经典英语美文欣赏

关键词： 欣赏 激情 赏析 经典

第一篇：经典英语美文欣赏

英语经典美文欣赏

篇一：英语经典美文赏析与背诵 three passions 三种激情 -----罗素

《三种激情》是选自《伯特兰·罗素自传》的一篇优秀散文。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。

伯特兰·罗素(bertrand russell,1872-1970)是英国声誉卓著，影响深远的哲学家、数学家、逻辑学家和散文家。他生于威尔士的特莱雷克，就读于剑桥三一学院，在其漫长的一生中完成了40余部著作，涉及哲学、数学、伦理、社会、教育、历史、宗教及政治等许多领域。他早年的成就主要在数学和逻辑学，中年关注伦理道德、教育、政治，激励和启发富有进取精神的人。在1921年曾来中国，在北京大学作过讲座。他在1950年荣获诺贝尔文学奖。在政治上，他反对侵略战争，主张和平，晚年参加反战示威。主要著作有《数学原理》、《哲学大纲》、《教育与美好生活》、《罗素自传》三卷本。 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 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 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 tried to apprehend the pythagorean power by which number holds sway above the flu. 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 pity brought me back to earth. echoesek?u 重复 of cries of pain reverberate riv?:b?reit 回响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?li:vieit减轻 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. 三种激情 -----罗素

三种激情虽然简单，却异常强烈，它们统治着我的生命，那便是：对爱的渴望，对知识的追求，以及对人类苦难的难以承受的同情。这三种激情像变化莫测的狂风任意地把我刮来刮去，把我刮入痛苦的深海，到了绝望的边缘。 我曾经寻找爱，首先是因为它能使我欣喜若狂——这种喜悦之情如此强烈，使我常常宁愿为这几个小时的愉悦而牺牲生命中的其他一切。我寻求爱，其次是因为爱能解除孤独——在这种可怕的孤独中，一颗颤抖的良心在世界的边缘，注视着下面冰凉、毫无生气、望不见底的深渊。我寻求爱还因为在爱的融合中，我能以某种神秘的图像看到曾被圣人和诗人想象过的天堂里未来的景象。这就是我所追求的东西，虽然这似乎对于人类的生命来说过于完美，但这确实是我最终发现的东西。 我怀着同样的激情去寻找知识，我曾渴望着理解人心，我曾渴望知道为何星星会闪烁，我还企图弄懂毕达哥拉斯所谓的用数字控制变化的力量，但在这方面，我只知道一点点。

爱的力量和知识的力量引我接近天堂，但同情之心往往又把我拉回大地。痛苦的哭泣回响、震荡在我的心中。饥饿的儿童，被压迫、受折磨的人们，成为儿孙们讨厌的包袱的、无助的老人们，充斥着整个世界的孤独的气氛，贫穷和苦难，所有这一切都是对人类生活原本该具有的样子所作的讽刺。我渴望消除一切邪恶，但我办不到，因为我自己也处于苦难之中。 这就是我的生活，我认为值得一过。而且，如果有第二次机会，我将乐意地再过一次。 relish the moment 拥抱今天 tucked away in our subconscious is an我们的潜意识里藏着一派田idyllic vision. we see ourselves on a long 园诗般的风光! 我们仿佛身处一次trip that spans the continent. we are 横贯大陆的漫漫旅程之中! 乘着火traveling by train. out the windows, we 车, 我们领略着窗外流动的景色：drink in the passing scene of cars on 附近高速公路上奔驰的汽车、十字nearby highways, of children waving at a 路口处招手的孩童、远山上吃草的crossing, of cattle grazing on a distant 牛群、源源不断地从电厂排放出的hillside, of smoke pouring from a power 烟尘、一片片的玉米和小麦、平原plant, of row upon row of corn and wheat, 与山谷、群山与绵延的丘陵、天空of flatlands and valleys, of mountains 映衬下城市的轮廓, 以及乡间的庄and rolling hillsides, of city skylines 园宅第! and village halls. puzzle. how restlessly we pace the --waiting, waiting, waiting for the station. 当我们到站的时候, 一切就都

when we reach the station, that will be 好了! 我们呼喊着! 当我18岁的it! we cry. when im 18. when i buy 时候! 当我有了一辆新450sl奔a new 450sl mercedes benz! when i put 驰的时候! 当我供最小的孩子念the last kid through college. when i 完大学的时候! 当我偿清贷款的have paid off the mortgage!when i get 时候! 当我官升高任的时候! a promotion.when i reach the age of 当我到了退休的时候, 就可以从此retirement, i shall live happily ever 过上幸福的生活啦! after! sooner or later, we must realize there 可是我们终究会认识到人生的is no station, no one place to arrive at 旅途中并没有车站, 也没有能够once and for all. the true joy of life is 一到永逸的地方!生活的真正乐趣the trip. the station is only a dream. it 在于旅行的过程, 而车站不过是个constantly outdistances us. 梦, 它始终遥遥领先于我们! 理好了的拼图! 可是我们现在在过道里不耐烦地踱来踱去, 咒骂火车着, 期待着火车进站的那一刻! aisles, damning the minutes for loitering 的拖拖拉拉! 我们期待着, 期待relish the moment is a good motto, 享受现在是句很好的箴言, especially when coupled with psalm 118：尤其是当它与《圣经·诗篇》中第24：this is the day which the lord hath 118页24行的一段话相映衬的made;we will rejoice and be glad in it. 时候, 更是如此：今日乃主所创it isnt the burdens of today that drive 造;生活在今日我们将欢欣、高兴! men mad. it is the regrets over yesterday 真正令人发疯的不是今日的负担, and the fear of tomorrow. regret and fear 而是对昨日的悔恨及对明日的恐are twin thieves who rob us of today. 惧! 悔恨与恐惧是一对孪生窃贼, 将今天从你我身边偷走! so stop pacing the aisles and counting 那么就不要在过道里徘徊吧, the miles. in stead, climb more 得一边过一边瞧! 车站就会很快到 达!by robert j. hastings 李端奇 译

beautiful smile and love 作者介绍: 特蕾莎修女(mother teresa,1910-1997)，印度著名的慈善家，印度天主教仁爱传教会创始人，在世界范围内建立了一个庞大的慈善机构网，赢得了国际社会的广泛尊敬。1979年被授予诺贝尔和平奖。本文所选即好在领取该奖项时的演讲辞，语言简洁质朴而感人至深。诺贝尔奖领奖台上响起的声音往往都是文采飞扬、热烈、激昂。而特雷莎修女的演说朴实无华，其所举事例听来似平凡之至，然而其中所蕴含的伟大而神圣的爱感人至深。平凡中孕育伟大，真情才能动人。我们作文时，要善于从自己所熟知的平凡中篇二：英语经典美文

英语经典美文

我们习惯用自己的语言表达情感，时而直接，时而含蓄。不妨用另一种语言来表达对亲情、友情、爱情、励志等感情，用一种和汉语差别较大的语言表达类似的情感，感受一下用英语表达出来的情感有何不同，也是一件有趣的事情。例如以下经过分类的英语经典美文，通过阅读、理解、诵读、摘抄，应该会别有一番滋味，而且能够从文字中体验外国人对情感的表达方式，加深对不同文化的理解和辨别。

有关亲情的英语经典美文

thespringwindisblowngreenwillow,thewindinthehotsummer,the autumnwindblowingyellowrice,winterwindblowingthewhiteearth, awindblowingupmysoul. theexamiseverystudentworkachievementexhibition,performanceof thedirectimpactonstudentsmood.afterfinalexam,transcriptsofhomethat day,imdisappointedurgently,myenglishresultis78points,afterreadingthe report,iwillnottoutterasinglewordtolieinbed,staringattheceiling......i donotknowhowlongafter,thedoorsuddenlyopened,mothercameinand satdownbesideme,notlookingatme,suddenly,onmymotherangrily shouted:youstayinbeddoing?youfailedtheexamisyoudontworkhard, canthisstrangewho......waitingforhertofinish,icried. tiredofcrying,todrythetears,ilookedatmymother.themothersaw myheartcalmdown,shealsorestoredthetruecolours,sayaffectionatelyto me:theexamisimportant,butyoursubjectiveeffortismoreimportant,as longasyoutryyourbest,yourlifeisno.......myeyesarebright,spiritlifts, confidenceandbacktomeagain.loveislikethewind,takemybadmoodwas nottheleasttracewasfound.blowing,mymindblowingafresh. 春天的风吹绿了柳梢头，夏天的风吹散了炎热，秋天的风吹黄了稻谷，冬天的风吹白了大地，母爱的风吹醒了我的灵魂。

考试是每个学生劳动成果的展示，成绩的好与坏直接影响着学生的心情。在期末考试后，成绩单到家的那一天，我失望急了，我的英语成绩才78分，看完成绩单后，我就一言不发地躺在床上，看着天花板??不知过了多久，门忽然开了，妈妈进来坐在我的身边，不住打量我，突然，妈妈气愤地对我大声吼道：“你赖在床上干什么?你没考好是你自己不用功，这能怪谁??”等妈妈把话说完，我伤心地哭了。

哭累了，把眼泪擦干，我望着慈祥的妈妈。妈妈见我心已冷静下来，她也恢复了本来面目，深情地对我说：“考试的分数固然重要，但你的主观努力更重要，只要你尽力了，你的人生中就没“后悔”两字??”我的眼睛一亮，精神也好了起来，信心又回到我的身上。 母爱如风，把我的不良情绪吹得无影无踪，把我的精神吹得倍儿清爽。

whenapersonislookingattheskyandtheimaginationoftheirownfuture,hefirstthoughtthe mostitshouldbetheirfuturehome.thisislikepeopledesperatelysavingmoneytobuya housenow,like,infact,peoplewantmorethanjustasimplenests,butratherawarmhome. thishouseisaload-bearing,itisnottheexternalshowofitsmeaning,andtheimportantthing isthatoneofthestrongaffectioatherthangreasy. whensuddenlyfromthecoolbreeze,thereisalwayssomeoneputtheroomquietlyshutthe doorsandwindows;quiltsdroppedmytime,thereisalwayssomeonetohelpyougently stamped.worryworry,wewillconsolesomeonepatient;pleasurejubilationwhenwillthe blessingsofknowingsomeone.whenagloryfelluponus,thefirstonemustbegladthatthe u.s.arefamilymembers;whentheu.s.invasionoflonelylonelyhearts,thefirstonetosoothe u.s.alsomustbeourfamily. 当一个人仰望天空，畅想着自己的前程的时候，他第一个想到的最应该是自己未来的家。这就好比现在人们拼命攒钱买房一样，其实人们所要的不仅仅是一个单纯的“巢穴”，而更是一个温暖的家。这处房子是家的承载，它的外在显现不出它的深意，而重要的是其中那浓而不腻的亲情。

凉风忽起的时候，总会有人把房间的门窗悄悄地关上;被子翻掉的时候，总会有人轻轻地帮你盖上。烦恼忧心的时候，会有人耐心的劝慰;欢腾喜悦的时候，会有人会心的祝福。当一个荣耀降临我们身上的时候，第一个为之庆幸的必是我们的家人;当孤独落寞侵袭我们的心灵的时候，第一个抚慰我们的也必是我们的家人。篇三：英语经典美文和英语经典语句 【暑假打工】

summer holiday part-time job during the summer holiday of 2005, i thought i should do something meaningful instead of staying at home and watching tv. so i got a job at a kfc fast food restaurant and worked there as a cleaner. every day i went to work early in the morning and got home late in the evening. i worked 7 hours a day for three weeks. the job was hard, boring and seemed endless, which made me so tired that i almost quit half way. after all, i stuck to it with my determination. finally, i finished the job before the new school term began. now, i understand what labor means. i think it was really a successful experience. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 在2005年暑假，我想我应该做的事情，而不是呆在家里看电视有意义的。所以我就在一家肯德基快餐店工作，担任清洁工那里。我每天上班早在上午和晚上回到家中后期。本人每天工作7小时，三个星期。这项工作很艰苦，枯燥，而且没完没了，这让我太累了，我差点半途而废。毕竟，我坚持要和我的决心。最后，我完成了这项工作在新学期开始了。现在，我明白了劳动的意义。我认为这是一个真正的成功经验。

【欢迎美国代表团】 american students visit boys and girls, we must talk with them in english. please be friendly and courteous to them. remember, we not only stand for our school, but also stand for china. 美国学生参观

男孩和女孩，我把你的注意力，好吗?关于美国50个学生来参观在十月22日我们的学校。我们将在学校门口8:30 9:00，我们会带他们到会议室，在那里将举行一个gettogether他们。之后，我们将带大家参观我们的植物园和校办工厂他们。在11:00，将有操场上的篮球比赛。他们将在12:00离开学校。我们必须用英语和他们交谈。请对他们友好，有礼貌。请记住，我们不仅代表我们的学校，但也代表了中国。谢谢you.hope你有一个美好的时光。

【广告与现代生活】

advertisements in our life (2)on one hand, advertising greatly promotes sales; on the other hand, in their efforts to tell people about products and events, advertisements provide us with a large amount of the latest information. meanwhile, to make an advertisement, a lot of people will have to work together. so with the development of advertising, a lot of jobs are being created. (3) in a word, advertising is an important business. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 广告在我们的生活

(1)我们生活在一个广告的世界。我们看到听到他们无处不在。没有人能避免受

广告。广播，电视和计算机使广告有可能吸引数百万游客。因此，它已成为我们日常生活的重要组成部分。

(2)一方面，极大地推动广告销售，另一方面，在他们的努力告诉人们关于产品和活动，广告提供了大量的最新信息我们。同时，为了使一个广告，很多人将要一起工作。因此，随着广告的发展，很多工作正在建立。 (3)总之，广告是一项重要的业务。

【写好英语作文的秘密】 dear helpful, worried ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ secrets to write a beautiful article dear worried, [1] i have received your letter and i’m glad to give you some suggestions. first of all, don’t be disappointed. many students find it difficult to write well. in my opinion, if you want to improve your writing, you should do the following things. first, do some studying with the set phrases and sentence structures. keep a list of them and then try to make some sentences with them. second, read english as much as possible. there are many things that can’t be learnt immediately. you must see them in books many times. then you’ll be able to use them correctly yourself. so, in order to write well, you must learn to read a lot. finally, you’d better recite some good passages. the more passages you read, the better you will write. [2]i’m sure you can improve your written english as long as you study hard. remember, practice makes perfect.(我是一名高三学生，我就麻烦了。我以前喜欢英语，但现在我有一些问题，特别是在英国英语写作。虽然我知道英国是一个非常重要的课题。我认为，现在它已成为一个对我来说有点困难。我可怜的写作技能也使我对我的英语考试中获得低分。这使我不喜欢英语，我恐怕要采取更多的考试。我真的想改变我的处境并喜欢学习英语了。我不知道为什么那么多喜欢英语的学生，可以在英语考试中取得好成绩。我想成为最好的学生之一，毕业后去一个著名的大学。这是我的梦想，但我的英语不够好。我应该怎么办?) helpful ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 【英语经典美文及英语经典语句——工作求职】 job hunting dear sir or madame: (求职

尊敬的先生或女士：

[1]我看过你在昨天的中国日报的广告。我觉得我会为你的公司所需要的岗位匹配。我才20岁，身体健康。在从一所中学毕业的，我学了6年英语。我学簿记，打字和公共关系。我是既善于经营个人电脑和英语。我可以读，写，听和讲英语。我感兴趣的一个秘书职位。 [2]我很想你的公司所接受。我会努力工作，如果我能成为您公司的成员) li hua ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 【学生是否应参加体育锻炼】

whether students should take physical exercise dear editor, [1] i’m writing to tell you about the discussion we’ve had about whether students of senior 3 should take physical exercise. 55% of the students think they should take exercise every day, such as doing morning exercises, playing ping-pong and basketball, but it shouldn’t take up too much time. proper exercise can build up one’s body and reduce diseases. what’s more, sports let their brains have a rest so that they can study effectively. [2] on the other hand, 45% believe taking exercise is a waste of time and it is tiring. after having sports, they are much too excited for a long time to pay attention to their lessons. it’s also possible get hurt in sports. yours sincerely, (亲爱的编辑，[1]我写信告诉我们已经有大约高三学生是否应该参加体育锻炼的讨论你。 55%的学生认为，他们应该锻炼等各做早操，打乒乓球和篮球之日起，但应该不会占用太多的时间。锻炼能增强一个人的身体，减少疾病。更重要的是，体育让他们的大脑休息，使他们能有效地学习。

[2]另一方面，45%的人认为体育锻炼是浪费时间，这是很累人的。运动后，他们太兴奋了很长的时候要注意他们的教训。也有可能得到运动伤害。 此致) li hua ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 【因特网的作用】 on the internet [1] the internet is playing a more and more important role in our daily life. on the internet, we can read news both at home and abroad and learn about all kinds of other information as well. we can also send messages by e-mail, make phone calls, take classes, read various kinds of books and learn foreign languages by ourselves, enjoy music, watch sports, play chess, cards and so on. besides, we can even do shopping, have a chat with others and make friends with them on the internet. [2] in a word, the internet has made our life richer and more colorful. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ [1]互联网正在为我们的日常生活中越来越重要的作用。在互联网上，我们可以看到在国内和国外新闻，了解其他各种信息以及。我们也可以发送电子邮件，打电话，上课，阅读各种书籍和学习外国语言自己，欣赏音乐，观看体育比赛，玩棋牌，卡片等。此外，我们甚至可以购物，聊天与他人在互联网上与他们交朋友。

[2]总之，互联网已经使我们的生活更加丰富，更加多彩。

【经典图表描述 】

the red star television factory [1] the red star television factory, which produces tv sets of fine quality, was set up in the 1980’s. there were only more than 200 workers then, and most of them were junior middle school graduates. the working conditions were poor，there were only three workshops with some simple equipment. the main products then were black and white tv sets. [2] in the past 20 years, great changes have taken place in this factory. the number of workers and engineers has risen to over 2,000, and 80% of them are college graduates. fifteen big workshops are well equipped with modern machines, and there are over ten different types of color tv sets, which are sold all over the country and to many parts of the world as well. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 红星电视机厂

[1]影视红星厂，生产优质电视机，成立于1980年的。当时只有200多名员工，然后，他们大多是初中毕业生。工作条件很差，只有一些简单的设备三个车间。当时主要产品黑白电视机。

[2]在过去的20年，伟大的变化，在这家工厂的地方。工人和工程师的数量已上升至2000人，其中80%都是大学毕业生。十五大的车间都配备现代化的机器，有超过彩电，产品销往全国各地及世界许多地区，以及十种不同的类型。 【农村儿童失学问题】 rural education [1] now in the rural areas, there are many children out of school. i think one of the reasons is that their families are too poor to afford their schooling. as a result, they have to stay at home to earn money to support their families. another reason is that many parents think it’s useless for the girls to study and they would not like them to go to school. the third reason is that some children are not interested in their lessons, and would not like to go to school. [2] in my opinion, all children including girls should have the chance to receive an education. people should pay more attention to the education of children because they will play a very important part in the future of our country. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 农村教育

[1]现在，在农村地区，有许多孩子失学。我认为原因之一是他们的家庭太穷，负担他们的学业。因此，他们必须留在家里赚钱养家。另一个原因是，很多家长都认为这是没用的女孩学习，他们不希望他们去上学。第三个原因是，有些孩子对功课不感兴趣，不想去上学。 [2]在我看来，所有儿童，包括女孩都应该有机会接受教育。人们应该更加重视对儿童的教育，因为他们将在我们国家的未来非常重要的一部分。

【网络学校】

new century net-school ladies and gentlemen, [2] thank you. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 【网络学校】 新世纪网络学校 女士们，先生们，

[1]欢迎我们的新世纪网络学校!我们的网络学校由四个部分组成。多媒体教学系统，使教学和学习更轻松，更有趣。学生可以在课堂上获得更多的信息和知识。该电子阅览室，在这里我们可以发送电子邮件到世界各地，并从互联网上获得最新信息，是开放给教师和学生。在远程教学系统是为学生谁不是在我们学校学习。他们可以在家学习，如果他们有一台电脑。学校管理制度，有助于提高我们的学校管理，符合现代学校的需要。 [2]谢谢你。

第二篇：儿童经典英语美文摘抄

随着网络文化的发展，美文的概念已经不限定于某种文体，或某类内容。网络文化是一种开放、自由的文化，给美文的概念也赋予了更多的开放自由的元素，好散文是美文，好诗歌是美文，好小说是美文。儿童经典英语美文摘抄，欢迎阅读。

儿童经典英语美文摘抄第一篇：Youth

Youth

Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life.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 60 more than a boy of 20. Nobody grows old merely by a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals.

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.

Whether 60 or 16, there is in every human being’s heart the lure of wonders, the unfailing appetite for 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, courage and power from man and from the infinite, so long as you are young.

When your aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism, then you’ve grown old, even at 20; but as long as your aerials are up, to catch waves of optimism, there’s hope you may die young at 80.

Youth 译文：

青春

青春不是年华，而是心境;青春不是桃面、丹唇、柔膝，而是深沉的意志，恢宏的想象，炙热的恋情;青春是生命的深泉在涌流。

青春气贯长虹，勇锐盖过怯弱，进取压倒苟安。如此锐气，二十后生而有之，六旬男子则更多见。年岁有加，并非垂老，理想丢弃，方堕暮年。

岁月悠悠，衰微只及肌肤;热忱抛却，颓废必致灵魂。忧烦，惶恐，丧失自信，定使心灵扭曲，意气如灰。

无论年届花甲，拟或二八芳龄，心中皆有生命之欢乐，奇迹之诱惑，孩童般天真久盛不衰。人人心中皆有一台天线，只要你从天上人间接受美好、希望、欢乐、勇气和力量的信号，你就青春永驻，风华常存。 、

一旦天线下降，锐气便被冰雪覆盖，玩世不恭、自暴自弃油然而生，即使年方二十，实已垂垂老矣;然则只要树起天线，捕捉乐观信号，你就有望在八十高龄告别尘寰时仍觉年轻。

儿童经典英语美文摘抄第二篇： Three Days to See

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.

three days a see译文：

假如给我三天光明

我们都读过震撼人心的故事，故事中的主人公只能再活一段很有限的时光，有时长达一年，有时却短至一日。但我们总是想要知道，注定要离世人的会选择如何度过自己最后的时光。当然，我说的是那些有选择权利的自由人，而不是那些活动范围受到严格限定的死囚。

这样的故事让我们思考，在类似的处境下，我们该做些什么?作为终有一死的人，在临终前的几个小时内我们应该做什么事，经历些什么或做哪些联想?回忆往昔，什么使我们开心快乐?什么又使我们悔恨不已?

有时我想，把每天都当作生命中的最后一天来边，也不失为一个极好的生活法则。这种态度会使人格外重视生命的价值。我们每天都应该以优雅的姿态，充沛的精力，抱着感恩之心来生活。但当时间以无休止的日，月和年在我们面前流逝时，我们却常常没有了这种子感觉。当然，也有人奉行“吃，喝，享受”的享乐主义信条，但绝大多数人还是会受到即将到来的死亡的惩罚。

在故事中，将死的主人公通常都在最后一刻因突降的幸运而获救，但他的价值观通常都会改变，他变得更加理解生命的意义及其永恒的精神价值。我们常常注意到，那些生活在或曾经生活在死亡阴影下的人无论做什么都会感到幸福。

然而，我们中的大多数人都把生命看成是理所当然的。我们知道有一天我们必将面对死亡，但总认为那一天还在遥远的将来。当我们身强体健之时，死亡简直不可想象，我们很少考虑到它。日子多得好像没有尽头。因此我们一味忙于琐事，几乎意识不到我们对待生活的冷漠态度。

我担心同样的冷漠也存在于我们对自己官能和意识的运用上。只有聋子才理解听力的重要，只有盲人才明白视觉的可贵，这尤其适用于那些成年后才失去视力或听力之苦的人很少充分利用这些宝贵的能力。他们的眼睛和耳朵模糊地感受着周围的景物与声音，心不在焉，也无所感激。这正好我们只有在失去后才懂得珍惜一样，我们只有在生病后才意识到健康的可贵。

我经常想，如果每个人在年轻的时候都有几天失时失聪，也不失为一件幸事。黑暗将使他更加感激光明，寂静将告诉他声音的美妙。

儿童经典英语美文摘抄第三篇：Companionship of Books

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.

Companionship of Books 译文：

以书为伴(节选)

通常看一个读些什么书就可知道他的为人，就像看他同什么人交往就可知道他的为人一样，因为有人以人为伴，也有人以书为伴。无论是书友还是朋友，我们都应该以最好的为伴。

好书就像是你最好的朋友。它始终不渝，过去如此，现在如此，将来也永远不变。它是最有耐心，最令人愉悦的伴侣。在我们穷愁潦倒，临危遭难时，它也不会抛弃我们，对我们总是一如既往地亲切。在我们年轻时，好书陶冶我们的性情，增长我们的知识;到我们年老时，它又给我们以慰藉和勉励。

人们常常因为喜欢同一本书而结为知已，就像有时两个人因为敬慕同一个人而成为朋友一样。有句古谚说道：“爱屋及屋。”其实“爱我及书”这句话蕴涵更多的哲理。书是更为真诚而高尚的情谊纽带。人们可以通过共同喜爱的作家沟通思想，交流感情，彼此息息相通，并与自己喜欢的作家思想相通，情感相融。

好书常如最精美的宝器，珍藏着人生的思想的精华，因为人生的境界主要就在于其思想的境界。因此，最好的书是金玉良言和崇高思想的宝库，这些良言和思想若铭记于心并多加珍视，就会成为我们忠实的伴侣和永恒的慰藉。

书籍具有不朽的本质，是为人类努力创造的最为持久的成果。寺庙会倒坍，神像会朽烂，而书却经久长存。对于伟大的思想来说，时间是无关紧要的。多年前初次闪现于作者脑海的伟大思想今日依然清新如故。时间惟一的作用是淘汰不好的作品，因为只有真正的佳作才能经世长存。

书籍介绍我们与最优秀的人为伍，使我们置身于历代伟人巨匠之间，如闻其声，如观其行，如见其人，同他们情感交融，悲喜与共，感同身受。我们觉得自己仿佛在作者所描绘的舞台上和他们一起粉墨登场。

即使在人世间，伟大杰出的人物也永生不来。他们的精神被载入书册，传于四海。书是人生至今仍在聆听的智慧之声，永远充满着活力。

第三篇：经典英语高考作文欣赏2

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On Learning

Learning is one’s own business, which can not rely on others. As we know, learning is a process of accumulating knowledge. It is one’s life-long task, which cannot be accomplished in one move. A successful learner is an independent one, who has both an indomitable (不屈不挠的) will and amazing endurance. He will try to discover his own way of learning. Instead of waiting for the teacher’s help, he will make efforts to create favorable conditions on his own initiative. It will certainly be of great help, if there is good environment, sufficient books and equipment, as well as instructions from teachers and beneficial friends. But even if one has got all these favorable conditions, one cannot be sure to succeed in learning.

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Is Failure a Bad Thing?

Failure is a common occurrence (发生的事情) in our daily life. Whatever we do, there are always two possible results: success or failure. Although everyone wants to succeed in what he tries, sometimes failure can’t be avoided.

Different people hold different attitudes toward failure. When faced with it, some can stand up to it, draw a useful lesson from it and try their best to fulfill what they are determined to do. Others, however, lose heart and give in. They do nothing but complain about themselves and objective conditions.

As a popular saying goes, “Failure teaches success.” In my opinion, what really counts is not the failure itself, but the proper attitude we should take after it. I trust that as long as we keep to what is right and correct what is wrong, that is to say, learn a lesson from failure, we will be certain to succeed. So I am of the opinion that failure is not a bad thing.

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On Today’s Education

I think one of the main problems with today’s education is that too much emphasis is placed on test score. It has become the most important criterion (标准) for college enrollment (入学). A student, however creative and intelligent, will not be admitted into a college for his total scores are just one point less than required. It is also one of the crucial (至关重要的) factors either in job assignment (分派) or in employment competitions.

The competition for high scores among students becomes intense. Students find themselves concentrating more on strategies(策略)to achieve high scores than on acquiring the knowledge. They will play truant (逃学) of some subsidiary (辅助的) courses and skip over the substance which will not be tested on.

Teachers are apt (有…倾向的) to give their students high scores. As their job is judged mainly by the students’performance in terms of scores, some teachers tend to set easy papers to test their students on or narrow down the

scope (范围) of the exam, even give them the hint (提示) to exams, or favor their students with fighter score.

As a result, the competition for high scores becomes so intense that it actually affects our education results.

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Knowledge and Power

Knowledge and power are the two things most desired by man. There is close connection between these two things. The man having done his best in acquiring knowledge, will easily get a high position and perform it successfully.

Power depends on knowledge. Knowledge to power is just like a compass to a ship, by which her sailing is made safely across an unknown ocean. A great statesman(政治家) or a learned scholar can render(give) his good services to his country just because he has perfect and profound knowledge.

Power only follows knowledge. A man cannot do anything well unless he has some information as how to do it well. A man will sometimes lose his way in a strange land; an apprentice (学徒;生手) cannotproduce any delicate(精密的)work. Why are these so? Because they are in want of knowledge. If the apprentice wishes to produce good work, he must pay attention to his instructor’s advice.

We are all the future masters of our country. Our country needs our services. How can we fulfill our future tasks? To get more knowledge is the only answer.

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Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day

Learning English is like building a house. Laying a strong foundation(打基础) is the first and most important step. In other words, you should read and speak English every day. Memorizing new words and phrases is also helpful. Like building a house, learning English takes some time. So don’t be impatient. Remember “Rome wasn’t built in a day.

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Television Addiction

Television provides us with a wide range of information and entertainment. However, it’s a pity that it may also have a bad influence on young minds. For instance, some TV shows have too much violence and crime. These programs may lead youngsters astray( 误入迷途). It is easy for students to become addicted to the excitement of these programs and neglect(忽视) their homework. Parents must, therefore, keep an eye on what their children watch.

第四篇：经典英语高考作文欣赏6

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Qualities for Graduates to Possess

It goes without saying that the employers are favorite in those who do the job well and have good virtues. So both of them are essential for us. In my opinion, we should work hard not only to finish our courses but also to manage them well. Secondly, we should participate in activities as many as we can to gain confidence and persistence. At the same time, we can find some work during our studies. Only in this way can we gain enough experiences that contribute to our abilities to meet the needs of the society properly. With the development of the society, more and more graduates from the colleges and the universities are needed nowadays.

It is evident that the knowledge and information stimulate the development of the society. Thus the students with adequate abilities are more popular with companies, factories, government offices, etc.

Here comes the problem: What kind of graduates can meet the needs of the society? Different people hold different ideas on this issue. Some think that those who have got high marks at school are most popular. Others argue that the society in is great need of those who have the characters of confidence, persistence, honesty and diligence.

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Do we learn more outside the classroom?

As we all know, the classroom is the place for study. Nowadays, however, some people believe that they get more knowledge outside the classroom than they do inside. Is that the case?

In my eyes, the classroom is the best place for students to acquire knowledge. Perhaps that’s why the children must go to school as soon as they are seven. The classroom is a formal place where the children learn the basic knowledge which otherwise they can’t obtain. It is the school that lays the foundation for their future work.

of course there are other sources for students to get knowledge. They can learn from the environment, from their parents, from TV, etc. In this respect, the knowledge is rather practical.

It’s hard to say exactly where we learn more, outside the classroom or inside. In fact, both sources are of the same importance. The problem lies in how we can make full use of them.

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Examination

Nowadays, examination has become a popular form of testing. It almost can dominate one’s future. If we want to obtain a diploma, we must first pass the exams. If we do not have a diploma, we may not find a good job easily. That is the reason why all students are nervous and pale when they are sitting for an important examination which may concern their future.

Do not only think of the harm that it brings, but think of the good it may do to us.

If we do not have exams, we may indulge ourselves in other things instead of books. Exams have to always drive us on. Exams provided grades, but they also let you know what you need to spend more time studying, and they help make your new knowledge permanent.

Examinations make us efficient and careful. These mean verymuch in the work we will face when we have left college. Now, another advantage of examination is that it makes us self-assured, If we can pass a difficult test like others, it shows that we are not inferior, we are as good as others. The world is a competitive world. We will have to compete for jobs, business, etc. Examination is also a kind of competition.

All in all, let’s hope we are not governed by our enemy---exams. Instead we should make good use of it, and come out a better student.

第五篇：英语演讲经典美文背诵friendship

What is true friendship?

Someone who follows you when you turn and walk away. Someone who guides you and cheers you on when you lose your way. Someone who holds your hand and tells you that everything gonna be okay when you feel frustrated. Someone who makes you believe that there are good things in the world. Someone is friend. Nowadays, the word friendship has been used so frequently that it has lost its meaning. Some jokingly or seriously put it that friends are made to be taken advantage of, which makes me very sad. True friendship doesn’t mean that when you need your friends’ help, you will treat him to dinner; when you have to protect yourself, you will put your friends in a difficult situation;when you have to ask for something, you have to make a deal with him. On the contrary, true friendship is the communication of the hearts and understanding of the souls.True friendship is like water, which is tasteless but is essential to our body. Compared with decent wine, water is insipid in taste, but is of great help to satisfy our thirsty. True friends don’t need to be with each other everyday, but are connected in heart every minute whatever the distance is.

True friendship is like medicine, though tasted bitter, killing your illness. True friendship has nothing to do with fame, power, or possessions. They care not what you are, but who you are. You’re not his stepping-stone to success, but are his crutch to live through difficulties. When you are happy, you are likely to forget him, but when you are in trouble, he is the first one you will turn to for help. Just like the old saying: “a friend in need is a friend indeed.”

True friends stay in your heart, rather than at your side; they know you more than yourself, and try to better you; they care you as much as themselves, but never let you know. When staying with our friends, we can release ourselves completely. We can do whatever we want, we can laugh together, talk together, and even cry together. They cherish you, for they know without you they are struggling alone in the desert. On your side, you will feel the same.

True friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget. Once you have found such a true friend, do treasure him. True friendship is a kind of treasure in our lives. It is actually like a bottle of wine, the longer it is kept, the sweeter it will be.Let’s pray the flower of friendship would always bloom brightly in our hearts.