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美文,不禁浮現(xiàn)出一個(gè)美麗的情境,賦予優(yōu)美的語(yǔ)境和豐富的情感。下面是學(xué)習(xí)啦小編帶來(lái)的英語(yǔ)經(jīng)典美文，歡迎閱讀!
英語(yǔ)經(jīng)典美文精選
Just for Today
就為了今天
Just for today I will try to live through this day only and not solve my whole life problem at once. I can do something for twelve hours that would appall me if I had to keep it up for a lifetime.
就為了今天，我將盡力只度過(guò)今天而不立刻去解決終身的問(wèn)題。對(duì)一件令我沮喪而又必須堅(jiān)持一輩子的事，我只能堅(jiān)持十二個(gè)小時(shí)。
Just for today I will be happy. This assumes to be true what Abraham Lincoln said，that "Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be."
就為了今天，我會(huì)很快樂(lè)。亞伯拉罕-林肯說(shuō)過(guò)，“大多數(shù)人都是決定想怎么高興就怎么高興。”這已經(jīng)被認(rèn)為是真理。
Just for today I will adjust myself to what is, and not try to adjust everything to my own desires. I will take my "luck" as it comes.
就為了今天，我會(huì)做自我調(diào)整適應(yīng)事物本來(lái)的面目，而不是想方設(shè)法使每一件事滿足自己的欲望。當(dāng)機(jī)會(huì)來(lái)臨的時(shí)候我會(huì)抓住它。
Just for today I will try to strengthen my mind. I will study. I will learn something useful. I will not be a mental loafer. I will read something that requires effort, thought and concentration.
就為了今天，我會(huì)盡力心強(qiáng)志堅(jiān)。我會(huì)學(xué)習(xí)，學(xué)一些有用的東西。我不會(huì)做一個(gè)精神上的流浪漢。我會(huì)讀一些需要努力、思考和注意力集中的東西。
Just for today I will exercise my soul in three ways. I will do somebody a good turn and not get found out: If anybody knows of it, it will not count. I will do at least two things I don't want to do—just for exercise. I will not show anyone that my feelings are hurt: they may be hurt, but today I will not show it.
就為了今天，我會(huì)用三種方法來(lái)磨煉我的靈魂。我會(huì)做對(duì)某人有利的事但不能被發(fā)現(xiàn)，若有人發(fā)現(xiàn)了就不算數(shù)。我將會(huì)做至少兩件我不愿做的事情——只為了磨練。我不會(huì)讓任何人感到我的感情受到了傷害：它們可能受到了傷害，但今天我不想表現(xiàn)出來(lái)。
Just for today I will be agreeable. I will look as well as I can, dress becomingly, talk low, act courteously, criticize not one bit，and try not to improve or regulate anybody but myself.
就為了今天，我會(huì)過(guò)得很愜意。看起來(lái)我達(dá)到了最佳狀態(tài)，穿著得體、講話謙虛、行為禮貌、一點(diǎn)不吹毛求疵，盡量改進(jìn)和調(diào)節(jié)自己而不是別人。
Just for today I will have a program, I may not follow it exactly, but I will have it. I will save myself from two pests: hurry and indecision.
就為了今天，我會(huì)制定一個(gè)計(jì)劃，我也許不會(huì)嚴(yán)格地遵守它，但我一定要有計(jì)劃。我會(huì)避免兩種錯(cuò)誤：倉(cāng)促行事和優(yōu)柔寡斷。
Just for today I will have a quiet half hour all by myself and relax. During this half hour, sometime, I will try to get a better perspective of my life.
就為了今天，我將會(huì)獨(dú)自靜靜地呆上半小時(shí)放松。在這半小時(shí)里，某個(gè)時(shí)刻，我會(huì)日后對(duì)我的生活有個(gè)更好的看法。
Just for today I will be unafraid. Especially I will not be afraid to enjoy what is beautiful，and to believe that as I give to the world, so the world will give to me.
就為了今天，我將不再害怕。尤其我不會(huì)再害怕享受美麗的事物，并且相信我給予世界的，世界也會(huì)給予我。
英語(yǔ)經(jīng)典美文閱讀
Keep Your Goals in Sight
鎖定目標(biāo)
When she looked ahead, Florence Chadwick saw nothing but a solid wall of fog. Her body was numb. She had been swimming for nearly sixteen hours.Already she was the first woman to swim the English Channel in both directions. Now, at age 34, her goal was to become the first woman to swim from Catalina Island to the California coast.
佛羅倫斯·查德威克向前方望去，除了綿延無(wú)盡的大霧，她什么也看不到。她一直在游泳，已經(jīng)游了幾乎16個(gè)小時(shí)，身體都麻木了。在那之前，她已經(jīng)是第一位從兩個(gè)方向游過(guò)英吉利海峽的女子?，F(xiàn)在，她已34歲，她的目標(biāo)是要成為第一個(gè)從卡達(dá)琳納島游到加利福尼亞海岸的女子。
On that Fourth of July morning in 1952, the sea was like an ice bath and the fog was so dense she could hardly see her support boats. Sharks cruised toward her lone figure, only to be driven away by rifle shots. Against the frigid grip of the sea, she struggled on—hour after hour— while millions watched on national television.
1952年7月4日的那個(gè)早晨，大海就像一個(gè)冰浴盆，霧是那么濃，她甚至連救援她的船只都看不到。鯊魚游向她孤單的身軀，只能靠來(lái)復(fù)槍來(lái)?yè)敉?。她迎向冰冷的海水，努力向前游，就這樣一小時(shí)一小時(shí)過(guò)去了;無(wú)數(shù)觀眾則坐在電視機(jī)前觀看這一情景。
Alongside Florence in one of the boats, her mother and her trainer offered encouragement. They told her it wasn’t much farther. But all she could see was fog. They urged her not to quit. She never had . . . until then. With only a half mile to go, she asked to be pulled out.
在佛羅倫斯旁邊的一艘船里，她母親和她的教練不斷地鼓勵(lì)她。他們告訴她離海岸已經(jīng)不遠(yuǎn)了，然而除霧以外，她卻什么也看不到。他們激勵(lì)她不要放棄，事實(shí)上，她一直在堅(jiān)持，然而在距離目的地只有半英里的時(shí)候，她卻要求，將她拖出水面。
Still thawing her chilled body several hours later, she told a reporter, "Look, I’m not excusing myself, but if I could have seen land I might have made it." It was not fatigue or even the cold water that defeated her. It was the fog. She was unable to see her goal.
幾個(gè)小時(shí)后，她一邊暖著身體，一邊對(duì)著記者說(shuō)：“怎么說(shuō)呢，我不是為自己找借口，但如果我能看見陸地的話，我會(huì)成功的。”瞧，在這次游泳中，擊敗她的不是勞累和冰冷的海水，而是霧。因?yàn)橛徐F，她根本看不到自己的目標(biāo)。
Two months later, she tried again. This time, despite the same dense fog, she swam with her faith intact and her goal clearly pictured in her mind. She knew that somewhere behind that fog was land and this time she made it! Florence Chadwick became the first woman to swim the Catalina Channel, eclipsing the men’s record by two hours!
兩個(gè)月后，她又試著游了一次。這一次，盡管霧還是那樣濃，但她始終帶著必勝的信念，頭腦中始終有一個(gè)清楚的目標(biāo)，她知道霧后面的某個(gè)地方就是陸地，這一次她成功了!佛羅倫斯·查德威克最終成為第一個(gè)游過(guò)卡達(dá)琳納海峽的女子，并且以快兩個(gè)小時(shí)的速度打破了男子游過(guò)該海峽的記錄，這讓男子記錄黯然失色。
英語(yǔ)經(jīng)典美文學(xué)習(xí)
More Than One Way to the Square
通往廣場(chǎng)的路不止一條
We were standing at the top of a church tower. My father had brought me to this spot in a small Italian town not far from our home in Rome. I wondered why.“Look down, Elsa,” Father said. I gathered all my courage and looked down. I saw the square in the center of the village. And I saw the crisscross of twisting, turning streets leading to the square.
當(dāng)時(shí)我們正站在一個(gè)教堂塔樓的頂上，是父親把我從羅馬的家里帶到這個(gè)離家不遠(yuǎn)的意大利小鎮(zhèn)樓頂上來(lái)的，我不明白他要做什么。“向下看，埃爾莎，”父親對(duì)我說(shuō)。我鼓足勇氣向下看去，看到了村子中央的廣場(chǎng)，還看到蜿蜒曲折的街道交錯(cuò)著通向這個(gè)廣場(chǎng)。
“See, my dear,” Father said gently. “There is more than one way to the square. Life is like that. If you can't get to the place where you want to go by one road, try another.”
爸爸語(yǔ)氣溫和地對(duì)我說(shuō)：“明白了吧，親愛的，通向廣場(chǎng)的路不止一條，生活也是如此，如果一條路走不到想去的地方，就試著走另一條路。”
Now I understood why I was there. Earlier that day I had begged my mother to do something about the awful lunches that were served at school. But she refused because she could not believe the lunches were as bad as I said.
現(xiàn)在我明白我為什么會(huì)到這兒來(lái)了。那天早些時(shí)候我請(qǐng)求媽媽為學(xué)校提供的難吃午餐想點(diǎn)兒辦法，但她拒絕了我的要求，她不相信學(xué)校的午餐會(huì)像我說(shuō)的那樣糟。
When I turned to Father for help, he would not interfere. Instead, he brought me to this high tower to give me a lesson. By the time we reached home, I had a plan.
我轉(zhuǎn)向爸爸求援，他不想干預(yù)此事，卻把我?guī)У竭@個(gè)高塔上，給我上了一課。到家時(shí)，我已經(jīng)有了主意。
At school the next day, I secretly poured my luncheon soup into a bottle and brought it home. Then I talked the cook into serving it to Mother at dinner. The plan worked perfectly. She swallowed one spoonful and sputtered, “The cook must have gone mad!” Quickly I told what I had done, and Mother stated firmly that she would take up the matter of lunches at school the next day!
第二天在學(xué)校吃午餐時(shí)，我偷偷地把我的那份午餐湯倒進(jìn)一個(gè)瓶子，把它帶回了家，然后說(shuō)服廚師，讓她在晚餐時(shí)把湯端給媽媽。我的計(jì)劃進(jìn)行得很成功。媽媽喝了一勺湯，就吐了出來(lái)，說(shuō)：“廚師一定發(fā)瘋了!”我馬上告訴媽媽這是我安排的，媽媽斬釘截鐵地表示她第二天就去學(xué)校就午餐問(wèn)題提出交涉。
In the years that followed I often remembered the lesson Father taught me. I knew where I wanted to go in life. I wanted to be a fashion designer. And on the way to my first small success I found the road blocked. What could I do? Accept the roadblocks and fail?Or use imagination and wits to find another road to my goal?
隨后的這些年里，我時(shí)常記起爸爸給我上的這一課。我知道我的人生目標(biāo)：我想當(dāng)時(shí)裝設(shè)計(jì)師!就在我走向第一個(gè)小小的成功之路時(shí)，卻遇到了阻礙。怎么辦呢?是承認(rèn)此路不通，敗下陣來(lái);還是發(fā)揮想像力和智慧，去尋找通向目標(biāo)的另一條道路呢?
I had come to Paris, the center of the world of fashion, with my sketches6. But none of the famous fashion designers seemed interested in buying them. Then one day I met a friend who was wearing a very beautiful sweater. It was plain in color, but it had a lovely and unusual stitch.
我?guī)е业脑O(shè)計(jì)草圖來(lái)到世界時(shí)裝中心巴黎，但是好像沒(méi)有一個(gè)著名的時(shí)裝設(shè)計(jì)師有興趣購(gòu)買。后來(lái)有一天，我遇到一位朋友，她穿著一件非常好看的毛線衫，毛線衫的色彩平淡，但是針?lè)▍s可愛、別致。
“Did you knit that sweater?” I asked her.
我問(wèn)她：“毛線衫是你織的嗎?”
“No,” she answered. “It was done by a woman here in Paris.”
她回答：“不，是巴黎的一位婦女織的。”
“What an interesting stitch!” I continued.
“針?lè)ㄕ姘?”我又說(shuō)。
My friend had an explanation. “The woman her name is Mrs. Vidian—told me she learned the stitch in Armenia, her native country.”
朋友解釋說(shuō)：“這位婦女叫維迪安太太，她跟我說(shuō)她是在她出生地亞美尼亞學(xué)的這種織法。”
Suddenly I pictured a daring design knitted into such a sweater. Then an even more daring idea came to me. Why not open my own house of fashion? Why not design, make and sell clothes from the house of Schiaparelli! I would do it, and I would begin with a sweater.
突然，我想在這件毛線衫上織出一個(gè)大膽的圖案，繼而一個(gè)更為大膽的設(shè)想閃現(xiàn)在我的腦海里。為什么不開辦自己的時(shí)裝店呢?為什么不設(shè)計(jì)、制作和銷售斯基亞帕雷利時(shí)裝店的服裝呢?我要這樣做，而且要從毛線衫開始。
I drew a bold black and white butterfly pattern and took it to Mrs. Vidian. She knitted it into a sweater. The result, I thought, was wonderful. Then came the test. I wore the sweater to a luncheon which people in the fashion business would attend. To my great pleasure, the sweater was noticed. In fact, the representative of a large New York store wanted 40 sweaters to be ready in two weeks. I accepted the order and walked out on a cloud of happiness.
我畫了一個(gè)醒目的黑白相間的蝴蝶圖案，把它交給維迪安太太，她把這個(gè)圖案織到了一件毛線衫上。我認(rèn)為這件成品很漂亮，接著就是對(duì)它的檢驗(yàn)。我穿上毛線衫，來(lái)到一個(gè)時(shí)裝界人士參加的午餐會(huì)，令我十分高興的是，毛線衫引起了眾人的注意。事實(shí)上，紐約一家大商店的代理商想在兩周內(nèi)得到40件這樣的毛線衫。我接受了他的訂貨，興高采烈地走出了餐廳。
My cloud disappeared suddenly, however, when I stood in front of Mrs. Vidian. “But it took me almost a week to knit that one sweater,” she said. “Forty sweaters in two weeks? It is not possible!”
然而當(dāng)我站在維迪安太太面前時(shí)，喜悅之情就一掃而光了。她說(shuō)：“我?guī)缀跤靡恢懿趴椡赀@樣一件毛線衫，兩周織40件是不可能的!”
I was crushed to be so close to success and then to be blocked! Sadly I walked away. All at once I stopped short. There must be another way. This stitch did take special skill. But surely there must be other Armenian women in Paris who knew how to do it.
我非常失望，離成功僅有半步之遙，竟又被迎頭堵住了!我悲傷地走出維迪安太太的家，突然停下了腳步，一定有別的辦法可以辦到。這種針?lè)ù_實(shí)需要特殊的技巧，然而在巴黎一定還有其他亞美尼亞婦女會(huì)這種針?lè)ā?/p>
I went back to Mrs. Vidian and explained my plan. She really didn't think it would work, but she agreed to help.
我回到維迪安太太的家，向她講述了我的計(jì)劃。她真的認(rèn)為這個(gè)計(jì)劃行不通，但同意幫我的忙。
We were like detectives, Mrs. Vidian and I. We put ourselves on the trail11 of any Armenians who lived in Paris. One friend led us to another. At last we tracked down women, each of whom could knit the special stitch. Two weeks later the sweaters were finished. And the first shipment from the new house of Schiaparelli was on its way to the United States!
我和維迪安太太像偵探似地開始行動(dòng)，我們追蹤任何一位住在巴黎的亞美尼亞人。一個(gè)朋友把我們介紹給另一個(gè)朋友，就這樣我們終于找到了20名亞美尼亞婦女，她們個(gè)個(gè)都會(huì)這種特殊的針?lè)?。兩星期后，毛線衫都織好了，新開張的斯基亞帕雷利時(shí)裝店第一批貨物被發(fā)往美國(guó)!
From that day a steady stream of clothes and perfumes12 flowed from the house of Schiaparelli. I found the world of fashion gay13 and exciting, full of challenge and adventure. I shall never forget one showing which was really a challenge. Once again Father's advice helped me. I was busy getting ready to show my winter fashions. Then just 13 days before the presentation the sewing girls were called out on strike. I found myself left with one tailor and woman who was in charge of the sewing room! I was as gloomy14 as my models and salesgirls. “We'll never make it,”one of them cried.
從那天開始，一批批時(shí)裝和香水源源不斷地從新開張的時(shí)裝店售出。我發(fā)現(xiàn)時(shí)裝業(yè)充滿競(jìng)爭(zhēng)和冒險(xiǎn)，令人愉快和興奮。我永生難忘那一次真正充滿挑戰(zhàn)的服裝展覽，是爸爸的那條忠告再次幫助了我。我正忙著準(zhǔn)備展覽冬季時(shí)裝，就在時(shí)裝表演開始前13天，縫紉女工們被叫去參加罷工，我發(fā)現(xiàn)只剩下我自己、一個(gè)裁縫和一個(gè)縫紉車間的女主管!我像我的模特和女售貨員一樣沮喪，有一個(gè)女售貨員哭道：“我們絕對(duì)趕不上了!”
Here, I thought, is the test of all tests for Father's advice. Where is the way out this time? I wondered and worried. I was certain we would have to call off the presentation or else show the clothes unfinished. Then it dawned on15 me. Why not show the clothes unfinished?
我想，此時(shí)是對(duì)父親的忠告最嚴(yán)峻的考驗(yàn)。這次的出路在哪兒呢?我滿腹狐疑，心急如焚。我確信只有兩條路可走：要么取消時(shí)裝表演;要么展出沒(méi)有完工的時(shí)裝。就在這時(shí)，我茅塞頓開：為什么不把沒(méi)有做完的衣服拿出來(lái)展覽呢?
We worked hurriedly. And, exactly 13 days later, right on time, the Schiaparelli showing took place.
我們緊張匆忙地工作著。正好13天后，斯基亞帕雷利的時(shí)裝展覽準(zhǔn)時(shí)開幕了。
What a showing it was! Some coats had no sleeves; others had only one. Many of our clothes were still in an early stage. They were only patterns made of heavy cotton cloth. But on these we pinned sketches and pieces of material. In this way we were able to show that what colors and textures the clothes would have when they were finished.
這是一次什么樣的展覽呀!有些上衣沒(méi)有袖子，有的只有一只袖子，許多衣服還在初縫階段。它們只是一些用厚棉布做成的衣服試樣，但在這些試樣上我們別上了衣服的草圖和衣料，這樣我們就能告訴人們這些衣服做成之后的顏色和質(zhì)地。
All in all, the showing was different. It was so different that it was a great success. Our unusual showing caught the attention of the public, and orders for the clothes poured in.
總而言之，這次服裝展別開生面，它太不同凡響了，竟取得了巨大的成功。不尋常的展覽吸引了公眾的注意，訂單源源不斷。
Father's wise words had guided me once again. There is more than one way to the square always.
父親很有見地的那番話再次指引我度過(guò)了難關(guān)。通往廣場(chǎng)的路的確不止一條。