美文赏析:我知道自己在犯傻，但我开心

I have visited plenty of self improvement blogs and inspirational blogs these past few months and most of them all tell you that you need to wake up and state positive affirmations. When you wake up, you need to think that something great is going to

美文赏析:冥冥之中自有天意

It is spring of 1943 during World War II. 1943年的春天，正值第二次世界大战。 Standing among hundreds of new soldiers at Camp Grant, in Illinois, my father, Sam, just 18 years old, waits as a truck slowly drives by. 在伊利诺伊州的格

李清照《声声慢》英译赏析（一）

例1、 寻寻觅觅，冷冷清清，凄凄惨惨戚戚。 林译：So dim, so dark,/ So dense, so dull,/ So damp, so dank,/ So dead! 杨译：Seeking, seeking,/ Chilly and quiet,/ Desolate, painful and miserable. 徐译：Ive a sense of something m

美文赏析:总有一些回忆，你无法舍弃

I cleaned out Dads closet yesterday. 我昨天清理了爸爸的衣橱。 There were two things I couldnt box up: his work shirts and his two pairs of Red Wing boots. 有两样东西我没有办法打包：他的工作T-恤和两双红翼牌的靴子。

美文赏析:勇气，来自爱与关怀

In 1943, I was 19 years old and worked at a barbecue located about a mile from my home. 1943年（时值第二次世界大战），当时我只有19岁，在离家一英里的烧烤店工作。 It was a beautiful, warm June night, so I decided to wal

散文英译汉佳作赏析：我父亲的音乐

My Father's Music 我父亲的音乐 by Wayne Kalyn 韦恩?凯林 I remember the day Dad first lugged the heavy accordion up our front stoop, taxing his small frame. He gathered my mother and me in the living room and opened the case as if it were a

美文赏析:幸福就是投入

幸福就是投入 Under the scorching sun, an old man sat by the bank staring at the buoy on the river. From dawn to dusk he still got nothing in his hands. However, the old man was happy at ease. I felt so puzzled about it. The old man said with a

美文赏析:态度决定生活

An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer (contractor) of his plans to leave the house building business and live a more leisurely life with his wife enjoying his extended family. He would miss the paycheck, but he needed to reti

美文赏析:尽在不言中

When I read a book from my mothers shelves, its not unusual to come across a gap in the text. A paragraph, or maybe just a sentence, has been sliced out, leaving a window in its place, with words from the next page peeping through. The chopped up pag

美文赏析:拿起笔还是放下

To write or not to write 拿起笔还是放下 Writing is not easy. I do it everyday. 写作非常不容易。我每天都在写作。 And I can tell you, its quite a challenge. 我可以告诉你，这是一个相当大的挑战。 But, the more I d

美文赏析:来自内心的礼物

The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.- Eric Hoffer 世界上最难的算术题是如何清点我们的祝福。 According to legend, a young man while roaming the desert came across a spring of delicious cr

张培基英译散文赏析之《哭》

哭 吴冠中 On the Verge of Tears Wu Guanzhong prose 那年，我坐夜车去朝拜圣地到茂陵瞻仰霍去病墓前的雕刻。 Years ago ,I went by night train to Mao Ling ,a sacred place in Shaanxi Province,to pay homage to the sculptures sta

美文赏析:你要成为自己的那道光

Have you ever been around someone who immediately put you at ease? Perhaps you may be one of those people who others feel safe around. 有没有遇到过那么个人，只要他/她在你身边，你立即就觉得安心？或许你就是让别人觉得

美文赏析:整个世界因你而不同

All the Difference in The World 整个世界因你而改变 Every Sunday morning I take a light jog around a park near my home. Theres a lake located in one corner of the park. Each time I jog by this lake, I see the same elderly woman sitting at the

英语美文赏析：Let's Smile 让我们微笑

The thing that goes the farthest toward making life worthwhile, That costs the least and does the most, is just a pleasant smile. The smile that bubbles from the heart that loves its fellow men, Will drive away the clouds of gloom and coax the sun ag

美文赏析:给自己一份承诺

承诺自己 To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. To talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet. To make all your friends feel that there is something special in them. To look at the sunny side of everythi

汉译英赏析：胡适《不要抛弃学问》

诸位毕业同学： Dear Students of the Graduating Class, 你们现在要离开母校了，我没有什么礼物送你们，只好送你们一句话罢。 As you are leaving your alma mater, I have nothing to offer you as a gift except a word of a

汉译英赏析：鲁迅《一件小事》

《一件小事》 A Small Incident 我从乡下跑到京城里，一转眼已经六年了。其间耳闻目睹的所谓国家大事，算起来也很不少；但在我心里，都不留什么痕迹，倘要我寻出这些事的影响来说，便只是

美文赏析:爱情不是商品

Love Is Not Like Merchandise 爱情不是商品 A reader in Florida, apparently bruised by some personal experience, writes in to complain, If I steal a nickel's worth of merchandise, I am a thief and punished; but if I steal the love of another's wi

6个字母读完母亲一生

M-O-T-H-E-R By Howard Johnson M is for the million things she gave me, O means only that she's growing old, T if for the tears she shed to save me, H is for her heart of purest gold, E is for her eyes, with love-light shinning, R means right, and rig