英语散文：生日快乐歌的起源

Happy Birthday to You Where did that song come from? The story of how the song Happy Birthday to You came to be, began as a sweet one, that later soured. Two sisters, Mildred Hill, a teacher at the Louisville, Kentucky Experimental Kindergarten, and

英语散文：A Forever Friend(永远的朋友)

A friend walk in when the rest of the world walks out. 别人都走开的时候，朋友仍与你在一起。 Sometimes in life, 有时候在生活中， You find a special friend; 你会找到一个特别的朋友； Someone who changes your life ju

英语散文：Think it Over...(好好想想……)

Today we have higher buildings and wider highways, but shorter temperaments and narrower points of view; 今天我们拥有了更高层的楼宇以及更宽阔的公路，但是我们的性情却更为急躁，眼光也更加狭隘； We spend more,

英语散文：假如我又回到了童年

If I were a Boy Again If I were a boy again, I would practice perseverance more often, and never give up a thing because it was or inconvenient. If we want light, we must conquer darkness. Perseverance can sometimes equal genius in its results. There

英语散文：一位值得纪念的希腊人

A Greek to Remember Diogenes was a famous Greek philosopher of the fourth century B.C.,who established the philosophy of cynicism.He often walked about in the daytime holding a lighted lantern,peering around as if he were looking for something.When a

英语散文：A Walk In The Woods(林中漫步)

I was puzzled! Why was this old woman making such a fuss about an old copse which was of no use to anybody? She had written letters to the local paper, even to a national, protesting about a projected by-pass to her village, and, looking at a map, th

英语散文：美不胜收的哥本哈根

Spotlight on Copenhagen Are you too old for fairy tales? If you think so, Copenhagen is sure to change your mind. See the city first from the water. In the harbor sits Denmark s best-known landmark: the Little Mermaid. Remember her? She left the worl

英语散文：母亲永远成不了父亲

A Unique Job A father's job is unique. If parents had job descriptions mine would read: organize bills, playmates, laundry, meals, laundry, carpool, laundry, snacks, outings and shopping, and laundry. The only thing on my husband's description would

英语散文：将爱放飞 令爱常驻

let go love There was once a lonely girl who longed so much for love. One day while she was walking in the woods she found two starving songbirds. She took them home and put them in a small cage. She cared them with love and the birds grew strong. Ev

英语散文：母爱的真谛

Time is running out1 for my friend. While we are sitting at lunch she casually mentions she and her husband are thinking of starting a family. We're taking a survey,she says, half-joking. Do you think I should have a baby? It will change your life, I

英语散文：彼岸无尽头，知足才常乐

There is no better than Here Many people believe that they will be happy once they arrive at some specific goal they set for themselves. However, more often than not, once you arrive there you will still feel dissatisfied, and move your there vision

英语散文欣赏:爱的限度就是无限度地去爱

Freda Bright says, Only in opera do people die of love. It's true. You really can't love somebody to death. I've known people to die from no love, but I've never known anyone to be loved to death. We just can't love one another enough. A heart-warmin

英语散文欣赏:微笑挽救生命

I was sure that I was to be killed. I became terribly nervous. I fumbled[1] in my pockets to see if there were any cigarettes, which had escaped[2]their search. I found one and because of my shaking hands, I could barely get it to my lips. But I had

英语散文欣赏:平等的爱

The following story took place long ago in Israel. One day when government officials were rebuilding a barn, they found a mouse hole in a corner and used smoke to force the mice inside the hole to come out. A while later they indeed saw mice running

英语散文欣赏:生命的过客

When he told me he was leaving I felt like a vase which has just smashed. There were pieces of me all over the tidy, tan tiles. He kept talking, telling me why he was leaving, explaining it was for the best, I could do better, it was his fault and no

培根散文阅读欣赏：论结婚与独身

of marriage single life 论结婚与独身 he that hath wife and children, hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediment to great enterprises, either of virtue, or mischief. certainly, the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, h

真正的高尚 The Ture Nobility

In a calm sea every man is a pilot. 风平浪静的大海上，每个人都是领航员。 But all sunshine without shade, all pleasure without pain, is not life at all. Take the lot of the happiestit is a tangled yarn. Bereavements and blessings, on

致命的怀疑 Deadly Suspect

一个高三男生自杀了, 他从5楼宿舍的窗户跳了下去, 原因竟然是因为他母亲对他的怀疑。 A senior high school student committed suicide by jumping from the windows on the fifth floor. The reason was stunningly simple: his

英语经典译文之双语散文译文:初放的玫瑰

英语经典译文之双语散文译文:初放的玫瑰 My first roses brought me to my senses. All my furies， I launched them like paper boats in the algaed pond behind my house. 我那些初放的玫瑰，把我带回理智。 一切暴怒，在房

培根散文阅读欣赏：论父母与子嗣

of parents children 论父母与子嗣 the joys of parents are secret; and so are their griefs, and fears: they cannot utter the one; nor they will not utter the other. children sweeten labours; but they make misfortunes more bitter they increase the