晨讀英語(yǔ)美文六十篇六級(jí)
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something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue--百年婚禮習(xí)俗
The wedding tradition of “something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue” has been around for hundreds of years. Many brides have been asked on their respective wedding days if they have gathered something old, new, borrowed and blue to carry with them as they walk down the aisle. The tradition of carrying or wearing one of each item is said to bring luck and fortune to the newly married couple. Have you ever stopped to think what the saying really means﹖ What is its origin and what does each item represent﹖
The original saying dates back to the Victoria times and states, “Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue and a silver sixpence in your shoe.”
Something old...
A bride may wear or carry something old to represent her continued ties to her family and her old life. Many brides wear a piece of family jewelry as their old item. Some brides wear the wedding dress worn by their mother or grandmother. In many cases, something old may also be something borrowed.
Something new...
Wearing something new is supposed to represent success and hope in the bride’s new life and in her marriage. If the bride purchased her wedding dress new, it may represent her new item, but any item that is new may be used. Something “new” is usually the easiest category1 to fill.
Something borrowed...
The borrowed item should be something borrowed from a friend that is happily married. It is suggested that their happiness will rub off on you and bring lasting happiness to your marriage. Some brides borrow an item of clothing, a piece of jewelry, a handkerchief or perhaps a beaded purse.
Something blue...
Wearing something blue dates back to biblical times when a blue wedding dress was worn to represent purity, fidelity and love. Over time this has changed from wearing a blue dress to wearing just a blue band around the bottom of the bride’s wedding dress to modern times ?where it is commonplace for the bride to wear a blue garter.
Silver sixpence...
Placing a silver sixpence in the bride’s left shoe is said to be a symbol of wealth. This not only refers to financial wealth, but also a wealth of happiness and joy throughout her married life. Since most brides probably don’t even know what a sixpence is, this part of the tradition is not used very often in modern times. However, if a bride would like to include it in her wedding, she can purchase a silver sixpence from many companies that sell bridal supplies such as garters and invitations.
Other brides aren’t bound by tradition but still may choose to carry out the custom at someone else’s request. If they don’t want to carry numerous items, they may simply carry two handkerchiefs in a small beaded bag--hey may choose to buy a new, white handkerchief and borrow a blue one from a family member. That would provide them with something new--the white handkerchief, as well as something that is old, borrowed and blue--the blue handkerchief. The handkerchief just may come in handy during the wedding for drying their joyful tears.?
英語(yǔ)晨讀365 115 Equipment 裝備
Equipment
Figure it out for yourself, my lad. You have got all that the great have had: two arms, two legs, two hands, two eyes, and a brain to use if you'd be wise. With this equipment they all began, so start for the top and say" I can".
Look them over the wise and the great. They take their food from a common plate. With similar knives and forks they use; with similar laces they tie their shoes. The world considers them brave and smart, but you know--- you have got all they had when they made their start.
You can triumph and come to skill; you can be great if you only will. You are well equipped for the fight you choose you have arms and legs and brains to use. And people who have risen, great deeds to do started their lives with no more than you.
You are the handicap you must face. You are the one who must choose your place. You must say where you want to go, and how much you will study the truth to know. God has equipped you for life, but he lets you decide what you want to be.
The courage must come from the soul within; you must furnish the will to win. So figure it out for yourself, my lad; you were born with all the great have had; with your equipment they all began. Get hold of yourself and say" I can".
你會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn),自己已經(jīng)具備了所有偉人所擁有的:兩條胳膊,兩條腿,兩只手,兩只眼睛以及為你帶來(lái)智慧的大腦。這些偉大的人在奮斗之處也只擁有這些。因此,開始為了夢(mèng)想奮斗吧,告訴你自己:“我行!”。
看看那些偉大睿智的人,他們吃飯用尋常的盤子和刀叉;甚至用類似的方法系鞋帶--世人皆認(rèn)為他們兼具勇敢與智慧。但你要知道,此刻你已擁有他們拼搏向前的一切。
如果你愿意,你同樣可以取勝,同樣可以偉大。在奮斗的路途上你已擁有最精良的裝備,不斷向前成就偉業(yè)的人在奮斗之初并不比你多多少。
你必須面對(duì)的是你自己,僅有你自己可以決定自己的處境。說(shuō)出自己想要達(dá)到目標(biāo),講出自己掌握的真相。上帝已為你提供了裝備,但方向只能由你自己來(lái)決定。
勇氣來(lái)自內(nèi)心深處,下定決心取得勝利。所以,自己想想吧,偉人的資本與生俱來(lái)。把握好自己,告訴自己:“我行!”。
英語(yǔ)晨讀365 114 Dreams 夢(mèng)想
Dreams
When we were young, we had dreams and expectations. We imagine things; we keep thinking about what we want to be, what we want to do, what makes us proud and happy and what will we become.
We grew up, and things seemed like having their own way. We accept our success or failures and we move on. The rapid change, the need to do the urgent things, the works, the pressures and the failures, all kill part of our visions.
Things have changed, but they cannot really take away the dreams. We still have to dream on, to visualize our desires, our wants, our vision of our future, even when we are considered too old for such things.
Cornell Sanders started his business when he was sixty, and started the whole successful KFC business. The main thing is not the age whether being too old, or too young, but it is the desire to dream on, and the courage to realize it.
The ability to dream on is one of the fine qualities of human race that other species do not possess. So dream on, and put a deadline: make it a giant dream, a tiny one, an old everlasting one, a new-found one, a hobby-related one, a change of life one, a religious one, a stupid one, a stroke of genius one, or just whatever... just continue to dream on... Then, Just Go and Do It!
英語(yǔ)晨讀365 118 We Were Dear to Each Other 相親相愛(ài)
Stray birds of summer come to my window to sing and fly away.
And yellow leaves of autumn,which have no songs,flutter and fall there with a sign.
O Troupe of little vagrants of the world,leave your footprints in my words.
The world puts off its mask of vastness to its lover.
It becomes small as one song,as one kiss of the eternal.
It is the tears of the earth that keep her smiles in bloom.
The mighty desert is burning for the love of a blade of grass who shakes her head and laughs and flies away.
If you shed tears when you miss the sun,you also miss the stars.
The sands in your way beg for your song and your movement,dancing water,Will you carry the burden of their lameless?
Her wishful face haunts my dreams like the rain at night.
Once we dreamt that we were strangers.
We wake up to find that we were dear to each other.
夏天的飛鳥,飛到我的窗前唱歌,又飛去了。
秋天的黃葉,它們沒(méi)有什么可唱,只嘆息了一聲,飛落在那里。
世界上的一小隊(duì)小小的漂泊者呀,請(qǐng)留下你們的腳印在我的文字里。
世界對(duì)著它的愛(ài)人,把它浩瀚的面具揭了下來(lái)。
它變小了,小如一首歌,小如一回永恒的吻。
是大地的淚點(diǎn),使她的微笑保持著青春不謝。
無(wú)垠的沙漠熱烈地追求一葉綠草的愛(ài),她搖搖頭笑著飛開了。
如果你因失去了太陽(yáng)而流淚,那么你也將將失去群星了。
跳著舞的流水呀,在你途中的泥沙,要求你的'歌聲,你的歡跳.你肯挾痂足的泥沙而俱下么?
她的熱切的臉,如夜雨似的,攪擾著我的夢(mèng)魂。
有一次,我們夢(mèng)見大家都是不認(rèn)識(shí)的。
我們醒了,卻知道我們是相親相愛(ài)的。
英語(yǔ)晨讀365 123 Prometheus 普羅米修斯
Prometheus
Prometheus was a Titan .In the war between Zeus the giants he had stood on the side of the new Olympian gods.Out of the clay he made the first man,to whom Athena gave soul and holy breath.Prometheus spent a lot of time and energy in creating the gift of fire.The fire raised man above all animals .Later,there held a joint meeting of gods and men.The meeting was to decide what part of burnt animals should be given to gods and what to men.Prometheus cut up an ox and divided it into two parts:under the skin he placed the fresh,and under the fat he put the bones,for he knew the selfish Zeus loved fat. Zeus saw through the trick and felt displeased at the Prometheus' favor towards men.So in a masterful way he took away the gift of fire from mankind.However,Prometheus managed to steal fire from heaven and secretly brought it down to men.Flying into an anger at this unjustified act of rebellion,Zeus let the other gods chain Prometheus to a rock on Mountain Caucasus,where a hungry eagle ever tore at his liver which ever grew again.His period of pain was to be thirty-thousand years.Prometheus faced his bitter fate firmly and never lost courage before Zeus.At last Heracles made Prometheus and Zeus restore to friend ship,when Heracles came over in search of the golden apple and killed the eagle and set the friend of mankind free.
普羅米修斯
普羅米修斯是泰坦巨人之一。在宙斯與巨人的戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)中,他站在新的奧林波斯山神一邊。他用粘土造出了第一個(gè)男人。雅典娜賦予了這個(gè)男人靈魂和神圣的生命。普羅米修斯還花費(fèi)了很多時(shí)間和精力創(chuàng)造了火,并將之贈(zèng)予人類;鹗谷顺蔀槿f(wàn)物之靈。在這之后,舉行了第一次神與人的聯(lián)席會(huì)議。這個(gè)會(huì)議將決定燒烤過(guò)的動(dòng)物的哪一部分該分給神,哪一部分該給人類。普羅米修斯切開一頭牛,把它分成兩部分:他把肉放在皮下,將骨頭放在肥肉下。因?yàn)樗雷运降闹嫠箰?ài)吃肥肉。宙斯看穿了他的把戲。普羅米修斯偏袒人類,這使宙斯感到不快。因此,他專橫地把火從人類手中奪走。然而,普羅米修斯設(shè)法竊走了天火,偷偷地把它帶給人類。宙斯對(duì)他這種肆無(wú)忌憚的違抗行為大發(fā)雷霆。他令其他的山神把普羅米修斯用鎖鏈縛在高加索山脈的一塊巖石上。一只饑餓的老鷹天天來(lái)啄食他的肝臟,而他的肝臟又總是重新長(zhǎng)出來(lái)。他的痛苦要持續(xù)三萬(wàn)年。而他堅(jiān)定地面對(duì)苦難,從來(lái)不在宙斯面前喪失勇氣。最后,海格立斯使普羅米修斯與宙斯恢復(fù)了他們的友誼,找到了金蘋果,殺死了老鷹,因而解救了人類的老朋友。
英語(yǔ)晨讀365 136 Friendship 友誼
Friendship
If you're ever in a jam
Here i am
If you're ever in a mess
S.O.S
If you ever land in jail
I am your bail
If you're ever up a tree
pnone to me
If you're ever down a well
Ring my bell
If you ever lost your teeth and you're out to dine
Borrow mine
If they ever black your eyes
put me wise
If they ever cook your goose
Turn me loose
If they ever put a bullet through your brain
I'll complain
It's friendship,friendship
Just a perfect blend-ship
When other friendships have been forgot
Ours will still be it
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