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1、英文人生名篇 - 第一篇：A Grain of Sand/ 一粒沙子William Blake/威廉.布莱克To see a world in a grain of sand,And a heaven in a wild fllower,Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,And eternity in an hour.从一粒沙子看到一个世界，从一朵野花看到一个天堂，把握在你手心里的就是无限，永恒也就消融于一个时辰。英文人生名篇 - 第二篇：Love Your Life/ 热爱生活 - Henry David Thoreau/享利.大卫.梭罗Howev
2、er mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names. 不论你的生活如何卑贱，你要面对它生活，不要躲避它，更别用恶言咒骂它。It is not so bad as you are.它不像你那样坏。 It looks poorest when you are richest. 你最富有的时候，倒是看似最穷。The fault-finder will find faults in paradise.爱找缺点的人就是到天堂里也能找到缺点。Love your life, poor as it i
3、s. 你要爱你的生活，尽管它贫穷。You may perhaps have some pleasant, thrilling, glorious hourss, even in a poor-house. 甚至在一个济贫院里，你也还有愉快、高兴、光荣的时候。The setting sun is reflected from the windows of the alms-house as brightly as from the rich mans abode; 夕阳反射在济贫院的窗上，像身在富户人家窗上一样光亮；the snow melts before its door as early
4、in the spring. 在那门前，积雪同在早春融化。I do not see but a quiet mind may live as contentedly there, and have as cheering thoughts, as in a palace. 我只看到，一个从容的人，在哪里也像在皇宫中一样，生活得心满意足而富有愉快的思想。The towns poor seem to me often to live the most independent lives of any. 城镇中的穷人，我看，倒往往是过着最独立不羁的生活。May be they are simply
5、great enough to receive without misgiving. 也许因为他们很伟大， 所以受之无愧。Most think that they are above being supported by the town; 大多数人以为他们是超然的，不靠城镇来支援他们；but it often happens that they are not above supporting themselves by dishonest means. which should be more disreputable. 可是事实上他们是往往利用了不正当的手段来对付生活，他们是毫不超脱的，
6、毋宁是不体面的。Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. 视贫穷如园中之花而像圣人一样耕植它吧！Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends, Turn the old, return to them. 不要找新的花样，无论是新的朋友或新的衣服，来麻烦你自己。Things do not change; we change. Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts.找旧的，回到那里去。万物不变，是
7、我们在变。你的衣服可以卖掉，但要保留你的思想。英文人生名篇 - 第三篇：These Things Shall Never Die / 这些美好不会消逝- Charles Dickens/查尔斯. 狄更斯The pure. the bright, the beautiful, 一切纯洁的, 辉煌的, 美丽的, That stirred our hearts in youth, 强烈地震撼着我们年轻的心灵的, The impulses to wordless prayer, 推动着我们做无言的祷告的, The dreams of love and truth; 让我们梦想着爱与真理的; The l
8、onging after somethings lost, 在失去后为之感到珍惜的, The spirits yearning cry, 使灵魂深切地呼喊着的, The striving after better hopes- 为了更美好的梦想而奋斗着的- These things can never die. 这些美好不会消逝。 The timid hand stretched forth to aid 羞怯地伸出援助的手， A brother in his need, 在你的弟兄需要的时候， A kindly word in griefs dark hour 伤恸、困难的时候，一句亲切的话
9、 That proves a friend indeed; 就足以证明朋友的真心； The plea for mercy softly breathed, 轻声地乞求怜悯， When justice threatens nigh, 在审判临近的时候， The sorrow of a contrite heart- 懊悔的心有一种伤感These things shall never die. 这些美好不会消逝。 Let nothing pass for every hand 在人间传递温情 Must find some work to do; 尽你所能地去做； Lose not a chance
10、 to waken love- 别错失去了唤醒爱的良机Be firm, and just , and true; 为人要坚定，正直，忠诚； So shall a light that cannot fade 因此上方照耀着你的那道光芒 Beam on thee from on high. 就不会消失。 And angel voices say to thee- 你将听到天使的声音在说-These things shall never die. 这些美好不会消逝。英文人生名篇 - 第四篇： Think it over/ 好好想想Today we have higher buildings and
11、 wider highways, but shorter temperaments and narrower points of view;今天我们拥有了更高层的楼宇以及更宽阔的公路，但是我们的性情却更为急躁，眼光也更加狭隘；We spend more, but enjoy less;我们消耗的更多，享受到的却更少；We have bigger houses, but smaller famillies;我们的住房更大了，但我们的家庭却更小了；We have more compromises, but less time;我们妥协更多，时间更少；We have more knowledge,
12、but less judgment;我们拥有了更多的知识，可判断力却更差了；We have more medicines, but less health;我们有了更多的药品，但健康状况却更不如意；We have multiplied out possessions, but reduced out values;我们拥有的财富倍增，但其价值却减少了；We talk much, we love only a little, and we hate too much;我们说的多了，爱的却少了，我们的仇恨也更多了；We reached the Moon and came back, but we
13、find it troublesome to cross our own street and meet our neighbors;我们可以往返月球，但却难以迈出一步去亲近我们的左邻右舍；We have conquered the uter space, but not our inner space;我们可以征服外太空，却征服不了我们的内心；We have highter income, but less morals;我们的收入增加了，但我们的道德却少了；These are times with more liberty, but less joy;我们的时代更加自由了，但我们拥有的快乐
14、时光却越来越少；We have much more food, but less nutrition;我们有了更多的食物，但所能得到的营养却越来越少了；These are the days in which it takes two salaries for each home, but divorces increase;现在每个家庭都可以有双份收入，但离婚的现象越来越多了；These are times of finer houses, but more broken homes;现在的住房越来越精致，但我们也有了更多破碎的家庭；Thats why I propose, that as o
15、f today;这就是我为什么要说，让我们从今天开始；You do not keep anything for a special occasion. because every day that you live is a SPECIAL OCCASION.不要将你的东西为了某一个特别的时刻而预留着，因为你生活的每一天都是那么特别；Search for knowledge, read more , sit on your porch and admire the view without paying attention to your needs;寻找更我的知识，多读一些书，坐在你家的前廊里，以赞美的眼光去享受眼前的风景，不要带上任何功利的想法；Spend more time with your family and friends, eat your favorite foods, visit the places you love;花多点时间和朋友与家人在一起，吃你爱吃的食物，去你想去的地方；Life
