英语美文摘抄（第1篇）

　　Everybody needs somebody, somebody whom is called "Friend". "A friend in need is a friend indeed." If only that kind of friends can be called "Friends", then there are only few up-to-standards for me. About friendship, we have millions of quotes to support my "saying", "Friendship is nothing but giving." But for most of the time, we're pleased with receiving things from others, instead of giving. Well, I'm not saying friendship is based on stuff-giving, but it needs emotion exchange, like "I can give you nothing but friendship", it sets up a very good example of friendship. Maybe we're too concerning about others' shortcomings, that we've missed a lot of friends-to-be. There are too many aspects about a good friend after all. So just take it easy, and let time do the rest.

英语美文摘抄（第2篇）

　　Affirmations are positive statements of a desired outcome or goal. They are usually short, believable and focused. By repeating them over and over again, you build inroads into your subconscious mind, opening up the possibility of a new state of thoughts.

　　An important step when repeating affirmations is that you need to read your affirmations aloud with feeling. The mere reading of the words bears no consequence unless you put some emotions behind them. Of significant fact is that your subconscious mind takes any orders given in complete faith and after repeated self talk. So the daily practice of repeating affirmations is important.

　　Initially you may be skepticism toward the statement of your positive affirmation. However, if you follow this simple set of instructions your skepticism will soon give way to a new set of beliefs and then crystallized into absolute faith.

英语美文摘抄（第3篇）

　　Virtue 美德

　　Sweet day,so cool,so calm,so bright! 甜美的白昼，如此凉爽、安宁、明媚！

　　The bridal of the earth and sky- 天地间完美的匹配-----

　　The dew shall weep thy fall to-night; 今宵的露珠儿将为你的消逝而落泪；

　　For thou must die. 因为你必须离去。

　　Sweet rose,whose hue angry and brave, 美丽的玫瑰，色泽红润艳丽，

　　Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, 令匆匆而过的人拭目而视，

　　Thy root is ever in its grave, 你的根永远扎在坟墓里，

　　And thou must die. 而你必须消逝。

　　Sweet spring,full of sweet days and roses, 美妙的春天，充满了美好的日子和芳香的玫瑰，

　　A box where sweets compacted lie, 如一支芬芳满溢的盒子，

　　My music shows ye have your closes, 我的音乐表明你们也有终止，

　　And all must die, 万物都得消逝。

　　Only a sweet and virtuous soul, 唯有美好而正直的心灵，

　　Like season‘d timber,never gives; 犹如干燥备用的木料，永不走样；

　　But though the whole world turn to coal, 纵然整个世界变为灰烬，

　　Then chiefly lives. 它依然流光溢彩。

英语美文摘抄（第4篇）

　　Researchers have found that migrating animals use a variety of inner compasses to help themnavigate. Some steer by the position of the Sun. Others navigate by the stars. Some use theSun as their guide during the day and then switch to star navigation by night. One studyshows that the homing pigeon uses the Earth's magnetic fields as a guide in finding its wayhome and there are indications that various other animals from insects to mollusks, can alsomake use of magnetic compasses. It is of course very useful for a migrating bird to be able toswitch to a magnetic compass when clouds cover the Sun; otherwise it would just have toland and wait for the Sun to come out again.

　　Even with the Sun or stars to steer by, the problems of navigation are more complicatedthan they might seem at first. For example, a worker honeybee that has found a rich source ofnectar and pollen flies rapidly home to the hive to report. A naturalist has discovered that thebee scout delivers her report through a complicated dance in the hive, in which she tells theother workers not only how far away the food is, but also what direction to fly in relation to theSun. But the Sun does not stay in one place all day. As the workers start out to gather thefood, the Sun may already have changed its position in the sky somewhat. In later trips duringthe day, the Sun will seem to move farther and farther toward the west. Yet the worker beesseem to have no trouble at all in finding the food source. Their inner clocks tell them just wherethe Sun will be and they change their course correspondingly.

　　动物的罗盘

　　研究人员已经发现迁徙性动物可以借助各种各样的体内罗盘来校正方向。有些动物借助太阳的位置辨别方向，有些则依靠星星。还有的白天利用太阳，晚上利用星星。有研究发现信鸽以地磁场为向导来找到回家的路。还有迹象表明许许多多其它生物，从昆虫到软体动物，也能利用这种磁场罗盘。具有这种磁场罗盘，对候鸟来说当然非常有用，因为如果乌云遮日，它可以以磁场为向导继续飞行，否则它就只好着陆，等待太阳重新出现。即使是借助太阳或星星导航，其中的学问也比它表面看起来的要复杂得多。例如，一只工蜂找到了花圃蜜园，急忙飞回蜂房报信。博物学家发现这只蜂探在蜂房里跳了一段极为复杂的舞，通过这段舞她不但告诉其它工蜂食物有多远，而且报告了以太阳为参照的飞行路线。但太阳不会呆在天上不动。当蜂群出发采食时，太阳可能已经多少改变了它在天空中的位置。出发得越迟，太阳就越偏西，可这似乎没给寻找食物源的工蜂们带来任何不便。它们体内的时钟告诉他们太阳应在的位置，据此它们相应地改变前进的方向。

英语美文摘抄（第5篇）

　　Some people eat to live,but there are others who live to eat.To live a long and healthy life,we must learn to have a balanceddiet.A balanced diet simply means a bit of everything.A dietwhich includes meat,fish,vegetables and fruit is,of course,ideal.If you watch your diet,then you won’t have to suffer thepain of going on a diet.

英语美文摘抄（第6篇）

　　我叫谢方锐，今年九岁，是实验一校二年级一班的学生。

　　My name is Xie Fangrui. I'm nine years old. I'm a student of class one, grade two, experimental school one.

　　我有一双圆圆的有神的大眼睛，圆圆的脸蛋，尖尖的下巴。我的个头不算高，只达到妈妈的脖子那儿。

　　I have big round eyes, round face and sharp chin. I'm not tall, just up to my mother's neck.

　　我最大的优点就是爱动脑筋，遇事总是习惯问个为什么？当然，我也有最大的缺点，不爱护玩具。记得小时候，爸爸给我买了一个玩具人，不到半天的时间，我就弄坏了。

　　My biggest advantage is that I like to use my brain. I am used to asking why when I am in trouble? Of course, I also have the biggest disadvantage of not caring for toys. I remember when I was a kid, my father bought me a toy man. In less than half a day, I broke it.

　　我有很多爱好，比如：我喜欢运动，更喜欢跳远；我喜欢吃水果，最喜欢吃西瓜……

　　I have many hobbies, such as: I like sports, more like long jump; I like eating fruit, most like eating watermelon

　　你看我还可爱吧？

　　Do you think I'm cute?

英语美文摘抄（第7篇）

　　For years I wanted a flower garden. I'd spend hours thinking of different things I could plant that would look nice together.

　　But then we had Matthew. And Marvin. And the twins, Alisa and Alan. And then Helen. Five children. I was too busy raising them to grow a garden.

　　Money was tight, as well as time. Often when my children were little, one of them would want something that cost too much, and I'd have to say, "Do you see a money tree outside? Money doesn't grow on trees, you know."

　　Finally, all five got through high school and college and were off on their own. I started thinking again about having a garden.

　　I wasn't sure, though. I mean, gardens do cost money, and after all these years I was used to living on a pretty lean(贫乏的) , no-frills budget.

　　Then, one spring morning, on Mother's Day, I was working in my kitchen. Suddenly, I realized that cars were tooting(吹奏，狂欢) their horns as they drove by. I looked out the window and there was a new tree, planted right in my yard. I thought it must be a weeping willow(垂柳) , because I saw things blowing around on all its branches. Then I put my glasses on - and I couldn't believe what I saw.

　　There was a money tree in my yard!

　　I went outside to look. It was true! There were dollar bills, one hundred of them, taped all over that tree. Think of all the garden flowers I could buy with one hundred dollars! There was also a note attached: "IOU eight hours of digging time. Love, Marvin."

　　Marvin kept his promise, too. He dug up a nice ten-by-fifteen foot bed for me. And my other children bought me tools, ornaments(装饰品) , a trellis(格子，框架) , a sunflower stepping stone and gardening books.

　　That was three years ago. My garden's now very pretty, just like I wanted. When I go out and weed(除草，铲除) or tend my flowers, I don't seem to miss my children as much as I once did. It feels like they're right there with me.

　　I live up in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, where winters are long and cold, and summers are way too short. But every year now, when winter sets in, I look out my window and think of the flowers I'll see next spring in my little garden. I think about what my children did for me, and I get tears in my eyes - every time.

　　I'm still not sure that money grows on trees. But I know love does!

英语美文摘抄（第8篇）

　　明天（星期五）全班同学将去参观科学博物馆（the Science Museum），由你（班长）通知全体同学。（通知的开头和结尾已给出）内容如下：1下星期一交一份有关参观的报告。3不可在博物馆内大声喧哗及拍照。5 We will meet at the school gate at eight in the morning and we will go there on foot We should listen and watch carefully and write down something interesting when you visit the museum Youll have to hand in a report about the visit next Monday参加者：美国北地中学校队和我校校队2时间：2005年11月20日（星期天）下午4点4海报发出时间：2005年11月14日

　　POSTER

　　Friendly Basketball Match

　　Under the auspices of the Recreational and Physical Culture Department of the Students Union of our school,a friendly basketball watch will be held between the visiting UNorthfield Team and ours on the cement basketball count on Sunday, November20th 2005 at 4:00 p

　　the Recreational and Physical Culture Department of the Students Union

　　November14th 2005

英语美文摘抄（第9篇）

　　Rush 匆匆--朱自清

　　Swallows may have gone, but there is a time of return; willow trees may have died back, but there is a time of regreening; peach blossoms may have fallen, but they will bloom again. Now, you the wise, tell me, why should our days leave us, never to return? - If they had been stolen by someone, who could it be? Where could he hide them? If they had made the escape themselves, then where could they stay at the moment?

　　燕子去了，有再来的时候；杨柳枯了，有再青的时候；桃花谢了，有再开的时候。但是，聪明的，你告诉我，我们的日子为什么一去不复返呢？——是有人偷了他们罢：那是谁？又藏在何处呢？是他们自己逃走了：现在又到了哪里呢？

　　I dont know how many days I have been given to spend, but I do feel my hands are getting empty. Taking stock silently, I find that more than eight thousand days have already slid away from me. Like a drop of water from the point of a needle disappearing into the ocean, my days are dripping into the stream of time, soundless, traceless. Already sweat is starting on my forehead, and tears welling up in my eyes.

　　我不知道他们给了我多少日子；但我的手确乎是渐渐空虚了。在默默里算着，八千多日子已经从我手中溜去；象针尖上一滴水滴在大海里，我的日子滴在时间的流里，没有声音也没有影子。我不禁头涔涔而泪潸潸了。

　　Those that have gone have gone for good, those to come keep coming; yet in between, how swift is the shift, in such a rush? When I get up in the morning, the slanting sun marks its presence in my small room in two or three oblongs. The sun has feet, look, he is treading on, lightly and furtively; and I am caught, blankly, in his revolution. Thus--the day flows away through the sink when I wash my hands, wears off in the bowl when I eat my meal, and passes away before my day-dreaming gaze as reflect in silence. I can feel his haste now, so I reach out my hands to hold him back, but he keeps flowing past my withholding hands. In the evening, as I lie in bed, he strides over my body, glides past my feet, in his agile way. The moment I open my eyes and meet the sun again, one whole day has gone. I bury my face in my hands and heave a sigh. But the new day begins to flash past in the sigh.

　　去的尽管去了，来的尽管来着，去来的中间，又怎样的匆匆呢？早上我起来的时候，小屋里射进两三方斜斜的太阳。太阳他有脚啊，轻轻悄悄地挪移了；我也茫茫然跟着旋转。于是——洗手的时候，日子从水盆里过去；吃饭的时候，日子从饭碗里过去；默默时，便从凝然的双眼前过去。我觉察他去的匆匆了，伸出手遮挽时，他又从遮挽着的手边过去，天黑时，我躺在床上，他便伶伶俐俐地从我身边垮过，从我脚边飞去了。等我睁开眼和太阳再见，这算又溜走了一日。我掩着面叹息。但是新来的日子的影儿又开始在叹息里闪过了。

　　What can I do, in this bustling world, with my days flying in their escape? Nothing but to hesitate, to rush. What have I been doing in that eight-thousand-day rush, apart from hesitating? Those bygone days have been dispersed as smoke by a light wind, or evaporated as mist by the morning sun. What traces have I left behind me? Have I ever left behind any gossamer traces at all? I have come to the world, stark naked; am I to go back, in a blink, in the same stark nakedness? It is not fair though: why should I have made such a trip for nothing!

　　在逃去如飞的日子里，在千门万户的世界里的我能做些什么呢？只有徘徊罢了，只有匆匆罢了；在八千多日的匆匆里，除徘徊外，又剩些什么呢？过去的日子如轻烟却被微风吹散了，如薄雾，被初阳蒸融了；我留着些什么痕迹呢？我何曾留着象游丝样的痕迹呢？我赤裸裸来到这世界，转眼间也将赤裸裸地回去罢？但不能平的，为什么偏要白白走这一遭啊？

　　You the wise, tell me, why should our days leave us, never to return?

　　你聪明的，告诉我，我们的日子为什么一去不复返呢？

英语美文摘抄（第10篇）

　　Smoking should be banned Nowadays, tobacco is more harmful than drug to people's health, therefore many people think that smoking isn't banned that is a direct and primary reason to induce this kind of problem

　　The main reason is that tobacco is a silent killer to smokers According to a WHO report four million people die yearly from tobacco-related diseases, that is one death every eight seconds

　　Another reason is that more and more young people are under 18 years old who smoke cigarette have been blinded by the deceit of tobacconists Smoking among adolescents rose in the 1990s in several developed countries， such as China, Vietnam and Thailand Tobacco is a global threat Because of tobacco smuggling, the legal retailing and distribution systems are badly affected, and faced with increased lawlessness and heavy tax losses

　　In conclusion, smoking should be banned, because of the hazard it poses to people's health.

英语美文摘抄（第11篇）

　　The kite is a kite, has a long history in Chinese. There are many theories about the origin of the kite, such as hats, leaves said that the kite inspired by windblown hats, leaves, and sailing, tents, birds etc.. Although the views are not uniform, the kite appeared in China very early and has no objection. "Outside Hanfeizi Reserve said" left records "Mo-tse for three years and a wooden kite, Fei day and defeat. The disciple said: "Mr. Qiao, to make wooden kite flying."" It can be seen that there were kites in spring and autumn and Warring States period, but only for wooden. Kites have long been used for military purposes and have the function of reconnaissance, communication and even calling for help. In Liang Dynasty, Hou Jing rebellion, the emperor was trapped in the beam. The prince in the Tai Chi temple, take the northwest wind cast kites out for help, unfortunately the rebels found shot down, eventually the capital was broken. The ancient kite once the monarch system safety, this reading is really surprising.

　　During the Tang and Song Dynasties, kites gradually changed from military use to recreational tools, and with the development of papermaking technology, the kite became more and more. "Night sky palace static string sound, trust between wind" is the Tang Dynasty poet Gao pian in "the kite" in a poem about the kite record, "string sound sky" that the Tang Dynasty kite string, flying after Ming hair musical sound. "Ma Nao to stagger red kite, domineering due to wind kite flying Ming" is emotionally describing a leisurely Lu You, playful text confirms the flying kite, riding is an important game of children in Song dynasty. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, kite making technique and decorative art has been an unprecedented development, Qingming, fly kites in the countryside is a common fashion, will hand kite literati Magi present, emotion, is a rather elegant communicative activities.

　　The kite is the spring leisure interest, may also be a happy marriage wonderful association. The Qing Dynasty opera Li Yu "the kite" error is to pull a kite from the romantic story of gifted scholars and beautiful ladies. The scholar Han

　　Shixun poem kite, the kite line cast Qi rich mens sons, accidentally falling off to the James palace, led Han Shixun, Jenna and Qi Shi Fu story of two miss the wrong couple, ridiculous. The kite broken unintentionally and dark holding predestined marriage skillfully together, let the kite become invisible in the matchmaker, false smile edge, careful to is a little.

　　中文

　　纸鸢也就是风筝，在中国有着悠久历史。关于风筝的起源有很多说法，比如斗笠、树叶说，认为风筝的出现受到被风吹起的斗笠、树叶的启发，还有帆船、帐篷说，飞鸟说等。观点虽不统一，但风筝很早就出现在中国并无异议。《韩非子·外储说左上》中记载“墨子为木鸢，三年而成，蜚一日而败。弟子曰：‘先生之巧，至能使木鸢飞。’”可见春秋战国时期已有风筝，不过为木质。风筝长期以来用于军事目的，承担着侦察、通讯甚至求救的作用。梁武帝时期，侯景作乱，武帝被困于梁都。太子简文在太极殿外，乘西北风施放风筝向外求援，不幸被叛军发觉射落，最终都城被攻破。古时风筝曾系国君之安危，今时读起真是惊讶。

　　唐宋时期，风筝逐渐从军事用途转变为娱乐工具，并且随着造纸术发展，纸糊的风筝逐渐增多。“夜静弦声响碧空，宫商信任往来风”是唐代诗人高骈在《风筝》一诗中关于风筝的记述，“弦声响碧空”说明唐代的风筝带弦，放飞之后可鸣发悦耳的声响。“竹马踉跄冲淖去，纸鸢跋扈挟风鸣”是陆放翁笔下纸鸢飘飞的动情描绘，尽显闲适童趣的文字印证了放纸鸢、骑竹马已是宋代孩童的重要游戏项目。明清时期，风筝的制作技艺、装饰技艺得到空前发展，清明时节，郊外踏青放纸鸢已是一种普遍的风尚，文人贤士会手制风筝赠予友人，寄托情感，是一种颇为文雅的交际活动。

　　风筝是春日的消闲别趣，也可能是一段欢喜姻缘的美妙关联。清代戏曲家李渔的《风筝误》便是以风筝为引牵出的一段才子佳人的浪漫故事。书生韩世勋题诗风筝上，纨绔子弟戚施放风筝，不慎线断飘落至詹府，引发出韩世勋、戚施和詹府两位小姐错点鸳鸯、啼笑皆非的故事。将风筝断线的无意和姻缘暗牵的有缘巧妙地联系起来，让风筝成为无形的月老，误中含笑含缘，细细品来确是一种巧思。

英语美文摘抄（第12篇）

　　A fighter is always in pursuit of light. Instead of basking in the sunshine under a clear sky, he holds a burning torch in the darkness of night to illuminate people's way so that they can continue their journey till they see the dawn of a new day. It is the task of a fighter to dispel darkness. Instead of shirking darkness, he braves it and fights the hidden demons and monsters therein. He is determined to wipe them out and win light. He knows no compromise. He will keep on fighting until he wins light.

　　A fighter is perennially young. He is never irresolute or inactive. He plunges deep into teeming crowds in search of such vermin as flies and venomous mosquitoes. He will fight them relentlessly and refuse to coexist with them under the same sky. To him, life means nothing but continuous fighting. He either survives by winning light, or perishes with his body covered all over with cuts and bruises. In the course of the struggle, it is the "future" that serves as the beacon light to him; the "future" gives people hope and inspiration. He will never lose his youthful vigour.