短篇英語美文摘抄

　　短篇英語美文摘抄（一）

　　A Lifelong Career【學習：一生的事業】

　　As food is to the body, so is learning to the mind. Our bodies grow and muscles develop with the intake of adequate nutritious food. Likewise, we should keep learning day by day to maintain our keen mental power and expand our intellectual capacity. Constant learning supplies us with inexhaustible fuel for driving us to sharpen our power of reasoning, analysis, and judgment. Learning incessantly is the surest way to keep pace with the times in the information age, and an infallible warrant of success in times of uncertainty.

　　Once learning stops, vegetation sets in. It is a common fallacy to regard school as the only workshop for the acquisition of knowledge. On the contrary, learning should be a never-ending process, from the cradle to the grave. With the world ever changing so fast, the cease from learning for just a few days will make a person lag behind. What”s worse, the animalistic instinct dormant deep in our subconsciousness will come to life, weakening our will to pursue our noble ideal, sapping our determination to sweep away obstacles to our success and strangling our desire for the refinement of our character. Lack of learning will inevitably lead to the stagnation of the mind, or even worse, its fossilization, Therefore, to stay mentally young, we have to take learning as a lifelong career.

　　學習之於心靈，就像食物之於身體一樣。攝取了適量的營養食物，我們的身體得以生長而肌肉得以發達。同樣地，我們應該日復一日不斷地學習以保持我們敏銳的心智能力，並擴充我們的智力容量。不斷的學習提供我們用不盡的燃料，來驅使我們磨利我們的推理、分析和判斷的能力。持續的學習是在信息時代中跟時代並駕齊驅的最穩當的方法，也是在變動的世代中成功的可靠保證。

　　一旦學習停止，單調貧乏的生活就開始了。視學校為汲取知識的唯一場所是種常見的謬誤。相反地，學習應該是一種無終止的歷程，從生到死。由於世界一直快速地在變動，只要學習停頓數日就將使人落後。更糟的是，蟄伏在我們潛意識深處的獸性本能就會復活，削弱我們追求高貴理想的意志，弱化我們掃除成功障礙的決心，而且扼殺我們凈化我們人格的慾望。缺少學習將不可避免地導致心靈的停滯，甚至更糟地，使其僵化。因此，為了保持心理年輕，我們必須將學習當作一生的事業。

　　短篇英語美文摘抄（二）

　　heavy shoolwork【課業繁重】

　　In my opinion, the schoolwork now being assigned to high school students is too heavy. While it is true that students need to study, they need other things as well if they are to grow into healthy and well-rounded adults. High should be allowed more time for play. Plying is not wasting time, as some think. It gives them physical exercise, and also exercise their imagination. Which tends to be stifled by too much study. Finally, the pressure put on high school students by excessive schoolwork can cause serious stress, which is unhealthy physically and mentally. I do not advocate the elimination of schoolwork. I do think, however, that a reduction of the current heavy load would be beneficial to students and to the society as a whole.

　　我認為目前高中生的課業實在太重了，雖然說學生的確應當念書，但是要想長大成為健全的人，他門還需要一些其它的東西，所以應該給高中生較多從事娛樂的時間。娛樂並不如某些人所想的，是在浪費時間，它可以讓學生鍛煉身體，發揮被繁重課業扼殺的想象力。此外，繁重的課業加諸在高中生身上的壓力可能引起嚴重的情緒緊張，這對身心都有害。我並非主張廢除學校課業，但是我認為減輕目前繁重的課業對於學生和整個社會都是有益的。

　　短篇英語美文摘抄（三）

　　Time【時間】

　　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.

　　時光一去不復返，這是我上學期清楚學到的教訓。我浪費很多時間四處遊盪，以致於我的成績開始退步。最後我終於了解到我必須有所作為；該是痛改前非的時候了。

　　現在我有一個明智運用時間的新方法。我已將鬧鐘早撥半小時，這將使我這一天的作息提前開始。我也決定將我所做的一切及做這些事的時間記錄下來。回顧我所做的事情會啟發我如何重新安排我的時間。

　　短篇英語美文摘抄（四）

　　Work and Play【工作與娛樂】

　　Work and play do not contradict each other; in fact, they complement each other. As the saying goes, "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." A life burdened with work leads you nowhere, for you would get tired and bored with your daily routine work. On the other hand, proper recreation will relieve the tension and discomfort of our monotonous life because it offers you various ways to let out your pent-up emotions.

　　What I usually do to relax after school is jogging and seeing movies. Usually I don”t spare time for exercise, but I value the physical education class at school. Jogging several rounds in the field certainly relieves the day”s pressure. On weekends, I”ll catch the morning movie for my visual enjoyment. I feel revived and energetic for another week”s work-load.

　　工作與娛樂並不互相衝突，事實上，它們之間的關係還相輔相成。有句格言說：「整日工作而沒有休閑娛樂，會令人變得沉悶乏味。」被工作重擔壓得喘不過氣來的生活，將使你一事無成，因為你將對一成不變的例行公事感到厭煩。由另一方面來說，適度的娛樂活動能提供各種管道，來渲泄你被壓抑的情緒，減輕單調生活中的緊張與不悅。

　　放學之後，我最常做的休閑活動，便是慢跑與看電影。通常我並不特地撥出時間來做運動，但是我很重視學校的體育課。在操場上慢跑幾圈，無疑地可以減輕一天的壓力。在周末時，我都去看早場電影，享受視覺饗宴。如此一來，我將有如再生般的充沛活力，去面對下一星期的工作量。

　　短篇英語美文摘抄（五）

　　My first Job【我的第一份工作】

　　My first job was at a cramming school. It was three years ago when I just graduated from junior high school and finished the entrance examination. since I had nothing to do that summer, I decided to find a job, tasting the joy of independence.

　　I was responsible for answering the telephone and taking the message. I worked eight hours a day, six days a week. The work was not difficult nor heavy to me and I guess I did well. The most delighted thing was perhaps that I could spend the money I earned all by myself.

　　我的第一份工作是在一家補習班做事。那是三年前我剛從國中畢業，考完聯考時的事了。既然我那整個夏天都閑着沒事，倒不如找份差事，嘗嘗獨立賺錢的快樂。

　　我負責接聽電話且紀錄留言的工作。我一天工作八小時，一星期工作六天。那份工作對我而言既不困難亦不沉重，所以我想我還滿稱職的。而最令人快樂的事大概莫過於花全部由自己賺來的錢了！

　　短篇英語美文摘抄（六）

　　My Favorite Sports【我最喜愛的運動】

　　Sports help everyone to keep healthy, happy, and efficient. So I pay special attention to games, especially table-tennis. Table tennis is my favorite game. I play it almost every day.

　　Table-tennis is an ideal game us because it brings the whole body into action. It strengthens our muscles, expands our lungs, promotes the circulation of the blood, and causes a healthy action of the skin. Besides, it is very amusing and does not cost us much money. Table-tennis is very moderate; it is not so rough as football. It is an indoor game and can be played even on rainy days. Thus, it is my favorite kind of exercise.

　　運動能幫助每一個人保持健康、快樂和有效率。所以我特別重視運動，特別是桌球，桌球是我最喜歡的運動。我幾乎每天玩。

　　桌球對我們而言，是一項理想的運動，因為它可以使我們全身運動，它可以增強我們的肌肉，擴張我們的肺部，促進血液循環，並且使肌膚產生健康作用，此外，它很有趣而且所費不多。桌球是相當溫和適中的，它不像足球那麼粗野。它是一種室內運動，甚至在下雨天也能玩。因此，桌球是我最喜愛的一種運動。

　　短篇英語美文摘抄（七）

　　Youth

　　Samuel Ullman

　　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 sixty more than a body of twenty. 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 sixty or sixteen, there is in every human being”s heart the lure of wonder, the unfailing child-like 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.

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

　　青春

　　青春不是年華，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，炙熱的戀情；青春是生命的深泉在涌流。

　　青春氣貫長虹，勇銳蓋過怯弱，進取壓倒苟安。如此銳氣，二十後生而有之，六旬男子則更多見。年歲有加，並非垂老，理想丟棄，方墮暮年。

　　歲月悠悠，衰微只及肌膚；熱忱拋卻，頹廢必致靈魂。憂煩，惶恐，喪失自信，定使心靈扭曲，意氣如灰。

　　無論年屆花甲，擬或二八芳齡，心中皆有生命之歡樂，奇迹之誘惑，孩童般天真久盛不衰。人人心中皆有一台天線，只要你從天上人間接受美好、希望、歡樂、勇氣和力量的信號，你就青春永駐，風華常存。 、

　　一旦天線下降，銳氣便被冰雪覆蓋，玩世不恭、自暴自棄油然而生，即使年方二十，實已垂垂老矣；然則只要樹起天線，捕捉樂觀信號，你就有望在八十高齡告別塵寰時仍覺年輕。

　　短篇英語美文摘抄（八）

　　My View on Life Value 人生價值何在

　　We all come to the world, but why do some of us make great achievements known forever and why are they remembered forever even though they leave the world And why do some leave the world without anything valuable to his generation and the people Every one of us will hope to have a significant and valuable life. But what kind of life is both significant and valuable Answers to the questions are … "If you cherish your value of your own life, you will create something valuable for the world." Johann Goth said. "The life value should be judged from his contribution rather than his profession." Einstein said. Lei Feng, a communist soldier, said, "one lives to make others a more beautiful life."

　　我們每一個人來到這個世界上，為什麼有的人功業千秋，永垂不朽？為什麼有的人悄悄而去，卻沒有給後人和社會留下一點兒有價值的東西？！人誰不希望自己的一生過得有意義、有價值？那麼，怎樣的人生才算是有意義有價值的人生呢？對於這個問題…… 歌德說："你若要喜愛自己的價值，就得給世界創造價值。"愛因斯坦說："一個人的價值，應當看他貢獻什麼，而不是看他得到什麼。" 共產主義戰士雷鋒說："自己活着，就是為了讓別人過得更美好。"

　　短篇英語美文摘抄（九）

　　As we all know, Marx is an outstanding and great man. He founded his brilliant and scientific theory of communism. The theory guides the ways for the human being”s liberation. Marx said, "If we can elect one suitable profession, we won”t be demoralized with its pressure, because we make sacrifice for human beings. Only by this way will we not be addicted to the joy of narrow-minded and individualism.

　　馬克思是歷史上一個了不起的偉大人物，他創立了科學的、光輝的共產主義學說，為人類的徹底解放指明了前進的道路。馬克思曾說："如果我們能選擇一種最適合於人類工作的職業，那麼，我們就不會在它的重壓下變得意志消沉，因為我們是在為人類而作出犧牲，這樣，我們就不會陷入到一種毫無意義的、狹小的、個人主義的歡樂之中。

　　短篇英語美文摘抄（十）

　　Our happiness belongs to thousands upon thousands of people. I see, although it may be unknown, our cause will never be forgot forever. Even when we depart to God, the kind people will tear down upon our ashes." When he said these words, he was only 17 years old. He meant his word with his deeds in his late lifetime period. After his death, on his 100-birthday anniversary, the proletarian and the revolutionary people of the whole world still cherish the memory of Marx and mourn him respectively. It is his distinguishingable contribution to the mankind that his life is that significant. It is his great devotion to the human being that his life value is beyond measure.

　　我們的幸福屬於成千上萬的人們。我們的事業雖然是無聲無息的，但它將永世長存，在我們死後，善良的人們將在我們的骨灰上灑下他們的熱淚。"說這段話的時候，馬克思只有17歲，而在以後的人生歷程中，他用實際行動履行了他所說的話。他誕辰100周年時，全世界無產階級和革命人民，不是還在深切地懷念他、悼念他嗎？正因為馬克思為人類作出了卓越的貢獻，他的一生才有那樣重大的意義，他的人生價值才那樣無可估量地巨大。

　　短篇英語美文摘抄（十一）

　　We also know that Lu Xun is a man of great. Without his nobility "Fierce-browed, I wooly defy a thousand point fingers, head bowed like a willing ox I serve the children", and without his spirit of his loyalty and devotion to the last for the bright future of the Chinese people, his life would not have been so significant and so great. Actually, didn”t those regarded as essence of human who live forever in the hearts of people make great contributions to the cause of the people Wouldn”t the people remember those whose great achievements for human are recorded in history

　　魯迅先生也是個偉大人物，如果他沒有"橫眉冷對千夫指，俯首甘為孺子牛"的崇高精神，如果他沒有為中國人民的美好未來而鞠躬盡瘁，死而後已，其人生的意義和價值就不會這樣偉大了。事實上，那些千古不朽、光照史冊、堪稱人類精英的偉大人物，又有哪個沒有為人類的共同事業做出過巨大的貢獻呢？

　　短篇英語美文摘抄（十二）

　　We know for certain that not every of us will be a second Marx or Lu Xun. However, a person of noble aspirations will do solid work. Struggle continuously and effortless. He will try to make his greatest contribution in his shortest time. He will try what he can to bring benefit to the people in his lifetime. We”d say it is impossible for one to live alone if he isolates society and people. If he hopes to make a benefit life, he will bring benefit and make contribution to people. As a socialist youth, he will devote his life to the cause of communism in order to make a benefit life.

　　當然，我們不可能人人都成為馬克思、魯迅第二，但真正的有志之士，總是在最短的時間內去做出偉大的成績，在有生之年盡自己的全部力量去為人類造福。一個人是不可能離開人類、離開社會而獨立生活的，要使人生有價值，就得造福於人類，為社會做出貢獻。作為一個社會主義社會的青年，要使人生有價值，就得把自己的生命融入偉大的共產主義的事業之中。

　　短篇英語美文摘抄（十三）

　　Moreover, we say that a value of life will be only in direct proportion to achievement and contribution he makes to our society. In our real life, we can see many revolutionary martyrs die young for the people. Don”t you think they cherish the life Yes. They do. They are sentimentally attached to life; they are full of hope and desire. But they confront the death bravely and resolutely in order to make many more people live. Their brilliant status will be living in the hearts of people. They die glorious and great. The life of those who die busy about his lifetime without any achievements can not be compared with their life.

　　人生的價值只能和一個人對社會做出的貢獻的多少、立下的功績的大小成正比。許多革命烈士，年紀輕輕就為人民獻出了生命，難道他們就不愛人生？不，對人生，他們也充滿了眷戀，充滿了渴望。但是，他們為了更多人的生，面對死亡毅然決然。他們的光輝形象將永遠聳立在人們的心中！他們死得光榮，死得偉大，他們的人生價值是那些碌碌無為而壽終正寢的人不可比擬的。

　　短篇英語美文摘抄（十四）

　　In our real life, we have many cases like those. Life is endless and tackling key problems will be continuous. Let”s take these as examples. Mr. Jing Zhuying worked for the Chinese science causes to the last of his life. Mr. Zhang Hua sacrificed his own young life for the sake of others, which set a good example of the communist. Mr. An Ke died for fulfillment for the duty as a citizen. Ms Zhang Haiti, compared to be Paul of our time, worked very hard and faced frustrations of her life, though she was disabled. She still continues to live on bravely. All these are the strong of their life. Their value of life is precious. My fellow students, don”t you say what a beautiful life they have Beethoven once said; "I must learn to control my life which will never make me give myself up. Oh, If only I can live more than thousands times!" Paul Cocking also had a golden saying, "Life is but one." I think every youth of us keep this in our minds. let”s turn it into reality with our deeds.

　　在今天的現實生活中，這樣的事例也是很多的。生命不息，攻關不止，為中華的科學事業戰鬥到最後一刻的蔣築英；用美好壯麗的青春，譜寫捨己救人共產主義之歌的張華；用生命去履行一個公民職責的安柯；更有身殘志堅、頑強學習，面對坎坷的人生之路，仍然勇猛前進的當代保爾張海迪。他們都是人生征途上的強者。他們的人生價值是可貴的。朋友們，這樣的人生是多麼美好啊！ 貝多芬曾說："我必須學會掌握自己的命運，我決不會屈服於命運。能把生命活上千次百次真是很美！"然而生命只有一次，保爾·柯察金那段至理名言，我們每個青年都應當牢牢記住，並把它變為自己的實際行動。

　　短篇英語美文摘抄（十五）

　　Let”s not be a man full of promises but without any deeds, like Lusting, one of the characters by Dougeshefol. My fellow students, let”s not wander. Let”s not hesitate. Only lament and vexation does not mean consideration and exploration. Only lament and vexation does not mean advancing and does not mean mature at all. Let”s not kill our lifetime by playing cards. Let”s not waste our youth by drinking. Let”s not destroy our will without any achievements. Let”s make great contribution to human. And only by these can we create benefit life.

　　千萬不要像屠格涅夫筆下的羅亭那樣，成為語言的巨人、行動的矮子！ 親愛的朋友們，一味地徘徊、彷徨，一味地哀嘆、煩惱，並不等於思考、探索、前進，更不是成熟的標誌。我們不能讓生命在紙牌中磨滅，不能讓青春在酒精中溶化，不能讓鬥志在空想中瓦解，而應當在為祖國和人民的貢獻中創造自己的價值！