英语文章欣赏

经典英语美文欣赏80篇（适用于成人）英语美文欣赏80篇 01-The Love of Beauty英语美文欣赏80篇 02-The Happy Door英语美文欣赏80篇 03-Born to Win英语美文欣赏80篇 04-Work and Pleasure英语美文欣赏80篇 05-Mirror,Mirror-What do I See英语美文欣赏80篇 06-On Motes and Beams英语美文欣赏80篇 07-An October Sunrise英语美文欣赏80篇 08-To be or not to be英语美文欣赏80篇 09-Gettysburg address英语美文欣赏80篇10-First Inaugural Address英语美文欣赏80篇11-American black bears英语美文欣赏80篇 12-Coal-fired power plants英语美文欣赏80篇 13-Statistics英语美文欣赏80篇 14-Obtaining Fresh water from icebergs英语美文欣赏80篇 15-The source of Energy英语美文欣赏80篇 16-Vision英语美文欣赏80篇 17-Folk Cultures英语美文欣赏80篇 18-Bacteria英语美文欣赏80篇 19-Sleep英语美文欣赏80篇 20-Cells and Temperature英语美文欣赏80篇21-Youth英语美文欣赏80篇 22-Three Days to See英语美文欣赏80篇 23-Companionship of Books英语美文欣赏80篇24-If I Rest,I Rust英语美文欣赏80篇 25-Ambition英语美文欣赏80篇 26-What I have Lived for英语美文欣赏80篇 27-When Love Beckons You英语美文欣赏80篇 28-The Road to Success英语美文欣赏80篇 29-On Meeting the Celebrated英语美文欣赏80篇 30-The 50-Percent Theory of Life英语美文欣赏80篇 31-Archaeology英语美文欣赏80篇 32-Museums英语美文欣赏80篇 33-Skyscrapers and Environment英语美文欣赏80篇 34-Rare Fossil Record英语美文欣赏80篇 35-The Nobel Academy英语美文欣赏80篇 36-the war between Britain and France 英语美文欣赏80篇 37-Evolution of sleep英语美文欣赏80篇 38-Modern American Universities英语美文欣赏80篇 39-children’s numerical skills英语美文欣赏80篇40-The Historical Significance of American Revolution英语美文欣赏80篇41-What is Your Recovery Rate英语美文欣赏80篇42-Clear Your Mental Space英语美文欣赏80篇43-Be Happy英语美文欣赏80篇44-The Goodness of Life英语美文欣赏80篇45-Facing the Enemies Within英语美文欣赏80篇46-Abundance is a Life Style英语美文欣赏80篇47-Human Life a Poem英语美文欣赏80篇48-Solitude英语美文欣赏80篇49-Giving Life Meaning英语美文欣赏80篇50-Relish the Moment英语美文欣赏80篇51-The Language of Music英语美文欣赏80篇52-Schooling and Education英语美文欣赏80篇53-The Definition of “Price”英语美文欣赏80篇54-Electricity英语美文欣赏80篇55-The Beginning of Drama英语美文欣赏80篇56-Television英语美文欣赏80篇57-Andrew Carnegie英语美文欣赏80篇58-American Revolution英语美文欣赏80篇59-Suburbanization英语美文欣赏80篇60-Types of Speech英语美文欣赏80篇61-The Origin of Sports英语美文欣赏80篇62-Collectibles英语美文欣赏80篇63-Ford英语美文欣赏80篇64-Piano英语美文欣赏80篇65-Movie Music英语美文欣赏80篇66-International Business and Cross-cultural英语美文欣赏80篇67-Scientific Theories英语美文欣赏80篇68-Changing Roles of Public Education 英语美文欣赏80篇69-Telecommuting英语美文欣赏80篇70-The origin of Refrigerators英语美文欣赏80篇71-British Columbia28.Changing Roles of Public Education英语美文欣赏80篇72-Botany英语美文欣赏80篇73-Plankton英语美文欣赏80篇74-Raising Oysters英语美文欣赏80篇75-Oil Refining英语美文欣赏80篇76-Plate Tectonics and Sea-floor Spreading英语美文欣赏80篇77-Icebergs英语美文欣赏80篇78-Topaz英语美文欣赏80篇79-The Salinity of Ocean Waters英语美文欣赏80篇80-Cohesion-tension Theory英语美文欣赏80篇01-The Love of BeautyThe love of beauty is an essential part of all healthy human nature. It is a moral quality. The absence of it is not an assured ground of condemnation, but the presence of it is an invariable sign of goodness of heart. In proportion to the degree in which it is felt will probably be the degree in which nobleness and beauty of character will be attained.Natural beauty is an all-pervading presence. The universe is its temple. It unfolds into the numberless flowers of spring. It waves in the branches of trees and the green blades of grass. It haunts the depths of the earth and the sea. It gleams from the hues of the shell and the precious stone. And not only these minute objects but the oceans, the mountains, the clouds, the stars, the rising and the setting sun—all overflow with beauty. This beauty is so precious, and so congenial to our tenderest and noblest feelings, that it is painful to think of the multitude of peopleliving in the midst of it and yet remaining almostblind to it.All persons should seek to become acquainted with the beauty in nature. There is not a worm we tread upon, nor a leaf that dances merrily as it falls before the autumn winds, but calls for our study and admiration. The power to appreciate beauty not merely increases our sources of happiness - it enlarges our moral nature, too. Beauty calms our restlessness and dispels our cares. Go into the fields or the woods, spend a summer day by the sea or the mountains, and all your little perplexities and anxieties will vanish. Listen to sweet music, and your foolish fears andpetty jealousies will pass away. The beauty of the world helps us to seek and find the beauty of goodness.英语美文欣赏80篇02-The Happy DoorHappiness is like a pebble dropped into a pool to set in motion an ever-widening circle of ripples. As Stevenson has said, being happy is a duty.There is no exact definition of the word happiness. Happy people are happy for all sorts of reasons. The key is not wealth or physical well-being, since wefind beggars, invalids and so-called failures, who are extremely happy.Being happy is a sort of unexpected dividend. But staying happy is an accomplishment, a triumph of soul and character. It is not selfish to strive for it. It is, indeed, a duty to ourselves and others.Being unhappy is like an infectious disease. It causes people to shrink away from the sufferer. He soon finds himself alone, miserable and embittered. There is, however, a cure so simple as to seem, at first glance, ridiculous; if you don’t feel happy, pretend to be!It works. Before long you will find that insteadof repelling people, you attract them. You discoverhow deeply rewarding it is to be the center of widerand wider circles of good will.Then the make-believe becomes a reality. You possessthe secret of peace of mind, and can forget yourself in being of service to others.Being happy, once it is realized as a duty and established as a habit, opens doors into unimaginable gardens thronged with grateful friends.英语美文欣赏80篇03-Born to WinEach human being is born as something new, somethingthat never existed before. Each is born with thecapacity to win at life. Each person has a unique wayof seeing, hearing, touching, tasting and thinking. Each has his or her own unique potentials---capabilities and limitations. Each can be a significant, thinking, aware, and creative being---a productive person, a winner.The word “winner” and “loser” have many meanings. When we refer to a person as a winner, we do not mean one who makes someone else lose. To us, a winner is one who responds authentically by being credible, trustworthy, responsive, and genuine, both as an individual and as a member of a society.Winners do not dedicated their lives to a concept of what they imagine they should be; rather, they are themselves and as such do not use their energy putting on a performance, maintaining pretence and manipulating others. They are aware that there is a difference between being loving and acting loving, between being stupid and acting stupid, betweenbeing knowledgeable and acting knowledgeable. Winners do not need to hide behind a mask.Winners are not afraid to do their own thinking and to use their own knowledge. They can separate facts from opinions and don’t pretend to have all the answers. They listen to others, evaluate what they say, but cometo their own conclusions. Although winners can admire and respect other people, they are not totally defined, demolished, bound, or awed by them. Winners do not play “helpless”, nor do they play the blaming game. Instead, they assume responsibility for their own lives. They don’t give others a false authority over them. Winners are their own bosses and know it.A winner’s timing is right. Winners respond appropriately to the situation. Their responses are related to the message sent and preserve the significance, worth, well-being, and dignity of the people involved. Winners know that for everything there is a season and for every activity a time.Although winners can freely enjoy themselves, they can also postpone enjoyment, can discipline themselves in the present to enhance their enjoyment in the future. Winners are not afraid to go after what he wants, but they do so in proper ways. Winners do not get theirsecurity by controlling others. They do not set themselves up to lose.A winner cares about the world and its peoples. A winner is not isolated from the general problems of society, but is concerned, compassionate, and committed to improving the quality of life. Even in the face of national and international adversity, a winner’s self-image is not one of a powerless individual. A winner works to make the world a better place.英语美文欣赏80篇04-Work and PleasureTo 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 orrelief. It is no use doing what you like; you have got to like what you do. Broadly speaking, human being may be divided into three classes: those whoare toiled to death, those who are worried to death, and those who are bored to death. It is no use offering the manual laborer, 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 worryabout 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 themeans of sustenance, but a keen appetite for pleasure even in its simplest and most modest forms. But Fortune’s favored 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 vacation. 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 meansof banishing it at intervals from their minds.英语美文欣赏80篇05-Mirror,Mirror-What do I SeeA loving person lives in a loving world. A hostile person lives in a hostile world. Everyone you meet is your mirror.Mirrors have a very particular function. They reflect the image in front of them. Just as a physical mirrorserves as the vehicle to reflection, so do all of the people in our lives.When we see something beautiful such as a flower garden, that garden serves as a reflection. In order to see the beauty in front of us, we must be able to see thebeauty inside of ourselves. When we love someone, it’s a reflection of loving ourselves. When we love someone, it’s a reflection of loving ourselves. We have often heard things like “I love how I am when I’m with that person.” That simply translates into “I’m able tolove me when I love that other person.” Oftentimes, when we meet someone new, we feel as though we “click”. Sometimes it’s as if we’ve known eachother for a long time. That feeling can come from sharing similarities.Just as the “mirror” or other person can be apositive reflection, it is more likely that we’llnotice it when it has a negative connotation. For example, it’s easy to remember times when we have metsomeone we’re not particularly crazy about. We mayhave some criticism in our mind about the person. Thisis especially true when we get to know someone with whom we would rather spend less time.Frequently, when we dislike qualities in other people, ironically, it’s usually the mirror that’s speakingto us.I began questioning myself further each time I encountered someone that I didn’t particularly like. Each time, I asked myself, “What is it about that person that I don’t like?” and then “Is there something similar in me?” in every instance, I could see a piece of that quality in me, and sometimes I hadto really get very introspective. So what did that mean? It means that just as I can get annoyed or disturbed when I notice that aspect in someone else, I better reexamine my qualities and consider making some changes. Even if I’m not willing to make a drastic change, atleast I consider how I might modify some of the things that I’m doing.At times we meet someone new and feel distant, disconnected, or disgusted. Although we don’t want to believe it, and it’s not easy or desirable to look further, it can be a great learning lesson to figure out what part of the person is being reflected in you. It’s simply just another way to create more self-awareness.英语美文欣赏80篇06-On Motes and BeamsIt is curious that our own offenses should seem so much less heinous than the offenses of others. I suppose the reason is that we know all the circumstances that have occasioned them and so manageto excuse in ourselves what we cannot excuse in others. We turn our attention away from our own defects, and when we are forced by untoward events to consider them, find it easy to condone them. For all I know weare right to do this; they are part of us and we must accept the good and bad in ourselves together.But when we come to judge others, it is not by ourselves as we really are that we judge them, but by an image that we have formed of ourselves from which we have left our everything that offends our vanity or would discredit us in the eyes of the world. To take a trivial instance: how scornful we are when we catch someone out telling a lie; but who can say that he has never told not one, but a hundred?There is not much to choose between men. They are all a hotchpotch of greatness and littleness,of virtue and vice, of nobility and baseness. Some have more strength of character, or more opportunity, and so in one direction or another give their instincts freer play, but potentially they are the same. For my part, I do not think I am any better or any worse than most people, but I know that if I set down every action in my life and every thought that has crossed my mind,the world would consider me a monster of depravity. The knowledge that these reveries are common to all men should inspire one with tolerance to oneself as well as to others. It is well also if they enable us to look upon our felllows, even the most eminent and respectable, with humor, and if they lead us to take ourselves not too seriously.英语美文欣赏80篇07-An October SunriseI was up the next morning be fore the October sunrise, and away through the wild and the woodland. The risingof the sun was noble in the cold and warmth of it peeping down the spread of light, he raised hisshoulder heavily over the edge of grey mountain and wavering length of upland. Beneath his gaze the dew-fogs dipped, and crept to crept to the hollow places; then stole away in line and column, holding skirts, and clinging subtly at the sheltering corners where rockhung over grassland, while the brave lines of thehills came forth, one beyond other gliding.The woods arose in folds, like draperyof awakened mountains, stately with a depth of awe,and memory of the tempests. Autumn’s mellow hand was upon them, as they owned already, touched with gold and red and olive, and their joy towards the sun was lessto a bridegroom than a father.Yet before the floating impress of the woods couldclear it self, suddenly the gladsome light leaped over hill and valley, casting amber, blue, and purple, anda tint of rich red rose; according to the scene theylit on, and the curtain flung around; yet allalike dispelling fear and the cloven hoof of darkness, all on the wings of hope advancing, and proclaiming, “God is here!” then life and joysprang reassured from every crouching hollow; every flower, and bud and bird had a fluttering sense of them;and all the flashing of God’s gaze merged into soft beneficence.So, perhaps, shall break upon us that eternal morning, when crag and chasm shall be no more, neither hill and valley, nor great unvintaged ocean; but all things shall arise, and shine in the light of the Father’s countenance, because itself is risen.英语美文欣赏80篇08-To be or not to beOutside the Bible, these six words are the most famous in all the literature of the world. They were spoken by Hamlet when he was thinking aloud, and they are the most famous words in Shakespeare because Hamlet was speaking not only for himself but also for every thinking man and woman. To be or not to be, to live or not to live, to live richly and abundantly and eagerly, or to live dully and meanly and scarcely. A philosopher once wanted to know whether he was alive or not, which is a good question for everyone to put to himselfoccasionally. He answered it by saying: "I think, therefore am."But the best definition of existence ever saw did another philosopher who said: "To be is to be in relations." If this true, then the more relations aliving thing has, the more it is alive. To live abundantly means simply to increase the rangeand intensity of our relations. Unfortunately we are so constituted that we get to love our routine. Butapart from our regular occupation how much are we alive? If you are interest-ed only in your regular occupation, you are alive only to that extent. So far as otherthings are concerned--poetry and prose, music, pictures, sports, unselfish friendships, politics, international affairs--you are dead.Contrariwise, it is true that every time you acquire a new interest--even more, a new accomplishment--you increase your power of life. No one who is deeply interested in a large variety of subjects can remainunhappy; the real pessimist is the person who haslost interest.Bacon said that a man dies as often as he loses a friend. But we gain new life by contacts, new friends. What is supremely true of living objects is only less true of ideas, which are also alive. Where your thoughts are, there will your live be also. If your thoughts are confined only to your business, only to your physical welfare, only to the narrow circle of the town in which you live, then you live in a narrow cir-conscribed life. But if you are interested in what is going on in China, then you are living in China~ if you’re interested in the characters of a good novel, then you are living with those highly interesting people, if you listen intently to fine music, you are away from your immediate surroundings and living in a world of passion and imagination.To be or not to be--to live intensely and richly, merely to exist, that depends on ourselves. Let widen and intensify our relations. While we live, let live!英语美文欣赏80篇09 Gettysburg addressFourscore and seven years ago, our fathersbrought forth upon this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.Now, we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, wecannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. Thebrave men, living and dead, who struggled here,have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us, the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us---that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion; that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain; that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom; and that government of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from the earth.英语美文欣赏80篇10-First Inaugural AddressFirst Inaugural AddressWe observe today not a victory of party, but a celebration of freedom, symbolizing an end, as wellas a beginning; signifying renewal, as well as change. For I have sworn before you and Almighty God the same solemn oath our forebears prescribed nearly a century and three quarters ago.in your hands, my fellow citizens, more than in mine,will rest the final success or failure of our course. Since this country was founded, each generation of Americans has been summoned to give testimony to its national loyalty. The graves of young Americans who answered the call to service surround the globe.Now the trumpet summons us again, not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need; not as a call to battle, though embattled we are; but a call to bear the burdenof a long twilight struggle, year in and year out, “rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation”, astruggle against the common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease, and war itself.Can we forge against these enemies a grand and global alliance, North and South, East and West, that can assure a more fruitful life for all mankind? Will you join in that historic effort?In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility. I welcome it. I do not believe that any of us would exchange places with any other people or any other generation. The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it. And the glow from that fire can truly light the world.And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world, ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.Finally, whether you are citizens of America orcitizens of the world, ask of us here the same high standards of strength and sacrifice which we ask of you. With a good conscience our only sure reward, withhistory the final judge of our deeds, let usgo forth to lead the land we love, askingHis blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth, God’s work must truly be our own.英语美文欣赏80篇11-American black bearsAmerican black bears appear in a variety of colors despite their name. In the eastern part of their range, most of these brown, red, or even yellow coats. To the north, the black bear is actually gray or white in color. Even in the same litter, both brown and black furred bears may be born.Black bears are the smallest of all American bears, ranging in length from five to six feet, weighing from three hundred to five hundred pounds Their eyes andears are small and their eyesight and hearing are not as good as their sense of smell.Like all bears, the black bear is timid, clumsy, and rarely dangerous , but if attacked, most can climb trees and cover ground at great speeds. When angry or frightened, it is a formidable enemy.Black bears feed on leaves, herbs. Fruit, berries, insects, fish, and even larger animals. One of the most interesting characteristics of bears, including the black bear, is their winter sleep. Unlike squirrels, woodchucks, and many other woodland animals, bears do not actually hibernate1. Although the bear does not during the winter moths2, sustaining itself from body fat, its temperature remains3 almost normal, and it breathes regularly four or five times per minute.Most black bears live alone, except during mating season. They prefer to live in caves, hollow logs,or dense4thickets5. A little of one to four cubs6 is born in January or February after a gestation7 periodof six to nine months, and they remain with their mother until they are fully8 grown or about one and a half years old. Black bears can live as long as thirty years in the wild , and even longer in game preserves set aside for them.英语美文欣赏80篇12-Coal-fired power plantsThe invention of the incandescent1 light bulb by Thomas A. Edison in 1879 created a demand for a cheap, readily available fuel with which to generate large amounts of electric power. Coal seemed to fit the bill, and it fueled the earliest power stations. (which were set up at the end of the nineteenth century by Edison himself). As more power plants were constructed throughout the country, the reliance on coal increased throughout the country, the reliance on coal increased. Since the First World War, coal-fired power plants had a combined in the United States each year. In 1986 such plants had a combinedgenerating capacity of 289,000 megawatts and consumed 83 percent of the nearly 900 million tons of coal mined in the country that year. Giventhe uncertainty2 in the future growth of the nearly 900 million tons of coal mined in the country that year. Given the uncertainty in the future growth of nuclear power and in the supply of oil and natural gas, coal-fired power plants could well provide up to 70 percent of the electric power in the United States by the endof the century.Yet, in spite of the fact that coal has long been a source of electricity and may remain on for many years(coal represents about 80 percent of United States fossil-fuel reserves), it has actually never been the most desirable fossil fuel for power plants. Coal contains less energy per unit of weight than weight than natural gas or oil; it is difficult to transport, andit is associated with a host of environmental issues, among them acid rain. Since the late 1960's problemsof emission3 control and waste disposal have sharply reduced the appeal of coal-fired power plants. The cost of ameliorating these environment problems along with the rising cost of building a facility as large and complex as a coal-fired power plant, have also made such plants less attractive froma purely4 economic perspective.Changes in the technological5 base of coal-fired power plants could restore their attractiveness, however. Whereas some of these changes are intended mainly to increase the productivity of existing plants, completely new technologies for burning coal cleanly are also being developed.英语美文欣赏80篇13-StatisticsThere were two widely divergent influences on the early development of statistical1methods. Statistics had a mother who was dedicated2 to keeping orderly records of government units (states and statisticscome from the same Latin root status) and a gentlemanly gambling3 father who relied on mathematics to increase his skill at playingthe odds4 in games of chance. The influence of the mother on the offspring, statistics, is represented by counting, measuring, describing, tabulating5, ordering, and the taking of censuses-all of which led to modern descriptive statistics. From the influence of the father came modern inferential statistics, which is based squarely on theories of probability.Describing collections involvestabulating, depicting6 and describing collections of data. These data may be quantitative7 such as measures of height, intelligence or grade level------variables that are characterized byan underlying8 continuum---or the data may represent qualitative9 variables, such as sex, college major or personality type. Large masses of data must generally undergo a process of summarization or。

英语散文名篇欣赏精选英语散文是一种文学形式，它不像诗歌那样有固定的韵律和节奏，也不像小说那样有复杂的故事情节。

散文通常更加注重表达作者的思想和情感，以及对社会、自然和人生的观察和思考。

以下是一些精选的英语散文名篇，适合欣赏和学习。

1. "The Love of My Life" by Karl Pilkington这是一篇幽默而又感人的散文，讲述了作者对一只名叫“土豆”的狗的深厚感情。

2. "The Joys of Writing" by Stephen King作为一位著名的恐怖小说作家，Stephen King 在这篇散文中分享了他对写作的热爱和写作带给他的乐趣。

3. "The Art of Stillness" by Pico Iyer这篇散文探讨了在现代社会中寻找宁静和内省的重要性。

4. "On Writing" by Virginia WoolfVirginia Woolf 是一位杰出的女性作家，她的这篇散文深入探讨了写作的本质和作家的内心世界。

5. "The Importance of Being Honest" by Joseph L. Galloway这篇散文强调了诚实的重要性，以及它在个人和职业生活中的价值。

6. "The Star" by Arthur C. ClarkeArthur C. Clarke 是一位著名的科幻小说作家，这篇散文则是他对星空和人类探索宇宙的深刻思考。

7. "The Last Paragraph" by John UpdikeJohn Updike 是美国文学界的巨匠，这篇散文是他对自己写作生涯的回顾和反思。

8. "A Room of One's Own" by Virginia Woolf这篇散文是Virginia Woolf 对女性写作和独立空间的思考，对女性文学有着重要的影响。

英语小美文带翻译短篇范文欣赏多阅读一些唯美文艺的英语文章，对于我们英语能力的提高也会有所帮助，今天店铺在这里为大家分享一些英语小美文带翻译，希望大家会喜欢这些英文阅读!高中英语美文阅读篇一The People Who Love You When No One Else WillI believe that families are not only blood relatives, but sometimes just people that show up and love you when no one else will.我深信家人不仅仅是血亲。

有的时候，有人会在无人愿意伸出援手的时候出现在你的身边，让你感受到爱，那也是家人。

In May, 1977, I lived in a Howard Johnson's motel off of Interstate 10 in Houston. My dad and I shared a room with two double beds and a bathroom way too small for a modest 15-year-old girl and her father. Dad's second marriage was in trouble and my stepmother had kicked us both out of the house the previous week. Dad had no idea what to do with me. And that's when my other family showed up.在1977年的5月，我住在休斯顿十号州际公路旁的豪生汽车旅馆里。

我跟我爸爸共用一个有两张双人床和一个洗手间的房间，这房间对于一个正常的15岁女孩子和她爸爸来说实在是太小了。

【欣赏】阅读经典的英语短文（一）Are you happy with your life?Are you feeling in control?If not,wake up and take charge!Learn to be independent.Learn to manage your life.Change now,your chance is here!Go after what you want!Get what you deserve!Here's how to be your own master.你对自己的生活满意吗？你觉得一切都在自己的掌控之中吗？如果不是这样，那就觉醒吧，去掌握一切！要学会独立，要学会掌握自己的人生。

现在就去改变，你的机会就在眼前！追求你想要的，获取你应得的。

要做自己的主人就该这样做：First,find your niche in this world.Find your one true passion.Figure out what you want to be.Then create your destiny.Make that future your target.Make that your mission in life.Dream big dreams.Nothing is impossible.Set goals, and then start climbing higher.首先，在这个世界上找到适合你的位置。

要找出你真正热爱的事物。

了解自己想要成为什么样的人。

然后，规划自己的人生。

把那样的未来当作你的目标，把它当成你的人生使命。

要有远大的梦想。

一切皆有可能。

设定目标，然后开始不断努力。

Second,decide to be an expert.Become a leader in your field.Master your chosen profession.Learn from role models. Learn from setbacks.Learn as much as you can.Make a name for yourself.Create a demand for yourself.That's the way to be a winner.第二，要下定决心当个专家。

高中英语课外读物美文欣赏40篇(双语版)1《飞鸟集》精选1夏天的飞鸟，飞到我的窗前唱歌，又飞去了。

Stray birds of summer come to my window to sing and fly away.2 秋天的黄叶，它们没有什么可唱，只叹息一声，飞落在那里。

And yellow leaves of autumn， which have no songs， flutter and fall there with a sign.3世界对着它的爱人，把它浩翰的面具揭下了。

它变小了，小如一首歌，小如一回永恒的接吻The world puts off its mask of vastness to its lover. It becomes small as one song， as one kiss of the eternal.4是大地的泪点，使她的微笑保持着青春不谢。

It is the tears of the earth that keep her smiles in bloom.5无垠的沙漠热烈追求一叶绿草的爱，她摇摇头笑着飞开了。

The mighty desert is burning for the love of a blade of grass who shakes her head and laughs and flies away.6如果你因失去了太阳而流泪，那么你也将失去群星了。

If you shed tears when you miss the sun， you also miss the stars.7跳舞着的流水呀，在你途中的泥沙，要求你的歌声，你的流动呢。

你肯挟瘸足的泥沙而俱下么？The sands in your way beg for your song and your movement， dancing water. Will you carry the burden of their lameness？8她的热切的脸，如夜雨似的，搅扰着我的梦魂。

简单英语阅读美文欣赏带中文翻译以前就读初中的时候也经常会翻看一些英语阅读美文，虽然难度比大学时候要简单，但是每每还是会出现很多单词，因为查阅字典的原因，所以一篇英语阅读文章就要花费相当多的时间呢。

今天小编给大家带来简单英语阅读美文，希望大家喜欢并且能够有所收获。

简单英语阅读美文(一)论说谎Now as to the matter of lying. You want to be verycareful about lying, otherwise you are nearly sure toget caught, once caught, you can never again be, inthe eyes of the pure and the good, what you werebefore.Many a young person has injured himselfpermenently throuth a single clumsy and ill-finishedlie, the result of carelessness born of incompletetraining. Some authorities hold that the young oughtnot to lie at all. That, of course, is putting it rather stronger than necessary. Still, while I can'tgo quite so far as that, I do maintain, and I believe I am right, that the young ought to betemperate in the use of this great art until practice and experience shall give them thatconfidence, elegance, precision which alone make the accomplishment graceful andprofitable. Patience, diligence, painstaking attention to detail - these are the requirments. These, in time ,will make the student perfect. Upon these, and upon these only, mayhe rely asthe sure foundation for future eminence.Think what tedious years of study, thought, practice, and experience ,went to the equipmentof the peerless old master who was able to impose upon the whole world with the lofty andsounding maxim that "Truth is mighty and will prevail."- The most majestic compoundfeature of fact which any of woman born has yet achieved.For the history of our race and every individual's experience, are sown thick with evidence thata truth is not hard to kill and that a lie told well is immortal. There is in Bostain a monument ofthe man who discover the anesthesia. Many people are aware, in these later days, that he didn'tdiscover it at all, but stole the discovery from another man. Is the truth mighty, and will itprevail? No, My hearers, the monument is made of hard materials, but the lie it tells will outlasta millon years. An awkward, feeble, leaky lie is a thing which you ought to make it yourunceasing study to avoid. Why, you might as well tell the truth at once and be done with it.现在来谈一谈说谎。

每天一篇英语文章阅读美文欣赏每天都阅读一些英语美文，对于我们英语阅读能力的提高会有所帮助，今天店铺在这里为大家分享适合每天一篇的英语文章阅读，希望大家会喜欢这些英语美文!每天一篇英语文章篇一You!你!Consider… YOU. In all time before now and in all time to come, there has never been and will never be anyone just like you. You are unique in the entire history and future of the universe. Wow! Stop and think about that. You're better than one in a million, or a billion, or a gazillion…试想一下……你!一个空前绝后的你，不论是以往还是将来都不会有一个跟你一模一样的人。

你在历史上和宇宙中都是独一无二的。

哇!想想吧，你是万里挑一、亿里挑一、兆里挑一的。

You are the only one like you in a sea of infinity!在无穷无尽的宇宙中，你是举世无双的。

You're amazing! You're awesome! And by the way, TAG, you're it. As amazing and awesome as you already are, you can be even more so. Beautiful young people are the whimsey of nature, but beautiful old people are true works of art. But you don't become "beautiful" just by virtue of the aging process.你是了不起的!你是卓越的!没错，就是你。

【导语】⼀篇篇的优美⽂章都可是值得我们学习的，那么优美的短篇的英语⽂章呢。

今天⽆忧考就给⼤家分享⼀下英语美⽂欣赏，欢迎阅读！【篇⼀】优美的短篇的英语⽂章欣赏 by Jack London From the hell to the heaven, There's no straight way to walk. Sometimes up, sometimes down. Hope creates a heaven for us, Despair makes a hell for us. 地狱天堂路遥遥， 理想捷径⽆处寻。

起起落落前⾏路， ⼀线希望造天堂， 千般绝望坠地狱。

Some choices are waiting for me, Which one on earth is better? No God in the world can help me, Choosing is the byname of freedom, Different choice makes different future. 前⾏歧路须选择， 究竟哪条会更好? 绝⽆上帝可依凭， ⾃由别名乃选择， 不同抉择造异境。

It's stupid to put eyes on others. I have to make up my own mind, Going my way to the destination. 盲随他⼈不明智， 吾须定夺前⾏路， 不达⽬标誓不休。

Facing success or failure, It's no need to care too much. Only if I've tried my best, It's enough for my simple life. 纵然⾯对成与败， 谨记⽆须太在意。

只要吾已竭全⼒， 淡然此⽣⽆所系。

【篇⼆】优美的短篇的英语⽂章欣赏 O my luve is like a red, red rose, 啊!我爱⼈象红红的玫瑰， That's newly sprung in June; 在六⽉⾥苞放; O my luve is like the melodie 啊，我爱⼈象⼀⽀乐曲， That's sweetly played in tune. 乐声美妙、悠扬。

英语美文朗诵欣赏英语美文朗诵欣赏（精选9篇）学习英语，可以扩开我们的眼界，真正体会生活的美好，下面是店铺带来的英语美文朗诵欣赏，希望对你有帮助。

英语美文朗诵欣赏篇1Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy trying to earn money in order to pay the high tuition for my brother and me. They don’t act in the romantic ways that I read in books or I see on TV. In their opinion, “I love you” is too luxurious for them to say. Sending flowers to each other on Valentin e’s Day is even more out of the question. Finally my father has a bad temper. When he’s very tired from the hard work, it is easy for him to lose his temper.有时候，我真的怀疑父母之间是否有真爱。

他们天天忙于赚钱，为我和弟弟支付学费。

他们从未像我在书中读到，或在电视中看到的那样互诉衷肠。

他们认为”我爱你”太奢侈，很难说出口。

更不用说在情人节送花这样的事了。

我父亲的脾气非常坏。

经过一天的劳累之后，他经常会发脾气。

One day, my mother was sewing a quilt. I silently sat down beside her and looked at her.一天，妈正在缝被子，我静静地坐在她旁边看着她。

英语散文名篇欣赏英语散文名篇欣赏散文是最自由的文体，不讲究音韵，不讲究排比，没有任何的束缚及限制，也是中国最早出现的行文体例。

以下是小编分享的英语散文名篇欣赏，欢迎大家阅读!英语散文名篇欣赏(一)Love and Time 爱和时间Once upon a time, there was an island where all the feelings lived: Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all of the others, including Love. One day it was announced to the feelings that the island would sink, so all constructed boats and left. Except for Love.Love was the only one who stayed. Love wanted to hold out until the last possible moment.When the island had almost sunk, Love decided to ask for help.Richness was passing by Love in a grand boat. Love said,"Richness, can you take me with you?"Richness answered, "No, I can't. There is a lot of gold and silver in my boat. There is no place here for you."Love decided to ask Vanity who was also passing by in a beautiful vessel. "Vanity, please help me!""I can't help you, Love. You are all wet and might damage my boat," Vanity answered.Sadness was close by so Love asked, "Sadness, let me go with you.""Oh . . . Love, I am so sad that I need to be by myself!"Happiness passed by Love, too, but she was so happy that she did not even hear when Love called her.Suddenly, there was a voice, "Come, Love, I will take you." It was an elder. So blessed and overjoyed, Love even forgot to ask the elder where they were going. When they arrived at dry land, the elder went her own way. Realizing how much was owed the elder,Love asked Knowledge, another elder, "Who Helped me?""It was Time," Knowledge answered."Time?" asked Love. "But why did Time help me?"Knowledge smiled with deep wisdom and answered, "Because only Time is capable of understanding how valuable Love is."爱和时间从前有一个岛，所有的情感都住在那里：幸福、悲伤、知识和所有其它的，爱也不例外。