優(yōu)秀經(jīng)典英語美文精選-經(jīng)典英語美文

1、標(biāo)簽:標(biāo)題篇一：經(jīng)典優(yōu)美英語散文精選經(jīng)典優(yōu)美英語散文精選What I Have Lived for 我為何而生-By Bertrand Russell 伯特蘭羅素我為何而生引自伯特蘭羅素自傳。它既是作者心靈的抒發(fā)， 也是生命體驗的總結(jié)。 作者以深刻的感悟和敏銳的目光，分析了人生中的三種激情， 即對愛的渴望，對知識的追求和對人類苦難的同情。對愛的渴望，使人欣喜若狂，既能解除孤獨，又能發(fā)現(xiàn)美好的未來。對知識的追求，使人理解人心，了解宇宙，掌握科學(xué)。愛和知識把人引向天堂般的境界，而 對人類的同情之心又使人回到苦難深重的人間。作者認(rèn)為這就是人生，值得為此再活一次的人生。這篇散文似乎信手拈來，但卻耐人尋

2、味。充滿激情，充滿感慨，充滿智慧，情文并茂，邏輯性和感染力極強(qiáng)。Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. These passions, like great winds, have blown me higher and thither, in a wayward course, over a d

3、eep ocean of anguish, reaching to the verge of despair.三種簡單但是無比強(qiáng)烈的感情主導(dǎo)著我的人生：對愛的渴望、對知識的尋求和對人類苦難 的深切同情。這些感情如同颶風(fēng)一樣沒有方向地將我吹得越來越高、越來越遠(yuǎn)，越過痛苦的海洋到達(dá)絕望的邊緣。I have sought love, first, because it brings ecstasy-ecstasy so great that I would have sacrificed all the rest of life for a few hours of this joy. I have

4、 sought it, next, because it relieves loneliness-that terrible loneliness in which one shivering consciousness looks over the rim of the world into cold unfathomable lifeless abyss. I have sought it, finally, because in the union of love I have seen, in a mystic miniature, the prefiguring vision of

5、the heaven that saints and poets have imagined. This is what - at last - I have found.我尋找愛，因為愛讓我著迷一一這種沉迷如此美好，我寧愿放棄生命中的一切只為換來片 刻的對愛的沉迷。我尋找愛，因為愛會減輕孤獨一一在可怕的孤獨中，顫抖的靈魂透過世界的邊際看到的是冰冷的、深不可測的、沒有生命的深淵。我尋找愛，因為在愛的結(jié)合中，我 看到了一個神秘的具體而微小的世界，這是圣人與詩人想象中的天堂景象的預(yù)示。這是我所尋求的，并且我最終發(fā)現(xiàn)，它對于人類來說是再美好不過的東西了。With equal passion I ha

6、ve sought knowledge. I have wished to understand the hearts of men. I have wished to know why the stars shine. And l have tried to apprehend the Pythagorean power by which number holds away above the flux. A little of this, but, not much, I have achieved.以同樣的熱情，我尋求知識。我曾想要理解人的心靈；我曾想知道為什么星星如此閃亮。 我曾試圖理

7、解畢達(dá)哥拉斯的力量，這種力量使數(shù)字凌駕于萬物之上。在這些方面我獲取了一些知識，但不是很多。Love and knowledge, so far as they were possible, led upward toward the heaven. But always pity brought me back to earth. Echoes of cries of pain reverberated in my heart. Children in famine, victims tortured by oppressors, poverty, and pain make a mocker

8、y of what human life should be. I long to alleviate the evil, but I cannot, and i too suffer.愛和知識，只要可能實現(xiàn)，就會引領(lǐng)我走向天堂。但是同情常常將我?guī)Щ噩F(xiàn)實。痛苦的哭喊回蕩在我的心中。饑餓的孩子，被剝削者壓迫的人民、貧窮和痛苦，這些都在嘲 諷人類的生活的本來面目。我渴望減輕邪惡，但是我無法做到，我亦在遭受痛苦。This has been my life. I have found it worth living, and I would gladly live it again if the ch

9、ance were offered to me.這就是我的人生。我認(rèn)為它值得擁有并且如果可能，我愿意重新再來一次。詞匯魅力1.overwhelmingly adv.壓倒性地，不可抵抗地2 .thither adj.對岸的，那邊的 adv.到那處，向那方3 .wayward adj.任性的，不定的，剛愎的4 .anguish n.苦悶，痛苦 v.（使）極苦悶，（使）極痛苦5 .shivering vi.& n.戰(zhàn)栗，發(fā)抖6 .consciousness n意識； 覺悟； 知覺7 .unfathomable adj.深不可測的8 .mystic adj.神秘的，神秘主義者的n.神秘

10、主義者9 .miniature adj.小型的，小規(guī)模的n.縮圖，小畫像，小模型10 .apprehend v.理解，憂慮，逮捕，拘押11 .flux n.流量，變遷，不斷地變化12 .reverberate v.回響，反響，反射13 .mockery n.嘲弄，笑柄，蔑視14 .alleviate vt.減輕，緩解，緩和篇二：10篇精選優(yōu)秀英語美文背誦10篇精選優(yōu)秀英語美文背誦.txt我不奢望什么，只希望你以后的女人一個不如一個。真懷 念小時候啊，天熱的時候我也可以像男人一樣光膀子！10篇精選優(yōu)秀英語美文背誦2007-05-15 17:59第1篇：英文背誦用愛喚醒你的生活Years ago,

11、 when I started looking for my first job, wise advisers urged, "Barbara, be enthusiastic! Enthusiasm will take you further than any amount of experience." How right they were. Enthusiastic people can turn a boring drive into an adventure, extra work into opportunity and strangers i

12、nto friends.多年前，當(dāng)我第一次找工作時，不少明智之士強(qiáng)烈向我建議：“巴巴拉，要有熱情！熱情比任何經(jīng)驗都更有益?！边@話多么正確，熱情的人可以把沉悶的車程變成探險，把加班變成機(jī)會，把生人變成朋友。"Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm," wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson. It is the paste that helps you hang in there when the going gets tough. It is the inner voice that

13、whispers, "Ican do it!" when others shout, "No, youcan't."“沒有熱情就不會有任何偉大的成就，”拉爾夫-沃爾多-愛默生寫道當(dāng)事情進(jìn)展不順時，熱情是幫助你堅持下去的粘合劑當(dāng)別人叫喊“你不行”時，熱情是你內(nèi)心發(fā)出的聲音：“我能行”。It took years and years for the early work of Barbara McClintock, a geneticist who won the 1983 Nobel Prize in med

14、icine, to be generally accepted. Yet she didn't let up on her experiments. Work was such a deep pleasure for her that she never thought of stopping.1983年諾貝爾醫(yī)學(xué)獎的獲得者遺傳學(xué)家巴巴拉-麥克林托克早年的工作直到很多年后才被公眾所承認(rèn)但她并沒有放棄實驗工作對她來說是一種如此巨大的快樂，她從未想過要停止它。We are all born with wide-eyed, enthusiastic wonder as anyone

15、knows who has ever seen an infant's delight at the jingle of keys or the scurrying of a beetle.It is this childlike wonder that gives enthusiastic people such a youthful air, whatever their age.我們都生來好奇，睜大眼睛，滿懷熱情一一每一個看到過嬰兒聽到鑰匙聲或看見亂爬的甲 蟲就興奮不已的人都會明白這一點。At 90, cellist Pablo Casals would start hi

16、s day by playing Bach. As the music flowed through his fingers, his stooped shoulders would straighten and joy would reappear in his eyes. Music, for Casals, was an elixir that made life a never ending adventure. As author and poet Samuel Ullman once wrote, "Years wrinkle the skin, but to g

17、ive up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul."正是這種孩子氣的好奇給了熱情的人們（不論年齡大?。┮环N青春的氣息大提琴家帕布羅-卡薩爾斯在90歲時還堅持以拉巴赫開始他的每一天音樂從他的指間流出，他彎著的背挺直起來，歡樂再度溢滿他的眼眸音樂對卡薩爾斯來說，是使人生變成無止境的探索之旅的靈丹妙藥就像作家兼詩人塞繆爾-厄爾曼曾寫過的：“歲月使皮膚起了皺紋，但如果失去熱情， 便會使靈魂起皺紋”。How do you rediscover the enthusiasm of your childhood? The answer, I believe, lies

18、 in the word itself. "Enthusiasm" comes from the Greek and means "God within." And what is God within is but an abiding sense of love - proper love of self （self-acceptance） and, from that, love of others.怎樣才能找回孩提時代的熱情呢？我相信答案就在“熱情”這個詞本身“熱情” 一詞源于 希臘語，原意是“內(nèi)在的上帝”這里所說

19、的“內(nèi)在的上帝”不是別的 ，而是一種持久不變的愛一一恰當(dāng)?shù)淖詯郏ㄗ晕医邮埽?，并推而及于他人。Enthusiastic people also love what they do, regardless of money or title or power. If we cannot do what we love as a full-time career, we can as a part-time avocation, like the head of state who paints, the nun who runs marathons, the executive who handc

20、rafts furniture.熱情的人們同樣熱愛他們所做的事，而不是考慮錢位權(quán)如果我們不能把熱愛的事作為正式 職業(yè)，我們也可把它當(dāng)作業(yè)余消遣：比如有國家元首喜歡畫畫的，有修女參加馬拉松長跑的，有行政官員手工制作家具的。Elizabeth Layton of Wellsville, Kan, was 68 before she began to draw. This activity ended bouts of depression that had plagued her for at least 30 years, and the quality of her work led one

21、critic to say, "I am tempted to call Layton a genius." Elizabeth has rediscovered her enthusiasm.堪薩斯州韋爾斯維爾市的伊麗莎白-萊頓到68歲才開始畫畫這一愛好消除了曾糾纏她至少 達(dá)30年之久的憂郁癥而她的作品水準(zhǔn)之高使得一個評論家說：“我忍不住要稱萊頓為天才”伊麗莎白又找回了她的熱情。We can't afford to waste tears on "might-have-beens." We need to

22、 turn the tears into sweat as we go after "what-can-be."我們不應(yīng)該把眼淚浪費在“早該”之類的后悔上我們需要把眼淚化為汗水，去追求“可能”之物。We need to live each moment wholeheartedly, with all our senses - finding pleasure in the fragrance of a back-yard garden, the crayoned picture of a six-year-old, the enchanting beaut

23、y of a rainbow. It is such enthusiastic love of life that puts a sparkle in our eyes, a lilt in our steps and smooths the wrinkles from our souls.我們需要以全副身心去度過生命中的每一分鐘在后 花園的芬芳中在 6歲小孩的蠟筆畫中在彩虹醉人的美中找到快樂正是這種對生活的熱愛, 讓我們雙目有神，讓我們步履矯健，讓我們靈魂的皺紋展平。第2篇：英文背誦用愛喚醒你的生活Consider? YOU. In all time before now and in al

24、l time to come, there has never been and will never be anyone just like you. You are unique in the entire history and future of the universe. Wow! Stop and think about that. You're better than one in a million, or a billion, or a gazillion?試想一下？?你！ 一個空前絕后的你，不論是以往還是將來都不會有一個跟你一模一樣的人。 你在歷史上和宇宙中

25、都是獨一無二的。哇！想想吧，你是萬里挑一、億里挑一、兆里挑一的。You are the only one like you in a sea of infinity!在無窮無盡的宇宙中，你是舉世無雙的。You're amazing! You're awesome! And by the way, TAG, you're it. As amazing and awesome as you already are, you can be even more so. Beautiful young people are the whimsey of n

26、ature, but beautiful old people are true works of art. But you don't become "beautiful" just by virtue of the aging process.你是了不起的！你是卓越的！沒錯，就是你。你已經(jīng)是了不起的，是卓越的，你還可以更 卓越更了不起。美麗的年輕人是大自然的奇想，而美麗的老人卻是藝術(shù)的杰作。但你不會因為年齡的漸長就自然而然地變得“美麗” 。Real beauty comes from learning, growing, and lovi

27、ng in the ways of life. That is the Art of Life. You can learn slowly, and sometimes painfully, by just waiting for life to happen to you. Or you can choose to accelerate your growth and intentionally devour life and all it offers. You are the artist that paints your future with the brush of today.真

28、正的美麗源于生命里的學(xué)習(xí)、成長和熱愛。這就是生命的藝術(shù)。你可以只聽天由命，慢慢地學(xué)，有時候或許會很痛苦。又或許你可以選擇加速自己的成長，故意地?fù)]霍生活及其提供的一切。你就是手握今日之刷描繪自己未來的藝術(shù)家。Paint a Masterpiece.畫出一幅杰作吧。God gives every bird its food, but he doesn't throw it into its nest. Wherever you want to go, whatever you want to do, it's truly up to you.上帝給了鳥兒食物，但他沒

29、有將食物扔到它們的巢里。不管你想要去哪里，不管你想要做 什么，真正做決定的還是你自己。第3篇：英文背誦英文背誦只把愛給你一人I Give My Love to You OnlyI wantto live and love with youand be one forever;to be near you so I canreach out and touch you;to make love with you,talk with you,and be silent with you;to hold you close every nightand wake up with youeach mo

30、rning.I wantto share my secrets with youand be honest with you;to understand and respect you, accepting you as you are.I wantto find shelter in youwhen I am afraidand hold you when I need warmth;to be with you through all seasons, walking with you in the sunshine and cuddling with you in the cold.第4

31、篇：英文背誦英文背誦改變自己和世界在懵懂的童年時期，我們胸懷夢想，相信自己的力量可以改變世界。后來，我們漸漸長大 成熟，經(jīng)歷了生活的艱辛，明白了世無定事，感到了自己的渺小，我們的夢想也從“改變世 界”降格成“改變家庭”，最終定位成“改變自己”。但我們實在不該低估自己，因為在我們 改變自己的同時也潛移默化地影響著家庭，而作為世界的一分子，從某個角度來講，我們也正改變著世界。Start With YourselfThe following words were written on the tomb of an Anglican Bishop in the Crypts of Westminist

32、er Abbey:When I was young and free and my imagination had no limits, I dreamed of changing the world.As I grew older and wiser, I discovered the world would not change, so I shortened my sights somewhat and decided to change only my country.But it, too, seemed immovable.As I grew into my twilight ye

33、ars, in one last desperate attempt, I settled for changing only my family, those closest to me, but alas, they would have none of it.And now as I lie on my deathbed, I suddenly realize: If I had only changed my self first, then by example I would have changed my family.From their inspiration and enc

34、ouragement, I would then have been able to better my country and, who knows, I may have even changed the world.第5篇英文背誦】我們站在同一起跑點"We are reading the first verse of the first chapter of a book whose pages are infinite-"“我們正在閱讀一本頁數(shù)無限的書的第一章的第一節(jié)？?”I do not know who wrote those words, bu

35、t I have always liked them as a reminder that the future can be anything we want to make it. We can take the mysterious, hazy future and carve out of it anything that we can imagine, just like a sculptor carves a statue from a shapeless stone.我不知道這段文字是誰寫的，我一直很喜歡并用它們來提醒自己，那就是未來操之在我。我們可以掌握神秘而不可知的未來，從中

36、創(chuàng)出我們所能想象的任何東西，一如雕刻家可以將未成型的石頭刻出雕像一樣。We are all in the position of the farmer. If we plant a good seed, we reap a good harvest. If our seed is poor and full of weeds, we reap a useless crop. If we plant nothing at all, we harvest nothing at all.我們每個人都是農(nóng)夫。我們?nèi)舴N下好種子，就會有豐收。倘若種子長得不良且長滿雜草， 我們就會徒勞無獲。如果我們什么也不

37、種，就根本不會有什么收獲。I want the future to be better than the past. I don't want it contaminated by the mistakes and errors with which history is filled. We should all be concerned about the future because that is where we will spend the reminder of our lives.我希望未來會比過去更好。我不希望未來會被那些充斥在歷史中的錯誤所污染。我們應(yīng)關(guān) 心

38、未來，因為往后的余生都要在未來中度過。The past is gone and static. Nothing we can do will change it. The future is before us and dynamic. Everything we do will effect it. Each day will brings with it new frontiers, in our homes and in our businesses, if we will only recognize them. We are just at the beginning of the progress in every field of human endeavor.往昔已一去不復(fù)返而且是靜止的。任憑我們怎么努力都不能改變過去。未來就在我們眼前而且是動態(tài)的。我們的所作所為都會影響未來。只要我們體會的出來，每天都可以發(fā)現(xiàn)新的知識領(lǐng)域伴隨而生，可能是在家里，也可能是在我們的事業(yè)中。我們正處在人類所努力鉆研的每個領(lǐng)域中進(jìn)步的起點。第6篇英文背誦】英文背誦思想與行動無限Some people g