短的的英语美文

导读：　短的的英语美文(共4篇)英语短篇美文1、Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will,...

篇一:《英语短篇美文》

1、Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; 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; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life.

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 60 more than a boy of 20. Nobody grows old merely by a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals.

2、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.

Whether 60 or 16, there is in every human being's heart the lure of wonders, the unfailing appetite for 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, courage and power from man and from the infinite, so long as you are young.

When your aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism, then you've grown old, even at 20; but as long as your aerials are up, to catch waves of optimism, there's hope you may die young at 80.

1、 青春不是年华，而是心境；青春不是桃面、丹唇、柔膝，而是深沉的意志、宏伟的想象、炽热的感情；青春是生命的深泉在涌流。

青春气贯长虹，勇锐盖过怯弱，进去压倒苟安，如此锐气，二十后生有之，六旬男子则更多见。年年有加，并非垂老；理想丢弃，方堕暮年。

2、岁月悠悠，衰微只及肌肤；热忱抛却，颓唐必至灵魂。烦忧、惶恐、丧失自信，定使心灵扭曲，意气如灰。

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。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。 一旦天线倒塌，锐气被冰雪覆盖，玩世不恭、自暴自弃油然而生，几十年方二十，实已垂老矣；然则只要竖起天线，捕捉乐观的信号，你就有望在八十高龄告别尘寰时仍觉得年轻。

3、Five Hundred Times 五百遍

In the traffic court of a large mid-western city, a young lady was brought before the judge to answer a ticket given her for driving through a red light. She explained to his honor that she was a school teacher and requested an immediate disposal of her case in order that she might hasten on to her classes. A wild gleam came into the judge's eye. "You are a school teacher, eh?" said he. "Madam, I shall realize my lifelong ambition. Sit down at that table and write 'I went through a red light' five hundred times."

在中西部一个大城市的交通法庭里，一位年轻女士被带到法官面前，她由于开车闯红灯被开了罚单。女士向法官解释，她是一名学校老师，请求法官马上处理她的案子，以便可以赶回去上课。法官眼中闪过一丝狡黠，说道：“你是学校的老师，对吗？女士，我马上要实现我毕生的愿望了。在那张桌子旁坐下，写„我开车闯了红灯‟500遍。”

4、 Second language

A mother mouse was out for a stroll with her babies when she spotted a cat crouched behind a bush. She watched the cat, and the cat watched the mice.

Mother mouse barked fiercely, "Woof, woof, woof!" The cat was so terrified that it ran for it's life.

Mother mouse turned to her babies and said, "Now, do you understand the value of a second language?" 一只母老鼠带着孩子出来散步，突然她看见一只猫正在灌木丛中虎视耽耽。母老鼠向着猫叫道：“汪，汪，汪”，猫听了非常害怕，拼命跑走了。母老鼠回过头洋洋自得的对孩子说：“现在你知道外语的重要性了吧。”

5、verybody‟s business is nobody‟s business

There are four people named everybody, somebody, anybody and nobody. There was an important job to be done and everybody was asked to do it. Everybody was sure that somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but nobody did it. Some body got angry about that because it was

everybody‟s job. Everybody thought anybody could do it, but nobody realized that everybody wouldn‟t do it. It ended up that everybody blamed somebody when nobody did what anybody could have done. 有四个人分别叫做：“每个人”、“某个人”、“任何人”和“没有人”。有一次，他们每个人都要被要求去完成一件重要的工作。大家都相信某个人会去做这件事。其实，任何人都可以完成这项工作的，但就是没有人去做。某个人对此感到非常气愤，因为这是大家的任务。每个人都认为任何人可以完成这件事，但没有人认识到大家都不会去做这件事。结果呢，当没有人去做其实任何人都可以做到的事情的时候，每个人都在抱怨某个人。

6、A Woodman came into a forest to ask the Trees to give him a handle for Ax. It seemed so modest a request that the principal tree at once agreed to it, and it was settled among them that the plain, homely Ash should furnish what was wanted.

No sooner had the Woodman fitted the staff to his purpose ,than he began laying about him on all side. felling the whole matter too late, whispered to the Cedar: "the first concession has lost all ;if we has not a sacrificed our humble neighbor, we might have yet stood for ages ourselves."

有一个樵夫来到森林里，要求树给他一跟斧柄，看来他的请求非常谦虚，立刻得到了树的首领的同意。他们决定由平凡而朴素的白杨树来提供所需要的东西。樵夫刚按好斧柄，就开始到处乱砍，森林里最高的树都砍倒了，树林现在察觉大势已去，就小声对衫树说："第一次的让步已失去了一切。如果我们不牺牲我们的小小的邻居，我们自己还可以活无数年呢。"

7、Friends(朋友)

A true friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart.

真正的朋友是一个可以援手帮助并感动你心扉的人。

There's always going to be people that hurt you,so what you have to do is keep on trusting and just be more careful about who you trust next time around.

别人常常伤害你，所以你该继续付出信任，并小心挑选你下次信任的人。

Make youself a better person and know who you are before you try and know someone else and expect them to know you.

在你想了解别人也想让别人了解你之前，先完善并了解自己。

Remember:Whatever happens,happens for a reason.

要记住：任何事情的发生都有因有起。

How many people actually have 8 true friends?Hardly、 anyone I know.But some of us have all right friends and good friends.

有多少人可以拥有八个真正的朋友？就我所知少之又少。但我们会有泛泛之交和好友。

8、

The pure.the bright,the beautiful, 一切纯洁的,辉煌的,美丽的,

That stirred our hearts in youth, 强烈地震撼着我们年轻的心灵的,

The longing after something's lost, 在失去后为之感到珍惜的,

The spirit's yearning cry, 使灵魂深切地呼喊着的,

The striving after better hopes- 为了更美好的梦想而奋斗着的-

These things can never die. 这些美好不会消逝。

The timid hand stretched forth to aid 羞怯地伸出援助的手，

A brother in his need, 在你的弟兄需要的时候，

A kindly word in grief's dark hour 伤恸、困难的时候，一句亲切的话

That proves a friend indeed ; 就足以证明朋友的真心；

The plea for mercy softly breathed, 轻声地乞求怜悯，

Let nothing pass for every hand 在人间传递温情

Must find some work to do ; 尽你所能地去做；

Lose not a chance to waken love- 别错失去了唤醒爱的良机-----

Be firm,and just ,and true; 为人要坚定，正直，忠诚；

So shall a light that cannot fade 因此上方照耀着你的那道光芒

Beam on thee from on high. 就不会消失。

And angel voices say to thee---你将听到天使的声音在说-----

These things shall never die. 这些美好不会消逝。

9、

Be with People When You Are Sad

来源：网易教育专稿

There are times when we are faced with illnesses, disorders, disabilities some type of tragedy that causes us to lose contact with ourselves and the world in which we live. Our happiness begins to fade and our heart begins to grow heavy. This affects the way we think, live, feel and the way we look at life.

Talk with optimistic and encouraging people for they bring a sense of hope into the world, a new meaning to life. They help you see past the clouds on a glooming day，they bring sunlight everyday.

Happiness is when you are with people who love you for who you are, this is the true meaning of

love and friendship. Each day you are reborn with love and joy when you realize that you have people by your side that care.

伤心时不必独处

有时候我们会遭遇疾病，混乱，无力等一些灾难，这些灾难会暂时使我们迷失自我，并与这个我们赖以生存的世界失去联系。我们的快乐开始褪却，我们的内心开始变得沉重。这一切影响着我们的思维，生活，感情以及对待生活的方式。

去和积极乐观的人们聊聊天，因为他们带给世界一线希望，带给生活新的意义。他们会帮助你在阴郁的天气里抹去乌云。

当你和真正关爱你的人在一起时，这才是快乐，同时这也是爱与友谊的真正含义。每天当你意识到有人在你身边关爱着你时，你便和爱与喜悦一起重生。

10、 If I Could Catch a Rainbow

If I could catch a rainbow

I would do it just for you

And share with its beauty

On the days you’re feeling blue.

If I could build a mountain

You could call your very own

A place to find serenity

A place to be alone.短的的英语美文。

If I could take your troubles

I would toss them into the sea

But all these things I’m finding

Are impossible for me.

I cannot build a mountain

Or catch a rainbow fair

But let me be what I know best

A friend that’s always there.

如果我能留住彩虹

我将只为你一个人挽留 在你感到忧伤的日子 与你分享它的美丽

如果我能建造大山

你尽可把它当成你自己的 体验宁静的空间

独处的地方

如果我能带走你的烦恼 我会把它们通通扔进大海 然而我发现所有这些事情 我都无能为力

我建不成一座大山

也留不住彩虹的美丽 就让我做你最好的朋友吧 永远与你相伴

篇二:《短篇英语美文》

1 Life is a Chess-board

The chess-board is the world: the pieces are the phenomena of the universe; the rules of the game are what we call the laws of nature. The player on the other side is hidden from us. We know that his play is always fair, just and patient. But also we know, to our cost, that he never overlooks a mistake, or makes the smallest allowance for ignorance.

By Thomas Henry Huxley

参考译文

棋盘宛如世界：一个个棋子仿佛世间的种种现象：游戏规则就是我们所称的自然法则。竞争对手藏于暗处，不为我们所见。我们知晓，这位对手向来处事公平，正义凛然，极富耐心。然而，我们也明白，这位对手从不忽视任何错误，或者因为我们的无知而做出一丝让步，所以我们也必须为此付出代价。

2 It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness; it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity; it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness; it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair; we had everything before us, we had nothing before us; we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way.

Excerpt from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

参考译文

这是一个最好的时代，也是一个最坏的时代；这是明智的年代，这是愚昧的年代；这是信任的纪元，这是怀疑的纪元；这是光明的季节，这是黑暗的季节；这是希望的春日，这是失望的冬日；我们面前应有尽有，我们面前一无所有；我们都将直下地狱……短的的英语美文。

3 Equality and Greatness

Between persons of equal income there is no social distinction except the distinction of merit. Money is nothing; character, conduct, and capacity are everything. Instead of all the workers being leveled down to low wage standards and all the rich leveled up to fashionable income standards, everybody under a system of equal incomes would find his or her own natural level. There would be great people and ordinary people and little people, but the great would always be those who had done great things, and never the idiot whose mother had spoiled them and whose father had left a horned thousand a year; and the little

would be persons of small minds and mean characters, and not poor persons who had never had a chance. That is why idiots are always in favour of inequality of income (their only chance of eminence),and the really great in favour of equality.

收入相当的人除了品性迥异以外没有社会差别。金钱不能说明什么；性格，行为，能力才代表一切。在收入平等制度下，每个人将会找到他或她正常的地位，而不是所有的工人被划到应拿低工资阶层，所有的富人被划到应得高收入的阶层。人有卓著伟人，平庸之辈和碌碌小人之别，然伟人总是那些有所建树之人，而非从小深受母亲溺爱，父亲每年留下一大笔钱之人；碌碌小人总是那些心胸狭窄，品德卑劣之人，而不是那些从未获取机会的穷人。愚蠢之众总是赞成收入不平等（他们职能凭借这种机会才能为人所知），而真正伟大之人则主张平等相待，原因就在于此。

4 Great Expectations

As the night was fast falling, and as the moon, being past the full, would not rise early, we held a little council: a short one, for clearly our course was to lie by at the first lonely tavern we could find. So ,they plied their oars once more, and I looked out for anything like a house. Thus we held on, speaking little, for four or five dull miles. It was very cold, and, a collier coming by us, with her gallery-fire smoking and flaring, looked like a comfortable home. The night was as dark by this time as it would be until morning; and what light we had, seemed to come more from the river than the sky, as the oars in their dipping stuck at a few reflected stars.

天黑得很快，偏巧这天又是下弦月，月亮不会很早升起。我们就稍稍商量了一下，可是也用不着多讨论，因为情况是明摆着的，再划下去我们一遇到冷落的酒店就得投宿。于是他们又使劲打起浆来，我则用心寻找岸上是否隐隐约约有什么房屋的模样。这样又赶了四五英里路，一路上好不气闷，大家简直不说一句话。天气非常冷，一艘煤船从我们近旁驶过，船上厨房里生着火，炊烟缕缕，火光荧荧，在我们看来简直就是个安乐家了。这时夜已透黑，看来就要这样一直黑到天明，我们仅有的一点光亮似乎不是来自天空，而是来自河上，一浆又一浆的，搅动着那寥寥几颗倒映在水里的寒星。

5 The doer of Deeds

It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, the doer of deeds could have done them better.

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the are ‘ns, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, and comes short again and again ;because there is not effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumphs of high

achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.

真正令人尊敬的并非那些评论家和那些指出强者是如何跌倒，实干家本该做得更好的人。

荣誉属于那些亲临竞技场，满脸污泥，汗水和鲜血的人。他们不懈努力，他们曾犯过过错，并一再失败。因为付出即意味着犯错和失败。他们满怀激情地努力做事，执着不懈，将生命奉献于崇高的事业。他们为经过艰辛努力最终取得的伟大成就而自豪，如果失败，他们夜败的荣耀。因而，这样的人永远不应与那些不知道胜利，也从未失败过的冷淡而胆怯的灵魂相提并论。

篇三:《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短的的英语美文。

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 something

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”。短的的英语美文。

 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。

篇四:《优美的英文短句子》

1、while there is life， there is hope。
有生命就有希望/留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。

2、eternity is not a distance but a decision。
永远不是一种距离，而是一种决定。优美的英文短句子。

3、for a slim figure， share your foodwith the hungry。
若要苗条的身材，把你的食物分给饥饿的人。

4、the more you care， the more you have to lose。
在意的越多，失去的就越多。

5、wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand。
脑中有知识，胜过手中有金钱。

6、don't try to hard， the best things e when you least expect them to。优美的英文短句子。
不要着急，最好的总会在最不经意的时候出现。

7、the sandflass remembers the time we lost。
沙漏记得，我们遗忘的时光。

8、pain past is pleasure。
过去的痛苦就是快乐。

9、the shortest answer is doing。
最简单的回答就是干。

10、some unseen fingers， like an idle breeze， are playing upon my heartthe music of the ripples。
有些看不见的手，如懒懒的微(风思)的，11、don't waste your time on a man/woman， who isn't willing to waste their time on you。
不要为那些不愿在你身上花费时间的人而浪费你的时间。

12、for attractive lips， speak words of kindness。
若要优美的嘴唇，要说友善的话。

13、she who has never loved， has never lived。
人活着总要爱一回。

14、only want to pull your fingertip， circles earth last!
我只想牵你的指尖，绕地球最后一圈!

15、you're always there for me。
当我需要你时你永远在那里。

16、to see a world in a grain of sand。 and a heaven in a wild flower。
从一粒沙子看到一个世界，从一朵野花看到一个天堂。

17、precious things are very few in this world。 that is the reason there is just one you。
在这世上珍贵的东西总是罕有，所以这世上只有一个你。

18、you know my loneliness is only kept for you， my sweet songs are only sung for you。
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。

19、what a loveiy world it well be with you away。
没有了你。这个世界多么寂寞。

20、a paradise that you cannot leave is hell。
不能离开的天堂等于是地狱。

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