朗读英语美文(54)人生这本书要一页一页读

I have the bad habit of skipping to the last pages of a book to see how it ends while I am still in the middle of it. This habit annoyed first my Mom, then my friends, and finally even my own daughter. 我有一个换习惯就是看书看到一半,就翻到最后看结局。我的母亲、我的朋友以及连我的女儿都很不喜欢我这样。 Often my impatience wouldn’t be confined just to the books I ...

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朗读英语美文(183)2019网络流行语的英文表达

1、不忘初心 remain true to the original aspiration 习近平总书记在党的十九大报告中庄严宣告:“中国共产党人的初心和使命,就是为中国人民谋幸福,为中华民族谋复兴。” The original aspiration and the mission of Chinese Communists are to seek happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation. 其实,每个人都有一颗初心的种子,都应当寻找初心、牢记初心、...

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美文阅读 (427)我的索求

My Wage — Jessie Belle Rittenhouse 我的索求–杰西·贝丽·丽特豪斯 I bargained with life for a penny 我只求区区一枚硬币 And life would pay no more, however, I begged at evening 不论我每晚怎么哀求,生活都置之不理 For life is a just employer 生活就是你的雇主 He gives you what you ask 满足你的索求 But once you have set the wages, why? You ...

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美文阅读 (322)单身男女情人节过节攻略

1.Chocolate. 给自己买巧克力。 Who says you need someone to buy it for you? 谁说你只能让别人给你买巧克力? Get a box of chocolate and enjoy it. 你完全可以买一盒巧克力送给自己,并且好好享受巧克力的美妙滋味。 Chocolate releases endorphins in the brain to make you feel good! 巧克力可以刺激大脑释放内啡肽,使你感觉身心愉快! So a little chocolate will actu...

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美文阅读 (362)你还在等待着什么

What Are You Waiting For? — Nickelback 你还在等待着什么 What are you waiting for? 你还在等待着什么 Are you waiting on a lightening strike? 你在等待闪电雷击吗 Are you waiting for a perfect night? 你还在等待完美的夜晚吗 Are you waiting till the time is right? 你还在等待正确的时机吗 What are you waiting for? 你还在等待着什么 Don’...

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朗读英语美文(194)情书《吾爱宝贝静候佳音》

My dearest one, I’ve just heard the news that all the army men who were held POW are to return to their homes. 我的挚爱,我刚得知一个消息。战俘们就要返乡了。 Because of the shipping situation, we may not commence to go before the end of February but can probably count on being in England sometime in March. It may be sooner. 鉴于航运现况,在二月底之前我们或许...

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朗读英语美文(105)我爱她

She’s a whistle on the wind 她是风中低吟的哨声 A feather on the breeze 微风中摇曳的羽毛 A ripple on the stream 清流中的泛泛涟漪 She is sunlight on the sea 她是海面上那抹阳光 She’s a soft summer rain 她是温软的夏日小雨 Falling gently through the trees 轻轻地穿过窸窣的树叶 And I love her 我爱她 She’s cunning as a fox...

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朗读英语美文(152)我用什么才能留住你

What can I hold you with? 我用什么才能留住你? I offer you lean streets, desperate sunsets, the moon of the jagged suburbs. 我给你贫穷的街道、绝望的日落、破败郊区的月亮。 I offer you the bitterness of a man who has looked long and long at the lonely moon. 我给你一个久久地望着孤月的人的悲哀。 I offer you my ancestors, my dead men, the ghosts that living men...

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美文阅读 (320)分手后你做的第一件事是什么

What Was The First Thing You Did After A Break-up? 分手后你做的第一件事是什么? I drove through some beautiful, winding roads. 我开着车穿过一些美丽而又蜿蜒的公路。 I drove for over two hours, sometimes crying, 我开了两个小时,时不时哭一会, but mostly feeling a sense of relief and anticipation for the next chapter of my life. 但是其中大部分时候我为自己...

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朗读英语美文(129)她在美中行

她在美中行 She walks in Beauty, like the night 像静夜万里无云,繁星满天, Of cloudless climes and starry skies; 一切明暗交织的美 And all that’s best of dark and bright 在她的容颜和双眸中汇合 Meet in her aspect and her eyes: 如此融就得柔和之光 Thus mellowed to that tender light 亮丽的白天岂能轻得? Which Heaven to gaudy day denies 增...

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朗读英语美文(158)爱如鲜花盛开

I was nine when my father first sent me flowers. 我九岁那年 父亲第一次送花给我。 I had been taking tap-dancing lessons for six months, and the school was giving its yearly recital. 当时,我加入学校踢踏舞班才六个月, 正逢学校举办一年一度的演出。 As an excited member of the beginners’ chorus line, I was aware of my lowly status. 我只...

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美文阅读 (444)白头偕老

Growing Old Together — Gloria Sarasin 白头偕老–格洛丽亚·萨拉辛 The melding of two bodies 身体的交融 The surging of two souls 灵魂的涌动 Love between the two of us 你我之间的爱 Keeps us from growing old 使我们青春永在 It was on the day we married 在我们结婚那天 The day we said I do 在我们对彼此说“我愿意”的那天 It was then...

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朗读英语美文(98)我不同意你的观点但我尊重你

With the years gone by, I have found that more and more people that I met have different views from mine. 随着一年一年过去,我发现,我和越来越多的人观点不同。 Sometimes I couldn’t even use the word “different” to describe this, because our views were almost conflicting. 有时候,甚至已经不能用“不同”来形容,而是“针锋相对”。 In the past, I used to...

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美文阅读 (366)一个简单的拥抱

A Simple Hug — Johnny Ray Ryder Jr 一个简单的拥抱 There’s something in a simple hug 一个简单的拥抱包含了许多东西 That always warms the heart 而它总能温暖人心 It welcomes us back home 它是迎接我们回家的讯号 And makes it easier to part 也是离别时最好的慰藉 A hug is a way to share the joy 拥抱是一种分享 And sad times we go throug...

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朗读英语美文(65)做你自己

做你自己 Do something for yourself As a little boy, there was nothing I liked better than Sunday aftemoons at my grandfather’s farm in western Pennsylvania. 我小时候最喜欢在爷爷的农场里度过每个星期天的下午。 爷爷的农场在宾夕法尼亚州西部。 Surrounded by miles of winding stonewalls, the house and barn provided endless hours of fun for a city k...

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美文阅读 (415)最后的叶片

The Last Leaf — Oliver Wendell Holmes 最后的叶片–奥利弗·温德尔·霍姆斯 I saw him once before, as he passed by the door 他曾从门前经过,我在一旁观望 And again, the pavement stones resound 如今,石板路又哒哒作响 As he totters o’er the ground with his cane 他蹒跚走来,手里拄着拐杖 They say that in his prime 人们说他当时年轻力壮 Er...

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朗读英语美文(142)因为我不能停步等待死神

Because I could not stop for death He was parking pick me The carriage was just the two of us And “eternal life” with seat 因为我不能停步等候死神 他殷勤停车接我 车厢里只有我们俩 还有“永生”同座 We slowly, he knew that without the need for rapid I also put aside work And leisure, to return His manners 我们缓缓而行,他知道无需...

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美文阅读 (437)音乐

Music — Bessie Rayner Parkes 音乐–贝西·雷纳·帕克斯 Sweet melody amidst the moving spheres 甜美的旋律响彻大地 Breaks forth, a solemn and entrancing sound 迸发出庄严又迷人的声音 A harmony whereof the earth’s green hills give but the faintest echo 层峦叠嶂赏目,回声袅袅 Yet is there, a music everywhere, and concert sweet! 如乐典般甜...

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美文阅读 (424)绝不会倒下

You Will Never See Me Fall — Joyce Alcantara 绝不会倒下–乔伊斯·阿卡塔拉 You may see me struggle, but you won’t see me fall. 你可能会看到我的挣扎,但你绝不会看到我倒下。 Regardless if I’m weak or not, I’m going to stand tall. 不管我是否羸弱,我都会昂首挺立。 Everyone says life is easy, but truly living it is not. 都说生活不...

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美文阅读 (401)让自身发光

Let Your Light Shine — Ellen Bailey 让自身发光–艾伦·贝利 Does the light of your soul still shine 你灵魂的光是否耀眼四射 Is it still a beacon that others can find 它是否还能被他人发现感知到 Or does a guilty conscience cover it like a film 又是否被如幕布般的内疚感遮盖 Dulling its rays and causing it to look dim 而变得暗淡无光昏沉阴暗 ...

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