英文美文短篇

英文美文短篇篇一：经典英语美文短篇

经典英语美文短篇：爱母亲甚于爱自己

说明和注解：丁克威

这是一篇动情之作，读完后掩卷而思：母亲的胸怀是博大的，母亲的心灵是至纯的，母亲的爱是无私的。然而我们对于母亲的报答又有多少？ 文章语言朴素简单，相信作为中学生的你能轻松地读下来。读到佳句妙语处，真希望你能把它记下来、背下来。

Those Childhood Days

When you came into the world, she held you in her

arms.

You thanked her by weeping your eyes out. When you were 1 year old, she fed you and bathed

you.

You thanked her by crying all night long.

When you were 2 years old, she taught you to walk. You thanked her by running away when she called. When you were 3 years old, she made all your

meals with love.

You thanked her by tossing your plate on the floor. When you were 4 years old, she gave you some

crayons.

You thanked her by coloring the dining room table. When you were 5 years old, she dressed you for the

holidays.

You thanked her by plopping into the nearest pile of

mud.

When you were 6 years old, she walked you to

school.

You thanked her by screaming, “I'm not going!” When you were 7 years old, she bought you a

?hold somebody in one’s

arms: 把某人抱在怀中

?weep one’s eyes out: 痛

哭；大哭

?注意bathe在此处用作及

物动词，意为“给??洗澡”。

?all night long：整夜；如

说“整天”则是all day long。

?可说teach somebody to do something（教某人做某事）

?do something with love:

带着爱意/心做某事。

?toss: 抛投。

?crayon: 蜡笔。 ?color在此句中用作动

词，表示“着色”。

?dress: 给??穿衣。

?plop: 扑通一声地掉下

去。

?注意walk在此处用作及

物动词，意为“陪??一起走”。

?scream: 尖叫。 ?baseball: 棒球。

baseball.

You thanked her by throwing it through the

next-door-neighbor's window.

When you were 8 years old, she handed you an ice

cream.

You thanked her by dripping it all over your lap. When you were 9 years old, she paid for piano

lessons.

You thanked her by never even bothering to

practice.

When you were 10 years old, she drove you all day,

from soccer to gymnastics to one birthday party after another.

You thanked her by jumping out of the car and

never looking back.

When you were 11 years old, she took you and your

friends to the movies.

You thanked her by asking to sit in a different row. When you were 12 years old, she warned you not to

watch certain TV shows.

You thanked her by waiting until she left the house.

?next-door-neighbor: 隔

壁邻居。

hand somebody something: 把某物递给某人。

?drip: （液体）滴落下来。

注意形近词drop指“掉下、落下”，两者有区别。

?bother to do something是

一个重要短语，意为“劳神做某事、费神做某事”。

?one after another: 一个

接一个。有时one后面接名词，如此句的one birthday party after another。

?certain在此句中表示“某

些、某种”。

?常说wait until …形式，

表示“等到??”。

Those Teenage Years

When you were 13, she suggested a haircut that

was becoming.

You thanked her by telling her she had no taste. When you were 14, she paid for a month away at

summer camp.

You thanked her by forgetting to write a single letter. When you were 15, she came home from work,

looking for a hug.

You thanked her by having your bedroom door

?becoming: 合适的；恰当

的（注意此词的一词多义。

?have no taste: 没有品

味。

?summer camp: 夏令营。

?looking for a hug: 希望

得到你的拥抱（表示问候）。

?注意have some(转 载于:wWw.zhAoQT.neT 蒲公 英文摘:英文美文短篇)thing

done（此处意为“让某物

locked.

When you were 16, she taught you how to drive her

car.

You thanked her by taking it every chance you

could.

When you were 17, she was expecting an important

call.

You thanked her by being on the phone all night. When you were 18, she cried at your high school

graduation.

You thanked her by staying out partying until dawn.

被??”）结构。

?词组teach somebody

how to do something（教某人怎样做某事）。

?利用一切机会玩车。

?expect: 等着。

?party在此句中作动词，

表示“参加聚会/晚会”。

Growing Old and Gray

When you were 19, she paid your college tuition,

drove you to campus, carried your bags. You thanked her by saying good-bye outside the

dorm so you wouldn't be embarrassed in front of your friends.

When you were 20, she asked whether you were

seeing anyone. You thanked her by saying, “It's none of your

business.”

When you were 21, she suggested certain careers

for your future.

You thanked her by saying, “I don't want to be like

you.”

When you were 22, she hugged you at your college

graduation.

You thanked her by asking whether she could pay

for a trip to Europe.

When you were 23, she gave you furniture for your

first apartment.

You thanked her by telling your friends it was ugly.

?grow gray指人头发变灰

白了，意即“人渐老”。

?tuition: 学费。

?be embarrassed: 感到困

窘；感到丢人现眼。

?注意此处用过去进行时

表示“安排要做的事”，see在此处为“见某人”亦即“与人约会”。

?It’s none of your

business. 这不管你的事。

: 未婚夫，这是一When you were 24, she met your fiance and asked ?fiancé

个法语词，如说“未婚妻”则是fiancee。 about your plans for the future.

You thanked her by glaring and growling,

“Muuhh-ther, please!”

When you were 25, she helped to pay for your

wedding, and she cried and told you how

deeply she loved you.

You thanked her by moving halfway across the ?move在此处意为“迁

移”。

country.

When you were 30, she called with some advice on

the baby.

You thanked her by telling her, “Things are different

now.”

?remind somebody of When you were 40, she called to remind you of a

something: 提醒某人某事。 relative's birthday.

You thanked her by saying you were “really busy

right now.”

When you were 50, she fell ill and needed you to

take care of her.

?parents become to their You thanked her by reading about the burden

children是定语从句，修饰burden。 parents become to their children.

And then one day she quietly died.

And everything you never did came crashing down

?像打雷一样炸响。

like thunder.

?rock是“摇摆”的意思。 “Rock me baby, rock me all night long.”

?注意体会此句的深刻含

“The hand who rocks the cradle...may rock the 义。请把它背下来吧！

world”.

经典英语美文短篇：爱母亲甚于爱自己（2）

说明和注解：丁克威

Let us take a moment of the time just to pay tribute and show appreciation to the person called mom though some may not say it openly to their mother. There's no substitute for her. Cherish every single moment. Though at times she may not be the best of friends, may not agree to our thoughts, she is still your mother!!! She will be there for you...to listen to your woes, your braggings, your frustrations, etc. Ask yourself...have you put aside enough time for her, to listen to her “blues” of working in the kitchen, her tiredness? Be tactful, loving and still show her due respect though you may have a different view from hers. Once gone, only fond memories of the past and also regrets will be left.

Don’t take for granted the things closest to your heart. Love her more than you love yourself. Life is meaningless without her.

?pay tribute to: 对??表

示敬意。

?substitute: 替代品。 ?cherish: 珍爱；珍惜。 ?woe: 哀哭。

?bragging: 自夸、吹牛。 ?frustration: 挫折。 ?blues在此并不表示“蓝色”，而是指“抑郁之情”。 ?tactful: 机智的、有技巧的。

?due: 应有的，due

respect: 应有的尊敬。 ?Once gone: 一旦（她）走了。

?fond memories: 美好的记忆。

?... take something for

granted: 把某事作为当然。

中文译文：

童年时光

你来到人世，她抱你在怀。 你报答她，哭得天昏地暗。

你1岁时，她为你哺乳，为你洗澡。 你报答她，哭了个通宵。 你2岁时，她教你走路。 你报答她，她一叫你就跑。

你3岁时，她满怀爱心为你备三餐。

英文美文短篇篇二：英语励志小短文(1)

英语励志短文

Whether sixty or sixteen, there is in every human being's heart the lure of wonders, the unfailing childlike 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.

无论是60岁还是16岁，你需要保持永不衰竭的好奇心、永不熄灭的孩提般求知的渴望和追求事业成功的欢乐与热情。在你我的心底，有一座无线电台，它能在多长时间里接收到人间万物传递来的美好、希望、欢乐、鼓舞和力量的信息，你就会年轻多长时间。

An individual human existence should be like a river—small at first, narrowly contained within its banks, and rushing passionately past boulders and over waterfalls. Gradually the river grows wider, the banks recede, the waters flow more quietly, and in the end, without any visible break, they become merged in the sea, and painlessly lose their individual being.

人的生命应当像河流，开始是涓涓细流，受两岸的而十分狭窄，尔后奔腾咆哮，翻过危岩，飞越瀑布，河面渐渐开阔，河岸也随之向两边隐去，最后水流平缓，森森无际，汇入大海之中，个人就这样毫无痛苦地消失了。

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 boy of twenty.Nobody grows old merely by a number of years.We grow old by deserting our ideals.

青春意味着战胜懦弱的那股大丈夫气概和摈弃安逸的那种冒险精神。往往一个60岁的老者比一个20岁的青年更多一点这种劲头。人老不仅仅是岁月流逝所致，更主要的是不思进取的结果。

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. 光阴可以在颜面上留下印记，而热情之火的熄灭则在心灵上刻下皱纹。烦恼、恐惧、缺乏自信会扭曲人的灵魂，并将青春化为灰烬。

学习英语的重要性

English is the most popular language in the world, and it is also most widely spoken of all the language. It is mother tongue in many important countries, such as the USA,England, Australia and so on. In India, Though it is not the mother tongue, it ‘sthe important official

The 2008 Olympics will be hosted in Beijing. Many foreigners will come to China. We should try our best to serve the Olympics. For example, we can help the foreign visitors if we learn English well.

Examination(考试)

Someone says examination can help us go over our lessons in time and after the examination we can find how we are getting on

with our studies. But we are always having too many examinations and they are also too difficult for us to get through.I find some of us have lost interest in learning lessons. Besides,it is harmful to our health as we hardly have any time to go in for sports. I think the present system of measurement should be improved.

Water

Water is very important to living things. Without water there can be no life on the earth. All animals and plants need water. Man also needs water. We need water to drink, to cook our food and to clean ourselves. Water is needed in offices,factories, schools and hospitals.

From space the earth looks like a huge water-covered globe.Water covers about seventy percent of the earth's surface. There is water in oceans, seas, rivers, and lakes. Even in the driest part of the world, there is some water in the air. Water is found almost everywhere.

1.Life is not fair, get used to it. 生活是不公平的；要去适应它。

a mothers love never changes. 母爱永恒。

a bad beginning makes a bad ending. 不善始者不善终。

1.希望和信任是蜥蜴的尾巴，即使被切断，但它们还会再长出来。

1.Hope and trust is the tail of a lizard, which can reproduce even after being cut off.

2.宁可失败在你喜欢的事情上，也不要成功在你所憎恶的事情上。

2.To lost in something you love is better than to win in something you hate.

3.一个人总要走陌生的路，看陌生的风景，听陌生的歌，然后在某个不经意的瞬间，你会发现，原本是费尽心机想要忘记的事情真的就那么忘记了。

3. One is always on a strange road, watching strange scenery and listening to strange music. Then one day, you will find that the things you try hard to forget are already gone.

4.幸福，不是长生不老，不是大鱼大肉，不是权倾朝野。幸福敲恳桓鑫⑿〉纳?钤竿?锍伞５蹦阆氤缘氖焙蛴械贸裕?氡话?氖焙蛴腥死窗?恪?/P>

4. Happiness is not about being immortal nor having food or rights in one's hand. It’s about having each tiny wish come true, or having something to eat when you are hungry or having someone's love when you need love.

5.爱情是灯，友情是影子，当灯灭了，你会发现你的周围都是影子。朋友，是在最后可以给你力量的人。

5. Love is a lamp, while friendship is the shadow. When the lamp is off, you will find the shadow everywhere. Friend is who can give you strength at last.

6.我爱你不是因为你是谁，而是我在你面前可以是谁。

6.I love you not for who you are, but for who I am before you.

7.爱情，要么让人成熟，要么让人堕落。

7.Love makes man grow up or sink down.

8.举得起放得下的叫举重，举得起放不下的叫负重。可惜，大多数人的爱情，都是负重的。

8. If you can hold something up and put it down, it is called weight-lifting; if you can hold something up but can never put it down, it's called burden-bearing. Pitifully, most of people are bearing heavy burdens when they are in love.

9.许多人向往水晶般的爱情——晶莹剔透没有一点瑕疵。更多人拥有的却是玻璃般的爱情——同样透明但容易破碎。

9.Most of people are looking forward the crystal-like love—pure without any defect. However the truth is most people are having the glass-like love-same transparent but easily broken.

10．我们每个人都生活在各自的过去中，人们会用一分钟的时间去认识一个人，用一小时的时间去喜欢一个人，再用一天的时间去爱上一个人，到最后呢，却要用一辈子的时间去忘记一个人。

10. We all live in the past. We take a minute to know someone, one hour to like

someone, and one day to love someone, but the whole life to forget someone.

11．一个人一生可以爱上很多的人，等你获得真正属于你的幸福之后，你就会明白一起的伤痛其实是一种财富，它让你学会更好地去把握和珍惜你爱的人。

11. One may fall in love with many people during the lifetime. When you finally get your own happiness, you will understand the previous sadness is kind of treasure, which makes you better to hold and cherish the people you love.

12．人的一生，有两种遗憾最折磨人：一是得不到你心爱的人；二是心爱的人得不到幸福。

12.During the whole life, you will regret for two things: one is that you don’t get the one you love and the other is the one you love is not happy.

13．生活在没有的你的世界，比任何一种惩罚都要痛苦，你知道吗，对我而言，你是任何人都无法取代的。

13. To live in a world without you is more painful than any punishment. Do you know that no one can replace you in my heart?

14．你的诞生带给我希望，而我希望带给你幸福。

14.Your birth gives me hope and I hope to give you happiness.

15．我将暴风般的爱情藏在心底，那是为了不给对方任何心理压力，我的爱情越是珍贵，相对地，也越珍惜别人的爱情。

15. I hide my storm-like love in my heart just not to give you any pressure. The more precious my love is, the more I cherish the love from others.

My oath 我的誓言

Today I truly believe

This unique journey will completely change my life! Today I truly believe

That all my efforts will produce generous returns. Today I truly believe

English will be a powerful weapon in my life!Today I truly believe

My dream of speaking beautiful English will come alive! Therefore,

I must devote all my energy and time to learning English with courage, passion, enthusiasm, and vigor! I must enjoy losing face!

I must pour all my efforts into learning English!I must be absolutely responsible for myself!I must be 100 percent dedicated to my goal! I must be totally crazy about speaking English! I must not waste one minute, or even one second! I must challenge my limits and then surpass them! I must conquer English and charge toward success! I will speak good English!

I will because I think I will!

Right here! Right Now! Action!

今天我坚信

这段特殊的旅程将彻底改变我的一生！

今天我坚信

我所有的付出终将得到丰厚的回报！

今天我坚信

英语一定会成为我人生奋斗的强有力的武器！ 今天我坚信

讲一口漂亮英语的理想一定会美梦成真！

所以在今天，

我一定要精神饱满、热情高涨、热爱丢脸、疯狂投入！ 百分之百地负责任！

我必须对我的目标百分之百地专注！

我必须百分之百地疯狂说英语！

在今天的每一分每一秒，全力以赴！

挑战极限，超越自我！

征服英文，迈向成功！

我一定能讲一口最漂亮的英文！

我一定行，因为我认为我行！

就在这里！就在此刻！马上行动！

英文美文短篇篇三：比较简单但却优美英文美文

Try to Remember the Good Things

When times become difficult, remember a moment in your life that was filled with joy and happiness.

当你身陷困境的时候，回想你生命中快乐和幸福的时刻。

Remember how it made you feel, and you will have the strength you need to get through any trial. 回想它是如何使你快乐，你便有了走出困境的勇气。

When life throws you one more obstacle than you think you can handle, remember something you achieved through perseverance and by struggling to the end.

当面对重重困难，你感觉举步维艰的时候，回想你以前是如何坚持到底战胜困难的最后时刻的。

In doing so, you'll find you have the ability to overcome each obstacle brought your way. 这样，你就会发现你有能力克服每个障碍。

When you find yourself drained and depleted of energy, remember to find a place of sanctuary and rest.

当你觉得精疲力尽的时候，暂时离开，让自己稍作休息。

Take the neccessary time in your own life to dream your dreams and renew your energy, so you'll be ready to face each new day.

给自己留点时间做做梦，充一下电，这样你就能以崭新的面貌去面对每一天。

When you feel tension building, find something fun to do. You'll find that the stress you feel will dissipate and your thoughts will become clearer.

当你感觉到紧张的压力，做一些有乐趣的事吧。你会发现压力在渐渐消逝，你的想法也渐渐明朗了。

When you're faced with so many negative and draining situations, realize how minuscule problems will seem when you view your life as a whole--and remember the positive things.

当你面对重重困难的时候，要意识到相对于你的整个生命，这些难题其实是微不足道的－－铭记你生命中美好的东西。

Living life over

If I had my life to live over……I would have talked less and listened more.

假如我能重新生活,我会说得更少，听得更多

I would have invited friends over to dinner even if the carpet was strained and the sofa faded. 我会邀请朋友来吃饭，即使地毯变脏,沙发褪色。

I would have taken the time to listen to my grandfather ramble about his youth.

我会花时间听我的祖父漫谈他的年轻时光。

I would never have insisted the car windows be rolled up on a summer day. because my hair had just been teased and sprayed. 我再也不会坚持在某个夏天的某一天车窗一定要打开，而我的头发刚刚被喷胶并被做好。

I would have burned the pink candle sculpted like a rose before it melted in storage. 我会点燃雕得像朵玫瑰一样的粉红的蜡烛，在它被在存储中融化之前。

I would have sat on the lawn with my children and not worried about grass stains. 我会与我的孩子一起坐在草坪上，不用担心草地上的污渍。

I would have cried and laughed less while watching television - and more while watching life. 我会在看电视时哭得更少,笑得更少，而更多的是观察生活。

I would have gone to bed when I was sick instead of pretending the earth would go into a holding patter if I were not there for the day. 当我生病时,我会上床睡觉，而不是假装如果我不在一天,地球就会停止不动。

I would never have bought anything just because it was practical，would not show soil or was guaranteed to last a life time. 我再也不会购买任何据说是实用的,牢固的,保证可用一生的东西。

There would have been more“I love your”??more“I’m sorry”??but mostly，given another shots at life，I would seize every minute??look at it and really see it??live it??and never give it back.

我会说更多的“我爱你. ” ? ?更多的“对不起. ” ? ?可是，我被生活再次击倒，我会抓住每一分钟? ?看看它, 实实在在地看它? ?好好生活? ?决不让它重头再来。

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