英语精彩短文

英语精彩短文篇一：精美英语小短文(英汉对照)

英语短文：拥抱生态旅游

Aremote Patagonian town that's just beginning to prosper by guiding tourists through the virgin forests nearby is being shaken by the realization that it's sitting on a gold mine. Literally. More than 3,000 worried Esquel residents recently took to the streets in protests aimed at assuring that their neat community of 28,000 beco mes an ecotourism center, not a gold-rush town.

巴塔哥尼亚一处偏远的小镇因为发展附近一处原始林的观光业正渐趋繁荣，在这个节骨眼，却如晴天霹雳般得知，当地原来蕴含金矿。没错。三千多位忧心如焚的艾斯圭尔居民最近走上街头抗议，要求将这处拥有两万八千居民的净地作为生态旅游中心，不要沦为淘金城。Esquel's plight is winning attention from international conservation and environmental groups such as Greenpeace. In Argentina, the town has become a national symbol in the debate over exploitation vs. preservation of the country's vast natural resources.

艾斯圭尔的窘境正获得"绿色和平"等国际保育及环保团体的高度关切。在争论阿根廷丰富的自然资源究竟该开发或保育的议题上，该镇俨然成为全国的象征。

About 3.2 million acres already are under contract for mineral exploration in poor and sparsely settled Chubut Province, where Esquel is, near the southern tip of South America. Whether Meridian Gold Corp. gets its open-pit gold mine outside Esquel could determine the fate of mining in Patagonia, a pristine region spanning southern Argentina and Chile.

艾斯圭尔位于接近南美洲大陆极南点、贫穷而人烟稀少的丘布省内，矿物探勘合约涵盖了该省近三百二十万亩的土地。巴塔哥尼亚高原是横跨阿根廷与智利两国南部的化外之地，而该地采矿业的命运，将取决于MDG公司能否取得艾斯圭尔外围露天金矿的开采权。

Meridian's project, about 5 miles outside Esquel at a higher elevation, is about 20 miles from a national park that preserves rate trees known as alerces, a southern relative of California's giant sequoia. Some of them have been growing serenely in the temperate rain forest for more than 3,000 years.

MDG公司计划开采的地点约在艾斯圭尔五里外海拔高一点的地方，跟一座国家公园约二十里，这座国家公园保育着稀有的落叶柏科树木，一种美国加州红木的南方品种。有些柏树已在这片温带雨林安然度过三千多年了。

The greatest fear is that cyanide, which is used to leach gold from ore, will drain downhill and poison Esquel's and possibly the park's water supplies. The mine will use 180 tons of the deadly chemical each month. Although many townspeople and some geologists disagree, the company says any excess cyanide would drain away from Esquel.

最严重的威胁是，在矿砂滤取黄金的过程中使用的氰化物将会向下排放，污染艾斯圭尔、甚至国家公园的水源。开矿过程每个月会使用一百八十吨的这种致命化学物质。尽管许多镇民和部分地质学家不同意，该公司表示，所有过量的氰化物将全数排出艾斯尔圭。

"We won't allow them to tear things up and leave us with the toxic aftermath," said Felix Aguilar, 28, as he piloted a boatload of tourists through a lake in the Alerces National Park. "We take care of things here, so that the entire world can hear and see nature in its pure state. The world must help us prevent this."

二十八岁的菲力克司亚奇拉在带领一船旅客浏览落叶林国家公园一座湖泊时说："我们不会允许他们把事情搞砸，把毒害留给我们。有我们悉心呵护这里的一切，全世界才得以欣赏饱览此地纯朴的自然之美。世界应该和我们一起守护这里。"

American Douglas Tomkins, the founder of the Esprit clothing line and a prominent global conservationist, has bought more than 800,000 wilderness acres in Chile to preserve alerces and protect what's left of the temperate rain forest. Ted Turner, the communications magnate, also has bought land in Argentine Patagonia with an eye to conservation.

美国服饰品牌Esprit的创始人，也是国际知名自然保育人士的杜格拉斯，汤姆金斯，为保育落叶林及温带雨林内仅存的生物，买下智利八十多万亩的土地。媒体巨子泰德·透纳着眼于环境保育，也买下阿根廷巴

塔哥尼亚土地。

A young English botanist named Charles Darwin, the author of the theory of evolution, was the first European to see alerces, with trunks that had a circumference of 130 feet. He gave the tree its generic name, Fitzroya cupressoides, for the captain of his ship, Robert Fitzroy.

进化论的发表人-年轻的英国植物学家查尔斯·达尔文，是第一位见识落叶柏树干圆周长达一百三十尺的欧洲人。他似他船长的名字罗伯费兹·洛伊，为这种树取了学名"费兹洛柏"（即：智利柏）。

Argentina, pressed by the United States, Canada, the World Bank and other global lenders, rewrote its mining laws in the 1990s to encourage foreign investment. Mining companies received incentives such as 30 years without new taxes and duty-free imports of earth-moving equipment.

受到美国、加拿大、世界银行及全球其他债权者频频施压的阿根廷，为了促进外商投资，在九○年代修订了矿业法令。给予矿采业的奖励措施包括三十年免征新税与免税进口矿业开采设备等等。

Argentina took in more than ＄1 billion over the past decade by granting exploration contracts for precious metals to more than 70 foreign and domestic companies. If the country were to turn away a major investor, the message to its mining sector would be chilling.

阿根廷过去十年内与国内外七十多家业者签订贵重矿物开采合约，获得十亿美元以上的利润。如果拒绝主要投资客户，阿根廷的采矿业将面临萧条的景况。

Residents also complain that Argentina hasn't given nature-based tourism a chance."If the government invested in us a tenth of the effort they put into mining, things would be a lot different here," grumbled Randal Williams, 73, who rents tourist cabins in Esquel.

当地居民也抱怨阿根廷政府不肯给自然观光业机会。在艾斯圭尔经营观光小屋出租，现年七十三岁的蓝道·威廉斯抱怨："当初如果政府肯花他们投资采矿业资金的十分之一在我们身上的话，事情就会改观了。"

Forest ecologist Paul Alaback, a University of Montana professor who studies the alerces, said Argentine authorities could gain from Alaska's successful nature-based tourism. "Nature-based tourism would mean less jobs immediately but would be sustainable. You'd be building on something that is going to grow, not going to go away," he said.

蒙大拿大学教授，也是研究落叶植物的森林生态学者保罗，雅勒贝克表示，阿根廷当局可以仿效阿拉斯加自然旅游业的成功之道。"在当下，发展自然旅游业的确意味着工作机会立即减少，但它却能永续经营。你应该要去建设会茁壮成长的东西，而非日渐消逝的事物。"

关 键 词

ecotourism // n. 生态旅行

We should protect our natural environment and support ecotourism.我们应该保护自然环境，支持生态旅游。

pristine // adj. 原始的

The forests on the Alps are still in pristine region, unspoiled by industrialization.

阿尔卑斯山的森林仍是原始林区，未遭工业破坏。

span // v. 横跨，跨越

The government spent two years building a red bridge spanning the gorge.

政府花了两年的时间建造一座横跨那座峡谷的红桥。

elevation // n. 海拔

The lake on the mountain at an elevation of about 350 meters is our first stop.

山里那座海拔三百五十公尺左右的湖泊是我们的第一站。

leach // v. 过滤

Nitrogen is easily leached from soil because it is more easily dissolved.氮因为较容易溶解，所以很容易就可以从土壤中过滤出来。

toxic // adj. 有毒的

People in Nazi concentration camps were slaughtered using toxic gas.纳粹集中营里的人们惨遭毒气杀害。

prominent // adj. 著名的，重要的

Lili played a prominent part in the case.

莉莉在这件案子里扮演举足轻重的角色。

magnate // n.（实业界）巨头，巨子

The press magnate decided on a merger with another company to expand his empire.

那位报巨子决定与另一家公司合并，以扩展他的企业王国。

英语短文：Of Studies

STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight, is in privateness and retiring; for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment, and disposition of business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one ;but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs, come best, from those that are learned. To spend too much time in studies is sloth; to use them too much for ornament, is affectation; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humor of a scholar. They perfect nature, and are perfected by experience: for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need proyning, by study; and studies themselves, do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience......

读书足以怡情，足以傅彩，足以长才。其怡情也，最见于独处幽居之时；其傅彩也，最见于高谈阔论之中；其长才也，最见于处世判事之际。练达之士虽能分别处理细事或一一判别枝节，然纵观统筹、全局策划，则舍好学深思者莫属。读书费时过多易惰，文采藻饰太盛则矫，全凭条文断事乃学究故态。读书补天然之不足，经验又补读书之不足，盖天生才干犹如自然花草，读书然后知如何修剪移接；而书中所示，如不

英语精彩短文篇二：高一英语必备精美短文

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 ['?:kistr?] n. 管弦乐队 ② warble ['w?: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”。

英语精彩短文篇三：英语告白经典短文

35句经典的英语表白句子

1、想你，是一种美丽的忧伤的甜蜜的惆怅，心里面，却是一种用任何语言也无法表达的温馨。

it is graceful grief and sweet sadness to think of you, but in my heart, there is a kind of soft warmth that cant be expressed with any choice of words。

2、你知道思念一个人的滋味吗，就像喝了一大杯冰水，然后用很长很长的时间流成热泪。do you understand the feeling of missing someone? it is just like that you will spend a long hard time to turn the ice-cold water you have drunk into tears。

3、我知道你最喜欢这首歌，我也知道你的心思，我想你。

i know you like this song most and i know what you are thinking about ,too, i miss you 。

4、常常想起曾和你在一起的那些日子。开心、快乐、幸福、失落、伤心、痛苦的所有日子。很想你，很想你

those days when we were together appear in my mind time after time,because they were so joyful, happy, blest, disappointing, sad and painful. i miss you ,and miss you so mach.

5、你知道么，有个人时时想念着你，惦记你，你含笑的眼睛，象星光闪闪，缀在我的心幕上，夜夜亮晶晶。

do you know there is someone thinking of you and caring you all the time ? your smiling eyes are just like the sparkling stars hangingon the curtain of my heart。

6、心要让你听见，爱要让你看见，不怕承认对你有多眷恋；想你的时候，盼你能收到我的真情留言！

listening to my heart beating. seeing how much i love you ,i dareto admit how much i love you .when thinking of you, i hope you caeceive the passionat words i left for you!

7、千万个思念，在空气中凝固。扬起风吹向你，带着我的祝福，寂寞我不在乎，你快乐我就满足，想你是我的幸福

thousand of time i have thought of you .my heart is going high intothe air and flying with my blessing towards you i dont care loneliness. i am satisfied when you are happy and i am happy when ithink of you!

8、不是因为寂寞才想你，是因为想你才寂寞。孤独的感觉之所以如此之重，只是因为太想你。

i miss you not because of my loneliness but i do feel lonely when imiss you. only when i miss you deeply i feel so lonely。

9、长长的思念，就像风筝断了线，飘啊飘啊，飘到你的身边。

i miss you so deeply that my love just like a kite has broken its line and wont stop flying until it reaches you at last。

10、好想，好想你！如果清风有情，请带去我对你的思念，这一生都为你牵挂；如果白云有意，请带去我对你的爱恋，生生世世都愿和你共缠绵！

oh, how much i miss you! if the passionate refreshing breeze knows my heart, it can tell you that i miss you and care you for mylifes time. if graceful white cloud knows my heart, it can tellyou i love you and would be together with you forever。

11、在这充满温馨的季节里，给你我真挚的祝福及深深的思念。

in such a soft and warm season, please accept my sincere blessing and deep concern

for you。

12、一份不渝的友谊，执着千万个祝福，给我想念的朋友，温馨的问候。

for our ever-lasting friendship, send sincere blessings and warmgreetings to my friends whom i miss so much。

13、在这快乐分享的时刻，思念好友的时刻，美梦成真的时刻，祝你—新年快乐，佳节如意！

14、但愿会在梦中再见到我心爱的女孩！

wish to meet my angle again lovely girl in my dream!

15、难道你怕一个深爱着你的痴情儿？

do you fear a love fool who is loving you so deeply?

16、我要幸福的昏倒了！

i am too happy to stand faint!

17、月亮代表我的心！

the moonlight stands for my heart!

18、过得好么？希望世界因你而美丽！

19、你在时你是一切，你不在时一切是你！

you are everything when you are with me, and everything is you when you are not。

20、我不知道我是否真的爱，但是我知道我不能没有你，如果地球将要毁灭，那么我要告诉你你是我唯一想见的人。

i don’t know whether i really love you, but i know i

cannot loseyou. if the earth is going to be destroyed i want to tell you that you are the only one i want to see。

21、遇上一个人要一分钟的时间，喜欢一个人只需一小时的时间，爱上一个人要一天的时间，可要我忘记你却要用上一生的时间。

i can meet a person in a minute, like a person in an hour and lovea person in a day, but it will take me a whole life to forgetyou。

22、在每个想念的日子，想你不容易，不想你更难，愿以一片难懂的心情，深深思念你！情人节快乐！

every day i miss you. it is a hard time for me to miss you but itis even harder not to do so. in such a contrary mood, i miss you deeply! a happy valentines day to you!

23、在你抑郁的时候，我就是你的开心果。在你忧伤的时候，我愿作你的忘忧树！ i will make you happy when you are depressed. i will make you delighted when you are in great sorrow!

24、正是因为爱才悄悄的躲开，躲开的是身影，躲不开的是默默的情怀；今天我终于鼓起勇气，向你表达我的爱。

because of loving you so much that i stood aside. although myfigure left you away, my heart didnt. today i have made up my mindto say “i love you。

25、只要你愿意，当你失落失意的时候，最需要一个肩膀的时候，告诉我，我会立即出现。

as long as you are willing, please let me know what i can do foryou. when you are unhappy and want to cry on somebodys shoulder, i will stand before you immediately。

26、思念中我一千次一万次地问鸿雁问明月问春风，愿鸿雁将我的眷恋捎给你；愿明月将我的问候带给你；愿春风将我的关切送给你！

i pray for the swan goose, the moonlight and the spring breeze forthousands of

times, wishing the swan goose can bring my miss toyou; the moonlight can convey my greeting to you ; the spring breeze can send my care to you!

27、不同的时间，不同的地点，不同的人群，相同的只有你和我；时间在变，空间在变，不变的只有对你无限的思念！ you and i remains the same in different time, at differentplaces,among different people; time is changing, space is changingand everything is changing except my miss to you!

28、没有杯子咖啡是寂寞的没有你我是孤独的

coffee is lonely without cups. i am lonely without you。

29、每一天都为你心跳，每一刻都被你感动，每一秒都为你担心。有你的感觉真好。my heart beats for you every day. i am inspired by you everyminute, and i worry about you every second. it is wonderful to have you in my life。

30、你可知我百年的孤寂只为你一人守侯，千夜的恋歌只为你一人而唱。

you know my loneliness is only kept for you, my sweet songs areonly sung for you。

31、如果活着，是上帝赋予我最大的使命，那么活者有你，将会是上帝赋予我使命的恩赐

if living on the earth is a mission from the lord& living with youis the award of the lord

32、我不要短暂的温存，只要你一世的陪伴。

33、我在忧愁时想你，就像在冬天想太阳；我在快乐时想你，就像在骄阳下想树阴。i miss you when i am depressed, just as i miss the sunlight in winter; i miss you when i feel happy, just as i miss the shade inthe hot sun。

34、曾经迷惘的心中，是你牵引我走出寂寞。

its you that led me out of the loneliness when i was lost in my mind。

35、我想将对你的感情化作暖暖的阳光，期待那洒落的光明能温暖你的心房。 i want that my love to you will turn into bright sunlight so thatto warm your heart。篇三：10句经典浪漫的英语爱情表白短句

10句经典浪漫的英语爱情表白短句

1)过得好吗？希望世界因你而美丽！

2)你在时你是一切，你不在时一切是你！

you are everything when you are with me, and everything is you when you are not.

3)人生的路很长很长，让我陪你一起走吧。我愿与你搭建一个属于我们自己的天空。

4)我不知道我是否真的爱,但是我知道我不能没有你,如果地球将要毁灭,那么我要告诉你“你是我唯一想见的人。

i dont know whether i really love you, but i know i cannot lose you. if the earth is going to be destroyed i want to tell you that

you are the only one i want to see.

5)遇上一个人要一分钟的时间，喜欢一个人只需一小时的时间，爱上一个人要一天的时间，可要我忘记你却要用上一生的时间。

i can meet a person in a minute, like a person in an hour and love a person in a day. but it will take me a whole life to forget you.

6)只要你愿意，当你失落失意的时候，最需要一个肩膊的时候，告诉我，我会立即出现满天星云下，感到无边的落寞。也许流星能体会。我期待，飘飘雪花的日子，你的心带来了一屡芬芳.

as long as you are willing, please let me know what i can do for you. when you

are unhappy and want to cry on somebodys shoulder, i will stand before you immediately. i feel so lonely under the sky full of stars and clouds. i expect your love will give me something sweet on a snowing day.

7)正是因为爱才悄悄的躲开，躲开的是身影，躲不开的是默默的情怀；今天我终于鼓起勇气，向你表达我的爱。

because of loving you so much that i stood aside. although my figure left you away, my heart didnt. today i have made up my mind to say i love you.

8)想你，是一种美丽的忧伤的甜蜜的惆怅。心里面，却是一种用任何语言也无法表达的温馨。

it is graceful grief and sweet sadness to think of you, but in my heart, there is a kind of soft warmth that cant be expressed with any choice of words.

9)常常想起曾和你在一起的那些日子。开心、快乐、幸福、失落、伤心、痛苦的所有日子。很想你，很想你……

those days when we were together appear in my mind time after time, because they were so joyful, happy, blest, disappointing, sad and painful. i miss you, and miss you so much…

10)你知道吗，有个人时时想念着你，惦记着你。你含笑的眼睛，象星光闪闪，缀在我的心幕上，夜夜亮晶晶。

do you know there is someone thinking of you and caring you all the time? your smiling eyes are just like the sparkling stars hanging on the curtain of my heart. i love you not because of who you are, but because of who i am when i am with you. ?? ?? 我爱你，不是因为你是一个怎样的人，而是因为与你在一起时，我变成了怎样的自己。 ??

the worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can’t have them. ?? ?? 思念某人，最糟糕的莫过于，你坐在他身旁，却知道自己永远都无法拥有此人。?? never frown, even when you are sad, because you never know who is falling in love with your smile. ?? ?? 纵然伤心，也不要愁眉不展，因为你不知是谁会爱上你的笑容。 ?? ??

to the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world. ?? ?? 对于世界而言，你只是芸芸众生中的一人；但是对于某个人而言，你却是他的整个世界。??don’t waste your time on a man/woman, who isn’t willing to

waste their time on?? ??不要为那些不愿在你身上花费时间的人而浪费你的时间。 ?? ??

just because someone doesn’t love you the way you want them to, doesn’t mean they don’t love you with all they have. ?? ?? 如果有人没有按你所希望的方式来爱你，那并不代表他们没有竭尽所能地爱你。 ?? ??

them to. ?? ?? 不要着急，最好的总会在最不经意的时候出现。 ?? ??maybe god wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one, so that when we finally meet the person, we will know how to be grateful. ?? ?? 在遇到真命天子之前，上天也许会

安排我们先错误地遇到其他一些人；所以当我们终于遇见心仪的人时，我们便能够心存感激。 ?? ??

don’t cry because it is over, smile because it happened. ?? ?? 不要因为结束而哭泣，微笑吧，为你的曾经拥有。

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