初中英語跨界閱讀美文賞讀
A. 初中英語美文欣賞，初二，最好是勵志的
If the past has taught us anything, it is that every cause brings effect -- every actionhas a consequence. This thought, in my opinion, is the moral foundation of the universe; it applies equally in this world and the next. We Chinese have a saying: "If a man plants melons, he will reap melons; if he sows beans, he will reap beans." And this is true of every man's life: good begets good, and evil leads to evil. True enough, the sun shines on the saint and sinner alike, and too often it seems that the wicked wax and prosper. But we can say with certitude that, with the indivial as with the nation, the flourishing of the wicked is an illusion, for, unceasingly, life keeps books on us all. In the end, we are all the sum total of our actions. Character cannot be counterfeited, nor can it be put on and cast off as if it were a garment to meet the whim of the moment. Like the markings on wood which are ingrained in the very heart of the tree, character requires time and nurture for growth and development. Thus also, day by day, we write our own destiny, for inexorably we become what we do. This, I believe, is the supreme logic and the law of life.
如果過去的日子曾經教過我們一些什麼的話，那便是有因必有果──每一個行為都有一種結果。依我之見，這種觀念是宇宙的道德基礎；它也同樣適用於今生和來世。 我們中國人有句諺語說：「種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。」這也適用於每個人的生活：善有善報，惡有惡報。 的確，聖人與罪人皆會受到陽光的披澤，而且常常似乎是惡者大行其道。但是我們可以確信地說，不管是對個人或是對國家而言，惡人猖獗只是一種幻象，因為生命無時無刻不將我們的所作所為一筆一筆記錄下來。 最終，我們就是我們行為的總和。品德是無法偽造的，也無法像衣服一樣隨興地穿上或脫下來丟在一旁。就像木頭紋路源自樹木的中心，品德的成長與發育也需要時間和滋養。 也因此，我們日復一日地寫下自身的命運，因為我們的所為毫不留情地決定我們的命運。我相信這就是人生的最高邏輯和法則。
"Thank you for your application. We would like to congratulate you," the letter read. Those words can make your heart skip a beat and bring tears to your eyes. The feeling of following your dreams is inexplicable and proof that all your hard work was worth it. It is a signpost in life, a trail marker. It is a day you will never forget, the day you opened that envelope and your future was revealed. But what about all those days in-between - the ones that make and break you, the days that are nothing special. Would you have received that acceptance letter had you not attended the college fair at your school? What if you had forgotten to send an essay with your application, would you have been rejected? In life, one step creates the next. Each day is of equal importance, no matter how good or bad. There is no moment in life that does not matter. Regardless of how insignificant, each choice, each day, each idea, is the birth of the next. Something simple can completely reshape your life. It's just like the Butterfly Effect and you never know what is at the end. To go back in time and change one moment in the many that create your life could change everything that follows. If I've learned anything, it is that everything matters. You can struggle through life in an attempt to create the perfect path, but the truth is you will always wonder if it could have been better. Everything is important and nothing need be changed - to climb up the hill may be difficult, but you'll reach the top no matter which path you choose.
「感謝你的申請。我們要恭喜你，」信上寫道。那些話能使你的心為之一顫，讓你熱淚盈眶。追隨夢想的感受是難以言喻的，並且證明你所有的努力都是值得的。那是人生中的一個標記，人生路上的里程碑。那是你永遠不會忘記的日子，那天你打開那個信封，你的未來就隨之展現。但是在你獲得錄取信之前的所有日子呢？那些使你成功也使你崩潰的日子，那些平平淡淡的日子。要是你那時沒有參加學校的學院展，你還會收到錄取信嗎？如果當時在寄申請書的時候，你忘記附上一篇個人陳述，你會被拒絕嗎？人生中，步步相隨。無論好與壞，每一天都一樣的重要。人生中沒有一個時刻是無關緊要的。不管如何不值一提，每個選擇、每一天、每個想法，都會引出下一步。簡單的事情可以完全重塑你的人生。那就像是「蝴蝶效應」，你永遠不知道最後的結果是什麼。若回顧從前並改變創造你人生的眾多時刻中的一個，隨後的一切也會被改變。要是說我悟出什麼道理，那就是任何事情都是重要的。你可以奮斗一生，試圖創造完美的人生之路，但事實是你總是懷疑是否原本有更好的路可以走。每件事情都是重要的，任何事情都無需改變——攀山的過程可能是艱辛的，但無論你選擇哪條道路，你終會到達頂峰。
B. 8A初中英語美文賞讀答案（江蘇科學技術出版社）
A Teaching Plan of a ReadingLesson
Ⅰ. Teaching aims:
1. Make sure the students can read the text fluently and some good students can recite part of it.
2. Expand the students』 vocabulary.
3. Train their ability of retelling the story.
4. Improve their ability of reading and infiltrate reading skills into the teaching course.
Ⅱ. Teaching contents:
Three passages from 「Junior English Readings for Appreciation」.
Ⅲ. Teaching aids:
A computer.
Ⅳ. Teaching proceres:
Step 1: Greetings.
Step 2: Showing a piece of English song.
1. Do you like the song? Who sings it? What』s the name of the song? 周華健 《朋友》
What other songs do you know about 「friendship」 or 「friends」?
2. So there are many songs about friends and friendship.
Step 3: Reading the poem.
1. What』s real friendship? Who will be your forever friend? Let』s turn to P15. The poem may tell you the answer.
2. Because of the time, we』ll only read the first nine lines. That is, from the beginning to 「This is Forever Friendship.」
Listen to me first, and then read by yourselves.
3. Now read aloud by yourselves and try to understand it with the help of Chinese meanings at P16.
4. Now let』s read together.
5. Who reads best in your class? (Ask this student to read it.)Will you please read for us?
6. Is the poem beautiful? Yes, I also think so. And in this part, I like the first sentence best. (教師示範背誦) . Which sentence do you like best? 學生背誦時，難的句子用中文解釋。
7. This is a beautiful poem. After class, read the whole and try to recite some beautiful sentences. I think you can learn more about 「friendship」.
Step 4: Reading a story slowly and carefully.
1. So friendship is very important. Is it the same in the world of animals? Let』s read a story. Turn to P10.
Task 1: Before reading, please read 「Lead—in」. It can help you guess the main idea of the story. Tell us, which words do you think are the key words of the story? (help, animals, the great, the small)
2. There are some new words below the story. Learn to read them by yourselves. If you can』t, you can ask the leader of your group for help. (1 minute)
Now I』ll check your work. Look at me, and guess the word.
(Playing a game: The teacher does the action, and let the students say the word.)
Throw, dry, raise, gun, bite, approach
Read the words together.
3. Task 2: Read the story the first time. Please read it slowly in a low voice. Then tell us, how many characters are there in the story? Who are they?
4. (An ant, a bird, a man.)
Task 3: Read the exercises carefully and silently. Try to finish the easy question.
5. I know you still have some problems. Never mind.
Task 4: Read the story again and again until you finish all the exercises. Please read it silently and underline the sentences. (3 minutes)
校對答案（到文中找出相應句子），挑一題有爭議的題來具體講解。然後讓學生自己總結簡單的解題技巧。
6. Task 5: This time only read the second and the third paragraphs. Then finish Exercise 2.
(小組內先校對答案，再集體校對。First check the answer in your group.) 校對完後接力朗讀。
Step 5: Read another story fast and finish the exercises.
1. From the story, we know even the animals need to help each other. Then let』s read another story. What about the two young men when they were in danger? Turn to P7. Read it and finish the exercises in 5 minutes. (提醒學生運用解題技巧)
2. Check the answers. 全對的舉手
3. Are the two young men real friends? What can you learn from the story?
「A friend in need is a friend indeed.」
Remember the sentence and hope you can find your real, forever friend.
Step 6: Assignment.
1. Finish the exercises left. (P8—9)
2. Read the poem 「A Forever Friend」 fluently and try to recite the sentences you like.
3. If you』re good at English, try to retell the first story according to the 「Instruction」 at P12.
C. 求2篇英語閱讀題美文
The Importance of Keeping Optimistic
Honourable judges, ladies and gentlemen,
Good afternoon! Today I would like to talk about the importance of
keeping optimistic. When we encounter difficulties in life, we notice that
some of us choose to bury their heads in the sand. Unfortunately, however,
this attitude will do you no good, because if you will have no courage
even to face them, how can you conquer them? Thus, be optimistic, ladies
and gentlemen, as it can give you confidence and help you see yourself
through the hard times, just as Winston Churchill once said, 「An optimist
sees an opportunity in every calamity; a pessimist sees a calamity in
every opportunity.」
Ladies and Gentlemen, keeping optimistic, you will be able to realize,
in spite of some hardship, there』s always hope waiting for you, which will
lead you to the ultimate success. Historically as well as currently, there
are too many optimists of this kind to enumerate. You see, Thomas Edison
is optimistic; if not, the light of hope in his heart could not illuminate
the whole world. Alfred Nobel is optimistic; if not, the explosives and
the prestigious Nobel Prize would not have come into being. And Lance
Armstrong is also optimistic; if not, the devil of cancer would have
devoured his life and the world would not see a 5-time winner of the Tour
De France.
A rose may be beautiful, or maybe not; that depends on your attitude
only, and so does success, so does life. Hindrances and difficulties do
exist, but if you are optimistic, then they are only episodes on your long
way to the throne of success; they are more bridges than obstacles! Now I
prefer to end my speech with the great British poet Shelley』s lines: 「If
winter comes, can spring be far behind?」 Thank you!
保持樂觀的重要性
尊敬的評委、女士們、先生們：
下午好！今天我想談一談保持樂觀的重要性。
我們注意到，當在生活中遇到困難時，我們中的有些人選擇逃避它們。但令人遺憾的是，這樣的態度對你沒有任何好處，因為如果你連面對它們的勇氣都沒有的話，你怎麼去征服它們呢？因此，樂觀起來吧，女士們、先生們，因為它會帶給你信心，幫助你渡過難關。正如溫斯頓·丘吉爾所說，「樂觀者在每次災難中都看到機遇；悲觀者在每次機遇中都看到災難」。
女士們，先生們，困難是存在的，但如果你保持樂觀，你就會意識到永遠有希望在等著你，它會把你領向最終的成功。不管是歷史上還是現實中，這樣的樂觀者總是不勝枚舉。你看，托馬斯·愛迪生是樂觀的，如果不是的話，他心中那希望的明燈就不能照亮整個世界；阿爾弗雷德·諾貝爾是樂觀的，如果不是的話，那炸葯和享有很高聲望的諾貝爾獎就不會誕生；蘭斯·阿姆斯特朗也是樂觀的，如果不是的話，那癌症的病魔早已吞噬了他的生命，這個世界就會少了一位五屆環法自行車賽冠軍得主.
玫瑰花可能很美，也可能不美，這，僅僅取決於你的態度；而成功也如此，人生也如此。困難和阻礙的確存在，但是如果你很樂觀的話，那它們就僅僅是我們通向勝利之冠的漫長道路上的小插曲；與其說它們是障礙，不如說它們是橋梁！此刻，我想以偉大的英國詩人雪萊的一句詩來作為我的結尾：「冬天來了，春天還會遠嗎?」
Angel
Once upon a time, a child was ready to be born. So he asked God,
D. 初中英語美文 ，要帶有閱讀題
A little Brave Girl
A little Brave Girl
It is a true story.
This story was set in at the end of 2004 Zhejiang, when a ten-year old girl walked on her way to home from school as usual, she was being kidnapped off guard
by three men, whom are over 30 years of age, be tall, strong, and are very experienced in kidnapping. For just a split second, the girl was got in a car and didn』t know where she would head, but she didn』t burst into tears like others probably have done in her age, was unusually sober and figured out what has just happened. After short deliberation, she gave her parents telephone number to three
kidnappers after she was asked twice. Kidnappers shortly send short message to
her parents to tell what they did a moment ago for the ransom of RMB500,000 as they commands, threatened them with their daughter』s life. Her parents were at their wits' end at that moment and later had to dial police for helping. During closely watched by two kidnappers, the girl were pleased to cooperate with them in three meals, water, and spoke something to them for delaying. Luckily, kidnappers are very emotional and were amazed at what the girl said when it comes to money, 「 I know clearly you are impossible to kill me, you need money most of all
, but you should know money doesn』t grow on trees, but on painstaking hands.」
The girl said, 「 Uncle, you have probably had children like me, if you children
are in the danger of kidnapping, how then do you think? …」 Finally, the kidnappers were profoundly moved by her reasonable words, and policemen easily seized them about two days later, now they do their time.
Soon after, a journalist wanted to disclose the reason why such a little young
girl is so wise upon the curious queries from the public, but the girl』s parents definitely rejected to accept visit, because they are afraid of kidnapping again as everyone would probably know her. But her main teacher briefly told that
the school often takes 「 Keep a head ring a crisis, to be wise and brave.」 as a compulsory lesson to ecate pupils, this girl are brave enough to practise
this lesson. Also, the girl said she was sort of scared but must to eat enough to keep energetic so as to fight against the kidnappers as long as she could.
Through this story, I deeply feel that the importance of ecation. Nothing is
more important than to receive ecation. Ecation, is absolutely not complete
with graation, is a lifelong study and bound to exert a great impact on our future. Further, the value of ecation. We should not ecate children only for
the aim of ecation, our foremost purpose is to fit them for life.
We can see bats in almost every part of the world but they can』t live in very hot or very cold places. They live on all continents but do not live on Antarctica. You can find most species of bats in the places where the weather is nice and warm.
On some islands there are only a few kinds of bats. That』s because it』s too far for most bats to get to those islands.
In the United States, the greatest number of bats live in the south-western part of the country. This place has all kinds of places where bats can live and there is a lot of food ring most of the year. For example, Texas has 32 different kinds of bats while Maine has only 8; Arizona has 28 species, but Michigan has just 10.
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Questions:1. The underlined word "species" in the first paragraph means "______"in Chinese.
A. 種類B. 數量C. 天敵D. 棲息地
2. We can learn from the passage that _____.
A. bats like warm places
B. bats live everywhere in the world
C. the US has the most bats in the world
D. bats don』t like living on islands
3. The passage mainly tells us ____.
A. how bats live B. where bats live
C. bats』food D. bats』life
E. 初二英語美文20篇【外帶翻譯】
英語美文 信念的力量
信心之所以有著不可思議的強大力量,因為它們對我們的生命就像方向舵對輪船一樣,控制著我們的方向和命運。我們並不總是像自己表白的那樣去生活,而是一直都生活在我們的信念里。簡單地說,如果我相信我是一個失敗者,我就註定會是一個失敗者。如果我相信我會成功,我就會成功。
Born in 1758, Horatio nelson, the son of a pastor, was a small, frail1 child who loved sailing. As a young teenager he joined the British Navy and, while journeying to the East Indies, caught a fever that seriously damaged his health. But he never allowed this to hold him back. At age 18, he was appointed a lieutenant2 in the Royal Navy and by the year 1802 was made commander-in-chief.
Two years later, at the battle of Trafalgar, Nelson defeated the combined3 French and Spanish fleets4. This was the greatest naval victory in British history and left British in control of the seas for the rest of the 1800's. Unfortunately, Nelson was mortally injured but lived long enough to know that his fleet had won the battle. His last words were, "Thank God I have done my ty."
Nelson was a man of fearless courage and devotion. He believed in his country, in his cause, and in himself. He once said, "I am of the opinion5 that the boldest measures are the safest." Nelson was a man greatly admired by others who said about him, "His frail body housed6 a great spirit."
One person with a belief is equal to a force of 99 who only have interest.
Beliefs are remarkably powerful in that they are to our lives what a rudder7 is to a ship. That is, they control the direction and destiny of our lives. While we don't always live the life we profess8, we always live the life we believe. Simply put, if I believe I am a failure, I will set myself up to fail. If I believe I am a successful person, I will succeed, and so on.
One very successful woman, a well-known entertainer, didn't have much going for her. She would never win a beauty contest and at age 38 was living on welfare. After reading Claude Briston's The Magic of Believing and beginning to believe in herself, her life took a dramatic turn. One gift she had was the ability to make people laugh. Once she believed this, she didn't allow what she didn't have to stop her using what she did have.
Jimmie Durante was another entertainer who wouldn't have made a fortune with his looks. But he capitalized on9 his weakness and turned it into one of his great strengths -- what he did have -- and put these to good use because he believed he could.
英語短故事 Lovely become so lost 讓失去變得可愛
An old man in a high－speed trains， accidentally bought the new shoes out from a window， surrounded by people who feel sorry But the elderly immediately second shoe from the window go away． This move is even more surprised． Explained that the elderly： "This shoe， no matter how expensive， for me has been useless， if there is who can pick up a pair of shoes， maybe he can wear it！"
一個老人在高速行駛的火車上，不小心把剛買的新鞋從窗口掉了一隻，周圍的人倍感惋惜，不料老人立即把第二隻鞋也從窗口扔了下去。這舉動更讓人大吃一驚。老人解釋說：「這一隻鞋無論多麼昂貴，對我而言已經沒有用了，如果有誰能撿到一雙鞋子，說不定他還能穿呢！」
英語美文欣賞：沙子與石頭
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.
話說兩個好朋友正在穿越一個沙漠。途中他們忽然爭吵了起來，其中一個一巴掌扇在另外一個人的臉上。
The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, he wrote in the sand: "Today my best friend slapped me in the face."
被扇的那個人受了傷害，但他一句話也沒有說，只是在沙子上寫道：「今天我最要好的朋友打了我一個耳光。」
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.
他們繼續走下去，後來發現了一片綠洲，他們於是決定洗個澡。先前被打的那個人這時不小心陷入了一個泥潭裡面，差點被淹死了，幸運的是他的朋友把他給救了出來。
After he recovered from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone: "Today my best friend saved my life."
他蘇醒過來後，立刻在一塊石頭上寫道：「今天我最要好的朋友救了我一命。」
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?"
扇過他耳光又救過他性命的朋友於是問他說：「我打了你之後你在沙子上寫字，而現在你卻在石頭上寫，為什麼呢？」
The other friend replied: "When someone hurts us we should write it down in the sand where winds of forgiveness can erase it away. But when someone does something good for us, we must engrave it in a stone where no wind can ever erase it."
寫字的那個人回答說：「當我們被別人傷害了之後，我們應該把它寫在沙子上，那樣，寬容的風就很快就會將其抹去，但當我們受到別人的幫助之後，我們必須將它刻在石頭上，那樣，風就不會輕易把它磨滅。」
Learn to write your hurts in the sand and to carve your benefits in the stone.
學會將你所受到的傷害寫在沙子上，把別人給你的幫助記在石頭上。
They say it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them, but an entire life to forget them.
人們常說發掘一個特別的人需要一分鍾，欣賞一個人需要一個小時，愛上一個人需要一整天，但忘記一個人卻需要你一生的時間。
Send this phrase to the people you'll never forget. It's a short message to let them know that you'll never forget them.
將這句話發給你永遠不會忘懷的人吧，讓他們知道你將永遠把他們放在心上。
1. Do one thing at a time, and do well.
一次只做一件事，做到最好！
2. Keep on going never give up.
勇往直前， 決不放棄！
3. Believe in yourself.
相信你自己！
4. I can because i think i can.
我行，因為我相信我行！
5. Action speak louder than words.
行動勝於言語！
6. Never say die.
永不氣餒!
7.Knowlegde can change your fate
知識改變命運
8.Knowledge is power.
知識就是力量。
9.Let bygones be bygones.
過去的就讓它過去吧。
10.No pains, no gains
一份耕耘一份收獲
1.No man or woman is worth your tears, and the one who is, won't make you cry.
沒有人值得你流淚，值得讓你這么做的人不會讓你哭泣。
2.If you fail, don't forget to learn your lesson.
如果你失敗了，千萬別忘了汲取教訓。
3.Don't waste your time on a man/woman, who isn't willing to waste their time on you.
不要為那些不願在你身上花費時間的人而浪費你的時間
4.Live a noble and honest life. Reviving past times in your old age will help you to enjoy your life again.
過一種高尚而誠實的生活。當你年老時回想起過去，你就能再一次享受人生。
5.To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.
對於世界而言，你是一個人；但是對於某個人，你是他的整個世界。
6.Never judge people by their appearance.
永遠不要以貌取人。
7.Don't try so hard, the best things come when you least expect them to.
不要著急，最好的總會在最不經意的時候出現。
8.Remember the best love is to love others unconditionally rather than make demands on them.
記住：最好的愛存在於對別人的愛勝於對別人的索求之上。
9.Use your crystal goblets. Do not save your best perfume, and use it every time you feel you want it.
舉起你的酒杯吧。不要吝嗇灑上你最好的香水，你想用的時候就享用吧！
10.Search for knowledge, read more, sit on your front porch and admire the view without paying attention to your needs.
尋找更多的知識，多讀一些書，坐在你家的前廊里，以贊美的眼光去享受眼前的風景，不要帶上任何功利的想法。
11.Make yourself a better person and know who you are before you try and know someone else and expect them to know you.
在你想了解別人也想讓別人了解你之前，先完善並了解自己。
12.Do not keep anything for a special occasion, because every day that you live is a SPECIAL OCCASION.
不要將你的東西為了某一個特別的時刻而預留著，因為你生活的每一天都是那麼特別。
13.Never frown, even when you are sad, because you never know who is falling in love with your smile.
縱然傷心，也不要愁眉不展，因為你不知是誰會愛上你的笑容。
14."There are only two creatures," says a proverb, "who can surmount the pyramids-the eagle and the snail."
俗話說：「能登上金字塔的生物，只有兩種------鷹和蝸牛。」
15.Remember: Whatever happens, happens for a reason.
記住：任何事情的發生都有因有起。
16.It only needs early cultivation to become a power.
只需及早培養，記憶自會成為一種才能。
17.Don't let a little dispute break up a great friendship.
不要讓小小的爭端損毀了一場偉大的友誼。
18. Just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to, doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have.
愛你的人如果沒有按你所希望的方式來愛你，那並不代表他們沒有全心全意地愛你。
19. Life is a chain of moments of enjoyment; not only about survival.
生活是一串串的快樂時光；我們不僅僅是為了生存而生存。
20.Forever friend gets you through the hard times, the sad times, and the confused times.
真正的朋友會與你一同度過困難、傷心和煩惱的時刻。
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21.Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one, so that when we finally meet the person, we will know how to be grateful.
在遇到夢中人之前，上天也許會安排我們先遇到別的人；在我們終於遇見心儀的人時，便應當心存感激。
22.Don't cry because it is over, smile because it happened.
不要因為結束而哭泣，微笑吧，為你的曾經擁有。
23.However mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names.
不論你的生活如何卑賤，你要面對它生活，不要躲避它，更別用惡言咒罵它。
24. The smallest courtesies along the rough roads of life are like the little birds that sing to us all winter long, and make that season of ice and snow more enrable.
在坎坷的生活道路上，最細小的禮貌猶如在漫長的冬天為我們歌唱的小鳥，那歌聲使冰天雪地的寒冷變得較易忍受。
25. When you quarrel with a close friend, talk about the main dish, don't quibble over the appetizers.
當你和你親近的人吵嘴的時候，試著就事論事，不要扯出那些陳芝麻、爛穀子的事。
26."Who shuts love out, in turn shall be shut out from love."
「誰拒愛於門外，也必將被愛拒諸門外。」
27. Perseverance can sometimes equal genius in its results.
毅力在效果上有時能同天才相比。
1.Two Birds
Teacher: Here are two birds, one is a swallow, the other is sparrow. Now who can tell us which is which?
Student: I cannot point out but I know the answer.
Teacher: Please tell us.
Student: The swallow is beside the sparrow and the sparrow is beside the swallow.
兩只鳥
老師： 這兒有兩只鳥，一隻是麻雀。誰能指出哪只是燕子，哪只是麻雀嗎？
學生：我指不出，但我知道答案。
老師：請說說看。
學生：燕子旁邊的就是麻雀，麻雀旁邊的就是燕子。
2.The Fish Net
"Can you tell me what fish net is made, Ann?"
"A lot of little holes tied together with strings." replied the little girl.
魚網
"你能告訴我魚網是什麼做的嗎，安？" 老師發問道。
"把許多小孔用繩子栓在一起就成了魚網了。" 小女孩回答道。
F. 速求5篇經典英語美文閱讀
YOUTH
By Samuel Ullman 塞繆爾·厄爾曼
Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not amatter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of thewill, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions; it is thefreshness 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 existsin a man of 60 more than a boy of 20. Nobody grows old merely by anumber of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals.
Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles thesoul. Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the springback to st.
Whether 60 or 16, there is in every human being』s heart the lure ofwonder, the unfailing childlike appetite of what』s next and the joy ofthe game of living. In the center of your heart and my heart there is awireless
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 ofcynicism 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, thereis hope you may die young at 80.
Transforming Obstacles into Benefits
By Richard Stewart,Los Angeles, U.S.A. (Originally in English)
美國洛杉磯 理查德．史都華德（原文為英文）
A group of frogs was traveling through the woods and two of themfell into a deep pit. Immediately, all the other frogs in the groupgathered around the pit and watched as the imprisoned frogs tried tojump out. The frogs on top could see that the pit was very deep and itlooked as if there was no way out, so they started yelling at the twofrogs in the pit to give up. "The pit is too deep. You're as good asdead," the chorus of frogs said. When the trapped frogs kept trying,the crowd yelled louder, "Give up. You're as good as dead." After awhile, one of the exhausted frogs took heed to what the others weresaying, and fell down and died.
But amazingly, the second frog kept jumping as hard as she coulddespite the negative remarks of those that kept yelling at her toaccept the inevitable and just die. Finally, with one valiant leap, shemade it out of the pit!
This amazing result occurred because the second frog was deaf annable to hear what the others had been saying. She thought they hadbeen cheering her on the entire time they were yelling! What she hadmistakenly perceived as encouragement inspired her to try harder andsucceed against all odds. And that made all the difference!
With a positive mindset, and being deaf to others' opinions, thesecond frog made use of such negativity to overcome obstacles and reachher goals by using it as encouragement, instead of being influenced byothers like the first frog, who failed to develop her potential tostrive for survival. Thus, when we surmount others' criticism, ridiculeor cynical comments, we can do anything we set our minds to, just asthe second frog did. But, if we are not deaf like this frog, who couldnot be influenced by others e to a physical condition, we need the Wisdom to guide us to the proper way, so as not to be blindly guided byworldly opinion.
Transforming Obstacles into Benefits
By Richard Stewart,Los Angeles, U.S.A. (Originally in English)
美國洛杉磯 理查德．史都華德（原文為英文）
A group of frogs was traveling through the woods and two of themfell into a deep pit. Immediately, all the other frogs in the groupgathered around the pit and watched as the imprisoned frogs tried tojump out. The frogs on top could see that the pit was very deep and itlooked as if there was no way out, so they started yelling at the twofrogs in the pit to give up. "The pit is too deep. You're as good asdead," the chorus of frogs said. When the trapped frogs kept trying,the crowd yelled louder, "Give up. You're as good as dead." After awhile, one of the exhausted frogs took heed to what the others weresaying, and fell down and died.
But amazingly, the second frog kept jumping as hard as she coulddespite the negative remarks of those that kept yelling at her toaccept the inevitable and just die. Finally, with one valiant leap, shemade it out of the pit!
This amazing result occurred because the second frog was deaf annable to hear what the others had been saying. She thought they hadbeen cheering her on the entire time they were yelling! What she hadmistakenly perceived as encouragement inspired her to try harder andsucceed against all odds. And that made all the difference!
With a positive mindset, and being deaf to others' opinions, thesecond frog made use of such negativity to overcome obstacles and reachher goals by using it as encouragement, instead of being influenced byothers like the first frog, who failed to develop her potential tostrive for survival. Thus, when we surmount others' criticism, ridiculeor cynical comments, we can do anything we set our minds to, just asthe second frog did. But, if we are not deaf like this frog, who couldnot be influenced by others e to a physical condition, we need the Wisdom to guide us to the proper way, so as not to be blindly guided byworldly opinion.
G. 求三篇美文（英文），帶翻譯，適合初一學生閱讀
在人生路途之上，我們的誠實在不時地接受著考驗。公理自在人心。當誠實遭遇利益沖突，而又和親情聯系時，一個人還能保持誠實嗎？在本文中，兒子在父親指導的球隊參加比賽時作計時員，他能否公平公正地完成自己任務呢？
As a high school coach, I did all I could to help my boys win their games. I rooted as hard for victory as they did.
A dramatic incident, however, following a game in which I officiated as a referee, changed my perspective on victories and defeats. I was refereeing a league championship basketball game in New Rochelle, New York, between New Rochelle and Yonkers High.
New Rochelle was coached by Dan O'Brien, Yonkers by Les Beck. The gym was crowded to capacity, and the volume of noise made it impossible to hear. The game was well played and closely contested. Yonkers was leading by one point as I glanced at the clock and discovered there were but 30 seconds left to play.
Yonkers, in possession of the ball, passed off — shot — missed. New Rochelle recovered — pushed the ball up court — shot. The ball rolled tantalizingly around the rim and off. The fans shrieked.
New Rochelle, the home team, recovered the ball, and tapped it in for what looked like victory. The tumult was deafening. I glanced at the clock and saw that the game was over. I hadn't heard the final buzzer because of the noise. I checked with the other official, but he could not help me.
Still seeking help in this bedlam, I approached the timekeeper, a young man of 17 or so. He said, "Mr. Covino, the buzzer went off as the ball rolled off the rim, before the final tap-in was made."
I was in the unenviable position of having to tell Coach O'Brien the sad news. "Dan," I said, "time ran out before the final basket was tapped in. Yonkers won the game."
His face clouded over. The young timekeeper came up. He said, "I'm sorry, Dad. The time ran out before the final basket."
Suddenly, like the sun coming out from behind a cloud, Coach O'Brien's face lit up. He said, "That's okay, Joe. You did what you had to do. I'm proud of you."
Turning to me, he said, "Al, I want you to meet my son, Joe."
The two of them then walked off the court together, the coach's arm around his son's shoulder.
精美譯文：
作為一名高中籃球教練，我竭盡全力體幫我的學生在比賽中取得勝利。我全力支持他們在比賽中取勝，他們也刻苦訓練。
然而，在一場我所裁判的比賽之後發生了一件富有戲劇性的偶然事件。這件事改變了我對勝敗的看法。那是一次藍球冠軍聯賽，當時，我在紐約州的新羅謝爾市給新羅謝爾和揚克斯兩個隊之間的比賽作裁判。
新羅謝爾隊的教練是丹·奧布賴恩，而揚克斯隊的教練是萊斯·貝克。體育館內座無虛席，呼聲震天。比賽順利進行，兩隊比分接近，揚克斯隊僅以一分的優勢領先。我看了一下時鍾，距離比賽結束僅剩三十秒。
揚克斯隊控球在手，傳球、投籃，但是沒投中。新羅謝爾隊重新控球，將球向場地的另一個方向傳球，然後投籃。觀眾急切地盯著球，球沿著籃球筐邊急速旋轉，最終又落了下來。球迷們尖聲喊叫。
主隊新羅謝爾隊重新把球奪過來，把球撥進籃筐，似乎已經贏得了比賽的勝利。人群的呼喊聲震耳欲聾。我看了一下時鍾，已經過了比賽結束時間。由於聲音太大，我沒有聽到終場信號聲。我向另外一名工作人員核對時間，但是他說不清楚。
我仍然在混亂中求助，我走近計時員——一個大約17歲的年輕人。他告訴我：「科維諾先生，當球滾出籃筐時，終場信號發出了，在最後球又被撥進籃筐之前。」
「丹，在最後那個球被撥進籃筐之前，時間已經到了。」我無可奈何地告訴奧布賴恩教練，「揚克斯隊贏了。」
他臉色陰沉了下來。那個年輕的計時員走上前，說：「爸爸，對不起。在最後一個球投中之前時間就已經到了。」
突然間，奧布賴恩教練的臉色就像太陽撥開了烏雲，轉晴了，他說：「沒關系，喬。你做了你應該做的，我為你感到驕傲。」
他把臉轉向我，說："埃爾，我介紹一下我的兒子，喬。"
奧布賴恩教練把胳膊搭在兒子的肩膀上，兩個人一起離開了球場。
注釋：
1．coach n.教練
2．root for 全力支持
3．incident n.事情，小事件
4．dramatic adj. 戲劇性的
5．officiate v.行使
6．referee n.裁判員 v. 裁判，仲裁
7．perspective n.觀點，看法
8．capacity n.容量
9．volume n.音量
10．contest v. 比賽，競爭
11．in possession of 擁有，持有
12．tantalizing adj.讓人非常著急的
13．rim n.藍框，邊緣
14．shriek v.尖聲叫喊，尖聲喊叫
15．tumult n.吵鬧
16．deafening adj. 震耳欲聾的
17．buzzer n.蜂鳴器，信號器
18．bedlam n.混亂, 騷亂情景
19．timekeeper n.計時員
20．tap-in n.托進或撥進籃框
21．unenviable adj.不值得羨慕的
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/ 這個網上有很多的，我初中是外國語學校的，大家都看這個要是需要中文翻譯就到google上翻譯一下就好了
H. 中學生英語美文摘抄200詞左右，加翻譯，10篇
if i were a boy againand gentle as courage, nothing so cruel and pitiless as cowardice,」 syas a wise author. we too often borrow trouble, and anticipate that may never appear.」 he fear of ill exceeds the ill we fear.」 dangers will arise in any career, but presence of mind will often conquer the worst of them. be prepared for any fate, and there is no harm to be freared. if i were a boy again, i would look on the cheerful side. life is very much like a mirror if you smile upon it, i smiles back upon you; but if you frown and look doubtful on it, you will get a similar look in return.
inner sunshine warms not only the heart of the owner, but of all that come in contact with it. 「 who shuts love out ,in turn shall be shut out from love.」 if i were a boy again, i would school myself to say no more often.
might write pages on the importance of learning very early in life to gain that point where a young boy can stand erect, and decline doing an
unworthy act because it is unworthy. if i were a boy again, i would demand of myself more courtesy towards my companions and friends, and indeed towards strangers as well.the mallest courtesies along the rough roads of life are like the little birds that sing to us all winter long, and make that season of ice and snow more enrable. finally, instead of trying hard to be happy, as if that were the sole purpose of life, i would , if i were a boy again, i would still try harder to make others happy.
假如我又回到了童年，我就要培養勇氣。一位明智的作家曾說過：「世上沒有東西比勇氣更溫文爾雅，也沒有東西比懦怯更殘酷無情。」 我們常常過多地自尋煩惱，杞人憂天。「怕禍害比禍害本身更可怕。」凡事都有危險，但鎮定沉著往往能克服最嚴重的危險。對一切禍福做好准備，那麼就沒有什麼災難可以害怕的了。
假如我又回到了童年，我就要事事樂觀。生活猶如一面鏡子：你朝它笑，它也朝你笑；如果你雙眉緊鎖，向它投以懷疑的目光，它也將還以你同樣的目光。
內心的歡樂不僅溫暖了歡樂者自己的心，也溫暖了所有與之接觸者的心。「誰拒愛於門外，也必將被愛拒諸門外。」 假如我又回到了童年，我就要養成經常說「不」字的習慣。一個少年要能挺得起腰，拒絕做不應該做的事，就因為這事不值得做。我可以寫上好幾頁談談早年培
養這一點的重要性。 假如我又回到了童年，我就要要求自己對夥伴和朋友更加禮貌，而且對陌生人也應如此。在坎坷的生活道路上，最細小的禮貌猶如在漫長的冬天為我們歌唱的小鳥，那歌聲使冰天雪地的寒冬變得較易忍受。 最後，假如我又回到了童年，我不會力圖為自己謀幸福，好像這就是人生唯一的目的；與之相反，我要更努力為他人謀幸福。
three days to see
假如擁有三天光明
helen keller海倫.凱勒
all of us have read thrilling stories in which the hero had only a limited and specified time to live. sometimes it was as long as a year; sometimes as short as twenty-four hours, but always we were interested in discovering just how the doomed man chose to spend his last days or his last hours. i speak, of course, of free men who have a choice, not condemned criminals whose sphere of activities is strictly delimited.
such stories set up thinking, wondering what we should do under similar circumstances. what associations should we crowd into those last hours as mortal beings what happiness should we find in reviewing the past, what regrets
sometimes i have thought it would be an excellent rule to live each day as if we should die tomorrow. such an attitude would emphasize sharply the values of life. we should live each day with a gentleness, a vigor, and a keenness of appreciation which are often lost when time stretches before us in the constant panorama of more days and months and years to come. there are those, of course, who would adopt the epicurean motto of 「eat, drink, and be merry,」 most people would be chastened by the certainty of impending death.
我們都讀過這樣一些動人的故事，故事裡主人公將不久於人世。長則一年，短則24小時。但是我們總是很想知道這個即將離開人世的人是決定怎樣度過他最後的日子的。當然，我所指的是有權作出選擇的自由人，不是那些活動范圍受到嚴格限制的死囚。
這一類故事會使我們思考在類似的處境下，我們自己該做些什麼？在那臨終前的幾個小時里我們會產生哪些聯想？會有多少欣慰和遺憾呢？
有時我想，把每天都當作生命的最後一天來度過也不失為一個很好的生命法則。這種人生態度使人非常重視人生的價值。每一天我們都應該以和善的態度、充沛的精力和熱情的欣賞來度過，而這些恰恰是在來日方長時往往被我們忽視的東西。當然，有這樣一些人奉行享樂主義的座右銘——吃喝玩樂，但是大多數人卻不能擺脫死亡來臨的恐懼。
most of us take life for granted. we know that one day we must die, but usually we picture that day as far in the future, when we are in buoyant health, death is all but unimaginable. we seldom think of it. the days stretch out in an endless vista. so we go about our petty task, hardly aware of our listless attitude towards life.
the same lethargy, i am afraid, characterizes the use of our faculties and senses. only the deaf appreciate hearing, only the blind realize the manifold blessings that lie in sight. particularly does this observation apply to those who have lost sight and hearing in alt life. but those who have never suffered impairment of sight or hearing seldom make the fullest use of these blessed faculties. their eyes and ears take in all sights and sound hazily, without concentration, and with little appreciation. it is the same old story of not being grateful for what we conscious of health until we are ill.
i have often thought it would be a blessing if each human being were stricken blind and deaf for a few days at some time ring his early alt life. darkness would make him more appreciative of sight; silence would teach him the joys of sound.
now and then i have tested my seeing friends to discover what they see. recently i was visited by a very good friend who had just returned from a long walk in the woods, and i asked her what she had observed. 「nothing in particular,」 she replied. i might have been increlous had i not been accustomed to such responses, for long ago i became convinced that the seeing see little.
我們大多數人認為生命理所當然，我們明白總有一天我們會死去，但是我們常常把這一天看得非常遙遠。當我們身體強壯時，死亡便成了難以相象的事情了。我們很少會考慮它，日子一天天過去，好像沒有盡頭。所以我們為瑣事奔波，並沒有意識到我們對待生活的態度是冷漠的。
我想我們在運用我們所有五官時恐怕也同樣是冷漠的。只有聾子才珍惜聽力，只有盲人才能認識到能見光明的幸運。對於那些成年致盲或失陪的人來說尤其如此。但是那些聽力或視力從未遭受損失的人卻很少充分利用這些幸運的能力，他們對所見所聞不關注、不欣賞。這與常說的不失去不懂得珍貴，不生病不知道健康可貴的道理是一樣的。
我常想如果每一個人在他成年的早些時候，有幾天成為了聾子或瞎子也不失為一件幸事。黑暗將使他更珍惜光明；沉寂將教他知道聲音的樂趣。
有時我會試探我的非盲的朋友們，想知道他們看見了什麼。最近我的一位非常要好的朋友來看我，她剛剛在樹林里走了很長時間，我問她看見了什麼。「沒什麼特別的，」她回答說。如不是我早已習慣了這樣的回答，我也許不會輕易相信，因為很久以前我就相信了有眼人看不見什麼。
genius at work
天才在工作
henry ford didn』t always pay attention in school. one day ,he and a friend took a watch apart. angry and upset, the teacher told him both to stay after school. their punishment was to stay until they had fixed the watch. but the teacher did not know young ford』s genius. in ten minutes, this mechanical wizard had repaired the watch and was on this way home..
ford was always interested in how things worked. he once plugged up the spout of a teapot and placed it on the fire. then he waited to see what would happen. the water boiled and, of course, turned to steam. since the steam had no way to escape, the teapot exploded. the explosion cracked a mirror and broke a window. the young inventor was badly scalded
ford』s year of curiosity and tinkering paid off. he dreamed of a horseless carriage. when he built one, the world of transportation was changed forever.
亨利.福特在學校里常常心不在焉。有一天，他和一個小朋友把一塊手錶拆開了。老師很生氣，讓他們放學後留下來，把表修好才能回家。當時這位老師並不知道小福特的天才。只用了十分鍾，這位機械奇才就把手錶修好，走在回家的路上了。
福特對各種東西的工作原理總是很感興趣。曾有一次，他把茶壺嘴用東西堵住，然後把茶壺放在火爐上。他便站在一邊等候著會出現什麼情況。當然，水開後變成了水蒸氣。因為水蒸氣無處逸出，茶壺便爆炸了，因而打碎了一面鏡子和一扇窗戶。這個小發明家也被嚴重地燙傷了。
多年後，福特的好奇心和他的動手能力使他得到了回報。他曾經夢想著去製造一輛無馬行進的車。他造成了一輛這樣的車後，運輸界發生了永久性的變化。
love your life
熱愛生活
henry david thoreau/享利.大衛.梭羅
however mean your life is,meet it and live it ;do not shun it and call it hard names.it is not so bad as you are.it looks poorest when you are richest.the fault-finder will find faults in paradise.love your life,poor as it is.you may perhaps have some pleasant,thrilling,glorious hourss,even in a poor-house.the setting sun is reflected from the windows of the alms-house as brightly as from the rich man's abode;the snow melts before its door as early in the spring.i do not see but a quiet mind may live as contentedly there,and have as cheering thoughts,as in a palace.the town's poor seem to me often to live the most independent lives of any.may be they are simply great enough to receive without misgiving.most think that they are above being supported by the town;but it often happens that they are not above supporting themselves by dishonest means.which should be more disreputable.cultivate poverty like a garden herb,like sage.do not trouble yourself much to get new things,whether clothes or friends,turn the old,return to them.things do not change;we change.sell your clothes and keep your thoughts.
不論你的生活如何卑賤，你要面對它生活，不要躲避它，更別用惡言咒罵它。它不像你那樣壞。你最富有的時候，倒是看似最窮。愛找缺點的人就是到天堂里也能找到缺點。你要愛你的生活，盡管它貧窮。甚至在一個濟貧院里，你也還有愉快、高興、光榮的時候。夕陽反射在濟貧院的窗上，像身在富戶人家窗上一樣光亮；在那門前，積雪同在早春融化。我只看到，一個從容的人，在哪裡也像在皇宮中一樣，生活得心滿意足而富有愉快的思想。城鎮中的窮人，我看，倒往往是過著最獨立不羈的生活。也許因為他們很偉大，所以受之無愧。大多數人以為他們是超然的，不靠城鎮來支援他們；可是事實上他們是往往利用了不正當的手段來對付生活，他們是毫不超脫的，毋寧是不體面的。視貧窮如園中之花而像聖人一樣耕植它吧！不要找新的花樣，無論是新的朋友或新的衣服，來麻煩你自己。找舊的，回到那裡去。萬物不變，是我們在變。你的衣服可以賣掉，但要保留你的思想。
the country maid and her milk can
村姑和牛奶罐
a country maid was walking along with a can of milk upon her head,when she fell into the following train of reflections."the money for which i shall sell this milk will enable me to increase my stock of eggs to three hundred,these eggs,allowing for what may prove addle,and what may be destroyed by vermin,will proce at least two hundred and fifty chickens.the chickens will be fit to carry to market just at the time when poultry is always dear;so that by the new year i cannot fail of having money enough to purchase a new gown.green-let me consider-yes,green becomes my complexion best .and green it shall be, in this dress i will go to the fair,where all young fellows will strive to have me for a parter;but no-i shall refuse every one of them,and with a disdainful toss turn from them."
transported with this idea,she could not forbear acting with her head the thought that passed in her mind,when down came the can of milk!and all her imaginary happiness vanished in a moment.
一個村姑頭上頂著一罐牛奶在路上行走。走著走著，她的腦子里浮現出一連串的幻想：「我賣了這罐牛奶後，用這筆錢買雞蛋，這樣我有的雞蛋可以增加到300個。用這300個雞蛋孵小雞，這就算有壞的、生蟲的，至少也能孵出250隻小雞。等小雞長大後，正好能趕上賣個好市價；那麼到了新年，我就能有錢買一件新晚裝。買一件綠色的——讓我好好想想——對，綠色與我的膚色最相襯。我穿上這件衣服去趕集，所有的年輕小夥子都會搶著邀請我做舞伴；但是不行——我要輕蔑地把頭一揚，轉身過去不理他們，讓他們人人都碰個釘子。
她想得得意忘形，情不自禁地把頭一揚，剎那間，牛奶罐跌了下來！她幻想的一切幸福間破滅了。