英文散文诗歌

[英语散文]-It is my brithday

Two weeks ago was my 45th birthday, but I wasn'tfeeling too hot that morning anyway. I went to breakfast knowing my wife would be pleasant andsay "Happy Birthday" and probably have a presentfor me.

But, she didn't even say "Good Morning," let alone any "Happy Birthday."

I thought, well...that's a wife for you. I guess, the children will remember. Then, thechildren came into breakfast, but, they didn'tsay a word.

When I started to the office, I was feeling pretty low and despondent. As I walked into myoffice, my secretary Janet said, "Good morning,Boss, happy birthday." And I felt a little better,someone had remembered.

I worked until noon. Then, Janet knocked on my door and said, "You know, it's such a beautifulday outside, and it's your birthday, let's goto lunch, just you and me."

I said, "That's the greatest thing I've heardall day. Let's go."

So, we went to lunch. We didn't go where wenormally go. We went out into the country toa little private place. We had two martinis and enjoyed lunch tremendously.

On the way back to the office, Janet said,"You know, it's such a beautiful day. We don't need to go back to the office, do we?"

I said, "No, I guess not."

She said, "Let's go to my apartment."

After arriving at her apartment, she said,"Boss, if you don't mind, I think I'll go in to the bedroom, and slip into something more comfortable."

"Sure," I excitedly replied.

Janet went into the bedroom and, in about sixminutes, she came out carrying a big birthdaycake, followed by my wife, children and dozensof my friends. All were singing "Happy Birthday".. and there I sat on the couch ... naked.

[英语诗歌]-两幅母亲肖像前

Before Two Portraits of My Mother

I love the beautiful young girl of this

portrait, my mother, painted years ago

when her forehead was white, and there was no

shadow in the dazzling Venetian glass

of her gaze. But this other likeness shows

the deep trenches across her forehead’s white

marble. The rose poem of her youth that

her marriage sang is far behind. Here is

my sadness: I compare these portraits, one

of a joy-radiant brow, the other care-

heavy: sunrise—and the thick coming on

of night. And yet how strange my ways appear,

for when I look at these faded lips my heart

smiles, but at the smiling girl my tears start.

—Emile Nelligan (1879-1941)

我深爱这名美丽少女的

画像，她是我的母亲，绘制于多年前

当时她的前额白皙无瑕

如同威尼斯玻璃般闪亮，没有一丝阴影

在她双眸中。但另一幅肖像显出

深深的纹痕布满她皎白大理石般平滑的前额

她少女时的那

首玫瑰情诗

曾在她婚礼中被咏唱，如今已经远去。

此时我心悲伤：比较这两幅肖像，一幅显得

神情愉悦，另一幅显得心事

重重：一幅如同朝阳初升——另一幅则如迎面而来的阴郁

黑夜。然而我的反应却显得非比寻常，

因为当我看着她失去光泽的双唇，我心

发出微笑，但看着那名微笑的少女，我的泪竟开始涌出。

—艾米里·奈利根 (1879-1941)

Vocabulary

● 1. portrait n. a painting, photograph, or drawing of sb. 画像；肖像

It took only thirty minutes for the artist in the park to draw a portrait of Jerome.

公园里的画家只花了30分钟，就完成了杰罗姆的画像。

2. marble n. a kind of smooth, light-colored stone; usually used for statues or floors 大理石

Nearly all of the surviving ancient Greek and Roman statues are made of marble.

几乎所有保存至今的古希腊和古罗马雕像都是由大理石雕刻的。

● 3. fade v. to become less bright 失去光泽；褪色

As the years went by, the deep blue color of Mary’s favorite pair of jeans faded.

随着时光流逝，玛丽最喜欢的那件深蓝色牛仔裤已褪了色。

More Information

1. dazzling adj. 璀璨的；耀眼的

2. Venetian glass n. 威尼斯玻璃（以做工精美华丽而著称，可做成烛台、酒杯、灯盏、花瓶等精致用品）

3. likeness n. 肖像；画像（正式说法）

4. trench n. 沟；渠（诗中指母亲额头上的纹痕）

5. joy-radiant adj. 洋溢欢乐喜悦的（radiant 本意为发光的，容光焕发的，诗中用来指因欢乐而满面春风喜乐；而 care-heavy则指心事重重的`样子）

6. thick adj. （天空或夜色）阴霾的；深浓的（用来形容诗句中的 the coming on of night，意指夜色如毯子般浓烈地逼近）

[英语诗歌]-working on the railroad

I've been working on the railroad

All the live-long day

I've been working on the railroad

Just to pass the time away

Can't you hear the whistle blowing?

Raise up so early in the mom

Can't you hear the captain shouting

"Dinah, blow your hom!"

Dinah, won't you blow?

Dinah, won't you blow?

Dinah, won't you blow your hom?

Dinah, won't you blow?

Dinah, won't you blow?

Dinah, won't you blow your hom?

Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah

Someone's in the kitchen, I know

Someone's in the kitchen with Dinan

Strummin' on the old banjo

And he's singn'

"Feel-fi-fiddley-l-oh!

Fee-fi-fiddley-l-oh!

Fee-fi-fiddley-l-oh!"

Strummin' on the old banjo, oh

Strummin' on the old banjo

I've been working on the railroad

All the live-long day

I've been working on the railroad

Just to pass the time away

Can't you hear the whistle blowing?

Raise up so early in the mom

Can't you hear the captain shouting

"Dinah, blow your hom

Dinah, blow your hom

[英语散文]-Snacks

Snacks are I suppose defined as things that we eat between regular meals. In fact, if you are eating something and it is not breakfast, lunch or dinner-time then it is a snack. So, if you are having an apple sometime in the afternoon then that apple is a snack. However, on the whole when we talk about snacks we are not really talki

ng about fruit and healthy things. The category of snacks is usually filled with things that are not so good for us.

What are these traditional snacks? Chips, or as they are called in Britain, crisps, are a favourite snack and as with most popular snacks they are not a healthy option (选择). Laden with grease (油脂) because of their origin in the fat fryer (油炸用的食品) they are the dieters curse (咒骂). Another great favourite is chocolate and again it is a food option that is well capable of converting a sleek (光滑的) physique (体形) into something a little more wobbly (不稳定的)!

Regarding the healthiness of snacks a big problem of so many of the regular popular options out there is generally their low quality. What you might buy in the stores on the high streets has been mass produced with all sorts of rubbish added to boost the flavour at minimum (最小的) cost. If you were to actually get many of these snack types made at home then they would probably be a lot better for you. For instance, chocolate comes from South America. The original examples of chocolate are very different to what we are now used to. Our chocolate has so much sugar and fat added to it that it would be quite unpalatable (不好吃的) to someone used to the traditional version. However, because we have all been brought up on food and snacks with no subtlety (狡猾，微妙) of flavour then we cannot appreciate the more traditional examples of snacks.

So because of this way our snacks are made we have developed a love-hate relationship with them. Our taste buds (味蕾) demand the satisfaction only snacks can give but the diet industry condemns (指责) them as the road to obesity (肥胖). So there is a conflict between the advertising of snacks and promotion of the lifestyle associated with them of having a good time and the attack on them as dangerous to our health from the just as aggressive diet industry. My advice, is to ignore the propaganda of both sides and enjoy snacks for what they are, which means bearing in mind that too much is too bad.

[英语散文]-Better Late Than Never

"It's like anything else, dear," said Mama. 'No matter how good at it you are, if it stops being fun, you won't want to do it anymore."

像任何事情一样，不管你在某个事情上有多少天赋，如果这个事情本身不再能给你带来乐趣，那你就不会再想干这个事情。

Better late than never.

亡羊补牢，犹未为晚。

Papa's jaw dropped(往下掉) when mama told him that Sister had cheated on her final exams-not to succeed but to fail. It's unbelievable!" he said. "Sister has always been so proud of her good grades!"（为她的好分数骄傲）

"Yes, she has," said Mama. "But it's not unbelievable. It just shows how badly she wanted off the swimming team."

"Wanted off the swimming team?" said Papa. "She never said anything about that to me."

"Of course she didn't," said Mama. "She was afraid you'd blow your top. You already had her getting a swimming scholarship to college and winning gold medals at the Olympics. Can you imagine how much pressure she must have felt? For her, being on the team couldn't have been much fun."

"Oh, my gosh!" Papa said, clapping a hand to his forehead. "I've been so stupid! I just thought she'd want to be a champion swimmer because she's so good at it."

"It's like anything else, dear," said Mama. "No matter how good at it you are, if it stops being fun, you won't want to do it anymore."

Papa put his head in his hands.

"She must be really mad at me," he mumbled. "Maybe I should say sorry to her."

Sister's footsteps could be heard on the stairs. She came into the kitchen and looked hopefully up at her parents.

"Honey," said Mama with a smile, "Your papa and I have decided that there's no reason(理由) for you to be on the swimming team if you don't want to."

Sister's face lit up like a Christmas tree. "Yippee!" she cried.

"And, " added Papa, 'there's no need for any more drills. I'm sure you'll bring your grades back up all by yourself."

Sister ran to Papa and jumped into his arms. She gave him a big hug. "I'm going to go play cards with Lizzy!" she said. "See you later!"

From the kitchen window, Mama and papa watched their daughter run down the sunny road toward Lizzy's house.

"It's good to see her happy again," said Mama.

"It sure is," Papa agreed. "As for the swimming team, there's always next year."

"If?" Mama prompted him.

"Oh, right,' said Papa. "If she wants to."

Mama smiled. "At least you're learning, dear," she said. She kissed him.

"Well, you know what they say," Papa said. "Better late than never."

The Joy of Living

Joy in living comes from having fine emotions, trusting them, giving them the freedom of a bird in the open. Joy in living can never be assumed as a pose, or put on from the outside as a mask. People who have this joy don not need to talk about it; they radiate it. They just live out their joy and let it splash its sunlight and glo

w into other lives as naturally as bird sings.

We can never get it by working for it directly. It comes, like happiness, to those who are aiming at something higher. It is a byproduct of great, simple living. The joy of living comes from what we put into living, not from what we seek to get from it.

生活的乐趣

生活之乐趣来源于良好的情绪，信赖这些情绪，并任由它们如同鸟儿高翔于天空般地自由自在。生活的乐趣是无法靠姿态摆出来的，也无法用戴上一张面具来伪装。 拥有这种乐趣的人们无需挂在嘴边，他们自然会焕发出快乐的气息。他们自己生活在快乐当中，也将这样的快乐自然而然地感染着他人，犹如是鸟儿就必将歌唱。

直接追求生活的乐趣却只会使乐趣远离我们，它与幸福一样青睐胸有大志的人们。生活过得高雅、简单便会产生出乐趣。它是我们对生活的投入，而非所求。

became a searcher,wanting to find out who I was and what made me unique. My view of myself was changing. I wanted a solid base to start from. I started to resist3 pressure to act in ways that I didn’t like any more,and I was delighted by who I really was. I came to feel much more sure that no one can ever take my place.Each of us holds a unique place in the world. You are special,no matter what others say or what you may think. So forget about being replaced. You can’t be.我成了一个探寻者,想要知道自己到底是谁,又是什么让我变得独一无二.我的人生观开始改变.我需要一个坚固的基础来发展,我忍受住压力,不再做自己不喜欢做的事.而且我为真实的我感到高兴.渐渐地我越发肯定自己无可替代.每个人在这个世界上都占有一个独一无二的位置.无论别人说什么,你自己怎么想,你都是特别的.所以,不要担心自己会被取代,因为你永远是惟一的.Just as you need air to breathe, you need opportunity to succeed. It takes more than just breathing in the fresh air of opportunity, however. You must make use of that opportunity. That's not up to the opportunity. That's up to you. It doesn't matter what "floor" the opportunity is on. What matters is what you do with it. 正如你需要空气来呼吸,你也需要机遇来获得成功.但是只吸进机遇的新鲜空气远远不够.你必须好好利用机遇.这并不取决于机遇本身,而是由你自己决定.你在什么时候得到机遇并不重要.重要的是你怎样把握机遇.

1.A bad workman always blames his tools. 拙匠总怪工具差。

2.A contented mind is a perpetual feast. 知足长乐。

3.A good beginning is half the battle. 好的开端等于成功一半。

4.A little pot is soon hot. 壶小易热，量小易怒。

5.All lay loads on a willing horse. 好马重负。

6.A merry heart goes all the way. 心情愉快，万事顺利 。

7.Bad excuses are worse than none. 狡辩比不辩护还糟 。

8.Character is the first and last word in the success circle.人的品格是事业成功的先决条件。

9.Cleanliness is next to godliness. 整洁近于美德 。

10.Courtesy costs nothing. 彬彬有礼，惠而不费 。

11.Doing nothing is doing ill. 无所事事，必干坏事。

12.Early to bed, early to rise, make a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.睡得早，起得早，聪明、富裕、身体好 。

13.Empty vessels make the most noise. 满瓶子不响，半瓶子晃荡 。

14.Every man hath his weak side. 人皆有弱点 。

15.Everything ought to be beautiful in a human being: face, dress, soul and idea.人的一切都应当是美丽的：容貌、衣着、心灵和思想。

16.Extremes are dangerous. 凡事走向极端是危险的 。

17.Good advice is harsh to the ear. 忠言逆耳 。

18.Grasp all, lose all. 欲尽得，必尽失 。

19.Great hopes make great men. 伟大的理想造就伟大的人物。

20.Handsome is he who does handsomely. 行为美者才真美。

21.Have but few friends, though many acquaintances. 结交可广，知己宜少。

22.Hear all parties.兼听则明，偏听则暗 。

23.He is a wise man who speaks little. 智者寡言。

24.He is not laughed at that laughs at himself first.有自知之明者被人尊敬。

25.He is rich enough that wants nothing.无欲者最富有，贪欲者最贫穷。

26.He is truly happy who makes others happy.使他人幸福的人，是真正的幸福。

27.Honesty is the best policy. 诚实乃上策。

28.Hope for the best and prepare for the worst.?? 抱最好的希望，作最坏的准备 。

29.Idleness is the root of all evil. 懒惰是万恶之源 。

30.If we dream, everything is possible. 敢于梦想，一切都将成为可能。

31.Kind hearts are the gardens, kind thoughts are the roots, kind words are flowers and kind deeds are the fruits.仁慈的心田是花园，崇高的思想是根茎，友善的言语是花朵，良好的行为是果实。

32.Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep lone.欢笑，整个世界伴你欢笑。哭泣，只有你独自向隅而泣 。

33.Life is measured by thought and action not by time.

衡量生命的尺度是思想和行为，而不是时间。

34.Life is not all beer and skittles. 人生并非尽是乐事 。

35.Long absent, soon forgotten. 别久情疏 。

36.Look before you leap. 三思而后行 。

37.Lookers-on see most of the game. 旁观者清，当局者迷。

38.Manners make the man.观其待人而知其人 。

39.Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends. 患难识知交。

40.No cross, no crown.没有苦难，就没有快乐 。

41.Nobody's enemy but his own. 自寻苦恼 。

42.One man's fault is another man's lesson. 前车之覆，后车之鉴 。

43.Pardon all men, but never thyself. 严以律已，宽以待人。

44.Reason is the guide and light of life. 理智是人生的灯塔 。

45.Sadness and gladness succeed one another. 乐极生悲，苦尽甘来 。

46.Still waters run deep.流静水深，人静心深 。

47.The fire is the test of gold; adversity of strong men. 烈火炼真金，逆境炼壮士 。

48.The fox may grow grey, but never good. 江山易改，本性难移 。

49.The more a man learns, the more he sees his ignorance. 知识越广博，越感已无知 。

50.Virtue is a jewel of great price. 美德是无价之宝 。

51.Weak things united become strong. 一根筷子易折断，十根筷子硬如铁 。

52.We can't judge a person by what he says but by what he does.判断一个人，不听言语看行动 。

53.Where there is a will there is a way. 有志者，事竟成 。

54.Will is power. 意志就是力量 。

55.Wise men are silent; fools talk. 智者沉默寡言，愚者滔滔不绝 。

56.Wise men learn by others' harm, fools by their own.智者以他人挫折为鉴，愚者必自身碰壁方知觉。

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