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高一英语必备精美短文
TO BE PATIENT 要忍耐
When someone disagrees with you or offends you, don’t lose your temper. Why? Because it is of no use to do so. You ought to (should) be patient and keep calm lest you should quarrel with him. You must know that patience is not cowardice, but a virtue. I hope that everybody practices it. In addition, patience will also bring us success. When you meet with difficulties in your work, it is no use losing heart. You must keep on fighting until (till) the final victory belongs to you.
Just do it
If you put off things for too long, they can easily become uncontrollable. The longer you wait to tackle a problem, the more difficult it becomes . Don’t waste time thinking about how difficult something is. Just take the advice in this passage.
Many people put off till tomorrow what they can do today. They always look for excuses to postpone doing something. In the end, it never gets done. If we leave things undone, we will eventually worry. This will cause unnecessary stress. Therefore, if you have this bad habit, it’s best to get rid of it and do things as soon as possible. 事情一旦被拖得太久就会变得难以控制。问题拖得越久，就越难以解决。所以，不要把时间浪费在考虑某事到底有多难，从这篇短文接受忠告！
很多人把今天能做的事推到明日，他们总是找借口拖延做事。到头来，事情总是没做完。如果我们没把事做完，我们心里会感到忐忑不安，从而造成不必要的压力。因此，如果你有这种坏习惯的话，最好是将它克服，尽快把事情做好。
Music
Music is very relaxing. After a hard day of studying, it is fun to listen to all kinds of music at home. You can even play a musical instrument, or sing. Music relaxes you after working all day. Music can cheer you up when you are in a bad mood.
If you can play a musical instrument, you are lucky. If you can play the piano, you can spend hours alone and never be bored. If you play the guitar, you can invite your friends over to sing along. And if you play the violin, you can be in an orchestra.
You enjoy music throughout your life. There will be music in everything you hear: the roaring ocean, the whispering wind, and the warbling bird. You hear music wherever you may go.
【注释】
① orchestra ['ɔ:kistrə] n. 管弦乐队 ② warble ['wɔ:bl] vi. 鸟鸣
音乐
音乐让人非常轻松。经过一天劳累的学习，听听各种各样的音乐是挺有趣的。你甚至还可以弹奏乐器或唱歌。忙碌一天后，音乐让你轻松。当你心情不好的时候，音乐可以使你精神振奋。
如果你会演奏一种乐器，那么你是幸运的。要是你弹钢琴的话，你就可以几个小时独处而从不会觉得无聊；如果你弹吉他，你可以邀请朋友过来一起唱歌；如果你拉小提琴，你可以加入管弦乐队。
你一生都能享受到音乐。你听到的所有一切都包含音乐——大海的咆哮、风的低吟或是清脆的鸟鸣。无论你去哪里，你都能听到音乐。
Key Factors to Success
No doubt, everyone wishes to be successful in life. But most success depends on three factors: diligence, devotion, and perseverance.
The first key factor is diligence. Diligence can help us remove ignorance and overcome difficulties. It can make a fool wise, and a poor man rich. If we idle away our time now, our future life will be a failure. If we are diligent now, we will surely be successful in the future.
Devotion, which means the concentration of our mind and effort in doing things, is another key factor to success. Whatever job we are doing, we must love it and do it heart and soul. Only when we set our minds on the job, can we do it well.
Furthermore, perseverance is also necessary for any success. If we study or work day after day, there is nothing that cannot be achieved. Without a strong will, on the other hand, we are likely to give up when we meet some difficulties.
To conclude, all great men achieve success through diligence, devotion and perseverance. Just as the famous English saying goes, “No pains, no gains.”
【注释】diligence n. 努力，勤奋；devotion n. 热爱，投入；perseverance n. 毅力；坚持不懈；idle away 浪费光阴，虚度光阴
成功的关键要素
毫无疑问，每个人都想在生活中有所成就。但大多数的成功都取决于三个关键要素：勤奋、投入和持之以恒。
第一个关键要素是勤奋。勤奋可以帮助我们摆脱无知，克服困难。勤奋可以使愚昧的人变得聪明，使贫穷的人变得富裕。如果我们现在虚度光阴，未来的人生就会失败；如果我们现在勤奋，将来一定会非常成功。
投入是成功的另一个关键要素，它意味着集中精力努力做事。我们应该热爱我们所做的任何工作，并全心全意做到最好。只有全身心地投入，才能把工作做好。
此外，持之以恒对任何成功而言都是必不可少的。如果我们每天都坚持学习或工作，没有什么是不可能的。另一方面，没有坚强的意志，我们遇到困难时极易放弃。
一句话，所有的伟人都是通过勤奋、投入和持之以恒而获得成功的。正如那句有名的谚语所说：“不劳无获”。
经典英语短文背诵
第一天：THE NEWSPAPER 报 纸
Nowadays the newspaper possesses considerable value. Everybody should read it. It supplies us with a variety of news every day. It tells us the political situation of the world. If we form. the habit of reading the newspaper, we shall (will) get enough knowledge to cope with our circumstance.
Though students have to do the homework everyday, they should spare at least one or two hours to read newspaper. In this way, they can not only increase knowledge, but also keep up with the times. In a word, reading newspaper is of great benefit to students.
现今报纸拥有极大的价值，人人都应该看它。它每天提供我们各种类类的消息。它告诉我们世界政治局势。如果我们养成看报的习惯，我们就能得到足够的知识来因应我们的环境。 学生虽然每天须做功课，但他们至少应该匀出一两个小时来看报。哪些，他们不但能增加知识而且也能赶上时代。总而言之，看报对学生很有益处。
第二天：MY DAILY LIFE 我的日常生活
Though my daily life is extremely monotonous, I try hard to adapt myself to it. Why? Because I intend to be a good student. I wish to render service to my country.
I get up at six o’clock every day. After I wash my face and brush my teeth, I begin to review my lessons. I go to school at seven o’clock.
After school is over, I return home. We usually have supper at seven o’clock.
Then I begin to do my homework. I want to finish it before I go to bed.
虽然我的日常生活十分单调，但我却竭力设法去适应它。为什么？因为我打算做一个好学生，希望将来为国家服务。
我每天六点起床、洗脸刷牙后，就开始复习功课，七点钟我就去上学。
放学后，我就回家了。我们通常在七点钟吃晚餐，之后我就开始做家庭作业，希望在睡觉前把它做完。
第三天：A MODEL STUDENT 模范学生
Do you mind being called a bad student? Of course not.So far as I know, everybody intends to be (become) a model student.
However, to be a model student is by no means an easy thing. Firstly, he must do his best to obtain knowledge. A man without sufficient knowledge will not succeed. Secondly, he must remember to improve his health. Only a strong man can do great tasks. Thirdly, he should receive moral education. If his conduct is not good, no one will consider making friends with him.
你介意被称为坏学生吗？当然不。就我所知，每个人都打算做模范学生。
然而，做模范学生却不容易。第一，他必须尽力获得知识（求知）。一个没有足够知识的人是不会成功的。第二，他必须记住促进健康。只有强壮的人才能做大事。第三，他应该接受道德教育。如果他品行不好，没有人会考虑和他交朋友的。
第四天：HOW TO GET HAPPINESS 如何获得快乐
There is no doubt that happiness is the most precious thing in the world. Without it, life will be empty and meaningless. If you wish to know how to get happiness, you must pay attention to the
following two points.
Firstly, health is the secret of happiness (the key to happiness). Only a strong man can enjoy the pleasure of life.
Secondly, happiness consists in contentment. A man who is dissatisfied with his present condition is always in distress.
无疑的快乐是世界上最宝贵的东西。没有它，人生将是空虚的而且毫无意义的。如果你希望知道如何获得快乐，你须注意下面两点。
健康是快乐的要诀。唯有身体强壮的人才能享受人生的乐趣。
快乐在于知足。一个不满于现状的人终是处在痛苦之中。
第五天：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。
第六天：A TRIP TO THE COUNTRY 乡村游记
One Sunday my mother (Mother) had (made) me take my little young brother to the a trip to the country. She bade me take good care of him.
While we were walking along the road, the sun was shining brightly and the breeze was blowing gently. We saw the beautiful flowers smile (smiling) at us and heard the birds sing (singing) their sweet songs on the trees. The scenery was indeed very pretty (beautiful).
When we felt tired, we returned home. We saw Mother (our mother) wait (waiting) for us at the door.
有一个星期日，我母亲叫我带小弟弟去乡村游历。她吩咐我要好好照料他。
当我们沿着道路行走的时候，太阳灿烂地照耀着，微风轻轻地吹着。我们看见美丽的花儿对我们微笑着，并听见鸟儿在树上唱着悦耳的歌曲，风景实十分美丽。
当我们感觉到疲倦的时候，我们就回家了。我们看见母样正在门口等候我们。
第七天：BE PATRIOTIC 要爱国
It is the duty of every citizen to make the country rich and powerful (To make the country rich and strong is...). In order to accomplish this object one must be patriotic (love his country). I consider this an unchangeable truth.
How can a student love his country (be patriotic)? I find my answer very simple and clear. He must study hard and store up knowledge so as to serve his (the) country in the future. If every student can do according to what I said, the country will certainly be rich and powerful.
要使国家富强是每个公民的责任。为了达到此目的，必须爱国。我认为这是一条不易的定理。 一个学生如何才能爱国呢？我发觉答复很简单明了。他必须用功读书并积储知识以便将来服务国家。如果每个学生能按照我所说的去做，国家一定会富强。
第八天：THE VALUE OF TIME 爱惜时光
An English proverb says that time is money. I consider it (this) wrong. Why? Because we all know that we can earn money by work but can not in any way get back time (in anyway). For this reason, we may (can) say that time is more valuable than money.
Many people do not know the value of time. It (this) is indeed a great pity. We must bear (keep) in mind that wasting timeis equal towasting your life.
英国有句谚语说，时间就是金钱。我认为这是不对的。为什么？因为我们大家都知道我们能够用工作赚钱，但无论如何却无法把时间争取回来。基于此种理由，我们可以说时间比钱钱更宝贵。
许多人不知爱惜时光。这确实是可惜的。我们必须记住浪费时间等于浪费生命。
第九天：WHY SHOULD WE STUDY ENGLISH 为什么我们要学英文
If you want to ask me why we should study English, my answer will be simple and clear. Now let me enumerate the reasons one by one in the following.
In the first place, English has become an international language. If you know English, you van make a trip round the world without being misunderstood.
In the second place, most valuable books, newspapers and magazines are written in English. If you wish (hope) to get knowledge, you must learn English.
如果你要问我们为什么我们要学英文。我的答复很简单明了。现在让我来把我的理由一一列举在下面：
英文已成为一种国际语言。如果你通晓它，你可以环游世界不会被人误解。
大多数有价值的书籍，报纸和杂志都是用英文写的。如果你希望获得知识，你必须学习英文。
第十天：MY BIRTHDAY 我的生日
Yesterday was my birthday, so some of my classmates sent me presents. Mother prepared a tea party for me. I invited all of them to come and take part in it.
The tea party began at half past six. There were cold drinks and refreshments. We ate, talked and laughed. We felt that we were the happiest men in the world.
Time passed quickly. In a twinkling, the clock on the wall struck nine. We could not but say ―Good-bye‖ to one another.
昨天是我生日，所以有几位我的同班同学送我礼。母亲给我准备一个茶会。我邀请他们都前来参加。
茶会下午六点半开始。有冷饮和点心。我们又吃又谈又笑。我们觉得是世界上最快乐的人。 时间过得很快。转瞬间，墙上的钟敲九点了。我们不得不互道再见。
第十一天：HOW TO SPEND SUNDAYS 如何消度星期日
Some of us always spend Sundays aimlessly. We can seldom derive profits from the valuable hours (time) of Sundays. This is indeed a great pity. Though Sundays are set aside as a day for rest, we must make good use of them.
We know that our school lessons are usually not sufficient. We should often utilize Sundays to
read reference books. In this way we will increase our knowledge. Besides, we must be engaged in sports or outing so as to strengthen our bodies.
我们许多人终是把星期日毫无目的地消度掉。这确实是十分可惜。我们很少能从星期日的宝贵时光中获得益处。虽然星期日是被指定为一个休息的日子，但是我们却应好好利用它。 我们知道我们学校的功课通常是不够的。我们应时常利用星期日来阅读参考书。如此我们的知识就会增加了。此外，我们必须从事运动或郊游以便强壮我们的身体。
第十二天：HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY 诚为上策
There is an English proverb which says (saying) ―Honesty is the best policy.‖ It signifies the importance of honesty.
What are the benefits of honesty? If you are honest to others, they will be honest to you in return. When you are sad, they will comfort you. When you are in trouble, they will help you.
There is no enumerating the evils of dishonesty here. In a word, a dishonest man will be looked down upon by others and (be) regarded as a public enemy.
英国有一句谚语说“诚为上策”。它说明了诚的重要性。
诚的益处是什么？如果你对他人诚实，他们也会对你诚实作为报答。当你忧悉的时候，他们会安慰你。当你是处在困难中的时候，他们会帮助你。
无法在这里数述不诚实的害处。一言以蔽之，一个不诚实的人会被人看轻的而且被看作为一个公敌。
第十三天：HOW EXERCISE HELPS 运动的利益
If our bodies are not strong, our spirit to do things will certainly be quite dull. And at the same time, we are lack of energy (ies) to study. Diseases will only attack the weak, but not the strong. Why are our bodies not strong? Because we do not pay attention to exercise. For this reason, we students must often take different kinds (sorts) of exercise in the gym.
Exercise helps us (to) strengthen our bodies and avoid disease. It also teaches us cooperation, for most exercise is played by team.
如果我们的身体不强壮，我们做事的精神一定会十分迟钝。而且同时，我们也缺少足够的精力来读书。疾病只为侵击体弱的人而不是强壮的人。
为什么我们的身体会不强壮呢？因为我们不注意运动。基于此种理由，我们学生必须时常在运动场做不同种类的运动。
运动帮助我们强壮身体并避免疾病。它也教我们合作，因为大多数的运动都是团体游玩的。
第十四天：THE BENEFITS OF TRAVELING 旅行的益处
I am always interested in traveling. My reasons are quite (extremely) simple and clear. If anybody is not satisfied with my viewpoint(s), I shall be greatly surprised at his ways of thinking.
In the first place, traveling increases our knowledge. Only by traveling can we see （因为用（only）开头，主动词须颠倒）things outside our home town.
In the second place, traveling is good to our health. While we are traveling, we usually exercise our bodies.
In conclusion, I earnestly hope that everybody must seize (grasp at) the opportunity of traveling. 我对旅行终是感觉有趣。我的理由非常简单时了。如果任何人对我的观点不满意的话，我将对他的想法会大大吃惊。
旅行增加我们的知识。只有藉旅行我们可以看到我们故乡以外的东西。
旅行对我们的健康有益。当我们旅行的时候，我们通常运动我们的身体。
第十五天：HOW TO BE A GOOD CITIZEN 如何做一个好公民
My aim is to become a good citizen so as to be able to render service to the (my) country. However, to become a good citizen is not an easy thing. He has many duties to fulfill.
The first duty of a good citizen is to love his country. He is to (must) be ready to sacrifice even his own life for the country.
His second duty is to obey the law and help the government (to) maintain order. If everybody can do so, the country will be rich and strong(powerful).
我的志向是做一个好公民以便能给国家效力。然而，做一个好公民不是一件容易的事情。他有许多责任要尽。
一个好公民第一件责任是爱他的国家。他须准备为国家牺牲自己的生命。
他第二件责任是服从法律并且帮助政府维持治安。如果人人都能这样做的话，国家必定富强。
第十六天：THE NATIONAL FLAG 国旗
it is the duty of every citizen to honor the national flag. Why? Because the national flag is the symbol of a (the) country. To respect it means to respect the country. In other words, if a man loves his country, he must love the national flag.
In school, the national flag is usually raised at a certain time every day. Then the principal, teachers, staff and students are to (must) stand before it and sing the national anthem. It is indeed extremely meaningful to attend such a ceremony.
尊敬国旗是每个公民的责任（义务）。为什么？因为国旗是国家的象征。尊敬它意思就是尊敬国家。换句话说，如果一个人爱国，他必须爱国旗。
在学校里，通常每天定时要升旗。那时，校长，老师，教职员学生教师将恭敬地站在它前面并且唱国歌。参加此项仪式确实非常有意义。
第十七天：THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION 教育的重要性
It is impossible for us to make our country rich and strong without developing education. Why? Because education gives people knowledge and teaches them how to become good citizens so as to be able to serve their country. No wonder they say that education decides the progress, prosperity and civilization of a country.
At present (Nowadays) most countries in (of) the world are enforcing compulsory education. It is necessary for all kinds of people, both rich and poor, to receive education. Taiwan is an exception as well not.
我们不可能使我们的国家富强而不发展教育。为什么？因为教育给予人民知识并教他们如何成为好公民以便能为国家效力。难怪，有人说教育决定一个国家的进步，繁荣与文化。 现在世界大多数的国家都在实施强迫教育。所有各类人民不论贫富都必须接受教育。台湾也不例外。
第十八天：INDUSTRY (DILIGENCE) 勤勉
It is a matter of course that industry will bring us success, wealth and good luck. I am sure that a hard-working person can always succeed in the work which he wants to do. This is unchangeable truth.
Idleness is the opposite of industry. It is the source of all evil. An idle man only enjoys playing and
1、选择性失忆
I wish i could choose which memories to remenber or to come back the past without you 。 I try to persuade myself to give up ，but why did you invate me at this time ?
I warmed to you in evidence ，so i always wander with the smile where near you ，which stand for i crazy for you 。 As a matter of face ， i know ， i am a eternal abandoned that one in your world 。you are so grave at this class all the time 。 I admit ，when i found you had got along with her well ， i even jealoued of my chinese teacher 。There is no doubt that i believe you love her 。 But ， it dosen't matter， i ever have considered about it for a long time 。 It was a wrong thing that a student fell in love with her teacher 。Mabey ，it's time to give up of me ， so i will embrace the potential。
Sometimes ， i can't understand why i love you 。 However ， i found your smile dearly attracted me by accident 。 It goes without saying that my constant heart for you 。
If it could happen ， i wish i could love what i love ， do what i want ， and became your favorite 。
I convince of no one can take the place of you in my life 。
我希望我可以选择性失忆，或者是回到没有你的过去。我尽力说服我自己去放弃，但为什么在这个时候你又来干扰我？
我对你产生好感是显而易见的，所以我总是带着微笑在你的附近漫步，这代表着我对你的痴迷。事实上，我知道，在你的世界里我永远是被遗弃的那一个。你一直对这个班级是如此的严肃。我承认，当我发现你和她相处的那么愉快，我甚至嫉妒我的语文老师。毫无疑问的我认为你喜欢她。但是，没关系了，我曾经考虑这件事情用了很长一段时间。对于一个学生来说喜欢她的老师是错误的事情。也许，是到了我该放弃的时候，所以我会欣然接受。
有时候，我也不明白为什么我会喜欢你。然而，偶然之中，我发现你的微笑深深地吸引着我。而我对你的始终如一的心是不言而喻的。
如果这可能发生，我希望能够爱我所爱，做我所想，并且成为你的最爱。 我坚信在我的生命里，没有任何人可以代替你的位置。
2、But you didn't
But You didn't
anonymity
Remember the day I borrowed your brand new car and dented it? I thought you'd kill me， but you didn't。
And remember the time I dragged you to the beach，
and you said it would rain， and it did?
I thought you'd say， "I told you so。" But you didn't。
Do you remember the time I flirted with all the guys to make you jealous， and you were?
I thought you'd leave， but you didn't。
Do you remember the time I spilled strawberry pie all over your car rug?
I thought you'd hit me， but you didn't。
And remember the time I forgot to tell you the dance was formal and you showed up in jeans?
I thought you'd drop me， but you didn't。
Yes， there were lots of things you didn't do。
But you put up with me， and loved me， and protected me。 There were lots of things I wanted to make up to you when you returned from Vietnam。
But you didn't。
译文：
但是你没有
记得那天，我借用你的新车，我撞凹了它
我以为你一定会杀了我的
但是你没有
记得那天，我在你的新地毯上吐了满地的草莓饼
我以为你一定会厌恶我的
但是你没有
记得那天，我拖你去海滩，而它真如你所说的下了雨
我以为你会说“我告诉过你”
但是你没有
记得那天，我喝所有的男人调情好让你嫉妒，而你真的嫉妒了
我以为你一定会离开我
但是你没有
记得那天，我忘了告诉你那个舞会是要穿礼服的，而你却穿了牛仔裤 我以为你一定要抛弃我了
但是你没有
是的，有许多事情你都没有做，而你容忍我钟爱我保护我
有许多许多的事情我要回报你，等你从越南回来
但是你没有
背景：作者是一位普通的美国妇女，她的丈夫当年应征入伍去了越南战场，后来不幸阵亡。她终身守寡，直至年老病逝。她的女儿在整理遗物时发现了母亲当年写给父亲的这首诗。
Miss Cold and Mr Wood点评：老妇人截取了她一生中的几个小细节，当时她以为他会厌恶她，责备她，抛弃她，但是结局却都是被温柔的爱护。
当她想要弥补对他错失的爱时，他却再也不会回来了。最难过的事不是他不理你，也不是他不爱你，而是他不在了。
“不是蝴蝶飞不过沧海，而是沧海那头已经没有了等待。”
男主角虽然没有出场，但是读者无时无刻不感受到他的脉脉温情，他好像就站在离她不远的地方，脸上带着笑意，看着她把自己弄得一团糟，然后等她手无足措的时候帮她收拾烂摊子。
当他离开后，她脑海中全部是他的好。
漫漫一生，那些争吵，那些分歧，那些歇斯底里，那些出离愤怒，全部都被过滤掉了，只剩下他的好，和她的左心房一同温暖跳跃。
她从一个朝气蓬勃的小姑娘变成一个只有回忆的老太婆，从前她不曾孤单，因为有他在；此后，她不知生命还有多久多漫长。时间似乎凝结在了某处，怎么睡了一觉醒来，还是天黑黑。
多希望他在，和他一起看日出，如果他睡懒觉，就等他一起看夕阳。偶尔诬陷他对隔壁的老太太飞眼儿，还要故意和他吵吵架，故意让他百口莫辩，然后再装作很宽容的原谅他这个“除了她别人都不会喜欢的糟老头子”。曾经想到最浪漫的事就是和他一起慢慢变老，如今她已经白发苍苍，儿孙满堂，而他被留在了遥远的国度，依旧是年轻的模样。
3、The Life I Desired 我所追求的生活
That must be the story of innumerable couples， and the pattern of lifeof life it offers has a homely grace。 It reminds you of a placid rivulet， meandering smoohtly through green pastures and shaded by pleasant trees， till at last it falls into the vasty sea; but the sea is so calm， so silent， so infifferent， that you are troubled suddently by a vague uneasiness。 Perhaps it is only by a kink in my nature， strong in me even in those days， that i felt in such an existence， the share of the great majority， something amiss。 I recognized its social value。 I saw its ordered happiness， but a fever in my blood asked for a wilder course。 There seemed to me something alarming in such easy delights。 In my heart was desire to live more dangerously。 I was not unprepared for jagged rocks and treacherous， shoals it I could only have change-change and the exicitement of unforeseen。
这一定是世间无数对夫妻的生活写照，这种生活模式给人一种天伦之美。它使人想起一条平静的溪流，蜿蜒畅游过绿茵的草场，浓荫遮蔽，最后注入烟波浩渺的汪洋大海；但是大海太过平静，太过沉默，太过不动声色，你会突然感到莫名的不安。也许这只是我自己的一种怪诞想法，在那样的时代，这想法对我影响很深：我觉得这像大多数人一样的生活，似乎欠缺了一点儿什么。我承认这种生活有社会价值，我也看到了它那井然有序的幸福，但我血液里的冲动却渴望一种更桀骜不驯的旅程．这样的安逸中好像有一种叫我惊惧不安的东西．我的心渴望一种更加惊险的生活。只要生活中还能有变迁———以及不可知的刺激，我愿意踏上怪石嶙峋的山崖，奔赴暗礁满布的海滩。
经典优美英语散文精选
What I Have Lived for我为何而生
- By Bertrand Russell伯特兰·罗素
《我为何而生》引自《伯特兰·罗素自传》。它既是作者心灵的抒发，也是生命体验的总结。作者以深刻的感悟和敏锐的目光，分析了人生中的三种激情，即对爱的渴望，对知识的追求和对人类苦难的同情。对爱的渴望，使人欣喜若狂，既能解除孤独，又能发现美好的未来。对知识的追求，使人理解人心，了解宇宙，掌握科学。爱和知识把人引向天堂般的境界，而对人类的同情之心又使人回到苦难深重的人间。作者认为这就是人生，值得为此再活一次的人生。这篇散文似乎信手拈来，但却耐人寻味。充满激情，充满感慨，充满智慧，情文并茂，逻辑性和感染力极强。
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 higher and thither, in a wayward course, over a deep ocean of anguish, reaching to the verge of despair.
三种简单但是无比强烈的感情主导着我的人生：对爱的渴望、对知识的寻求和对人类苦难的深切同情。这些感情如同飓风一样没有方向地将我吹得越来越高、越来越远，越过痛苦的海洋到达绝望的边缘。
I have sought love, first, because it brings ecstasy-ecstasy so great that I would have sacrificed all the rest of life for a few hours of 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 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 - at last - I have found.
我寻找爱，因为爱让我着迷——这种沉迷如此美好，我宁愿放弃生命中的一切只为换来片刻的对爱的沉迷。我寻找爱，因为爱会减轻孤独——在可怕的孤独中，颤抖的灵魂透过世界的边际看到的是冰冷的、深不可测的、没有生命的深渊。我寻找爱，因为在爱的结合中，我看到了一个神秘的具体而微小的世界，这是圣人与诗人想象中的天堂景象的预示。这是我所寻求的，并且我最终发现，它对于人类来说是再美好不过的东西了。
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 l have tried to apprehend the Pythagorean power by which number holds away above the flux. A little of this, but, not much, I have achieved.
以同样的热情，我寻求知识。我曾想要理解人的心灵；我曾想知道为什么星星如此闪亮。我曾试图理解毕达哥拉斯的力量，这种力量使数字凌驾于万物之上。在这些方面我获取了一些知识，但不是很多。
Love and knowledge, so far as they were possible, led upward toward the heaven. But always pity brought me back to earth. Echoes of cries of pain reverberated in my heart. Children in famine, victims tortured by oppressors, 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. 爱和知识，只要可能实现，就会引领我走向天堂。但是同情常常将我带回现实。
痛苦的哭喊回荡在我的心中。饥饿的孩子，被剥削者压迫的人民、贫穷和痛苦，这些都在嘲讽人类的生活的本来面目。我渴望减轻邪恶，但是我无法做到，我亦在遭受痛苦。
This has been my life. I have found it worth living, and I would gladly live it again if the chance were offered to me.
这就是我的人生。我认为它值得拥有并且如果可能，我愿意重新再来一次。
词汇魅力【英语精美短文】
1.overwhelmingly adv.压倒性地，不可抵抗地
2.thither adj.对岸的，那边的adv.到那处，向那方
3.wayward adj.任性的，不定的，刚愎的
4.anguish n.苦闷，痛苦 v.（使）极苦闷，（使）极痛苦
5.shivering vi.& n.战栗，发抖
6.consciousness n.意识；觉悟；知觉
7.unfathomable adj.深不可测的
8.mystic adj.神秘的，神秘主义者的 n.神秘主义者
9.miniature adj.小型的，小规模的 n.缩图，小画像，小模型
10.apprehend v.理解，忧虑，逮捕，拘押
11.flux n.流量，变迁，不断地变化
12.reverberate v.回响，反响，反射
13.mockery n.嘲弄，笑柄，蔑视
14.alleviate vt.减轻，缓解，缓和
Unit1:The Language of Music
A painter hangs his or her finished pictures on a wall, and everyone can see it. A composer writes a work, but no one can hear it until it is performed. Professional singers and players have great responsibilities, for the composer is utterly dependent on them. A student of music needs as long and as arduous a training to become a performer as a medical student needs to become a doctor. Most training is concerned with technique, for musicians have to have the muscular proficiency of an athlete or a ballet dancer. Singers practice breathing every day, as their vocal chords would be inadequate without controlled muscular support. String players practice moving the fingers of the left hand up and down, while drawing the bow to and fro with the right arm—two entirely different movements.
Singers and instruments have to be able to get every note perfectly in tune. Pianists are spared this particular anxiety, for the notes are already there, waiting for them, and it is the piano tuner’s responsibility to tune the instrument for them. But they have their own difficulties; the hammers that hit the string have to be coaxed not to sound like percussion, and each overlapping tone has to sound clear.【英语精美短文】
This problem of getting clear texture is one that confronts student conductors: they have to learn to know every note of the music and how it should sound, and they have to aim at controlling these sound with fanatical but selfless authority.
Technique is of no use unless it is combined with musical knowledge and understanding. Great artists are those who are so thoroughly at home in the language of music that they can enjoy performing works written in any century.
Unit2:Schooling and Education
It is commonly believed in United States that school is where people go to get an education. Nevertheless, it has been said that today children interrupt their education to go to school. The distinction between schooling and education implied by this remark is important.
Education is much more open-ended and all-inclusive than schooling. Education knows no bounds. It can take place anywhere, whether in the shower or in the job, whether in a kitchen or on a tractor. It includes both the formal learning that takes place in schools and the whole universe of informal learning. The agents of education can range from a revered grandparent to the people debating politics on the radio, from a child to a distinguished scientist. Whereas schooling has a certain predictability, education quite often produces surprises. A chance conversation with a stranger may lead a person to discover how little is known of other religions. People are engaged in education from infancy on. Education, then, is a very broad, inclusive term. It is a lifelong process, a process that starts long before the start of school, and one that should be an integral part of one’s entire life.
Schooling, on the other hand, is a specific, formalized process, whose general pattern varies little from one setting to the next. Throughout a country, children arrive at school at approximately the same time, take assigned seats, are taught by an adult, use similar textbooks, do homework, take exams, and so on. The slices of reality that are to be learned, whether they are the alphabet or an understanding of the working of government, have usually been limited by the boundaries of the subject being taught. For example, high school students know that there not likely to find out in their classes the truth about political problems in their communities or what the newest filmmakers are experimenting with. There are definite conditions surrounding the formalized process of schooling.
Unit3:The Defini tion of Price
Prices determine how resources are to be used. They are also the means by which products and services that are in limited supply are rationed among buyers. The price system of the United States is a complex network composed of the prices of all the products bought and sold in the economy as well as those of a myriad of services, including labor, professional, transportation, and public-utility services. The interrelationships of all these prices make up the ―system‖ of prices. The price of any particular product or service is linked to a broad, complicated system of prices in which everything seems to depend more or less upon everything else.
If one were to ask a group of randomly selected individuals to define ―price‖, many would reply that price is an amount of money paid by the buyer to the seller of a product or service or, in other words that price is the money values of a product or service as agreed upon in a market transaction. This definition is, of course, valid as far as it goes. For a complete understanding of a price in any particular transaction, much more than the amount of money involved must be known. Both the buyer and the seller should be familiar with not only the money amount, but with the amount and quality of the product or service to be exchanged, the time and place at which the exchange will take place and payment will be made, the form of money to be used, the credit terms and discounts that apply to the transaction, guarantees on the product or service, delivery terms, return privileges, and other factors. In other words, both buyer and seller should be fully aware of all the factors that comprise the total ―package‖ being exchanged for the asked-for amount of money in order that they may evaluate a given price.
Unit4:Electricity
The modern age is an age of electricity. People are so used to electric lights, radio, televisions, and telephones that it is hard to imagine what life would be like without them. When there is a power failure, people grope about in flickering candlelight, cars hesitate in the streets because there are no traffic lights to guide them, and food spoils in silent refrigerators.
Yet, people began to understand how electricity works only a little more than two centuries ago. Nature has apparently been experimenting in this field for million of years. Scientists are discovering more and more that the living world may hold many interesting secrets of electricity that could benefit humanity.
All living cell send out tiny pulses of electricity. As the heart beats, it sends out pulses of record; they form an electrocardiogram, which a doctor can study to determine how well the heart is working.
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