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英语阅读技能既是重要的语言技能,也是重要的学习技能,是发展其他语言技能的基础和前提。我精心收集了优美的英语小短文，供大家欣赏学习!
《You Have Only One Life》
There are moments in life when you miss someone so much that you just want to pick them from your dreams and hug them for real! Dream what you want to dream;go where you want to go;be what you want to be,because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do.
May you have enough happiness to make you sweet,enough trials to make you strong,enough sorrow to keep you human,enough hope to make you happy? Always put yourself in others’shoes.If you feel that it hurts you,it probably hurts the other person, too.
The happiest of people don’t necessarily have the best of everything;they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.Happiness lies for those who cry,those who hurt, those who have searched,and those who have tried,for only they can appreciate the importance of people
who have touched their lives.Love begins with a smile,grows with a kiss and ends with a tear.The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past, you can’t go on well in lifeuntil you let go of your past failures and heartaches.
When you were born,you were crying and everyone around you was smiling.Live your life so that when you die,you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.
Please send this message to those people who mean something to you,to those who have touched your life in one way or another,to those who make you smile when you really need it,to those that make you see the brighter side of things when you are really down,to those who you want to let them know that you appreciate their friendship.And if you don’t, don’t worry,nothing bad will happen to you,you will just miss out on the opportunity to brighten someone’s day with this message.
I am writing this the day before I find out my fate —the day before I know the answer to what will happen in my life.
在我知晓自己命运的前一天,也是在我知道自己的生活将发生何种改变的前一天,我写下这篇文章。
I am determined to see the world in every aspect that may be possible for me. duanwenw.com I am sure that I will become something, even if the envelope that carries my life inside it carries bad news.
我决定尽一切可能去了解世界的每一面。我坚信自己会有所成就,即使那个承载着我的命运的信封给我带来坏消息。
I will not listen to those who insist that a university degree is the only way you will find a means of living these days. I have experienced what I like to live, and I will tell myself that even if that envelope is a rejection, I will carry on and go on to see mountains, swim in the sea and count the stars. I know I must continue to live my life the way I know how to.
那些坚持认为大学学位是这个时代惟一的谋生手段的人所说的话,我将永不听信。我已经体验了自己喜欢的生活,我会告诉自己,即使那个小信封带来的全是拒绝,我也会继续向前,去跋山涉水,继续数星星。我知道我必须过属于自己的生活,而我知道怎么去过。
The envelope that will reach my mail-box tomorrow will bring an answer that I am ready to bear with courage and self-respect. I am independent by nature. I accept who I am and will continue to live regardless of whether or not I am accepted into a college. duanwenw.com I will always be true to myself and to those around me. I will remember my friends, acquaintances and idols, and I will wish them the best of luck in life.
明天,我的邮箱里会有一封信,它会带来答案,我已经准备好用勇气和自尊来承受。我生而独立。我接受自己的现状,不论大学是否录取我,我都将继续生活。我将继续真诚地面对自己和周围的朋友。我会记住我的朋友、熟人和偶像,我将祝愿他们一生好运连连
The envelope that is to reach my house will not only be a letter, but rather a decision that I will make with my life. duanwenw.com I am confused, as most people of my age around this time are, but I will not look back. I will only look toward tomorrow and greet each day with a smile wherever I may be.
那封还没有寄到的信,不只是一封信,而是我对自己的生活做出的决定。像所有同龄人一样,我也很困惑,但我绝不会回头。不管身在何处,我只会展望明天,迎接每一天的到来。
Many scientists, from their earlier work, know enough to make good guesses on the solutions to the problems they are working on.
许多科学家从他们早期的工作中积累了很多知识,足以对他们钻研的问题的解决方案做出很好的猜想。
In making new discoveries, they may use trial-and-error, they may use past experience, duanwenw.com or they may try to find out what others have discovered. They may come up with new experiments and new ways of testing their results. Scientists have to train themselves to use their brains efficiently; that is, they train themselves to think.
在探索新事物的时候,他们可以采用反复试验的方法,可以利用过去的经验,或者是借鉴别人的探索成果。他们可以设计出新的试验,研究出新的方法来检验他们的结果。科学家们得训练自己有效地使用大脑;也就是说,训练自己去思考。
For example, when Thomas A. Edison was trying to make an electric lamp, he needed a substance for the filament* inside the bulb that would glow brightly without burning up quickly. He tried more than a thousand different filaments before he found one that he could use. After each trial he thought about how the new substance had behaved. He kept notes and compared results. After he had experimented for a long time, someone asked Mr. Edison if he was ever discouraged by the time they thought he had wasted. He replied, "I have not been wasting time. I have just found a thousand materials that won’t work. Now I can look for others that will." Edison’s statement is important. Above all, scientists demand to know when and where they are wrong. A good question to ask in science is not, "Am I right? "but, "Am I wrong?"
例如,当托马斯·阿尔瓦·爱迪生在发明电灯过程中,他需要一种既能发出明亮的光又不会很快烧毁的材料来作灯泡里的灯丝。他尝试了一千多种不同的灯丝后才找到一种适合的材料。每一次尝试之后,他都在思索新的材料该如何发挥作用。他不断地记笔记,比较结果。经过很长时间的实验之后,有人问爱迪生,如此浪费时间他难道不感到沮丧?爱迪生回答说:"我并没有浪费时间。我已经找出有一千种材料不管用。现在我可以寻找其他材料了。"爱迪生的话非常重要。最重要的是,科学家应该知道他们是在何时、何处错了。在科学上,一个问得高明的问题并不是"我对不对?"而是"我错没错?"
Scientists spend many years studying and training themselves to use their brains and the tools of investigation. duanwenw.com They also use each other’s work. Isaac Newton, the famous British scientist who lived over 300 years ago, once said he saw further than others because he stood on the shoulders of giants.
科学家经过多年的研究,训练自己使用大脑和各种研究手段。他们也相互借鉴研究成果。生活在300多年前的英国著名科学家艾萨克·牛顿就曾说过,他之所以比别人看得更远,是因为他站在巨人的肩膀上。
可爱小伶伶
1、became a searcher,wanting to find out who I was and what made me unique. My view of myself was changing. I wanted a solid base to start from. I started to resist3 pressure to act in ways that I didn’t like any more,and I was delighted by who I really was. I came to feel much more sure that no one can ever take my place.Each of us holds a unique place in the world. You are special,no matter what others say or what you may think. So forget about being replaced. You can’t be.
我成了一个探寻者，想要知道自己到底是谁，又是什么让我变得独一无二.我的人生观开始改变。我需要一个坚固的基础来发展,我忍受住压力，不再做自己不喜欢做的事。而且我为真实的我感到高兴，渐渐地我越发肯定自己无可替代。
每个人在这个世界上都占有一个独一无二的位置。无论别人说什么，你自己怎么想，你都是特别的。所以，不要担心自己会被取代，因为你永远是惟一的。
2、Just as you need air to breathe, you need opportunity to succeed. It takes more than just breathing in the fresh air of opportunity, however. You must make use of that opportunity. That's not up to the opportunity. That's up to you. It doesn't matter what "floor" the opportunity is on. What matters is what you do with it.
正如你需要空气来呼吸，你也需要机遇来获得成功。但是只吸进机遇的新鲜空气远远不够。你必须好好利用机遇，这并不取决于机遇本身，而是由你自己决定。你在什么时候得到机遇并不重要，重要的是你怎样把握机遇。
3、The first snow came.
How beautiful it was, falling so silently, all day long, all night long, on the mountains, on the meadows, on the roofs of the living, on the graves1) of the dead!
All white save the river, that marked2) its course by a winding black line across the landscape3), and the leafless trees, that against the leaden4) sky now revealed more fully the wonderful beauty and intricacy5) of their branches!
第一场雪降临了。
真美啊!整日整夜,悄无声息地飘落,落在高山上,落在草地上,落在生者的房顶上,落在逝者的坟茔上!
万物皆白,惟有河流蜿蜒成一条黑线穿过雪野,还有无叶的林木,衬映在铅灰色的天空下,此刻更显得枝桠交错,仪态万千.
4、In the entire world there's nobody like me. Since the beginning of time, there has never been another person like me. Nobody has my smile. Nobody has my eyes, my nose, my hair, my hands, or my voice.
I'm special.
大千世界,芸芸众生,没人与我相同.自创世伊始,从未有过像我一样的人.没人拥有和我一样的笑容；没人拥有和我一样的眼睛、鼻子、头发、双手或声音.
我就是我.
5、We’re always on the go10)trying to accomplish so much, aren’s we? Getting groceries, cleaning the house, mowing the lawn — there’s always something. It’s so easy to get caught up in everyday life that we forget how simple it can be to bring cheer to ourselves and others. Giving a smile away takes so little effort and time, let’s make sure that we’ve not the one that others have to pretend is wearing an invisible smile.
我们总是忙着去尽量完成更多的事,不是吗?买东西,打扫屋子,割院子里的草——总有些什么事.这就使我们很容易在日常生活中忘记：给自己和别人带来快乐是多么简单的事情.绽放微笑花费的精力与时间很少,让我们确保自己不会成为这样的人——别人总得假装我们有看不见的笑容.
吐司酸奶
A Clever Panda A little panda picks up a pumpkin and wants totake it home. But the pumpkin is too big. The panda can’t take it home.Suddenly she sees a bear riding a bike toward her.She watches the bike. “I know! I have a good idea.” she jumps and shoutshappily, “I can roll a pumpkin. It’s like a wheel.”So she rolls the pumpkin to her home. When hermother sees the big pumpkin, she is surprised, “Oh, my God! How can you carryit home?” the little panda answers proudly, “I can’t lift it, but I can roll it.”Her mother smiled and says，“What a clever girl! Use youheard to do something,”聪明的熊猫一只小熊猫摘了一只大南瓜，想把它拿回家。但是这只南瓜太大了，她没有办法把这么大的南瓜带回家。突然她看见一只狗熊骑着一辆自行车朝她这边来。她看着自行车，跳着说：“有了！我有办法了。我可以把南瓜滚回家去。南瓜好像车轮。于是她把那瓜滚回家。当她妈妈看到这只大南瓜的时候，很惊讶：“天啊！这么食的南瓜！你是怎么把它带回家来的？”小熊猫自豪地说；“我拎不动它，可是我能滚动它啊！”她妈妈微笑着说：“真聪明啊！记住：只要你肯动脑筋，没有难办的事。
素雪清芳
＜秋之湖＞Irememberquiteclearlynowwhenthestoryhappened.Theautumnleaveswerefloatinginmeasuredowntotheground,recoveringthelake,whereweusedtoswimlikechildren,underthesunwastheretoshine.Thattimeweusedtobehappy.Well,Ithoughtwewere.Butthetruthwasthatyouhadbeenlongingtoleaveme,notdaringtotellme.Onthatpreciousnight,watchingthelake,vaguelyconscious,yousaid:Ourstoryisending.Therainwaskillingthelastdaysofsummer,youhadbeenkillingmylastbreathoflovesincealongtimeago.Istilldon'tthinkI'mgonnamakeitthroughanotherlovestory.Youtookitallawayfromme.AndthereIstand,IknewIwasgoingtobetheoneleftbehind.ButstillI'mwatchingthelake,vaguelyConscious,andIknowmylifeisending.参考译文：我仍清晰地记得故事发生的时候。秋叶翻飞，飘落一地。我们曾经孩子般戏水畅游过的小湖盖满落叶，在太阳下闪着光。那时我们幸福过。哦，我是这样认为的。可事实上你早就想离开我，只是不敢告诉我罢了。在那美丽的夜晚，眼望湖水，恍惚中听见你说：我们的故事已到尽头。雨水扼杀着所剩无几的夏日，而你很久以来也在扼杀我奄奄一息的爱。我仍不认为自己会再去经历另一段爱情故事。你把一切都带走了。我只有，悄然伫立，早已明白自己将会是那个被遗弃的人。而我依然凝望着湖水，恍惚中，生命正离我而去。
