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给你推荐两篇，都是形式不复杂而内容深刻地文章。1. 威廉·福克纳1950年获颁诺贝尔文学奖时所做的演讲I feel that this award was not made to me as a man, but to my work--a life's work in the agony and sweat of the human spirit, not for glory and least of all for profit, but to create out of the materials of the human spirit something which did not exist before. So this award is only mine in trust. It will not be difficult to find a dedication for the money part of it commensurate with the purpose and significance of its origin. But I would like to do the same with the acclaim too, by using this moment as a pinnacle from which I might be listened to by the young men and women already dedicated to the same anguish and travail, among whom is already that one who will some day stand where I am standing.Our tragedy today is a general and universal physical fear so long sustained by now that we can even bear it. There are no longer problems of the spirit. There is only one question: When will I be blown up? Because of this, the young man or woman writing today has forgotten the problems of the human heart in conflict with itself which alone can make good writing because only that is worth writing about, worth the agony and the sweat. He must learn them again. He must teach himself that the basest of all things is to be afraid: and, teaching himself that, forget it forever, leaving no room in his workshop for anything but the old verities and truths of the heart, the universal truths lacking which any story is ephemeral and doomed--love and honor and pity and pride and compassion and sacrifice. Until he does so, he labors under a curse. He writes not of love but of lust, of defeats in which nobody loses anything of value, and victories without hope and worst of all, without pity or compassion. His griefs grieve on no universal bones, leaving no scars. He writes not of the heart but of the glands.Until he learns these things, he will write as though he stood among and watched the end of man. I decline to accept the end of man. It is easy enough to say that man is immortal because he will endure: that when the last ding-dong of doom has clanged and faded from the last worthless rock hanging tideless in the last red and dying evening, that even then there will still be one more sound: that of his puny inexhaustible voice, still talking. I refuse to accept this. I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance. The poet's, the writer's, duty is to write about these things. It is his privilege to help man endure by lifting his heart, by reminding him of the courage and honor and hope and pride and compassion and pity and sacrifice which have been the glory of his past. The poet's voice need not merely be the record of man, it can be one of the props, the pillars to help him endure and prevail.这篇文章用的句式比 Born to Win 的要简单很多，但是它所阐释的“作家的义务”却是英语文学文学中重要的思想，所以理解起来稍稍有点难。而且绝对的口语化，适合演讲。本身这篇文章就是福克纳演讲的誊写，后来经过作家自己的修改出版。2. 飞蛾之死，Death of a Moth, Virginia Woolf 写的Moths that fly by day are not properly to be called moths; they do not excite that pleasant sense of dark autumn nights and ivy-blossom which the commonest yellow-underwing asleep in the shadow of the curtain never fails to rouse in us. They are hybrid creatures, neither gay like butterflies nor sombre like their own species. Nevertheless the present specimen, with his narrow hay-coloured wings, fringed with a tassel of the same colour, seemed to be content with life. It was a pleasant morning, mid–September, mild, benignant, yet with a keener breath than that of the summer months. The plough was already scoring the field opposite the window, and where the share had been, the earth was pressed flat and gleamed with moisture. Such vigour came rolling in from the fields and the down beyond that it was difficult to keep the eyes strictly turned upon the book. The rooks too were keeping one of their annual festivities; soaring round the tree tops until it looked as if a vast net with thousands of black knots in it had been cast up into the air; which, after a few moments sank slowly down upon the trees until every twig seemed to have a knot at the end of it. Then, suddenly, the net would be thrown into the air again in a wider circle this time, with the utmost clamour and vociferation, as though to be thrown into the air and settle slowly down upon the tree tops were a tremendously exciting experience.The same energy which inspired the rooks, the ploughmen, the horses, and even, it seemed, the lean bare-backed downs, sent the moth fluttering from side to side of his square of the window-pane. One could not help watching him. One was, indeed, conscious of a queer feeling of pity for him. The possibilities of pleasure seemed that morning so enormous and so various that to have only a moth’s part in life, and a day moth’s at that, appeared a hard fate, and his zest in enjoying his meagre opportunities to the full, pathetic. He flew vigorously to one corner of his compartment, and, after waiting there a second, flew across to the other. What remained for him but to fly to a third corner and then to a fourth? That was all he could do, in spite of the size of the downs, the width of the sky, the far-off smoke of houses, and the romantic voice, now and then, of a steamer out at sea. What he could do he did. Watching him, it seemed as if a fibre, very thin but pure, of the enormous energy of the world had been thrust into his frail and diminutive body. As often as he crossed the pane, I could fancy that a thread of vital light became visible. He was little or nothing but life.Yet, because he was so small, and so simple a form of the energy that was rolling in at the open window and driving its way through so many narrow and intricate corridors in my own brain and in those of other human beings, there was something marvellous as well as pathetic about him. It was as if someone had taken a tiny bead of pure life and decking it as lightly as possible with down and feathers, had set it dancing and zig-zagging to show us the true nature of life. Thus displayed one could not get over the strangeness of it. One is apt to forget all about life, seeing it humped and bossed and garnished and cumbered so that it has to move with the greatest circumspection and dignity. Again, the thought of all that life might have been had he been born in any other shape caused one to view his simple activities with a kind of pity.After a time, tired by his dancing apparently, he settled on the window ledge in the sun, and, the queer spectacle being at an end, I forgot about him. Then, looking up, my eye was caught by him. He was trying to resume his dancing, but seemed either so stiff or so awkward that he could only flutter to the bottom of the window-pane; and when he tried to fly across it he failed. Being intent on other matters I watched these futile attempts for a time without thinking, unconsciously waiting for him to resume his flight, as one waits for a machine, that has stopped momentarily, to start again without considering the reason of its failure. After perhaps a seventh attempt he slipped from the wooden ledge and fell, fluttering his wings, on to his back on the window sill. The helplessness of his attitude roused me. It flashed upon me that he was in difficulties; he could no longer raise himself; his legs struggled vainly. But, as I stretched out a pencil, meaning to help him to right himself, it came over me that the failure and awkwardness were the approach of death. I laid the pencil down again.The legs agitated themselves once more. I looked as if for the enemy against which he struggled. I looked out of doors. What had happened there? Presumably it was midday, and work in the fields had stopped. Stillness and quiet had replaced the previous animation. The birds had taken themselves off to feed in the brooks. The horses stood still. Yet the power was there all the same, massed outside indifferent, impersonal, not attending to anything in particular. Somehow it was opposed to the little hay-coloured moth. It was useless to try to do anything. One could only watch the extraordinary efforts made by those tiny legs against an oncoming doom which could, had it chosen, have submerged an entire city, not merely a city, but masses of human beings; nothing, I knew, had any chance against death. Nevertheless after a pause of exhaustion the legs fluttered again. It was superb this last protest, and so frantic that he succeeded at last in righting himself. One’s sympathies, of course, were all on the side of life. Also, when there was nobody to care or to know, this gigantic effort on the part of an insignificant little moth, against a power of such magnitude, to retain what no one else valued or desired to keep, moved one strangely. Again, somehow, one saw life, a pure bead. I lifted the pencil again, useless though I knew it to be. But even as I did so, the unmistakable tokens of death showed themselves. The body relaxed, and instantly grew stiff. The struggle was over. The insignificant little creature now knew death. As I looked at the dead moth, this minute wayside triumph of so great a force over so mean an antagonist filled me with wonder. Just as life had been strange a few minutes before, so death was now as strange. The moth having righted himself now lay most decently and uncomplainingly composed. O yes, he seemed to say, death is stronger than I am.Virginia Woolf，美国文学史上最重要的女作家。这篇文章就是真正的“抒情散文”了，从一只飞蛾的死亡联想到了人生的重大问题，但是文章讨论的不仅限于此，你应该能看到 Woolf 极强的驾驭语言的能力，这才是写作啊。这篇文章词汇也不算难，除了第一段以外剩下随便挑两段读出来就有三分钟了，每一段都有独特的思考。

随着 英语学习 的全球化， 英语阅读 已经成为 学习英语 、获取信息的一个主要方式。我精心收集了英语演讲小短文带翻译，供大家欣赏学习!英语演讲小短文带翻译篇1 你知道吗?Did You Know? Did you know that Calvin was 26 when he published his "Institutes"? 你知道加尔文在发表他的著作《____教义》时才26岁吗? Did you know that Newton had largely discovered the working of the law of gravitation duanwenw.com when he was 23?Did you know that Mozart only lived 35 years? 你知道牛顿在23岁时已经发现了万有引力定律吗?你知道莫扎特在这个世界只度过了35年的短暂岁月吗? Of course, most of us will never achieve the success of these extraordinary people. Nor should we —we are each cut from a unique pattern, but many people feel as if they should be leaving more of a mark on the world. 当然,我们当中大部分人都不能像那些杰出的人物一样取得那么大的成就。我们也不用强求自己做到——因为我们生来有着自己的特点,但是很多人却认为他们应该在这个世界上留下更多痕迹。 It helps to remember that there is a time for everything and everybody. Our time to bear good fruit may be yet to come. In fact, we may do our best work, or find our unique place, later in life. 这让我们想到万事万物都有风光得意之时,只是我们暂时还没看到成果。未来的日子里我们会竭尽全力得到属于自己的机会或者是找到属于我们的独特位置。 Colorado aspen trees grow strongly. After the destruction of a forest fire, aspens are sometimes the first trees duanwenw.com to return. They reforest an area quickly, providing shade for those evergreen trees. The evergreens grow slower, but may live many years longer than the aspens. Each tree grows in its own time. 科罗拉多州的白杨树总能茁壮成长。在遭到森林大火的摧残之后,它通常是第一个恢复生机的植物。英语短文它们会使那片森林重新生意盎然,并且为其他常青树提供阴凉的庇护之所。不过从另一方面来说,常青树或许生长得比白杨树缓慢,但是它们却比白杨树活得更久,只因每种树的生长期都各不相同。 The same applies to each person. Some people come to fruit quickly; others contribute more significantly in their later years. If you have not yet come into your own, don’t worry. Take good care of your work and desires. Don’t give up, but rather be patient, for growth can be slow. 这个道理同样适用于每一个人:有些人能够很快地成功,另外一些人却还需要在未来的日子付出更多的努力。如果你还没有得到你的机会,也无需担忧。努力工作,呵护你的梦想。不要放弃,耐心等待,因为成长需要过程! Remember, storms and diseases are disturbing, but they can also make you stronger.duanwenw.com With proper nurture, you will in time enjoy a full harvest. 记住,暴风雨和灾难或许会干扰你的成长但是同样它们也能够让你变得更坚强。拥有坚强的性格,你总有一天会收获成功。 There is a time for everything and everybody, and the time to begin is now. 万事万物都有其荣耀之时,而这个荣耀就从现在开始。 英语演讲小短文带翻译篇2 我的远大抱负My Great Expectations Time is like a sharp knife. 时间好比一把锋利的小刀。 It can carve hard lines on beautiful faces and wear out youth year after year, but using it well can make a piece of simple stone into a great statue. St. Mary Academy is still a simple piece of white stone briefly carved, but as time marches on, duanwenw,.com it may be spoiled by dust, worn out by weather, or broken into separate pieces. It may be also carefully carved by knife into wonderful statues. Everyone at school, including our schoolmates, controls this knife. 它会在美丽的面孔上刻下深深的纹路,使旺盛的青春年复一年地消磨掉;但是,使用恰当的话,它却能将一块普通的石头雕琢成宏伟的雕像。圣玛丽亚女校仍是一块只经过稍微雕琢的普通白石,但是随着时光的流逝,它也许会被尘埃染污,受风雨侵蚀,或破裂成片片碎石。另一方面,它也可能被时间的小刀仔细地 雕刻 成一个奇妙的雕像。这把小刀为所有在校的人持有,包括我们全体同学。 If I have a chance to live to be an old woman, I shall, in my peaceful dreams, seek the old paths leading through the trees which I used to travel down in my earlier days. The old bell tower, standing in the golden sunlight, makes a slow, solemn1 sound as girls pour into the church like a stream. duanwenw.com There they will kneel, pray and whisper to their spiritual Lord about the little things in their lives. They will ask him to help them in reaching their future goals and I can hear the old church tower whisper in return, "Yes, St. Mary certainly possesses the most hard-working girls that shall glorify2 her with their bright futures!" 如果我能活到白发苍苍的老年,我将在宁静的睡梦中寻找早年所熟悉的穿过树林的小径。英语短文古老的钟楼,仍将兀立在金色的阳光中,当姑娘们像小溪般涌入教堂时发出缓慢而庄严的钟声。在那里,她们将跪下祈祷,向上帝低声细诉她们的生活小事。她们将祈求上帝帮助自己达到目标。我还可以听到那古老的钟楼在祈祷声中发出回响:"是的,圣玛利亚女校拥有最勤奋好学的小姑娘,她们将以其日后辉煌的事业为母校增光!" What I feel when I hear these words depends on whether I have done anything meaningful over the years. duanwenw.com If I have been successful, I will smile with pride and contentment, for I have taken a part, though a very small part, in carving out, with the knife of time, this wonderful model of school life. 听到这话语时,我的感受将取决于自己在 毕业 后的岁月里有无任何成就。英语励志短文如果我取得成功,我可以自豪地、欣慰地微笑,因为我也做出了贡献,用时间这把小刀雕刻出美好的学校生活的形象,虽然我的贡献是那样微不足道。 英语演讲小短文带翻译篇3 往前一步是天堂Pie in the Sky There is actually a pie in the sky. It was made especially for you. It is your favorite flavor. You can eat as much of it as you want. It is all yours and you don’t have to share it with anyone. 天空中真的有一块馅饼是专为你而做的,它符合你的口味,你可以随心所欲地大吃特吃,它只属于你并且你无需与他人分享。 Now, all you have to do to get your pie is build a set of stairs,duanwenw.com climb up your stairs, and reach out your hand to take it. 现在,你为了获得那块馅饼而必须做的所有工作仅仅是搭一个梯子而已,然后你可以爬上你的梯子,伸手摘取那块馅饼。 First, you must figure out what the design of your stairs will be. If you don’t know, find a person who has managed to build a set of stairs to reach his pie, and find out what needs to be done. 首先,你要明确你的梯子应该是什么样的。如果你不知道的话,那么就去找一个曾经成功搭建梯子获得自己的馅饼的人,问问他该做些什么准备工作。 Next, you will need to prepare for your stairs. You need to buy the wood and the tools. You might need to replace some broken tools. 接下来,你就必须为准备你的梯子而工作了。你需要买好木材和工具,英语短文或许还可能需要替换掉那些破旧的工具。 Finally, and this is the hardest step, you need to focus your mind on your work. The actual work requires constructing the stairs. You may find that you’ve worked really hard for days, weeks or even months, and then suddenly find that your stairs are not going to line up with your pie. So you need to make sure that you still have money to buy new materials and rebuild your stairs in the right direction. 最后,也是最艰难的一个步骤,你必须全神贯注于你的工作,那就是建造这个梯子。你也许会在努力工作了几天或几个星期甚至是几个月之后,突然发现你的梯子并不能帮你直达那块馅饼。所以你必须确保你有足够的钱来买新的材料以重新建造通往正确方向的梯子。 With proper planning and careful pacing, you will be able to reach your pie. Your pie is right there, right above you. All you need to do is get it. 当有了恰当的计划和准确的步骤后,你的馅饼就触手可及了。它就在那儿,就在你的正上方,你所要做的只是伸手摘取它而已。 看了“英语演讲小短文带翻译”的人还看了： 1. 简单英语小短文带翻译欣赏 2. 英语短文摘抄带翻译欣赏 3. 励志英语演讲小短文欣赏 4. 英语励志短文带翻译 5. 简单英语短文带翻译欣赏 6. 英文美文短文励志带翻译鉴赏