英语美文欣赏9
Not Talking About It
尽在不言中
When I read a book from my mother’s shelves, it’s not unusual to come across a gap in the text. A paragraph, or maybe just a sentence, has been sliced out, leaving a window in its place, with words from the next page peeping through. The chopped up page looks like a nearly complete jigsaw puzzle waiting for its missing piece. But the piece isn’t lost, and I always know where to find it. Dozens of quotations, clipped from newspapers, magazines—and books—plaster one wall of my mother’s kitchen. What means the most to my mother in her books she excises and displays.
当我翻看妈妈书架上的书时，常常会发现其中的文字缺了一部分。其中的一个段落，或可能只是一个句子，被剪了下来，在原来的位置上留下了一扇窗户，让后一页上的文字探头探脑地露了出来。被挖掉一块的那一页看上去就像是一幅几乎就要完成的拼图作品，等待着缺失的那一块拼图。但那一块拼图并没有丢，而且我总是知道在哪儿能找到它。在我妈妈的厨房里，从报纸上、杂志上——还有书上——剪下的纸片贴满了一面墙。在她的书里，那些她最喜欢的句子和段落都被她剪了下来，贴在墙上。
I’ve never told her, but those literary amputations appall me. I know Ann Patchett and Dorothy Sayers, and Somerset Maugham would fume alongside me, their careful prose severed from its rightful place. She picks extracts that startle me, too: “Put your worst foot forward, because then if people can still stand you, you can be yourself.” Sometimes I stand reading the wall of quotations, holding a scissors-victim novel in my hand, puzzling over what draws my mother to these particular words.
我从未当面和她说过，但她对文学作品的这种“截肢手术”的确让我感到震惊。我知道，安?帕契特、多萝西?塞耶斯和萨默塞特?毛姆也在我身旁气得冒烟呢，怎么能把这些他们呕心沥血写出来的文字就这样从它们原来的位置上“截肢”了呢！她挑出来的那些段落也着实吓了我一跳，比如：“以你最糟糕的一面示人，因为如果那样人们也能容忍你的话，你就能做真正的自己了。”有时候，我会站在那儿读墙上那些书摘，手里拿着一本备受剪刀“迫害”的小说，心里充满困惑，不知道到底是什么驱使妈妈剪下了这样一些稀奇古怪的句子。
My own quotation collection is more hidden and delicate. I copy favorite lines into a spiral-bound journal-a Christmas present from my mother, actually—in soft, gray No. 2 pencil. This means my books remain whole. The labor required makes selection a cutthroat process: Do I really love these two pages of On Chesil Beach
enough to transcribe them, word by finger-cramping word? (The answer was yes, the pages were that exquisite.)
我也摘录和收藏文字，不过我的收藏更为隐秘和精致。我会用灰色的二号软芯铅笔把我最喜欢的句子摘抄到一个活页日记本里——事实上，这还是我妈妈送我的一份圣诞礼物呢。也就是说，我的书都是完整的。但因为摘抄需要工夫，因此选择哪些文字摘抄就成了一个痛苦的过程：我是不是真的喜欢《在切瑟尔海滩上》里的这两页文字？喜欢到我愿意一个字一个字地把它们抄下来，直抄到手指头都抽筋？（答案为“是”，因为这两页文字写得实在太美了。）My mother doesn’t know any of this. She doesn’t know I prefer copying out to cutting out. I’ve never told her that I compile quotations at all.
我妈妈一点也不知道这件事。她不知道与剪贴相比，我更喜欢抄录。我压根就没告诉过她我也收集自己喜欢的文字。
There’s nothing very shocking about that; for all our chatting, we don’t have the words to begin certain conversations. My mother and I talk on the phone at least onc e a week, and in some ways, we are each other’s most dedicated listener. She tells me about teaching English to the leathery Russian ladies at the library where she volunteers; I tell her about job applications, cover letters, and a grant I’d like to win. We talk about my siblings, her siblings, the president, and Philip Seymour Hoffman movies. We make each other laugh so hard that I choke and she cries. But what we don’t say could fill up rooms. Fights with my father. Small failures in school. Anything, really, that pierces us.
其实这一点没什么值得大惊小怪的；尽管我们总是聊天，但对于某些特定的话题，我们总是不知道该怎么开口。妈妈和我一个星期至少会通一次电话，从某些方面来说,我们是对方最专心的听众。她会告诉我她在图书馆做志愿者教那些强悍的俄罗斯妇女英语时发生的事；而我会和她谈谈我找工作的事、我的求职信，还有我想要争取的补助什么的。我们会聊我的兄弟姐妹、她的兄弟姐妹、总统，还有菲利普?塞默?霍夫曼的电影。我们常常逗得对方大笑，笑得我喘不过气来，笑得她眼泪都流出来了。但我们不聊的东西也很多，多得几个房间都装不下。譬如她和我爸吵架了，又譬如我在学校遇到一些小挫折了。事实上，所有让我们伤心的事，我们都避而不谈。
I like to say that my mother has never told me “I love you.” There’s something reassuring in its self-pitying simplicity—as if the three-word absence explains who I am and wins me sympathy-so I carry it with me, like a label on my back. I synthesize our cumbersome relationship with an easy shorthand: my mother never said “I love you”. The last time my mother almost spoke the words was two years ago, when she called to tell me that a friend had been hospitalized.
我常常说，妈妈从来没和我说过“我爱你”。这句有点自怜的简单话语听起来颇有些自我安慰的味道——仿佛这三个字的缺失就为我为什么成为现在的我提供了借口，还为我赢得了同情——于是，我总是把这句话挂在嘴边，就
像把它贴在背上当标签一样。对于我和妈妈之间的这种微妙关系，我总是简单地用一句“谁让她从来不说‘我爱你’”来总结。上一次妈妈差点说出这几个字是在两年前，当时她给我打电话，告诉我她有个朋友住院了。
I said, “I love you, Mom.” She said, “Thank you.” I haven’t said it since, but I’ve thought about it, and I’ve wondered why my mother doesn’t. A couple of years ago, I found a poem by Robert Hershon called “Sentimental Moment or Why Did the Baguette Cross the Road?” that supplied words for the blank spaces I try to understand in our conversations:
我对她说：“我爱你，妈妈。”而她说:“谢谢。”这件事后来我再没提过，但却始终在我的脑海里盘旋不去，我一直想知道为什么我妈妈从来不说这几个字。几年前，我读到罗伯特?赫尔希写的一首诗，诗名叫《感伤的时刻或面包为什么要过马路？》，这首诗填补了我和妈妈的对话中许多我不能理解的空白：Don’t fill up on bread. I say absent-mindedly. The servings here are huge. My son, whose hair may be receding a bit, says: Did you really just say that to me? What he doesn’t know is that when we’re walking together, when we get to the curb. I sometimes start to reach for his hand.
别用面包把肚子塞满了。我心不在焉地说。这儿的菜量大得很，我的儿子，我那发线已开始后退少许的儿子，对我说：你怎么会跟我说这样的话？他不知道的是当我们一起散步时，当我们走到马路边时，我有时会不自觉地伸出手想要去牵他的手。
It’s a humble poem, small in scope, not the stuff of epic heartbreak, yet poignant. After copying it down in my quotation journal, my wrist smudging the pencil into a gray haze as I wrote, I opened an e-mail I had begun to my mother, and added a postscript: “This poem made me think of you,” with the 13 lines cut and pasted below. My mother doesn’t read poetry—or at least, she doesn’t tell me that she reads poetry-and I felt nervous clicki ng, “Send” .
这是一首朴实无华的小诗，篇幅不长，不是动人心魄的宏伟诗篇，但读了却让人感到有点心酸。我把它抄在了我的书摘日记本里，写的时候，手腕把灰色的铅笔字迹都蹭模糊了。然后，我打开一封写给妈妈的电子邮件，信已经开了头，我在后面加上了附言：“这首诗让我想起了你。”然后，我在电脑上把这首13行诗剪切下来，粘贴在了邮件下面。我妈妈从来不读诗——或至少她从没告诉过我她读诗——所以，点下“发送”键时，我感到心中隐隐的紧张和不安。
She never mentioned the poem. But the next time I went home for vacation, I noticed something new in the kitchen. Not on her quotation wall, but across the room, fixed to an antique magnetic board: Robert Hershon’s poem, printed on a scrap of white paper in the old-fashioned font of a typewriter. The board hung above the radiator, where we drape wet rags and mittens dripping with snow, in the warmest spot in the kitchen. The poem still hangs there. Neither my mother nor I
have ever spoken about it.
她从未和我提起过这首诗，但后来放假回家时，我注意到厨房里有了样新东西。这次不是在她常常粘纸片的墙上，而是在厨房的另一头，粘在一块老旧的磁力板上：罗伯特?赫尔希的诗。诗打印在一小片白纸上，字体有点过时，像是打字机打出来的字体。这块板子高高挂在暖气片的上方，那儿可是厨房里最温暖的地方，我们常在那儿挂湿抹布和粘着雪的手套。那首诗现在还挂在那儿，但无论妈妈还是我，都从未开口谈论过它。
A Girl Who Changed My Life
一位改变了我生活的女孩
My childhood and adolescence were a joyous outpouring of energy, a ceaseless quest for expression, skill, and experience. School was only a background to the supreme delight of lessons in music, dance, and dramatics, and the thrill of sojourns in the country, theaters, concerts.
我在童年和少年时代激情四溢，无时无刻不追求展现自我、磨砺才艺和体味生活。学校里的音乐、舞蹈和戏剧课让我欢欣不已，而剧院和音乐会更让我身心为之震颤，乡间流连的时光也同样美妙。
And books, big Braille books that came with me on streetcars, to the table, and to bed. Then one night at a high school dance, a remark, not intended for my ears, stabbed my youthful bliss: “That girl, what a pity she is blind.” Blind! That ugly word that implied everything dark, blank, rigid, and helpless. Quickly I turned and called out, Please don’t feel sorry for me, I’m having lots of fun. But the fun was not to last.
还有我的书，那些厚重的盲文书籍无论在我乘车、用餐还是睡觉时都与我形影不离。然而，一天晚上，在高中的一次舞会上，一句我无意中听到的话霎那间将我年少的幸福击碎——“那女孩是个瞎子，真可惜！”瞎子——这个刺耳的字眼隐含着一个阴暗、漆黑、僵硬和无助的世界。我立刻转过身，大声喊道：“请不要为我叹惜，我很快乐！”——但我的快乐自此不复存在。
With the advent of college, I was brought to grips with the problem of earning a living. Part-time teaching of piano and harmony and, upon graduation, occasional concerts and lectures, proved only partial sources of livelihood. In terms of time and effort involved, the financial remuneration was disheartening. This induced within me searing self-doubt and dark moods of despondency. Adding to my dismal sense of inadequacy was the repeated experience of seeing my sisters and friends go off to exciting dates. How grateful I was for my piano, where—through Chopin, Brahms, and Beethoven—I could mingle my longing and seething energy with theirs. And where I could dissolve my frustration in the beauty and grandeur of their conceptions.
升入大学之后，我开始为生计而奔波。课余时间我教授钢琴及和声，临近
毕业时还偶尔参加几次演奏会，做了几次讲座，可要维持生计光靠这些还是不够，与投入的时间和精力相比，它们在经济上的回报让人沮丧。这让我失去了自信和勇气，内心郁闷苦恼。眼看我的姐妹和伙伴们一次次兴高采烈地与人约会，我更觉消沉空虚。所幸的是，还有钢琴陪我。我沸腾的渴望和激情在肖邦、贝多芬、勃拉姆斯那里得到了共鸣。我的挫败感在他们美妙壮丽的音乐构想中消散。
Then one day, I met a girl, a wonderful girl, an army nurse, whose faith and stability were to change my whole life. As our acquaintance ripened into friendship, she discerned, behind a shell of gaiety, my recurring plateaus of depression. She said, “Stop knocking on closed doors. Keep up your beautiful music. I know your opportunity will come. You’re trying too hard. Why don’t you relax, and have you ever tried praying?”
直到有一天，我遇见一位女孩，一位出色的女孩，这名随军护士的信念和执著将改变我的一生。我们日益熟稔，成为好友，她也慢慢察觉出我的快乐的外表之下内心却时常愁云密布。她对我说，“门已紧锁，敲有何用？坚持你的音乐梦想，我相信机会终将来临。你太辛苦了，何不放松一下——试试祷告如何？”
The idea was strange to me. It sounded too simple. Somehow, I had always operated on the premise that, if you wanted something in this world, you had to go out and get it for yourself. Yet, sincerity and hard work had yielded only meager returns, and I was willing to try anything. Experimentally, self-consciously, I cultivated the daily practice of prayer. I said: God, show me the purpose for which You sent me to this world. Help me to be of use to myself and to humanity.
祷告？我从未想到过，听起来太天真了。一直以来，我的行事准则都是，无论想得到什么都必须靠自己去努力争取。不过既然从前的热诚和辛劳回报甚微，我什么都愿意尝试一番。虽然有些不自在，我尝试着每天都祷告——“上帝啊，你将我送到世上，请告诉我你赐予我的使命。帮帮我，让我于人于己都有用处。”
In the years to follow, the answers began to arrive, clear and satisfying beyond my most optimistic anticipation. One of the answers was Enchanted Hills, where my nurse friend and I have the privilege of seeing blind children come alive in God’s out-of-doors. Others are the never-ending sources of pleasure and comfort I have found in friendship, in great music, and, most important of all, in my growing belief that as I attune my life to divine revelation, I draw closer to God and, through Him, to immortality.
在接下来的几年里，我得到了明确而满意的回答，超出了我最乐观的期望值。其中一个回答就是魔山盲人休闲营区。在那里，我和我的护士朋友每年都有幸看到失明的孩子们在大自然的怀抱中是多么生气勃勃。除此之外，朋友们真挚的友谊以及美妙的音乐都给我带来无穷无尽的欢乐和慰藉。最重要的
是，我越来越意识到，在我日复一日的祷告中，当我聆听上帝的启示之时，我正日益与他靠近，并通过他接近永恒。
A Mother's Love
妈妈的爱
A Mother's Love
is like an island
In life's ocean vast and wide,
A peaceful, quiet shelter
From the restless, rising tide ...
A Mother's Love
is like a fortress
And we seek protection there
When the waves of tribulation
Seem to drown us in despair...
A Mother's Love's a sanctuary
Where our souls can find sweet rest
From the struggle and the tension
Of life's fast and futile quest ...
A Mother's Love
is like a tower
Rising far above the crowd,
And her smile is like the sunshine
Breaking through a threatening cloud ...
A Mother's Love
is like a beacon
Burning bright
with Faith and Prayer,
And through the changing scenes of life
We can find a Haven There ...
For A Mother's Love
is fashioned
After God's enduring love,
It is endless and unfailing
Like the love of Him above ...
For God knew
in His great wisdom
That He couldn't be Everywhere,
So He put His Little Children
In a Loving Mother's Care.
Try to Remember the Good Things
回忆美好
When times become difficult (and you know they sometimes will), remember a moment in your life that was filled with joy and happiness. Remember how it made you feel, and you will have the strength you need to get through any trial.
当你身陷困境的时候（你有时会），回想你生命中快乐和幸福的时刻。回想它是如何使你快乐，你便有了走出困境的勇气。
When life throws you one more obstacle than you think you can handle, remember something you achieved through perseverance and by struggling to the end. In doing so, you'll find you have the ability to overcome each obstacle brought your way.
当面对重重困难，你感觉举步维艰的时候，回想你以前是如何坚持到底战胜困难的最后时刻的。这样，你就会发现你有能力克服每个障碍。
When you find yourself drained and depleted of energy, remember to find a place of sanctuary and rest.
当你觉得精疲力尽的时候，暂时离开，让自己稍作休息。
Take the necessary time in your own life to dream your dreams and renew your energy, so you'll be ready to face each new day.
从你的生活中多抽出点时间去梦想，重振你的精力，你会完全准备好又去迎接新的一天。
When you feel tension building, find something fun to do. You'll find that the stress you feel will dissipate and your thoughts will become clearer.
当你感觉到紧张的压力，做一些有乐趣的事吧。你会发现压力在渐渐消逝，你的想法也渐渐明朗了。
You're listening to Faith Radio Online-Simply to Relax, I'm Faith. When you're faced with so many negative and draining situations, realize how minuscule problems will seem when you view your life as a whole--and remember the positive things.
这里是Faith主持的Faith轻松电台节目。当你面对重重困难的时候，要意识到相对于你的整个生命，这些难题其实是微不足道的，请铭记你生命中美好的东西。
Being Angry is Showing Your Incompetence
生气是在展现你的无能
No matter where you live,
you must understand
that this world which you live in
does not necessarily work as you think.
无论你生活在哪
你都得明白你生活的这个世界
不可能完全按照你设想的方式去运转
The person who you have a crush on
may just not be into you.
你喜欢的人
可能就是不喜欢你
The company you want to work in
may see you as incompetent.
你想应聘的公司
可能看不上你
The kids brought by your relatives
may not behave themselves.
亲戚家的熊孩子
可能不会乖乖守规矩
The family next door
may just not stay that quiet.
隔壁的邻居
也可能就是不保持安静
So what would you do?
所以，你会怎么做呢?
Get angry?
生气?
No, I suggest that you don't.
不，还是别了吧。
You will only be showing your incompetency
if you do.
你那只是
在展示自己的无能
You must understand:
Being angry doesn't do you any good
because it changes nothing.
你要明白
生气对你自己来说没有任何好处
因为它改变不了任何事
If you don't like what's happening,
then try to identify the problem
and find a way to deal with it.
如果你不喜欢现状
那就去找到问题的根源
然后试着解决它
That's the only way out.
那才是唯一的出路
Song to the Oak Tree
致橡树
If I love you
我如果爱你
I won't wind upon you like a trumpet creeper
绝不像攀援的凌霄花
upvalue myself by your height
借你的高枝炫耀自己
If I love you
我如果爱你——
I will never follow a spoony bird
绝不学痴情的鸟儿
repeating the monotone song for the green shade 为绿荫重复单调的歌曲
not only like a spring head
也不止像泉源
brings you clean coolness whole year long
常年送来清凉的慰籍
not only like a steepy peak
也不止像险峰
enhances your height,
sets off your straightness
增加你的高度
衬托你的威仪
even sunshine
甚至日光。
and spring rain
甚至春雨。
No, all these are not enough!
不，这些都还不够！
I must be a ceiba by your side
我必须是你近旁的一株木棉，
as a tree standing together with you
做为树的形象和你站在一起。
our roots melt underneath
根，紧握在地下
our leaves merge in clouds
叶，相触在云里
when wind breezes
每一阵风过
we greet each other
我们都互相致意
but no one
但没有人
can understand our peculiar words
听懂我们的言语
you have your strong stem and branches 你有你的铜枝铁干
like knives and swords
像刀，像剑
and like halberds
也像戟
I have my red ample flowers
我有我的红硕花朵
like heavy sighs
像沉重的叹息
and heroic torches as well
又像英勇的火炬
we partake cold tide,
thunder storm, firebolt
我们分担寒潮、风雷、霹雳together we share brume,
flowing mist, rainbow
我们共享雾霭、流岚、虹霓
as if we separate all the time
仿佛永远分离
actually we forever rely on each other 却又终身相依
this is great love
这才是伟大的爱情
loyalty lives here
坚贞就在这里：
LOVE
爱
not only your giant body
不仅爱你伟岸的身躯
but also the position you stand，
the earth under your feet
也爱你坚持的位置，脚下的土地
第1篇这次我请客！ It’s on me! Thank you for inviting me to eat. it’s my treat this time. please let me pay the bill. you can treat me next time we eat. it has been my dream to meet you. I really enjoyed this meal. I really enjoyed speaking with you. Thank you for your time. we should meet every week and eat dinner together. 谢谢你请我吃饭。这次我请客。请让我来买单，下次我们吃饭你在请吧。我做梦都想见你。这顿饭真的吃的很开心。和你谈话我觉得很惬意。谢谢你花时间来陪我。我们应该每周见面，在一起吃饭。 第2篇英语和汉语 Chinese and English Ladies and Gentlemen, today I want to talk about the differences between English and Chinese. English is very different from Chinese. The sounds are different, the grammar is different, and the writing is totally different, it’s very difficult to speak English well. If you want to speak English well, you must forget about the differences.Just practice correct sentences until you’re used to them. The more sentences you can blurt out,the better you can express yourself.If you
经典英语美文短篇：爱母亲甚于爱自己 说明和注解：丁克威 这是一篇动情之作，读完后掩卷而思：母亲的胸怀是博大的，母亲的心灵是至纯的，母亲的爱是无私的。然而我们对于母亲的报答又有多少？ 文章语言朴素简单，相信作为中学生的你能轻松地读下来。读到佳句妙语处，真希望你能把它记下来、背下来。 Those Childhood Days When you came into the world, she held you in her arms. ?hold somebody in one’s arms: 把某人抱在怀中 You thanked her by weeping your eyes out. ?weep one’s eyes out: 痛 哭；大哭 When you were 1 year old, she fed you and bathed you. ?注意bathe在此处用作及物动词，意为“给……洗澡”。 You thanked her by crying all night long. ?all night long：整夜；如 说“整天”则是all day long。 When you were 2 years old, she taught you to walk. ?可说teach somebody to do something（教某人做 某事） You thanked her by running away when she called. When you were 3 years old, she made all your meals with love. ?do something with love: 带着爱意/心做某事。 You thanked her by tossing your plate on the floor. ?toss: 抛投。When you were 4 years old, she gave you some crayons. ? crayon: 蜡笔。 You thanked her by coloring the dining room table. ?color在此句中用作动 词，表示“着色”。When you were 5 years old, she dressed you for the holidays. ? dress: 给……穿衣。 You thanked her by plopping into the nearest pile of mud. ?plop: 扑通一声地掉下去。 When you were 6 years old, she walked you to school. ?注意walk在此处用作及物动词，意为“陪……一起走”。
I. Life Science 生命科学 The Five Senses 视觉、听觉、味觉、嗅觉和触觉是人类最基本的五种感觉，即五官感觉。我们通过它们感知外界物体，获取与机体生存紧密相关的重要信息，从而对所处环境作出分析判断。五感在我们的日常生活中扮演了至关重要的角色。 Sport injuries 肌肉是支撑人体活动的重要部分，我们要小心保护，防止肌肉受伤。 ·Warm-up Do you know any kind of sport injuries? Have you suffered from any of them? ·Big question to think about while you read What are sprains and fractures? Sprains occur when a muscle is pulled too far. The result can be a break or a tear of a ligament. Sprains can sometimes happen as the result of an injury, such as a fall. Sprains can also happen when you do not warm up your muscles before you exercise. A broken bone often occurs as the result of an accident. A broken bone is called a fracture. How can you tell if a bone is broken? The pain in the area is very strong. You cannot move the part that is broken. The part that is broken begins to swell or grow bigger. In most cases, you should not move because a bone may be broken Get someone's help to call an ambulance immediately. You will be taken to a hospital nearby to check whether or not you have a broken bone. To check this, you will normally get an X-ray. An X-ray is a black and white picture of the bones taken with a special machine. It lets a doctor see if a bone is broken. (178 words) ·Reflection questions on what you read 1. What are the differences between sprains and fractures? 2. How can a doctor tell whether there's a broken bone or not? 3. What should you do if a sprain occurs? 4. Which one do you think is more serious, a sprain or a broken bone?
[励志短篇经典英文诗歌美文阅读]英文诗歌短篇经典 各位读友大家好，此文档由网络收集而来，欢迎您下载，谢谢 一粒灰尘，改变不了大海的明净;一颗石子，阻挡不了江河的前进;一丝乌云，遮挡不了太阳的光辉;一次灾难，破坏不了勇者的励志。小编整理了经典短篇励志英文诗歌，欢迎阅读! 经典短篇励志英文诗歌篇一 thou blessed dream 你受祝福的梦中英双语对照 swami vivekananda if things go ill or well- if joy rebounding spreads the face, or sea of sorrows swells- it is a dream, a play. 无论事情变糟还是变好，
不管欢乐重现脸颊或者， 悲伤的海洋漫溢， 那只是一场游戏，一场梦幻。 a play- we each have a part each one to weep or laugh as may; each one his dress to don- alternate shine or rain. 我们都是戏中的角色， 人人都尽情地欢笑啼哭， 每个人都轮换穿着， 晴日或雨天的衣裳. thou dream, o blessed dream! spread far and near thy veil of haze, tone down the lines so sharp, make smooth what roughness seems. 你的梦，受祝福的梦， 到处掩盖着薄雾似的面纱， 将尖锐的线条变得柔和， 让粗糙的外表变得平滑 no magic but in thee!
趣味背诵英语单词（顺口溜）高中版 1.马戏团的鹦鹉 它一岁的age(年纪) 会说人的language(语言) 头脑很懂manage(经营) 要求增加wage(薪水) 惹得老板rage(发怒) 把它关进cage(笼子) 2.败家女的生活 天生就很lazy(懒惰的) 生活就爱cozy(舒适的) 上街血拼crazy(疯狂的) 体胖心感uneasy(不安的) 减肥虚脱dizzy(头晕眼花的) 成天沉溺fantasy(幻想) 3.贫农发家史 地下播下seed(种子) 种出却是weed(杂草) 只能当作feed(饲料) 生存无法proceed(继续) 冒险去采seaweed(海带) 脚被刺伤bleed(流血) 拼命加快speed(速度) 回来销售succeed(成功) 见财心生greed(贪婪) 4.武术冠军擒贼 那天我骑着cycle(自行车)见有人偷旧bicycle(自行车) 还美其名曰recycle(回收利用) 我便鼓起了muscle(肌肉) 八卦掌划出semicircle(半圆) 擒贼被写进了article(文章) 5.英国的过去 大英帝国无bound(边界) 英联邦国家abound(大量存在) 流通货币是pound(英镑) 随处英语的sound(声音) 满城绅士牵hound(猎狗) 6.超级逃兵 行军方向forward(向前的) 他的方向backward(向后的) 逃跑方式awkward(笨拙的) 其实是个coward(懦夫) 7.掌舵手 有一个volunteer(志愿者) 把船来steer(驾驶) 快乐是sheer(纯粹的) 神情却queer(古怪的) 高傲像deer(鹿)
As a teenager，I felt I was always letting people down. I was rebellious out－side，but I wanted to be liked inside. Once I left home to hitch-hike2 to California with my friend Penelope. The trip wasn?t easy，and there were many times I didn?t feel safe. One situation in particular kept me grateful to still be alive. When I returned home，I was different，not so outwardly sure of myself. I was happy to be home. But then I noticed that Penelope，who was staying with us，was wearing my clothes. And my family seemed to like her better than me. I wondered if I would be missed if I weren?t there. I told my mom，and she explained that though Penelope was a lovely girl，no one could replace me. I pointed out，“Ｓhe is more patient and is neater than I have ever been.”My mom said these were wonderful qualities，but I was the only person who could fill my role. She made me realize that even with my faults—and there were many－I was a loved member of the family who couldn?t be replaced. I became a searcher，wanting to find out who I was and what made me unique. My view of myself was changing. I wanted a solid base to start from. I started to resist3 pressure to act in ways that I didn?t like any more，and I was delighted by who I really was. I came to feel much more sure that no one can ever take my place. Each of us holds a unique place in the world. You are special，no matter what others say or what you may think. So forget about being replaced. You can’t be. 当我还是个10几岁的少年的时候，觉得自己总是让人失望。从外表上看，我似乎很叛逆，但是在内心深处，我是如此地渴望被人疼爱。 有一次我离开了家和我的朋友佩内洛普搭便车去了加利福尼亚。这次旅行并不轻松，而且有很多次我感觉不安。有一次的突发状况让我一直庆幸自己还活着。回到家，我发觉自己变了，看上去不那么自信了。 我很高兴能回到家，但不久我注意到和我们一起的佩内洛普穿着我的衣服，而且我父母看上去更喜欢她，我想知道如果我不在家的话他们是否会想念我。后来，我把我的想法告诉了母亲，她说尽管佩内洛普是个可爱的女孩，但她始终不能取代我，我说：“她比我有耐心而且无论何时看上去她都比我要整洁大方。”母亲说这些都是非常好的优点，但我却是惟一个能扮演好自己角色的人。母亲让我感到尽管我有缺点———似乎还很多———但是，我被家中每一个人爱着，谁也无法取代。 我成了一个探寻者，想要知道自己到底是谁，又是什么让我变得独一无二。我的人生观开始改变。我需要一个坚固的基础来发展，我忍受住压力，不再做自己不喜欢做的事。而且我为真实的我感到高兴。渐渐地我越发肯定自己无可替代。 每个人在这个世界上都占有一个独一无二的位置。无论别人说什么，你自己怎么想，你都是特别的。所以，不要担心自己会被取代，因为你永远是惟一的。 太多的时候，我们总认为光明就在脚下，就在不远的前方，于是忘了去仰望头顶的那片天…… If you put a buzzard1) in a pen2) six to eight feet square and entirely open at the top, the bird, in spite of its ability to fly, will be an absolute prisoner. The reason is that a buzzard always begins a flight from the ground with a run of ten to twelve feet. Without space to run, as is its habit, it will not even attempt3) to fly, but remain a prisoner for life in a small jail with no top. The ordinary bat that flies around at night, who is a remarkable nimble4) creature in the air, cannot take off from a level place. If it is placed on the floor or flat ground, all it can do is to shuffle5) about helplessly and, no doubt, painfully, until it reaches some slight elevation6) from which it can throw itself into the air. Then, at once, it takes off like a flash. A bumblebee7) if dropped into an open tumbler8) will be there until it dies, unless it is taken out. It never sees the means of escape at the top, but persists9) in trying to find some way out through the sides near the bottom. It will seek a way where none exists, until it completely destroys itself. In many ways, there are lots of people like the buzzard, the bat and the bumblebee. They are struggling about with all their problems and frustrations10), not realizing that the answer is right there above them.
Henry was an office worker in a big city. Henry was an office worker in a big city. He worked very hard and enjoyedtraveling in hisholidays. He usually went to the seaside, but one year he saw anadvertisement in a newspaper.“Enjoy country life. Spend a few weeks at West HillFarm. Good food. Fresh air. Horse riding.Walking. Fishing. Cheap and interesting.” “This sounds a good idea,” he thought. “I?ll spend a month at West Hill Farm.Ithink I canenjoy horse riding, walking and fishing. They?llmake a change from sittingby the seaside andswimming.” He wrote to the farmer. In the letter he said that hewould like to spend all of Julythere. Then on the first of July, he left for West HillFarm. But four days later, he returned home. “What was wrong with West Hill Farm?” his best friend, Ed, asked him.“Didn?tyou enjoycountry life?” “Country life was very good,” Henry said. “But there was another problem.”“Oh. What?” “Well,” he said, “the first day I was there a sheep died, and wehad roast muttonfor dinner.”“What's wrong with that?” Ed asked. “Fresh meat is the best.” “I know, but on the second day a cow died, and we had roast beef for dinner.”“Lucky you!” “You don't understand,” Henry said. “On the t hird day a pigdied and we hadroast pork fordinner.” “Let me finish,” Henry said. “On the fourth day the farmer died, and I didn'tdare (敢)stay fordinner!” 1.How did Henry find out about the farm? A. He saw it in a newspaper advertisement. B. His best friend told him.
超级经典的英语短文美文赏析 一、 Everyone has that period in which they find those who are close to them start to seem annoying . 每个人都会经历这样的时期：发现身边那些亲近的人开始变得有点烦了。 You suddenly realized that they've always been talking and talking. 你会突然意识到，长久以来他们就一直不停地在说啊说。 They never stopped. 他们从来就没有停过。 Some of us get angry with them, thinking they are trying too hard to intervene in our lives. 我们中的有些人，会开始变得愤怒，觉得他们对我们的生活介入太多。 But don't. 但是，请不要愤怒。 Only those who really care about you will bother saying so much to you. 只有那些真正关心我们的人才会费劲对我们说这么多。 It's just that maybe they don't know the right way to put it. 只是，他们可能并不知道正确的相处办法。 Some of them push too hard because they care too much. 他们中有些人逼得太紧，那是因为他们太在乎。 Some of them speak too much because they worry about you too much. 他们中的有些人说得太多，那是因为他们太担心你。 They do this because they love you. 他们这么做，都是因为爱你。 So don't push them away. 所以，不要将他们拒于千里之外。 Just find a way to let them know what you truly want. 去找一个办法告诉他们你真的想要的是什么吧。 And let them grow with you. 并且去让他们和你一起成长。 That will make both of you happy.
短篇励志英语美文摘抄带翻译【三篇】 导读：本文短篇励志英语美文摘抄带翻译【三篇】，仅供参考，如果觉得很不错，欢迎点评和分享。 短篇励志英语美文：A Better Tomorrow People 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.
英语趣味阅读练习 （一）Someone Can Send Them To Me Mr Jones had a few days’holiday, so he said, “I’m goingto the mountains by train．”He put on his best clothes, took a small bag, went to the station and got into the train．He had a beautiful hat, and he often put his head out of the window during the trip（旅途）and looked at the mountains．But the wind pulled his off． Mr Jones quickly took his old bag up and threw it out of the window too．The other people in the carriage laughed．“Is your bag going to bring your beautiful hat back?”they asked． “No, ”Mr Jones answered, “but there’s no name and no address in my hat, and there’s a name and an address on my bag．Someone’s going to find both of them near each other, and he’s going to send me the bag and the hat．” 判断对错： （）1．Mr Jones had a day’s holiday． （）2．Mr Jones went to the mountains bike． （）3．The wind pulled his old hat off． （）4．There was a name and an address on the bag． （）5．The people in the carriage laughed at Mr Jones． （）6．Hisbag could get his hat back． （）7．Someone sent the hat and the bag to Mr Jones． （二）They’ll Give Y ou A Helping Hand In a New Y ork street a small truck hit a big tree．The truck was full of glasses and they were all broken now．The driver came out of the truck and looked at the broken glasses．He was very sad．And people in the street were sorry for him． Then an old man walked to the driver, looked at him for a few minutes and said, “My poor boy! I think you must pay a lot for it．” “Y es．”was the sad answer． “Well, well, ”said the old man, “hold out your hat- here’s some money for you; and I can say some of these people will give you a helping hand, too．” Then he walked away．The driver held out his hat and over a hundred people came and put their money in it．At last the driver took out a bag and put all the money in．Then he looked at the people and said, “Well, thank you very much, but I don’t understand．That old man is my boss．” 根据正文短文内容选择正确答案。 1．The truck hit ______． A．something B．some glasses C．an old man D．the driver 2．The driver was ______ when he looked at the glasses．
Time Is Money “Time is money.” This saying means that time is very valuable. But time is more valuable than money. The money we have lost can be gained again, but the time we have wasted cannot be regained. Moreover, sometimes persons can exist without money, but nothing can be done without time, just as no one can live without air. Despite being so valuable, time is often neglected by men. Since time is an invisible thing, men often waste their time unconsciously（无意地）. Without anything to do, they may gossip from morning till night. can live only at most to about 100 years. It seems fairly long, but in fact it is rather short. We often say “How quickly time flies!” How many things can a man accomplish in such a sh ort period? Hence we should use the valuable time properly to do our work. We will race with it. We will study and work hard. Never waste a little bit of it. Try to Be a Good Student Perhaps it is the dream of everyone to be a good student at school, but quite a few students feel at a loss on how to make it. In my opinion, it is rather easy if you can act on the following points. First of all, make full use of your time and work hard. Don’t put off till tomorrow what should be done today, as time past will never come back. The fast developing society requires adequate knowledge, which presses us to spare no efforts to study. Of course, your hard work will be rewarded one day. Secondly, use your own head and present your point of view. Credulous（轻信的）attitude will only make you take anything for granted. With your own judgment you will be able to tell right from wrong and set up your own theory. Thirdly, set aside enough time for relaxation, entertainment, etc. don’t ignore the harm of all work and no play. Proper sports will build up your body and improve the efficiency of your studying. To be a good student is easier said than done, for it needs a student’s consistent efforts. But nothing is difficult to a man if he puts his heart into it. Natural Resources Nature has provided us with many kinds of resources. Almost everything we use in our everyday life comes from Nature. The food we eat, the water we drink, the clothes we wear, the concrete and bricks to build our houses, the materials to make bikes we ride, etc. all come originally from Nature. People have been making use of these natural supplies for thousands of years. With the development of technology and the increase of the population, the amount and range of materials taken has increased. It is estimated that this tread will continue in the years to come.
高中青春励志英语短文精选（带翻译） 高中生学习英语，不应只停留在课本上，还要在平时多阅读与英语 有关的文章，比如我们可以多读一些高中青春励志英语短文，不仅能帮助我 们提升英语水平，还能激励我们更上一层楼。下面小编就为大家分享一篇 《高中青春励志英语短文精选(带翻译)》，希望大家学业有成，工作顺利 1高中青春励志英语短文精选：ALittleBitMore Todayisanexcellentdayforsmallimprovements.Whateverisworkingforyou,findawayt oimproveitjustalittle.There’snoneedtomakeahugechange,justasmallone,something youcandorightnow.Ifyoucalledjustoneadditionalcustomereachday,overthecourseoft henextmonthyouwouldtalktoabout20newpeople.Ifyoulearnedjustonemorenewworde achday,inthenextyearyouwouldincreaseyourvocabularybymorethan300words.Small improvementscanaddupovertimeintobigaccomplishments.Lookaroundyou.Consider theworkyoudoeachday.Thinkabouthowyoucoulddoitjustalittlebitbetter.Inamarathon race,eachstepthewinnertakesisjustalittlebitlongerandalittlebitfasterthaneachstridetak enbythe100thplacefinisher.Yetoverthecourseoftherace,thatsmalldifferenceaddsupin abigway.Dojustalittlebitmoretoday,andtomorrowtoo,andeachdayafterthat.Anyoneca nmakejustasmallimprovement,andthatcanmakeabig,bigdifference.高中青春励志英语短文翻译：再多一点点今天就是你可以做改进的极好的一天。无论你在做 什幺,找一个方法去做一点点的改进。不用做太大的改变,只要一点点——你现 在可以做到的一点点。如果你每天多给一个顾客打电话的话,一个月下来你会 发现你又多认识了差不多二十个人。如果每天多学会一个新词,过一年,你的词 汇量将会增加300多个。小小的改进能够逐步积累成大的成就。观察你的周
《高中英语趣味阅读系列研究》 中期研究报告 溧阳市光华高级中学课题组执笔：史秀娟 一、课题研究背景 阅读是高中学生英语语言技能的一个重要方面，是学生综合语言运用能力的基础，阅读能力的高低是检验学习者语言水平的主要标准之一，阅读理解能力的提高一直是高中英语教学中最受重视的项目。然而在实际教学过程中，一方面因为高考的压力，教师被迫将尽可能多的知识塞给学生，让学生的英语学习背上了沉重的包袱，导致学生英语学习兴趣的下降；另一方面教师主要依靠高中英语课本中有限的阅读材料，文章词语数量和内容都很有限，学生不能达到大量语言输入的目的，跟不上时代和信息社会发展的要求。如何在有限的高中三年时间内提高学生的阅读能力，养成良好的阅读习惯，形成正确的阅读方法，让他们在三年后能从容地面对高考，同时为他们将来的英语学习打下良好的基础，这是高中英语阅读教学所面临的一项重要课题。 基于多方面的研究，我们选择了“高中英语趣味阅读系列研究”作为课题，以趣味阅读作为新开发的课程资源，将英语阅读与学生兴趣相结合，激发和培养我校学生学习英语的兴趣，开拓学生视野，帮助学生了解外部世界和中西方文化差异，培养其阅读技能，发展其自主学习能力。 二、课题研究目标和原则 研究目标： 1.通过趣味阅读的系列研究，构建一个比较完整而科学合理的阅读教学体系，使阅读教育更具有计划性、目标性和针对性，从而提高高中阅读教学的整体效果。 2.探索在新课程环境下高中英语趣味阅读的教学模式和教学方法。 3.通过研究，提高高中学生英语阅读能力，激发高中学生学习英语的热情。 研究原则： 本实验研究过程中，我们必须注意以下原则： 1.趣味性原则。所选阅读材料内容生动，容易激发学生的学习兴趣，是学生喜闻乐见的，符合学生的心理年龄、认知规律和生活实际。 2.多样性原则。所选阅读材料形式多样，可以是故事、戏剧、经典文学作品、美文欣赏等，这样既可以避免阅读材料的单一，还可以使学生的阅读面得到拓展。 3.难度适中的原则。语言材料的难度和篇幅直接影响学生阅读的兴趣，因此我们在选择阅读材料时对难度、篇幅和生词率都有所控制。 4.紧扣教材的原则。教材的主题分布基本上考虑了学生的知识结构和知识链接，在选择阅读资源时我们不能完全与教材脱节也不能过多的被教材所局限，而是让所选的阅读资源中有学生所学词汇和句型的反复出现，但又不是简单枯燥的重复，既紧扣教材又略高于教材。 三、课题研究内容 1.理论研究。研究在新课程环境下高中学生英语阅读技能的要求，探索高中学生英语阅读与表达能力的目标、要求及相互关系。 2.实践研究。在理论研究的基础上开展调查研究，了解高中学生英语阅读的兴趣所在，并开展课程实施的效果研究。 (1)确定以高中英语趣味阅读为主要内容，以学科课程为核心载体，构建高中英语趣味阅读系列研究大纲。 (2)在编制高中英语趣味阅读系列研究大纲基础上，充分发挥课题组成员在英语阅读教学方面的优势，收集英语趣味阅读相关的课题材料、文本、图像及视频资料，并对相关知识材料进行重组、创作，编写高中英语趣味阅读系列的相关教材。 (3)合理利用编写的高中英语趣味阅读教材并探究高中英语阅读的教学模式。