精美英语文章6篇

1. Struggle on

My brothers and sisters.I want you to know that the struggle that we will face

through the remaining period of the eighties and on through the twenty-first century will not be an easy one. It is fraught with pitfalls and plagued with setbacks, but we as a people have developed a resiliency

which has made it possible for us to survive slavery and vicious discrimination.

We must never tire or become frustrated by difficulties.

We must transform stumbling blocks into stepping stones and march on with the determination

that we will make America a better nation…

Struggle on: we want more schoolhouses and less jail houses,

Struggle on: We want more books and less weapons,

Struggle on: We want more learning and less vice,

Struggle on: We want more employment and less crime in our communities

Struggle on: We want more justice and less vengeance,

Struggle on: We want more of our children to graduate from high school able to read and write,

not more on unemployment lines.

Struggle on: We want more statesmen and less politicians.

Struggle on: We want more workers in our ranks and less cynics,

Struggle on: We want more hope and less dope,

Struggle on: We want more faith and less despair…

坚持斗争

兄弟姐妹们，我希望你们明白，我们在八十年代剩余的时间里乃至整个二十一世纪所要面临的都将不是一场轻松的斗争，这其中充满了危险和曲折。但是我们民族从奴隶制和万恶歧视下幸存至今，有着顽强的生命力。 我们要永远不知疲惫，在困难面前不灰心丧气。

我们要把绊脚石变成脚踏板，带着把美国变得更美好的决心前进

坚持斗争，我们要多一些校舍，少一些监狱

坚持斗争，我们要多一些书籍，少一些武器

坚持斗争，我们要多一些知识，少一些罪恶

坚持斗争，我们要多一些工作，社区里少一些犯罪

坚持斗争，我们要多一些正义，少一些报复

坚持斗争，我们要多的孩子中学毕业就能读书写字，而不是更多的人加入失业大军

坚持斗争，我们要多一些国务活动家，少一些政客

坚持斗争，我们要多一些辛勤劳动者，少一些玩世不恭的人

坚持斗争，我们要多一些希望，少一些麻木

坚持斗争，我们要多一些信心，少一些绝望

2. Why are You Laughing?

Thus laughter gradually became established as a capacity among virtually all human beings.

In addition, laughter’s infectious quality helped distribute it as a characteristic common to all

mankind. Laughter was advantageous; therefore it survived.Everyone likes a good laughter;

he brings good cheer with him wherever he goes,the very thought of him makes life more bearable.

Even today our most highly paid entertainers are not tragedians but comedians.

Laughter is infectious, and most of us go out of our way to acquire the infection.

We cannot think that it was otherwise in the earlier days of man’s evolution,

and if that was indeed so, then it would follow that the capacity to laugh would tend to become increasingly distributed as a trait common to all men.

In society, laughter became a characteristic that served to “humanized” men,

because it is essentially a social phenomenon,

largely controlled by the civilization in which it takes place.

The times change, and the situations about which laughter is acceptable change correspondingly.

A few hundred years ago it was socially acceptable to laugh at the infirmities of others;

today it is unacceptable.

In the western world it is not customary to smile at the reprimands of others,as it is in Japan. Personalities should smile or laugh in their photographs,

but college professors should look serious.

Each of these examples underscores laughter’s social function.

这样，笑就逐渐成为全人类的一种能力。

此外，笑的感染力有助于把笑作为全人类共有的一种特性进行传播。

笑是有益的，所以笑就流传了下来。

大家都喜欢善于笑的人，无论他到何处，都带着令人愉快的欢笑，

一想起他就会使生活变得比较可以忍受的了。

就是在今天，享有高薪的娱乐者仍是喜剧演员。

笑具有感染力，我们中的大多数人都乐于接受这种感染。

我们认为，在人类进化早期，情况不会与此相反。果真如此的话，那么就会得出这样的结论：

笑这种能力会倾向于不断的传播，从而成为全人类共有的一种特性。

在社会中，笑成为一种特性，它可使人“具有人性”，因为笑实质上是一种社会现象，在很大程度上是受到它所产生的那个文明的制约。

时代在前进，作为能使笑成为可接受的周围的情景也在相应的改变。

曾在几百年前，嘲笑别人的缺陷，还是受到社会接受的。而今天则不能接受了。

在西方社会，人们不习惯于当别人责骂时，还去微笑，但在日本却可以。

电影明星应在照片中微笑或大笑，而大学教授则应表现的严肃些。

这些例子都强调了笑的社会作用。

3.Let Your Mind Wonder

Until recently daydreaming was generally considered either a waste of time or a symptom of neurotic tendencies, and habitual daydreaming was regarded as evidence of maladjustment or an escape from

life’s realities and responsibilities.

It was believed that habitual daydreaming would eventually distance people from society and reduce their effectiveness in coping with real problems.

At its best, daydreaming was considered a compensatory substitute for the real things in life.

As with anything carried to excess, daydreaming can be harmful.

There are always those who would substitute fantasy lives for the rewards of real activity.

But such extremes are relatively rare,

and there is a growing body of evidence to support the fact that most people suffer from a lack of

daydreaming rather than an excess of it.

We are now beginning to learn how valuable it really is and that when individuals are completely prevented from daydreaming, their emotional balance can be disturbed.

Not only are they less able to deal with the pressures of day-to-day existence,

but also their self-control and self-direction become endangered.

Recent research indicates that daydreaming is part of daily life and

that a certain amount each day is essential for maintaining equilibrium.

Daydreaming, science has discovered, is an effective relaxation technique.

But its beneficial effects go beyond this. Experiments show that daydreaming

significantly contributes to intellectual growth, powers of concentration, and the ability to

interact and communicate with others.

直到最近白日做梦通常被认为不是浪费时间就是要患精神病的征兆。

习惯性白日做梦被看做精神失调的证据或是对现实生活和责任的逃避。

人们相信，习惯性白日做梦会使人远离社会，降低其处理现实问题的效率。

最好的情况来讲，白日做梦被认为是代替生活现实的补偿品。

任何事情做得过分都可能有害，白日做梦也是一样。

总有那么一些人，他们用想入非非的生活来代替实际活动得到的好处。

但是这一类极端的情况极为罕见，愈来愈多的资料都能证明这样一种看法：

大多数人的白日梦做的太少了，而不是太多了。

现在我们才开始了解到它确实是多么有价值。当一个人被禁止做白日梦时，他们的感情平衡就可以被搅乱。不仅使他们更难以对付日常的生活压力，而且他们的自我控制和自我定向变得岌岌可危。

最近的研究表明，白日做梦是日常生活的一部分，每天做一定数量的白日梦多保持平衡是必不可少的。 科学已经发现白日梦是一种有效的消遣技巧。但它的有利影响不只这一点，

实验表明，白日梦特别有助于智力的发展，有助于全神贯注的能力和与人交往、交流的能力。

4.Pens

Small as it is, the pen has changed the course of history, shaped the destiny of nations,

facilitated the commerce of peoples, imprisoned the elusive thoughts of man, recorded events,

carried news, and done more work for mankind than all other tools or weapons.

Progress without it would have been almost impossible. The invention of the wheel and screw,

the introduction of steam-power, the use of electricity, all these have changed the lives of millions;

but the pen has done more.

It has removed mountains. It has prepared the way for all advancement.

Whatever plans have been drawn up, whatever laws formulated, have come from the pen.

笔

笔虽很小，却已经改变了历史的进程，决定了民族的兴衰，

推进了民间的贸易, 钳制了难以捉摸的不良思想，记录事件，

传播消息，为人类做了比任何其他工具或武器更多的工作。

没有它，进步几乎是不可能的。车轮和螺丝的发明，

蒸汽机的问世，电力的使用，所有这些都曾改变了亿万人的生活；

然而，笔却做得更多。

他创造了奇迹。他为所有的前进铺平了道路。

任何计划的拟订，任何法律的制定，无一不出自于笔。

5. The embarassment of our age

We have bigger houses and smaller families; more conveniences, but less time;

we have more degrees，but less common sense;

more knowledge，but less judgment; more experts, but more problems;

more medicine, but less wellness.

We spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get to angry too quickly, stay up too

late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too often, and pray too seldom.

We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values.

We talk too much, love too little and lie too often.

We’ve learned how to make a living, but not a life;

we’ve added years to life. not life to years.

We have taller buildings, but shorter tempers; wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints.

We spend more, but have less; we buy more, but enjoy it less.

We’ve been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet the new

neighbor.

We’ve conquered outer space, but not inner space.

We’ve split the atom，but not our prejudice;

We write more, but learn less; plan more, but accomplish less.

We’ve learned to rush, but not to wait; we have higher incomes, but lower morals.

We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies, but have less communication. We are long on quantity, but short on quality.

These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion; tall men and short character; steep profits

and shallow relationships. More leisure and less fun; more kinds of food, but less nutrition;

two incomes, but more divorce; fancier houses, but broken homes.

我们时代的尴尬

我们居住的房屋越来越宽敞，家庭却越来越小型化；

可以享受的生活便利日益增多，属于自己的时间却日趋减少；

我们获得了一张又一张学位证书，却愈加频繁地陷入对常识的茫然中；

我们广泛地涉猎各类知识，却越来越缺乏对于外界事物的准确把握和判断；

专家越来越多，问题却也日渐增加；药物越吃越多，健康却每况愈下。

我们花钱太疯，笑容太少，开车太快，发怒太急，熬夜太晚，

起身太累，文章读得太少，电视看得太多，祷告做得太少。

我们不断聚敛物质财富，却逐渐丢失了自我价值。我们的话语太多，真爱太少，谎言泛滥。我们掌握了谋生手段，却不懂得生活真谛；我们让年华付诸流水，却不曾将生命倾注其中。

我们的住房越来越好，脾气却越来越糟；我们行驶的道路越来越宽阔，眼光却越来越狭隘。我们付出很多，可获得的很少；我们购买了很多，可从中得到的乐趣却很少。

我们能够往返于地球与月球之间,却不乐于穿过马路向新邻居问好。

我们可以征服外部空间，却慑于走进内心世界。我们可以击碎原子，却不能突破思想偏见；我们写得很多，可学到的很少；计划很多，可完成的很少。

我们学会了追赶时间，却没学会耐心等待；我们拥有的财富越来越多，道德品质却日益沦丧。我们生产更多的电脑用于存储更多的信息和制造更多的拷贝，而相互的交流沟通却越来越少。

我们拥有的是数量，缺乏的是质量。

这是一个快餐食品和消化迟缓相伴的时代；

一个体格高大和性格病态并存的时代；

一个追名逐利和人情冷漠相生的时代。

我们的休闲多了。乐趣却少了；食品种类多了，营养却少了；

双薪家庭增加了，离婚率也激升了；居室的装修华丽了，家庭却残缺破碎了。

6.How To Grow Old

Bertrand Russell

An individual human existence should be like a river

small at first, narrowly contained within its banks, and rushing passionately past boulders and over waterfalls. Gradually the river grows wider, the banks recede,the waters flow more quietly,

and in the end, without any visible break, they become merged in the sea, and painlessly lose their individual being. The man who, in old age, can see his life in this way,

will not suffer from the fear of death, since the things he cares for will continue.

And if, with the decay of vitality, weariness increases, the thought of rest will be not unwelcome.

I should wish to die while still at work, knowing that others will carry on what I can no longer do,

and content in the thought that what was possible has been done.

老之将至

一个人的一生好比一条河，

开始是涓涓细流，限制在狭窄的两岸之间，然后激烈地冲过巨石，冲下瀑布。

渐渐地，河宽了，两岸退去，河水舒缓，最后与大海毫无痕迹地融为一体，毫无痛苦地失去了个体的存在。一个人在其暮年时能这样看待自己的一生就不会因怕死而苦恼，因为他所关心的事情将继续下去。 而且如果随着精力衰退，疲倦之感日渐增加，长眠的念头便未尝不是一件好事。

我宁愿在工作中死去，知道别人在继续我不能再做的事情，想到自己尽了力，也就无限的安慰了。

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