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1、超经典英语美文5篇英语阅读篇一给年轻人的忠告Remember, my son, you have to work. Whether you handle a pick or a pen, a wheel-barrow or a set of books, digging ditches or editing a paper, ringing an auction bell or writing funny things, you must work. If you look around you will see the men who are the most able to live th

2、e rest of their days without work are the men who work the hardest. Don't be afraid of killing yourself with overwork. It is beyond your power to do that on the sunny side of thirty. They die sometimes, but it is because they quit work at six in the evening, and do not go home until two in the m

3、orning. Its the interval that kills, my son. The work gives you an appetite for your meals; it lends solidity to your slumbers, it gives you a perfect and grateful appreciation of a holiday.谨记，我的年轻人，你们必需工作.不管你是使锄头还是用笔，也不管是推手推车还是编记账簿，也不管你是种地还是编辑报纸，是拍卖师亦或是作家，都必需有一份工作， 并为之努力奋斗.假如细致视察四周的人，你就会发觉，那些工作最努力的

4、人最有可能安享晚年而无须去工作.不要胆怯超负荷的工作会缩短你的寿命，不足三十岁 的年龄，你的承受实力远不止如此.假如说真的有人过早送命，那完全是因为他们在晚上六点结束工作，却要在外流连到凌晨两点才归家.我的年轻人，正是晚上六 点到凌晨两点的这段时间的生活毁了他们自己.工作会增加你的食欲，工作会使你安稳入睡，工作将会使你心满足足地享受假日。There are young men who do not work, but the world is not proud of them. It does not know their names, even it simply speaks of th

5、em as “old So-and-Sos boy”. Nobody likes them; the great, busy world doesnt know that they are there. So find out what you want to be and do, and take off your coat and make a dust in the world. The busier you are, the less harm you will be apt to get into, the sweeter will be your sleep, the bright

6、er and happier your holidays, and the better satisfied will the world be with you.有的年轻人不工作，但世界并不会因他们骄傲。它不知道他们的姓名，甚至简洁地将他们概括为“老令人厌烦者的男孩 ” 。没有人喜爱他们;宏大，繁忙的世界不知道他们在那里。因此，找出哪些你想成为和做的，脱下你的外衣，把粉尘抛在世界上。越是繁忙的你越是少受损害，甜蜜 将成为您的睡眠，光明和华蜜着您的假期，更好地满意你的意志世界。英语阅读篇二公允对待命运Most people complain of fortune, few of nature;

7、 and the kinder they think the latter has been to them, the more they murmur at what they call the injustice of the former.许多人埋怨命运，却很少有人埋怨自然;人们越是认为自然对他们仁爱有加，便越是嘀咕命运对他们的所谓不公。Why have not I the riches, the rank, the power, of such and such, is the common expostulation with fortune; but why have not I

8、the merit, the talents, the wit, or the beauty, of such and such others, is a reproach rarely or never made to nature.人们经常对命运发出诘难：我为何没有财宝、地位、权力以及诸如此类的东西;但人们却很少或从不这样指责过自然：我为何没有特长、天赋、机灵或漂亮以及诸如此类的东西。The truth is, that nature, seldom profuse, and seldom niggardly, has distributed her gifts more equally

9、than she is generally supposed to have done. Education and situation make the great difference. Culture improves, and occasions elicit, natural talents I make no doubt but that there are potentially, if I may use that pedantic word, many Bacons, Lockes, Newtons, Caesars, Cromwells, and Marlboroughs

10、at the ploughtail behind counters, and, perhaps, even among the nobility; but the soil must be cultivated, and the season favourable, for the fruit to have all its spirit and flavour.事实是，自然总是将天赋公允地安排给人们，比人们通常认为的还要不偏不倚，很少过分地慷慨!也很少吝啬。 人与人之间的巨大差异是由于教化和环境使然。文化修养改良了天赋，机遇环境诱发了天赋。我们并不怀疑在农田耕作，在柜台后营业，甚至在豪门贵族

11、中间有许多 潜在的培根们、洛克们、牛顿们、凯撒们、克伦威尔们和马尔伯勒们，假如允许我用“潜在的”这个学究味浓重的词的话;但是要使果实具有它全部的品质和风味， 还必需有耕耘过的泥土，必需有相宜的季节。If sometimes our common parent has been a little partial, and not kept the scales quite even; if one preponderates too much, we throw into the lighter a due counterpoise of vanity, which never fails to

12、 set all right. Hence it happens, that hardly any one man would, without reverse, and in every particular, change with any other.倘如大自然有时候有那么一点偏心，没有将天平摆正;倘如有一头过重，我们就会在轻的一头投上一枚大小适当的虚荣的砝码，它每次都会将天平重新调平，从不出差错。因此就出现了这种状况：几乎没有人会毫无保留地和另一个人里里外外全部对换一下。Though all are thus satisfied with the dispensations of na

13、ture, how few listen to her voice! How to follow her as a guide! In vain she points out to us the plain and direct way to truth, vanity, fancy, affection, and fashion assume her shape and wind us through fairy-ground to folly and error.虽然对于自然的安排，人人都感到满足;然而肯听听她的忠告的人却是如此之少!能将她当作向导而跟随其后的人又是如此之少!她徒然地为我们

14、指出一条通向真理的笔直的坦途;而虚荣、幻想、矫情、时髦却俨然以她的面貌出现，暗中将我们引向虚幻的歧途，走向愚笨和谬误。英语阅读篇三友情的颜色The colors of friendshipOnce upon a time the colors of the world started to quarrel. All claimed that they were the best. The most important. The most useful. The favorite.从前，世界上的各种颜色进行过一次争吵。每一种颜色都说自己是的，最重要的，最有用的，最漂亮的、人喜爱的。Green s

15、aid: Clearly I am the most important. I am the sign of life and of hope. I was chosen for grass, trees and leaves. Without me, all animals would die. Look over the countryside and you will see that I am in the majority.绿色说：明显，我是最重要的。绿色是生命和希望的标记。草、树、叶子都选择了绿色。假如没有我，全部的动物都将死亡。俯视乡村大地，到处都是绿色。Blue interru

16、pted: You only think about the earth, but consider the sky and the sea. It is the water that is the basis of life and drawn up by the clouds from the deep sea. The sky gives space and peace and serenity. Without my peace, you would all be nothing.蓝色打断他说：“你只考虑了陆地上的颜色，但是想想天空和海洋。水是生命之源，由云层从深海里带来。天空显得那么

17、广袤、平和、安静。没有我的平和，你们什么也不是。”Yellow chuckled: You are all so serious. I bring laughter, gaiety, and warmth into the world. The sun is yellow, the moon is yellow, the stars are yellow. Every time you look at a sunflower, the whole world starts to smile. Without me there would be no fun.声笑道：“你们全都如此肃穆。而我把笑

18、声、快乐和暖和带给了世界。太阳是，月亮是，星星也是。每次望见向日葵，全世界都起先微笑。没有我，世界将索然无味。”Orange started next to blow her trumpet: I am the color of health and strength. I may be scarce, but I am precious for I serve the needs of human life. I carry the most important vitamins. Think of carrots, pumpkins, oranges, mangoes, and papay

19、as. I don't hang around all the time, but when I fill the sky at sunrise or sunset, my beauty is so striking that no one gives another thought to any of you.橙色紧接着起先自吹自擂：“我是健康和力气的颜色。我可能稀有，但是很宝贵，因为我能满意人类生命的须要。我含有最重要的维生素。想想胡萝卜、南瓜、橙子、芒果，还有木瓜。我没有始终闲着，当日出或日落时，天空涂满橙色，我的漂亮让人震撼，那时没有人会想到你们。”Red could stan

20、d it no longer he shouted out: I am the ruler of all of you. I am blood - life's blood! I am the color of danger and of bravery. I am willing to fight for a cause. I bring fire into the blood. Without me, the earth would be as empty as the moon. I am the color of passion and of love, the red ros

21、e, the poinsettia and the poppy.红色再也限制不住了，他大声嚷道：“我是你们全部颜色的统治者。我是血-生命的颜色!我是危急和英勇的颜色。我情愿为宏大的事业而奋斗。我把满腔热忱融进血液。假如没有我，地球将像月球一样空空如也。我是激情和爱情的颜色，是红玫瑰、猩猩木和颜色。”Purple rose up to his full height:He was very tall and spoke with great pomp: I am the color of royalty and power. Kings, chiefs, and bishops have alw

22、ays chosen me for I am the sign of authority and wisdom. People do not question me! They listen and obey.紫色有高大的身躯，他伸展全身站起来，用嘹亮的声音说道：“我是王位和权力的颜色。国王、首领、主教总是选择紫色，因为我是和才智的象征。人们从来不质疑我!他们只是倾听和听从。”Finally Indigo spoke, much more quietly than all the others, but with just as much determination: Think of me.

23、 I am the color of silence. You hardly notice me, but without me you all become superficial. I represent thought and reflection, twilight and deep water. You need me for balance and contrast, for prayer and inner peace.最终，青色说话了，他比起其他的颜色显得宁静许多，但其语气也特别坚决：“想想我。我是宁静的颜色。你们几乎留意不到我，但是假如没有我，你们将变得肤浅。我代表思索和反省

24、、黄昏和深水。你们须要我来获得平衡和对比，祈祷和内心安静。”And so the colors went on boasting, each convinced of his or her own superiority. Their quarreling became louder and louder.颜色们接着自夸，每种颜色都确信自己的优越。他们的争吵声越来越大。Suddenly there was a startling flash of bright lightening thunder rolled and boomed. Rain started to pour down rel

25、entlessly. The colors crouched down in fear, drawing close to one another for comfort.突然电闪雷鸣，大雨无情倾泻。因为恐惊，颜色们蹲下身子，相互靠拢以求劝慰。In the midst of the clamor, rain began to speak: You foolish colors, fighting amongst yourselves, each trying to dominate the rest. Don't you know that you were each made for

26、 a special purpose, unique and different? Join hands with one another and come to me.在吵闹中，雨起先说话了：“你们这些愚蠢的颜色，相互争斗，试图支配其他的颜色。莫非你们不知道每种颜色的形成都有着特别的目的，每种颜色都是独特而别出心裁的吗?手拉手，到我这儿来!”Doing as they were told, the colors united and joined hands.根据雨说的，颜色们手拉手，团结起来。The rain continued: From now on, when it rains, e

27、ach of you will stretch across the sky in a great bow of color as a reminder that you can all live in peace. The Rainbow is a sign of hope for tomorrow. And so, whenever a good rain washes the world, and a Rainbow appears in the sky, let us remember to appreciate one another.雨接着说：“今后，当下雨时，你们全部的颜色将横跨

28、填空，形成一道巨大的彩虹，以提示你们七种颜色能友好共处。记住，彩虹象征着明天的希望。”因此，每当好雨洗礼世界的时候，一道彩虹都会出现在天空，让我们记得要学会彼此观赏。英语阅读篇四Once upon a time there was a child ready to be born. So one day he asked God, They tell me you are sending me to earth tomorrow, but how am I going to live there being so small and helpless?从前，有个孩子立刻就要诞生了。于是有一天他

29、问上帝：“听说明天您就送我去人间了，但是，我这么弱小和无助，我在那儿怎么生活呢?”God replied, Among the many angels, I chose one for you. She will be waiting for you and will take care of you.上帝答道：“在众多的天使中，我特殊为你挑了一位。她会守候你，无微不至地照看你。”But the child wasn't sure he really wanted to go. But tell me, here in Heaven, I don't do anything e

30、lse but sing and smile, that's enough for me to be happy.小孩还是拿不准自己是否真的想去：“但是在天堂，我除了唱唱笑笑外，什么也不做，这就足以让我感到华蜜了。”Your angel will sing for you and will also smile for you every day. And you will feel your angel's love and be happy.“你的天使每天会为你唱歌，为你微笑。你会感受她的爱，并且因此而华蜜。”And how am I going to be able to

31、 understand when people talk to me, the child continued, If I don't know the language that men talk?“假如我不懂人类的语言，他们对我说话时，我怎么听得懂呢?”孩子接着问道。God patted him on the head and said, Your angel will tell you the most beautiful and sweet words you will ever hear, and with much patience and care, your angel

32、 will teach you how to speak.上帝轻轻地拍了一下孩子的脑袋说：“你的天使会对你说最最漂亮、最最好听的话语，而这些都是你从未听过的。她会不厌其烦地教你说话。”And what am I going to do when I want to talk to you?“假如我想与你说话怎么办?”But God had an answer for that question too. Your angel will place your hands together and will teach you how to pray.上帝心中有数地回答：“你的天使会将你的双手合拢

33、，教你如何祈祷。”I've heard that on earth there are bad men, who will protect me?“听说尘世有许多坏蛋，谁来爱护我呢?”Your angel will defend you even if it means risking her life!“即使冒着生命危急，你的天使也会爱护你的。”But I will always be sad because I will not see you anymore, the child continued warily.“但是见不到你，我会难受的。”小孩当心翼翼说道。God smile

34、d on the young one. Your angel will always talk to you about me and will teach you the way for you to come back to me, even though I will always be next to you.听到这儿，上帝对着小孩笑了。“尽管我会始终陪伴你左右，你的天使仍会提起我，教你重返天堂之路。”At that moment there was much peace in Heaven, but voices from earth could already be heard.

35、The child knew he had to start on his journey very soon. He asked God one more question, softly, Oh God, if I am about to leave now, please tell me my angel's name.此时，天堂一片安静，凡间的声音已可听到，小孩明白自己得抓紧上路了。他又轻声问了最终一个问题：“哦，上帝，假如我现在就动身，请你告知我，我的天使叫什么名字?”God touched the child on the shoulder and answered, Yo

36、ur angel's name is not hard to remember. You will simply call her Mommy.上帝把手放在小孩的肩上，答道：“你的天使的名字很简单记住，你就叫她-妈妈。”英语阅读篇五Healthy and Fit健康有活力The first goal common to all of us is health and energy. We all want to be healthy and fit, to have high levels of energy and to live free of pain and illness.

37、Today, with the incredible advances in medical science, the quality of our health and fitness, and our lifespan, is largely determined by design, not by chance. People with excellent health habits are far healthier, have more energy, and live longer and better than people who have poor health habits

38、.人生的第一个大梦就是身体健康、精力充足。每个人都希望自己健康，远离病苦病痛、精神安逸、活力无穷。今日的医学发达，人类可以藉由良好的规划和调理，活得更健康、更许久。有良好生活习惯的人，比起那些糟蹋自己身体的人，能活得更健康、精力更旺盛。Excellent Relationships人际关系良好The second goal that we all have in common is to enjoy excellent relationships-intimate, personal or social-with the people we like and respect, and who

39、like, love and respect us in turn. Fully 85% of your happiness will be determined by the quality of your relationships at each stage, and in each area, of your life. How well you get along with people, and how much they like, love and respect you, has more impact on the quality of your life than per

40、haps any other factor.人生的其次大梦就是完备的人际关系，与亲人、挚友和同事，以及社会上一般人融洽相处、互动良好。我们爱且敬重他人，而他人也爱且敬重我们。人们在任何一个人生阶段或居住在任何一个地区是否觉得华蜜欢乐，其中有百分之八十五取决于融洽的人际关系。你与他人相处的情形，他人是否喜爱你、爱你、敬重你，构成了你是否觉得华蜜欢乐的关键因素。Do What You Love从事自己喜爱的工作The third common goal is to do work that we enjoy, to do it well, and to be well paid for it. Y

41、ou want to be able to get and keep the job you want, to get paid more and promoted faster. You want to earn the very most that is possible for you at each stage of your career, whatever you do.人生的第三个大梦就是做自己喜爱的工作，而且表现精彩、薪酬优厚。每个人都希望从事自己喜爱的行业，拥有喜爱的工作、获得升迁、领取丰厚薪水和奖金。不论从事哪一个行业，每个人都希望在每一个职场阶段尽量赚取更多财宝。Achi

42、eve Financial Independence财务独立The fourth goal we all have in common is to achieve financial independence. You want to reach the point in life where you have enough money so that you never have to worry about money again. You want to be completely free of financial worries. You want to be able to order dinner in a restaurant without using the price listings to determine what you want to eat.人生的第四个大梦就是达到财务独立。你希望能赚取相当数量的财宝，一辈子都无须为钱苦恼。走进任何一家餐厅，你可以为所欲为第点餐享用，而无须留意价目表上的数字。以上四大幻想您完成了多少呢?不管怎样，还是要记住那句话：If you can dream it, you can achieve it! 敢于幻想，就能实现!超经典英语美文5篇