高中 英语美文欣赏

英语美文欣赏46珍惜现在不再错过John,a famous musician,took hispriceless antiquezither andplayed itin thecrowdedsubway station.The musicemanating from the zitherwas delicatelystreamingthroughout thewhole station.However,during the one-hour play,only sixorseven peoplewere trulyappreciating thecharming music.A three-year-old kidwasso fascinatedby themusic that he forgoteverything around.John onlygot52U.S.dollar forhis workthat day.音乐家约翰带着一把价值不菲的古董名琴，悄悄来到人潮不断的地铁站演奏弦音曼妙，在空旷处流淌将近一小时的演奏中，真正驻足聆听者只有六七人最捧场的是一位三岁小童，听得入神约翰当天得到美元赏金52However,in normaldays,when Johnis aboutto holda concert,one ticketcan besoldat morethan100dollars andit isextremely hardto buya ticketeven atsuch ahighprice.Therefore,later,many passers-by in the stationthat dayfelt deeplyregretful fornotrecognizing thefamousmusicianand missingsuch avaluable butcheap musicfeast.平日，约翰的演奏会举行时，一张票超过美元，且一票难求后来,不少100当时就在地铁站的观众扼腕自己眼拙，错过了一场免费或者廉价的音乐盛宴I have a verybusy friendwho had totally changedafter knowingthat hiswifecamedown with acute illness.He cookedby himselffor thefamily and took awalk with hiswife every day.Nonetheless,his wifestill did not manageto conquerthe illnessandpassed awayafter threemonths.After that,he oftensighed miserablythat dueto hispastbusy life,he hadmissed alot ofbeautiful timewith hiswife.But now,it isimpossibleto makeup forit.力量是巨大而不可忽视的我们应当感谢美丽有那么多的表达方式，美的源泉是那么丰富多彩说到美，也许我们很容易想到通过视觉、听觉、味觉、触觉和嗅觉这五种感官来体验它的能量，但其实还有其他更为有效的途径，比如“动觉”-它可能是我们跳舞或运动时身体内部的肌肉动感，也可能是看到一件精湛的艺术品或工艺制品时的兴奋和激动不己再想想我们又有多少可以被称为“漂亮”的想法、见解和解决方案吧科学家们不就对爱因斯坦“相对论”所蕴涵的非凡之美一致地给予了高度赞赏么耶鲁大学计算机科学教授大卫.格冷特用有力的实例说明了“对美的强烈渴望”成就了一系列伟大的科技成就他指出，米切尔设计的喷火式战斗机正是凭借其采用的马林引擎和独特的机翼，在取得战斗胜利的同时还能给人带来视觉和听觉的享受正如我们可以说一起银行抢劫、一座桥梁或是一个计算机程序的设计干得很“漂亮”，一个人的整体人格也可以是“漂亮”的从对许多人的生平研究中发现，爱心、自信、友善和幽默是非常健康的品质，拥有这些品质的人是极具魅力的然而，就其带给我们的美好感觉的度和量而言，美的最主要来源是我们与外界的美好关系，它们给我们的生活带来源源不断的感情-让我们茁壮成长，超越自我这一有力的和谐关系可以存在于生物与生物之间，也可存在于人和某个地方之间，或是人和某项技能之间当我们能更好地认识这些关系时，世界就会变得更加美丽因此，我们在培育和欣赏美的同时，也会得到无穷的快乐时间的分配The paradoxof ourtime in history is that we have tallerbuildings,but shortertempers;wider freeways,but narrowerviewpoints;we spendmore,but haveless;webuy morebut enjoyless.我们这个时代在历史上的说法就是我们拥有更高的建筑，但是有更暴的脾气；我们拥有更宽阔的高速公路，却有更狭隘的观点；我们花费得更多，拥有得却更少；我们购买得更多却享受得更少We havebigger housesand smallerfamilies;more conveniences,but lesstime;we havemore degrees,but lesssense;more knowledge,but lessjudgment;moreexperts,but moreproblems;more medicine,but lesswellness.我们的房子越来越大，家庭却越来越小；便利越来越多，时间却越来越少;学位越来越多，感觉却越来越少；知识越来越多，观点却越来越少；专家越来越多，问题也越来越多；药物越来越多，健康却越来越少We drinktoo much,spend toorecklessly,laugh toolittle,drive toofast,get tooangrytoo quickly,stay uptoo late,get uptoo tired,read toolittle,watch TVtoo much,and praytoo seldom.我们喝得太多，花钱大手大脚，笑得太少，开车太快，易怒，熬夜，赖床,书读得越来越少，电视看得越来越多，却很少向上帝祈祷We talktoo much,love tooseldom,and hatetoo often.Weve learnedhow tomake a living,but nota life;weve addedyears tolife,not lifeto years.我们常常夸夸其谈，却很少付出爱心，且常常心中充满了仇恨我们学会了如何谋生，而不知如何生活我们延长了生命的期限，而不是生活的期限Weve beenall theway tothe moonand back,but havetrouble crossingthe streettomeet thenew neighbor.Weve conqueredouter space,but notinner space;weve donelargerthings,but notbetter things.我们登上了月球，并成功返回，却不能穿过街道去拜访新邻居我们已经征服了太空，却征服不了自己的内心；我们的事业越做越大，但质量却没有提—、_a口同Weve cleanedup theair,but pollutedthe soul;weve splitthe atom,but notourprejudice.We writemore,but learnless;we planmore,but accomplishless.我们清洁了空气，却污染了灵魂；我们分离了原子，却无法驱除我们的偏见；我们写得更多，学到的却更少；我们的计划更多，完成的却更少Weve learnedto rush,but not to wait;wehavehigher incomes,but,lower morals.我们学会了奔跑，却忘记了如何等待；我们的收入越来越高，道德水平却越来越低We buildmore computersto holdmore informationto producemore copiesthanever,but haveless communication;weve becomelong onquantity,but shortonquality.我们制造了更多的计算机来存储更多的信息，制造了最多的副本，却减少了交流；我们开始渴望数量，但忽视了质量These arethe daysof twoincomes,but moredivorce;of fancierhouses,but morebrokenhomes.这个时代有双收入，但也有了更高的离婚率；有更华丽的房屋，却有更多破碎的家庭These arethe daysof quicktrips,disposable diapers,throw awaymorality,onenight stands,overweight bodies,and pillsthat doeverything fromcheer,to quiet,tokill.Where arewe heading...这个时代有了快速旅游，免洗尿布，却抛弃了道德、一夜情、超重的身体,以及可以从快乐中走向静止和自杀的药物我们将走向何方……？If wedie tomorrow,the companythat weare workingfor couldeasily replaceus inamatter ofdays.But thefamily weleft behindwill feelthe lossfor therest of theirlives.如果我们明天就死掉，我们为之工作的公司可能会在一天内很轻易地找人代替我们的位置但是当我们离开家人后，他们的余生将会在失落中度过And cometo thinkof it,we pourourselves moreinto workthan to our familyanunwise investmentindeed.考虑一下吧，我们将自己的时间更多地投入到工作中，而放弃与家人在一起的时光，实在并非明智之举So whatis themorale of the story那么这则故事的主旨是什么呢？Dont worktoo hard...and youknow whatsthe fullword offamily不要工作得太辛苦，你知道家的全称吗？FAMILY=FATHER ANDMOTHER,I LOVEYOU.家=爸爸妈妈，我爱你们幸福的婚姻A manand hisgirlfriend weremarried.It wasa largecelebration.All oftheir friendsand familycame tosee the lovely ceremonyandtopartake ofthefestivities andcelebrations.All hada wonderfultime.The bridewas gorgeousin herwhite weddinggown and the groomwas verydashinginhisblack tuxedo.Everyone couldtell that thelovethey hadfor eachotherwas true.A fewmonths later,the wifecame tothe husbandwithaproposal,nI readin amagazine,a whileago,about how we canstrengthen ourmarriage/she offered.“Eachof uswill writea listofthe things thatwe finda bitannoying withthe otherperson.Then,we cantalk abouthowwe can fixthem togetherand makeour liveshappiertogether.nThe husbandagreed.So eachof themwent toa separateroom in the houseandthought ofthethingsthat annoyedthem about the other.They thoughtabout thisquestionfor therest ofthe dayand wrotedown whatthey cameup with.The nextmorning,atthebreakfast table,they decidedthat theywould goover theirlists.Til start/offered thewife.She tookout her list.It hadmany itemson it,enough tofill3pages.In fact,as shestarted readingthe listofthelittle annoyances,she noticedthattears werestarting toappear inher husbandseyes.Whats wrongnshe asked.Nothing,the husbandreplied,nkeep readingyourlist.The wifecontinued toread untilshe hadread allthree pagesto herhusband.Sheneatly placedherliston thetable andfolded herhands overthe topof it.Now,you readyour listand thenwell talkaboutthethings onboth ofour lists/shesaid happily.Quietly thehusband stated,nI don!t haveanything onmy list.I thinkthat you areperfect theway thatyouare.I don*t wantyou tochange anythingfor me.You arelovelyand wonderfuland Iwouldnt wantto tryand changeanything aboutyou.”The wife,touched byhis honestyand thedepth ofhis lovefor herand hisacceptanceof her,turned herhead andwept.In life,there areenough timeswhen weare disappointed,depressed andannoyed.We dontreally haveto golooking for them.We havea wonderfulworld thatis fullofbeauty,light andpromise.Why wastetime inthis worldlooking for the bad,disappointing or annoying when we canlook aroundus,and seethe wondrousthingsbefore us一个男人和他的女朋友结婚，举行了一场盛大的结婚庆典所有的朋友和家人都来到结婚典礼上参加欢宴和庆祝活动大家都过得很开心穿着白色婚纱的新娘漂亮迷人，穿着黑色礼服的新郎英俊潇洒每个人都能看出他们彼此的爱是真诚的几个月后，妻子走近丈夫提议说“我刚才在杂志上看到一篇文章，说的是怎样巩固婚姻”她说“我们两个人都各自把对方的小毛病列在一张纸上，然后我们商量一下怎样解决，以便使我们的生活更幸福”丈夫同意了于是他们各自走向不同的房间去想对方的缺点那一天余下的时间里，他们都在思考这个问题，并且把他们想到的都写下来第二天早上，吃早饭的时候，他们决定谈谈彼此的缺点“我先开始吧”妻子说她拿出她的单子，上面列举了很多条，事实上，足足写满了三页当她开始念的时候，她注意到丈夫眼里含着泪花“怎么啦”她问“没什么，丈夫答道，“继续念吧”妻子又接着念整整三页都念完之后她把单子整齐地放在桌上，两手交叉放在上面“现在该你念了，然后我们谈谈所列举的缺点”她高兴地说丈夫平静地说“我什么也没写，我觉得像你这样就很完美了，我不想让你为我改变什么你很可爱迷人，我不想让你改变”妻子被丈夫的诚实和对她深深的爱和接纳感动了，她转过头去哭起来生命中我们有很多的失望、沮丧和烦恼，我们根本不需要寻找我们美妙的世界充满了美丽、光明、希望但是，当我们放眼四周时，为什么浪费时间寻找不快、失望和烦恼，而看不到我们面前的美好事物呢？有位忙碌的朋友得知老婆罹患重症，彻头彻尾变了一个人亲自下厨，陪太太散步……可是妻子敌不过病魔摧残,三个月后就撒手人寰他很伤感地说,太忙了，错过与妻子营造最美好的人生时光，想弥补却弥补不回来A doctorsson jumpedfrom the19th floorof abuilding andleft aposthumousletter whichexpressed hisstrong desirefor stayingmore withhis father,going tosee amoviewithhisfather,etc.Not untilhis soncommitted suicidehad thedoctor realizedthatthe mostprecious thingis notcareer achievement,but thetight andintact familybonds.医生的儿子从楼一跃而下，留下一封遗书，信中留言最想爸爸陪他,最19想看电影，最希望快快乐乐……儿子自杀之后，爸爸才明白，人生中最珍贵的不是成就，而是亲情It isno usecrying overspilt milk.We havemissed alot ofprecious thingsin ourlifewithout knowingto cherishthem.可惜千金难买早知道，很多美好的事，往往简简单单就被轻易错过了Actually,I alsomissed somethingprecious before.The reasonwhy wewouldhave missedthose preciousthings isless thansimple:we hadthought thatwe couldstillown themtomorrow.事实上，我也错过一些事错过的理由很简单以为还有明天Nevertheless,tomorrow is actually byno meansreliable.There wasa famousBuddhistmonk sayingthat inmany peopleslives,they haveonly donetwo things:waiting andregretting.The resultisthatthey werealways toolate tocherish whattheyhad beforethey lostit.We wouldoften claimto dosomething whenwe growup,orwhen wehave moneyor whenwe becomeold,etc.However,whenwereach thecondition wehave expected,we couldno longerdorealize ourwish anymore,because wehave lostit bythen.事实上，明天是不可靠的要不，日休禅师怎么会说，很多人的一生中，只做了“等待”与“后悔”两件事，合起来就叫“来不及”我们老爱说长大再说，有钱再说，老了再说……可是到了那时候，却什么都不必说了差距John and Bobby joineda wholesalecompany togetherjust aftergraduation fromcollegethe sameyear.Both workedvery hard.After severalyears,however,the bosspromotedBobby tothe positionof managerbut Johnremained anordinary employee.John couldnot takeit anymore,tendered hisresignation tothe bossand complainedthe boss didnot knowhow todelegate anddidnotvalue hard working staff,but onlypromotedthose whoflattered him.约翰和博比同年大学毕业后，被同一家批发公司录用他们二人工作都很努力然而，几年后，老板提拔博比为部门经理，而约翰还是一名普通员工约翰再也无法忍受，冲动之下写了一封辞职信，并抱怨老板不会用人，不重用那些敬业的员工，只提升那些奉承他的人The bossknew thatJohn workedvery hardfor theyears.He thoughta momentandsaid,Thank youfor yourcriticism,but I havearequest.I hopeyou willdo onemorething forour companybefore youleave.Perhaps youwill changeyour decisionandtake backyour resignation/1老板知道这几年约翰工作确实很努力他想了一会儿说“谢谢你对我的批评但是我只有一个请求，我希望在你离开之前再为公司做一件事情或许到时你会改变决定，收回辞呈”John agreed.The bossasked him to goand findout anyone selling watermelon inthe market.John wentand returnedsoon.He saidhe hadfound outa mansellingwatermelon.The bossasked howmuch per kg Johnshook hishead andwent backtothe marketto askand returnedto informtheboss$

1.2per kg.约翰答应了老板让他去市场找到一个卖西瓜的人约翰去了并很快回来他说他找到了一个卖西瓜的人老板问他每公斤多少钱？约翰摇摇头，回到市场去问，然后又回来告诉老板每公斤美元

1.2Boss toldJohn towait asecond,and hecalled Bobbyto cometo hisoffice.Heasked Bobbyto goand findanyonesellingwatermelonin the market.Bobby went,returned andsaid,boss,only oneperson sellingwatermelon.$

1.2perkg,$10for10kg,he hasinventory of340melons.On thetable58melons,every melonweights about2kg,bought from the Southtwo daysago,they arefresh andred,good quality.老板让约翰等一会儿，这时他把博比叫到办公室他让博比去市场找到一个卖西瓜的人博比去了，回来之后说“老板，只有一个卖西瓜的人，每公斤

1.2美元，每公斤卖美元这个人一共有个西瓜，其中个放在货架上，101034058每个西瓜重约公斤，都是两天前从南方运来的，新鲜，红瓢，质量好2John wasvery impressedand realizedthe differencebetween himselfandBobby.He decidednottoresign butto learnfrom Bobby.约翰受到很大的触动，他意识到自己与博比之间的差距他决定收回辞呈并向博比学习My dearfriends,a moresuccessful personis moreobservant,thinks more andexplores indepth.Chances existsin thedaily details.For thesame matter,a moresuccessfulperson seesmoreandfarther sothathecan findout anopportunity andcatchit torealize hisaim.If aperson seesone yearahead,while anothersees onlytomoiTow.The differencebetween ayear anda dayis365times,how couldyou win亲爱的朋友们，成功的人更善于观察，勤于思考和孜孜探求机遇就存在于生活的细节中同样的一件事，一个成功的人会看得更多更远有人看到一年爱后的情景，而你只看到明天一年与一天的差距是倍，你怎么能赢呢？365只是一根线Sometimes Ireally doubtwhether there is love between myparents.Every daytheyare verybusy tryingto earnmoney inorder topay thehigh tuitionfor mybrother andme.They dontact inthe romanticways thatI readin booksor Isee onTV.In theiropinionJI loveyou istoo luxuriousfor themto say.Sending flowersto eachother onValentinesDay iseven moreout ofthe question.Finally my father hasa badtemper.When hesvery tiredfromthehardwork,it iseasy forhimtolose histemper.有时候，我真的怀疑父母之间是否有真爱他们天天忙于赚钱，为我和弟弟支付学费他们从未像我在书中读到，或在电视中看到的那样互诉衷肠他们认为“我爱你”太奢侈，很难说出口更不用说在情人节送花这样的事了我父亲的脾气非常坏经过一天的劳累之后，他经常会发脾气One day,my motherwas sewinga quilt.I silentlysat downbeside herand lookedather.一天，母亲正在缝被子，我静静地坐在她旁边看着她“Mom,Ihavea questionto askyou JI saidafter awhile.过了一会，我说妈妈，我想问你一个问题”“What”she replied,still doingher work.“什么问题”她一边继续缝着，一边回答道“Is therelovebetweenyou andDad”I askedher in a verylow voice.我低声地问道你和爸爸之间有没有爱情啊？”My motherstopped herwork andraised herhead withsurprise inher eyes.Shedidnt answerimmediately.Then shebowed herhead andcontinued tosew thequilt.母亲突然停下了手中的活，满眼诧异地抬起头她没有立即作答然后低下头，继续缝被子I wasvery worriedbecause Ithought Ihad hurther.I wasinagreat embarrassmentandI didntknow whatI shoulddo.But atlast Iheard my mother saythe followingwords:我担心伤害了她我非常尴尬，不知道该怎么办不过，后来我听见母亲说“Susan,“she saidthoughtfully,Look atthis thread.Sometimes itappears,butmost ofit disappearsinthe quilt.The threadreally makesthequiltstrong anddurable.If lifeisaquilt,then loveshould bea thread.It canhardly beseen anywhereor anytime,but itsreally there.Love isinside.”“苏珊，看看这些线有时候，你能看得见，但是大多数都隐藏在被子里这些线使被子坚固耐用如果生活就像一床被子，那么爱就是其中的线你不可能随时随地看到它，但是它却实实在在地存在着爱是内在的I listenedcarefully butI couldntunderstand heruntil thenext spring.At thattime,my fathersuddenly gotsick seriously.My motherhadtostay withhim inthe hospitalfor a month.When theyreturned fromthe hospital,they bothlooked verypale.Itseemed bothof themhad hada seriousillness.我仔细地听着，却无法明白她的话，直到来年的春天那时候，我父亲得了重病母亲在医院里待了一个月当他们从医院回来的时候，都显得非常苍白就像他们都得了一场重病一样After theywere back,everydayinthemorning anddusk,mymotherhelped myfatherwalk slowlyon thecountry road.My fatherhad neverbeen sogentle.It seemedtheywere themost harmoniouscouple.Along thecountry road,there weremanybeautiful flowers,green grassand trees.The sungently glistenedthrough theleaves.All ofthese madeup themost beautifulpicture inthe world.他们回来之后，每天的清晨或黄昏，母亲都会搀扶着父亲在乡村的小路上漫步父亲从未如此温和过他们就像是天作之合在小路旁边，有许多美丽的野花、绿草和树木阳光穿过树叶的缝隙，温柔地照射在地面上这一切形成了一幅世间最美好的画面The doctorhad saidmyfatherwould recoverin twomonths.But aftertwo monthshestill couldntwalk byhimself.All ofus wereworried abouthim.医生说父亲将在两个月后康复但是两个月之后，他仍然无法独立行走我们都很为他担心“Dad,how areyou feelingnow”I askedhim oneday.有一天，我问他“爸爸，你感觉怎么样？”“Susan,dont worryabout me.he saidgently.To tellyou thetruth,I justlikewalking withyour mom.I likethis kindof life/9Reading hiseyes,I knowhe lovesmymother deeply.他温和地说“苏珊，不用为我担心跟你说吧，我喜欢与你妈妈一块散步的感觉我喜欢这种生活”从他的眼神里，我看得出他对母亲的爱之深刻Once Ithought lovemeant flowers,gifts andsweet kisses.But fromthis experience,I understandthat loveis justa threadinthequilt ofour life.Love isinside,making lifestrongand warm..我曾经认为爱情就是鲜花、礼物和甜蜜的亲吻但是从那一刻起，我明白T,爱情就像是生活中被子里的一根线爱情就在里面，使生活变得坚固而温暖美的力量The powerof beautyBeautyis essentiallya formof energy,something thatradiates froma fineexampleof absolutelyanything,whether adelightful tasteor smell,or agorgeous sight.Thisenergy isin effecta formof information,natures barcode tellingus howhealthy thatattitudeis,because health-bringing thingsincrease thelikelihood thatwe andourgenes willsurvive.Harvard phychologistNancy Etcoffobserves that,with thisvital equationverymuch inmind,our brainsbehave likea highlysensitive radarconstantly huntingasignal.If wereshown thephotograph ofa face,it takesus lessthan afifth ofa secondtomakeajudgement ofits beauty.Much ofthe languageof thisenergy ishard-wired anduniversal.Even threemonth-old babieshave beenshown toprefer gazingat conventionallybeautiful faces,and adultsfrom diverseethnic culturescan allagree onwho isexactly howgood-looking inother populations.Experimental studieshave alsoestablished thatthe activeingredients includesymmetry,order,proportion andbalance.Since beautyis sopowerful andimportant,wecan be thankfulthat thereare manyways tobe beautiful,and verymany sources.And thoughwe mostreadily thinkof experiencingthat energythrough ourfivephysical sensesof sight,sound,taste,touch andsmell,other dimensionsare evenmorepotent.For example,thereismovement-which canbe theinternal,kinaesthetic senseofour ownbodies indance orsport;orthethrill ofseeing anart orcraft wellperformed.Consider,too,how ideas,insights,and solutions,canbedeemed beautiful.Amongscientists,Einsteins Theoryof Relativityis unanimouslypraised forits extraordinarybeauty.Yales DavidGelernter,a professorof computerscience,has arguedconvincinglythat nlustfor beautynhas driventhe greattechnological discoveries.Itis noaccident,he wouldclaim,that MitchelFsSpitfire,with itsMerlin enginesanddistinctive wings,could helpwin awar whilealso seemingwonderful tothe eyeandear.And justas theplan for a bankrobbery,a bridge,oracomputer programcan allworkbeautifully,so cana wholepersonality.We knowfromthestudies ofmanylifetimes thathumans finda balanceof lovingand confidenceand kindnessandhumour tobe highlyattractive andvery healthyqualities.Yet,the greatestsource ofbeauty,forthesheer intensityand volumeof positiveemotionit bringstoourlives,is thebeautiful relationship-theonein whichwe canthriveand flourishand growbeyond ourselves.This fertilebond canexist betweentwoliving things,oraperson anda place,oraperson anda skill,andtheworld becomesonlymore beautifulthe moredeeply weunderstand it.Therefore,we willfindprofound happinessin narturingand appreciatingdiverse beautiesin whateverwayswe can.美实质上是一种能量，任何美好的事物都能发出这种能量，比如美食、香气或美景实际上这种能量就是一种信息，好似自然界的“条形码”，告诉我们事物的健康度，正是这些能促进健康的事物使我们和我们的基因更好地繁衍下去，生生不息哈佛大学心理学家南希.艾特考夫指出，因为我们非常清楚以上这点的重要性，我们的大脑就像一个高灵敏度的雷达在不断地搜索着信号比如把一张人物照放在我们眼前，我们会在不到秒的时间内对它的美丑做出判断1/5对这种能量的认识是人类普遍具备的先天特质甚至个月大的婴儿也表现出3对传统意义上的漂亮的脸蛋的青睐不同种族的成年人在判断其他族人的容貌美丑问题上也能达成共识研究表明，对称、条例、比例和平衡是影响人们判断美的重要因素美的。