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英文背诵:把爱给你一个人
I Give My Love to You Only
I want
to live and love with you
and be one forever;
to be near you so I can
reach out and touch you;
to make love with you,
talk with you,
and be silent with you;
to hold you close every night
and wake up with you
each morning.
I want
to share my secrets with you
and be honest with you;
to understand and respect you,
accepting you as you are.
I want
to find shelter in you
when I am afraid
and hold you when I need warmth;
to be with you through all seasons,
walking with you in the sunshine
and cuddling with you in the cold.
I want
to care for you when you are ill
and be joyful with you when you
are happy;
to grow old with you
and be with you until
the end of time.
I want all these things
with you only.
I would do all these things
for you only.
To you only, I give all my love.
— Jacqueline Faye Sanderson-Mixon
英文背诵:我们第一次相遇
When we first met
I held back so much
afraid to show my deepest feelings
your gentleness and honesty
encouraged me to open up
and I started a trust
in you that I never had
with anyone else
Once I started to express
my feelings
I realized that
this is the only way
to have a relationship
It is such a wonderful feeling
to let myself
be completely known to you
Thank you
so much
for showing me
what two people can
share together
I look forward to
spending many beautiful
times with you
— Susan Polis Schutz 英文背诵:你是我整个世界
We'll be okay, won't we?
The one thing that matters
more to me than anything else
in the world... is you and me.
You are my world.
You're the one who gets all
my love and my wishes and my prayers.
But somehow... despite all my
best intentions,
I never feel quite safe enough
or sure enough
to rest assured that I'll always be
able to make you happy.
I need to know.
I need you more than my words can say.
I need to always feel
the warm peaceful feeling
that I get when you hold me.
I need to experience the beauty
of our love that I gently receive
when we caress.
I need for us to remember
all the love that's been given
and all the love that will unfold
each day, between the wonder of you
and the warmth of me.
And sometimes,
I just need to know
that we'll be okay... won't we?
— Jamie Delere 英文背诵:没人比我更爱你
I sometimes feel
a little jealous in my thoughts,
imagining that someone else
could please you more than me.
It's just my insecurity
acting up a bit, I guess...
because I know I'm not
the most beautiful,
the most ecticing,
Note:jealous adj. 嫉妒的,猜疑的 insecurity n. 不安全感
enticing adj. 引诱的,迷人的
the most fun, or the
most imaginative person
in the world,
but I do know this —
no matter
how much time goes by,
I can't imagine that
you'll ever find another
who will love you
with a beauty
and a passion
and a happiness
like that which I feel for you.
— Laine Parsons
英文背诵:爱是两个人的事
Just between you and me...
I want our love to always be a
personal thing —
just between you and me.
There will be others who will
think they know us better
that we know ourselves —
who will want to offer their
opinions
on the way we ought to be
There will be times when we are curious or confused
and we'll find comfort in
talking to a friend
or spending time alone...
But if ever there is a problem
involving the two of us,
I hope that we will always come
to each other first,
For just as it took only the two
of us to fall in love,
the two of us can overcome
any obstacle
— Lindsay Newman 英文背诵:你是我心灵归宿
To come home to you...
People always say things like,
"Do you ever feel like getting away
from it all?" Away from the worries of
the rush-about days that always
seem to be?
I know that I do...
I need something in my life
that is solid and secure
and someplace that I can escape to —
where I can close out any worries
and open up to more peaceful things.
I'm luckier than a lot of people, I guess —
for I have found someplace I can go
where my heart is always happy to be
and where I have someone I can turn to,
someone who is an essential
part of me.
And the best part of all
is that all I have to do...
is just come home to you.
— Jamie Delere 英文背诵:知道你很在乎我
I know you care.
I can see it
in your eyes.
I know you love me;
you so often tell me.
You must know that
it's hard to express
all the tender emotion
I feel in my heart for you.
It's there.
Every day,
every night,
every second of the hour,
every day of the year.
And in the years to come,
I pray that
we will always mean
this much
to each other.
— Sher Daugherty
英文背诵:为你付出我的爱
I give you my love...
For the harmony you bring into
my life...
Noteharmony n. 和谐,融洽
I give you my love
For the understanding of my needs
and the many smiles you have
brought to me...
I give you my love
For the joy you bring to my heart
and the many ways you make me feel
with every embrace...
I give you my love
For the comfort you bring to me
and the many treasured times
we have shared...
I give you my love
For the way you are my friend
as well as the many ways you
express our love...
I give you my love
For the many ways that you've
allowed me to be a part of your life...
I give you my love
— Richard W. Weber 英文背诵:我的爱日渐日深
As time goes by
we know each other better
we share more things together
we share reached or not reached
so many goals together
we have so many emotions and
experiences together
As time goes by
the bonds holding us together
get stronger and stronger
the foundation of our relationship
gets stronger and stronger
my feelings of oneness with you
get stronger and stronger
As time goes by
my feeling of love for you
gets stronger
and stronger
— Susan Polis Schutz
英文背诵:你是我心中最美
To someone who is beautiful... all over
It is absolutely wonderful to have
someone in your life who is caring
and giving and gracious — some whose
smiles are live sunshine and laughter
and whose words always seem to say
the things you most like to hear...
because those magical people are really
beautiful... inside.
is a delight just to see — someone who
lights up a room with radiance and
who lights up my little corner of the
world with a loveliness it has never
known before... because special people
like that are really beautiful... outside.
But most of all, it is one of the
world's most special blessings to
have a person in your life who can
add so much pleasure and such magnificence
to the days — as you have to mine...
because you're someone who is beautiful...
all over.
— Andrew Tawney
英文背诵:爱如清晨的阳光
So often, when I'm alone with my thoughts,
I feel your presence enter me
like the morning sun's early light,
filling my memories and dreams of us
with a warm and clear radiance.
You have become my love, my life,
and together we have shaped our world
until it seems now as natural as breathing.
But I remember when it wasn't always so —
times when peace and happiness seemed more
like intruders in my life than
the familiar companions they are today;
times when we struggled to know each other,
but always smoothing out those rough spots
until we came to share ourselves completely.
We can never rid our lives entirely
of sadness and difficult times —but we
can understand them together, and grow
stronger as individuals and as a loving couple.
If I don't tell you as often as I'd like,
it's because I could never tell you enough —
that I'm grateful for you
sharing your life with mine,
and that my love for you will live forever.
— Edmund O'Neill
英文背诵:许下永恒的诺言
To you, my love, I vow...
Be my strength,
and I will be the same for you.
Like a mirror, I will reflect
the love you so freely give.
Like the infinite circles
that ripple forth in water
pierced by a stone,
I will radiate the happiness
you bring to my soul.
In times of darkness,
I will cling to the memories
of our unity
and provide you with inner visions
of this same bond to be your faith.
In times of sorrow,
I will be your comfort and
divide your grief
by sharing it...
In times of joy,
I will rejoice in our love
and encompass you with every
tenderness.
Together or apart, I will
cherish everything about you
with all my heart.
Be my strength,
and I will be the same
for you.
— Karen Jessie
英文背诵:相守一生的理由
I want nothing but the best for you,
and that's why I want you
to always have me in your life...
Wanting the best for you
means wanting you to always have
a friend you can count on,
a love you can celebrate,
arms you can come home to,
and a life that feels fulfilled.
Note:count on v. 依靠,指望 fulfill v. 履行,实现,完成(计划等)
Wanting the best for you
makes me wish that
you'll always want me in your life,
because nobody will love you like I will.
Nobody will try as hard
to give you what you need
and what you wish for,
and nobody could feel
as happy as I am
or as privileged
or as hopeful.
I want the best for you...
and that includes me.
Not because I'm perfect...
but just because
I'm perfectly in love with you.
— Jamie Delere
英文背诵:被爱触摸的喜悦
Touched by Love
I knew I had been touched
by love...
the first time I saw you
and I felt your warmth
and heard your laughter.
I knew I had been touched
by love...
when I was hurting from
something that happened,
and you came alone
and made the hurt go away.
I knew I had been touched
by love...
when I quit making plans
with my friends
and started dreaming dreams
with you.
I knew I had been touched
by love...
when I stopped thinking in
terms of "me"
and started thinking in
terms of "we".
I knew I had been touched
by love...
when suddenly I couldn't make
decisions by myself anymore,
and I had this strong desire
to share everything with you.
I knew I had been touched
by love...
the first time we spent
alone together
and I knew I wanted to stay
with you forever...
because I had never felt
this touched by love.
— Lindsay Newman
英文背诵:我不再逃避爱情
Because of you...
I've stopped running away
from love;
I no longer want to live
inside myself.
I want to live within you,
to respond to you and
to grow from your response
to me.
I never want to shut you
out of my life because
you are the best thing
that's ever happened
to me.
— Edward O'Blenis
经典英文爱情文章带翻译短篇 ----WORD文档,下载后可编辑修改---- 下面是小编收集整理的范本,欢迎您借鉴参考阅读和下载,侵删。您的努力学习是为了更美好的未来! 经典英文爱情文章带翻译短篇篇 1 Walking down a path through some woods in Georgia. I saw a water puddle ahead on the path. I angled my direction to go around it on the part of the path that wasn't covered by water and mud. As I reached the puddle, I was suddenly attacked! Yet I did nothing for the attack was so unpredictable and from a source so totally unexpected. I was startled as well as unhurt, despite having been stmck tour or five times already.I backed up a foot and my attacker stopped attacking me. Instead of attacking more, he hovered in the air on graceful butterfly wings in front of me. Had I been hurt I wouldn't have found it amusing but I was unhurt, it was funny and I was laughing. After all, I wras being attacked by a butterfly! 沿着乔治亚州一处树林内的小路走着,看到前面有一水坑。我决定绕过水坑,走没有水和泥浆的那一边。当我走近水坑时,突然被什么东西攻击了!但攻击来得太突然,也不知道从何而来,我并没有作任何回击。可随后我又被攻击了大概四五次,我很震惊,但并没有受
经典英文爱情诗十首经典英文爱情诗十首【1】Rain雨 Rain is falling all around, 雨儿在到处降落, It falls on field and tree, 它落在田野和树梢, It rains on the umbrella here, 它落在这边的雨伞上, And on the ships at sea. 又落在航行海上的船只。 by R. L. Stevenson, 1850-1894 【2】What Does The Bee Do? What does the bee do? 蜜蜂做些什么? Bring home honey. 把蜂蜜带回家。 And what does Father do? 父亲做些什么? Bring home money. 把钱带回家。 And what does Mother do? 母亲做些什么? Lay out the money. 把钱用光。 And what does baby do?婴儿做些什么? Eat up the honey. 把蜜吃光。 by C. G. Rossetti, 1830-1894 【3】O Sailor, Come Ashore啊!水手,上岸吧 (Part I) Osailor, come ashore 啊!水手,上岸吧 What have you brought for me? 你给我带来什么? Red coral , white coral, 海里的珊瑚, Coral from the sea. 红的,白的。 (Part II)
Idid not dig it from the ground 它不是我从地下挖的, Nor pluck it from a tree; 也不是从树上摘的; Feeble insects made it 它是暴风雨的海裹 In the stormy sea. 弱小昆虫做成的。 by C. G. Rossetti 【4】THE WIND风 (Part I) Who has seen the wind? 谁曾见过风的面貌? Neither I nor you; 谁也没见过,不论你或我; But when the leaves hang trembling, 但在树叶震动之际, The wind is passing through. 风正从那里吹过。 (Part II) Who has seen the wind? 谁曾见过风的面孔? Neither you nor I; 谁也没见过,不论你或我; But when the trees bow down their heads, 但在树梢低垂之际, The wind is passing by. 风正从那里经过。 ~by C. G. Rossetti 另一首诗人的风之歌 Owind , why do you never rest, 风啊!为何你永不休止Wandering, whistling to and fro, 来来回回的漂泊,呼啸 Bring rain out of the west, 从西方带来了雨 From the dim north bringing snow? 从蒙眬的北方带来了雪。【5】THE CUCKOO布谷鸟
经典英语美文短篇:爱母亲甚于爱自己 说明和注解:丁克威 这是一篇动情之作,读完后掩卷而思:母亲的胸怀是博大的,母亲的心灵是至纯的,母亲的爱是无私的。然而我们对于母亲的报答又有多少? 文章语言朴素简单,相信作为中学生的你能轻松地读下来。读到佳句妙语处,真希望你能把它记下来、背下来。 Those Childhood Days When you came into the world, she held you in her arms. ?hold somebody in one’s arms: 把某人抱在怀中 You thanked her by weeping your eyes out. ?weep one’s eyes out: 痛 哭;大哭 When you were 1 year old, she fed you and bathed you. ?注意bathe在此处用作及物动词,意为“给……洗澡”。 You thanked her by crying all night long. ?all night long:整夜;如 说“整天”则是all day long。 When you were 2 years old, she taught you to walk. ?可说teach somebody to do something(教某人做 某事) You thanked her by running away when she called. When you were 3 years old, she made all your meals with love. ?do something with love: 带着爱意/心做某事。 You thanked her by tossing your plate on the floor. ?toss: 抛投。When you were 4 years old, she gave you some crayons. ? crayon: 蜡笔。 You thanked her by coloring the dining room table. ?color在此句中用作动 词,表示“着色”。When you were 5 years old, she dressed you for the holidays. ? dress: 给……穿衣。 You thanked her by plopping into the nearest pile of mud. ?plop: 扑通一声地掉下去。 When you were 6 years old, she walked you to school. ?注意walk在此处用作及物动词,意为“陪……一起走”。
一生必读英文经典美文:追求人生的完整导语:人生很多的东西都在于你如何去追求。如果不去努力那么你永远 停留在平形线上。下面是我整理了关于追求人生的完整的英语美文,供大家 参阅。 Once a circle missed a wedge. The circle wanted to be whole, so it went around looking for its missing piece. But because it was incomplete and therefore could roll only very slowly, it admired the flowers along the way. It chatted with worms. It enjoyed the sunshine. It found lots of different pieces, but none of them fit. So it left them all by the side of the road and kept on searching. Then one day the circle found a piece that fit perfectly. It was so happy. Now it could be whole, with nothing missing. It incorporated the missing piece into itself and began to roll. Now that it was a perfect circle, it could roll very fast, too fast to notice flowers or talk to the worms. When it realized how different the world seemed when it rolled so quickly, it stopped, left its found piece by the side of the road and rolled slowly away. 从前有个圆圈,它丢失了一小段。它想变得完整,于是它到处寻找它所 丢失的那部分。由于不完整,它只能滚的非常慢。在路上,它羡慕过花儿, 它与虫子聊过天,它享受了阳光的照耀。它遇到过很多不同的小段,可是没 有一个适合它。所以它把它们丢在路边,继续寻找。有一天,圆圈找到了可 以与它完美结合的一小段,它非常高兴。它现在终于完整了,不缺任何东西
英文一生必读的优秀散文 我们在学习的时候可以多看文章页可以学习的好,所以今天就给大家分享一下英语散文,来一起阅读吧 True nobility真实的高贵 In a calm sea every man is a pilot. 在风平浪静的大海上,每个人都是领航员。 But all sunshine without shade, all pleasure without pain, is not life at all.T ake the lot of the happiest - it is a tangled yarn.Bereavements and blessings,one following another, make us sad and blessed by turns. Even death itself makes life more loving. Men come closest to their true selves in the sober moments of life, under the shadows of sorrow and loss. 但只有阳光没有阴影,只有快乐没有痛苦,根本不是真正的生活.就拿最幸福的人来说,他的生活也是一团缠结在一起的乱麻。痛苦与幸福交替出现,使得我们一会悲伤一会高兴。甚至死亡本身都使得生命更加可爱。在人生清醒的时刻,在悲伤与失落的阴影之下,人们与真实的自我最为接近。 In the affairs of life or of business, it is not intellect that tells so much as character, not brains so much as heart, not
最新关于爱情的英语散文 篇一:关于爱情的英语 关于爱情的英语 True LoveIn the beginning, love is always sweet.As time is slipping away, boredom, be used to, abandonment, loneliness, despair and cold smile will come gradually.Once being eager to stay with someone forever, later, we would felicitateourselves on leaving him/her.During those transient days, we thought we loved him/her deeply.Then, we got to know it is not love but a lie by which we comfort ourselves. It is turned out that those who you thought you could not lose, actually, it is not very hard to forget them. You drained up your tears, there will be another one pleasing you.You had plunged yourself into a depression, finally, you found those who do not love you are not worthy of your sadness.Recalling those unhappy things, is it a comedy? When your wrong love stops its steps, a brand-new world will be shown to you. All sadness will become history For love, imagination is often more beautiful than reality. The same with meeting, also with separation. We thought we would have a deep love toward somebody. Incoming days will let you know in fact it just is very shallow, very shallow.The most deep and heaviest love must grow up with days.With love, two strangers can suddenly be familiar with each other that they sleep on the same bed. However, this two similar people,While breaking up, say, “I think you are more and more strange to me” It is love that has two strangers become acquaintances, then turning the two acquaintances into strangers again.Love is such kind of game which makes two strangers become lovers, then return them into the original situation. 开始的开始总是甜蜜的。后来就有了厌倦、习惯、背弃、寂寞、绝望和冷笑。
经典英文爱情诗十首 各位读友大家好,此文档由网络收集而来,欢迎您下载,谢谢 经典英文爱情诗十首 【1】Rain雨 Rain is falling all around, 雨儿在到处降落, It falls on field and tree, 它落在田野和树梢, It rains on the umbrella here, 它落在这边的雨伞上, And on the ships at sea. 又落在航行海上的船只。 by R. L. Stevenson, 1850-1894
【2】What Does The Bee Do? What does the bee do? 蜜蜂做些什么? Bring home honey. 把蜂蜜带回家。 And what does Father do? 父亲做些什么? Bring home money. 把钱带回家。 And what does Mother do? 母亲做些什么? Lay out the money. 把钱用光。 And what does baby do?婴儿做些什么? Eat up the honey. 把蜜吃光。
by C. G. Rossetti, 1830-1894 【3】O Sailor, Come Ashore啊!水手,上岸吧 (Part I) Osailor, come ashore 啊!水手,上岸吧 What have you brought for me? 你给我带来什么? Red coral , white coral, 海里的珊瑚, Coral from the sea. 红的,白的。 (Part II) Idid not dig it from the ground 它不是我从地下挖的,
关于经典英语美文摘抄 【导语】在英语教学中,开展经典美文教学不仅能提高学生的文学水平,而且能提高学生的语文素养,对培养学生的语言素养和人文素养具有极大益处,更能丰富学生的精神世界,磨炼学生的意志。本文是由小编整理的关于经典英语美文,希望对大家有帮助! 【篇一】关于经典英语美文:美国革命的历史意义 The Historical Significance of American Revolution The ways of history are so intricate and the motivations of human actions so complex that it is always hazardous to attempt to represent events covering a number of years, a multiplicity of persons, and distant localities as the expression of one intellectual or social movement; yet the historical process which culminated in the ascent of Thomas Jefferson to the presidency can be regarded as the outstanding example not only of the birth of a new way of life but of nationalism as a new way of life. The American Revolution represents the link between the seventeenth century, in which modern England became conscious of itself, and the awakening of modern Europe at the end of the eighteenth century. It may seem strange that the march of history should have had to cross the Atlantic Ocean, but only in the North American colonies could a struggle for civic liberty lead also to the foundation of a new nation. Here, in the popular rising against a "tyrannical" government, the fruits were more than the securing of a freer constitution. They included the growth of a nation born in liberty by the will of the people, not from the roots of common descent, a geographic entity, or the ambitions of king or dynasty. With the American nation, for the first time, a nation was born, not in the dim past of history but before the eyes of the whole world.
英语经典美文精选五篇 英语故事也是一种学习英语的好方法,坚持会有很大的进步,以下是小编给大家整理的关于英语经典美文精选,希望可以帮到大家 关于英语经典美文精选 Sometimes people come into your life and you know right away that they were meant to be there, they serve some sort of purpose, to teach you a lesson or help figure out who you are or who you want to become. You never know who these people may be - your roommate, neighbor, professor, long lost friend, lover or even a complete stranger who, when you lock eyes with them, you know that very moment that they will affect your life in some profound way. 有时,一些人一闯入你的生活你便知道他们本就想这么做,其中有着一定的目的——或给你一个教训,或帮助你明白你是谁或你要成为谁。你永远也不知道这些人会是谁,是你的舍友、邻居、教授、久违的朋友、爱人,甚或是一个完全的陌生人。当你与他们四目相对,你便知道他们会以某种深远的方式影响你的生活。 And sometimes things happen to you and at the time they may seem horrible, painful and unfair, but in reflection you realize that without overcoming those obstacles, you would have never realized your potential, strength, will power or heart. Everything happens for a reason. Nothing happens by chance or by means of good or bad luck. Illness, injury, love, lost moments of true greatness and sheer stupidity - all occur to test the limits of your soul. Without these small tests, if they be events, illnesses or relationships, life would be like a smoothly paved, straight, flat road to nowhere. Safe and comfortable but dull and utterly pointless. 有时,一些事情发生了,它们看上去是那么可怕、痛苦和不公;但细想一下你就会明白,如果没有去努力克服这些难题,你将永远也不会知道自己的潜能、力量、意志力和内心。任何事情的发生都是有原因的,没有一件事是偶然发生的
唯美爱情英语美文阅读 下面是带来的唯美爱情英语美文阅读,欢迎阅读!唯美爱情英语美文阅读篇一冬日恋歌Snow dance one season, three lane, love, like the beautiful blue sky, cloud, sometimes knowing the bottom of my heart; Half chi half drunk, miss fly, left side holes, graceful, splendid years, for deep feeling strong, sit in the snow, twisting words surrounding by the ink; Between pieces of carrying the expectations of dance, looking back, touch was cold freezing rain, was "coming events cast their shadows before them", scattered bleak neighbors, melancholy..."Who read west wind cold, alone. And yellow leaves rustling hydrophobic closed window contemplation of the past went." like he's poetry, qingli graceful, gives a clean and pure memories; Beautiful sadness, faint acacia, in series between the lines, consistent affection, the world of mortals who read chi bound, cold wind and snow, a white paper, only the ink rain more understand, be like rain, a fallen snow month; See you smile, goodbye America laguna, only the strong long writing clear sleeve, knot QingHuan seen.Winter if a sentimental poet, that snow is the poet's pen and ink, mei is the mood of the poet, the poet's soul; In this clever, hong mei particularly enchanting charm, a static movement, to the cool winter, a latent image; The touch of the feminine best back, the vast xue, a page of feelings of the boat, cruising among them; Comparable to that everything
莎士比亚情诗英文版精选诗歌欣赏 这里面活着智慧、美丽和昌盛;没有这,便是愚蠢、衰老和腐朽:人人都这样想,就要钟停漏尽,六十年便足使世界化为乌有。 让那些人生来不配生育传宗,粗鲁、丑陋和笨拙,无后地死去;造化的至宠,她的馈赠也最丰,该尽量爱惜她这慷慨的赐予:她把你刻做她的印,意思是要你多印几份,并非要毁掉原稿。 莎士比亚情诗英文版篇三O, that you were yourself! but, love, you areNo longer yours than you yourself here live:Against this coming end you should prepare,And your sweet semblance to some other give.So should that beauty which you hold in leaseFind no determination: then you wereYourself again after yourself's decease,When your sweet issue your sweet form should bear.Who lets so fair a house fall to decay,Which husbandry in honour might upholdAgainst the stormy gusts of winter's dayAnd barren rage of death's eternal cold?O, none but unthrifts! Dear my love, you knowYou had a father: let your son say so.哦,但愿你是你自己,但爱呀,你终非你有,当你不再活在世上:对这将临的日子你得要准备,快交给别人你那俊秀的肖像。 这样,你所租赁的朱颜就永远不会有满期;于是你又将变成你自己,当你已经离开了人间,既然你儿子保留着你的倩影。 谁肯让一座这样的华厦倾颓,如果小心地看守便可以维护它的光彩,去抵抗隆冬的狂吹和那冷酷的死神无情的暴怒?哦,除非是浪子;
经典英语美文欣赏50篇关于爱家的英语美文欣赏 不要太注意家庭的外观及形式,最主要的,是要注重家庭里特有的,充满了爱、温暖与明朗的气氛。了关于爱家的英语美文,欢迎阅读! Home is a warm noun, because it means a place full filled with love and support. Home is not just a place where we live in, but a place where families support each other and show their love to others. When we have something happy, we first want to bring them home and share the happinesswith families. On the contrast, if we get into trouble, home is the first place where we look for support and fort. In short, home is not just a house we live in; moreover, it's our home of spirit. I was panic a while absolute being, stand Be frightenning into inaction simultaneously, stare greatly eyes to looking at father and mother, the in the mind worries very much they will blame me.Just at I daze of time, father said a words:"Unimportant of, ground(from year to year) and peaceful!"
新概念一生必读的英语经典美文第45篇:做你自己(双语) 新概念英语晨读系列之一生必读48篇英文美文,美文不仅可以开阔视野,拓宽知识面,还可以净化思想,涤荡心灵,使人生臻45. Do something for yourself 做你自己 As a little boy, there was nothing I liked better than Sunday aftemoons at my grandfather's farm in western Pennsylvania. Surrounded by miles of winding stonewalls, the house and barn provided endless hours of fun for a city kid like me. I was used to parlors neat as a pin that seemed to whisper, "Not to be touched!" 我小时候最喜欢在爷爷的农场里度过每个星期天的下午。爷爷的农场在宾夕法尼亚州西部。农场四周都围上了绵延几英里的石墙。房子和谷仓给我这个城市男孩带来了无穷的快乐时光。我习惯了城里整洁的客厅,似乎在低声说:“不要摸!”。 I can still remember one afternoon when I was eight years old. Since my first visit to the farm, I'd wanted more than anything to be allowed to climb the stonewalls surrounding the property. My parents would never approve. The walls were old; some stones were missing, others loose and crumbling. Still, my yearning to scramble across those walls grew so strong. One spring afternoon, I summoned all my courage and entered the living room, where the adults had gathered after dinner. 我仍能记得我8岁那年一天下午的情景。因为我第一次去农场,所以我很想上那农场四周的那些石墙。可我的父母是绝不会同意的。这些墙年深日,有的石头不见了,有的石头松动倒塌了。然而,我渴望这些墙的欲望非常强烈。一个春天的下午,我鼓足勇气,走进客厅,大人们午饭后都聚在这里。 "I, uh, I want to climb the stonewalls," I said hesitantly. Everyone looked up. "Can I climb the stonewalls?" Instantly a chorus went up from the women in the room. "Heavens, no!" they cried in dismay. "You'll hurt yourself!" I wasn't too disappointed; the response was just as I'd expected. But before I could leave the room, I was stopped by my grandfather' s booming voice. "Hold on just a minute," I heard him say, "Let the boy climb the stonewalls. He has to learn to do things for himself." “我,呃,我想爬那石墙,”我犹豫地说道。大家都抬起头。“我能去爬那些石墙吗?”屋里的女人们马上齐声叫了起来。“天哪,不能!”她们惊慌地叫首,“你会伤着自己的!”我并没有太失望,我早就预料会是这样的回答。但还没等我离开客厅,爷爷低沉的声音拦住了我。“等一会儿,”我听到他说“让孩子爬那些石墙吧。他必须学会自己做一些事。” "Scoot," he said to me with a wink, "and come and see me when you get back." For the next two and a half hours I climbed those old walls and had the time of my life. Later I met with my grandfather to tell him about my adventure. I'll never forget what he said. "Fred," he said, grinning, "you made this day a special day just by being yourself. Always remember, there's only one person in this whole world like you, and I like you exactly as you are." “快走吧,”他对我眨眨眼说。“你回来后找我。”接下来的两个半小时,我爬上了这些古老的石墙,别提有多肝硬变。后来,我把自己冒险经历告诉了爷爷。我永远也不会忘记他说
The Positive Meanings of Love We'd like to share some of the positive meanings love has for us. Love means that I know the person I love.I'm aware of the many sides of the other person —not just the beautiful side but also the limitations,inconsistencies and faults.I have an awareness of the other's feelings and thoughts,and I experience something of the core of that person.I can penetrate social masks and roles and see the other person on a deeper level. Love means that I care about the welfare of the person I love.To the extent that it is genuine, my caring is not possessive,nor does it hold the other person back.On the contrary,my caring frees both of us.If I care about you,I'm concerned about your growth,and I hope you will become all that you can become.Consequently,I don't put up obstacles to what you do that enhances you as a person,even though it may result in my discomfort at times. Love means having respect for the dignity of the person I love.If I love you,I can see you as a separate person,with your own values and thoughts and feelings,and I do not insist that you surrender your identity to match an image of what I expect you to be for me.I can allow and encourage you to stand alone and to be who you are,and I avoid treating you as an object or using you primarily to satisfy my own needs. Love means having a responsibility toward the person I love.If I love you,I respond to most of your major needs as a person.This responsibility does not include my doing for you what you are capable of doing for yourself;nor does it mean that I run your life for you.It does mean acknowledging that what I am and what I do affects you,so that I am directly involved in your happiness and your suffering.A lover does have the capacity to hurt or ignore the loved one,and in this sense we see that love involves an acceptance of some responsibility for the impact my way of being has on you. Love means making a commitment to the person I love.This commitment does not mean surrendering our total selves to each other;nor does it imply that the relationship is necessarily permanent.It does involve a willingness to stay with each other in times of pain,struggle,and despair,as well as in times of calm and enjoyment. Love means trusting the person I love.If I love you,I trust that you will accept my caring and my love and that you won't deliberately hurt me.I trust that you will find me attractive,and that you won't abandon me;I trust the mutual nature of our love.If we trust each other,we are willing to be open to each other and reveal our true selves. Love can tolerate imperfection.In a love relationship there are times when I am bored, times when I may feel like giving up,times of real strain,and times I feel I can't move forward. Authentic love does not imply enduring happiness.I can stay during rough times,however, because I can remember what we had together in the past,and I can picture what we will have together in our future if we care enough to face our problems and work them through.We agree with the idea that love is a spirit that changes life.Love is a way of life that is creative and that transforms.However,love is not reserved for a perfect world.Love is meant for our imperfect world where things go wrong.Love is meant to be a spirit that works in painful situations.Love is meant to bring meaning into life where nonsense appears to rule.In other words,love comes into an imperfect world to make it possible to live. Love is open.If I love you,I encourage you to reach out and develop other relationships. Although our love for each other and our commitment to each other might prohibit certain