优秀的经典英语美文汇总.docx

1、优秀的经典英语美文汇总优秀的经典英语美文汇总In 1989 an 8.2 earthquake almost flattened America, killing over 30,000 people in less than four minutes. In the midst of utter devastation and chaos, a father left his wife safely at home and rushed to the school where his son was supposed to be, only to discover that the buil

2、ding was as flat as a pancake. 1989年，一次8.2级的地震几乎铲平美国，在短短不到4分钟的时间里，夺去了3万多人的生命!在彻底的破坏与混乱之中，有位父亲将他的妻子在家里安顿好后，跑到他儿子就读的学校，而触目所见，却是被夷为平地的校园。 After the unforgettably initial shock, he remembered the promise he had made to his son: No matter what, Ill always be there for you! And tears began to fill his eye

3、s. As he looked at the pile of ruins that once was the school, it looked hopeless, but he kept remembering his commitment to his son. 看到这令人伤心的一幕，他想起了曾经对儿子所作的承诺：不论发生什么事，我都会在你身边。至此，父亲热泪满眶。目睹曾经的学校成为了一堆瓦砾，真叫人绝望。但父亲的脑中仍然牢记着他对儿子的诺言。 He began to direct his attention towards where he walked his son to class

4、 at school each morning. Remembering his sons classroom would be in the back right corner of the building, he rushed there and started digging through the ruins. 他开始努力回忆每天早上送儿子上学的必经之路，终于记起儿子的教室应该就在那幢建筑物后面，位于右边的角落里，他跑到那儿，开始在碎石砾中挖掘，搜寻儿子的下落。 As he was digging, other helpless parents arrived, clutching

5、their hearts, saying: My son! My daughter! Other well-meaning parents tried to pull him off what was left of the school, saying: Its too late! Theyre all dead! You cant help! Go home! Come on, face reality, theres nothing you can do! 当这位父亲正在挖掘时，其他束手无策的学生家长赶到现场，揪心地叫着：我的儿子呀!我的女儿呀!一些好意的家长试图把这位父亲劝离现场，告诉

6、他一切都太迟了!他们全死了!这样做没用的，回去吧，这样做只会使事情更糟。 To each parent he responded with one line: Are you going to help me now And then he continued to dig for his son, stone by stone. The fire chief showed up and tried to pull him off the schools ruins saying, Fires are breaking out, explosions are happening everywh

7、ere. Youre in danger. Well take care of it. Go home. To which this loving, caring American father asked, Are you going to help me now 面对种种劝告，这位父亲的回答只有一句话：你们愿意帮我吗然后继续进行挖掘工作，在废墟中寻找他的儿子。消防队长出现了，他也试图把这位父亲劝走，对他说：火灾频现，四处都在发生爆炸，你在这里太危险了，这边的事我们会处理，你回家吧!对此，这位慈爱、关切的父亲仍然回答：你们要帮我吗 The police came and said, Your

8、e angry, anxious and its over. Youre endangering others. Go home. Well handle it! To which he replied, Are you going to help me now No one helped. 警察赶到现场，对他说：你现在又气又急，该结束了，你在危及他人，回家吧!我们会处理一切的。这位父亲依旧回答：你们愿意帮我吗然而，人们无动于衷。 Courageously he went on alone because he needed to know for himself: Is my boy ali

9、ve or is he dead He dug for eight hours.12 hours.24 hours.36 hours.then, in the 38th hour, he pulled back a large stone and heard his sons voice. He screamed his sons name, ARMAND! He heard back, Dad! Its me, Dad! I told the other kids not to worry. I told them that if you were alive, youd save me a

10、nd when you saved me, theyd be saved. You promised, No matter what happens, Ill always be there for you! You did it, Dad! Whats going on in there How is it the father asked. 为了弄清楚儿子是死是活，这位父亲独自一人鼓起勇气，继续进行他的工作。他挖掘了8小时，-12小时，24小时，36小时-38小时后，父亲推开了一块巨大的石头，听到了儿子的声音。父亲尖叫着：阿曼德!儿子的回音听到了：爸爸吗是我，爸爸，我告诉其他的小朋友不要着

11、急。我告诉他们如果你活着，你会来救我的。如果我获救了，他们也就获救了。你答应过我，不论发生什么，我永远都会在你的身边， 你做到了，爸爸!你那里的情况怎样父亲问。 There are 14 of us left out of 33, Dad. Were scared, hungry, thirsty and thankful youre here. When the building collapsed, it made a triangle, and it saved us. 我们有33个，只有14个活着。爸爸，我们好害怕，又渴又饿，谢天谢地，你在这儿。教室倒塌时，刚好形成一个三角形的洞，救了

12、我们。 Come out, boy! 快出来吧!儿子! No, Dad! Let the other kids out first, cause I know youll get me! No matter what happens, I know youll always be there for me! 不，爸，让其他小朋友先出来吧!因为我知道你会接我的!不管发生什么事，我知道你永远都会来到我的身边! 享受现在 Tucked away in our subconscious is an idyllic vision. We see ourselves on a long trip that

13、 spans the continent. We are traveling by train. Out of the windows, we drink in the passing scene of cars on nearby highways, of children waving at a crossing, of cattle grazing on a distant hillside, of smoke pouring from a power plant, of row upon row of corn and wheat, of flatlands and valleys,

14、of mountains and rolling hillsides, of city skylines and village halls. 我们的潜意识里藏着一派田园诗般的风光。我们仿佛身处一次横贯大陆的漫漫旅程之中。乘着火车，我们领略着窗外流动的景色：附近高速公路上奔驰的汽车、十字路口处招手的孩童、远山上吃草的牛群、源源不断地从电厂排放出的烟尘、一片片的玉米和小麦、平原与山谷、群山与绵延的丘陵、天空映衬下城市的轮廓，以及乡间的庄园宅第。 But uppermost in our minds is the final destination. On a certain day at a c

15、ertain hour, we will pull into the station. Bands will be playing and flags waving. Once we get there, so many wonderful dreams will come true and the pieces of our lives will fit together like a completed jigsaw puzzle. How restlessly we pace the aisles, damning the minutes for loitering -waiting,

16、waiting, waiting for the station. 然而我们心里想得最多的却是最终的目的地。在某一天的某一时刻，我们将会抵达进站!迎接我们的将是乐队和飘舞的彩旗!一旦到了那儿，多少美梦将成为现实，我们的生活也将变得完整，如同一块终于拼好了的拼图!现在我们在火车的过道里不耐烦地踱来踱去，咒骂火车的拖拖拉拉!我们期待着，期待着，期待着火车进站的那一刻! When we reach the station, that will be it! we cry. 当我们到站的时候，一切就都好了!我们呼喊着! When Im 18. 等我18岁的时候! When I buy a new 45

17、0SL Mercedes Benz! 等我有了一辆新450SL奔驰的时候! When I put the last kid through college. 等我供最小的孩子念完大学的时候! When I have paid off the mortgage! 等我偿清贷款的时候! When I get a promotion. 等我官升高任的时候! When I reach the age of retirement, I shall live happily ever after! 等我到了退休的时候，就可以从此过上幸福的生活啦! Sooner or later, we must real

18、ize there is no station, no one place to arrive at once and for all. The true joy of life is the trip. The station is only a dream. It constantly outdistances us. 可是我们终究会认识到人生的旅途中并没有车站， 也没有能够一到永逸的地方!生活的真正乐趣在于旅行的过程，而车站不过是个梦，它始终遥遥领先于我们! Relish the moment is a good motto, especially when coupled with P

19、salm 118：24: This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. It isnt the burdens of today that drive men mad. It is the regrets over yesterday and the fear of tomorrow. Regret and fear are twin thieves who rob us of today. 享受现在是句很好的箴言，尤其是当它与圣经诗篇中第118页24行的一段话相映衬的时候，更是如此：今

20、日乃主所创造;生活在今日我们将欢欣、高兴!真正让人发疯的不是今日的负担，而是对昨日的悔恨及对明日的恐惧!悔恨与恐惧是一对孪生窃贼，将今天从你我身边偷走! So stop pacing the aisles and counting the miles. Instead, climb more mountains, eat more ice cream, go barefoot more often, swim more rivers, watch more sunsets, laugh more, cry less. Life must be lived as we go along. The

21、 station will come soon enough. 所以不要在过道里徘徊了吧，别老惦记着你离车站还有多远!何不换一种活法，多去爬爬山，多吃点儿冰淇淋甜甜嘴巴，经常光着脚板儿溜达溜达，去河流里游游泳，多看看夕阳西下，多点欢笑，少点泪水!生活得一边过一边瞧!车站就会很快到达。 永远守护着自己的天使 In fact, everyone has an angel protecting himself forever. 其实每个人都有一个永远守护着自己的天使 If this angel feels that your life is full of pain and you always f

22、eel excessively sad, She would turn into someone else beside you. 如果这个天使觉得你的生活太过痛苦，你的心情太过悲伤，那么她就化身成你身边的某一个人。 Maybe its a friend of you, or your lover, or a net-friend you have never met,or a stranger you just met only once. 也许是你的朋友，也许是你的爱人，也许是你未曾见过的网友，也或许是你仅仅见过一面的陌生人。 These persons quietly appear in

23、 your life, accompany you with a happy time and then he could leave silently. And thus your life is full of happy memories. Even the future path is covered with storm or snow, once reminiscing those happy stories he brought to you , you can still be brave. 这些人静静的出现在你的生命里，陪你度过一段快乐的时光，然后他再不动声色的离开。于是你的

24、人生就有了幸福的回忆，即使你以后的道路上布满了风雪，一想起曾经他给你的幸福故事，你就可以依然勇敢。 For those who have left you without any word, actually theyre angels returning to the heaven. For example, your lost friends ,the strangers who ever gave you help, those seperated but used to love you, those artists who used to sing good songs to you

25、, the good writer,and etc., they are all kind-hearted angels. 所以那些默默离开你的人，其实都是天使回归了天国，比如那些离开的朋友，那些曾经给过你帮助的陌生人，那些曾经爱过但最后分开的人，曾经给你唱过很好听的歌曲的艺人、写过一本好书的作家，他们都是善良的天使。 Perhaps sometimes you would feel sad or lost because of their disappearance, and would seek them everywhere to find out where theyre going,

26、 which nation theyve arrived. But in the end, youll be convinced that they stay in a certain nook of this world with a tranquil and gratified life. Finallly, all the feelings of loss or sadness will no longer exist since time has been the greatest therapist. 也许你有段时间会对于他们的消失感到伤心或失落，会四处寻找想知道他们去了哪里，到了什么国度，可是到最后，你都会相信，他们在这个世界的某一个角落，安静而满足的生活着，于是曾经的那些失落和伤心都将不复存在。时间是最伟大的治愈师。