英文美文电影选段

㈠ 需要五段英文（共计大约600词）经典美文中英对照感谢

精彩词句学起来：
1. She saw the world not always as it was, with just a little bit of magic.
因为一点点魔法，她眼中的世界于是变得与众不同。
2. True, she had no title, nor crown, nor castle, but she was the ruler of her own little kingdom, whose borders were the house and meadow on the forest's edge where her people had lived for generations.
的确，她没有头衔，没有皇冠，也没有城堡，但她管辖着自己的小小王国，国界就在那森林边际的屋子和牧场，她的子民世代生活在那里。
3. I want to tell you a secret. A great secret that will see you through all the trials that life can offer. You must always remember this. Have courage and be kind.
我要告诉你一个秘密，这个巨大的秘密能帮你度过，人生所有的艰难困苦。你一定要好好记住。秘密就是，要勇敢，要善良。
4. Time passed, and pain turned to memory. In her heart, Ella stayed the same.
时光流逝，伤痛已成为往事，艾拉的内心从未改变。
5. His widow, an honorable woman, finds herself alone, though still in the prime of her life.
他的遗孀是位令人尊敬的女士，日子过的很寂寞，其实她还风华正茂。
6. She's skinny as a broomstick! And that stringy hair!
她瘦得像个扫把。头发像乱麻。
7. Ella's stepmother, high-spirited lady that she was, set out to restore life and laughter to the house.
艾拉的继母是个充满活力的女士，打算把活力和笑声重新注入这所房子。
8. Bring me the first branch your shoulder brushes on your journey.
给我带回第一支划过你肩头的树枝。
9. Sometimes I could scratch your eyes out!
有时候我都想把你眼珠子挖出来。
10. I think they're finding the sleeping quarters rather confining.
我想她们肯定觉得房间太挤了。
11. Can't you see? None of that matters. We're ruined.
你们还不懂吗 那些都不重要。我们完蛋了。
12. And by and by they considered Ella less a sister than a servant.
渐渐地，她们不把艾拉当家人看待，而是当作佣人。
13. And punctuality is the...politeness of princes.
守时是王子应有的礼貌。
14. Just because it's what's done doesn't mean it's what should be done.
只因一直如此，并不代表就该如此。
15. If I must marry, could I not wed, say, a good, honest country girl?
要是我一定要结婚，我能不能娶一个善良又诚实的乡村姑娘呢?

㈡ 英语美文摘抄

对于大部分的中国学生来说,由于语言环境的缺乏,阅读是他们接触英语的主要途径。我整理了关于英语美文摘抄，欢迎阅读!

关于英语美文摘抄篇一

One day, the father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the express purpose of showing him how poor people live. They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family.

一天，一个豪门之家的父亲带着儿子去乡村游玩，他的首要目的是让儿子看看那里人们的生活是多么的贫穷。他们待了几天，晚上就住在农场上的一个赤贫之家。

On their return from their trip, the father asked his son, "How was the trip?"

在他们的返程途中，父亲问儿子;“旅程结束有什么感想?”

"It was great, Dad."

“感觉不错呢，爸爸。”

"Did you see how poor people live?" the father asked.

“你看到穷人们是怎么生活了吧?”父亲问道

"Oh yeah," said the son.

“当然”儿子答道

"So, tell me, what did you learn from the trip?" asked the father.

“那你说说，你从中学到了什么?”父亲说道。

The son answered: "I saw that we have one dog and they had four. We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and they have a creek that has no end. We have imported lanterns in our garden and they have the stars at night.

儿子回答： “我们家有一条狗，而他们有四条，我们的泳池的边界到花园的一半，他们的溪流没有尽头。我们花园里有进口的灯笼，他们晚上能看到满天的繁星。

Our patio reaches to the front yard and they have the whole horizon. We have a small piece of land to live on and they have fields that go beyond our sight. We have servants who serve us, but they serve others. We buy our food, but they grow theirs. We have walls around our property to protect us, they have friends to protect them."

我们的露台只到前院，地平线之前都是他们的地盘。我们只居住在一小块地方，他们的土地在目力所及之外。我们有佣人服务我们，而他们服务他人。我们的食物要买，他们的自己种。我们要靠墙来保护自己的财产，他们有自己的朋友。”

The boy's father was speechless. Then his son added, "Thanks Dad for showing me how poor we are."

父亲无言以对，随后儿子补充说：“谢谢爸爸让我体会到我们是多么的贫穷。”

Isn't perspective a wonderful thing? Makes you wonder what would happen if we all gave thanks for everything we have, instead of worrying about what we don't have.

所以看待事物的角度也是一个非常有意思的事情。这不禁让人想：如果每件事情我们都心存感恩，而不是觊觎更多，那收获是不是会有大不同?

关于英语美文摘抄篇二

Many of you fail to seek your purpose in life and you should. You dream and then follow it up with a list of all the reasons why the dream is unachievable. You fill your life with excuses and "I can't." Many great companies were conceived from a dream, nurtured in a garage or basement and grew to be traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Why not you? Why not your dream? The only true limits you experience in life are those you create or those you allow others to impose upon you. If you can dream it, you can do it!

你们许多人在一生中或许会有找不到人生目标的时候，这很正常。你追求自己的梦，跟着出现一大堆告诉你这梦不可能实现的理由。你开始为自己的人生找各种借口，告诉自己“我不行。” 很多大公司都是由一个梦演变而来，从车库或地下室里发展成为纽约交易所的上市公司。为什么不是你?为什么不是你的梦?你在人生路上所遇到的那些障碍都是你自己设置的，要么就是你让他人施加在你身上的。梦想还是要有的，万一实现了呢!

Dreaming is the easy part. Acting on the dream is harder. Recognize that a dream is a journey. On the simplest level, it takes commitment,time,desire, and courage. But rarely is something great easily realized. Dreaming is recognizing and embracing the potential for greatness and seeking it in all areas of your life. Believe in your dreams and your ability to accomplish them. Keep your dreams in front of you. I'm here to challange you to reach for your dream. Do not be afraid to dream. Never forget, if you can dream it, you can do it!

做梦很容易，为梦而行才难。要知道，一个梦就是一段旅程。最简单地说，这梦需要你做出承诺，付出时间，坚定渴望，以及拥有勇气。道理很简单，却很少有人懂。梦就是要你意识到并拥抱生活中所有可能的美好。相信你的梦，相信自己能实现它。让它带领你。不要忘记，梦想还是要有的，万一实现了呢!

关于英语美文摘抄篇三

I have a Rewards Card for Showcase Cinema that allows me to earn rewards points with each purchase that I make at the theatre and periodically provides me with a free popcorn, soda or movie ticket coupon. I had recently accumulated enough rewards points to obtain a coupon for a free popcorn.

我有一张Shwocase电影院的积分卡，每次消费都会积点，然后定期给我提供免费的爆米花，汽水，和电影优惠券，最近我的积分可以换免费的爆米花了。

Standing in the movie theatre ticket line on Saturday, I noticed just ahead of me, a father with his 2 small boys also waiting to buy their tickets for the Matinee Movie. Knowing that movies can be quite expensive for families nowadays, I tapped the Dad on the shoulder and asked, ‘I have a coupon for free popcorn and don’t plan to use it, would you like it for one of your boys?’ He said, ‘Yeah, sure. That’s great! Thanks!’ and took the coupon.

周六，我正在排队买电影票，注意到有一个父亲带着两个孩子就排在我的前面，准备看日场电影，如今在电影上的花销对于一个家庭来说也是有点小贵。于是我拍了下那位父亲的肩膀，问道：“我正好有一张爆米花的免费优惠券，我不打算用了，要不你给其中一个小朋友来一份吧。”父亲答道，“好的，太棒了，谢谢你!”说着手下了优惠券。

A few minutes later, after they had purchased their tickets, one of his small sons who appeared to be about 9 or 10 years old, walked up to me and silently held out a shiny penny to show me. I took it and said, ‘Wow that’s cool! It’s really shiny!’ He quietly replied, ‘It’s a 2011’. As I handed it back to him. He pushed the penny towards me once again and quietly said, ‘You can keep it’. Showing my gratitude, I replied, ‘Wow that’s awesome, thank you very much” and asked, ‘Where did you get it!’ and he said quite softly, ‘I found it in my Dad’s car’. I said, ‘Oh that’s cool, thanks! He smiled, quietly turned and walked back to his Dad who returned my smile with a knowing smile of his own. It’s the small special moments like that that can make an ordinary day, special.

几分钟以后，他们都买好了票，其中的一个小男孩，看起来大概9到10岁的样子，向我走来，然后默默地拿出一美分给我看。我拿过来看着说道：“这个好酷，而且它看起来很闪。”“它是2011年生产的”小男孩答道，接着我就把硬币还给了他。他又把硬币递过来说：“你可以收下它”。为了表示我的感激我说道：“这枚硬币太棒了，非常感谢!你是从哪里找到的?”“是从我爸爸的车里”他轻声说道。“很不错呢，谢谢”他笑了，然后转身朝着他爸爸走去，只见他爸爸也报以微笑，好似他知道事情的始末。这个美好特别的一刻，让平凡无奇的一天变得有意义。

㈢ 求五部英文原版电影中英文名称、各电影摘抄一句美文美句、陈述理由。要是哪位帮忙，我一定感激不尽……

个人觉得《家庭作业》这部挺好的，其他美句、理由网上有

㈣ 唯美英文美文

文,不禁浮现出一个美丽的情境,赋予优美的语境和丰富的情感;美文,不禁联想到一种美幻的意境,充满情感的体验和丰富的表达。美文,大概就是美的化身,它是一种情感,一种体验和一种表达。下面是我带来的唯美的英文美文，欢迎阅读!

唯美的英文美文篇一
Love of Self

When I was younger, I thought that to love one's self was vanity and not a virtuous trait. As I have grown old, that belief has passed away, as have so many others. There is a vast deviation between being vain and loving one's self.

We are all in this world together striving for more or less the same things. To contribute and have our lives count for some thing. to love and be loved, To laugh and yes, to cry.

We seek shelter, nourishment, a mate, warmth, clothing, family, friends; we seek approval, love and self-esteem. We are all imperfect. Often ring our search we forget to simply enjoy what life is. We become so caught up in what could have been, what should be, what might be, that many of our todays are lost. let yesterday rest, live for today, hope and dream for your tomorrows

If there is some part of you that lessens your self-image, some part of you that prevents you from loving yourself, change it for only you can. Life is filled with things we have no control over, but ourselves, we can control. You are the clay, you are the sculptor and you have the ability to create a masterpiece. The shape and form are there. You have only to refine the work.

Is the task an easy one? No. There will be slips and flaws and you will be required to work and rework just as the sculptor must rework the clay before the piece is completed. Should the sculptor through out the piece condemning it as worthless because of a blemish or nick? Of course not, where then would all the world's treasures art be? I doubt we would have any. How many masterpieces do you think have been created in one fell swoop, a first effort compeletely successful without error, without change? Is it possible we fail to see that mankind is the most marvelous of all works of art? A living, continuous developing work of art.

How often have you heard the question” What is the human race coming to?” The answer, in my mind at least, is whatever we make it, for we are the weavers of tomorrow. You are a treasure, beyond price, one of a kind, irreplaceable. Not perfect but well on your way to being a masterpiece. Do not let your yesterdays hinder tomorrow's achievements.

Again I said to you that these words are merely feelings and thoughts, one person's outlook and subject to change with tomorrows setting sun, as I too continue to sculpt the lump of clay given to me at birth, called self.
唯美的英文美文篇二
Five Ways to Buff Up Your Love Ones

(让爱人心情愉快的五个 方法 )

1.Acknowledge the big and the little things.

People want to be seen. They want their actions, attitudes, feelings, aspirations, etc. to be noticed and acknowledged. Become a person who notices.

2.Give thanks and appreciation.

Thank somebody for something and they are more likely to do the same thing again or to do something else you can thank them for. Why? Because being thanked feels good. Tell them you appreciate it too.

3.Give just to show appreciation for who they are.

Make a list of what you admire about your partner or another person. Now tell them you don't have to wait for a special occasion. Surprise that special person any time.

4.Take an active interest.

Take a real interest in the things important to your special someone. Listen to him or her and have a conversation about their hobbies, career etc. Learn something new about the topic. It will make them feel understood.

5.Do special things just for them.

Find out what that special person likes. Do they like cards, flowers, foot rubs, special books,or magazines? You may not like or want the same things. That's ok. Do something or give something they like. Make them feel special.

(See how many of these you can practice in one week with special people in your life and watch your relationships and intimacy grow.)
唯美的英文美文篇三
Love is Special

It hurts to love someone and not be loved in return, but what is more painful is to love someone and never find the courage to let that person know how you feel.

爱一个人却得不到爱的回报是令人伤心的。更痛苦的是，爱上一个人却没有勇气让这人知道你的感受。

Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one so that when we finally meet the right person, we will know how to be grateful for that gift.

也许上帝希望我们在邂逅合适的人以前先遇到一些不合适的人。这样当我们遇到合适的人时，我们将知道对这份礼物心怀感激了。

Love is when you take away the feeling, the passion, and the romance in a relationship and find out you still care for that person.

爱是当你抽离了感情，激情和浪漫后，却发觉你依然关注着的那个人。

A sad thing in life is when you meet someone who means a lot to you, only to find out in the end that it was never means to be and you just have to let go.

生命中的伤悲莫过于遇到了一个对你很重要的人，却最终发现错与无缘，终究不得不放弃。

When the door of happiness closes, another opens but often times we look so long at the closed door that we don’t see the one which has been opened for us.

当幸福的一扇门关闭时，另一扇门便会敞开，因为我们通常都凝视着那扇紧闭的门太久了，却没注意到另一扇门已经为我们敞开。

The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch and swing with, never say a word,and then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you’ve ever had.

最好的朋友即时只是同你一起坐在门廊前默默地打秋千，然后离开，也会让你感觉到那是你有过的最好交谈。

It’s true that we don’t know what we’ve got until we lose it, but it’s also true that we don’t know what we’ve been missing until it arrives.

事实上直到失去的时候我们才知道自己曾拥有过什么;但另一个事实是，只有等到出现使我们才知道自己所盼望的是什么。

Giving someone all your love is never an assurance that they’ll love you back! Don't expect love in return; just wait for it to grow in their heart but if it doesn't, be content it grew in yours.

将你全部的爱都给与一个人，并不能保证别人会回报以爱!不要期待爱的回报;仅仅等待爱在你们的心中成长。如果事与愿违，你也应该为你心中有爱而满足。

There are things you’d love to hear that you would never hear from the person whom you would like to hear them from, but don’t be so deaf as not to hear it from the one who says it from his heart.

也许你喜欢的人没有从你说出那些你爱听的话，但是对你的肺腑之言你却不要充耳不闻。

Never say good-bye if you still want to try.

Never give up if you still feel you can go on.

Never say you don’t love a person anymore if you can’t let go.

如果还想努力，你就别说再见。

如果仍想继续，你就别轻易放弃。

如果不能放弃，你就别说再也不爱他。

It takes only a minute to get a crush on someone, an hour to like someone, and a day to love someone-but it takes a lifetime to forget someone.

迷上一个人只需一分钟，喜欢上一个人需要一小时，爱上一个人需要一天，但是忘记一个人却需要一辈子。

Don’t go for looks; they can deceive. Don't go for wealth; even that fades away. Go for someone who makes you smile because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright.

不要追求外表，它们具有欺骗性;不要追求财富，它最终也会消亡。寻找使你欢笑的那个人吧，因为仅仅一个微笑就会使黑暗变得光明。

Dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go; be what you want to be, because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you wants to do.

梦着你的梦想，去你想去的地方，做你想做的人吧，因为你只有一生和一个机会去做所有你想做的事情。

May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough hope to make you happy.

你可能已经拥有了足够多的兴奋让你感到甜蜜，有足够多的磨难让你磨练得更坚强，有足够多的悲哀让你更富有同情心，有足够的希望让你更想快乐。

Always put yourself in others’ shoes. If you feel that it hurts you, it probably hurts the person too.

经常设身处地为他人着想。己所不欲，勿施于人。

A careless world may kindle strife; a cruel word may wreck a life; a timely word may level stress; a loving word may heal and bless.

无心之语可能导致不和;无情的话可能毁掉一生;及时的良言可以缓解紧张;爱的心声可以宽慰心灵。

The beginning of love is to let those we love be just themselves, and not twists them with our own image-otherwise; we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.

爱之初，让我们所爱的人保持他们的本色，不要把他们扭曲成我们自己的模样，否则我们所爱的仅仅是我们在他们身上的影子。

The happiest of people don’t necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.

最快乐的人不必事事尽善尽美，他们只会让大部分事情顺其自然。

When you were born, you were crying and everything around you was smiling. Live your life so that when you die, you’re the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.

当你呱呱落地时，你大声地哭泣，你周围的每个人都朝你微笑。而当你走完余生时，你是唯一微笑的人，你周围的人却要为你落泪。

The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past, you can’t get on well in life unless you let go of your past failures and heartaches.

锦绣前程建立在对过去的宽怀之上，如果往昔的事物与烦恼总也不能释怀，生活就难以顺心如意

㈤ 英语美文精选摘抄带翻译欣赏

一些英语美文能用简单温暖的文字、真实动人的情感传达语言之美。下面是我为大家带来英语美文精选摘抄，希望大家会喜欢这些英文语录!

英语美文精选摘抄：生命中的十一种感动

It hurts to love someone and not be loved in return. But what is more painful is to love someone and never find the courage to let that person know how you feel.

只有付出的爱是痛苦的，但比这更痛苦是爱一个人却没有勇气让那人知道你的感情。

A sad thing in life is when you meet someone who means a lot to you，only to find out in the end that it was never meant to be and you just have to let go.

生命中令人悲伤的一件事是你遇到了一个对你来说很重要的人，但却最终发现你们有缘无份，因此你不得不放手。

The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch swing with，never say a word，and then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you've ever had.

最好的朋友就是那种能和你促膝而坐，彼此不说只字片语，分别时却感到这是你有过的最好的一次交流!

It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose it， but it's also true that we don't know what we've been missing until it arrives.

的确只有当我们失去时才知道曾拥有的是什么，同样，只有当我们拥有了才知道曾经失去了什么。

It takes only a minute to get a crush on someone，an hour to like someone，and a day to love someone- but it takes a lifetime to forget someone.

迷上某人只需一分钟，喜欢上某人需要一小时，爱上某人则要一天，然而，忘记某人却是一辈子的事情。

Don't go for looks;they can deceive. Don't go for wealth;even that fades away. Go for someone who makes you smile because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright.

别倾心于容貌，因为它具有欺骗性，也别倾心于财富，它也会消散，倾心于那个能带给你笑容的人吧，因为一个笑容能使漫漫长夜如白昼般明亮。

Dream what you want to dream;go where you want to go;be what you want to be，because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do.

做你想做的梦吧，去你想去的地方吧，成为你想成为的人吧，因为你只有一次生命，一个机会去做所有那些你想做的事。

Always put yourself in the other's shoes. If you feel that it hurts you，it probably hurts the person too.

要设身处地的为别人着想， 如果一双鞋你穿着夹脚， 别人的感觉可能也一样。

A careless word may kindle strife;a cruel word may wreck a life;a timely word may level stress;a loving word may heal and bless.

无心快语可能引发争执，无情之词可能折损生命，适时温语可能消弭压力，而关爱之声可能治愈心灵。

The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.

幸福之人并非拥有一切，只是尽力享受生活的赐予。

Love begins with a smile，grows with a kiss，ends with a tear. When you were born，you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so that when you die，you're the one smiling and everyone around you is crying.

爱情以笑开始，以吻转浓，以泪结束。当你哭着降临人世时，身边的每个人都在为此欢笑，好好生活吧，这样你就能含笑离开人世，而身边的每个人都在为此哭泣。

英语美文 精选 摘抄：辉煌壮丽的暴风雨

it begins when a feeling of stillness creeps into my consciousness. every thing has suddenly gone quiet. birds do not chirp. leaves do not rustle. insects do not sing.

起初，有一种平静的感觉悄悄袭上我的心头。刹那间，万物都突然寂静无声。鸟儿不在啁啾，树叶不再沙沙作响，昆虫也停止了欢唱。

the air that has been hot all day becomes heavy. it hangs over the trees, presses the heads of the flowers to the ground, sits on my shoulders. with a vague feeling of uneasiness i move to the window. there, in the west, lies the answer - cloud has piled on cloud to form a ridge of mammoth while towers, rearing against blue sky.

整日闷热的空气变得格外呆滞，它笼罩着树木，逼得花朵垂向地面，也压得我的肩头沉甸甸的。我怀着隐隐约约的烦躁不安，信步走到窗前，原来答案就在西边天际，云层重重叠叠，就像一排嵯峨的白塔，高耸在蓝天之上。

their piercing whiteness is of brief ration. soon the marshmallow rims flatten to anvil tops, and the clouds reveal their darker nature. they impose themselves before the late-afternoon sun, and the day darkens early. then a gust of wind ships the st along the road, chill warning of what is to come.

云彩那耀眼的白色转瞬便消失了。顷刻间，棉花糖状的云彼岸变得像铁砧一样平展，云层也露出了阴暗的本来面目。它强行遮住西斜的太阳，使天色早早就黑了下来。接着，劲风骤起，一路卷起尘土飞扬。冷嗖嗖的，预示着即将来临的一切。

in the house a door shuts with a bang, curtains billow into the room. i rush to close the windows, empty the clothesline, secure the patio furnishings. thunder begins to grumble in the distance.

砰的一声，风关上了一扇房门。窗帘也随风扬起，向屋内翻卷着。我急忙跑上去关上窗户，收下晾晒的衣服，安顿好露台上的家什。远处开始响起隆隆的雷声。

the first drops of rain are huge. they splat into the st and imprint the windows with indivial signatures. they plink on the vent pipe and plunk on the patio roof. leaves shudder under their weight before rebounding, and sidewalk wears a coat of shiny spots.

最初落下来的是大颗大颗的水珠，扑扑地打在尘土里。在玻璃窗是留下了一个个印记。雨点把排气管敲得叮叮当当，把露台顶棚打得噼噼啪啪，树叶被砸得瑟瑟发抖，难以抬头。人行道披上了一层亮闪闪的水点。

the rhythm accelerates; plink follows plunk faster and faster until the sound is a roll of drums and the indivial drops become an army marching over fields and rooftops. now the first bolt of lightning stabs the earth. it is heaven’s exclamation point. the storm is here!

雨加快了节奏，叮叮当当紧跟着噼噼啪啪，一阵紧似一阵，终于连成一片紧密的鼓点，颗颗雨滴也汇集成一支行进在田野和屋顶的大军。这时，第一道闪电刺向大地，这是老天划的惊叹号。暴风雨来了。

in spite of myself, i jump at the following crack of thunder. it rattles the windowpane and sends the dog scratching to get under the bed. the next bolt is even closer. it raises the hair on the back of my neck, and i take an involuntary step away from the window.

随即响起了一声霹雳，我不禁跳了起来，雷声震得窗户格格作响，吓得狗儿三抓两爬钻到床底下。第二道闪电离得更近。我惊得寒毛倒立，不由得从床边后退了一步。

the rain now becomes a torrent, flung capriciously by rising wind. together they batter the trees and level the grasses. water streams off roofs and out of rain spouts. it pounds against the window in such a steady wash that i am sightless. there is only water. how can so much fall so fast? how could the clouds have supported this vast weight? how can the earth enre beneath it?

这时，雨下的简直是倾盆如注，狂风吹得 雨水 飘摇不定。风雨交加，恣意地抽打树木，夷平草地。雨水从屋顶奔流而下，漫出了排水管，不停地泼洒在窗户上，使我什么也看不清楚。眼前只有水。这么多雨水，怎么能下得这么急?云层怎么能承受得这么巨大的重量?大地怎么能经受得起这样的冲击?

pacing through the house from window to window, i am moved to openmouthed wonder. look how the lilac bends under the assault, how the day lilies are flattened, how the hillside steps are a new made waterfall! now hailstones thump upon the roof. they bounce white against the grass and splash into the puddle. i think of the vegetable garden, the fruit trees, the crops in the fields; but, thankfully, the hailstones are not enough in numbers or size to do real damage. not this time.

我在房里踱来踱去，从一个窗口走到另一个窗口，屋外的景色使我瞠目结舌，惊叹不已。瞧，在暴风雨的袭击下，丁香折弯了腰，萱草倒伏在地，山坡上的石阶小道变成了一帘新辟的瀑布!这是突然下起冰雹。乒乒乓乓地砸在屋顶上，顷刻间草地上银珠纷飞，税洼里水花四溅，我开始担心园里的蔬菜、水果，还有田里的庄稼;不过，谢天谢地，冰雹个头不大，数量也不多，还不足以造成什么实际损失。至少这一次是不会了。

from this storm is already beginning to pass. the tension is released from the atmosphere, the curtains of rain let in more light. the storm has spend most of its energy, and what is left will be expended on the countryside to the east.

因为这场暴风雨即将过去，紧张的气氛缓和了，从雨幕中透出更多的亮光。暴风雨已经耗去了大部分的精力，还有一点余威只能到东边的乡间去施展了。

i am drawn outside while the rain still falls. all around, there is a cool and welcome feeling. i breathe deeply and watch the sun’s rays streaks through breaking clouds. one ray catches the drops that form on the edge of the roof, and i am treated to a row of tiny, quivering colors - my private rainbows.

雨仍在淅淅沥沥地下着，我却忍不住走到室外，环境是那么清新宜。我深深地呼吸着新鲜空气，仰望着那船运而出的道道阳光，有一束阳光恰巧映射在屋檐边的水珠上，我便看到一条细细的、微微颤动着的七色彩带——一条供我个人欣赏的彩虹。

i pick my way through the west grass, my feet sinking into the saturated soil. the creek in the gully runs bank - full of brown water, but the small lakes and puddles are already disappearing into the earth. every leaf, brick, single, and blade of grass is fresh-washed and shining.

我小心翼翼地穿过湿漉漉的草地，双脚不时陷入雨水浸透的土壤中。河谷里的小溪满载着浑浊的泥水奔流而去，但那些小水洼和小水坑里的水已渗入地下，都不见了踪影。每片树叶和草叶，每块砖头和卵石都冲得纤尘不染，熠熠发光。

like the land, i am renewed, my spirits cleansed. i feel an infinite peace. fro a time i have forgotten the worries and irritations i am nurturing before. they have been washed away by the glories of the storm.

像大地一样，我也焕然一新，心灵得到了净化。我感到无比的平静，一时间全然忘掉了以往郁积在心头的烦恼与忧愁。他们都已被这辉煌壮丽的暴风雨涤荡得干干净净。

英语美文精选摘抄：电影《勇敢的心》 经典台词

1.“Fight,and you may die.Run,and you''ll live at least a while.And dying in your beds many years from now.Would you be willing to trade?All the days from this day to that, for one chance,just one chance, to come back here and tell our enemies that they may take our lives, but they''ll never take our Freedom!Freedom——”

“战斗，你可能会死;逃跑，至少能苟且偷生，年复一年，直到寿终正寝。你们!愿不愿意用这么多苟活的日子去换一个机会，仅有的一个机会!那就是回到战场，告诉敌人，他们也许能夺走我们的生命，但是，他们永远夺不走我们的自由!”

2. Your heart is free. Have the courage to follow it.

你的心灵是自由的，用尽勇气去追随吧.

3.There's a difference between us. You think the people of this land exist to provide you with position. I think your position exists to provide those people with freedom. And I go to make sure that they have it.

我们间的区别就是，你们认为这片土地的人民生存是为了供养你们阶级，我却认为你的阶级应该给你的人民自由.我走了，确认他们是否得到了.

4.I have nothing. Men fight for me because if they do not, I throw them off my land and I starve their wives and children. Those men who bled the ground red at Falkirk fought for William Wallace.He fights for something that I never had. And I took it from him, when I betrayed him. I saw it in his face on the battlefield and it's tearing me apart .

我什么都没有，人民跟我作战，只是如果不这样，我会没收土地，饿死他们的妻儿.为威廉华莱士浴血奋战的人，他们为了我没有的东西殊死斗争，我出卖他时，我在他脸上看到了让我汗颜的东西

5.You tell your king, that William Wallace will not be ruled. Nor will any Scot while I'm alive.

告诉你的国王，威廉华莱士不会屈服于统治，在我活着时，所有苏格兰人都是!

6. Freedom is the best, I tell thee true, of all things to be won. Then never live within the bond of slavery, my son.

告诉你，我的孩子，在你一生中，有许多事值得争取，但，自由无疑是最重要的，永远不要带着脚镣，过奴隶的生活。

7.Many man dies,not every man really lives.

每个人都会死,但不是每个人都真正活过.

8. We don’t need to win, just need to fight.

我们不需要胜利，只需要战斗。

9.Use your brain before the sword .

先学会用脑，后学会用剑。

10.I know you can fight. But it’s our wits that make us men.

我知道你能打仗，不过，真正的男子汉还要会用脑子。

11. Go back to England and tell them there that Scotland’s daughters and her sons are yours no more. Tell them Scotland is free.

滚回英格兰去，告诉那里的人，苏格兰的儿女不再受你们的奴役，苏格兰是自由的。

12. He has courage. So does a dog. But it is exactly that ability to compromise that makes a man noble.

他很勇猛，但狗也很勇猛。但要成为贵族，就必须懂得妥协。

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㈥ 英语经典美文片段

Nothing succeeds like confidence.When you are truly confident,it radiates from you like sunlight,and attracts success to you like a magnet.

It's important to believe in yourself.Believe that you can do it under any circumstances,because if you believe you can,then you really will.The belief keeps you searching for answers,which means that pretty soon you will get them.

Confidence is more than an attitude. It comes from knowing exactly where you are going and exactly how you are going to get there. It comes from acting with integrity and confidence.It comes from a strong sense of purpose.It comes from a strong commitment to take responsibility,rather than just letting life happen.

One way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and to get a record of successful experiences behind you.

Confidence is compassionate and understanding.It is not arrogant. Arrogance is born out of fear and insecurity,while confidence comes from strength and integrity.Confidence is not just believing you can do it. Confidence is knowing you can do it.Know that you are capable of accomplish anything you want,and live your life with confidence.

Anything can be achieved through focused,determined effort and self-confidence.If your life is not what you want it to be,you have the power to change it,and you must make the changes on a moment by moment basis. Live your priorities. Live with your goals and your plan of action. Live each moment with your priorities in mind. Act with your own purpose,and you will have the life you want.

信心成就一切，当你真正自信时，它就像灿烂的阳光一样从你身上散发出来，就像磁铁一样将成功吸引到你身上。

相信自己非常重要。要相信自己无论在任何情况下都会成功。因为如果你相信你能做到，那么你就真的会做到。这种信念促使你不断的去寻找答案，而不断的探索就意味着你很快就会找到答案。

信心不只是一种态度，它来源于你确切地知道自己要去干什么并且确切地知道怎么去干。它来源于正直和自信地去行动。它来源于强烈的目标感。它来源于强烈地勇于承担责任的许诺，而不是让生命放任自流。

培养自信的一种方法是去做你害怕做的事情，并将它做成功。

信心是富有同情心和善解人意的。它一点都不傲慢自大。傲慢是由于害怕和缺乏安全感才产生的，而信心则出于坚强的决心和诚实正直。信心并不是仅仅认为你可能会成功，而是确信你一定能成功。确信你有能力实现自己的愿望，并充满信心的生活着。

如果你足够专心、坚决和自信，那么任何事都能做成。如果生活不像你预想的那样，你有力量去改变它，并且你必须一步一步的去实现这些改变。铭记你生命中最重要的事情。有目标并且有计划的去生活。为你的目标而奋斗，你就会拥有自己想要的生活。

㈦ 有什么英语经典电影片段，适合5到6人表演（配音）

加里森敢死队.没有女人的，5到6人.完全符合

㈧ 简单英语美文

阅读教学在高中英语教学中占有极其重要的地位。高效的阅读教学是提升英语教学质量的关键。下面是我带来的简单经典英语美文，欢迎阅读!

简单经典英语美文篇一
Funny or not?

Whether we find a joke funny or not largely depends on where we have been brought up. The sense of humour is mysteriously bound up with national characteristics. A Frenchman, for instance, might find it hard to laugh at a Russian joke. In the same way, a Russian might fail to see anything amusing in a joke which would make an Englishman laugh to tears.

Most funny stories are based on comic situations. In spite of national differences, certain funny situations have a universal appeal. No matter where you live, you would find it difficult not to laugh at, say, Charlie Chaplin's early films. However, a new type of humour, which stems largely from America, has recently come into fashion. It is cal1ed' sick humour '. Comedians base their jokes on tragic situations like violent death or serious accidents. Many people find this sort of joke distasteful. The following example of 'sick humour' will enable you to judge for yourself.

A man who had broken his right leg was taken to hospital a few weeks before Christmas. From the moment he arrived there, he kept on pestering his doctor to tell him when he would be able to go home. He dreaded having to spend Christmas in hospital. Though the doctor did his best, the patient's recovery was slow. On Christmas day, the man still had his right leg in plaster. He spent

a miserable day in bed thinking of all the fun he was missing. The following day, however, the doctor consoled him by telling him that his chances of being able to leave hospital in time for New Year celebrations were good. The man took heart and, sure enough, on New Year's Eve he was able to hobble along to a party. To compensate for his unpleasant experiences in hospital, the man drank a little more than was good for him. In the process, he enjoyed himself thoroughly and kept telling everybody how much he hated hospitals. He was still mumbling something about hospitals at the end of the party when he slipped on a piece of ice and broke his left leg.

我们觉得一则笑话是否好笑，很大程度取决于我们是在哪儿长大的。幽默感与民族有着神秘莫测的联系。譬如，法国人听完一则俄国笑话可能很难发笑。同样的道理，一则可以令英国人笑出泪来的笑话，俄国人听了可能觉得没有什么可笑之处。

大部分令人发笑的 故事 都是根据喜剧情节编写的。尽管民族不同，有些滑稽的情节却能产生普遍的效果。比如说，不管你生活在哪里，你看查理.卓别林的早期电影很难不发笑。然而，近来一种新式幽默流行了起来，这种幽默主要来自美国。它被叫作“病态幽默”。喜剧演员根据悲剧情节诸如暴死，重大事故等来编造笑话。许多人认为这种笑话是低级庸俗的。下面是个“病态幽默”的实例，你可据此自己作出判断。

圣诞节 前几周，某人摔断了右腿被送进医院。从他进医院那一刻时，他就缠住医生，让医生告诉他什么时候能回家。他十分害怕在医院过圣诞。尽管医生竭力医治，但病人恢复缓慢。圣诞节那天，他的右腿还上着石膏，他在床上郁郁不乐地躺了一天，想着他错过的种种欢乐。然而，第二天，医生安慰他说，出院欢度新年的可能性还是很大的，那人听后振作了精神。果然， 除夕 时他可以一瘸一拐地去参加晚会了。为了补偿住院这一段不愉快的经历，那人喝得稍许多了一点。在晚会上他尽情娱乐，一再告诉大家他是多么讨厌医院。晚会结束时，他嘴里还在嘟哝着医院的事，突然踩到一块冰上滑倒了，摔断了左腿。
简单经典英语美文篇二
The death of a ghost

For years villagers believed that Endley farm was haunted. The farm was owned by two brothers, Joe and Bert Cox. They employed a few farm hands, but no one was willing to work there long. Every time a worker gave up his job, he told the same story. Farm labourers said that they always woke up to find the work had been done overnight. Hay had been cut and cow sheds had been cleaned. A farm worker, who stayed up all night, claimed to have seen a figure cutting corn in the

moonlight. In time, it became an accepted fact that the Cox brothers employed a conscientious ghost that did most of their work for them.

No one suspected that there might be someone else on the farm who had never been seen. This was indeed the case. A short time ago, villagers were astonished to learn that the ghost of Endley had died. Everyone went to the funeral, for the 'ghost' was none other than Eric Cox, a third brother who was supposed to have died as a young man. After the funeral, Joe and Bert revealed

a secret which they had kept for over forty years. Eric had been the eldest son of the family. He had been obliged to join the army ring the first World War. As he hated army life he decided to desert his regiment. When he learnt that he would be sent abroad, he returned to the farm and his farther hid him until the end of the war. Fearing the authorities, Eric remained in hiding after the war as well. His father told everybody that Eric had been killed in action. The only other people who knew the secret were Joe and Bert. They did not even tell their wives. When their father died, they thought it their ty to keep Eric in hiding. All these years, Eric had lived as a recluse(隐遁者, 寂寞者). He used to sleep ring the day and work at night, quite unaware of the fact that he had become the ghost of Endley. When he died, however, his brothers found it impossible to keep the secret any longer.

多年来，村民们一直认为恩得利农场在闹鬼。恩得利农场属于乔.考科斯和鲍勃.考科斯兄弟俩所有。他们雇了几个农工，但谁也不愿意在那儿长期工作下去。每次雇工辞职后都叙述着同样的故事。雇工们说，常常一早起来发现有人在夜里把活干了，干草已切好，牛棚也打扫干净了。有一个彻夜未眠的雇工还声称他看见一个人影在月光下收割庄稼。随着时间的流逝，考科斯兄弟雇了一个尽心尽责的鬼，他们家的活大部分都让鬼给干了，这件事成了公认的事实。

谁也没想到农场竟会有一个从未露面的人。但事实上确有此人。不久之前，村民们惊悉恩得利农场的鬼死了。大家都去参加了葬礼，因为那“鬼”不是别人，正是农场主的兄弟埃里克.考科斯。人们以为埃里克年轻时就死了。葬礼之后，乔和鲍勃透露了他们保守了长达50多年的秘密。

埃里克是这家长子。年龄比他两个弟弟大很多，第二次世界大战期间被迫参军。他讨厌军旅生活，决定逃离所在部队。当他了解自己将被派遣 出国 时，他逃回农场，父亲把他藏了起来，直到战争结束。由于害怕当局，埃里克战后继续深藏不露。他的父亲告诉大家，埃里克在战争中被打死了。除此之外，只有乔与鲍知道这个秘密。但他俩连自己的妻子都没告诉。父亲死后，他们兄弟俩认为有责任继续把埃里克藏起来。这些年来，埃里克过着隐士生活，白天睡觉，夜里出来干活，一点不知道自己已成了恩得利家场的活鬼。他死后，他的弟弟们才觉得无法再保守这个秘密了。
简单经典英语美文篇三
The double life of Alfred Bloggs

These days, people who do manual work often receive far more money than clerks who work in offices. People who work in offices are frequently referred to as' white collar workers' for the simple reason that they usually wear a collar and tie to go to work. Such is human nature, that a great many people are often willing to sacrifice higher pay for the privilege of becoming white collar workers. This can give rise to curious situations, as it did in the case of Alfred Bloggs who worked as a stman for the Ellesmere Corporation.

When he got married, Alf was too embarrassed to say anything to his wife about his job. He simply told her that he worked for the Corporation. Every morning, he left home dressed in a smart black suit. He then changed into overalls (n.工作服) and spent the next eight hours as a stman. Before returning home at night, he took a shower and changed back into his suit. Alf did this for over two years and his fellow stmen kept his secret. Alf's wife has never discovered that she married a stman and she never will, for Alf has just found another job. He will soon be working in an office as a junior clerk. He will be earning only half as much as he used to, but he feels that his rise in status is well worth the loss of money. From now on, he will wear a suit all day and others will call him 'Mr. Bloggs', not 'Alf'.

如今，从事体力劳动的人的收入一般要比坐办公室的人高出许多。坐办公室的之所以常常被称作“白领工人”，就是因为他们通常是穿着硬领白衬衫，系着领带去上班。许多人常常情愿放弃较高的薪水以换取做白领工人的殊荣，此乃人之常情。而这常常会引起种种奇怪的现象，在埃尔斯米尔公司当清洁工的艾尔弗雷德.布洛斯就是一个例子。

艾尔弗结婚时，感到非常难为情，而没有将自己的职业告诉妻子。他只说在埃尔斯米尔公司上班。每天早晨，他穿上一身漂亮的黑色西装离家上班，然后换上工作服，当8个小时清洁工。晚上回家前，他洗个淋浴，重新换上那身黑色西服。两年多以来，艾尔弗一直这样，他的同事也为他保守秘密。艾尔弗的妻子一直不知道她嫁给了一个清洁工，而且她永远也不会知道了，因为艾尔弗已找到薪职，不久就要坐办公室里工作了。他将来挣的钱只有他现在的一半。不过他觉得，地位升高了，损失点儿钱也值得。从此，艾尔弗可以一天到晚穿西服了。别人将称呼他为“布洛格斯先生”，而不再叫他“艾尔弗”了。

㈨ 关于经典英语美文摘抄

古今中外的经典美文是知识的结晶,是智慧的源泉。开展经典美文诵读,能拓宽学生视野,开发学生智力,培养学生美好情操,对提高全民族人民的素质也能起到积极的作用。下面是我带来的关于经典英语美文摘抄，欢迎阅读!

关于经典英语美文摘抄篇一
埃及艳后Three centuries later, shortly before the birth of Christ, Egypt was still ruled by a living goddess, Cleopatra, a Greek descended from one of Alexander's generals. She looked back to the Golden Age of Alexander's world empire and was determined to do even better herself.

Alexander died at the age of 32. By the time Cleopatra was 23, she had gone ever further than Alexander making her entrance into Rome as Queen of Egypt and consort of Julius Caesar, the most powerful man in the world.

These were complex times. To keep your throne, you had to be adaptable, ruthless, intelligent and a great politician. Cleopatra had all these traits which is why history has provided us with lots of interpretations of Cleopatra. Renaissance poets saw her as a heroine dying for love. And painters alluded to her eroticism in their bare breasted portrayals of the dying queen. Hollywood reinforced the image of Cleopatra as a vamp starting with Theda Bara's sective portrayal in 1917.

But who was the real Cleopatra? What did she really look like?

We're in Berlin because this is the best portrait of Cleopatra in the world. There are very few ancient sculptures that are existing. So this is probably as close as we're ever going to get to how she really looked. She's rather plain looking, isn't she? Look at her hair. It's tied up in a simple bun. It's a classical Greek hairstyle. It's practical but not exactly designed to captivate a Roman general.

We know from ancient sources that her hair was a reddish color, wavy. But look at her nose. It's a little bit too long and hooked at the end. And her mouth, is not exactly sensual. She's not wearing any jewelry. There are no earrings, no necklace. This is not the portrait of a femme fatale.

The ancient sources tell us she was intelligent, witty, charming, a linguist and along with this, she had a tremendous determination. It was this amazing combination of abilities that made Cleopatra the most famous woman in history. It wasn't her beauty.

Women in Egypt had always been powerful: Queen Hatshepsut, Nefertiti and now Cleopatra. But ring the era of the Ptolemy's, the role of Greek women had changed. They gained an identity apart from that of their husbands or families. Women participated in the arts and civic life and marriage became a union of two people, not just two houses. The portraits of the women of this period show strong indivials looking back at you with confidence. They're almost haunting. Women would not have this power again until the 20th century. Cleopatra was well ecated, strong minded with ideas of her own and a female.

As a intellectual, Cleopatra would have been heartbroken: when ring fighting between Egyptians and Caesar's Roman troops, there occurred one of the greatest tragedies of the ancient world - the burning of the library of Alexandria. It's sad to think about what was lost in the fire at Alexandria. There are the missing manuscripts of Aristotle and Plato. They were probably there. There was an entire room with editions of Homer. Maybe even there were early manuscripts of the Old Testament, which could probably help settle Biblical questions today.

Cleopatra was eventually able to replace 200,000 of the manuscripts. Books were very important to her. It's ironic that today everybody knows her for her beauty, but it was her intelligence that was most important asset she had.

耶稣诞生的三百年后，埃及依然在克莉奥帕卓女王的统治下，她是亚历山大大帝手下一名将领的后代。她一面追怀着亚历山大帝国的黄金时期，一面决意自己做得更出色。

亚历山大于32岁驾崩，当时埃及艳后仅23岁，她远行得疆界比亚历山大更远，她以埃及王后和世界上最有权力的人——朱利安·恺撒情人的身份走进罗马。

当时局面非常复杂。要保住王位则必须是一名灵活，无情、机智兼出色的政客。这些特点埃及艳后全部具备，这也解释了为什么我们会从历史上看到关于她的多种不同说辞。文艺复兴时期的诗人将她视成为爱情献身的女英雄。画家们把她描绘为裸胸垂死的贪欲的女王。好莱坞的电影强化了她的荡妇形像——第一部始于桑德·芭拉在1917年媚人的扮演。

可是埃及艳后究竟是什么样的人?她的外貌是怎样的呢?

于是我们来到了柏林，这儿有全世界最好的埃及艳后的肖像。现在仅存的古代雕像已是凤毛麟角，所以这一尊也许能帮助我们尽多地了解她的外貌。她长得挺平常的，是不是?看看他的头发，结的是个简单的髻。这是希腊古典发型。风格朴实，并非特别设计来俘获罗马将领的爱情。

我们从古代资料了解到她的头发是浅红色的，有波纹的。可瞧她的鼻子，是稍有点长的鹰钩鼻。嘴也算不上性感。她不饰带任何珠宝。没有耳环，没有项链。这并非一个性感尤物的相貌。

古代资料还告诉我们，她聪明、诙谐、迷人、精通多种语言，而且，她还具有惊人的毅力。正是集合了这种种才华而决非美貌，才使得埃及艳后成为历史上最负盛名的女性。

过去，埃及妇女的势力向来不弱，如：哈特谢普苏特女王、奈费尔提蒂女王，以及想在这位克莉奥帕卓女王。但在托勒密王朝时期，希腊妇女的角色改变了。她们取得独立于丈夫和家庭外的身份，参与到艺术和市民生活中，并以两个个人而不是两家人的名义缔结婚姻。这一时期的妇女形象表现除了强烈的个性与自信。那令人印象深刻。21世纪以前妇女们都没有再拥有过这种权力。埃及艳后便是受过良好 教育 、意志坚强、有自己思想的一位女性。

在埃及人与恺撒的罗马军队作战期间发生了古代一大惨剧——亚历山大图书馆的焚毁。作为一位知识人士，这一悲剧定曾让埃及艳后为之哀恸不已。要说亚历山大图书馆在那次火灾中的损失是令人伤心的。遗失的亚里土多德和伯拉图手稿估计就在其中。有一整个房间里放的是荷马的作品。如果《圣经旧约》的早期文稿没有在那时遗失的话，也许今日我们对《圣经》的许多疑惑已经解开了。

埃及艳后最后找回了二十万册文稿。书籍对她太重要了。讽刺的是她以美貌蜚声于今日世界，而其实智慧才是她最最可贵的资产。
关于经典英语美文摘抄篇二
犹太女孩谱写别样《神曲》Book on Divine Comedy does Dante differently

What's a nice Jewish girl from New Jersey whose first language was Yiddish doing writing a book about history's greatest Catholic poet, Dante?

Perhaps trying to convince the world that his epic poem, the Divine Comedy, is not just for Ivy League intellectuals but for the common man and woman on life's journey.

Harriet Rubin's "Dante in Love," published by Simon and Schuster, may not become required reading in the hallowed halls of Oxbridge academia. But that's just fine with her.

"This book is aimed at people in hell," said Rubin. "And how do you get out of hell if there is no exit sign anywhere? The book is aimed at people who are in some kind of quandary. People with passion."

Quandary? Passion? Dante ate them for breakfast.

Banned from returning to his beloved Florence in 1302, Dante roamed from city to city in Italy and France, from noble court to grubby back streets until he died in Ravenna in 1321.

Through the exile, the wandering and the angst, he created The Divine Comedy -- divided into Hell, Purgatory and Paradise -- a poem many consider the greatest ever written.

Rubin, the daughter of a window cleaner and housewife from New Jersey, already had experience in writing about an Italian luminary from centuries past.

She is author of the highly provocative and acclaimed 1998 book "The Princessa: Machiavelli for Women," in which she discusses how to become powerful without becoming like a man.

Now she is doing Dante differently from many previous works on the poet considered to be the father of the Italian language.

It is by no means a "Divine Comedy for Idiots."

But in its own way it does take Dante off the pedestal of poetic sanctity and explain as simply as possible the immense tapestry of religion, art, architecture, cosmology, theology and history that provided the backdrop for the work.

犹太女孩谱写别样《神曲》

一个来自新泽西、母语为依地语的犹太女孩创作了一本关于历史上最伟大的天主教诗人但丁的书，不觉得她很可爱吗?

这或许是为了向世人证明，但丁的史诗《神曲》并不仅仅是写给长青藤联盟的学者看的，同样也适合跋涉在生命旅程中的普通男女。

哈里特·鲁宾的《爱中的但丁》一书由西蒙和舒斯特出版集团发行，这本书可能并不会成为牛津和剑桥大学神圣厅堂里的必读书，但对她来说这样已经很好了。

鲁宾说：“这本书的受众对象是那些在苦难中挣扎的人们。如果在任何地方都找不到出口标志，你怎样才能脱离困境呢?这本书是专为那些陷入某种困境、却仍怀有激情的人们而写的。”

困境?激情?但丁拿它们当家常便饭。

1302年，但丁被禁止回到他深爱的佛罗伦萨，于是他周游意大利和法国，从一个城市游荡到另一个城市，从高雅的宫廷徘徊到肮脏的后街，直到1321年，他死于拉文纳(意大利东北部港市)。

在流放、游荡和痛苦中，他创作了《神曲》，这部被很多人视为有史以来最伟大的诗篇分为《地狱》、《炼狱》和《天堂》三部。

鲁宾，一个新泽西的擦窗工人兼家庭主妇的女儿，在写作方面已小有 经验 ，她曾写过一本关于几个世纪前的一位意大利大师的书。

1998年，她创作的《女君王论: 女人获取权力的战略、战术与武器》一书出版了，这本书非常富有煽动性、赢得了很高的评价。在书中她讨论了(女人)怎样才能变得强大，却不必像男人一样。

现在，她正在用一种和以往许多描写但丁的著作不同的方式来诠释这位被认为是意大利语言之父的诗人。

这决不是一本“为愚人而作的神曲”。

但是，她独有的写作手法确实使但丁的圣洁诗歌不再那么高高在上，她尽可能用最简单直白的方式来阐释这部作品深厚的背景，那是宗教、艺术、建筑、宇宙哲学、神学和史学共同 编织 出的巨大织锦。
关于经典英语美文摘抄篇三
Macho, insensitive bosses share certain characteristics. Their behavior is arrogant, quick-tempered and controlling. Their motives are typically selfish and manipulative. They show little concern for others and few signs of understanding why others don’t trust them. Most of all, they are quite unaware of their failings and the impact they have on their subordinates. No only do they see no need to change, they often make their high-handed behavior a source of pride.

That’s why you can trust them to be some of your best teachers about proctivity and success.

Before you decide that I’ve lost my mind, I'll explain.

Most human beings are amazingly consistent in the way they behave. That’s why we can say of some action, “That isn’t like you,” or “It’s so out of character.” Without that consistency, such a remark would be pointless. And amongst the most consistent groups of all are those who spend least time in any kind of introspection: the extreme extroverts, the loud, slap-you-on-the-back hearty types, the arrogant, the pompous, the selfish and the self-centered — the people who, if they become bosses, are most likely to prove to be bad ones.

Powerful lessons from powerful people

Bad bosses can become useful teachers precisely because their behavior tends to be so consistently bad. You can be fairly sure of their motives and intentions, which allows you to compare cause with effect .

The pompous boss, convinced of her superiority and the rightness of whatever she does; the lazy boss, sure that status confers the right to live off other people’s efforts; the rigid, controlling boss, firm in his belief that all subordinates are incompetent without his oversight; all of these hold to their actions so tenaciously — and are so blind to what they are doing — that they will provide some of the best lessons in what not to do that you will ever be offered.

Here are seven of the lessons you might come across, beginning with proctivity:

See how much effort bad bosses have to use to make things happen their way; effort that would be unnecessary if they behaved better — all that time spent micro-managing and checking; all the ranting and raving to rece others to obedience; all the lies and stratagems needed to manipulate others instead of asking them openly.

See how others react to them; how people become adept at sabotaging their efforts and undermining their success. Even when they dare not oppose the boss openly, subordinates will show great ingenuity in finding other ways to frustrate them.

Look at the effect bad bosses have on trust — how this type of behavior ruins relationships with customers as well as employees. Once discovered, as it always is in the end, cynical manipulation renders future trust impossible too.

What about the impact on motivation? Consider how you feel if you find yourself going along with the boss’s bad behavior. Do you feel motivated or depressed? Does it make you want to exert yourself or limit your output to no more than is needed to preserve your safety and career prospects?

Rigidity next. Most macho bosses see changing a poor decision as an unacceptable sign of weakness. How many times have you seen a bad leader proce disaster from what could have been a triumph, simply because he or she refused to admit to — and change — a bad decision?

Take some time to consider what survival in the lifestyle of a bad boss demands. Is that how you would be willing to live? Are the rewards they get worth what they have to do to get them?

Most important, observe the way bad bosses are regarded by those above them. Are they genuinely fooling the top dogs about their weaknesses? Or are those executives simply playing the same game — but far better — manipulating middle and junior managers to enhance their own positions, then throwing them to the wolves when they become too much of an embarrassment? I’m sure you can think of many more situations where a bad boss has taught you a valuable lesson. Observing and learning from others’ mistakes is as important as learning from your own — and a good deal less painful.

Besides, the macho tough guys can never admit to being wrong. They can’t learn from their own mistakes. Since you can, it’s an advantage you can use for all it’s worth.