英语经典短篇美文欣赏

英语经典短篇美文欣赏

【篇一：英语经典短篇美文欣赏】

一生必读的英文经典美文48篇一生必读的英文经典美文48篇新概念英语晨读系列：一生必读的48

篇英文经典美文上册，是英语听力频道英语美文栏目下的内容，48篇英语美文，mp3和文本。思想结

晶改变人生命运，经典美文提高生活品位。

【篇二：英语经典短篇美文欣赏】

目录：

第一篇：youth 青春

第二篇：three days to see(excerpts)假如给我三天光明（节选）第三篇：companionship of books 以书为伴（节选）

第四篇：if i rest, i rust 如果我休息，我就会生锈

第五篇：ambition 抱负

第六篇：what i have lived for 我为何而生

第七篇：when love beckons you 爱的召唤

第八篇：the road to success 成功之道

第九篇：on meeting the celebrated 论见名人

第十篇：the 50-percent theory of life 生活理论半对半

第十一篇：what is your recovery rate? 你的恢复速率是多少？

第十二篇：clear your mental space 清理心灵的空间

第十三篇：be happy 快乐

第十四篇：the goodness of life 生命的美好

第十五篇：facing the enemies within 直面内在的敌人

第十六篇：abundance is a life style 富足的生活方式

第十七篇：human life a poem 人生如诗

第十八篇：solitude 独处

第十九篇：giving life meaning 给生命以意义

第二十篇：relish the moment 品位现在

第二十一篇：the love of beauty 爱美

第二十二篇：the happy door 快乐之门

第二十三篇：born to win 生而为赢

第二十四篇：work and pleasure 工作和娱乐

第二十五篇：mirror, mirror--what do i see镜子,镜子,告诉我

第二十六篇：on motes and beams 微尘与栋梁

第二十七篇：an october sunrise 十月的日出

第二十八篇：to be or not to be 生存还是毁灭

第二十九篇：gettysburg address 葛底斯堡演说

第三十篇：first inaugural address(excerpts) 就职演讲（节选）第一篇：youth 青春

youth

youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions; it is

the freshness of the deep springs of life.

youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease.

this often exists in a man of 60 more than a boy of 20. nobody grows old merely by a number of years. we grow old by deserting our ideals.

years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust.

whether 60 or 16, there is in every human being’s heart the lure of wonders, the unfailing appetite for what’s next and the joy of the game of living. in the center of your heart and my heart, there is a wireless station; so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, courage and power from man and from the infinite, so long as you are young.

when your aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with snows of cyni cism and the ice of pessimism, then you’ve

grown old, even at 20; but as long as your aerials are up, to catch waves of optimism, there’s hope you may die young at 80.

译文：

青春

青春不是年华，而是心境；青春不是桃面、丹唇、柔膝，而是深沉

的意志，恢宏的想象，炙热的恋情；青春是生命的深泉在涌流。

青春气贯长虹，勇锐盖过怯弱，进取压倒苟安。如此锐气，二十后

生而有之，六旬男子则更多见。年岁有加，并非垂老，理想丢弃，

方堕暮年。

岁月悠悠，衰微只及肌肤；热忱抛却，颓废必致灵魂。忧烦，惶恐，丧失自信，定使心灵扭曲，意气如灰。