英語美文欣賞
在平平淡淡的學習、工作、生活中，大家都不可避免的會接觸到美文吧?網(wǎng)絡文化是一種開放、自由的文化，給美文的概念也賦予了更多的開放自由的元素，用通俗的講法，寫的好的文章，就是美文。那么，你會寫美文嗎？下面是小編收集整理的英語美文欣賞，歡迎大家分享。
英語美文欣賞1
From the window of my room, I could see a tall cotton-rose hibiscus. In spring, when green foliage was half hidden by mist, the tree looked very enchanting dotted with red blossom. This inspiring neighbor of mine often set my mind working. I gradually regarded it as my best friend.
Nevertheless, when I opened the window one morning, to my amazement, the tree was almost bare beyond recognition as a result of the storm ravages the night before. Struck by the plight, I was seized with a sadden saddens at the thought “all the blossom is doomed to fall”. I could not help sighing with emotion: the course of life never runs smooth, for there are so many ups and downs, twists and turns. The vicissitudes of my life saw my beloved friends parting one after another. Isn’t it similar to the tree shedding its flowers in the wind?
This event faded from my memory as time went by. One day after I came home from the countryside, I found the room stuffy and casually opened the window. Something outside caught my eye and dazzled me. It was a plum tree all scarlet with blossom set off beautifully by the sunset. The surprise discovery overwhelmed me with pleasure. I wondered why I had no idea of some unyielding life sprouting over the fallen petals when I was grieving for the hibiscus.
When the last withered petal dropped, all the joyful admiration for the hibiscus sank into oblivion as if nothing was left, until the landscape was again ablaze with the red plum blossom to remind people of life’s alternation and continuance. Can’t it be said that life is actually a symphony, a harmonious composition of loss gain.
Standing by the window lost in thought for a long time, I realized that no scenery in the world remains unchanged. As long as you keep your heart basking in the sun, every dawn will present a fine prospect for you to unfold and the world will always be about new hopes.
英語美文欣賞2
What makes you happy all the time? What do you do when you feel like having a bad day?
什么能讓你一直擁有幸福感?在你覺得一天過得很糟時，你會做什么讓自己開心起來?
下面是8位網(wǎng)友的分享，在讀這篇文章的你，又是什么能讓你擁有最大的幸福感?
David Leonhardt
Being at peace with myself, just knowing that I am doing , thinking how lucky I am for the incredible bounty I was born into…it’s not one thing, it’s an attitude.
內(nèi)心的平靜，知道自己在做什么，心懷感激我能降臨到這個世界上是多大的運氣，這不是一件事，這是一種生活態(tài)度。
Jennifer Walpole
Books. Books always make me happy when I’m having a bad day. And, while I do enjoy e-books, I love the print versions. There is something intensely satisfying about actually turning the page of a book. I like all genres of books; my favorites are sci-fi and adventure. I also turn to music to bolster my happiness. Josh Groban is a favorite. Most of the time, I have music playing in the background as I’m working. The most simplistic thing that I do when I need to feel happy is count my blessings; even when it seems like the world is crashing down, there is always something to be thankful for.
書籍。心情不好的時候書永遠能讓我快樂起來。雖然我也喜歡電子書，但相比而言，紙質(zhì)的更好。當你翻動書頁的時候會有一種前所未有的滿足感。我喜歡各種題材的書籍，最愛的是科幻和冒險類。我也會聽音樂來獲得幸福感，最愛的音樂人是美國歌手喬詩·葛洛班。大多數(shù)時候，我都會把音樂開著當成工作的背景。當我需要感知幸福時，最簡單的莫過于數(shù)數(shù)我到底擁有些什么，哪怕我的世界一團糟，也總還會有值得我去感激的事情啊。
Nikola Gjakovski
Knowing that today I’m closer to my goal than yesterday brings me happiness. The things that make me a better person than I was yesterday, the virtues that we sshare between us. Also the small things such as hearing someone snort when they laugh, seeing people do good deeds, when I nail a performance I was nervous about, when my pet chooses to sleep next to me at night, when I see old couples still in love, eating a watermelon on a hot summer day, licking the spoon after baking, summer evening walks, realizing I’ve finished all my work for the day and lot of others. Minimize your satisfaction of happiness, but never minimize your goals and attainments. We all strive for happiness but only few find it.
知道今天比昨天更接近目標能讓我開心。那些讓今天的我比昨天更好的事情，那些我們彼此分享的美德。還有一些小事：比如聽到別人撲哧一笑的聲音 ，看到別人做好事，為一次表演緊張到無法自拔，或者是寵物晚上睡在我旁邊，看到老年伴侶依然相親相愛，炎熱的夏季夜晚吃一個大西瓜，烘烤完舔一舔勺子，夏季傍晚的散步，意識到我已經(jīng)完成了自己一天的工作順帶幫別人完成了不少。把你對幸福感的滿意度降到最低，但不要降低你的目標和成就。我們都在追求幸福，卻只有很少人能真正找尋到。
Ieva Salina
The life itself. Moments when you feel everything is connected. that you are a creator. You have choice what to be, how to feel, what to think and say. Being in nature where everything is in harmony and step by step create harmony within and around. Those little moments which are filled with faith, love, joy and success gives strength and encourage to move forward, to your goals. Everything and anything is possible.
生活本身。當你發(fā)現(xiàn)每件事都有著千絲萬縷的聯(lián)系的瞬間，你就是生活的創(chuàng)造者。你有選擇去做什么、如何去感知、去思考什么和說什么的權(quán)利。當周圍的一切都處在和諧之中不妨順其自然，一步一步去創(chuàng)造內(nèi)部和外在的和諧。那些充滿了信念、愛、歡樂和成功的小瞬間，給予你力量促進你繼續(xù)向著目標邁進。一切皆有可能。
Kara Spain
What makes me most happy is what comes from within myself or simply being me without false pretenses. It is a byproduct of living my purpose; being a writer, loving my family, and helping those in need when fate brings them along. That is who I am naturally, and when I cede to those things I feel most happy and alive as a human being.
真正讓我開心是內(nèi)心存在的一些東西或者是簡簡單單做自己毫不偽裝。這是活出我自己的目標的副產(chǎn)品，當一個作家，愛我的家庭，幫助那些被命運捉弄需要幫助的人們。我本就如此，當做到這些便會更加開心更有存在感。
Chris Haigh
The big stuff that brings me happiness are things like taking slow but steady steps towards goals, dreams, and ambitions that I want to achieve and feel ever more confident and hopeful in achieving.
最能讓我開心的莫過于朝著目標夢想和野心一步一步穩(wěn)定的前進，同時感到越來越有信心和希望。
I have to be honest, though; sometimes happiness really is about the little things we do and we have. It doesn’t have to be big, but if they make you happy, on a small but regular basis, then that makes them no less valid as sources of happiness. For me, it’s silly little things like gelato in the sun or reading books inside while it’s raining outside, or afternoon naps, or writing a great to-do list or playing with my dog.
然而我必須承認，很多時候幸福本身是那些我們做的和擁有的小事情。不需要多么的巨大，但如果能讓你開心，哪怕是再小不過再日常的小事，那么也要把這當成是幸福的源泉。對于我來說，一些看起來傻傻的小事，比如陽光下吃冰淇淋，雨天窩在家看書，下午打盹，列一個要待辦清單，或是和狗狗玩耍，都是如此幸福。
Happiness is a choice and a goal and anyway you choose to achieve it is valid and something you should striving to fill your life with.
幸福感是選擇和目標，是你選擇來努力充實生活的事情。
robbie hyman
Believe it or not, gratitude makes me happy.
不管你信不信，感恩能讓我幸福。
Sounds counterintuitive, doesn’t it? Seems like it should work in exactly the opposite direction. First we get happy, then we can be grateful about it.
聽起來不那么靠譜，好像完全弄反了。直覺上應該是我們先幸福，再來心懷感恩。
The more time during your day you can spend being grateful about the things and the people and the experiences and the luck you have in your life, the happier you’ll be. I promise. I also promise that if you try, really try, to think about all of the reasons you have to be grateful today, right now, you’ll find an astonishingly long list.
每天你對事物或人以及生活中擁有的經(jīng)歷和好運感恩越多，你就越開心。我保證是這樣。我還可以保證如果你試了，真正地嘗試了，想了一下今天你應該感恩的所有理由，那么現(xiàn)在，你就會發(fā)現(xiàn)有很長很長的清單了。
I remember my first condo. Tiny place, but it was all mine. And I’m not sure where I got the idea to do this, but I made a point — from the day I moved in — to walk into every room in the place, just to take a few seconds to reflect on the fact that I actually owned this room… and this one… that one too.
我記得我第一個公寓。非常小，但真的是我的。我也不太清楚什么時候有了這樣的想法，但就是這樣——從我搬進去的那天開始，走到每一個房間，花幾秒鐘去回顧這個事實我真的擁有了這房間，還有這個，還有那個。
Like I said, tiny place, so walking into each room wasn’t exactly a major physical task. But it worked. Because I made feeling grateful for that condo a part of my daily routine, I was a lot happier about it than I suspect most people are about their homes — even if they’re a lot bigger than that condo was.
就如我說的，因為是小地方，所以去到每一個房間也不是啥大體力活。但真的很有用。我開始感恩，有這樣一個公寓歸我所有，似乎我比其他人對家的滿意度幸福感更強——哪怕他們的房子比我的`公寓大很多。
Find gratitude to find happiness. It works. In that order. I promise.
先感恩再幸福。真的很有效，就遵循這個順序吧，相信我沒錯。
Royale Scuderi
A genuine smile, a comforting hug, a kind word, the comforts of home, real and deep affection are all triggers for happiness, or at least for happy moments. But what truly brings me happiness is a contentment that comes from inside that I matter to those around me, that I’m contributing something to the world. I think for me, happiness comes both from within and from without; it’s a connection to other people, and a sense that all is OK, even in the midst of the uncertainty that surrounds us, that life is still hopeful and good and joyous.
禮貌的微笑，安慰的擁抱，善意的言語，舒適的家，真實深沉的情感都是幸福的源泉，或至少能帶來快樂的瞬間。但真正能讓我開心的是來自于內(nèi)心的滿足，那種我對周圍的人很重要、我對這個世界有著一定的貢獻的滿足感。我想對于我來說，幸福感來自內(nèi)外，這是和別人的一種聯(lián)系，一種感知，什么都可以，哪怕是包圍著我們的不確定性，生活仍然充滿希望好事和快樂。
Happiness may be more than anything an attitude or more accurately a mindset, a willingness to look for the good in life and to fully embrace and appreciate it when you find it.
幸福也許不僅僅是態(tài)度或者一種意識存在，而是一種意愿，你希望能在生活中找到美好，充分的去擁抱和感激你所找到的一切。
英語美文欣賞3
Work and Pleasure
To be really happy and really safe, one ought to have at least two or three hobbies, and they must all be real. It is no use starting late in life to say: “I will take an interest in this or that.” Such an attempt only aggravates the strain of mental effort. A man may acquire great knowledge of topics unconnected with his daily work, and yet hardly get any benefit or relief. It is no use doing what you like; you have got to like what you do. Broadly speaking, human beings may be divided into three classes: those who are toiled to death, those who are worried to death, and those who are bored to death. It is no use offering the manual labourer, tired out with a hard week’s sweat and effort, the chance of playing a game of football or baseball on Saturday afternoon. It is no use inviting the politician or the professional or business man, who has been working or worrying about serious things for six days, to work or worry about trifling things at the weekend.
It may also be said that rational, industrious useful human beings are divided into two classes: first, those whose work is work and whose pleasure is pleasure; and secondly, those whose work and pleasure are one. Of these the former are the majority. They have their compensations. The long hours in the office or the factory bring with them as their reward, not only the means of sustenance, but a keen appetite for pleasure even in its simplest and most modest forms. But Fortune’s favoured children belong to the second class. Their life is a natural harmony. For them the working hours are never long enough. Each day is a holiday, and ordinary holidays when they come are grudged as enforced interruptions in an absorbing vocation. Yet to both classes the need of an alternative outlook, of a change of atmosphere, of a diversion of effort, is essential. Indeed, it may well be that those whose work is their pleasure are those who most need the means of banishing it at intervals from their minds.
英語美文欣賞4
To Autumn
Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,
Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;
Conspiring with him how to load and bless
With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run;
To bend with apples the moss'd cottage-trees,
And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core;
To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells
With a sweet kernel; to set budding more,
And still more, later flowers for the bees,
Until they think warm days will never cease,
For summer has o'er-brimm'd their clammy cells.
Who hath not seen thee oft amid thy store?
Sometimes whoever seeks abroad may find
Thee sitting careless on a granary floor,
Thy hair soft-lifted by the winnowing wind;
Or on a half-reap'd furrow sound asleep,
Drows'd with the fume of poppies, while thy hook
Spares the next swath and all its twined flowers:
And sometimes like a gleaner thou dost keep
Steady thy laden head across a brook;
Or by a cyder-press, with patient look,
Thou watchest the last oozings hours by hours.
Where are the songs of spring? Ay, where are they?
Think not of them, thou hast thy music too, -
While barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day,
And touch the stubble-plains with rosy hue;
Then in a wailful choir the small gnats mourn
Among the river sallows, borne aloft
Or sinking as the light wind lives or dies;
And full-grown lambs loud bleat from hilly bourn;
Hedge-crickets sing; and now with treble soft
The red-breat whistles from a garden-croft;
And gathering swallows twitter in the skies.
英語美文欣賞5
美文欣賞
When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor named Dr. Gibbs. He didn’t look like any doctor I’d ever known. He never yelled at us for playing in his yard. I remember him as someone who was a lot nicer than 1)circumstances warranted.
When Dr. Gibbs wasn’t saving lives, he was planting trees. His house sat on ten acres, and his life’s goal was to make it a forest.
The good doctor had some interesting theories concerning plant 2)husbandry. He came from the “No pain, no gain” school of 3)horticulture. He never watered his new trees, which flew in the face of conventional wisdom. Once I asked why. He said that watering plants spoiled them, and that if you water them, each successive tree generation will grow weaker and weaker. So you have to make things rough for them and 4)weed out the 5)weenie trees early on.
He talked about how watering trees made for shallow roots, and how trees that weren’t watered had to grow deep roots in search of 6)moisture. I took him to mean that deep roots were to be treasured.
So he never watered his trees. He’d plant an oak and, instead of watering it every morning, he’d beat it with a rolled-up newspaper. Smack! Slap! Pow! I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the tree’s attention.
Dr. Gibbs 7)went to glory a couple of years after I left home. 8)Every now and again, I walked by his house and looked at the trees that I’d watched him plant some twenty-five years ago. They’re 9)granite strong now. Big and 10)robust. Those trees wake up in the morning and beat their chests and drink their 11)coffee black.
I planted a couple of trees a few years back. Carried water to them for a 12)solid summer. Sprayed them. Prayed over them. The whole nine 13)yards. Two years of 14)coddling has resulted in trees that expect to be 15)waited on hand and foot. Whenever a cold wind blows in, they tremble and chatter their branches. Sissy trees.
Funny things about those trees of Dr. Gibbs’. 16)Adversity and 17)deprivation seemed to benefit them in ways comfort and ease never could.
Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons. I stand over them and watch their little bodies, the rising and falling of life within. I often pray for them. Mostly I pray that their lives will be easy. But lately I’ve been thinking that it’s time to change my prayer.
This change has to do with the inevitability of cold winds that hit us at the core. I know my children are going to encounter hardship, and I’m praying they won’t be naive. There’s always a cold wind blowing somewhere.
So I’m changing my prayer. Because life is tough, whether we want it to be or not. Too many times we pray for ease, but that’s a prayer seldom met. What we need to do is pray for roots that reach deep into 18)the Eternal, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we won’t be 19)swept 20)asunder.
參考翻譯
在我還是小孩子的時候，我有一個老鄰居叫吉布斯醫(yī)生。他不像我所認識的任何一個醫(yī)生。我們在他的院子里玩耍，他從不對我們大喊大叫。我記得他是一個非常和藹的人。
吉布斯醫(yī)生不拯救人性命的時候就去種樹。他的住所占地10英畝，他的人生目標就是將它變成一片森林。
這個好醫(yī)生對于如何持家有一番有趣的理論。他來自一個“不勞無獲”的園藝學校。他從不澆灌他新種的樹，這顯然與常理相悖。有一次我問為什么，他說澆水會毀了這些樹，如果澆水，每一棵成活的樹的后代會變得越來越嬌弱。所以你得把它們的生長環(huán)境變得艱苦些，盡早淘汰那些弱不禁風的樹。
他還告訴我用水澆灌的樹的根是如何的淺，而那些沒有澆水的樹的根必須鉆入深深的泥土獲得水分。我將他的話理解為：深根是十分寶貴的。
所以他從不給他的樹澆水。他種了一棵橡樹，每天早上，他不是給它澆水，而是用一張卷起的報紙抽打它�！芭�!噼!砰!”我問他為什么這樣做，他說是為了引起樹的注意。
在我離家兩年后，吉布斯醫(yī)生就去世了。我常常經(jīng)過他的房子，看著那些25年前我曾看著他種下的那些樹。如今它們已是像石頭般硬朗了。枝繁葉茂、生氣勃勃。這些樹在早晨醒過來，拍打著胸脯，啜飲著苦難的汁水。
幾年前我也種下兩三棵樹。整整一個夏天我都堅持為它們澆水。為它們噴殺蟲劑，為它們祈禱。整整9平方碼大的地方。兩年的悉心呵護，結(jié)果兩棵樹弱不禁風。每當寒風吹起，它們就顫抖起來，枝葉直打戰(zhàn)。嬌里嬌氣的兩棵樹。
吉布斯醫(yī)生的樹真是有趣。逆境和折磨帶給它們的益處似乎是舒適和安逸永遠無法給予的。
每天晚上睡覺前，我都要看看兩個兒子。我俯視著他們那幼小的身體，生命就在其中起落沉浮。我總是為他們祈禱，總是祈禱他們的生活能一帆風順。但后來我想是該改變我的祈禱詞的時候了。
這改變是因為將吹在我們要害的'不可避免的寒風。我知道我的孩子們將遇到困難，我祈禱他們不會幼稚而脆弱。在某些地方總會有寒風吹過。
所以我改變了我的祈禱詞。因為不管我們愿不愿意，生活總是艱難的。我們已祈禱了太多的安逸，但卻少有實現(xiàn)。我們所需要做的是祈禱深植我們的信念之根，這樣我們就不會被雨打風吹所傷害。
詞匯釋義
1、 注：這句話的直譯是：即使情況允許(發(fā)火)的時候，他(吉布斯醫(yī)生)也會非常和藹。circumstances: n. [復數(shù)形式]情況，境況。warrant: vt. 使有(正當)理由，成為……的根據(jù)
2、 husbandry n. 耕作;家政，節(jié)儉
3、 horticulture n. 園藝(學)
4、 weed out 剔除，清除
5、 weenie n. 牛肉熏香腸，豬牛肉混合香腸
6、 moisture n. 濕度，水分
7、 go to glory 死
8、 every now and again 時而，不時
9、 granite n. 花崗石，堅如磐石
10、 robust a. 強健的，茁壯的
11、 black coffee 此處喻指樹所遭受的磨難
12、 solid a. 連續(xù)的，完整的
13、 yard n. 碼，一碼約為0.914米
14、 coddle vt. 悉心照料，嬌養(yǎng)，溺愛
15、 wait on 服侍(某人);招待(顧客)
16、 adversity n. 逆境，苦難
17、 deprivation n. 剝奪，喪失
18、 the Eternal [宗教用語]上帝
19、 sweep vt.(風等)刮起，(浪等)沖走，席卷
20、 asunder ad. 碎，散
英語美文欣賞6
I used to watch her from my kitchen window, she seemed so small as she muscled her way through the crowd of boys on the playground. The school was across the street from our home and I would often watch the kids as they played during recess. A sea of children, and yet to me, she stood out from them all. I remember the first day I saw her playing basketball. I watched in wonder as she ran circles around the other kids. She managed to shoot jump shots just over their heads and into the net. The boys always tried to stop her but no one could. I began to notice her at other times, basketball in hand, playing alone. She would practice dribbling and shooting over and over again, sometimes until dark. One day I asked her why she practiced so much. She looked directly in my eyes and without a moment of hesitation she said, “I want to go to college. The only way I can go is if I get a scholarship. I like basketball. I decided that if I were good enough, I would get a scholarship. I am going to play college basketball. I want to be the best. My Daddy told me if the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.” Then she smiled and ran towards the court to recap the routine I had seen over and over again. Well, I had to give it to her—she was determined. I watched her through those junior high years and into high school. Every week, she led her varsity team to victory.
One day in her senior year, I saw her sitting in the grass, head cradled in her arms. I walked across the street and sat down in the cool grass beside her. Quietly I asked what was wrong. “Oh, nothing,” came a soft reply. “I am just too short.” The coach told her that at 5’5” she would probably never get to play for a top ranked team— much less offered a scholarship—so she should stop dreaming about college. She was heartbroken and I felt my own throat tighten as I sensed her disappointment. I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet. She lifted her head from her hands and told me that her father said those coaches were wrong. They just did not understand the power of a dream. He told her that if she really wanted to play for a good college, if she truly wanted a scholarship, that nothing could stop her except one thing — her own attitude. He told her again, “If the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.” The next year, as she and her team went to the Northern California Championship game, she was seen by a college recruiter. She was indeed offered a scholarship, a full ride, to a Division 1, NCAA women’s basketball team. She was going to get the college education that she had dreamed of and worked toward for all those years.
英語美文欣賞7
The starting is the same, so you just have to write it out by yourselfFamily.What kind of thoughts cross your mind when I said this word? Career. And again, what cross your mind? Now why don‘t you relate this two topics together? true enough, you might be thinking " a diligent father working all day and earning a mere income of 100 dollars. He fails to be family orientated." What i would like to express is that no matter how busy you are or how important your job to you is, like as if you‘ll be losing your job the next day, please don‘t forget to spend some time with your family too! Always remember "family comes first‘!
英語美文欣賞8
The first snow came. How beautiful it was, falling so silently all day long, all night long, on the mountains, on the meadows, on the roofs of the living, on the graves of the dead! All with save the river, that marked its course by a winding black line across the landscape; and the leafless trees, that against the leaden sky now revealed more fully the wonderful beauty and intricacies of their branches. What silence, too, came with the snow, and what seclusion!
Every sound was muffled, every noise changed to something soft and musical. No more tramping hoofs, no more rattling wheels! Only the chiming of sleigh-bells, beating as swift and merrily as the hearts of children.
初雪飄臨。多么美�。∷照鼓敲挫o靜地飄著，落在山嶺上，落在草地上，落在世人的屋頂上，落在死才的墳墓上！在一片白茫茫之中，只有河流在美麗的畫面上劃出一道曲曲彎彎的黑線；還有那葉兒落凈的樹木，映襯著鉛灰色的天空，此刻更顯得枝丫交錯，姿態(tài)萬千。初雪飄落之時，是何等的寧謐，何等的幽靜！一切聲響都趨沉寂，一切噪音都化作柔和的音樂。再也聽不見馬蹄得得，再也聽不見車輪轔轔！唯有雪橇的鈴鐺，奏和諧的'樂聲，那明快歡樂的節(jié)拍猶如孩子們心房的搏動。
英語美文欣賞9
原文：
once a circle missed a wedge。 the circle wanted to be whole， so it went around looking for its missing piece。 but because it was incomplete and therefore could roll only very slowly， it admired the flowers along the way。 it chatted with worms。 it enjoyed the sunshine。 it found lots of different pieces， but none of them fit。 so it left them all by the side of the road and kept on searching。 then one day the circle found a piece that fit perfectly。 it was so happy。 now it could be whole， with nothing missing。 it incorporated the missing piece into itself and began to roll。 now that it was a perfect circle， it could roll very fast， too fast to notice the flowers of talking to the worms。 when it realized how different the world seemed when it rolled so quickly， it stopped， left its found piece by the side of the road and rolled slowly away。
the lesson of the story， i suggested， was that in some strange sense we are more whole when we are missing something。 the man who has everything is in some ways a poor man。 he will never know what if feels like to yearn， to hope， to nourish his soul with the dream of something better。 he will never know the experience of having someone who loves him give him something he has always wanted or never had。
there is a wholeness about the person who has come to terms with his limitations， who has been brave enough to let go of his unrealistic dreams and not feel like a failure for doing so。 there is a wholeness about the man or woman who has learned that he or she is strong enough to go through a tragedy and survive， she can lose someone and still feel like a complete person。
life is not a trap set for us by god so that he can condemn us for failing。 life is not a spelling bee， where no matter how many words you’ve gotten right， you’re disqualified if you make one mistake。 life is more like a baseball season， where even the best team loses one-third of its games and even the worst team has its days of brilliance。 our goal is to win more games than we lose。
when we accept that imperfection is part of being human， and when we can continue rolling through life and appreciate it， we will have achieved a wholeness that others can only aspire to。 that， i believe， is what god asks of us---not “be perfect”， not “don’t even make a mistake”， but “be whole�！�
if we are brave enough to love， strong enough to forgive， generous enough to rejoice in another ‘s happiness， and wise enough to know there is enough love to go around for us all， then we can achieve a fulfillment that no other living creature will ever know。
Translation :
從前有一只圓圈缺了一塊楔子。圓圈想保持完整，便四處尋找失去的那塊楔子。由于它不完整，所以只能滾動很慢。一路上，它對花兒露出羨慕之色。它與蠕蟲談天侃地。它還欣賞到了陽光之美。圓圈找到了許許多多不同的配件，但是沒有一件能完美地與它相配。所以，它將它們統(tǒng)統(tǒng)棄置路旁，繼續(xù)尋覓。終于有一天，它找到了一個完美的配件。圓圈是那樣地高興，現(xiàn)在它可以說是完美無缺了。它裝好配件，然后滾動起來。既然它已成了一個完整的圓圈，所以滾動得非�？�，快得以至于無暇觀賞花兒，也無暇與蠕蟲傾訴心聲。圓圈快奔急騁，發(fā)現(xiàn)眼中的`世界變得如此不同，于是，它不禁停了下來，將找到的那個配件留在路旁，又開始了慢慢地滾動。
英語美文欣賞10
1. Mental Stimulation
刺激神經(jīng)
Studies have shown that staying mentally stimulated can slow the progress of (or possibly even prevent) Alzheimer’s and Dementia, since keeping your brain active and engaged prevents it from losing power. Just like any other muscle in the body, the brain requires exercise to keep it strong and healthy, so the phrase “use it or lose it” is particularly apt when it comes to your mind. Doing puzzles and playing games such as chess have also been found to be helpful with cognitive stimulation.
研究表明通過保持大腦活力和專注力，可有效防止大腦衰退，這樣的持續(xù)精神刺激能夠有效減緩（甚至可能防止）老年癡呆癥的發(fā)生。正如身體其他部位的肌肉，大腦也需要通過鍛煉來保持強壯和健康，所以有句話怎么說來著“不用就失去”，這對腦力尤其適用。猜謎以及玩游戲如下國際象棋也能有效刺激認知。
2. Stress Reduction
減緩壓力
No matter how much stress you have at work, in your personal relationships, or countless other issues faced in daily life, it all just slips away when you lose yourself in a great story. A well-written novel can transport you to other realms, while an engaging article will distract you and keep you in the present moment, letting tensions drain away and allowing you to relax.
無論工作、人際關(guān)系還是其他雜七雜八的日�，嵤轮杏龅蕉啻蟮�'壓力，一個好故事絕對能讓你把這些都拋在腦后。一本優(yōu)質(zhì)小說絕對可以帶你進入另一個世界，而一篇好的文章足以把你牢牢吸引無暇顧其他，幫你去除緊張讓你得以放松。
3. Knowledge
知識
Everything you read fills your head with new bits of information, and you never know when it might come in handy. The more knowledge you have, the better-equipped you are to tackle any challenge you’ll ever face.
你所閱讀的都會充斥大腦，讓其得到新的信息，你絕對不知道啥時候就會派上用場，知識越多，面對挑戰(zhàn)時你的底氣就越足。
Additionally, here’s a bit of food for thought: should you ever find yourself in dire circumstances, remember that although you might lose everything else—your job, your possessions, your money, even your health—knowledge can never be taken from you.
另外，這是你的精神食糧，哪怕發(fā)現(xiàn)自己處在這樣可悲的境地，即使你失去了一切——工作，財產(chǎn)，金錢甚健康——你絕不會失去知識。
4.Vocabulary Expansion
擴大詞匯量
This goes with the above topic: the more you read, the more words you gain exposure to, and they’ll inevitably make their way into your everyday vocabulary. Being articulate and well-spoken is of great help in any profession, and knowing that you can speak to higher-ups with self-confidence can be an enormous boost to your self-esteem. It could even aid in your career, as those who are well-read, well-spoken, and knowledgeable on a variety of topics tend to get promotions more quickly (and more often) than those with smaller vocabularies and lack of awareness of literature, scientific breakthroughs, and global events.
這和上面的話題其實差不多：你讀的越多，獲得的詞匯就越多，這樣就不可避免的會增加你的日常詞匯量。語言表達流利對任何職業(yè)都大有好處，有自信的與上級交流可是對自尊的大大增加，甚至對職業(yè)都是個幫助。相比詞匯量小、文學素養(yǎng)匱乏、科技知識小白、不關(guān)心國家大事的人而言，那些讀書多、口才好、博學的人似乎升職更快（更頻繁）哦。
Reading books is also vital for learning new languages, as non-native speakers gain exposure to words used in context, which will ameliorate their own speaking and writing fluency.
學習新語言，閱讀也是個不可或缺的。這樣非母語的學生才能了解語境中單詞的使用，促使自己在口語和寫作中更加自然流暢。
英語美文欣賞11
Clear Your Mental Space
Think about the last time you felt a negative emotion---like stress, anger, or frustration. What was going through your mind as you were going through that negativity? Was your mind cluttered with thoughts? Or was it paralyzed, unable to think?
The next time you find yourself in the middle of a very stressful time, or you feel angry or frustrated, stop. Yes, that’s right, stop. Whatever you’re doing, stop and sit for one minute. While you’re sitting there, completely immerse yourself in the negative emotion.
Allow that emotion to consume you. Allow yourself one minute to truly feel that emotion. Don’t cheat yourself here. Take the entire minute---but only one minute---to do nothing else but feel that emotion.
When the minute is over, ask yourself, “Am I wiling to keep holding on to this negative emotion as I go through the rest of the day?”
Once you’ve allowed yourself to be totally immersed in the emotion and really fell it, you will be surprised to find that the emotion clears rather quickly.
If you feel you need to hold on to the emotion for a little longer, that is OK. Allow yourself another minute to feel the emotion.
When you feel you’ve had enough of the emotion, ask yourself if you’re willing to carry that negativity with you for the rest of the day. If not, take a deep breath. As you exhale, release all that negativity with your breath.
This exercise seems simple---almost too simple. But, it is very effective. By allowing that negative emotion the space to be truly felt, you are dealing with the emotion rather than stuffing it down and trying not to feel it. You are actually taking away the power of the emotion by giving it the space and attention it needs. When you immerse yourself in the emotion, and realize that it is only emotion, it loses its control. You can clear your head and proceed with your task.
Try it. Next time you’re in the middle of a negative emotion, give yourself the space to feel the emotion and see what happens. Keep a piece of paper with you that says the following:
Stop. Immerse for one minute. Do I want to keep this negativity? Breath deep, exhale, release. Move on!
This will remind you of the steps to the process. Remember; take the time you need to really immerse yourself in the emotion. Then, when you feel you’ve felt it enough, release it---really let go of it. You will be surprised at how quickly you can move on from a negative situation and get to what you really want to do!
譯文：
清理心靈的空間
想下你最近一次感受到的消極情緒，例如壓力，憤怒或挫折。當你處于那種消極情緒時你在想些什么?是充滿了混亂的思緒?還是陷于麻木，無法思考?
下次當你發(fā)現(xiàn)自己處于非常緊張的狀態(tài)時，或是你感到氣憤或受挫時，停下來。是的，對，停下來。不管你在做什么，停下來坐上一分鐘。坐著的時候，讓自己完全沉浸在那種消極情緒之中。
讓那種消極情緒吞噬你，給自己一分鐘的時間去真切地體會那種情緒，不要欺騙自己�；ㄕ环昼姷臅r間 – 但只有一分鐘 – 去體會那種情緒，別的什么也不要做。
當一分鐘結(jié)束時，問自己：“我是否想在今天余下的時間里繼續(xù)保持這種消極情緒?”
一旦你允許自己完全沉浸在那種情緒當中并真切體會到它，你就會驚奇地發(fā)現(xiàn)那種情緒很快就消失了。
如果你覺得還需要點時間來保持那種情緒，沒關(guān)系，再給自己一分鐘的時間去體會它。
如果你覺得自己已經(jīng)充分體會了那種情緒，那就問自己是否愿意在今天余下的'時間里繼續(xù)保持這種消極情緒。如果不愿意，那就深呼吸。呼氣的時候，把所有的消極情緒都釋放出去。
這個方法似乎很簡單 – 幾乎是太過簡單了，但卻非常有效。通過給自己空間真正體會消極情緒，你是在處理這種情緒，而不是將其壓制下去然后盡量不加理會。通過給予消極情緒所需的空間和關(guān)注，你實際上是在消解其力量。當你沉浸在那種情緒之中，并且明白它只是一種情緒時，你就擺脫了它的控制。你可以清理頭腦并繼續(xù)做事。
你下次籠罩消極情緒時，試一下這種做法，給自己一點空間來體會那種情緒并看看會發(fā)生什么。隨身帶一張寫著如下字句的紙條：
停下來。沉浸一分鐘。我想保持這種消極情緒嗎?深吸氣，呼氣，放松。繼續(xù)做事!
這會提醒你該怎樣去做。記住，要花你所需要的時間去真正沉浸于那種情緒之中。然后，當你感到自己已經(jīng)充分體會到了它。你會驚奇地發(fā)現(xiàn)，你很快就能擺脫消極情緒，并開始做你真正想做的事情!
英語美文欣賞12
Companionship of Books
A man may usually be known by the books he reads as well as by the company he keeps; for there is a companionship of books as well as of men; and one should always live in the best company, whether it be of books or of men.
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.
Men often discover their affinity to each other by the mutual love they have for a book just as two persons sometimes discover a friend by the admiration which both entertain for a third. There is an old proverb, ‘Love me, love my dog.” But there is more wisdom in this:” Love me, love my book.” The book is a truer and higher bond of union. Men can think, feel, and sympathize with each other through their favorite author. They live in him together, and he in them.
A good book is often the best urn of a life enshrining the best that life could think out; for the world of a man’s life is, for the most part, but the world of his thoughts. Thus the best books are treasuries of good words, the golden thoughts, which, remembered and cherished, become our constant companions and comforters.
Books possess an essence of immortality. They are by far the most lasting products of human effort. Temples and statues decay, but books survive. Time is of no account with great thoughts, which are as fresh today as when they first passed through their author’s minds, ages ago. What was then said and thought still speaks to us as vividly as ever from the printed page. The only effect of time have been to sift out the bad products; for nothing in literature can long survive e but what is really good.
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 the 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.
The great and good do not die, even in this world. Embalmed in books, their spirits walk abroad. The book is a living voice. It is an intellect to which on still listens.
譯文：
以書籍為伴（節(jié)選）
通�？匆粋�讀些什么書籍就可知道他的為人，就像看他同什么人交往就可知道他的為人一樣，因為有人以人為伴，也有人以書籍為伴。無論是書籍友還是朋友，我們都應該以最好的為伴。
好書籍就像是你最好的朋友。它始終不渝，過去如此，現(xiàn)在如此，將來也永遠不變。它是最有耐心，最令人愉悅的伴侶。在我們窮愁潦倒，臨危遭難時，它也不會拋棄我們，對我們總是一如既往地親切。在我們年輕時，好書籍陶冶我們的性情，增長我們的知識；到我們年老時，它又給我們以慰藉和勉勵。
人們常常因為喜歡同一本書籍而結(jié)為知已，就像有時兩個人因為敬慕同一個人而成為朋友一樣。有句古諺說道：“愛屋及屋�！逼鋵崱皭畚壹皶边@句話蘊涵更多的哲理。書籍是更為真誠而高尚的情誼紐帶。人們可以通過共同喜愛的作家溝通思想，交流感情，彼此息息相通，并與自己喜歡的作家思想相通，情感相融。
好書籍常如最精美的寶器，珍藏著人生的思想的精華，因為人生的境界主要就在于其思想的境界。因此，最好的書籍是金玉良言和崇高思想的寶庫，這些良言和思想若銘記于心并多加珍視，就會成為我們忠實的伴侶和永恒的慰藉。
書籍籍具有不朽的本質(zhì)，是為人類努力創(chuàng)造的最為持久的成果。寺廟會倒坍，神像會朽爛，而書籍卻經(jīng)久長存。對于偉大的.思想來說，時間是無關(guān)緊要的。多年前初次閃現(xiàn)于作者腦海的偉大思想今日依然清新如故。時間惟一的作用是淘汰不好的作品，因為只有真正的佳作才能經(jīng)世長存。
書籍籍介紹我們與最優(yōu)秀的人為伍，使我們置身于歷代偉人巨匠之間，如聞其聲，如觀其行，如見其人，同他們情感交融，悲喜與共，感同身受。我們覺得自己仿佛在作者所描繪的舞臺上和他們一起粉墨登場。
即使在人世間，偉大杰出的人物也永生不來。他們的精神被載入書籍冊，傳于四海。書籍是人生至今仍在聆聽的智慧之聲，永遠充滿著活力。
英語美文欣賞13
Recently, one of my best friends, whom I‘ve shared just about[幾乎] everything with since the first day of kindergarten[幼兒園], spent the weekend with me. Since I moved to a new town several years ago, we‘ve both always looked forward to the few times a year when we can see each other.
Over the weekend, we spent hours and hours, staying up late[遲遲不睡] into the night, talking about the people she was hanging around with[交往]. She started telling me stories about her new boyfriend, about how he experimented[嘗試] with drugs and was into other self-destructive[自毀] behavior[行為]. I was blown away[震驚]! She told me how she had been lying to her parents about where she was going and even sneaking out[偷跑] to see this guy because they didn‘t want her around him. No matter how hard I tried to tell her that she deserved better, she didn‘t believe me. Her self-respect seemed to have disappeared.
I tried to convince her that she was ruining her future and heading for big trouble. I felt like I was getting nowhere[毫無進展]. I just couldn‘t believe that she really thought it was acceptable to hang with a bunch of losers, especially her boyfriend.
By the time she left, I was really worried about her and exhausted[疲憊] by the experience. It had been so frustrating[灰心的], I had come close to telling her several times during the weekend that maybe we had just grown too far apart to continue our friendship - but I didn‘t. I put the power of friendship to the ultimate[最后的'] test. We‘d been friends for far too long. I had to hope that she valued me enough to know that I was trying to save her from hurting herself. I wanted to believe that our friendship could conquer[克服] anything.
A few days later, she called to say that she had thought long and hard about our conversation, and then she told me that she had broken up with her boyfriend. I just listened on the other end of the phone with tears of joy running down my face. It was one of the truly rewarding[值得的] moments in my life. Never had I been so proud of a friend.(by Danielle Fishel)
英語美文欣賞14
Travels on Holidaysin China.
Nowadays, more and more people like to travel in their holidays. The other day I read a report about the ways people spend their holidays. It is reported that in recent yiars several new holiday habits have been developed. Among them, the most interesting one is the growth of the so-called holiday camps.
From the report we can see that in 1990,40 percent of people stayed at home for holidays. But now the proportion has reduced to 9 percent. More people go out for fun. The proportion of camping and traveling abroad was increasing steadily, from 10 percent in 1990 to 38 percent in 20xx, and 12 percent in 1990 to 26 percent in 20xx respectively.
People enjoy the fresh air, clean Water and green hills when they go camping in the suburbs. In 1990,38 percent people enjoyed going to the seaside while in 20xx only 27 percent prefer to go there. What great changes! Why did those changes appear I think there are several reasons. First, it s because people can afford traveling. Second, people prefer to pursue a high-quality and colorful life. Third, their attitudes to relaxation have changed.
Less people want to save much money by leading a simple life. In short, peoples living standard today has been rising greatly.
英語美文欣賞15
Age has reached the end of the beginning of a word. May be guilty in his seems to passing a lot of different life became the appearance of the same day; May be back in the past, to oneself the paranoid weird belief disillusionment, these days, my mind has been very messy, in my mind constantly. Always feel oneself should go to do something, or write something. Twenty years of life trajectory deeply shallow, suddenly feel something, do it.
一字開頭的年齡已經(jīng)到了尾聲�；蛟S是愧疚于自己似乎把轉(zhuǎn)瞬即逝的很多個不同的日子過成了同一天的樣子；或許是追溯過去，對自己那些近乎偏執(zhí)的怪異信念的醒悟，這些天以來，思緒一直很凌亂，在腦海中不斷糾纏�？傆X得自己自己似乎應該去做點什么，或者寫點什么。二十年的人生軌跡深深淺淺，突然就感覺到有些事情，非做不可了。
The end of our life, and can meet many things really do?
而窮盡我們的一生，又能遇到多少事情是真正地非做不可？
During my childhood, think lucky money and new clothes are necessary for New Year, but as the advance of the age, will be more and more found that those things are optional; Junior high school, thought to have a crush on just means that the real growth, but over the past three years later, his writing of alumni in peace, suddenly found that isn't really grow up, it seems is not so important; Then in high school, think don't want to give vent to out your inner voice can be in the high school children of the feelings in a period, but was eventually infarction when graduation party in the throat, later again stood on the pitch he has sweat profusely, looked at his thrown a basketball hoops, suddenly found himself has already can't remember his appearance.
童年時，覺得壓歲錢和新衣服是過年必備，但是隨著年齡的推進，會越來越發(fā)現(xiàn)，那些東西根本就可有可無；初中時，以為要有一場暗戀才意味著真正的成長，但三年過去后，自己心平氣和的寫同學錄的時候，突然就發(fā)現(xiàn)是不是真正的成長了，好像并沒有那么重要了；然后到了高中，覺得非要吐露出自己的心聲才能為高中生涯里的懵懂情愫劃上一個句點，但畢業(yè)晚會的時候最終還是被梗塞在了咽喉，后來再次站在他曾經(jīng)揮汗如雨的球場，看著他投過籃球的球框時，突然間發(fā)現(xiàn)自己已經(jīng)想不起他的容顏。
Originally, this world, can produce a chemical reaction to an event, in addition to resolutely, have to do, and time.
原來，這個世界上，對某個事件能產(chǎn)生化學反應的，除了非做不可的堅決，還有，時間。
A person's time, your ideas are always special to clear. Want, want, line is clear, as if nothing could shake his. Also once seemed to be determined to do something, but more often is he backed out at last. Dislike his cowardice, finally found that there are a lot of love, there are a lot of miss, like shadow really have been doomed. Those who do, just green years oneself give oneself an arm injection, or is a self-righteous spiritual.
一個人的時候，自己的.想法總是特別地清晰。想要的，不想要的，界限明確，好像沒有什么可以撼動自己。也曾經(jīng)好像已經(jīng)下定了決心去做某件事，但更多的時候是最后又打起了退堂鼓。嫌惡過自己的怯懦，最終卻發(fā)現(xiàn)有很多緣分，有很多錯過，好像冥冥之中真的已經(jīng)注定。那些曾經(jīng)所謂的非做不可，只是青蔥年華里自己給自己注射的一支強心劑，或者說，是自以為是的精神寄托罷了。
At the moment, the sky is dark, the air is fresh factor after just rained. Suddenly thought of blue plaid shirt; Those were broken into various shapes of stationery; From the corner at the beginning of deep friendship; Have declared the end of the encounter that haven't start planning... Those years, those days of do, finally, like youth, will end in our life.
此刻，天空是陰暗的，空氣里有著剛下過雨之后的清新因子。突然想到那件藍格子襯衫；那些被折成各種各樣形狀的信紙；那段從街角深巷伊始的友誼；還有那場還沒有開始就宣告了終結(jié)的邂逅計劃……那些年那些天的非做不可，終于和青春一樣，都將在我們的人生中謝幕。
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