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　　 教育 的进步是在改变的基础上实现的,改变的第一步就是摒弃墨守成规的教学思维,英语作为国际沟通交流的语言工具,其在全球化进程中扮演着重要的角色。下面是我带来的经典英语 文章 阅读，欢迎阅读!

　　经典英语文章阅读篇一
　　十二月的玫瑰

　　Roses in December

　　Coaches more times than not use their hearts instead of their heads to make tough decisions. Unfortunately, this wasn’t the case when I realized we had a baseball conference game scheduled when our seniors would be in Washington, D.C. for the annual senior field trip. We were a team dominated by seniors, and for the first time in many years, we were in the conference race for first place. I knew we couldn’t win without our seniors, so I called the rival coach and asked to reschedule the game when everyone was available to play.

　　“No way,” he replied. The seniors were crushed and offered to skip the much-awaited traditional trip. I assured them they needed to go on the trip as part of their educational experience, though I really wanted to accept their offer and win and go on to the conference championship. But I did not, and on that fateful Tuesday, I wished they were there to play.

　　I had nine underclass players eager and excited that they finally had a chance to play. The most excited player was a young mentally challenged boy we will call Billy. Billy was, I believe, overage, but because he loved sports so much, an understanding principal had given him permission to be on the football and baseball teams. Billy lived and breathed sports and now he would finally get his chance to play. I think his happiness captured the imagination of the eight other substitute players. Billy was very small in size, but he had a big heart and had earned the respect of his teammates with his effort and enthusiasm. He was a left-handed hitter and had good baseball skills. His favorite pastime, except for the time he practiced sports, was to sit with the men at a local rural store talking about sports. On this day, I began to feel that a loss might even be worth Billy’s chance to play.

　　Our opponents jumped off to a four-run lead early in the game, just as expected. Somehow we came back to within one run, and that was the situation when we went to bat in the bottom of the ninth. I was pleased with our team’s effort and the constant grin on Billy’s face. If only we could win..., I thought, but that’s asking too much. If we lose by one run, it will be a victory in itself. The weakest part of our lineup was scheduled to hit, and the opposing coach put his ace pitcher in to seal the victory.

　　To our surprise, with two outs, a batter walked, and the tying run was on first base. Our next hitter was Billy. The crowd cheered as if this were the final inning of the conference championship, and Billy waved jubilantly. I knew he would be unable to hit this pitcher, but what a day it had been for all of us. Strike one. Strike two. A fastball. Billy hit it down the middle over the right fielder’s head for a triple to tie the score. Billy was beside himself, and the crowd went wild.

　　Ben, our next hitter, however, hadn’t hit the ball even once in batting practice or intrasquad games. I knew there was absolutely no way for the impossible dream to continue. Besides, our opponents had the top of their lineup if we went into overtime. It was a crazy situation and one that needed reckless strategy.

　　I called a time-out, and everyone seemed confused when I walked to third base and whispered something to Billy. As expected, Ben swung on the first two pitches, not coming close to either. When the catcher threw the ball back to the pitcher Billy broke from third base sprinting as hard as he could. The pitcher didn’t see him break, and when he did he whirled around wildly and fired the ball home. Billy dove in head first, beat the throw, and scored the winning run. This was not the World Series, but don’t tell that to anyone present that day. Tears were shed as Billy, the hero, was lifted on the shoulders of all eight team members.

　　If you go through town today, forty-two years later, you’ll likely see Billy at that same country store relating to an admiring group the story of the day he won the game that no one expected to win. Of all the spectacular events in my sports career, this memory is the highlight. It exemplified what sports can do for people, and Billy’s great day proved that to everyone who saw the game.

　　J. M. Barrie, the playwright, may have said it best when he wrote, “God gave us memories so that we might have roses in December.” Billy gave all of us a rose garden.
　　经典英语文章阅读篇二
　　Big Red

　　The first time we set eyes on "Big Red," father, mother and I were trudging through the freshly fallen snow on our way to Hubbles Hardware store on Main Street in Huntsville, Ontario. We planned to enter our name in the annual Christmas drawing for a chance to win a hamper filled with fancy tinned cookies, tea, fruit and candy. As we passed the Eatons department stores window, we stopped as usual to gaze and do a bit of dreaming.

　　The gaily decorated window display held the best toys ever. I took an instant hankering for a huge green wagon. It was big enough to haul three armloads of firewood, two buckets of swill or a whole summers worth of pop bottles picked from along the highway. There were skates that would make Millars Pond well worth shovelling and dolls much too pretty to play with. And they were all nestled snugly beneath the breathtakingly flounced skirt of Big Red.

　　Mothers eyes were glued to the massive flare of red shimmering satin, dotted with twinkling sequin-centred black velvet stars. "My goodness," she managed to say in trancelike wonder. "Would you just look at that dress!" Then, totally out of character, mother twirled one spin of a waltz on the slippery sidewalk. Beneath the heavy, wooden-buttoned, grey wool coat she had worn every winter for as long as I could remember, mother lost her balance and tumbled. Father quickly caught her.

　　Her cheeks redder than usual, mother swatted dad for laughing. "Oh, stop that!" she ordered, shooing his fluttering hands as he swept the snow from her coat. "What a silly dress to be perched up there in the window of Eatons!" She shook her head in disgust. "Who on earth would want such a splashy dress?"

　　As we continued down the street, mother turned back for one more look. "My goodness! Youd think theyd display something a person could use!"

　　Christmas was nearing, and the red dress was soon forgotten. Mother, of all people, was not one to wish for, or spend money on, items that were not practical. "There are things we need more than this," shed always say, or, "There are things we need more than that."

　　Father, on the other hand, liked to indulge whenever the budget allowed. Of course, hed get a scolding for his occasional splurging, but it was all done with the best intention.

　　Like the time he brought home the electric range. In our old Muskoka farmhouse on Oxtongue Lake, Mother was still cooking year-round on a wood stove. In the summer, the kitchen would be so hot even the houseflies wouldnt come inside. Yet, there would be Mother – roasting - right along with the pork and turnips.

　　One day, Dad surprised her with a fancy new electric range. She protested, of course, saying that the wood stove cooked just dandy, that the electric stove was too dear and that it would cost too much hydro to run it. All the while, however, she was polishing its already shiny chrome knobs. In spite of her objections, Dad and I knew that she cherished that new stove.

　　There were many other modern things that old farm needed, like indoor plumbing and a clothes dryer, but Mom insisted that those things would have to wait until we could afford them. Mom was forever doing chores - washing laundry by hand, tending the pigs and working in our huge garden - so she always wore mended, cotton-print housedresses and an apron to protect the front. She did have one or two "special" dresses saved for church on Sundays. And with everything else she did, she still managed to make almost all of our clothes. They werent fancy, but they did wear well.

　　That Christmas I bought Dad a handful of fishing lures from the Five to a Dollar store, and wrapped them individually in matchboxes so hed have plenty of gifts to open from me. Choosing something for Mother was much harder. When Dad and I asked, she thought carefully then hinted modestly for some tea towels, face cloths or a new dishpan.

　　On our last trip to town before Christmas, we were driving up Main Street when Mother suddenly exclaimed in surprise: "Would you just look at that!" She pointed excitedly as Dad drove past Eatons.

　　"That big red dress is gone," she said in disbelief. "Its actually gone."

　　"Well . . . Ill be!" Dad chuckled. "By golly, it is!"

　　"Whod be fool enough to buy such a frivolous dress?" Mother questioned, shaking her head. I quickly stole a glance at Dad. His blue eyes were twinkling as he nudged me with his elbow. Mother craned her neck for another glimpse out the rear window as we rode on up the street. "Its gone . . ." she whispered. I was almost certain that I detected a trace of yearning in her voice.

　　Ill never forget that Christmas morning. I watched as Mother peeled the tissue paper off a large box that read "Eatons Finest Enamel Dishpan" on its lid.

　　"Oh Frank," she praised, "just what I wanted!" Dad was sitting in his rocker, a huge grin on his face.

　　"Only a fool wouldnt give a priceless wife like mine exactly what she wants for Christmas," he laughed. "Go ahead, open it up and make sure there are no chips." Dad winked at me, confirming his secret, and my heart filled with more love for my father than I thought it could hold!

　　Mother opened the box to find a big white enamel dishpan - overflowing with crimson satin that spilled out across her lap. With trembling hands she touched the elegant material of Big Red.

　　"Oh my goodness!" she managed to utter, her eyes filled with tears. "Oh Frank . . ." Her face was as bright as the star that twinkled on our tree in the corner of the small room. "You shouldnt have . . ." came her faint attempt at scolding.

　　"Oh now, never mind that!" Dad said. "Lets see if it fits," he laughed, helping her slip the marvellous dress over her shoulders. As the shimmering red satin fell around her, it gracefully hid the patched and faded floral housedress underneath.

　　I watched, my mouth agape, captivated by a radiance in my parents I had never noticed before. As they waltzed around the room, Big Red swirled its magic deep into my heart.

　　"You look beautiful," my dad whispered to my mom - and she surely did!
　　经典英语文章阅读篇三
　　你才是我的幸福

　　She was dancing. My crippled grandmother was dancing. I stood in the living room doorway absolutely stunned. I glanced at the kitchen table and sure enough-right under a small, framed drawing on the wall-was a freshly baked peach pie.

　　I heard her sing when I opened the door but did not want to interrupt the beautiful song by yelling I had arrived, so I just tiptoed to the living room. I looked at how her still-lean body bent beautifully, her arms greeting the sunlight that was pouring through the window. And her legs... Those legs that had stiffly walked, aided with a cane, insensible shoes as long as I could remember. Now she was wearing beautiful dancing shoes and her legs obeyed her perfectly. No limping. No stiffness. Just beautiful, fluid motion. She was the pet of the dancing world. And then she’d had her accident and it was all over. I had read that in an old newspaper clipping.

　　She turned around in a slow pirouette and saw me standing in the doorway. Her song ended, and her beautiful movements with it, so abruptly that it felt like being shaken awake from a beautiful dream. The sudden silence rang in my ears. Grandma looked so much like a kid caught with her hand in a cookie jar that I couldn’t help myself, and a slightly nervous laughter escaped. Grandma sighed and turned towards the kitchen. I followed her, not believing my eyes. She was walking with no difficulties in her beautiful shoes. We sat down by the table and cut ourselves big pieces of her delicious peach pie.

　　"So...” I blurted, “How did your leg heal?"

　　"To tell you the truth—my legs have been well all my life," she said.

　　"But I don’t understand!" I said, "Your dancing career... I mean... You pretended all these years?

　　"Very much so," Grandmother closed her eyes and savored the peach pie, "And for a very good reason."

　　"What reason?"

　　"Your grandfather."

　　"You mean he told you not to dance?"

　　"No, this was my choice. I am sure I would have lost him if I had continued dancing. I weighed fame and love against each other and love won."

　　She thought for a while and then continued. “We were talking about engagement when your grandfather had to go to war. It was the most horrible day of my life when he left. I was so afraid of losing him, the only way I could stay sane was to dance. I put all my energy and time into practicing—and I became very good. Critics praised me, the public loved me, but all I could feel was the ache in my heart, not knowing whether the love of my life would ever return. Then I went home and read and re-read his letters until I fell asleep. He always ended his letters with ‘You are my Joy. I love you with my life’ and after that he wrote his name. And then one day a letter came. There were only three sentences: ‘I have lost my leg. I am no longer a whole man and now give you back your freedom. It is best you forget about me.’”

　　"I made my decision there and then. I took my leave, and traveled away from the city. When I returned I had bought myself a cane and wrapped my leg tightly with bandages. I told everyone I had been in a car crash and that my leg would never completely heal again. My dancing days were over. No one suspected the story—I had learned to limp convincingly before I returned home. And I made sure the first person to hear of my accident was a reporter I knew well. Then I traveled to the hospital. They had pushed your grandfather outside in his wheelchair. There was a cane on the ground by his wheelchair. I took a deep breath, leaned on my cane and limped to him. "

　　By now I had forgotten about the pie and listened to grandma, mesmerized. “What happened then?” I hurried her when she took her time eating some pie.

　　"I told him he was not the only one who had lost a leg, even if mine was still attached to me. I showed him newspaper clippings of my accident. ‘So if you think I’m going to let you feel sorry for yourself for the rest of your life, think again. There is a whole life waiting for us out there! I don’t intend to be sorry for myself. But I have enough on my plate as it is, so you’d better snap out of it too. And I am not going to carry you-you are going to walk yourself.’" Grandma giggled, a surprisingly girlish sound coming from an old lady with white hair.

　　"I limped a few steps toward him and showed him what I’d taken out of my pocket. ‘Now show me you are still a man,’ I said, ‘I won’t ask again.’ He bent to take his cane from the ground and struggled out of that wheelchair. I could see he had not done it before, because he almost fell on his face, having only one leg. But I was not going to help. And so he managed it on his own and walked to me and never sat in a wheelchair again in his life."

　　"What did you show him?" I had to know. Grandma looked at me and grinned. "Two engagement rings, of course. I had bought them the day after he left for the war and I was not going to waste them on any other man."

　　I looked at the drawing on the kitchen wall, sketched by my grandfather’s hand so many years before. The picture became distorted as tears filled my eyes. “You are my Joy. I love you with my life.” I murmured quietly. The young woman in the drawing sat on her park bench and with twinkling eyes smiled broadly at me, an engagement ring carefully drawn on her finger.

　　
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关于艺术的英语文章阅读范文欣赏

　　艺术是一个开放的、流动的体系,艺术的含义是变化的,没有固定不变的艺术规则。下面是我带来的关于艺术的英语 文章 阅读，欢迎大家阅读!

　　关于艺术的英语文章阅读篇一
　　生活的艺术The art of living is to know when to hold fast and when to let life is a paradox: it enjoins us to cling to its many gifts even while it ordains their eventual relinquishment. The rabbis of old put it this way:”A man comes to this world with his fist clenched, but when he dies, his hand is open. ”

　　Surely we ought to hold fast to lift, for it is wondrous, and full of a beauty that breaks through every pore of God’s own earth. We know that this is so,but all too often we recognize this truth only in our backward glance when we remember what was and then suddenly realize that it is no more.

　　We remember a beauty that faded, a love that waned. But we remember with far greater pain that we did not see that beauty when it flowered, that we failed to respond with love when it was tendered.

　　Hold fast to life but not so fast that you cannot let go. This is the second side of life’s coin, the opposite pole of its paradox: we must accept our losses, and learn how to let go.

　　译文：

　　生活的艺术在于懂得什么时候追求，什么时候放弃。因为生活就是一个矛盾体：它要我们紧紧抓住它赐予我们的生命之礼，然后最终又让它们从我们手中跑掉。老先生们说：“人们紧握着拳头来到这个世界上，离开这个世界时却摊开了双手。”

　　当然我们应该紧紧把握生活，因为它美妙得不可思议，充满了从上帝的每个毛孔里蹦出来的美。我们都清楚这一点，但我们常常只有在回首往事时才会想去过去，才会突然意识到过去永远地消逝了，才会承认这个道理。

　　我们都记得美的褪去，爱的老去。但我们更痛苦地记得美正艳时，我们却没有发现，爱正浓时，我们却没有回应。
　　关于艺术的英语文章阅读篇二
　　科学与艺术

　　I beg leave to thank you for the extremely kind and apprieciative manner in which you have received the toast of is the more grateful to me to hear that toast proposed in an assembly of this kind. Because I have noticed of late years a great and growing tendency among those who were once jestingly said to have been born pre-scientific age to look upon science as an invading and aggressive force, which of it had find its own way, it would oust from the universe all other pursuits. I think there are many persons wholook upon the new birth of our times as a sort of monster rising out of the sea of modern thought with thepurpose of devouring the Andromeda of now and then a Perseus, equipped with the shoes of swiftnessof the ready writer, and with the cap of invisibility of the editorial article,and it may be with the Medusa head of vituperation, shows herself ready to try conclusions with the scientific dragon. Sir, I hope that Perseus should think better of it. First, for the sake of his own, because the creature is hard of head,strong of jaw,for some time past has shown a great capacity for going over and through whatever comes in his way; and secondly, for the sake of justice, for I assure you, of my own personal knowledge if left alone, the creature is a very debonair and gentle for the Andromeda of art, the creature has the tenderest respect for the lady, and desires nothing more than to see her happily settled and annually pruducing a flock of such charming children as those we see about us.

　　But putting parables aside, I am unable to understand how any one with a knowledge of mankind can imagine that the growth of science can threaten the development of art in any of its forms. If I understand the matter of all, science and art are the obverse and reverse of the Natures medal; the one expressing the external order of things, in terms of feeling, and the other in terms of thought. When men no longer love norhate; when suffering causes no pity, and the tale of great deeds ceases to thrill. when the lily of the field shall seem no longer more beautifully arrayed than the Solomon in all his glory, and the owe has vanished from the snow-capped peak and deep ravine, and indeed the science may have the world to itself, but itwill not be because the monster has devoured the art, but because one side of human nature is dead, and because men have lost half of their ancient and present attributes.

　　请允许我为你们如此友善和赞赏地为科学干杯而深表感谢。我尤其感激在这般友善的大会上来为科学祝酒。因为事实上近些年我确实发现有些戏称自己是在前科学时代出生的人，正在酝酿一股很强大而且日渐强大的倾向，将科学视为入侵和占领的势力，而且若假以时日，必将我们宇宙其他的事物驱逐出去。我想有很多人认为我们的时代是从现代头脑中爆发的怪物，目的就是要吞噬掉艺术的安德洛默达。时不时的，还有一位珀尔修斯，脚蹬写作快手之超速鞋，头戴社论文章之阴形帽，或许还安着充斥漫骂之词的“美杜沙之脑”威风凛凛，大有与科学之龙一比高下的气势。但是，各位绅士，我劝这位珀尔修斯先生三思而行。首先，为了他自己的安全着想，因为这怪物脑壳坚硬，口鄂强壮，从它过往的经历可以看出它所到之处，势如破竹，所向披靡，无人能拦，实不易对付。再者，为正义说句话，我可以向你们保证，以我愚见，只要放任不管，它还是一个温而文雅，无比绅士的怪物。至于艺术的安德洛默达，此怪物穷其所有的敬仰，别无他求，只希望看到她能够安居乐业，每年都能生一大群如我们所见的快乐迷人的小孩子。

　　不过撇去那些比喻，我实在不能理解那些有一点人文知识的人为什么会担心科学的进步怎么就会威胁到艺术的发展。依我所见，科学和艺术实乃大自然这枚圣牌的正反两面，一个以情感的方式表达了事物的外在规律，而另外一个则是一理性的方式。当人类不再爱，也不再恨;当苦难不再引起怜悯;当壮举不再让人激动，当山野的百合花还比不上所罗门的荣光，当雪山之巅和万丈深渊不再博得敬畏，那么科学是真的统治了这个世界。但是那不是因为怪物吞噬了艺术，而是因为人性的另一面已经死亡，而是因为人类已经失去了他们从古到今的天性。
　　关于艺术的英语文章阅读篇三
　　中国古代建筑艺术

　　Chinese architecture is an independent art featuring wooden structures. It consists of various roof molding, upturned eaves and wings, dougong with paintings, vermilion pillars and golden roofs, ornament gates and gardening. All of these embody the maturity and artistic appeal of Chinese architecture. 7000 years ago, mortise and tenon and tongue-and-groove were used in Hemudu. The buildings of Banpo village had the division of antechamber and back rooms. Great palaces were built in Shangyin period. Bricks and tiles were used and the layout of Siheyuan emerged in the Western Zhou. There are even building drawings in Spring and Autumn and the Warring States periods passed down.

　　中国建筑体系是以木结构为特色阳的建筑艺术。传统建筑叫种屋顶造型、飞檐翼角、斗拱彩画、朱柱金顶、内外装修门及园林景物等，充分体现出中国建筑艺术的纯熟和感染力。七千年前河姆渡 文化 中即有桦卵和企口做法。半坡村已有前堂后室之分。商殷时已出现高大宫室。西周时已使用砖瓦并有四合院布局。春秋战国时期更有建筑图传世。京邑台栅宫室内外梁柱、斗拱上均作装饰，墙壁上饰以壁画。

　　In Qin and Han, wooden building tended to be mature gradually. Complex buildings, like Epang Palace, were constructed. Temples and pagodas developed rapidly in the period of Weijin and Southern and Northern dynasties. Glass tiles used in Sui and Tang made the building more glorious. The city construction in the period of Five dynasties and Song was booming. Luxury restaurants and shops with lofts and railings were very beautiful. Many palaces and private gardens built in Ming and Qing are reserved today, which are more magnificent and stately than that of the Song Dynasty.

　　秦汉时期木构建筑日趋成熟，建筑宏伟壮观，装饰丰富，舒展优美，出现了阿房宫等庞大的建筑组群。魏晋南北朝时期佛寺、佛塔迅速发展。隋唐时期建筑采用琉璃瓦，更是富丽堂皇。五代、两宋都市建筑兴22，商业繁荣，豪华的酒楼、商店各有飞阁栏槛，风格秀丽。明清时代的宫殿苑固和私家园林保存至今者尚多，建筑亦较宋代华丽繁琐、威严自在。

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On warm evenings I often sat in the boat playing the flute, and saw the perch swimming around me. I saw the moon traveling over the bottom of the lake, which was strewn1 with the fallen leaves and branches.

天气晴和的夜晚,我也常独驾一舟,弄笛湖上,看水中的鲈鱼饶舟不去。俯视湖底,落木坠枝,横斜交错,皓月一轮,行径其上。

Once, I used to come to this pond in dark summer nights with a friend. We would make a fire there, which we thought attracted the fishes. Late in the night, we threw the burning firewood high into the air, which, when it came down into the pond, went out with a loud hissing. And we were suddenly in total darkness. Then, whistling a tune, we made our way to the village again. But now I had made my home by the shore.

以前,在那些深黝的夏日夜晚,我曾不止一次与友人寻胜至此。我们总是先在岸边燃起一堆篝火,我们认为此法最能把鱼招来。待到夜色渐深,我们便把那尚未燃尽的木柴像烟火似地抛入暗空,一阵闪亮之后,缀湖澌灭,嗤然有声。然后长啸一曲,摸黑寻回村落。不过我最近索性就迁居到那里,傍湖而居了。

Sometimes, after the family had all gone to bed, I returned to the woods. Partly for the next day’s dinner, I spent the hours of midnight fishing from a boat by moonlight. At this time, I heard owls and foxes serenade, along with the singing of some unknown birds. These experiences were very memorable and valuable to me. In the center of the water, there were sometimes thousands of small perch and shiners, breaking the surface with their tails. I sometimes threw a line into the pond as I drifted in the gentle night breeze, now and then feeling a slight shaking along it. Pulling the line out of the pond, I saw a perch wriggling in the air.(excerpt)

有时,待家人睡去,我又重新返回林中。半为明日的食物筹措,我于夜半自操一舟,趁着月色,独钓湖上。这时鸱鸣狐啸,伴着一两声怪鸟的戛鸣。回想这些夜游,至今历历难忘。在水中央,鲈鱼银鱼成群,不啻千百,翻舞嬉戏,不时在湖面翻起层层涟漪。有时,于夜风习习之中,我将钓丝投入湖里,但不时忽觉手下一丝微颤。轻轻将线一扯,只见一只鲈鱼在半空中活蹦乱跳。(节选)

Life is full of decisions and most people take their lifetime to master the ability to make one.

生活中,许多事情需要我们做出决定,因此,许多人用一生的时间去学习掌握做决定的能力。

Each of us makes decisions daily, such as what clothes to wear, what to eat, and what to drink. We’re all excellent at judging other people’s decisions. But what about our own decisions? What about the decisions each of us makes, such as going to college, quitting college, quitting a job for another one and so on? These are life-defining moments that create two different life paths. None of these decisions should be taken lightly.

每个人每天都要做决定,如决定穿什么、吃什么、喝什么。我们都擅长判断别人的决定,但你擅长判断自己的决定吗?我们自己做的决定怎么样?如上学、退学、辞职另谋新生等等。这些都是对人生有界定意义、会创造两种不同人生道路的时刻,每一个都不能怠慢。

Although we are all skillful at judging others, we should spend some time to get comfortable with ourselves to make decisions without the fear of judgment. Judgment comes from insecurity3. Each insecurity that we have moves us further and further to make a good decision. In order to control our insecurities we need to identify them and be comfortable with ourselves. To accomplish that we can all use some help. You may get it from a friend or a family member.

即使擅长判断别人的决定,我们也应该花些时间让自己应付自如地做决定,而且不必害怕做出判断。判断力来自于不安全感。我们的每一个不安全感都会推动我们去做出正确的决定。为了控制我们的不安全感,我们需要辨别它们,让自己能无所顾忌。为了达到这个目标,我们可以寻求别人的帮助。你可以从朋友或者家人那里得到你需要的帮助。

The best part about decision-making is that there is no right or wrong answer. Decisions are choices, and choices are individual. Try to put some more effort into your own decisions and leave the judgment at the door.

关于做决定,其最美好之处在于答案没有对错之分。做决定是种抉择,而且抉择是仁者见仁、智者见智。尽力做出自己的选择,不必介意你的选择是对或是错。

Perhaps your idea is a business venture, a travel adventure, or a career that you would like to pursue. When you get an idea that excites you, don’t push the idea away. Remember to follow your dream, because you have the power to make it come true.

或许你想去投资经商、旅游历险或是致力于你喜爱的事业。当你有了让自己激动的想法,那就坚持这个想法。记得坚持自己的梦想,因为你有能力让梦想成真。

Would you say your life is fun? Would you say you have more fun days than not? You would be surprised at so many people tell me that they do not think their life is fun and that most of their days are anything but fun. I find that a shame! Life is more fun than you think!

你会说自己的生活很有趣吗?你会说你度过的有趣日子比无趣的日子多吗?你会惊讶于许多人曾告诉我他们从不觉得自己的生活有趣甚至根本就无趣。这些人的话真令人感到遗憾。实际上,生活比你想像的要有趣得多。

What’s fun about it? That depends on you! What is it that would make your life more fun? I know the answer for me. I find all sorts of things fun, but if my mind is thinking negatively, then nothing seems fun.

生活怎么才有趣?决定权在你。什么会让你的生活更有趣?我知道什么能让我的生活更有趣。我发现各种各样有趣的事物,但如果我的思想很消极,那一切有趣的事物都会变得很无趣。

How’s your thinking? If your head is in the wrong place, you could have a million dollars cash but you wouldn’t be having fun. On the other side of the coin, you could be changing a flat tire and, if your mind is right, it might be the most fun thing you have ever done.

关于有趣的生活,你有何见解?如果心态不对,即使拥有一百万美金你也不可能尽情享乐。换个角度想想,如果心态是对的,即使是在换爆掉的轮胎,那都可能会是你干过的最有趣的事。

You decide what is fun. When I do something, I just tell myself that I am not going to complain about it and that I will enjoy it; and I do.

你可以决定什么事情有趣。当我做事时,我会告诉自己不去抱怨而是享受。我确实做到了。

If you believe, think and act like everything is a pain, then it will be. If you think, believe and act like life is happy, then that will become your reality as well.

如果你的信仰、思维和行为表现得好像任何事情都是痛苦的,那任何事情就都会是一种痛苦。反而言之,如果你的思维、信仰和行为表现得好像生活很幸福,那你的生活也就会很幸福。

Which do you choose?

你打算做何选择呢?

关于唯美的英文短文阅读

随着全球化与多元文化的发展，英语正跻身为一种国际语言被广泛使用。我分享关于唯美的英文短文，希望可以帮助大家!

懒惰影响人的健康

Would you eat a ready meal from the fridge rather than cook from scratch? Have you been doing internet shopping rather than going to the stores? What cant you be bothered to do?

你是不是喜欢吃冰箱里的速冻食品而不自己亲手做?你是不是常常在网上购物而不去商店?你懒得做的事情是什么呢?

A study into how lazy Brtish people are has found more than half of adults are so idle theyd catch the lift rather than climb two flights of stairs.

一项针对英国人的懒惰性进行的调查发现，吵过半数的成年人非常懒惰，宁肯乘坐电梯也不愿爬两层楼梯。

Just over 2,000 people were quizzed by independent researchers at Nuffield Health, Britains largest health charity. The results were startling.

超过2000人接受了英国最大的健康慈善机构 Nuffield Health 独立调查员的调查，调查结果令人大吃一惊。

About one in six people surveyed said if their remote control was broken, they would continue watching the same channel rather than get up.

调查显示，如果遥控器坏了，大约六分之一的人宁肯继续看原来的频道也懒得起身去换台。

More than one third of those questioned said they would not run to catch a bus. Worryingly, of the 654 respondents with children, 64% said they were often too tired to play with them.

超过三分之一的被调查者称，他们不会跑着去赶一班公交车。更令人担忧的是，在654名有孩子的受访者中，64%的声称他们经常感到非常疲惫，不愿陪孩子们玩。

This led the report to conclude that its no wonder that one in six children in the UK are classified as obese before they start school.

调查报告最后总结道，难怪英国六分之一的学前儿童被划分到极度肥胖类。

Dr Sarah Dauncey, medical director of Nuffield Health, said:" People need to get fitter, not just for their own sake, but for the sake of their families, friends and evidently their pets too. If we dont start to take control of this problem, a whole generation will become too unfit to perform even the most rudimentary of tasks."

Nuffield Health 的医疗主管萨拉·多恩西博士说：“人们有需要变得更加健康，这不仅仅是为他们自己，也是为了他们的家人、朋友，当然还有他们的宠物。如果我们现在不开始注意这个问题，整代人都将变得非常不健康，甚至难以完成最基本的任务。”

And Scotlands largest city, Glasgow, was shamed as the most indolent city in the UK, with 75% surveyed admitting they do not get enough exercise, followed closely by Birmingham and Southampton, both with 67%.

在苏格兰最大的城市格拉斯哥，75%的被调查者承认自己缺乏足够的锻炼，因此这座城市也被评为英国最懒惰的城市。紧随其后的是伯明翰和南安普敦，67%的人承认缺少足够的体育锻炼。

The results pose serious challenges for the National Health Service, where obesity-related illnesses such as heart disease and cancer have been on a steady increase for the past 40 years and are costing billions of pounds every year.

调查结果为英国国民健康服务体系提出了严重挑战。过去40年，心脏病和癌症等与肥胖相关的疾病一直呈稳步上升态势，每年的医疗费用高达数十亿英镑。

Hollywood Idol Star - Elizabeth Taylor Has Died

好莱坞偶像级影星伊丽莎白·泰勒去世

Legendary Hollywood actress Elizabeth Taylor has died at the age of 79. A statement fromTaylors family says she died peacefully, with her children at her side. The veteran actress,known for movies such as "National Velvet," which made her a star at the age of 12, and"Cleopatra," had been suffering from congestive heart failure. She had been hospitalized in LosAngeles for the past six weeks.

好莱坞传奇女影星伊丽莎白·泰勒去世，享年79岁。泰勒家人发表的一份表明说，她在安详中去世，她的子女守在她身边。在过去6个星期里，这位资深的女演员因为患有充血性心力衰竭而在洛杉矶的医院里住院。她因主演《玉女神驹》和《埃及艳后》等影片出名。《玉女神驹》这一影片使泰勒12岁的时候就成为明星。

Taylor won Academy Awards for her role in "Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" and "Butterfield 8."In later years, she was a spokeswoman for humanitarian causes, notably AIDS research. Thatwork gained her a special Oscar in 1993.

泰勒因在影片《谁怕弗吉尼亚·沃尔夫?》以及《青楼艳妓》里的出色表演而荣获奥斯卡奖。她在后来的时间里担任了人道主义事业的发言人，特别是艾滋病研究。她因这方面的贡献于1993年荣获奥斯卡特别奖。

Taylor was sometimes called the most beautiful woman in the world. In addition to her work infilm, the Oscar-winning actress was also well known for her off-screen drama, including beingmarried eight times, twice to actor Richard Burton.

泰勒被称为“全世界最漂亮的女人”。除了演电影以外，这位获得奥斯卡奖的女演员也因为她在银屏外的戏剧性经历而广为人知，这其中包括结婚8次，其中两次是与演员理查德·伯顿结婚。

Born in London to American parents, she moved to Los Angeles before World War II, and wentfrom child star to Hollywood starlet to movie icon. But she gained attention for more than justher beauty and acting talent. Her srormy personal life and numerous marriages, as well as herfriendship with pop icon Michael Jackson, made her a constant source of stories for the press.

泰勒出生在伦敦，父母都是美国人。她在二战前移居洛杉矶，从一个童星成为好莱坞影星，最后成为电影界的偶像级人物。但是她不仅仅因为她的美貌和演艺才华而引起人们的注意。她坎坷的个人经历、无数次的婚姻，以及她与流行歌星迈克尔·杰克逊的友谊使她一直成为媒体报道的对象。

She had a passion for jewels and jewelry and introduced her own perfumes, including onecalled White Diamonds. In later years, she was widely recognized for her charitable awarded her the prestigious Legion of Honor in 1987 and Britains Queen Elizabethmade her a dame, the female equivalent of a knight, in 2000.

泰勒酷爱珠宝首饰并创立了自己的香水品牌，其中一种香水叫做“白色钻石”。在后来的生涯中，泰勒因为她的慈善工作而受到普遍的认可。法国在1987年授予她最高荣誉勋章。英国女王伊丽莎白在2000年封她为贵妇人，相当于爵士的爵位。

回收利用各种东西

You probably sort paper, plastic, and household metal on a daily basis — but what about thetough stuff? There are reasons to go beyond the usual recycling: Unwieldy household toss-outs take up tons of space in landfills. Worse, items such as computers and cell phones leachhazardous materials like mecury and lead into nearby water supplies. Now, thanks toenvironmental groups, retailers, and municipalities nationwide, doing the right thing is a loteasier. Heres how.

每天，可能你都要对纸屑、塑料和家具金属制品进行分类——但是对难于分类的东西该怎么办呢?这里有超出通常回收利用的原因：笨重的家庭废弃物占用垃圾堆里太多空间。更糟的是，像电脑、手机这些东西会流出像水银之类的危险物质，污染附近的水质。现在，感谢环保团体、零售商和全国市民，做正确的事比较容易。下面是如何做。

Computers

电脑

Give to a charity. If you have a computer or a component that still works, contact Share theTechnology (), which will match you with a nonprofit organization thatneeds equipment.

送给慈善机构。如果你有一台电脑或一个组件可用，联系Share the Technology 这个机构()，它会帮你找到一个需要该设备的非营利性机构。

If the computer isnt workiing, take it to a recycling center or a traveling electronics recyclingfair. To locate a center in your area or to find out when a fair will visit your city, go to the Website for Earth 911(), click on Electronics, and put in your zip code.

如果这台电脑坏了，把它放到回收站或者流动的电子产品回收交易会。要知道你周围的回收站或交易什么时候在你所在的城市举行，查看Earth 911网()，点击Electronics，提交你的邮编。

Cell phones

手机

National programs like Donate a Phone and Collective Good accept used phones and resell them,giving the proceeds to charities. To find links to these and other groups, visit Earth 911s Website.

像 Donate a Phone 和 Collective Good 这些国家机构回收二手手机再卖，把收益捐献给慈善机构。要搜索这些和其他组织的资料，访问 Earth 911 网站。

Printer ink cartridges

打印机墨水盒

Many branches of OfficeMax, Staples, and other office-supply stores have set up on-site drop-off recycling bins. Check your local stores.

很多像 OfficeMax, Staples 等其他办公用品商店的分公司已经成立了现场和下滑回收箱。检查一下你当地的商店。

Batteries

电池

Most municipal collection centers allow you to bring in your used batteries for recycling anddisposal.

大部分城市回收站允许你把用过的电池进行回收处置。

If youre a heavy battery user, consider switching to rechargeables, which also save you even these batteries eventually wear out. When they do, they need to be disposed ofresponsibly.

如果你是个大量使用电池的人，考虑转用充电电池，这样可以省钱。但是这些电池最终也会用坏。当它们被用坏了，就必须负责任地处理掉。

Old clothes and lines

旧衣服和亚麻制品

Your best bet is a local Salvation Army. Anything in poor condition will be made into rags. Andyoull get a tax write-off. Just be sure to ask for a receipt.

最好的办法就是一个当地的救世军商店。任何质量不好的东西都会变成破布。你会得到税务注销。只是记得拿张收据。