英语美文：真心英雄

The sun shone brightly in the cloudless blue Wabash, Indiana, sky. 印第安纳州沃巴什县晴空万里的蓝天上，太阳光芒四射地照耀着。 That was an especially beautiful sunny day, recalls Jimmy Mitchell, a statuesque man in his ear

英语美文：瞬间之美

My morning routine varies little from day to day. I walk the dog, eat breakfast at the kitchen counter with Katie and Matt, then settle in for a day at the computer. And because I work mostly from home, I have learned that little forays into the outs

英语美文：写给忠诚的狗狗们

A Tribute to the Dog 写给忠诚的狗 The best friend a man has in the world may turn against him and become his enemy. His son or daughter that he has reared with loving care may prove ungrateful. Those who are nearest and dearest to us, those who

英语美文：红色

Red 红色 It says poison, passion and stop right there. It is the most powerful colour on the planet and it is rife with contradictions. Its universal meanings are heat, blood, danger and emotion. 红色意味着毒药、激情和立即停止。红色

英语美文：我和我的大提琴

Me and My Cello 我和我的大提琴 Six years ago I, then a fellow of 35, was struck by an impulse of the romantic and irreducible sort, which I have since compared to a torrid scene in The Godfather except that it was not a Sicilian virgin who fir

英语美文：尤蒂卡的午餐时光

If my life were a movie I would fast-forward through junior high. My junior high years were painful. Like every junior high kid, I was dealing with awakening sexuality, and struggling with who I was and how I would make my mark in life. But I was sur

英语美文：以书为伴

A man may usually be known by the books he reads as well as by the company he keeps; for there is a companionship of books as well as of men; and one should always live in the best company, whether it be of books or of men. 通常看一个读些什么书

英语美文：重新认识自己的生活

You've probably heard the old saying The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. 你肯定听过这样一句谚语：篱笆外的草总是分外绿，别人的似乎总比我们好。 Perhaps you feel like it's true. You look at other

英语美文：马上行动，梦想才会实现

DreamsTo accomplish great things, you must dream great dreams. But dreaming alone isnt enough, you must believe in your dreams and you must act. Without action, even the most grand of dreams evaporate into the ether when left unnurtured in the misty

英语美文：你能跳得更高

How High Can You Jump? Flea trainers have observed a predictable and strange habit of fleas while training them. Fleas are trained by putting them in a cardboard box with a top on it. The fleas will jump up and hit the top of the cardboard box over a

英语美文：柔弱的眼泪

A little boy asked his mother why are you crying? Because I'm a woman, she told him. I don't understand, he said. His mum just hugged him and said, and you never will Later the little boy asked his father, why does mother seem to cry for no reason? A

英语美文：对这只来说有意义

Along the coast of the vast Atlantic ocean there lived an old man. Each day when the tide went out he would make his way along the beach for miles. Another man who lived not far away would occasionally watch as he vanished into the distance and later

英语美文：自信

Some people are born with the belief that they are masters of their own lives. Others feel they are at the mercy of fate.New research shows that part of those feelings are in the genes. Psychologists have long known that people confident in their abi

英语美文：成长的树根

When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor named Dr. Gibbs. He didnt look like any doctor Id ever known. He never yelled at us for playing in his yard. I remember him as someone who was a lot nicer than 1)circumstances warranted. When Dr. Gibbs was

英语美文：幸福快乐就好

We tried so hard to make things better for our kids that we made them worse. For my grandchildren, I d know better. I'd really like for them to know about hand-me-down clothes and home-made ice cream and leftover meatloaf. I really would. My cherishe

英语美文：独一无二的你

I will never forget the lesson which Mr. Li gave us. One day Mr. Li was speaking to us in our school meeting room. He began his speech by holding up a $100 bill. He asked, Who would like this $100 bill? 我难以忘怀李老师给我们上的那一课。

英语美文：人生珍品

My Irreplaceable Treasure 人生珍品 [1]Recently I gave a dinner party for some close friends. To add a touch of elegance to the evening, I brought out the good stuff--my white Royal Crown Derby china with the fine blue-and-gold border. When we wer

英语美文：母爱A Mother’s Love

A Mothers Love 母亲的爱 A little boy came up to his mother in the kitchen one evening while she was fixing supper, and handed her a piece of paper that he had been writing on. After his Mom dried her hands on an apron, she read it, and this is wh

英语美文：红红的小脸蛋

我主动提出照看我3岁大的女儿拉曼达，这样我的妻子就可以和她的朋友一起外出。我干我自己的活儿，拉曼达在另外的房间玩得很愉快，没问题，我这样想着。可是过了一会儿，房间就没有声

英语美文：演讲其实很简单

Speaking easySpeaking in public is most people s least favorite thing. the reason is that we re all afraid of making fools of ourselves. The more important the speech, the more frightened we become. But stop biting your finger-nails. Public speaking