王强英语美文 01-Youth

Youth原文 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 o

王强英语美文 16-Abundance is a Life Style

Abundance is a Life Style Abundance is a life style, a way of living your life. It isnt something you buy now and then or pull down from the cupboard, dust off and use once or twice, and then return to the cupboard. Abundance is a philosophy; it appe

王强英语美文 06-What I have Lived for

Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. These passions, like great winds, have blown me hither and thither, in a waywar

王强英语美文 23-Born to Win

Born to Win Each human being is born as something new, something that never existed before. Each is born with the capacity to win at life. Each person has a unique way of seeing, hearing, touching, tasting and thinking. Each has his or her own unique

王强英语美文 28-To be or not to be

To be or not to be Outside the Bible, these six words are the most famous in all the literature of the world. They were spoken by Hamlet when he was thinking aloud, and they are the most famous words in Shakespeare because Hamlet was speaking not onl

王强英语美文 05-Ambition

Ambition抱负 It is not difficult to imagine a world short of ambition. It would probably be a kinder world: without demands, without abrasions, without disappointments. People would have time for reflection. Such work as they did would not be for t

王强英语美文 04-If I Rest,I Rust

If I Rest,I Rust 如果我休息，我就会生锈 The significant inscription found on an old key---If I rest, I rust---would be an excellent motto for those who are afflicted with the slightest bit of idleness. Even the most industrious person migh

王强英语美文 03-Companionship of Books

Companionship of Books (Samuel Smiles-- The political reformer and moralist was born) A man may usually be known by the books he reads as well as by the company(playmates) he keeps;（Birds of a feather flock together）for there is a companionship (

王强英语美文 18-Solitude

Solitude I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time. To be in company, even with the best, is soon wearisome and dissipating. I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for the most

新东方英语背诵美文30篇 29 Gettysburg address

第二十九篇：Gettysburg Address 葛底斯堡演说 Gettysburg Address Fourscore and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal

王强英语美文 17-Human Life a Poem

Human Life a Poem I think that, from a biological standpoint, human life almost reads like a poem. It has its own rhythm and beat, its internal cycles of growth and decay. It begins with innocent childhood, followed by awkward adolescence trying awkw

王强英语美文 19-Giving Life Meaning

Giving Life Meaning Have you thought about what you want people to say about you after youre gone? Can you hear the voice saying, He was a great man. Or She really will be missed. What else do they say? One of the strangest phenomena of life is to en

王强英语美文 22-The Happy Door

The Happy door Happiness is like a pebble dropped into a pool to set in motion an ever-widening circle of ripples. As Stevenson has said, being happy is a duty. There is no exact definition of the word happiness. Happy people are happy for all sorts

新东方英语背诵美文30篇 30-First Inaugural Address

第三十篇：First Inaugural Address(Excerpts) 就职演讲（节选） First Inaugural Address We observe today not a victory of party, but a celebration of freedom, symbolizing an end, as well as a beginning; signifying renewal, as well as change

王强英语美文 13-Be Happy

Be Happy！ The days that make us happy make us wise._ John Masefield When I first read this line by England's Poet Laureate, it startled me. What did Masefield mean? Without thinking about it much. I had always assumed that the opposite was true. Bu

王强英语美文 24-Work and Pleasure

Work and Pleasure To be really happy and really safe, one ought to have at least two or three hobbies, and they must all be real. It is no use starting late in life to say: I will take an interest in this or that. Such an attempt only aggravates the

王强英语美文 25-Mirror,Mirror-What do I See

Mirror, Mirror---What do I See? A loving person lives in a loving world. A hostile person lives in a hostile world. Everyone you meet is your mirror. Mirrors have a very particular function. They reflect the image in front of them. Just as a physical

王强英语美文 26-On Motes and Beams

On Motes and Beams It is curious that our own offenses should seem so much less heinous than the offenses of others. I suppose the reason is that we know all the circumstances that have occasioned them and so manage to excuse in ourselves what we can

王强英语美文 02-Three Days to See

Helen Keller/海伦.凯勒 All of us have read thrilling stories in which the hero had only a limited and specified time to live. Sometimes it was as long as a year; sometimes as short as twenty-four hours, but always we were interested in discoverin

王强英语美文 27-An October Sunrise

An October Sunrise I was up the next morning be fore the October sunrise, and away through the wild and the woodland. The rising of the sun was noble in the cold and warmth of it peeping down the spread of light, he raised his shoulder heavily over t