高中课外阅读--英语美文欣赏22(中英双语)

放下戒心，大自然如此和谐

I sat in the comfort o

f my grandparents’ house, enjoying the rain and the “Cat

Concerto” episode of Tom and Jerry with my grandfather.

那天，我正坐 在奶奶家的安乐椅上，听着窗外的雨声，和爷爷一起看《猫

和老鼠之猫的协奏曲》

。

Munching

on

one

of

my

grandmother’s

fresh,

scrumptious

rotis,

I

saw

a

monkey suddenly swing onto the bars on our door.

嘴里嚼着奶 奶做的印度烤饼，那饼真是新鲜又美味。这时，我看见一只猴

子在门闩上荡秋千。

My grandfather encouraged me to offer it my roti; it gently accepted the gift.

爷爷鼓励我把手中的烤饼给它，猴子欣然接受了这份礼物。

英语美文：放下戒心，大自然如此和谐

Peering in, my new friend stared with interest at the TV

.

隔着窗户，这位新朋友正饶有兴趣地盯着电视。

The curious monkey, my grandfather, and I watched the rest of Tom and Jerry’s

adventure

together,

astonished

at

the

harmony

that

exists

between

humans

and

animals in our world.

随后，我，爷 爷，以及这个好奇的猴子一起看完了汤姆和杰瑞的冒险。我

十分惊讶，没想到世界上人和 动物之间还有如此和谐的一面。

诚实，是为了无愧于自己

At 12, I believed honesty was always rewarded.

十二岁时，我以为诚实总会有回报。

One afternoon, I hit a ball through a vacant apartment’s window.

一天下午，我不小心将球踢进了一间空公寓的窗户中。

The sound of shattering

glass was followed by kids

running in

all directions

screaming, “Run!

No one will tell.”

< br>一声窗户玻璃碎裂的声音后，小伙伴们四下逃窜，边跑边喊：

“快跑，没

有人会知道的！

”

美 文赏析

:

诚实，是为了无愧于自己

I went to the manager, expecting praise for being so honest. He laughed, saying,

“I’ve never had a kid snitch on themselves. Kind of dumb.”

而我找到了大楼的经理，希望他会表扬我的诚实。他笑了，说：

“我还从

来没见过像你这样主动告密的蠢孩子呢。

”

I didn’t understand until my mother said, “How did you feel when you told the

truth? Remember that instead of what he said. Pride in yourself will always be your

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reward.”

我 对此很是不解，这时，妈妈告诉我：

“忘记他所说的，只需记住你讲真

< br>话时的感受。诚实所带来的骄傲是永恒的回报。

”

决定振作，生活就会焕然一新

From January to May, I led an extremely inactive lifestyle, binging on video

games and basically ignoring all aspects of my well being.

从

1

月到

5

月我一直过着一种完全死气沉沉 的生活，我只要游戏为伴，忽

视其他一切。

I

was

for

all

intensive

purposes

addicted

to

the

game

I

was

playing.

This

addiction nearly ruined me mood wise, I was miserable to be around when I was

even able to force myself to go to class or go out and socialize.

我完全沉溺在所玩 的游戏之中，中毒很深，这甚至完全左右着我的情绪。

当我强迫自己去上课或者社交的时 候，我会把事情搞砸。

I wanted to stop, and one day I did, just like that. Told myself I would focus on

building and improving

myself.

I began to

take

pride in

hygiene,

exercising, and

building hobbies (mainly playing the piano) It's been almost exactly a month since

that day and I'd just like to share where I've gotten since then.

我要终结这样的生活 ，有一天，我真的这样做了。告诉自己我要重塑并提

升自我。我开始注意个人卫生，积极 锻炼，培养爱好（主要是钢琴）

。从决意

改变之日起已经整整一 个月的时间，我想在这里分享一下我的领悟。

I've

been

as

active

as

I

can,

landing

a

job

that

promotes

activity,

hiking

whenever

possible,

and

going

on

runs

around

parks.

I

can

honestly

say

it's

the

happiest I've been in a while, if not ever, and to think that it's only been a month

makes me even happier. Who knows what the next few years will bring.

< br>我尽可能的积极主动，做了一份有关促进活动的工作。一有空就去远足，

还绕着公 园跑步。

坦诚地说这是我这段时间以来最愉悦的时刻。

而且这还 只是

短短一个月给我带来的好心情，谁知道未来几年还会有什么更加美好的事情。

My confidence has skyrocketed from almost nothing to the most confident I've

ever been as well.

我从几乎没啥自信到自信心爆棚。

I'm hoping that this post will convince someone who is in the same boat that I

was in that moving out of unhealthy habits is easier than you think. The body and

mind is extremely resilient and wants to be active, so get out there and live life!

我希望这篇文章能够让和我一样沉迷电子游戏的你改变不健康的生活习

惯 。其实这比你想象得要简单，你的身体和思想具有极大的可塑性，从（电子

游戏的虚拟世 界中）走出来，好好地感受生活。

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我们的心，因牵挂而变得坚强

They

were

the

best

cookies

I’d

ever

baked,

the

ingredients

more

e

xpensive

than a state dinner’s, a mix of my son’s favorite recipes.

这是我烘焙过地最好的曲奇，比国宴上使用 的食材更加昂贵，综合了我儿

子最喜欢的食谱。

I

wrapped

each

cookie

in

plastic,

sealed

the

box,

affixed

the

customs

declaration form, and presented the parcel to the postal clerk.

我把每一块曲奇都装入塑 料袋，封了盒子，加盖了海关申报单，拿着包裹

来到寄送柜台处。

英文美文

:

我们的心，因牵挂而变 得坚强

Destination: Afghanistan. She pointed to an uncompleted section of the form.

“If

non

-

deliverable:

Abandon;

Return;

Redirect.”

If

non

-deliverable

—

an

incomprehensible phrase. I stood stone- faced.

目的地：阿富汗。她指了下申报单上没有填完的部分。

< br>“如果无法送达：

丢弃，寄回，转寄”

。无法送达，让人 费解的短语。我面无表情。

“

My

son’s

in

the

military,”

she

said

quietly.

“You

can

check

Redirect,

then

write

Chaplain

to

redistribute

at

his

discretion.”

Our

mother

eyes

met.

I

nodded.

Thank you.

“我的儿子在军队”她平静的说道。< /p>

“你可以在转寄名那一栏填牧师，转

寄的地点由牧师决定”

。都是做母亲的人，我们目光对视，她心领神会，我点

点头，谢谢你。

人生，就是不断寻找灵魂伴侣

In mythology, humans had four arms, four legs, and two faces. Fearing them,

Zeus split them into two, forcing an eternal search for their other half. Zeus failed.

在神话故事中，人类有四只手，四只脚，两张脸。因为恐惧，宙斯把他们

一分为二，让他们只能不断地寻找另外一半。宙斯失算了。

When my (now) husband arrived at my house for our first date, I opened the

door to my other half, dressed exactly like me, head to toe: aviator Ray-Bans, Levis,

Timberland boots, the same yellow ski jacket.

我（现在）的丈夫第一次来我家和我约会的时候，我打开门，看见我的 另

一半，和我着装一模一样，从头到脚：雷朋的飞行员系列墨镜、李维斯、天木

兰的靴子，还有一样黄色滑雪夹克。

After our amazed laughter, he said, “One of us has to change.” I changed my

clothes but not my mind. I knew we’d be together forever.

在我们惊讶大笑之余， 他说，

“我们中的有一个人要改变。

”我改变了着装