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1、大学英语晨读美文一日之计在于晨，晨读有助于同学们形成良好的学习习惯。小编在这里推荐三篇英语晨读美文，供同学们参考学习。 晨读美文第一篇 In this crisis I think I may be pardoned if I do not address the House at any length today, and I hope that any of my friends and colleagues or former colleagues who are affected by the political reconstruction will make all allowan

2、ces for any lack of ceremony with which it has been necessary to act. I say to the House as I said to Ministers who have joined this government, I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, sweat and tears. We have before us an ordeal of the most grievous kind. We have before us many, many months of str

3、uggle and suffering. You ask, what is our policy? I say it is to wage war by land, sea and air. War with all our might and with all the strength God has given us, and to wage war against a monstrous tyranny never surpassed in the dark and unpleasant catalogue of human crime. That is our policy. You

4、ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word. It is victory. Victory at all costsvictory in spite of all terrorsvictory, however long and hard the road may be, for without victory there is no survival. Let that be realized. No survival for the British Empire, no survival for all that the British E

5、mpire has stood for, no survival for the urge, the impulse of the ages, that mankind shall move forward toward his goal. I take up my task in light heart and hope. I feel sure that our cause will not be suffered to fail among men. I feel entitled at this juncture, at this time, to claim the aid of a

6、ll and to say, “Come then, let us go forward together with our united strength. 晨读美文第二篇 Be sure to make reservations if the restaurant you chose is a fancy or popular one. Its very embarrassing to show up without reservations and having to wait for a table, leaving very bad impression on your date.

7、Also, be sure to check to see if they have a dress code and tell your date in advance what to wear. When your food arrives, proper dinning etiquette requires you to eat at a moderate pace so that you have time to talk. A good measure of how fast you should eat is to count 10 seconds between each mou

8、thful and its a bad dining etiquette if you gobble down your food and you spend the rest of the time watching your date eat. Dont slurp your soup, smack your lips, or chew with your mouth open. Nothing is more unsightly than watching someone talk and chew their food at the same time. Your napkin sho

9、uld be placed on your lap at all times. Dont tuck it into your belt or use it as a bib. If you have to get up, place it neatly on your seat. When eating, your fork straight in your mouth. Dont place your fork in the side of your mouth as it increases the chances of food sliding away, which could be

10、very embarrassing. If you get food stuck in your mouth dont pick it out with your fingers or fork at the table. Excuse yourself and go to the restroom and get it out with a toothpick. When dinning, keep your eyes on your date at all times and try to smile between mouthfuls. Occasionally,you should m

11、ake an effort to show some interest and ask questions like,“How do you like the beef?” If she needs anything, you are the one who is supposed to flag down the waiter by a gentle wave of the hand until someone notices you. 晨读美文第三篇 Human thought is not a firework, ever shooting off fresh forms and sha

12、pes as it burns; it is a tree, growing very slowlyyou can watch it long and see no movement very silently, unnoticed. It was planted in the world many thousand years ago, a tiny, sickly plant. And men guarded it and tended it, and gave up life and fame to aid its growth. In the hot days of their you

13、th, they came to the gate of the garden and knocked, begging to be let in, and to be counted among the gardeners. And their young companions outside called to them to come back, and play the man with bow and spear, and win sweet smiles from rosy lips, and take their part amid the feast, and dance, n

14、ot stoop with wrinkled brows, at weaklings work. And the passers by mocked them and called shame, and others cried out to stone them. And still they stayed there laboring, that the tree might grow a little, and they died and were forgotten. And the tree grew fair and strong. The storms of ignorance

15、passed over it, and harmed it not. The fierce fires of superstition soared around it; but men leaped into the flames and beat them back, perishing, and the tree grew. With the sweat of their brow men have nourished its green leaves. Their tears have moistened the earth about it. With their blood the

16、y have watered its roots. The seasons have come and passed, and the tree has grown and flourished. And its branches have spread far and high, and ever fresh shoots are bursting forth, and ever new leaves unfolding to the light. But they are all part of the one treethe tree that was planted on the first birthday of the human race. The stem that bears them springs from the gnarled old trunk that was green and soft when white-haired Time was a little child; the sap that feeds them is drawn up through the roots. 第 5 页 共 5 页