短篇英语美文(精)一
然而在众多对丑恶人性的描写之中,也不乏许多使人肃然起敬的“小人物”,让人对荒诞,滑稽的故事漠然一笑之后,感慨万千。留给我印象最深的是《两位感恩节的绅士》这篇文章,它让我真正领略到了人性的魅力。
故事讲了两位美国绅士——其中一人根本不能称之为绅士,他只能说是一个常年受饥饿折磨的穷人。在他们之间有个奇怪的约定——每年感恩节,穷人便会坐在联邦广场喷水池对面人行道旁边东入口右面的第三条长凳上,等待着老绅士的到来。老绅士来了之后,会带这位饥肠辘辘的穷人饱餐一顿。这就是他们之间神圣的约定。对老绅士而言,一顿饭钱简直微不足道,但是,他却从其中找到了助人的乐趣。而穷人的目的也并不完全是在于那顿丰盛的饭菜,更重要的是能使一位老人如自己所愿。
这个传统延续了九年之久,第十年的感恩节,穷人照惯例走在去约会地点的路上。可出乎意料的事发生了。半路上,穷人被一幢住宅的管家请进了门,并可以享受一顿丰盛的大餐。原来住宅的主人——两位老太太,也有一个奇怪的传统——在正午把第一个饥饿的路人请进门,让他大吃大喝,饱餐一顿。饥饿的穷人抵挡不住事物的诱惑,畅开肚子,吃了起来。当他心满意足地走出住宅时,才想起了和老绅士的约定。但他还是如约与老绅士碰了面。老绅士将他带到了一处餐厅,穷人为了不扫老绅士的兴,只能装作饥饿难奈地狼吞虎咽起来。尽管穷人那时只剩下挪动身子和呼吸的确力气了。穷人吃完后,老绅士付了帐,两人便道了别。
故事的结局是——两人在回家的路上都晕了过去,被送进了医院。穷人是因为吃得太撑,几乎撑破了胃,而老绅士,一位在前些日子还家财万贯的富翁则是因为三天三夜没有吃东西,身体脱虚,而在路上倒了下来。
读这篇文章就好像是在嚼一只橄榄,甜味中带了一丝酸涩,让人在漠然一笑之后,思索良久。
文中的主人公,充其量不过是两个“小人物”,然而反映初等推己及人,相濡以沫的人性魅力却是那些“大人物”,“权贵们”所无法匹敌的。
那位老绅士在身上只剩下一点钱的情况下,完全可以不去赴约,但是他看重的不是金钱,而是诚信,他宁可饿死也不愿意食言。相比如今社会上一些只要自己利益受到损害就不择手段的人来说,老绅士的人性魅力显露无遗。再看那个穷人,尽管吃不饱穿不暖,没有受什么教育,但是他比任何受过良好教育的“权贵”都充满魅力——那是人性的魅力,他可以对老绅士说自己已经饱了,可他为了圆老绅士的心愿,咬紧牙关,把饭菜吃得干干净净。也许这很可笑,可是却是不是多么伟大,多么令人钦佩!
读了这篇文章,我知道了人性的伟大力量,我也立志要像那两个绅士一样,不求活得轰轰烈烈,但求真真实实,充满意义,有所追求!
短篇英语美文(精)二
有这么一个人写的小说,他篇幅不不长,但总能带给你长篇小说般绵长的美好回忆;有这么一个人写的小说,读去普通,却总能在结尾给你带来极大的震撼;有这么一个人写的小说,他没有侦探小说的神秘,没有塑造显赫的大人物,但他笔下的每一个普通的小人物都让我们在含泪的阅读中绽放温暖的微笑……他就是欧亨利和他的短篇小说。
初识欧亨利还是在小学六年级,语文书最后的选学课文中有一篇叫做《一件运动衫》的小说,文笔朴实,但读完后,那只昂头的麋鹿便在我的脑海里深深扎根了。
于是,阅读欧亨利一发不可收拾。
在欧亨利的短篇小说《最后一片叶子》中,我知道了原来这个世界上还有一片树叶可以永远翠绿不会凋零,那是伟大却极其贫穷的画家贝尔曼用生命的画笔描画的,这永不凋零的常春藤叶唤起了琼西生的欲望;
在欧亨利的短篇小说《麦琪的礼物》中,我知道了原来有一种付出是可以割舍自我的:德拉为了给丈夫的金表配上一副精巧的表链,忍痛卖掉一头美丽的长发,那是“像一股褐色的小瀑布奔泻闪亮的长发”;同时,丈夫吉姆为了给妻子的美丽长发配上爱慕已久的玳瑁发梳卖掉了三代祖传的金表。只求付出的爱付出了沉重的代价,但谁能说这对穷夫妻不是度过了最为幸福的圣诞节呢?
在欧亨利的短篇小说《两位感恩节的绅士》中,我知道有一种承诺是可以用生命捍卫的。没落的财主尽管自己也食不果腹,但他依然铭记每年在感恩节要让一个流浪汉饱餐一顿,结果自己却饿晕了;而穷光蛋为了感谢财主的恩赐,尽管自己已经受施舍填饱肚子,但还是大快朵颐了财主的美餐以致胀破了肚子……
有人说,欧亨利的小说,最吸引人的是他的出其不意的结尾,正因为这样的结尾,所以被称作“欧亨利式结尾”。说实话,起初我也被小说的结尾深深吸引,因为他总是在你认定了结局时出其不意地给你惊喜。但在我一次又一次阅读他朴实但精致,雷同却神秘的故事后,我想我终于知道自己为什么如此震撼了,这份震撼恰恰来自欧亨利笔下那群贫穷、卑微的小人物,他们个个充满爱心、充满毅力,就这样温暖而坚定地走进读者的心灵。
俗语说,有钱能使鬼推磨!欧亨利告诉我们,金钱不是万能的,真正打动人心的恰恰是你的心灵。一个纯洁高尚的灵魂,即使他衣不蔽体,即使她食不果腹,他也依然是我们心中的巨人。
短篇英语美文(精)三
ladies and gentlemen, good morning! i’m very glad to stand here and give you a short speech.
man’s life is a process of growing up, actually i’m standing here is a growth. if a person’s life must constituted by various choices, then i grow up along with these choices. once i hope i can study in a college in future, however that’s passed, as you know i come here, now i wonder what the future holds for me.
when i come to this school, i told to myself: this my near future, all starts here. following i will learn to become a man, a integrated man, who has a fine body, can take on important task, has independent thought, an open mind, intensive thought, has the ability to judge right and wrong, has a perfect job.
once my teacher said :” you are not sewing, you are stylist; never forget which you should lay out to people is your thought, not craft.” i will put my personality with my interest and ability into my study, during these process i will combine learning with doing. if i can achieve this “future”, i think that i really grow up. and i deeply believe kindred, good-fellowship and love will perfection and happy in the future.
how to say future? maybe it’s a nice wish. lets make up our minds, stick to it and surely well enjoy our life.
小学短篇英语演讲稿篇4
one of the most popular hobbies among people is reading books. more and more people spend their spare time in reading the books they are interested in.
there are so many books in the world that it is impossible for any one to read all of them, even if he spends his whole life in reading. before we start reading, we should find out whether it is valuable for us to read.
reading good books is one of the greatest pleasures in life. it can enrich our knowledge. it makes us learn lots of things we did not previously know. we can be aware of what had happened in the past as well as what is happening in the present time. the more books we read, the more knowledge we get. no matter how much education we receive or how much expensive we have, we can not become a full man unless we keep reading.