英語美文摘抄

　　英語美文摘抄（一）

　　We tried so hard to make things better for our kids that we made them worse. For my grandchildren, I d know better.

　　I d really like for them to know about hand-me-down clothes and home-made ice cream and leftover meatloaf. I really would.

　　My cherished grandson, I hope you learn humility by surviving failure and that you learn to be honest even when no one is looking.

　　I hope you learn to make your bed and mow the lawn and wash the car-and I hope nobody gives you a brand-new car when you are sixteen.

　　It will be good if at least one time you can see a baby calf born, and you have a good friend to be with you if you ever have to put your old dog to sleep.

　　I hope you get a black eye fighting for something you believe in.

　　I hope you have to share a bedroom with your younger brother. And it is all right to draw a line down the middle of the room, but when he wants to crawl under the covers with you because he s scared, I hope you ll let him.

　　And when you want to see a Disney movie and your kid brother wants to tag along, I hope you take him.

　　I hope you have to walk uphill with your friends and that you live in a town where you can do it safely.

　　If you want a slingshot, I hope your father teaches you how to make one instead of buying one. I hope you learn to dig in the dirt and read books, and when you learn to use computers, you also learn how to add and subtract in your head.

　　I hope you get razzed by friends when you have your first crush on a girl, and that when you talk back to your mother you learn what Ivory soap tastes like.

　　May you skin your knee climbing a mountain, burn your hand on the stove and stick your tongue on a frozen flagpole.

　　I hope you get sick when someone blows smoke in your face. I don t care if you try beer once, but I hope you won t like it. And if a friend offers you a joint or any drugs, I hope you are smart enough to realize that person is not your friend.

　　I sure hope you make time to sit on a porch with your grandpa or go fishing with your uncle.

　　I hope your mother punishes you when you throw a baseball through a neighbor s window, and that she hugs you and kisses you when you give her a plaster of pared mold of your hand.

　　These things I wish for you-tough times and disappointment, hard work and happiness.

　　爺爺的期望非常簡單 幸福快樂就好

　　我們竭盡全力想讓我們的兒女們過得更好，而結果卻是適得其反。對我的孫輩們，我就明智得多了。

　　我真的希望他們能夠了解什麼是兄長傳下來的舊衣服，家制的冰淇淋，以及吃剩的肉糕。我真的希望。

　　我的寶貝孫子，我希望你在經受失敗的考驗之後能學會謙卑，也希望你能學會誠實，即使在沒有人注視你的時候。

　　我希望你能學會自己疊被子，自己刈草坪，自己洗車--我還希望在你滿十六歲時沒有人送給你一輛嶄新的轎車。

　　假如你至少有一次機會看見小牛犢出生，假如你不得不為你的老狗送終，那時有一位好朋友在場為你作伴--那樣該有多好啊！

　　我希望你能為自己的所信仰與人斗得眼青臉腫。

　　我希望你能和你弟弟共一間卧室--即使你在卧室中間劃一條分界線也沒關係。可是，當弟弟因為害怕而要爬進你的被窩時，我希望你會接納他。

　　當你要出去看迪斯尼電影，你的小弟弟想做你的小尾巴時，我希望你能帶上他。

　　我希望你能和朋友們一起爬山，而在你所生活的城市裡做這項運動不會有什麼危險。

　　如果你想要一把彈弓，我希望你父親能教你怎樣自己做一把，而不是為你買一把現成的。我還希望你能學會挖泥巴和讀書；而當你學會使用電腦時，你也應該學會加減法的心算。

　　當你第一次戀上一個女孩時，我希望你會受到朋友們的嘲弄；而當你跟你母親頂嘴時，希望她叫你嘗一嘗象牙肥皂的滋味。

　　但願你能在爬山時弄破膝蓋上的皮，或者在爐子上燒傷手，或者讓舌頭粘在結冰的旗杆上。

　　我希望吸煙者對着你的臉上噴吐煙霧時，你會感到噁心。如果你嘗試喝一次啤酒，我不會在意；但是我希望你不會喜歡上它。如果有一位朋友請你吸一口含大麻的香煙，或者任何毒品，我希望你明智地意識到他不是你的朋友。

　　我當然希望你能抽時間來陪你爺爺在門廊上坐一坐，或者陪你叔叔釣釣魚。

　　如果你把捧球扔進了鄰居的窗戶，我希望你母親懲罰你。如果你能剪掉指甲，用石膏做一隻自己的手的模型送給你媽，我希望她會給你擁抱和親吻。

　　我希望你能經歷：艱難的歲月，挫折和失望；希望你努力工作，幸福快樂。

　　英語美文摘抄（二）

　　Learning:A Lifelong Career

　　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：一生的事業（學習無止境，只有努力，努力，再努力，才會成功）

　　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。

　　英語美文摘抄（三）

　　heavy schoolwork

　　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. Playing is not wasting time, as some think. It gives them physical exercise, and also exercises 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.

　　課業繁重

　　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。最後，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。

　　英語美文摘抄（四）

　　Time

　　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.

　　時間

　　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。

　　英語美文摘抄（五）

　　Work and Play

　　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

　　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，享受視覺盛宴。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。

　　英語美文摘抄（六）

　　My first Job

　　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

　　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！

　　英語美文摘抄（七）

　　My Favorite Sports

　　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 for 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.

　　我最喜愛的運動

　　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。

　　英語美文摘抄（八）

　　Fox and cock

　　One morning a fox sees a cock.He think,"This is my breakfast.””

　　He comes up to the cock and says,"I know you can sing very well.Can you sing for me ””The cock is glad.He closes his eyes and begins to sing.The fox sees that and catches him in his mouth and carries him away.

　　The people in the field see the fox.They cry,"Look,look!The fox is carrying the cock away.””

　　The cock says to the fox,"Mr Fox,do you understand The people say you are carrying their cock away.Tell them it is yours.Not theirs.””

　　The fox opens his mouth and says,"The cock is mine,not yours.””Just then the cock runs away from the fox and flies into the tree.

　　狐狸和公雞

　　一天早上，一隻狐狸看到了一隻公雞。他想：這是我的早餐。

　　他朝公雞走來，對他說："我知道，你能唱得非常好聽，你能唱給我聽么？"公雞很高興。他閉上眼睛開始唱歌。狐狸看到這些抓住它放到自己的嘴裡走了。

　　在田地里的人們看到了狐狸。大喊大叫："看，看！狐狸抓住公雞逃走了。"公雞對狐狸說："狐狸先生，你能理解么？人們認為你叼走了公雞。告訴他們這是你的，不是他們的。"

　　狐狸張開她的嘴說："公雞是我的，不是你們的。"就在那時，公雞逃離了狐狸的嘴巴，跑到了樹底下。

　　英語美文摘抄（九）

　　The City Mouse and the Country Mouse

　　Once there were two mice. They were friends. One mouse lived in the country; the other mouse lived in the city. After many years the Country mouse saw the City mouse; he said, "Do come and see me at my house in the country." So the City mouse went. The City mouse said, "This food is not good, and your house is not good. Why do you live in a hole in the field You should come and live in the city. You would live in a nice house made of stone. You would have nice food to eat. You must come and see me at my house in the city."

　　The Country mouse went to the house of the City mouse. It was a very good house. Nice food was set ready for them to eat. But just as they began to eat they heard a great noise. The City mouse cried, " Run! Run! The cat is coming!" They ran away quickly and hid.

　　After some time they came out. When they came out, the Country mouse said, "I do not like living in the city. I like living in my hole in the field. For it is nicer to be poor and happy, than to be rich and afraid."

　　城裡老鼠和鄉下老鼠

　　從前，有兩隻老鼠，它們是好朋友。一隻老鼠居住在鄉村，另一隻住在城裡。很多年以後，鄉下老鼠碰到城裡老鼠，它說："你一定要來我鄉下的家看看。"於是，城裡老鼠就去了。鄉下老鼠領着它到了一塊田地上它自己的家裡。它把所有最精美食物都找出來給城裡老鼠。城裡老鼠說："這東西不好吃，你的家也不好，你為什麼住在田野的地洞里呢？你應該搬到城裡去住，你能住上用石頭造的漂亮房子，還會吃上美味佳肴，你應該到我城裡的家看看。"

　　鄉下老鼠就到城裡老鼠的家去。房子十分漂亮，好吃的東西也為他們擺好了。可是正當他們要開始吃的時候，聽見很大的一陣響聲，城裡的老鼠叫喊起來："快跑！快跑！貓來了！"他們飛快地跑開躲藏起來。

　　過了一會兒，他們出來了。當他們出來時，鄉下老鼠說："我不喜歡住在城裡，我喜歡住在田野我的洞里。因為這樣雖然貧窮但是快樂自在，比起雖然富有卻要過着提心弔膽的生活來說，要好些。"

　　英語美文摘抄（十）

　　But the teacher cried

　　The six-year-old John was terribly spoiled . His father knew it, but his grandma doted on him. He hardly left her side. And when he wanted anything, he either cried or threw a temper tantrum. Then came his first day of school, his first day away from his grandmother”s loving arms.

　　When he came home from school his grandma met him at the door.

　　"Was school all right " she asked, "Did you get along all right did you cry "

　　"Cry " John asked. "No, I didn”t cry, but the teacher did!"

　　可是老師哭了

　　六歲的約翰嬌生慣養。他的父親知道這一點，可他的祖父母仍然寵着他。這孩子幾乎寸步不離他的祖母。他想要什麼不是哭，就是鬧。他第一天上學才離開祖母的懷抱。

　　約翰放學了，他奶奶在門口接他並問道："學校怎麼樣？你過的好嗎？哭了沒有？"

　　"哭？"約翰問，"不，我沒哭，可老師哭了。"

　　10.Mixed doubles

　　Teacher of Physical Education: Have you ever seen mixed doubles,boys

　　Nick: Yes,sir. Quite of ten. I saw it even last night.

　　Teacher: Please tell us some thing about it.

　　Nick: Oh,sorry,sir. My father always says, "Domestic shame should not be published."

　　體育老師：孩子們，你們見過男女混合雙打嗎？

　　尼克：見過，老師，經常見。就在昨天夜裡我還見過呢！

　　體育老師：那你給大家講講當時的情形吧。

　　尼克：啊，對不起，老師。我爸爸常說："家醜不可外揚。"