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1、经典英语美文中英文对照 英语听力中英文对照我国教育部门对英语的教育是极为重视的,培养专业英语人才不仅需要具有专业的英语语言知识和文化,而且可以在不同的岗位上使用英语和本族语来从事不同的工作。下面是WTT带来的中英文对照经典英语美文，!中英文对照经典英语美文篇一One mans meat is another mans poisonPeople bee quite illogical when they try to decide what can be eaten and what cannot be eaten.If you lived in the Mediterranean, for i
2、nstance, you would consider octopus a great delicacy.You would not be able to understand why some people find it repulsive.On the other hand, your stomach would turn at the idea of frying potatoes in animal fat- the normally accepted practice in many northern countries.The sad truth is that most of
3、us have been brought up to eat certain foods and we stick to them all our lives.No creature has received more praise and abuse than the mon garden snail.Cooked in wine, snails are a great lu_ury in various parts of the world.There are countless people who, ever since their early years, have learned
4、to associate snails with food.My friend, Robert, lives in a country where snails are despised.As his flat is in a large town, he has no garden of his own.For years he has been asking me to collect snails from my garden and take them to him.The idea never appealed to me very much, but one day, after
5、a heavy shower, I happened to be walking in my garden when I noticed a huge number of snails taking a stroll on some of my prize plants.Acting on a sudden impulse, I collected several dozen, put them in a paper bag, and took them to Robert.Robert was delighted to see me and equally pleased with my l
6、ittle gift.I left the bag in thehall and Robert and I went into the living-room where we talked for a couple of hours.I had forgotten all about the snails when Robert suddenly said that I must stay to dinner.Snails would, of course, be the main dish.I did not fancy the idea and I reluctantly followe
7、d Robert out of the room.To our dismay, we saw that there were snails everywhere: they had escaped from the paper bag and had taken plete possession of the hall! I have never been able to look at a snail since then.在决定什么能吃而什么不能吃的时候，人们往往变得不合情理。比方，假如你住在地中海地区，你会把章鱼视作是美味佳肴，同时不能理解为什么有人一见章鱼就恶心。另一方面，你一想到动物
8、油炸土豆就会反胃，但这在北方许多国家却是一种普通的烹任方法。不无遗憾的是， 我们中的大局部人，生来就只吃某几种食品，而且一辈子都这样。没有一种生物所受到的赞美和厌恶会超过花园里常见的蜗牛了。蜗牛加酒烧煮后，便成了世界上许多地方的一道珍奇的名菜。有不计其数的人们从小就知道蜗牛可做菜。但我的朋友罗伯特却住在一个厌恶蜗牛的国家中。他住在大城市里的一所公寓里，没有自己的花园。多年来，他一直让我把我园子里的蜗牛搜集起来给他捎去。一开场，他的这一想法没有引起我多大兴趣。后来有一天，一场大雨后，我在花园里漫无目的漫步，突然注意到许许多多蜗牛在我的一些心爱的花木上慢悠悠的蠕动着。我一时冲动，逮了几十只，装进一
9、只纸袋里，带着去找罗伯特。罗伯特见到我很快乐，对我的薄礼也感到满意。我把纸袋放在门厅里，与罗伯特一起进了起居室，在那里聊了好几个钟头。我把蜗牛的事已忘得一干二净，罗伯特突然提出一定要我留下来吃晚饭，这才提醒了我。蜗牛当然是道主菜。我并不喜欢这个主意，所以我勉强跟着罗伯特走进了起居室。使我们惊愕的是门厅里到处爬满了蜗牛：它们从纸袋里逃了出来，爬得满厅都是!从那以后，我再也不能看一眼蜗牛了。中英文对照经典英语美文篇二A skeleton in the cupboardWe often read in novels how a seemingly respectable person or fami
10、ly has some terrible secret which has been concealed from strangers for years.The English language possesses a vivid saying to describe this sort of situation.The terrible secret is called a skeleton in the cup board .At some dramatic moment in the story the terrible secret bees known and a reputati
11、on is ruined.The readers hair stands on end when he reads in the final pages of the novel that the heroine, a dear old lady who had always been so kind to everybody, had, in her youth, poisoned every one of her five husbands.It is all very well for such things to occur in fiction.To varying degrees,
12、 we all have secrets which we do not want even our closest friends to learn, but few of us have skeletons in the cupboard.The only person I know who has a skeleton in the cupboard is George Carlton, and he is very proud of the fact.George studied medicine in his youth.Instead of being a doctor, howe
13、ver, he became a successful writer of detective stories.I once spent an unfortable week-end which I shall never forget at his house.George showed me to the guestroom which, he said, was rarely used.He told me to unpack my things and then e down to dinner.After I had stacked my shirts and underclothe
14、s in two empty drawers, I decided to hang in the cupboard one of the two suits I had brought with me.I opened the cupboard door and then stood in front of it petrified.A skeleton was dangling before my eyes.The sudden movement of the door made it sway slightly and it gave me the impression that it w
15、as about to leap out at me.Dropping my suit, I dashed downstairs to tell George.This was worse than a terrible secret; this was a real skeleton ! But George was unsympathetic.Oh, that, he said with a smile as if he were talking about an old friend.Thats Sebastian.You forget that I was a medical stud
16、ent once upon a time.在小说中，我们经常读到一个外表上受人尊重的人物或家庭，却有着某种多年不为人所知的骇人听闻的机密。英语中有一个生动的说法来形容这种情况。惊人的机密称作“柜中骷髅”。在小说的某个戏剧性时刻，可怕的机密泄漏出来，接着便是某人的声誉扫地。当读者到小说最后几页理解到书中女主人公，那位一向待大家很好的得意的老妇人年轻时一连毒死了她的5个丈夫时，不禁会毛骨悚然。这种事发生在小说中是无可非议的。尽管我们人人都有各种大小机密。连最亲密的朋友都不愿让他们知道， 但我们当中极少有人有柜中骷髅。我所认识的唯一的在柜中藏骷嵝的人便是乔治.卡尔顿，他甚至引以为自豪。乔治年轻时学过医，然而，他后来没当上医生，却成了一位成功的侦探小说作家。有一次，我在他家里度周末，过得很不愉快。这事我永远不会忘记。乔治把我领进客房，说这间很少使用。他让我翻开行装后下楼吃饭。我将衬衫、内衣放进两个空抽屉里，然后我想把随身带来的两套西服中的一套挂到大衣柜里去。我翻开柜门，站在柜门前一下惊呆了。一具骷髅
