英語(yǔ)專業(yè)大一背誦篇目

1、A Tale of Two Cities (excerpt) 狄更斯在雙城記一書(shū)的開(kāi)頭就說(shuō)，“這是一個(gè)最好的時(shí)代，也是一個(gè)最壞的時(shí)代”。 妙哉斯言！這段文字中多個(gè)平行句所表達(dá)的希望與絕望、光明與黑暗、理想與現(xiàn)實(shí)一直深深 地打動(dòng)讀者。文中句型的反復(fù)、形式上的對(duì)偶、內(nèi)容上的對(duì)比、總體結(jié)構(gòu)上的平行(排比)， 都值得我們細(xì)細(xì)體味。It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness; it was the epoch of belief,

2、it was the epoch of incredulity; it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness; it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair; we had everything before us, we had nothing before us; we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way. Charles Dickens注釋：wi

3、sdom : a wise outlook, plan, or course of action 智慧，明智的行為，學(xué)識(shí)epoch: a particular period of history, especially one considered remarkable or noteworthy age, era, period 新紀(jì)元，時(shí)代，時(shí)期 incredulity : the state or quality of being incredulous; disbelief 懷疑 despair : to lose all hope 絕望， 失望查爾斯狄更斯(18121870)，英國(guó)大

4、名鼎鼎的作家，是 19世紀(jì)英國(guó)現(xiàn)實(shí) 主義文學(xué)的主要代表。他筆耕一生，靠勤奮和汗水創(chuàng)作出大衛(wèi)科波菲爾、 雙城記等世界名著。他的作品以妙趣橫生的幽默、細(xì)致入微的心理分析 以及現(xiàn)實(shí)主義描寫與浪漫主義氣氛的有機(jī)結(jié)合而著稱。(85 words)Spring Song布萊克的詩(shī)讀起來(lái)朗朗上口，有音樂(lè)的美感，充滿感性，喜歡的人很多。希望你也喜歡。 Spring is coming, spring is coming,Birdies, build your nest;Weave together straw and feather,Doing each your best. Spring is coming,

5、 spring is coming,Flowers are coming too:Pan sies, lilies, daffodilliesNow are coming through.Spring is coming, spri ng is coming,All around is fair,Shimmer and quiver on the river, Joy is everywhere.William Blake注釋:straw : a single stalk of threshed grain 稻草，麥稈pan sies, lilies, daffodillies: 三色紫羅蘭、

6、百合花、喇叭水仙花sahimmer : to shine with a subdued, flickering light 微光quiver : to shake with a slight, rapid, tremulous movement 顫抖，振動(dòng)William Blake ， 布萊克（17571827），英國(guó)詩(shī)人，著有詩(shī)集天真之歌 （1789）經(jīng)驗(yàn)之 歌（1794）。他最重要的繪畫有坎特伯雷香客和雅各的夢(mèng)。Y outh20世紀(jì)初塞繆爾厄爾曼寫的這篇不足500字的短文青春一直為世人傾倒，過(guò)了這么多年它的魅力依舊。因?yàn)樗o予了一種啟示，教我們?nèi)绾蚊篮玫厣?。Youth is not a

7、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 spri ngs of life.Youth means a temperame ntal predo minance of courage over timidity o

8、f the appetite, for adventure over the love of ease. This often exists in a man of sixty more tha n a boy of twen ty. Nobody grows old merely by a nu mber of years. We grow old by desert ing our ideals.Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, fear, self-distrus

9、t bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust.Whether sixty or sixteen, there is n every being ' s heart the lure ofwonder, the unfailing child-like 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 lon

10、g as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, courage and power from men and from the infinite, so long are you young.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 twen ty, but as long as your aerials are up

11、, to catch the waves of optimism, there is hope you may die young at eighty.Samuel Ullma n注釋:rosy cheeks:玫瑰花般的臉頰supple: readily bent; pliant 柔軟的vigor : physical or mental strength, energy, or force 精力，活力temperamental : excessively sensitive or irritable; moody 心情變化快的，喜怒無(wú)常的predo minance : the state o

12、r quality of being predo minant; prep on dera nee 優(yōu)勢(shì)timidity : shy膽怯的，害羞的appetite :食欲，胃口，欲望，愛(ài)好desert :放棄，遺棄wrin kle : to draw up in to wrin kles; pucker 起皺enthusiasm : great excitement for or interest in a subject or cause 狂熱，熱心，積極性wireless :無(wú)線的infinite : having no limits 無(wú)限的，無(wú)窮的aerial :天線cynicism :

13、 a scornful, bitterly mocking comment or act 玩世不恭，冷嘲熱諷pessimism: a tendency to stress the negative or unfavorable possible view 悲觀，悲觀主義optimism : a tendency to expect the best possible outcome or dwell on the most hopeful aspects ofa situation樂(lè)觀，樂(lè)觀主義塞繆爾厄爾曼，1840年生于德國(guó)，童年時(shí)移居美國(guó)。他在古稀之年才開(kāi)始寫作，是一個(gè)了不起的人。（本文由

14、于手抄流傳等多種原因，存在多個(gè)版本，這里采用作者原文。）The Garde n of Ede nBible 一詞源于希臘文的biblia，意思是“書(shū)叢”。圣經(jīng)分為兩部分：舊約和新約，包含 有詩(shī)歌、法律、歷史、預(yù)言、訓(xùn)誨、故事、書(shū)信等文體。舊約的內(nèi)容是希伯來(lái)人出埃及時(shí)， 上帝（耶和華）與人類（希伯來(lái)人）所立之舊的盟約以及此盟約的兌現(xiàn)。所謂“約”，即“約 定”的意思。新約是上帝與人類所立的新的盟約，此盟約是以耶穌的圣訓(xùn)和他的生活為基礎(chǔ) 的。下面是圣經(jīng)故事創(chuàng)世紀(jì)中的一段。GOD had made a beautiful garden for the first man and woman to li

15、ve in. The garde n, called Ede n, was full of many won derful thin gs. Flowers as beautiful to look at as they were to smell grew everywhere. Soft, gree n grass grew un der foot. The joyful music of son gbirds drifted across gen tle, warm breezes. A clear flow ing stream gave cool, fresh water to dr

16、ink, while hanging from the limbs of the many trees were all sorts of delicious fruits. Tasty vegetables grew free for the gathering. In the Garden of Eden were also all manner of ani mals, both large and small. Adam and Eve didn ' t have to be afraid of any of the beasts, for all the animals we

17、re their frien ds. GOD told the man and woma n that it was their job to take care of their new home. He also told them that two special trees grew in the garden. One was the Tree of Life. The other was the Tree of theKno wledge of Good and Evil.GOD told them, “You may eat the fruit that grows on all

18、 the trees except for one. You mustn' t touch the fruit that grows on the Tree of theKno wledge of Good and Evil. If you eat the fruit that grows on that tree you will die. ”注釋:Eden : the garden that was the first home of Adam and Eve （圣經(jīng)）伊甸園，樂(lè)園drift : something moving along in a current of air

19、or water 飄； 漂流breeze: a light curre nt of air; a gen tle wind 微風(fēng)Adam and Eve :亞當(dāng)和夏娃（圣經(jīng)中的人物，所謂的人類始祖 ）英語(yǔ)晨讀精華（220 words）America n dreamTo America ns, in dustrious ness, thrift and ambiti on are positive values. We en courage our childre n to be competitive, to get ahead, to make mon ey, to acquire poss

20、essi on. In games and in bus in ess alike, the aim is to win the game, the trophy, the con tract. We go in for laborsav ing devices, gadgets, speed and shortcuts. We think every young couple should set up a home of their own. And we pity the couple who must share their home with their pare nt, let a

21、lone with other relatives. Actually, of course, not all America ns hold all these values. And those who do may hold other, and at times con tradictory values that affect their ways of behav ing. In the mai n, however, the collective expectation of our society is that these are desirable goals, and t

22、he in dividual, whatever his pers onal in cli nati on, is un der con siderable pressure to conform.I Have a Dream馬丁 路德金(1929 1968)，美國(guó)黑人解放運(yùn)動(dòng)的著名領(lǐng)袖，1968年被種族主義者刺殺。1963年8月28 日，美國(guó)首都華盛頓舉行大規(guī)模的黑人集會(huì)，為黑人爭(zhēng)取自由、平等和 就業(yè)。馬丁路德金在會(huì)上發(fā)表本篇演說(shuō)。I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they wil

23、l not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.I have a dream today.I have a dream that one day the state of Alabama, whose governor' slips are presently dripping with the words of interposition andnullification, will be transformed into a situation where little

24、 black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls and walk together as sisters and brothers.I have a dream today.I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made pla in, and

25、 the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shallbe revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.This is our hope. This is the faith with which I retur n to the South.With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we w

26、ill be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.Marti n Luth

27、er King注釋:Alabama : a tribe of the Creek con federacy formerly in habit ing souther n Alabama and now located in eastern Texas阿拉巴馬州(美國(guó)的一個(gè)州)lip : either of two fleshy folds that surround the opening of the mouth嘴唇drip : to let fall in or as if in drops ( 使)滴下interposition :異議nullification : the state

28、 of being nullified 無(wú)效tran sform : to subject (a con struct ion) to a tran sformati on 改變exalt:升高crooked : havi ng or marked by ben ds, curves, or an gles 彎曲的glory : a highly praiseworthy asset 榮譽(yù)，光榮reveal: to make known (something concealed or secret) 顯示，透露jangling :刺耳的discord : in harm onious comb

29、 in atio n of simulta neously soun ded ton es; diss onance 意見(jiàn)不合，嘈 雜聲symphony :交響樂(lè)，交響曲brotherhood : the state or relationship of being brothers 手足情誼jail : a place for the confinement of persons in lawful detention; a prison 監(jiān)獄(250 words)Thi nk it overToday we have higher buildi ngs and wider highways

30、, but shorter temperame nts and n arrower points of view;We spe nd more, but enjoy less;We have bigger houses, but smaller families;We have more compromises, but less time;We have more kno wledge, but less judgme nt;We have more medic in es, but less health;We have multiplied out possessi ons, but r

31、educed out values;We talk much, we love only a little, and we hate too much;We reached the Moon and came back, but we find it troublesome to crossour own street and meet our n eighbors;We have conq uered the outer space, but not our inner space;We have higher in come, but less morals;These are times

32、 with more liberty, but less joy;We have much more food, but less nu triti on;These are the days in which it takes two salaries for each home, but divorces in crease;These are times of finer houses, but more broken homes;That's why I propose, that as of today;You do not keep any thi ng for a spe

33、cial occasi on. because every day that you live is a SPECIAL OCCASION.Search for kno wledge, read more ,sit on your porch and admire the view without pay ing atte nti on to your n eeds;Spend more time with your family and friends, eat your favorite foods, visit the places you love;Life is a chain of

34、 moments of enjoyment; not only about survival; Use your crystal goblets. Do not save your best perfume, and use it every time you feel you want it.Remove from your vocabulary phrases like“ one of these days ” or"someday"Let's write that letter we thought of writing "one of these

35、days"!Let's tell our families and friends how much we love them;Do not delay any thi ng that adds laughter and joy to your life;Every day, every hour, and every minute is special;And you don't know if it will be your last.(320 words)Compa nion ship of BooksA man may usually be known by

36、the books he reads as well as by thecompany he keeps; for there is a companionship of books as well as of men; and one should always live in the best compa ny, whether it be of books or of men.A good book may be among the best of frien ds. It is the same today thatit always was, and it will never ch

37、ange. It is the most patient and cheerful ofcompanions. It does not turn its back upon us in times of adversity or distress. It always receives us with the same kindn ess; amus ing and in struct ing us in youth, and comfort ing and con soli ng us in age.Men ofte n discover their affinity to each oth

38、er by the mutual love theyhave for a book just as two pers ons sometimes discover a friend by theadmiration which both entertain for a third. There is an old proverb,me, love my dog. ” But there is more wisdom in this:” Love me, love mybook. ” The book istraer and higher bond of union. Men can think

39、, feel, and sympathize with each other through their favorite author. They live in him together, and he in them.A good book is often the best urn of a life enshrining the best that lifecould think out; for the world of a man' s life is, for the most part, but theworld of his thoughts. Thus the b

40、est books are treasuries of good words, the golde n thoughts, which, remembered and cherished, become our con sta nt compa nions and comforters.Books possess an esse nee of immortality. They are by far the mostlast ing products of huma n effort. Temples and statues decay, but books survive. Time is

41、of no account with great thoughts, which are as fresh today as whe n they first passed through their author' s min ds, ages ago. What wthen said and thought still speaks to us as vividly as ever from the printed page. The only effect of time have been to sift out the bad products; for nothing in

42、 literature can long survive e but what is really good.Books in troduce us into the best society; they bring us into the prese neeof the greatest minds that have ever lived. We hear what they said and did;we see the as if they were really alive; we sympathize with them, enjoy with them, grieve with

43、them; their experience becomes ours, and we feel as if we were in a measure actors with them in the sce nes which they describe.The great and good do not die, eve n in this world. Embalmed in books, their spirits walk abroad. The book is a living voice. It is an intellect to which on still liste ns.

44、(460 words)If I Were A Boy Aga inIf I were a boy again, I would practice perseverance more often, and never give up a thing because it was or inconvenient. If we want light, we must conq uer dark ness. Persevera nce can sometimes equal genius in its results.“ There are only two creatures,” says a pr

45、overb,“ who can surmount thepyramids the eaglea nd the sn ail.”If I were a boy again, I would school myself into a habit of attention; I would let no thi ng come betwee n me and the subject in han d. I would remember that a good skater n ever tries to skate in two directi ons at on ce. The habit of

46、atte ntio n becomes part of our life, if we bega in early eno ugh. I ofte n hear grow n uppeople say“I could not fix my atte nti on on the serm onor book, although I wished to do sorW”so and the habit was notformed in youth.If I were to live my life over again, I would pay more attention to theculti

47、vati on of the memory. I would stre ngthe n that faculty by every possible means, and on every possible occasion. It takes a little hard work at first to remember thi ngs accurately; but memory soon helps itself, and gives very little trouble. It only needs early cultivation to become a power.If I w

48、ere a boy aga in, I would cultivate courage.“ Noth ing is so mild andgentle as courage, nothing s(cruel and pitiless as cowardice,” syas a wiseauthor. We too ofte n borrow trouble, and an ticipate that may n ever appear.The fear of ill exceeds the ill we fear. ” Dan gers will arise in any career, bu

49、t prese nee of mind will ofte n conq uer the worst of them. Be prepared for any fate, and there is no harm to be freared.If I were a boy aga in, I would look on the cheerful side. Life is very much like a mirror: if you smile upon it, I smiles back upon you; but if you frown and look doubtful on it,

50、 you will get a similar look in retur n. Inner sunshine warms not only the heart of the owner, but of all that come in con tact with it.“who shuts love out ,in tur n shall be shut out from love.”If I were a boy again, I would school myself to say no more often. I mightwrite pages on the importance o

51、f learning very early in life to gain that pointwhere a young boy can sta nd erect, and decli ne doing an un worthy act because it is un worthy.If I were a boy aga in, I would dema nd of myself more courtesy towards my compa nions and frie nds, and in deed towards stra ngers as well. The smallest co

52、urtesies along the rough roads of life are like the little birds that si ng to us all win ter long, and make that seas on of ice and snow more en durable.Fin ally, in stead of try ing hard to be happy, as if that were the sole purpose oflife, I would , if I were a boy again, I would still try harder

53、 to make othershappy.假如我又回到了童年，我做事要更有毅力，決不因?yàn)槭虑槠D難或者麻煩而撒手不干，我們要光明，就得征服黑暗。毅力在效果上有時(shí)能同天才相比。俗話說(shuō)：能登上金字塔的生物，只有兩種鷹和蝸牛?！奔偃缥矣只氐搅送?，我就要養(yǎng)成專心致志的習(xí)慣；有事在手，就決不讓任何東西讓我分心。我要牢記：優(yōu)秀的滑冰手從不試圖同時(shí)滑向兩個(gè)不同的方向。如果及早養(yǎng)成這種專心致志 的習(xí)慣，它將成為我們生命的一部分。我常聽(tīng)成年人說(shuō)：雖然我希望能集中注意聽(tīng)牧師講道或讀書(shū)，但往往做不到?！倍蚓褪悄贻p時(shí)沒(méi)有養(yǎng)成這種習(xí)慣。假如我現(xiàn)在能重新開(kāi)始我的生命，我就要更注意記憶力的培養(yǎng)。我要采取一切可能的辦法，

54、并且在一切可能的場(chǎng)合，增強(qiáng)記憶力。要正確無(wú)誤地記住一些東西，在開(kāi)始階段的確要作出一 番小小的努力；但要不了多久，記憶力本身就會(huì)起作用，使記憶成為輕而易舉的事，只需及早 培養(yǎng)，記憶自會(huì)成為一種才能。假如我又回到了童年，我就要培養(yǎng)勇氣。一位明智的作家曾說(shuō)過(guò)：世上沒(méi)有東西比勇氣更溫文爾雅，也沒(méi)有東西比懦怯更殘酷無(wú)情?！蔽覀兂３＿^(guò)多地自尋煩惱，杞人憂天。怕禍害比禍害本身更可怕?！狈彩露加形ｋU(xiǎn)，但鎮(zhèn)定沉著往往能克服最嚴(yán)重的危險(xiǎn)。對(duì)一切禍福做好準(zhǔn)備，那么就沒(méi)有什么災(zāi)難可以害怕的了。假如我又回到了童年，我就要事事樂(lè)觀。生活猶如一面鏡子：你朝它笑，它也朝你笑；如果你雙眉緊鎖，向它投以懷疑的目光，它也將還以你同

55、樣的目光。內(nèi)心的歡樂(lè)不僅溫暖了歡樂(lè) 者自己的心，也溫暖了所有與之接觸者的心。誰(shuí)拒愛(ài)于門外，也必將被愛(ài)拒諸門外?！奔偃缥矣只氐搅送?，我就要養(yǎng)成經(jīng)常說(shuō)不”字的習(xí)慣。一個(gè)少年要能挺得起腰，拒絕做不應(yīng)該做的事，就因?yàn)檫@事不值得做。我可以寫上好幾頁(yè)談?wù)勗缒昱囵B(yǎng)這一點(diǎn)的重要性。假如我又回到了童年，我就要要求自己對(duì)伙伴和朋友更加禮貌，而且對(duì)陌生人也應(yīng)如此。在坎坷的生活道路上，最細(xì)小的禮貌猶如在漫長(zhǎng)的冬天為我們歌唱的小鳥(niǎo)，那歌聲使冰天雪地的寒冬變得較易忍受。最后，假如我又回到了童年，我不會(huì)力圖為自己謀幸福，好像這就是人生唯一的目的；與之相反，我要更努力為他人謀幸福。(510 words)Three Days

56、 to SeeAll of us have read thrilling stories in which the hero had only a limited and specified time to live. Sometimes it was as long as a year; sometimes as short as twenty-four hours, but always we were interested in discovering just how the doomed man chose to spe nd his last days or his last ho

57、urs. I speak, of course, of free men who have a choice, not condemned crim in als whose sphere of activities is strictly delimited.Such stories set up thinking, won der ing what we should do un der similar circumstances. What associations should we crowd into those last hours as mortal bein gs? What

58、 happ in ess should we find in reviewi ng the past, what regrets?Sometimes I have thought it would be an excellent rule to live each day as if we should die tomorrow. Such an attitude would emphasize sharply the values of life. We should live each day with a gentleness, a vigor, and a kee nn ess of appreciati on which are ofte n lost whe n time stretches before us in the con sta nt pano rama of more days and mon ths and years to come. ThereEat, drink,are those,of course, who wo