1.精選英語文章聽力 篇一
Courage
勇氣
The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less amagnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy. A man does what he must in spite ofpersonal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures and thatis the basis of all human morality．
生活之中的勇氣，通常不會(huì)像千鈞一發(fā)時(shí)的勇氣那樣充滿戲劇性；但他人不失為是一個(gè)勝利與悲劇的壯觀組合。一個(gè)人將個(gè)人得失，障礙、危險(xiǎn)還有壓力拋在腦后，只是做他必須做的，而這便是人類一切道德的基礎(chǔ)。
To be courageous…requires no exceptional qualifications, no magic formula, no special combination of time, place andcircumstance. It is an opportunity that sooner or later is presented to us all.Politics merely furnishes one arena which imposes special tests of courage. In whatever arena of life, one may meet the challenge of courage, whatever may bethe sacrifices he faces if he follows his conscience, the loss of his friends,his fortune, his contentment, even the esteem of his fellow men, each man must decidefor himself the course he will follow. The stories of past courage can definethat ingredient, they can teach, they can offer hope, they can provideinspiration. But they cannot supply courage itself. For this each man must lookinto his own soul．
勇敢，不需要突出的品質(zhì)，不需要秘訣，不需要天時(shí)地利，每個(gè)人或早或晚都有機(jī)會(huì)。政治不過是對(duì)勇氣進(jìn)行特別考驗(yàn)的一個(gè)競(jìng)技場(chǎng)而已，在人生的每一個(gè)競(jìng)技場(chǎng)上勇氣都會(huì)前來挑戰(zhàn)。如果你跟隨你的良心，那么任何東西都可能被犧牲：朋友，財(cái)產(chǎn)，滿足，甚至是別人對(duì)你的尊重。走哪條路只能由自己來決定。前人的故事可以告訴你什么叫勇敢。他們能夠教你，能夠給你希望和靈感，但不能給你真正的勇氣，要得到它你必須要發(fā)掘自己的靈魂。
2.精選英語文章聽力 篇二
The Gift Of Love
愛的天賦
If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give away all my possessions, and if I hand over my body so that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.
就算我能說萬人的方言和天使的話語，但如果沒有愛，我不過就如鳴鑼一般；就算我有預(yù)知未來的能力，就算我精通各種知識(shí)和奧秘，就算我有堅(jiān)定的信念，但如果沒有愛，我就什么都算不上；就算我拿所有的財(cái)物周濟(jì)窮人，就算我能做出舍己為人的壯舉，但如果沒有愛，我仍將一無所有。
Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrong doing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
愛是一種忍耐，愛是一種友善；愛不是嫉妒，不是自大，不是魯莽，不是固執(zhí)己見，不是輕易發(fā)怒。愛意味著憎惡不義，贊賞真理；愛意味著包容一切，相信一切，對(duì)生活充滿希望，并能忍受生活中的一切。
Love never ends. But as for prophecies, they will come to an end; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will come to an end. For we know only in part, and we prophesy only in part; but when the complete comes, the partial will come to an end. When I was a child, I thought like a child; when I became an adult, I put an end to childish ways. For now we see in mirror, dimly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known. And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love.
愛是永無止境的，但又是有盡頭的；就像知識(shí)一樣，必將歸于烏有。我們現(xiàn)在搜掌握的知識(shí)很有限，當(dāng)我們掌握了完整的知識(shí)時(shí)，有限的知識(shí)必將歸于烏有。當(dāng)我還是一個(gè)孩子的時(shí)候，我像孩子一樣說話，像孩子一樣思考問題，像孩子一樣推理；但我一旦成年，就不再像孩子一樣了。現(xiàn)階段，我們很多時(shí)候好像是從鏡子里觀看事物，對(duì)很多事物都看不清，但有朝一日我們會(huì)直面這些事物�，F(xiàn)階段，我知道的東西很有限，但有朝一日我會(huì)懂得一切。如今，常存在人們心中的東西有三樣：信念、希望和愛，而其中愛是最重要的！
3.精選英語文章聽力 篇三
一杯牛奶的溫暖 A Glass of Milk
One day， a poor boy who was trying to pay his way through school by selling goods door to door found that he only had one dime left. He was hungry so he decided to beg for a meal at the next house.
一天，一個(gè)貧窮的小男孩為了攢夠?qū)W費(fèi)正挨家挨戶地推銷商品。饑寒交迫的他摸遍全身，卻只有一角錢。于是他決定向下一戶人家討口飯吃。
However， he lost his nerve when a lovely young woman opened the door. Instead of a meal he asked for a drink of water. She thought he looked hungry so she brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it slowly， and then asked， “How much do I owe you?”
然而，當(dāng)一位美麗的年輕女子打開房門的時(shí)候，這個(gè)小男孩卻有點(diǎn)不知所措了。他沒有要飯，只乞求給他一口水喝。這位女子看到他饑餓的樣子，就倒了一大杯牛奶給他。男孩慢慢地喝完牛奶，問道：“我應(yīng)該付多少錢?”
“You don’t owe me anything，” she replied. “Mother has taught me never to accept pay for a kindness.” He said， “Then I thank you from the bottom of my heart.” As Howard Kelly left that house， he not only felt stronger physically， but it also increased his faith in God and the human race. He was about to give up and quit before this point.
年輕女子微笑著回答：“一分錢也不用付。我媽媽教導(dǎo)我，施以愛心，不圖回報(bào)。”男孩說：“那么，就請(qǐng)接受我由衷的感謝吧!”說完，霍華德-凱利就離開了這戶人家。此時(shí)的他不僅自己渾身是勁兒，而且更加相信上帝和整個(gè)人類。本來，他都打算放棄了。
Years later the young woman became critically ill. The local doctors were baffled. They finally sent her to the big city， where specialists can be called in to study her rare disease. Dr. Howard Kelly， now famous was called in for the consultation. When he heard the name of the town she came from， a strange light filled his eyes. Immediately， he rose and went down through the hospital hall into her room.
數(shù)年之后，那位女子得了一種罕見的重病，當(dāng)?shù)蒯t(yī)生對(duì)此束手無策。最后，她被轉(zhuǎn)到大城市醫(yī)治，由專家會(huì)診治療。大名鼎鼎的霍華德-凱利醫(yī)生也參加了醫(yī)療方案的制定。當(dāng)他聽到病人來自的那個(gè)城鎮(zhèn)的名字時(shí)，一個(gè)奇怪的念頭霎時(shí)間閃過他的腦際。他馬上起身直奔她的病房。
Dressed in his doctor’s gown he went in to see her. He recognized her at once. He went back to the consultation room and determined to do his best to save her life. From that day on， he gave special attention to her case.
身穿手術(shù)服的凱利醫(yī)生來到病房，一眼就認(rèn)出了恩人�；氐綍�(huì)診室后，他決心一定要竭盡所能來治好她的病。從那天起，他就特別關(guān)照這個(gè)對(duì)自己有恩的病人。
After a long struggle， the battle was won. Dr. Kelly requested the business office to pass the final bill to him for approval. He looked at it and then wrote something on the side. The bill was sent to her room. She was afraid to open it because she was positive that it would take the rest of her life to pay it off. Finally she looked， and the note on the side of the bill caught her attention. She read these words……
經(jīng)過艱苦的努力，手術(shù)成功了。凱利醫(yī)生要求把醫(yī)藥費(fèi)通知單送到他那里，他看了一下，便在通知單的旁邊簽了字。當(dāng)醫(yī)藥費(fèi)通知單送到她的病房時(shí)，她不敢看。因?yàn)樗_信，治病的費(fèi)用將會(huì)花費(fèi)她整個(gè)余生來償還。最后，她還是鼓起勇氣，翻開了醫(yī)藥費(fèi)通知單，旁邊的那行小字引起了她的注意，她不禁輕聲讀了出來：
“Paid in full with a glass of milk.”
(Signed) Dr. Howard Kelly
“醫(yī)藥費(fèi)已付：一杯牛奶�！�
(簽名)霍華德-凱利醫(yī)生
Tears of joy flooded her eyes as she prayed silently： “Thank You， God. Your love has spread through human hearts and hands.”
喜悅的淚水溢出了她的眼睛，她默默地祈禱著：“謝謝你，上帝，你的愛已通過人類的心靈和雙手傳播了。”
4.精選英語文章聽力 篇四
The Choice of Companion
選擇朋友
A good companion is better than a fortune, for a fortune cannot purchase those elements of character which make companionship a blessing. The best companion is one who is wiser and better than ourselves, for we are inspired by his wisdom and virtue to nobler deeds.
一個(gè)好友勝過一筆財(cái)富，因?yàn)殄X財(cái)買不到人的某些品德因素，而正是這些因素，使友情成為一種恩惠。的朋友是那些比我們更睿智、更出色的人，我們會(huì)受到他們的智慧和美德的激勵(lì)，從而使我們的行為更加高尚。
“Keep good company and you shall be one of the number.” said George Herbert. “A man is known by the companion he keeps.” Character makes character in the associations of life faster than anything else. Purity begets purity, like begets like; and this fact makes the choice of companion in early life more important even than that of teachers and guardians.
“與優(yōu)秀者為伍，你也會(huì)成為優(yōu)秀者中的一員。”喬治.赫伯特曾說，“從一個(gè)人所交的朋友可知其為人�！痹谏鐣�(huì)交往中，品性對(duì)品性的塑造勝過其他任何因素。純潔的品格會(huì)培養(yǎng)純潔的品格，愛好會(huì)引發(fā)相同的愛好。這一事實(shí)使得在年少時(shí)選擇朋友甚至比選擇老師和監(jiān)護(hù)人還要重要。
It is true that we cannot always choose all of our companions, some are thrust upon us by business or the social relations of life, we do not choose them, we do not enjoy them; and yet, we have to associate with them more or less. The experience is not altogether without compensation, if there be principle enough in us to bear the strain. Still, in the main, choice of companions can be made, and must be made. It is not best or necessary for a young person to associate with “Tom, Dick, and Harry” without forethought or purpose. Some fixed rules about the company he or she keeps must be observed. The subject should be uttermost in the thoughts, and canvassed often.
事實(shí)上，并非所有的朋友都是我們選擇的，有些是生意或社會(huì)關(guān)系強(qiáng)加于我們的。我們沒有選擇他們，也不喜歡他們，可是我們不得不或多或少地與他們交往。不過，在情勢(shì)的壓力之下，只要我們自有主張，這樣的交往也并非全無益處。大多數(shù)情況下，我們還是可以而且必須要選擇朋友的。一個(gè)年輕人無所考慮、無所目的地隨意與張三李四交往是不好的，也是沒必要的，他/她必須遵循一些交友的定例，擇友時(shí)應(yīng)首先考慮這些定例，并經(jīng)常加以審視。
Companionship is education, good or not; it develops manhood or womanhood, high or low; it lifts soul upward or drags it downward; it ministers to virtue or vice. Sow virtue, and the harvest will be virtue, Sow vice, and the harvest will be vice. Good companionships help us to sow virtue; evil companionships help us to sow vice.
無論是有益還是有害，友誼就是一種教育。它可以培育高貴或卑微的品格;它可以升華靈魂，也可以使之沉淪;它可以滋生美德，也可以助長邪 惡。播種美德，就會(huì)收獲美德;播種邪 惡，就會(huì)收獲邪 惡。有益的友誼幫助我們播種美德，而有害的友誼則使我們播種邪 惡。
5.精選英語文章聽力 篇五
home
家
What makes a home? Love and sympathy and confidence. It is a place where kindly affections exist among all the members of the family. The parents take good care of their children, and the children are interested in the activities of their parents. Thus all of them are bound together by affection, and they find their home to be the cheeriest place in the world.
組成家庭的因素是什么?答案即愛、同情和信賴。家是一個(gè)所有家庭成員凝結(jié)情感的地方。父母親悉心照料孩子，而孩子們也對(duì)他們雙親的活動(dòng)感興趣。他們?yōu)閻鬯?lián)結(jié)，因而發(fā)現(xiàn)家是世界上最令人感到歡樂的地方。
A home without love is no more a home than a body without a soul is a man. Every civilized person is a social being. No one should live alone. A man may lead a successful and prosperous life, but prosperity alone can by no means insure happiness. Many great personages in the world history had deep affections for their homes.
一個(gè)沒有愛的家便不再稱其為家，如同沒有靈魂的軀體不再是人一樣。每一個(gè)有修養(yǎng)的人都是社會(huì)性的人。沒有人能夠脫離社會(huì)獨(dú)自生存。一個(gè)人也許過著成功而寬裕的生活，但是榮華富貴決不能保證幸�？鞓�。在世界歷，許多名人都對(duì)其家庭懷有深情厚意。
Your home may be poor and humble, but duty lies there. You should try to make it cheerful and comfortable. The greater the difficulties, the richer will be your reward.
你的家也許貧窮而簡(jiǎn)陋，但那正是你的職責(zé)所在。你應(yīng)該努力使其愉快和舒適。你遭遇的困難越大，所得到的報(bào)償也就越多。
A home is more than a family dwelling. It is a school in which people are trained for citizenship. A man will not render good services to his country if he can do nothing good for his home; for in proportion as he loves his home, will he love his country. The home is the birthplace of true patriotism. It is the secret of social welfare and national greatness. It is the basis and origin of civilization.
家不僅僅是一個(gè)供家人居住的地方。它還是一個(gè)培養(yǎng)人們成為公民的場(chǎng)所。一個(gè)人假如無法對(duì)家庭做出有意義的事情，也就無法為國家提供優(yōu)良的服務(wù)，因?yàn)閻奂液蛺蹏浅烧鹊摹＜彝ナ菒蹏髁x精神的真正發(fā)源地，是社會(huì)福利和國家昌盛的秘訣，是文明的基礎(chǔ)和起源。
