英語美文精選

1、英語美文精選【篇一：英語美文精選】第一篇：享受世間苦樂悲喜sometimes people come into your life and you know right away that they were meant to be there, they serve some sort of purpose, to teach you a lesson or help figure out who you are or who you want to become. you never know who these people may be - your roommate, neighbo

2、r, professor, long lost friend, lover or even a complete stranger who, when you lock eyes with them, you know that very moment that they will affect your life in some profound way.有時,一些人一闖入你的生活你便知道他們本就想這么做,其中有 著一定的目的 或給你一個教訓(xùn),或幫助你明白你是誰或你要成為誰. 你永遠也不知道這些人會是誰,是你的舍友、鄰居、教授、久違的 朋友、愛人,甚或是一個完全的陌生人.當你與他們四目相對,

3、你 便知道他們會以某種深遠的方式影響你的生活.and sometimes things happen to you and at the time they may seem horrible, painful and unfair, but in reflection you realize that without overcoming those obstacles, you would have never realized your potential, strength, will power or heart. everything happens for a reason. n

4、othing happens by chance or by means of good or bad luck. illness, injury, love, lost moments of true greatness and sheer stupidity - all occur to test the limits of your soul. without these small tests, if they be events, illnesses or relationships, life would be like a smoothly paved, straight, fl

5、at road to nowhere. safe and comfortable but dull and utterly pointless.有時,一些事情發(fā)生了,它們看上去是那么可怕、痛苦和不公；但細想一下你就會明白,如果沒有去努力克服這些難題,你將永遠也不 會知道自己的潛能、力量、意志力和內(nèi)心.任何事情的發(fā)生都是有 原因的,沒有一件事是偶然發(fā)生的或是因了某種好運或厄運發(fā)生的.疾病、傷害、愛、真正的偉大的消逝和完全的愚蠢一一所有這一切的發(fā)生都是對你的精神極限的考驗.不管這考驗是一些事件、疾病 或是某種關(guān)系,沒有了它們,生活都將只剩下陽光大道,安穩(wěn)、舒 適,但卻單調(diào)、沒有意義,不會通往任何地

6、方.the people you meet who affect your life and the successes and downfalls you experience - they are the ones who create who you are. even the bad experiences can be learned from. those lessons are the hardest and probably the most important ones.你遇到的那些影響你的生活的人和你所經(jīng)歷的成功或失敗,都會讓 你看清自己.即使是不好的經(jīng)歷,也能讓你從中得到

7、教訓(xùn).這些教 訓(xùn)是最嚴酷的,但也可能是最重要的.if someone hurts you, betrays you or breaks your heart, forgive them for they have helped you learn about trust and the importance of being cautious to whom you open your heart to. if someone loves you, love them back unconditionally, not only because they love you, but becau

8、se they are teaching you to love and opening your heart and eyes to things you would have never seen or felt without them.如果有人傷害了你、背叛了你、或讓你心碎,原諒他們吧,由于他 們幫助你懂得了什么是信任,也讓你明白了對那些你敞開心扉交往 的人保持謹慎的重要性.如果有人愛你,那么也無條件地愛他們吧, 不光由于他們愛你,也由于他們教會了你如何去愛,如何翻開心扉、 張開眼睛去感受那些沒有他們你便不能看到或感受到的世間的種種. make every day count. app

9、reciate every moment and take from it everything that you possibly can, for you may never be able to experience it again.讓每一天都過得有意義吧.享受生命中的每一刻,盡你所能從中汲取,由于以后你可能沒有時機再有同樣經(jīng)歷.talk to people you have never talked to before, and actually listen. let yourself fall in love, break free and set your sights hig

10、h. hold your head up because you have every right to. tell yourself you are a great inp>與那些你從沒j丁過招呼的人互相交談聆聽吧,讓自己沐浴愛河吧,自由地沖破藩籬,讓你的眼界更加高 遠吧.抬起你的頭,由于你有權(quán)利這樣做.相信自己,告訴自己你 很了不起,由于如果連你自己都不相信自己,別人又怎能相信你？你能夠按自己的意愿生活.去創(chuàng)造出自己的生活,然后走出來享受生 活吧.people are like tea bags - you have to put them in hot water before y

11、ou know how strong they are.人就像茶葉袋,只有放到熱水中,你才能知道他們有多強大.第二篇：媽媽的雙手俗語云：子不嫌母丑,你小時候有沒有過這樣的經(jīng)歷,假設(shè)是媽媽 對你說你哪一點做得不好,你可能會記仇很長很長時間,甚至都不 會忘記,而你嫌棄的說自己母親的缺點后,母親卻很快的就忘記了, 由于假設(shè)你對母親的愛是從地球到月亮那么多,母親的愛卻是從地 球到月亮再從月亮回到地球還要多,她會原諒你的一切.night after night, she came to tuck me in, even long after my childhood years. following h

12、er longstanding custom, shed lean down and push my long hair out of the way, then kiss my forehead.夜復(fù)一夜,她總是來幫我來蓋被子,即使我早已長大.這是媽媽的 長期習(xí)慣,她總是彎下身來,撥開我的長發(fā),在我的額上一吻.i dont remember when it first started annoying me her hands pushing my hair that way. but it did annoy me, for they felt work-worn and rough ag

13、ainst my young skin. finally, one night, i lashed out at her: dont do that anymore your hands are too rough! she didnt say anything in reply. but never again did my mother close out my day with that familiar expression of her love. lying awake long afterward, my words haunted me. but pride stifled m

14、y conscience, and i didnt tell her i was sorry.我不記得從何時起,她撥開我的頭發(fā)令我非常不耐煩.但確實,我 討厭她長期操勞、粗糙的手摩擦我細嫩的皮膚.最后,一天晚上, 我沖她叫：別再這樣了你的手太粗糙了 ！她什么也沒說.但媽媽再 也沒有象這樣對我表達她的愛.直到很久以后,我還是常想起我的 那些話.但自尊占了上風,我沒有告訴她我很懊悔.time after time, with the passing years, my thoughts returned to that night. by then i missed my mothers hand

15、s, missed her goodnight kiss upon my forehead. sometimes the incident seemed very close, sometimes far away. but always it lurked, hauntingly, in the back of my mind.時光流逝,我又想到那個晚上.那時我想念我媽媽的手,想念她晚 上在我額上的一吻.有時這幕情景似乎很近,有時又似乎很遙遠. 但它總是潛伏著,時常浮現(xiàn),出現(xiàn)在我意識中.well, the years have passed, and im not a little girl

16、 anymore. mom is in her mid-seventies, and those hands i once thought to be so rough are still doing things for me and my family. shes been our doctor, reaching into a medicine cabinet for the remedy to calm a young girls stomach or soothe a boys scraped knee. she cooks the best fried chicken in the

17、 world gets stains out of blue jeans like i never could and still insists on dishing out ice cream at any hour of the day or night.一年年過去,我也不再是一個小女孩,媽媽也有70多歲了.那雙我認為很粗糙的手依然為我和我家庭做著事.她是我家的醫(yī)生,為我 女兒在藥櫥里找胃藥或在我兒子擦傷的膝蓋上敷藥.她能燒出世界 上最美味的雞 將牛仔褲弄干凈而我卻永遠不能而且可以在任何時候盛出冰激凌.through the years, my mothers hands have pu

18、t in countless hours of toil, and most of hers were before automatic washers!這么多年來,媽媽的手做了多少家務(wù)！而且在自動洗衣機出現(xiàn)以前她已經(jīng)操勞了絕大多數(shù)時間.now, my own children are grown and gone. mom no longer has dad, and on special occasions, i find myself drawn next door to spend the night with her. so it was that late on thanksgiv

19、ing eve, as i drifted into sleep in the bedroom of my youth, a familiar hand hesitantly stole across my face to brush the hair from my forehead. then a kiss, ever so gently, touched my brow.現(xiàn)在,我的孩子都已經(jīng)長大,離開了家.爸爸去世了,有些時候, 我睡在媽媽的隔壁房間.一次感恩節(jié)前夕的深夜,我睡在年輕時的 臥室里,一只熟悉的手有些猶豫地、悄悄地略過我的臉,從我額頭 上撥開頭發(fā),然后一個吻,輕輕地印在我的眉

20、毛上.in my memory, for the thousandth time, i recalled the night my surly young voice complained: dont do that anymore your hands are too rough! catching moms hand in hand, i blurted out how sorry i was for that night. i thought shed remember, as i did. but mom didnt know what i was talking about. she

21、 had forgotten and forgiven long ago.在我的記憶中,無數(shù)次,想起那晚我粗暴、年青的聲音：別再這樣了你的手太粗糙了 ！抓住媽媽的手,我沖口而出由于那晚,我是多么 懊悔.我以為她想起來了,象我一樣.但媽媽不知道我在說些什么.她已經(jīng)在很久以前就忘了這事,并早就原諒了我.that night, i fell asleep with a new appreciation for my gentle mother and her caring hands. and the guilt i had carried around for so long was nowher

22、e to be found.那晚,我?guī)е鴮厝崮赣H和體貼雙手的感謝入睡.這許多年來我的 負罪感已經(jīng)消失無蹤.第三篇：love is愛是幸福生活的鑰匙as we all know, love is the crux of a happy life.眾所周知,愛是幸福生活的關(guān)鍵所在.love helps us stay calm and serene even when things aretough.愛幫助我們在時事艱難的時候保持沉著,平靜的心態(tài).it can carry us through the hard times.它能幫我們度過苦難的時光.love looks for ways to

23、be of service.愛會自己尋找助人的途徑.love is enjoying the surprises of life,愛是享受生命中的諸多驚喜,and being totally delighted with what life gives you.愛是完全滿足于生活的給予.love is the key to happiness愛是幸福生活的鑰匙,and it is a real blessing to others.愛是對他人真摯的祝福.people who love make the world a kind and gentle place andother people

24、feel safe around them.心中有愛的人讓世界充滿仁慈和儒雅之風,讓周圍的人感到平安.they appreciate differences instead of making them a cause for prejudice or fighting.他們求同存異,而不是把分歧作為成見或者爭執(zhí)的理由.第四篇：人在旅途,家在何方people need homes: children assume their parents place ashome; boarders call school home on weekdays; married couples work tog

25、ether to build new homes; and travelers have no place to call home , at least for a few nights.人人都需要家：小孩子把父母的住所當做自己的家；寄宿生在平日把學(xué)校稱為 家結(jié)了婚的夫妻要共同營造自己的新家 ；至于旅者呢 至少 有幾晚他們要住在不能稱為家的地方！so how about people who have to travel for extended periods of time? don t they have the right to a home? of course they do.那

26、么那些不得不長期出門在外的人怎么辦？難道他們無權(quán)擁有一個家嗎？他們當然有！some regular travelers take their own belongings: like bed sheets, pillowcases and family photos to make them feel like home no matter where they are; some stay for long periods inthe same hotel and as a result become very familiar with service and attendants; ot

27、hers may simply put some flowers by the hotel window to make things more homely. furthermore, driving a camping car during one s travels and sleeping in the vehicle at night is just like home - only mobile!有些經(jīng)常出門的旅者會隨身攜帶些屬于自己的日用品,像床單、枕 套或全家福相片等,無論走到哪里,這些東西都能帶給他們家的感 覺;有些人在長駐時會待在同一家旅館里,使他們對店里的效勞和人 員都非

28、常熟稔；再有的就可能只是在旅館的窗邊擺些花,使房間更像 個家.止匕外,一路開著露營車旅行,晚上就住在車里,這就更像是 真正的家了 一一只不過能移動而已！and how about maintaining relationships while in transit?some keep contact with their friends via internet; some send letters and postcards, or even photos; others may just call and say hi, just to let their friends know tha

29、t theyre still alive and well. people find ways to keep in touch. making friends on the way helps travelers feel more or less at home. backpackers in youth hostels may become very good friends, even closer than siblings.那人們在旅程穿梭時,又是如何維系關(guān)系的呢？有些人通過互聯(lián)網(wǎng)跟朋友聯(lián)絡(luò)；有些人寄信、明信片,甚至照片；還有些人可能只是打個電 話問聲好,目的僅是讓朋友們知道他們還

30、活著,而且活得不錯.人 們發(fā)現(xiàn)了各種各樣的聯(lián)絡(luò)方式.在旅途中交朋友能幫旅者或多或少 地找到一點家的感覺.青年旅店里的背包客也許會成為非常要好的 朋友,甚至比手足還要親！nowadays, fewer people are working in their local towns, so how do they develop a sense of belonging? whenever we step out of our local boundaries, there is always another home waiting to be found. wherever we are, w

31、ith just a little bit of effort and imagination, we can make the place we stay home .如今,大多數(shù)人都是離鄉(xiāng)在外工作,那么人們又如何能有歸屬感呢 一旦我們走出家門,就總有另一個家在等著我們?nèi)ふ?不管身處何處,只要稍加努力和想像,我們就能把棲身之地營造成一個家!第五篇：人生貴在糊涂人一生,短短數(shù)載,不夠時間計較,不夠時間事事明細,不必在思 前想后中耗磨時間,懂得享樂,人生貴在糊涂.we all, at one time or another, have pretended to be a rock star,

32、singing and dancing along to our favorite song. most of ushave done this in the privacy of our own room when we were kids and as adults, in the privacy of our homes. me? i love to do that when i drive! i turn on the radio, find a song that i can sing along too and pretty soon my arms are in the air

33、and i am moving along to the rhythm. most of the time, i do this on my way to work.我們每個人,在不同時期,都曾經(jīng)像一個搖滾歌星那樣,伴著我們 最愛的那首歌又唱又跳.很多人在小時候,甚至是已長大成人,都曾 在我們自己房間和家里這樣的隱秘空間里這樣做過.我呢？我喜歡在開車的時候這樣！翻開收音機,找一首會唱的歌,很快我就會張開雙 臂,隨著節(jié)奏起舞.大局部時候,我在上班的路上這么做.yes, that is true. i will be in my nice work clothes, jamming while d

34、riving or stopped at a traffic light. i get weird looks from some people and others laugh. personally, i love to get lost in the rhythm of a song which leads me to share with you the importance of being silly!是的,那是真的.我會穿上我漂亮的工作服,在堵車和遇到交通燈 時,有人就會用奇怪的眼神看著我,或者笑我.對我個人而言,我 喜歡沉浸在一首歌的節(jié)奏中,由此我愿和你們分享：為人糊涂貴在 何

35、處.the definition for the word silly, according to the dictionary is: stupid, foolish and nonsensical. i know many people do not want to look foolish. so they walk around all serious, which in all honesty, is foolish!糊涂一詞在字典中的定義是：愚蠢的,傻,荒唐的.我知道很多人 都不想被人看作愚笨.所以他們在生活中始終一臉嚴肅,而這在本 質(zhì)上才是真正的愚笨.no one is perf

36、ect, i repeat: no one is perfect. i dont care how educated, how thin, how beautiful, how simple, how frugal, how rich, and so on no one is perfect! so why pretend to be something you are not?人無完人,我重中一次：沒有人是完美的.我不在乎一個人學(xué)識多 深,身材多好,外表多美,思想多淺薄,生活多儉樸,多富有,等 等人無完人！那么,為什么要偽裝成我們實際上本不是的呢？life is so short you n

37、ever know when this beautiful journey will be over, so why waste a single second on being so full of rigidity? here is a quote by souza, that i think says it all and is a great recipe for life:人生何其短暫 你不會知道這美好的征程何時會結(jié)束,那么,為什么 要浪費一分一秒,讓自己變得棱角清楚？這里引用索薩的話,我覺得她一語中的,是人生的一大秘方.dance as though no one is watch

38、ing you,love as though you have never been hurt before, sing as though no one can hear you, live as though heaven is on earth.跳舞吧,就像沒有人欣賞一樣,去愛吧,就像沒有受到傷害一樣,唱歌吧,就像沒有人傾聽一樣,生活吧,就像今天是最后一天一樣.when we were kids, we had no idea of what limitations were and we had no care in the world so we could do things wi

39、thout worrying about how we appeared to others. however, as we grew up, we lost that childlike innocence.當我們還是孩子,我們天不怕,地不怕,無憂無慮,所以我們可以 不在乎自己再別人眼中的形象去做事情.然而,當我們長大,我們 失去了那種天真爛漫.so dont lose the child that still lives within you. the next time you feel down, go turn on your favorite song, and sing and

40、dance along like there is no tomorrow. or watch something that makes you laugh. laughter is the best medicine to whatever ails you and nothing is better than laughing so hard that your tummy hurts. trust me, you will feel a whole lot better, and who doesnt want to feel good？所以,不要喪失你心中那個小孩.下次你感到沮喪時,去

41、翻開你最 愛的那首歌吧,隨之歌唱起舞,就像沒有明天一樣.或者看點能讓 你笑的東西.笑聲是除去任何煩惱良方,沒有什么比笑到肚子疼更 好的事了.相信我,你會好受很多,誰又不想讓自己好受呢？下一篇：由英語口語教材提供線話英語：【篇二：英語美文精選】每天早上醒來我都告訴自己說：今天你有兩個選擇,你可以選擇一個好心情,也可以選擇一個壞心情.我選擇了好心情.jerry was the kind of guy you love to hate. he was always in a good mood and always had something positive to say. whensomeone

42、 asked him how he was doing, he would reply, if i were any better, i would be twins!杰里真是個讓人喜歡得不行的家伙.他總是心情愉快、情緒高漲,總能說出積極的話來.每當別 人問他一切可好時,他就答復(fù)：好得不能再好了！he was a unique manager because he had several waiters who had followed him around from restaurant to restaurant. the reason the waiters followed jerry

43、 was because of his attitude. he was a natural motivator. if an employee was having a bad day, jerry was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.他是個與眾不同的經(jīng)理,有好幾個服務(wù)員都跟著他在不同的餐廳做過.他們跟著杰里是由于他的生活態(tài) 度.他天生善于鼓勵人,如果哪個雇員不走運了,杰里就會告訴他 要往好的一面看.seeing this style really made me c

44、urious, so one day i went up to jerry and asked him, i don t get it! you can t be a positive person all of the time. how do you do it?我對他的生活態(tài)度深感好奇,于是有一天我走到杰里跟前問他：我不明白！你不可能事事都順心,你是怎樣做到一直都這么積極樂觀的呢？jerry replied, each morning i wake up and say to myself, jerry, you have two choices today. you can choos

45、e to be in a good mood or you can choose to be in a bad mood. i choose to be in a good mood. each time something bad happens, i can choose to be a victim or i can choose to learn from it. i choose to learn from it. every time someone comes to me complaining, i can choose to accept their complaining

46、or i can point out the positive side of life. i choose the positive side of life.杰里答復(fù)說：每天早上醒來后我對自己說,杰里,今天你有兩個選擇.你可以選擇一個好心情,也可以選擇一個壞心情.yeah, right, it s not that easy, i protested. 對,話是沒錯,可是做 起來可不容易.我說.yes, it is, jerry said. life is all about choices. when you cut away all the junk, every situation

47、is a choice. you choose how you react to situations. you choose how people will affect your mood. you choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. the bottom line: it s your choice how you live life.杰里說： 其實也容易,生活就是由很多項選擇擇組成的,出去那些不值一提的事情,那 么生活中的每件事都是個選擇.你可以選擇如何回應(yīng)這些事件.你可以選擇周圍人影響你心情的方式.你可以選擇有個好心情或是壞 心情.重點是

48、：你可以選擇如何來過你的生活.i reflected on what jerry said. soon thereafter, i left the restaurant industry to start my own business. we lost touch, but i often thought about him when i made a choice about life instead of reacting to it.我仔細地考慮著杰里的話.不久后,我離開餐廳業(yè)去追求個人開展.我們失去了聯(lián)系,但每當我對生活做抉 擇而非被動接受生活時,我就會想起杰里.several y

49、ears later, i heard that jerry did something you are never supposed to do in a restaurant business: he left the back door open one morning and was held up at gunpoint by three armed robbers. while trying to open the safe, his hand, shaking from nervousness, slipped off the combination. the robbers p

50、anicked and shot him.幾年之后,我聽說杰里犯了個在餐飲業(yè)不該犯的錯誤：一天早晨,他沒關(guān)后門,三個持槍匪徒走進來,拿槍 指著他.當他們試圖翻開保險箱時,他由于緊張,手從保險鎖上滑 下來.匪徒緊張之下開槍打穿了他的手,接著又有三枚子彈正中他 的腹部.luckily, jerry was found relatively quickly and rushed to the local trauma center. after 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, jerry was released from the hospital with fragments of the bullets still in his body. 幸運的是,杰里很快就 被人發(fā)現(xiàn)了,他們很快將他送到了當?shù)氐膫熤醒?經(jīng)過 18小時的 手術(shù)和幾星期的悉心護理,他終于出院了,體內(nèi)還殘留著子彈的碎 片.i saw jerry about six months after the accident. when i asked him how he was, he replied, if i were any better, i d be twins. wanna see