英语美文阅读10篇
张杰好听的歌-
英语美文十篇
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What is your most ideal day? Do you
know exactly how you want to live your life for
the next
five days, five weeks, five
months or five years? When was the last best day
of your life? When is
the next?
The best day of our lives is today. The
past is no longer here. We cannot enjoy it any
longer.
To dwell on the past is to
waste the opportunity to enjoy the present.
The future is a promise, a
time that will not come because what we
have is only today. When tomorrow comes, it will
not be
tomorrow any more; it becomes
your today.
You cannot enjoy tomorrow
unless you know how to
enjoy your
today.
If you are to live thirty more
years, you are going to experience 10,950 todays.
But every day that passes without your
notice is a day cut off from your life. Your life
is a day
shorter every new day.
Each day is a decision to live.
Today is a gift; this is why it is
called the
How you
use this
day is up to you. At each new day, you decide
whether to unwrap that gift, or let it stay in
the corner and spoil. Each day is a
decision to live your ideal life.
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I have never heard my father raise his
voice or yell at anyone. He talks quietly and
slowly when
angered, but his voice also
deepens and he makes sure that he has your full
attention.
He is as
gentle
and soft-hearted as usual, and rules with his
heart, not his hands.
We never wanted
to
disappoint him, but knew that we
should try our best, which was all that he would
ever ask.
We
were safe in
knowing that Dad’s love was unconditional, and
that it alwa
ys would be.
He
has a
way of making people laugh, and
children simply like him.
I’ve always
respected his integrity
1
,
honesty and openness.
I can’t imagine a childhood without a
father like mine —
and I love him to
pieces.
1. integrity
n.
诚实正直
3
Stop trying to prove how bad things are
to the world. Start showing the world how great
things can be.
From the same
place where you slid backwards, you can begin to
move ahead. Whether you are
in a good
place or a bad place depends entirely on where you
choose to go next. Where your
passion
and attention are consistently focused is where
your life will go. Focus on the positive
possibilities that excite you the most.
Don’t let your excuses
continue to hold you back. Allow your effective
and purpose
ful actions
to
move you forward. You don’t have to save the whole
world in a single bound.
Small steps,
taken again and again, will accomplish
far more than any grandiose
*
scheme.
Now is the moment in
which you are living, and now is the moment to
give your very best to
life. Yes, you
can do it, so choose right now to find real joy in
exploring your opportunities.
Note:
grandiose
adj.
华而不实的；浮夸的
4
Flowers Tell
Everything
Who can
deny
1
the beauty
of flowers?
They are beautiful things
with lovely smells that are
considered
to be the best way to show our
feelings.
Here are some flowers in
various forms,
colors and smells that
can be used to
convey
2
your
feelings.
The rose is called the queen of flowers
because of its glory. The red rose symbolizes
love,
passion,
gratitude
3
and
bravery.
The pink rose shows
admiration, happiness and appreciation. The
yellow rose symbolizes joy, a new
beginning, hope and friendship. For the people
that like the
white rose, it symbolizes
innocence
4
and
true love.
The
orchid
5
is the
symbol of love, beauty and
fertility
.
The daisy
symbolizes
purity and
loyalty.
The sunflower symbolizes devotion and
sunshine.
The
tulip
6
is the
symbol of fame, perfect love and luck.
The
iris
7
symbolizes friendship,
wisdom
and faith.
The lily
symbolizes purity,
simplicity
and beauty.
Now you
know the meaning of each flower, so you should not
give the wrong flower for the
wrong
reason or feeling. Flowers will help you describe
how you feel, since they reveal
everything.
Notes:
1. deny
v.
否认
2. convey
v.
表达
,
传达
3. gratitude
n.
感激
4. innocence
n.
纯真
5. orchid
n.
兰花
6. tulip
n.
郁金香
7. iris
n.
鸢尾花
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Every day I wake up and
think to myself,
listen to beautiful
music, and go through the steps of what I need to
accomplish that day. I lie in
my bed
and think of all the adventures I’m going to have,
even if it’s just going to the store,
cleaning the house, or just doing the
ordinary things of everyday life. I always think:
What miracle
is going to happen today?
What great and unexpected thing is going to
happen? It could be a
compliment from
someone, or it could be a discount at the store
that I didn’t expect. It could be so
many the one thing that stays constant
in my mind is that a miracle is going to happen
every that way,my life becomes an
adventure to see exactly what it’s going to be. It
could
be that phone call I’ve been
expecting, or forgotten about. Someone from long
ago appears, and
still remembers me in
a loving is my miracle for the day. So what is
yours going to be?
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It is the road
you take that decides your destiny but not your
destiny that decides the road you
take.
The question is: Are you satisfied with
who you are? Are you doing what you are capable of
doing? Do you get excited about what
you are going to do when you get up in the
morning? It is
high time you asked
these questions that reflect the truth about your
life.
More often than not we
have the ability to achieve much
greater things, but we get caught in the average
things in life
and waste our
potential.
Each one of us has immense
ability. But most of us fail to use it. Why?
1. There is no exact purpose for your
life.
2. You underestimate
yourself.
3. You are too
busy to think about any-thing.
4. You are in a comfortable zone.