经典英语美文三篇

经典英语美文三篇

英语作为学习生涯中必不可少的课程，想学好真的不容易。我在此献上英语美文，希望大家喜欢。

英语经典美文欣赏

一切刚开始 We're Just Beginning

"We are reading the first verse of the first chapter of a book whose pages are infinite…”

“我们正在读一本书的第一章第一行，这本书的页数是无限的……”

I do not know who wrote those words,but I have always liked them as a reminder that the future can be anything we want to make it. We can take the mysterious,hazy future and carve out of it anything that we can imagine,just as a sculptor carves a statue from a shapeless stone.

我不知道是谁写的，可我很喜欢这句话，它提醒我们未来是由自己创造的。我们可以把神秘、不可知的未来塑造成我们想象中的任何模样，犹如雕刻家将未成形的石头刻成雕像。

We are all in the position of the farmer. If we plant a good seed,we reap a good harvest. If our seed is poor and full of weeds,we reap a useless crop. If we plant nothing at all,we harvest nothing at all.

我们每个人都像是农夫。洒下良种将有丰收，播下劣种或生满野草便将毁去收成。没有耕耘则会一无所获。

I want the future to be better than the past. I don't want it contaminated by the mistakes and errors with which history is filled. We should all be concerned about the future because that is where we will spend the remainder of our lives.

我希望未来比过去更加美好，希望未来不会沾染历史的错误与过失。我们都应举目向前，因我们的余生要用未来书写。

The past is gone and static. Nothing we can do will change it. The future is before us and dynamic. Everything we do will affect it. Each day brings with it new frontiers,in our homes and in our business,if we only recognize them. We are just at the beginning of the progress in every field of human endeavor.

往昔已逝，静如止水;我们无法再作改变。而前方的未来正生机勃勃;我们所做的每一件事都将会影响着它。只要我们认识到这些，无论是在家中还是在工作上，每天我们的面前都会展现出新的天地。在人类致力开拓的每一片领域上，我们正站在进步的起跑点。

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别让这个时代越来越冷漠 Don’t Make the era More and More Indifferent

The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings,but shorter tempers; wider freeways,but narrower viewpoints; we spend more,but have less; we buy more but enjoy less.

我们这个时代在历史上的说法就是我们拥有更高的建筑，但是有更暴的脾气;我们拥有更宽阔的高速公路，却有更狭隘的观点;我们花费得更多，拥有得却更少;我们购买得更多却享受得更少。

We have bigger houses and smaller families; more conveniences,but less time; we have more degrees,but less sense; more knowledge,but less judgment; more experts,but more problems; more medicine,but less wellness.

我们的房子越来越大，家庭却越来越小;便利越来越多，时间却越来越少;学位越来越多，感觉却越来越少;知识越来越多，观点却越来越少;专家越来越多，问题也越来越多;药物越来越多，健康却越来越少。

We drink too much,spend too recklessly,laugh too little,drive too fast,get too angry too quickly,stay up too late,get up too tired,read too little,watch TV too much,and pray too seldom.

我们喝得太多，花钱大手大脚，笑得太少，开车太快，易怒，熬夜，赖床，书读得越来越少，电视看得越来越多，却很少向上帝祈祷。

We talk too much,love too seldom,and hate too often. We’ve learned how to make a living,but not a life; we’ve added years to life,not life to years.

我们常常夸夸其谈，却很少付出爱心，且常常心中充满了仇恨。我们学会了如何谋生，而不知如何生活。我们延长了生命的期限，而不是生活的期限。

We’ve been all the way to the moon and back,but have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbor. We’ve conquered outer space,but not inner space; we’ve done larger things,but not better things.

我们登上了月球，并成功返回，却不能穿过街道去拜访新邻居。我们已经征服了太空，却征服不了自己的内心;我们的事业越做越大，但质量却没有提高。

We’ve cleaned up the air,but polluted the soul; we’ve split the atom,but not our prejudice. We write more,but learn less; we plan more,but accomplish less.

我们清洁了空气，却污染了灵魂;我们分离了原子，却无法驱除我们的偏见;我们写得更多，学到的却更少;我们的计划更多，完成的却更少。

We’ve learned to rush,but not to wait; we have higher incomes,but,lower morals.

我们学会了奔跑，却忘记了如何等待;我们的收入越来越高，道德水平却越来越低。

We build more computers to hold more information to produce more copies than ever,but have less communication; we’ve become long on quantity,but short on quality.

我们制造了更多的计算机来存储更多的信息，制造了最多的副本，却减少了交流;我们开始渴望数量，但忽视了质量。

These are the days of two incomes,but more divorce; of fancier houses,but more broken homes.

这个时代有双收入，但也有了更高的离婚率;有更华丽的房屋，却有更多破碎的家庭。

These are the days of quick trips,disposable diapers,throw away morality,one night stands,overweight bodies,and pills that do everything from cheer,to quiet,to kill. Where are we heading...?

这个时代有了快速旅游，免洗尿布，却抛弃了道德、一夜情、超重的身体，以及可以从快乐中走向静止和自杀的药物。我们将走向何方……?

If we die tomorrow,the company that we are working for could easily replace us in a matter of days. But the family we left behind will feel the loss for the rest of their lives.

如果我们明天就死掉，我们为之工作的公司可能会在一天内很轻易地找人代替我们的位置。但是当我们离开家人后，他们的余生将会在失落中度过。

And come to think of it,we pour ourselves more into work than to our family an unwise investment indeed.

考虑一下吧，我们将自己的时间更多地投入到工作中，而放弃与家人在一起的时光，实在并非明智之举。

So what is the morale of the story?

那么这则故事的主旨是什么呢?

Don’t work too hard... and you know what’s the full word of family?

不要工作得太辛苦，你知道家的全称吗?

FAMILY = (F)ATHER (A)ND (M)OTHER,(I) (L)OVE (Y)OU.

家=爸爸妈妈，我爱你们。

英语经典美文欣赏

50%的希望 Fifty-percent Expectation

I believe in the "50-percent theory". Half the time things are better than normal; the other half,they are worse. I believe life is a pendulum swing. It takes time and experience to understand what normal is,and that gives me the perspective to deal with the surprises of the future.

我信奉“对半理论”。生活时而无比顺畅，时而倒霉透顶，好坏参半。我觉得生活就像来回晃动的钟摆。读懂生活的常态需要时间和阅历，也正是这样才练就了我面对未来荣辱不惊的生活态度。

Let's benchmark the parameters: Yes,I will die. I've dealt with the deaths of both parents,a best friend,a beloved boss and cherished pets. Some of these deaths have been violent,before my eyes,or slow and agonizing. Bad stuff,and it belongs at the bottom of the scale.

让我们掂量这些点点滴滴：是的，我注定会死去。我已经经历了双亲的仙逝，一位友人的亡故，一位敬爱的老板的离逝，还有心爱宠物的死亡。当中一些变故突如其来，直击眼前;有些却长期折磨，痛苦不堪。糟糕的事儿，它们驻留谷底。

Then there are those high points: romance and marriage to the right person; having a child and doing those Dad things like coaching my son's baseball team,paddling around the creek in the boat while he's swimming with the dogs,discovering his compassion so deep it manifests even in his kindness to snails,his imagination so vivid he builds a spaceship from a scattered pile of Legos.

当然生活也不乏熠熠光彩：坠入爱河缔结良缘;养育幼子身为人父，训练儿子的棒球队，当他和狗在水中嬉戏时，摇桨划船前瞻后顾，感受他如此强烈的同情心——即使对蜗牛也善待有加，发现他如此活跃的想像力——即使零散的积木也能堆出太空飞船。

But there is a vast meadow of life in the middle,where the bad and the good flip-flop acrobatically. This is what convinces me to believe in the 50-percent theory.

但在它们发生期间有一片宽广的草坪，在那儿上演的各种好事坏事像耍杂技一样地翻新。这就是让我信服对半理论的原因。

One spring I planted corn too early in a bottomland so flood-prone that neighbors laughed. I felt chagrined at the wasted effort. Summer turned brutal-- the worst heat wave and drought in my lifetime. The air-conditioner died,the well went dry,the marriage ended,the job lost,the money gone. I was living lyrics from a country tune -- music I loathed. only a surging Kansas CityRoyals team,bound for their first World Series,buoyed my spirits.

有一年春天，我在一片容易被淹的低洼地过早种下了玉米，邻居们都为此嘲笑我。一番心血付之东流让我懊恼不已。接着我生命中最难熬的酷暑来临了--热浪袭人，酿至旱灾。空调失灵，水井枯竭，婚姻破裂，惨遭失业，积蓄挥空。我正经历某个乡村调频描绘的情节，我讨厌这种音乐。只有一支人气攀升的堪萨斯皇家棒球队的小组因他们的第一次出征世界大赛团结起来使我精神振奋。

Looking back on that horrible summer,I soon understood that all succeeding good things merely offset the bad. Worse than normal wouldn't last long. I am owed and savor the halcyon times. They reinvigorate me for the next nasty surprise and offer assurance that I can thrive. The 50 percent theory even helps me see hope beyond my Royals' recent slump,a field of struggling rookies sown so that some year soon we can reap an October harvest.

回想那个可怕的夏天，我不久就明白了所有的好事坏事不过是正负抵消。不顺心的境遇不会延宕过久。太平时光是我应得的，我要尽情享受。它们给我新的活力以应对突如其来的险境，并确保我再度辉煌。对半理论甚至帮我在我喜爱的皇家棒球队最近的低潮中看到希望——这是一块艰难行进的新手们耕耘的土地，播种了，假以时日我们就可以收获十月的金秋。

Oh,yeah,the corn crop? For that one blistering summer,the ground moisture was just right,planting early allowed pollination before heat,withered the tops,and the lack of rain spared the standing corn from floods. That winter my crib overflowed with corn -- fat,healthy three-to-a-stalk ears filled with kernels from heel to tip -- while my neighbors' fields yielded only brown,empty husks.

哦，对了，玉米收成?就那年炎热的夏天，庄稼地的湿度恰到好处，过早的种植使授粉避开酷热在顶梢干枯前完成，雨水稀少使地里长着的玉米免遭水灾。那年冬天，我的粮仓里堆满了玉米--饱满结实的玉米每株秆上结三个，每个玉米从底到顶端长满了玉米粒--而我的邻居们地里长出来的只是暗沉干瘪的壳。

Although plantings past may have fallen below the 50-percent expectation,and they probably will again in the future,I am still sustained by the crop that flourishes during the drought.

尽管过去播种的收获没有达到50%的期望，而且将来也可能是这样，我仍然要为经历旱季依然丰收的玉米而坚守阵地。

英语美文

英语美文 篇1

National Teacher Day is always the Tuesday of the first full week of May. And it is always for our students to give our special thanks to our lovely teacher.

I still remember last year when I was feeling lost,down and out,I had no idea about my life,my love,my study even doubt why I was here in the world.So then came so much wine and smoke,I was tired,physical and mental.I even wanted to end my life just jumping from the top of our building.

Then my teacher came to me,she said she knew what I was afraid of,she also told me that's very common like many young people of my age. She told me to call her anytime I need her help.I did so ,we often chat miracle and made some phone call.I just can't remember when come the mirical.I have found myself now!!!

Another teacher's day,to all the teachers,to our parents.

英语美文 篇2

January 1st is considered as the New Year's Day.most companies,shops,school,and government offices are closed during that time.People prepare for New Year's Dayfrom late December.Firt,people spend a few days to clean their houses completely.Some families then put up some new painting from November to be sent in January.

The New Year's meal is also prepared from the end of ecember.During the New Year's Day,people usually do not cook and relax at home. On New Year's Eve,it is common to have a bag dinner with family members or friends at home or in hotels and hear bells which informs us of the coming New Year.New Year's Day is one of important days for many people in the word during the year.

Most people spend the New Year'sDay in hotels.On New Year's Day,people fiest greet each other. Some people wear new coats and visit temples to pray for happiness and health theoughout the New Year.Children are busy with getting the gifts from their parents and relatives.

英语美文 篇3

Let's prevent H1N1 from happening to usDuring the last few months,H1N1 ful has set off across the whole world.If we have the right way to prevent it ,it won't scare.Here are some suggestions for you:First of all,you should cover your mouth with a napkin whtn you cough re sneeze,Next you'd better stay away from the public place if possible,if you have to,please wear a mask.

Wash your hands carefully before meals and always keep your windows open so that the air will be fresh.At last,try to do more excisice to make your body strong so that you can stay in health.I think this is the most important.

最近这几个月里，H1N1病毒在全世界引发起来。如果我们用正确的方法预防它，免费学英语网站，它就不会那么可怕。这里有一些为你的建议：首先，当你在咳嗽或者打喷嚏的时候，你应该用手捂着嘴。

然后你最好尽可能的离公共场所远一点，如果你必须去，免费英语学习网站，请戴上口罩。饭前仔细洗手，经常打开窗后这样使空气保持清新。最后你应该做更多的运动去使你身体更强壮，这样你就可以保持健康了。我认为这才是最重要的。

英语美文 篇4

H1N1 influenza,since the claws reached into the earth and stuck it into our world caused great sensation. From Moscow,the United States,Japan,... ... to China,have spared,showing the speed of its spread. While we use some of the medical technology we have can be prevented,you can cure,but it is still scary. The most laughable thing is that some people thus do not eat pork. However,these are not the focus of my concern,I am concerned,I am sad is:

When we state the first to be infected were found,one who returned from abroad Sichuanese,I heard mostly blame everyone,it makes me sad exception. Had returned from abroad is a good thing,is between the happy event. But because even not aware of being infected was a complete mess of things hands and become pieces of sad things. At first,I think we should sorry for him,should go to help him. However,many people said: "In the U.S.,do not come back Well!" "We also are engaged in a state of panic." ……

So I write this,would like to call everyone together for their fuel.

Unfortunately,they are infected,and now has been isolated,they can not see their loved ones,they have lost freedom,they are very painful,very unwilling. So let us give them the courage to give them strength! Let us wish them a speedy recovery!

H1N1流感，自从这个魔爪伸进地球，伸进我们的世界就引起了极大的轰动。从莫斯科，美国，学习英语的网站，日本……到我们中国，无一幸免，可见其传播速度之快。虽然我们利用我们己有的医学技术，可以预防，可以根治，但是却还是令人恐慌。最可笑的是，有人因此而不吃猪肉。然而，这些都不是我关注的焦点，令我关注的，令我伤心的是：

当我们国家的第一个被传染者被发现时，就是那个从国外回来的`四川人，我听到的大部分都是大家的苛责，这令我异常难过。原本从国外回来，是件好事，是间喜事。却因为连自己也不知道被传染的事搅的得一塌糊涂，成了件悲事。原本我想我们应该为他难过，应该去帮助他。然而，很多人却说：“在国外就不要回来嘛!”“还搞的我们人心惶惶的。”……

所以我写这篇，学英语的好网站，想呼吁大家，一起为他们加油。

他们不幸感染上了，现在被隔离，他们不能见到自己的亲人，好的英语学习网站，他们失去了自由，他们也很痛苦，很不甘。所以让我们给他们勇气，给他们力量!让我们一起祝愿他们早日康复!

英语美文 篇5

Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks,red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will,a quality of the imagination,a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life.

Youth means a tempera-mental predominance of courage over timidity,of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease. This often exists in a man of 60 more than a boy of 20. Nobody grows old merely by a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals.

Years may wrinkle the skin,but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry,fear,self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spring back to dust.

Whether 60 or 16,there is in every human being‘s heart the lure of wonder,the unfailing childlike appetite of what‘s next and the joy of the game of living. In the center of your heart and my heart there is a wireless station: so long as it receives messages of beauty,hope,cheer,courage and power from men and from the Infinite,so long are you young.

When the aerials are down,and your spirit is covered with snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism,then you are grown old,even at 20,but as long as your aerials are up,to catch waves of optimism,there is hope you may die young at 80.

青春不是年华，而是心境；青春不是桃面、丹唇、柔膝，而是深沉意志，恢宏想象，炙热恋情；青春是生命深泉在涌流。

青春气贯长虹，勇锐盖过怯弱，进取压倒苟安。如此锐气，二十后生而有之，六旬男子则更多见。年岁有加，并非垂老，理想丢弃，，学习英语的网站，方堕暮年。

岁月悠悠，衰微只及肌肤；热忱抛却，颓废必致灵魂。忧烦，惶恐，丧失自信，定使心灵扭曲，意气如灰。

无论年届花甲，拟或二八芳龄，心中皆有生命之欢乐，奇迹之诱惑，孩童般天真久盛不衰。人人心中皆有一台天线，只要你从天上人间接受美好、希望、欢乐、勇气和力量信号，你就青春永驻，，风华常存。

一旦天线下降，锐气便被冰雪覆盖，玩世不恭、自暴自弃油然而生，即使年方二十，实已垂垂老矣；然则只要树起天线，捕捉乐观信号，你就有望在八十高龄告别尘寰时仍觉年轻。

英语美文 篇6

John and Bobby joined a wholesale company togther just after graduation from college the same year. Both worked very hard. After several years,however,the boss promoted Bobby to theposotion of manager but John remained an ordinary employee. John could not take it anymore,tendered his resignation to the boss and complained the boss did not know how to delegate and did not value hard working staff,but only promoted those who flattered him.

约翰和博比同年大学毕业后，被同一家批发公司录用。他们二人工作都很努力。然而，几年后，老板提拔博比为部门经理，而约翰还是一名普通员工。约翰再也无法忍受，学习英语的网站，冲动之下写了一封辞职信，并抱怨老板不会用人，不重用那些敬业的员工，只提升那些奉承他的人。

The boss knew that John worked very hard for the years. He thought a moment and said,"Thank you for your criticism,but I have a request. I hope you will do one more thing for our company before you leave. Perhaps you will change your decision and take back your resignation."

老板知道这几年约翰工作确实很努力。他想了一会儿说：“谢谢你对我的批评。但是我只有一个请求，我希望在你离开之前再为公司做一件事情。或许到时你会改变决定，收回辞呈。”

John agreed. The boss asked him to go and find out anyone selling watermelon in the market. John went and returned soon. He said he had found out a man selling watermelon. The boss asked how much per kg? John shook his head and went back to the market to ask and returned to inform the boss $1.2 per kg.

约翰答应了。老板让他去市场找到一个卖西瓜的人。约翰去了并很快回来。他说他找到了一个卖西瓜的人。老板问他每公斤多少钱？约翰摇摇头，回到市场去问，然后又回来告诉老板每公斤1.2美元。

Boss told John to wait a second,and he called Bobby to come to his office. He asked Bobby to go and find anyone seling watermelon in the market. Bobby went,returned and said,boss,only one person selling watermelon. $1.2 per kg,$10 for 10kg,he has inventory of 340 melons. On the table 58 melons,every melon weights about 2 kg,bought from the South two days ago,they are fresh and red,good quality.

老板让约翰等一会儿，这时他把博比叫到办公室。他让博比去市场找到一个卖西瓜的人。博比去了，回来之后说：“老板，只有一个卖西瓜的人，每公斤1.2美元，每10公斤卖10美元。这个人一共有340个西瓜，其中58个放在货架上，每个西瓜重约2公斤，免费学英语网站，都是两天前从南方运来的，新鲜，红瓤，质量好。”

John was very impresed and realized the difference between himself and Bobby. He decided not to resign but to learn from Bobby.

约翰受到很大的触动，他意识到自己与博比之间的差距。他决定收回辞呈并向博比学习。

My dear friends,a more successful person is more observant,thinks more and explores in depth. Chances exists in the daily details. For the same matter,a more successful person sees more and farther so that he can find out an opportunity and catch it to realize his aim. If a person sees one year ahead,while another sees only tomorrow. The difference between a year and a day is 365times,how could you win?

亲爱的朋友们，成功的人更善于观察，好的英语学习网站，勤于思考和孜孜探求。机遇就存在于生活的细节中。同样的一件事，一个成功的人会看得更多更远。有人看到一年后的情景，而你只看到明天。一年与一天的差距是365倍，你怎么能赢呢？

英语美文 篇7

Sitting on the drippy,cold steps of Penn Station,sharing a smoke with a boyfriend. This Saturday night is scattered with drunks,and for once,we are not the drunkest; we do not smell the worst. Late-night,paranoid tourists don’t even stare—a few ask for directions. We are spreading our wet,waiting bodies all over that stone,watching stumbling silhouettes wrestle with the escalator.

She shuffles up the steps with the last of her strength. Her pink sweatpants are tinged with brown,and her feet are buried in city-stained bunny slippers. Her eyes look like they’ve seen so much sadness they’re forever doomed to apathy. They are eyes dazed with the work it takes to stay warm,and weary of the excess of privileged people. I’m looking at those glass eyes and thinking that she reeks of survival; that I’m too cold to move,and all I’m doing is waiting for the first train home.

Out comes her wrinkled,begging hand. We turn out our pockets and find nothing. The mouth of the station swallows her descending,dejected frame.

Light another smoke. We are pushing reluctant time forward as it digs its heels in at the dusty smells and sounds of old stories,at the sucking of smoke,at our involuntary shivers.

She’s back again. The wrinkled hand,heavy with pleading,is now answering.

She drops four warm quarters into my palm and says,“Get yourselves a cup of coffee. Merry Christmas.”

The station gulps her up again before we can say thank you.

英语美文 篇8

The Board Meeting had come to an end. Bob started to stand up and jostled the table,spilling his coffee over his notes. "How embarrassing. I am getting so clumsy in my old age." Everyone had a good laugh,and soon we were all telling stories of our most embarrassing moments. It came around to Frank who sat quietly listening to the others. Someone said,"Come on,Frank. Tell us your most embarrassing moment."

Frank laughed and began to tell us of his childhood. "I grew up in San Pedro. My Dad was a fisherman,and he loved the sea. He had his own boat,but it was hard making a living on the sea. He worked hard and would stay out until he caught enough to feed the family. Not just enough for our family,but also for his Mom and Dad and the other kids that were still at home." He looked at us and said,"I wish you could have met my Dad. He was a big man,and he was strong from pulling the nets and fighting the seas for his catch. When you got close to him,he smelled like the ocean. He would wear his old canvas,foul-weather coat and his bibbed overalls. His rain hat would be pulled down over his brow. No matter how much my Mother washed them,they would still smell of the sea and of fish."

Frank's voice dropped a bit. "When the weather was bad he would drive me to school. He had this old truck that he used in his fishing business. That truck was older than he was. It would wheeze and rattle down the road. You could hear it coming for blocks. As he would drive toward the school,I would shrink down into the seat hoping to disappear. Half the time,he would slam to a stop and the old truck would belch a cloud of smoke. He would pull right up in front,and it seemed like everybody would be standing around and watching. Then he would lean over and give me a big kiss on the cheek and tell me to be a good boy. It was so embarrassing for me. Here,I was twelve years old,and my Dad would lean over and kiss me goodbye!"

He paused and then went on,"I remember the day I decided I was too old for a goodbye kiss. When we got to the school and came to a stop,he had his usual big smile. He started to lean toward me,but I put my hand up and said,'No,Dad.'

It was the first time I had ever talked to him that way,and he had this surprised look on his face. I said,'Dad,I'm too old for a goodbye kiss. I'm too old for any kind of kiss.' My Dad looked at me for the longest time,and his eyes started to tear up. I had never seen him cry. He turned and looked out the windshield. 'You're right,' he said. 'You are a big boy....a man. I won't kiss you anymore.'"

Frank got a funny look on his face,and the tears began to well up in his eyes,as he spoke. "It wasn't long after that when my Dad went to sea and never came back. It was a day when most of the fleet stayed in,but not Dad. He had a big family to feed. They found his boat adrift with its nets half in and half out. He must have gotten into a gale and was trying to save the nets and the floats."

I looked at Frank and saw that tears were running down his cheeks. Frank spoke again. "Guys,you don't know what I would give to have my Dad give me just one more kiss on the cheek....to feel his rough old face....to smell the ocean on him....to feel his arm around my neck. I wish I had been a man then. If I had been a man,I would never have told my Dad I was too old for a goodbye kiss."

英语美文 篇9

Friendship is indispensable to people's life. A man without friends is an angel without wings,whose life will suffer in the long tolerance of loneliness and depression. Friendship is the mother of our psyche,who'll warm her kid when hurt occurs. We have much to share with our friends in life,perplexity,excitement,bitterness etc. Alas,it's magnificent to maintain a genuine friendship.

It takes many special qualities to make a friend. Understanding should come first. only when we get a better understanding of each other can we gain an authentic and meaningful friendship. We may find our hobbies of common interests. This feeling of affinity gets us closer and closer.

It also takes a special kind of love that seems to know no end. Never hesitate to show your heartfelt care and kindness to your friend when he/she is in trouble. Love is not selfish. Love is endowed by God that we should treasure all our life.

Tolerance is the third essential part in friendship. We are absolutely different persons. This individual distinction may cause conflict between us in every aspect of our life. Don't immerse ourselves in this infliction too long. Try to tolerant his/her in an introspective mood. Saints are not perfect,let alone those ordinary people like us. Afterwards,we should get a good communication. Never shy to confess.

Understanding,love and tolerance are the first three essences that comes to an authentic friendship. Other qualities are also concerned such as thoughtfulness,trust and patience. Remember,friendship is your psyche's guard,treasure it.

英语美文 篇10

Then is over; this is now. The less time and effort you put into looking at the past,the more you will have for living and experiencing this day. You will also find that letting go of the past will give you a deeper sense of strength. Instead of allowing past mistakes and worries to drain your energies,you will have a renewed energy to live your life to the fullest and enjoy it more.

Being content with yourself and optimistic about your future is not difficult. Whatever is in the past is over; learn from it and move on. When you are self-motivated enough to do this,you will see that moving ahead is the best definition of living life.

With that said,what can you do now? Sure it is easy for me to tell you to forget the past,yet it is a whole different practice to actually do it. Life is a complex set of events much of which of course is real,yet a large amount is just your view of what really happened.

英语美文 篇11

The thermometer had dropped to 18 degrees below zero,but still chose to sleep in the porch as usual. In the evening,the most familiar sight to me would be stars in the sky. Though they were a mere sprinkle of twinkling dots,yet I had become so accustomed to them that their occasional absence would bring me loneliness and ennui.

It had been snowing all night,not a single star in sight. My roommate and I,each wrapped in a quilt,were seated far apart in a different corner of the porch,facing each other and chatting away.

She exclaimed pointing to something afar,“Look,Venus in rising!” I looked up and saw nothing but a lamp round the bend in a mountain path. I beamed and said pointing to a tiny lamplight on the opposite mountain,“It’s Jupiter over there!”

More and more lights came into sight as we kept pointing here and there. Lights from hurricane lamps flickering about in the pine forest created the scene of a star-studded sky. With the distinction between sky and forest obscured by snowflakes,the numerous lamp-lights now easily passed for as many stars.

Completely lost in a make-believe world,I seemed to see all the lamplights drifting from the ground. With the illusory stars hanging still overhead,I was spared the effort of tracing their positions when I woke up from my dreams in the dead of night.

Thus I found consolation even on a lonely snowy night !

英语美文摘抄

英语美文摘抄1

When Love Beckons You

When love beckons to you,follow him,though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you,yield to him,though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.

And when he speaks to you,believe in him,though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the garden.

For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning.

Even as he ascends to your height and caresses your tenderest branches that quiver in the sun,so shall he descend to our roots and shake them in their clinging to the earth.

But if,in your fear,you would seek only love’s peace and love’s pleasure,then it is better for you that you cover your nakedness and pass out of love’s threshing-floor,into the seasonless world where you shall laugh,but not all of your laughter,and weep,but not all of your tears.

Love gives naught but it self and takes naught but from itself.

Love possesses not,nor would it be possessed,for love is sufficient unto love.

Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself. But if you love and must have desires,let these be your desires:

To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night.

To know the pain of too much tenderness.

To be wounded by your own understanding of love;

And to bleed willingly and joyfully.

To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving;

To rest at the noon hour and meditate love’s ecstasy;

To return home at eventide with gratitude;

And then to sleep with a payer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise upon your lips.

爱的召唤

当爱召唤你时，请追随她，尽管爱的道路艰难险峻。当爱的羽翼拥抱你时，请顺从她，尽管隐藏在其羽翼之下的剑可能会伤到你。当爱向你诉说时，请相信她，尽管她的声音可能打破你的梦想，就如同北风吹落花园里所有的花瓣。

爱会给你戴上桂冠，也会折磨你。爱会助你成长，也会给你修枝。爱会上升到枝头，抚爱你在阳光下颤动力的嫩枝，也会下潜至根部，撼动力你紧抓泥土的根基。

但是，如果你在恐惧之中只想寻求爱的平和与快乐，那你就最好掩盖真实的自我，避开爱的考验，进入不分季节的世界，在那里你将欢笑，但并非开怀大笑，你将哭泣，但并非尽情地哭。爱只将自己付出，也只得到自己。爱一无所有，也不会为谁所有，因为爱本身就已自足。

爱除了实现自我别无他求。但是如果你爱而又不得不有所求，那就请期望：

将自己融化并像奔流的溪水一般向夜晚吟唱自己优美的曲调。

明了过多的温柔所带来的苦痛。

被自己对爱的理解所伤害；

并情愿快乐地悲伤。

在黎明带着轻快的心醒来并感谢又一个有家的日子；

在黄昏怀着感恩之心回家；

然后为内心所爱之人祈祷，吟唱赞美之歌，并带着祷告和歌声入眠。

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Be Happy!

“The days that make us happy make us wise.”----John Masefield

when I first read this line by England’s Poet Laureate,it startled me. What did Masefield mean? Without thinking about it much,I had always assumed that the opposite was true.

But his sober assurance was arresting. I could not forget it.

Finally,I seemed to grasp his meaning and realized that here was a profound observation. The wisdom that happiness makes possible lies in clear perception,not fogged by anxiety nor dimmed by despair and boredom,and without the blind spots caused by fear.

Active happiness——not mere satisfaction or contentment ---often comes suddenly,like an April shower or the unfolding of a bud.

Then you discover what kind of wisdom has accompanied it. The grass is greener; bird songs are sweeter; the shortcomings of your friends are more understandable and more forgivable.

Happiness is like a pair of eyeglasses correcting your spiritual vision.

Nor are the insights of happiness limited to what is near around you. Unhappy,with your thoughts turned in upon your emotional woes,your vision is cut short as though by a wall.

Happy,the wall crumbles.

The long vista is there for the seeing. The ground at your feet,the world about you----people,thoughts,emotions,pressures---are now fitted into the larger scene.

Everything assumes a fairer proportion. And here is the beginning of wisdom.

“快乐的日子使人睿智。”

——约翰·梅斯菲尔德

第一次读到英国桂冠诗人梅斯菲尔德的这行诗时，我感到十分震惊。他想表达什么意思？我以前从未对此仔细考虑，总是认定这行诗反过来才正确。但他冷静而又胸有成竹的表达引起了我的注意，令我无法忘怀。

终于，我似乎领会了他的意思，并意识到这行诗意义深远。快乐带来的睿智存在于敏锐的洞察力之间，不会因忧虑而含混迷惑，也不会因绝望和厌倦而黯然模糊，更不会因恐惧而造成盲点。

积极的快乐，并非单纯的'满意或知足，通常不期而至，就像四月里突然下起的春雨，或是花蕾的突然绽放。然后，你就会发觉与快乐结伴而来的究竟是何种智慧。草地更为青翠，鸟吟更为甜美，朋友的缺点也变得更能让人理解，宽容。快乐就像是一副眼镜，可以矫正你的精神视力。

快乐的视野并不仅限于你周围的事物。当你不快乐时，你的思维陷入情感上的悲哀，你的眼界就像是被一道墙给阻隔了，而当你快乐时，这道墙就会砰然倒塌。

你的眼界变得更为宽广。你脚下的大地，你身边的世界，包括人，思想，情感和压力，现在都融入了更为广阔的景象之中，其间每件事物 的比例都更加合理。而这就是睿智的起始。

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The Goodness of Life

Though there is much to be concerned about,there is far,far more for which to be thankful. Though life’s goodness can at times be overshadowed,it is never outweighed.

For every single act that is senselessly destructive,there are thousands more small,quiet acts of love,kindness and compassion.

For every person who seeks to hurt,there are many,many more who devote their lives to helping and to healing.

There is goodness to life that cannot be denied.

In the most magnificent vistas and in the smallest details,look closely,for that goodness always comes shining through.

There si no limit to the goodness of life. It grows more abundant with each new encounter. The more you experience and appreciate the goodness of life,the more there is to be lived.

Even when the cold winds blow and the world seems to be cov ered in foggy shadows,the goodness of life lives on. Open your eyes,open your heart,and you will see that goodness is everywhere.

Though the goodness of life seems at times to suffer setbacks,it always endures. For in the darkest moment it becomes vividly clear that life is a priceless treasure.

And so the goodness of life is made even stronger by the very things that would oppose it.

Time and time again when you feared it was gone forever you found that the goodness of life was really only a moment away.

Around the next corner,inside every moment,the goodness of life is there to surprise and delight you.

Take a moment to let the goodness of life touch your spirit and calm your thoughts. Then,share your good fortune with another.

For the goodness of life grows more and more magnificent each time it is given away.

Though the problems constantly scream for attention and the conflicts appear to rage ever stronger,the goodness of life grows stronger still,quietly,peacefully,with more purpose and meaning than ever before.

生命的美好

尽管有很多事让人忧虑，但相比而言，值得感激的事要多得多。尽管生命的美好有时被蒙上阴影，但它却永远不会被埋没。

相对于每一个无谓的破坏行为而言，都有更多数以千计更为微小的，包含着爱，友善和同情的举动静静地上演着。相对于每一个试图伤害他人的人而言，都有更多的人致力于帮助他人，治愈他人的创伤。

生命的美好不能否认。

在最为壮观的前景和最为琐碎的细节中，()请仔细观察，因为美好的事物总是散发着耀眼的光芒闪亮登场。

生命的美好没有界限。每一次相遇都会使这美好变得越发丰富。你经历得越多，越能欣赏生命的美好，生命中的美好就会变得越多。

即使当寒风袭来，整个世界似乎被雾气掩盖之时，生命的美好仍会存在。睁开双眼，打开心扉，你就会发现这美好无处不在。

尽管生命的美好有时似乎遭受挫折，但它总会挺过来。因为，在最黑暗的时刻，有一点变得格外清楚，那就是，生命是无价的财富。因此，下正是与生命的美好相对立的事物使其越发强大。

无数次地，当你担心这美好已经远离之时，你会发现生命的美好其实只与你相隔须臾。它就在下一角落，存在于每个时刻之间，等着给你惊喜。

花些时间让生命的美好感动自己的灵魂，放松自己的思绪。然后，把你的幸运与他人分享。因为生命的美好会在每次给予之间变得越来越壮观。

尽管总是有问题让你去关注，冲突也似乎愈演愈烈，但生命的美好却总是静静地，平和地，带着比以往更强的意志和更多的价值变得更加强大。

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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。

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沙子和石头 Sand and Stone

The story goes that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument,and one friend slapped the other one in the face.The one who got slapped felt hurt,but without saying anything,wrote in the sand: "Today my best friend slapped me in the face."

They kept on walking until they found an oasis,where they decided to take a bath. The one who had been slapped got stuck in the mire and started drowning,but the friend saved him.After he recovered from the near drowning,he wrote on a stone: "Today my best friend saved my life."

The friend who had slapped and saved his best friend asked him,"After I hurt you,you wrote in the sand and now you write on a stone. Why?"

The other friend replied: "When someone hurts us we should write it down in sand where winds of forgiveness can erase it away. But when someone does something good for us,we must engrave it in stone where no wind can ever erase it."

两个朋友结伴穿越沙漠，旅途中二人突然吵了起来，其中一个掴了对方一记耳光。被打的人感到自己受了伤害，但什么也没有说，只是在沙地上写下了这样一句话：“今天我的朋友掴了我耳光。他们继续前行，看见到处绿洲，他们正打算在那里洗澡时，刚才被打的人不小心陷入了泥潭，开始深陷，他的朋友救了他。等他从几近淹死的边缘苏醒过来后，他在石头上刻下：“今天我的朋友救了我的命。”他的朋友问：“为什么我伤你之后，你在沙子上写字，现在却把字刻在石头上?”他回答道：“当有人伤害了我们，我们应该把它写进沙里，宽恕的风会把仇恨抹去。而当有人为我们做了好事，我们应当把它刻在石头上，没有风可以将它抹去。”

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做你想做的梦 Dream What You Dream of

There are moments in life when you miss someone so much that you just want to pick them from your dreams and hug them for real!

在一生有多少这样的时刻：我们对一个人朝思暮想，只想一把把他们从梦中拉出来，真切的拥抱一回!

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.

一扇通往幸福的门关闭了，另一扇幸福之门打开了，可有多少次啊，我们徘徊在那扇关闭的门前，却忽略了那扇早已为我们开启的新的幸福之门。

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. Find the one that makes your heart smile.

不要以貌取人，外貌可能会欺骗你;不要追逐财富，财富会消失的。去寻找那个让你笑口常开的人吧，一个微笑就可以使暗淡的日子豁然开朗。去追寻那个令你心灵愉悦的人吧!

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，去你想去的地方，成为你想成为的人，因为你只有一次生命和一次机会去做你想做的事情。

May you have enough happiness to make you sweet,enough trials to make you strong,enough sorrow to keep you human,enough hope to make you happy.

愿幸福与你永伴，使你亲切可爱;愿你历经磨难，使你坚韧不拔;愿你痛彻心肺，使你通情达理，愿你充满希望，使你幸福快乐。

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

世界上最幸福的人并不一定拥有的东西，他们只是最充分利用、珍惜了他们生命中的一切。

Love begins with a smile,grows with a kiss and ends with a tear.

爱始于微笑，育于亲吻，终于流泪。

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

五彩缤纷的明天常常建立在对过去的遗忘之上。只有对过去的失败和伤痛不再耿耿于怀，生活才会变得更加美好。

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 who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.

当你呱呱落地、啼哭不已时，周围的人却笑逐颜开;要认真的生活，只有这样，当你走到生命的尽头时，你才会含笑而眠，而周围的人却痛哭不已。

精选优美英语美文三篇

英语作为学习生涯中必不可少的课程，想学好真的不容易。我在此献上英语美文，希望大家喜欢。

英文美文欣赏

布达佩斯之恋 Down in Budapest

The night is long,goes on and on

Before me lies the break of dawn

Another day to wonder

What I'll find along my way

Just what to do I wish I knew

So all alone I'm missing you

The blue Danube

The sun put color of my soul in you

Budapest....

The day begins,the gentle wnd

As sweet as lonesome violins

So clear and bright

I watched the river rolling out of sight

I can't define this home of mine

This home,I'm waiting for the sign

Will I be lessed to find you

Somewhere down in Budapest

I'm lost in memories down in Budapest

I'm lost in memories down in Budapest

......

夜漫漫，时间无休止地流逝

黎明在我眼降临

这一天我又会彷徨，不知道

沿着自己的生命轨道，我将找到什么

该做些什么，我希望我知道

我一直在独自想念你

蓝色的多瑙河

阳光把我灵魂的颜色照进你心里

布达佩斯……

这一天开始了，轻柔的风

和寂寞的小提琴一样美好

如此清澈明亮

我看见河流奔腾出视野之外

我无法给我的这个家下定义

这个家，我在等待着一个信号

上苍会不会保佑我找到你

在布达佩斯街道的某个地方

沿着布达佩斯的街道游走，我迷失在记忆里

沿着布达佩斯的街道游走，我迷失在记忆里

沿着布达佩斯的街道游走，我迷失在记忆里

经典优美英语文章

妙“想”生花 Getting behind the Creative Mind

The world is but a canvas to the imagination.

——Henry David Thoreau

世界对富有想象力的人来说只是一块帆布。——亨利·大卫·梭罗

Creativity is not,as some would have us believed,something to be taken lightly.More than painting pictures or composing original music—creativity could rightly be considered a healing force for societies overwhelmed by the ongoing utilitarian struggles of humanity.Call it a cure for depression,an escape from working—class drudgery,catharsis for the stress and worry that accumulates within us all.Or just call it a fun and productive way to wile away an afternoon.

创造力并不像人们让我们相信的那样，是不以为然的东西。这不像绘画或者原创音乐那样，创造力可以看做是治愈被持续的社会功利斗争所压迫人性的力量.我们称之为治疗抑郁的良药，逃避工薪阶层的苦差事，积压在我们内心所有压力和忧虑的宣泄。或者只是一个消磨一个下午的有趣高效的方法。

But the spark of creativity is not always easily lit.As children,our creative zeal is generally encouraged and allowed to thrive,but as we move into adulthood that zeal tends to atrophy from neglect.Other things take over our lives,such as hectic career schedules and increased social pressure to achieve "status".According to Elisabeth Keating inPieces of Beauty,this is an unhealthy trend spawned from an overly materialistic culture.She gose on to detail the spiritual benefits of a more creative life.

但创造力的火花并不容易点燃。作为孩子，我们的创作热情容易受到鼓励和发展，但随着我们进入成年期，热情往往容易减退。其它事情占据了我们的生活，如简单忙碌的职业计划和为了获得地位产生的社会压力。根据伊丽莎白.基庭的《美丽碎片》，这是由过度的物质文化产生的一种不健康趋势。她继续深究更有创造性的生活的精神上的益处。

Tongue in cheek,Melvin Durai exposes creativity from a more "everyday" and practical angle in his humorous piece,Let the Beer Come to You.Not only have great minds invented personal computers and cell phone technology,they might also bless us with beertossing refrigerators and couches that spit out lost remote controls.

Melvin Durai在用他的诙谐作品《让啤酒来到你的身边》开玩笑似的从日常和实践的角度剖析创造性。

Clearly,the expression of artistic creativity throughout history has been just a instrumental in improving the human condition as any business venture or economic boom.Without it there would be no great works of art to enjoy and puzzle over,no songs to sing badly in the shower,no ho new fashion trends,no novels to read.I ask you,is that the sort of world you want to live in?

显然，纵观历史，艺术创作的表达一直只是一个改善人类生存条件成为一切商业风险和经济繁荣的工具。没有创造力就不会有伟大的艺术作品供欣赏和思索，就没有糟糕的洗澡歌，就没有潮流趋势，就没有小说可以读。我问你们，那是你们想要生活的那种世界吗?

　经典英语美文

毕业，继续前进 Graduation and Moving On

At least once a year,there are a lot of graduations.It’s a time when a lot of people move on,from where they were,to another school or another class,or out into a real world.To graduate means to take a step forward,to move onward.I can remember my high school graduation,my graduation from university,and even my graduation from graduated school.Each of those graduations was nice.I took pictures,I got flowers,I hug my parents.I had the motions to moving on,I want to stay and have more fun.But I also want to move on.When we hear the word graduation,we naturally think of graduating from school.But I think it’s possible to graduate from different places,or stages in life.I worked in a company in New York for about three years.In one point I felt I couldn’t learn anything else from the company,where the people I was working with.Then I had hit a ceiling,I felt that was time to move on.The way that I describe that moving on is a graduation.Some times we are thrown out into the world or to the next level,whether we are ready or not.Other times we get the truth when we want to move on.I have experienced both.I preferred the second one,where I have a choice,I like the truth when and how,but we don’t always get what we want,since we can learn from every experience that we have,each experience can be a stepping stone for us to be better people.I know that I take lessons with me every time I graduated,but some times I can be a slow learner.I wonder when my next graduation is going to be.

至少每年一次,会有很多的毕业典礼。这是一个很多人继续前行的时刻，他们从现在的地方到另一个学校或者另一个班级，或者走出学校真正步入社会。毕业就以为这向前迈一步，继续前行。我还记得我高中，大学，甚至是研究生的毕业典礼。每一次毕业典礼都很棒。我拍了照片，收到了花，拥抱了父母。我曾有想继续下去的动力，我希望留下并获得更多的乐趣。但我也想继续前行。当我们听到毕业一词的时候，我们会自然而然的想到学校的毕业典礼。但是我认为我们有可能从人生的不同地方不同阶段毕业。我在纽约一家公司工作了快三年。在某种程度上,我觉得我无法从公司和同事身上学到东西。然后我已经达到了一种上限,我觉得是时候继续前行了。我所描述的继续前行的方式是毕业。有时我们被带入世界或进入下一个阶段，不管我们是否为此做好了准备。其他时候，我们得知当我们想继续前进的事实。我已经都经历过了。我更喜欢第二个，我可以选择，我喜欢这个何时以及如何的事实，但我们不能总是得到我们想要的东西，因为我们可以从我们每次的经历中学到东西，每次经历都可以成为我们成为更好的人的一块垫脚石。我知道每次毕业我都要学习一些东西，但有时候我可以是一名缓慢的学习者。我想知道我的下一次毕业是何时。

有关经典英语美文摘抄精选

在英语语言四项基本技能(听,说,读,写)中,语言交际能力的培养一直占据着不可或缺的重要地位,于是如何提高学生的英语交际水平一直是研究人员和英语教师长期以来共同关心的话题。我分享有关经典英语美文，希望可以帮助大家!
有关经典英语美文：The Road to Success
It is well that young men should begin at the beginning and occupy the most subordinatepositions. Many of the leading businessmen of Pittsburgh had a serious responsibility thrustupon them at the very threshold of their career. They were introduced to the broom,and spentthe first hours of their business lives sweeping out the office. I notice we have janitors andjanitresses now in offices,and our young men unfortunately miss that salutary branch ofbusiness education. But if by chance the professional sweeper is absent any morning,the boywho has the genius of the future partner in him will not hesitate to try his hand at the broom.It does not hurt the newest comer to sweep out the office if necessary. I was one of thosesweepers myself.

Assuming that you have all obtained employment and are fairly started,my advice to you is “aimhigh”. I would not give a fig for the young man who does not already see himself the partneror the head of an important firm. Do not rest content for a moment in your thoughts as headclerk,or foreman,or general manager in any concern,no matter how extensive. Say toyourself,“My place is at the top.” Be king in your dreams.

And here is the prime condition of success,the great secret: concentrate your energy,thought,and capital exclusively upon the business in which you are engaged. Having begun inone line,resolve to fight it out on that line,to lead in it,adopt every improvement,have thebest machinery,and know the most about it.

The concerns which fail are those which have scattered their capital,which means that they havescattered their brains also. They have investments in this,or that,or the other,here there,andeverywhere. “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.” is all wrong. I tell you to “put all your eggsin one basket,and then watch that basket.” Look round you and take notice,men who do thatnot often fail. It is easy to watch and carry the one basket. It is trying to carry too manybaskets that breaks most eggs in this country. He who carries three baskets must put one onhis head,which is apt to tumble and trip him up. One fault of the American businessman is lackof concentration.

To summarize what I have said: aim for the highest; never enter a bar room; do not touchliquor,or if at all only at meals; never speculate; never indorse beyond your surplus cashfund; make the firm’s interest yours; break orders always to save owners; concentrate; put allyour eggs in one basket,and watch that basket; expenditure always within revenue; lastly,benot impatient,for as Emerson says,“no one can cheat you out of ultimate success butyourselves.”

成功之道

年轻人创业之初，应该从最底层干起，这是件好事。匹兹保有很多商业巨头，在他们创业之初，都肩负过“重任”：他们以扫帚相伴，以打扫办公室的方式度过了他们商业生涯中最初的时光。我注意到我们现在办公室里都有工友，于是年轻人就不幸错过了商业 教育 中这个有益的环节。如果碰巧哪天上午专职扫地的工友没有来，某个具有未来合伙人气质的年轻人会毫不犹豫地试着拿起扫帚。在必要时新来的员工扫扫地也无妨，不会因为而有什么损失。我自己就曾经扫过地。

假如你已经被录用，并且有了一个良好的开端，我对你的建议是：要志存高远。一个年轻人，如果不把自己想象成一家大公司未来的老板或者是合伙人，那我会对他不屑一顾。不论职位有多高，你的内心都不要满足于做一个总管，领班或者总经理。要对自己说：我要迈向顶尖!要做就做你梦想中的国王!

成功的首要条件和最大秘诀就是：把你的精力，思想和资本全都集中在你正从事的事业上。一旦开始从事某种职业，就要下定决心在那一领域闯出一片天地来;做这一行的领导人物，采纳每一点改进之心，采用最优良的设备，对专业知识熟稔于心。

一些公司的失败就在于他们分散了资金，因为这就意味着分散了他们的精力。他们向这方面投资，又向那方面投资;在这里投资，在那里投资，到处都投资。“不要把所有的鸡蛋放在一个篮子里”的说法大错特错。我要对你说：“把所有的鸡蛋都放在一个篮子里，然后小心地看好那个篮子。”看看你周围，你会注意到：这么做的人其实很少失败。看管和携带一个篮子并不太难。人们总是试图提很多篮子，所以才打破这个国家的大部分鸡蛋。提三个篮子的人，必须把一个顶在头上，而这个篮子很可能倒下来，把他自己绊倒。美国商人的一个缺点就是不够专注。

把我的话归纳一下：要志存高远;不要出入酒吧;要滴酒不沾，或要喝也只在用餐时喝少许;不要做投机买卖;不要寅吃卯粮;要把公司的利益当作自己的利益;取消订货的目的永远是为了挽救货主;要专注;要把所有的鸡蛋放在一个篮子里，然后小心地看好它;要量入为出;最后，要有耐心，正如爱默生所言，“谁都无法阻止你最终成功，除非你自己承认自己失败。”
有关经典英语美文：On Meeting the Celebrated
I have always wondered at the passion many people have to meet the celebrated. Theprestige you acquire by being able to tell your friends that you know famous men proves onlythat you are yourself of small account. The celebrated develop a technique to deal with thepersons they come across. They show the world a mask,often an impressive on,but takecare to conceal their real selves. They play the part that is expected from them,and withpractice learn to play it very well,but you are stupid if you think that this public performanceof theirs corresponds with the man within.

I have been attached,deeply attached,to a few people; but I have been interested in men ingeneral not for their own sakes,but for the sake of my work. I have not,as Kant enjoined,regarded each man as an end in himself,but as material that might be useful to me as a writer.I have been more concerned with the obscure than with the famous. They are more oftenthemselves. They have had no need to create a figure to protect themselves from the world orto impress it. Their idiosyncrasies have had more chance to develop in the limited circle oftheir activity,and since they have never been in the public eye it has never occurred to themthat they have anything to conceal. They display their oddities because it has never struckthem that they are odd. And after all it is with the common run of men that we writers have todeal; kings,dictators,commercial magnates are from our point of view very unsatisfactory.To write about them is a venture that has often tempted writers,but the failure that hasattended their efforts shows that such beings are too exceptional to form a proper ground fora work of art. They cannot be made real. The ordinary is the writer’s richer field. Itsunexpectedness,its singularity,its infinite variety afford unending material. The great manis too often all of a piece; it is the little man that is a bundle of contradictory elements. He isinexhaustible. You never come to the end of the surprises he has in store for you. For my partI would much sooner spend a month on a desert island with a veterinary surgeon than with aprime minister.

论见名人

许多人热衷于见名人，我始终不得其解。在朋友面前吹嘘自己认识某某名人，同此而来的声望只能证明自己的微不足道。名人个个练就了一套处世高招，无论遇上谁，都能应付自如。他们给世人展现的是一副面具，常常是美好难忘的面具，但他们会小心翼翼地掩盖自己的真相。他们扮演的是大家期待的角色，演得多了，最后都能演得惟妙惟肖。如果你还以为他们在公众面前的表演就是他们的真实自我，那就你傻了。

我自己就喜欢一些人，非常喜欢他们。但我对人感兴趣一般不是因为他们自身的缘故，而是出于我工作需求。正如康德劝告的那样，我从来没有把认识某人作为目的，而是将其当作对一个作家有用的创作素材。比之名流显士，我更加关注无名小卒。他们常常显得较为自然真实，他们无须再创造另一个人物形象，用他来保护自己不受世人干扰，或者用他来感动世人。他们的社交圈子有限，自己的种种癖性也就越有可能得到滋长。因为他们从来没有引起公众的关注，也就从来没有想到过要隐瞒什么。他们会表露他们古怪的一面，因为他们从来就没有觉得有何古怪。总之，作家要写的是普通人。在我们看来，国王，独裁者和商界大亨等都是不符合条件的。去撰写这些人物经常是作家们难以抗拒的冒险之举，可为此付出的努力不免以失败告终，这说明这些人物都过于特殊，无法成为一件艺术作品的创作根基，作家也不可能把他们写得真真切切。老百姓才是作家的创作沃土，他们或变幻无常，或难觅其二，各式人物应有尽有，这些都给作家提供了无限的创作素材。大人物经常是千人一面，小人物身上才有一组组矛盾元素，是取之不尽的创作源泉，让你惊喜不断。就我而言，如果在孤岛上度过一个月，我宁愿和一名兽医相守，也不愿同一位首相做伴。
有关经典英语美文：When Love Beckons You
When love beckons to you,follow him,though his ways are hard and steep. And when hiswings enfold you,yield to him,though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.And when he speaks to you,believe in him,though his voice may shatter your dreams as thenorth wind lays waste the garden.

For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he foryour pruning. Even as he ascends to your height and caresses your tenderest branches thatquiver in the sun,so shall he descend to our roots and shake them in their clinging to theearth.

But if,in your fear,you would seek only love’s peace and love’s pleasure,then it is better foryou that you cover

your nakedness and pass out of love’s threshing-floor,into the seasonless world where youshall laugh,but not all of your laughter,and weep,but not all of your tears. Love gives naughtbut it self and takes naught but from itself. Love possesses not,nor would it be possessed,forlove is sufficient unto love.

Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself. But if you love and must have desires,let these beyour desires:

To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night.

To know the pain of too much tenderness.

To be wounded by your own understanding of love;

And to bleed willingly and joyfully.

To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving;

To rest at the noon hour and meditate love’s ecstasy;

To return home at eventide with gratitude;

And then to sleep with a payer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise upon yourlips.

爱的召唤

当爱召唤你时，请追随她，尽管爱的道路艰难险峻。当爱的羽翼拥抱你时，请顺从她，尽管隐藏在其羽翼之下的剑可能会伤到你。当爱向你诉说时，请相信她，尽管她的声音可能打破你的梦想，就如同北风吹落花园里所有的花瓣。

爱会给你戴上桂冠，也会折磨你。爱会助你成长，也会给你修枝。爱会上升到枝头，抚爱你在阳光下颤动力的嫩枝，也会下潜至根部，撼动力你紧抓泥土的根基。

但是，如果你在恐惧之中只想寻求爱的平和与快乐，那你就最好掩盖真实的自我，避开爱的考验，进入不分季节的世界，在那里你将欢笑，但并非开怀大笑，你将哭泣，但并非尽情地哭。爱只将自己付出，也只得到自己。爱一无所有，也不会为谁所有，因为爱本身就已自足。

爱除了实现自我别无他求。但是如果你爱而又不得不有所求，那就请期望：

将自己融化并像奔流的溪水一般向夜晚吟唱自己优美的曲调。

明了过多的温柔所带来的苦痛。

被自己对爱的理解所伤害;

并情愿快乐地悲伤。

在黎明带着轻快的心醒来并感谢又一个有家的日子;

在黄昏怀着感恩之心回家;

然后为内心所爱之人祈祷，吟唱赞美之歌，并带着祷告和歌声入眠。

英语经典美文欣赏三篇

英语作为学习生涯中必不可少的课程，想学好真的不容易。我在此献上英语美文，希望大家喜欢。

英语经典美文欣赏

控制你的情绪 Control Your Emotion

You must control and direct your emotions not abolish them. Besides,abolition would be antimissile task. Emotions are like a river. Their power can be dammed up and released under control and direction,but is cannot be held forever in check. Sooner or later the dam will burst,unleashing catastrophic destruction.

你必须控制并导引你的情绪而非摧毁它，况且摧毁情绪是一件不可能的事情。情绪就像河流一样，你可以筑一道堤 防把它挡起来，并在控制和导引之下排放它，但却不能永远抑制它，否则那道堤防迟早会崩溃，并造成大灾难。

Your negative emotions can also be controlled and directed. PMA and self-discipline can remove their harmful effects and make them serve constructive purposes. Sometimes fear and anger will inspire intense action. But you must always submit your negative emotions--and you positive ones--to the examination of your reason before releasing them. Emotion without reason is a dreadful enemy.

你的消极心态同样也可被控制和导引，积极心态和自律 可去除其中有害的部分，而使这些消极心态能为目标贡献力 量。有的时候恐惧和生气会激发出更彻底的行动，但是在你释放消极情绪(以及积极情绪)之前务必要让你的理性为它们做一番检验，缺乏理性的情绪必然是一位可怕的敌人。

What faculty provides the crucial balance between emotions and reason? It is your willpower,or ego,a subject which will be explored in more detail below. Self-discipline will teach you to throw your willpower behind either reason or emotion and amplify the intensity of their expression.

是什么力量使得情绪和理性之间能够达到平衡呢?是意志力或自尊心(我将在以下做更详细的说明)。自律会教导你的意志力作为理性和情绪的后盾，并强化二者的表现强度。

Both your heart and your mind need a master,and they can find the master in your ego. However,your ego will fill their role only if you use self-discipline. In the absence of self-discipline,your mind and heart will fight their battles as they please. In this situation the person within whose mind the fight is carried out often gets badly hurt.

你的感情和理智都需要一位主宰，而在你的自尊心里就可发现这个主宰，然而只有你在发挥你的自律精神时，自尊心才会扮演好这个角色，如果没有了自律，你的理智和感情便会随心所欲地进行战争，战争结果当然是你会受到严重的伤害。

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一万小时天才理论 The Talent Code

The 10,000-Hour Rule says that you need approximately 10,000 hours of practice to become a world-class expert in a field. There is no other way: if you want to be a world-class expert in your field,you must do your 10,000 hours of practice.

一万小时天才理论说的是：要想成为这一领域的世界级专家，你就需要花大约一万个小时来练习。没有其他的法子，如果你想成功，那就必须得花一万个小时。

Then,where should you invest my 10,000 hours of practice?

那么，你应该把这一万个小时花在哪里呢?

This question is important because 10,000 hours is a lot of time. If you consistently practice 4 hours a day for 6 days a week,you will still need 8 years to get 10,000 hours. So answering this question is essential. If you need to invest such a huge amount of time,you’d better do it right. You’d better find your niche.

这个问题很重要，因为一万个小时是很长的一段时间。如果你每天练习4小时，每周练习6天，那么你需要8年的时间才能达到一万个小时的练习量。所以回答“要把一万个小时花在哪”的这个问题就变得非常有必要了。你要付出这么多的时间，你就必须选好方向，选择最合适的方向。

To find your niche,I find the three questions below helpful. Answer them and you will have an idea of where you should go. Here they are:

为了能找到最合适的方向，我提出了下面的三个问题，如果能回答出来这些问题，你就能找到你的方向了。问题如下：

1. Where have you invested your time?

你过去都把时间花在了哪里?

One way to know where to invest your time is simply to look at where you have invested your time. For example,in the last few years you might have learned how to play music for one or two hours a day. Or you might have blogged about a certain topic. Or you might have spent a lot of time on gardening.

要想知道该在哪个方面花时间的最简单的办法就是回头看看自己已经在哪个领域花了时间。比如说，在过去的几年里，你每天都会花一两个小时来演奏音乐，或者在某个问题上持续地发表文章，又或者在园艺上花费了大量的时间。

Those are good signs of where you should invest your 10,000 hours. You already invest part of that 10,000 hours so you only need to invest the rest. The difference is now you do it consciously and deliberately. You will be more effective that way.

这些都能很好地说明你应该在哪些方面来利用这一万个小时的时间。你已经花了一部分时间了，那么你只需要把一万个小时中剩下的那部分时间花上去就可以了。区别在于现在你是有意识地、特意地把时间用在某个领域上，而收效也会更好。

2. What are your passions?

你最感兴趣的是什么?

In fact,that’s one reason why 10,000 hours is a magic number to become a world-class expert: almost everyone else fails before reaching that point. only a few people can reach the 10,000 hours mark and that’s why they become world class.

事实上，兴趣就是一万个小时天才理论的奥妙之处，因为很多人都在达到这个数量级之前就放弃了。只有一小部分人可以坚持一万个小时，而他们就成了世界级的高手。

To help you reach the 10,000 hours mark,doing something you love is really helpful. It will help you go through difficult times. It will help you overcome boredom. Without it,the 10,000 hours will feel like a painful journey. It’s highly unlikely that you will ever reach the 10,000 hours mark that way。

为了让自己能坚持一万个小时，做自己感兴趣的事是非常重要的。它可以帮助你渡过难关，战胜无聊。如果是自己不感兴趣的东西的话，那么要坚持一万个小时简直就是一段痛苦不堪的长途跋涉啊，很有可能你在到达终点前就已经放弃了。

3. What opportunities does the age give you?

你所处的时代赋予了你什么?

Ask yourself: what opportunities does your birth date give you? What opportunities does the history give you at this point in time?

问问自己：你出生的那个时代给你带来了什么机会?现在的社会环境又给你创造了什么机遇?

Answering these questions is not easy because it’s difficult to see whether or not something will be hot. When Bill Gates did his 10,000 hours of practice to learn programming,he might not know that it would eventually put him in a perfect position to be a software mogul. You need to have faith in something and believe that the dots will eventually connect.

要回答这个问题并不容易因为没有人可以预见未来，知道什么东西会在将来火起来。当比尔-盖茨把他的一万个小时用于学习编程的时候，他可能也不知道最终自己会因此而成为软件业巨头。你需要对自己选择的方向有信心，要相信最终这些小的点都会连成线。

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身体最重要的部分 The Most important Body Part

My mother used to ask me what is the most important part of the body. Through the years I would guess at what I thought was the correct answer.

从前我母亲经常问我，身体最重要的部位是什么。许多年来，我一直以为自己所想的是正确答案。

When I was younger,I thought sound was very important to us as humans,so I said,"My ears,Mommy."

当我很小的时候，我认为对人类而言，声音很重要，因此回答：“妈咪，是耳朵。”

She said,"No. Many people are deaf. But you keep thinking about it and I will ask you again soon."

她说：“不对，有许多人是聋人。但是你继续想，不久我会再问你。”

Several years passed before she asked me again. Since making my first attempt,I had contemplated the correct answer. So this time I told her,"Mommy,sight is very important to everybody,so it must be our eyes."

当她再度问我时，已经是好几年后了。自从第一次回答之后，我就一直仔细的思考正确答案。所以这次我对她说：“妈咪，视觉对每个人都很重要，所以应该是我们的眼睛。”

She looked at me and told me,"You are learning fast,but the answer is not correct because there are many people who are blind."

她看着我，对我说：“你学的很快，但还是不对，因为有许多人是盲人。”

Over the years,Mother asked me a couple more times and always her answer was,"No,but

you are getting smarter every year,my child."

往后的年日里她又问了我几次，但她总是回答：“不对，可是孩子啊，你每年都有进步喔。”

Then last year,my Grandpa died. Everybody was hurt. Everybody was crying. My Mom looked at me when it was our turn to say our final good-bye to Grandpa. She asked me,"Do you know the most important body part yet,my dear?"

去年我祖父去世，每个人都很伤心，大家都哭了。轮到我们向爷爷做最后的告别时，妈妈看着我，问我：“宝贝，你知道身体最重要的部位了吗?”

I was shocked when she asked me this now. I always thought this was a game between her and me. She saw the confusion on my face and told me,"This question is very important. It shows that you have really lived your life." I saw her eyes well up with tears. She said,"My dear,the most important body part is your shoulder."

她在这时候问我这个问题，令我吓了一大跳。我一直以为这只是我和她之间的游戏。她看我一脸迷惑的样子，对我说：“这问题很重要，它是你真正理解生活的标志。”我看她眼睛里充盈着泪水，她说：“宝贝，最重要的部位是你的肩膀。”

I asked,"Is it because it holds up your head?"

我问：“是因为它能支撑脑袋吗?”

She replied,"No,it is because it can hold the head of a friend or loved one when they cry. Everybody needs a shoulder to cry on sometime in life,my dear. I only hope that you have enough love and friends that you will have a shoulder to cry on when you need it."

她回答说：“不，是因为让我们的朋友、我们所爱的人哭泣的时候，它可以给予依靠。宝贝，每个人在一生中都会有需要一个可以靠着哭泣的肩膀的时候。我只是希望当你需要时，会有足够的爱人和朋友，给你一个可倚靠哭泣的肩膀。”

Then and there I knew the most important body part is not a selfish one. It is sympathetic to the pain of others.

从那时起，我知道身体最重要的部位不是利己的部位，而是对别人的痛苦能感同身受的部位。

优美的英语美文100字摘抄

学习英语难吗？可能对于大多数的同学来说是非常的难的，但是对于某些同学是非常简单，他们阅读英语美文就是非常的简单，就像是阅读中文一样，现在有一些100字英语美文，提供给大家。

100字英语美文摘抄（一）

Life is full of confusing and disordering Particular time,a particular location,Do the arranged thing of ten million time in the brain,Step by step ,the life is hard to avoid delicacy and stiffness No enthusiasm forever,No unexpected happening of surprising and pleasing So,only silently ask myself in mind  Next happiness,when will come?

人生的纷纷扰扰，杂杂乱乱，在一个特定的时间，特定的地点，做脑海中安排了千万遍的事，一步一骤，人生难免精致，却也死板，永远没有激情，没有意料之外的惊喜。于是，也只有在心里默默

100字英语美文摘抄（二）

Happiness is so much simple,on your center of palm,www.52article.com a match a hand can grasp; Happiness is also very difficult,before your heel,A thousand mountains and rivers but blunder away because of Doing not turn a head.

幸福好简单，就在你手心上，一合手就能握住；幸福又好难，就在你脚跟前，千山万水却因没有转头而错过。

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100字英语美文摘抄（三）

Always insisting. Use iron scoop is too cold; Use porcelain scoop is too weak; A wood scoop,engraved veins safely,engraved sky’s wasteland and glebe’s old. Just as happiness born in the years,not insolent,the every act and move blooms quietly.

一直坚持着。用铁勺太冰冷；用瓷勺又太脆弱； 一只只木勺，刻出了纹理安然，刻出了天荒地老。一如岁月中隐忍着的幸福，不张狂，举手投足间悄然绽放

100字英语美文摘抄（四）

Never believe,next will be better,Blunder away,never repair return of regret. Even met the god of shining in a dream,Never ask: "Next happiness,when will come?"

千万不要相信，下一个会更好，错失了，就是补不回的遗憾。即使在梦中，遇见了那熠熠的神明，也永远不要问：“下一班幸福，几点开 ？”

100字英语美文摘抄（五）

Dark light,just light each other. The responsibility that you and my shoulders take together,the such as one dust covers up. Afraid only afraid the light is suddenly put out in theendless dark night and Countless loneliness.

暗黄的灯光，仅仅也只能照射过彼此。你、我肩上共同担当的责任，犹如一片灰尘遮掩。怕只怕灯丝的突然熄灭在这无尽的黑夜.数不尽的孤单

简单的英语美文短篇

简单的`英语美文短篇 篇1

“We are reading the first verse of the first chapter of a book whose pages are infinite…”

I do not know who wrote those words,but I have always liked them as a reminder that the future can be anything we want to make it. We can take the mysterious,hazy future and carve out of it anything that we can imagine,just as a sculptor carves a statue from a shapeless stone.

We are all in the position of the farmer. If we plant a good seed,we reap a good harvest. If our seed is poor and full of weeds,we reap a useless crop. If we plant nothing at all,we harvest nothing at all.

I want the future to be better than the past. I don’t want it contaminated by the mistakes and errors with which history is filled. We should all be concerned about the future because that is where we will spend the remainder of our lives.

The past is gone and static. Nothing we can do will change it. The future is before us and dynamic. Everything we do will affect it. Each day brings with it new frontiers,in our homes and in our business,if we only recognize them. We are just at the beginning of the progress in every field of human endeavor.

简单的英语美文短篇 篇2

When someone looks into your eyes they should see something alive within you. Having a dream is like owning a lighthouse1 which directs you on your journey.

At every turn we come across its mystery. At each new level we become more of the person we were meant to become. In lonely times,when we pass through a storm of disappointment,we find our faith is unshaken,our strength still strong.

Believe in your faith. Set the vision before your eyes. Write down your most sincere dreams and when the opportunity comes,step into your dream. It may take one season or more,but the result is the same. Make big dreams and then go out and make them realities. The highest hopes of the dreamer are revealed with every step taken in their journey to the impossible. For a season we must protect the dream so that it can grow quietly on the inside. But if we tenderly care for our deepest expectations,slowly but surely the dream will become new life.

Dreaming is an act of faith. The light of your expectations will cast off the shadows of a disbelieving world. God has given us the dreamer as a gift to light an unbelieving world.

Find your treasure within and cherish it. Tomorrow is waiting for you to take the first step.

简单的英语美文短篇 篇3

The Power of Your Actions

Graduation day arrived — I saw Kyle and he looked great. He was one of those guys that really found himself during high school. He filled out and actually looked good in glasses. He had more dates than me and all the girls loved him!

Boy,sometimes I was jealous. Today was one of those days. I could see that he was nervous about his speech. So,I smacked him on the back and said,"Hey,big guy,you'll be great!"

He looked at me with one of those looks (the really grateful one) and smiled. "Thanks," he said. As he started his speech,he cleared his throat,and began. "Graduation is a time to thank those who helped you make it through those tough years. Your parents,your teachers,your siblings,maybe a coach... but mostly your friends. I am here to tell all of you that being a friend to someone is the best gift you can give them. I am going to tell you a story."

I stared at my friend in disbelief as he told the story of the first day we met. He had planned to kill himself over the weekend. He talked of how he had cleaned out his locker so his Mom wouldn't have to do it later and was carrying his stuff home. He looked hard at me and gave me a little smile. "Thankfully,I was saved. My friend saved me from doing the unspeakable."

I heard the gasp go through the crowd as this handsome,popular boy told us all about his weakest moment. I saw his Mom and dad looking at me and smiling that same grateful smile. Not until that moment did I realize its depth.

Never underestimate the power of your actions. With one small gesture you can change a person's life. For better or for worse. God puts us all in each other's lives to impact one another in some way. Look for God in others.

"Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly."

There is no beginning or end ... Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is mystery. Today is a gift.