优秀英文文章

优秀英文文章

在散文的短小篇幅中,虽然没有像小说一样复杂的故事情节和细致的人物刻画,也没有像戏剧一样大起大落的矛盾冲突。下面是小编带来的优秀经典英语文章阅读，欢迎阅读!

优秀经典英语文章阅读篇一Real Life Philosophy

You dont actually have to take the quiz. Just read this straight through，and youll get the point(an awesome one)it is trying to make!

Take this quiz：

1. Name the five wealthiest people in the world.

2. Name the last five Heisman trophy winners.

3. Name the last five winners of the Miss America contest.

4. Name ten people who have won the Nobel or Pulitzer prize.

5. Name the last half dozen Academy Award winners for best actor and actress.

6. Name the last decades worth of World Series winners.

How did you do?

The point is，none of us remember the headliners of yesterday. These are no second-rate achievers. They are the best in their fields. But the applause dies. Awards tarnish. Achievements are forgotten. Accolades and certificates are

buried with their owners.

Heres another quiz. See how you do on this one：

1. List a few teachers who aided your journey through school.

2. Name three friends who have helped you through a difficult time.

3. Name five people who have taught you something worthwhile.

4. Think of a few people who have made you feel appreciated and special.

5. Think of five people you enjoy spending time with.

6. Name half a dozen heroes whose stories have inspired you.

Easier?

The lesson：

The people who make a difference in your life are not the ones with the most credentials，the most money，or the most awards. They are the ones that care.

优秀经典英语文章阅读篇二Three Peach Stones 三颗核桃

Observe a child;any one will do. You will see that not a day passes in which he does not find something or other to make him happy，though he may be in tears the next moment. Then look at a man;any one of us will do. You will notice that weeks and months can pass in which day is greeted with nothing more than resignation1，and endure with every polite

indifference. Indeed，most men are as miserable as sinners，though they are too bored to sin-perhaps their sin is their indifference2. But it is true that they so seldom smile that when they do we do not recognize their face，so distorted is it from the fixed mask we take for granted3. And even then a man can not smile like a child，for a child smiles with his eyes，whereas a man smiles with his lips alone. It is not a smile;but a grin;something to do with humor4，but little to do with happiness. And then，as anyone can see，there is a point(but who can define that point?)when a man becomes an old man，and then he will smile again.

It would seem that happiness is something to do with simplicity，and that it is the ability to extract pleasure form the simplest things-such as a peach stone，for instance.

It is obvious that it is nothing to do with success. For Sir Henry Stewart was certainly successful. It is twenty years ago since he came down to our village from London，and bought a couple of old cottages，which he had knocked into one. He used his house a s weekend refuge5. He was a barrister. And the village followed his brilliant career with something almost amounting to paternal pride.

I remember some ten years ago when he was made a