優秀經典英語美文：愛
Among the more curious questions that can be asked about love is this,when one feels romantic love, does he feel it in breaks with interruptions or changes, or does he feel it continuously without interruption orchange? Poetry and song seduce one into thinking love continues without interruption. “Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds,” wrote Shakespeare in one of his famous sonnets, “love is an ever-fixed mark that looks on tempests and is never shaken.” he continued. And ***Elizabeth Berra Browning*** wrote of her constancy to her hu *** and Robert, in such lines is this,"what I do and what I dream include he." Some of the greatest operas also praise the ever-lasting love by some heroes and heroines dying for it.
In reality, love probably goes on with breaks and interruptions. First, it is difficult to suppose that one can experience anything continuously. Sleep interrupts wakefulness, and sleep itself is interrupted by dreams and nightmares.The feeling one has for his lover during wakefulness may be ***blooded out*** or intensified by sleep, in either case, the feeling changes. When one is awake, he cannot fix his eyes or his attention constantly on a single object, he must blink if nothing else. More likely, he will look to something else for variety or ***from neccessity***. His mind may turn to the stock market, or he may bee fascinated by the operation of a pile driver on his way to work. His focus for much of his day is on work, as he closes the door to his office, his thought may turn to his love, but sitting at his desk, his eyes fix on the print and figures there.
Pain and pleasure, either one ***can distract*** a love from concentrating on his love. Pain cause everything to itself, one can forget one’s love for a period even over a ***stubbed toe***. The pleasure of too much food or drink can be totally absorbing. The pleasure, even of one’s lover, may bee boring periodically. Often the greatest distraction is oneself.As times, the preoccupation with “self”,the worry over “self”, the development of “self”, the delight in “self” admit no other thought. Lovely as love might be, one can neither live nor love continuously. At best, a lover can only echo the words of the poet, ***Ernest Dpwson***, and say “I have been faithful to the in-mind fashion.”
妳可能會被問及很多有趣的問題，其中關於愛的是：壹個人是在愛受阻礙時還是在不受阻礙時感覺到愛是浪漫的? 詩歌和歌曲可以引誘我們進入愛的遐想之中，壹刻不被打擾。“愛算不得真愛，若是壹看見人家改變便轉舵，”莎士比亞在他壹首著名的十四行詩中寫道，“愛是亙古長明的塔燈，它定睛望著風暴卻兀不為動”。伊麗莎白.巴萊特.白朗寧在表達她對丈夫羅伯特的忠貞不渝時如此寫道：“我做的和我想的都有他。”壹些偉大的歌劇同樣贊揚男女主人公渴望的那種永恒的愛。
現實中，愛總是有所阻礙。首先，很難想象壹個人不受阻礙的經歷任何事情。睡覺中斷了清醒，而睡覺本身也被夢與噩夢所中斷。壹個人清醒時對愛人的感覺會因睡眠減少或增加，但那感覺都改變了。當壹個人醒著時，他不可能持久地盯著或關註著壹樣東西，至少他要眨眼***如果沒有其他事的話***。更可能是他要看別的東西來豐富視野或是基於需求。在去上班的路上，他可能會想著股市或對路邊的打樁機著迷。大多數時間他關註的還是工作，當他關上辦公室門時，他可能想著他的愛情，但當他做到桌前時，他就會盯著那些印刷品和數字。
痛苦或歡樂都會分散壹個人的愛。痛苦讓人忘記壹切，可以讓人們暫時忘記愛情，甚至在受傷的時候也如此。食物所帶來的歡樂完全吸引人，但甚至是來自愛的歡樂也會定期變得無聊。通常最大的分散者是自身。有時全神貫註，有時愁眉苦臉，有時積極向上，有時歡樂愉悅，這些都不會夾雜著其他想法。愛可能讓人愉悅，但壹個人無法不停歇地活著或愛著。充其量愛只能回蕩在詩人***歐內斯特 的文森***的詩句中“我在心裏對妳依舊忠誠。”
優秀經典英語美文：希望是鳥兒
Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all.
The sweetest in the gale is heard;
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm.
I've heard it in the chillest land,
And on the strangest sea;
Yet, never,in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me.
希望是鳥兒，
在人們心靈棲居，
唱著無詞的歌兒，
永無止息。
心靈是甜蜜的避風港
只有猛烈的風暴，
才能威脅希望，
這慰藉心靈的小鳥。
它歌唱在最寒冷的地方
最陌生的海洋
縱然身處絕境，
也不索取分毫。
優秀經典英語美文：生命的故事
Sometimes people e into your life and you know right away that they were meant to bethere,to serve some sort of purpose,teach you a lesson,or to help you figure out who you areor who you want to bee.You never know who these people may be***possibly yourroommate,neighbor,coworker,long lost friend,lover,or even a plete stranger***,but when youlock eyes with them,you know at that very moment they will affect your life in some profoundway.
And sometimes things happen to you that may seem horrible,painful,and unfair at first,but inreflection you find that without overing those obstacles you would have never realizedyour potential,strength,willpower,or heart.
Everything happens for a reason.
Nothing happens by chance or by means of good luck.
Illness,injury,love,lost moments of true greatness,and sheer stupidity all occur to test thelimits of your soul.Without these *** all tests,whatever they may be,life would be like a *** oothypaved,straight,flat road to nowhere.It would be safe and fortable,but dull and utterlypointless.
The people you meet who affect your life,and the success and downfalls you experience,help tocreate who you are and who you bee.
Even the bad experiences can be learned from.
In fact,they are probably the most poignant and important ones.
If someone hurts you,betrays you,or breaks your heart,forgive them,for they have helped youlearn about trust and the importance of being cautious when you open your heart.
If someone loves you,love them back unconditionally,not only because they love you,butbecause in a way,they are teaching you to love and how to open your heart and eyes to things.
Make every day count.
Appreciate every moment and take from those moments everything that you possibly can foryou may never be able to experience it again.
Talk to people that you have never thalked to before,and actually listen.
Let yourself fall in love,break free,and set your sights high.
Hold your head up because you have every right to.
Tell yourself you are a great individual and believe in yourself,for if you don’t believe inyourself,it will be hard for others to believe in you.
You can make of your life anything you wish.
Create your own life and then go out and live it with absolutely no regrets.
Most importantly,if you LOVE someone,tell him or her,for you never know what tomorrow mayhave in store.
有時候，壹些人進入妳的生命，妳馬上知道他們是註定要出現的。他們的到來是為了達成某種目的，給妳提供教益，幫助妳認清自己以及自己想要成為怎樣的人。妳不會知道這些人是誰***很可能會是妳的室友、鄰居、同事、失散多年的朋友、愛人，甚至是素未謀面的陌生人***，可是當妳的目光鎖定他們的那壹刻，妳就知道他們會給妳的生命帶來深遠的影響。
有時候，發生在妳身上的事情看似可怕、痛苦和不公平，但仔細壹想，妳就會發現，如果不克服這些障礙，妳就不會意識到自己的潛能、力量、意誌和決心。
任何事的發生都是有原因的。
沒有事情是偶然出現或運氣使然。
疾病、傷痛、愛情、與成功失之交臂，以及徹徹底底的糊塗犯錯，這些都是對妳精神極限的考驗。無論這些小小的考驗是什麽，沒有了它們，生命就像是壹條不知通往何處的平坦大道，縱然安全舒適，但卻了然無趣、毫無意義。
妳所遇到的影響妳生命的人，妳所經歷的成功與失敗，都有助於塑造和成就妳的人生。
即使是不好的經歷，也能從中吸取經驗。
事實上，這些經驗可能是最深刻和最重要的。
如果有人傷害了妳，背叛了妳，或傷了妳的心，原諒他們吧，因為他們幫助妳理解了信任，讓妳懂得了在敞開心扉時保持謹慎是很重要的。
如果有人愛妳，妳要無條件地愛他們，不僅因為他們愛妳，還因為他們教會了妳去愛，以及如何敞開妳的心扉、放開妳的目光。
讓每壹天都過得有價值。
珍惜生命中的每壹刻，並盡妳所能地從中取得收獲，因為妳不會有從頭再來的可能。
跟那些妳從來沒有說過話的人交談，並註意聆聽。
讓自己去愛，掙脫束縛，讓目光高遠。
要昂起頭，因為妳有權利這麽做。
告訴自己，妳是壹個偉大的人，並相信自己，因為如果妳不相信自己，別人就很難相信妳。
妳可以做任何想做的事來塑造妳的人生。
創造妳自己的人生，並無怨無悔地去過這壹生吧。
最重要的是，如果妳愛某個人，就告訴他/她，因為妳不知道明天將會怎樣。