高中英语美文第1篇Formethemostinterestingthingaboutasolitarylife,andminehasbeenthatforthelasttwentyyears,isth下面是小编为大家整理的高中英语美文集锦17篇,供大家参考。
高中英语美文 第1篇
For me the most interesting thing about a solitary life,and mine has been that for the last twenty years,is that it becomes increasingly When I can wake up and watch the sun rise over the ocean, as I do most days, and know that I have an entire day ahead,uninterrupted, in which to write a few pages, take a walk with my dog,lie down in the afternoon for a think(Why does one think better in a horizontal position?),read and listen to music, I am flooded with
对我而言,独身生活中最有趣的——也是我最近20年以来深有体会的——就是它使生活变得越来越有情调了。当我早展醒来看到太阳从大海上冉冉升起的时候——尽管我几乎每天都是如此——我就知道面前将有没人打搅的整整一天时间了。在这一天里，我可以悠闲地写几页文章，可以带着狗散散步,午后还可以躺下来思考思考问题(为什么平躺的时候更加有利于思考呢?)，看看书，听听音乐，心中洋溢着快乐之情。
I am lonely only when I am overtired, when I have worked too long without a break, when for the time being I feel empty and need filling I am lonely sometimes when I come back home after a lecture trip, when I have seen a lot of people and talked a lot,and am full to the brim with experience that needs to be sorted
只有在我过度疲劳的时候，或是在我工作太久而没有休息的时候,或是在我当时觉得空虚因而需要充实的时候，我才会感到孤独。而有时，当我在外地演讲后赶回家的时候，当我和许多人见面并且交谈甚多的时候，当许多经历多得要溢出来，因而需要整理的时候，我才会感到孤独。
Then for a little while the house feels huge and empty, and I wonder where myself is has been recaptured slowly by watering the plants, perhaps, and looking again at each one as though it were a person,by feeding the two cats, by cooking a
那个时候，房子一度让人觉得太大、太空，而我却不知道自我藏身于何处。也许通过给花草浇水，并对其逐一端详，好像端详人一样;也许通过喂那两只猫和做一餐饭，我才能又慢慢捕捉到自我了。
It takes a while, as I watch the surf blowing up in fountains at the end of the field, but the moment when the world falls away,and the self emerges again from the deep unconsciousness, bringing back all I have recently experienced to be explored and slowly understood,when I can converse again with my hidden powers,and so grow, and so be rewarded, till death do us
过了 一会儿，我看到地平线的尽头海浪如泉水般喷涌，那一刻，世界消逝殆尽了，而自我从深层的无意识中再一次浮现，这才使我想起最近所经历的一切，让我去探究、去愎慢了解。此时，我又能与隐藏的力量交流了，于是我又在成长，并在成长中得到回报，直到死亡将我们分开。
高中英语美文 第2篇
The hardworking blacksmith Jones used to work all day in his shop and so hard working was he that at times he would make the sparks fly from his hammer.
The son of Mr. Smith, a rich neighbor, used to come to see the blacksmith everyday and for hours and hours he would enjoy himself watching how the tradesman worked.
"Young man, why don"t you try your hand to learn to make shoe tacks, even if it is only to pass the time?" said the blacksmith. "Who knows, one day, it may be of use to you."
The lazy boy began to see what he could do. But after a little practice he found that he was becoming very skilled and soon he was making some of the finest tacks.
Old Mr. Smith died and the son on account of the war lost all his goods. He had to leave home and was forced to take up residence in another country. It so happened that in this village there were numerous shoemakers who were spending a lot of money to buy tacks for their shoes and even at times when they paid high prices they were not always able to get what they wanted, because in that part of the country there was a high demand for soldiers" shoes.
Our young Mr. Smith, who was finding it difficult to earn his daily bread, remembered that once upon a time he had
learned the art of making tacks and had the sudden idea of making a bargain with the shoemakers. He told them that he would make the tacks if they would help to get him settled in his workshop. The shoemakers were only too glad of the offer. And after a while, Mr. Smith found that he was soon making the finest tacks in the village.
"How funny it seems," he used to say, "even making tacks can bring a fortune. My trade is more useful to me than were all my former riches."
高中英语美文 第3篇
The world has so many lessons to teach you. I consIder the world, thIs Earth, to be lIke a school and our lIfe the classrooms. And sometImes here In thIs Planet Earth school the lessons often come dressed up as detours or roadblocks. And sometImes as full-blown crIses. And the secret I"ve learned to gettIng ahead Is beIng open to the lessons, lessons from the grandest unIversIty of all, that Is, the unIverse Itself. It"s beIng able to walk through lIfe eager and open to self-Improvement and that whIch Is goIng to best help you evolve, because that"s really why we"re here, to evolve as human beIngs. To grow Into more of ourselves, always movIng to the next level of understandIng, the next level of compassIon and growth.
这个世界将教会你们很多。我认为这个世界，这个地球，就像一所学校，而我们的人生就像是教室。在世界这所大学里，有些课程会是人生的弯路或障碍，有些课程则充满危机。而我所学到的应对这一切的私、诀就是：勇于面对一切挫折与危机，世界本身就是世上最好的大学。在人生的旅途中，妥对生活充满激情，并不断提高自我，这就是进化为人类并存在于世的意义。不断提升自我，去追求人生的更高境界，去追求更高级别的怜悯和自我提高。
高中英语美文 第4篇
From August 1st to August 15th I fasted from complaining. Yes, that"s right. No more "I"m tired" grumbles at 3 p.m. at the office. No more yelling at cars that cut me off on 440. No more snapping at people for not listening. The highlight of the two week period? I validated that I"m not a terrible, negative person, AND optimistic people tend to live longer according to some studies. And I"m optimistic enough to believe these studies are the correct studies.
从8月1日那天起直到8月15日，我停止了对生活一切的抱怨。是的，没错。下午三点的办公室，再也不会听见我哀叹着：“我好累”。在440地区被抢了车道，我不会再大喊大叫。有人无视我的话，我也不会勃然大怒。这两周来最重要的发现是什么？我证明了自己不是个糟糕的、充满负能量的人。有研究表明乐观的人一般更长寿，而且我足够乐观，相信这些研究是正确的。
So here you go: The top five things that occurred when I stopped complaining, both the good and the bad.
那么接下来，我想谈谈自己停止抱怨生活之后的五个变化，其中有正面的，也有负面的。
1. I realized that I don"t sleep enough. The biggest complaint that I had to bite my tongue on?
1、我意识到自己睡眠不足，这是最不该挂在嘴边的抱怨吗？
"I"m tired." Or a variation of "I"m exhausted." American culture leaves us seeking to thrive off of no sleep and Starbucks. And is it really worth it to feel that negativity quite literally every day? I found myself almost getting annoyed with myself for being so tired. On the same note, I annoyed myself when I felt like uttering the complaint, "I"m starving." No, Alexii. You don"t actually know what it really means to be hungry (so maybe you aren"t THAT tired either).
“我好累”，或者，“我要累死了”。美国文化迫使我们在不足的睡眠和一杯杯咖啡中度日。每天生活在这样的负面环境中真的值得吗？连我自己都很烦恼，为什么要把自己折腾得这么累。同样，当我想要喊出“我要饿死了”的时候，也十分烦恼。不，Alexii，你并不知道什么叫真正的饿吧（所以也许你也并没有自己说得这么累）。
2. I argued less.
2、我吵架的频率变少了。
I"m not exactly one to pick a fight, but I noticed how many stupid arguments I can have in a week. If my fiancé Alex said something I disagreed with, I couldn"t immediately react. This helped me not snap -- and more importantly it made me think before anything came out of my mouth. I"m pretty sure we"ve been told since kindergarten, "Think before you speak" but I noted how often I neglect this simplest piece of advice.
我不是那种喜欢挑事的人，但我还是会发现一周里自己有过多少次愚蠢的争吵。如果我的未婚夫艾利克斯说了一些我反对的话，我不会马上回应他。这样我就不会大声吼他，更重要的是，这样我就有时间在说话前多思考思考了。我确信从幼儿园开始，大人们就告诉我们“三思而后言”，但我觉得我还是很容易忽视这个最简单的建议。
3. Angst builds up.
3、焦虑感增加了
Here"s the deal: this experience was overall a positive experience for me. It truly made me reflect on my reactions to situations. That being said, sometimes people just need to vent. There was one day that I came home completely exhausted and slightly emotionally distraught. Instead of engaging in conversation with my friend that was at my house or my fiancé, I straight up shut down. It"s almost as if I didn"t know how to be positive in that moment. It was strange. And I went to bed early that night. But on a lighter note...
是这样的：这种体验对我来说是有好处的，它真的使我反省自己在特定处境下的行为。话虽如此，有时人们只是需要释放情绪而已。记得有一天我回到家，身心俱疲，心烦意乱。我没有找当时在我家中的朋友或是未婚夫聊天，而是直接陷入沉默。仿佛那时我根本不知道怎样让自己乐观起来，太奇怪了。那晚我很早就睡了，但反而感觉轻松了很多……
4. Negativity is a state of mind.
4、负能量是一种心境
When you stop yourself from uttering negative speech, you begin to notice how negative your thought process tends to be. Sure I didn"t verbally complain when I was tired or annoyed -- but I still continued thinking them. And as much as negative speech can wear you down, negative thoughts are just as dangerous.
当你不再说出那些消极的话语，你会发现自己还是会有那些消极的想法。诚然，我言语上没有抱怨疲劳或是烦躁，但我依然有着这样的想法。和消极的话语一样，消极的想法一样会消磨你的意志。
5. I prayed more.
5、我尝试更多的祈祷
If I was forced to turn the negative into the positive, I turned to God. Perhaps its from prior experience--but for whatever reason, it happened. And my spirit felt nourished.
如果我一定要把负能量转为正能量，我会向上帝求助。也许是从前的经验吧，不管怎样，我感受到了精神上的洗礼。
And at the end of the day? Shit happens. After my fast from complaining, I had what may have been one of the worst days I had experienced. Imagine tough conversations that were draining but necessary (and even worse after the conversation, nothing was resolved) compiled with other people"s negativity. Then add a few "first world" problems as I like to call them -- a poor night"s sleep, a shattered phone, and a stalling car. What did I do? I complained. Where did it get me? Not too far. I noted a day later that things really aren"t that bad. People have good days and people have bad days -- but the truth is? It"s all about your outlook.
最后怎样了呢？糟糕的事情还是发生了，在我拒绝抱怨之后，我经历了非常糟的一天。想象一下：艰难的谈话使你心力交瘁（更可恶的是谈完之后什么都没有解决），你不得不承受着别人的负能量。接着还有那些我称之为“第一世界”的麻烦困扰着你——睡眠不足，手机被摔坏，车子抛锚。我是怎么应对的？我抱怨了。持续了多久呢？没有多久，因为后来我明白其实事情也没有想象的那样不堪。世事无常嘛，关键在于你怎样看待这个世界。
高中英语美文 第5篇
While walking across an open, grassy field, I became excited as my hand swooped toward the ground like an eagle attacking its prey.
我走在一片开阔的草地上，就像老鹰捕食一样，我兴奋地将手朝草地里抓去。
I picked up half of a $5 bill. I continued to walk around looking for the other half but thought to myself it would be impossible to find it on such a windy day.
我捡到了半张5美金，我继续向前寻找另外半张，但是在这样一个大风天，我感觉到应该是找不到了。
As I lifted my head, I spotted the other half of the bill tangled in crabgrass.
我抬头时发现，另外一半缠在一片杂草中。
Somehow, finding two halves of a ripped $5 bill felt better than working for a twenty.
捡全一张撕破的5美金比挣到20美金，在某种程度上还要让我开心~
高中英语美文 第6篇
I was for all IntensIve purposes addIcted to the game I was playIng. ThIs addIctIon nearly ruIned me mood wIse, I was mIserable to be around when I was even able to force myself to go to class or go out and socIalIze.
我完全沉溺在所玩的游戏之中，中毒很深，这甚至完全左右着我的情绪。当我强迫自己去上课或者社交的时候，我会把事情搞砸
I wanted to stop, and one day I dId, just lIke that. Told myself I would focus on buIldIng and ImprovIng myself. I began to take prIde In hygIene, exercIsIng, and buIldIng hobbIes (maInly playIng the pIano) It"s been almost exactly a month sInce that day and I"d just lIke to share where I"ve gotten sInce then.
我要终结这样的生活，有一天，我真的这样做了。告诉自己我要重塑并提升自我。我开始注意个人卫生，积极锻炼，培养爱好(主要是钢琴)。从决意改变之日起已经整整一个月的时间，我想在这里分享一下我的领悟。
I"ve been as actIve as I can, landIng a job that promotes actIvIty, hIkIng whenever possIble, and goIng on runs around parks. I can honestly say It"s the happIest I"ve been In a whIle, If not ever, and to thInk that It"s only been a month makes me even happIer. Who knows what the next few years wIll brIng.
我尽可能的积极主动，做了一份有关促进活动的工作。一有空就去远足，还绕着公园跑步。坦诚地说这是我这段时间以来最愉悦的时刻。而且这还只是短短一个月给我带来的好心情，谁知道未来几年还会有什么更加美好的"事情。
My confIdence has skyrocketed from almost nothIng to the most confIdent I"ve ever been as well.
我从几乎没啥自信到自信心爆棚。
I"m hopIng that thIs post wIll convInce someone who Is In the same boat that I was In that movIng out of unhealthy habIts Is easIer than you thInk. The body and mInd Is extremely resIlIent and wants to be actIve, so get out there and lIve lIfe!
我希望这篇文章能够让和我一样沉迷电子游戏的你改变不健康的生活习惯。其实这比你想象得要简单，你的身体和思想具有极大的可塑性，从(电子游戏的虚拟世界中)走出来，好好地感受生活。
高中英语美文 第7篇
There was once a guy who suffered from cancer, a cancer that can"t be cured. He was 18 years old and he could die anytime. All his life, he was stuck in his house being taken cared by his mother. He never went outside but he was sick of staying home and wanted to go out for once. So he asked his mother and she gave him permission.
曾有一男孩，患了不治之癌。他才18岁，但生命随时会结束。一直以来，男孩都被困在屋子里，由他的母亲照料。男孩从未出去过，但他厌倦了一直窝在家里，想出去走一走。男孩因此询问他的母亲，并得到了母亲的同意。
He walked down his block and found a lot of stores. He passed a CD store and looked through the front door for a second as he walked. He stopped and went back to look into the store. He saw a beautiful girl about his age and he knew it was love at first sight. He opened the door and walked in, not looking at anything else but her. He walked closer and closer until he was finally at the front desk where she sat.
男孩出了门，路过了许多家店。经过一家卖CD的音像店时他看了眼前门。男孩停了下来，并走回去又往店里看了看。他看见一个漂亮的女孩，年龄大约和他一般大。男孩意识到他一眼就爱上了这女孩。他打开了这家店的门，走了进去，什么也不看，就只看着她。男孩越走越近，直到来到这女孩坐着的前台。
She looked up and asked, "Can I help you?"
女孩抬起头来问道：“有什么需要帮忙的吗？”
She smiled and he thought it was the most beautiful smile he has ever seen before and wanted to kiss her right there.
女孩笑了笑，男孩认为这是他见过的最美丽的笑容，他甚至想当场就亲吻这女孩。
He said, "Uh... Yeah... Umm... I would like to buy a CD."
他说道：“呃…是的…嗯…我想买张CD。”
He picked one out and gave her money for it.
男孩随便挑了一张出来并把钱递给女孩。
"Would you like me to wrap it for you?" she asked, smiling her cute smile again.“
需要我帮你把它包起来吗？”女孩问，脸上又露出可爱的微笑。
He nodded and she went to the back. She came back with the wrapped CD and gave it to him. He took it and walked out of the store.
男孩点了点头，女孩走到前台的后面。回来的时候女孩拿着包装好了的CD，交给了男孩。他拿了过来，然后走出了这家店。
He went home and from then on, he went to that store every day and bought a CD, and she wrapped it for him. He took the CD home and put it in his closet. He was still too shy to ask her out and he really wanted to but he couldn"t. His mother found out about this and told him to just ask her. So the next day, he took all his courage and went to the store as usual. He bought a CD like he did every day and once again she went to the back of the store and came back with it wrapped. He took it and when she wasn"t looking, he left his phone number on the desk and ran out...
男孩回到了家。从那以后，他每天都会来这家店，买一张CD，然后女孩就给他包装起来。男孩把CD带回家，放进他的衣橱里。他还是很害羞，不敢把她约出来。他真的很想，但是他做不到。男孩的母亲知道了此事后，就告诉他，只管把她约出来就好了。于是第二天，男孩鼓起了全部的勇气，像往常一样来到了店里。像过去那样，他还是买了一张CD，而女孩也还是走到后面，回来的时候再把包装好的CD交给他。男孩接了过来，趁女孩不注意，他把他的电话号码留在了桌子上，然后跑了出去…
RRRRRING!!!
“铃铃铃铃铃铃…”
One day the phone rang, and the mother picked it up and said, "Hello?"
一天，电话响了起来。男孩的母亲接起电话说道，“你好？”
It was the girl!!! The mother started to cry and said, "You don’t know? He passed away yesterday..."
是那个女孩！！！男孩的母亲开始哭了起来，说道：“你不知道吗？他昨天就去世了…”
The line was quiet except for the cries of the boy"s mother. Later in the day, the mother went into the boy"s room because she wanted to remember him. She thought she would start by looking at his clothes. So she opened the closet.
电话里安静了下来，只听到男孩母亲啜泣的声音。之后，男孩的母亲来到了他的房间，缅怀她的"儿子。男孩的母亲想先看一看男孩的衣物。于是她打开了男孩的衣柜。
She was face to face with piles and piles and piles of unopened CDs. She was surprised to find all these CDs and she picked one up and sat down on the bed and she started to open one. Inside, there was a CD and as she took it out of the wrapper, out fell a piece of paper. The mother picked it up and started to read it. It said: Hi... I think U R really cute. Do u wanna go out with me? Love, Jocelyn.
在她的面前，是一摞又一摞的CD。看到这么多的CD，男孩的母亲感到很惊讶。她随手拿出一张，坐在了男孩床上。她拆开了包装，把CD拿了出来。一张纸条掉了出来。男孩的母亲捡起了纸条，开始读起来。上面写着：你好…我觉得你真的很可爱。你想和我出去约会吗？爱你的，乔瑟琳。
The mother was deeply moved and opened another CD...
男孩的母亲被深深打动了，拆开了另一张CD…
Again there was a piece of paper. It said: Hi... I think U R really cute. Do u wanna go out with me? Love, Jocelyn.
又发现了另一张纸条。上面写着：你好…我觉得你真的很可爱。你想和我出去约会吗？爱你的，乔瑟琳。
Love is... when you"ve had a huge fight but then decide to put aside your egos, hold hands and say, "I Love You."
爱就是…当你万般挣扎过后，把自我放到一边，握住对方的手，说：“我爱你。”
高中英语美文 第8篇
Today is the second day of military training and our second standing. As soon as I spoke of standing, I was afraid of the way I stood yesterday. I don"t want to stand anymore, but the military training is not over yet, and it is not easy to stand. I know, I can"t escape, I can"t escape, I have to go through, only have the harvest.
Therefore, I resolutely chose to stand posture, endure the pain of the body, the scorching sun, I believe myself, I can. I can stand up for more than 20 minutes. I can"t go down. I know that every one of my persistence will make me proud.
After some training, we went back to the classroom and looked away from the playground. I can"t imagine such a hot day. We can still practice outside. I had never been so bitter at home. More importantly, I can stick to it. I felt suddenly that military training had made us grow.
It"s cold. I don"t have a plum blossom. I believe that after a week of strict military training, we will have a great harvest.
高中英语美文 第9篇
The first day of school our professor introduced himself to our chemistry class and challenged us to get to know someone we didn"t already know. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned around to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me with a smile that lit up her entire being.
She said, "Hi, handsome. My name is Rose. I"m eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a hug?"
I laughed and enthusiastically responded, "Of course you may!" and she gave me a giant squeeze(挤，紧握) .
"Why are you in college at such a young, innocent age?" I asked.
She jokingly replied, "I"m here to meet a rich husband, get married, have a couple of children, and then retire and travel."
"No seriously," I asked. I was curious what may have motivated her to be taking on this challenge at her age.
"I always dreamed of having a college education and now I"m getting one !" she told me.
After class we walked to the student union building and shared a chocolate milkshake(奶昔) . We became instant friends. Every day for the next three months we would leave class together and talk nonstop. I was always mesmerized listening to this "time machine" as she shared her wisdom and experience with me.
Over the course of the school year, Rose became a campus icon and easily made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she reveled in the attention bestowed(使用，授予) upon her from the other students. She was living it up.
At the end of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet and I"ll never forget what she taught us. She was introduced and stepped up to the podium. As she began to deliver her prepared speech, she dropped her three-by-five cards on the floor. Frustrated and a bit embarrassed she leaned into the microphone and simply said, "I"m sorry I"m so jittery(神经过敏的) . I gave up beer for Lent and this whiskey is killing me! I"ll never get my speech back in order to let me just tell you what I know." As we laughed, she cleared her throat and began:
"We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing. There are only four secrets to staying young, being happy and achieving success.
"You have to laugh and find humor each and every day.
"You"ve got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die. We have so many people walking around who are dead and they don"t even know it!
"There is a giant difference between growing older and growing up. If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don"t do one productive thing, you will turn twenty years old. If I am eighty-seven years old and stay in bed for a year and never do anything I will turn eighty-eight. Anybody can grow older. That doesn"t take any talent or ability. The idea is to grow up by always finding the opportunity in change.
"Have no regrets. The elderly usually don"t have regrets for what we did, but rather for things we did not do. The only people who fear death are those with regrets."
She concluded her speech by courageously singing "The Rose." She challenged each of us to study the lyrics and live them out in our daily lives.
At year"s end, Rose finished the college degree she had begun all those years ago. One week after graduation Rose died peacefully in her sleep. Over two thousand college students attended her funeral in tribute to the wonderful woman who taught by example that it"s never too late to be all you can possibly be.
高中英语美文 第10篇
Why waste your time and energy on being envious? Instead of being envious, be inspired.
为什么你要浪费时间和精力去忌妒别人呢?不要忌妒别人,相反,你应该得到启发。
Not only is it impossible for you to live someone else’s life, even if you could do it you wouldn’t really like it. What you can do is joyfully live your own life, informed and instructed2 by the joy you see in others.
你不可能拥有别人的生活,即使可以,你也不会真的喜欢它。英语小故事你可以做的是快乐地享受自己的生活,并且从他人的快乐中吸取经验。
Your greatest achievement comes from being you. If someone else’s life looks attractive, the best and most realistic3 response is trying to live as well as or even better than that person, not to envy. If you envy, you push away the very things you desire.
你最伟大的成就来自于你就是你。即使别人的生活看起来非常有吸引力,也不要盲目地忌妒别人,最好的、最实际的反应是要努力活得和那个人一样好,甚至比那个人还要好。如果你忌妒他人,你便推开了那些你想要的东西。
A positive response is to be thankful for the good fortune of others. When you do that, you’re able to benefit from that good fortune too. Stop creating envy. And start making efforts to live a better life.
积极的回应是对别人的好运心怀感激。当你这么做的`时候,你也能从中受益。所以,请停止忌妒,努力过上更好的生活。
高中英语美文 第11篇
He was 11 years old and went fishing every chance he got from the dock at his family’s cabin on an island in the middle of a New Hampshire lake.
On the day before the bass season opened, he and his father were fishing early in the evening, catching sunfish and perch with worms. Then he tied on a small silver lure and practiced casting. The lure struck the water and caused coloredripples in the sunset, then silver ripples as the moon rose over the lake.
When his peapole doubled over, he knew something huge was on the other end. His father watched with admiration as the boy skillfully worked the fish alongside the dock.
Finally, he very gingerly lifted the exhausted fish from the water. It was the largest one he had ever seen, but it was a bass.
The boy and his father looked at the handsome fish, gills playing back and forth in the moonlight. The father lit a match and looked at his watch. It was 10 P.M.-- two hours before the season opened. He looked at the fish, then at the boy.
“You’ll have to put it back, son,” he said. “Dad!” cried the boy.
“There will be other fish,” said his father. “Not as big as this one,” cried the boy.
He looked around the lake. No other fishermen or boats were anywhere around in the moonlight. He looked again at his father. Even though no one had seen them, nor could anyone ever know what time he caught the fish, the boy could tell by the clarity of his father’s voice that the decision was not negotiable. He slowly worked the hook out of the lip of the huge bass and lowered it into the black water.
The creature swished its powerful body and disappeared. The boy suspected that he would never again see such a great fish.
That was 34 years ago. Today, the boy is a successful architect in New York City. His father’s cabin is still there on the island in the middle of the lake. He takes his own son and daughters fishing from the same dock.
And he was right. He has never again caught such a magnificent fish as the one he landed that night long ago. But he does see that same fish-again and again-every time he comes up against a question of ethics.
For, as his father taught him, ethics are simple matters of right and wrong. It is only the practice of ethics that is difficult. Do we do right when no one is looking? Do we refuse to 14)cut corners to get the design in on time? Or refuse to trade stocks based on information that we know we aren’t supposed to have?
We would if we were taught to put the fish back when we were young. For we would have learned the truth.The decision to do right lives fresh and fragrant in our memory.
高中英语美文 第12篇
How do I love thee?
Let me count the
I love thee to the depth
and breadth and height
My soul can reach,
when feeling out of sight
For the ends of Being
and ideal
I love thee
to the level of everyday"s
Most quiet need,
by sun and
I love thee freely,
as men strive for Right;
I love thee purely,
as they turn from
I love thee
with the passion put to use
In my old griefs,
and with my childhood"s
I love thee with a love
I seemed to lose
With my lost saints,--
I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life!
--and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee
better after
译文一
我是多么爱你?
让我一一述说
我爱你的深度、宽广、高度
延及到心灵，当不在一起时我感到
生命尽了还有全部的祈祷
我爱你的程度达到每天
不可或缺，就像太阳和烛光一样
我慷慨的爱你，就像人类为正义而战
我纯洁的爱你，就像人类带来的称赞
我爱你用尽我所有的激情
在我暮年悲痛时，我爱你如童年的信仰
我爱你似乎要失去我这个虔诚的信徒--我爱你
就像呼吸、微笑和眼泪融入我的生命。
还有
如果上帝让决定
我死了以后也会加倍的爱你。
译文二
我怎样地爱你?让我逐一细算。
我爱你尽我的心灵所能及到的
深邃、宽广、和高度--正象我探求
玄冥中上帝的存在和深厚的神恩。
我爱你的程度，就象日光和烛焰下
那每天不用说得的需要。我不加思虑地
爱你，就象男子们为正义而斗争;
我纯洁地爱你，象他们在赞美前低头。
我爱你以我童年的信仰;我爱你
以满怀热情，就象往日满腔的辛酸;
我爱你，抵得上那似乎随着消失的圣者
而消逝的爱慕。我爱你以我终生的
呼吸，微笑和泪珠--假使是上帝的
意旨，那么，我死了我还要更加爱你!
译文三
How do I love thee? Let me count the
吾爱汝深深几许?今且听吾细数之
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
欲言情深深似海，欲状情厚更无垠
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
此心幽幽不可名，此情切切绕魂灵
For the ends of Being and ideal
奉祷三生冀神佑，执手一诺许终生
I love thee to the level of everyday"s
思君不见日难度，柔情入盏饮朝暮
Most quiet need, by sun and
于昼不可无金乌，是夜岂能少龙烛
I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;
吾心真率无犹疑，坦若君子承浩气
I love thee purely, as they turn from
吾爱纯粹无污秽，洁如赞歌携颂回
I love thee with the passion put to use
此情灼灼如烈焰，为汝独燃无余烬
In my old griefs, and with my childhood"s
倘若迟暮生悲痛，梦归童乡拾彼心
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
曾疑应舍白头意，仿若迷徒失圣心
With my lost saints,--I love thee with the breath,
而今终得汝相惜，一呼一吸两相系
Smiles, tears, of all my life!--and, if God choose,
焕彩重描笑与泪，生生世世不相离
I shall but love thee better after
死后神明若问起，有过之而无不及
高中英语美文 第13篇
If I had my life to live over…… I would have talked less and listened
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 stained and the sofa
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
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 windowsbe rolled up on a summer day
because my hair had just been teased and
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
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
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
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 pattern if I were not there for the
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
我再也不会购买任何据说是实用的,不显脏,保证可用一生的东西。
There would have been more“I love yous”……more“I‘m sorrys”……butmostly，given another shots at life，I would seize every minute……look at it and really see it……live it……and never give it
我会说更多的“我爱你. ” … …更多的“对不起. ” … 但是最主要的是，如果我可以重新生活我会抓住每一分钟… …看看它, 实实在在地看它… …好好生活… …决不让它重头再来。
高中英语美文 第14篇
Youth is not a time of life
it is a state of mind
青春不是年华
而是心境
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
青春不是桃面、丹唇、柔膝
而是深沉的意志
恢宏的想象
炙热的感情
it is the freshness
of the deep springs of
青春
是生命的深泉在涌流
Youth means a
temperamental predominance
of courage over timidity,
of the appetite for adventure
over the love of
青春气贯长虹
勇锐盖过怯弱
进取压倒苟安
This often exists in a man of 60
more than a boy of 20
如此锐气
二十后生而有之
六旬男子则更多见
Nobody grows old merely
by a number of
We grow old
by deserting our
年岁有加，并非垂老
理想丢弃，方堕暮年
Years may wrinkle the skin,
but to give up enthusiasm
wrinkles the
岁月悠悠，衰微只及肌肤
热忱抛却，颓废必致灵魂
Worry, fear,self-distrust
bows the heart
and turns the spirit back to
忧烦，惶恐，丧失自信
定使心灵扭曲
意气如灰
Whether 60 or 16,
there is in every human
being"s heart the lure of wonder,
the unfailing childlike appetite
of what"s next
and the joy of the game of
无论年届花甲，抑或二八芳龄
心中皆有生命之欢乐
奇迹之诱惑
孩童般天真久盛不衰
In the center of your heart and my heart
there is a wirelessstation:
so long as it receives messages
of beauty, hope, cheer, courage & power
from men and from the Infinite,
so long are you
人人心中皆有一台天线
只要你从天上人间接受
美好、希望、欢乐、勇气和力量的信号
你就青春永驻，风华常存
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 20
一旦天线下降
锐气便被冰雪覆盖
玩世不恭、自暴自弃油然而生
即使年方二十，实已垂垂老矣
but as long as your aerials are up,
to catch waves of optimism,
there is hope you may die young at
然则只要树起天线
捕捉乐观信号
你就有望在八十高龄告别尘寰时
仍觉年轻
高中英语美文 第15篇
The team I work in
just had 2 new interns,
and I happen
to be their
我所在的团队新来了两个实习生
而我恰好是他们的主管
After today"s lunch break,
I saw that one of them
was reading things
on her smartphone,
maybe on some social network,
I
今天午休过后
我看见他们中的一个正在悠闲地刷手机
我猜想可能是在上社交网络吧
I went to her and said
"There"s another document here
needing
Do you have time
to finish it for me?"
我走过去问她
“我这正好有一份文档要翻译
你有时间帮忙完成一下吗”
That document
was not in her
assigned
But I thought
I could let her challenge herself
a little bit with it,
seeing that
she seemed to have
这份文档并不在她的工作量里面
不过我看她似乎有空
就打算让她用这锻炼一下
"Yes, I do have "
She said,
"But I"m just an "
“有啊” 她说
“可是我只是个实习生啊”
I didn"t quite know
what to say back
After a while I mumbled
""
我当时突然不知道说什么好
愣了一下说道
“哦，也是哦”
And I turned around and
然后便转身离开了
I recalled the time
when I was an intern
for the first
I, too, managed to finish
my workload so fast,
just
我想起了我自己第一次做实习生的时候
当时我也像她一样
很快就把自己的工作量完成了
So I asked my supervisor
"Is thereanything else
that I can help?"
于是我就问我的主管
“还有什么其他的事需要我帮忙吗”
And she happened to
have a plan to
But she didn"t have
So she let me do the research
and make a draft for
正好
她当时有一份计划要订
但是时间不够
于是就让我先帮她
查查相关资料然后拟个草稿
I was not very familiar
with the job
but still tried to carry it out
based on my understanding
and make it
as professional as
我当时并不太明白那份工作
但还是试着按自己的想法做出来了
尽可能写得专业
And my supervisor
was really satisfied
with the
Later, she told me
"You saved me a lot of
I didn"t need to
create it from "
主管对这份草稿很满意
她事后说
“你帮我省了不少事
我不用从头做起”
And she told me in details
how should I have
done the plan
I learned a lot
about the operation
in the
并且，她还跟我细致地讲了
这份计划应该怎么修改
而我在这个过程当中
学到了很多有用的业务细节
After that
she had come to
trust me like
在那之后
她开始给予我完全的信任
I got my current job
all because
of her
而我现在的这份工作
也多亏了她的引荐
Yes, I was just an intern
with a low
But I bought a better future
with my extra
是的，我当时只是个实习生
薪水只有一点点
但我用额外的劳力
为自己买到了更好的未来
There"s a kind of poverty
called
有一种“贫穷”叫短视
高中英语美文 第16篇
Remember
my son
you have to
年轻人
无论如何你都得工作
Whether you handle a pick or a pen,
a wheel-barrow or a set of books,
不管你挥洒锄头亦或笔墨
不论你是推车的或是统计帐薄的
digging ditches or editing a paper,
ringing an auction bell
or writing funny things,
you must
无论你是汗流浃挖沟渠还是编辑报纸文章
也可能是拍卖师亦或是一位作家
都必须有一份为之努力奋斗的工作
If you look around
you will see the men
who are the most able
to live the rest of their days without work
are the men who work the
如果你留意观察周围的人
你就会发现
足够努力才能积累以后
享受天伦之乐的资本
Don"t be afraid of killing yourself
with
It is beyond your power to do that
on the sunny side of
理性看待勤奋工作带给我们的负担
因为30岁的你承受能力远不止于此
They die sometimes,
but it is because
they quit work
at six in the evening,
and do not go home
until two in the
当然也不乏有六点下班后
在外流连到凌晨两点才回家
挥霍青春与时间的人
It’s the interval that kills, my
或许正是晚上六点到凌晨两点
这段时间的生活毁了他们自己
The work gives you
an appetite for your meals;
it lends solidity to your slumbers,
it gives you a perfect
and grateful appreciation
of a
积极的工作心态会带给你愉悦
且不错的生活质量
还能让你学会
如何更好的享受完美的假期
There are young men who do not work,
but the world is not proud of
这世界
不会为不工作的年轻人迟疑一刻
It does not know their names,
even it simply speaks of them
as “old So-and-So’s boy”.
这世界只会铭记努力的人
所以记得别成为他们口中的那些
“那个谁谁谁 或是 某某某”
Nobody likes them,
the great, busy world
doesn’t know that they are
没人会在意他们
这茫茫人海、忙忙碌碌的世界
更不会记得他们
So find out what you want to be and do,
and take off your coat
and make a dust in the
所以
努力找到你想做、你要做的事情
撸起袖子，在这世界留下你的印记
The busier you are,
the less harm you will be apt to get into,
the sweeter will be your sleep,
the brighter and happier your holidays,
and the better satisfied
will the world be with
所以让自己忙起来吧
这样你会发觉自己生活更幸福
梦乡更甜美、生活更富足
这世界也因你的努力让自己更加明媚
高中英语美文 第17篇
In our journey of life it"s our great fortune to meet with something or someone. Be grateful for what they bring us and cherish what we have no matter they are rich or poor happy or sad good or bad. Just like our drinking glass whether half full or half empty we are lucky to have such a glass and own what there is in it.
Take Helen Keller a famous American writer as an example. Deprived of sight and hearing by a disease she became disabled when she was young. Instead of feeling depressed and complaining “Why Me” she chose a positive attitude to life and regarded what she encountered as the best gift God gave her. Bearing gratitude for life within she met with her lifelong teacher Sullivan and finished her famous novel “Three Days to See”. It was the painful times of her life that made her stronger wiser and more loving.
Though pain is inevitable suffering is optional. When we are experiencing hard times it becomes more challenging to be grateful. Be grateful for our life with all its lessons and blessings and success and happiness is just around the corner!