双语美文欣赏：朋友

双语美文欣赏：朋友（共6篇）

篇1：双语美文欣赏：朋友

双语美文欣赏：朋友

Friend

A good friend will never let you down; a good friend will never deceive you with fair words; a good friend will never betray you at any time. I’m so lucky to have such a good friend who’s been one of my friends for several years. He’s a man who’s been taking responsible for what he said and what he did. “Don’t worry, you have my word.” He always says like that.

What kind of man can be called a good friend, a handsome guy or a talkative guy? If a man can share his feelings with you and talk to you heart to heart, he can be called a good friend; if a man can keep his promise and always sides with you when your are in a slump, he can be called a good friend.

It is very fortunate of me to have him around. Everything in the world is changing and nothing can last forever, but I believe our friendship is everlasting and unchanging. A friend in need is a friend indeed, that’s true.

朋友

好朋友不会让你失望;好朋友不会欺骗你;好朋友不会背叛你。我很幸运有这样相处多年的好朋友，一个敢做敢当的朋友。“别担心，我说话算数。”他总是这样说。

什么样的人可称之好朋友，帅哥抑或健谈的人?如果一个人和你分享心情，推心置腹，就可称之好朋友;如果一个人一直坚守信用，无论何时都不会逃避;就可称之好朋友。

有他这样的朋友，我人生之幸。虽然世界上的一切都在变化，没有天长地久的.东西，但我相信我们的友谊是可以长久的。一个互相帮助的朋友，才是真正的朋友，此话不假。

篇2：双语美文欣赏：朋友

I recently met an old friend I hadn’t seen in ages.He said that he had been busy and also didn’t really know how to contact me.I told him the same.

我最近见了一位许久没见面的老朋友。他说自己过去一直很忙，也真的不知道与我联系。我告诉我也是一样。

The truth is,we have a few mutual friends,and if we had really wanted to contact each other, we could have.But with busy schedules,and family life--and all sorts of things going on--well, I guess we just lost touch.

事实是，我们有一些共同的朋友，如果我们真的想联系对方，我们可以马上联系得到。但是繁忙的日程安排和家庭生活――及各种各样的事情――嗯，我想我们就失去联系了。

So,I got to thinking about the people I am in touch with now and those I’d like to contact.I have a lot of friends and acquaintances,I used to have many more.Somewhere along the line,we just lost contact with each other.

所以，我开始思考我现在联系到的人及我想联系的人。我有很多朋友和老相识，我以前有更多。但事与愿违，我们刚刚失去了联系。

I’d like to contact some of my friends from high school.I’d like to say hello to some of the people I used to know in New York and California,I know I could do it.

我想联系一些高中的朋友。我想和一些自己曾经在纽约和加利福尼亚州认识的人打个招呼，我知道我能做到。

It wouldn’t require me to bend over backwards,but I am not sure if I should.I mean,I have my hands full right now with family and work. Plus,I have people that I am in contact with now,and I fell kind of guilty that I am not able to spend more time with them.

它不会让我使出浑身解数，但是我不确定自己是否应该这样做。我的.意思是，现在的工作和家庭已经让我分身乏术。另外，我现在也和一些人保持着联系，有种罪恶感蒙上我的心头，我不可以在他们身上再花更多的时间。

Who needs more guilt? Not me!

篇3：双语美文欣赏：朋友

有困难自己扛，让儿子健康成长

王海鸰1952年出生于山东，16岁就参了军。酷爱写作的她凭着出众的才气，成了一名通讯兵，几年后，还当上业余宣传队队长。1983年，在文坛崭露头角的她被抽调到总政话剧团当编剧。

35岁那年，她认识了一位男作家，两人相谈甚欢，很快就结了婚，可后来又因为种种原因而分手。

这桩短暂的婚姻给王海鸰带来的并不都是痛苦和遗憾，儿子大鸥的降生是上天赐给她最大的安慰。分手后，王海鸰认为爸爸的存在对幼小的儿子很重要，便想尽办法哄骗儿子，说爸爸很爱他，只是在外地工作不能回来。有时，她还会请前夫打来电话，让他和儿子通话。

为了培养儿子阳光、健康的性格，王海鸰经常带大鸥去看解放军叔叔操练，让他感受力量之美，有时还带他看对抗激烈的足球比赛，在潜移默化中激发儿子的阳刚之气。

王海鸰还利用作家的语言特长，在家里营造出一种轻松幽默的氛围，不让儿子感到单亲家庭的沉闷。

一个夏天的傍晚，王海鸰正在厨房里忙活，儿子急慌慌地跑进来，小脸涨得通红，上气不接下气地问：“妈妈，你说是红螃蟹跑得快还是白螃蟹跑得快?”还没等她回答，儿子说出了自己的看法：“肯定是白螃蟹跑得快，因为红的已经死了。”

王海鸰知道，准是儿子和小伙伴们发生争论了。她极力忍住笑，不动声色地反问：“那你说，红脸娃娃跑得快还是白脸娃娃跑得怏?”儿子大鸥小眼睛眨巴了一会儿，大声说：“肯定是红脸的跑得快!”王海鸰笑着说：“不对，白脸娃娃跑得快。你想啊，红脸娃娃脸都跑红了，快累死了，哪里还有劲儿再跑?”

听到妈妈顺口诌出来的答案，大鸥笑得喘不上气来。

生活中遇到的困难、烦恼，王海鸰总是自己去扛，不去增添儿子的心理负担，但她也不会娇惯孩子，反而有意培养大鸥坚强、勇敢、坚韧的品质。1989年7月，单位派王海鸰到九江抗洪一线，尽管她放心不下10岁的儿子，却觉得这是培养儿子独立性的时候，便应了下来。

大鸥听说妈妈抛下他一个人奔赴抗洪前线，并没有闹情绪，反而男子汉似地拍着胸脯说，您尽管放心，我会照顾好自己。

临行前，大鸥忙前忙后地帮妈妈打点行装，还细心地把需要带的东西都写在纸上，备好一样东西，就郑重地在纸上打个对钩。行装打点得差不多时，大鸥已累得满头大汗，可忽然想起电视报道抗洪前线蚊虫很厉害，妈妈准备的驱蚊药太少，便自告奋勇跑去买药。王海鸰被儿子感动得热泪盈眶，她知道，儿子所做的事情已经是一个10岁男孩最成熟的表现了。

良好的修养、正当的爱好比分数更重要

曾经有人问王海鸰，以后想让儿子干什么?是和她一样当作家吗?

当时王海鸰的回答是：“我不会给孩子设计未来，他是属于他自己的。在他成长的时候我可以陪着他，但对他没有更多的想法，我只要他活得快乐，能担当自己的事情，即使以后想当一名清洁工，只要是他发自内心的，我也会支持。”

王海鸰是这么说的，也是这么做的。大鸥从小学到高中，几乎都是在半玩半学中度过的。尽管如此，她对儿子的素质教育却一刻也没有放松过。王海鸰一向认为，让孩子有良好的修养、正当的爱好比考高分更重要。

从儿子3岁到初中期间，王海鸰先后给他报过钢琴、国际象棋、乒乓球、游泳、滑冰等多个辅导班，尤其是钢琴，是王海鸰逼着儿子学的。

在儿子4岁那年，尽管生活拮据，但王海鸰义无反顾地让儿子去学钢琴。每周四次钢琴课，她都是骑自行车把儿子载到公交站，再挤公交车去少年宫上课。如此的辛苦、执着，并不是想让儿子将来走钢琴特长之路，她的出发点仅仅是培养孩子的音乐修养，她甚至没让儿子跟风去考级。王海鸰深知，学过乐器的人对音乐的感觉是不一样的，会让他受益终生。

儿子毕竟太小，不能理解妈妈的苦心，面对枯燥的练习，或消极抵抗，或撒泼哭闹。每每这时，王海鸰都会对儿子进行严厉管教，几次以后，儿子乖巧多了。后来，大鸥偷偷对别人说，妈妈发起火来好凶啊!

大鸥上初中后，再不肯学琴了，王海鸰觉得作为一种修养和爱好，儿子的底子已经足够了，于是便不再强迫他。如今，在美国读书的大鸥重弹琴键，将其作为一种减压的方式，用它肆意抒发自己内心的感情。这时的他才理解了妈妈当年的苦心。

王海鸰觉得，孩子只有良好的修养还不够，还应该有开阔的视野，高远的志向，足够的能力。

儿子读高中时，作为学校的宣传部长，出面联合其他两个中学成功举办了一场校际联欢会。虽然忙于活动拖累了学习成绩，但王海钨却非常支持儿子的举动，因为这可以锻炼儿子的交际能力。

2006年，王海鸰去澳洲参加一个活动，她决定自费带儿子一起出国。虽然耽误了儿子学习，但增长了见识，开拓了视野，王海鸰认为很值得。

王海鸰向朋友这样评价儿子：

“他不是学习尖子户，离社会上认可的优秀标准还有距离，但是他身心健康，积极向上，有爱心，有能力，基本上符合我对他的理想要求。对他的未来，我毫不担心。”

年龄差距，不妨碍母子像朋友一样互相欣赏

令王海鸰欣慰的是，尽管她和儿子之间有着整整36岁的年龄差距，却完全没有代沟，可以像朋友一样互相交流，互相欣赏。

儿子进入青春期以后，王海鸰就对他进行关于男孩、女孩成长为男人、女人的科普教育。对儿子的少年心事，都给予足够的理解和尊重，从不跟孩子讲大道理。

儿子去美国读书后，王海鸰经常和他在电话里讨论人生问题。前几年，台湾著名作家龙应台出了一本书《亲爱的安德烈》，王海鸰看后非常有感触，还就书中的观点和儿子交流。电话里母子俩各抒己见，有时还为观点的不同争得面红耳赤。

与母亲生活了20年，大鸥对母亲的养育之恩感怀在心。从他懂事起就以自己的方式回报着母亲的爱。

大鸥上初三那年，有一次王海鸰牙疼，几家好的医院口腔科挂号很难，王海鸰没有时间和精力半夜起来去排队挂号，而去水平较差的医院又怕治坏了，只得忍痛拖着。看到妈妈痛苦的样子，大鸥看在眼里急在心里。

第三天是个周末，王海鸰早上醒来，看到儿子的床铺空空的，正着急的时候，接到儿子打来的电话，兴奋地告诉她已经挂上号了，让她赶快去医院治牙。王海鸰这才知道，儿子半夜瞒着她偷偷溜到口腔医院排了六七个小时的队，挂上了第一个号!

让王海鸰欣慰的还有儿子的自立精神。2009年，王海鸰看中了朝阳公园附近的一处房子，觉得作为投资将来回报会很大。但算算家里的钱买下来会有压力，不买又有些遗憾，便打电话跟儿子商量。大鸥听完后斩丁截铁地说，不要买，咱家钱够花了，你不要总想着留钱给我，我能自己挣钱。听了儿子的话，王海鸰豁然开朗。

回望儿子的成长之路，王海鸰在博客里感慨：从没想到孩子的成长会如此迷人，儿子从无知到有知，从稚弱到强大，给她的生命带来了无与伦比的充实和欢乐，她在为儿子付出的同时已经得到了超值的回报。

篇4：微笑双语美文欣赏

Smile at each other, smile at your wife, smile at your husband, smile at your children, smile at each other―it doesn’t matter who it is―and that will help you to grow up in greater love for each other.

经常保持笑容，对你的另一半、你的孩子微笑，甚至对陌生人也不要吝惜你的微笑，因为小小的微笑就能大大增进人与人之间的感情。 ――泰瑞莎修女

1/ Many Americans are familiar with The Little Prince, a wonderful book by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. This is a whimsical and fabulous book and works as a children’s story as well as a thought-provoking adult fable. Far fewer are aware of Saint-Exupery’s other writings, novels and short stories.

法国作家安东尼·圣艾修伯里所写的《小王子》是本很多美国人都很熟悉的极好的书。这本书表面上看来是童话故事，但世故的成人读来也觉寓意深远。很少人知道，除了《小王子》，圣艾修伯里还创作过其他小说和短篇故事。

2/ Saint-Exupery was a fighter pilot who fought against the Nazis and was killed in action. Before World War II, he fought in the Spanish Civil War against the fascists. He wrote a fascinating story based on that experience entitled The Smile. It is this story which I’d like to share with you now. It isn’t clear whether or not he meant this to be autobiographical or fiction. I choose to believe it to be the former.

圣艾修伯里是名飞行员，二次大战对抗纳粹时被击落身亡，之前他也曾参加西班牙内战打击法西斯分子。他根据这次经验写了一篇精彩的故事――《微笑》，现在要提的就是这篇作品。这是真实故事或是虚构事情，没人能下定论，但我宁可相信这是作者的亲身体验。

3/ He said that he was captured by the enemy and thrown into a jail cell. He was sure that from the contemptuous looks and rough treatment he received from his jailers he would be executed the next day. From here, I’ll tell the story as I remember it in my own words.

故事的前段大意是作者被敌军俘虏，关进监牢。看守监狱的人一脸凶相，态度极为恶劣。他心想，明天绝对会被拖出去枪毙。以下是我记忆中的故事原文。

4/ “I was sure that I was to be killed. I became terribly nervous and distraught. I fumbled in my pockets to see if there were any cigarettes, which had escaped their search. I found one and because of my shaking hands, I could barely get it to my lips. But I had no matches, they had taken those.

“一想到自己明天就没命了，不禁陷入极端的惶恐与不安。我翻遍了口袋，终于找到一支没被他们搜走的香烟，但我的手紧张得不停发抖，连将烟送进嘴里都成问题，而我的火柴也在搜身时被拿走了。

5/ “I looked through the bars at my jailer. He did not make eye contact with me. After all, one does not make eye contact with a thing, a corpse. I called out to him ‘Have you got a light?’ He looked at me, shrugged and came over to light my cigarette.

“我透过铁栏望着外面的警卫，他并没有注意到我在看他，也许对他而言，我只是他看守的一样‘物品’、一具‘尸体’。我叫了他一声：‘能跟你借个火吗?’他转头望着我，耸了耸肩，然后走了过来，点燃我的香烟

6/ “As he came close and lit the match, his eyes inadvertently locked with mine. At that moment, I smiled. I don’t know why I did that. Perhaps it was nervousness, perhaps it was because, when you get very close, one to another, it is very hard not to smile. In any case, I smiled. In that instant, it was as though a spark jumped across the gap between our two hearts, our two human souls. I know he didn’t want to, but my smile leaped through the bars and generated a smile on his lips, too. He lit my cigarette but stayed near, looking at me directly in the eyes and continuing to smile.

“当他帮我点火时，他的眼光无意中与我的相接触，这时我突然冲着他微笑。我不知道自己为何有这般反应，也许是过于紧张，或者是当你如此靠近另一个人，你很难不对他微笑。不管是何理由，我对他笑了。就在这一刹那，这抹微笑如同火花般，打破了我们心灵间的隔阂。受到了我的感染，他的嘴角不自觉地也现出了笑容，虽然我知道他原无此意。他点完火后并没立刻离开，两眼盯着我瞧，脸上仍带着微笑。

7/ “I kept smiling at him, now aware of him as a person and not just a jailer. And his looking at me seemed to have a new dimension, too. ‘Do you have kids?’ he asked.

“我也以笑容回应，仿佛他是个朋友，而不是个守着我的警卫。他看着我的眼神也少了当初的那股凶气，‘你有小孩吗?’他开口问道。

8/ “ ‘Yes, here, here.’ I took out my wallet and nervously fumbled for the pictures of my family. He, too, took out the pictures of his family and began to talk about his plans and hopes for them. My eyes filled with tears. I said that I feared that I’d never see my family again, never have the chance to see them grow up. Tears came to his eyes, too.

“‘有，你看。’我拿出了皮夹，手忙脚乱地翻出了我的全家福照片。他也掏出了照片，并且开始讲述他对家人的期望与计划。这时我眼中充满了泪水，我说我害怕再也见不到家人。我害怕没机会看着孩子长大。他听了也流下两行眼泪。

9/ Suddenly, without another word, he unlocked my cell and silently led me out. Out of the jail, quietly and by back routes, out of the town. There, at the edge of town, he released me. And without another word, he turned back toward the town.

“突然间，他二话不说地打开了牢门，悄悄地带我从后面的小路逃离了监狱，出了小镇，就在小镇的边上，他放了我，之后便转身往回走，不曾留下一句话。

10/ My life was saved by a smile.

“一个微笑居然能救自己一条命。”

11/ Yes, the smile―the unaffected, unplanned, natural connection between people. I tell this story in my work because I’d like people to consider that underneath all the layers we construct to protect ourselves, our dignity, our titles, our degrees, our status and our need to be seen in certain ways―underneath all that, remains the authentic, essential self. I’m not afraid to call it the soul. I really believe that if that part of you and that part of me could recognize each other, we wouldn’t be enemies. We couldn’t have hate or envy or fear. I sadly conclude that all those other layers, which we so carefully construct through our lives, distance and insulate us from truly contacting others. Saint-Exupery’s story speaks of that magic moment when two souls recognize each other.

是的，微笑是人与人之间最自然真挚的沟通方式，我在我的作品中讲这个故事，因为我希望人们能仔细想想以下的事情：人常常为自己建立层层的保护膜，为了维护尊严、头街、身分、形象等，而必须有所隐藏。我相信在这些掩饰下，每个人都有一个真实、不带虚伪的灵魂。如果我们能用心灵去认识彼此，世间不会有结怨成仇的憾事;恨意、妒嫉、恐惧也会不复存在。可惜的是人小心翼翼为自己所建造的保护膜，却阻隔了自己与他人真诚相对的机会。圣艾修伯里的这则故事，让我们见到了两颗心灵相互交流的神奇时刻。

12/ I’ve had just a few moments like that. Falling in love is one example. And looking at a baby. Why do we smile when we see a baby? Perhaps it’s because we see someone without all the defensive layers, someone whose smile for us we know to be fully genuine and without guile. And that baby-soul inside us smiles wistfully in recognition.

篇5：双语美文欣赏怎样读书

怎样读书?

Virginia Woolf

弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫

It is simple enough to say that since books have classes——fiction，biography，poetry——we should separate them and take from each what it is right that each should give us. Yet few people ask from books what books can give us. Most commonly we come to books with blurred and divided minds，asking of fiction that it shall be true，of poetry that it shall be false，of biography that it shall be flattering，of history that it shall enforce our own prejudices. If we could banish all such preconceptions when we read，that would be an admirable beginning. Do not dictate to your author;Try to become him. Be his fellow-worker and accomplice. If you hang back，and reserve and criticize at first，you are preventing yourself from getting the fullest possible value from what you read. But if you open your mind as widely as possible，the signs and hints of almost imperceptible fineness，from the twist and turn of the first sentences，will bring you into the presence of a human being unlike any other. Steep yourself in this，acquaint yourself with this，and soon you will find that your author is giving you，or attempting to give you，something far more definite. The thirty-two chapters of a novel—if we consider how to read a novel first——are an attempt to make something as formed and controlled as a building：but words are more impalpable than bricks;Reading is a longer and more complicated process than seeing. Perhaps the quickest way to understand the elements of what a novelist is doing is not to read，but to write;To make your own experiment with the dangers and difficulties of words. Recall，then，some event that has left a distinct impression on you—how at the corner of the street，perhaps，you passed two people talking. A tree shook;an electric light danced;the tone of the talk was comic，but also tragic;a whole vision;an entire conception，seemed contained in that moment.

书既然有小说，传记，诗歌之分，就应区别对待，从各类书中取其应该给及我们的东西。这话说来很简单。然而很少有人向书索取它能给我们的东西，我们拿起书来往往怀着模糊而又杂乱的想法，要求小说是真是的，诗歌是虚假的，传记要吹捧，史书能加强我们自己的偏见。读书时如能抛开这些先入为主之见，便是极好的开端。不要对作者指手画脚，而要尽力与作者融为一体，共同创作，共同策划。如果你不参与，不投入，而且一开始就百般挑剔，那你就无缘从书中获得最大的益处。你若敞开心扉，虚怀若谷，那么，书中精细入微的寓意和暗示便会把你从一开头就碰上的那些像是山回水转般的句子中带出来，走到一个独特的人物面前。钻进去熟悉它，你很快就会发现，作者展示给你的或想要展示给你的是一些比原先要明确得多的东西。不妨闲来谈谈如何读小说吧。一部长篇小说分成三十二章，是作者的苦心经营，想把它建构得如同一座错落有致的布局合理的大厦。可是词语比砖块更难捉摸，阅读比观看更费时、更复杂。了解作家创作的个中滋味。最有效的途径恐怕不是读而是写，通过写亲自体验一下文字工作的艰难险阻。回想一件你记忆忧新的事吧。比方说，在街道的拐弯处遇到两个人正在谈话，树影婆娑，灯光摇曳，谈话的调子喜中有悲。这一瞬间似乎包含了一种完善的意境，全面的构思。

But when you attempt to reconstruct it in words，you will find that it breaks into a thousand conflicting impressions. Some must be subdued;others emphasized;in the process you will lose，probably，all grasp upon the emotion itself. Then turn from your blurred and littered pages to the opening pages of some great novelist—Defoe，Jane Austen，or Hardy. Now you will be better able to appreciate their mastery. It is not merely that we are in the presence of a different person—Defoe，Jane Austen，or Thomas Hardy—but that we are living in a different world. Here，in Robinson Crusoe，we are trudging a plain high road;one thing happens after another;the fact and the order of the fact is enough. But if the open air and adventure mean everything to Defoe they mean nothing to Jane Austen. Hers is the drawing-room，and people talking，and by the many mirrors of their talk revealing their characters. And if，when we have accustomed ourselves to the drawing-room and its reflections，we turn to Hardy，we are once more spun around. The other side of the mind is now exposed—the dark side that comes uppermost in solitude，not the light side that shows in company. Our relations are not towards people，but towards Nature and destiny. Yet different as these worlds are，each is consistent with itself. The maker of each is careful to observe the laws of his own perspective，and however great a strain they may put upon us they will never confuse us，as lesser writers so frequently do，by introducing two different kinds of reality into the same book. Thus to go from one great novelist to another—from Jane Austen to Hardy，from Peacock to Trollope，from Scott to Meredith —is to be wrenched and uprooted;to be thrown this way and then that. To read a novel is a difficult and complex art. You must be capable not only of great finesse of perception，but of great boldness of imagination if you are going to make use of all that the novelist—the great artist—gives you.

可是当你打算用文字来重现此情此景的时候。它却化作千头万绪互相冲突的印象。有的必须淡化，有的则应加突出。在处理过程中你可能对整个意境根本把握不住了。这时，还是把你那些写得含糊杂乱的一页页书稿搁到一边，翻开某位小说大师，如笛福，简·奥斯汀或哈代的作品来从头读吧。这时候你就能更深刻地领略大师们驾驭文字的技巧了。因为我们不仅面对一个个不同的人物—笛福、简·奥斯汀或托马斯·哈代，而且置身于不同的世界。阅读《鲁宾逊漂流记》时，我们仿佛跋涉在狂野大道上，事件一个接一个，故事再加上故事情节的安排就足够了。如果说旷野和历险对笛福来说就是一切，那么对简·奥斯汀就毫无意义了。她的世界是客厅和客厅中闲聊的人们。这些人的言谈像一面面的镜子，反映出他们的性格特征。当我们熟悉了奥斯汀的客厅及其反映出来的事物以后再去读哈代的作品，又得转向另一个世界。周围茫茫荒野，头顶一片星空。此时，心灵的另一面，不要聚会结伴时显示出来的轻松愉快的一面，而是孤独时最容易萌生的忧郁阴沉的一面。和我们打交道的不是人，而是自然与命运。虽然这些世界截然不同，它们自身却浑然一体。每一个世界的创造者都小心翼翼地遵循自己观察事物的法则，不管他们的作品读起来如何费力，却不会像蹩脚的作家那样，把格格不入的两种现实塞进一部作品中，使人感到不知所云。因此读完一位伟大作家的小说再去读另一位的，比如说从简·奥斯汀到哈代，从皮科克到特罗洛普，从司各特到梅瑞狄斯，就好像被猛力扭动，连根拔起，抛来抛去。说实在的，读小说是一门困难而又复杂的艺术。要想充分享用小说作者，伟大的艺术家给予你的一切，你不仅要具备高度的感受能力，还得有大胆的想象力。

扩展：棕色褐色类英文词汇

棕色,褐色 brown

红棕 umber;chili

金棕 auburn

铁锈棕 rustic brown

桔棕 orange brown

橄榄棕 olive brown

赤褐 sorrel; maroon;terra cotta

棕褐 summer tan

茶褐 auburn ; umber

黑褐 black brown

紫褐 puce

黄褐 drab; fulvouos;cinnamon;ocher;tawny;russet brown

栗褐 chestnut brown

灰褐 taupe;mouse;greige beige;rose beige

浅灰褐 putty

橙褐 orange brown

土褐 clay

深褐 dark brown;bistre;burnt sienna

暗褐 deep brown; fuscous;dun

篇6：美文欣赏读书的乐趣双语

读书的乐趣

All the wisdom of the ages, all the stories that have delighted mankind for centuries, are easily and cheaply available to all of us within the covers of books—but we must know how to avail ourselves of this treasure and how to get the most of it.

人类历来的聪明才智，世世代代所喜欢的故事，人人皆可从书本里获得，既方便又经济——但我们必须懂得如何利用这些宝藏，懂得如何才能从中获益最多

I am most interested in people, in meeting them and finding out about them. Some of the most remarkable people I’ve met existed only in a writer’s imagination, then on the pages of his book, and then, again, in my imagination. I’ve found in books new friends, new societies, new worlds.

我对人特感兴趣，喜欢与人交往，了解人。我所认识的最了不起的人中，有些起先只存在于作者的想像之中，继而出现在他的书中，最后又活跃在我的想象之中。我从书中找到了新的朋友，新的社交圈子，新的世界。

If I am interested in people, others are interested not so much in who as in how. Who in the books includes everybody from science-fiction superman two hundred centuries in the future all the way back to the first figures in history how covers everything from the ingenious explanations of Sherlock Holmes1 to the discoveries of science and ways of teaching manners to children.

如果说我感兴趣的是人，别人感兴趣的与其说是人不如说是事。书中的人，从史书上记载的第一批伟人，到街头科幻小说中描写的两万年后的超人，形形色色无所不包。书中的事，从福尔摩斯的神妙剖析，到科学的种.种发现，到如何教育儿童懂得礼貌，五花八门无所不有。

Reading is a pleasure of the mind, which means that it is a little like a sport: your eagerness and knowledge and quickness make you a good reader. Reading is fun, not because the writer is telling you something, but because it makes your mind work. Your own imagination works along with the author’s or even goes beyond his. Your experience, compared with his, brings you to the same or different conclusions, and your ideas develop as you understand his.

阅读是心智的乐事，颇有点像运动：心情热切、知识丰富、思维敏捷才能造就一个好的读者。读书之所以有趣，不是由于作者告诉了你什么，而是由于读书促使你思考。你的想象与作者的想象一道展开，甚至超过作者的想象。你的经验与作者的经验相比较，使你得出与作者相同的或不同的结论，而你在了解作者思想的同时便形成了自己的思想。

Every book stands by itself, like a one-family louse, but books in a library are like houses in a city. Although they are separate, together they all add up to something; they are connected with each other and with other cities. The same ideas, or related ones, turn up in different places; the human problems that repeat themselves in life repeat themselves in literature, but with different solutions according to different writings at different times.

单独一本书犹如一个独家小院，但汇集到图书馆则好似城市中的千家万户。虽然仍是各自独立，结合起来可就非同寻常了。家家户户彼此相依，还与其他城市相连。相同的思想或相关的思想在不同的地方出现;人生中反复出现的问题在文学中也反复出现，但不同的时代、不同的作品会提出不同的解决办法。

Reading can only be fun if you expect it to be. If you concentrate on books somebody tells you “ought” to read, you probably won’t have fun .But if you put down a book you don’t like and try another till you find one that means something to you, and then relax with it, you will almost certainly have a good time—and if you become as a result of reading, better, wiser, or more gentle, you won’t have suffered during the process.

读书之所以能成为乐趣，只在于你有这样的期待。你若是只读别人说的是你“应该”读的书，那可能就不会有什么乐趣可言。但你若是把自己不喜欢的书放下另换别的，直至找到一本你觉得有意思的书，然后轻松地读下去，那你几乎肯定会乐在其中——假如你能因此而变得更高尚、更聪明、更温雅，那阅读本身就不是一种苦差事了。

扩展：灰色类英文词汇

灰色 grey; gray

银灰 silver grey;chinchilla; gray mom

铁灰 iron grey

铅灰 lividity; leaden grey

碳灰 charcoal grey

驼灰 doe

豆灰 rose dust

藕灰 zephyr

莲灰 elderberry

浅莲灰 pale lilac