1、高級美文必背10篇1.Youth青春Youth is not a time of 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, a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life.青春不是年華，而是心境；青春不是桃面、丹唇、柔膝，而是深沉的意志，恢宏的想

2、象，炙熱的感情；青春是生命的深泉在涌流。Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease. This often exists in a man of 60 more than a boy of 20. Nobody grows old merely by a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals.青春氣貫長虹，勇銳蓋過怯

3、弱，進取壓倒茍安。如此銳氣，二十后生而有之，六旬男子則更多見。年歲有加，并非垂老，理想丟棄，方墮暮年。Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust.歲月悠悠，衰微只及肌膚；熱忱拋卻，頹廢必致靈魂。憂煩，惶恐，喪失自信，定使心靈扭曲，意氣如灰。Whether 60 or 16, there is in every human being's

4、 heart the lure of wonder, the unfailing childlike appetite of what's next and the joy of the game of living. In the center of your heart and my heart there is a wireless station: so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, courage and power from men and from the Infinite,

5、so long are you young.無論年屆花甲，抑或二八芳齡，心中皆有生命之歡樂，奇跡之誘惑，孩童般天真久盛不衰。人人心中皆有一臺天線，只要你從天上人間接受美好、希望、歡樂、勇氣和力量的信號，你就青春永駐，風華常存。When the aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism, then you are grown old, even at 20, but as long as your aerials are up, to catch wav

6、es of optimism, there is hope you may die young at 80.一旦天線下降，銳氣便被冰雪覆蓋，玩世不恭、自暴自棄油然而生，即使年方二十，實已垂垂老矣；然則只要樹起天線，捕捉樂觀信號，你就有望在八十高齡告別塵寰時仍覺年輕。2.生命之筆Suppose someone gave you a pen - a sealed, solid-colored pen.假如有人送你一支筆，一支不可拆卸的單色鋼筆。You couldn't see how much ink it had. It might run dry after the first few

7、 tentative words or last just long enough to create a masterpiece(or several) that would last forever and make a difference in the scheme of things.You don't know before you begin. Under the rules of the game, you really never know. You have to take a chance!看不出里面究竟有多少墨水。或許在你試探性地寫上幾個字后它就會枯干

8、，或許足夠用來創作一部影響深遠的不朽巨著(或是幾部)。而這些，在動筆前，都是無法得知的。 在這個游戲規則下，你真的永遠不會預知結果。你只能去碰運氣！And of what would you write: Of love? Hate? Fun? Misery? Life?Death? Nothing? Everything? Would you write to please just yourself? Or others?Or yourself by writing for others? Would your strokes be tremblingly timid or brillia

9、ntly bold? Fancy with a flourish or plain? Would you even write? Once you have the pen, no rule says you have to write. Would you sketch? Scribble?Doodle or draw? Would you stay in or on the lines, or see no lines at all, even if they were there? Or are they?你又會用筆寫下些什么呢：愛？恨？喜？悲？生？死？虛無？萬物？你寫作只是為了愉己？還

10、是為了悅人？抑或是借替人書寫而愉己？你的落筆會是顫抖膽怯的，還是鮮明果敢的？你的想象會是豐富的還是貧乏的？甚或你根本沒有落筆？這是因為，你拿到筆以后，沒有哪條規則說你必須寫作。也許你要畫素描，亂寫一氣？信筆涂鴉？畫畫？你會保持寫在線內還是線上，還是根本看不到線，即使有線在那里？嗯，真的有線嗎？There's a lot to think about here, isn't there?這里面有許多東西值得考慮，不是嗎？Now, suppose someone gave you a life.現在，假如有人給予你一支生命的筆  3. Living l

11、ife over 假如生活重新再來If I had my life to live over I would have talked less and listened more.假如我能重新生活,我會說得更少，聽得更多。I would have invited friends over to dinner even if the carpet was stained and the sofa faded.我會邀請朋友來吃飯，即使地毯變臟,沙發褪色。I would have taken the time to listen to my grandfather ramble about

12、 his youth.  我會花時間聽我的祖父漫談他的年輕時光。  I would never have insisted the car windows be rolled up on a summer daybecause my hair had just been teased and sprayed. 我再也不會堅持在某個夏天的某一天車窗一定要打開，而我的頭發剛剛被噴膠并被做好。I would have burned the pink candle sculpted like a rose before it melted in sto

13、rage.我會點燃雕得像朵玫瑰一樣的粉紅的蠟燭，在它被在存儲中融化之前。I would have sat on the lawn with my children and not worried about grass stains.我會與我的孩子一起坐在草坪上，不用擔心草地上的污漬。I would have cried and laughed less while watching television - and more while watching life.我會在看電視時哭得更少,笑得更少，而更多的是觀察生活。I would have gone to bed when I was s

14、ick instead of pretending the earth would go into a holding pattern if I were not there for the day.當我生病時,我會上床睡覺，而不是假裝如果我不在一天,地球就會停止不動。I would never have bought anything just because it was practical，would not show soil or was guaranteed to last a life time.我再也不會購買任何據說是實用的,不顯臟,保證可用一生的東西。  

15、 There would have been more“I love yous”more“Im sorry”but mostly，given another shots at life，I would seize every minutelook at it and really see itlive itand never give it back.我會說更多的“我愛你. ” 更多的“對不起. ” 但是最主要的是，如果我可以重新生活我會抓住每一分鐘 看看它, 實實在在地看它 好好生活 決不讓它重頭再來。4.我曾I have dreamed of

16、0;picking stars,我曾夢摘星辰，When awake the stars fall between my fingers one after another.醒來一顆顆從我指間墜落；The feeling of emptiness覺悟后的虛空呵！Throws me into desolation.叫我如何不惆悵？I have dreamed of picking flyin

17、g flowers,我曾夢擷飛花，When awake the petals drift down between my fingers one after another.醒來一瓣瓣從我指間飄散；The feeling of emptiness覺悟后的虛空呵！Lands me in melancholy.叫我如何不凄涼？I have dreamed of plucking the

18、60;harp chords,我曾夢調琴弦，When awake the chords break off thread after thread from my fingers.醒來一絲絲從我指間折斷；The feeling of emptiness覺悟后的虛空呵！Brings me sentimental fits.叫我如何不感傷？I have dreamed of touring the h

19、eaven,我曾夢游天國，When awake the land is broken to pieces.醒來一片一片河山破碎；The feeling of emptiness覺悟后的虛空呵！Arouses pain and indignation.叫我如何不怨望？5. 遠方distanceIt was so far那天是如此遼遠The wings to show far遼遠的展著翅膀Even if

20、0;love is still即使愛是靜止的Static and let memory drip靜止著讓記憶流淌You take up her small bags你背起自己小小的行囊You go into others untouchable in the distance你走進別人無法企及的遠方You in a draft overlooking the 

21、;shore lilac你在風口遙望彼岸的紫丁香You in the field of ancient pick-up sorrow你在田野撿拾古老的憂傷I know that is the direction of your heart我知道那是你心的方向Owns the miss擁有這份懷念The snow on the ground fire這雪地上的爐火The

22、re will be a merry stray就會有一次歡暢的流浪So exactly a rainy season于是整整一個雨季I keep the sunlight我守著陽光Keep the wintering crop守著越冬的麥田Will that shiny days將那段閃亮的日子Gently performances輕輕彈唱6. 生活的藝術The art of livingThe art

23、of living is to know when to hold fast and when to let go. For life is a paradox: it enjoins us to cling to its many gifts even while it ordains their eventual relinquishment. The rabbis of old put it this way: “A man comes to this world with his fist clenched, but when he dies, his h

24、and is open.”生活的藝術在于懂得什么時候追求，什么時候放棄。因為生活就是一個矛盾體：它要我們緊緊抓住它賜予我們的生命之禮，然后最終又讓它們從我們手中跑掉。老先生們說：“人們緊握著拳頭來到這個世界上，離開這個世界時卻攤開了雙手。”Surely we ought to hold fast to life, for it is wondrous, and full of a beauty that breaks through every pore of Gods own earth. We know that this is so, but all too often we recog

25、nize this truth only in our backward glance when we remember what was and then suddenly realize that it is no more.當然我們應該緊緊把握生活，因為它美妙得不可思議，充滿了從上帝的每個毛孔里蹦出來的美。我們都清楚這一點，但我們常常只有在回首往事時才會想去過去，才會突然意識到過去永遠地消逝了，才會承認這個道理。We remember a beauty that faded, a love that waned. But we remember with far greater pain

26、 that we did not see that beauty when it flowered, that we failed to respond with love when it was tendered.我們都記得美的褪去，愛的老去。但我們更痛苦地記得美正艷時，我們卻沒有發現，愛正濃時，我們卻沒有回應。Here then is the first pole of lifes paradoxical demands on us: Never too busy for the wonder and the awe of life. Be reverent befor

27、e each dawning day. Embrace each hour. Seize each golden minute.這就是生活對我們自己自相矛盾要求的第一步：永遠不要因為忙碌而忽略了它的奇妙和莊嚴。對即將到來的每一天，我們都要心懷敬意，擁抱沒一小時，抓住每一分鐘。Hold fast to life. but not so fast that you cannot let go. This is the second side of lifes coin, the opposite pole of its paradox: we must accept our losses, and

28、 learn how to let go.抓住生活，但不要抓得太緊，以至你放不下手。這就是生活像硬幣一樣也有另一面，也是生活矛盾的另一極：我們必須接受放棄，并且學會怎樣讓它過去。This is not an easy lesson to learn, especially when we are young and think that the world is ours to command, that whatever we desire with the full force of our passionate being can, nay, will be ours. But

29、 then life moves along to confront us with realities, and slowly but surely this truth dawns upon us.學會這些并非易事。特別是年少輕狂的時候，我們自認為是世界的主宰者，認為只要充滿激情地全力追求，就可以得到一切。然而，事實并非如此。只有在面對種種現實時，我們才會漸漸沒明白這個道理。At every stage of life we sustain lossesand grow in the process. We begin our independent lives onl

30、y when we emerge from the womb and lose its protective shelter. We enter a progression of schools, then we leave our mothers and fathers and our childhood homes. We get married and have children and then have to let them go. We confront the death of our parents and our spouses. We face the

31、 gradual or not so gradual waning of our strength. And ultimately, as the parable of the open and closed hand suggests, we must confront the inevitability of our own demise, losing ourselves as it were, all that we were or dreamed to be.   在人生的各個階段，我們都會蒙受損失并且在這一過程中

32、成長。只有在脫離母體.失去庇護所時，我們才會開始獨立的生活。我們不斷地升學，接著又離開父母，離開兒時的故鄉。繼而，我們結婚生子，然后又放手讓自己的子女出去闖蕩。隨著父母和配偶的相繼離世，我們也逐漸或者很快衰老。最終，正如雙手張開與緊握這一寓言所說，我們必須面對自身的死亡，失去原來的自我，失去我們擁有過或者憧憬過的一切。7. 世界上最遙遠的距離The Furthest Distance in the World The furthest distance in the world世界上最遙遠的距離Is not between life and death不是生與死But when I stand

33、 in front of you而是我就站在你面前Yet you don't know that I love you你卻不知道我愛你The furthest distance in the world世界上最遙遠的距離Is not when I stand in front of you不是我就站在你面前Yet you can't see my love你卻不知道我愛你But when undoubtedly knowing the love from both而是明明知道彼此相愛Yet cannot be together卻不能在一起The furthest distanc

34、e in the world世界上最遙遠的距離Is not being apart while being in love不是明明知道彼此相愛卻不能在一起But when plainly can not resist the yearning而是明明無法抵擋這股思念Yet pretending you have never been in my heart卻還得故意裝作絲毫沒有把你放在心里The furthest distance in the world世界上最遙遠的距離is not you have never been in my heart不是明明無法抵擋這股思念卻還得故意裝作絲毫沒有

35、把你放在心里 but using one's different heart而是用自己冷漠的心對愛你的人To dig an uncrossable riverFor the one who loves you掘了一條無法跨越的溝渠8. 致橡樹Ode to the OakIf I fall in love with you我如果愛你I will never resemble clambering trumpet creeper,絕不像攀援的凌霄花，To flaunt myself by your high branches.借你的高枝炫耀自己；If

36、 I fall in love with you我如果愛你I will never imitate spoony birds,絕不學癡情的鳥兒，To repeat simple melody for green shade.為綠蔭重復單調的歌曲；I will not only resemble a wellspring,也不止像泉源，To bring you cool consolation perennially;常年送來清涼的慰籍；I will not only resemble steepy mountains,也不止像險峰，To increase your altitude or se

37、t off your dignified manner.增加你的高度，襯托你的威儀。Even not only sunlight,甚至日光。Even not only spring rain,甚至春雨。No, these are not enough!不，這些都還不夠！I must be a kapok beside you,我必須是你近旁的一株木棉，As an image of tree I stand with you.做為樹的形象和你站在一起。Our roots hold tightly in the earth,根，緊握在地下，Our leaves touch gently in th

38、e clouds.葉，相觸在云里。As each breeze passes, we salute each other,每一陣風過，我們都互相致意，But no one understand our own words.但沒有人，聽懂我們的言語。You have your iron trunk and copper branch你有你的銅枝鐵干，Like a knife, a sword and a halberd as well;像刀，像劍，也像戟，I have my red and big flowers,我有我的紅碩花朵，Like a heavy sigh and a heroic t

39、orch as well.像沉重的嘆息，又像英勇的火炬，Together we partake cold waves, storms and firebolts;我們分擔寒潮、風雷、霹靂；Together we share fogs, flowing hazes and rainbows,我們共享霧靄流嵐、虹霓，We seem always apart, but interdependent all life long.仿佛永遠分離，卻又終身相依，Only this is great love,這才是偉大的愛情，Faithfulness lies here:堅貞就在這里：I love not

40、only your gigantic stature,不僅愛你偉岸的身軀，But also the position you uphold,也愛你堅持的位置，And the earth on which you stand.腳下的土地。9. 面朝大海， 春暖花開Facing the Sea With Spring BlossomsFrom tomorrow on, I will be a happy man.從明天起，做一個幸福的人Grooming, chopping and traveling all over the world.喂馬，劈柴，周游世界From tomorrow on, I

41、will care food stuff and vegetable.Living in a house towards the sea, with spring blossoms.我有一所房子，面朝大海，春暖花開From tomorrow on, write to each of my dear ones.從明天起，和每一個人通信Telling them of my happiness.What the lightening of happiness has told me.那幸福的閃電告訴我的I will spread it to each of them.我將告訴每一個人Give a warm name for every river and every mountain.給每一條河每一座山取一個溫暖的名字Strangers, I will also wish you happy.May you have a brilliant future!愿你有一個燦爛的前程May you lovers eventually become spouses!愿有情人終成眷屬May you enjoy happiness in this earthly world!I only wish to face the sea, with spring blossoms.我只