英语美文30篇

1.To Autumn 秋颂Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness!Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;1)Conspiring with him how to load and blessWith fruit the vines that round the thatch-eaves run;To bend with apples the moss’d cottage-trees,And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core;To 2)swell the gourd, and 3)plump the hazel shellsWith a sweet kernel; to set 4)budding more,And still more, 5)later flowers for the bees,Until they think warm days will never cease,For Summer has o’er-brimm’d their 6)clammy cells.雾霭迷濛、硕果芳醇的秋！使万物成熟的太阳与你结为挚友；密谋以累累的珠球，缀满茅屋檐下的葡萄藤；村舍前青苔遍布的老树，苹果压弯了枝桠，让所有的果实都熟透；吹胀了葫芦，鼓起了榛子壳好塞进甜甜的果仁；又为了蜜蜂让越来越多过季的花儿结上蓓蕾，直到它们以为温暖的时光永无止休，因为夏日早已填满它们的粘巢。1) conspire v. 共谋，阴谋2) swell v. 使膨胀3) plump v. 使丰满4) bud v. 使发芽5) later flowers 这里指在秋天开放的花朵。因为鲜花一般在春季或夏季开放，因此诗人称秋天开放的花朵为“迟开的花”。6) clammy a. 粘湿的2.Things Are Not Always Black or WhiteThings Are Not Always Black or WhiteWhen I was in elementary school,I got into a major argument with a boy in my class.I have forgotten what the argument was about,but I have never forgotten the lesson I learned that day.I was convinced that I was right and he was wrong—and he was just as convinced that I was wrong and he was right.The teacher decided to teach us a very important lesson.She brought us up to the front of the class,placed him on one side of her desk and me on the other.In the middle of her desk was a large,round object.I could clearly see that it was black.And she asked the boy what color the object was,“White,” he answered.I couldn't believe he said the object was white,when it was obviously black! Another argument startedbetween my classmate and me,this time about the color of the object.The teacher told me to go stand where the boy was standingand told him to come and stand where I had been.We changed places,and now she asked me what the color of the object was.I had to answer,“White.” It was an object with two differently colored sides,and from his viewpoint it was white.Only from my side it was black.My teacher taught me a very important lesson that day:You must stand in the other person's shoesand look at the situation through their eyesin order to truly understand their perspective.3.Principles Are LighthousesPrinciples Are LighthousesIt was a dark and stormy night.The officer on the bridge came to the captain and said,“Captain, Captain, there is a light in our sea lane and they won't move.”“What do you mean they won't move?Tell them to move.Tell them starboard right now.”The signal was sent out,“Starboard, starboard.” The signal comes back,“Starboard yourself.”“I can't believe this.What's going on here?Let them know who I am.” The signal sent out,“This is the mighty Missouri,starboard.”The signal comes back,“This is the lighthouse.”My friends, correct principles are lighthouses,they do not move.They are natural laws.We cannot break them.We can only break ourselves against them.We might as well learn them,accommodate them,utilize them and be grateful for them.Then it enlarges us and emancipates us and empowers us.T.S. Eliot once said something I think is appropriateas we come to the conclusion of our visit together.He said, “We shall never cease from striving,and the end of all of our striving will be to arrive where we beganand to know the place for the first time.”4.Ambition抱负一个缺乏抱负的世界将会怎样，这不难想象。或许，这将是一个更为友善的世界：没有渴望，没有摩擦，没有失望。人们将有时间进行反思。他们所从事的工作将不是为他们自身，而是为了整个集体。竞争永远不会介入；冲突将被消除。人们的紧张关系将成为过往云烟。创造的重压将得以终结。艺术将不在惹人费神，其功能将纯粹为了庆典。人的寿命将会更长，因为有激烈拼争引起的心脏病和中风所导致的死亡将越来越少。焦虑将会消失。时光流失，抱负却早已远离人心。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 themselves but for the collectivity. Competition would never enter in. Conflict would be eliminated, tension become a thing of the past. The stress of creation would be at an end. Art would no longer be troubling, but purely celebratory in its functions. Longevity would be increased, for fewer people would die of heart attack or stroke caused by tumultuous endeavor. Anxiety would be extinct. Time would stretch on and on, with ambition long departed from the human heart.啊，长此以往人生将变的多么乏味无聊！Ah, how unrelievedly boring life would be!有一种盛行的观点认为，成功是一种神话，因此抱负亦属虚幻。这是不是说实际上并不存在成功？成就本身就是一场空？与诸多运动和事件的力量相比，男男女女的努力显得微不足道？显然，并非所有的成功都值得敬仰，也并非所有的抱负都值得追求。对值与不值的选择，一个人自然而然很快就学会。但即使是最为愤世嫉俗的人暗地里也承认，成功确实存在，成就的意义举足轻重，而把世界男男女女的所作所为说成是徒劳无功才是真正的无稽之谈。认为成功不存在的观点很可能造成混乱。这种观点的本意是一笔勾销所有提高能力的动机，求取业绩的兴趣和对子孙后代的关注。There is a strong view that holds that success is a myth, and ambition therefore a sham. Does this mean that success does not really exist? That achievement is at bottom empty? That the efforts of men and women are of no significance alongside the force of movements and events? Now not all success, obviously, is worth esteeming, nor all ambition worth cultivating. Which are and which are not is something one soon enough learns on one’s own. But even the most cynical secretly admit that success exists; that achievement counts for a great deal; and that the true myth is that the actions of men and women are useless. To believe otherwise is to taken on a point of view that is likely to be deranging. It is, in its implications, to remove all motives for competence, interest in attainment, and regard for posterity.我们无法选择出生，无法选择父母，无法选择出生的历史时期与国家，或是成长的周遭环境。我们大多数人都无法选择死亡，无法选择死亡的时间或条件。但是在这些无法选择之中，我们的确可以选择自己的生活方式：是勇敢无畏还是胆小怯懦，是光明磊落还是厚颜无耻，是目标坚定还是随波逐流。我们决定生活中哪些至关重要，哪些微不足道。我们决定，用以显示我们自身重要性的，不是我们做了些什么，或是我们拒绝做些什么。但是不论世界对我们所做的选择和决定有多么漠不关心，这些选择和决定终究是我们自己做出的。我们决定，我们选择。而当我们决定和选择时，我们的生活便得以形成。最终构筑我们命运的就是抱负之所在。We don’t choose to be born. We don’t choose our parents. We don’t choose our historical epoch, the country of our birth, or the immediate circumstances of our upbringing. We don’t, most of us, choose to die; nor do we choose the time or conditions of our death. But within all this realm of choicelessness, we do choose how we shall live: courageously or in cowardice, honorably or dishonorably, with purpose of in drift. We decide what is important and what is trivial in life. We decide that what makes us significant is either what we do or what we refuse to do. But no matter how indifferent the universe may be to our choices and decisions, these choices and decisions are ours to make. We decide. We choose. And as we decide and choose, so are our lives formed. In the end, forming our own destiny is what ambition is about.5.爱自己，别人才会爱你Self-esteem is a precious and fragile commodity. On it we build our personality and character from which our actions spring. People with a high sense of self-esteem tend not only to treat others with sincerity and courtesy, but also treat themselves kindly.There is an English saying that "No one can love you before you love yourself". 自爱是一种珍贵却又易碎的“日用品” 在它的基础上，我们树立起我们自己的人格和个性， 而我们的行为举止也缘起于此。 自尊心强的人不仅待人真诚谦逊，而且对自己也很宽容。 英语里有句话：“爱自己，别人才会爱你”。