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优秀英文文章

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　　在散文的短小篇幅中,虽然没有像小说一样复杂的故事情节和细致的人物刻画,也没有像戏剧一样大起大落的矛盾冲突。

下面是小编带来的优秀经典英语文章阅读，欢迎阅读!

　　优秀经典英语文章阅读篇一　　RealLifePhilosophy

　　Youdontactuallyhavetotakethequiz.Justreadthisstraightthrough，andyoullgetthepoint（anawesomeone）itistryingtomake!

　　Takethisquiz：

　　1.Namethefivewealthiestpeopleintheworld.2.NamethelastfiveHeismantrophywinners.3.NamethelastfivewinnersoftheMissAmericacontest.4.NametenpeoplewhohavewontheNobelorPulitzerprize.5.NamethelasthalfdozenAcademyAwardwinnersforbestactorandactress.6.NamethelastdecadesworthofWorldSerieswinners.

　　Howdidyoudo?

　　Thepointis，noneofusremembertheheadlinersofyesterday.Thesearenosecond-rateachievers.Theyarethebestintheirfields.Buttheapplausedies.Awardstarnish.Achievementsareforgotten.Accoladesandcertificatesareburiedwiththeirowners.

　　Heresanotherquiz.Seehowyoudoonthisone：

　　1.Listafewteacherswhoaidedyourjourneythroughschool.2.Namethreefriendswhohavehelpedyouthroughadifficulttime.3.Namefivepeoplewhohavetaughtyousomethingworthwhile.4.Thinkofafewpeoplewhohavemadeyoufeelappreciatedandspecial.5.Thinkoffivepeopleyouenjoyspendingtimewith.6.Namehalfadozenheroeswhosestorieshaveinspiredyou.

　　Easier?

　　Thelesson：

　　Thepeoplewhomakeadifferenceinyourlifearenottheoneswiththemostcredentials，themostmoney，orthemostawards.Theyaretheonesthatcare.

　　优秀经典英语文章阅读篇二　　ThreePeachStones三颗核桃

　　Observeachild;anyonewilldo.Youwillseethatnotadaypassesinwhichhedoesnotfindsomethingorothertomakehimhappy，thoughhemaybeintearsthenextmoment.Thenlookataman;anyoneofuswilldo.Youwillnoticethatweeksandmonthscanpassinwhichdayisgreetedwithnothingmorethanresignation1，andendurewitheverypoliteindifference.Indeed，mostmenareasmiserableassinners，thoughtheyaretooboredtosin-perhapstheirsinistheirindifference2.Butitistruethattheysoseldomsmilethatwhentheydowedonotrecognizetheirface，sodistortedisitfromthefixedmaskwetakeforgranted3.Andeventhenamancannotsmilelikeachild，forachildsmileswithhiseyes，whereasamansmileswithhislipsalone.Itisnotasmile;butagrin;somethingtodowithhumor4，butlittletodowithhappiness.Andthen，asanyonecansee，thereisapoint（butwhocandefinethatpoint?

）whenamanbecomesanoldman，andthenhewillsmileagain.

　　Itwouldseemthathappinessissomethingtodowithsimplicity，andthatitistheabilitytoextractpleasureformthesimplestthings-suchasapeachstone，forinstance.

　　Itisobviousthatitisnothingtodowithsuccess.ForSirHenryStewartwascertainlysuccessful.ItistwentyyearsagosincehecamedowntoourvillagefromLondon，andboughtacoupleofoldcottages，whichhehadknockedintoone.Heusedhishouseasweekendrefuge5.Hewasabarrister.Andthevillagefollowedhisbrilliantcareerwithsomethingalmostamountingtopaternalpride.

　　IremembersometenyearsagowhenhewasmadeaKingsCounsel6，AmosandI，seeinghimgetofftheLondontrain，wenttocongratulatehim.Wegrinnedwithpleasure;hemerelylookedasmiserableasthoughhedreceivedapenalsentence.Itwasthesamewhenhewasknighted;heneversmiledabit，hedidntevenbothertocelebratewitharoundofdrinksattheBlueFox7.Hetookhissuccessasachilddoeshismedicine.Andnotoneofhisachievementsbroughtevenaghostofasmiletohistiredeyes.

　　Iaskedhimoneday，soonafterhedretiredtopotterabouthisgarden，8whatiswasliketoachieveallonesambitions.Helookeddownathisrosesandwentonwateringthem.ThenhesaidTheonlyvalueinachievingonesambitionisthatyouthenrealizethattheyarenotworthachieving.Quicklyhemovedtheconversationontoamorepracticallevel，andwithinamomentwewerebacktoasafediscussionontheweather.Thatwastwoyearsago.

　　Irecallthisincident，foryesterday，Iwaspassinghishouse，andhaddrawnupmycartjustoutsidehisgardenwall.Ihadpulledinfromtheroadfornootherreasonthantoletabuspassme.AsIsettherefillingmypipe，Isuddenlyheardashoutofsheerjoycomefromtheothersideofthewall.

　　Ipeeredover.TherestoodSirHenrydoingnothinglessthanatribalwardance9ofsheerunashamedecstasy.Evenwhenheobservedmybewilderedfacestaringoverthewallhedidnotseemputout10orembarrassed，butshoutedformetoclimbover.

　　Comeandsee，Jan.Look!

Ihavedoneitatlast!

Ihavedoneitatlast!

　　Therehewas，holdingasmallboxofearthinhishad.Iobservedthreetinyshootsoutofit.

　　Andtherewereonlythree!

hesaid，hiseyeslaughingtoheaven.

　　Threewhat?

Iasked.

　　Peachstones，hereplied.Ivealwayswantedtomakepeachstonesgrow，evensinceIwasachild，whenIusedtotakethemhomeafteraparty，orasamanafterabanquet.AndIusedtoplantthem，andthenforgotwhereIplantedthem.ButnowatlastIhavedoneit，and，whatsmore，Ihadonlythreestones，andthereyouare，one，two，threeshoots，hecounted.

　　AndSirHenryranoff，callingforhiswifetocomeandseehisachievement-hisachievementofsimplicity.

　　R.Duncan

　　优秀经典英语文章阅读篇三　　Giveus15MinutesADay

　　XYourbosshasabiggervocabularythanyouhave.

　　Thatsonegoodreasonwhyhesyourboss.

　　Thisdiscoveryhasbeenmadeinthewordlaboratoriesoftheworld.NotbytheoreticalEnglishprofessors，butbypractical，hard-headedscholarswhohavebeensearchingforthesecretsofsuccess.

　　Afterahostofexperimentsandyearsoftestingtheyhavefoundout：

　　Thatifyourvocabularyislimitedyourchancesofsuccessarelimited.

　　Thatoneoftheeasiestandquickestwaystogetaheadisbyconsciouslybuildingupyourknowledgeofwords.

　　Thatthevocabularyloftheaveragepersonalmoststopsgrowingbythemiddletwenties.Andthatfromthenonitisnecessarytohaveanintelligentplanifprogressistobemade.Nohaphazardhit-or-missmethodswilldo.

　　Ithaslongsincebeensatisfactorilyestablishedthatahighexecutivedoesnothavealargevocabularymerelybecauseoftheopportunitiesofhisposition.Thatwouldbeputtingthecartbeforethehorse.Quitethereverseistrue.Hisskillinwordswasatremendoushelpingettinghimhisjob.

　　Dr.JohnsonO;ConnoroftheeHumanEngineeringLaboratoryofBostonandoftheStevensInstituteofTechnologyinHoboken，NewJersey，gaveavocabularytestto100youngmenwhowerestudyingtobeindustrialexecutives.

　　Fiveyearslaterthosewhohadpassedintheuppertenpercentall.，withoutexception，hadexecutivepositions，whilenotasingleyoungmanofthelowertwenty-fivepercenthadbecomeanexecutive.

　　Yousee，therearecertainfactorsinsuccessthatcanbemeasuredasscientificallyasthecontentsofatest-tube，andithasbeendiscoveredthatthemostcommoncharacteristicofoutstandingsuccessisanextensiveknowledgeoftheexactmeaningofEnglishwords。

　　Theextentofyourvocabularyindicatesthedegreeofyourintelligence.Yourbrainpowerwillincreaseasyoulearntoknowmorewords.Herestheproof.

　　Twoclassesinahighschoolwereselectedforanexperiment.Theiragesandtheirenvironmentwerethesame.Eachclassrepresentedanidenticalcross-sectionofthecommunity.One，thecontrolclass，tookthenormalcourses.Theotherclasswasgivenspecialvocabularytraining.Attheendoftheperiodthemarksofthelatterclasssurpassedthoseofthecontrolgroup，notonlyinEnglish，butineverysubject，includingmathematicsandthesciences.

　　SimilarlyithasbeenfoundbyProfessorLewisM.Terman，ofStanfordUniversity，thatavocabularytestisasaccurateameasureofintelligenceasanythreeunitsofthestandardandacceptedStanford-BinetI.Q.tests.

　　Thestudyofwordsisnotmerelysomethingthathastodowithliterature.Wordsareyourtoolsofthought.Youcanteventhinkatallwithoutthem.Tryit.Ifyouareplanningtogodowntownthisafternoonyouwillfindthatyouaresayingtoyourself：

IthinkIwillgodowntownthisafternoon.Youcantmakesuchasimpledecisionasthiswithoutusingwords.

　　Withoutwordsyoucouldmakenodecisionsandfromnojudgmentswhatsoever.Apianistmayhavethemostbeautifultunesinhishead，butifhehadonlyfivekeysonhispianohewouldnevergetmorethanafractionofthesetunesout.

　　Yourwordsareyourkeysforyourthoughts.Andthemorewordsyouhaveatyourcommandthedeeper，clearerandmoreaccuratewillbeyourthinking.

　　AcommandofEnglishwillnotonlyimprovethe.processesofyourmind.Itwillgiveyouassurance;buildyourself-confidence;lendcolortoyourpersonality;increaseyourpopularity.Yourwordsareyourpersonality.Yourvocabularyisyou.Yourwordsareallthatwe，yourfriends，havetoknowandjudgeyouby.Youhavenoothermediumfortellingusyourthoughts-forconvincingus，persuadingus，givingusorders.

　　Wordsareexplosive.PhrasesarepackedwithTNT.Asimplewordcandestroyafriendship，landalargeorder.Theproperphrasesinthemouthsofclerkshavequadrupledtheproperphrasesinthemouthsofclerkshavequadrupledthesalesofadepartmentstore.Thewrongwordsusedbyacampaignoratorhavelostanelection.Forinstance，ononeoccasionthefourunfortunatewords，Rum，RomanismandaRebellionusedinaRepublicancampaignspeechthrewtheCatholicvoteandthepresidentialvictorytoGroverCleveland.Earsarewonbywords.Soldiersfightforaphrase.MaketheworldsafeforDemocracy.AlloutforEngland.VforVictory.TheRemembertheMaineofSpanishwardayshasnowbeenchangedtoRememberPearlHarbor.

　　Wordshavechangedthedirectionofhistory.Wordsvanalsochangethedire