英语背诵篇目

英语背诵美文一:

Habits are things we do repeatedly. Some habits are good, such as exercising regularly, planning ahead, showing respect for others; some habits are bad, such as thinking negatively, feeling inferior, blaming others. Our habits will either make us or break us. As a well-known saying goes, sow a thought and you reap an act; sow an act and you reap a habit; sow a habit and you reap a character; sow a character, and you reap a destiny. (Words: 78)

翻译: 习惯是我们反复做的事情。一些习惯是好的，如定期运动、 规划未来、 尊重他人；一些习惯是坏的如消极思维、 觉得比不上、 归咎于他人。我们的习惯会成就我们或打败我们。如著名的俗语有云，播种一种思想则收获一种行为；播种一种行为则收获一种习惯 ；播种一种习惯则收获一种性格 ；播种一种性格，则收获一种命运。

背诵美文二:

The Delights of Books

By Sir John Lubbock

Books are to mankind what memory is to the individual. They contain the history of our race, the discoveries we have made, the accumulated knowledge and experience of ages; they picture for us the marvels and beauties of nature; help us in our difficulties, comfort us in sorrow and in suffering, change hours of weariness into moments of delight, store our minds with ideas, fill them with good and happy thoughts, and lift us out of and above ourselves.

Macaulay had wealth and fame, rank and power, and yet he tells us in his biography that he owed the happiest hours of his life to books. In a charming letter to a little girl, he says: “If any one would make me the greatest king that ever lived, with palaces and gardens and fine dinners, and wines and coaches, and beautiful clothes, and hundreds of servants, on condition that I should not read books. I would not be a king. I would rather be a poor man in a garret with plenty of books than a king who did not love reading.” (Words: 182)

翻译：书籍之于人类，犹如记忆力之于个人。书籍记录了我们人类的历史，记录了我们的新发现，也记录了我们世世代代积累的知识和经验；书籍为我们描绘了自然界的奇观和美景；书籍帮助我们摆脱困境，在我们悲哀困苦的时候，给我们以安慰，在我们烦闷的时刻带来欢乐，给我们的头脑装进各种观念，使我们的脑海充满了美妙高尚的思想，从而使我们超越自我，高于自我。

麦考利既有财富又有声望，既有地位又有权势，然而他在传记中告诉我们，他生活中最幸福的时刻还是读书。他在给一个小女孩的一封信中风趣地写道：“倘若有人拥戴我为世上最显赫的国王，拥有宫殿花园、珍肴美味、佳酿华辇、龙袍华衮，以及成群成群的奴仆，但若不让我读书，我则决不愿为国王，我宁愿做一个穷人，与众多书籍为伴，蜗居阁楼斗室，也不愿成为一个不爱读书的国王。”