英語散文經(jīng)典

英語散文經(jīng)典篇一：英語經(jīng)典散文欣賞

英語經(jīng)典散文欣賞

熱情成就未來

Years ago, 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 into friends.

"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 whispers, "I can do it!" when others shout, "No, you can't."

It took years and years for the early work of Barbara McClintock, a geneticist who won the 1983 Nobel Prize in medicine, 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.

We are all born with wide-eyed, enthusiastic wonder as anyone 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.

At 90, cellist Pablo Casals would start his 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 give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul."

How do you rediscover the enthusiasm of your childhood? The answer, I believe, lies 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.

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 handcrafts furniture.

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 critic to say, "I am tempted to call Layton a genius." Elizabeth has rediscovered her enthusiasm.

We can't afford to waste tears on "might-have-beens." We need to turn the tears into sweat as we go after "what-can-be."

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 beauty 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。

經(jīng)典英語散文賞析：輕松地生活

To a large degree，the measure of our peace of mind is determined by how much we are able to live in the present moment．Irrespective of what happened yesterday or last year，and what may or may not happen tomorrow，the present moment is where you are－always．

Without question，many of us have mastered the neurotic1) art of spending much of our lives worrying about a variety of things －all at once．We allow past problems and future concerns to dominate our present moments，so much so that we end up anxious，frustrated，depressed，and hopeless．On the flip side，we also postpone our gratification，our stated priorities2)，and our happiness，often convincing ourselves that ‘someday’ will be better than today．Unfortunately，the same mental dynamics3) that tell us to look toward the future will only repeat themselves so that ‘someday ’never actually arrives．John Lennon once said，‘Life is what’s happening while we’re busy making other plans．’When we’re busy making ‘other plans’，our children are busy growing up，the people we love are moving away and dying，our bodies are getting out of shape，and our dreams are slipping away．In short，we miss out4) on life． Many people live as if life were a dress rehearsal5) for some later date．It isn’t．In fact，no one has a guarantee that he or she will be here tomorrow．Now is the only time we have，and the only time that we have any control over．When our attention is in the present moment，we push fear from our minds．Fear is the concern over events that might happen in the future－we won’ t have enough money，our children will get into trouble，we will get old and die，whatever． To combat fear，the best strategy6) is to learn to bring your attention back to the present．Mark Twain said，‘I have been through some terrible things in my life，some of which actually happened．I don’t think I can say it any better．Practice keeping your attention on the here and now．Your efforts will pay great dividends7)．

我們內(nèi)心是否平和在很大程度上是由我們是否能生活在現(xiàn)實之中所決定的。不管昨天或去年發(fā)生了什么，不管明天可能發(fā)生或不發(fā)生什么，現(xiàn)實才是你時時刻刻所在之處。

毫無疑問，我們很多人掌握了一種神經(jīng)兮兮的藝術(shù)，即把生活中的大部分時間花在為種種事情擔(dān)心憂慮上---而且常常是同時憂慮許多事情。我們聽?wèi){過去的麻煩和未來的擔(dān)心控制我們此時此刻的生活，以致我們整日焦慮不安，萎靡不振，甚至沮喪絕望。而另一方面我們又推遲我們的滿足感，推遲我們應(yīng)優(yōu)先考慮的事情，推遲我們的幸福感，常常說服自己“有朝一日”會比今天更好。不幸的是，如此告誡我們朝前看的大腦動力只能重復(fù)來重復(fù)去，以致“有朝一日”永遠(yuǎn)不會真正來臨。約翰·列農(nóng)曾經(jīng)說過：“生活就是當(dāng)我們忙于制定別的計劃時發(fā)生的事。”當(dāng)我們忙于制定種種“別的計劃”時，我們的孩子在忙于長大，我們摯愛的人離去了甚至快去世了，我們的體型變樣了，而我們的夢想也在悄然溜走了。一句話，我們錯過了生活。

許多人的生活好像是某個未來日子的彩排。并非如此。事實上，沒人能保證他或她明天肯定還活著�，F(xiàn)在是我們所擁有的惟一時間，現(xiàn)在也是我們能控制的惟一時間。當(dāng)我們將注意力放在此時此刻時，我們就將恐懼置于腦后�？謶志褪俏覀儞�(dān)憂某些事情會在未來發(fā)生---

我們不會有足夠的錢，我們的孩子會惹上麻煩，我們會變老，會死去，諸如此類。

若要克服恐懼心理，最佳策略便是學(xué)會將你的注意力拉回此時此刻。馬克·吐溫說過：“我經(jīng)歷過生活中一些可怕的事情，有些的確發(fā)生過。”我想我說不出比這更具內(nèi)涵的話。經(jīng)常將注意力集中于此情此景、此時此刻，你的努力終會有豐厚的報償

My dictation:

Now the VOA special English program - words and their stories.

Expressions about water are almostly as common as water itself. But many of the expressions using water have unpleasent meannings.

The expression "to be in hot water " is one of them. It is a very old expression. Hot water was used five hundred years ago to mean being in trouble. One story says it got that meaning from the custom of throwing extremely hot water down on enemies attacking a castle. That no longer happens. But we still get "in hot water". When we are in hot water, we are in trouble.It can be any kinds of trouble, serious or not so serious. A person who breaks a law can be in hot water with the police. A young boy can be in hot water with his mother if he walks in the house with dirty shoes."Being in deepwater" is almost the same as being in hot water.When you are in deep water, you are in a difficult position. Imaging a person who can not swim being thrown in water over his head. You are in deep water when you are facing a problem that you don’t have the ability to solve. You can be in deep water, for example, if you invest in stocks without knowing anything about the stock market.

"To keep your head above water" is a colorful expression that meaning staying out of debt. A company seeks to keep it's head above water during economic hard times. A man who loses his job tries to keep his head above water until he finds a new job.

"Water over the dam" is another expression about past event. It is something that it is finished, and it cannot be changed. The expression comes from the idea that water has floated over a dam cannot be brought back again. When a friend is troubled by a mistake she have made. You might tell her to forget about it, you say it is water over the dam.

Another common expression" to holdwater" is about the strength or weakness of an idea or opinion that you may be arguing about. It probably comes from a way of testing the condition of a container.If it can hold water, it is strong and has no holes in it. If your argument can hold water, it is strong and does not have any holes;if it does not hold water, then, it is weak and not worth debating.

"Throwing coldwater "also is an expression that deals with ideas or proposles, it means to not like an idea. For example, you want to buy a new car because the old one has some problems, but your wife throws cold water on the idea because she says a new car costs too much.

英語散文經(jīng)典篇二：經(jīng)典優(yōu)美英語散文：First Snow初雪

初雪來臨的時候，有人在漫天飛舞的雪花中歡呼雀躍，恨不能隨之飛舞；也有孩童迫不及待地沖出家門，想用初雪堆砌冬天第一個雪人；也有人望著落于手心，慢慢融化的雪花，神情恬淡而飄緲；親愛的，你是怎樣迎接每一場初雪的？

This morning, when I first caught sight of the unfamiliar whitened world, I could not help wishing that we had snow oftener, that English winters were more wintry. 今天早上，當(dāng)我第一次看見這個陌生的銀白色的世界時，我不禁衷心希望這里能夠多下幾場雪，這樣我們英國的冬天才能更增添幾分冬天的味道。

How delightful it would be, I thought, to have months of clean snow and a landscape sparkling with frost instead of innumerable grey featureless days of rain and raw winds.

我想，如果我們這里經(jīng)常是個冰雪積月、霜華璀璨的景象，而不是像現(xiàn)在這種苦雨凄風(fēng)永無盡期的陰沉而乏特色的日子，那該多么令人喜悅啊！

I began to envy my friends in such places as the Eastern States of America and Canada, who can count upon a solid winter every year and know that the snow will arrive by a certain date and will remain, without degenerating into black slush, until Spring is close at hand. To have snow and frost and yet a clear sunny sky and air as crisp as a biscuit - this seemed to me happiness indeed.

于是我羨慕起那些居住在美國東部各州和加拿大的我的友人們，他們那里年年都能出現(xiàn)一個像樣的冬天，都能說得出降雪的確切日期，并能保證，直至大地春回之前，那里的雪絕無退化為黑色泥漿的可能。既有霜雪，又有晴朗溫煦的天空，而且空氣又非常涼爽清新——這在我看來實在是很大的快樂。

And then I saw that it would never do for us. We should be sick of it in a week. After the first day the magic would be gone and there would be nothing left but the unchanging glare of the day and the bitter cruel nights.

但馬上我又覺得這樣還是不行。不出一周人們就會對它感到厭煩。第一天后魔力便會消失，剩下的唯有白晝那種永無變化的耀眼陽光與刺骨嚴(yán)寒和凄冷的夜晚。

It is not the snow itself,the sight of the blanketed world, that is so enchanting, but the first coming of the snow, the sudden and silent change.Out of the relations, for ever shifting and unanticipated,of wind and water comes a magical event.

讓人如此著迷的不是雪的本身，不在這個銀裝素裹的景象，而是初雪降臨時，那突然而寧靜的變化。正是從風(fēng)風(fēng)雨雨這類變幻無常和難以預(yù)期的關(guān)系之中才會出現(xiàn)這種以降雪為奇跡的情形。

Who would change this state of things for a steadily recurring round,an earth governed by the calendar? It has been well said that while other countries have a climate, we alone in England have weather. There is nothing duller than

climate,which can be converted into a topic only by scientists and hypochondriacs. 誰又肯拿眼前這般景致去換上個永遠(yuǎn)周而復(fù)始的單調(diào)局面，一個全由年歷來控制的大地？有一句話說的好，別的國家都有氣候，唯有英國才有天氣。氣候是最為枯燥和乏味的，或許只有科學(xué)家與疑難雜癥患者才會把它當(dāng)做話題。

But weather is our earth's Cleopatra, and it is not to be wondered at that we, who must share her gigantic moods, should be for ever talking about her. Once we were settled in America, Siberia, Australia, where there is nothing but a steady pact between climate and the calendar,we should regret her very naughtinesses, her willful pranks,her gusts of rage, and sudden tears.

但是天氣卻是我們這塊土地上的克里奧佩特拉，因而毫不奇怪，人們?yōu)樗�巨大情緒變化所左右，總不免要對她竊竊私議。假如一旦我們定居于美洲、西伯利亞與澳大利亞，在那里氣候與年歷之間早已有成約在先，我們即使僅僅因為失去她的調(diào)皮，她任性的惡作劇，她的狂忿盛怒與涕泣漣漣也會深感遺憾。

詞匯魅力

1.degenerate v.退化，墮落

2.slush n.軟泥

3.crisp adj.脆的

4.glare n.刺眼的強光

5.enchanting adj.迷人的

6.unanticipated adj.不曾預(yù)料到的

7.recurring adj.再發(fā)的，循環(huán)的

8.gigantic adj.巨大的

9.pact n.契約，協(xié)定

10.naughtiness n.頑皮

11.prank n.開玩笑，惡作劇

12.gust n.一陣強風(fēng)

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英語散文經(jīng)典篇三：經(jīng)典英語美文

有一種旅行叫做人生

Life comes in a package. This package includes happiness andsorrow, failure and success, hope and despair. Life is a learningprocess. Experiences in life teach us new lessons and make us abetter person. With each passing day we learn to handle varioussituations. 人生好似一個包裹，這個包裹里藏著快樂與悲傷、成功與失敗，希望與絕望。人生也是一個學(xué)習(xí)的過程。那些經(jīng)歷給我們上了全新的課，讓我們變得更好。隨著每一天的過去，我們學(xué)會了處理各種各樣的問題。

FailureandSuccess

Failure is the path to success. It helps us to touch the sky, teaches us to survive and shows us aspecific way. Success brings in money, fame, pride and self-respect. Here it becomes veryimportant to keep our head on out shoulder. The only way to show our gratitude to God forbestowing success on us is by being humble, modest, courteous and respectful to the lessfortunate ones.

失敗是成功之母。它讓我們觸及藍(lán)天，它教會我們?nèi)绾紊�存，它給予我們一條特殊的路。成功給予我們金錢、名譽、驕傲和自尊。這里，保持頭腦清醒便顯得尤為重要。唯一能讓我們感激上帝給予的成功便是始終卑微、謙虛、禮貌并且尊重沒有我們幸運的人們。

美文:我們心中的"如果""到那時"

IF and WHEN were friends. Every week they met and had lunch.Their conversation usually centered on all the things they weregoing to achieve. They both had many dreams and they lovedto talk about them.

"如果"和"到那時"是一對好朋友。他們每星期相約吃一頓午餐。會面時，他們談?wù)摰脑掝}通常圍繞在他們即將要做的事情上面。兩個人都有著許多夢想，并且他們熱衷于這種交談。

This particular Saturday when they met, WHEN sensed that IF was not in a great mood. As usualthey sat at the table reserved for them and ordered their lunch. Once they placed their order,WHEN questioned IF.

"IF what is wrong with you? You don't seem your usual cheery self?"

這個星期六他們見面時"到那時"覺察到"如果"的心情不是很好。像往常一樣，他們坐在特意預(yù)留給他們的餐桌上點餐。剛一點完"到那時"就問道:如果，你怎么了?你看起來好像不太高興。"

IF looked at WHEN and replied,

"I'm not sure, I just don't feel like I am making any progress. Thislast week I saw a course I wanted to take if only I had the time to take it."

"如果"看了看"到那時"答道"我也不知道怎么了，只是覺得自己沒什么進(jìn)步。上個星期我發(fā)現(xiàn)一個很好的課程，如果有時間的話，我就去學(xué)。"

WHEN knew exactly how IF felt. "Yeah," replied WHEN,

"I too saw a course and I am going toregister when I get enough money together." WHEN then said,

"well what about that new job youwere going to apply for. You were so excited about it last week, did you apply?"

"到那時"非常理解"如果"的感受。他答道是啊，我也看到一項課程，等到錢充足的時候，我就去報名。對了，你打算申請的新工作怎么樣了?上星期見你說得那么情緒激昂，申請了嗎? "

IF responded,

"If my computer didn't break down last week, I would have applied. But, mycomputer is not working, so I could not type my resume."

"如果"回答道"如果不是上周我的電腦壞了，我會申請的。但是它壞了，我無法打印簡歷，所以只能放棄了。"

"Don 't worry about it IF, when you are ready another job will come through. I have been thinkingabout looking for another job also, but I will wait and when the weather gets nicer I will look then."WHEN then went on to tell IF about his week, hoping that it would cheer him up a bit.

"別著急，等到你準(zhǔn)備好時，另-個工作就出現(xiàn)了。我也一直考慮著換個工作，但是我想等到天氣看起來好一些時再行動。"然后，"到那時"繼續(xù)跟"如果"談?wù)撝�他的星期計劃，希望這樣能使他的朋友高興起來。

The man at the next table couldn't help overhear WHEN and IF. They both were talking aboutwhen this and if that, finally he couldn't take it anymore.

"Excuse me gentlemen," the man said. IFand WHEN both looked at the man and wondered what he wanted. The man continued,

"I'msorry, but I couldn't help hearing your conversation. I think I know how you could solve yourproblems."

鄰桌的一個男人無意中聽到他們的談話。他昕見兩個人一直在說著"等什么什么時候如果這樣那樣"的話，他再也無法忍受了。于是，男人說道"打擾一下，先生們。""如果"和"到那時"吃驚地看著他，不知道他要做什么。男人繼續(xù)道很抱歉，我無意中聽到你們的交談。我想我知道如何解決你們的問題。"

IF smiled and thought, how could a complete stranger know how to solve all of their problems. Ifonly he knew. When he realized the challenges they faced there was no way he could solve theirproblems! Curious, IF asked the gentleman,

"How do you think you can solve our problems?"

"如果"笑了笑，心想，一個完全陌生的人怎么會知道如何解決他們兩個人生活中的問題呢。如果讓他認(rèn)識到他們所面對的困難，恐怕他再也不會那樣說了。出于好奇"如果"還是問道你認(rèn)為應(yīng)該如何解決我們的問題呢? "

The gentleman smiled and said ,

"You only need listen to yourselves. It reminds me of an oldproverb:

"If and When were planted , and Nothing grew."

男人笑著答道"你們說的話讓我想起一句古老的諺語:'只想不做，就會沒有收獲。"

IF and WHEN looked puzzled. The gentleman smiled and said,

"Start counting how many timesyou use the words 'if' and 'when'. Rather than thinking 'if and when', start doing, take action, stoptalking about 'if and when'."

"如果"和"到那時"疑惑地看著他。男人繼續(xù)說從現(xiàn)在開始，數(shù)一下你們用了多少次?如果'和?到那時'這兩個詞語。你們不要總是思考?如果怎樣怎樣到那時怎樣怎樣而是應(yīng)該著手去做，采取行動，請不要再談?wù)?如果和到那時'。"

IF and WHEN both looked surprised, and suddenly realized that what the gentleman had said wasso true. Both of them were guilty of thinking,acting and living their life for the "ifs and whens', Thegentleman left and IF and WHEN's conversation changed. They made a pact that when they metfor lunch next week, there would be no "ifs and whens"; they would only talk about what theyaccomplished!

"如果"和"到那時"感到十分驚訝，他們突然意識到這個男人說得很正確。兩個人都為自己把思想、行為、生活的希望放在"如果和到那時"上感到慚愧。男人離開后，他們談話的內(nèi)容有

了改變。他們約定下個星期一起吃午餐時，再也沒有"如果"和"到那時他們只會談?wù)撘呀?jīng)完成的事情。

Two Roads

兩條路

【英語散文賞析】

It was New Year's night .An aged man was standing at awindow. He raised his mournful eyes towards the deep blue sky,where the stars were floating like white lilies on the surface of aclear calm lake. When he cast them on the earth where fewmore hopeless people than himself now moved towards theircertain goal-the tomb. He had already passed sixty of the stagesleading to it, and he had brought from his journey nothing but errors and remorse. Now his healthwas poor, his mind vacant, his heart sorrowful, and his old age short of comforts.

這是新年的夜晚一位老人站在窗邊，憂傷的眼睛眺望著深藍(lán)的天空空中的繁星，猶如漂浮在清澈如鏡的湖面上的朵朵百合。他慢慢將目光投向地面。此刻，沒有什么人比他還絕望。他即將邁向他最終的歸宿——墳?zāi)�。他已走過通向墳?zāi)沟牧�十級臺階，除了錯誤和悔恨，他一無所獲�，F(xiàn)在他體弱多病，精神空虛，心哀神傷，人到晚年卻無所慰藉。

The days of his youth appeared like dream before him, and he recalled the serious moment whenhis father placed him at the entrances of the two roads One leading to a peaceful, sunny placecovered with flowers, fruits and resounding with soft, sweet songs; the other leading to a deepdark cave which was endless, where poison flowed instead of water and where devils and poisonsnakes hissed and crawled.

年輕歲月，如夢般展現(xiàn)在他面前，老人想起父親把他帶到岔路口的那個莊嚴(yán)時刻。一條路通向安寧、快樂的世界，鮮花遇布，果實豐碩，甜美輕柔的歌聲在空中回蕩；另一條路則通向幽深黑暗，沒有盡頭的洞，洞內(nèi)流淌著的不是水而是毒液，群魔亂舞，(轉(zhuǎn) 載 于:m.serialtips.com 蒲 公英文 摘:英語散文經(jīng)典)毒蛇嘶嘶爬動。

He looked towards the sky and cried painfully,"0h youth, return! Oh, my father, place me oncemore at the entrance to life and I'II chose the better way!

"But both his father and the days of hisyouth had passed away.

他仰望星空，痛苦地大喊：“啊，青春，回來吧！啊，父親，再一次帶我到人生的岔路口吧，我會選一條更好的道路�！钡�是，他的父親和他的青春歲月都已一去不復(fù)返了。

He saw the lights flowing away in the darkness, and these were the days of his wasted life; he saw astar fall from the sky and disappeared, and this was the symbol of himself .His remorse which waslike a sharp arrow struck deeply into his heart. Then he remembered his friends in his childhood,which entered life together with him. But they had made their way to success and were nowhonored and happy on this New Year's night.

他看到燈光在黑暗中流逝，就像他揮霍掉的往昔；他看到一顆流星自天邊墜落，消失不見，就像是他的化身。無盡的悔恨，像一支利箭，深刺心間。他又記起和自己一同邁入人生之途的兒時玩伴，j但他們已功成名就，在這個新年之夜，倍受尊崇，幸�？鞓贰�

The clock in the high church tower struck and the sound made him remember his parents' earlylove for him. They had taught him and prayed to God for his good. But he chose the wrong waywith shame and grief he dared no longer to look towards the heaven where his father lived. Hisdarkened eyes were full of tears, and with a despairing effort. He burst out a cry:"Come back, myearly days! Come back! "

高高的教堂鐘樓傳來鐘聲，這聲音使他記起父母早年對他的疼愛：他們教育他，為他祈禱。然而，他卻選擇了錯誤的道路：羞愧和悲哀使他再也沒有勇氣仰望父親所在的天堂：黯淡的雙眼溢滿了淚水，他絕望地嘶聲大呼：“回來吧，我的往昔！回來吧！”

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