1、經典英語美文閱讀范文欣賞以書為伴A man may usually be known by the books he reads as well as by the pany he keeps; for there is a panionship of books as well as of men; and one should always live in the best pany, whether it be of books or of men.通常看一個讀些什么書就可知道他的為人，就像看他同什么人交往就可知道他的為人一樣，因為有人以人為伴，也有人以書為伴。無論是書友還是朋友，我們都

2、應該以的為伴。A good book may be among the best of friends.It is the same today that it always was, and it will never change.It is the most patient and cheerful of panions.It does not turn its back upon us in times of adversity or distress.It always receives us with the same kindness; amusing and instructi

3、ng us in youth, and forting and consoling us in age.好書就像是你的朋友。它始終不渝，過去如此，如今如此，將來也永遠不變。它是最有耐心，最令人愉悅的伴侶。在我們窮愁潦倒，臨危遭難時，它也不會拋棄我們，對我們總是一如既往地親切。在我們年輕時，好書陶冶我們的性情，增長我們的知識;到我們年老時，它又給我們以慰藉和勉勵。Men often discover their affinity to each other by the mutual love they have for a book just as two persons sometimes

4、discover a friend by the admiration whh both entertain for a third.There is an old proverb, Love me, love my dog.But there is more wisdom in this: Love me, love my book.The book is a truer and higher bond of union.Men can think, feel, and sympathize with each other through their favorite author.They

5、 live in him together, and he in them.A good book is often the best urn of a life enshrining the best that life could think out; for the world of a mans life is, for the most part, but the world of his thoughts.Thus the best books are treasuries of good words, the golden thoughts, whh, remembered an

6、d cherished, bee our constant panions and forters.好書常如最精巧的寶器，珍藏著人生的思想的精華，因為人生的境界主要就在于其思想的境界。因此，的書是金玉良言和崇高思想的寶庫，這些良言和思想假設銘刻于心并多加珍視，就會成為我們忠實的伴侶和永久的慰藉。Books possess an essence of immortality.They are by far the most lasting products of human effort.Temples and statues decay, but books survive.Time is o

7、f no account with great thoughts, whh are as fresh today as when they first passed through their authors minds, ages ago.What was then said and thought still speaks to us as vividly as ever from the printed page.The only effect of time has been to sift out the bad products; for nothing in literature

8、 can long survive but what is really good.書籍具有不朽的本質，是為人類努力創造的最為持久的成果。寺廟會倒坍，神像會朽爛，而書卻經久長存。對于偉大的思想來說，時間是無關緊要的。多年前初次閃現于作者腦海的偉大思想今日仍然清新如故。時間惟一的作用是淘汰不好的作品，因為只有真正的佳作才能經世長存。Books introduce us into the best society; they bring us into the presence of the greatest minds that have ever lived.We hear what they

9、 said and did; we see them as if they were really alive; we sympathize with them, enjoy with them, grieve with them; their eperience bees ours, and we feel as if we were in a measure actors with them in the scenes whh they describe.書籍介紹我們與秀的人為伍，使我們置身于歷代偉人巨匠之間，如聞其聲，如觀其行，如見其人，同他們情感交融，悲喜與共，感同身受。我們覺得自己仿

10、佛在作者所描繪的舞臺上和他們一起粉墨登場。The great and good do not die, even in this world.Embalmed in books, their spirits walk abroad.The book is a living voe.It is an intellect to whh on still listens.即使在人世間，偉大出色的人物也永生不來。他們的精神被載入書冊，傳于四海。書是人生至今仍在聆聽的智慧之聲，永遠充滿著活力。抱負It is not diffult to imane a world short of ambition.I

11、t would probably be a kinder world: with out demands, without abrasions, without disointments.People would have time for reflection.Such work as they did would not be for themselves but for the collectivity.petition would never enter in.conflt would be eliminated, tension bee a thing of the past.The

12、 stress of creation would be at an end.Art would no longer be troubling, but purely celebratory in its functions.Longevity would be increased, for fewer people would die of heart attack or stroke caused by tumultuous endeavor.Aniety would be etinct.Time would stretch on and on, with ambition long de

13、parted from the human heart.一個缺乏抱負的世界將會怎樣，這不難想象。或許，這將是一個更為友善的世界：沒有渴求，沒有磨擦，沒有絕望。人們將有時間進展反思。他們所從事的工作將不是為了他們自身，而是為了整個集體。競爭永遠不會介入;沖突將被消除。人們的緊張關系將成為過往云煙。創造的重壓將得以終結。藝術將不再惹人費心，其功能將純粹為了慶典。人的壽命將會更長，因為由劇烈拼爭引起的心臟病和中風所導致的死亡將越來越少。焦慮將會消失。光陰流逝，抱負卻早已遠離人心。 Ah, how unrelieved boring life would be! 啊，長此以往人生將變得多么乏味無聊!

14、There is a strong view that holds that success is a myth, and ambition therefore a sham.Does this mean that success does not really eist That achievement is at bottom empty That the efforts of men and women are of no signifance alongside the force of movements and events now not all success, obvious

15、ly, is worth esteeming, nor all ambition worth cultivating.Whh are and whh are not is something one soon enough learns on ones own.But even the most cynal secretly admit that success eists; that achievement counts for a great deal; and that the true myth is that the actions of men and women are usel

16、ess.To believe otherwise is to take on a point of view that is likely to be deranng.It is, in its implations, to remove all motives for petence, interest in attainment, and regard for posterity.有一種盛行的觀點認為，成功是一種神話，因此抱負亦屬虛幻。這是不是說實際上并不豐在成功成就本身就是一場空與諸多運動和事件的力量相比，男男的努力顯得微缺乏顯然，并非所有的成功都值得景仰，也并非所有的抱負都值得追求。對

17、值得和不值得的選擇，一個人自然而然很快就能學會。但即使是最為憤世嫉俗的人暗地里也成認，成功確實存在，成就的意義舉足輕重，而把世上男男的所作所為說成是徒勞無功才是真正的無稽之談。認為成功不存在的觀點很可能造成混亂。這種觀點的本意是一筆勾銷所有進步才能的動機，求取業績的興趣和對子孫后代的關注。 We do not choose to be born.We do not choose our parents.We do not choose our historal epoch, the country of our birth, or the immediate circumstances of

18、our upbrinng.We do not, most of us, choose to die; nor do we choose the time or conditions of our death.But within all this realm of choelessness, we do choose how we shall live: courageously or in cowarde, honorably or dishonorably, with purpose or in drift.We decide what is important and what is t

19、rivial in life.We decide that what makes us signifant is either what we do or what we refuse to do.But no matter how indifferent the universe may be to our choes and decisions, these choes and decisions are ours to make.We decide.We choose.And as we decide and choose, so are our lives formed.In the

20、end, forming our own destiny is what ambition is about.我們無法選擇出生，無法選擇父母，無法選擇出生的歷史時期與國家，或是成長的周遭環境。我們大多數人都無法選擇死亡，無法選擇死亡的時間或條件。但是在這些無法選擇之中，我們確實可以選擇自己的生活方式：是英勇無畏還是膽小怯懦，是光明磊落還是厚顏無恥，是目的堅決還是隨波逐流。我們決定生活中哪些至關重要，哪些微缺乏道。我們決定，用以顯示我們自身重要性的，不是我們做了什么，就是我們回絕做些什么。但是不管世界對我們所做的選擇和決定有多么漠不關心，這些選擇和決定終究是我們自己做出的。我們決定，我們選擇。而

21、當我們決定和選擇時，我們的生活便得以形成。最終構筑我們命運的就是抱負之所在。感恩的心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 house.一天，一個貧窮的小男孩為了攢夠學費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。Howev

22、er, 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，當一位美麗的年輕女子翻開房門的時候，這個小男孩卻有點不知所措了。他沒有要飯，只乞求給他一口水喝。這位女子看到他饑餓的

23、樣子，就倒了一大杯牛奶給他。男孩漸漸地喝完牛奶，問道：我應該付多少錢You dont 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 physally, but it also increased his faith in God and the hu

24、man race.He was about to ve up and quit before this point.年輕女子微笑著答復：一分錢也不用付。我媽媽教誨我，施以愛心，不圖回報。男孩說：那么，就請承受我由衷的感謝吧!說完，霍華德-凱利就分開了這戶人家。此時的他不僅自己渾身是勁兒，而且更加相信上帝和整個人類。本來，他都打算放棄了。Years later the young woman became critally ill.The local doctors were baffled.They finally sent her to the big city, where special

25、ists 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.數年之后，那位女子得了一種罕見的重病，當地醫生對此束手無策。最后，她被轉到大城市醫治，由專家會診治療。大名鼎鼎的霍華德-凱利醫生也參加了醫療方案的制定。當他聽到病人來自的那個城鎮的名字時，一個奇怪的念頭霎時間閃過他的腦際。他馬上起身直奔她的病房。Dressed in his doctors gown he went in to see her.He recognized her