小黑妈跃跃
抒情散文最大特点就是“形散而神不散”。往往借助具象，写景状物来抒发主观情感。接下来为大家带来一篇经典的英文抒情散文，希望大家会喜欢。
My father was a self-taught mandolin player. He was one of the best string instrument players in our town. He could not read music, but if he heard a tune a few times, he could play it. When he was younger, he was a member of a small country music band. They would play at local dances and on a few occasions would play for the local radio station. He often told us how he had auditioned and earned a position in a band that featured Patsy Cline as their lead singer. He told the family that after he was hired he never went back. Dad was a very religious man. He stated that there was a lot of drinking and cursing the day of his audition and he did not want to be around that type of environment.
Occasionally, Dad would get out his mandolin and play for the family. We three children: Trisha, Monte and I, George Jr., would often sing along. Songs such as the Tennessee Waltz, Harbor Lights and around Christmas time, the well-known rendition of Silver Bells. "Silver Bells, Silver Bells, its Christmas time in the city" would ring throughout the house. One of Dad's favorite hymns was "The Old Rugged Cross". We learned the words to the hymn when we were very young, and would sing it with Dad when he would play and sing. Another song that was often shared in our house was a song that accompanied the Walt Disney series: Davey Crockett. Dad only had to hear the song twice before he learned it well enough to play it. "Davey, Davey Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier" was a favorite song for the family. He knew we enjoyed the song and the program and would often get out the mandolin after the program was over. I could never get over how he could play the songs so well after only hearing them a few times. I loved to sing, but I never learned how to play the mandolin. This is something I regret to this day.
Dad loved to play the mandolin for his family he knew we enjoyed singing, and hearing him play. He was like that. If he could give pleasure to others, he would, especially his family. He was always there, sacrificing his time and efforts to see that his family had enough in their life. I had to mature into a man and have children of my own before I realized how much he had sacrificed.
I joined the United States Air Force in January of 1962. Whenever I would come home on leave, I would ask Dad to play the mandolin. Nobody played the mandolin like my father. He could touch your soul with the tones that came out of that old mandolin. He seemed to shine when he was playing. You could see his pride in his ability to play so well for his family.
When Dad was younger, he worked for his father on the farm. His father was a farmer and sharecropped a farm for the man who owned the property. In 1950, our family moved from the farm. Dad had gained employment at the local limestone quarry. When the quarry closed in August of 1957, he had to seek other employment. He worked for Owens Yacht Company in Dundalk, Maryland and for Todd Steel in Point of Rocks, Maryland. While working at Todd Steel, he was involved in an accident. His job was to roll angle iron onto a conveyor so that the welders farther up the production line would have it to complete their job. On this particular day Dad got the third index finger of his left hand mashed between two pieces of steel. The doctor who operated on the finger could not save it, and Dad ended up having the tip of the finger amputated. He didn't lose enough of the finger where it would stop him picking up anything, but it did impact his ability to play the mandolin.
After the accident, Dad was reluctant to play the mandolin. He felt that he could not play as well as he had before the accident. When I came home on leave and asked him to play he would make excuses for why he couldn't play. Eventually, we would wear him down and he would say "Okay, but remember, I can't hold down on the strings the way I used to" or "Since the accident to this finger I can't play as good". For the family it didn't make any difference that Dad couldn't play as well. We were just glad that he would play. When he played the old mandolin it would carry us back to a cheerful, happier time in our lives. "Davey, Davey Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier", would again be heard in the little town of Bakerton, West Virginia.
In August of 1993 my father was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. He chose not to receive chemotherapy treatments so that he could live out the rest of his life in dignity. About a week before his death, we asked Dad if he would play the mandolin for us. He made excuses but said "okay". He knew it would probably be the last time he would play for us. He tuned up the old mandolin and played a few notes. When I looked around, there was not a dry eye in the family. We saw before us a quiet humble man with an inner strength that comes from knowing God, and living with him in one's life. Dad would never play the mandolin for us again. We felt at the time that he wouldn't have enough strength to play, and that makes the memory of that day even stronger. Dad was doing something he had done all his life, giving. As sick as he was, he was still pleasing others. Dad sure could play that Mandolin!
中文译文：
我父亲是个自学成才的曼陀林琴手，他是我们镇最优秀的弦乐演奏者之一，他看不懂乐谱，但是如果听几次曲子，他就能演奏出来。当他年轻一点的时候，他是一个小乡村乐队的成员，他们在当地舞厅演奏，有几次还为当地广播电台演奏。他经常告诉我们，自己如何试演，如何在佩茜?克莱恩作为主唱的乐队里占一席之位。他告诉家人，一旦被聘用就永不回头。父亲是一个很严谨的人，他讲述了他试演的那天，很多人在喝酒，咒骂，他不想呆在那种环境里。
有时候，父亲会拿出曼陀林，为家人弹奏。我们三个小孩：翠莎、蒙蒂和我，还有乔治通常会伴唱。唱的有：《田纳西华尔兹》和《海港之光》，到了圣诞节，就唱脍炙人口的《银铃》："银铃，银铃，城里来了圣诞节。"歌声充满了整个房子。父亲最爱的其中一首赞歌是《古老的十字架》。我们很小的时候就学会歌词了，而且在父亲弹唱的时候，我们也跟着唱。我们经常一起唱的另外一首歌来自沃特?迪斯尼的系列片：《戴维?克罗克特》。父亲只要听了两遍就弹起来了，"戴维，戴维?克罗克特，荒野边疆的国王。"那是我们家最喜欢的歌曲。他知道我们喜欢那首歌和那个节目，所以每次节目结束后，他就拿出曼陀林弹奏。我永远不能明白他如何能听完几遍后就能把一首曲子弹得那么好。我热爱唱歌，但我没有学会如何弹奏曼陀林，这是我遗憾至今的事情。
父亲喜欢为家人弹奏曼陀林，他知道我们喜欢唱歌，喜欢听他弹奏，他就是那样，如果他能把快乐奉献给别人，他从不吝啬，尤其是对他的家人。他总是那样，牺牲自己的时间和精力让家人生活得满足。父亲的这种付出是只有当我长大成人，而且是有了自己的孩子后才能体会到的。
我在1962年1月加入了美国空军基地。每当我休假回家，我都请求父亲弹奏曼陀林。没有人弹奏曼陀林能达到像我父亲那样的境界，他在那古老的曼陀林上抚出的旋律能够触及你的灵魂。他弹奏的时候，身上似乎能发出四射的光芒。你可以看出，父亲为能给家人弹奏出如此美妙的旋律，他是多么的'自豪。
父亲年轻的时候，曾在农场为爷爷工作，爷爷是农场使用者，要向农场所有人交纳谷物抵租。1950年，我们全家搬离农场，父亲在当地石灰石采石场谋得职位。采石场在1957年倒闭，他只好另觅工作。他曾在马里兰州登多克的欧文斯游艇公司上班，还在马里兰州的洛斯的托德钢铁公司上过班。在托德钢铁公司上班期间，他遇到了意外。他的工作是把有棱角的铁滚到搬运台上，这样焊接工才能作进一步加工来完成整个工序。在那个特殊的日子里，父亲的
左手第三个手指被缠在两片钢铁中，医生对手指施手术，但未能保住那只手指，最后父亲只好让医生把那手指的指尖给切除了。那个手指并没有完全丧失拿东西的能力，但是却影响了他弹奏曼陀林的能力。
事故后，父亲不太愿意弹奏曼陀林了，他觉得再也不能像以前弹得那么好了，我休假回家请求他弹奏曼陀林，他以种种借口解释不能弹奏的原因。最后，我们软硬兼施逼他就范，他终于说："好吧，但是记住，我拨弦再也不能像过去一样了。"或者会说："这个手指出意外后，我再也不能弹得像过去那样好了。"对于家人来说，父亲弹得好不好并没有分别，我们很高兴他终于弹奏了。当他弹起那把陈旧的曼陀林，就会把我们带回昔日那些无忧无虑的幸福时光。"戴维，戴维?克罗克特，荒野边疆的国王"就会再次响彻西弗吉尼亚州的贝克顿小镇。
1993年8月，父亲诊断得了不宜动手术的肺癌，他不想接受化疗，因为他想体面地过完他生命最后的时光，大约在父亲去世的一周前，我们请求他能否为我们弹奏曼陀林，他说了很多借口，最后还是答应了。他知道这可能是他最后一次为我们弹奏了，他为老曼陀林调弦，弹了几个音。我环顾四周，家人个个都泪水满眶。我们看见在我们面前是一个安静的、谦虚的人，以生命最后的力量，用爱的力量支撑着。父亲再也没有足够的力量弹奏，这使我们对那天的记忆更加强烈。父亲做着他一生都在做的事情：奉献。即使生命已走到了尽头，他却仍尽力为他人创造欢乐。没错，父亲一定还能弹奏曼陀林的。
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优美的英语散文:善良，从来都不是白费的
A Lion lay asleep in the forest, his great head resting on his paws. A timid little Mouse came upon him unexpectedly , and in her fright and haste to get away, ran across the Lion's nose.
一只狮子在森林里面睡觉，王者之首枕在爪子上。一只胆小的老鼠无意中撞见了狮子，它惊恐万分，急着逃跑，从狮子的鼻子那里跨了过去。
Roused from his nap, the Lion laid his huge paw angrily on the tiny creature to kill her.
从睡梦中惊醒的狮子，生气地用爪子盖在了这个小东西的身上，想要杀了它。
"Spare me!" begged the poor Mouse. "Please let me go and some day I will surely repay you."
“放了我吧!”可怜的老鼠乞求道。“请让我走吧，将来我一定会报答你的。”
The Lion was much amused to think that a Mouse could ever help him. But he was generous and finally let the Mouse go.
狮子听了觉得滑稽可笑，想着你这个老鼠怎么可能会帮到我，最后还是没有计较，放它走了。
Some days later, while stalking his prey in the forest, the Lion was caught in the toils of a hunter's net. Unable to free himself, he filled the forest with his angry roaring.
几天后，狮子在森林里面寻找猎物的时候。被猎人布下的网困住了。它自己无力挣脱，整个森林充斥着它愤怒地咆哮。
The Mouse knew the voice and quickly found the Lion struggling in the net. Running to one of the great ropes that bound him, she gnawed it until it parted, and soon the Lion was free.
老鼠认出了狮子的声音，迅速找到了被困的狮子，不停地咬着困住狮子的绳子，直到它松开，狮子终于获得了自由。
"You laughed when I said I would repay you," said the Mouse. "Now you see that even a Mouse can help a Lion."
“我说会报答你的时候，你曾笑话我，现在你看到了吧，哪怕是一只老鼠也是可以帮助一只狮子的。”
A kindness is never wasted.
没有哪个善举是白费的。
优美的英语散文:只要身边有爱，生活就有希望
In the summer of my eleventh year the home I had grown up in burned to the ground in the middle of the night.
11岁的时候，我住的房子在半夜三更被烧成了灰烬，那里曾是我长大的地方。
Thankfully, my Mom, Dad, Nana, brothers, and I escaped along with our dogs.
幸运的是，我的爸爸、妈妈、奶奶、几个哥哥，还有我，包括我们养的几条狗，都逃了出来。
Yet, we had nothing but the night clothes we were sleeping in.
不过，除了穿着睡觉的一身睡衣，我们也一无所剩了。
I spent the rest of that night with friends of our family trying unsuccessfully to sleep in a bed in their attic .
我们借宿到了一个朋友家里，住在他们的阁楼上，那天的后半夜，我躺在床上辗转难眠。
I was too scared to doze off, though. I didn’t know what lay ahead for us.
我太害怕了，不敢睡着。我不知道在未来等待着我们的是怎样的命运。
The next day my Mom brought me a few t-shirts and pairs of jeans given to her by another friend.
第二天，我妈妈给我带回了几件T恤，还有几条裤子，这是她的另一个朋友送给她的。
One pair of them was too short and the other pair too long but I didn’t care. At least I had some clothes again.
其中一条牛仔裤非常短，另外一条又太长了，可是我并不在意。至少我又有衣服穿了。
Meanwhile my Dad had returned to blackened wreckage of our home to see what he could find.
与此同时，我爸爸回到房子里，在烧成黑炭的灰烬中寻找还有价值的东西。
The only thing he could save was my Mom’s wedding rings.
他找回的唯一的东西是妈妈的结婚戒指。
The plastic case she had put them in that night had melted around them and shielded them from the flames.
当晚他把一对结婚戒指放进塑料盒子里，盒子已经融化了，但它保护了这对戒指免受灼烧。
As the summer days wore on my Dad was able to rent us a dusty old house by the side of the road near where our old house had been.
夏日一天天过去，我爸爸凑足了钱，为我们租下了一桩灰尘遍地的老房子，就在大路边我们的旧家附近。
As we moved in I watched as family, friends and our community continued to donate all they could to help us get back on our feet.
我们搬进这所房子时，我环顾四周，家人、朋友、还有社区里的邻居们源源不断地倾其所有援助我们，帮助我们重振家园。
There was more clothes, furniture, food, money, and even some books for me to read.
我们又收到了新衣服、新家具、食物、钱，我甚至还收到了基本可以阅读的书。
Looking back now I am grateful for all we went through that Summer because it taught me so much about life, love, and people.
现在回忆那个时候，我对我们经历的一切心存感恩，因为它教会了我很多东西，有关人生，有关爱，还有人性。
It showed me that when you have nothing left but love, for the first time you see that love is enough.
这些苦难让我明白，当你一无所有，只剩下爱的时候，你会第一次发现，有爱就足够了。
May you always have “Enough” then for all the days of your life here.
愿你此生永远都有“足够”的爱相伴。
优美的英语散文:生命的意义到底是什么?
"What is the meaning of life?" This is a question that we all ask ourselves at one point or another of our existence here. It is a question that I have asked myself many times over the years.
“生活的意义是什么?”这个问题我们都在某个生命节点问过自己，或者我们为什么存在。这个问题，在过去这些年中，我问过自己无数次。
The best answer that I ever came across was written by the great psychologist , Viktor Frankl who had survived the Nazi Concentration camps in World War II. Frankl wrote that "The meaning of life is to give life meaning.
"我认为最好的答案是来自维克多•弗兰克，他是一个伟大的心理学家，他在二战纳粹集中营里面存活下来。他说，“生命的意义在于赋予它意义。”
When I was a young boy I gave my life meaning by simply playing, running, jumping, swimming, laughing, and riding my bike.
我还是小男孩的时候，我对于生活的理解就是单纯的玩耍、追逐、蹦蹦跳跳、游泳、没心没肺地大笑，还有骑自行车。
When I went to school I gave my life meaning by learning, studying hard, getting good grades and trying to make my Mom and Dad proud.
大一点去学校了以后，生活就是，学习，还有努力学习，得到好成绩为父母争光。
When I was a teenage boy I found meaning in playing sports, hanging out with my friends, and trying to impress girls.
当我成了小伙儿，生命的意义在于玩转各类运动、和朋友们出去玩、吸引女孩儿注意。
In college I found my meaning by deciding what I wanted to study and what career I wanted to prepare for.
大学的时候，生命的意义在于找到自己热衷学习的课程，以及为今后的就业做准备。
When I was working as a teacher I found meaning in helping to open young minds to new ideas and old wisdom.
当我成为一名老师的时候，生命的意义变成帮助孩子们激发新点子、传授老经验。
When I married and had children I found meaning in protecting, providing for, and watching over those I loved.
当我结婚为人父，生命的意义对我来说就是保护、倾其所有地陪伴所爱之人的成长。
When I found out both of my sons were mentally handicapped I found meaning in loving them, caring for them, and learning so much from them about life, love, compassion, patience, faith, and joy.
当我发现儿子们都有智力上面的缺陷，生命的意义在于，爱他们、照顾他们、从他们身上领会到生命的真谛、爱、热情、耐心、信仰，和快乐。
As I got older too I began to realize that meaning isn’t something that comes and goes.
再年长一点时候，我体会到，生命不只是一些东西的拥有和失去。
We can give meaning to every moment of our lives here. We can bring meaning to the thoughts we think.
我们可以赋予生命每一刻以意义。让我们的思考有价值。
We can bring meaning to the things we do. We can bring meaning to the hearts we touch.
让我们的所作所为有意义。让那些我们可以碰触到的心灵变得有意义。
All we have to do is love. It is love that gives life meaning. It is love that makes life worth living.
我们所有的这些都叫爱。爱让生命变得充实，爱让生命的存在有价值，不枉此生。
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优秀的英语散文:你值得更好的社交圈
There is a saying that who you socialize with defines who you are.
有一句话叫：你的社交关系决定了你是什么样的人。
I find it very inspiring.
我觉得这非常醍醐灌顶。
Find a healthier socializing way.
找些更有营养的社交方式吧。
Don't fall into the pit of gossip, especially not in the office.
别掉进八卦的深坑，尤其不要在职场里。
The reason some people participate in workplace gossip in the first place is that they are afraid of being isolated.
有些人参与职场八卦的原因是：他们害怕被孤立。
If this is exactly your situation, then you are drinking poison to quench thirst.
如果这说的正好是你，那么你这就是饮鸩止渴了。
One of the worst things of workplace gossip is that it does not have much logic. Participants simply hope that other people will recognize their opinions so that they themselves can get emotional satisfaction.
职场八卦最要命的一点是它并没有太多真正的逻辑，参与者们只是单纯希望其他人都来认可自己的观点，进而得到情绪上的满足。
People who share the same opinions as them are friends, otherwise they are enemies.
观点一致就是朋友，观点不一致就是敌人。
Whether the gossip concerns the family life of a colleague or private life of a celebrity, it is essentially the same.
不管八卦内容是同事的家长里短，还是明星私生活，本质上都是这样。
Such kind of socializing will not give you any chance of self-improvement. Instead, it may lead you to a moral abduction.
这样的社交不会给你带来任何自我提升的机会，还可能让你遭遇道德绑架。
It would be better for you to take some courses and learn skills that interest you on your spare time.
不如利用业余时间去参加些课程，学一些自己感兴趣的技能。
Or you can join some hobby groups and meet like-minded people.
或者是参加一些兴趣组织，找一些志同道合的人。
There goes an old saying: We would rather fight with a sensible person than argue with an idiot.
有句老话说得好：常与同好争高下，莫与傻瓜论短长。
优秀的英语散文:请不要成为道德绑架的帮凶
There are many kinds of panic.
恐慌有很多种。
And one of the most terrifying one of them all is moral panic.
而其中最可怕的之一就是道德恐慌。
Moral panic is defined as public anxiety or alarm in response to a perceived threat to the moral standard of the society.
所谓的道德恐慌指的是：当一个社会的道德规范感受到一个可见的威胁时，人们对这个威胁表现出的公开不安和警惕。
The road to moral panic has several stops.
通往道德恐慌的道路上有很多站。
The first is concern.
其中的第一站就是“担忧”。
This concern spreads from person to person, and is amplified by cultural forces until rational concern becomes irrational fear.
这种担忧会从一个人传给另一个人，并且会被文化力量增幅放大，直到最终理性的担忧变成了非理性的恐惧。
People come to believe something terrible is happening. Something they cannot see. Something they can't control.
然后人们就会开始相信，有什么可怕的事情正在发生。这是一种他们看不见的东西。这是一种他们无法控制的东西。
It has come for others. It will come for them.
这个东西已经发生在别人身上了。而它总有一天会发生在我们自己身上。
The result of this can be very dangerous because, whether or not the threat is real, the response certainly is.
这种现象的结果可能会很危险，因为，不管那个威胁是真是假，人们采取的应对行为显然都是真的。
And it is often excessive.
而且这些应对行为常常是过激的。
For example, you may know the disastrous witch-hunt in the Western history.
比如，你可能知道西方历史里那段灾难性的“女巫狩猎”运动。
Too many innocent people died in it.
有太多的无辜的人因它而死。
So ask yourself: What's more terrifying? Fear? Or the frightened?
所以，问问你自己吧：到底什么更可怕?是恐惧本身?还是那些感到恐惧的人?
优秀的英语散文:有些小确幸，金钱真的买不来
Whenever I began to clean the house, my routine is to turn on my husband's PS3 and play my music folder (which contains a great variety of artists, might I add) but just a moment ago I grabbed a seat to take a little break and as I was sitting.
每当开始在家打扫卫生的时候，我的惯例是把丈夫的PS3打开，播放里面我的音乐文件夹(容我插一句，里面有我添加的许多风格迥异的音乐艺术家作品)，不过刚刚，我找了张椅子准备坐下来休息一会儿。
Chris Botti came on, the song, "Embraceable You" and it relaxed me and I had become so comfortable in my seat that my mind drifted away to a beautiful scene of a moment of mine back in time and right then I said to myself "This is what I love".
克里斯波提的歌开始放了，是那首“想要拥抱你”，听着我感觉异常轻松，身心愉悦，思绪飘散回往昔种种美好时刻，我对自己说，“这是我钟情的时刻。”
I love a peace of mind. I mean, you just can't buy that. I often find myself reveling in the many moments I'm blessed to receive that provides my environment to be at ease.
我喜欢精神上的宁静祥和。说真的，这不是钱能买的。在很多时候我的精神都处于亢奋之中，我尤其希望能有这样的时刻来放松身心。
And right now, I'm alone, the house has a wonderful aroma in the air, the music is playing, the door is ajar , the fan is on, the windows are open and the sun is shining so bright that it gives my place the perfect light. Aah!!! I love this feeling!
此时此刻，我一个人独处，房子里弥漫着芬芳，音乐在播放，门半掩着，风扇开着，窗户开着，窗外阳光耀，眼家里的光线恰到好处。这一切契合着我的心境。
No one is calling me, knocking at my door and there is no loud hustle and bustle outside.
没有人打电话来，没有人敲门，外面也没有熙然嘈杂声。我不禁开始思考，主啊，要做什么才能换来一次这样的时刻。
Then I started thinking, Lord, what did I do to deserve this moment? Never mind, I just want to enjoy it. Thank you Lord for allowing me this peaceful feeling of freedom. I hope all that maybe reading this can soon indulge in a mental pleasure such as this. There is nothing like it.
这也没有关系，现在我要及时行乐。谢主隆恩，让我享受到心无所事，随遇而安。我希望阅读到这篇文章的人也能尽快感受到类似的精神愉悦。再没有什么感觉能与之媲美了。
