英語(yǔ)優(yōu)秀經(jīng)典的美文賞析
英語(yǔ)有很多美文是我們?nèi)バ蕾p的，今天小編就給大家分享一下英語(yǔ)美文欣賞，大家可以參考一下
讓我們微笑吧 Let Us Laugh
The thing that goes the farthest toward making life worthwhile, that costs the least and does the most, is just a pleasant smile.
那最能賦予生命價(jià)值、代價(jià)最廉而回報(bào)最多的東西，不過(guò)一個(gè)令人心暢的微笑而已。
The smile that bubbles from the heart that loves its fellow men, will drive away the clouds of gloom and coax the Sun again.
由衷地?zé)釔?ài)同胞的微笑，會(huì)驅(qū)走心頭陰郁的烏云，心底收獲一輪夕陽(yáng)。
It's full of worth and goodness, too, with manly kindness blent; it’s worth a million dollars, and it doesn’t cost a cent.
它充滿(mǎn)價(jià)值和美好，混合著堅(jiān)毅的仁愛(ài)之心;它價(jià)值連城卻不花一文。
There is no room for sadness when we see a cheery smile; It always has the same good look; it's never out of style; It nerves us on to try again when failure makes us blue;
當(dāng)我們看到喜悅的微笑，憂(yōu)傷就會(huì)一掃而光;它始終面容姣好，永不落伍;失敗令我們沮喪之時(shí)，它鼓勵(lì)我們?cè)俅螄L試;
The dimples of encouragement are good for me and you.It pays the highest interest — for it is merely lent;
鼓勵(lì)的笑靨于你我大有裨益。它支付的利息高昂無(wú)比──只因它是種借貸形式;
It's worth a million dollars, and it doesn’t cost a cent.
它價(jià)值連城卻不花一文。
A smile comes very easy — you can wrinkle up with cheer. A hundred times before you can squeeze out a salty tear. It ripples out, moreover, to the heartstrings that will tug, and always leaves an echo that is very like a hug.
來(lái)一個(gè)微笑很容易──嘴角歡快翹起來(lái)，你能百次微笑，可難得擠出一滴淚;它的漣漪深深波及心弦，總會(huì)留下反響，宛若擁抱。
So, smile away! Folks understand what by a smile is meant. It’s worth a million dollars, and it doesn’t cost a cent.
繼續(xù)微笑吧!誰(shuí)都懂得它意味著什么。它價(jià)值連城卻不花一文。
母愛(ài)的真諦-永遠(yuǎn)不后悔 Never Regret
Time is running out for my friend. While we are sitting at lunch she casually mentions she and her husband are thinking of starting a family. "We're taking a survey, “she says, half-joking. "Do you think I should have a baby?"
時(shí)光任苒，朋友已經(jīng)老大不小了。我們坐在一起吃飯的時(shí)候，她漫不經(jīng)心地提到她和她的丈夫正考慮要小孩。“我們正在做一項(xiàng)調(diào)查，”她半開(kāi)玩笑地說(shuō)。“你覺(jué)得我應(yīng)該要個(gè)小孩嗎?”
"It will change your life," I say, carefully keeping my tone neutral. "I know," she says, "no more sleeping in on weekends, no more spontaneous holidays..."
“他將改變你的生活。”我小心翼翼地說(shuō)道，盡量使語(yǔ)氣保持客觀(guān)。“這我知道。”她答道，“周末睡不成懶覺(jué)，再也不能隨心所欲休假了……”
But that's not what I mean at all. I look at my friend, trying to decide what to tell her. I want her to know what she will never learn in childbirth classes. I want to tell her that the physical wounds of child bearing will heal, but becoming a mother will leave her with an emotional wound so raw that she will be vulnerable forever.
但我說(shuō)的絕非這些。我注視著朋友，試圖整理一下自己的思緒。我想讓她知道她永遠(yuǎn)不可能在分娩課上學(xué)到的東西。我想讓她知道：分娩的有形傷疤可以愈合，但是做母親的情感傷痕卻永遠(yuǎn)如新，她會(huì)因此變得十分脆弱。
I consider warning her that she will never again read a newspaper without thinking: "What if that had been MY child?" That every plane crash, every house fire will haunt her. That when she sees pictures of starving children, she will wonder if anything could be worse than watching your child die. I look at her carefully manicured nails and stylish suit and think that no matter how sophisticated she is, becoming a mother will reduce her to the primitive level of a bear protecting her cub.
我想告誡她：做了母親后，每當(dāng)她看報(bào)紙時(shí)就會(huì)情不自禁地聯(lián)想：“如果那件事情發(fā)生在我的孩子身上將會(huì)怎樣啊!”每一次飛機(jī)失事、每一場(chǎng)住宅火災(zāi)都會(huì)讓她提心吊膽。看到那些忍饑挨餓的孩子們的照片時(shí)，她會(huì)思索：世界上還有什么比眼睜睜地看著自己的孩子餓死更慘的事情呢?我打量著她精修細(xì)剪的指甲和時(shí)尚前衛(wèi)的衣服，心里想到：不管她打扮多么考究，做了母親后，她會(huì)變得像護(hù)崽的母熊那樣原始而不修邊幅。
I feel I should warn her that no matter how many years she has invested in her career, she will be professionally derailed by motherhood. She might arrange for child care, but one day she will be going into an important business meeting, and she will think her baby's sweet smell. She will have to use every ounce of discipline to keep from running home, just to make sure her child is all right.
我覺(jué)得自己應(yīng)該提醒她，不管她在工作上投入了多少年，一旦做了母親，工作就會(huì)脫離常規(guī)。她自然可以安排他人照顧孩子，但說(shuō)不定哪天她要去參加一個(gè)非常重要的商務(wù)會(huì)議，卻忍不住想起寶寶身上散發(fā)的甜甜乳香。她不得不拼命克制自己，才不至于為了看看孩子是否安然無(wú)樣而中途回家。
I want my friend to know that every decision will no longer be routine. That a five-year-old boy's desire to go to the men's room rather than the women's at a restaurant will become a major dilemma. The issues of independence and gender identity will be weighed against the prospect that a child molester may be lurking in the lavatory. However decisive she may be at the office, she will second-guess herself constantly as a mother.
我想告訴朋友，有了孩子后，她將再也不能按照慣例做出決定。在餐館，5歲的兒子想進(jìn)男廁而不愿進(jìn)女廁將成為擺在她眼前的一大難題：她將在兩個(gè)選擇之間權(quán)衡一番：尊重孩子的獨(dú)立和性別意識(shí)，還是讓他進(jìn)男廁所冒險(xiǎn)被潛在的兒童性騷擾者侵害?任憑她在辦公室多么果斷，作為母親，她仍經(jīng)常事后后悔自己當(dāng)時(shí)的決定。
Looking at my attractive friend, I want to assure her that eventually she will shed the added weight of pregnancy, but she will never feel the same about herself. That her own life, now so important, will be of less value to her once she has a child. She would give it up in a moment to save her offspring, but will also begin to hope for more years—not to accomplish her own dreams—but to watch her children accomplish theirs.
注視著我的這位漂亮的朋友，我想讓她明確地知道，她最終會(huì)恢復(fù)到懷孕前的體重，但是她對(duì)自己的感覺(jué)已然不同。她現(xiàn)在視為如此重要的生命將隨著孩子的誕生而變得不那么寶貴。為了救自己的孩子，她時(shí)刻愿意獻(xiàn)出自己的生命。但她也開(kāi)始希望多活一些年頭，不是為了實(shí)現(xiàn)自己的夢(mèng)想，而是為了看著孩子們美夢(mèng)成真。
I want to describe to my friend the exhilaration of seeing your child learn to hit a ball. I want to capture for her the belly laugh of a baby who is touching the soft fur of a dog for the first time. I want her to taste the joy that is so real it hurts.
我想向朋友形容自己看到孩子學(xué)會(huì)擊球時(shí)的喜悅之情。我想讓她留意寶寶第一次觸摸狗的絨毛時(shí)的捧腹大笑。我想讓她品嘗快樂(lè)，盡管這快樂(lè)真實(shí)得令人心痛。
My friend's look makes me realize that tears have formed in my eyes. "You'll never regret it," I say finally. Then, squeezing my friend's hand, I offer a prayer for her and me and all of the mere mortal women who stumble their way into this holiest of callings.
朋友的表情讓我意識(shí)到自己已經(jīng)是熱淚盈眶。“你永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)后悔，”我最后說(shuō)。然后緊緊地握住朋友的手，為她、為自己、也為每一位艱難跋涉、準(zhǔn)備響應(yīng)母親職業(yè)神圣的召喚的平凡女性獻(xiàn)上自己的祈禱.
錯(cuò)過(guò)的祝福 The Missed Blessings
A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer's showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted.
從前，有位年輕人即將大學(xué)生畢業(yè)。數(shù)月來(lái)，他一直渴望得到某汽車(chē)商產(chǎn)品陳列室中的一輛跑車(chē)。他知道，他那富有的父親肯定買(mǎi)得起這輛車(chē)，于是，他便跟父親說(shuō)他很想得到那輛漂亮的跑車(chē)。
As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited signs that his father had purchased the car. Finally, on the morning of his graduation, his father called him into his private study. His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful wrapped gift box. Curious, but somewhat disappointed, the young man opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound Bible, with the young man's name embossed in gold. Angrily, he raised his voice to his father and said, "With all your money you give me a Bible?" He then stormed out of the house, leaving the Bible.
在畢業(yè)典禮即將來(lái)臨的日子里，年輕人等待著父親買(mǎi)下跑車(chē)的消息。終于，在畢業(yè)典禮那天上午，父親將他叫到自己的書(shū)房，并告訴他，有他這么出色的兒子自己感到非常自豪而且非常愛(ài)他這個(gè)兒子。接著，父親遞給兒子一個(gè)包裝精美的禮品盒。年輕人感到好奇，但帶著些許失望地打開(kāi)禮品盒，卻發(fā)現(xiàn)里面是一本精美的精裝本《圣經(jīng)》，上面以金子凸印著年輕人的名字。看罷，年輕人怒氣沖沖地向父親大喊道：“你有那么多錢(qián)，卻只給我一本《圣經(jīng)》?”說(shuō)完，便丟下《圣經(jīng)》，憤怒地沖出房子。
Many years passed and the young man was very successful in business. He had a beautiful home and a wonderful family, but realizing his father was very old, he thought perhaps he should go to see him. He had not seen him since that graduation day. Before he could make the arrangements, he received a telegram telling him his father had passed away, and willed all of his possessions to his son. He needed to come home immediately and take care of things.
多年以后，年輕人已事業(yè)有成。他擁有一所漂亮的房子，一個(gè)溫馨的家庭。但當(dāng)?shù)弥赣H年事已高，他想，或許應(yīng)該去看看他。自從畢業(yè)那天起他就一直不見(jiàn)父親。就在起程時(shí)，他收到一封電報(bào)——父親已逝世，并已立下遺囑將其所有財(cái)產(chǎn)轉(zhuǎn)給兒子。他要立即回父親家處理后事。
When he arrived at his father's house, sudden sadness and regret filled his heart. He began to search through his father's important papers and saw the still new Bible, just as he had left it years ago. With tears, he opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. As he was reading, a car key dropped from the back of the Bible. It had a tag with the dealer's name, the same dealer who had the sports car he had desired. On the tag was the date of his graduation, and the words... "PAID IN FULL".
在父親的房子里，他突然內(nèi)心感到一陣悲傷與懊悔。他開(kāi)始仔細(xì)搜尋父親的重要文件，突然發(fā)現(xiàn)了那本《圣經(jīng)》——還跟幾年前一樣嶄新。他噙著淚水打開(kāi)《圣經(jīng)》并一頁(yè)一頁(yè)地閱讀著。忽然，從書(shū)的背面掉出一把鑰匙。鑰匙上掛著一個(gè)標(biāo)簽，上面寫(xiě)著一個(gè)汽車(chē)經(jīng)銷(xiāo)商的名字——正是他曾渴望的那輛跑車(chē)的經(jīng)銷(xiāo)商。標(biāo)簽上還有他的畢業(yè)日期及“款已付清”的字樣。
How many times do we miss blessings because they are not packaged as we expected? Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.
我們多少次地與祝福擦肩而過(guò)，僅僅因?yàn)樗麄儧](méi)有按我們想象中的樣子包裝好?不要在渴望得到?jīng)]有的東西時(shí)損壞你已經(jīng)擁有的東西，但要記住一點(diǎn)：你現(xiàn)在所擁有的恰恰正是你曾經(jīng)一心渴望得到的。
Sometimes we don't realize the good fortune we have or we could have because we expect "the packaging" to be different. What may appear as bad fortune may in fact be the door that is just waiting to be opened.
有時(shí)，我們并沒(méi)有意識(shí)到我們已經(jīng)擁有或本該擁有的好運(yùn)，僅僅因?yàn)樗耐獗砼c我們想象中的有所不同。其實(shí)，表面上看起來(lái)像是壞運(yùn)氣的東西或許正是等待開(kāi)啟的幸運(yùn)之門(mén)。
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