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1、2021英语美文阅读精选5 篇想要提高英语阅读实力，平常须要多阅读一些英语美文哦。下面我就和大家共享英语美文阅读,希望能够帮助到大家，来观赏一下吧。英语美文阅读篇一Home on the Way旅人的家People need homes:children assume their parents place as home;boarders call school home on weekdays;married couples work togetherto build new homes;and travelers.have no place to call home,at leastfo

2、r a few nights.人人都须要家：小孩子把父母的居处当做自己的家；寄宿生在平日把学校称为“家;结了婚的夫妻要共同营造自己的新家；至于旅者呢 至少有几晚他们没有能称为 家 的地方！So how about people who have to travel for extended periods oftime?Don/t they have the right to a home?Of course they do.那么那些不得不长期出门在外的人怎么办？莫非他们无权拥有一个家吗?他们当然有！Some regular travelers take their own belonging

3、s:like bed sheets,pillowcases and family photos to make them feel like home no matterwhere they are;some stay for long periods in the same hotel and as a1/1 8result become very familiar with service and attendants;others maysimply put some flowers by the hotel window to make things morehomely.Furthe

4、rmore,driving a camping car during ones travels andsleeping in the vehicle at night is just like home-only mobile!有些常常出门的旅者会随身携带些属于自己的日用品，像床单、枕套或全家福相片等，无论走到哪里，这些东西都能带给他们家的感觉;有些人在长驻时会待在同一家旅馆里，使他们对店里的服务和人员都特别熟识;再有的就可能只是在旅馆的窗边摆些花，使房间更像个家。此外，一路开着露营车旅行，晚上就住在车里，这就更像是真正的家了一一只不过能移动而已！And how about maintaini

5、ng relationships while in transit?Somekeep contact with their friends via internet;some send letters andpostcards,or even photos;others may just call and say hi,just to let theirfriends know that theyre still alive and well.People find ways to keep intouch.Making friends on the way helps travelers f

6、eel more or less athome.Backpackers in youth hostels may become very good friends,evencloser than siblings.那人们在旅程穿梭时，又是如何维系关系的呢？有些人通过互联网跟挚友联络;有些人寄信、明信片，甚至照片;还有些人可能只是打个电话问声好，目的仅是让挚友们知道他们还活着，而且活得不错。人们发觉了各种各样的联络方式。在旅途中交挚友能帮旅者或多或少地找到一点家的感觉。青年旅店里的背包客或许会成为特别要好的挚2/18友，甚至比手足还要亲！Nowadays,fewer people are wor

7、king in their local towns,so how dothey develop a sense of belonging?Whenever we step out of our localboundaries,there is always another home waiting to be found.Wherever we are,with just a little bit of effort and imagination,we canmake the place we stay home.如今，大多数人都是离乡在外工作，那么人们又如何能有归属感呢?一旦我们走出家门，

8、就总有另一个“家”在等着我们去找寻。不论身处何处，只要稍加努力和想像，我们就能把栖身之地营造成一个像！英语美文阅读篇二Freedom Choice and Responsibility自 由 选 择 责 任I love choices.我爱选择。I love to walk around in bookstores-not because I can buy all thebooks,我喜爱在书店里徜徉，不是因为我能买下全部的书，but because I could buy one book,and I have so many to choosefrom.而是因为我可以买一本书，我有这么多

9、的选择。I like buffets.3/18我还喜爱自助餐。I rarely get to go to them,but when I do,虽然我很少去，但是当我去的时候，the first thing I do is to walk around and see what the choices are.我做的第一件事就是四处逛逛，看看有什么选择。I also like the Internet.我还喜爱互联网。It seems like cyberspace really doesnt have any limits.看来网络真的没有任何限制。There are so many thi

10、ngs to discover like space.有这么多的东西等待被发觉一一比如空间。Sometimes,I think we dont appreciate the freedom that we have.有时候，我觉得我们不喜爱我们拥有的自由。We are free to make many different choices.我们可以自由地做出很多不同的选择。From the food we eat-to the places we visit-to the people wemeet-to the classes we take and on and on and on.从我们

11、所吃的食物到我们去的地方，我们见的人，我们所上的课程等等。But freedom has dangers.If misused,it can be harmful.但自由也有危急。假如滥用，将会带来危害。I could pile a mountain of food on my plate and NOT to eat it.4/1 8我可以将山一样的食物堆在我的盘子里，而我则不去吃它。It would be a waste.But thats a choice I have.它会是一种奢侈。但这是一个选择。The Internet has dangers,too.互联网也有危急。If par

12、ents are not careful and dont supervise what their kids cansee-well kids can lose some of their innocence because of freedom.假如父母对他们的孩子所看到的不留神也不监督，那么孩子们会因为自由而失去一些他们的天真单纯。Theres a reason for legal age limits when it comes to driving,gambling,drinking,smoking,and voting.当涉及驾车、赌博、酗酒、吸烟、和投票时法律会有年龄的限制。Un

13、til we reach that age,we arent free to do those things.直到我们到了那个年岁，否则我们去做那些事将不会被给予自由O英语美文阅读篇三Stray birds of summer come to my window to sing and fly away.夏天的飞鸟，飞到我的窗前唱歌，又飞去了。And yellow leaves of autumn,which have no songs,flutter and fallthere with a sigh.秋天的黄叶，它们没有什么可唱，只叹息一声，飞落在那里。If you shed tears

14、when you miss the sun,you also miss the stars.假如你因失去了太阳而流泪，那么你也将失去群星了。5/1 8Man is a born child,his power is the power of growth.人是一个初生的孩子，他的力气，就是生长的力气。The trees come up to my window like the yearning voice of thedumb earth.绿树长到了我的窗前，仿佛是喑哑的大地发出的渴望的声音。You smiled and talked to me of nothing and I felt

15、that for this I hadbeen waiting long.你微微地笑着，不对我说什么话。而我觉得，为了这个，我已等待得很久了。The fish in the water is silent,the animal on the earth is noisy,thebird in the air is singing.水里的游鱼是缄默的，陆地上的兽类是热闹的，空中的飞鸟是歌颂着的。But Man has in him the silence of the sea,the noise of the earthand the music of the air.但是，人类却兼有海里的缄默

16、，地上的热闹与空中的音乐。The world rushes on over the strings of the lingering heart makingthe music of sadness.世界在踌躇之心的琴弦上跑过去，奏出愁闷的乐声。We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.当我们是最为谦卑的时候，便是我们最接近宏大的时候。The mist,like love,plays upon the heart of the hills and/pings out6/1 8surprises of beauty.雾，

17、像爱情一样，在山峰的心上嬉戏，生出种.种漂亮的变化。Your voice,my friend,wanders in my heart,like the muffled soundof the sea among these listening pines.我的挚友，你的语声漂浮在我的心里，像那海水的低吟声缭绕在静听着的松林之间。What is this unseen flame of darkness whose sparks are the stars?这个不行见的黑暗之火焰，以繁星为其火花的，究竟是什么呢？Let life be beautiful like summer flowers

18、and death like autumnleaves.使生如夏花之绚烂，死如秋叶之静美。The touch of the nameless days clings to my heart like mossesround the old tree.无名日子的感受，攀缘在我的心上，正像那绿色的苔群，攀缘在老树的周身。英语美文阅读篇四I believe we are not alone.我信任我们并不孤寂。Even if I am on the other side of the world from the farmhouse I livein,I still dream of the anc

19、ient vines out the window,and the shed outback that my grandfathers father built in 1870 with eucalyptus trunks.As long as I can recreate these images,I never quite leave home.7/1 8即使我处身地球的另一端，远离我家农庄，我仍旧能梦见窗外那古老的藤蔓，梦见我爷爷的父亲在1870年用上安树建立的棚屋。只要这些影像还在我脑中出现，我就离家不远。I don/t think farming in the same place

20、for six generations is a deadweight that keeps you shackled,doing the identical thing year in andyear out.Instead,it is a rare link to others before me,who pruned thesame vines and painted the same barn that I have.If those in this housesurvived the Panic of 1893 or the Great Depression,or bathed wi

21、th coldwater and used an outhouse,then surely I know I can weather high gasprices.我不认为六代人在同一地方过着耕种的生活，年复一年地干着同样的活是一种让人喘不过气来的负担。相反，我与这些先人修剪着相同的藤蔓、给同一座谷仓上漆，这是我与他们之间难得的纽带。假如在这间屋子里住过的人能够挺过1893年的金融恐慌或是经济大萧条,能够忍受冷水浴、户外厕所，那么我也确定能够应付攀升的汽油价格。I believe that all of us need some grounding in our modern world of

22、constant moving,buying,selling,meeting and leaving.Some findconstancy in religion.Others lean on friends or community forpermanence.But we need some daily signposts that we are not novel,not better,not worse from those who came before us.我信任在这个现代社会，在不停的迁移、买卖、相聚、分别的生活中，全部人都须要一些寄予。一些人寄情于宗教，另一些人依靠于8/1

23、8挚友或社区来寻求平稳，但我们还须要一些日常的标记物提示我们：我们也和前人一样，并没有更新潮、更好或更糟。For me,this house,this farm,these ancient vines are those roots.Although I came into this world alone and will leave alone,I am notalone.对我来说，这房子、这农庄、这些古老的藤蔓，都是我生活的根基。虽然我孤独地来到这个世界，也将独自离去，但我并不孤寂。There are ghosts of dozens of conversations in the ha

24、llways,stories Iremember about buying new plows that now rust in the barnyard andruined crops from the same vines that we are now harvesting.在屋里的门廊里回荡着很多旧时的对话，提到一些我记忆犹新的往事，如购买新的犁头一一如今已锈蚀在场院中，还有那曾被毁坏的作物，而我们现正在同一个藤架上获得收成。I believe all of us are natural links in a long chain of being:I need toknow what

25、 time of day it is,what season is coming,whether the wind isblowing north or from the east,and if the moon is still full tomorrownight,just as the farmers who came before me did.我信任我们与前人都是人类长长纽带上的不同环节。与以前的农夫一样，我须要知道现在是一天里的什么时间，接下来是什么季节，会吹南方还是东风，明晚的月亮是否还是圆的。The physical world around us changes consta

26、ntly;human naturedoes not.We must struggle in our brief existence to find some9/1 8transcendent meaning during reoccurring heartbreak anddisappointment and so find solace in the knowledge that our ancestorshave all gone through this before.我们四周的现实世界在不断地变更，但人类的本性不会变。在短暂的一生中，悲伤及悲观会不断出现，我们必需努力找出超越现实的意义

27、，要相识到我们的祖先都经验过了这些生活坎坷，从而得到心灵的安慰。You may find all that too intrusive,living with the past as present.Ifind it exhilarating.I believe there is an old answer for every newproblem,that wise whispers of the past are with us to assure us that ifwe just listen and remember,we are not alone;we have been her

28、ebefore.你或者会觉得生活中有先人的介入太难接受，但我却发觉这很令人激昂。我信任每个新问题都有传统的答案，前人充溢才智的肺腑之言无处不在，只要我们能专心倾听、牢记，我们就不会孤寂，因为我们以前也曾有过相同的经验。英语美文阅读篇五生活的一课For nearly a year,I sopped around the house,the store,the schooland the church.Then,I met,or rathergot to know,the lady who threwme my first lifeline.差不多有一年，我都泡在家、店铺、学校和教堂里。然后我遇到

29、10/18了，或者更准确地说，相识了扔给我第一根救生索的那位夫人。Mrs.Bertha Flowers was the aristocrat of Black Stamps.She had thegrace of control to appear warm in the coldest weather,and on theArkansas summer day it seemed as if she had her own private breeze,swirling around her,cooling her.Her skin was a rich black,creating the

30、impression that it would peel off like a plum if snagged.贝莎弗劳尔斯太太是斯坦普斯黑人居住区里的佼佼者。她举止优雅，在最冷的天气里也给人一种暖和的感觉而在阿肯色州的夏日，她的举止让人觉得仿佛有阵阵微风围围着她，使她凉快。她的皮肤乌黑发亮，让人觉得，要是她的皮肤被什么东西刮破了，就会像李子皮一样剥落下来。She was one of the few gentlewomen I have ever known,and hasremained throughout my life the measure of what a human bei

31、ng can be.She appealed to me because she was like people I had never metpersonally.Like the women in English novels who walked the moor withtheir loyal dogs racing at a respectful distance;like the women who sat infront of roaring fireplace incessantly drinking tea from silver trays full ofscones an

32、d crumpets.It would be safe to say that,just by being herself,she made me feel proud to be Negro.她是我相识的少数几位有教养的妇女之一。在我的一生中，她始终是我衡量一个人的标准。她对我很有吸引力，因为她像是我从来没有亲自遇到过的人。她像英国小说里的女子一一她们在荒野上漫步，11/18她们忠实的小狗跟在身后奔跑，并尊敬地与主人保持着肯定的距离。她像坐在炉火熊熊的壁炉前的女人，从放满司康饼和松脆饼的银托盘里不停地端茶来喝。可以很确定地说，正是她本色的举止使我为自己是个黑人而傲慢。One summer a

33、fternoon,she stopped at the store to buy provisions.Any other Negro woman of her health and age would have beenexpected to carry the paper sacks home in one hand,but Momma said,“Sister Flower 1 1 1 send Bailey up to your house with these things/一个夏日的午后，她到我们店里来买食品。换作是其他身体状况和年龄与她一样的黑人妇女，一般都要她们自己提着纸袋回家

34、。可是妈妈对她说：弗劳尔斯大姐，我让贝利把这些东西送到你家里去吧“Thank you,Mrs.Henderson.Id prefer Marguerite,though/Myname sounded so beautiful when she said it.Tve been meaning to talkto her,anyway.They gave each other age group looks.感谢你，亨德森太太，不过我想让玛格丽特送去。”她把我的名字念得很好听。反正我始终想和她聊聊。她们相互交换了一下只有她们那个年龄的人才懂的眼色。There was a little path

35、beside the rocky road,and Mrs.Flowerswalked ahead of me,swinging her arms and picking her way over thestones.石头路旁有一条小路，弗劳尔斯太太摇摆着手臂走在前面，当心地躲过石头。12/18Without turning her head,she spoke to me,“I hear you/re workingvery well in school,Marguerite,but only in written assignments.Theteachers report that th

36、ey have trouble getting you to talk in class.Wepassed the triangular farm on our left and the path widened to allow usto walk together.她没有回头，只对我说道：“玛格丽特，我听说你在学校功课很好，可是那只是笔头作业。老师说他们很难让你在课堂上发言。我们走过了左手边那个三角形的农场，小路宽了起来，起先容得下我们并排走。“Come and walk along with me,Marguerite/7 I couldn/t haverefused even if I

37、 wanted to.She pronounced my name so nicely.过来和我并排走，玛格丽特。”即使我想拒绝也不行能，她把我的名字念得那么好听。“Now,no one is going to make you talkpossibly no one can.Butbear in mind,language is mankind/s way of communicating with ourfellow men,and it is language alone,which separates us from the loweranimals.That was a totall

38、y new idea to me,and I would need time tothink about it.现在，没有人要.说话一一可能也没有人做得到。可是你得记住，语言是人与人进行沟通的方式，而且唯有语言，把人和低等动物区分开来。”这对我来说是个全新的概念，我须要时间来思索一下。“Your grandmother says you read a lotevery chance you get.13/18That/s good,but not good enough.Words mean more than what is setdown on paper.It takes the hum

39、an voice to infuse them with shades ofdeeper meaning/“你奶奶说你看了许多书。一有机会就看，这很好，但还不够。文字的意义不仅是写在纸上的那些，还须要人的声音给予它们更深层意义的微小差别。I memorized the part about the human voice infusing words.Itseemed so valid and poetic.我记住了有关人的声音给予文字更深层意义的微小差别的那句话。我觉得它是那么正确，那么富有诗意。She said she was going to give me some books and

40、 that I must notonly read them,but I must read them aloud.She suggested that I shouldmake a sentence sound in as many different ways as possible.她说她要借给我一些书，我不仅要阅读它们，还必需大声朗读。她建议我尽可能地用多种不同的方式来朗读同一句话。Til accept no excuse if you return a book to me that has been badlyhandled.My imagination boggled at th

41、e punishment I would deserve ifin fact I did abuse a book of Mrs.Flowers.“假如你草草读完一本书就还给我的话，我是不会宽恕你的。”我很难想象假如我真的没有仔细读弗劳尔斯太太的书，我该受到什么样的惩处。The doors of her house surprised me,as the sweet scent of vanilla14/18met us when she opened the door.当她打开门时，一阵香草的芳香扑面而来，她家里的这种气味使我感到很惊异。“You see,I had planned to i

42、nvite you for cookies and lemonade,sowe could have this little chat.Have a seat,Marguerite/She carried aplatter covered with a tea towel.你看，我已支配好了请你来吃点心，喝柠檬水，这样我们俩可以聊聊。坐吧，玛格丽特。”她端来一个大浅盘，上面盖着茶盘盖布。As I ate,she began the first of what we later called“my lessons inliving/*She said that I must always be

43、intolerant of ignorance,butunderstanding of illiteracy;that some people,though unable to go toschool,were more educated and even more intelligent than somecollege professors.She encouraged me to listen carefully to what countrypeople called“Mother Wit”,because in those homely sayings wascouched the

44、collective wisdom of generations.我吃点心的时候，她起先讲授我们后来称之为“我生活的一课”的第一部分。她对我说恒久不要容忍无知，但应理解文盲。有些人没机会上学，却比一些高校教授更有学识，甚至比他们更聪慧。她激励我要细致倾听乡下人称为 天生才智 的话语，她说那些朴实的话语表达了世代相传的集体才智。When I finished the cookie she brushed off the table and brought athick,small book from the bookcaseA Tale of Two Cities.She opened15/18

45、the first page and,for the first time in my life,I heard poetry.我吃完点心后，她把桌子擦干净。从书柜里拿出来一本厚厚的小书，是 双城记。她打开书的第一页，于是我平生第一次听到了诗的韵律。“It was the best of times and the worst of times.”Her voice slid inand curved down,through and over the words.She was nearly singing.Then her sounds began cascading gently.I k

46、new that she was nearing theend of her reading.这是的时代，也是最糟的时代 她的声音滑行着，随着词句抑扬顿挫。她几乎是在吟唱。接着，她的声音起先渐渐降低。我知道她快要读完了。How do you like that?”你喜爱吗?”It occurred to me that she expected a response.The sweet vanillaflavor was still on my tongue,the sound of her reading voice was magicto my ears.But now I had to

47、say something.我这才想到她希望我能有所反应。我的舌头上还留有香草的甜味,耳中回响着她朗诵时具有魔力的声音。但此刻，我不能不说点什么。I said,Ye maam.It was the least I could do.我说：喜爱，夫人。我最至少可以这样回答。“Theres one more thing.Take this book of poems and memorizeone for me.Next time you pay me a visit,I would like you to recite it to16/18me.还有一件事。你把这本诗集拿去，要背下来一首，下次你

48、来我这儿的时候，我想要你背给我听。I have often tried to search behind the sophistication of years forthe enchantment I so easily found in those gifts.The essence may escapebut its aura remains.To be allowed(Noinvited!)into the private livesof strangers to share their joys and fears was a chance to exchange thesouthe

49、rn bitter wormwood for a cup of mead with Beowulf,or a hot cupof tea and milk with Oliver Twist.When I said aloud,“It is a far,far betterthing,than anything I have ever done.”tears of love filled my eyes atmy selflessness.在经验了那些困难的成年生活后，我经常试图找寻那种沉醉感一一当年我很简单地就从那些礼物中体会到一种沉醉感。沉醉感本身或许已从记忆中消逝了，但那种气氛依旧存在。

50、得到允许一一不，是得到邀请一一进入生疏人的私人生活，去共享他们的快乐与忧虑，这意味着得到机会用南方很苦的苦艾去换得和贝奥武甫共饮蜂蜜酒或者和奥利弗特威斯特一起喝上一杯加奶的热茶。当我大声说 我现在做的，是比我做过的一切要好许多、许多的事情.时，我眼里充溢爱的泪水，心中涌起忘我的感觉。I was liked,and what a difference it made.I was respectednot asMrs.Henderson/s grandchild,or Bailey/s sister,but for just beingMarguerite Johnson.17/18有人喜爱我，这