背誦英語美文8篇(帶翻譯)

1、第一篇 我們正在起跑點Were Just BeginningCharles F Kettering“We are reading the first verse of the first chapter of a book whose pages are infinite”I do not know who wrote these words, but I have always liked them as a reminder that the future can be anything we want to make it. We can take the mysterious, haz

2、y future and carve out of it anything that we can imagine, just as a sculptor carves a statue from a shapeless stone.We are all in the position of the farmer. If we plant a good seed, we reap a good harvest. If our seed is poor and full of weeds, we reap a useless crop. If we plant nothing at all, w

3、e harvest nothing at all.I want the future to be better than the past. I dont want it contaminated by the mistakes and errors with which history is filled. We should all be concerned about the future because that is where we will spend the remainder of out lives.The past is gone and static. Nothing

4、we can do will change it. The future is before us and dynamic. Everything we do will affect it. Each day brings with it new frontiers, in our homes and in our businesses, if we will only recognize them. We are just at the beginning of the progress in every field of human endeavor .“我們正在閱讀一本頁數(shù)無限的書的第一

5、章的第一節(jié)。”我不知道這段文字是誰寫的，我一直很喜歡這段文字并用它們來提醒自己，那就是未來操之在我。我們可以掌握神秘而不可知的未來，從中創(chuàng)出我們所能想象的任何東西，一如雕刻家可以將未成型的石頭刻出雕像一樣。我們每個人都是農(nóng)夫。我們?nèi)舴N下好種子，就會有豐收。倘若種子長的不良且長滿雜草，我們就會徒勞無獲。如果我們什么也不種，就根本不會有什么收獲。我希望未來會比過去更好。我不希望未來會被那些充斥在歷史中的錯誤所污染。我們應關心未來，因為往后的余生都要在未來中度過。往昔已一去不復返而且是靜止的。任憑我們怎么努力都不能改變過去。未來就在我們眼前而且是動態(tài)的。我們的所作所為都會影響未來。只要我們體會的出來

6、，每天都可以發(fā)現(xiàn)新的知識領域伴隨而生，可能是在家里，也可能是在我們的事業(yè)中。我們正處在人類所努力鉆研的每個領域中進步的起點。mysterious mistiris adj. 神秘的；難解的 adj. 神秘的；不可思議的；難解的magic , fantastic carve k:v vt. 雕刻；切開sculptor sklpt n. 雕刻家statue sttju: n. 雕像，塑像contaminate kntmi,neit vt. 污染，弄臟error er n. 誤差；錯誤remainder rimeind n.殘余,剩余物static sttik adj. 靜態(tài)的；靜電的dynamic

7、 dainmik adj. 動態(tài)的；有活力的frontier frntj n. 前沿；邊界；國境endeavor indev n. 努力；盡力第二篇 快樂的鑰匙A Key to HappinessTo help others, you dont have to be an efficient expert in the art; the main thing is the intention. You may be crude and clumsy, wasteful and ineffective, but if you sincerely try to help, your attempt

8、 produces nothing but good. The one you are trying to help knows your intention and is strengthened and encouraged by the magic of your sharing. In nearly every case, your simple desire to help, converted into action, produce the good sought. But perhaps the greatest good is the good that you yourse

9、lf get out of the attempt. Service to others delivers more joy to you than the joy you deliver to them. In doing good, you free yourself from the terrible burden of self; you escape from yourself into a clean world of joy and light. The good you simply try to do, regardless of the outcome, is always

10、 a success inside yourself.Unselfish giving is your most efficient formula for happiness, for you have embraced eternity instead of self; you have felt life, and you are now the world bigger than you were before you began the project.想去幫助旁人，你不必是這值種藝術的能干的專家，主要的是你有沒有一顆助人的心。你也許是粗陋而笨拙的，徒勞又沒有成就，但是如果你真誠地想

11、幫助旁人，你的嘗試必然產(chǎn)生善果。你所打算幫助的人曉得了你的意向，會因你公擔困苦的魔力而堅強振作起來。差不多每一次，你的單純的助人愿望，在化為行動之后，都會產(chǎn)生所尋的善果。但是最大的善果，也許還是你自己從這項嘗試中所獲得的益處。在幫助旁人的時候，你本身所獲得的快樂要比你帶給那些人的快樂為多。在行善之中，你便擺脫了以自我為本位的可怕重擔，而進入一個快樂和光明的清新世界。只要你去試行為善，不論其結果如何，再你的心中都永遠會是一項成功。無私的給與是獲得快樂的最有效率的方法。因為如果能夠做到這一點，你所擁抱的已經(jīng)不是自我，而是永恒；你已經(jīng)感覺到生命的存在，而現(xiàn)在的妳的世界也比你開始行善之前還要開闊。ef

12、ficient ifint adj. 有效率的；有能力的intention intenn n. 意向；目的；打算crude kru:d adj. 粗糙的；天然的，未加工的；粗魯?shù)腸lumsy klmzi adj. 笨拙的ineffective ,inifektiv adj. 無效的，不起作用的sincere sinsi adj. 真誠的；誠摯的attempt tempt n/ vt. 企圖，試圖strengthen stren, strekn vt. 加強；鞏固desire dizai n. 欲望；要求/ vt. 想要convert knv:t vt/vi. 使轉變；轉換sought s:t

13、v. 尋找（seek的過去式和過去分詞）formula f:mjul n. 數(shù) 公式，準則；配方embrace imbreis vt. 擁抱；信奉，皈依；包含eternity it:nti n. 來世；不朽第三篇 勞動之樂The Joy of LaborWise men of ancient times and successful men of today have told us that labor is sweet. Its reward is not material gain but what one becomes by it. Work does much more for u

14、s than just giving us a living; it gives us our life and the reason for living. The real joys of life come from doing something and doing it well.All of us hope for success, but it is illusive and hard to keep. It nearly always slips away from one like sand through the fingers, like water through a

15、leaky pail, unless it is held tight by hard work, day by day, night by night, year in year out. Everyone who fears failure should work harder and harder with a faithful heart as long as he lasts.古時的賢達和今天的成功者都告訴我們勞動是甜美的。勞動的報酬不是物質(zhì)的獲得而是人們籍由勞動所達到的成就。工作所給與我們的豈止是混口飯吃；它賦予我們生命以及活下去的理由。人生真正的樂趣就是把所做的事做好。我們都希望

16、成功，但成功卻是虛幻且難以維持的。除非你能日日夜夜、年復一年地努力緊守成功，否則它幾乎總會從你身邊溜走，就如沙粒從指尖滑落，或像水從漏桶流失一樣。凡事害怕失敗的人應該在有生之年，一心一意地更加努力奮發(fā)才是。labor leib n. 勞動；工作 the Labours Day/ Labor Day/ May Day 勞動節(jié)illusive ilju:siv adj. 錯覺的；幻影的；迷惑人的 slip slip vi. 滑動；滑倒; 閃開leaky li:ki adj. 漏的；有漏洞的pail peil n. 桶，水桶第四篇：青春YouthYouth is not just a stage o

17、f life; it is a state of mind. It is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, vigor of the emotions, it is the freshness of the deep spring of life.Youth means the predominance of courage over timidity, of adventure over the lo

18、ve of ease. This often exists in a man of sixty more than in a boy of twenty. Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals.Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, doubt, self-distrust, fear and despairthese bow the h

19、ead and turn the growing spirit back to dust.Whether sixty or sixteen, there is in every human beings heart the love of wonder, the sweet amazement of the stars and the star-like things, the undaunted challenge of events, the unfailing childlike appetite for what-next and the joy of the game of livi

20、ng.You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt, as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear, as young as your hope, as old as your despair.青春不只是人生的一個階段；它是是一種心境。它不是指紅潤的臉頰，紅色的嘴唇和柔軟彎曲的膝蓋；而是指意志力、豐富的想象力、充沛的感情。它是生命深泉之清新。青春意味著勇氣勝過膽怯，冒險犯難勝過貪圖安逸。60歲的人往往要比20歲的小伙子更持有這種精神。沒有人只因活了若干年而變老。我們變老是因

21、我們拋棄了自己的理想。歲月可使皮膚產(chǎn)生皺紋，但是放棄了熱誠則會消蝕靈魂。憂慮、懷疑、缺乏自信、恐懼和絕望-這些都會讓我們垂頭喪氣而且使成長的精神化為烏有。每個人不管是60還是16，心中都有一股好奇心，對星星及星狀的東西會產(chǎn)生一種驚喜之情，不畏懼任何挑戰(zhàn)，對未知的事物有著孩子般用不冷卻的熱望，以及游戲人生的喜悅之情。你有信心，自信和希望時，就是年輕；而你若懷疑、恐rosy ruzi adj. 薔薇色的，玫瑰紅色的cheek ti:k n. 面頰，臉頰lip lip n. 嘴唇supple spl adj. 柔軟的；靈活的knee ni: n. 膝蓋，膝vigor vi n. 生物 活力，精力pr

22、edominance pridminns n. 優(yōu)勢；卓越timidity /timidti/ n. 膽怯，羞怯ease i:z vt. 減輕，緩和/ n. 輕松，舒適n. 膽怯，膽??；羞怯cowardliness , timorousness n. 優(yōu)勢；卓越desert dezt vt. 遺棄；放棄/n. 沙漠superiority , advantage , edge , dominance wrinkle rikl n. 皺紋/ vi. 起皺enthusiasm inju:zizm n. 熱心，熱情despair disp n. 絕望；令人絕望的人或事bow bu n/ vi. 弓；鞠

23、躬；wonder wnd n. 驚奇；奇跡/ vi. 懷疑；想知道undaunted ,nd:ntid adj. 勇敢的，無畏的unfailing ,nfeili adj. 經(jīng)久不衰的；無窮盡的appetite pitait n. 食欲；嗜好第五篇 為別人而活For the sake of other menStrange is our situation here upon earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to divine a purpose.From the

24、 standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know: that man is here for the sake of other menabove all for those upon whose smile and well-being our own happiness depends, and also for the countless unknown souls with whose fate we are connected by a bond of sympathy. Many times a da

25、y I realize how much my own outer and inner life is built upon the labors of my fellow men, both living and dead, and how earnestly I must exert myself in order to give in return as much as I have received. My peace of mind is often troubled by the depressing sense that I have borrowed too heavily f

26、rom the work of other men.To ponder interminably over the reason for ones own existence or the meaning of life in general seems to me, from an objective point of view, to be sheer folly. And yet everyone holds certain ideals by which he guides his aspiration and his judgment. The ideals which have a

27、lways shone before me and filled me with the joy of living are goodness, beauty, and truth. To make a goal of comfort and happiness has never appealed to me; a system of ethics built on this basis would be sufficient only for a herd of cattle.我們在這個世界上的處境是奇妙的。每個人都是來做一次短暫的訪問，不知道是為了什么，不過有時似乎也會覺察到有某種目的。

28、 但是從平日的生活來看，有一件事情我們是很清楚的：我們是為別人而活-尤其是為了那些我們的快樂與否取決于他們的微笑及幸福的人而活。同時，我們也為無數(shù)不知名的人而活，他們的命運借由同胞之情的維系與我們結合在一起。每天，很多次，我都會意識到我的肉體生活和精神生活很大程度上是建立在那些活著的和死去的人們的工作之上的，意識到我必須誠摯地、竭盡全力地努力去回報我所得到的東西。我經(jīng)常心緒不寧，感覺自己從別人的工作里承襲了太多，這種感覺讓我惴惴不安。 總體上在我看來，從客觀的角度，沒完沒了地思考自己為什么會存在，或者是生命有什么意義，是非常愚蠢的行為。不過，每個人都有一些理想，來指引著自己的抱負和辨別是非。始

29、終在我面前閃耀著光芒，并且讓我充滿生活樂趣的理想是善、美和真理。對我來說，以舒適和享樂為目標的生活從來沒有吸引力。以這些目標為基礎建立起來的一套倫理觀點只能滿足一群牲畜的需要。divine divain adj. 神圣的；非凡的countless kauntlis adj. 無數(shù)的；數(shù)不盡的soul sul n. 靈魂；心靈 appeal pi:l vi. 有吸引力,呼吁，上訴bond bnd n. 債券；結合/ vi. 結合，團結 ethics eiks n. 倫理學；道德標準sympathy simpi n. 同情；慰問 sufficient sfint adj. 足夠的；充分的earne

30、st :nist adj. 認真的，熱心的 herd h:d n. 獸群，畜群depressing dipresi adj. 壓抑的；使人沮喪的ponder pnd vt. 仔細考慮；衡量 ideal aidil adj. 理想的；完美的/ n. 理想；典范interminably int:minbli adv. 無限地；漫無止境地existence izistns n. 存在，存在物；生存 objective bdektiv adj. 客觀的；目標的/ n. 目的；目標sheer i adj. 絕對的 shone un, n vi. 發(fā)光（shine的過去式及過去分詞）aspiration

31、,sprein n. 渴望；抱負sufficient condition 充分條件sufficient for oneself 不靠他人，不受他人影響 necessary and sufficient condition 充要條件；必要且充分的條件sufficient for 足夠的；充分的sufficient and necessary condition 充要條件；充分必要條件sufficient quantity 足夠的數(shù)量；適宜量more than sufficient 綽綽有余sufficient cause 充分理由；充足原因self sufficient 自給自足的；極為自負的第

32、六篇 相信別人Have Faith in OthersBelief is a happier state of mind than doubt and suspicion. By this I live, for if I dont have faith in others, who will believe in me? I would rather believe in a thousand people, friends and strangers, and have 999 fail me than not believe. If many fail me, I remember ho

33、w many I failed.This is not to say that the blind belief of sentimentality, the so-called “tolerance” of the dishonest and vicious, is sensible or rewarding. There are some dark corners which do not react to sweetness and light. Belief in people should be accomplished with open eyes and clarity of j

34、udgment. But when your judgment proves bad rather than good, its no reason to walk thereafter with suspicion as a companion.None knows anothers heart, his grief, his struggle, his despair and motivation. Not all our geese become swans, but one swan atones for many flocks of geese. All men share pain

35、 and mortality; some bear these better than others, and multitudes have perished spiritually for the lack of anothers belief in them.So, I would rather be disappointed than afraid of disappointment. 相信乃是一種比懷疑與猜忌更快樂的心態(tài)。我就是本著這個信念做人處事，因為我若不信任他人，誰又會信任我呢？我寧可信任一千個人，不管是朋友還是陌生人，且我寧可有999個人辜負我，我也不愿對人不信任。如果眾人辜

36、負我，我會記得自己曾辜負了多少人。這并非是說，感情用事的盲目相信是理性而又值得做的，這種感情用事的盲目相信就是對不誠實及邪惡的人所謂的“容忍”?？傆幸恍┖诎档慕锹?，在這里任憑你怎么和藹講理都是不起作用的。相信別人應該要擦亮雙眼并有明確的判斷力。但你的判斷若證明是錯的而非對的，那也沒有理由就此便一直心存懷疑。別人有什么樣的心地、所悲為何、為什么奮斗、為何絕望、有什么動機，這些都是我們無法了解的。我們周圍的蕓蕓眾生并非個個都能成大器，但這些蕓蕓眾生中只要有一個成大器就夠了。所有的人都會遭遇痛苦與死亡，只不過有些人更善于承受罷了。而許多人因為無法獲得別人的信任而在精神上形同死亡。因此，我寧可因他人負

37、我而失望也不愿害怕失望而不信任他人。suspicion sspin n. 懷疑；嫌疑/ vt. 懷疑sentimentality ,sentimentliti n. 多愁善感tolerance tlrns n.寬容；容忍vicious vis adj.惡意的；墮落的；rewarding riw:di adj. 有益的，值得的；有報酬的accomplish kmpli vt. 完成；實現(xiàn)clarity klrti n. 清楚，明晰companion kmpnjn n. 同伴；朋友motivation ,mutivein n. 動機；積極性geese i:s n. 鵝（goose復數(shù)）swan s

38、wn, sw:n n. 天鵝flock flk n. 群 (多用于禽類)mortality m:tlti n. 死亡數(shù)，死亡率multitude mlti,tju:d n. 群眾；多數(shù)perish peri vi. 死亡；毀滅spiritually spirituli adv. 在精神上地第七篇 人生之旅We Are on a JourneyWherever you are and whoever you may be, there is one thing in which you and I are just alike at this moment, and in all the mom

39、ents of our existence; we are not at rest; we are on a journey.Our life is a movement, a tendency, a steady, ceaseless progress, towards an unseen goal. We are gaining something or losing something every day. Even when our position and our character seem to remain precisely the same, they are changi

40、ng, for the mere advance of time is a change. It is not the same thing to have a bare field in January and in July; the season makes the difference. The limitations that are childlike in the child are childish in the man. Every thing that we do is a step in one direction or another. Even the failure

41、 to do something is in itself a deed. It sets us forward or backward. The action of the negative pull of a magnetic needle is just as real as the action of the positive pull. To decline is to accept the other alternative. Are you nearer to your port today than you were yesterday? Yes, you must be a

42、little nearer to some port or other, for since your ship was launched upon the sea of life you have never been still for a single moment-The sea is too deep. You could not find an anchorage if you would; there can be no pause until you come into port.無論你身在何處，也無論你是何人，此時此刻，有一件事于你我而言都是相同的，而且只要我們活著，這個共同

43、點就存在。那就是,我們并非停留不前，而是人在旅途。我們的生命是一種運動，一種趨勢，是向一個看不見的目標無休止地奮進。每天，我們都有所得，也有所失。即便我們的位置和角色看似與原來無異，但實際上也是時時變化的。因為時間的推移本身就是一種變化。對于同一片荒地來說，在一月和七月是截然不同的，季節(jié)造成了這種差異。能力的局限在孩子身上被視為天真爛漫，而在大人身上則是幼稚的的表現(xiàn)。 我們所做的每件事情都是朝著某個方向邁進了一步。即使是失敗本身，也是有所得的，失敗可以催人奮進，也可以讓人一蹶不振。磁針負極的作用與正極的作用都是一樣真實的。拒絕也是一種接受，只不過是另一種選擇罷了。 你今天比昨天更接近你的港口了

44、么？是的，你肯定離某個港口更近了。因為自從你的航船從生命的海洋上啟航的那一刻開始，你沒有哪一刻是靜止的。大海如此深邃，即便你想停泊，也找不到地方；只有當你駛入自己的港口，你才能停止下來。existence izistns n. 存在，生存，存在物 port p:t, put n. 港口，口岸 tendency tendnsi n. 傾向，趨勢 launch l:nt, l:nt vt. 使下水;發(fā)射；發(fā)起ceaseless si:slis adj. 不斷的；不停的 anchorage krid n. 錨地；下錨mere mi adj. 僅僅的；只不過的 pause p:z n. 暫停；間歇ba

45、re b adj. 空的；赤裸的，無遮蔽的limitation ,limitein n. 限制；限度；極限direction direkn n. 方向；指導backward bkwd adv. 向后地；相反地negative netiv adj. 數(shù) 負的；消極的；否定的pull pul vt. 拉；拔；拖/ n. 拉；拉力magnetic mnetik adj. 地磁的；有磁性的decline diklain vi. 下降；衰落；謝絕alternative :lt:ntiv n. 二中擇一；供替代的選擇/ adj. 供選擇的；選擇性的第八篇 肯尼迪總統(tǒng)就職演說摘錄An Excerpt of

46、John Kennedys Inaugural AddressLet every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and success of liberty. To those old allies whose cultural and spiritual origins we shar

47、e, we pledge the loyalty of faithful friends. United, there is little we cannot do in a host of cooperative ventures. Divided, there is little we can do, for we dare not meet a powerful challenge at odds and split asunder. To those new states whom we welcome to the ranks of the free, we pledge our word that one form of colonial control shall not have passed away merely to be replaced by a far more iron tyranny. We shall not always expec