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在散文的短小篇幅中,虽然没有像小说一样复杂的故事情节和细致的人物刻画,也没有像戏剧一样大起大落的矛盾冲突。
下面是小编带来的优秀经典英语文章阅读,欢迎阅读!
优秀经典英语文章阅读篇一 RealLifePhilosophy
Youdontactuallyhavetotakethequiz.Justreadthisstraightthrough,andyoullgetthepoint(anawesomeone)itistryingtomake!
Takethisquiz:
1.Namethefivewealthiestpeopleintheworld.2.NamethelastfiveHeismantrophywinners.3.NamethelastfivewinnersoftheMissAmericacontest.4.NametenpeoplewhohavewontheNobelorPulitzerprize.5.NamethelasthalfdozenAcademyAwardwinnersforbestactorandactress.6.NamethelastdecadesworthofWorldSerieswinners.
Howdidyoudo?
Thepointis,noneofusremembertheheadlinersofyesterday.Thesearenosecond-rateachievers.Theyarethebestintheirfields.Buttheapplausedies.Awardstarnish.Achievementsareforgotten.Accoladesandcertificatesareburiedwiththeirowners.
Heresanotherquiz.Seehowyoudoonthisone:
1.Listafewteacherswhoaidedyourjourneythroughschool.2.Namethreefriendswhohavehelpedyouthroughadifficulttime.3.Namefivepeoplewhohavetaughtyousomethingworthwhile.4.Thinkofafewpeoplewhohavemadeyoufeelappreciatedandspecial.5.Thinkoffivepeopleyouenjoyspendingtimewith.6.Namehalfadozenheroeswhosestorieshaveinspiredyou.
Easier?
Thelesson:
Thepeoplewhomakeadifferenceinyourlifearenottheoneswiththemostcredentials,themostmoney,orthemostawards.Theyaretheonesthatcare.
优秀经典英语文章阅读篇二 ThreePeachStones三颗核桃
Observeachild;anyonewilldo.Youwillseethatnotadaypassesinwhichhedoesnotfindsomethingorothertomakehimhappy,thoughhemaybeintearsthenextmoment.Thenlookataman;anyoneofuswilldo.Youwillnoticethatweeksandmonthscanpassinwhichdayisgreetedwithnothingmorethanresignation1,andendurewitheverypoliteindifference.Indeed,mostmenareasmiserableassinners,thoughtheyaretooboredtosin-perhapstheirsinistheirindifference2.Butitistruethattheysoseldomsmilethatwhentheydowedonotrecognizetheirface,sodistortedisitfromthefixedmaskwetakeforgranted3.Andeventhenamancannotsmilelikeachild,forachildsmileswithhiseyes,whereasamansmileswithhislipsalone.Itisnotasmile;butagrin;somethingtodowithhumor4,butlittletodowithhappiness.Andthen,asanyonecansee,thereisapoint(butwhocandefinethatpoint?
)whenamanbecomesanoldman,andthenhewillsmileagain.
Itwouldseemthathappinessissomethingtodowithsimplicity,andthatitistheabilitytoextractpleasureformthesimplestthings-suchasapeachstone,forinstance.
Itisobviousthatitisnothingtodowithsuccess.ForSirHenryStewartwascertainlysuccessful.ItistwentyyearsagosincehecamedowntoourvillagefromLondon,andboughtacoupleofoldcottages,whichhehadknockedintoone.Heusedhishouseasweekendrefuge5.Hewasabarrister.Andthevillagefollowedhisbrilliantcareerwithsomethingalmostamountingtopaternalpride.
IremembersometenyearsagowhenhewasmadeaKingsCounsel6,AmosandI,seeinghimgetofftheLondontrain,wenttocongratulatehim.Wegrinnedwithpleasure;hemerelylookedasmiserableasthoughhedreceivedapenalsentence.Itwasthesamewhenhewasknighted;heneversmiledabit,hedidntevenbothertocelebratewitharoundofdrinksattheBlueFox7.Hetookhissuccessasachilddoeshismedicine.Andnotoneofhisachievementsbroughtevenaghostofasmiletohistiredeyes.
Iaskedhimoneday,soonafterhedretiredtopotterabouthisgarden,8whatiswasliketoachieveallonesambitions.Helookeddownathisrosesandwentonwateringthem.ThenhesaidTheonlyvalueinachievingonesambitionisthatyouthenrealizethattheyarenotworthachieving.Quicklyhemovedtheconversationontoamorepracticallevel,andwithinamomentwewerebacktoasafediscussionontheweather.Thatwastwoyearsago.
Irecallthisincident,foryesterday,Iwaspassinghishouse,andhaddrawnupmycartjustoutsidehisgardenwall.Ihadpulledinfromtheroadfornootherreasonthantoletabuspassme.AsIsettherefillingmypipe,Isuddenlyheardashoutofsheerjoycomefromtheothersideofthewall.
Ipeeredover.TherestoodSirHenrydoingnothinglessthanatribalwardance9ofsheerunashamedecstasy.Evenwhenheobservedmybewilderedfacestaringoverthewallhedidnotseemputout10orembarrassed,butshoutedformetoclimbover.
Comeandsee,Jan.Look!
Ihavedoneitatlast!
Ihavedoneitatlast!
Therehewas,holdingasmallboxofearthinhishad.Iobservedthreetinyshootsoutofit.
Andtherewereonlythree!
hesaid,hiseyeslaughingtoheaven.
Threewhat?
Iasked.
Peachstones,hereplied.Ivealwayswantedtomakepeachstonesgrow,evensinceIwasachild,whenIusedtotakethemhomeafteraparty,orasamanafterabanquet.AndIusedtoplantthem,andthenforgotwhereIplantedthem.ButnowatlastIhavedoneit,and,whatsmore,Ihadonlythreestones,andthereyouare,one,two,threeshoots,hecounted.
AndSirHenryranoff,callingforhiswifetocomeandseehisachievement-hisachievementofsimplicity.
R.Duncan
优秀经典英语文章阅读篇三 Giveus15MinutesADay
XYourbosshasabiggervocabularythanyouhave.
Thatsonegoodreasonwhyhesyourboss.
Thisdiscoveryhasbeenmadeinthewordlaboratoriesoftheworld.NotbytheoreticalEnglishprofessors,butbypractical,hard-headedscholarswhohavebeensearchingforthesecretsofsuccess.
Afterahostofexperimentsandyearsoftestingtheyhavefoundout:
Thatifyourvocabularyislimitedyourchancesofsuccessarelimited.
Thatoneoftheeasiestandquickestwaystogetaheadisbyconsciouslybuildingupyourknowledgeofwords.
Thatthevocabularyloftheaveragepersonalmoststopsgrowingbythemiddletwenties.Andthatfromthenonitisnecessarytohaveanintelligentplanifprogressistobemade.Nohaphazardhit-or-missmethodswilldo.
Ithaslongsincebeensatisfactorilyestablishedthatahighexecutivedoesnothavealargevocabularymerelybecauseoftheopportunitiesofhisposition.Thatwouldbeputtingthecartbeforethehorse.Quitethereverseistrue.Hisskillinwordswasatremendoushelpingettinghimhisjob.
Dr.JohnsonO;ConnoroftheeHumanEngineeringLaboratoryofBostonandoftheStevensInstituteofTechnologyinHoboken,NewJersey,gaveavocabularytestto100youngmenwhowerestudyingtobeindustrialexecutives.
Fiveyearslaterthosewhohadpassedintheuppertenpercentall.,withoutexception,hadexecutivepositions,whilenotasingleyoungmanofthelowertwenty-fivepercenthadbecomeanexecutive.
Yousee,therearecertainfactorsinsuccessthatcanbemeasuredasscientificallyasthecontentsofatest-tube,andithasbeendiscoveredthatthemostcommoncharacteristicofoutstandingsuccessisanextensiveknowledgeoftheexactmeaningofEnglishwords。
Theextentofyourvocabularyindicatesthedegreeofyourintelligence.Yourbrainpowerwillincreaseasyoulearntoknowmorewords.Herestheproof.
Twoclassesinahighschoolwereselectedforanexperiment.Theiragesandtheirenvironmentwerethesame.Eachclassrepresentedanidenticalcross-sectionofthecommunity.One,thecontrolclass,tookthenormalcourses.Theotherclasswasgivenspecialvocabularytraining.Attheendoftheperiodthemarksofthelatterclasssurpassedthoseofthecontrolgroup,notonlyinEnglish,butineverysubject,includingmathematicsandthesciences.
SimilarlyithasbeenfoundbyProfessorLewisM.Terman,ofStanfordUniversity,thatavocabularytestisasaccurateameasureofintelligenceasanythreeunitsofthestandardandacceptedStanford-BinetI.Q.tests.
Thestudyofwordsisnotmerelysomethingthathastodowithliterature.Wordsareyourtoolsofthought.Youcanteventhinkatallwithoutthem.Tryit.Ifyouareplanningtogodowntownthisafternoonyouwillfindthatyouaresayingtoyourself:
IthinkIwillgodowntownthisafternoon.Youcantmakesuchasimpledecisionasthiswithoutusingwords.
Withoutwordsyoucouldmakenodecisionsandfromnojudgmentswhatsoever.Apianistmayhavethemostbeautifultunesinhishead,butifhehadonlyfivekeysonhispianohewouldnevergetmorethanafractionofthesetunesout.
Yourwordsareyourkeysforyourthoughts.Andthemorewordsyouhaveatyourcommandthedeeper,clearerandmoreaccuratewillbeyourthinking.
AcommandofEnglishwillnotonlyimprovethe.processesofyourmind.Itwillgiveyouassurance;buildyourself-confidence;lendcolortoyourpersonality;increaseyourpopularity.Yourwordsareyourpersonality.Yourvocabularyisyou.Yourwordsareallthatwe,yourfriends,havetoknowandjudgeyouby.Youhavenoothermediumfortellingusyourthoughts-forconvincingus,persuadingus,givingusorders.
Wordsareexplosive.PhrasesarepackedwithTNT.Asimplewordcandestroyafriendship,landalargeorder.Theproperphrasesinthemouthsofclerkshavequadrupledtheproperphrasesinthemouthsofclerkshavequadrupledthesalesofadepartmentstore.Thewrongwordsusedbyacampaignoratorhavelostanelection.Forinstance,ononeoccasionthefourunfortunatewords,Rum,RomanismandaRebellionusedinaRepublicancampaignspeechthrewtheCatholicvoteandthepresidentialvictorytoGroverCleveland.Earsarewonbywords.Soldiersfightforaphrase.MaketheworldsafeforDemocracy.AlloutforEngland.VforVictory.TheRemembertheMaineofSpanishwardayshasnowbeenchangedtoRememberPearlHarbor.
Wordshavechangedthedirectionofhistory.Wordsvanalsochangethedire
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