英语美文短文欣赏（通用8篇）

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英语美文短文欣赏 篇1

I remember quite clearly now when the story happened. The autumn leaves were floating in 1)measure down to the ground, recovering the lake, where we used to swim like children, under the sun was there to shine. That time we used to be happy. Well, I thought we were. But the truth was that you had been 2)longing to leave me, not daring to tell me. On that precious night, watching the lake, vaguely 3)conscious, you said: “Our story is ending.”

The rain was killing the last days of summer. You had been killing my last breath of love, since a long time ago. I still don’t think I’m gonna make it through another love story. You took it all away from me. And there I stand, I knew I was going to be the one left behind. But still I’m watching the lake, vaguely conscious, and I know my life is ending.

我仍清晰地记得故事发生的时候。秋叶翻飞，飘落一地。我们曾经孩子般戏水畅游过的小湖盖满落叶，在太阳下闪着光。那时我们幸福过。哦，我是这样认为的。可事实上你早就想离开我，你只是不敢告诉我罢了。在那美丽的夜晚，眼望湖水，恍惚中听见你说：我们的故事已到尽头。

雨水扼杀着所剩无几的夏日，而你很久以来也在扼杀我奄奄一息的爱。但我仍不认为自己会再去经历另一段爱情故事。你把一切都带走了。我只有悄然伫立，早已明白自己将会是那个被遗弃的人。而我依然凝望着湖水，恍惚中，我知道生命正离我而去。

英语美文短文欣赏 篇2

"I'm going to marry you one day." Beth said to her long time crush Jake. She wore her favorite blue teddy bear shirt. Her four-year-old blue eyes shined in the sun.

"No you're not, you're a girl." Jake said.

The California afternoon wind blew his light brown hair. Jumping off the monkey bars he laughed back to class.

Sitting alone and confused she didn't know what to do. Beth sat high on the monkey bars crying. How can her future husband just leave like that?

She was going to get him, but how? "I will not let him get away! I won't! I won't!"

15 years later:

"I love you, too, Jake." Hanging up the phone she caught her mom smiling. "What?"

"When is he coming in from France? He's been there for awhile." She sat down on her black leather couch. The house was made up of different Indian stuff. On the walls were different dream catchers. Her mother was a full blood Cherokee Indian. She passed away when Beth was eight.

"He has a lot of schooling to do right now. Maybe this Saturday."

Fixing her short overalls she thought of Jake. Who would have thought they were going to date when she turned five?

"Is he still living in Colorado?" Her mother Kay wore a white tank top with tan pants. And long blonde hair with pretty blue eyes. She was the most beautiful woman on Earth. And Beth is looking like her by the minute.

"Yeah, I hate having a long distance relationship." She plopped on a leather chair.

"It's ok baby, you know he loves you more than anything in this world. Love will keep you together."

Beth could not help but smile. Her mother is and will always be her best friend.

Jake sat in his hotel the school rented for him. School of law. He loved going overseas for everything. But he missed being with Beth. That hurt him the most.

Spending the lonely nights in the hotel made him think of how much it would hurt to spend the rest of his life without her in it.

Getting up off his bed he went into the bathroom. Watching his reflection in the mirror, all he could think about was Beth. He would leave Thursday, and get there Friday night.

Turning off the light he jumped into the cold bed. On a coffee table near his bed rested a frame with them in it. It was taken at a beach about two years ago. It was the best time of their lives.

It was Thursday morning and Beth waited for Jake's morning phone call. He would call at eight — it was ten.

Beth got out of bed and got her favorite blue tank top. She took off her shirt and screamed at the top of her lungs.

"What? What?" Her mother came rushing into her room. Staring at her naked daughter she saw the lump of her breast. "Does it hurt?"

Beth could only say "No." Looking at the lump, she cried in pain.

"Let's get you to the doctor."

"Ok, let me get dressed."

Shutting the door behind her, the room became silent. Shaking she put on her shirt, and ran out into the living room.

"Mom, where are my blue shorts?"

"In the dresser, second drawer."

Finishing getting dressed she hopped into her car. Her red mustang drove like a baby.

They waited for the doctor to come in. Beth could not begin to think she had cancer. As her mind drifted off her cell phone rang.

"Hello?" Her heart skipped a beat, hoping it was Jake.

"Hey, how are you?" He asked out of breath.

"Could be better. Why didn't you call me this morning?"

"Sorry, school got ahold of me today."

"Why are you out of breath?" Looking stunned she stared at her mother.

"I'm so sorry, he'll call back." Her mother gave Beth a hug.

The doctor came in, and greeted his self. "Hello. I'm Kevin Baker." He smiled while examining her breast.

英语美文短文欣赏 篇3

Everyone has that period in which they find those who are close to them start to seem annoying .

每个人都会经历这样的时期：发现身边那些亲近的人开始变得有点烦了。

You suddenly realized that they've always been talking and talking.

你会突然意识到，长久以来他们就一直不停地在说啊说。

They never stopped.

他们从来就没有停过。

Some of us get angry with them, thinking they are trying too hard to intervene in our lives.

我们中的有些人，会开始变得愤怒，觉得他们对我们的生活介入太多。

But don't.

但是，请不要愤怒。

Only those who really care about you will bother saying so much to you.

只有那些真正关心我们的人才会费劲对我们说这么多。

It's just that maybe they don't know the right way to put it.

只是，他们可能并不知道正确的相处办法。

Some of them push too hard because they care too much.

他们中有些人逼得太紧，那是因为他们太在乎。

Some of them speak too much because they worry about you too much.

他们中的有些人说得太多，那是因为他们太担心你。

They do this because they love you.

他们这么做，都是因为爱你。

So don't push them away.

所以，不要将他们拒于千里之外。

Just find a way to let them know what you truly want.

去找一个办法告诉他们你真的想要的是什么吧。

And let them grow with you.

并且去让他们和你一起成长。

That will make both of you happy.

那会让你们双方都过得幸福。

Believe me.

相信我。

英语美文短文欣赏 篇4

A person's purest charm comes from his manners.

一个人最根本的魅力，来自他的修养。

This kind of charm doesn't need any decoration. It comes out of your heart and reaches directly into others' hearts.

这种魅力不需要任何外在的修饰，它发源于内心，也直抵其他人的心。

Spending time with someone who has good manners makes one feel comfortable.

与一个有教养的人相处，会让人觉得舒服。

And isn't comfort what we want the most in our daily life?

而舒服难道不是我们在生活中最想得到的东西吗？

People like this know how to stand in others' shoes. They know when they should reach out a helping hand.

这样的人，知道怎样站在别人的角度想问题，知道什么时候应该伸出援手。

And what is the most basic manner that one can have?

而一个人最基本的修养是什么？

It's knowing to respect people.

那就是懂得尊重。

No one can survive in this world all by himself. We all need help sometimes.

没有谁能独立地生活在这个世界上，我们总会在某些时候需要别人的帮忙。

And it takes respect to make others help you.

而让别人帮忙的前提，就是尊重。

Respect is the most baseline manner.

尊重，是最基本的修养。

And manner is the last kind of charm which a person can afford to lose.

而修养，是最不可或缺的魅力。

英语美文短文欣赏 篇5

Dear son...

孩子…..

The day that you see me old and I am already not, have patience and try to understand me …

哪天你看到我日渐老去,身体也渐渐不行,请耐着性子试着了解我……

If I get dirty when eating… if I can not dress… have patience.

Remember the hours I spent teaching it to you.

如果我吃的脏兮兮,如果我不会穿衣服……

有耐性一点……

你记得我曾花多久时间教你这些事吗?

If, when I speak to you, I repeat the same things thousand and one

times… do not interrupt me… listen to me

如果,当我一再重复述说

同样的事情…不要打断我,听我说….

When you were small, I had to read to you thousand and one times the same story until you get to sleep…

When I do not want to have a shower, neither shame me nor scold me…

你小时候,我必须一遍又一遍的读着同样的故事,直到你静静睡着……..

当我不想洗澡,不要羞辱我也不要责骂我……

Remember when I had to chase you with thousand excuses I invented, in order that you wanted to bath…

When yousee my ignorance on new technologies… give me the necessary time and not look at me with your

mocking smile…

你记得小时后我曾编出多少理由,只为了哄你洗澡…..

当你看到我对新科技的无知,给我一点时间,不要挂着嘲弄的微笑看着我

I taught you how to do so many things… to eat good, to dress well… to confront life…

我曾教了你多少事情啊….如何好好的吃,好好的穿…

如何面对你的生命……

When at some moment I lose the memory or the thread of our

conversation… let me have the necessary time to remember… and if I cannot do it,

do not become nervous… as the most important thing is not my

conversation but surely to be with you and to have you listening to me…

如果交谈中我忽然失忆不知所云,给我一点时间回想…

如果我还是无能为力,

请不要紧张…..

对我而言重要的不是对话,而是能跟你在一起,和你的倾听…..

If ever I do not want to eat, do not force me. I know well when I need

to and when not.

当我不想吃东西时,不要勉强我.

我清楚知道该什么时候进食

When my tired legs do not allow me walk...

当我的腿不听使唤….

… give me your hand… the same way I did when you gave your first steps.

扶我一把….

如同我曾扶着你踏出你人生的第一步….

And when someday I say to you that I do not want to live any more…

that I want to die… do not get angry… some day you will understand…

当哪天我告诉你不想再活下去了….请不要生气….

总有一天你会了解…

Try to understand that my age is not lived but survived.

试着了解我已是风烛残年,来日可数.

Some day you will discover that, despite my mistakes, I always wanted

the best thing for you and that I tried to prepare the way for you..

有一天你会发现,

即使我有许多过错,我总是尽我所能要给你最好的…

当我靠近你时不要觉得感伤,生气或无奈

You must not feel sad, angry or impotent for seeing me near you. You

must be next to me, try to understand me and to help me as I did it when

you started living.

Help me to walk… help me to end my way with love and patience. I will

pay you by a smile and by the immense love I have had always for you.

你要紧挨着我,如同我当初帮着你展开人生一样的

了解我,帮我….

扶我一把,用爱跟耐心帮我走完人生…

我将用微笑和我始终不变无边无际的爱来回报你

I love you son…

我爱你孩子

Your father

你的父亲

英语美文短文欣赏 篇6

To be really happy and really safe, one ought to have at least two or three hobbies, and they must all be real. It is no use starting late in life to say: “I will take an interest in this or that.” Such an attempt only aggravates the strain of mental effort. A man may acquire great knowledge of topics unconnected with his daily work, and yet hardly get any benefit or relief. It is no use doing what you like; you have got to like what you do. Broadly speaking, human being may be divided into three classes: those who are toiled to death, those who are worried to death, and those who are bored to death. It is no use offering the manual laborer, tired out with a hard week’s sweat and effort, the chance of playing a game of football or baseball on Saturday afternoon. It is no use inviting the politician or the professional or business man, who has been working or worrying about serious things for six days, to work or worry about trifling things at the weekend.

It may also be said that rational, industrious, useful human beings are divided into two classes: first, those whose work is work and whose pleasure is pleasure; and secondly, those whose work and pleasure are one. Of these the former are the majority. They have their compensations. The long hours in the office or the factory bring with them as their reward, not only the means of sustenance, but a keen appetite for pleasure even in its simplest and most modest forms. But Fortune’s favored children belong to the second class. Their life is a natural harmony. For them the working hours are never long enough. Each day is a holiday, and ordinary holidays when they come are grudged as enforced interruptions in an absorbing vacation. Yet to both classes the need of an alternative outlook, of a change of atmosphere, of a diversion of effort, is essential. Indeed, it may well be that those whose work is their pleasure are those who most need the means of banishing it at intervals from their minds.

译文：

要想真正生活得幸福和平安，一个人至少应该有两三种业余爱好，而且必须是真正的爱好。到了晚年才开始说“我要培养这个或那个兴趣”是毫无用处的，种这种尝试只会增加精神上的重担。在与自己日常工作无关的领域中，一个人可以获得渊博的知识，但却很难有所收益或得到放松。做自己喜欢的事是无益的，你得喜欢自己所做的.事。广言之，人可以分为三个类别：劳累而死的人，忧虑而死的人和无聊而死的人。对于那些体力劳动者来说，一周辛苦的工作使他们精疾力竭，因此在周六下午给他们提供踢足球或者打棒球的机会是没有意义的。对于政界人士，专业人士或者商人来说，他们已经为棘手的事务操劳或者烦恼了六天，因此在周末请他们为琐事劳神同样毫无意义。

或者可以这么说，理智的，奋斗的，有用的人可以分为两类：对第一类人而言，工作就是工作，娱乐就是娱乐；对于第二类人而言，工作和娱乐是合二为一的。很大一部分人属于前者。他们可以得到相应的补偿。在办公室或工厂里长时间的工作，不仅带给他们维持生计的金钱，还带给他们一种渴求娱乐的强烈欲望，哪怕这种娱乐消遣是以最简单，最淳朴的方式进行的。而第二类人则是命运的宠儿。他们的生活自然而和谐。在他们看来，工作时间永远不够多，每天都是假期；而当正常的假日到来时，他们总会抱怨自己有趣的休假被强行中断。然而，有一些东西对于这两类人来说都十分必要，那就是变换一下视角，改变一下气氛，尝试做点不同的事情。事实上，那些把工作看作娱乐的人可能是需要以某种方式将工作不时地驱赶出自己的大脑。

英语美文短文欣赏 篇7

Someone once told me that never underestimate anyone who doesn't lose temper.

有人曾经对我说：永远不要小看一个不发脾气的人。

This kind of people usually possess great capacity.

这样的人通常深不可测。

They can be really resourceful friends.

他们可以成为你长袖善舞的朋友。

And they can be really fierce enemies.

也可以成为你可怕的敌人。

Humans are emotional animals.

人类是一种感情动物。

It's our nature to have temper.

脾气是我们的天性。

And it's totally natural to lose it when something or somebody irritates us.

而当有什么激怒我们的时候，发脾气也是完全自然的事情。

But there are people who don't.

但是，就是有些人能做到不发。

And that's a fearsome skill.

这真的是一种令人生畏的技能。

The more incompetent a person is, the easier he is to get angry.

一个人越是无能，就越是容易动怒。

The stronger a person is, the less you see him throw away his calmness.

而一个人越是强大，你就越少能看到他失控。

Can you hold your temper?

你能管住自己的脾气吗？

If you want to achieve great things. Practice to do so.

如果你希望做成大事，就练习这么做吧。

英语美文短文欣赏 篇8

Who can say that their lives are not insignificant?

谁的生活不琐碎呢？

Everyone's life is composed with one after another insignificant day.

我们的一生，都是由这一个个琐碎的一天构成的。

Some people got their willpower abraded in this endless loop of days.

有的人在这日复一日的循环中被消磨了意志。

They think this is how things can only be like.

认为一切也就这样了。

So they choose to reach a compromise and become mediocre. They become the background colors in others' eyes. They won't achieve anything great to be written down in history, nor can they bring any enjoyment to the people around them.

于是他们选择与平庸妥协，成为别人眼中的背景颜色，不光不会在历史上留下一笔伟绩，甚至无法为身边的人平添一抹色彩。

They are alive, but deep down in their hearts something important has died.

他们活着，但他们心中的一部分已经死了。

And there are another kind of people. They choose to live with dignity.

而另一些人，他们依旧选择有尊严地活着。

A graceful lifestyle is not a show for others to watch. You live it because you deserve it. Through it, you are avoiding to become a victim of this cruel world.

优雅的生活方式并不是为别人做的表演，而是为了对得起自己，让自己不会成为无情社会摧残下的牺牲品。

This kind of people know how to find joy in simple things. They know how to make a common day safisticated and meaningful.

他们懂得如何去发掘单纯事物中的喜悦，懂得如何将平凡的时光过得精致而充实。

Life has denied them some beauty. But they build them with their own hands.

那份生活中缺失的美丽，他们靠自己的双手创造了出来。

So which kind of these two are you? And which kind are you willing to be?

你的人生是哪种？你想过哪一种？

Have you find the answer?

你找到答案了吗？