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1、优秀英语美文摘抄_英语美文短篇摘抄英语如今已经开展成为一个在世界范围内使用最广泛的语言。英语作为英美文化信息的载体和表现形式,一度深深地烙上了英美独有的文化印记。WTT精心搜集了优秀英语美文，供大家欣赏学习!优秀英语美文：Speak out Your LoveThere was once a guy who suffered from cancer, a cancer that cant be cured.He was 18 years old and he could die anytime.All his life, he was stuck in his house being take

2、n cared by his mother.He never went outside but he was sick of staying home and wanted to go out for once.So he asked his mother and she gave him permission.He walked down his block and found a lot of stores.He passed a CD store and looked through the front door for a second as he walked.He stopped

3、and went back to look into the store.He saw a beautiful girl about his age and he knew it was love at first sight.He opened the door and walked in, not looking at anything else but her.He walked closer and closer until he was finally at the front desk where she sat.She looked up and asked, “Can I he

4、lp you?”She smiled and he thought it was the most beautiful smile he has ever seen before and wanted to kiss her right there.He said, “Uh.Yeah.Umm.I would like to buy a CD.”He picked one out and gave her money for it.“Would you like me to wrap it for you?” she asked, smiling her cute smile again.He

5、nodded and she went to the back.She came back with the wrapped CD and gave it to him.He took it and walked out of the store.He went home and from then on, he went to that store every day and bought a CD, and she wrapped it for him.He took the CD home and put it in his closet.He was still too shy to

6、ask her out and he really wanted to but he couldnt.His mother found out about this and told him to just ask her.So the ne_t day, he took all his courage and went to the store as usual.He bought a CD like he did every day and once again she went to the back of the store and came back with it wrapped.

7、He took it and when she wasnt looking, he left his phone number on the desk and ran out.RRRRRING!One day the phone rang, and the mother picked it up and said, “Hello?”It was the girl! The mother started to cry and said, “You dont know? He passed away yesterday.”The line was quiet e_cept for the crie

8、s of the boys mother.Later in the day, the mother went into the boys room because she wanted to remember him.She thought she would start by looking at his clothes.So she opened the closet.She was face to face with piles and piles and piles of unopened CDs.She was surprised to find all these CDs and

9、she picked one up and sat down on the bed and she started to open one.Inside, there was a CD and as she took it out of the wrapper, out fell a piece of paper.The mother picked it up and started to read it.It said: Hi.I think U R really cute.Do u wanna go out with me? Love, Jocelyn.The mother was dee

10、ply moved and opened another CD.Again there was a piece of paper.It said: Hi.I think U R really cute.Do u wanna go out with me? Love, Jocelyn.Love is.when youve had a huge fight but then decide to put aside your egos, hold hands and say, “I Love You.”从前，有一个少年患了癌症，根本无法治愈。他只有18岁，随时都可能死去。他每天都待在家里，由母亲照料

11、着。他从来都没出去过，但在家实在待烦了，想出去走走，母亲也就同意了。他走在大街上，看到了很多商店，经过一家音像店时，他透过橱窗盯了一会儿。然后他停下来，又折回音像店向里望去。他看到了一个非常美丽的同龄女孩，并对她一见钟情。他翻开门，走了进去，眼里始终只有她一个人。他不由自主地走到了柜台前，走到那个女孩坐着的地方。女孩抬头问道：“你想要点什么?”她微笑着，他觉得这是他一生中看到的最美的笑容，其实这时他最想做的就是吻她。他结结巴巴地说：“是的，嗯，那个.我想买一张CD。”他随意拿了张CD，连同钱一起递给她。“想让我把它包起来吗?”女孩问，仍然带着得意的笑容。他点了点头。她回到后面，出来的时候，手里

12、拿着包装好的CD，然后交给了他。他接过CD，分开了商店。他回家了。从那以后，这个少年每天都到那家音像店去买一张CD。女孩每次都将CD包好交给他，他也总是把CD带回去，放进自己的衣柜里。这个少年很羞涩，不敢约她出去他真的很想，但却不能。母亲知道后，不断地鼓励他。第二天，他终于鼓起了勇气，像往常一样走进了音像店，买了一张CD，她也像往常一样，到后面去替他包起来。他接过CD，趁她不注意时将自己的 号码放在柜台上，然后跑了出去.叮铃铃铃!有一天， 铃响了，母亲接起 ：“喂?”是那个女孩打来的!母亲伤心地哭了，她说：“你不知道吗?他昨天死了.” 线那端沉默了，只能听到母亲的抽泣声。那天晚些时候，母亲来到

13、儿子的房间，她想念儿子了，就想看看他的衣服，于是翻开了衣柜。母亲看到的是衣柜里一大堆包好的CD，这些CD都没有翻开过。母亲大吃一惊。她坐在床边，翻开了一个包装，从包装盒中拿出CD时，盒里掉出一张小纸条，她拾了起来，上面写道：嗨，你好，我觉得你真的很得意，愿意和我一起出去吗?乔斯林。母亲深受感动，她又翻开了一个CD盒.里面仍有一张小纸条，上面都写着同样的话：嗨，你好，我觉得你真的很得意，愿意和我一起出去吗?乔斯林。优秀英语美文：My Miraculous Family 生命的奇迹I never considered myself unique, but people are constantly

14、 telling me, “you are a miracle.” To me, I was just an ordinary “guy” with realistic goals and big dreams.I was a 19-year-old student at the University of Te_as and well on my way toward fulfilling my “big dream” of one day being an orthopedic surgeon.On the night of February 17, 1981 I was studying

15、 for an Organic Chemistry test at the library with Sharon, my girlfriend of three years.Sharon had asked me to drive her back to her dormitory as it was getting quite late.We got into my car, not realizing that just getting into a car would never quite be the same for me again.I quickly noticed that

16、 my gas gauge was registered on empty so I pulled into a nearby convenience store to buy $2.00 worth of gas.“Ill be back in two minutes,” I yelled at Sharon as I closed the door.But instead, those two minutes changed my life forever.Entering the convenience store was like entering the twilight zone.

17、On the outside I was a healthy, athletic, pre-med student, but on the inside I was just another statistic of a violent crime.I thought I was entering an empty store, but suddenly I realized it was not empty at all.Three robbers were in the process of mitting a robbery and my entrance into the store

18、caught them by surprise.One of the criminals immediately shoved a .38 caliber handgun to my head, ordered me to the cooler, pushed me down on the floor, and pumped a bullet into the back of my head - e_ecution style.He obviously thought I was dead because he did not shoot me again.The trio of thieve

19、s finished robbing the store and left calmly.Meanwhile, Sharon wondered why I had not returned.After seeing the three men leave the store she really began to worry as I was the last person she saw entering the store.She quickly went inside to look for me, but saw no one-only an almost empty cash reg

20、ister containing one check and several pennies.Quickly she ran down each aisle shouting, “Mike, Mike!”Just then the attendant appeared from the back of the store shouting, “Lady, get down on the floor.Ive just been robbed and shot at!”Sharon quickly dropped to the floor screaming, “Have you seen my

21、boyfriend? He has auburn hair.” The man did not reply but went back to the cooler where he found me choking on my vomit.The attendant quickly cleaned my mouth and then called for the police and an ambulance.Sharon was in shock.She was beginning to understand that I was hurt, but she could not begin

22、to prehend or imagine the severity of my injury.When the police arrived they immediately called the homicide division as they did not think I would survive and the paramedic reported that she had never seen a person so severely wounded survive.At 1:30 a.m.my parents who lived in Houston, were awaken

23、ed by a telephone call from Brackenridge Hospital advising them to e to Austin as soon as possible for they feared I would not make it through the night.But I did make it through the night and early in the morning the neurosurgeon decided to operate.However, he quickly informed my family and Sharon

24、that my chances of surviving the surgery were only 40/60.If this were not bad enough, the neurosurgeon further shocked my family by telling them what life would be like for me if I beat the odds and survived.He said I probably would never walk, talk, or be able to understand even simple mands.My fam

25、ily was hoping and praying to hear even the slightest bit of encouragement from that doctor.Instead, his pessimistic words gave my family no reason to believe that I would ever again be a productive member of society.But once again I beat the odds and survived the three and a half hours of surgery.G

26、ranted, I still could not talk, my entire right side was paralyzed and many people thought I could not understand, but at least I was stable.After one week in a private room the doctors felt I had improved enough to be transferred by jet ambulance to Del Oro Rehabilitation Hospital in Houston.My hal

27、lucinations, coupled with my physical problems, made my prognosis still very bleak.However, as time passed my mind began to clear and appro_imately si_ weeks later my right leg began to move ever so slightly.Within seven weeks my right arm slowly began to move and at eight weeks I uttered my first f

28、ew words.My speech was e_tremely difficult and slow in the beginning, but at least it was a beginning.I was starting to look forward to each new day to see how far I would progress.But just as I thought my life was finally looking brighter I was tested by the hospital europsychologist.She e_plained

29、to me that judging from my test results she believed that I should not focus on returning to college but that it would be better to set more “realistic goals.”Upon hearing her evaluation I became furious for I thought, “Who is she to tell me what I can or cannot do.She does not even know me.I am a v

30、ery determined and stubborn person!” I believe it was at that very moment that I decided I would somehow, someday return to college.优秀英语美文：习惯与目的“First we make our habits, then our habits make us.”- Charles C.NobleIts such a simple concept, yet its something we dont always do.Its not e_ceedingly diff

31、icult to do, and yet I think its something that would make a world of difference in anyones life.Break your goals into habits, and focus on putting those habits into autopilot.Last week when I wrote my Ultimate Guide to motivation, there were a number of questions about my belief that having One Goa

32、l to focus on is much more powerful than having many goals.There were questions about my personal goals (such as running a marathon, eliminating debt, and so on) and how I was able to achieve them while working on different projects, and so forth.How can you have one goal that takes a long time, and

33、 still work on smaller projects at the same time?These are e_cellent questions, and my answer takes a little e_plaining: I try to turn my goals into habits, and in doing so, I put my goals on autopilot.Turning a goal into a habit means really focusing on it, intensely, for at least a month, to the e

34、_clusion of all else.The more you can focus on it, the more itll be on autopilot.But once you put it on autopilot, once a habit is firmly established, you dont really have to focus on it much.Youll still do it, but because its a habit, you only have to use minimal focus to maintain that habit.The go

35、al bees on autopilot, and you can focus on your ne_t goal or project or habit.My Marathon E_leLets look at my marathon goal as an e_le.I was just starting out in running, and I had the brilliant idea to run a marathon within a year.(Btw, thats not the brightest idea - you should run for a couple yea

36、rs before attempting marathon training, or itll be much, much more difficult for you.) So that was my goal, and it was my main focus for awhile.But in order to achieve that goal, I broke it down into two habits:1.I had to make running a daily habit (while following a training plan I found online).2.

37、I had to report to people in order to have accountability - I did this through family, friends and coworkers, through a blog, and through a column in my local newspaper every two weeks.With this accountability, theres no way I would stop running.The daily running habit took about a month to form.I f

38、ocused on this e_clusively for about a month, and didnt have any other goals, projects or habits that were my main focuses.I did other work projects, but they kinda took a backburner to running.The accountability habit took a couple months, mainly because I didnt focus on it too much while I was bui

39、lding the running habit.But it stuck, and for that first year of running, I would report to people I knew and blog about my running every day (this was in Blogger blog that has since been deleted), and I would write a column every two weeks for my local paper.Once those two habits were firmly entren

40、ched, my marathon goal was pretty much on autopilot.I could focus on my debt reduction goal (as an e_le) without having to worry too much about the marathon.I still had to do the work, of course, but it didnt require constant focus.And eventually, I ran the marathon.I was able to achieve this becaus

41、e, all year long, I had the daily running habit and daily accountability habit.I put my marathon goal into autopilot, and that made it much easier - instead of struggling with it daily for an entire year, I focused on it for one month (well, actually two) and was able to acplish it while focusing on new habits and goals.“优秀英语美文”END第 15 页 共 15 页