圆形初中英语美文欣赏

2021年1月16日发(作者：强国忠)
A Simple Gesture 只是举手之劳
Mark was walking home from school one day when he noticed that the boy ahead of him had
tripped and dropped all of the books he was carrying, along with two sweaters, a baseball bat, a
glove and a small tape recorder. Mark knelt down and helped the boy pick up the scattered
articles.

一天放学后 ，马克正走在回家的路上，突然看到前面的小男孩绊倒了，他带的东西撒了一地，
其中有很多书、两件羊 毛衫、一个棒球拍、一只手套，还有一个小型录音机。看到这种场景，
马克不禁蹲下身，帮助男孩捡拾起 来。

Since they were going the same way, he helped to carry part of the burden. As they walked Mark
discovered that the boy's name was Bill, that he loved video games, baseball and history, that he
was having a lot of trouble with his other subjects and that he had just broken up with his
girlfriend.

由于他们同路，马克便帮男孩拿着一些东西。 他们边走边聊。马克了解到男孩名叫比尔，他
喜欢玩电脑游戏，喜欢打棒球；他很喜欢历史课，但其他科 目却学得一塌糊涂。马克还了解
到他刚跟女朋友分了手。

They arrived at Bill's home first and Mark was invited in for a Coke and to watch some television.
The afternoon passed pleasantly with a few laughs and some shared small talk, then Mark went
home. They continued to see each other around school, had lunch together once or twice, then
both graduated from junior high school. They ended up in the same high school where they had
brief contacts over the years. Finally the long awaited senior year came, and three weeks before
graduation, Bill asked Mark if they could talk.

他们先是到了比尔的家里，比尔邀请马克喝可乐，并一起看电视 。那个下午过得非常愉快，
他们交流看法，还时不时地开怀大笑。然后，马克回家了。从此以后，他们继 续往来，在学
校附近相见，一起吃过一两次午餐，并一起初中毕业。后来，他们升入同一所高中，并始终
保持着简短的接触。最后，终于盼到中学快要结束了。就在毕业前的第三周，比尔问马克，
他们 是否可以谈一谈。

Bill reminded him of the day years ago when they had first met. “Do you ever wonder why I was
carrying so many things home that day?” asked Bill. “You see, I cleaned out my locker because I
didn't want to leave a mess for anyone else. I had stored away some of my mother's sleeping pills
and I was going home to commit suicide. But after we spent some time together talking and
laughing, I realized that if I had killed myself, I would have missed that time and so many others
that might follow. So you see, Mark, when you picked up my books that day, you did a lot more.
You saved my life.”

比尔提到了多年前他们第一次相遇的那一天。“你有没有想过为什么那天我会带着那么多东< br>西回家？”比尔问道。“事实是，那天我把自己的橱柜全部清理干净了，因为我不想给任何
人制造 乱七八糟的场面。我存下了妈妈吃的很多安眠药，本想回家自杀。但是当跟你呆在一
起又说又笑的时候， 我意识到如果我自杀了，我就会错过那些愉快的时光，也就欣赏不到以
后随之而来的许多其他的美好时光 了。所以，马克，你看，那天你帮我捡书的时候，你不只
是在帮我捡书，实际上还为我做了很多。你拯救 了我的生命。”

Every little hello, every little smile, every helping hand saves a hurting heart. There s a miracle
called Friendship that dwells in the heart. Friends are a very rare jewel, indeed. They make you
smile and encourage you to succeed. They lend an ear, they share a word of praise, and they
always want to open their heart to us. Show your friends how much you care...

每一句小小的问候，每一个浅浅的笑容，每一只援助 之手，都会拯救一个伤痛的心灵。友谊
常驻心间会铸就奇迹，朋友确实是稀世珍宝。他们带给你欢笑，鼓 励你成功。他们会倾听我
们的心声，与我们分享每一个赞扬，总是与我们坦诚相待。一定要让你的朋友知 道你有多么
在乎他们……


阳光的声音

老师破天荒布置了一篇自由作文。

The teacher delivered a free writing amazingly.

孩子高兴极了，想：终于可以摆脱讨厌的命题作文，写写自己心里的东西了。

The child was so happy by thinking that he can finally write about his thought in his inner heart
instead of the thesis writing.

他躺在柔软的 草地上，阳光暖暖地照着，想啊想，然后一跃而起，一篇很满意，甚至是很得
意的文章便跃然纸上——《 阳光的声音》。

Lying on the soft grass land with the sunshine sprinkling over his body warmly, he jumped up
after thinking and composed a satisfactory article------The Sound of the Sun.

孩子满怀信心地把作文交了上去，然后陷入了无尽的期待。

The boy handed in the composition with his fulfilled confidence, and then, he met the endless
waiting.

作文本发下来了。

At last, the paper was returned.

春暖花开的日子里，孩子竟忍不住打了一个寒战。

After seeing the result, the boy was trembled in the bloomy spring days.

老师在作文后面批了一个大大的“差”字。

The teacher gave him a “poor”in the last as the evaluation..

老师说：“可笑！阳光怎么会有声音呢？！以后再也不能这样写了，要扣分的！”

孩子觉得很委屈，也很难过。

The teacher said, “How amuse you are! How can the sun make any noise?! You are not allowed to
write the composition in this way any more.. The marks you get will be very low in this way.

那个“差”字像一个张牙舞爪的魔鬼，时时出现在他的梦里。

The‘poor’evaluation is like a clewing devils, which will appear in his dreams sometimes.
< br>几年以后，老师还是老师，孩子还是学生。只不过孩子长大了一些，成了老师家长眼中公认
的好孩 子，再也不会想一些不着边际的事，说一些莫名其妙的话了。

Several years passed, the teacher is still who he is, and the student is himself the same but grows
older. Meanwhile, he has been regarded as a good boy who will not talk about the ill-advised
things or say the strange words.

一天的阅读欣赏课，老师讲解的一位著名作家的文章里有一句：我听见了阳光的声音。

老师滔滔不绝地分析着这句话多么的优美，多么的富有哲理，可孩子一句也听不进去。

But one day in an reading appreciation course, the teacher interpreted the sentence “I have heard
the call of the sun” written by a famous author. His teacher spouted how graceful this sentence
was, and how sensible it was, but he can hardly focus himself on even a word of it.

孩子望了一眼窗外刺眼的阳光，想：阳光怎么会有声音呢？

想到这，他冷冷地笑了。

Then, the boy faced the dazzling sunshine thinking that: how can the sun make the sound? And
then, he made a smile coldly.


lives.

There are times it is a pretty tough pill to swallow. In reality, the people that surround you have a
huge impact on your current mood. When your children are grumpy in the morning, you find a
nice pile the dog left you over night, you hit the road and the traffic won’t allow you your normal
speed, then when you get to work and your co-worker called in sick... these are all things that