英语阅读摘抄短文

对于大部分的中国学生来说,由于语言环境的缺乏,阅读是他们接触英语的主要途径。我整理了关于英语美文摘抄，欢迎阅读!

One day, the father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the express purpose of showing him how poor people live. They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family.

一天，一个豪门之家的父亲带着儿子去乡村游玩，他的首要目的是让儿子看看那里人们的生活是多么的贫穷。他们待了几天，晚上就住在农场上的一个赤贫之家。

On their return from their trip, the father asked his son, "How was the trip?"

在他们的返程途中，父亲问儿子;“旅程结束有什么感想?”

"It was great, Dad."

“感觉不错呢，爸爸。”

"Did you see how poor people live?" the father asked.

“你看到穷人们是怎么生活了吧?”父亲问道

"Oh yeah," said the son.

“当然”儿子答道

"So, tell me, what did you learn from the trip?" asked the father.

“那你说说，你从中学到了什么?”父亲说道。

The son answered: "I saw that we have one dog and they had four. We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and they have a creek that has no end. We have imported lanterns in our garden and they have the stars at night.

儿子回答： “我们家有一条狗，而他们有四条，我们的泳池的边界到花园的一半，他们的溪流没有尽头。我们花园里有进口的灯笼，他们晚上能看到满天的繁星。

Our patio reaches to the front yard and they have the whole horizon. We have a small piece of land to live on and they have fields that go beyond our sight. We have servants who serve us, but they serve others. We buy our food, but they grow theirs. We have walls around our property to protect us, they have friends to protect them."

我们的露台只到前院，地平线之前都是他们的地盘。我们只居住在一小块地方，他们的土地在目力所及之外。我们有佣人服务我们，而他们服务他人。我们的食物要买，他们的自己种。我们要靠墙来保护自己的财产，他们有自己的朋友。”

The boy's father was speechless. Then his son added, "Thanks Dad for showing me how poor we are."

父亲无言以对，随后儿子补充说：“谢谢爸爸让我体会到我们是多么的贫穷。”

Isn't perspective a wonderful thing? Makes you wonder what would happen if we all gave thanks for everything we have, instead of worrying about what we don't have.

所以看待事物的角度也是一个非常有意思的事情。这不禁让人想：如果每件事情我们都心存感恩，而不是觊觎更多，那收获是不是会有大不同?

Many of you fail to seek your purpose in life and you should. You dream and then follow it up with a list of all the reasons why the dream is unachievable. You fill your life with excuses and "I can't." Many great companies were conceived from a dream, nurtured in a garage or basement and grew to be traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Why not you? Why not your dream? The only true limits you experience in life are those you create or those you allow others to impose upon you. If you can dream it, you can do it!

你们许多人在一生中或许会有找不到人生目标的时候，这很正常。你追求自己的梦，跟着出现一大堆告诉你这梦不可能实现的理由。你开始为自己的人生找各种借口，告诉自己“我不行。” 很多大公司都是由一个梦演变而来，从车库或地下室里发展成为纽约交易所的上市公司。为什么不是你?为什么不是你的梦?你在人生路上所遇到的那些障碍都是你自己设置的，要么就是你让他人施加在你身上的。梦想还是要有的，万一实现了呢!

Dreaming is the easy part. Acting on the dream is harder. Recognize that a dream is a journey. On the simplest level, it takes commitment,time,desire, and courage. But rarely is something great easily realized. Dreaming is recognizing and embracing the potential for greatness and seeking it in all areas of your life. Believe in your dreams and your ability to accomplish them. Keep your dreams in front of you. I'm here to challange you to reach for your dream. Do not be afraid to dream. Never forget, if you can dream it, you can do it!

做梦很容易，为梦而行才难。要知道，一个梦就是一段旅程。最简单地说，这梦需要你做出承诺，付出时间，坚定渴望，以及拥有勇气。道理很简单，却很少有人懂。梦就是要你意识到并拥抱生活中所有可能的美好。相信你的梦，相信自己能实现它。让它带领你。不要忘记，梦想还是要有的，万一实现了呢!

I have a Rewards Card for Showcase Cinema that allows me to earn rewards points with each purchase that I make at the theatre and periodically provides me with a free popcorn, soda or movie ticket coupon. I had recently accumulated enough rewards points to obtain a coupon for a free popcorn.

我有一张Shwocase电影院的积分卡，每次消费都会积点，然后定期给我提供免费的爆米花，汽水，和电影优惠券，最近我的积分可以换免费的爆米花了。

Standing in the movie theatre ticket line on Saturday, I noticed just ahead of me, a father with his 2 small boys also waiting to buy their tickets for the Matinee Movie. Knowing that movies can be quite expensive for families nowadays, I tapped the Dad on the shoulder and asked, ‘I have a coupon for free popcorn and don’t plan to use it, would you like it for one of your boys?’ He said, ‘Yeah, sure. That’s great! Thanks!’ and took the coupon.

周六，我正在排队买电影票，注意到有一个父亲带着两个孩子就排在我的前面，准备看日场电影，如今在电影上的花销对于一个家庭来说也是有点小贵。于是我拍了下那位父亲的肩膀，问道：“我正好有一张爆米花的免费优惠券，我不打算用了，要不你给其中一个小朋友来一份吧。”父亲答道，“好的，太棒了，谢谢你!”说着手下了优惠券。

A few minutes later, after they had purchased their tickets, one of his small sons who appeared to be about 9 or 10 years old, walked up to me and silently held out a shiny penny to show me. I took it and said, ‘Wow that’s cool! It’s really shiny!’ He quietly replied, ‘It’s a 2011’. As I handed it back to him. He pushed the penny towards me once again and quietly said, ‘You can keep it’. Showing my gratitude, I replied, ‘Wow that’s awesome, thank you very much” and asked, ‘Where did you get it!’ and he said quite softly, ‘I found it in my Dad’s car’. I said, ‘Oh that’s cool, thanks! He smiled, quietly turned and walked back to his Dad who returned my smile with a knowing smile of his own. It’s the small special moments like that that can make an ordinary day, special.

几分钟以后，他们都买好了票，其中的一个小男孩，看起来大概9到10岁的样子，向我走来，然后默默地拿出一美分给我看。我拿过来看着说道：“这个好酷，而且它看起来很闪。”“它是2011年生产的”小男孩答道，接着我就把硬币还给了他。他又把硬币递过来说：“你可以收下它”。为了表示我的感激我说道：“这枚硬币太棒了，非常感谢!你是从哪里找到的?”“是从我爸爸的车里”他轻声说道。“很不错呢，谢谢”他笑了，然后转身朝着他爸爸走去，只见他爸爸也报以微笑，好似他知道事情的始末。这个美好特别的一刻，让平凡无奇的一天变得有意义。