success and strangling our desire for the refinement of our character. Lack of learning will inevitably lead to the stagnation of the mind, or even worse, its fossilization, Therefore, to stay mentally young, we have to take learning as a lifelong career.学习之于心灵，就像食物之于身体一样。
短篇英文美文
短篇英文美文短篇英文美文英语作文是英语试卷中的重头戏之一,考量的是考生英语单词的词汇量和对语法的掌握程度。
下面是小编整理的短篇英文美文，欢迎来参考！英语美文（1）：Though my daily life is extremely monotonous， I try hard to adapt myself to it. Why? Because I intend to be a good student. I wish to render service to my country.I get up at six o’clock every day. After I wash my face and brush my teeth， I begin to review my lessons. I go to school at seven o’clock.After school is over， I return home. We usually have supper at seven o’clock.Then I begin to do my homework. I want to finish it before I go to bed.虽然我的日常生活十分单调，但我却竭力设法去适应它.为什么？因为我打算做一个好学生，期望将来为国家服务.我每一天六点起床、洗脸刷牙后，就开始复习功课，七点钟我就去上学.放学后，我就回家了.我们通常在七点钟吃晚餐，之后我就开始做家庭作业，期望在睡觉前把它做完.英语美文（2）：The summer vacation is ing. I will do my homework first so I am going to do my homework every morning. In the afternoon，I will play basketball and table tennis with my friends. In the evening I will read English and listen to English program. Sometimes I will go and visit my grandparents and help them do some housework. I am going to take a piano class. My parents and I will go to Hainan for about a week. I believe I will have abusy and interesting summer vacation.暑假即将到来.首先我要做好我的功课，所以我要每一天早上做功课.下午，我将我的.朋友们一齐玩篮球和乒乓球.在晚上，我会读英语，听英语课程.有时我会去访问我的祖父母和帮忙他们做一些家务.我要带一个钢琴班.我的父母和我将前往海南为一个星期左右.我相信我将有一个忙碌而搞笑的暑假.英语美文（3）：There is no doubt that happiness is the most precious thing in the world. Without it， life will be empty and meaningless. If you wish to know how to get happiness， you must pay attention to the following two points.First，health is the secret of happiness （the key to happiness）. Only a strong man can enjoy the pleasure of life.Secondly， happiness consists in contentment. A man who is dissatisfied with his present condition is always in distress.【中文翻译】无疑的快乐是世界上最宝贵的东西.没有它，人生将是空虚的而且毫无好处的.如果你期望明白如何获得快乐，你须注意下方两点.健康是快乐的要诀.唯有身体强壮的人才能享受人生的乐趣.快乐在于知足.一个不满于现状的人终是处在痛苦之中.英语美文（4）：As is well known，books teach us to learn life，truth，science and many other useful things. They increase our knowledge， broaden our minds and strengthen our character. In other words， they are our good teachers and wise friends. This is the reason why our parents always encourage us to read more books.Reading is a good thing， but we must pay great attention to the choice of books. It is true that we can derive benefits from good books. However， bad books will do us more harm thangood.如众所周知，书籍教我们学习人生，真理，科学以及其它许多有用的东西.它们增加我们的知识，扩大我们的心胸并加强我们的品格.换句话说，它们是我们的良师益友.这是为什么我们的父母终是鼓励我们要多读书的理由.读书是一好事，但我们务必多加注意书的选取.不错，我们能从好书中获得益处.然而，坏书却对我们有害无益.英语美文（5）：Today Mailehaoduo clothes， and parents take to the streets is happy， the parents have to pay to buy things. Unlike in their street to buy things they like to take a long time but saw the price，Ha-ha， is really very happy. I love my parents， I too thank them for the care and love.【中文翻译】这天买了好多衣服，和爸爸妈妈逛街就是愉快，买东西有爸妈帮付钱.不像平时自我上街买东西碰到喜欢的但看了价钱都要思考好久.哈哈，真的很开心.我爱我的爸爸妈妈，太感谢他们对我的关心和爱戴了.。
超经典英语美文精选20篇
超经典英语美文精选20篇超经典英语美文精选20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力量的一种。
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。
超经典英语美文【篇11】超经典英语美文【篇19】Once upon a time there was a child ready to be born. So one day he asked God, They tell me you are sending me to earth tomorrow, but how am I going to live there being so small and helpless?从前，有个孩子立刻就要诞生了。
于是有一天他问上帝：“听说明天您就送我去人间了，但是，我这么弱小和无助，我在那儿怎么生活呢?”God replied, Among the many angels, I chose one for you. She will be waiting for you and will take care of you.上帝答道：“在众多的天使中，我特殊为你挑了一位。
她会守候你，无微不至地照看你。
”But the child wasnt sure he really wanted to go. But tell me, here in Heaven, I dont do anything else but sing and smile, thats enough for me to be happy.小孩还是拿不准自己是否真的想去：“但是在天堂，我除了唱唱笑笑外，什么也不做，这就足以让我感到幸福了。
”Your angel will sing for you and will also smile for you every day. And you will feel your angels love and be happy.“你的天使每天会为你唱歌，为你微笑。
晨读英语美文100个
.晨读英语美文100篇Passage1.KnowledgeandVirtueKnowledgeisonething,virtueisanother;goodsenseisnotconscience,refinementisnothumility,norislargenessandjustness of view faith.Philosophy,however enlightened,however profound,gives no commandover the passions,no influential motives,no vivifying principles.LiberalEducationmakesnottheChristian,nottheCatholic,butthegentleman.Itiswelltobeagentleman,itiswelltohaveacultivatedintellect,adelicatetaste,acandid,equitable,dispassionate mind,a noble and courteous bearing in the conduct oflife—these are theconnatural qualities of alargeknowledge;they aretheobjects ofa amadvocating,Ishallillustrateandinsistuponthem;butstill,Irepeat,they are noguarantee for sanctity or even for conscientiousness,and they mayattach to the manof the world,to the profligate,to the heartless,pleasant,alas,andattractive as he shows whendecked outin by themselves,theydo but seemtobewhatthey are not;theylook like virtue atadistance,buttheyaredetectedbycloseobservers,andinthelongrun;andhenceitisthattheyarepopularly accusedof pretense andhypocrisy,not,Irepeat,from.their ownfault,but becausetheir professors andtheir admirerspersist in taking themfor whattheyare not,and are officiousin arrogating for them apraise to which they havenothegraniterockwithrazors,ormoorthevessel withathreadofsilk,thenmayyouhopewithsuchkeenand delicateinstrumentsashumanknowledgeandhumanreasonto contendagainstthosegiants,Passage2.“Packing”aPersonAperson,like acommodity,needs going toofar is absolutely little exaggeration,however, doesnoharmwhenit showstheperson's uniquequalities totheir displaypersonalcharminacasualandnaturalway,it is important for oneto have a clearknowledge ofmasterpackagerknowshowto integrate art andnaturewithout any traces of embellishment,so that the personsopackagedis nocommoditybutahumanbeing,lively andyoungperson,especially afemale,radiant withbeautyandfull oflife,hasallthefavorgrantedbyattempttomakeupwouldbeself-defeating.Youth,however,comesandgoesin amomentof forthemiddle-agedisprimarily to concealthe furrows ploughedby youstill enjoylife'sexuberance enough to retainself-confidenceandpursuepioneeringwork,youareuniqueinyournaturalqualities,and yourcharmandgracewillpeoplearebeautiful iftheirriveroflifehasbeen,throughplains,mountainsand jungles,running its course asit havereallylivedyour lifewhich now arrives at acomplacent stageofserenityindifferent to fameor is noneed t oresorttohair-dyeing；thesnow-cappedmountainisitselfa beautifulsceneofyourlookschangefromyoung tooldsynchronizingwiththenaturalageingprocesssoasto keepinharmonywith nature,forharmonyitself isbeauty,while theotherwayroundwillonlyendinbeintheelder'scompanyislikereadingathickbookofdeluxe editionthatfascinatesonesomuchastobereluctanttopart longasonefindswhereonestands,oneknowshowto packageoneself,justasacommodityestablishesitsbrandby therightpackaging.Passage3.ThreePassionsIHaveLivedforThreepassions,simplebutoverwhelminglystrong,havegoverned my life:the longingfor love,the search forknowledge,and unbearable pity for the suffering o fpassions,like greatwinds,haveblownmehitherand thither,in a wayward courseover a deepoceanofanguish,reachingtotheveryvergeofhavesoughtlove,first,becauseitbringsecstasy—ecstasysogreatthat Iwouldoftenhavesacrificedalltherestofmylifeforafewhoursforthishavesoughtit,next,becauseitrelievesloneliness—thatterriblelonelinessinwhichoneshiveringconsciousnesslooksovertherimofthew orldintothecoldunfathomablelifelesshavesoughtit,finally,becauseintheunionoflov eIhaveseen,inamysticminiature,the prefiguringvisionoftheheaventhatsaintsandpoetshaveiswhatIsought,andthoughitmi ghtseemtoogoodforhumanlife,thisiswhat—atlast—Ihaveequal passion I have sought have wished tounderstand thehearts of havewishedto knowwhythestarsshine...Alittleofthis,butnotmuch,Ihaveandknowledge,sofar astheywerepossible,ledupwardtowardthe alwayspity brought mebackto ofcries of pain reverberate in my in famine,victimstorturedbyoppressors,helplessoldpeople—ahatedburdentotheir sons,and the wholeworldofloneliness,poverty,andpainmakeamockeryofwhathumanlifeshouldlongtoalleviate theevil,butI cannot,andItoo hasbeenmy havefound it worthliving,andwouldgladlylive it ;.againifthechancewereofferedme.Passage4.ALittleGirlSittingonagrassygrave,beneathoneofthewindowsof thechurch,wasalittleherheadbentbackshewasgazingup at the skyandsinging,while oneof herlittle hands waspointing toatiny cloudthat hoveredlike agolden feather abovehersun,whichhadsuddenlybecomevery bright, shiningonherglossyhair,gaveitametallicluster,anditwasdifficult tosaywhatwasthe color,darkbronzeor completely absorbedwassheinwatching thecloudtowhichher strangesongorincantationseemedaddressed,thatshedidnot observemewhenI rose andwenttowards herhead,high upintheblue,alarkthatwassoaringtowardsthesamegauzycloud wassinging,asif in Islowly approachedthechild,I could seebyherforehead,whichinthesunshine seemedlikeaglobeofpearl,andespeciallybyhercomplexion,that sheuncommonlyeyes,whichatonemomentseemedblue-gray,at another violet,were shadedbylong black lashes,curvingbackwardinamostpeculiarway,andthesematchedin huehereyebrows,andthetressesthatweretossedabouthertender throat werequivering in the thisI didnottakeinatonce;foratfirstIcouldseenothingbutthosequivering,glittering,changeful eyes turned up into mytheotherfeatures,especiallythesensitivefull-lipped mouth,grewuponmeasI stood silently seemedtomeamoreperfectbeautythanhadevercometomein myloveliest dreamsof it wasnotherbeauty somuch asthelookshegavemethatfascinatedme,meltedme.Passage5DeclarationofIndependenceWhenintheCourseofhumanevents,itbecomesnecessary foronepeopletodissolvethepoliticalbandswhichhaveconnectedthemwith another,and toassumeamongthepowersofthe earth,theseparate andequal station towhichtheLawsofNatureandofNature'sGodentitlethem,adecent respecttotheopinionsofmankindrequiresthattheyshould declarethecauseswhichimpelthemtotheholdthese truths to be self-evident,that all menare createdequal,that they are endowedby their Creator with certain unalienableRights,thatamongtheseareLife,Libertyandthepursuit of Happiness.—That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted amongMen,deriving their just powersfromtheconsentofthegoverned,—Thatwheneverany Formof Governmentbecomesdestructive of theseends,it is theRight of the Peopletoalteror to abolishit,andtoinstitutenewGovernment,layingitsfoundationonsuchprinciplesand organizingitspowersinsuchform,astothemshallseemmostlikelyto effect their Safetyand Happiness.Prudence,indeed, willdictatethatGovernmentslongestablishedshouldnotbe changedforlightandtransientcauses;andaccordinglyall experience hasshown,that mankindaremoredisposedto suffer,whileevils are sufferable,than to right themselves byabolishingtheformstowhichtheyarewhena longtrainofabusesandusurpations,pursuinginvariablythe sameObject evinces adesign to reducethemunder absoluteDespotism,it istheir right,it is their duty,tothrow offsuchGovernment,andtoprovide newGuardsfor their future security.—SuchhasbeenthepatientsufferanceoftheseColonies;and suchisnowthenecessity whichconstrains themtoalter their formerSystemsofhistoryofthepresentKingof Great Britainis a history of repeated injuries and usurpations,allhavingindirectobjecttheestablishmentofanabsolute TyrannyovertheseStates.To provethis, let Facts besubmittedtoacandidworld.Passage6.ATributetotheDog Thebestfriendamanhasintheworldmayturnagainsthimandbecomehissonordaughterthat hehasreared ;.with loving caremayprove whoarenearest and dearesttous,thosewhomwetrustwithourhappinessandour goodname,maybecometraitorstotheirmoneythatamanhashe flies awayfromhim,perhapswhenheneeds itman’sreputationmaybesacrificedinamomentofill-considered people whoareproneto fall ontheirkneestodoushonorwhensuccessiswithusmaybethefirst tothrowthestoneofmalicewhenfailure settlesits cloud uponouroneabsolutely unselfish friend that mancanhaveinthisselfishworld,theonethatneverdesertshim,theonethat neverproves ungrateful or treacherous,ishisman’sdogstands byhimin prosperity andinpoverty,in health andinwill sleep onthecold ground,wherethe wintrywindsblowandthesnowdrives fiercely,ifonly hemaybenear hismaster’swillkissthehandthathasnofoodtooffer;he will lick thewoundsandsoresthat comefromencounterwith the roughnessof the willguard thesleep ofhispaupermasterasifhewereaallotherfriendsdesert,heriches takewingsandreputation falls topieces,heisasconstantinhisloveasthesuninitsjourneys throughthe fortunedrivesthe masterforth,anoutcastintheworld,friendlessandhomeless,thefaithfuldogasksnohigherprivilegethanthatofaccompanyinghim,toguardhimagainst danger,to fight against his whenthelastsceneofallcomes,anddeathtakesthemasterinitsembrace,andhis bodyis laid awayinthe cold ground,no matterifallotherfriendspursuetheirway,therebythegravewillthenoble dogbefound,his headbetweenhispaws,his eyessadbutopenin alert watchfulness,faithful andtrue evenin death.Passage7.KnowledgeandProgressWhydoestheidea of progress loomsolarge in the modernworld?Surely becauseprogress ofaparticular kind is actuallytaking place around usand is becoming more andmoremankindhasundergonenogeneral improvement inintelligence ormorality,it hasmadeextraordinary progress intheaccumulationofbegantoincreaseassoonasthe thoughts of oneindividualcould becommunicatedtoanotherbymeansoftheinventionofwriting，agreatadvancewasmade,forknowledgecouldthenbenotonlycommunicatedbut also madeeducation possible,andeducationinitsturnaddedtolibraries:thegrowthof knowledgefollowedakindofcompoundinterestlaw,whichwas greatlyenhancedbytheinventionofthiswascomparatively slowuntil,withthe comingof science,the tempowassuddenlyknowledgebegantobeaccumulatedaccording to asystematic trickle becameastream;thestream has nowbecomea torrent.Moreover,as soon as newknowledge is acquired,it is now turned to practicalis called“moderncivilization”is notthe resultof a balanced developmentof all man's nature,but ofaccumulatedknowledgeappliedtopracticalproblem nowfacinghumanityis:Whatisgoingtobedonewithallthisknowledge?Asis sooften pointed out,knowledgeis atwo-edgedweaponwhichcanbeusedequally for goodor is nowbeing usedindifferently for anyspectacle,for instance,be more grimly weirdthan that ofgunners usingscience toshattermen'sbodieswhile,closeathand,surgeonsuseittorestore them?Wehavetoaskourselves very seriously whatwillhappen if this twofold use ofknowledge,with itsever-increasingpower,continues.Passage8.AddressbyEngelsOn the14th of March,at a quarter to three in theafternoon,thegreatestlivingthinkerceasedtohadbeenleft alone for scarcelytwominutes,and whenwecamebackwefoundhiminhisarmchair,peacefullygonetosleep—but immeasurablelosshasbeensustainedbothbythemilitantproletariatofEuropeandAmerica,andbyhistorical science,inthedeathofthisgapthathasbeenleft bythedepartureofthismightyspiritwillsoonenoughmake itselfasDarwindiscoveredthelawofdevelopmentoforganic nature,so Marxdiscovered thelawofdevelopment ofhumanhistory:the simple fact,hithertoconcealed byanovergrowthofideology,thatmankindmustfirstofalleat,drink,haveshelter andclothing,before it canpursuepolitics,science,art,religion,etc.;that therefore theproduction of theimmediatematerialmeansofsubsistenceandconsequentlythedegreeof economicdevelopmentattained byagivenpeopleorduringagivenepochformthefoundationuponwhichthestateinstitutions,the legal conceptions,art,andeventheideasonreligion,of the people concernedhavebeenevolved,andin the lightofwhichtheymust,therefore,beexplained,insteadofvice versa,ashadhitherto beenthethatis notalsodiscoveredthespeciallawofmotiongoverningthepresent-day capitalist modeof productionand the bourgeoissociety that this modeofproduction has discoveryofsurplus value suddenly threwlight onthe problem,in tryingtosolvewhichallpreviousinvestigations,ofbothbourgeois economists and socialist critics,hadbeengroping in the ;.dark.Two such discoveries would be enough for one themantowhomitisgrantedtomakeevenonein every single field which Marx investigated—andheinvestigatedverymanyfields,noneofthemsuperficially—in every field,even in that ofmathematics,he made independent9.Relationship that LastsIf somebodytellsyou,“I’ll love you for ever,”willyoubelieve it?Idon’tthink there’sanyreasonnot are ready to believe such commitment at themoment,whateverchangemayhappen forthebelief inaneverlastinglove,that’sanotheryoumaybeaskedwhetherthereissuchathingasaneverlasting’d answer Ibelieve init,butaneverlasting love isnotmayunswervinglylove orbeloved byalovewillchangeitscompositionwiththepassageof willnotremainthethecourseofyourgrowthandasa result of your increased experience,love willbecomesomethingdifferenttothebeginningyoubelieveda ferventloveforapersoncouldlastandby,however,“fervent”gavewayto“prosaic”.Precisely becauseofthischangeitbecamepossibleforlovetowhatwasmeantbyan everlastinglovewouldeventuallyendupina;.. sortofusedtoinsistonthedifferencebetweenloveandformerseemedmuchmorebeautif ulthanthe day,however,itturnsout there’sreallynoneedtomakesuchisactuallyasortofthesametoken,theeverlastinginterdependenceisactuallyaneverlastingwishIcouldbelievetherewassomebodywhowouldlovemefor’s,asweallknow,tooromantictobetrue.Passage10.RushSwallows may have gone,but there is a time ofreturn;willow trees mayhavedied back,but there is atime ofregreening;peach blossomsmayhavefallen,but they willbloomagain.Now,youthewise,tellme,whyshould ourdaysleave us, nevertoreturn?Iftheyhadbeenstolenbysomeone,whocoulditbe?Wherecouldhehidethem?Iftheyhadmadetheescape themselves,thenwherecouldtheystayatthemoment?Idon’tknowhowmanydaysIhavebeengiventospend,butIdofeel myhandsaregettingstocksilently,Ifindthatmorethan eight thousand dayshave already slid awayfromadropofwaterfromthepoint ofaneedle disappearing intotheocean,mydaysaredrippingintothestreamoftime, soundless,sweatis starting onmyforehead, ;..andtears welling upinmythat havegonehavegoneforgood,thosetocomekeepcoming;yetinbetween,howfast istheshift,insucharush?WhenIgetupinthemorning,theslanting sunmarksits presenceinmysmall roomin twoor threesunhasfeet,look,heistreading on,lightly andfurtively;and I amcaught,blankly,inhis—thedayflowsawaythrough the sink whenI washmyhands,wears offinthebowlwhenIeatmymeal,andpassesawaybeforemyday-dreaminggazeasreflectincanfeelhishastenow,soIreachoutmyhandstoholdhimback,buthekeeps flowingpastmywithholdingtheevening,asIlieinbed,hestrides overmybody,glides pastmyfeet,in his agile momentI openmyeyesandmeetthe sunagain,onewhole dayhasburymyfaceinmyhandsandheavea thenewdaybeginstoflashpastinthecanIdo,inthis bustling world,with my days flying in their escape?Nothing butto hesitate,to haveIbeendoing inthateight-thousand-dayrush,apartfromhesitating?Those bygonedayshavebeendispersedassmokebyalightwind,or evaporatedasmistbythemorningtraceshaveIleftbehindme?HaveI ever left behindanygossamertraces at all?Ihavecometothe world,stark naked;amIto goback,in ablink,;..inthesamestarknakedness?Itisnotfairthough:whyshouldIhavemadesuchatripfornothing!Youthewise,tellme,whyshouldourdaysleaveus,nevertoreturn?;.。
短篇励志英语美文摘抄带翻译【三篇】
【导语】励志这东西，是有时间期限的。
不要期待⼀个刺激就可以顺利地改变你，⼀个⼈的动⼒归根结底只能来源于⾃⼰。
你只有换着法⼦地激励⾃⼰，直到它变成你⾎液的⼀部分。
分享短篇励志英语美⽂，希望可以帮助⼤家!短篇励志英语美⽂：A Better TomorrowPeople often wonder why historians go to so much trouble to preserve millions of books, documents and records.Why do we have libraries? What good are these documents and history books? Why do we record and save the actions of men, the negotiations1 of government officials and the events during wars?We do it because, sometimes, the voice of experience can cause us to stop, look and listen. Sometimes, past records, when understood in the right way, can help us decide what to do and what not to do. If we are ever to create lasting peace, we must seek its origins in human experience and in the records of human history.From the stories of courage and devotion of men and women, we create the inspirations of youth. History records the suffering, the self-denial2, the devotion, and the heroic deeds of people in the past. These records can help us when we are confused and when we really need peace.The main purpose of history is to create a better world. History gives a warning to those who promote war, and inspiration to those who seek peace.In short, history helps us learn. Yesterday’s records can keep us from repeating yesterday’s mistakes. And from the pieces of mosaic4 assembled5 by historians come the great murals6 which represent the progress of mankind.翻译：⼀个更好的明天英语励志短⽂⼈们常常⼼存疑虑,为什么历史学家要费尽周折地保存数以万计的书籍、⽂献和记录。
【优美英文文章】英语美文短篇摘抄
【优美英文文章】英语美文短篇摘抄优美英文文章优美英文文章优美英文文章1 I Am Willing That It Is a Torrent 我愿是激流Petofi Sandor 裴多菲·山陀尔I am willing that it is a torrent 我愿是一涌急流，the river in the mountain 是山间的奔泉，pass the rock on the rugged mountain path 在崎岖不平的山涧上奔涌过岩石。
Only my spouse It is a small fish, 只愿我的爱人是一尾小小的游鱼swim happily in my spray. 畅游于我的涓流。
I am willing It is neglect woods 我愿是一片荒野之林，two sides in river 屹立于大河两岸，to a burst of blast,向着暴风，Fight bravely 英勇的搏斗。
Only my spouse It is a bird Dense in mine 只愿我的爱人是一只小小的雀儿，Make the nest among the branch Pipe. 筑巢于我繁茂的枝叶间。
I am willing that it is the ruins, 我愿是一片废墟，on high and steep mountain and rock, 栖身与高峻的山与岩上，this ruin mourned in silence does not make me dejected, 葬身于寂静也并不使我消沉。
Only my spouse It is the blue and green blue and green Chinese ivy, 只愿我的爱人是青蓝的常春藤，along my bleak and desolate volume, 缠绕我无望孤寂的身躯，climb up by holding on to and rise on intimate terms with each other. 依着彼此的亲密蔓延而上。