优美英语文章摘抄40词

英语阅读技能既是重要的语言技能,也是重要的学习技能,是发展其他语言技能的基础和前提。我精心收集了优美的英语小短文，供大家欣赏学习!

《You Have Only One Life》

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! 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.

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

The happiest of people don’t necessarily have the best of everything;they just make the most of everything that comes along their lies for those who cry,those who hurt, those who have searched,and those who have tried,for only they can appreciate the importance of people

who have touched their begins with a smile,grows with a kiss and ends with a brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past, you can’t go on well in lifeuntil you let go of your past failures and heartaches.

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

Please send this message to those people who mean something to you,to those who have touched your life in one way or another,to those who make you smile when you really need it,to those that make you see the brighter side of things when you are really down,to those who you want to let them know that you appreciate their if you don’t, don’t worry,nothing bad will happen to you,you will just miss out on the opportunity to brighten someone’s day with this message.

I am writing this the day before I find out my fate —the day before I know the answer to what will happen in my life.

在我知晓自己命运的前一天,也是在我知道自己的生活将发生何种改变的前一天,我写下这篇文章。

I am determined to see the world in every aspect that may be possible for me. I am sure that I will become something, even if the envelope that carries my life inside it carries bad news.

我决定尽一切可能去了解世界的每一面。我坚信自己会有所成就,即使那个承载着我的命运的信封给我带来坏消息。

I will not listen to those who insist that a university degree is the only way you will find a means of living these days. I have experienced what I like to live, and I will tell myself that even if that envelope is a rejection, I will carry on and go on to see mountains, swim in the sea and count the stars. I know I must continue to live my life the way I know how to.

那些坚持认为大学学位是这个时代惟一的谋生手段的人所说的话,我将永不听信。我已经体验了自己喜欢的生活,我会告诉自己,即使那个小信封带来的全是拒绝,我也会继续向前,去跋山涉水,继续数星星。我知道我必须过属于自己的生活,而我知道怎么去过。

The envelope that will reach my mail-box tomorrow will bring an answer that I am ready to bear with courage and self-respect. I am independent by nature. I accept who I am and will continue to live regardless of whether or not I am accepted into a college. I will always be true to myself and to those around me. I will remember my friends, acquaintances and idols, and I will wish them the best of luck in life.

明天,我的邮箱里会有一封信,它会带来答案,我已经准备好用勇气和自尊来承受。我生而独立。我接受自己的现状,不论大学是否录取我,我都将继续生活。我将继续真诚地面对自己和周围的朋友。我会记住我的朋友、熟人和偶像,我将祝愿他们一生好运连连

The envelope that is to reach my house will not only be a letter, but rather a decision that I will make with my life. I am confused, as most people of my age around this time are, but I will not look back. I will only look toward tomorrow and greet each day with a smile wherever I may be.

那封还没有寄到的信,不只是一封信,而是我对自己的生活做出的决定。像所有同龄人一样,我也很困惑,但我绝不会回头。不管身在何处,我只会展望明天,迎接每一天的到来。

Many scientists, from their earlier work, know enough to make good guesses on the solutions to the problems they are working on.

许多科学家从他们早期的工作中积累了很多知识,足以对他们钻研的问题的解决方案做出很好的猜想。

In making new discoveries, they may use trial-and-error, they may use past experience, or they may try to find out what others have discovered. They may come up with new experiments and new ways of testing their results. Scientists have to train themselves to use their brains efficiently; that is, they train themselves to think.

在探索新事物的时候,他们可以采用反复试验的方法,可以利用过去的经验,或者是借鉴别人的探索成果。他们可以设计出新的试验,研究出新的方法来检验他们的结果。科学家们得训练自己有效地使用大脑;也就是说,训练自己去思考。

For example, when Thomas A. Edison was trying to make an electric lamp, he needed a substance for the filament* inside the bulb that would glow brightly without burning up quickly. He tried more than a thousand different filaments before he found one that he could use. After each trial he thought about how the new substance had behaved. He kept notes and compared results. After he had experimented for a long time, someone asked Mr. Edison if he was ever discouraged by the time they thought he had wasted. He replied, "I have not been wasting time. I have just found a thousand materials that won’t work. Now I can look for others that will." Edison’s statement is important. Above all, scientists demand to know when and where they are wrong. A good question to ask in science is not, "Am I right? "but, "Am I wrong?"

例如,当托马斯·阿尔瓦·爱迪生在发明电灯过程中,他需要一种既能发出明亮的光又不会很快烧毁的材料来作灯泡里的灯丝。他尝试了一千多种不同的灯丝后才找到一种适合的材料。每一次尝试之后,他都在思索新的材料该如何发挥作用。他不断地记笔记,比较结果。经过很长时间的实验之后,有人问爱迪生,如此浪费时间他难道不感到沮丧?爱迪生回答说:"我并没有浪费时间。我已经找出有一千种材料不管用。现在我可以寻找其他材料了。"爱迪生的话非常重要。最重要的是,科学家应该知道他们是在何时、何处错了。在科学上,一个问得高明的问题并不是"我对不对?"而是"我错没错?"

Scientists spend many years studying and training themselves to use their brains and the tools of investigation. They also use each other’s work. Isaac Newton, the famous British scientist who lived over 300 years ago, once said he saw further than others because he stood on the shoulders of giants.

科学家经过多年的研究,训练自己使用大脑和各种研究手段。他们也相互借鉴研究成果。生活在300多年前的英国著名科学家艾萨克·牛顿就曾说过,他之所以比别人看得更远,是因为他站在巨人的肩膀上。

经典美文与 英语写作 是两项相对独立但又相互依赖、相辅相成的关系,这一结论对写作教学有很大启发。我整理了关于英语优美短文，欢迎阅读! 关于英语优美短文篇一 Sleep 睡眠 Sleep is part of a person's daily activity cycle. There are several different stages of sleep, andthey too occur in cycles. 睡眠是人每天日常活动循环的一部分。人的睡眠分几个阶段，而这些阶段也是循环发生的。 If you are an average sleeper, your sleep cycle is as follows. When you first drift off intoslumber, your eyes will roll about a bit, your temperature will drop slightly, your muscles willrelax, and your breathing well slow and become quite regular. Your brain waves slow down a bittoo, with the alpha rhythm of rather fast waves predominating for the first few minutes. Thisis called stage 1 sleep. For the next half hour or so, as you relax more and more, you will driftdown through stage 2 and stage 3 sleep. The lower your stage of sleep, the slower your brainwaves will be. Then about 40 to 60 minutes after you lose consciousness you will havereached the deepest sleep of all. Your brain waves will show the large slow waves that areknown as the delta rhythm. This is stage 4 sleep. 如果你是一个正常的睡眠者，你的睡眠循环会这样进行。在你开始昏昏入睡时，你的眼睛会滚动几下，体温略有下降，肌肉放松，呼吸变得缓慢而有节奏。除了开始几分钟比较快的α节奏外，脑电波也稍有减缓。这被称为第一阶段睡眠。在随后约半小时内，你进一步放松，进入第二和第三阶段睡眠。睡眠越深入，脑电波就越缓慢。大约在开始睡眠后的40到60分钟，你将进入沉睡状态。这时的脑电波表现为巨大的缓波，被称为δ节奏。这就是第四阶段睡眠。 You do not remain at this deep fourth stage all night long, but instead about 80 minutes afteryou fall into slumber, your brain activity level will increase again slightly. The delta rhythm willdisappear, to be replaced by the activity pattern of brain waves. Your eyes will begin to dartaround under your closed eyelids as if you were looking at something occurring in front of period of rapid eye movement lasts for some 8 to 15 minutes and is called REM sleep. Itis during REM sleep period, your body will soon relax again, your breathing will grow slow andregular once more, and you will slip gently back from stage 1 to stage 4 sleep - only to riseonce again to the surface of near consciousness some 80 minutes later. 但你并不是整夜都保持这种沉睡状态。入睡后约80分钟左右，你的大脑运动水平会再度略有提高。δ节奏消失，并被脑电波的运动图形取代。你的眼睛会在闭着的眼睑下迅速转动，就好象你在看着眼前发生的什么事情。这种迅速的眼球运动持续约8-15分钟，这一阶段睡眠被称之为快速眼动(REM)睡眠。在REM睡眠阶段，你的肢体会很快再度放松，呼吸也再次放慢并变得有节奏，你会轻松地从第一阶段滑入第四阶段睡眠——直到大约80分钟后重新接近清醒状态。 关于英语优美短文篇二 风筝人生 There never exists absolute freedom free from restrictions; generally, we young people should learn to understand and respect rules and regulations. 从来没有没有约束的绝对自由;通常来说,年轻人要学会理解规则，尊重规则。 How much like kites we sometimes are. The Heaven gives us adversity and restrictions, rules to follow tom which we can grow and gain strength. Restraint is a necessary counterpart to the winds of opposition. Some of us tug at the rules so hard that we never soar to reach the heights we might have obtained. We keep part of the commandment and never rise high enough to get our tails off the ground. 有时我们真像这风筝! 上苍赋予我们困境和约束,赋予我们成长和增强实力所要遵从的规则。约束是逆风的必要匹配物 。我们中有些人是如此强硬地抵制规则,以至我们从来无法飞到本来能够达到的高度 。我们只遵从部分戒律,因此永远不会飞得足够高,使尾巴远离地面 。 Let us each rise to the great heights, recognizing that some of the restraints that we may chafe under are actually the steadying force that helps us ascend and achieve. 让我们每个人都飞到高处吧,并且认识到这一点:有些可能会令我们生气的约束, 实际上是帮助我们攀升和实现愿望的平衡力 。 关于英语优美短文篇三 熟悉陌生城市的最好 方法 一迷路 I was in a strange city and I didn't know the city at all. What is more, I could not speak a word of the language. 我在一个陌生的城市里并对这座城市一无所知。更糟糕的是当地话我一句也不会说。After having spent my first day in the center, I decided to lose my way on the second day, since I believed that this was the nearest way of getting to know the strange city. 第一天我在市中心待了一天,第二天我决定迷路,因为我相信迷路是了解一座陌生城市的最快办法。 I got on first bus that passed, rode on it for several stops. Then got off it and walked on. The first two hours passed pleasantly enough. Then I decided to turn back to my hotel for lunch. After walking about for some time, I decided I had better ask the way. The trouble was that the only word I know of the language was the name of the street in which I lived and even that I pronounced badly. 我上了第一辆路过的公交车,坐了几站地后下车步行。前两个小时非常愉快地过去了,然后我决定返回旅馆吃午饭。走了一段时间之后我想我还是问问路吧。可问题是我唯一会说的一个词就是我所住的街道的名称,并且发音还很糟糕。 I stopped to ask a friendly-looking newspaper-seller. He smiled and handed me a paper. I shook my head and repeated the name of the street and he put the paper into my hands. I gave him some money and went on my way. The next person I asked was a policeman. The policeman listened to me carefully, smiled and gently took me by the arm. There was a strange look in his eyes as he pointed left and right and left again. I nodded politely and began walking in the point. 我停下来去问一个长得比较友善的卖报人,他微笑着拿给我一份报纸,我揺揺头又重复了一遍我住的街道的名称,他却把报纸放到我手里,我给了他钱,继续走我的路。我同的第二个人是个警察,他仔细听我说,微笑着并很温和地拉起我的胳膊,他的眼里流露出一种奇怪的神情,他指左指右又指左。我礼貌地点了点头按他指的方向走去。 About an hour passed and I noticed that the houses were getting fewer And green fields were appearing in either side of me. I had come all the way into countryside. The only thing left for me to do was to find the nearest railway station. 大约一小时以后我发现周围的房屋越来越少,两边开始出现一片片绿野,我一路来到了乡下。现在我唯一能做的事就是找到最近的火车站了。