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　　課外英語美文篇一

　　十月日出

　　I was up the next morning before the October sunrise, and away through the wild and the woodland. The rising of the sun was noble in the cold and warmth of it peeping down the spread of light, he raised his shoulder heavily over the edge of grey mountain and wavering length of upland. Beneath his gaze the dew-fogs dipped, and crept to crept to the hollow places; then stole away in line and column, holding skirts, and clinging subtly at the sheltering corners where rock hung over grassland, while the brave lines of the hills came forth, one beyond other gliding.

　　第二天凌晨，在十月的太陽升起之前，我已經(jīng)起身并穿過了曠野和叢林。十月的清晨乍寒還暖，日出的景象非常壯觀。透過一片晨曦，朝日從朦朧的山岡和起伏連綿的高地過際，沉重地抬起肩頭。在它的逼視下，蒙蒙的霧氣向下沉降，落到洼地里去，接著一絲絲一縷縷地悄悄飄散，而在草地之上懸?guī)r之下的那些隱秘角落里，霧氣卻還不愿散去，同時群山的雄姿接二連三地顯現(xiàn)出來。

　　The woods arose in folds, like drapery of awakened mountains, stately with a depth of awe, and memory of the tempests. Autumn’s mellow hand was upon them, as they owned already, touched with gold and red and olive, and their joy towards the sun was less to a bridegroom than a father.

　　森林也層層疊疊地顯現(xiàn)，宛若剛剛蘇醒的山巒的斗篷，端莊威嚴，并帶著狂風暴雨的回憶。秋天成熟的手已經(jīng)在撫摸這些山林，因為它們的顏色已經(jīng)改變，染上了金黃，丹紅和橄欖綠。它們對朝日所懷的一片喜悅，像是要奉獻給一個新郎，更像是要奉獻給一位父親。

　　Yet before the floating impress of the woods could clear it self, suddenly the gladsome light leaped over hill and valley, casting amber, blue, and purple, and a tint of rich red rose; according to the scene they lit on, and the curtain flung around; yet all alike dispelling fear and the cloven hoof of darkness, all on the wings of hope advancing, and proclaiming, “God is here!” then life and joy sprang reassured from every crouching hollow; every flower, and bud and bird had a fluttering sense of them; and all the flashing of God’s gaze merged into soft beneficence.

　　然而，在樹林那流動的景色逝去之前，歡悅的晨光突然躍出了峰巒和山谷，光線所及，把照到的地方和周圍的森林分別染成青色，紫色，琥珀色和富麗的紅玫瑰色。光線照到哪里，那里就如同一幅幕布被掀開。而所有的一切都同樣在驅(qū)散恐懼和黑暗的魔影;所有的一切都展開希望的翅膀，向前習翔，并大聲宣告：“上帝在這里!”于是生命和歡樂從每一個蜷伏的洞穴里信心十足地欣然躍出;一切花朵，蓓蕾和鳥雀都感到了生命和歡樂而抖動起來;上帝的凝視匯合成溫柔的恩澤。

　　So, perhaps, shall break upon us that eternal morning, when crag and chasm shall be no more, neither hill and valley, nor great unvintaged ocean; but all things shall arise, and shine in the light of the Father’s countenance, because itself is risen.

　　也許，那永恒的晨光就會這樣降臨人間，那時不再有險崖溝壑，不再有峰巒山谷，也不再有浩瀚無際的海洋;萬物都將踴躍升騰，在造物主慈愛的光芒中生輝，因為太陽已經(jīng)升起。

　　課外英語美文篇二

　　請記住,你是與眾不同的

　　Twenty Dollars

　　二十美元

　　A well-known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a bill. In the room of 200, heasked, "Who would like this bill?"

　　一位有名的演講家手里拿著一張20美元的紙幣，開始了討論會。在200人的屋子里，他問道：“誰想要這20美元紙幣?”

　　Hands started going up. He said, "I am going to give this to one of you, but first, let me dothis."

　　開始有人舉手。他說：“我會把這20美元紙幣給你們中間的一位，但是，先看看我這么做。”

　　He proceeded to crumple the 20 dollar note up. He then asked, "Who still wants it?" Still thehands were up in the air.

　　他開始把這張紙幣揉皺，然后他問道：“還有人想要它嗎?”仍然有很多手舉在空中。

　　"Well," he replied, "what if I do this?" He dropped it on the ground and started to grind it intothe floor with his shoe. He picked it up, now crumpled and dirty.

　　“好，”他說道，“如果我這樣做會怎么樣呢?”他把紙幣扔到地上，開始用皮鞋使勁踩踏。

　　"Now, who still wants it?"

　　然后他揀起又臟又皺的紙幣，“現(xiàn)在，還有人要它嗎?”

　　Still the hands went into the air.

　　空中仍舉著很多手。

　　"My friends, you have all learned a very valuable lesson. No matter what I did to the money,you still wanted it because it did not decrease in value. It was still worth ."

　　“朋友們，剛剛你們已經(jīng)得出一個非常寶貴的經(jīng)驗。不管我怎么糟蹋這張紙幣，你們?nèi)匀幌胍?，因為它的價值沒有降低。它仍然是20美元。”

　　"Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and ground into the dirt by the decisionswe make and the circumstances that come our way. We feel as though we are worthless; butno matter what happened or what will happen, you will never lose your value."

　　“在生活中，很多次我們被自己制定的決策和身邊的環(huán)境所拋棄、蹂躪，甚至碾入塵土。我們感到自己一無是處。但是不管發(fā)生了什么，或者將要發(fā)生什么，你們都永遠不會失去自己的價值。”

　　"Dirty or clean, crumpled or finely creased, you are still priceless to those who love you. Theworth of our lives comes, not in what we do or who we know, but by WHO WE ARE."

　　“無論你骯臟或者干凈，皺巴巴的或者被折磨，對周圍愛你的人來說你仍然是無可替代的。我們生活的價值不在于我們做了什么，或者我們認識誰，生活的價值在于我們是誰。”

　　"You are special — don’t ever forget it."

　　“你是與眾不同的，永遠不要忘記這一點!”

　　課外英語美文篇三

　　夢想起飛 別一飛沖天

　　Larry Walters’ boyhood dream was not an unusual one: He wanted to fly. What was unusual,though, was the way he fulfilled it. After finishing school, Larry joined the U.S. Air Force, butwas rejected from pilot-training school because of poor eyesight. However, his dreamremained.

　　拉里·沃爾特少年時期的夢想并不很平常：他想飛。然而不尋常的是他實現(xiàn)的方式。從學校畢業(yè)后，拉里就加入美國空軍，但由于視力不佳而被飛行訓練學校拒之門外。盡管如此，他的夢想依然沒變。

　　Larry, aged 33, was not a pilot, but a truck driver in Los Angeles. One day, while sitting outsidein his lawn chair, Larry had his eureka moment. As he watched jets fly overhead, an idea cameto him to use weather balloons to fly.

　　33歲的拉里不是一名飛行員，而是洛杉磯的一名卡車司機。一天，當拉里坐在屋外的折椅上時，突然靈機一動。他看到噴氣機從頭頂飛過，就想到可以用氣象探測氣球來飛行。

　　A few weeks later, Larry bought 42 one-meter diameter weather balloons. He tied them to alawn chair and filled them with helium. Then he sat down in the chair with some beer,sandwiches, and a BB gun. Larry’s plan was to float about 10 meters above his backyard, enjoya few hours in the air, and then pop some balloons with his gun to get back down. But thingsdid not go according to Larry’s plan.

　　幾個星期后，拉里買了42個直徑為1米的氣象探測氣球。他將氣球綁在折椅上并注入氦氣。接著他坐上椅子，帶了一些啤酒，三明治和一支BB槍。拉里計劃在他家后院飄起10米高左右，好好在空中享受幾小時，然后用槍擊破一些氣球以回到地面。但是事情并沒有按照拉里的計劃進展。

　　When his friends cut the anchor lines, Larry, lifted by the 42 balloons, shot skyward at anastonishing speed. He finally settled at an altitude of 4,000 meters. Afraid to popany of theballoons, in case he should upset the balance of his “craft,” Larry sat, cold and frightened, inthe sky with his beer and sandwiches for 14 hours.

　　朋友們一切斷錨線，拉里就被42個氣球拉起，并以驚人的速度射向天際。最后他停在海拔4000米的高度上。擔心擊破一些氣球會導致他的“飛行器”失去平衡，拉里又冷又怕，與他的啤酒和三明治在空中坐了14個小時。

　　Airline pilots heading toward Los Angeles’ busy international airport radioed in reports of thestrange sight. Larry’s presence in the skies caused numerous planes to be rerouted.Eventually, Larry worked up the nerve to shoot a few balloons and slowly descended, landing inpower lines. Uninjured, he climbed down to safety and was arrested by waiting police.

　　飛往繁忙洛杉磯國際機場的民航飛行員，用無線電報告了這一奇怪的景象。拉里停留在空中迫使許多飛機改變航線。最終拉里鼓起勇氣擊破了幾個氣球慢慢地下降，停在電線上。拉里沒有受傷，爬了下來，獲得了安全，隨即被等候的警方逮捕了。

　　When asked by a reporter why he had done it, Larry responded, "a man just can't sit around."Larry fulfilled his dream, and set a record for a gas-filled balloon flight. But it cost him: He waslater fined US class="main">