高中生英语美文
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高中生英语美文 篇1
It may seem an exaggeration to say that ambition is the drive of society, holding many of its different elements together, but it is not an exaggeration by much. Remove ambition and the essential elements of society seem to fly apart. Ambition is intimately connected with family, for men and women not only work partly for their families; husbands and wives are often ambitious for each other, but harbor some of their most ardent ambitions for their children.
Yet to have a family nowadays—with birth control readily available, and inflation a good economic argument against having children—is nearly an expression of ambition in itself. Finally,though ambition was once the domain chiefly of monarchs and aristocrats, it has, in more recent times,increasingly become the domain of the middle classes. Ambition and futurity—a sense of building for tomorrow—are inextricable. Working, saving, planning—these, the daily aspects of ambition —have always been the distinguishing marks of a rising middle class. The attack against ambition is not incidentally an attack on the middle class and what it stands for. Like it or not, the middle class has done much of society’s work in America; and it, the middle class, has from the beginning run on ambition. It is not difficult to imagine a world short of ambition. It would probably be a kinder world:without demands, without abrasions,without disappointments. People would have time for reflection.
Such work as they did would not be for themselves but for the collectivity. Competition would never enter in. Conflict would be eliminated, tension become a thing of the past.
The stress of creation would be at an end. Art would no longer be troubling, but purely entertaining in its functions. The family would become superfluous as a social unit, with all its former power for bringing about neurosis drained away. Life span would be expanded, for fewer people would die of heart attack or stroke caused by overwork. Anxiety would be extinct. Time would stretch on and on, with ambition long departed from the human heart. Ah, how unbearably boring life would be!
高中生英语美文 篇2
Each spring brings a new blossom of wildflowers in the ditches along the highway I travel daily to work. There is one particular blue flower that has always caught my eyes. I've noticed that it blooms only in the morning hours, the afternoon sun is too warm for it. Every day for approximately two weeks, I see those beautiful flowers. This spring, I started a wildflower garden in our yard. I can look out of the kitchen window while doing the dishes and see the flowers. I've often thought that those lovely blue flowers from the ditches would look great in that bed alongside other wildflowers. Everyday I drove past the flowers thinking, “I'll stop on my way home and dig them.”
“Gee, I don't want to get my good clothes dirty...” Whatever the reason, I never stopped to dig them. My husband even gave me a folding shovel one year for my trunk to be used for that expressed purpose. One day on my way home from work, I was saddened to see that the highway department had mowed the ditches and the pretty blue flowers were gone.
I thought to myself, “Way to go, you waited too long. You should have done it when you first saw them blooming this spring.” A week ago we were shocked and saddened to learn that my oldest sister-in-law has a terminal brain tumor. She is 20 years older than my husband and unfortunately, because of age and distance, we haven’t been as close as we all would have liked. I couldn’t help but see the connection between the pretty blue flowers and the relationship between my husband's sister and us. I do believe that God has given us some time left to plant some wonderful memories that will bloom every year for us. And yes, if I see the blue flowers again, you can bet I'll stop and transplant them to my wildflower garden.
高中生英语美文 篇3
It is well that young men should begin at the beginning and occupy the most subordinate positions. Many of the leading businessmen of Pittsburgh had a serious responsibility thrust upon them at the very threshold of their career. They were introduced to the broom, and spent the first hours of their business lives sweeping out the office. I notice we have janitors and jamtresses now in offices, and our young men unfortunately miss that salutary branch of a business education. But if by chance the professional sweeper is absent any morning, the boy who has the genius of the future partner in him will not hesitate to try his hand at the broom. The other day a fond fashionable mother in Michigan asked a young man whether he had even seen a young lady sweep in a room so grandly as her Priscilla. He said so, he never had, and the mother was gratified beyond measure, but then said he, after a pause, "What I should like to see her do is sweep out a room." It does not hurt the newest comer to sweep out the office if necessary. I was one of those sweepers myself.
Assuming that you have all obtained employment and are fairly started, my advice to you is "aim high". I would not give a fig for the young man who has not already seen himself the partner or the head of an important firm. Do not rest content for a moment in your thoughts as head clerk, or foreman, or general manager in any concern, no matter how extensive. Say to yourself, "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 your are engaged. Having begun in one line, resolve to fight it out on that line, to lead in it, adopt every improvement, have the best machinery, and know the most about it.
The concerns which fail are those which have scattered their capital, which means that they have scattered their brains also. They have investments in this, or that, or the other, here, there, and everywhere. "Don't put all your eggs in one basket" is all wrong. I tell you "put all your eggs in one basket, and then watch that basket". Look round you and take notice; men who do that do not often fail. It is easy to watch and carry the one basket. It is trying to carry too many baskets, that breaks most eggs in this country. He who carries three baskets must put one on his head, which is apt to tumble and trip him up. One fault of the American businessman is lack of concentration.
To summarize what I have said: Aim for the highest, never enter a bar room; do not touch liquor, or if at all only at meals; never speculate; never indorse beyond your surplus cash fund; make the firm's interest yours; break orders always to save owners; concentrate; put all your eggs in one basket, and watch that basket; expenditure always within revenue; lastly be not impatient, for, as Emerson says, "no one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourselves." ）
高中生英语美文 篇4
“侬是失家人，萍身伤无寄。江湖多风雪，频送侬来去。风雪送侬去，又送侬归来;不敢识旧途，恐乱侬行迹。……”
——题记
这时失望的浮萍来诉说自己凄惶的心情时所唱的歌，虽然没有换取一些眼泪来，却新交到一个朋友——小草。一句“小草儿，漫伤嗟!同样漂泊有杨花。”让浮萍感受到了前所未有的同情的爱抚。
浮萍羡慕地询问小草有关温室的情况。小草讲述了自己的经历，小萍儿认真地听着，不时提出几个疑问，小草毫无顾虑地议论着它所遇见的诗人。
即使是在这种不惬意的地方，浮萍也不再失望，小草也不后悔，因为它不再孤独，因为它是为目标为追求而留在这儿的。
听着它们的谈论，我脑袋理论却在幻想那个“虹的国度”——玫瑰色的云彩，金刚石的小屋，有一个银白翅膀，而翅膀尖端还有个蘸着天空明蓝色的小仙人，还有一个坐在蝴蝶背上，用花瓣上露珠当酒喝的真宰。
我认为，当小萍儿与小草交谈那会儿，小萍儿心中已经不再幻想那虹的国度，因为它精神上有了寄托，心情不再消极。
很想弄明白，沈老先生写这文章的意义，这样的地理环境代表着什么，那小草、浮萍、诗人、玫瑰又各代表什么?
是代表他那时的时代吗?小草、浮萍、诗人、玫瑰……是他那时所赞赏与批评的人的时代吗?开篇中那个“虹的国度”是他心灵的世界吗?也很想问个明白现代世界是他心中“虹的国度”吗?
忽然打了个冷颤，是因为这天气吧!
看着阳光下那低着头的葵，我想那应该不是“它”想要的世界。看完《狂人书简》，才明白葵心中“虹的国度”是爱的情感世界。葵为“感情”而愁，它急于想要履行爱的义务，急于挑起爱的担子，但似乎想而不得。
我突然想到席慕容的一首诗《一颗开花的树》：“如何让我遇见你 在我最美丽的时刻 为此 我已在佛前求了五百年 求佛让你我结一段尘缘佛于是把我化作一棵树守在你必经得路边 阳光下 慎重地开满了花 朵朵都是我生前的盼望 当你走近 请你细听 那颤抖的叶是我等待的热情 而当你终于无视地走过在你身后落了一地的 朋友啊那不是花瓣 是我凋零的心”
我想葵如果能体会“一棵开花的树”的用心于等待;它也许不会急于求而不得，也许它应该向树学习，也许它更应该顺其自然吧……
“你一会看我一会看云我觉得你看我时很远你看云时很近”顾城的这首诗，大概就代表葵最终无奈低头的痛心，葵等待又想前进，急于担起又怕失去爱的最佳诠释。
说到爱，我想起了很多：无私而细腻的母爱，伟大而深沉的父爱，纯洁而美丽的友爱，浩瀚而宽广的博爱……这些爱我都能懂得，但是否还有其他爱呢?
曾经看过这样一首诗《世界上最遥远的距离》：世界上最遥远的距离，不是生与死的距离，而是我就站在你面前，你却不知道我爱你……可能用我17岁的心情还无法体会到作者对爱情的无奈，就像我不明白葵最终低头的痛心一样，就像我不确定小草羞涩地转过头时，心中是否充满对跛脚诗人的爱意……也许等我到70岁的时候，才能真正感悟世间神圣的——爱。
高中生英语美文 篇5
我的乡愁，是牵着风筝的线。
离乡越远，思念越长。
我的乡愁，是心中珍藏的酒。
离乡越久，味道越醇厚。
我的乡愁，是隐藏在天宇的星斗。
夜深人静时，便一颗一颗闪亮起来……
我的乡愁，是一遍一遍的月圆；
我的乡愁，是一列一列的帆船；
我的乡愁，是隔不断的海水；
我的乡愁，是远方的岸。
故乡是磁石，故乡是胎盘，
我的乡愁，是孩子对乳汁的期盼，
是无以回报的忐忑，
是坚定不移的归心和眷恋！
高中生英语美文 篇6
Song of Tomorrow
by Wen Jia
Tomorrow comes and again comes tomorrow,
Tomorrows are like rivers that endlessly flow。
If all my things are put off till tomorrow,
My time wasted to no purpose will brew woe。
All mortals are tired for the sake of tomorrow,
The passage of time will make them old before they know。
In the morning they see water eastward running,
At dusky they see the sun in the west low hanging。
How many tomorrows are in your lifetime, do you know?
Please listen to me sing the Song of Tomorrow。
文嘉·《明日歌》
明日复明日，明日何其多。
我生待明日，万事成蹉跎。
世人若被明日累，春来秋去老将至。
朝看水东流，暮看日西坠。
百年明日能几何，请君听我明日歌。
高中生英语美文 篇7
A carpenter's story
木匠的故事
An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer-contractor of his plans to leave the house-building business to live a more leisurel life with his wife and enjoy his extended family. He would miss the paycheck each week ,but he wanted to retire. They could get by.
有个老木匠准备退休，他告诉老板，说要离开建造行业，回家与妻子儿女享受天伦之乐。虽然老板给他的工资很高，可是，他更想享受退休生活。生活总能维持下去。
The contractor was sorry to see his good worker go and asked if he could build just one more house as a personal favor. The carpenter said yes,but over time it was easy to see that his heart was not materials. It was an unfortunate way to end a dedicated career.
老板很不舍得他的好工人离开，问他是否能帮忙再建一座房子。老木匠答应了。但是大家后来都看得出来，他的'心已不在工作上，他使用的是次料，做工也很粗糙。这真是一种令人遗憾的结束自己全心全意所从事的事业的方式。
When the carpenter finished his work ,his employer came to inspect the house. Then he handed the front-door key to the carpenter and said,"This is your house. . . my gift to you. "
房子建好的时候，老板前来视察，然后把大门的钥匙递给他，说道：“这是你的房子……是我送给你的礼物。”
The carpenter was shocked!
老木匠惊呆了!
What a shame!If he had only known he was building his own house,he would have done it all so differently.
真是丢脸啊!如果他早知道是在给自己建房子，他一定不会这么应付了事的。
So it is with us . We build our lives, a day at a time,often putting less than our best into the building. Then, with a shock;we realize we have to live in the house we have built. If we could do it over,we would do it much differently.
我们又何尝不是这样。我们漫不经心地“建造”自己的生活，不是积极行动，而是消极应付，凡事不肯精益求精，在关键时刻不能尽最大努力。等我们惊觉自己的处境，早已深困在自己建造的“房子”里了。如果能够重新来过，我们一定不会这么做。
But, you cannot go back. You are the carpenter,and everyday you hammer a nail,place a board ,or erect a wall,Someone once said,"Life is a do-it-yourself project. "Your attitude and the choices you made today,help build the "house"you will live in tomorrow. Therefore,build wisely!
但是，你永远也无法回到过去。你就是那个木匠，在建造“生活”这所房子，每天敲进去一颗钉，加上去一块板，或者砌起一面墙。有人曾经说过：“生活就是一项DIY的工程”。你今天的态度与选择决定了你明天会住在什么样的“房子”里。因此，用你的智慧去建造你的"房子"吧!