經(jīng)典的英語散文

經(jīng)典的英語散文篇一：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心憂慮上---而且常常是同時憂慮許多事情。我們聽憑過去的麻煩和未來的擔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”永遠不會真正來臨。約翰·列農(nóng)曾經(jīng)說過：“生活就是當我們忙于制定別的計劃時發(fā)生的事�！碑斘覀兠τ谥贫ǚN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。現(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。當我們將注意力放在此時此刻時，我們就將恐懼置于腦后。恐懼就是我們擔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�！蔽蚁胛艺f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 (來自:m.serialtips.com 蒲公英文摘:經(jīng)典的英語散文)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.

經(jīng)典的英語散文篇二：經(jīng)典的英語散文

初中英語重要短語、慣用法（36組、按字母順序）

1. get on/off(the bus) 上/下車

get up 起床

get ready for 為...作準備

get oneself dressed 自己穿衣服

get in 進入，收集

get sb.sth.=get sth.for sb. 為某人買某物

get on/along well with sb/sth. 與某人相處很好，...進展順利

2. have an accident 出事故

have a good time=enjoy oneself 玩得很高興

have a cold wet day 天氣又冷又濕

have a cough 咳嗽

have a drink(of)... 喝一杯...

have a talk 聽報告

have lunch 吃午飯

have...for lunch 午飯吃...

have a meeting 開會

have no idea 不知道

have a rest 休息一下

3. make a mistake 犯錯誤

mistake A for B 把A錯認為B

take sth. by mistake 錯拿某物

4. make friends with 與...交朋友

make faces 做鬼臉

make a fire 生火

make an excuse 找籍口

make a...sound 發(fā)...音

make tea 沏茶

make room for... 為...找出空間

make it 如期赴約

make a team 組成一個隊

Let’s make it half past one. 注意：時間前不用介詞at

5. turn sth. on/off 打開/關(guān)掉...

turn sth. up/down 把...音量開大/小

注意：當sth 是代詞時，常放中間

6. try sth. on 試穿（衣、鞋、帽） 注意：當 sth 為it或them, 常放中間

try out 試驗、嘗試 try one’s best to do sth. 盡力干某事=do one’s best to do sth.

7. send sb. away 開除、解雇某人 send sb sth送給某人某物

send for sb. 派人去請某人 send up 發(fā)射

8. hear from sb 收到...的來信

hear of 聽說

9. hurry off 匆匆離去，趕快去

hurry up 趕快

10. get to +名詞 get +副詞(不用to) reach+名詞/副詞 arrive in/at +大/小地點 （后接副詞，不用at/in） eg. get to Shanghai、reach Shanghai 、arrive in Shanghai到達上海eg. reach home、get home、arrive home 到家

11. teach sb. English 教某人英語 teach oneself=learn sth.by oneself 自學

12.到...末為止by the end of +過去時間 （用于過去完成時）

by the end of +將來時間 （用于一般將來時）

at the end of+地點 在...盡頭

in the end= at last 最后，終于

13. hundreds of 成百上千 five hundred

thousands of 成千上萬的 six thousand

millions of 成百萬的 seven million

14. be pleased to do sth 很高興地干某事

be pleased with sth. 為某事而高興

15. be used for 被用來 used to do sth過去做----

be used as 被當作 be used to doing sth 習慣于做謀事

be used by 被...所使用 be used to do sth 被用來做謀事

16. so far 到目前為止，in the past/last few years 用于現(xiàn)在完成時

17. on a Tuesday morning 一個星期二的早上

on the morning of June 15th.1998 在1998年6月15日早上

18. keep sb.doing sth. 讓某人一直干某事

keep doing sth. 繼續(xù)做某事

keep on doing sth. 持續(xù)不斷地做某事

19. much too+形容詞／副詞原級 實在太...

too much+不可數(shù)名詞 相當多的...

eg. It’s _______ expensive. I can’t buy it.There’s ___________ rain this year.

20. thanks to...由于，多虧

thanks to one’s help=because of one’s help 由于某人的幫忙

thanks for one’s help 謝謝某人的幫助

21. be far away from＋a place/sb 遠離某地

22. because of + n.eg Because of the rain, we can’t go out.類似還有instead of sb/sth

23. two-month holiday=two months’ holiday 二個月的假期 an eight—year—old child 一個八歲的孩子

24. fall asleep 入睡（進入狀態(tài)） get to sleep 入睡（還沒睡著）

25. stop sb.from doing sth. 阻止某人干某事

eg. She stopped the child from listening.

stop doing sth. 停止干某事，不再干某事 stop to do sth. 停止下來干另一件事。

26. hardly any +n. 幾乎沒有 never 從來沒有...

27. quite a/an+形容詞＋名詞 一個相當... eg. Two months is quite a long time.

a very ＋形容詞+名詞 eg. English is a very useful language.

28. be afraid of+名詞 害怕...

be afraid to+動詞 擔心、害怕...

be afraid that+從句 恐怕...

29. so+形容詞 so strong so beautiful How +形容詞 +the +名詞 +動詞！

such+形容詞+名詞(復(fù)數(shù)或不可數(shù)) What+形容詞+名詞(復(fù)數(shù)或不可數(shù))！

such beautiful pictures such nice smell

such + a/an+形容詞+名詞（單數(shù)）What +a/an +形容詞+名詞（單數(shù)）！

such an interesting story

30. feel like doing 想干某事

31. be made/grown/produced 三個詞的被動語態(tài)都可解釋為“生產(chǎn)”

歸類: 機器一類→make(制造) 鹽.糖.絲綢→produce (經(jīng)機器加工生產(chǎn))農(nóng)作物、水果→grow (人工種出來的)

32. finish/ doing sth. 做完某事

be busy doing sth. 忙于干某事

go on doing sth. 繼續(xù)干某事

be always doing 老是干某事

33. hope to do sth. 希望干某事 hope that...希望某人干某事,不可用hope sb.to do sth.

34. in surprise 驚奇地（作狀語）

be surprised at sb. 對某人的舉動感到詫異

be surprised to do sth. 對做某事感到驚訝

35. no space(room) to stand in 沒有站的地方、空間

36. be angry with sb. 生某人的氣

agree with sb. 同意某人的觀點

with one’s help 在某人的幫助下

經(jīng)典的英語散文篇三：三十篇經(jīng)典英語背誦美文目錄

第一篇：Youth 青春

第二篇： Three Days to See(Excerpts)假如給我三天光明（節(jié)選） 第三篇：Companionship of Books 以書為伴（節(jié)選）

第四篇：If I Rest,I Rust 如果我休息，我就會生銹

第五篇：Ambition 抱負

第六篇：What I have Lived for 我為何而生

第七篇：When Love Beckons You 愛的召喚

第八篇：The Road to Success 成功之道

第九篇：On Meeting the Celebrated 論見名人

第十篇：The 50-Percent Theory of Life 生活理論半對半

第十一篇：What is Your Recovery Rate? 你的恢復(fù)速率是多少？ 第十二篇：Clear Your Mental Space 清理心靈的空間 第十三篇：Be Happy 快樂

第十四篇：The Goodness of life 生命的美好

第十五篇：Facing the Enemies Within 直面內(nèi)在的敵人

第十六篇：Abundance is a Life Style 富足的生活方式

第十七篇：Human Life a Poem 人生如詩

第十八篇：Solitude 獨處

第十九篇：Giving Life Meaning 給生命以意義

第二十篇：Relish the Moment 品位現(xiàn)在

第二十一篇：The Love of Beauty 愛美

第二十二篇：The Happy Door 快樂之門

第二十三篇：Born to Win 生而為贏

第二十四篇：Work and Pleasure 工作和娛樂

第二十五篇：Mirror, Mirror--What do I see鏡子,鏡子,告訴我

第二十六篇：On Motes and Beams 微塵與棟梁

第二十七篇：An October Suise 十月的日出

第二十八篇：To Be or Not to Be 生存還是毀滅

第二十九篇：Gettysburg Address 葛底斯堡演說

第三十篇：First Inaugural Address(Excerpts) 就職演講（節(jié)選）

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