那些优美的英语文章.docx

1、那些优美的英语文章Contents1. Just for Today2. Love3. The First Snow4. Our Habits Are Lessons in Disguise5. Be Happy6. The Happy Door7. If8. Try to Remember the Good Things9. True Nobility10. Youth11. Dream-A Passion within You12. Were Just Beginning13. If I Were a Boy Again14. Think Positive Thoughts Every D

2、ay15. The Love of Beauty16. On Motes and Beams17. Work and Pleasure18. An October Sunrise19. The Pleasure of Reading20. Three Days to See1. Just for TodayBy Dale CarnegieJust for today I will try to live through this day only and not tackle my whole life problem at once. I can do something for twelv

3、e hours that would appall me if I had to keep it up for a lifetime. Just for today I will be happy. This assumes to be true what Abraham Lincoln said，that “Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.” Just for today I will adjust myself to what is, and not try to adjust everything to

4、my own desires. I will take my “luck” as it comes. Just for today I will try to strengthen my mind. I will study. I will learn something useful. I will not be a mental loafer. I will read something that requires effort, thought and concentration. Just for today I will exercise my soul in three ways.

5、 I will do somebody a good turn and not get found out: If anybody knows of it, it will not count. I will do at least two things I dont want to dojust for exercise. I will not show anyone that my feelings are hurt: they may be hurt, but today I will not show it. Just for today I will be agreeable. I

6、will look as well as I can, dress becomingly, talk low, act courteously, criticize not one bit，and try not to improve or regulate anybody but myself. Just for today I will have a program, I may not follow it exactly, but I will have it. I will save myself from two pests: hurry and indecision. Just f

7、or today I will have a quiet half hour all by myself and relax. During this half hour, sometime, I will try to get a better perspective of my life. Just for today I will be unafraid. Especially I will not be afraid to enjoy what is beautiful，and to believe that as I give to the world, so the world w

8、ill give to me.2. Love By Sir Thomas BrowneI love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you. No man or woman is worth your tears, and the one who is, wont make you cry. The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you cant have them. Never

9、 frown, even when you are sad, because you never know who is falling in love with your smile. To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world. Dont waste your time on a man/woman, who isnt willing to waste their time on you. Just because someone doesnt love you the way you

10、 want them to, doesnt mean they dont love you with all they have. Dont try too hard, the best things come when you least expect them to. Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one, so that when we finally meet the person, we will know how to be grateful. Dont cry beca

11、use it is over; smile because it happened. Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible sun within us. 3. The First SnowBy Henry Wadsworth LongfellowThe first snow came. How beautiful it was, falling so silently all day long, all night long, on the mountains, on the meadows, on the roofs of the

12、 living, on the graves of the dead! All white save the river, that marked its course by a winding black line across the landscape; and the leafless trees, that against the leaden sky now revealed more fully the wonderful beauty and intricacies of their branches. What silence, too, came with the snow

13、, and what seclusion! Every sound was muffled, every noise changed to something soft and musical. No more tramping hoofs, no more rattling wheels! Only the chiming of sleigh-bells, beating as swift and merrily as the hearts of children.4. Our Habits Are Lessons in DisguiseWe always have something to

14、 be thankful for. The air we breathe is a good start. Our capacity to think and relate to oneanotheris a gift to appreciate. Even the habits we have, good or bad, exist for positive reasons. We are meant to learn from them. Withoutcontrast,we have no context. And without context, contentdoesntreally

15、 matter. What is up if we do not understand down? What is good if we do not know bad? Our habits are lessons in disguise.They challenge us to grow, to become more aware, to stop and smell the roses.When we give thanks and appreciate, weimmediatelytranscend allnegativeenergy andemotionholding us back

16、. Try this: the next time you get a bill in the mail, say “thank you”. Feel good that you have a mailbox, and an address. Do not fear the bill, resist the bill, get upset about the bill or worry about the bill. Simply appreciate it. Now do the same thing the next time you are delayed on a flight, re

17、jected for a job opening, or criticized by someone whodoesntknow any better. Recognize that the world is full of stimuli and WE have thepowerto choose how we will respond.Pay close attention to your repeated tendencies andhabitsand remind yourself to pause before hitting the replay (autopilot) butto

18、n. Do not fan the fires of discontent with hostility and resistance.5. Be HappyBy Lioyd Morris “The days that make us happy make us wise.”-John Masefield When I first read this line by Englands Poet Laureate, it startled me. What did Masefield mean? Without thinking about it much, I had always assum

19、ed that the opposite was true. But his sober assurance was arresting. I could not forget it.Finally, I seemed to grasp his meaning and realized that here was a profound observation. The wisdom that happiness makes possible lies in clear perception, not fogged by anxiety nor dimmed by despair and bor

20、edom, and without the blind spots caused by fear.Active happinessnot mere satisfaction or contentment -often comes suddenly, like an April shower or the unfolding of a bud. Then you discover what kind of wisdom has accompanied it. The grass is greener; birds songs are sweeter; the shortcomings of yo

21、ur friends are more understandable and more forgivable. Happiness is like a pair of eyeglasses correcting your spiritual vision.Nor are the insights of happiness limited to what is near around you. Unhappy, with your thoughts turned in upon your emotional woes, your vision is cut short as though by

22、a wall. Happy, the wall crumbles.The long vista is there for the seeing. The ground at your feet, the world around youpeople, thoughts, emotions and pressuresare now fitted into the larger scene. Everything assumes a fairer proportion, and here is the beginning of wisdom. 6. The Happy DoorHappiness

23、is like a pebble dropped into a pool to set in motion an ever-widening circle of ripples. As Stevenson has said, being happy is a duty.There is no exact definition of the word happiness. Happy people are happy for all sorts of reasons. The key is not wealth or physical well-being, since we find begg

24、ars, invalids and so-called failures, who are extremely happy.Being happy is a sort of unexpected dividend. But staying happy is an accomplishment, a triumph of soul and character. It is not selfish to strive for it. It is, indeed, a duty to ourselves and others.Being unhappy is like an infectious d

25、isease. It causes people to shrink away from the sufferer. He soon finds himself alone, miserable and embittered. There is, however, a cure so simple as to seem, at first glance, ridiculous; if you dont feel happy, pretend to be!It works. Before long you will find that instead of repelling people, y

26、ou attract them. You discover how deeply rewarding it is to be the center of wider and wider circles of good will.Then the make-believe becomes a reality. You possess the secret of peace of mind, and can forget yourself in being of service to others.Being happy, once it is realized as a duty and est

27、ablished as a habit, opens doors into unimaginable gardens thronged with grateful friends.7. IfBy Rudyard KiplingIf you can keep your head when all about youAre losing theirs and blaming it on you,If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,But make allowance for their doubting too;If you can w

28、ait and not be tired by waiting,Or being lied about, dont deal in lies,Or being hated, dont give way to hating,And yet dont look too good, nor talk too wise.If you can dreamand not make dreams your master;If you can thinkand not make thoughts your aim;If you can meet with Triumph and DisasterAnd tre

29、at those two impostors just the same;If you can bear to hear the truth youve spokenTwisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,And stoop and build em up with worn out tools.If you can make one heap of all your winningsAnd risk it on one turn of pitch-a

30、nd-toss,And lose, and start again at your beginningsAnd never breathe a word about your loss;If you can force your heart and nerve and sinewTo serve your turn long after they are gone,And so hold on when there is nothing in youExcept the Will which says to them, Hold on!If you can talk with crowds a

31、nd keep your virtue,Or walk with Kingsnor lose the common touch，If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you，If all men count with you, but none too much;If you can fill the unforgiving minuteWith sixty seconds worth of distance run，Yours is the Earth and everything thats in it,Andwhich is moreyo

32、ull be a Man, my son!8. Try to Remember the Good ThingsWhen times become difficult (and you know they sometimes will), remember a moment in your life that was filled with joy and happiness. Remember how it made you feel, and you will have the strength you need to get through any trial.When life throws you one more obstacle than you think you can handle, remember something you achiev