情感短文英语阅读

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适合初学者的英语阅读短文

【2】Companionship of Books以书为伴

A man may usually be known by the books he reads as well as by the company he keeps; for there is a companionship of books as well as of men; and one should always live in the best company, whether it be of books or of men.

A good book may be among the best of friends. It is the same today that it always was, and it will never chance. It is the most patient and cheerful of companions. It does not turn its back upon us in times of adversity or distress. It always receives us with the same kindness, amusing and instructing us in youth, and comforting and consoling us in age.

Men often discover their affinity to each other by the mutual love they have for a book just as two persons sometimes discover a friend by the admiration which both entertain for a third.There is an old proverb, "Love me, love my dog." But there is more wisdom in this: "Love me, love my book." The book is a truer and higher bond of union. Men can think, feel, and sympathize with each other through their favorite author. They live in him together, and he in them.

"Books," said Hazlitt, "wind into the heart; the poet's verse slides in the current of our blood. We read them when young, we remember them when old. We feel that it has happened to ourselves. They are to be very cheap and good. We breathe but the air of books."

A good book is often the best urn of a life enshrining the best that life could think out; for the world of a man's life is, for the most part, but the world of his thoughts. Thus the best books are treasuries of good words, the golden thoughts, which, remembered and cherished, become our constant companions and comforters. "They are never alone," said Sir Philip Sidney, "that are accompanied by noble thoughts." The good and true thought may in times of temptation be as an angel of mercy purifying and guarding the soul. It also enshrines the germs of action, for good words almost always inspire to good works.

Books possess an essence of immortality. They are by far the most lasting products of human effort. Temples and statues decay, but books survive. Time is of no account with great thoughts, which are as fresh today as when they first passed through their author's minds, ages ago. What was then said and thought still speaks to us as vividly as ever from the printed page. The only effect of time has been to sift out the bad products; for nothing in literature can long survive but what is really good.

Books introduce us into the best society; they bring us into the presence of the greatest minds that have ever lived. We hear what they said and did; we see them as if they were really alive; we sympathize with them, enjoy with them, grieve with them; their experience becomes ours, and we feel as if we were in a measure actors with them in the scenes which they describe.

The great and good do not die, even in this world. Embalmed in books, their spirits walk abroad. The book is a living voice. It is an intellect to which one still listens. Hence we ever remain under the influence of the great men of old. The imperial intellects of the world are as much alive now as they were ages ago.

了解一个人，通常可以看他读什么书，结交什么人.因为有人以人为伴，有人以书为伴。无论是书友还是朋友，生活中我们都应该和最佳最善者常相伴。

好书可以是你最好的朋友。它始终不渝，过去如此，现在如此，将来也永不改变。它是最有耐心、最令人愉悦的伴侣。在我们遭受不幸，忧伤悲痛的时候，它不会抛弃我们。它总是一如既往地亲切相待。我们年少时，好书给我们带来欢笑和知识;我们年老时，好书又给我们以亲抚和慰藉。

喜欢同一本书的人，常常发现彼此间习性也相近，就像有一时两个人因为敬慕同一个人而成为朋友一样。古时有句谚语：“爱屋及鸟。”其实，“爱我及书”这句活蕴涵更多的哲理。书是更为真诚而高尚的情谊纽带。人们可以通过共同喜爱的作家沟通思想，交流感情，产生共鸣。他们和作家情感相通，作家和他们思想相融。

哈兹利特曾经说过：“书潜移转化人们的内心，诗歌熏陶人们的气质品性。少小所习，老大不忘，恍如身历其事。书籍价廉物美，不啻我们呼吸的空气。”

好书常如最精美的宝器，珍藏着人生思想的精华，因为人生命的境界主要在于其思想的境界。因此，最好的书是金玉良言，是崇高思想的宝库，这些良言和思想若铭记于心并多加珍视，就会成为我们忠实的伴侣和永恒的慰藉。菲利普·锡德尼爵士说得好:“有高尚思想做伴的人永不孤独。”当我们面临诱惑的时候，优美纯真的思想会像仁慈的天使一样，纯洁并保卫我们的灵魂。优美纯真的思想也孕育着行动的胚芽，因为金玉良言几乎总会启发善行。

书籍具有不朽的本质，是人类努力创造的最为持久的成果。寺庙会倒塌，神像会朽烂，而书却经久长存。对于伟大思想来说，时间是无关紧要的。多年前初次闪现于作者脑海的伟大思想今天依然清新如故。他们昨日的言论和思想刊载于纸张之上，如今依然生动如初，向我们娓娓道来。时间唯一的作用是淘汰不好的作品，因为只有真正的佳作才能经世长存。

书籍介绍我们与最优秀的人为伍，使我们置身于历代伟人巨匠之间，如闻其声，如观其行，如见其人，同他们情感交融，悲喜与共.感同身受。一定程度上，我们觉得自己仿佛在作者所描绘的舞台上和他们一起粉墨登场。

即使在人世间，伟大杰出的人物也永生不朽。他们的精神被载人书册，传于四海。书是有生命力的声音，是人类至今仍在聆听的智慧之声。所以，我们永远都受历代伟人的影响。多少世纪以前的盖世英才，如今仍同当年一样，显示着强大的生命力。

课堂笔记：

1.此处的“as well as”相当于连词"and"、连接两个介词短语。

2.虚拟语气在由“whether”引导的让步状语从句中，从句谓语用动词原形，表示“不论是……还是……”同时，"whether"一词可以省去，而将“be”动词放在主语前.此从句可以变为“be it of books or of men”.

3."the same as"和"the same that"都指“和…相同”的含义，但前者强调的是类型的相同，而后者强调的是事物本身的相同。此处指的是好书本身，故而用的是"the same that".

4.句中的两个介词“by"均表示方式，表“通过”之意。省略"that”的定语从句从句"they have for a book”用于修饰“love"。连词“as”表示“正如……一样”，后接从句，用于比较。关系代词“which”引导的定语从句“which both entertain for a third”用于修饰“admiration"。

5."Love me, love my dog.”常被译为“爱屋及乌”英语中有关“dog”的谚语很多，比如:a lucky dog(幸运儿);Every dog has his day.(人人皆有得意日。);It rains cats and dogs.(下倾盆大雨。);a cat-and-dog life(争争吵吵的日子)等等。

6.威廉·哈兹利特(William Hazlitt,1778-1830)，英国散文家、评论家、画家.

7.这是由关系代词which引导的非限制性定语从句，修饰先行词treasuries，从句中的过去分词结构“remembered and cherished(铭记于心并多加珍视)”用作状语，表示条件.

8.菲利普·锡德尼爵士(Sir Philip Sidney, 1554- 1586 )，英国文艺复兴时期的著名的散文家、政治家，有很高的艺术修养.科学知识丰富.

9.此处的but为介词，表示“除……以外”的含义，what引导的从句作but的宾语。

英语作为一种重要的对外交流工具在我们现实生活和工作中占有很重要的地位,而 英语阅读 又在 英语学习 中起着至关重要的作用。下面是我带来的英语短篇美文带翻译，欢迎阅读!英语短篇美文带翻译篇一 窗外的那些树The Trees Outside My Window From the window of my room, I could see a tall cotton rose hibiscus1. In spring, when the leaves duanwenw.com were half hidden by mist, the tree looked very enchanting, dotted with red blossoms. An inspiring neighbor of mine often set my mind working. I gradually began to regard it as my best friend. 站在房间,透过窗子,我可以看到一棵高高的木棉树。春天里,薄雾缭绕,树叶半掩着面孔,红花点点,显得格外的迷人。它牵动我的灵感,撩拨我的文思,久而久之,我竟视这位隔窗而立的"邻居"为知已了。 One day, when I opened the window in the morning, to my amazement, the tree was almost bare beyond recognition as a result of the storm the night before. I felt a terrible sadness when I thought about the saying, "All blossoms are doomed2 to fall." 可是,一天早上,我推开窗子,吃惊地发现昨夜的一场肆虐的暴风雨已将它剥蚀得面目全非。英语短文立时,一种"繁花落尽"的悲凉掠过了我的心头! The course of life never runs smoothly. There are many ups and downs, and twists and turns. Isn’t it similar to the tree shedding3 its flowers in the wind? This event faded from my memory as time went by. One day after I came home from the countryside, I found the room to be stuffy4 and casually opened the window. Something outside caught my duanwenw.com eye and surprised me. It was a plum5 tree filled with scarlet blossoms standing in front of a beautiful sunset. The surprising discovery overwhelmed me. I realized that there was unyielding life sprouting6 over the fallen petals7 all around me. 生命的旅程决非一帆风顺,其间起起落落,颠簸无常,这难道不就像风中摇曳飘坠的花朵吗? 这件事过了些时日,也就渐渐地淡出了我的记忆。一天,我从乡下返回,觉得房间空气混浊,就随手打开窗子。窗外的情景映入眼帘,让我觉得不可思议。一棵开满了红色花朵的李树,亭亭玉立于灿烂的晚霞中。这令人惊奇的发现竟让我不知所措。我明白,花朵虽然飘落,但是会有顽强的生命在迸发。 When the last withered petal dropped, all the joyful admiration for the hibiscus was forgotten, duanwenw.com until the landscape was again bright with red plum blossoms to remind people of life’s alternation and continuance. Can’t it be said that life is actually a symphony, a harmonious composition of loss and gain. 当最后一片枯萎的花瓣飘落时,对于木棉树的欣赏所带来的那份快乐湮灭,似乎消失得无影无踪!直到李树再次开满红色鲜艳的花朵,这样的景致勾忆起生命中的坎坎坷坷。难道不能说,生命就似一首交响乐,演绎着得而复失,失而复得的和谐音符吗? Standing by the window lost in thought for a long time, I realized that no scene in the world remains unchanged. As long as you keep your heart basking8 in the sun, every dawn will present a new prospect for you, and the world will always be about new hopes. 倚在窗头,沉思良久,我开悟了,大抵世界上的情形没有不变的。只要你将心沐浴在阳光下,每一次黎明都会带给你新的曙光,世界也总会有新的希望。 英语短篇美文带翻译篇二 松树Pines The pine trees, placed nearly always among scenes that are disordered and desolate1, bring into them all possible elements of order. 松树几乎总是生长在凌乱、荒凉之地,但它却把周围的景色点缀得井井有条。 Lowland trees may lean to this side and that, though it is but a meadow breeze2 that bends them or a bank of cowslips3 from which their trunks lean. 低地处的树木会东倒西歪,虽然让它们东倒西歪的不过是草地上吹过的一阵阵微风;英语短文或者,它们的躯干倾斜到一边,不过是由于一排黄花九轮草的影响。 But let storms do their worst, and let the pine find only a steep side of a high cliff to cling to, it will still grow straight. 可是,尽管风暴恣意摧残,尽管松树所能依附的只是陡壁上一块凸出的岩石,它依然长得笔挺。 Thrustarod from its shoot down the stem, and it will point to the center of the earth as long as the tree lives. 从它初发的嫩枝旁沿茎插一根笔直的杆子;只要这树活着,杆子将一直指向地心。 Lower branches may even reach to different places to find what they need, though duanwenw.com doing so will make them take all kinds of irregular shapes and extensions. 低地处的树,可能为了获得它们需要的东西,四处伸展枝桠,形成各种不规则的形状,任意扩张。 But the pine is trained to need nothing and endure6 everything. 然而松树却饱经锻炼,什么也不需要,什么都能忍受。 It is resolvedly whole, self-contained, desiring nothing but rightness, and is content with restricted8 completion. 它坚定完整,独立成长;除了长得挺拔正直,别无所求;英语短文虽受限制而依然完美,它便感到满足。 Tall or short, it will be straight. 不管是高是矮,它总是长得笔直。 英语短篇美文带翻译篇三 抑郁是什么?What Is Depression? The dictionary describes depression as the state of feeling very sad, anxious and hopeless. duanwenw.com The question here is why one gets depressed. Is it the inability to deal with the situation or the high stress levels that come with success or failure? 词典说,抑郁是一种忧伤、焦虑和绝望的情感状态。可是人为什么会感到抑郁呢?它是面对突发事件时表现出的无能为力,还是伴随成功或失败而来的强大压力呢? Life is full of twists and turns. Some are pleasant and some are not so pleasant, and sometimes even terrible. No one has a lack of problems in his or her life. Everyone has a personal set of problems. 人生总是曲折多变的。一些变化令人开怀,一些却让人沮丧,有时甚至糟糕透顶。没有谁能躲过难题,每个人的遭遇都不尽相同。、 Even the people who constantly have a smile on their faces have problems. The only difference is that they know how to deal with the problems and smile about the fact that they can overcome them. 即使常常笑容满面的人也难免遭遇生活的难题。唯一的区别是他们懂得如何去应对,他们对事情胸有成竹,才得以笑口常开。 Seasonal changes are the main reason for depression in nature. Change is unavoidable. duanwenw.com It may happen in nature or in life, but the way the change makes us feel is subjective. They differ from person to person, along with the ways we deal with them. 季节变化是造成抑郁感的主要自然原因。变化不可避免,自然界会发生变化,生活也一样,英语短文但是人对这些变化的感受却是主观的。对变化的感受因人而异,处理方式也各不相同。 Feeling depression is a normal phenomenon, but letting it overtake3 us completely is not the best thing. There are no specific rules or concepts to deal with it. Whatever way a person feels is the best way to deal with it should be adopted, but be sure it will not hurt another person. 感到抑郁很正常,但是如果被这种感觉控制就非常糟糕了。现在,还没有什么具体的规范和理念来消除抑郁情绪。一个人无论采用什么样的 方法 ,只要他/她觉得是合适的,我们都可以接受。当然,这种方法不能伤及他人。

大多数在办公室工作的人都有一个老板。我也是。但是我的老板有些不寻常。他哪里不寻常呢？有条大狗。很多人都养狗，但是很少有人每天都把狗带到办公室。我的老板的狗，罗宾逊，是条棕色的大狗。我的老板每天都带它来工作。他带着狗去开会，他带着狗吃午餐。每次有电话找老板，我都会知道他是否在他房间。我只要看他的桌子的下面。如果我看到有些棕色的毛发在桌子下面，我就知道我老板在他屋子里的某个地方。如果那没有狗，我就知道我老板出去了。