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经典的英语文章阅读 1

　　Most of us are taught to pay attention to what issaid-the words.Words do provide us with some information,but meanings are derived from so many other sources that it would hinder our effectivenessas a partner to a relationship to rely too heavily onwords alone.Words are used to describe only asmall part of the many ideas we associate with any given message.Sometimes we can gain insight into some of those associations if we listen for more than words.We dont always say what we mean or mean what we say.Sometimes our words dont mean anything except Im letting off some steam.I dont really want you to pay close attention to what Im saying.Just pay attention to what Im feeling.Mostly we mean several things at once.A person wanting topurchase a house says to the current owner,This step has to be fixed before Ill buy.Theowner says,Its been like that for years.Actually,the step hasnt been like that for years,but the unspoken message is: I dont want to fix it.We put up with it.Why cant you?The search for a more expansive view of meaning can be developed of examining a message interms of who said it,when it occurred,the related conditions or situation,and how it was said.

　　When a message occurs can also reveal associated meaning.Let us assume two couples do exactly the same amount of kissing and arguing.But one couple always kisses after anargument and the other couple always argues after a kiss.The ordering of the behaviors maymean a great deal more than the frequency of the behavior.A friends unusually docile behaviormay only be understood by noting that it was preceded by situations that required an abnormalamount of assertiveness.Some responses may be directly linked to a developing pattern ofresponses and defy logic.For example,a person who says No! to a serials of charges likeYoure dumb,Youre lazy,and Youre dishonest,may also say No! and try to justify hisor her response if the next statement is And youre good looking.

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　　Dear,it is raining now,can you hear it

　　Dear,I am missing you now,can you feel it

　　Dear,do you remember those wonderful days we spent together,I just can’t bear smiling when thinking of you

　　Dear,do you remember we walked along the street that afternoon and now I can still feel the gentle wind

　　Dear,do you remember?do you understand ?

　　Dear,I can never request you to love me,even in hope of it

　　Dear,I know I can never compare with her,I don’t have beautiful appearance and a figure of gold

　　Dear,I just want you to know,what I want is very small and simple.I will be more than happy to see you and talk with you

　　Dear,I just want to be your friends as usual,and we can talk about current affairs easily and even comment President Bush’s policy freely

　　Dear,I still don’t know,why do you cheat me! She is my friend,my best friend,certainly I know I will give you my best wishes......

　　Dear,I still remember your words,your only words: I wish you to study hard and make more progress so that you can enter Beijing normal university and your dream will come true.There will be plenty of excellent boys in that university and each one will be much better than I,I just dont deserve you

　　Dear,I said nothing at that moment,but,but,only I know when I turned around,tears can’t help falling

　　Dear,I haven’t seen you for two years,and now maybe my dream has come true,and I already learnt to protect myself..but why are you keeping on cheating me?

　　I don’t want the world to see me,because I don’t think that they can understand

　　When everything is made to be broken,I just want you to know who I am

　　经典的英语文章阅读 3

　　December 13,an ordinary day in this special year,doesn’t mean anything much to me.I went to work at 8:30am as usual,prepared for an important official meeting and called several of my business partners.My mind was filled with all of paper work stuff until I saw the calendar on my desk.Oh,no! It’s going to be the year end!

　　Too many unforgettable things have happened on me that I don’t even know which I should recall first.I joined the government,went to South Africa,Hawaii,interpreted for the vice mayor of the city,met lots of foreign businessmen,divorced with Maggie and decided to leave for where I was in year 2001.

　　Life is quite sarcastic,because my career journey looks like a big circle.I joined the Labor Bureau as an intern in 1997; I left for Singapore the next year and came home in 2000.I stayed in FX for 4 years and ended up resigned for Maggie (because a couple is not allowed to work in the same dept in FX).Now I came back to government.When I looked back at the road I had been walking on,I saw a big circle!

　　2005,the governmental events year! I’ve experienced the Korean Week,Japanese Week,the CIEME (China International Equipment Manufacturing Expo),The CEO Forum of the World Top 500 Companies,Shenyang Utilizes Agents to get investment meeting…etc.Now I know I can make my resume more complicated but attractive!

　　My marriage is considered a total failure this year! I take it as my fate and start to face my new life.It’s really hard,though! Leaving a girl who’d been with me for 5 years is not an easy-to-make decision! The lesson is costly.The wounds,cuts and whatever injures caused by my marriage will be sewed up soon.Anyway,I said farewell to her,and to the year 2005.

　　Christmas is coming.The New Year is coming.It seems as if I had seen the dawn already! This winter is freezing cold,but my heart are no more frozen!

　　经典的英语文章阅读 4

　　The waterfall behind our house at the lower end of Lake Edenwold is a thundering cascade of spring runoff from the melting snows of winter.Its been a three-week drum roll leading up to today,when the cymbal will crash and the earth will arrive at that point in its orbit around the sun where it will be light for as many hours as it will be dark.

　　Today is really the celestial climax to a prelude whose crescendo has been growing now for a month in the forests and lakes all around us.Beginning in late February and through the month of March on my Saturday morning hikes through the lower Highlands,I have watched spring slowly unfold before my eyes.

　　A pair of hooded mergansers suddenly appeared on our lake earlier this month and I heard the unmistakable call of a wood duck.Several thousand feet overhead,an enormous,migratory flock of Canada geese undulated like strands of limp black thread suspended against a steel gray sky; their wild honking clearly audible in spite of the flocks altitude.

　　Just a little more than one week ago,as I came to a place in the woods where the forest suddenly yields to what is a wild flower meadow in the late spring and summer,the bare trees were filled with hundreds of red-winged blackbirds,their cacophonous chatter filling the otherwise still morning air.It was an eerie harbinger of spring,reminiscent of the Alfred Hitchcock movie "The Birds." Later that same afternoon,a small flock of cedar waxwings,another migratory species of songbirds stopped for a rest in a nearby tree only two blocks from our house.

　　Man has always been fascinated with the arrival of spring.King Solomon weighed in on it when he wrote these words from his "Song" in the Old Testament: "See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone.Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come,the cooing of doves is heard in our land.The fig tree forms its early fruit; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance."

　　The arrival of spring has always marked a rebirth of sorts,not just for nature but also for us humans.It is a time of awakening,a time to forget the old and to embrace the new.

　　For most kids its simply a time when they can play outside longer,riding their new bicycles and skateboards or shooting hoops in driveway basketball courts.For some adults it can be a serious time,a release from the seasonal depression caused by the reduced hours of sunlight during the dark months of winter.

　　But for most of us,it is a release from the mundane things that after three months have added up to the point where we are all just ready for a change.You know: things like having to wear layers of heavy clothing,white-knuckle drives to work on icy roads,and leaving home mornings in the dark only to drive back home again in darkness later the same afternoon.

　　The crocus and daffodils will soon start peeking their heads above last years pine bark nuggets and whats left of the winter snow still piled in the beds under the white pines out by the road.

　　They are yet another prelude to the appearance of more flowers and birds: the warblers and the tanagers that will shortly appear in the trees around my home.

　　I cant wait to inhale the aromas of things like the warming earth,new mown grass,and fresh piles of damp cedar mulch.And I am looking forward to that first morning when I can sit outside on my deck with a cup of coffee and feel comfortable without having to don a fleece or a heavy woolen shirt.

　　Whatever your passion in life,take time like the busy King Solomon to pause from it for a moment over the next few weeks and just sit and watch and enjoy the spectacle of spring unfold before your eyes.

　　And give thanks.

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　　It was supposed to be my first day on job today,cause I was told by one of the leaders from the Foreign Trade & Economy Bureau to get to work at 8:30am this morning.And I did as she told me so.

　　It was 8:05am when I reached the mansion,which is an old building,built around 1990s’.Seeing nobody in the office,I could only stand at the end of the corridor and take a smoke.It was pretty embarrassing for me cause I only did that when I was a salesman in Singapore.I never like the feeling of waiting for somebody alone! I still remember the old times when I hided myself on the fire-corridors and did nothing but taking cigarettes.That is absolutely the worst way to kill time!

　　Back to the point,Mr.Liyang,one of the vice directors of the bureau finally approached me and we had a conversation about 10 minutes,regarding on the bureau’s background,duties,privileges,and whatever I concern about.Then I knew I was going to join a really busy bureau,cause I would have lots of work to do everyday.Fortunately,I will still have weekends.And I was told seldom we would work over time.

　　However,there is one thing that I still worry about.What if the director of the bureau does not allow me to get on board,or he just prolongs the probation period?Even though I have strong confidence on myself these years,I feel a bit nervous,cause I really want to be a member of the bureau.Who knows what the hell I was thinking of.Anyway,I said yes to him and that was a confirmation which proves my joining in the bureau.Then I know I would have a monthly payment no more than RMB2000.And I will get that amount until I retire! Is that terrible?

　　Mr.Zhang,my ex-boss,told me that I am too young to be a government officer.He said I would have to clean the office,take care of the flowers and get hot water for the leaders everyday.He was afraid that I could not bear it for long in the government.Anyway,I am optimistic on my career life and I know Im gonna make a great difference up there!

　　经典的英语文章阅读 6

　　For Your Information Only

　　I can not cook,despite the fact that Ive been living abroad for years,believe it or not I dont possess any of the following kitchen essentials,neither pan nor knife nor cooking oil.You name it and I definitely do not have it.Dont get the wrong picture though,it has got nothing to do with laziness,I have tried,believe me!

　　My cooking days started when I first went abroad,with the intensive one month cooking training I had with my parents just before I left home.I cooked with enthusiasm.

　　Every so often,the people I lived with would all cook some food individually and we would share them together.The comments such as "Delicious!,"Yummy!" had always been the comments for someone elses cooking,whereas mine would be "Hmm..interesting!","Ahh....fascinating" or something along those lines,all alternatives for "I didnt know food could be so tasteless." Bless them!

　　Just in case you asked,I didnt like my own cooking much myself.Since I was not a fussy eater,as long as I was not in starvation mode,no complaints,but somehow I cooked less,a lot less.The reason for that didnt have much to do with the discouragements I had recieved.The truth was I had never really enjoyed cooking,I mean all the preparation berforehand,the actul cooking itself and the clearing up afterwards,I thought it was a waste of time.Plus in my case,after all that effort just to produce something no one appreciated,including even myself,can you see the point in that?Well,I dont blame you.

　　When I was living with one of my exes,it didnt take him long to find out I was a terrible cook,but it didnt bother him that much,I mean,come on,with a sexy gorgeous girlfriend like me,who gives a damn about my cooking skills?(That was a joke)

　　Anyway,there was this one time,his friends came over and it just happened that the day before a girl friend of mine metioned to me how she made popcorn on her own and how easy it all was.Just put in some butter,then add corn and finish with sugar.I could do that! So I gave it a go,but somehow as soon as I put the corn in,a huge amount of smoke came out,it went out of control and within seconds,the fire alarm in the house went off.Well,that was pretty impressive,but not in the way I had planned.

　　"Damn it Woman! Just keep away from the kitch will you!".,of course my then boyfriend didnt really say that,but thats exactly what I did afterwards,I stayed away from the kitch.(Mind you,I was NOT banned from the kitchen)

　　A year ago,a friend Ive known for more than ten years came to visit me from across the Atlantic.I had aways liked him since we were in school,as he had to live in my place for 2 weeks.Before he came,the girls I lived with taught me all their specialities,and when he finally came,Surprise! Surprise! I cooked with perfection.(To this day,my cooking performance there still remains a mystery.)

　　But then I suppose I had changed so much over the years and somehow I was not the girl he had once remembered.So at the end,my cooking was probably the only thing he liked about me.How ironic!

　　Since then,I gave up cooking compeletely.

　　Sometimes when I say to people that I cant cook,they would often say "But you are Chinese!",whats that got to do with anything?You know,sometimes I do think its a shame that you cant shoot people for their stupidity.

　　Anyway,this is for your information only.After all,they say the way to a mans heart is through his stomach,so while Im still on the market,its only wise to keep it hidden.I knew you would understand,Thank you!

　　经典的英语文章阅读 7

　　We’re all enjoying the conveniences and happiness brought by modern technologies.We use telephones and mobile phones to call,emails to write and vehicles to drive; we go to another country by air planes; we see what is happening in the world by TV programs and Internet,and we even watch sports games on live.Nowadays,without these technologies,I can’t imagine what my life could be.

　　I used to read an article describing the modern lives of human beings.It says we will have many phone numbers if we want to search for one person; we send emails and cell phone messages to our friends in stead of visiting them.More and more people would rather sit in front of a computer than a TV.And we seldom go to libraries to check information now,because the Internet would do all the jobs.

　　We use digital cameras,scanners,photocopiers,blue teeth technology and digital signals for our cell phones… It seems as if we were living in a real digital world.Actually I guess we are,though.Since we are so developed and advanced,why we are less civilized?

　　We are easily mad with our broken computers; we fed up with things we don’t like; we call our lovers to say “farewell and good-bye” and we are afraid to face the facts which are cruel and real.We’re led to a trend that there will no more face-to-face communications.I would rather chat with my friends with OICQ and emails these years,instead of seeing them in reality.

　　I hide myself inside my car so that I can flee away from dirt,air pollutions,robberies,thieves,winds,rains and snows.However,I could not taste the spring rain and the winter snow either.The nature is fleeing away from me too!

　　Should I thank modern technologies or blame them?I wonder if you have got the right answer.

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　　The only thing legible on the torn envelope was the return address.I opened the letter and saw that it had been written in 1944 — almost 60 years ago.I read it carefully,hoping to find some clue to the identity of the wallets owner.

　　It was a "Dear John" letter.The writer,in a delicate script,told the recipient,whose name was Michael,that her mother forbade her to see him again.Nevertheless,she would always love him.It was signed Hannah.

　　It was a beautiful letter.But there was no way,beyond the name Michael,to identify the owner.Perhaps if I called information the operator could find the phone number for the address shown on the envelope.

　　"Operator,this is an unusual request.Im trying to find the owner of a wallet I found.Is there any way you could tell me the phone number for an address that was on a letter in the wallet?"

　　The operator gave me her supervisor,who said there was a phone listed at the address,but that she could not give me the number.However,she would call and explain the situation.Then,if the party wanted to talk,she would connect me.I waited a minute and she came back on the line."I have a woman who will speak with you."

　　I asked the woman if she knew a Hannah.

　　"Oh,of course! We bought this house from Hannahs family thirty years ago."

　　"Would you know where they could be located now?" I asked.

　　"Hannah had to place her mother in a nursing home years ago.Maybe the home could help you track down the daughter."

　　The woman gave me the name of the nursing home.I called and found out that Hannahs mother had died.The woman I spoke with gave me an address where she thought Hannah could be reached.

　　I phoned.The woman who answered explained that Hannah herself was now living in a nursing home.She gave me the number.I called and was told,"Yes,Hannah is with us."

　　I asked if I could stop by to see her.It was almost 10 p.m.The director said Hannah might be asleep."But if you want to take a chance,maybe shes in the day room watching television."

　　The director and a guard greeted me at the door of the nursing home.We went up to the third floor and saw the nurse,who told us that Hannah was indeed watching TV.

　　We entered the day room.Hannah was a sweet,silver-haired old-timer with a warm smile and friendly eyes.I told her about finding the wallet and showed her the letter.The second she saw it,she took a deep breath."Young man," she said,"this letter was

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　　Any FPS fans here?I am playing Call of Duty 2 a lot these days.It is such an awesome piece with realistic sound and visual effects.The somke part is breath-taking,it is like you are watching a WW2 blockbuster rather than playing a PC game.You have a range of mean weapons to grab and fight with,as MP 40,MG 42,Kar98k,Lee Enfield,Scoped Springfield...you name it.Just these names are enough to arouse me;)

　　MP 44 is my favorite gadget,and since you can only play the Allied side,I often discard Thompson or M1 Grand for it.They say MP 44 is actually the forebear of all modern assault rifles like Kalashnikov and M16,they cant be much wrong.

　　Another drawing factor is you are fighting with a squad,with soldiers throwing himself between you and the whizzing bullets,knocking off machine gunners so you can venture out your cover,and disabling armored vehicles when you think death is hovering around you.Instead of taking from the gaming experience,it is a more truthful design showing respect to the fact you seldom act alone in a major operation.

　　Lock and load,boys,give the enemey hell!

　　经典的英语文章阅读 10

　　We knew each other on the forum of New Oriental School.That time,we both had been hurt,drifting in a lonely city for a long time,yearning to fly,and craving for true and forever love.

　　I studied GMAT by myself in a rented small flat,she was working hard to go abroad as a post-doctor.Studying for the test,writing her emails,and having long talks over the phone late at night became a habit as well as the happiest moments of my otherwise boring and lonely life.Before long,I found myself attached to the sweet voice and the gentleness of the girl I had never met.

　　One night,before I hung up the phone,a sadness and romance surged up in me.And I said to her: “I want to sing a song to you.” I used to be a big music fan in college.I listened to music as a way of dealing with the bland school life.And I also liked to yell some tunes in the corridor or on my way back to my dorm at night.Some people labeled my style “street singer” who’s from the suburb of Hong Kong.

　　The song I sang that night is the original Japanese version of an old song by the name of “Half Full Moon(月半弯)”.As I already said,I sang it thousands of times on the street,in corridor and Karaoke Bars.But my performance has never been that good this time.I didn’t know or wasn’t sure what kind of person she would be in my life.Maybe a friend on the Internet,maybe just an ordinary friend,or even my future girlfriend,I had absolutely no idea.She was some girl I hadn’t met,so I just treated her as a listener to my heart.

　　What happened later was an abrupt twist.One dark and windy night,our friendship became a love caught on fire because of my not bad singing.On an impulse,I whispered to her,“Tell you the truth,all my life,I am looking for someone,with her,we could become happy for the rest of our life.”

　　On the other end of the phone,she choked up and started sobbing.All of a sudden,I realized that both she and I wished to bring the other happiness.

　　From my past experience and instinct,I thought that I should do something immediately.So a few days later,driven by curiosity and passion,I decided to visit her.My surprise visit indeed shocked her.It seemed to me that she still wanted to keep on our relationship by telephone and Internet.Later she told me that this gave her lots of romance and fun for imagination.

　　Urged by my pleading and threatening,she showed up,a small girl with embarrassment and excitement all over her face.I was more than one head tall than her.Walking beside her,I turned my head and couldn’t see her.Her hairs were blown up by wind,brushing against my face and making me very itchy.I was trying very hard to figure out some topics,suddenly my hand was in her hand.

　　This could be the greatest embarrassment of my whole life.Never before had my hand been hold by a girl first.In a second,I felt like that I became a girl walking on the street with hand hold.We walked and walked.A long time passed,we tried to loose each other up by talking about some funny things.She was much easy-going than I thought she would be.But I was much shyer than I used to believe.

　　经典的英语文章阅读 11

　　Many Chinese believe that for China to be strong its trade account must not be in the red.It must have a trade surplus to grow prosperous.So if we look back at 5000 years of Chinese history,it would be surprising that the time China’s trade was in the red was also just when the ‘middle kingdom’ was at its peak during that dynasty.

　　For example,during Han Dynasty,China ran a trade deficit for centuries with neighboring countries,and it was also the time China became the center of the Asia.Another obvious example is the Tang and Song Dynasty (from 7th century to 11th century),when China was again in a trade deficit with nearly all its neighbors.China was then experiencing shortages of gold,silver or even bronze,but none of this had blocked the red dragon from being the strongest nation at that time.But at the end of Song Dynasty,just decades before the Chinese were invaded and defeated by Mongolians,China became the main exporter in Asia and it was one of the several periods when China was weak.Historians cannot simply conclude this as coincidence.

　　Recent history tells the same story.The end of 19th century was a nightmare for the ancient nation.Many blamed the trade deficit that resulted from opium trade as the plague which caused the weakness of China’s economy in the late Qing Dynasty.However,if we put opium trade aside,China was still a large exporter in the world while it imported little from the outside world.At some point,China’s trade partners had to use opium as a way to pay for their trade deficit with China.Earlier,in the middle of the 18th century,China could produce enough opium for domestic market and also become an exporter in normal definition,but it didn’t help China to be a stronger nation at all.When China launched its first industrialization campaign,it’s trade soon turned into red again,but this happened during the last struggle of Qing Dynasty in its dying years.

　　After its opening-up in 1978,China was in the red again for eleven years,with the exception of 1983.The government is implementing of a strategy of stimulating exports initially from China’s opening-up.It is a reasonable policy for a post-communism economy which is lack of an efficient fiancé system and a minimum-required foreign currency reserve.

　　Since 1990,China has been chalking up trade surplus with the exception of 1993.In 2004,the trade surplus of China amounts to $70 billion,of which $58.6 billion from Sino-US trade.With its expanding of trade surplus,its economic rapid growth continues for decades.At the same time,Chinese factories are famous for dumping cheap goods from advantages of its low-cost labors and poor environment standard.After all,China is developing,much faster than EU,US,Japan or any other major power of the world.There is no doubt that China is regaining its strength and will be a major economic power in the 21st century.

　　What will China bring to the globalization of economy?Even for a country of 1.2 billion population and 960 square kilometers,there is no unlimited supply of cheap labor or unlimited tolerance of environment pollution.However,the demand of the 1.2 billion population market in a fast-growing economy could be the powerful engine of the global economy in human history.Some of Chinese key officials and scholars has turned to pro-deficit attitude on this debate and more and more people realize that China has no responsibility to supply the world with cheap goods while the living standard of Chinese people are below average level.While those booming Chinese companies have shown their appetites for raw materials on the global market,the extravagance of Chinese wealthy family in cities has given hopes to global manufacturers.

　　Most of the pressure to grow imports comes from China’s trade partners,especially US and Japan.A strong wind calling for the revaluation of RMB has been blowing since the beginning of 2003,and some even criticize China as an exporter of deflation.At the same time,huge amounts of hot money flow into China despite capital controls that strictly limit money flows into this country.Chinese officials have openly refused to revaluate RMB under pressure and some even say that its a conspiracy to sacrifice China’s economy without bringing benefits to the global economy.But those strong words against the revaluation of RMB were more or less for internal politics.The government then began to boost the imports to ease the pressure on the currency.

　　Domestically,there are more and more criticisms against the stimulating-export policies,especially the tax reimbursement policy.The tax reimbursement to exporters has aggravated the fiscal deficit of the central government.The government has paid 125 billion RMB and 115 billion RMB for tax reimbursement.This appropriation was far from the amount incurred every year and up to the end of 2003,the tax reimbursement in arrears reached to 340 billion RMB ($41.06 billion).The profit margin rates of many exporters are below the reimbursement rate.As the default of payment accumulated year-by-year,some exporters have fallen into liquidity problem while waiting for the payment of tax reimbursement in arrears.

　　So China should not be afraid to become red in trade,like it has during many periods of greatness.If the dragon becomes be red for years or even decades,the most foreseeable consequence is that RMB will be an international currency.To support an international currency,China should build ‘a stable macroeconomic environment,an efficient market mechanism and a healthy banking system’ as Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao mentioned as the preconditions for a revaluation of RMB.It is easy to say what’s good but it is difficult to identify the problems and solve them.When the growth is still enough to sustain the system,who will be brave enough to cut the mess behind the rise?China should not be afraid to become red again.

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　　Fate is determined by character,and character is determined by knowledge,desire and habit.If a person wants to change his fate,he has to change his character first; and if he wants to change his character,he has to change his knowledge or his desires and habits.Complaining to other people or the environments makes no sense.

　　Actually,everybody in this world will know about the meaning of life.It’s just the matter of time.A worker,who had just lost his job,met a university professor one day.He admitted that he didn’t love to study when he was a student.He just hated to study no matter what and how his father asked him to.When he got a job and became a worker,he realized how important to have knowledge in this world.But,it was too late…

　　There are no parents who don’t think studying is important for their children,and all the parents tell their children to study hard.We,however,still have so much difference on different children,on the results,that we finally will know it’ is the matter of self-control.

　　When we are kids in a primary school,we see no difference from each other.We just know somebody is good at Chinese,Math or Sports.We just know that the teacher likes him or her.Nowadays,we differentiate our classmates by their parents.We say: oh,god,his father is the vice mayor,his father is very rich; his mother is the dean of the biggest hospital….This is definitely not a good sign for China and the Chinese people,because it makes no competition for the youngsters,who are having China’s future in hand.

　　The poor always hate the rich,because they see the rich driving all the luxury cars,living in condominiums,villas and spending money like they are countless.And the poor see the rich always on vocations,always so relaxed and enjoyable.So the poor are jealous and they wonder how can the rich be so rich and the poor are so poor.Well,the poor obviously forget one thing: When the rich are working hard and smart to collect money,the poor are lying somewhere and making complains.

　　Make your fate and success in control; you can make a difference in the future,unless you want to a poor person,both mentally and physically.

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　　A WHITE KID SELLS A BAG OF E at his suburban high school.A Latino kid does the same in his inner-city neighborhood.Both get caught.Both are first-time offenders.The white kid walks into juvenile court with his parents,his priest,a good lawyer-and medical coverage.The Latino kid walks into court with his mom,no legal resources and no insurance.The judge lets the white kid go with his family; he s placed in a private treatment program.The minority kid has no such option.He s detained.

　　There,in a nutshell,is what happens more and more often in the juvenile-court system.Minority youths arrested on violent felony charges in California are more than twice as likely as their white counterparts to be transferred out of the juvenile-justice system and tried as adults,according to a study released last week by the Justice Policy Institute,a research center in San Francisco.Once they are in adult courts,young black offenders are 18 times more likely to be jailed-and Hispanics seven times more likely-than are young white offenders.Discrimination against kids of color accumulates at every stage of the justice system and skyrockets when juveniles are,tried as adults,says Dan Macallair,a co-author of the new study.California has a double standard: throw kids of color behind bars,but .rehabilitate white kids who commit comparable crimes.

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　　Please forgive me because I’m not talking about the popular song here.I really love that song,though! What I want to bring to you people here is something I’d like to discuss with.

　　Love is indeed a big concept.Thus it makes some people confused or feel blur.As I have mentioned before in this forum,I don’t even differ “love” from “like” sometimes.Can you?

　　I know nobody who doesn’t want his life filled with love.One is/has been/will be receiving love from his parents,relatives,friends,colleagues,lovers and whatsoever living creatures,including animals.Fully enjoying love from around me is what I always long for.How happy and joyful I would be if I could have love everywhere in this planet!

　　Love conquers everything in human’s world.The more civilized and developed a country is,the more love you will see in there.I saw many charity organizations in Singapore and Canada,and I believe there must be many in other developed countries.There is,however,so few in China.Even though there are some similar organizations in China,I’m afraid they are not doing their jobs.

　　The most popular case we can see in China is Leukemia.I have all along been donating money to those patients,since I was a student.I just feel that’s the only way I can use to help them.

　　The other case is raised by baggers,who are wandering in the streets all the time.They are everywhere in the cities.They are annoying sometimes,because they would even pull your pants to hold you back if you refuse to give them cashes.I pay more respect to those who would rather go collecting rubbishes at nights than being criminals to steal or rob,or commit whatever bad things against the local citizens.Once a 80 over years old woman was seen lying on the side of a road.I saw her too,for several times.She seldom bagged for money,she wanted foods and clothes more than cashes.Each time I passed by,I would give her 10 Yuan,not for pitying her,but do what I could to be of help.She died one year later.I was sad when I heard the news because I couldn’t imagine what kind of children she had would abandon their parents! She must be very sad and desperate when she left her home; she must be tough and strong to survive in such a big cold city alone for years; she must be thinking about something before her death; she must be…

　　If there is another life for this wretched poor woman after her death,I hope she would have a much better life by then.May her soul rest in peace.

　　经典的英语文章阅读 15

　　As Gilbert White, Darwin, and others observed long ago, all species appear to have the innate capacity to increase their numbers from generation to generation. The task for ecologists is to untangle the environmental and biological factors that hold this intrinsic capacity for population growth in check over the long run. The great variety of dynamic behaviors exhibited by different population makes this task more difficult: some populations remain roughly constant from year to year; others exhibit regular cycles of abundance and scarcity; still others vary wildly, with outbreaks and crashes that are in some cases plainly correlated with the weather, and in other cases not.

　　To impose some order on this kaleidoscope of patterns, one school of thought proposes dividing populations into two groups. These ecologists posit that the relatively steady populations have density-dependent growth parameters; that is, rates of birth, death, and migration which depend strongly on population density. The highly varying populations have density-independent growth parameters, with vital rates buffeted by environmental events; these rates fluctuate in a way that is wholly independent of population density.

　　This dichotomy has its uses, but it can cause problems if taken too literally. For one thing, no population can be driven entirely by density-independent factors all the time. No matter how severely or unpredictably birth, death, and migration rates may be fluctuating around their long-term averages, if there were no density-dependent effects, the population would, in the long run, either increase or decrease without bound . Put another way, it may be that on average 99 percent of all deaths in a population arise from density-independent causes, and only one percent from factors varying with density. The factors making up the one percent may seem unimportant, and their cause may be correspondingly hard to determine. Yet, whether recognized or not, they will usually determine the long-term average population density.

　　经典的英语文章阅读 16

　　I didnt know the man in front of me that morning. But I did notice that we both walked a little straighter, a little more proudly, as our daughters held our hands. We were proud but apprehensive on that important day. Our girls were beginning first grade. We were about to give them up, for a while at least, to the institution we call school. As we entered the building, he looked at me. Our eyes met just for a minute, but that was enough. Our love for our daughters, our hopes for their future, our concern for their well-being welled up in our eyes.

　　You, their teacher, met us at the door. You introduced yourself and showed the girls to their seats. We gave them each a good-bye kiss, and then we walked out the door. We didnt talk to each other on the way back to the parking lot and on to our respective jobs. We were too involved thinking about you.

　　There were so many things we wanted to tell you, Teacher. Too many things were left unsaid. So Im writing to you. Id like to tell you the things we didnt have time for that first morning.

　　I hope you noticed Beths dress. She looked beautiful in it. Now I know you might think thats a fathers prejudice, but she thinks she looks beautiful in it, and thats whats really important. Did you know we spent a full week searching the shopping malls for just the right dress for that special occasion? She wouldnt show you, but Im sure shed like you to know that she picked that dress because of the way it unfurled as she danced in front of the mirrors in the clothing store. The minute she tried it on, she knew shed found her special dress. I wonder if you noticed. Just a word from you would make that dress all the more wondrous.

　　Her shoes tell a lot about Beth and a lot about her family. At least theyre worth a minute of your time. Yes, theyre blue shoes with one strap. Solid, well-made shoes, not too stylish, you know the kind. What you dont know is how we argued about getting the kind of shoes she said all the girls would be wearing. We said no to plastic shoes in purple or pink or orange.

　　Beth was worried that the other kids would laugh at her baby shoes. In the end she tried the solid blue ones on and, with a smile, told us she always did like strap shoes. Thats the first-born, eager to please. Shes like the shoes – solid and reliable. How shed love it if you mentioned those straps.

　　I hope you quickly notice that Beth is shy. Shell talk her head off when she gets to know you, but youll have to make the first move. Dont mistake her quietness for lack of intelligence. Beth can read any childrens book you put in front of her. She learned reading the way it should be taught. She learned it naturally, snuggled up in her bed with her mother and me reading her stories at naptime, at bedtime and at cuddling times throughout the day. To Beth, books are synonymous with good times and loving family. Please dont change her love of reading by making the learning of it a burdensome chore. It has taken us all her life to instill in her the joy of books and learning.

　　经典的英语文章阅读 17

　　Once upon a time the colors of the world started to quarrel: all claimed that they were the most important, the most useful, the favorite.

　　Green said: "Clearly I am the most important. I am the sign of life and of hope. I was chosen for the grass, trees, leaves- without me, all animals would die. Look over the countryside and you will see that I am in the majority.

　　Blue interrupted: "You only think about the earth, but consider the sky and the sea. It is the water that is the basis of life and drawn up by the clouds from the deep sea. The sky gives space and peace and serenity. Without my peace, you would all be nothing"

　　Yellow chuckled: "You are all so serious! I bring laughter, gaiety, and warmth into the world. The sun is yellow, the moon is yellow, the stars are yellow. Every time you look at a sunflower, the whole world starts to Smile. Without me there would be no fun!"

　　Orange started next to blow her trumpet: "I am the color of Health and Strength. I may be scarce, but I am precious for I serve the needs of human life. I carry the most important vitamins. Think of carrots, pumpkins, oranges, mangoes and pawpaw. I dont hang around all the time, but when I fill the sky at sunrise or sunset, my beauty is so striking that no one gives another thought to any of you."

　　Red could stand it no longer: He shouted out, "I am the ruler of all of you- I am blood- lifes blood! I am the color of danger and of bravery. I am willing to fight for a cause. I bring fire into the blood. Without me, the earth would be as empty as the moon! I am the color of passion and love the red rose, the poinsettia and the poppy."

　　Purple rose up to his full height: He was very tall and spoke with great pomp:" I am the color of royalty and power. Kings, Chiefs, and Bishops have always chosen me for I am the sign of authority and wisdom. People do not question me they listen and obey"

　　Finally, Indigo spoke, much more quietly than all the others, but with just as much determination: Think Of Me. I am the color of silence. You hardly notice me, but without me you all become superficial. I represent thought and reflection, twilight and deep water. You need be for balance and contrast, for prayer and inner peace"

　　And so the color went on boasting, each convinced of his or her own superiority. Their quarreling became louder and louder. Suddenly there was a startling flash of bright lightening- thunder rolled and boomed, Rain started to pour down relentlessly. The colors crouched down in fear, drawing close to one another for comfort. In the midst of the clamor, Rain began to speak, "You foolish colors, fighting amongst yourselves, each trying to dominate the rest. Dont you know that you were each made for a special purpose, unique and different? Join hands with one another and come to me. Doing as they were told ,the color united and joined hands. The rain continued, "From now on, when it rains, each of you will stretch across the sky in a great bow of color as a reminder that you can all live in peace. The rainbow is a sign of hope of tomorrow." And as Whenever a good rain washes the world and a Rainbow appears in the sky let us remember to appreciate one another.

　　经典的英语文章阅读 18

　　It is well that young men should begin at the beginning and occupy the most subordinate positions. Many of the leading businessmen of Pittsburgh had a serious responsibility thrust upon them at the very threshold of their career. They were introduced to the broom, and spent the first hours of their business lives sweeping out the office. I notice we have janitors and janitresses now in offices, and our young men unfortunately miss that salutary branch of business education. But if by chance the professional sweeper is absent any morning, the boy who has the genius of the future partner in him will not hesitate to try his hand at the broom. It does not hurt the newest comer to sweep out the office if necessary. I was one of those sweepers myself.

　　Assuming that you have all obtained employment and are fairly started, my advice to you is “aim high”. I would not give a fig for the young man who does not already see himself the partner or the head of an important firm. Do not rest content for a moment in your thoughts as head clerk, or foreman, or general manager in any concern, no matter how extensive. Say to yourself, “My place is at the top.” Be king in your dreams.

　　And here is the prime condition of success, the great secret: concentrate your energy, thought, and capital exclusively upon the business in which you are engaged. Having begun in one line, resolve to fight it out on that line, to lead in it, adopt every improvement, have the best machinery, and know the most about it.

　　The concerns which fail are those which have scattered their capital, which means that they have scattered their brains also. They have investments in this, or that, or the other, here there, and everywhere. “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.” is all wrong. I tell you to “put all your eggs in one basket, and then watch that basket.” Look round you and take notice, men who do that not often fail. It is easy to watch and carry the one basket. It is trying to carry too many baskets that breaks most eggs in this country. He who carries three baskets must put one on his head, which is apt to tumble and trip him up. One fault of the American businessman is lack of concentration.

　　To summarize what I have said: aim for the highest; never enter a bar room; do not touch liquor, or if at all only at meals; never speculate; never indorse beyond your surplus cash fund; make the firm’s interest yours; break orders always to save owners; concentrate; put all your eggs in one basket, and watch that basket; expenditure always within revenue; lastly, be not impatient, for as Emerson says, “no one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourselves.”

　　经典的英语文章阅读 19

　　Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. These passions, like great winds, have blown me hither and thither, in a wayward course, over a deep ocean of anguish, reaching to the very verge of despair.

　　I have sought love, first, because it brings ecstasy---ecstasy so great that I would often have sacrificed all the rest of my life for a few hours for this joy. I have sought it, next, because it relieves loneliness---that terrible loneliness in which one shivering consciousness looks over the rim of the world into the cold unfathomable lifeless abyss. I have sought it, finally, because in the union of love I have seen, in a mystic miniature, the prefiguring vision of the heaven that saints and poets have imagined. This is what I sought, and though it might seem too good for human life, this is what---at last---I have found.

　　With equal passion I have sought knowledge. I have wished to understand the hearts of men. I have wished to know why the stars shine. And I have tried to apprehend the Pythagorean power by which number holds sway above the flux. A little of this, but not much, I have achieved.

　　Love and knowledge, so far as they were possible, led upward toward the heavens. But always it brought me back to earth. Echoes of cries of pain reverberate in my heart. Children in famine, victims tortured by oppressors, helpless old people a hated burden to their sons, and the whole world of loneliness, poverty, and pain make a mockery of what human life should be. I long to alleviate the evil, but I cannot, and I too suffer.

　　This has been my life. I have found it worth living, and would gladly live it again if the chance were offered me.

　　经典的英语文章阅读 20

　　Each human being is born as something new, something that never existed before. Each is born with the capacity to win at life. Each person has a unique way of 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, between being 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 come to 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 their security 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.

　　经典的英语文章阅读 21

　　All of us have read thrilling stories in which the hero had only a limited and specified time to live. Sometimes it was as long as a year, sometimes as short as 24 hours. But always we were interested in discovering just how the doomed hero chose to spend his last days or his last hours. I speak, of course, of free men who have a choice, not condemned criminals whose sphere of activities is strictly delimited.

　　Such stories set us thinking, wondering what we should do under similar circumstances. What events, what experiences, what associations should we crowd into those last hours as mortal beings, what regrets?

　　Sometimes I have thought it would be an excellent rule to live each day as if we should die tomorrow. Such an attitude would emphasize sharply the values of life. We should live each day with gentleness, vigor and a keenness of appreciation which are often lost when time stretches before us in the constant panorama of more days and months and years to come. There are those, of course, who would adopt the Epicurean motto of “Eat, drink, and be merry”. But most people would be chastened by the certainty of impending death.

　　In stories the doomed hero is usually saved at the last minute by some stroke of fortune, but almost always his sense of values is changed. He becomes more appreciative of the meaning of life and its permanent spiritual values. It has often been noted that those who live, or have lived, in the shadow of death bring a mellow sweetness to everything they do.

　　Most of us, however, take life for granted. We know that one day we must die, but usually we picture that day as far in the future. When we are in buoyant health, death is all but unimaginable. We seldom think of it. The days stretch out in an endless vista. So we go about our petty tasks, hardly aware of our listless attitude toward life.

　　The same lethargy, I am afraid, characterizes the use of all our faculties and senses. Only the deaf appreciate hearing, only the blind realize the manifold blessings that lie in sight. Particularly does this observation apply to those who have lost sight and hearing in adult life. But those who have never suffered impairment of sight or hearing seldom make the fullest use of these blessed faculties. Their eyes and ears take in all sights and sounds hazily, without concentration and with little appreciation. It is the same old story of not being grateful for what we have until we lose it, of not being conscious of health until we are ill.

　　I have often thought it would be a blessing if each human being were stricken blind and deaf for a few days at some time during his early adult life. Darkness would make him more appreciative of sight; silence would teach him the joys of sound.

　　经典的英语文章阅读 22

　　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.

　　经典的英语文章阅读 23

　　I think that, from a biological standpoint, human life almost reads like a poem. It has its own rhythm and beat, its internal cycles of growth and decay. It begins with innocent childhood, followed by awkward adolescence trying awkwardly to adapt itself to mature society, with its young passions and follies, its ideals and ambitions; then it reaches a manhood of intense activities, profiting from experience and learning more about society and human nature; at middle age, there is a slight easing of tension, a mellowing of character like the ripening of fruit or the mellowing of good wine, and the gradual acquiring of a more tolerant, more cynical and at the same time a kindlier view of life; then In the sunset of our life, the endocrine glands decrease their activity, and if we have a true philosophy of old age and have ordered our life pattern according to it, it is for us the age of peace and security and leisure and contentment; finally, life flickers out and one goes into eternal sleep, never to wake up again.

　　One should be able to sense the beauty of this rhythm of life, to appreciate, as we do in grand symphonies, its main theme, its strains of conflict and the final resolution. The movements of these cycles are very much the same in a normal life, but the music must be provided by the individual himself. In some souls, the discordant note becomes harsher and harsher and finally overwhelms or submerges the main melody. Sometimes the discordant note gains so much power that the music can no longer go on, and the individual shoots himself with a pistol or jump into a river. But that is because his original leitmotif has been hopelessly over-showed through the lack of a good self-education. Otherwise the normal human life runs to its normal end in kind of dignified movement and procession. There are sometimes in many of us too many staccatos or impetuosos, and because the tempo is wrong, the music is not pleasing to the ear; we might have more of the grand rhythm and majestic tempo o the Ganges, flowing slowly and eternally into the sea.

　　No one can say that life with childhood, manhood and old age is not a beautiful arrangement; the day has its morning, noon and sunset, and the year has its seasons, and it is good that it is so. There is no good or bad in life, except what is good according to its own season. And if we take this biological view of life and try to live according to the seasons, no one but a conceited fool or an impossible idealist can deny that human life can be lived like a poem. Shakespeare has expressed this idea more graphically in his passage about the seven stages of life, and a good many Chinese writers have said about the same thing. It is curious that Shakespeare was never very religious, or very much concerned with religion. I think this was his greatness; he took human life largely as it was, and intruded himself as little upon the general scheme of things as he did upon the characters of his plays. Shakespeare was like Nature itself, and that is the greatest compliment we can pay to a writer or thinker. He merely lived, observed life and went away.

　　经典的英语文章阅读 24

　　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.

英语阅读 篇1

　　（一）AnIngenious Love Letter

　　There once lived a lad who was deeply in love with a girl, but disliked by the girl’s father, who didn’t want to see any further development of their love. The lad was eager to write to the girl, yet he was quite sure that the father would read it first. So he wrote such a letter to the girl:

　　My love for you I once expressed

　　no longer lasts, instead, my distaste for you

　　is growing with each passing day. Next time I see you,

　　I even won’t like that look yours.

　　I’ll do nothing but

　　look away from you. You can never expect I’ll

　　marry you. The last chat we had

　　was so dull and dry that you shouldn’t think it made me eager to see you again.

　　If we get married, I firmly believe I’ll

　　live a hard life, I can never

　　live happily with you, I’ll devote myself

　　but not

　　to you. No one else is more

　　harsh and selfish and least

　　solicitous and considerate than you.

　　I sincerely want to let you know

　　what I said is true. Please do me a favor by

　　ending our relations and refrain from

　　writing me a reply. Your letter is always full of

　　things which displease me. You have no

　　sincere care for me. So long! Please believe

　　I don’t love you any longer. Don’t think

　　I still have a love of you!

　　Having read the letter, the father felt relieved and gave it to his daughter with a light heart. The girl also felt quite pleased after she read it carefully, her lad still had a deep love for her. Do you know why? In fact, she felt very sad when she read the letter for the first time. But she read it for a few more times and , at last, she found the key – only every other line should be read, that is the first line, the third, the fifth … and so on to the end.

　　（二）AnEmpty Box

　　Once upon a time, a man punished his 5-year-old daughter for using up the family's only roll of expensive gold wrapping paper. Money was tight, and he became even more upset when on Christmas Eve, he saw that the child had pasted the gold paper so as to decorate a shoebox to put under the Christmas tree.

　　Nevertheless, the next morning the little girl, filled with excitement, brought the gift box to her father and said, "This is for you, Daddy!"

　　As he opened the box, the father was embarrassed by his earlier overreaction.

　　But when he opened it, he found it was empty and again his anger flared. "Don't you know, young lady, " he said harshly, "when you give someone a present there's supposed to be something inside the package!"

　　The little girl looked up at him with tears rolling from her eyes and said: "Daddy, it's not empty. I blew kisses into it until it was all full."

　　The father was crushed. He fell on his knees and put his arms around his precious little girl. He begged her to forgive him for his unnecessary anger.

　　An accident took the life of the child only a short time later. It is told that the father kept that little gold box by his bed for all the years of his life. Whenever he was discouraged or faced difficult problems he would open the box, take out an imaginary kiss, and remember the love of this beautiful child who had put it there.

　　In a very real sense, each of us as human beings have been given an invisible golden box filled with unconditional love and kisses from our children, family, friends and God.

　　There is no more precious possession anyone could hold.

　　（三）Happiness Equateswith Fun?

　　I live in Hollywood. You may think people in such a glamorous, fun-filled place are happier than others. If so, you have some mistaken ideas about the nature of happiness.

　　Many intelligent people still equate happiness with fun. The truth is that fun and happiness have little or nothing in common. Fun is what we experience during an act. Happiness is what we experience after an act. It is a deeper, more abiding emotion.

　　Going to an amusement park or ball game, watching a movie or television, are fun activities that help us relax, temporarily forget our problems and maybe even laugh. But they do not bring happiness, because their positive effects end when the fun ends.

　　I have often thought that if Hollywood stars have a role to play, it is to teach us that happiness has nothing to do with fun. These rich, beautiful inpiduals have constant access to glamorous parties, fancy cars, expensive homes, everything that spells "happiness".

　　But in memoir after memoir, celebrities reveal the unhappiness hidden beneath all their fun: depression, alcoholism, drug addiction, broken marriages, troubled children, profound loneliness.

　　The way people cling to the belief that a fun-filled, pain-free life equates happiness actually diminishes their chances of ever attaining real happiness. If fun and pleasure are equated with happiness, then pain must be equated with unhappiness. But, in fact, the opposite is true: More times than not, things that lead to happiness involve some pain.

　　As a result, many people avoid the very endeavors that are the source of true happiness. They fear the pain inevitably brought by such things as marriage, raising children, professional achievement, religious commitment, civic or charitable work, and self-improvement.

　　（四）Today is a Gift

　　Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed was next to the room‘s only window. The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back. The men talked for hours on end.

　　They spoke of their wives and families, their homes, their jobs, their involvement in the military service, where they had been on vacation. And every afternoon when the man in the bed by the window could sit up, he would pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window. The man in the other bed began to live for those one-hour periods where his world would be broadened and enlivened by all the activity and color of the world outside.

　　The window overlooked a park with a lovely lake. Ducks and swans played on the water while children sailed their model boats. Young lovers walked arm in arm amidst flowers of every color of the rainbow. Grand old trees graced the landscape, and a fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the distance. As the man by the window described all this in exquisite detail, the man on the other side of the room would close his eyes and imagine the picturesque scene.

　　One warm afternoon the man by the window described a parade passing by. Although the other man couldn‘t hear the band - he could see it in his mind‘s eye as the gentleman by the window portrayed it with descriptive words.

　　Days and weeks passed. One morning, the day nurse arrived to bring water for their baths only to find the lifeless body of the man by the window, who had died peacefully in his sleep. She was saddened and called the hospital attendants to take the body away.

　　As soon as it seemed appropriate, the other man asked if he could be moved next to the window. The nurse was happy to make the switch, and after making sure he was comfortable, she left him alone. Slowly and painfully, he propped himself up on one elbow to take his first look at the world outside. Finally, he would have the joy of seeing it for himself. He strained to slowly turn to look out the window beside the bed. It faced a blank wall.

　　The man asked the nurse what could have compelled his deceased roommate who had described such wonderful things outside this window. The nurse responded that the man was blind and could not even see the wall. She said, "Perhaps he just wanted to encourage you."

　　（五）Is Packing Important to You?

　　A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer's showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted.

　　As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited signs that his father had purchased the car. Finally, on the morning of his graduation, his father called him into his private study. His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful wrapped gift box. Curious, but somewhat disappointed, the young man opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound Bible, with the young man's name embossed in gold.

　　Angrily, he raised his voice to his father and said, "With all your money you give me a Bible?" He then stormed out of the house, leaving the Bible.

　　Many years passed and the young man was very successful in business. He had a beautiful home and a wonderful family, but realizing his father was very old, he thought perhaps he should go to see him. He had not seen him since that graduation day. Before he could make the arrangements, he received a telegram telling him his father had passed away, and willed all of his possessions to his son. He needed to come home immediately and take care of things.

　　When he arrived at his father's house, sudden sadness and regret filled his heart. He began to search through his father's important papers and saw the still new Bible, just as he had left it years ago.

　　With tears, he opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. As he was reading, a car key dropped from the back of the Bible. It had a tag with the dealer's name, the same dealer who had the sports car he had desired. On the tag was the date of his graduation, and the words… "PAID IN FULL".

　　How many times do we miss blessings because they are not packaged as we expected? I trust you enjoyed this. Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for. Sometimes we don't realize the good fortune we have or we could have because we expect "the packaging" to be different. What may appear as bad fortune may in fact be the door that is just waiting to be opened.

　　（六）The Baby Eagle

　　Once upon a time there was a baby eagle living in a nest perched on a cliff overlooking a beautiful valley with waterfalls and streams, trees and lots of little animals, scurrying about enjoying their lives.

　　The baby eagle liked the nest. It was the only world he had ever known. It was warm and comfortable, had a great view, and even better, he had all the food and love and attention that a great mother eagle could provide. Many times each day the mother would swoop down from the sky and land in the nest and feed the baby eagle delicious morsels of food. She was like a god to him, he had no idea where she came from or how she worked her magic.

　　The baby eagle was hungry all the time, but the mother eagle would always come just in time with the food and love and attention he craved. The baby eagle grew strong. His vision grew very sharp. He felt good all the time.

　　Until one day, the mother stopped coming to the nest.

　　The baby eagle was hungry. "I'm sure to die," said the baby eagle, all the time.

　　"Very soon, death is coming," he cried, with tears streaming down his face. Over and over. But there was no one there to hear him.

　　Then one day the mother eagle appeared at the top of the mountain cliff, with a big bowl of delicious food and she looked down at her baby. The baby looked up at the mother and cried "Why did you abandon me? I'm going to die any minute. How could you do this to me?"

　　The mother said, "Here is some very tasty and nourishing food, all you have to do is come get it."

　　"Come get it!" said the baby, with much anger. "How?"

　　The mother flew away.

　　The baby cried and cried and cried.

　　A few days later, "I'm going to end it all," he said. "I give up. It is time for me to die."

　　He didn't know his mother was nearby. She swooped down to the nest with his last meal.

　　"Eat this, it's your last meal," she said.

　　The baby cried, but he ate and whined and whined about what a bad mother she was.

　　"You're a terrible mother," he said. Then she pushed him out of the nest.

　　He fell.

　　Head first.

　　Picked up speed.

　　Faster and faster.

　　He screamed. "I'm dying I'm dying," he cried. He picked up more speed.

　　He looked up at his mother. "How could you do this to me?"

　　He looked down.

　　The ground rushed closer, faster and faster. He could visualize his own death so clearly, coming so soon, and cried and whined and complained. "This isn't fair!" he screamed.

　　Something strange happens.

　　The air caught behind his arms and they snapped away from his body, with a feeling unlike anything he had ever experienced. He looked down and saw the sky. He wasn't moving towards the ground anymore, his eyes were pointed up at the sun.

　　"Huh?" he said. "What is going on here!"

　　"You're flying," his mother said.

　　"This is fun!" laughed the baby eagle, as he soared and ped and swooped.

　　"Yes it is!" said the mother.

　　英语阅读 篇2

　　"Leave him alone" I yelled as I walked out of the orphanage gate and saw several of the Spring Park School bullies pushing the deaf kid around. I did not know the boy at all but I knew that we were about the same age, because of his size. He lived in the old white house across the street from the orphanage where I lived. I had seen him on his front porch several times doing absolutely nothing, except just sitting there making funny like hand movements.

　　In the summer time we didn't get much to eat for Sunday supper, except watermelon and then we had to eat it outside behind the dining room so we would not make a mess on the tables inside. About the only time that I would see him was through the high chain-link fence that surrounded the orphanage when we ate our watermelon outside.

　　The deaf kid started making all kind of hand signals, real fast like. "You are a stupid idiot" said the bigger of the two bullies as he pushed the boy down on the ground. The other bully ran around behind the boy and kicked him as hard as he could in the back. The deaf boy's body started shaking all over and he curled up in a ball trying to shield and hide his face. He looked like he was trying to cry, or something but he just couldn't make any sounds, I don't think.

　　I ran as fast as I could back through the orphanage gate and into the thick azalea bushes. I uncovered my home-made bow which I had constructed out of bamboo and string. I grabbed four arrows that were also made of bamboo and they had coca cola tops bent around the ends to make real sharp tips. Then I ran back out the gate with an arrow cocked in the bow and I just stood there quiet like, breathing real hard just daring either one of them to kick or touch the boy again.

　　"You're a dumb freak just like him you big eared creep" said one of the boys as he grabbed his friend and backed off far enough so that the arrow would not hit them. "If you're so brave kick him again now" I said, shaking like a leaf. The bigger of the two bullies ran up and kicked the deaf boy in the middle of his back as hard as he could and then he ran out of arrow range again.

　　The boy jerked about and then made a sound that I will never forget for as long as I live. It was the sound like a whale makes when it has been harpooned and knows that it is about to die. I fired all four of my arrows at the two bullies as they ran away laughing about what they had done.

　　I pulled the boy up off the ground and helped him back to his house which was about two blocks down the street from the school building. When we reached his home his sister told me that her brother was deaf but that he was not dumb like the two bullies said. That he was very smart but could not say or hear anything. I told her that he did make a sound when the bully kicked him in the back. She told me that I must be mistaken because all her brother's vocal cords had been removed during an experimental surgery, which had failed.

　　The boy made one of those hand signs at me as I was about to leave. I asked his sister "if your brother is so smart then why is he doing things like that with his hands?" She told me that he was saying that he loved me with his hands. I didn't say anything back to her at all because I didn't believe her. People can't talk with their hands and everybody knows that. People can only talk with their mouth.

　　Almost every Sunday for the next year or two I could see the boy through the chain-link fence as we ate watermelon outside behind the dining room, during the summer time. He always made that same funny hand sign at me and I would just wave back at him, not knowing what else to do.

　　On my very last day in the orphanage I was being chased by the police. They told me that I was being sent off to the Florida School for Boys Reform School, at Marianna so I ran to get away from them. They chased me around the dining room building several times and finally I made a dash for the chain-link fence and tried to climb over in order to escape. I saw the deaf boy sitting there on his porch just looking at me as they pulled me down from the fence and handcuffed me. The boy, now about twelve jumped up and ran across San Diego Road, placed his fingers through the chain-link fence and just stood there looking at us.

　　They dragged me by my legs, screaming and yelling for more than several hundred yards through the dirt and pine-straw to the waiting police car. All I could hear the entire time was the high pitched sound of that whale being harpooned again. As we pulled away in the police car I saw the deaf boy loosen his grip on the fence and slide very slowly to the ground and lower his head into the leaves and pine straw. That is when I realized that he probably really did love me and he wanted to save me because he thought that I too was making the whale sound.

　　英语阅读 篇3

　　More than 2400 years ago, the father of medicine, Hyppocrates, first recognized and discribed stroike as the sudden onset of paralysis. Untill recently the modern medicine has has a little power over the desease, but the world of stroke medicine is changging, the new and better theropies are being developed every day. Today, some people who have stroke can walk away fropm the attack with no or few disabilities if they are threated promply. Doctors can finally offer stroke patients and their families the one thing that untill now has been hard to give: Hope.

　　In ancient tinmes, stroke was called apoplexy, a general term that phyiciant applied to anyone suddenly struck down with paralysis. Because many conditions can lead to suddent paralysis, the term apoplexy did not indicate a specific diagnosis or cause. Physiciants know very little about the cause of the strok and the only astablished theropy was to feed and care foe patient until the attack run its course.

　　英语阅读 篇4

　　I like the subtle fresh green budding from the branches of the tree -- the herald of spring, ushering in the dawn...

　　I like the subtle flow of cloud that makes the sky seem even more vast, azure and immense...

　　I like the subtle wind. In spring, it steals a kiss on my cheek; in autumn, it caresses my face; in summer, it brings in cool sweet smell; in winter, it carries a crisp chilliness...

　　I like the subtle taste of tea that last long after a sip. The subtle bitter is what it is meant to be...

　　I like the subtle friendship that does not hold people together. In stead, an occasional greeting spreads our longings far beyond...

　　I like the subtle longing for a friend, when I sink deeply in a couch, mind wandering in memories of the past...

　　Love should also be subtle, without enslaving the ones fallen into her arms. Not a bit less nor a bit more...

　　Subtle friendship is true; subtle greetings are enough; subtle love is tender; subtle longing is deep; subtle wishes come from the bottom of your heart...

　　英语阅读 篇5

　　LovePeopleInAllKindsOfWeather

　　Make sure your love is unconditional. Make sure you love people in all kinds of "weather". Or else what is the use if we love a person only when he is good or she is nice? When I need the people most that's when they leave me. All the time. So please, I hope you won't be like that. We always have to consider the other party, your companion's situation and mood. Maybe he's in difficulty right now. That's why his mood is not so sweet.

　　Maybe she has so much work to do and so many headaches, so she cannot be so darling like usual. That time is the time when we need to show our most noble quality, the way we want ourselves to be.

　　It's not that if you are sweet to that person then he will love you more. Maybe he will, maybe he won't. But that is not the point to be good and to be noble. To be good, to be noble is for ourselves because we choose to be that way, we want to keep being that way, and we feel good about it. It's not because, "Okay, now he needs me more. If I show more sympathy, then our love will be stronger"; It's not even to be considered.

　　But most of the time we fail the test. When people are in most difficulty, we just leave them, or we are cold and indifferent. "Oh, you're not nice to me. All right, all right.";"You'll come and need me soon."; Of course they will. When they're in a better mood, when everything goes better, of course they'll come around. But then it's too late. Then it is not love anymore. It's just a need for each other. That's different, because you are used to each other and you need each other sometimes out of habit, out of convenience, out of financial security reasons -- anything. But it's not true love.

　　True Love Always Prevails

　　True love is we stick together in "thick and thin";. Especially when it's thin, when it's troublesome. Then we should really bridge over the "troubled water". That's what they say in English. But most of us fail the test, to ourselves, not to our partners. He might leave you, he might stay with you, because you're nice or not nice. But you fail yourself. You leave yourself. You leave the most noble being that you really are. So we should check up on this to our family members or whomever that is beloved and dear to us. Most of the time in critical situations, we just turn our backs and that is no good.

　　Of course we have our anger, our frustrations, because our partners are not as loving as usual, or whomever that is; but he or she is in a different situation. At that time, she or he is in mental suffering. It's just as bad or even worse than physical suffering. Physical suffering you can take a pill or you can have an injection and it stops or at least temporarily stops, and you feel the effect right away; or at least if people are in physical suffering, everyone sympathizes with them.

　　But when they are in mental anguish, and we pound them more on that, and we turn our backs and become cold and indifferent, that is even more cruel, even worse. That person will be swimming alone in suffering. And especially they trust us as the next of kin, the next person, the one that they think they can rely on in times of need; and then at that time, we just turn around and are snobbish, because they didn't treat us nice so we just want to revenge. That's not the time. You can revenge later, when he's in better shape. Just slap him.

英语阅读文章 1

　　There was a king who had twelve beautiful daughters. They slept in twelve beds all in one room; and when they went to bed， the doors were shut and locked up; but every morning their shoes were found to be quite worn through as if they had been danced in all night; and yet nobody could find out how it happened， or where they had been.

　　Then the king made it known to all the land， that if any person could discover the secret， and find out where it was that the princesses danced in the night， he should have the one he liked best for his wife， and should be king after his death; but whoever tried and did not succeed， after three days and nights， should be put to death.

　　A kings son soon came. He was well entertained， and in the evening was taken to the chamber next to the one where the princesses lay in their twelve beds. There he was to sit and watch where they went to dance; and， in order that nothing might pass without his hearing it， the door of his chamber was left open. But the kings son soon fell asleep; and when he awoke in the morning he found that the princesses had all been dancing， for the soles of their shoes were full of holes. The same thing happened the second and third night： so the king ordered his head to be cut off. After him came several others; but they had all the same luck， and all lost their lives in the same manner.

　　从前有一个国王，他有十二个美丽的女儿。他们睡在一个房间里的十二张床上;当他们上床睡觉的时候，门关上了，锁上了。可是每天早晨，人们发现她们的鞋子都磨破了，好像她们整夜都在跳舞似的。然而，没有人知道这是怎么发生的，也没有人知道他们去了哪里。

　　于是国王向全国人民宣布，如果有人能发现这个秘密，知道公主们在夜里跳舞的地方，他就可以娶到他最喜欢的那个姑娘做他的妻子，并在他死后继承王位。凡试而不成功的，过三天三夜，就要把他治死。

　　不久，国王的儿子来了。他受到了很好的款待。晚上，他被带到公主们躺着的房间旁边。他要坐在那儿，看她们到哪里去跳舞;为了不让任何东西经过而不被他听见，他房间的门是开着的.。但是国王的儿子很快就睡着了;当他早上醒来的时候，他发现公主们都在跳舞，因为她们的鞋底满是窟窿。第二夜和第三夜都是这样，于是王吩咐砍下他的头。他后面又来了几个人;但他们都有同样的运气，都以同样的方式失去了生命。

　　英语阅读文章 2

　　Long ago in a small,faraway village,there was a place known as the House of 1000 Mirrors. A small,happy little dog learned of this place and decided to visit. When he arrived,he hounced happily up the stairs to the doorway of the house. He looked through the doorway with his ears lifted high and his tail wagging as fast as it could. To his great surprise,he found himself staring at 1000 other happy little dogs with their tails wagging just as fast as his.

　　He smiled a great smile,and was answered with 1000 great smiles just as warm and firendly. As he left the House,he thought to himself,This is a wonderful place. I will e back and visit it often.

　　In this same village,another little dog,who was not quite as happy as the first one,decided to visit the house. He slowly climbed the stairs and hung his head low as he looked into the door. When he saw the 1000 unfriendly looking dogs staring back at him,he growled at them and was horrified to see 1000 little dogs growling back at him. As he left,he thought to himself,That is a horrible place,and I will never go back there again.

　　All the faces in the world are mirrors. What kind of reflections do you see in Oh,Mr. Fox,shouted the cat. You and your hundred tricks are left in the lurch. If you been able to climb like I can,you would not have lost your life.

　　很久以前，在一个遥远的小村庄里，有一个被称为“千镜之屋”的地方。一只快乐的小狗听说了这个地方，决定去看看。当他到达时，他高兴地跳上楼梯，来到房子的门口。他从门口往外看，耳朵高高竖起，尾巴拼命地摇着。令他惊讶的.是，他发现自己看到了1000只快乐的小狗，它们和他一样快地摇着尾巴。

　　他灿烂地笑了笑，得到了1000个同样温暖友好的灿烂微笑。当他离开这所房子时，他心想:“这是个奇妙的地方。”我会经常回来参观的。

　　在这个村子里，另一只小狗，它不像第一只小狗那么快乐，决定去拜访这所房子。他慢慢地爬上楼梯，低着头往门里看。当他看到1000只不友好的狗盯着他看时，他对它们咆哮，并惊恐地看到1000只小狗也对他咆哮。当他离开时，他对自己说:那是个可怕的地方，我再也不会去那里了。

　　世界上所有的脸都是镜子。你看到了什么样的倒影?狐狸，猫喊道。你和你的一百种把戏都被留在午餐里了。如果你能像我一样爬，你就不会失去生命了。

　　英语阅读文章 3

　　Between Macedon and Thessaly of eastern Greece there stood a high mountain.Its cloudy top rushed into the very heavens.On the top of the mountain, the home of the gods was bathed in brightness.

　　At Olympus Zeus ruled as the father of gods and men. Zeus was not a crude ruler by any standards.All the gods listened to his final words,it was true.But Zeus made them all sit on a committee of twelve members,including six gods and six goddesses.

　　The first in the Olympian crowd sat Zeus himself. He was the overlord of gods and men and the operator of the thunderbolt .Next to him was Hera,his proud and greeneyed queen.Poseidon was ruler of the sea,And Hades,king of the lower world,had no seat in the committee.Apollo was the god of the sun,music and poetry,while his twinsister Artemis was the goddess of the moon and the chase. Athena was the goddess of wisdom and patroness of house holdarts.Hestin,the goddess of the family,represented home life and family happiness.The frightening Ares was the god of war,and the charming Aphrodite the goddess of love and beauty.The god of fire,Hephaestus,was the forger of the thunderbolts of Zeus.The wing footed messenger Hermes was the god of invention and commerce;and the goddess of grains and harvests,Demeter,looked after agriculture and stood for mother ofcivilization.

　　All the chief gods mentioned above took human forms of incomparable beauty and grace. Often moved by human feelings and desires,they frequently gave way to anger and jealousy.They became involved in ceaseless battles with the world of man. Among themselves at Olympus they plotted and struggled for power.In the human world they experienced competitions and difficulties.They enjoyed earthly friendships and loves.Acrowd of everlasting gods looked and acted in a perfectly human fashion that is what all gods at Olympus actually were.

　　在马其顿和希腊东部的色萨利之间矗立着一座高山。多云的云层直冲云霄。在山顶上，众神之家沐浴在光明之中。

　　在奥林匹斯山，宙斯是众神和人类之父。从任何标准来看，宙斯都不是一个粗鲁的统治者。诸神都听了他的遗言，这是真的。但是宙斯让他们组成一个由十二人组成的委员会，其中包括六位男神和六位女神。

　　宙斯本人坐在奥林匹亚人群的第一位。他是众神和人类的主宰，也是雷霆的操纵者。他旁边是赫拉，他骄傲的.绿眼王后。波塞冬是海洋的统治者，而冥王哈迪斯在委员会中没有席位。阿波罗是太阳神、音乐和诗歌之神，而他的孪生姐妹阿尔忒弥斯是月亮和狩猎女神。雅典娜是智慧女神和管家的守护神。赫斯汀，家庭女神，代表家庭生活和家庭幸福。可怕的阿瑞斯是战神，迷人的阿芙罗狄蒂是爱与美的女神。火神赫菲斯托斯是宙斯的霹雳的创造者。长着翅膀的信使赫尔墨斯是发明和商业之神;掌管谷物和收成的女神得墨忒耳掌管农业，是文明之母。

　　上面提到的所有主神都是具有无与伦比的美丽和优雅的人形。他们经常被人类的感情和欲望所感动，经常被愤怒和嫉妒所左右。他们卷入了与人类世界无休止的斗争。在奥林匹斯山上，他们互相密谋，争夺权力。在人类世界里，他们经历了竞争和困难。他们享受着世俗的友谊和爱情。一群永恒的神的外表和行为都完全符合人类的风格，这就是奥林匹斯山的所有神的真实面目。

　　英语阅读文章 4

　　The gorillas in the valleys in the south often lived together in groups of several tens. They were fond of drinking wine, and even fonder of imitating mans behavior.

　　People knew very well their habits and often put wine or distillers grains on the roadside together with many straw sandals connected together with ropes.

　　The gorillas knew this was a trick to lure3 them into traps and cursed:"Humph! Do you think we dont know your tricks? Well never be taken in!"

　　So they called one another, turned round and left.

　　But they had already smelled the aroma of the wine, and couldnt bear to part with it. Even after they left, they would turn their heads to look back. When they saw no one there, they would turn back; and after they turned back, they were afraid of being deceived, and left again. After much hesitation5, they finally said to themselves: "Just for a taste of the wine. It wont matter as long as we dont get drunk."

　　Shortly afterwards, they agreed to come back to drink the wine. When they got drunk, they forgot everything. Every gorilla1 put on the straw sandals and imitated the way man walks.

　　As a result, they fell down one after another and were all caught alive by people.

　　在南方的山谷里，大猩猩经常几十只成群地生活在一起。他们喜欢喝酒，更喜欢模仿人的行为。

　　人们很清楚他们的习惯，经常把酒或酒糟放在路边，还有许多草鞋用绳子绑在一起。

　　大猩猩知道这是引诱它们进入陷阱的诡计，于是大骂:“哼!你以为我们不知道你的把戏吗?我们永远不会上当受骗!”

　　于是他们彼此呼唤，转身离开了。

　　但他们已经闻到了酒的香气，舍不得离开它。即使在离开后，他们也会回头看。当他们看到没有人的时候，他们就会返回;他们回来后，怕受骗，又走了。犹豫了许久，他们终于对自己说:“只是为了尝一口酒。只要我们不喝醉就没关系。”

　　不久之后，他们约定回来喝酒。当他们喝醉的.时候，他们忘记了一切。每只大猩猩都穿上草鞋，模仿人类走路的样子。

　　结果，他们一个接一个地摔倒了，都被人活捉了。

　　英语阅读文章 5

　　Far out in the sea the water is very, very blue. You can see through it like glass. Far down in the water there are beautiful trees and plants. These trees and plants are so far from the top of the water that no one can see them. Fishes go in and out of the trees just like birds. This is the place where the Sea King’s city is.

　　The Sea King’s wife died many years before, so his old mother looked after him. She loved the Sea King’s six children very much, and they loved their grandmother, too. These six children were beautiful princesses. The youngest princess was the most beautiful: her eyes were as blue as the sea and her body was white like a rose. But, like all her sisters, she had no feet. The top of her body was like a girl’s body; and the rest of her body was like the body of a fish.

　　The six princesses often played all day in the big rooms inside the Sea King’s house. Beautiful flowers GREw out of the walls on all sides of them. When the windows were opened, fishes would go into the rooms just like birds come into our rooms. But the fishes were braver than birds They went up to the little princesses to eat food from their hands.

　　In front of the Sea King’s house there was a large garden full of red plants and blue plants. The flowers of these plants were like the burning sun. There was a blue light over the garden; you would think that you were up in the sky — not down in the sea.

　　Each of the little princesses had her own little garden inside the large garden. They could plant the flowers, which they themselves liked the most. The youngest princess planted red flowers in the garden, and she planted a red tree near the flowers. She was not at all like her sisters.

　　在遥远的海上，水是非常非常蓝的。你可以像玻璃一样透过它看东西。在远处的水中有美丽的树木和植物。这些树木和植物离水面很远，没有人能看到它们。鱼在树上进进出出，就像鸟儿一样。这就是海王的城市所在的地方。

　　海王的妻子多年前就去世了，所以他的老母亲照顾他。她非常爱海王的六个孩子，他们也很爱他们的祖母。这六个孩子是美丽的公主。最小的.公主是最美丽的:她的眼睛像大海一样蓝，她的身体像玫瑰一样白。但是，像她所有的姐妹一样，她没有脚。她的上半身就像一个女孩的身体;她身体的其余部分就像一条鱼的身体。

　　六位公主经常在海王家里的大房间里玩一整天。美丽的花朵从他们四周的墙上长出来。当窗户打开时，鱼儿就会飞进房间，就像鸟儿飞进我们的房间一样。但是鱼儿比鸟儿勇敢得多。它们游到小公主们的身边，从她们手里拿食物吃。

　　在海王的房子前面有一个大花园，里面种满了红色和蓝色的植物。这些植物的花朵就像燃烧的太阳。花园上方有一道蓝光;你会以为你是在天上，而不是在海里。

　　每个小公主在大花园里都有自己的小花园。他们可以种植他们自己最喜欢的花。最小的公主在花园里种了红花，并在花的旁边种了一棵红树。她一点也不像她的姐妹们。

　　英语阅读文章 6

　　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.

　　The main purpose of history is to create a better world. History gives a warning to those who promote war, and inspiration to those who seek peace.

　　In short, history helps us learn. Yesterday’s records can keep us from repeating yesterday’s mistakes. And from the pieces of mosaic4 assembled5 by historians come the great murals6 which represent the progress of mankind.

　　翻译：一个更好的明天

　　英语励志短文人们常常心存疑虑,为什么历史学家要费尽周折地保存数以万计的书籍、文献和记录。

　　我们为什么要有图书馆呢？这些文献和史书有何用处呢? 我们为什么要记载并保存人类的行为、政府官员的谈判和战争中的事件呢？

　　我们这么做的原因在于有时候经验之音能促使我们停步、观察和倾听。也因为有时候过去的记载经过正确地诠释,能帮助我们决定何事可为、何事不可为。如果我们想要创造永久的和平,我们就必须从人类的'经验以及人类历史的记载中去探索其渊源。

　　从体现男性和女性勇敢和奉献精神的故事之中,我们获得了青春的启示。英语短文历史记载着人类的一切苦难、克己、忠诚和英勇的事迹。这些记载在我们困惑和渴望和平时能对我们有所帮助。

　　历史的主要目的是创造一个更加美好的世界。历史对那些力主战争的人给以警告,给予那些寻求和平的人以启示。

　　简而言之,历史帮助我们学习。昨日的记载可以使我们避免重蹈覆辙。这些历史学家们创作的像马赛克一样色彩缤纷的历史片断汇聚成了代表人类进步的伟大壁画。

　　英语阅读文章 7

　　A Little Bit More

　　Today is an excellent day for small improvements. Whatever is working for you, find a way to improve it just a little. There’s no need to make a huge change, just a small one, something you can do right now.

　　If you called just one additional customer each day, over the course of the next month you would talk to about 20 new people. If you learned just one more new word each day, in the next year you would increase your vocabulary by more than 300 words.

　　Small improvements can add up over time into big accomplishments. Look around you. Consider the work you do each day. Think about how you could do it just a little bit better.

　　In a marathon race, each step the winner takes is just a little bit longer and a little bit faster than each stride taken by the 100th place finisher. Yet over the course of the race, that small difference adds up in a big way.

　　Do just a little bit more today, and tomorrow too, and each day after that. Anyone can make just a small improvement, and that can make a big, big difference.

　　翻译：再多一点点

　　今天就是你可以做改进的极好的一天。无论你在做什么,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。观察你的周围。思考你每天所做的工作。英语短文想一下你怎么能做得更好一点。

　　在马拉松比赛中,冠军的每一步都只比第一百名的`选手的步伐大一点点、快一点点。英语短文但是在比赛过程中,那些小小的不同积累成了巨大的区别。

　　今天、明天、今后的每一天尽力做更多一点点。任何人都能做一点小小的改进,但那小小的改进将会起到非常大、非常大的作用。

　　英语阅读文章 8

　　我们应该限制私家车吗？Should We Put A Limit on Private Cars?

　　With the rapiddevelopment of Chinese economic and the improvement of living standards ofordinary people, more and more private cars are on road. Some people thinkprivate cars can bring great convenience to the owners while others argue thatgovernment should put a limit on private cars. In my humble opinion, we shouldput a limit on private cars.

　　随着中国经济的快速增长和普通人民生活水平的提高，人们拥有了越来越多的私家车。一些人认为私家车给车主提供了极大的便利，其他人则认为政府应该限制私家车的数量。在我看来，我们应该限制私家车。

　　First of all, themore private cars, the more traffic jams. If people stuck on a traffic jam, itwill cost them a lot of time, some people even late for work. What’s more,nowadays finding a parking spot is much harder than before because there aretoo many cars on streets. Sometimes you just arrive at the destination, but youjust cannot find a place to park your car. The place is so crowded that youhave to park in other place which may be far away from your destination.

　　首先，私家车越多，交通越拥堵。如果人们被堵住了，就会浪费掉很多时间。一些人甚至上班迟到。更糟糕的是，现如今要找个停车位比之前难了很多，因为有太多的私家车。有时候你开车到了目的地，却找不到一个合适的停车位，你不得不停到一个离目的地较远的地方。

　　Secondly, theprice of gasoline and repairs are constantly rising, not to mention the pricesfor the insurance and the fear of being stolen. If you do not make enoughmoney, you can barely pay for the fees of the cars. This can cause great burdento your daily life.

　　其次，汽油和维护的费用经常上涨，更不用说保险费和担心车子被偷的风险了。如果你赚的钱不够多，你很难维持车子所需的费用。这可能会对你的生活造成负担。

　　Last but notleast, the cars produce tens of thousands of carbon dioxide, which will creategreenhouse effect and other serious environmental pollution. Someenvironmentalists predict that in the next few years, the ozone layer willfully disappear and will increase the rate of getting skin cancer. And the airwe breathe in is not as pure as before, do we really need to sacrifice ourfuture to enjoy the so called convenience?

　　最后，汽车会排放成千上万顿的二氧化碳。这会造成温室效应和其他更为严重的`环境污染。有些环境学家预测在未来几年内，臭氧层将会全部消失，并导致人们得皮肤癌的几率增加。我们吸入的空气也不像之前那么纯净，我们真的要牺牲未来去享受所谓的“方便”么？

　　Due to thesereason, I think people should think twice before they buy a private car. Weshould not only consider the increasing cost of owning a car, but also shouldthink about the future we have. It’s not only a personal thing, but also thewhole country, the whole world.

　　通过这些原因，我认为人们在买私家车之前理应三思。我们不应该只考虑养车的费用，还有我们所拥有的未来。这不仅仅是个人问题，也是我们国家、全世界的问题。

　　关于私家车的弊端The Disadvantages of Private Cars

　　As cars are more affordable nowadays, thenumber of private car owners spurs. With cars, we can go anywhere anytime wewant. However, for the sake of protecting our environmentand of the public travelling convenience, it is a bad news.

　　当今，由于很多人都能买得起车，所以拥有私家车的人数猛增。有了车，我们可以在任何时候到任何我们想去的地方。但是，对于保护环境和公众出行方便方面来说，这无疑是一个坏消息。

　　First, more private cars mean more pollution.As the number of private cars increases sharply, the off gas surges.Consequently, the air quality is decreasing and even affects our health. Inconsideration of our environment and our health, I don’t think private carsbring us good to both our planet’s environment and our health.

　　首先，私家车越多，就会产生越多的污染。由于私家车数量猛增，汽车尾气排放量也随之骤增。结果，空气质量越来越差，甚至影响到我们的身体健康。考虑到保护环境以及为了我们的身体健康，我认为私家车不会对我们的地球环境和我们的身体健康产生有利的影响。

　　Second, people are tending to drive carsthemselves going to work so that the traffic jam is serious in most cities. Wheneveryou go and look around in cities, you can see lots of cars not only parking alongthe road but also runs on the street. Especially around morning and evening,you can hardly move a step if you drive a car because of the heavy traffic. Nomatter how many roads the government has built, without lessening the number ofthe private cars, the need for road is always bigger than the supplied.Therefore, the most effective way is to encourage people take public transportationso that we can facilitate ourselves and also others.

　　其次，人们倾向于开私家车去上班，这导致了大多数城市交通拥堵。不管任何时候，只要你到城市逛一圈，就会发现不仅路边停了很多车，而且路上也有大量的车流量。特别是在早上和傍晚的时候，如果你驾车出行的话，由于交通非常拥挤，你开车寸步难行。如果不减少私家车数量的话，不管政府建设多少条道路，总是不能缓解交通拥堵现象。所以，最有效的方式就是鼓励人们乘坐公共交通方式出行，这样的话不仅能够方便我们自己，也能方便他人。

　　All in all, private cars are so convenientfor us to getting around. However, take our air environment, our health and theconvenience of public life into account; we shouldn’t encourage people to buymore private cars. Instead, we should persuade people to take public transportationas often as possible to make our environment better and better.

　　总之，私家车是能够为我们出行提供便利。但是，考虑到我们的环境，我们的身体健康以及公众生活的便利，我们不提倡人们买更多的私家车。相反，我们应该鼓励人们尽可能多的乘坐公共交通方式出行，以此来使我们的环境更加好。

　　英语阅读文章 9

　　网络教育 Online Education

　　With the widespread of computer, more andmore people tend to use Internet to get information and learn knowledge,especially, many educational agent use online class to teacher their students.Many people think it is convenient for students to obtain knowledge by onlineeducation and can save students lots of time spending on traveling between homeand school. Some people think students can’t focus on studying by onlineeducation. In my opinion, we can benefit a lot by online education.

　　随着电脑的普及，越来越多的人倾向于用互联网来获取信息和知识，特别是许多的教育机构会用到网络教育来教育他们的学生。许多人认为网络教育获取知识很方便，也会节省学生花费在往返于学校和家之间的时间。一些人认为网络教育下的学生不能够集中注意力学习。就我看来。通过网络教育，我们受益良多。

　　Firstly, online education can save studentstime. We all know that traditional education require students to go to schoolor certain place to obtain knowledge. Therefore, students have to spend lots oftime on travel between home and school. However, online education can save studentslots of time. They don’t have to spend time on traveling to school and home.

　　第一，网络教育可以节省学生的时间。我们都知道传统教育要求学生必须到学校或者一个固定的场所接受教育。因此，学生不得不花费在往返于学校和家庭之间很多时间。但是，网络教育可以让学生节省很多时间。学生不必花费很多时间在往返于学校和家庭之间的路途上。

　　Secondly, students can get more knowledgeby online education. Students can search for their study materials immediatelyduring break time by Internet. While by traditional education, students can’tfind any useful resource in school for they have no access to get the relative knowledgeby their limited books.

　　第二，学生通过网络教育可以得到更多的知识。学生可以再课余时间利用网络搜寻他们需要的学习材料。但是就传统教育来说，学生不能够在学校的时候得到一些有用的'信息因为他们不能从有限的书本上获取一些相关的知识。

　　All in all, online education not only cansave much time, but it can help students get more knowledge than traditionaleducation.

　　总之，网络教育不仅能节省很多时间，同时也能够帮助学生获得比传统教育更多的知识。

　　英语阅读文章 10

　　小孩是否应该在年幼时学习英语？Should Children Learn English in a Young Age?

　　With the increasing of social competition, peoplepay more and more attention on the young generation. Especially their parentswill take every means to help their children get prepared for adapting thesociety. Thus, learning English in a very young age becomes very common amonglittle children. Some people agree with it, but some hold the opposite view. Inmy opinion, parents should not force their children to study English in a veryyoung age.

　　随着社会竞争的增加，人们越来越重视年轻一代。特别是他们的父母会竭尽全力去帮助他们的孩子做好适应社会的准备。因此，在年幼时学习英语在小孩子中变得很普遍。有些人同意这个观点，有些人则反对。在我看来，父母不应该强迫他们的孩子在比较小的'时候就开始学习英语。

　　To begin with, children in a young ageshould live happily, instead of gaining burden. Childhood plays a veryimportant role in one’s whole life, because it takes up a part in his innermind. A child having a happy childhood may be a sunshine boy, when he grows up.But a child carry a heavy burden in his childhood, he may be pessimistic in thefuture. And learning English in a young age is no doubt to deprive children’shappy childhood. How can they be happy to be enforced to learn something theydon’t like? Grow up healthily is more important to a person.

　　首先，年幼的小孩应该过得开开心心，而不是背上负担。童年在一个人的一生当中是很重要的，因为它在一个人的内心占有一定的位置。一个拥有快乐童年的人长大后可能会是一个阳光的青年。但是一个顶着负担长大的人，将来则可能会变得很悲观。被强迫去做自己不喜欢的事如何能够开心呢？快快乐乐地长大对一个人来说更重要。

　　Secondly, people should not forget theirorigin. According to the present situation, learning English is verysignificant, but learning Chinese is also couldn’t ignore. If a person can’tlearn his mother language well, how can he make others believe he can learnother things well. So I think they don’t need to learn a second language in ahungry. They can learn English when they grow older.

　　第二，人们不应该忘本。基于如今的情形，学习英语是很重要的，但是学习汉语也是不可忽视的。如果一个人不能学好自己的母语，他如何能让别人相信他可以做好别的事情。所以我觉得他们不用仓促地学习第二语言。他们可以在他们长大一点的时候再学习英语。

　　To sum up, for the sake of children’shealthy grow up, the adults should not force them to learn English in a youngage. Learning English can wait.

　　总之，看在孩子健康成长的份上，大人们不应该强迫小孩在年幼的时候学习英语。学习英语是可以等等的。

　　英语阅读文章 11

　　大学生应该去兼职Students Should Be Encouraged to Take Part-time Jobs

　　More and more college students are taking part-time jobs. Some people argue that part-time jobs take up too much time that students have no time to focus on their studies, whereas others think that doing part-time jobs should be encouraged in that students can get rich experience from the jobs. As far as I concern, I think we should encourage students to do part-time jobs for the following reasons.

　　越来越多的大学生去外面兼职。一些人认为兼职占用了学生太多的学习时间；另一些则认为应该鼓励学生去兼职，因为他们能够从中获取丰富的经验。就我看来，我们应该鼓励学生出去兼职，原因如下：

　　First of all, part-time job experience provides the opportunities for students to know about what jobs are really like and enhance their personal abilities. What’s more, such experience can help them be prepared psychologically for their future jobs. Second, the part-time jobs can enrich students’ daily life activities and help them to make more friends. If one has friends from different fields, these friends will help him with his personal development in the future. Third, taking part-time jobs can reduce the financial pressure. Many college students still ask their parents for money. This can be a heavy burden to some families. But if the students can do some part-time jobs and make money on their own, the family pressure can be relieved to some extent. Last but not least, part-time jobs can help students to find out their strengths and shortcomings. When they overcome the difficulties, they will become more confidence.

　　首先，兼职能提供机会让学生们了解工作到底是怎么一回事，提高个人能力。其次，兼职也能让他们对未来的工作做好心理准备。第二，兼职能够丰富学生们的课余生活，帮助他们结识更多的'朋友。如果一个人有不同领域的朋友，那么，这些朋友会在他未来的个人发展中帮助他们。第三，做兼职能够减轻经济压力。许多大学生还在问家里面要生活费。对于某些家庭来说，这也许是个很沉重的负担。但如果大学生能出去做兼职，自己挣钱，家庭的经济压力就能有所缓解了。最后一点，兼职能帮助大学生们找到自己的优缺点。当他们克服困难时，就会变得更加自信。

　　To sum up, doing part-time jobs has more advantages than disadvantages. The students can not live in the ivory tower forever. They will meet the challenges from this cruel world sooner or later. And doing part-time job is the first step to walk in this society.

　　总的来说，兼职利大于弊。学生不能永远活在自己的象牙塔里面。他们迟早都要面对来自外面残酷世界的挑战。而兼职，则是踏入这个社会的第一步。

　　英语阅读文章 12

　　汽车与年轻人 Cars & the Youth

　　It has been widely reported that theeconomic recession has hobbled young people in debt and joblessness, making themless likely to buy some of the staples of adulthood, including cars. It becomesa big problem to car company, they may have tried to hook in young drivers,like most consumer companies, they like to appeal to young people early on, butlearned it was not working.

　　早就有报道称，经济萧条让年轻人负债累累，找不到工作，让他们不太可能买包括汽车在内的成年人专属用品。这成了汽车公司的大问题，他们努力地想抓住年轻车主，像许多消费品公司一样，他们也喜欢设法尽早吸引年轻人，结果都无济于事。

　　Several reasons can account for thisphenomenon. In the first place, cars have become less affordable forcash-strapped young adults, and driving simple does not seem as cool as it oncewas. For a young adult who just coming out of college, it is almost impossibleto buy a car by themselves within 3 years. Besides, many young adults arewilling to live in the place where is nearby their work place with publictransportation, according to the survey, and some of them are able to catch aride with others.

　　一些原因能够解释这一现象。第一，汽车对囊中羞涩的年轻人来说略显昂贵，还有因为开车已经不像以前那么酷了。对于刚出大学的'年轻人来说，他们在3年内自己买车几乎是不可能的。除此之外，许多年轻人都愿意搬到离他们工作场所近的，有公共交通的地方住，还有些人愿意通过拼车的方式解决交通问题。

　　In the second place, young adults are toobusy to get a driver’s license. Most young people have to spend all day longfor their job, and even work overtime. They have to fend themselves, because ofit; they don’t have the bandwidth to take on anything else. What is more, lotsof young adults think that the internet may have also made driving more of ahassle than a convenience. Why drive to shopping centers when you can ordervirtually anything online?

　　第二，年轻人太忙根本没时间考驾照。很多年轻人得工作一整天，有时候还得加班。他们得养活自己，因为这样，他们没有多余的精力去干其他的事情。此外，许多年轻人认为网络让开车变成了负担而不是便利，能够在网上买东西干嘛还要开车去购物中心呢？

　　In conclusion, it has become a fact thatyoung adults have less interested in cars, however, it may be a good thing forair pollution and crude oil crisis.

　　总之，年轻人对买车的兴趣低已经成为了事实，然而，这对大气污染和原油危机是件好事。

　　英语阅读文章 13

　　Beauty

　　美

　　By Ralph Waldo Emerson

　　拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生

　　It is not to deny the force of beauty, or the reality of beauty; it is to suggest that beauty is not the only thing that exists, or the most important. It is to identify beauty with limitation. It is to say that beauty is not truth, but a kind of truth. It is to say that beauty is not a final goal, but a means to something beyond itself.

　　我们并不是要否定美的力量，或者美的真实性；而是要表明，美并非唯一的存在，也不是最重要的。我们要把美与局限性联系起来。我们要说，美并非真理，而是一种真理的形式。我们要说，美并非最终的目标，而是通向超越自身的目标的手段。

　　Beauty is the visible, manifest, and irresistible form of what we love and desire. It is the image of what we adore and the object of what we desire. It is the sun and the moon, the one in the day time and the other by night. It is the fair and the foul, the light and the dark, the good and the evil.

　　美是我们所爱、所渴望的东西的可见的、明显的、不可抗拒的形式。它是我们所崇拜的意象，也是我们所渴望的对象。它是太阳和月亮，一个是白天的太阳，另一个是夜晚的月亮。它是美丽与丑陋、光明与黑暗、善良与邪恶。

　　The word "beautiful" is used by way of comparison, to describe things that are less beautiful than another thing. We speak of beautiful flowers, but we do not call them beautiful as trees are beautiful. Trees are more beautiful than flowers; but still an elm or an oak is not so beautiful as a rose. Roses are more beautiful than trees; but still a rose is not so beautiful as a lily. Lilies are more beautiful than roses; but still a lily is not so beautiful as a violet. Violets are more beautiful than lilies; but still a violet is not so beautiful as a buttercup. This series might be extended without any term to it. The most beautiful thing of all would be the most beautiful word.

　　“美丽的”这个词是用来进行比较的，用来描述比另一件事物更美丽的事物。我们说美丽的花，但我们并不称它们为美丽的树一样美丽。树比花更美丽；但榆树或橡树不如玫瑰美丽。玫瑰比树更美丽；但玫瑰不如百合美丽。百合比玫瑰更美丽；但百合不如紫罗兰美丽。紫罗兰比百合更美丽；但紫罗兰不如金凤花美丽。这个系列可以无限延伸下去。最美的`东西就是最美的词。

　　But in this series, as in all others, there must be an end. The last word must be said by death. The last beautiful must be seen in God. It is in this world as it is in heaven. Whatsoever we may say of beauty, we say of heaven; what whatsoever we say of heaven, we say of God. He is beauty absolute, unchangeable, everlasting. He is the end of all beauty that was anywhere finite and relative.

　　但在这一系列中，和在所有其他系列中一样，必须有一个终结。最后的词语必须由死亡说出来。最后的美丽必须在上帝身上看到。这个世界就像在天堂里一样。无论我们如何谈论美，我们都在谈论天堂；无论我们如何谈论天堂，我们都在谈论上帝。他是绝对的美、不变的美、永恒的美。他是所有美的终结者，任何地方有限的美和相对的美。

　　英语阅读文章 14

　　If You Could Choose

　　If you could choose what kind of world to live in, what kind of world would you choose? If you could decide what would happen tomorrow, with what kinds of things would you fill it?

　　If you had the power to decide what types of opportunities would come your way, what opportunities would you select? If you knew that your experiences would match your expectations, what would your expectations be?

　　In fact, you do have the power to choose your own way. You do have the ability to decide what kinds of events, experiences, opportunities and circumstances come your way.

　　The world you experience is the world that your dreams, your thoughts, your expectations and your actions most closely resonate*. The world you see and live in is the world you most sincerely expect to see.

　　The universe is filled with endless possibilities, and those possibilities keep growing with every minute. The way you live determines which of those possibilities will come into your life.

　　With your thoughts, your actions, your values, your dreams and expectations, you choose what kind of world you live in. The way you live is closely mirrored in the world you see.

　　翻译：如果你可以选择

　　如果你可以选择在什么样的世界里生活,那么你将会选择怎样的世界呢?如果你可以决定明日之事,你将会怎样充实它呢?

　　倘若你有力量决定自己的机遇,你会怎样选择呢?倘若你知道你的经历会如你所愿,那么你会如何期待呢?

　　事实上,你有能力选择你要走的路。是你自己决定你将要做的事、英语短文你将获得的经历、你将得到的机会和你将置身其中的环境。

　　你体验的这个世界和你的梦想、思维、期待甚至行为产生共鸣。你看到的世界和你时下生活的`这个世界就是你真心期待见到的世界。

　　这个宇宙充满了无限的可能,这些可能每一分钟都在增加。你的生活方式决定了何种可能性会来到你的世界。

　　你所选择生活的世界取决于你的想法,你的作为,你秉持的价值理念,你的梦想还有对未来的期待。你有什么样的世界观就会有什么样的生活方式。

　　英语阅读文章 15

　　We’re Just Beginning

　　“We are reading the first verse of the first chapter of a book whose pages are infinite…”

　　I do not know who wrote those words, but I have always liked them as a reminder that the future can be anything we want to make it. We can take the mysterious, hazy future and carve out of it anything that we can imagine, just as a sculptor carves a statue from a shapeless stone.

　　We are all in the position of the farmer. If we plant a good seed, we reap a good harvest. If our seed is poor and full of weeds, we reap a useless crop. If we plant nothing at all, we harvest nothing at all.

　　I want the future to be better than the past. I don’t want it contaminated by the mistakes and errors with which history is filled. We should all be concerned about the future because that is where we will spend the remainder of our lives.

　　The past is gone and static. Nothing we can do will change it. The future is before us and dynamic. Everything we do will affect it. Each day brings with it new frontiers, in our homes and in our business, if we only recognize them. We are just at the beginning of the progress in every field of human endeavor.

　　翻译：一切刚刚开始

　　“我们正在读一本书的第一章第一行，这本书的页数是无限的……”

　　我不知道是谁写的，可我很喜欢这句话，它提醒我们未来是由自己创造的。我们可以把神秘、不可知的未来塑造成我们想象中的任何模样，犹如雕刻家将未成形的'石头刻成雕像。英语励志短文

　　我们每个人都像是农夫。洒下良种将有丰收，播下劣种或生满野草便将毁去收成。没有耕耘则会一无所获。

　　我希望未来比过去更加美好，希望未来不会沾染历史的错误与过失。我们都应举目向前，因我们的余生要用未来书写。

　　往昔已逝，静如止水;我们无法再作改变。而前方的未来正生机勃勃;我们所做的每一件事都将会影响着它。只要我们认识到这些，无论是在家中还是在工作上，每天我们的面前都会展现出新的天地。在人类致力开拓的每一片领域上，我们正站在进步的起跑点。

　　英语阅读文章 16

　　You are Absolutely Unique

　　Enjoy that uniquenesss1. You do not have to pretend in order to seem more like someone else. You do not have to lie to hide the parts of you that are not like what you see in anyone else.

　　You were meant to be different. Nowhere, in all of history, will the same things be going on in anyone’s mind, soul and spirit as are going on in yours right now.

　　If you did not exist, there would be a hole in creation, a gap2 in history, and something missing from the plan for humankind. Treasure your uniqueness. It is a gift given only to you. Enjoy it and share it!

　　No one can reach out to others in the same way that you can. No one can speak your words. No one can convey your meanings. No one can comfort others with your kind of comfort. No one can bring your kind of understanding to another person. No one can be cheerful and light-hearted3 and joyous4 in your way. No one can smile your smile. No one else can bring the whole unique impact of you to another human being.

　　Share your uniqueness. Let it flow out freely among your family and friends, and the people you meet in the rush and clutter of living, wherever you are. That gift of yourself was given to you to enjoy and share. Give yourself away!

　　See it! Receive it!

　　Let it inform you, move you and inspire you!

　　You are unique!

　　翻译：你是独一无二的

　　请欣赏你自己的独特吧!你不用伪装自己以使你看起来和别人一样,也无需掩藏你在别人看来所具有的独特性。

　　你生来与众不同。现在你所拥有的思想,灵魂,精神是任何时刻、任何地点的其他人都不曾拥有的。

　　如果你不存在了,那么上帝的作品中就有了一个缺憾,历史也不再完整,人类发展也有了缺失。

　　珍惜你所拥有的独特性。这是上天给你的礼物,请欣赏并学会分享它。

　　没有人能像你一样乐于帮助别人。没有人能像你一样表达自己。也没人能够表达你想传达的意思。没有人能用你所特有的方式来安慰别人。也没有人能够像你一样善解人意。没有人能像你一样感受快乐、无忧无虑,也没有人能像你一样微笑。总而言之,没有人能够把你的特性展示给其他人。

　　分享你的独特性吧!尽情地将你的独一无二展示给其他人,英语短文不管是你的亲人和朋友还是你在纷繁复杂的生活中所遇到的.路人。请欣赏并分享上帝给你的这份独特的礼物吧。释放你自己!

　　感知它并且接受它!

　　听从你的独特性,让它影响你、感动你并且激励你前进!

　　你是独一无二的!

　　英语阅读文章 17

　　Every morning Mike goes to work by train.

　　每天早上迈克坐火车去上班。

　　As he has a long trip, he always buys a newspaper.

　　由于路途遥远，他总会买一份报纸。

　　It helps to make the time pass more quickly.

　　它可以让时间过得更快一点。

　　One Tuesday morning, he turned to the sports page.

　　一个星期二的早晨，他把报纸翻到体育版。

　　He wanted to read the report about an important football match.

　　他想读一篇关于一场重要足球比赛的报道。

　　The report was so interesting that he forgot to get off at his station.

　　这篇报道很有趣，以至于他忘了下车。

　　He didnt know it until he saw the sea. 直到他看到大海他才知道。

　　He got off at the next station, and had to wait a long time for a train to go back. 他在下一站下了车，然后要等很久才有回去的.车。

　　Of course, he got to the office very late. 当然，他上班迟到了。

　　His boss was very angry. 他的老板非常生气。

　　英语阅读文章 18

　　We used to have a cat called Tiger.

　　我们曾经养了一只名叫老虎的猫。

　　He was a beautiful tabby with a great deal of character.

　　他是一只漂亮的.虎斑猫，很有个性。

　　He was a natural hunter, and very soon no mouse dared to show its face in our house.

　　他是一个天生的猎人，很快就没有老鼠敢在我们家里露面了。Unfortunately Tiger also used to catch a lot of birds and this made him very unpopular with some of the neighbors.

　　不幸的是，老虎也经常抓鸟，这使得他在一些邻居中非常不受欢迎。

　　One day, just after his second birthday, Tiger disappeared.

　　有一天，就在他的第二个生日之后，老虎消失了。

　　Perhaps he was run over by a car, for at that time we lived near a busy street.

　　也许他被车轧了，因为那时我们住在一条繁忙的街道附近。

　　Although we offered a reward. 尽管我们提供了奖励。

　　We never discovered what had happened to him and we never saw him again.

　　我们不知道他发生了什么，从此再也没有见过他。

　　英语阅读文章 19

　　Many boys and girls in western countries wear the same clothes.

　　在西方国家，很多男孩和女孩穿一样的衣服。

　　Many of them have long hair, so it is hard to tell whether they are boys or girls.

　　他们中的'许多人有长头发，所以很难辨别他们是男孩还是女孩。

　　One day an old man is sitting on a chair near a pool.

　　一天，一个老人正坐在靠近池边的椅子上。

　　A person is beside him.

　　一个人在他身边。

　　The old man asks the person, “Is that a boy or a girl in the pool?”

　　老人问那个人,“在泳池里的那个是男孩还是女孩？“

　　The person answers, “A girl. She is my daughter.”

　　那个人答道，“是个女孩儿。她是我女儿。”

　　“Oh, sorry,” the old man says.

　　“哦, 对不起,” 老人说。

　　“I didnt know you were her mother.”

　　“我不知道你是她的母亲。”

　　“You are wrong,” the person says.

　　“Im her father.”

　　“你错了,”这个人说。

　　“我是她的父亲”。

　　英语阅读文章 20

　　There are some boys who think they are already men and go to the barbers to be shaved.

　　有些男孩认为他们已经是男人了，就去理发店刮胡子。

　　Once a boy came into a barbershop and asked the barber to shave him.

　　曾经一个男孩走进一家理发店，让理发师给他刮胡子。

　　The barber asked him to sit down and soaped his face.

　　理发师让他坐下，在他脸上擦上了肥皂泡。

　　Then he left the boy alone. 然后他离开了，留男孩一个人。

　　He stood at the door laughing and talking with another barber.

　　他站在门口和另一个理发师有说有笑。

　　The young gentleman waited for some minutes and then shouted: “Why are you leaving me here all this time?”

　　年轻的绅士等了几分钟，然后喊道：“你为什么一直把我留在这里?”

　　The barber replied, “I am waiting until your beard grows.”

　　理发师说，“我是等你的胡子长出来。”

1.精选英语小短文阅读

　　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 white 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 the sleigh-bells, beating as swift and merrily as the hearts of children.

　　初雪降临，多么美啊！它整日整夜那么静静地飘着，落在山岭上，落在草地上，落在世人的屋顶上，落在逝者的坟墓上。在一片白茫茫之中，只有河流在美丽的画面上划出一道弯弯曲曲的黑线；还有那叶儿落净的树木，映衬着铅灰色的天空，更显得枝丫交错，姿态万千。初雪飘落时，是何等的宁谧，何等的幽静！一切声响都趋沉寂，一切噪音都化作柔和的音乐。再也听不见马蹄得得，再也听不见车轮辚辚！唯有雪橇的铃铛，奏出和谐的乐声，那明快欢乐的节拍犹如孩子们心房的搏动。

2.精选英语小短文阅读

　　It was sunny and very hot today. I got up early and helped my parents cook breakfast. Then I washed the dishes and cleaned the room. After a short rest I did my homework in the morning. In the afternoon I went swimming in the nearest swimming pool with my friends. It was really cool to swim in such a hot day. I surfed the internet and read a storybook in the evening. I really had a busy and happy day.

　　翻译：

　　今天天气晴朗比较热。 我起得很早，帮父母做早饭。然后我洗碗打扫屋子。休息一会后我上午做作业。 下午我和朋友去我家近的游泳池游泳。 在如此炎热的夏天游泳的确很棒。 晚上我上网、看故事书。我今天很忙过得很快乐。

3.精选英语小短文阅读

　　Lan and Fred were boys. They were both twelve years old, and they were in the same class in their school.

　　Last Friday afternoon they had a fight in class, and their teacher was very angry. He said to both of them, “Stay here after the lessons this afternoon, and write your names a thousand times.”

　　After the last lesson, all the other boys went home, but Lan and Fred stayed in the classroom with their teacher and begin writing their names. Then Fred began crying.

　　The teacher looked at him and said,” Why are you crying, Fred?” “Because his name’s Lan May, and mine’s Frederick Hollingsworth,” Fred said.

　　易恩和富雷得都是男孩，他们都十二岁了。他们在学校里是同班同学。上周五下午他们在学校里打了一架。为此老师很生气。老师对他们说：“下午下课后留在着把你们的名字写一千遍。” 后一节课下课，所有的学生都回家了。只有易恩和富雷得被他们的老师留在教师里抄写他们的名字。 接着富雷得哭了起来。 老师看了看他问：“富雷得，你为什么要哭呢?” “因为他的名字是Lan May, 而我的名字确是Frederick Hollingsworth，”富雷得回答道。

4.精选英语小短文阅读

　　There are many students in middle school wear the glasses, and many of them were wearing the glasses since little. We have to protect our eyes, prevent them from the short-sightedness. We should keep a good sitting posture, never read the books too closely. We’d better have a short break every hour of reading, close eyes or look at the distance. We should do the eye exercises every day. In the evening, we also shouldn’t read while we are lying. And more important, we shouldn’t spend hour and hour starring at our cellphone. We all should protect our eyes.

　　有很多中学生都带着眼镜，其中很多人从很小就开始戴了。我们必须要保护我们的眼睛，预防眼睛近视。我们应该保持良好的坐姿，看书的时候不要离太近。我们好每看一个小时的书能短暂休息一下，闭上眼睛或者看向远方。我们应该每天都做眼保健操。晚上的时候，我们也不要边躺着边看书。更重要的是，我们不要连续花几个小时盯着手机看。我们都应该保护我们的眼睛。

5.精选英语小短文阅读

　　Television has come into our lives for many years. We can nearly say that we can’t live happily without television. It can give us the latest information and news. It can open up our eyes and enlarge our knowledge. We can be entertained by the programs on television. Otherwise,we’ll be boring all day if there is no television. Television programs are attractive. After a whole day’s hard work, we can sit before the television enjoying ourselves. How wonderful it is!

　　电视已经进入到我们的生活很多年了。我们几乎可以说没有电视我们的生活就不会快乐。电视能够给我们新的信息和新闻。它可以拓展我们的视野和扩大我们的知识面。电视节目可以娱乐我们。否则，如果没有电视的话我们一整天都会很无聊。电视节目很有吸引力。一整天的辛苦工作后，我们可以坐在电视机前享受。这是多美好的事情啊！

　　However, television also does harm to people’s health. It’s bad for us to watch TV too long, especially bad for our eyes. Besides, watching TV may take the time to study or play on outside world. In short, television is good and we should make use of it appropriately.

　　然而，电视也会对人们的健康有害。长时间看电视对我们是不好的，特别是有损眼睛。此外，看电视可能会占据大部分学习或者出去玩的时间。总之，电视是好的，我们应该适当利用它。

　　电视在现今生活是每家的必备品，面对电视，同学们将如何表达呢？

6.精选英语小短文阅读

　　once there were two mice. they were friends. one mouse lived in the country; the other mouse lived in the city. after many years the country mouse saw the city mouse; he said, "do come and see me at my house in the country." so the city mouse went. the city mouse said, "this food is not good, and your house is not good. why do you live in a hole in the field? you should come and live in the city. you would live in a nice house made of stone. you would have nice food to eat. you must come and see me at my house in the city."

　　the country mouse went to the house of the city mouse. it was a very good house. nice food was set ready for them to eat. but just as they began to eat they heard a great noise. the city mouse cried, " run! run! the cat is coming!" they ran away quickly and hid.

　　after some time they came out. when they came out, the country mouse said, "i do not like living in the city. i like living in my hole in the field. for it is nicer to be poor and happy, than to be rich and afraid."

　　翻译

　　从前，有两只老鼠，它们是好朋友。一只老鼠居住在乡村，另一只住在城里。很多年以后，乡下老鼠碰到城里老鼠，它说：“你一定要来我乡下的家看看。”于是，城里老鼠就去了。乡下老鼠领着它到了一块田地上它自己的家里。它把所有精美食物都找出来给城里老鼠。城里老鼠说：“这东西不好吃，你的家也不好，你为什么住在田野的地洞里呢?你应该搬到城里去住，你能住上用石头造的漂亮房子，还会吃上美味佳肴，你应该到我城里的家看看。”

　　乡下老鼠就到城里老鼠的家去。房子十分漂亮，好吃的东西也为他们摆好了。可是正当他们要开始吃的时候，听见很大的一阵响声，城里的老鼠叫喊起来：“快跑!快跑!猫来了!”他们飞快地跑开躲藏起来。

　　过了一会儿，他们出来了。当他们出来时，乡下老鼠说：“我不喜欢住在城里，我喜欢住在田野我的洞里。因为这样虽然贫穷但是快乐自在，比起虽然富有却要过着提心吊胆的生活来说，要好些。”

7.精选英语小短文阅读

　　Once upon a time, the animals living on the ground and those flying in the sky fought against each other. However, a bat could not take part on either side because he was timid and had no courage.
When the beasts seemed like winning, the bat went to them and said, "I would like to fight with you." They believed him.

　　Yet, the bat began to worry, as the birds started to move ahead. So, the bat went to them and begged, "I am on your side because I am winged, too."

　　They pleasantly accepted the bat. "Sure. Since you have wings, you are on our side." The fight between the birds and the beasts continued and the bat went back and forth to the winning side.

　　Then one day, peace was made in the woods. The birds and the beasts learned that the bat went hither and thither between them. All the animals determined to expel him. Turned away from both sides, the bat started to live in a dark cave.

　　从前，地上的动物和天上的动物经常打架。然而，蝙蝠无法参加任何一方的队伍，因为他很胆小，缺乏勇气。
　　当野兽快要胜利的时候，蝙蝠赶过去说：“我要跟你并肩战斗。”他们相信了蝙蝠。

　　然而，鸟儿们占上风的时候，蝙蝠又开始担心。于是，蝙蝠转而投靠他们恳求道：“我是你们这边，你们看我也有翅膀。”

　　他们愉快地接受了蝙蝠。“当然。既然你有翅膀，你就是我们的战友。”鸟儿与野兽的打斗仍然没有停止，蝙蝠来来回回地投靠每次胜利的一方。

　　一天，树林里终于迎来了和平。鸟和野兽得知蝙蝠在他们中间来回地欺骗。所有的动物都同意驱逐他。两方的队伍都不欢迎他，于是，蝙蝠开始在黑暗的洞穴里生活。

8.精选英语小短文阅读

　　When I was small, my mother told me that apple was good for my health, because it contained so many vitamins. Since then, I almost eat an apple a day, I fall in love with apple. The apple not only tastes sweet, but also makes my skin look good, there is a saying that once an apple a day, keeps the doctor away. It really happens to me.

　　当我还小的时候，我的妈妈告诉我苹果对我的健康有好处，因为它包含了很多维生素。打从那时起，我几乎每天吃一个苹果，我爱上了苹果。苹果不仅尝起来鲜甜，也能让我的皮肤看上去很好，有一句话每天吃一个苹果，就能保持健康。在我身上看起来真是这样。

9.精选英语小短文阅读

　　I think smiling is as important as sunshine. Smiling is like sunshine because it can make people happy and have a good day. If you aren’t happy, you can smile, and then you will feel happy. Someone may say, “But I don’t feel happy.” Then I would say, “Please smile as you do when you are happy or play with your friends happily. You will really be happy again.”

　　Smiling can let you have more friends.So I say, smiling is like a flower. It will give you happiness.

　　微笑

　　我认为微笑是一样重要的像阳光。 微笑是象阳光，因为它可能使人愉快和有一个早晨好。 如果您不是愉快的，您能微笑，您然后将感觉愉快。 某人也许说， “但是我不感到愉快”。 然后我会说， “请微笑，您，当您愉快地是愉快或戏剧与您的朋友。 您真正地再将是愉快的”。

　　微笑可能让您有更多朋友。如此我说，微笑是象花。 它将给您幸福。

10.精选英语小短文阅读

　　Stolen Turkey

　　Ducking into confession with a turkey in his arms, Brian said, "Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned. I stole this turkey to feed my family. Would you take it and settle my guilt?"

　　布莱恩抱着一只火鸡，非常苦恼，他说：“原谅我，神父，我有罪。我偷来这只火鸡给我家人吃。你能告慰我的罪吗”

　　"Certainly not," said the Priest. "As penance, you must return it to the one from whom you stole it."

　　“当然不行，”神父说。“你必须把它还回去，这样才能赎罪。”

　　"I tried," Brian sobbed, "but he refused. Oh, Father, what should I do?"

　　“我试过了。”布莱恩抽泣着，“但是他拒绝了。神父，我到底该怎么办呢?”

　　"If what you say is true, then it is all right for you to keep it for your family."

　　“如果你说的是真的，那你就留着它吧。”

　　Thanking the Priest, Brian hurried off.

　　谢过了神父，布莱恩跑开了。

　　When confession was over, the Priest returned to his residence. When he walked into the kitchen, he found that someone had stolen his turkey.

　　告诫会结束后 ，神父回到住处。当他走到厨房的时候，他发现火鸡不见了。

1.英语阅读范文 篇一

　　A man had an ass 1 and lovely lap-dog.

　　The ass was left in a stable, and had plenty of oats and day to eat, just as any other ass would. The lap-dog knew many tricks, and was a great favorite with his master.

　　The master seldom went out to dine or to super without bringing him something nice to eat when he jumped about him in a pleasant manner.

　　The ass, on the contrary, had much work to do, in grinding the corn-mill and in carrying wood from the forest or burdens from the farm,. He often co planed about his own hard fate, and contrasted it with the luxury and idleness of the lap-dog.

　　At last one day he broke the chain and ran into his master's house, kicking up his heels without measuring and jumping as well as he could, he next tried to jump about his master as he had seen the lap-dog do, but he broke the table, and smashed all the dishes on it to pieces. He then tried to lick his master, and jumped upon his back.

　　The servants hearing the strange noise, and imagining the danger of his master, quickly helped him out of the situation and drove out the ass to his stable, with kicks and beatings.

　　The ass, as he returned to his stall beaten nearly to death, thus cried and said sadly, “I have brought it all on myself! Why could I not have been contented to labor with my companions, and not wish to be idle all the day like that useless little alp-dog”.

2.英语阅读范文 篇二

　　Since his horse refused to go forward, a traveler in the state of Song drove it into a stream, then mounted to set off again. Still the horse refused to go, and he punished it once more in the same way.

　　This happened three times in all. Even the most skillful rider could devise no better means of frightening a horse; but if you are not a rider, simply a bully, your horse will refuse to carry you.

3.英语阅读范文 篇三

　　Cell phone as high-tech product are becoming more popular nowadays,they can let us keep in contact touch with parents and friends.

　　In my word,it has four advantages.First,when we have pressing business to talk with ,we can talk be cell photo.Second,when we can't go home on time,we can phone to our parents ,then they won't worry about us.Third,when we meet with danger,we can turn to friends or the police for help by cell phone.Fourth,

　　It carry the functions like alarm clock,schedule ,and so on.

4.英语阅读范文 篇四

　　Sometimes you may feel depressed that there is always somebody who does better than you at certain aspects,you may feel envy,you may hit that person for his advantage to you.

　　These thoughts are really wrong,you should find the solutions from yourself,rink about the following questions:did i work hard,am i a delinquent person ,where should i prompt?we are all the same ,genius is just the one spending more than others,so ,if they can do it ,they can be nonmember,then why we can't be believe in yourself,and anyone can succeed.

5.英语阅读范文 篇五

　　Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity,of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease.This often exists in a man of sixty more than a boy of twenty.Nobody grows old merely by a number of years.We grow old by deserting our ideals.

　　青春意味着战胜懦弱的那股大丈夫气概和摈弃安逸的那种冒险精神。往往一个60岁的老者比一个20岁的'青年更多一点这种劲头。人老不仅仅是岁月流逝所致，更主要的是不思进取的结果。

　　Years may wrinkle the skin,but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.Worry,fear,self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust.

　　光阴可以在颜面上留下印记，而热情之火的熄灭则在心灵上刻下皱纹。烦恼、恐惧、缺乏自信会扭曲人的灵魂，并将青春化为灰烬。

6.英语阅读范文 篇六

　　A PIGEON,oppressed by excessive thirst,saw a goblet of water painted on a signboard.Not supposing it to be only a picture,she flew towards it with a loud whir and unwittingly dashed against the signboard,jarring herself terribly.Having broken her wings by the blow,she fell to the ground,and was caught by one of the bystanders.

　　Zeal should not outrun discretion.

　　翻译：口渴的鸽子

　　有只鸽子口渴得很难受，看见画板上画着一个水瓶，以为是真的.。他立刻呼呼地猛飞过 去，不料一头碰撞在画板上，折断了翅膀，摔在地上，被人轻易地捉住了。

　　这是说，有些人想急于得到所需的东西，一时冲动，草率从事，就会身遭不幸。

7.英语阅读范文 篇七

　　It is true that summer is hot, very hot.But the wicked summer sun is nothing to me, for I don't usually go out.What I like to do best during the long summer vacation is to stay in my own little room and read.I love to read, but during the school year I could hardly find a free moment for reading.Endless assignments press down upon me like a mountain.I feel confined and imprisoned.

　　Once the summer vacation comes, however, I have all the time in the world to read and read and read.I read everything I want to read.I read to my heart's content.My room maybe small, and the sun maybe hot, but I'm free, I'm happy, I'm really living!Oh, how I love summer!

8.英语阅读范文 篇八

　　New Year is coming.Most people are looking forward to it and indulged in the happiness from it.But there are some people are having harbor malicious intentions.In order to gain more money to have a happy new year, some people will get money from some illegal ways, some as rob or steal.When people are waiting bus in the bus station, there may be some people driving like wild men to rob them.

　　When people stay in their house, there may be someone cheat them to open the door and medicine you, then rob their house.The rate for that kind of crime will increase as the New Year is coming.So, everybody needs to be careful.

9.英语阅读范文 篇九

　　Positive people have effective self talk. They are aware of the story they tell themselves, and don’t allow their own thoughts to discourage them. Additionally, they are realistic with their expectations. Positive people don’t feed themselves lies about their weaknesses or how difficult the situation is. Instead, they tell themselves what they need to do to succeed. Negative people are their own worst enemy. They struggle to see the bright side of anything, even if they are successful. They are also masterful at focusing on all the negative aspects, and diminishing their own confidence.

10.英语阅读范文 篇十

　　“What is my body saying?”

　　Positive people carry themselves like champions. They are purposeful in the way they interact with people and their facial expressions show positivist. Negative people carry themselves small. They hang their heads, and look down. Just by looking at them, you would think they are mad, sad, or indifferent — definitely not happy.

1.英语阅读文章精选 篇一

　　BOOKS 书籍

　　As is well known, books teach us to learn life, truth, science and many other useful things.They increase our knowledge, broaden our minds and strengthen our character.In other words, they are our good teachers and wise friends.This is the reason why our parents always encourage us to read more books.Reading is a good thing, but we must pay great attention to the choice of books.It is true that we can derive benefits from good books.However, bad books will do us more harm than good.

　　如众所周知，书籍教我们学习人生，真理，科学以及其它许多有用的东西。它们增加我们的知识，扩大我们的心胸并加强我们的品格。换句话说，它们是我们的良师益友。这是为什么我们的父母终是鼓励我们要多读书的理由。

　　读书是一好事，但我们必须多加注意书的选择。不错，我们能从好书中获得益处。然而，坏书却对我们有害无益。

2.英语阅读文章精选 篇二

　　Courage

　　勇气

　　The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less amagnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy. A man does what he must in spite ofpersonal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures and thatis the basis of all human morality．

　　生活之中的勇气，通常不会像千钧一发时的勇气那样充满戏剧性；但他人不失为是一个胜利与悲剧的壮观组合。一个人将个人得失，障碍、危险还有压力抛在脑后，只是做他必须做的，而这便是人类一切道德的基础。

　　To be courageous…requires no exceptional qualifications, no magic formula, no special combination of time, place andcircumstance. It is an opportunity that sooner or later is presented to us all.Politics merely furnishes one arena which imposes special tests of courage. In whatever arena of life, one may meet the challenge of courage, whatever may bethe sacrifices he faces if he follows his conscience, the loss of his friends,his fortune, his contentment, even the esteem of his fellow men, each man must decidefor himself the course he will follow. The stories of past courage can definethat ingredient, they can teach, they can offer hope, they can provideinspiration. But they cannot supply courage itself. For this each man must lookinto his own soul．

　　勇敢，不需要突出的品质，不需要秘诀，不需要天时地利，每个人或早或晚都有机会。政治不过是对勇气进行特别考验的一个竞技场而已，在人生的每一个竞技场上勇气都会前来挑战。如果你跟随你的良心，那么任何东西都可能被牺牲：朋友，财产，满足，甚至是别人对你的尊重。走哪条路只能由自己来决定。前人的故事可以告诉你什么叫勇敢。他们能够教你，能够给你希望和灵感，但不能给你真正的勇气，要得到它你必须要发掘自己的灵魂。

3.英语阅读文章精选 篇三

　　The Selfish Giant

　　自私的巨人

　　Every afternoon, as they were coming from school, the children used to go and play in the Giant's garden.

　　每天下午，孩子们放学回来，总会去巨人的花园里玩耍。

　　It was a large lovely garden, with soft green grass. Here and there over the grass stood beautiful flowers like stars, and there were twelve peach-trees that in the spring-time broke out into delicate blossoms of pink and pearl, and in the autumn bore rich fruit. The birds sat on the trees and sang so sweetly that the children used to stop their games in order to listen to them. "How happy we are here!" they cried to each other.

　　这是一个可爱的大花园，长满了柔嫩的青草。草丛间到处盛开着美丽的鲜花，如繁星点点。花园里还有十二棵桃树，每到春天，粉红色和珍珠色的花朵姣美诱人，到了秋天树上果实累累。鸟儿栖息在枝头动听地唱着，孩子们都禁不住停止游戏，细心聆听。“我们在这儿多么快乐!”他们互相欢叫。

　　One day the Giant came back. 1-1e had been to visit his friend the Cornish ogre, and had stayed with him for seven years. After the seven years were over he had said all that he had to say, for his conversation was limited, and he determined to return to his own castle.When he arrived he saw the children playing in the garden.

　　有一天巨人回来了。他去拜访康沃尔的怪物朋友，和他一起住了七年。七年结束了，巨人说完了想说的话，因为他的话总有个尽头，他决定回到自己的城堡。当他到家的时候，看见孩子们正在花园里玩耍。

　　"What are you doing here?" he cried in a very gruff voice, and the children ran away.

　　“你们在这儿做什么!”他非常粗暴地喊道，孩子们跑开了。

　　"My own garden is my own garden," said the Giant; "any one can understand that, and I will allow nobody to play in it but myself." So he built a high wall all round it, and put up a notice-board.

　　“我自己的花园就是我自己的，”巨人说道，“随便什么人都明白。除了我以外，我不允许任何人在花园里玩。”于是他在花园的四周砌起了高高的围墙，支起一块告示牌。

4.英语阅读文章精选 篇四

　　Television has come into our lives for many years. We can nearly say that we can’t live happily without television. It can give us the latest information and news. It can open up our eyes and enlarge our knowledge. We can be entertained by the programs on television. Otherwise,we’ll be boring all day if there is no television. Television programs are attractive. After a whole day’s hard work, we can sit before the television enjoying ourselves. How wonderful it is!

　　电视已经进入到我们的生活很多年了。我们几乎可以说没有电视我们的生活就不会快乐。电视能够给我们最新的信息和新闻。它可以拓展我们的视野和扩大我们的知识面。电视节目可以娱乐我们。否则，如果没有电视的话我们一整天都会很无聊。电视节目很有吸引力。一整天的辛苦工作后，我们可以坐在电视机前享受。这是多美好的事情啊！

　　However, television also does harm to people’s health. It’s bad for us to watch TV too long, especially bad for our eyes. Besides, watching TV may take the time to study or play on outside world. In short, television is good and we should make use of it appropriately.

　　然而，电视也会对人们的健康有害。长时间看电视对我们是不好的，特别是有损眼睛。此外，看电视可能会占据大部分学习或者出去玩的时间。总之，电视是好的，我们应该适当利用它。

　　电视在现今生活是每家的必备品，面对电视，同学们将如何表达呢？

5.英语阅读文章精选 篇五

　　It was sunny and very hot today. I got up early and helped my parents cook breakfast. Then I washed the dishes and cleaned the room. After a short rest I did my homework in the morning. In the afternoon I went swimming in the nearest swimming pool with my friends. It was really cool to swim in such a hot day. I surfed the internet and read a storybook in the evening. I really had a busy and happy day.

　　翻译：

　　今天天气晴朗比较热。 我起得很早，帮父母做早饭。然后我洗碗打扫屋子。休息一会后我上午做作业。 下午我和朋友去我家最近的游泳池游泳。 在如此炎热的夏天游泳的确很棒。 晚上我上网、看故事书。我今天很忙过得很快乐。

英语阅读小短文 篇1

　　Once upon a time, a man punished his 5-year-old daughter for using up the family's only roll of expensive gold wrapping paper. Money was tight, and he became even more upset when on Christmas Eve, he saw that the child had pasted the gold paper so as to decorate a shoebox to put under the Christmas tree.

　　Nevertheless, the next morning the little girl, filled with excitement, brought the gift box to her father and said, "This is for you, Daddy!"

　　As he opened the box, the father was embarrassed by his earlier overreaction.

　　But when he opened it, he found it was empty and again his anger flared. "Don't you know, young lady, " he said harshly, "when you give someone a present there's supposed to be something inside the package!"

　　The little girl looked up at him with tears rolling from her eyes and said: "Daddy, it's not empty. I blew kisses into it until it was all full."

　　The father was crushed. He fell on his knees and put his arms around his precious little girl. He begged her to forgive him for his unnecessary anger.

　　An accident took the life of the child only a short time later. It is told that the father kept that little gold box by his bed for all the years of his life. Whenever he was discouraged or faced difficult problems he would open the box, take out an imaginary kiss, and remember the love of this beautiful child who had put it there.

　　In a very real sense, each of us as human beings have been given an invisible golden box filled with unconditional love and kisses from our children, family, friends and God.

　　There is no more precious possession anyone could hold.

　　英语阅读小短文 篇2

　　I live in Hollywood. You may think people in such a glamorous, fun-filled place are happier than others. If so, you have some mistaken ideas about the nature of happiness.

　　Many intelligent people still equate happiness with fun. The truth is that fun and happiness have little or nothing in common. Fun is what we experience during an act. Happiness is what we experience after an act. It is a deeper, more abiding emotion.

　　Going to an amusement park or ball game, watching a movie or television, are fun activities that help us relax, temporarily forget our problems and maybe even laugh. But they do not bring happiness, because their positive effects end when the fun ends.

　　I have often thought that if Hollywood stars have a role to play, it is to teach us that happiness has nothing to do with fun. These rich, beautiful inpiduals have constant access to glamorous parties, fancy cars, expensive homes, everything that spells "happiness".

　　But in memoir after memoir, celebrities reveal the unhappiness hidden beneath all their fun: depression, alcoholism, drug addiction, broken marriages, troubled children, profound loneliness.

　　The way people cling to the belief that a fun-filled, pain-free life equates happiness actually diminishes their chances of ever attaining real happiness. If fun and pleasure are equated with happiness, then pain must be equated with unhappiness. But, in fact, the opposite is true: More times than not, things that lead to happiness involve some pain.

　　As a result, many people avoid the very endeavors that are the source of true happiness. They fear the pain inevitably brought by such things as marriage, raising children, professional achievement, religious commitment, civic or charitable work, and self-improvement.

　　英语阅读小短文 篇3

　　Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed was next to the room‘s only window. The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back. The men talked for hours on end.

　　They spoke of their wives and families, their homes, their jobs, their involvement in the military service, where they had been on vacation. And every afternoon when the man in the bed by the window could sit up, he would pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window. The man in the other bed began to live for those one-hour periods where his world would be broadened and enlivened by all the activity and color of the world outside.

　　The window overlooked a park with a lovely lake. Ducks and swans played on the water while children sailed their model boats. Young lovers walked arm in arm amidst flowers of every color of the rainbow. Grand old trees graced the landscape, and a fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the distance. As the man by the window described all this in exquisite detail, the man on the other side of the room would close his eyes and imagine the picturesque scene.

　　One warm afternoon the man by the window described a parade passing by. Although the other man couldn‘t hear the band - he could see it in his mind‘s eye as the gentleman by the window portrayed it with descriptive words.

　　Days and weeks passed. One morning, the day nurse arrived to bring water for their baths only to find the lifeless body of the man by the window, who had died peacefully in his sleep. She was saddened and called the hospital attendants to take the body away.

　　As soon as it seemed appropriate, the other man asked if he could be moved next to the window. The nurse was happy to make the switch, and after making sure he was comfortable, she left him alone. Slowly and painfully, he propped himself up on one elbow to take his first look at the world outside. Finally, he would have the joy of seeing it for himself. He strained to slowly turn to look out the window beside the bed. It faced a blank wall.

　　The man asked the nurse what could have compelled his deceased roommate who had described such wonderful things outside this window. The nurse responded that the man was blind and could not even see the wall. She said, "Perhaps he just wanted to encourage you."

　　英语阅读小短文 篇4

　　A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer's showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted.

　　As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited signs that his father had purchased the car. Finally, on the morning of his graduation, his father called him into his private study. His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful wrapped gift box. Curious, but somewhat disappointed, the young man opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound Bible, with the young man's name embossed in gold.

　　Angrily, he raised his voice to his father and said, "With all your money you give me a Bible?" He then stormed out of the house, leaving the Bible.

　　Many years passed and the young man was very successful in business. He had a beautiful home and a wonderful family, but realizing his father was very old, he thought perhaps he should go to see him. He had not seen him since that graduation day. Before he could make the arrangements, he received a telegram telling him his father had passed away, and willed all of his possessions to his son. He needed to come home immediately and take care of things.

　　When he arrived at his father's house, sudden sadness and regret filled his heart. He began to search through his father's important papers and saw the still new Bible, just as he had left it years ago.

　　With tears, he opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. As he was reading, a car key dropped from the back of the Bible. It had a tag with the dealer's name, the same dealer who had the sports car he had desired. On the tag was the date of his graduation, and the words… "PAID IN FULL".

　　How many times do we miss blessings because they are not packaged as we expected? I trust you enjoyed this. Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for. Sometimes we don't realize the good fortune we have or we could have because we expect "the packaging" to be different. What may appear as bad fortune may in fact be the door that is just waiting to be opened.

　　英语阅读小短文 篇5

　　Once upon a time there was a baby eagle living in a nest perched on a cliff overlooking a beautiful valley with waterfalls and streams, trees and lots of little animals, scurrying about enjoying their lives.

　　The baby eagle liked the nest. It was the only world he had ever known. It was warm and comfortable, had a great view, and even better, he had all the food and love and attention that a great mother eagle could provide. Many times each day the mother would swoop down from the sky and land in the nest and feed the baby eagle delicious morsels of food. She was like a god to him, he had no idea where she came from or how she worked her magic.

　　The baby eagle was hungry all the time, but the mother eagle would always come just in time with the food and love and attention he craved. The baby eagle grew strong. His vision grew very sharp. He felt good all the time.

　　Until one day, the mother stopped coming to the nest.

　　The baby eagle was hungry. "I'm sure to die," said the baby eagle, all the time.

　　"Very soon, death is coming," he cried, with tears streaming down his face. Over and over. But there was no one there to hear him.

　　Then one day the mother eagle appeared at the top of the mountain cliff, with a big bowl of delicious food and she looked down at her baby. The baby looked up at the mother and cried "Why did you abandon me? I'm going to die any minute. How could you do this to me?"

　　The mother said, "Here is some very tasty and nourishing food, all you have to do is come get it."

　　"Come get it!" said the baby, with much anger. "How?"

　　The mother flew away.

　　The baby cried and cried and cried.

　　A few days later, "I'm going to end it all," he said. "I give up. It is time for me to die."

　　He didn't know his mother was nearby. She swooped down to the nest with his last meal.

　　"Eat this, it's your last meal," she said.

　　The baby cried, but he ate and whined and whined about what a bad mother she was.

　　"You're a terrible mother," he said. Then she pushed him out of the nest.

　　He fell.

　　Head first.

　　Picked up speed.

　　Faster and faster.

　　He screamed. "I'm dying I'm dying," he cried. He picked up more speed.

　　He looked up at his mother. "How could you do this to me?"

　　He looked down.

　　The ground rushed closer, faster and faster. He could visualize his own death so clearly, coming so soon, and cried and whined and complained. "This isn't fair!" he screamed.

　　Something strange happens.

　　The air caught behind his arms and they snapped away from his body, with a feeling unlike anything he had ever experienced. He looked down and saw the sky. He wasn't moving towards the ground anymore, his eyes were pointed up at the sun.

　　"Huh?" he said. "What is going on here!"

　　"You're flying," his mother said.

　　"This is fun!" laughed the baby eagle, as he soared and ped and swooped.

　　"Yes it is!" said the mother.

　　英语阅读小短文 篇6

　　One of the most interesting paradoxes in America today is that Harvard University, the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States, is now engaged in a serious debate about what a university should be, and whether it is measuring up.

　　Like the Roman Catholic Church and other ancient institutions, it is asking - still in private rather than in public - whether its past assumptions about faculty, authority, admissions, courses of study, are really relevant to the problems of the 1990s.

　　『Should Harvard or any other university be an intellectual sanctuary, apart from the political and social revolution of the age, or should it be a laboratory for experimentation with these political and social revolutions; or even an engine of the revolution? 』This is what is being discussed privately in the big clapboard houses of faculty members around the Harvard Yard.

　　The issue was defined by Waiter Lippmann, a distinguished Harvard graduate, several years ago. If the universities are to do their work, he said, they must be independent and they must be disinterested They are places to which men can turn for judgements which are unbiased by partisanship and special interest. 『Obviously, the moment the universities fall under political control, or under the control of private interests, or the moment they themselves take a hand in politics and the leadership of government, their value as independent and disinterested sources of judgement is impaired.』

　　英语阅读小短文 篇7

　　自制Self-Control

　　Self-control is essential to happiness and success.

　　自制对幸福与成功来说是不可缺少的。

　　It is the master of all the virtues1, and has its root in self-respect. Let a man yield to his impulses and passions, and from that moment he gives up his moral freedom.

　　它主宰着一切美德,并植根于自尊之中。假若一个人屈服于冲动或是感情用事,那么,从那一刻起他便放弃了道德自由。

　　It is the self-discipline of a man that enables him to go after success. Many of the great characters in history have shown this valuable quality. In ordinary life the application is the same. He who would lead must first command himself. The time of test is when everybody is excited or angry, duanwenw.com and then the well-balanced mind comes to the front.

　　自律促使人们去追求成功。历史上的许多伟人都表现出了这种可贵品质。自律同样适用于日常生活。一个人要想成为领导,他首先必须能掌控自我。当一个人激动或是生气的时候,考验的时刻便到了,这时首先应想到保持心气平和。

　　There is a very special demand for the cultivation of this quality at the present time. Young men who rush into business without education or training will do poor work. Endurance is a much better test of character than the act of heroism.

　　当前,这种特质的培养显得尤为必要。没有受过良好教育或训练的年轻人匆匆步入商界将会一事无成。忍耐比逞英雄更能考验一个人的品质。

　　A fair amount of self-examination is good. Self-knowledge is the key to self-control. Too much self-examination leads to morbidness; too little can lead to careless action. There are two things that will surely strengthen our self-control. One is attention to conscience5; the other is a spirit of good will. duanwenw.com The man who would succeed in any great undertaking must hold all his capabilities under perfect control; he must be disciplined to achieve greatness.

　　适度的自我检讨是可取的.。自知之明对自制而言极为关键。过度的自我检讨会导致病态;而检讨不足则会导致行事草率。不过,有两样东西肯定能增强我们的自制力。其一是注重良知,其二是心怀善意。一个人如果要想取得重大成功,他就必须妥善掌控自己的种植拍,他必须靠不断约束自我来走向成功。

　　英语阅读小短文 篇8

　　面朝南方Facing South

　　An old friend used to say to me, "When you are thinking of buying a new house, go and see it on a cloudy day. If you like it then, you need not doubt about liking it in better weather."

　　一个老朋友曾经告诉我:"当你考虑买一套新房时,就趁阴天的时候过去看房吧。因为如果那时你喜欢它的话,那么在天气晴朗的日子里你一定也会喜欢它。

　　We all enjoy the sun. The sun is the source of heat and life to the earth. Yet people are still to be found who deliberately shut out the sun from their rooms, and are unmindful of the Italian saying that where the sun does not go the doctor does. In this country, especially, we know the value of "facing south".

　　"我们都喜欢阳光。太阳是地球上热量与生命的来源。然而,我们仍然发现有些人总是故意关上门,将阳光挡在门外,他们忽略了一句意大利谚语"日光不上门,医生便上门"。在这个国家里,我们都知道"面朝南方"的重要性。

　　Are we not like houses? We have eyes instead of windows, but we face south, north, east, or west. Who does not know the men and the women facing north? Hard and cold, never letting a ray of sun-shine into their souls. They stand away from all the cheers and warmth of our poor humanity. They are the people who pour cold water on all our enthusiasms, have no faith in human nature, no sympathy with human sufferings.

　　我们不就像是房子吗?只不过我们没有窗户,但是我们拥有眼睛,我们可以选择面朝各个方向。我们都知道那些面朝北方的人们是怎样的。他们顽固而冷酷,从不让一丝阳光照进他们的心灵。他们总是躲在角落里,拒绝人性的欢乐与温暖。他们总是浇灭旁人热情的火焰,不相信人性,冷眼看待他人的痛苦。

　　You must know such people. They are not rich people, perfectly healthy, or people without sorrows. On the contrary, they have had a full measure of misfortune. But they have never changed their outlooks4 on life, in their faith in all things working together for good, in their belief that they are in this world to help where help is needed. What a consolation5 such people are! We go to them in entire confidence. We leave them the better and the brighter, with a firmer step, and the determination to win through the difficulties. They are "facing south".

　　你必定也认识这样一种人:他们不是有钱人,不是身体特别健全的人,也不是无忧无虑的人。相反,他们的.生活中充满了不幸。但他们从不改变对生活的态度,在他们看来,所有的事情都在朝着好的方向发展,他们坚持帮助那些需要帮助的人。他们能给人带来极大的安慰!我们满怀信心地靠近他们,离开他们的时候变得更加乐观和开朗,我们的脚步会变得更为坚定,战胜困难的决心也会更大。他们就是"面朝南方"的人。

　　英语阅读小短文 篇9

　　如果我休息,我就会生锈If I Rest, I Will Rust

　　The significant1 words found on an old key —"If I rest, I will rust"—would be an excellent motto for those who are lazy.

　　在一把旧钥匙上发现了一则意义深远的铭文——如果休息,我就会生锈。对于那些懒散的人来说,这是一句至理名言。

　　Even the most diligent person might adopt it as a reminder. If one allows his abilities to rest, duanwenw.com like the iron in the unused key, they will soon show signs of rust, and, finally, cannot do the work required of them.

　　甚至最为勤勉的人也以此为座右铭:如果一个人有才能却不去运用它们,这些才能很快就会像废弃的钥匙一样锈迹斑斑,最终无法完成自己肩负的工作。

　　Those who wish to climb to great heights must constantly keep their abilities in use, so that they may unlock the doors to knowledge.

　　要想取得卓越的成就,就必须不断运用自身的才智,这样知识的大门才会向你敞开。

　　Diligence keeps the key that opens the treasury of achievement bright. If Hugh Miller, after working hard all day in a mine, duanwenw.com had devoted his evenings to rest and relaxation, he would never have become a famous geologist4. The famous mathematician, Edmund Stone, would never have found the key to the science of mathematics if he had given his spare moments to idleness. If the young Scottish man, Ferguson, had allowed his busy brain to go to sleep while he tended sheep on the hillside instead of measuring the positions of the stars, he would never have become a distinguished astronomer ..

　　勤奋令开启成功宝库的钥匙恒久闪亮。如果休·米勒在采石场一整天的辛苦劳作后,将晚上的时光用于休息和消遣,他将不会成为名垂青史的地质学家。如果著名数学家爱德蒙·斯通在闲暇之时无所事事,又怎会发现开启数学之门的'钥匙?如果苏格兰青年弗格森在山坡上放羊时让他活跃的大脑休息放松,而不是计算星星的位置,就不会成为一名杰出的天文学家……

　　.Labor conquers all: not inconsistent or ill-directed labor, but faithful and unstopping daily effort, toward a well-directed purpose. Eternal diligence is the price of noble and enduring success.

　　劳动可以征服一切——当然,这里指的不是那些半途而废、方向错误的劳动,而是坚定执著、方向正确、日复一日的辛苦耕耘。只有坚持不懈的勤奋,才能确保卓越而持久的成功。

　　英语阅读小短文 篇10

　　Whether sixty or sixteen, there is in every human being's heart the lure of wonders, the unfailing childlike appetite of what's next and the joy of the game of living. In the center of your heart and my heart there is a wireless station: so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, courage and power from men and from the infinite, so long are you young.

　　无论是60岁还是16岁，你需要保持永不衰竭的好奇心、永不熄灭的孩提般求知的渴望和追求事业成功的欢乐与热情。在你我的心底，有一座无线电台，它能在多长时间里接收到人间万物传递来的`美好、希望、欢乐、鼓舞和力量的信息，你就会年轻多长时间。

　　An individual human existence should be like a river—small at first, narrowly contained within its banks, and rushing passionately past boulders and over waterfalls. Gradually the river grows wider, the banks recede, the waters flow more quietly, and in the end, without any visible break, they become merged in the sea, and painlessly lose their individual being.

　　人的生命应当像河流，开始是涓涓细流，受两岸的限制而十分狭窄，尔后奔腾咆哮，翻过危岩，飞越瀑布，河面渐渐开阔，河岸也随之向两边隐去，最后水流平缓，森森无际，汇入大海之中，个人就这样毫无痛苦地消失了。

　　Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity,of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease.This often exists in a man of sixty more than a boy of twenty.Nobody grows old merely by a number of years.We grow old by deserting our ideals.

　　青春意味着战胜懦弱的那股大丈夫气概和摈弃安逸的那种冒险精神。往往一个60岁的老者比一个20岁的青年更多一点这种劲头。人老不仅仅是岁月流逝所致，更主要的是不思进取的结果。

　　Years may wrinkle the skin,but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust.

　　光阴可以在颜面上留下印记，而热情之火的熄灭则在心灵上刻下皱纹。烦恼、恐惧、缺乏自信会扭曲人的灵魂，并将青春化为灰烬。

　　英语阅读小短文 篇11

　　There are moments in life when you miss someone so much that you just want to pick them from your dreams and hug them for real! Dream what you want to dream;go where you want to go;be what you want to be,because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do.

　　May you have enough happiness to make you sweet,enough trials to make you strong,enough sorrow to keep you human,enough hope to make you happy? Always put yourself in others’shoes.If you feel that it hurts you,it probably hurts the other person, too.

　　The happiest of people don’t necessarily have the best of everything;they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.Happiness lies for those who cry,those who hurt, those who have searched,and those who have tried,for only they can appreciate the importance of people

　　who have touched their lives.Love begins with a smile,grows with a kiss and ends with a tear.The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past, you can’t go on well in lifeuntil you let go of your past failures and heartaches.

　　When you were born,you were crying and everyone around you was smiling.Live your life so that when you die,you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.

　　Please send this message to those people who mean something to you,to those who have touched your life in one way or another,to those who make you smile when you really need it,to those that make you see the brighter side of things when you are really down,to those who you want to let them know that you appreciate their friendship.And if you don’t, don’t worry,nothing bad will happen to you,you will just miss out on the opportunity to brighten someone’s day with this message.

　阅读英语的作文 1

　　I like reading.I think it is interesting and relaxing for me. On the weekend,I usually go to the library to read books. The library has many kinds of books. It has story books,Literary books，history books,geography books and so on.

　　I like reading Literary books .It is good for my composition.I like Jane Eyre,Pride and Prejudice ，A dream of red mansions ，The four books and so on.I think this brilliant books are very useful for me.I usually read this books for two hours on weekends.

　　I also like reading magazines.I like reading Family, Reader, Youth Literary Digest and so on.The magazines can give me a lot of writeing materials!When I read them,I feel happy!

　　“A good book is a good friend.”That is right.I love reading!

　　阅读英语的作文 2

　　I lik rading vry much. Whn I was a small girl, I was intrstd in rading pictur books on scinc and history. At th ag of svn, I ntrd a primary school and bgan to rad mor books.

　　Now I am a middl school studnt. I hav many subjcts to larn. vry day I must finish a lot of homwork.I am vry busy. But whn I hav spar tim I still want to rad som story books. On day my young sistr brought m a book Xl YOU J I.I rad th book with GRat intrst. I lik Monky King vry much.

　　阅读英语的作文 3

　　Reading Interests of Senior Middle School Students.

　　Recently, a survey has been on to find out the reading interests of senior middle school students.

　　ln this survey, one thousand senior middle school students from ten schools in Hubei Province were interviewd. They were asked which they liked reading most among the four categories of English articles: news, stories, popular science articles and articles about learning methods. The survey shows that more than half of the students like to read news most.

　　Twenty-six percent of the students say that English stories are their favorite. Only seven percent of the students are most interested in reading articles about learning methods. However, the number of the students who enjoy reading popular science articles doubles that of those who prefer reading articles about learning methods.

　　阅读英语的作文 4

　　In the 21 century, most homes have TVs, videos and DVDs. Most children get information and knowledge from the TVs, videos and DVDs. But I still like reading. I think it is very interesting. It makes me happy and clever. After lunch, I like reading books in the sunshine. Before sleeping, I like reading books and drinking a glass of milk. At the weekend, I always spend a lot of time staying at the library.

　　I can say that I have grown up with books. If you dont like reading, please try reading a book, you can learn a lot!

　　在21世纪，大多数家庭都有电视、视频和DVD。大多数孩子从电视、视频和DVD中获取信息和知识。我还是喜欢读书。我觉得这很有趣。它让我快乐和聪明。午饭后，我喜欢在阳光下看书。睡觉前，我喜欢看书和喝一杯牛奶。周末，我总是花很多时间呆在图书馆。

　　我可以说我是和书一起长大的。如果你不喜欢看书，请试着看一本书，你可以学到很多东西！

　　阅读英语的作文 5

　　The Value of Reading Books People often say that gold and silver are the most valuable things in the world.But I dont think so.In my opinion, to read books is more valuable than anything else.

　　The old saying"To open a book is always helpful"clearly shows us how good it is to read a book.Books are our friends.

　　They introduce us different kinds of knowledge.They lead us down the road to success.Books are our teachers.They teach us truth, science, literature, and philosophy of life, besides they increase our knowledge, enlarge our experience, strengthen our character and do many other things which we can not do without them.We have to learn as long as we live.But our life is limited, and the knowledge is boundless.

　　There are many things which are very necessary to learn and there are also many which should be avoided.Books tell us what is good and what is evil.And only books can tell the good from the bad.Therefore to read more books is the best policy for our young students.

　　阅读英语的作文 6

　　Reading can make us roam in the ocean of knowledge, I am very fond of reading.

　　Every time after school, I walk while thinking, "read yesterday? The book in there? Well... left... right, right? Right! Second row seventh on the right." The thought that can read a book, I am very happy, want to get home soon. I just came back home a voracious reading, often back too monographs and forget to do my homework, until it grew dark, I was reluctant to put down the book, open the exercise books. When do the car, because I often read a book and sat to the terminal. The book I have ever seen, there are many "five thousand years" "one thousand nights" the young big world... Every day I swim in the sea of books, go to the piranha, go to ancient savage, went to the alien to see building... Now, my belly ink also has a few barrels!

　　After reading can let a person growth knowledge, I also read more books!

　　看书可以让我们遨游在知识的海洋里，我就十分喜欢看书。

　　每一次放学时，我就边走边想：“昨天读到了什么地方？那本书放在了那里？恩....左边...不对，右边？对！右边第二排第七个。”一想到可以看书了，我就特别高兴，想马上就到家。一回到家里我就如饥似渴地看书，常常回因为太专著而忘了做作业，直到天色渐渐暗了下去，我才恋恋不舍地放下书，打开作业本。每当做车时，我也常常因为看书而一直坐到终点站。我看过的`书有许多《上下五千年》、《一千零一夜》、《少年大世界》....每一天我都畅游在书的海洋里，去看食人鱼、去远古看野人、去外星看建筑.....现在，我的肚子里的墨水也有几桶了！

　　看书可以让人增长知识，我以后还要读更多的书！

　　阅读英语的作文 7

　　The book is an indispensable part of people, gorky once said: "books are the ladder of human progress."

　　Book, give me knowledge and give me wisdom, is reading I learned that Huang Detian teacher wrote "mingle" by the book, let me know how a lot of life philosophy.

　　After I finished reading the book "mingle", I didnt find the book he is our knowledge of an ocean, with books is the most lucky thing, in the "center", I read the contents inside, is he let me understand the center of this a few words to understand, in life, I still is to respect teachers, respect for their parents, their words, we are going to listen to, because they are more knowledgeable than we, therefore, their knowledge, skills, are stronger than we; Because they love us very much, so, they will repeatedly told us that we should never complacent, dont like some people, dont respect teachers in school, no respect for their parents in the home, often with teachers and parents talk back, never go to think about it, is for the sake of his good teachers, parents, will only complain their parents and teachers, teachers and parents are sometimes said to avoid wrong shipment, a review of the wrong you, that also should correct in suitable places, and have to wait for each other to calm down, just to negotiate this matter peacefully, but also by the other party, dont mad at go against them, this will only make them more more anger, only calm, calm to solve the problem, the other has said, jun not smell "dont listen to the old man said, suffer in at the moment."

　　书是人们不可缺少的一部分，高尔基也曾经说过：“书籍是人类进步的阶梯。“

　　书，赋予我知识、赋予我智慧，看书是我了解到黄德甜老师所写的《语重心长》通过这本书，让我懂得了不少的人生哲理。

　　在我读完《语重心长》这本书后，我才发觉到书他是我们知识的一片海洋，能与书为友是最庆幸的'事，在《语重心长》里，我读懂了里面的内容，是他让我明白了语重心长这几个字的理解，在生活中的我，仍然是要懂得尊重师长、尊重父母，他们的话，我们要听，因为他们的见识比我们多，所以，他们的学识、技能也比我们强;因为他们十分关爱我们，所以，他们才会反复叮嘱我们，我们千万不要自以为是，不要像一些人，在校不尊重师长、在家不尊重父母，而经常与师长、父母顶嘴，从不去想想，师长、父母是为了他好，只会心里埋怨自己的父母与师长，难免有时师长、父母是会说错批、评错你，那也要在适合的场所纠正，和必须等对方冷静下来，才和平地去谈判这件事情，而不要在对方还在气头上去顶撞他们，这样只会更加的让他们更怒气，只有心平气和、冷静才能解决问题，古句也有说国，君不闻“不听老人言，吃亏在眼前。”

　　阅读英语的作文 8

　　I like reading very much because reading is the ladder of human progress. What’s more, reading brings us not only endless fun but also opportunities.

　　There are many available books for us to choose from, like history books, science books, literary books and so no. But what interests me most in history books---over the long course of history, the Chinese nation has witnessed changes of dynasties, transfers of governments, and foreign powers in modern history. This makes me realize the great responsibility of the development of the motherland. Therefore, we should study hard for the rise of the Chinese.

　　I sincerely hope that everyone can absorb more nutrients and cultivate a more noble character through reading.

　　阅读英语的作文 9

　　I like reading very much, because I can get a lot from books or magazines.

　　When I was little, I read books with many colorful pictures. They are very attractive with such beautiful pictures. Besides, there are some simple stories in them, so this is the beginning I learn something. Gradually, I started to read books and magazines, which really brings fun and knowledge to me. I think reading firstly brings enjoyment to people.

　　While reading, you can get information or you can imagine anything in your mind. It’s an endless journey. It can greatly broaden your imagination and thoughts.

　　阅读英语的作文 10

　　Books are so familiar with,opened the book and it is so common fonts,but contains the new knowledge，for us to explore.

　　Book is the key to open the heart,no matter what setbacks and difficulties,it will teach us how to do，to solve every thing,and improve our courage.

　　Book is also with the friends I grew up,of course,it also grew up in day by day,a grow up will have new knowledge,and I will learn it.

　　We can keep learning as a meaningful,you are interested,danger,there are exciting adventures,observe good each place,each place the difficulties,perseverance,courage leaned down,no matter how difficult and dangerous,walk to the end,is the winner,to get the happiness,happy to get the interest,with interest will naturally want to continue to explore,gain confidence,confidence inspires you to move forward.

　　In the book,the hidden profound knowledge,make you curious to know,to understand and satisfy your curiosity,so you can discover more secrets,explore constantly,constantly thinking,continuous deep,increasing knowledge,constantly find,let confidence unceasingly,in the end......

　　书是那么的熟悉，翻开书又是那么常见的字体，但却包含着全新的知识，都要我们去探索。

　　书是打开心灵的钥匙，不管遇到什么挫折和困难，它都会教导我们该怎样去做，解决好每一件事，并提高我们的勇气。

　　当然，书也是陪伴我长大的朋友，其实它也在一天天长大，一长大就有了新的知识，而我却要学习它的知识。

　　我们可以把学习当做一个有意义，有兴趣，有危险，有刺激的探险旅程，观察好每一处，每一处带来的困难，坚持不懈，勇往直前的探下去，不管有多么困难和危险，走到最后，就是胜利者，顺利获得了快乐，快乐获得了兴趣，有了兴趣就自然想继续探索，获得信心，信心激发你前进。

　　在书里，隐藏着深奥的知识，让你充满好奇的'去认识，去领悟，满足你的好奇心，因此你会发现更多的秘密，不断探究，不断思考，不断深索，不断增长知识，不断发觉，不断让信心增强，到最后……

　　阅读英语的作文 11

　　A good book not only brings happiness to people, but also comforts; it cannot only make you think deeply, but also enlighten you. A good book is a wiseman, a mentor, a friend, and a partner. My favorite thing is reading.

　　books also bring me much joy. I remember one time, my mother bought me"Insects", the book records many insects and their habits. I couldnt put itdown, and when I got home, I picked up the book and read it with interest. WhenI read the firefly insect, a beautiful scene immediately appeared in my mind: Ona summer night, I was walking in the park, and at this time, many fireflies wereflying around me. Illuminate the way forward... The more I think about it, themore excited I am, and I read it more seriously. When I read about ants, aninsect, I couldnt help but be shocked by its unity. Together, ants can movethings that are several times heavier than them. I also feel that we must learnfrom the spirit of ants. Reading and reading, I forgot the time. It wasnt untilmy mother came to ask me to eat, I reluctantly put down the book and swallowed aspit, as if swallowing wisdom into my stomach, my heart was still in thecolorful world of insects.

　　Gorky once said: "I am on books, like hungry people are on bread." Foodfeeds only our bodies, and books feed our souls. Books can increase ourknowledge, broaden our horizons, and improve our writing skills; they can bringus inspiration and happiness. "When the book is used, we hate less", so I thinkwe need to read more and read more books to make our achievements bloom likesesame seeds.

　　阅读英语的作文 12

　　I like to read books, because a good book, contains a wealth of knowledgeand good feelings. Reading a good book is across time and space, dialogue withwisdom and noble people.

　　Reading makes me rich knowledge, purify the soul. Book is the ocean ofknowledge, it is gradually broadened my horizons, improve my ability. I havebenefited a lot from reading this is self-evident.

　　Reading is a golden key for me open the door to knowledge, reading is likethe sun light up bright future for me.

　　The book, not dull, inflexible. But like a person, lively and interesting.A good book is the best teacher, is a friend, is a partner. World writer gorkyonce said: "books are the ladder of human progress."

　　Because of this, I like reading, it makes my writing improve a lot, gave mea lot of harvest.

　　Love books! It will make you have a lot of harvest.

　　阅读英语的作文 13

　　Take a cup of tea and fetch a book, the house is full of Aton Johnsvicissitudes of singing, calm down and enjoy this rare leisure time.

　　Heavy heat from the fragrant tea, flicking my cheeks, itchy, but I canttake care of it, because I was devoted to the book...

　　The book has a different position in everyones heart. People who have adesire for knowledge think that the book is a dinner, especially needed; forsome people who are busy with work, it is a pack of snacks. Some energy...

　　The book is a snack type in my mind. It is for my entertainment. Of course,I can supplement and broaden my knowledge while I am busy. It made me appreciateQin Wenjuns humor, Guo Jingmings romance, and Zhang Xiaoxians faint sorrow. Thebook gives me a huge vocabulary and gives me a deeper understanding ofliterature: literature is not the boring articles in "textbooks". Literature canbe funny and humorous, literature can be romantic and beautiful, and literaturecan also be pretentious.

　　From the thin "good children" in childhood to the thick "junior literatureand art", from the interesting "Andersens fairy tale" to the endless aftertasteof "The Dream of the Red Chamber", I also understand the value of various books.After reading some campus novels, I feel that there is a lot of excitement.After a few months, I basically have no impression. But classical literature cannot only increase your literary culture, but also learn some incomprehensibleancient poetry. Wouldn’t it be fun?

　　阅读英语的作文 14

　　As is shown above, in the middle of the picture sit two people, one of whom said, “I love reading but my favorite book is Facebook. This cartoon is trying to inform us that Internet, as a matter of fact, has been performing an indispensable role in reading for modern life.

　　There are two factors leading to this phenomenon reflected by the cartoon. For one thing, with the scientific technology developing rapidly, the internet, to a large degree, plays a dominant part in our daily life. Thus, there is no doubt that it offers us many advantages and makes our life more convenient and efficient, ranging from online meal booking to reading online. Additionally, it is a more advanced approach to access to essential and useful information. By clicking the mouse , any stories and information what I want at any given time and site can be accessed. Consequently, thats the reason why a large number of people prefer to choose the way of reading online.

　　Admittedly, much useless and false information abounds on the internet. It is advisable for us to reading more carefully and critically.

　　阅读英语的作文 15

　　Goethe said that reading a good book is like talking to a noble person, butwhen I was a kid, I had a headache when I saw the book.

　　As I grew older, I remember that when I was in the first or second grade, Icouldn’t write because of the composition and made up a mess. I lost 5 or 6points. My mother was also troubled by this. I was also very upset. There aremany things I don’t know, and I like to read more and more. I watched "AndersensFairy Tales", "Five Heroes of Langya Mountain", "Green Fairy Tales", "TwentyThousand Miles Under the Sea", etc. I was deeply intoxicated In the ocean ofbooks, my composition is getting less and less, and my parents are very happy for me.

　　Once, I saw Mai Xiaoduo, who was changing, and it made me laugh, until Iheard my mother enter my room for dinner.

　　阅读英语的作文 16

　　Reading is an interesting and useful thing.You can read a novel or a poem.Whatever you read,your view can be widened,because books are full of knowledge that are interesting and useful.Maybe someting in the books are boring,dont worry,the more deeply you study,the more curious you are.It needs time and your strong heart.

　　Im also interested in reading.In my free time,I always reading some English novels.Not only can you have a good view,but also you can improve your English.Although it is a little difficult to understand the unclear words,you can guess the meanings of the word.Little by little,your reading comprehension must be improved.

　　Reading owns the magic power,you should try it.

　　阅读英语的作文 17

　　Im Lihua, a middle school student. Though Im occupied with my study, I still spare much of my free time reading. Whenever I pick up a book, Im so absorbed in it that I even forget about dinners and sleeping. I cover a wide variety of books whose themes are colorful.

　　Ive benefited greatly from what I read. Through the talks with the famous persons, I not only learn how to overcome difficulties, but also m aster the skills of communicating with people from different cultures. Besides, Ive developed my optimism and confidence when facing the unknown. Books are my friends in life and I cant live on without reading.

　　阅读英语的作文 18

　　Some people say that reading is not good. Reading is a kind of burden, reading is locked in a tight without ventilation cages, reading as if to accept the devil training, you were dead, reading is very painful, it is the people on the lethal poison. This is just the illiterate, but I think the benefits of reading. I think the book is the ladder of human progress, is the human silent teacher, books are our friends, the book is nutrition of pills, books are food for the soul, the book let us into a heaven, there is a heaven. Reading is a kind of beautiful enjoyment. Reading, let you like into the wonderland, let your life more colorful childhood reading, cultivate your sentiments, relieve fatigue, you forget your trouble, reading is colorful sauces. Rather than call me elapsed time in playing, call me to book the ocean.

　　When I dont understand, I saw a book like hell, but as time goes by, I grow up, I know what is the real enjoyment, I learned to enjoy the pleasure of reading.

　　Read volumes, such as writing. Reading can not only enjoy pleasure, but there is a lot of help to you. Books to read, write up the article, also is like flowing, speaks also of being, is not very good?

　　Reading let me add a lot of fun, I also learned to enjoy the pleasure of reading. Golden house in my childhood, there are always two words "reading". First learn to read, only know how to enjoy the pleasure of reading. Only reading, your life to be meaningful, and your life will blossom out the light, you also dont waste this life!

篇1：英语考试阅读文章

下面是一篇英语阅读哲学文章，快来欣赏吧。

The Important Things in Life

生活中重要的事情

A philosophy professor stood before his class with some items on the table in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with rocks, about 2 inches indiameter.

课前，一位哲学教授站在讲台上，他面前的桌子上放了几样东西。上课后，教授什么也没说，他拿起一个又大又空的蛋黄酱罐子，然后往里面放入大概2英寸直径的小石块。

He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.

然后，他问学生这个罐子是否已经满了?学生们都回答说是。

So the professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles, of course, rolled into the open areas between the rocks.

然后教授就拿起一瓶小鹅卵石，然后把石头倒进罐子里，他轻轻地摇了摇罐子。这样小鹅卵石就进到石块的间隙中去。

He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.

然后，他又问学生这个罐子是否已经满了?学生们都回答说是。

The professor picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up the remaining open areas of the jar.

然后教授就拿起一瓶沙子，然后把沙子倒进罐子里，沙子又填充进了间隙中。

He then asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with a unanimous “Yes.”

然后，他又问学生们，这个罐子是否已经满了?学生们一致同意说：“已经满了。”

“Now,” said the professor, “I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The rocks are the important things C your family, your partner, your health, your children C things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full. The pebbles are the other things that matter C like your job, your house, your car. The sand is everything else, the small stuff.”

教授说：“现在，我希望你们把人生看作是这个罐子，石头就是那些重要的事情--你们的家庭，爱人，健康，孩子，吐过把除了这些之外的其他东西都丢掉，你们的人生其实还是充实的。鹅卵石就是那些对你们不是最重要但也要紧的东西，比如你的工作、房子、车。而沙子就是那些其他的无关紧要的小事情。”

“If you put the sand into the jar first,” he continued, “there is no room for the pebbles or the rocks. The same goes for your life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you. Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take your partner out dancing. There will always be time to go to work, clean the house, give a dinner party, or fix the disposal.”

教授继续说：“如果你先把沙子放进这个罐子，那罐子里就没有地方放小鹅卵石和石块了，你们的人生也是这样。如果你将所有的时间和精力都放在那些小事情上，你就不会有精力关注那些真正对你重要的东西。将精力放在那些真正和你的幸福息息相关的事情上。和你的孩子一起玩耍。带你的爱人出去跳舞。而工作，打扫屋子，举办场宴会，修理东西，这些事情总是会有时间的。”

“Take care of the rocks first C the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.”

“首先考虑岩石，即那些真正重要的事情。设置好你的优先事项。剩下的只是沙子。

篇2：英语考试阅读文章

From the golden-tipped fields of mid-west America to the ancient kingdoms of verdant Palestine, there is a happy truth to be shared with all who would take heed. In more recent times, this truth has been expressed as: April showers bring May flowers. This is a truth that promises light bursting from darkness, strength born from weakness and if one dares to believe,life emerging from death.

从美国中西部金色的田野，到巴勒斯坦嫩绿色的古老疆土，那些留心观察的人们共享着同一个快乐的真理。近来这―真理被阐述为：4月的雨带来5月的花。这真理预示着光明会从黑暗中发，刚强生自软弱;如果你敢确信，生命会从死亡中萌发!

Farmers all over the world know the importance and immutability of the seasons. They know that there is a season to plant and a season to harvest; everything must be done in its own time. Although the rain pours down with the utmost relentlessness, ceasing all outdoor activities, the man of the field lifts his face to the heavens and smiles. Despite the inconvenience, he knows that the rain provides the nourishment his crops need to grow and fiourish. The torrenhal rains in the month ofApril, give rise to the glorious flowers in the month of May.

全世界的农民们都明白季节的重要性和永恒性。他们知道在哪个季节播种，在哪个季节收获，每件事都必须应时而做! 虽 然暴雨无情地倾盆而下，并迫使所有的户外劳作停止，但土地的主人会仰天微笑。尽管有诸多不便，但是他知道，雨会为他的庄稼带来繁茂生长所需的营养。 4月里的豪雨，会带来5月里的繁花似锦。

But this ancient truth applies to more than the crops of the fields; it is an invaluable message of hope to all who experience tragedy in life. A dashed relationship with one can open up the door to a brand new friendship with another. A lost job here can provide the opportunity for a better job there. A broken dream can become the foundation of a wonderful future. Everything has its place.

但是这一古老真理并不只适用于田里的庄稼，它还是那些正经历着人生磨难的人的无限希冀：一段友谊的受挫会开启另一段崭新友谊的大门此处失去的工作会提供彼处更好的工作机会;一个梦想的破灭会成为美好未来的基石。万物皆有道!

Remember this: overwhelming darkness may endure for a night but it will never overcome the radiant light of the moming. When you are in a season of sorrow, hang in there, because a season ofjoy may be just around the comer ..

篇3：专业英语文章的阅读指导

1 略读全文, 理清文章脉络, 了解文章写作方法

专业英语文章词汇量大, 长句多, 涉及的语法知识面广, 想要一看就懂一般很难。在学习一篇文章时, 一般要求学生快速浏览全文skimming and scanning, 理清文章脉络, 注意不要被个别词、句难住而停下来。首先重点看文章的题目或页头标题, 题目往往是文章的中心意思或关键词key words。根据题目的提示找到文章中与之相关的关键词, 对高频率出现的概念性名词进行关注, 最后根据上下文的连贯意思来大致理清整篇文章的脉络及文章可以分为几个大的部分, 并把自己认为理解了的东西简洁地记下来, 弄懂文章的主旨后就可以开始详细阅读。

许多专业文章大多节选于欧美原著, 说明文体居多, 主要介绍机器类型、构造和专业技术的发明、发展及应用等, 引入了许多专业词汇, 教材内容涵盖了大量的学科知识。这类文章具有形式简练、逻辑严谨、文本专业和科学客观等特征。通过不断的大量的阅读训练, 帮助学生了解这类文章的表达习惯和常用表达式, 了解特定行业或专业文本的用语规则, 对文章行文所用的方法进行归纳总结。有的文章按照时间顺序进行类比说明一项新技术的优点, 有的按机器类别列举逐个介绍, 还有的使用举例法, 叙述法, 定义法, 对比法, 因果分析法等等。学生一旦掌握了这类文章的阅读解析方法, 有了一定的鉴赏能力, 就不会再畏惧篇幅较长的文章, 有了信心和兴趣阅读, 对培养阅读习惯提高阅读速度奠定了良好的基础。

2 正确分析段落

分析段落时, 首先要了解段落构成的特点。段落是由表达单一中心思想controlling idea or central idea的一组句子, 包括主题句topic sentence, 推展句supporting sentences及结论句concluding sentence构成, 是文章结构的基本独立单位 (Lanny, 2005) 。在阅读中, 通常培养学生抓主题句的能力, 主题句通常放在段落的开端, 用以概括段落大意, 要求全段其他文字都围绕它展开, 其特点是开门见山地摆出论点, 然后加以详细的说明。其作用是使文章的结构更清晰, 便于读者迅速地把握主题和想象全段的内容。主题句还可以放在段中起承上启下的作用, 或在段尾起概括全段的作用。如高职机电类教材《数控专业英语》unit17 Adaptive Control第三段全文如下:

The programmer must select the proper speeds and feeds for each part to be machined, so that the part is produced in the shortest period of time while considering cutting tool life.Generally, cutting tool breakage occurs because the cutter is dull, or the depth of cut is changed because of variances in workpiece thickness.Whenever a cutting tool becomes dull or is broken, the NC machine must be stopped to recondition or replace the cutting tool.To get the best productivity from an NC machine tool, optimum speeds and feeds should be used for machining operations.

本段的第一句是主题句, 接下来是推展句, 一般作进一步的事实分析和举例说明, 使中心句得到充分展开, 最后一句是结论句, 与首句呼应, 强调突出主题句, 从而有一个完整的感觉。这些句子排列合乎逻辑, 句子间使用“so that, generally, or, whenever”等词或承下启下或递进转折, 使得整个段落过渡流畅, 很有条理。在段落讲解时, 可通过提问等方法引导学生主动寻找主题句, 分析段落的层次, 了解该段落的作用及与文章中心的联系。

3 意群训练法分析长句

语篇的构成单位为段落, 段落的构成单位是句子, 而句子的最终构成单位为语言意义的基本载体单元词汇。从阅读的意义上讲, 意群就是我们平时阅读一篇文章时, 视线每停顿一次, 进入我们视线范围的单词会有多个, 而这些单词的逻辑意义紧密相连, 这种意义紧密相连的多个单词可视为一个意群 (Lanny, 2007) 。意群训练法就是按照对词汇之间意义的紧密及对句子的结构进行拆分的阅读方法, 这样不仅利于阅读速度的提升还可以提高一个人对语篇环境的适应能力。

例句:

A feature that is first becoming popular is that of torque control machining, the torque being calculated from measurements at the spindle drive motor.

如使用意群法对长句进行结构拆分, 可以解构为一个主干结构即“核心意群” (core meaning) :Feature (主语) +Be (系动词) +That (表语) 和三个小意群: (1) a feature that is first becoming popular; (2) is that torque control machining; (3) the torque being calculated from measurements at the spindle drive motor。这样, 句子意思逐渐清晰起来, 而主干结构的划分可以帮助学生在面对一堆长句时能迅速找到主谓宾, 从而掌握句子的框架。随着阅读时间的不断加长以及阅读量的不断加大, 培养学生在阅读时具备一定的自觉意识, 即, 不是象上述的那样有意去给句子划分结构及意群, 不以词汇为单元去挖掘句意, 而是随着阅读视线的不断后移, 句子中的每个意群会自然出现, 之后再对几个意群进行整合, 最后达到对句子的理解。

4 词义理解

专业文章的词汇有其自身的特点, 其词语内涵较为广泛, 词的用法灵活, 具有一词多义、一词多用以及词义概念“外延”、“内缩”等特点, 使得某些词的语义模糊、概念含混, 同一个词在不同的地方会产生不同的意义, 一词多义现象普遍, 应该视具体的语境而定 (谢建平, 2008) 。以下面的句子为例:

Tension is building up.

孤立来看, 这个句子至少有以下几种理解:

A.形势紧张起来。B.电压在增加。

C.张力在增大。D.压力在增强。

“tension”在日常生活中表示“紧张”;在力学中表示“张力”;在电学中表示“电压”;在较早的英语中它还可以表示“蒸汽机的压力” (陶谦曾庆玉, 2008) 。因此在阅读中, 词义的选择和确定很重要, 可以试图从词在句中的搭配关系、文章题材、词类及词在句中的语法功能等方面来确定词义。

在专业文章中还有一种现象比较常见, 即为了避免表达重复而常常采用多种表达形式。如“设备”一词, 分别有“apparatus”“equipment”“machinery”“device”“implement”“instrument”“tool”等英文词汇;在表达使用电火花“切割”工件时, 分别用了“erode”“melt”“remove”“cut”来表示。但对这些词进行学习和概括时可以发现它们之间意义虽相近, 但用法上有不少区别。在实际应用时, 需要视具体语言环境而灵活处理。由于拥有大量的同义词、近义词使得专业文章的语言表达丰富多彩, 有较强的表现力, 在阅读中可以根据上下文积累更多的词汇, 正确把握语义, 增加阅读的乐趣, 并领略到专业文章的美。

在课堂教学中, 教师可采用各种教学活动来吸引学生对阅读专业文章的注意力, 通过对语篇文体、写作方法, 段落、句子和词义等逐层解析进行阅读指导, 培养阅读理解能力。阅读理解专业文章还涉及很多因素, 学生的词汇量尤其专业术语的积累, 系统的语法知识水平, 文章的背景知识了解以及专业知识和能力的掌握等等都会影响文章的阅读理解。无论使用哪一种方法解读文章, 都需要长期不断地多练多读才能行之有效。

摘要：技工学校专业英语要求培养学生一定的阅读理解能力。从理清文章的脉络, 了解文章的写作方法, 正确分析段落, 意群训练法分析长句及词义确定几个步骤指导学生对文章进行阅读理解。

关键词：阅读理解,文章脉络,写作方法,段落,意群训练法,词义

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篇4：认识文章段落提高英语阅读效率

一、段落（paragraph）

段落是由组织严谨、逻辑严密、结构紧凑、紧紧围绕一个主题展开的一系列句子组成的一个整体。几乎所有多个句子的书面形式都要组成一个段落。因为段落可以清楚地表明一篇文章所分成的各个小节的起点和结尾。这可以帮助读者看清文章的组织结构从而抓住文章要点。

段落可包含不同的信息。一段文章中可能含有一长串例证，也可能有一个很长的表达中心思想的论述：它可能会描述一个地点、一个人物或一个事件；它也许是对一系列事件的描述，也许是对两个或多个事物的比较或对照分析；作者可能在一段文字中对许多事物进行分类，也可能会论述某些事物的来龙去脉。无论段落包含什么内容，它们都具有一些共同的特征。其中最重要的一条便是：每个段落都只有一个主题或一个主题句。

二、主题句（topic sentence）

一个安排恰当的段落通常是支持一个主题思想，并围绕这一主题思想而展开的。而这一主题思想是由一个叫主题句（topic sentence）的句子来表达出来。主题句通常具有许多重要功能：1.支持、证明文章的主题；2.统领段落内容，组织安排句子顺序；3.给读者提示要讨论的话题并说明讨论进行的方式。读者通常只需读一读段中的前几句就可抓住段落的主题或观点。正因为如此，主题句一般都放在段落的最前面。当然在某些情况下，在主题句前安排一两个承接前一段落的过渡句或提供背景信息的句子，会使主题的表达更有效、更显著。

尽管绝大多数段落需要有主题句，但也有在一个段落里不需要主题句的情况。例如，作者在前一段中已经明确地提出了一个主题而本段只是通过进一步陈述一些事件来支持前面所提的主题，或者在本段中所有句子和细节都是明显地（也许并不是直接地）表达某一主题时，就无需再有一个主题句了。

三、段落结构（paragraph structure）

在一篇文章中，每个段落大体上包括三个部分：引言（introduction）、正文（body）和结语（conclusion）。无论是在叙说、描述、比较、对照还是分析信息的段落中，这一框架是普遍的、共有的。而且段落中的各个部分在作者与读者之间的信息交流过程中起着各自不同的作用。

1.引言（Introduction）：出现在段落的最前面。这一部分通常含有一个主题句，同时也包括一些提供背景信息的句子或承上启下的过渡句。

2.正文（Body）：继主题句之后出现，主要用来讨论中心思想，提供事实依据、举例、论证、分析或呈现其它细节信息。

3.结论（Conclusion ）：是段落中的结束部分。主要是作者用来总结该段文章中作者所表述的中心思想和主题部分中细节信息之间的关系。

四、逻辑连贯（coherrence）

在一个逻辑严密的段落里，每个子句都与主题句或中心思想密切相关。并且相邻句子之间的衔接和过渡都非常地自然顺畅，也就是说，没有明显的转变和跳跃。一个逻辑严密、结构紧凑的段落能够将新旧信息有机地联系起来并使读者能够很明显地看出段落所表达的思想体系及其展开的形式。

除了过渡自然以外，段落的流畅性和连贯性还与其长度有关。如果一个段落很长，比如长度达正常打印稿的两页之多，那么我们一定要不时地回顾主题句和中心思想，切不可让理解被一些偏离中心的细节所歪曲。

作者通常还运用以下一些技巧和方法来保持段落的流畅和连贯。

1.重复关键词句。特别是在一些对某一重要观点或理论进行解释或下定义时，表达的严密性和前后连贯性更明显。我们从文章的连贯的重复中便不难理解作者所下的定义和描述。

2.认清平行结构。平行结构是作者运用两个或两个以上的使用相同语法结构和词性的句子的一种表达方式。运用平行结构的行文方式在阅读和理解时会更清楚、明了。在相同结构的句子之间我们可以更清楚地看出观点之间的联系。

3.观点、动词时态、人称和数的一致。段落的流畅和连贯还表现在作者使用时态、人称和数及陈述观点时的对应和一致上。

4.注意段落之间和段落中的过渡。过渡性词语着重用于表达段落之间或段落中句子的关系。它们可以帮助读者领会文章作者的思想体系，也能让读者抓住他们很可能会遗漏掉或错误理解的句子间的相互关系。因此，充分认识、了解和掌握一些常用的过渡性词语对我们阅读是必不可少的。

中学生的英语阅读活动是一个相当复杂的心理过程，其中的心理机制和相关因素很多，阅读过程就是一个从字母→词→句子→语篇的有序的自下而上的理解过程。阅读一篇文章的过程不仅仅是对构成该文章的语言的理解过程，而且是一个对文章结构的认识和分析过程，阅读理解不仅受到文章的语言和内容的影响，还要受到文章结构的影响。特定的内容往往需要特定的结构才能被有效地表达。读者在阅读过程中，如果能把握相应的文章结构和段落层次框架，就能够提纲挈领地理解文章的大意以及各段落之间的逻辑关系，从而快速准确地进行阅读，提高阅读效率。

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篇5：商务英语阅读文章

the expression also means a great show of noisy anger, or something exciting. for example, a defense lawyer in a court trial may become very emotional in arguing with the government lawyer about evidence affecting the accused. the judge finally stops the loud argument and calls the two lawyers forward. he tells them, “i want no more of these fireworks in my courtroom.”

another kind of fireworks can be any event or activity that is especially exciting. one such event is falling in love. if anything can produce fireworks, it is a sweetheart’s kiss or the touch of a lover’s hand. often movie or television cartoons show fireworks to represent the excitement of a kiss.

people use the expression fireworks throughout the year. but if you live in the united states and want to see real fireworks, the best time of the year is about now. the fourth of july is independence day in the united states. americans traditionally celebrate their nation’s freedom with giant public parties and fireworks at night.

in washington, for example, large crowds gather near the washington monument to listen to music and watch a huge fireworks show. in other cities and smaller towns, local people listen to band concerts and watch fireworks explode in a dark sky.

many other countries around the world also enjoy the tradition of exploding fireworks on special days. in australia, the city of sydney begins each new year with a fireworks show at midnight. china is the birthplace of fireworks. large fireworks shows were held often during earlier times in china. now, people use small fireworks to help celebrate weddings and birthdays.

france also has a great fireworks tradition. a large fireworks show always takes place on bastille day which celebrates the beginning of the french revolution. the french city of cannes holds an international fireworks competition each year in july and august.

in india, people have been using fireworks for more than five hundred years. a great indian fireworks show takes place during the religious celebration of diwali, every autumn.

fireworks shows are popular around the world. but if i do not end this program right now, there will be fireworks from my producer.

1.BEC中级商务英语阅读文章精选

2.职商务英语

3.常用商务英语语句

4.商务英语常用口语

5.商务英语员工对比

6.商务英语---问需求

7.商务英语包装口语

8.商务英语日常对话

9.商务英语交际口语

篇6：酒吧文化英语阅读文章

Going to pubs is a very popular leisure-time activity . In a recent survey seven out often adults said they went to pubs, one third of them once a week or more often.

去酒吧是一项非常流行的休闲活动。最近的一项调查显示7/10的成年人表示他们会去酒吧，1/3的人每周去一次或者更多。

Everywhere there are plenty of pubs, in which people play darts, talk and drink, usually while standing up. Every pub has its name, its sign and its ”regulars“, its customers who turn up night after night. A few old pubs have real character but many are dull and ugly. It seems that the English think it rather indecent for people to drink alcoholic drinks in any place where they can be seen from outside. So pubs usually not only have no tables outside, but are so built that it is impossible for people outside to see in,or for those who are inside to see out. There are exceptions to this, but not many.

酒吧在英国随处可见。人们在那里站着玩飞镖、聊天或者喝酒。每个酒店都有自己的名字、自己的招牌和“常客竹(即那些每个晚上都会光顾的客人)。一些老店很有特色，但多数却是既无聊又丑陋。英国人似乎认为，在任何一个从外面看得见的地方喝酒都是件不体面的事。所以，这里的酒吧不仅外面不设桌子，而且它的建筑结构使你既不能从外面看到里面，也不能从里面看到外面。当然，这也有一些例外，但不多。

Types of pubs vary considerably from quiet, rural establishments with traditional games, such as skittles and dominoes, to city pubs where different sorts of entertainment such live music can often be found. The opening hours of pubs, which were previously strictly controlled, have been relaxed and many pubs now serve food as well as drink.

有些酒吧比较安静，它们座落在乡下，客人在里面可以玩传统的游戏，例如九柱游戏和骨牌。城市的酒吧提供不同的娱乐，通常可以看现场音乐表演。酒吧的营业时间以前是严格控制的，现在则放宽多了’许多酒吧除了提供酒水外还供应食物。

The traditional pub was a place for the men only. But things have changed, and more and more pubs are now places where men and women sit at tables, and they often provide good lunches. Most of them have a public bar, where drinks are slightly cheaper, and a saloon bar, which middle-class people usually prefer because it is more comfortable and less crowded. Some

pubs have become more welcoming to families with younger children than in the past, although children under fourteen are still not allowed in the bar.

传统上的酒吧是男人的世界，但今天情况已发生了变化，在越来越多的酒吧里，你可以看见男人和女人同桌共饮，这些酒吧常常能提供很好的午餐。而且，大多数酒吧都设有一个公共酒吧区，那里的酒水相对而言比较便宜，此外，它们还设有一个沙龙酒吧区，那是中产阶级人士常常光顾的地方，那里不仅比较舒服，人也比较少，某些酒吧比过去更受到有小孩的家庭的欢迎，尽管14岁以下的小孩还是不能进酒吧的。

British drinking habits have changed with larger and continental beers now more popular than traditional fonns of British beer. In cities,wine bars have appeared in competition with pubs. Although, in general,people in Britain now drink more than they used to, new typesof drinks such as alcohol-free beer and wine have appeared and there has been a general move to educate people more about the dangers of drinking too much.

篇7：大学英语四级阅读文章

In fact, Clinton made the right decision in holding out for a better WTO deal. A lot more horse trading is needed before a final agreement can be reached. And without the Administration’s goal of a “bullet-proof agreement” that business lobbyists can enthusiastically sell to a Republican Congress, the whole process will end up in partisan acrimony that could harm relations with China for years.

THE HARD PART. Many business lobbyists, while disappointed that the deal was not closed, agree that better terms can still be had. And Treasury Secretary Robert E. Rubin, National Economic Council Director Gene B. Sperling, Commerce Secretary William M. Daley, and top trade negotiator Charlene Barshefsky all advised Clinton that while the Chinese had made a remarkable number of concessions, “we’re not there yet,” according to senior officials.

Negotiating with Zhu over the remaining issues may be the easy part. Although Clinton can signal U.S. approval for China’s entry into the WTO himself, he needs Congress to grant Beijing permanent most-favored-nation status as part of a broad trade accord. And the temptation for meddling on Capital Hill may prove over-whelming. Zhu had barely landed before Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss) declared himself skeptical that China deserved entry into the WTO. And Senators Jesse A. Helms (R-N.C.) and Emest F. Hollings (D-S. C.) promised to introduce a bill requiring congressional approval of any deal.

The hidden message from these three textile-state Southerners: Get more protection for the U. S. clothing industry. Hoping to smooth the way, the Administration tried, but failed, to budge Zhu on textiles. Also left in the lurch: Wall Street, Hollywood, and Detroit. Zhu refused to open up much of the lucrative Chinese securities market and insisted on “cultural” restrictions on American movies and music. He also blocked efforts to allow U. S. auto makers to provide fleet financing.

BIG JOB. Already, business lobbyists are blanketing Capitol Hill to presale any eventual agreement, but what they’ve heard so far isn’t encouraging. Republicans, including Lott, say that “the time just isn’t right” for the deal. Translation: We’re determined to make it look as if Clinton has capitulated to the Chinese and is ignoring human, religious, and labor rights violations; the theft of nuclear-weapons technology; and the sale of missile parts to America’s enemies. Beijing’s fierce critics within the Democratic Party, such as Senator Paul D. Wellstone of Minnesota and House Minority leader Richard A. Gephardt of Missouri, won’t help, either.

Just how tough the lobbying job on Capitol Hill will be become clear on Apr. 20, when Rubin lectured 19chief executives on the need to discipline their Republican allies. With business and the White House still trading charges over who is responsible for the defeat of fast-track trade negotiating legislation in , working together won’t be easy.

And Republicans—with a wink—say that they’ll eventually embrace China’s entry into the WTO as a favor to Corporate America. Though not long before they torture Clinton. But Zhu is out on a limb, and if Congress overdoes the criticism, he may be forced by domestic critics to renege. Business must make this much dear to both its GOP allies and the Whit House: This historic deal is too important to risk losing to any more partisan squabbling

1. The main idea of this passage is

[A]. The Contradiction between the DemocraticParty and the Republican Party.

[B]. On China’s entry into WTO.

[C]. Clinton was right.

[D]. Business Lobbyists Control Capitol Hill.

2. What does the sentence “Also left in the lurch: Wall Street, Hollywood, Detroit” convey?

[A]. Premier Zhu rejected their requirements.

[B]. The three places overdid criticism.

[C]. They wanted more protection.

[D]. They are in trouble.

3. What was the attitude of the Republican Party toward China’s entry into the WTO?

[A]. Contradictory. [B].Appreciative.

[C]. Disapproving. [D]. Detestful.

4. Who plays the leading part in the deal in America?

[A]. White House . [B]. Republicans.

[C]. The Democratic Party. [D]. Businessmen.

5. It can be inferred from the passage that

[A]. America will make concessions.

[B]. America will hold out for a better WTO

[C]. Clinton has the right to signal U. S. approval for China’s entry.

[D]. Democratic party approve China’s entry into the WTO.

词汇解释：

1. drubbing 痛打

get/take a drabbing 遭人痛打

2. flip-flop=great change suddenly 游说，突然改变，突然反方向。人字拖鞋，趾拖鞋

3. hold out 维持，保持

hold out for sth. 故意拖延达成协议以谋求……

4. horse –trading 精明的讨价还价

5. bullet-proof 防弹的

6. lobby 收买，暗中活动

7. lobbyist 院外活动集团成员

8. partisan 党人，帮派，是党派强硬支持者

9. acrimony 语言/态度的刻薄

10. sell to 说服(某人)接受或采用

11. meddle 干预

12. Capitol Hill 美国国会

13. budge 使稍微移动，改变

14. lucrative 有利可图的，赚钱的

15. block 制止

16. fleet 舰队，船队，车队，机队

17. blanket 覆盖，妨碍扫兴，扑灭

18. Capitulate 投降，停止抵抗

19. fast track 快速行程(轻车熟路)

20. with a wink 眼睛一眨，很快的

21. out on a limb 孤立无援(尤指争论和意见上)

22. renege 违约

23. squabble 争吵

难句解析：

1. President Clinton’s decision on Apr.8 to sendChinese Premier Zhu Rongji packing without anagreement…

[结构分析] send one packing 打发人走。

[参考译文] 克林顿于4月8日决定不达成中国加入世贸组织的协议便打发中国总理朱 容基走人。

2. The President took a drubbing from much of the press, which had breathlessly reported thata deal was in the bag.

[结构简析] in the bag 倒手，囊中之物。

[参考译文] 总统遭到许多报界舆论的抨击，它们曾报道过这桩买卖(入世贸)已是囊中之物。

3. Zhu charged that Clinton lacked “the courage” to reach an accord.

[参考译文] 朱指责克林顿缺乏达成协议的勇气。

4. the gesture was widely portrayed as a flip-flo

[参考译文] 普遍认为总统的姿态来了一个一百八十度的转弯。

5. Clinton made the right decision in holding out for a better WTO deal.

[参考译文] 总统故意拖延协议以谋取一笔更好的入世贸组织交易的决定完全正确。

6. And without the Administration’s goal of a “bullet-proof agreement” that business lobbyistscan enthusiastically sell to a Republican Congress, the whole process will end up in partisanacrimony that could harm relations with China for years.

[参考译文] 没有商界院外活动集团成员热情的劝说共和党国会采纳政府目标中的防弹性(保护性)协议，那么整个过程将会以党派之间的尖刻的争吵而结束，这会影响以后多年和中国的关系。

7. the Administration tried, but failed, to budge Zhu on textiles.

[参考译文] 美国政府希望(为纺织业)铺平道路，试图使朱在纺织品上让步，结果失败。

8. Also left in the lurch: Wall Street, Hollywood, and Detroit.

[结构简析] 这句句子连接上文而说。

Leave sb. In the lurch 固定用法，义：置某人于困难之中弃之不顾，遗弃某人。完整句型应该是：WallStreet, Hollywood and Detrait are also left in the lurch.

[参考译文] 同样也陷于困境的有华尔街，好莱坞和底特律。

9. Zhu refused to open up much of the lucrative Chinese securities market and insisted on“cultural” restrictions on American movies and music. He also blocked efforts to allow U. S. automakers to provide fleet financing.

[参考译文] 朱 容基总理不允许开放金融股票市场，坚持对美国电影和音乐作文化方面的限制规定，不让美国汽车商染指投资汽车。

10. Translation. 翻译。这是作者为共和党的“The time isn’t right”做注解/解释。

答案详解：

1. C. 总统是对的。这篇文章摘自Business Weekly. 文章是从商人的角度来看待中国加入WTO，他们希望从谈判中获得更多的利益，而克林顿的同意不同意的目的和他们相符——争取更多利益。这篇就是从四方利益最终趋向一致“同意中国加入世贸”来证明“总统结论正确”的中心思想。

第一段指出Clinton由打发朱总理回国，不同意中国入世到一百八十度大转弯，在电话中愤怒的朱总理表示再次努力协商。内阁和白宫官员意见分歧，商人对失去机会火冒三丈。

第二段点出克林顿故意拖延以谋取更多的利益的决定是正确的——文章的主旨句。商人院外活动集团成员要以“政府完美无缺的协议的目标来说服共和党赞成/接受。以免整个过程以党争而告终。

第三，四段是商业方面的高级官员的代表纷纷却说Clinton“当中国作出许多优惠让步时，美国不在那里。”(意：美国吃亏了现在不要再吃亏了。)克林顿有权签署赞成中国加入世贸组织，可他需要国会批准北京永久性最惠国作为扩大贸易协定的组成部分。再说对国会的干预的诱 惑力相当大：就在朱踏上美国本土时，参议院多数派领袖Trent Lott宣布他对中国是该不该入世持怀疑态度，而参议院Tesse A Helms… 提出一项要求国会批准任何交易的提案。

第五段讲了朱总理的强硬立场。第六段又是共和党的反对声，使民主党内站在北京以便的批评家也无能为力。

最后一段指出：尽管困难重重，这一历史事件太重要了，不能因党争而冒失失去机会的危险。

A. 民主党和共和党的矛盾。两党之争见上文译注，最终还是一致。 B. 论中国加入世贸组织。文章不是论中国加入而是论美国环绕中国入世贸的种种。 D. 商人院外活动集团成员控制国会。这在第五段中提到商人院外活动集团成员阻挠美国国会事先接受最终协议，但不是主题思想。

2. A. 朱总理拒绝了他们的要求。见难句译注9。B. 这三个地方批评过头。 C. 他们要求更多的保护。 D. 他们陷入困境。

3. A. 矛盾。共和党一开始就反对。什么对中国该不该加入世贸组织持怀疑态度。第六段说得更露骨，时间不对。意思是他们想把整个事件看起来好象克林顿屈从于中国，忽视了“中国违反人权，宗教权，劳动权，偷窃核武器技术，把导弹组成部件买给美国的敌人”等事实。最后一段共和党一下子又所他们最终将会接受中国加入世贸组织以表示对整体美国的好感。不管是商人院外活动集团的作用，还是明确指出重开谈判的重要性。这一历史事件太重要绝不能因党争而失去机会。共和党纵然心中不愿，也不得不接受现实。心情是矛盾的。B. 赞赏。C. 不赞成。 D. 厌恶。

4. D. 商界。第一段中就点出：商界领袖对失去这次机会火冒三丈。第二段中提到商界院外活动成员要以实实在在的协议来说服共和党国会，免得以党争告终。第三段明确指出：许多商界院外人士一方面对协议未签定表示失望，另方面又同意，还会更好的条件。各种和商界直接关系的高级官员对克林顿劝说。

第五段：纺织，金融股票，汽车以至电影等都是商界的要求。朱总理拒绝的就是商界要求。

第六段提及商界院外活动的成员制止国会事先接受最终协定。

最后一段又是商界使共和党联盟和白宫懂得此事的重要性。

5. A. 美国将会作出让步，见上面注释。商人是绝对不会放弃中国市场的。

篇8：英语考试阅读文章

一、预读的定义

何谓预读呢?预读(Prereading)是指读者在细致阅读文章之前对文章的大致内容和结构框架进行熟悉的技巧方法。

二、预读在英语文章阅读中的作用

预读是一项基本的阅读技巧，同时也是一个很容易掌握的方法。在英语测试中，它可以帮助读者理清文章的脉络和框架，迅速寻找到有用的信息，为细致深入的阅读起到良好的铺垫。简单来说，预读的作用可以归结为以下3点：

1. 迅速有效地掌握文章的主旨大意和结构框架。

英语测试中的阅读文多属于说理性文章，其结构大都比较清晰。在细读之前，进行有效的预读可以帮助读者迅速有效地把握文章的结构框架，从而掌握文章的脉络，推断出文章可能涉及的范围，预测正文中可能出现的内容，搞清楚文章的主旨。

2. 便于有针对性地寻找相关信息。

英语测试中，阅读文章的最终目的是准确迅速地找到文后问题的答案。读者通过有效的预读，增强了对文章的整体把握能力，从而在阅读中能够有目的、有重点地关注相关信息，并最终有针对性地找到所需要的信息。这对提高读者阅读的速度和效果，使其在分秒必争的英语阅读测试当中赢得主动权起到了重要作用。

3. 为后面更加深入地细读以及迅速准确地完成阅读问题起到了良好的铺垫。

经过有效预读之后，第二遍对文章较为细致和深入地阅读就显得得心应手。第二遍阅读的速度取决于读者从对该材料的预读中所获得的信息和指导。例如，读者往往能够根据段落的第一句话或者主题句来判断该段落的重要性。若该段落看起来是重要的，那就要仔细地阅读;若根据读者第一次的阅读，这个段落似乎不太重要，那么就可以略读。

然而在实际的英语测试中考生往往忽略了预读，认为预读是浪费时间，使得在阅读一开始就处于一种盲目被动的境地。还没有有效把握文章的大意和框架就进行深入阅读和做阅读问题，很难及时有效地找到要找的信息，很多时候不得不“返工”以重新搞清楚文章的大意和脉络。这不但会影响阅读的效果，更会影响阅读的速度，反而是浪费时间。因此在阅读文章前进行有效的预读是非常必要的。

三、预读英语文章的基本方法

从预读的角度来说，我们可以将所遇到的英语文章分为三类，即有标题文章、无标题文章和新闻体裁文章。下面就围绕这三类文章的预读方法和步骤作一个简单介绍。

首先，预读有标题的文章。预读这一类文章相对较容易，因为文章的标题可以帮助读者了解文章的主旨和大意。预读有标题文章的步骤可以总结为以下5点：

1. 读文章的标题和副标题。

标题一般会表明文章的大主题，而副标题主要会告诉读者文章在大主题下的着眼点、角度和阐述方式。如文章的大主题为：Comprehension Difficulties，文章的副标题可以为：Causes and Cures。又如文章的大主题为：Ancient Greek Education and Its Educators，文章的副标题可以为：Plato and Aristotle。

2. 读文章的引言或首段。

一般议论性文章的引言和首段起到引入文章内容的作用，通过预读文章的引言或首段可以很快地理解文章议论的起点和方向。

3. 读文章中黑体字的小标题。

有些文章中会出现以黑体字形式出现的小标题，这些小标题往往表明文章某一部分的主旨和大致内容，因此预读这些黑体字小标题可以帮助读者迅速掌握文章各个部分的大意，便于理清文章的脉络。

4. 读文章中每段的首句或尾句。

在大多数英语测试的阅读文中，文段的首句和尾句往往会标明文段的主旨和大意。

5. 读文章的最后一段。

文章的最后一段一般包含对文章的总结和概述，通过预读文章的最后一段也可以帮助读者掌握文章的主旨意思。

其次，预读无标题的文章。虽然标题对于读者迅速掌握文章的主旨有很大帮助，但在英语测试中不是所有阅读文章都会有标题出现。由于缺少标题信息，预读无标题的文章要比预读有标题的文章难度大些。预读无标题文章的步骤与预读有标题文章的步骤类似，唯一的区别是要加强预读每一段的首句。因为在英语阅读中，首句又叫Topic Sentence，即主题句，往往要表达出该文段的总体意思，因此在没有文章标题的情况下，通过认真预读每段的首句同样可以把握文章的整体意义。预读无标题文章的步骤可以简单列为以下3点：(1)预读文章引言或首段;(2)预读文章各段的首句;(3)预读文章尾段和总结。

最后，预读新闻类文章。预读对于阅读新闻类的文章非常有帮助，因为新闻类文章结构相对较简单，通过预读可以帮助读者快速地掌握文章的大部分信息，为细致的阅读和完成阅读问题起到很好的铺垫。预读新闻类文章可以总结为3个步骤：(1)预读文章标题。由于新闻体裁的特殊性，新闻标题的作用尤其重要，因为它往往是一篇新闻文章意思的高度浓缩;(2)预读文章的首段。新闻体裁文章的结构属于倒金字塔结构，即开头的内容和信息与文章的主题较紧密而中间和结尾所承载的信息相对较远。新闻体裁文章的首段往往包含的是整篇文章最重要、最主旨性的信息内容，后面的部分主要是细节的描述，文章的末尾则一般是一些新闻背景知识。所以预读新闻体裁文章的首段非常必要;(3)如果文章有副标题和小标题的话，还要认真预读副标题和小标题，以便更进一步把握文章的主旨及整体结构。

我们常说“磨刀不误砍柴功”。通过认真有效地进行预读，可以使我们快速理清文章的主旨脉络、把握文章的主旨思想，这样使我们在获取文章信息的时候更有针对性，使我们更加高效地利用英语测试时宝贵的时间。预读就像一块磨刀石，让我们有一把锐利无比的“钢刀”，准确迅速地切入信息点，从而有效提高阅读文章和完成后面问题的效率和正确率。预读不是一道繁琐没有必要的程序，它使我们在英语阅读测试中赢得了主动性，并为细致阅读作了良好的铺垫，使我们不至于在阅读中常常“不识庐山真面目，只缘身在此山中”。因此，在做英语测试中的阅读文时进行有效的预读是非常有用和必要的。

参考文献

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Happiness Is an Attitude 

幸福是一种态度

Why are you poor?

你为什么是穷人

Ambition

抱负

1.英语文章阅读精选 篇一

　　home

　　家

　　What makes a home? Love and sympathy and confidence. It is a place where kindly affections exist among all the members of the family. The parents take good care of their children, and the children are interested in the activities of their parents. Thus all of them are bound together by affection, and they find their home to be the cheeriest place in the world.

　　组成家庭的因素是什么?答案即爱、同情和信赖。家是一个所有家庭成员凝结情感的地方。父母亲悉心照料孩子，而孩子们也对他们双亲的活动感兴趣。他们为爱所联结，因而发现家是世界上最令人感到欢乐的地方。

　　A home without love is no more a home than a body without a soul is a man. Every civilized person is a social being. No one should live alone. A man may lead a successful and prosperous life, but prosperity alone can by no means insure happiness. Many great personages in the world history had deep affections for their homes.

　　一个没有爱的家便不再称其为家，如同没有灵魂的躯体不再是人一样。每一个有修养的人都是社会性的人。没有人能够脱离社会独自生存。一个人也许过着成功而宽裕的生活，但是荣华富贵决不能保证幸福快乐。在世界历，许多名人都对其家庭怀有深情厚意。

　　Your home may be poor and humble, but duty lies there. You should try to make it cheerful and comfortable. The greater the difficulties, the richer will be your reward.

　　你的家也许贫穷而简陋，但那正是你的职责所在。你应该努力使其愉快和舒适。你遭遇的困难越大，所得到的报偿也就越多。

　　A home is more than a family dwelling. It is a school in which people are trained for citizenship. A man will not render good services to his country if he can do nothing good for his home; for in proportion as he loves his home, will he love his country. The home is the birthplace of true patriotism. It is the secret of social welfare and national greatness. It is the basis and origin of civilization.

　　家不仅仅是一个供家人居住的地方。它还是一个培养人们成为公民的场所。一个人假如无法对家庭做出有意义的事情，也就无法为国家提供优良的服务，因为爱家和爱国是成正比的。家庭是爱国主义精神的真正发源地，是社会福利和国家昌盛的秘诀，是文明的基础和起源。

2.英语文章阅读精选 篇二

　　It’s very hot.. An old man is asleep on the chair.

　　A fly comes and sits on the end of the man’s nose.

　　The old man has a naughty monkey.

　　He chases the fly. The fly comes back again and sits on the old man’s nose again.

　　The monkey chases it away again and again. This happens five or six times. The monkey is very angry.

　　He jumps up, runs to the garden and picks up a large stone.

　　When the fly sits on the old man’s nose again, the monkey hits it hard with the stone. He kills the fly and breaks the old man’s nose.

　　天气很热。一位老人在椅子上睡着了。

　　一只苍蝇飞来落在老人的鼻子上。

　　老人有一只顽皮的猴子。

　　猴子在追打苍蝇。 苍蝇再次飞落在老人的鼻子上，猴子一再追打苍蝇。 这样往返了五六次，猴子很生气。

　　他跳着跑到花园，捡起一块大石头。

　　当苍蝇再次落在老人的鼻子上时，猴子用石头击中老人的鼻子上的苍蝇。 他砸死了苍蝇也打破了老人的鼻子。

3.英语文章阅读精选 篇三

　　Today is a beautiful day. The sun is shining and the birds are singing. I decided to take a walk in the park to enjoy the lovely weather. As I strolled along the path, I noticed the colorful flowers in bloom and the lush greenery surrounding me. It was such a peaceful and serene atmosphere. I stopped by a pond and watched the ducks swimming around. It was a relaxing moment, just taking in the natural beauty of the park. After my walk, I sat down on a bench and read a book while enjoying the warmth of the sun. What a perfect way to spend a day!

　　翻译:

　　今天是美丽的一天。阳光明媚，鸟儿在歌唱。我决定在公园里散散步，享受这美好的天气。当我沿着小路漫步时，我注意到五颜六色的花朵正在盛开，周围郁郁葱葱的绿色植物环绕着我。我在一个池塘边停下来，看着鸭子游来游去。这是一个放松的时刻，只是在欣赏公园的自然美景。散步后，我坐在长椅上看书，一边享受阳光的温暖。多么完美的度过一天的方式！

4.英语文章阅读精选 篇四

　　What would you do if you failed?Many people may choose to give up. However,the surest way to success is to keep your direction and stick to your goal.

　　On your way to success,you must keep your direction. It is just like a lamp,guiding you in darkness and helping you overcome obstacles on your way. Otherwise,you will easily get lost or hesitate to go ahead.

　　Direction means objectives. You can get nowhere without an objective in life.

　　You can try to write your objective on paper and make some plans to achieve it. In this way,you will know how to arrange your time and to spend your time properly. And you should also have a belief that you are sure to succeed as long as you keep your direction all the time.

　　如果失败了你会怎么做?很多人可能会选择放弃。然而，要想成功，最可靠的方法就是坚持你的方向和目标。

　　在通往成功的路上，你必须坚持你的方向。它就像一盏灯，在黑暗中为你指路，帮助你度过难关。否则，你很容易就会迷失方向或犹豫不前。

　　方向意味着目标。人生如果没有目标，将一事无成。

　　你可以试着把你的目标写在纸上，并制定实现目标的计划。这样，你就会懂得如何合理安排时间，如何正确地支配时间。而且你还要有这样的信念：只要你一直坚持自己的方向，你就一定可以成功。

5.英语文章阅读精选 篇五

　　Lost time is never found again. This is something which I learned very clearly last semester. I spent so much time fooling around that my grades began to suffer. I finally realized that something had to be done. It was time for a change.

　　Now I have a new plan for using my time wisely. I have set my alarm clock ahead half an hour. This will give me a head start on the day. I have also decided to keep a log of what I do and when I do it. Looking back on what I’ve done will give me some ideas on how to reorganize my time.

　　时光一去不复返，这是我上学期清楚学到的教训。我浪费很多时间四处游荡，以致于我的成绩开始退步。最后我终于了解到我必须有所作为；该是痛改前非的时候了。

　　现在我有一个明智运用时间的新方法。我已将闹钟早拨半小时，这将使我这一天的作息提前开始。我也决定将我所做的一切及做这些事的时间记录下来。回顾我所做的事情会启发我如何重新安排我的时间。