朗读英语美文(187)国王与鞋匠

Once upon a time, there was a king who worried day and night about what tomorrow might bring. 很久以前,有一个国王,他整日担心明天会发生什么事,整日忧心忡忡。 He feared he would lose his power, his wife might not love him, his subjects would become disloyal. 他担心自己会失去王权,担心王后不再爱他,担心他的子民可能会对他不忠。 He could not sleep for all his worri...

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朗读英语美文(72)权力的游戏之守夜人誓言

守夜人的那段誓言 Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. 长夜将至, 我从今开始守望, 至死方休。 I shall take no wife, hold no lands, father no children. 我将不娶妻、不封地、不生子。 I shall wear no crowns and win no glory. I shall live and die at my post. 我将不戴宝冠,不争荣宠。 我将尽忠职守,生死於...

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朗读英语美文(103)所谓情商高就是相互理解

Have you ever found yourself in the place to console anyone? 你有没有遇到过需要安慰别人的时候? Every now and then we see people get emotional around us. 时不时地,我们身边总会有人出现些情绪上的问题。 Sometimes they experience tragedy. 有时候是因为他们经历了惨剧。 Sometimes they just find out that life doesn’t go as they planned. 有时候,只是因为...

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朗读英语美文(114)深笑

Whose smile is it? It’s so sweet, so deep And so round! 是谁笑得那样甜,那样深, 那样圆转? Strings of pearls, small ones,big ones, all sparkle with innocence! 一串一串明珠 大小闪着光亮,迸出天真! Emerging from spring, it floats to the surface And brightly Scatters around! 清泉底浮动,泛流到水面上, 灿烂 分散 Whose s...

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朗读英语美文(145)我愿意是急流

I am willing that it is a torrent, the river in the mountain, pass the rock on the rugged mountain path Only my spouse. It is a small fish, swim happily in my spray. 我愿意是急流, 山里的小河, 在崎岖的路上, 岩石上经过…… 只要我的爱人是一条小鱼, 在我的浪花中快乐地游来游去。 I willing neglect woods, two sides in river, to a burst...

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美文阅读 (452)在那之前

Before I became strong, I knew what it was like to be weak. 在懂得坚强之前,我清楚地知道什么是软弱。 How difficult it is to love yourself to find the wholeness that you seek. 也知道学会爱自己不容易,更知道生命的完整需要苦苦追寻。 Before I knew the light, I have had my fair share of darkness too, 在看到光明之前,我也曾游走于黑暗中, where my world fell into...

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美文阅读 (381)我的小家伙儿

My Little Boy by Ellen Bailey 我的小家伙儿–艾伦·贝利 My little boy brings me a world of sunshine 我的小家伙儿哦!他是一缕阳光 He turns gray clouds into a sky of blue 能驱散我心头上的的阴霾 He goes around singing nursery rhymes 他太活泼了,到处哼着童谣 And I am compelled to join the singing too 我也不由自主的和了起来 He is not yet old enou...

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朗读英语美文(35)给爱子的信

Dear Seth, You’re only three years old, and at this point in your life you can’t read, much less understand what I’m going to try to tell you in this letter. But I’ve been thinking a lot about the life that you have ahead of you, about my life so far as I reflect on what I’ve learned, and about my role as a dad in trying to prepare you for t...

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美文阅读 (326)困难阻碍

Let’s say sunshine for everyone 人们说生活总是充满阳光 But as far as I can remember 但在我的记忆中 We’ve been migratory animals 我们一直只是如野兽般流浪 Living under changing weather 四季变换,我们如常 Someday we will foresee obstacles 总有一天,我们会看见那些困难阻碍 Through the blizzard, through the blizzard 在那片风雪之中,在...

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朗读英语美文(48)善良为我找到了新的工作

I’ve been job hunting for about eight months. 在八个月的时间里,我一直在找工作。 A few weeks ago I went to an interview and handed off my car to the valet guy. 几周以前,我开车参加一个面试,把车子交给停车的侍者。 As I was waiting for the elevator I heard him tell his coworker that he would kill for a coffee, so after my interview I stopped at the cafe in t...

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美文阅读 (397)朋友

A Friend — Edgar A. Guest 朋友–埃德加·阿尔贝特·格斯特 A friend is one who stands to share 朋友就是无话不说 Your every touch of grief and care 分担烦恼共享欢乐 He comes by chance, but stays by choice 相识于偶然,但却不离不弃 Your praises he is quick to voice 你的溢美之词也能秒入他耳 No grievous fault or passing whim can make an enemy...

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美文阅读 (338)为何我什么也不想做

I don’t want to do anything in life. How bad is this? 我什么也不想做,怎么办? 1.Apathy — not wanting to do anything — is depression too. Go see a doctor. 1.对任何事情都漠不关心–什么也不想做–也是一种抑郁的表现。去看医生吧。 2.Realize that you have options. 2.要明白你还有选择如何生活的权利。 There are places where people don...

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美文阅读 (317)父母对你说过的那些谎言

Are there any lies that your parents told you as a kid that you believed for longer than you’d like to admit? 你小时候,父母有没有告诉过你什么谎言,而你相信了很久,久到你都不想承认? When I was 6 years old, my mom bought me a goldfish, and his name was King. 我六岁的时候,我妈妈给我买了条金鱼,取名叫国王。 Some weeks after King arrived we decided to give h...

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美文阅读 (431)上了年纪

On Aging — Maya Angelou 上了年纪–玛雅·安吉洛 When you see me sitting quietly like a sack left on the shelf 当你看到我就那么静静地坐着,如同一个空空的麻袋颓然垂放在架子上 Don’t think I need your chattering 可别觉得我需要你的唠叨 I’m listening to myself 我只是在思考 Hold! Stop! Don’t pity me! 你可省省吧,我不需要你的怜...

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美文阅读 (347)咏秋

O autumn, laden with fruit and stained with the blood of the grape 秋呵,你满载果实,又深染着葡萄的血 Pass not, but sit beneath my shady roof 不要走吧,请坐在我的檐下 There thou may’st rest 你可以歇在那儿 And tune thy jolly voice to my fresh pipe 用愉快的调子配合我的芦笛 And all the daughters of the year shall dance 一年的女儿们都要舞蹈了 ...

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美文阅读 (438)林间小路

The Way Through The Woods — Rudyard Kipling 林间小路–拉迪亚德·吉卜林 They shut the road through the woods seventy years ago 七十年前,他们掩了林间的小路 Weather and rain have undone it again 风风雨雨再次将其抹平 And now you would never know 如今你永远也不会知道 There was once a path through the woods 早在种下这些树之前 Before they p...

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美文阅读 (391)永不言弃

You Will Never See Me Fall — Joyce Alcantara 永不言弃–乔伊斯·阿尔坎塔拉 You may see me struggle, but you won’t see me fall. 也许会彷徨失措但是我绝不放弃。 Regardless if I’m weak or not, I’m going to stand tall. 羸弱与否,我都昂首而立。 Everyone says life is easy, but truly living it is not. 人人都说生活很容易,走过一遭并非...

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朗读英语美文(168)有趣的人总是视生活如初恋

If you suddenly get old tomorrow, would you feel regret when you look back at your life? 假如明天,你会突然变老,在回顾你这一生时,你是否会感到遗憾? Or would you feel that your life is worth it? 或许,你也会觉得此生已无憾? Or you have never thought about this kind of things? 当然,也可能你其实从未想过这些事? If you ask somebody what the meaning of life ...

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朗读英语美文(74)致橡树

If I love you, 我如果爱你 I won’t wind upon you like a trumpet creeper, 绝不像攀援的凌霄花, upvalue myself by your height. 借你的高枝炫耀自己。 If I love you, 我如果爱你, I will never follow a spoony bird, 绝不学痴情的鸟儿, repeating the monotone song for the green shade; 为绿荫重复单调的歌曲。 not only like a spring head, 也...

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朗读英语美文(64)整个世界因你而不同

Every Sunday morning I take a light jog around a park near my home. There’s a lake located in one corner of the park. 每个星期日的早晨,我都会绕着我家附近的公园轻松地慢跑。公园的一角有一片湖。 Each time I jog by this lake, I see the same elderly woman sitting at the water’s edge with a small metal cage sitting beside her. 每当我慢跑经过这片湖,都会看到...

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