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1、文本为Word版本，下载可任意编辑英语经典美文朗诵大学 学习英语，可以扩开我们的眼界，真正体会生活的美好。为大家提供英语经典美文朗诵大学，欢迎阅读。 1.英语经典美文朗诵大学 I like for youto be still: it is as throughyou are absent and you hear mefrom far away and my voice does not touch you It seems asthrough your eyes had flown away and it seemsthat a kiss had sealed your mouth as

2、all thingsare filled with my soul your emerge fromthe things, fill with my soul you are like mysoul, a butterfly of dreams and you are likethe word melancholy I like for you to be still, and you seemfar away It sounds asthough you are lamenting, a butterflycooing like a dove And you hear mefrom far

3、away, and my voice does not reach you Let me come tobe still in your silence And let me talkto you with your silence That is brightlike a lamp, simple as a ring You are like thenight, with its stillness and constellations Your silence is that of a star, as remount and candid I like for you to be sti

4、ll: it is as though you are absent distant and dull of sorrow, as though you had died One word then,one smile, is enough And I m happy, happy thats not true 我喜欢你是静静的： 仿佛你消失了一样你从远处聆听我， 我的声音却无法触及你好像你的目光已经游离而去 如同一个吻，封缄了你的嘴 如同我积满一切的灵魂 而你从一切中出现，充盈了我的灵魂 你像我的灵魂， 像一只梦想的蝴蝶 你如同“忧郁”这个词 我喜欢你是静静的：好像你已远去 你听起来想在悲叹

5、， 一只如鸽般细语的蝴蝶你从远处聆听我， 我的声音却无法触及你 让我在你的静谧中安静无声 并且让我籍着你的沉默与你说话 你的沉默亮若明灯，简单如环 你如黑夜，拥有寂静与群星 你的沉默就是星星的力量，遥远而明亮 我喜欢你是静静的：仿佛你消失了一样远隔千里， 满怀哀恸，仿佛你已不在人世彼时， 一个字，一个微笑，就已足够 而我会感到幸福，但那样的幸福却不真实 2.英语经典美文朗诵大学 美国最伟大的运动员 The railroad station was jammed. Students from Lafayette College were crowding onto the train platf

6、orm eagerly awaiting the arrival of the Carlisle Indian Schools track and field squad. 火车站挤得水泄不通。拉斐德学院的学生们一齐拥上站台，热切地等待着卡莱尔印地安人学校田径队的到来。 NO one would have believed it a few months earlier. 倘若在几个月前，准没有人相信， A school that nobody had heard of was suddenly beating big， famous colleges in track meets. 一个谁也

7、没听说过的学校，会在田径场上突然大败许多有名的大学。 Surely these Carlisle athletes would come charging off the train， one after another，like a Marine battalion . 不用说。这些卡莱尔的运动员抵达后，准会象一营海军陆战队队员那样，一个接一个冲下火车。 The train finally arrived and two young menone big and broad，the other small and slightstepped onto the platform. 火车终于到站

8、了，两个年轻人一位，个儿高，体态魁梧;另一位，个儿矮，长相瘦弱踏上了站台。 “Where is the track team?” a Lafayette student asked.“This is the team，” replied the big fellow. “田径队在哪儿?”一位拉斐德的学生问道。“就在这儿，”大个子回答道。 “Just the two of you?”“Nope， just me，”said the big fellow.“This little guy is the manager.” “就你们两个?”“不，就我一个，”大个子说。“这位小兄弟是领队。” The

9、Lafayette students shook their heads in wonder. 拉斐德的学生们诧异地摇摇头。 Somebody must be playing a joke on them. 一定有人在和他们开玩笑。 If this big fellow was the whole Carlisle track team， he would be competing against an entire Lafayette squad. 如果卡莱尔田径队就只有大个子一人，那他就得和整个拉斐德田径队比试高低了。 He did. He ran sprints， he ran hurd

10、les， he ran distant races.He high-jumped， he broad-jumped.He threw the javelin and the shot. 确实如此。他短跑、跨栏、长跑、跳高、跳远。他又投标枪又掷铅球。 Finishing first in eight events， the big fellow beat the whole Lafayette team. The big fellow was Jim Thorpe， the greatest American athlete of modern times. 大个子赢得八项第一，一个人击败了整个

11、拉斐德田径队。这位大个子就是美国现代最伟大的运动员吉姆索普。 3.英语经典美文朗诵大学 一场累人的斗争 Balzac once said artistic creation was “an exhausting strug-gle”. 巴尔扎克说过，艺术创造是“一场累人的斗争”。 He believed that only by tenacious work and fearing notafraid of difficulties could you show yourtalent. 他认为，只有顽强地工作，不怕困难，才能把自己的才华表现出来。 It was just likethe sol

12、diers charging the fortress，not relaxing your effort foreven a moment. 这就好象向堡垒冲击的战士，一刻也不能松劲。 Once Balzac wrote for hours on end， he was so tired that hecould not hold out any longer. 有一次，巴尔扎克一连写了好几个小时，累得实在支持不住了， He ran to a friends home andplunged headlong on the sofa.He wanted to sleep，but he toldh

13、isfriend he must be woken up within an hour. 跑到一个朋友家里，一头倒在沙发上。他想睡一觉，但他告诉朋友，一定要在一小时之内叫醒他。 His friend，seeinghim so tired，did not wake him up on time.After he woke up，Balzac got veryangry at his friend.Fortunately his friend had anintimate understanding of him and did notquarrel with him. 他的朋友见他非常疲劳，就没

14、有按时叫醒他。他醒来后，对朋友大发脾气。幸好他的朋友很了解他，没有和他争吵。 Balzac did not smoke cigarettes，nor did he drink any alco-hol. 巴尔扎克既不抽烟，也不喝酒。 But he got one habit：while he was writing he always drankvery strong coffee that could almostanaesthetize his stomach. 但他有个习惯：当他写作的时候，总是呷着几乎可以使胃麻痹的浓咖啡。 Hedidnt add milk，nor did he add

15、 sugar in his coffee.It would notsatisfy him until it was madebitter. 他的咖啡里既不加牛奶，也不加糖，要熬得发苦才满意。 People generally did not liketo drink such bitter coffee.That had strange stimulus effecttohim，and could help him drive the sleepiness away，according to himself. 象这样苦的咖啡，一般人都不愿意喝。据他自己说，这样对他有奇异的刺激作用，可以驱走睡魔

16、。 4.英语经典美文朗诵大学 钢琴诗人肖邦 Frederic Francois Chopin, Polish-born composer and renowned pianist, was the creator of 55mazurkas, 13 polonaises, 24 preludes, 27 etudes, 19 nocturnes, 4 ballads, and 4 scherzos. 肖邦是近代浪漫派的抒情音乐家，他在音乐史中，是一位神秘、爱国而最富于诗意生命的钢琴家。他一生创作了 55 部马祖卡舞曲，13 部波罗涅滋，24 首序曲，27 首练习曲，19 首夜曲，4 首叙事曲以

17、及 4 部诙谐曲。 Frederic Chopin was born in Zelazowa Wola, Poland, on February 22, 1810, to a French fatherand Polish mother. 1810 年 2 月 12 日，肖邦出生于波兰华沙郊区的热拉佐瓦沃拉。 His father, Nicholas Chopin, was a French tutor to many aristocratic Polish families, lateraccepting a position as a French teacher at the Warsa

18、w Lyceum. 他的父亲尼古拉斯是具有波兰血统的法国人，而母亲却是一位纯粹的波兰人。 Although Chopin later attended the Lyceum where his father taught, his early training began athome. 尼古拉斯原本是波兰贵族家庭的一名法语教师，后来到华沙的一所中学教授法语。 This included receiving piano lessons from his mother. By the age of six, Chopin was creatingoriginal pieces, showing

19、innate prodigious musical ability. 肖邦最初接触音乐的机会是跟随母亲学钢琴。六岁那年，肖邦创作出了人生的第一部作品，充分展现了他与生俱来的非凡的音乐天赋。 His parents arranged for the young Chopin to take piano instruction from Wojciech Zywny. 不久后，他进入了父亲在的学校学习，并在父母的安排下，跟随捷克音乐家 W.日夫尼学习钢琴。 When Chopin was sixteen, he attended the Warsaw Conservatory of Music,

20、directed bycomposer Joseph Elsner. 中学毕业后，肖邦进入华沙音乐学院学习，从师德国音乐家 J.A.F 埃尔斯纳。 Elsner, like Zywny, insisted on the traditional training associated with Classical music butallowed his students to investigate the more original imaginations of the Romantic style aswell. 与日尼夫相同的是，埃尔斯纳在坚持古典派推崇的传统练习外，鼓励学生们从浪漫派

21、中吸取灵感。 离开华沙音乐学院后，肖邦来到了当时的音乐圣地-维。 As often happened with the young musicians of both the Classical and Romantic Periods,Chopin was sent to Vienna, the unquestioned center of music for that day. 在那里，肖邦不仅举行了多场音乐会，也发表了不少音乐作品。在波兰民族运动走向高 潮，与沙俄的战争一触即发的时候，肖邦身在奥地利。 He gave piano concerts and then arranged to

22、 have his pieces published by a Viennesepublishing house there. 不久，他回到华沙为出国做准备。临行前，华沙音乐学院的师生们为他送行，并赠以盛满祖国泥土的银杯。 While Chopin was in Austria, Poland and Russia faced off in the apparent beginnings of war. 尽管从此肖邦再也没有回到他深爱着的祖国，他一直保存着这捧祖国的泥土。 He returned to Warsaw to get his things in preparation of a m

23、ore permanent move. 为了得到更多浪漫派听众的认可，加上自己拥有一半的法国血统，肖邦来到了法国巴黎。 While there, his friends gave him a silver goblet filled with Polish soil. He kept it always, as hewas never able to return to his beloved Poland. 在这里，肖邦结识了西欧文艺界许多重要人物，包括匈牙利艺术家李斯特，柏辽兹，意大利音乐家贝利尼等新浪漫主义的拥护者。 French by heritage, and desirous of

24、 finding musical acceptance from a less traditionalaudience than that of Vienna, Chopin ventured to Paris. 尽管肖邦有时也在大型音乐厅演出，但他更喜欢在家或是一些私人的场合，享受更融洽的氛围。 Interestingly, other young musicians had assembled in the city of fashion with the very samehope. 有趣的是，许多抱有同样想法的年轻音乐家们也都聚集到了这座流行之都。 Chopin joined Fran

25、z Liszt, Hector Berlioz, Felix Mendelssohn, Vincenzo Bellini, and AugusteFranchomme, all proponents of the new Romantic style. Although Chopin did play in the largeconcert halls on occasion, he felt most at home in private settings, enjoying the social milieuthat accompanied concerts for the wealthy

26、. 弗朗兹李斯特肖邦加入,赫克托耳柏辽兹,门德尔松,维琴佐贝里尼和奥古斯特Franchomme,所有的支持者“新”的浪漫风格。尽管肖邦玩有时也在大型音乐厅演出,他觉得在国内大部分集中在私人场合,享受这种社会环境对富人伴随着音乐会。 He also enjoyed teaching, as this caused him less stress than performing. 他也更喜欢教学时放松的心情。 Chopin did not feel that his delicate technique and intricate melodies were as suited to thegra

27、ndiose hall as they were to smaller environments and audiences. 肖邦认为他细致优美的演奏技巧和纷繁的旋律更适合小环境演奏，而不适合宏伟的音乐厅。 News of the war in Poland inspired Chopin to write many sad musical pieces expressing hisgrief for his Poland. 波兰陷入战火的消息促使他写了许多充满悲伤的作品，以表达对祖国波兰的哀伤与思念，其中包括名曲革命练习曲。 Among these was the famous Revol

28、utionary Etude. Plagued by poor health as well as hishomesickness, Chopin found solace in summer visits to the country. 肖邦的健康状况一直不佳，加上思乡心切，一度患上肺病，曾在法国南部疗养。 Here, his most complex yet harmonic creations found their way to the brilliant composershand. The Fantasia in F Minor, the Barcarolle, the Polon

29、aise Fantasia, Ballade in A FlatMajor, Ballade in F Minor, and Sonata in B Minor were all products of the relaxed timeChopin enjoyed in the country. 期间写过不少成名的珍品。F 小调幻想曲，威尼斯船歌，幻想波罗涅滋舞曲，降 A 大调叙事曲，F 小调叙事曲，B 小调奏鸣曲等都是在南部疗养时创作的。 As the war continued in Warsaw and then reached Paris, Chopin retired to Scot

30、land withfriends. 战事从华沙蔓延到了巴黎，肖邦不得不和朋友们躲避至苏格兰。 Although he was far beyond the reach of the revolution, his melancholy attitude did notimprove and he sank deeper into a depression. 虽然肖邦远离了波兰的战火，但他忧郁的情绪丝毫没有改善，反而陷入了更深的沮丧之中。 Likewise, his health did not rejuvenate either. A window in the fighting made i

31、t possible forChopin to return to Paris as his health deteriorated further. 同样地，他的健康状况也没有恢复。回巴黎后，肖邦的健康状况急剧下降，最终在友人们的陪伴下逝世于巴黎的寓所中， Surrounded by those that he loved, Frederic Francois Chopin died at the age of 39. He wasburied in Paris. Chopins last request was that the Polish soil in the silver gobl

32、et be sprinkledover his grave. 最终在友人们的陪伴下逝世于巴黎的寓所中，结束了短短 39 年的生命。他的遗体被安葬在巴黎。 肖邦最后的遗愿是将银杯中祖国波兰的泥土撒在他的墓碑上。 5.英语经典美文朗诵大学 There are some huge poster ads in the Shanghai subway. The new ads for a Chinese clothing line that Wentworth has decided to represent. Wentworth is commonly known as wenshuai or mishuaiin Chinese! The first takes wen the first character of his first name in Chinese and adds to the end the character shuai which means handsome, while the latter does the same using mi which is the first character in the Chinese translation of his last name.第 16 页 共 16 页