经典英语短文阅读.docx

1、经典英语短文阅读双语精品：愈艰难愈坚强 十句经典给你坚持的勇气1.You never know how strong you really are until being strong is the only choice you have。不到没有退路之时，你永远不会知道自己有多强大。2.You cannot change what you refuse to confront。你不去面对又怎么能去改变呢。3.No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of ev

2、eryone who isnt trying。无论你犯了多少错，或者你进步得有多慢，你都走在了那些不曾尝试的人的前面。4.Life isnt about waiting for the storm to pass, its about learning to dance in the rain。生活不是等待暴风雨过去，而是要学会在雨中跳舞。5.Letting go doesnt mean that youre a quitter. It doesnt mean that you lost. It just means that you realize in that moment thats

3、its time to let go and move on。放手不代表放弃，不代表你输了。那只代表你知道在那一刻你该放手了，然后继续生活。6.If you are passionate about something, pursue it, no matter what anyone else thinks. Thats how dreams are achieved。如果你想要什么，那就勇敢地去追求，不要管别人是怎么想的，因为这就是实现梦想的方式。7.Give up worrying about what others think of you. What they think isnt

4、important. What is important is how you feel about yourself。不要为别人怎么看你而烦恼。别人的看法并不重要，重要的是你怎么看待你自己。8.You can learn great things from your mistakes when you arent busy denying them。当你不再急于否认错误时，你就学到了重要的一课。9.Never let success get to your head, and never let failure get to your heart。不要让成功冲昏了头脑，也不要把失败记在心里。

5、10.Life is short and you deserve to be happy。生命苦短，你应该过得开心些。怎样让你的空闲时间不再寂寞Watching TV is no way to kill that free time you may have being stuck in the house all day. These five fun little activities can help pass the time while also making you feel productive.Rearrange Your RoomRoll up those sleeves a

6、nd start moving! Arranging a room around can be a very cleansing experience. Everyone needs change every once in a while, and changing your room around is the perfect way to bring about that change. You get to be the designer for your very own space and the end result will give you a satisfying sens

7、e of accomplishment.Experiment with Your KitchenBake a cake. Cook a roast. Create a casserole. Let your imagination go as you whip up your own recipe. You can even take out your family cook books and make that special dish youve been wanting to try. This fun experiment triggers your creativity and l

8、eaves you and your family with a yummy treat!Dance Like no one is WatchingChances are, if youre home alone, no one will be watching! Put on your favorite song（s） and make up a fun dance routine. Make it silly, make it crazy; whatever you make it will be a fun stress reliever and a great cardio worko

9、ut!Clean Out Your ClosetThough it may not sound as fun, cleaning out your closet can actually be fun and productive at the same time. You can try on those clothes you forgot you had or walk down memory lane with those special keepsakes in that box in the back. When youre done, you have a nice, organ

10、ized closet that somehow looks more spacious than it did before!Do a CraftWhether its folding oragami, painting a picture, or making a bracelet, this creative activity lets your artistic mind run free no matter how much talent you have. Dont know what to do with the finished masterpiece? Use it as a

11、 decoration on your desk or bookcase. Give it to someone you love. After all, homemade projects make the best gifts!要是你一整天宅在家里，那么光看看电视肯定不能打发所有时间。这些别具情趣的活动可以帮你消磨掉这些时光，并且还会让你颇感收获呢。重新布置房间卷起袖子开始挪动家具吧！布置家居的过程使房间变得干净。每个人都需要时不时地变化一下环境，而重新布置房间恰是带来这种改变的最佳方式。你成了设计师，设计最自我的空间，而最终的结果会令你体验到满足感。把厨房做实验烘焙一只蛋糕，烧烤一顿美食

12、，创意一盘砂锅菜。让你的想象力自由延伸，就像你在自创新式烹饪法。你甚至可以取出家传食谱，做一道你一直以来都想尝试的特别菜肴。这个有意思的实验激发你的创造性，而回馈给你和你的家人的则是美味佳肴！跳舞吧，就像没有人在观望可能，你一个人在家，那么就没有人看到啦！打开音响，播放你最爱的歌曲，安排一场一应俱全的有趣舞会。可以让它傻傻的，可以让它疯狂的，无论你想让它怎样，它都是充满乐趣的压力缓解和超棒的有氧运动！打扫衣橱这听上去可能并不有趣，但打扫衣橱的确可以很有趣，并在同时让你感到有收获。你可以穿穿那些已经被你遗忘的衣服，试试那些在后面盒子里装着的特别纪念品。一旦你打扫完毕，便拥有了干净整洁的衣橱了。并

13、且，不知怎得，这衣橱看上去就比以前宽敞很多呢！做做手工无论是折纸，画图，还是做手镯，这项创意性的活动使你的艺术畅想自由驰骋，不管你有多少艺术天赋。不知道如何处理成品杰作？那么就用它来装饰你的书桌和书架，或者把它送给某个你爱的人。毕竟，家里自制的东西总是最佳礼物。感人双语：孩子眼中的爱A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds: “What does love mean?” The answers they got were broader and deeper than an

14、yone could have imagined. See what you think.一组专业人士向一群4到8岁的孩子提出了这个问题：“爱是什么？”他们给出的答案比其他人所能想像的更广泛更深刻。看看你能想到什么。“When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldnt bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. Thats love.” Re

15、becca, age 8“当我的奶奶得了关节炎，她不能弯下腰涂指甲油，所以我的爷爷一直帮她做这件事，即使他的手也得了关节炎。这就是爱。”Rebecca，8岁“When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You know that your name is safe in their mouth.” Billy, age 4“当有人爱上你时，他们呼唤你名字的方式也会不同。你知道你的名字在他们嘴里很安全。”Billy，4岁“Love is when you go out to eat and give someb

16、ody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.” Chris, age 6“爱是当你出去吃饭时，把你大部分的薯条都给了某人，而没有让他们给你他们自己的。”Chris，6岁“Love is when someone hurts you. And you get so mad but you dont yell at them because you know it would hurt their feelings.” Samantha, age 6“爱是当某人伤害你时，而且你很生气，但你没有大声

17、呵责，因为你知道这会伤害他的感情。”Samantha，6岁“Love is what makes you smile when youre tired.” Terri, age 4“爱是当你疲倦时能让你微笑的东西”。Terri，4岁“Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK.” Danny, age 7“爱是当我妈妈为我爸爸煮咖啡时，在递给他之前都要尝一小口，以确定味道是否正常。”Danny，7

18、岁“Love is whats in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.” Bobby, age 5“爱是在圣诞节时和你同处一室，你会停止拆礼物而去倾听。”Bobby，5岁“Love is hugging. Love is kissing. Love is saying no.” Patty, age 8“爱是拥抱，爱是接吻，爱是说不。”Patty，8岁“When you tell someone something bad about yourself and youre scared

19、 they wont love you anymore. But then you get surprised because not only do they still love you, they love you even more.” Matthew, age 7“当你告诉某人你的一些坏事，并且害怕他们会不再爱你，但是你惊喜地发现他们不但还爱你，而且更爱你了。”Matthew，7岁7种不伤人的委婉拒绝方法How many ways are there to say “No” without offending anyones feeling? Well, there is “No,

20、I cant”， “No, I dont have time” and “No, I dont want to”。 But the problem is that many of us try to avoid situations that require us to say “No” to people. In almost every culture this little word is associated with rejection, failure, egoism and a lack of tact and empathy towards others.有多少种方法在拒绝时而

21、不得罪人呢？ “不行，我没法做。” “不行，我没空。” “不行，我不想做。” 但是问题在于，我们很多人都想避免对别人说“不”。 几乎在每种文化中，“不”这个字都和拒绝、失败、利己主义、应变能力不足、缺少同情心联系起来。I can not recall how many times I have eaten burnt, undercooked, blandand poorly tasting dishes simply because I did not want to hurt the feelings of the person who had cooked them. Or the ti

22、mes when I bought something, I did not need, because I felt guilty leaving a shop empty-handed after spending 20 minutes of the shop assistants time.我记不起来有多少次，我因为不想伤害做饭的人的感情而吃掉糊了的、夹生的、平淡无味的或味道很差的食物。 我也记不起来有多少次我买了不需要的东西，只是因为我觉得花了导购员20分钟的时间两手空空离开会有一种负罪感。How do you say “No” without offending anyone or

23、feeling guilty afterwards? There is a great lesson to be learned from such approach to communication.怎样说“不”而不冒犯他人或之后自己没有负罪感？我们可以好好学习一下这种沟通的方法。If just like me, you sometimes find it difficult to be direct about saying “No”， you can still be assertiveand express you disagreement in a more subtle, yet

24、equally powerful way. The great thing about this method is that it gets your point across without making you look bad, unprofessional, insensitive or uncaring.如果你和我一样，有时你会发现很难直接说“不”，但是你依然可以自信地用更加微妙、同样有效的方式表达异议。 这种方法的精妙之处在于，既能表达你的意思，又不会让人觉得你很差劲、不够职业、不够敏感或漠不关心。Here are 7 Sneaky Ways to Say “No” withou

25、t Offending Anyone下面是7种拒绝而不伤害他人的委婉方法：1. “This sounds interesting, but I have too much on my plate at the moment.”“听起来很有趣，但是我现在有太多的事情要做。”When you start your disagreement with a compliment: “this sounds interesting”， it makes the person less defensive and gives you a validreason to decline “I have too

26、 much on my plate at the moment”。如果你在表达异议时用赞美开头：“听起来很有趣”，会让人的心理防御降低，这时你可以用正当理由来拒绝，如“我现在有太多的事情要做。”2. “Im sorry but last time I did _, I had a negative experience.”“不好意思，上次我这样做时，我很难受 。”This is a life-saver for me every time I have to explain to people that I do not eat meat. Before I would say that I

27、was a vegetarian, but for some reason this explanation has never worked on hospitable Italian grandmothers. They would try to feed me bacon, sausage and octopuses （yuck!） explaining it with “this is not meat” or “I just put a little in this dish”。当我每次需要向他人解释我不吃肉时，这句话是我的救命稻草。在此之前，我通常说我是素食主义者，但是不知什么原因

28、，这种解释对好客的意大利奶奶们一点儿用也没有。她们总是让我吃培根、香肠和章鱼（真难吃！），并向我解释“这不是肉”或“只放了一点点儿。”Now I simply say, “Im sorry, but I can not eat meat. Last time I did, I had a terrible headache.” And it works like a charm, because no one wants to hurt you on purpose.现在我只是说，“不好意思，我不能吃肉。上次我吃肉时，我头疼得很厉害。” 这非常管用，因为没人想故意伤害你。The focus h

29、ere is not on what you want or do not want to do, but on your previous bad experience.这里要注意的是，关键不在于你想要什么或不想做什么，关键在于上次你这样做很难受。3. “Id love to do this, but _”“我想这么做，但是_”。This is a great way of saying that you like the idea, you are willing to help, but you just can not do it at the moment.这是一种很好的方式，说你喜

30、欢这样做，你想去帮忙，但是你现在没法做。Note: Just do not go into a lengthy justification of why you can not do it.注意：不要进一步说明你为什么不能做。First, it is not necessary. Time is a limited resource and when you say “yes” to one task, you have to say “no” to other opportunities that might be more important, urgent and beneficial to you at the moment. Second, offering a lengthy explanation makes you sound guilty and unsure, so people might push further to see if you will agree.首先，没有必要。每个人的时间都是有限的，当你对一项任务说“是”的时候，你就不得不对另外的一些机遇说“不”，尽管那些机遇现在对你来说可能是更加重要、紧急或有益的。另外，进一步解释会让你有种负罪感和不